Kay, so this is my first Covenant fanfiction, so I'm kind of (really) excited. I really enjoyed writing this chapter and I thank Synner-Fiction for betaing this for me. And on another note, This story is set at the beginning of the movie. Oh, and I only own Alix. I believe that is it, so please read, review and enjoy.

Edit: I noticed a few things that were really bothering me, so I re-wrote parts of the chapter.


Alix Collins frowned at her brother. She pushed her hair out of her face as they pulled up to their new school, Spencer Academy. It wasn't her choice to go there; her brother just decided that he had to go to this school for reasons he never fully explained to her. Since their adoptive parents had died on his eighteenth birthday, he had taken full custody over her, as she was 16, turning 17 next month. So, she had to go where he went.

However, the parts that Chase did explain to her were confusing in themselves. He told her that they had distant relatives like him, in Ipswich, which is where their family originated. He wanted to meet them, that's all she was told. Unfortunately for her brother, Alix knew him better than to believe that. If all he wanted to do was meet them, then they would go to Ipswich to visit, and not go to school there.

"I'll drop you off at the dorms, find your room, and get settled. There's a bonfire later. We are going." He said, as if she had no choice in the matter.

"Chase, quit ordering me around. Who said I wanted to go to this damn bonfire?" Alix said.

Chase rolled his eyes and told her, "You're going to go, so quit complaining."

"Whatever. I'll text you later." said Alix, before opening the car door and stepping out.

She went around to the trunk, pulled out her suitcase and backpack, before slamming it shut. She walked into the dorms, got her assignment, room 213, and went to the elevator.

Alix Collins was not the typical girl going to Spencer's. She wasn't rich or spoiled, preppy or a bitch. Ok, maybe she was a bitch on occasion, but who wasn't? And so she was rich, but at least she didn't flaunt it. Anyway, she even dressed differently.

Her current ensemble included a white tank top, beige cargo pants, a bright red tie loosely dangling from her neck, red converse shoes, and a faded blue jean jacket. She had light blue eyes and straight long dark brown hair that reached her mid-back. Yeah, not like the other girls.

When the elevator doors opened, a blond haired boy stepped out. Alix walked past him, not noticing him, as she wasn't paying attention to her surroundings.

When she got to her room, she sighed before opening the door. She glanced in, and saw a girl sitting on one of the beds. The girl, at Alix's initial assessment, looked like a bitch. Bleach blond hair, green eyes, and designer clothes just screamed 'I'm a rich snobby whore who does whatever the hell I want at the expense of the people I come into contact with.'

"You're my new roommate?" she said, looking at Alix in disgust. "If they let people like you into this school, they must be really lowering their standards." The girl said, her voice mirroring the disgust on her face.

Alix rolled her eyes and placed her suitcase on the empty bed.

"Hey, say something." The girl said in an annoying bitchy tone.

Alix shrugged. "Where can I put my stuff?" She said quietly.

"Is that seriously all you have to say? Damn you're a quiet girl. Whatever, put your shit in the dresser over there. I don't use it." Heather replied, before going back to her magazine.

Alix nodded slightly, and quickly unpacked before texting her brother. Her reply back said, 'I got us a ride to the bonfire, meet me by the entrance.´ Alix sighed, knowing that if she didn't go meet him, he would come up and drag her down. She found her brother standing next to a boy, with short shaggy hair. He glanced sideways at Chase a couple times as she walked up. 'Weird.' she thought.

"Alix, this is Matt. He said he would give us a ride to the bonfire, since we don't know where it is." Chase said, the look on his face telling her not to do anything stupid.

Alix gave Matt a slight nod. She still didn't want to go to this thing. But, she followed Matt anyway and got into the back seat as Chase rode shot gun.

They drove for about 10 minutes before Matt pulled over. "Hey, what are you doing, man?" asked Chase.

"You, you're eyes, they were black." He said carefully, as if he was scared. The entire time he was talking, he never made eye contact with Chase. "Weren't they?" At that accusation, Matt looked up, staring directly into Chase's eyes.

Alix's eyes widened. "Chase!" she scolded.

Chase told her to shut up, before turning to Matt and saying, "Yeah, they were. And unfortunately for you, you have to die now."

Alix got out of the car as soon as she heard that. She shook her head. "He's going to get himself killed one of these days." She mumbled.

Her brother had abilities that according to her biological father were called the 'Power.' When used, it causes the user's eyes to cast a ring of fire from the pupil, and then turn black.

She turned around when she heard the car doors lock. "Chase, why do you use so much? You've already ascended, you know what will happen! It will kill you." Alix practically yelled at him.

A person who has the 'Power' is given it when they are thirteen years of age. Then at eighteen, they ascend, receiving their full power. When a person who had ascended uses too much, their life force is taken away. It eventually kills them.

"Nothings going to happen to me, Alix, trust me, ok?"

"I will if you stop using so much, especially in front of other people. Chase he saw you! What if someone else saw you? What if this happens again?" Alix was so frustrated. This was not the first time they had this conversation, and it probably wouldn't be the last.

"People won't see me anymore. This was an accident." Chase sounded bored with the conversation, which frustrated Alix even more. She just wanted him to take this seriously.

"Chase what if the powers kill you? What will happen then? What will happen to me?" Alix was extremely upset by her questions. He was all she had left. She wasn't sure if she would be able to survive without him.

"It won't kill me. I promise that much." Alix noticed that he didn't say anything about what would happen to her. "Don't worry so much about these things, ok? Come on, lets go." He turned and started to walk away.

"Just like I wasn't supposed to worry about our adoptive parents? And our biological father?" Alix asked quietly, hurt at the way he was acting. She knew Chase heard her when he whipped around.

"You listen to me. They were nothing. They had no powers, they were useless. And our father was dying anyway; it was his choice to give me his powers. You saw him, he looked like he was practically a hundred years old, and he was forty six! Get over it, Alix." He yelled at her.

When a person's life force is taken away, they age, fast. Like their biological father, who looked more than a hundred years over his age. He had willed Chase his powers, killing himself in the process. The reason using takes away a person's life force is because when they ascend, their powers become their life force and visa versa. And when they give those powers away, it takes away their life force, effectively killing them.

"Who you going to kill next, those boys you keep obsessing over?" she asked him quietly, not really wanting the answer.

He just smirked at her. "Maybe, now let's go."

Alix shook her head, refusing to believe what a monster her brother had turned into. He used to be so nice, so calm. Then he turned 13. He discovered his powers that had intrigued him more than it should have. She knows it had scared her. She watched as he started to walk away, waiting for him to realize she didn't move.

Chase turned, and gave her a slightly playful glare. He walked up to her and said. "I'll try to be more careful. Not as many killings. Promise." He pulled her in for a quick hug.

"You say that now, you bipolar bastard" she replied, not as annoyed as before. Chase let out a snort of laughter.

They heard the bonfire before they saw it, as the music was blow-your-eardrums-out kind of loud. They walked up to a crowd of people dancing, drinking, and all that jazz.

"Go look around, make some friends." Chase said, as he looked around the crowd, as if searching for someone.

Alix sighed before walking around the party. She felt awkward, knowing most of these people were probably seniors, when she was only a junior. Besides, Chase should know better. Alix hated to talk around people she didn't know, especially a whole group of them. Besides, Alix probably couldn't even if she wanted to; she was just shy like that. So, the chance of her walking up to someone and introducing herself was pretty slim, and leaned towards the never-going-to-happen side.

Alix watched her brother from where she stood, a little ways away from him. He was watching some girls, one blonde, pale skinned and one black haired, dark skinned girl. Then she noticed his eyes narrowed slightly, probably in anger, and looked further than the girls, noticing four boys walking into the party.

They walked in as if they owned the place. The one furthest on the left had long brown hair that ended right above his shoulders. He was wearing a leather jacket that screamed 'I own a motorcycle.' Next was a guy with short brown black hair and slightly tanned skin. He looked like he was the 'leader' of the boys, as he walked a little ahead of them, closest to the long haired boy. Then was a boy with dirty blond hair and blue eyes. He wore a worn out sweatshirt and had on fingerless gloves. No doubt he was the badass of the group. The last boy has short brown hair and blue eyes. He had a baby face, so he was probably the youngest.

The dark haired girl ran up and hugged the long haired boy. Then it looked like she was introducing the blond girl to the boys. Alix returned her attention to her brother, who was circling them like a hawk. "Shit." She muttered.

She walked up to her brother, and said "Are those boys them?" she asked, knowing he would understand who she was talking about.

Without glancing at her, he nodded. Alix turned and watched as some chick walked up to one of the boys, talking to him, before turning to the blond girl. Alix could just barely hear what they were saying.

"Tell me, how does one go about getting into Spencer's from a public?" the brown haired bitch (Alix already decided she didn't like her) asked the blond girl.

"Why don't you give it a rest, Kira?" said the boy Kira had talked to earlier.

Then a jock with shoulder length hair stepped in front of him, saying "Why don't you give it a rest?"

The boy just replied, ignoring the goading from the other, "I don't want any trouble, Aaron."

"I'm sure you don't." Aaron answered sarcastically.

"These posers make me want to puke." Said one of the other jocks, probably one of Aaron's lackeys.

"Is that right?" asked the blond haired guy, stepping forward.

The other boy put an arm in front of the blond boy, saying "Hey." Then more firmly, "Hey let it go."

Alix glanced over at her brother, and saw that he had moved closer to the group. She shook her head and followed him.

She watched as Aaron told the boy, "I think you owe Kira an apology."

The boy then said, "Actually, I think Kira owes Sarah the apology." He pointed to each girl in turn.

Aaron looked back at the girls in question, smirking before facing the boy and shoving him. That was when Chase came in. He stepped in front of Aaron, placing his hands on him, laughing slightly. Then he turned to Kira and said, "You were being kind of bitchy."

Alix stepped closer to her brother, but backed away when the lackey that commented earlier puked. Everyone laughed or said it was gross. The blond guy snickered, and the other one gave him a look, one of disapproval and Alix was sure she was the only one besides them who saw it.

Then some guy got on the loud speaker and said "Guys, uh guys! Dill just called! He said he saw three cop cars heading this way on Old Dell Road."

Everyone quickly disbanded after that, Alix followed Chase, who was following Sarah and her group.

"My sister and I could use a lift." Chase said walking up to Sarah and two of the boys and the dark haired girl.

The dark haired girl said "No problem."

"Hey, nice going out there. I'm Caleb." he said politely, extending his hand to Chase.

"Chase. And this is Alix." Said Chase as Alix gave a little wave. "Thought that guy and I were about to go at it. His friends puking sure came at the opportune time."

"Didn't it though." Said the blond guy, walking up to Alix, wrapping his arm around her shoulders. "Hey babe, name's Reid."

"Reid, must you hit on every girl you see?" asked the long haired guy.

"Shut up Pogue." Said Reid, turning to Alix. "And you know I only care about the hot ones." He said with a wink.

Alix shrugged his arm off her, and walked faster so she had caught up to her brother and was standing next to him. She glanced back to see him, Reid, watching her carefully in an almost predator's stare. Alix shivered slightly before turning away.

"Ouch burn!" laughed the dark haired guy coming up behind Reid.

Reid glared at him and said, "At least I approach girls, you shy away like they are going to bite you."

"Ignore him Tyler; you know we don't bite…much." The dark haired girl called back teasingly.

The group split, and Alix followed her brother and the other two girls to a car and got into the back seat. The dark haired girl turned and said, "I'm Kate, by the way." She said, smiling, "And that's Sarah."

Alix nodded giving her a small smile, and then frowned when she noticed the car wouldn't start. Sarah opened her door and told the boys, "My car won't start!"

Tyler, who was in the front seat of a hummer, called back, "Then hop in with us."

"I can't just leave it here!" Sarah exclaimed.

"I can fix it for you." Called Reid. Alix rolled her eyes. He was probably showing off. She watched as Reid opened the hood of the car, stood there for a second and closed it again. "Try it again."

"What?" said Kate, confused.

"He didn't do anything," said Chase, just as Sarah got the car started.

"Thank you!" said Sarah, before pulling away just as the cops came into view.

"Oh, crap, I hope they don't follow us." Said Kate, turning around. But luckily, it seems like they weren't spotted.

"So you guys are brother and sister, right?" asked Sarah, glancing at them through the rear view mirror.

Chase nodded. "Yeah, Alix here is 16, turning 17 next month, and I'm 18."

"Oh cool." Said Kate. "So where are you guys from?" she asked, turning around looking at Chase.

Alix was tempted to roll her eyes. She was pretty sure this girl had a boyfriend, Pogue, yet Kate was obviously checking out and flirting with Chase.

"We transferred here from Hastings." Chase replied with a slightly flirty smile/smirk.

Alix tuned out of the mindless chit chat and stared out of the window until they got back to the school. Chase and the girls walked her to her room, and she opened the door to find her roommate gone. Alix, who didn't really care, as she was thankful for the alone time, laid down on her bed.

Unfortunately, it was short lived, as someone knocked on the door. "It's unlocked." She called from her place on the bed, too lazy to move. Chase walked in and closed the door.

"What?" she asked, not in the mood to talk to him.

"You have a roommate?" he asked.

"Yeah, she's not here." Said Alix, annoyed that that was the first thing he said to her.

"Good." Alix wanted to ask if he was referring to the part about having a roommate, or that she wasn't here, but before she could say anything, he continued. "I'm going into town tomorrow with Sarah and Kate, you going to come?" He asked, his tone implying he wanted her to come no matter what.

"No." Alix sat up and looked at her brother. "What are you planning?" she asked him.

"Don't worry about it. It doesn't involve you." Said Chase.

"To hell it doesn't. Don't go messing with things, or people for that matter. It's not right. You know what it will do to you. You saw what it can do to you." She said, angry, but in a concerned way.

"Little sister, I think you forgot who's in charge of whom. And besides, nothing will happen to me. I'm more powerful than all of them combined. They have yet to ascend." He said, opening the door. "Like I said, don't worry about it. You'll find out when the time comes for you to find out." He left, shutting the door behind him.

Alix shook her head, before getting up to go take a shower. She undressed, and wrapped a towel around herself. She grabbed her shower stuff and walked out of the room, and started walking towards the showers. A door opened and Sarah came out.

"Oh, Alix, hi, are you going to the showers too?" she asked.

"Yeah." Alix answered.

"Oh, so you do talk. Kate and I were beginning to think you were mute. " She said. When Alix gave her a slight glare, Sarah added, "At the dells, your brother did all the talking for you."

Alix shrugged. "He knows I don't like to talk around people I don't know."

They walked the rest of the way to the showers in silence. Sarah got into a stall, and Alix got into one next to her. Alix had just stepped out of the shower when a light blew out.

Sarah screeched a little. "Alix, was that you?"

"I wasn't anywhere near it." She replied, walking towards the broken light. She turned when she heard Sarah walk up behind her.

"I have this weird feeling, like we're being watched." Sarah whispered as she looked around.

Alix nodded. " I feel it too."

"This is creepy, let's go." Sarah practically ran out of the bathroom with Alix right behind her.

Alix fell into step with Sarah, so when Sarah stopped, Alix almost walked past her. She turned to look behind them since she saw that Sarah had turned to look that way. When they turned around, after seeing nothing behind them Sarah screeched in surprise again, as Reid was standing in front of them. Alix jumped a little, not liking the fact that she hadn't heard him approach them.

"Didn't mean to scare you." He said to Sarah. "Just got back." Alix decided that he was trying really hard to be polite to her, for reasons unknown to her.

"Sorry, we're just a little freaked out." At her words, it seemed like he just noticed Alix was standing there too, since he turned his head a little, looking at her.

"It felt like someone was watching us in the showers." Sarah continued.

Reid nodded, before slowly walking around them, saying "Let's take a look, shall we?" Both girls hesitated, Sarah because she was freaked out, Alix because she wasn't sure how much she trusted this guy.

"It's ok." He said, his voice coaxing them to go with him. Sarah then turned and followed him, and Alix, after slight hesitation, went as well.

Alix laughed to herself, as Reid walked into the girl's bathroom like he did it all the time. He walked around a little, his fingers tapping his chin; before he turned to them and said, "Don't see anyone." He turned to leave.

Alix looked at the floor. The light bulb pieces were gone. "Wait." She said quietly. "Sarah, look." She gestured to the floor. Reid turned to look at her, as he had never actually heard her voice before.

Sarah noticed it too. "Hey, the broken light bulb."

"What broken light bulb?" asked Reid.

"When I got out of the shower, a bulb fell and shattered. It's gone and look," Alix pointed to the ceiling "it's fixed."

"Ok, this is really creepy." Said Sarah, looking around nervously.

"Interesting." said Reid, inspecting the ceiling lamp.

"Come on, let's go, this is really freaking me out." Said Sarah.

Reid nodded, still looking at the lamp, before turning saying, "Yeah, let's go." and walked out. He walked with them to Sarah's room, saying good bye, before following Alix to her room.

"Feel free to call me if you feel scared and I'll protect you" he said with a slight smirk. Alix returned it with one of her own.

"But then who will protect me from you?" she answered.

"Ouch, that hurt," he said mockingly, "Do you really think that low of me?"

"Actually, I don't think anything about you. I just met you." She answered truthfully.

"Well, we will have to change that, won't we? What are you doing tomorrow?" he asked, leaning against the wall.

"Um, nothing with you." Alix answered, opening her dorm room door, and walking in. Reid followed.

"You have a bite behind all of your silence, don't you?" he asked, sitting on the chair, watching her as she went through her drawers for her pajamas.

"That's what they tell me." She answered, before heading into the bathroom to change.

"Why don't you talk a lot? You obviously have things to say." Reid inquired.

Instead of answering, she called back, "You know, I don't recall inviting you in."

"Ha. You know you don't mind." He said with a major 'I'm better than thou' tone.

"Maybe I do." Alix walked out of the bathroom. She was wearing black sweatpants with a neon purple cami. "What kind of guy goes into a girl's room he just met, and against her will, force his presence on her?"

"Damn, you hurt my feelings." He said sarcastically.

"My bad, I didn't know you were so sensitive." She answered with an equally sarcastic tone. Reid was actually making her act like herself, which she normally only did with her brother.

So, she had to admit it, Reid was kind of hot. And it kind of seemed like he liked her. Maybe. But he seemed like the kind of guy who would go from girl to girl weekly, maybe even daily. Alix didn't like that.

"You should talk more." Reid said suddenly.

"What?" Alix looked at him confused.

"You heard me."

Just then, Reid's phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocked and answered with a "Hey, what do you want?"

Alix rolled her eyes at his rude tone.

"Yeah so?....Remember that girl, Alix?….yeah, I'm at her dorm room.…Fine I won't…Yeah, what ever you say baby boy. Be there soon." He hung up the phone.

"So, who was that?" asked Alix, sitting on her bed leaning against the headboard.

"What, jealous that I wasn't paying attention to you?" he asked arrogantly with a knowing smirk.

Alix felt herself blushing slightly. "You wish." She bit back.

"Ah well, I have to go, I'll catch you later?" asked Reid.

"Yeah, later." Alix said.

Reid turned and left the room. Alix sighed and started towel drying her hair. She never really thought about how she never talked when she was with people she didn't know, it just makes her slightly uncomfortable. But then, she didn't know why she was talking to Reid either. Just then, Heather walked in.

"Tell me I did not just see Reid Garwin walk out of this room." She said, sounding excited and jealous.

Alix listened to her and didn't say anything, but that was more her being shy than anything. So instead she just shrugged and when back to drying her hair.

"Oh em gee! I knew it!" she squealed. Alix swore she felt her eye twitch.

"Can you never. Ever. Do that again." She said, finally looking at her roommate.

"But seriously," said Heather, totally ignoring Alix's comment, "What was The Reid Garwin doing here?"

Alix shrugged. "I met him at this bonfire, and then I saw him again when I was heading back from the showers. He followed me here. We talked. That's all."

"Are you sure? That so doesn't sound like him." Said Heather, sounding slightly relieved.

"Oh?" That caught Alix's interest.

"Yeah, I would expect him to at least try to hook up with you, although you're not that pretty, but then why would he follow you here?" Heather sat on her bed, thinking.

Alix shrugged, ignoring the pretty comment. She glanced over at the clock. It was just past 1 in the morning. She leaned over and pulled out a notebook.

"What 'cha got there?" asked Heather.

"A notebook." said Alix , before she started to write.

"No, I meant what are ya doing?" she said, like Alix was stupid, when it was really the other way around.

"Writing." She said.

"Fine, don't give me a straight answer." Said Heather, causing Alix looked at her with a 'what the hell are you talking about' face. Heather just got up and went into the bathroom to get ready for bed.

When she came out, she announced "I'm going to bed."

Alix gave her a look saying, 'you're telling me this why?'

"Stop being such a smart ass." Said Heather, causing Alix to give her an 'are you stupid look' before getting into bed. "Do you want me to wake you up in the morning?" she asked.

"No."

Heather shrugged, and as if trying to tell her 'your loss' she said "Whatever, night."

Alix stayed up writing in her notebook/journal until nearly 3 o'clock. When she final put her notebook down, she turned out her light and tried to go to sleep. But somehow, her thoughts drifted back to what Heather said about Reid.

'Why would he follow me?'