Hey all!

This is officially my first fanfiction ever written and I am happy to start this journey on the site I have favored for many years now. I loved reading all the fanfictions on here but never jumped on and wrote one myself. Now here we go!

This does have a bit of a crossover with 'The Covenant'.

Quick disclaimer: all content is strictly fanfiction, all content relating to Harry Potter or The Covenant is all credit to the author/director of the movies & books.

Thank you!

I hope you enjoy!

1: Change of Scenery

Night loomed over the forest, swallowing it into darkness leaving the stars and the full moon as the natural light for anything out and about tonight. A dark haired girl ran into the night, dodging trees in hopes of running away from them, from her past, from the one thing that could potentially kill her. Not once did she look back from where she was running for fear that her hopes and courage may collapse if she did. She knew she was far away right now but the faster the better. She needed to cover as much ground as possible.

They liked the chase, that she knew. This was their kind of game, especially when he wanted to play, He never lost. But there was a first time for everything, she hoped.

In the distance she could see the sky lightened above the tree line. Lights! She was close to civilization of some sort. Oh thank god.

Her pace quickened at that thought as she continued her trek towards the light. Freedom was just a few more steps away.

Lights flickered at random parts of the bar creating a sort of dance club as the bodies danced suggestively against one another to the weird sultry rhythm. On the other side of the room pool tables were scattered around while bar tables were occupied with couples, beermates, and many others enjoying their favorite place. The atmosphere carried a sense of 'campus bar' and 'biker bar' but either way it was still a hole in the wall bar she could hide out in for awhile.

"So this is Nicky's," she smirked as she glanced around. Not as great as Everwood but it will have to do in this case. With that thought in mind she took a seat at one of the empty tables, hoping to blend in if trouble came in after her.

Minutes passed and already she was absorbed with the strange entrancing music flowing around her like a warm blanket covering her in comfort. Suddenly her comfort was cut short by a abrupt buzzing sound erupting in her back pocket. All panic came rushing back as she quickly swiped her finger across the screen to answer. She was quickly met with an enraged voice on the other line.

"Arianna where the fuck are you?!" the voice screamed out, "You weren't in any of your classes or your room, not to mention rumors are flying everywh-"

"Mi calm down," Arianna whispered loudly trying to not draw attention the other around her. Looking quickly around her she continued, "I just needed to get outta there ok? I am sorry I didn't have time to tell you."

" Do you know what this means?" Mi's frantic voice trembled, " He's going to go on a rampage when he finds out you left! Bloody hell what were you thinking"

Arianna cringed as Mi's words slowly sunk in. A vivid string of thoughts of many people suffering from the wrath of "him" shifted through her mind, all because of her. Mixed feelings of guilt and fear swirled through her, but she knew she needed to do this.

"You know how dangerous he is!" Mi stammered, her trembling clearly increasing, "and his followers...They would jump at this opportunity to get you! Why didn't you tell us? You know the guys would've done anything to help you...whats going on with you?"

Ignoring Mi's ongoing rant, Arianna shifted her phone to her shoulder and reached into her pocket to pull out a small crumpled paper. Unraveling it she looked down to see it was her plane ticket. So spontaneous it was of her to jump onto a muggle plane rather than apparate was definitely new to her but this way she knew she would be ok for now, she was an ocean away after all. The less magic she used the better, and she was sure he wouldn't try looking for her in a place like this.

Her gaze raised up to glance around the small dark bar. Looking around at the many different people grouped around helped her to believe she was safe for now. She stumbled upon this bar in a small little campus town in the middle of nowhere. She wasn't even aware that this kind of town would exist. Now she was happy it did..

"Arianna, Are you there?" Mi's voice called through the phone, pushing Arianna out of her thoughts.

"He won't find me," she confirmed quickly, "I promise you, he won't."

"He can trace you," Mi shot back, "He's not fucking stupid you know?" Mi's fright now changed to anger. Arianna felt the stab of guilt for putting her friend through this. She was selfish for not letting her in on her reckless plan. Mi had been her best friend for a long time, practically her sister. It felt so wrong to not involve her in the plans to escape her personal hell but she couldn't risk being talked out of it. It has been too long now and if she continued she may never be able to get out of it.

Arianna stopped for a second and processed what Mi had just said. He could trace her! Pulling her phone away from her face for a second to glance at it, Mi's name and smiling face glowed on the screen. She remembered the day she took that pic. They were out an about shopping in the shops of London It was one of the best days she had with her best friend. Now she had to make the hardest sacrifice.

Mi's voice continued over the phone, the words distorted from the distance the phone was now at. Arianna stared down for a few more seconds before placing the phone back to her ear.

"I'm sorry Mi, Just know I love you and I am doing this to save us all."

"Arianna what do you mea-," Mi frantically called out before she was cut off when Arianna pushed the power button. Her phone darkened as it powered down.

"Im sorry," She whispered as she made her way to the bars exit and onto the dark damp streets. She quickly made her way back into the forest she just trekked through, she needed a good hiding place. A few feet away from her she saw a fallen tree trunk laying across the ground, perfect! She walked to the trunk and sat on one end peering into the side to see if it was hollow.

Looking down at her phone she sighed before whispering a quick stealth incantation.

"Nouvolias Iniziola!"

A soft warm golden glow enveloped the phone before vanishing as quickly. She placed the phone into the trunk and moved few pieces of wood around it to cover it. This will do for now. At any rate she would be able to get back to it if needed. At least it was untraceable.

"Im so sorry," Arianna whispered again, a lone tear trailing down her cheek and continued with another incantation. "Invisalante mienios"

Again another warm glow appeared, this time flowing around herself before quickly diappearing. A sense of loss hit her as she used this untraceable spell, as if a part of her was missing. A smile appeared on her face as she realized the success in her work. For months she had been practicing and never thought she would succeed in the spells her mother had taught her. If only she could see her now. Now she knew for sure she wouldn't be found. Magic or not it will be a hell of a time to be able to track her now.

She stepped out of the forest and back onto the main street glancing around in hopes of finding a hotel or some sort of place to hide out for the night. In the distance an old fashioned streetlamp flickered above a small sign, being the only source of light on the darkened street it illuminated the sign in an inviting manner. Stepping closer she was able to see the sign more clearly. It was an advertisement for an open house for Spencer Academy.

A small smiled toyed on her face once again as a thought formed in her head of her next step. "Spencer is going to have a new student."

And with that she continued down the road in search of the place she would call home for awhile.

A hooded figure silently following closely behind.