I don't own Covenant. But I did make up the character of Illyria.


This is gonna be one hell of a party. Caleb thought as he strolled up the walkway towards a house filled with light and vibrating with loud music. Davy McSanderson's parties were always the best. They were held at his family's old colonial family house. It was a cottage compared to Caleb's family's but in much better condition considering Davy didn't have a degenerating father hiding in the attic. It was built twenty years before the revolution and had been handed down through the generations. Now a days it stood empty unless there was a party going on inside. As he walked through the door shouts of greeting came from various people scattered throughout the packed house. Caleb slowly made his way through the foyer to the stairs. Up on the balcony Sarah and Kate were excitedly talking to a girl he had never seen before. He navigated his way up to them and took Sarah's hand.

"Hey Caleb!" She said kissing his cheek, "This is Illyria. She just moved in across the hall form me and Kate."

"Hey." Illyria said.

"Hi. Nice to meet you." He replied reaching out for her hand.

She grasped it and suddenly it was like he'd been struck by lightning. He suddenly forgot Sarah was there. He couldn't figure out why though. Illyria wasn't gorgeous, more of a quiet natural beauty. She had wavy brown hair with natural red highlights and sun bleached streaks of light brown on top. It fell to her shoulders and was cut in layers to frame her face. Her eyes were warm mahogani and she had small full lips. She had on a purple peasant top, black skinny jeans, and purple ballet flats. On her right bicep there was a black tribal dragon tattoo with a purple glowing eye.

"Hey guys!" Pouge shouted coming over and throwing an arm around Kate.

Caleb was broken out of his trance, dropped Illyria's hand and looked over at him. Reid and Tyler weren't far behind Looking at Illyria Pouge said, "I don't think I've had the pleasure. I'm Pouge. Nice ink."

Illyria looked over at him and smiled. Caleb felt light headed looking at her smile. "Thanks I'm Illyria. And I've got another one." she replied turning around and lifting her hair out of the way. Pulling the back of her shirt down slightly they could see between her shoulder blades what appeared to be an anemone but not quite. It was simpler and solid navy blue.

"Wow what is that?" Kate asked

"I don't know. I used to draw it all over my papers in school it I got it slapped on me. To me it represents change and the many directions we can go in life." She replied letting her hair fall back down.

"Very cool." Reid complimented sliding up to her. "I'm Reid. By the way I've got a few tattoos of my own. Wanna check 'um out?" he offered slyly.

"Easy Casanova. We just met." Illyria laughed.

"Ooh shot down." Tyler laughed and made a whistling sound while his hand made a "going down" gesture.

"Shut up man." Reid spat trying to play it cool.

"Hey I'm thirsty." Caleb interjected trying to avoid a fight, "Anyone else want something?"

"Yeah. I'm parched." Illyria answered.

"Why don't we all go?" Sarah suggested.

"Hell yeah. I saw a keg on my way in." Reid said.

They all headed down the stairs and into the dinning room where five kegs were set up and countless coolers were scattered around.

"What'll it be?" Caleb asked

"Coke for me." Sarah said.

"Bud Light please." Kate asked.

"Guinness" Illyria stated.

Caleb handed the girls their drinks while the guys drained the keg. Caleb thanked Pouge for a cup he'd gotten him. Sarah and Kate popped off the tops of their cans and Illyria used a lighter to get the lid off her bottle.

"Whoooeee. That girls got balls." Pouge exclaimed as Illyria took a long draft from her bottle.

"Hey besides whiskey this is what we Irish and Irish decedents live off of." Illyria laughed.

"Your Irish too?" Tyler asked

"Irish, Scottish, German, British and Slovakian." She listed.

"Wow. That's a lot." Reid laughed.

"Yeah I think that the reason I'm so horribly disfigured." Illyria joked.

"Your not disfigured." Caleb said a little too forcefully.

Everyone laughed and assured her she looked great. Especially Reid.

"So were are you from? No offence but you have a slight accent." Pouge asked.

"Pennsylvania. York, Pennsylvania." She laughed.

"What's so funny?" Kate asked

"It's just that I recently read this article about "You Know Your From York Pa When..." one of the way was people from Texas and Boston say you talk weird. But yeah my dad and I just moved here when he got transferred to the military base just north of here. He's a Marine."

"Oh." Reid said looking worried.

Illyria laughed. "I used to go to a public school. But when we moved this was the closest school to the base. His company is paying for most of the tuition so I can see him on the weekends sometimes."

"What about your mom?" Caleb asked.

"She died when I was a year old. Postpartum depression." she answered solemnly.

"Oh. I'm sorry." Caleb offered.

"It's okay. I never really knew her. But that's also what sucks."

"Hey lets go get jiggy on the dance floor." Reid exclaimed grabbing Illyria's hand. She laughed and everyone followed him to where other people were dancing in the living room. As they all danced and partied into the early morning hours Caleb couldn't help but stare a Illyria. There was something about her that drew him to her like a moth to a flame. He had no idea what it was or why it was happening but he soon hoped to find out.


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