Note: The first part of the story is in first person to show you how Ashleigh is feeling.

Chapter One

She was gone. My older sister who I looked up to and loved was not in my life anymore, nor would she be ever again. I knew the sons were still there, but it wasn't the same. I wanted to die also. I wish it had been me who had been killed not her. She and Caleb had been engaged to be married. I couldn't even begin to imagine what he was going through. I hadn't seen any of them since I had woke up. Only my parents who wouldn't even look me in the eye. Since it had been I who had killed her.

They had barely said two words to me, not even asked how I was. I figured the sons probably felt the same way. I Ashleigh Matheson was alone for the first time in my life. I knew I would be blamed for everything. Probably even down to Chase Collins coming after our covenant. You see I am a witch. I have a power. I belong to the Son's of Ipswich Covenant. The power was only to go to the eldest son. The only child. My sister had been the first girl to be born breaking that. I being born two years later almost broke the covenant.

I was the youngest of the group. Marissa, Caleb, Pogue, and Reid we're seniors at Spencer's. Tyler was a junior and I was a sophomore. I didn't receive my powers until I had turned sixteen, as my sister before me. She had only ascended a few days before. Later that night Caleb had proposed to her. She'd been ecstatic running into my room when she had gotten home and telling me. I had been so happy for her, and I had ruined that, and everyone else's life.

I felt fresh tears flowing down my cheeks burning when they hit the cuts on my face. I winced feeling the pain. I wanted more pain to take away the mental anguish though. I pulled out the IV that was in my hand biting my lip against the pain enough to draw blood, and probably opening a stitch or two on my lower lip. I groaned in pain as I pushed the cover's to the side, and moved my legs to the side of the bed pushing myself up. Finally I pulled off the oxygen from around my head tossing it on the bed. I used to get dressed in clean clothes my parents had brought. The ones I had been wearing I vaguely remembered them cutting off of me in the emergency room.

I took a deep breath and walked out of the room. Nobody was around thank god. I slipped out of the hospital into the cold night air, not caring that I was freezing, and disappeared into the blackness.

Tyler felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked up seeing Reid and Pogue sitting on either side of him.

"You okay baby boy?" Reid asked squeezing his friends shoulder.

"No." Tyler said. He hadn't stopped crying for hours.

"Ashleigh will be fine. The doctor said she'll be out of the hospital in a few days." Pogue frowned looking at Reid.

"I know. She'll blame herself for Rissa's death though." Tyler sobbed. "It wasn't her fault. Chase caused it! We all know that."

"We know baby boy." Reid told him. "Chase's specialty is car wrecks. Ashleigh just happened to be the one behind the wheel."

Pogue frowned. "Ashleigh is strong. She'll pull through this. She has all of us. Especially you baby brother. She knows you love her."

"How's Caleb?" Tyler asked through his tears.

"Not good. He almost destroyed the Danvers colonial house." Reid frowned.

"He doesn't blame Ashleigh. You heard him say that to her, when we we're in her room." Pogue told him.

Tyler nodded. "I wonder if her parents told her about Rissa yet. I should go check on her."

Reid nodded taking his hand off of Tyler's shoulder, and watched him walk down the hallway to her room.

"I can't believe Marissa is gone." Pogue ran a hand through his hair.

"Neither can I. Can you imagine how Ash is going to feel?" Reid frowned sitting back on the couch they we're sitting on. He started to say something, but he looked up seeing Tyler running to them. "What's wrong?" He asked standing up.

Pogue frowned looking up at Tyler.

"Ashleigh's gone." Tyler paled. "She pulled the IV out, and she's bleeding again cause there is blood all over the bed. We have to find her!"

"We will baby boy." Reid frowned heading toward the entrance of the hospital.

Tyler ran after them.

Pogue stood up frowning opening his cell as he followed them, and punching Caleb's number.

"Hello?" Evelyn answered Caleb's cell.

"I know he's upset Evelyn, but Ashleigh is gone. Tyler went to check on her and she wasn't there. She pulled the IV out, and must have reopened some of her wounds. He sat there was blood everywhere." Pogue told her.

Evelyn paled. "Hold on." She looked down at her son who was laying on the bed looking up at her. "Ashleigh is gone. Tyler went to check on her. He said she pulled out her IV, and there was a lot of blood on the bed. She must have reopened her wounds getting out of the bed."

Caleb paled sitting up, and holding out his hand. His eyes we're swollen a little and red, from crying. "Start looking I'm on my way."

"We're already leaving the hospital." Pogue told him. "See you soon."

Caleb hung his phone up. "I have to find her and save her. For Marissa." He said looking at his mother with fresh tears. "For myself also. She's my little sister."

Evelyn smiled a little at him through her tears. "Go now. I'll call Matthew and Amelia."

Caleb nodded jumping up and running from his room.

"Hello?" Matthew frowned a little through his tears. He sat in his chair behind his desk staring at a picture of his girls.

"Matthew? It's Evelyn." Evelyn said hearing the emotion in Matthew's voice.

"What's wrong? Is it Caleb?" Matthew paled a little thinking of the boy he already loved as a son.

"It's Ashleigh." Evelyn frowned a little.

Matthew paled. "What? We only just left the hospital a short while ago. The boys said they would stay there why we got some rest."

"Tyler went to check on her and she was gone." Evelyn told him. "She's bleeding Matt, she had to have reopened some of the gashes on her when she got out of bed."

"Oh god." Matthew paled more. "Call the others for me will you please. We have to find my baby."

"I will." Evelyn said crying as she hung up.

"Who was that?" Amelia asked walking into her husband's study still crying.

"Evelyn. Ashleigh left the hospital. She's bleeding again." Matthew said as tears flowed from his eyes. "They almost didn't get the bleeding stopped earlier. We should have stayed with her. Talked to her more."

"I couldn't. I was afraid she'd read it in our eyes about Marissa. I didn't want her to know about her yet." Amelia collapsed to her knees sobbing. "My baby girl."

Matthew jumped up going to her and dropping down beside her. "We'll find her and bring her home. We're not losing both of our girls!"

Ashleigh leaned against a car breathing heavily. She was exhausted, and didn't feel good. She didn't notice she was leaving a thin trail of blood behind her. She pushed herself away from the car willing herself to keep going. It was only a couple of more blocks to where it had happened. Blood stained the side of the car where she had rested, but she never noticed.

"We've been looking for an hour where could she have gone?" Reid frowned as he drove Tyler's Hummer looking in the rearview mirror at him.

"I have no idea." Pogue frowned.

"I can't lose her." Tyler broke down sobbing.

"You won't baby boy!" Reid glared out into the night as they continued driving and looking for her.

Caleb frowned as he got closer to where the accident happened. He paled seeing the cars we're still there. It had been blocked off. He started to turn till a voice told him to keep going toward it.

"Keep going Caleb."

"Marissa?" Caleb paled looking around.

"I'm sorry I'm gone Caleb. I'll always love you. Just promise me you'll save Ashleigh, and not ever let anything happen to her." Marissa said appearing beside him in the car.

Caleb stopped looking at her. He reached out to touch her, but his hand went right through her. "Anything for you." He told her as tears poured down his cheeks. "I promise I'll keep her safe." He paled then realizing what he had promised.

Marissa smiled. "Keep living and be happy. I love you." She told him as she faded away.

Caleb laid his head on his steering wheel sobbing. "I love you too."