Part 1: Witch Envy
She heard arguing, that much she knew. Slowly Liz opened her eyes it took her a few minutes to get used to her surroundings, she was at her Uncle's place in her room. There was an arm draped over her stomach and she was pressed up against a hard chest. Turning her head slightly she saw Tyler, he was still asleep with his head buried in her hair snuggled up close to her. He looked so cute when he was asleep, with his slight beard coming in from not having shaved yet. The angry voices filtered in again.
"That was so stupid of all of you I mean using as often as you do could kill you! She is a bad influence." It was Caleb's voice. Great he was probably harping on her and her use of magic last night, the guy was a total nag.
"What is he going on about?" Tyler mumbled into her neck.
"Someone being bad influence." Liz mumbled as she felt Tyler pull her even closer apparently not wanting to get up. "Tyler we need to get up otherwise Pogue will find us undressed and kick your ass." She said giggling as he flew away from her scrambling to get dressed. She sat up clutching the sheet to her watching him, it was funny to see him trip over himself as he pulled on his jeans.
"So not funny Liz, babe your cousin could kill me here. I mean I don't think he would appreciate the fact that one of his best friends had sex with the girl he considers a sister." Tyler said searching for his undershirt.
"Well he is going to find out eventually I mean our getting together was written down in the Book of Damnation." Liz said finally getting dressed as well, she used her powers on her body to hide the marks Tyler had made making him pout.
"Why did you do that?" He asked wrapping his arms around her.
"Because if you do not want Pogue to know we are sleeping together it would be better if he did not see the imprint of your mouth on my cleavage." Liz grinning when Tyler's cheeks turned pink.
"Alright I guess that would have been obvious, but did you get rid of all of them?" He asked.
"Nope, just the ones he would be able to see." Liz said pulling on dark jeans and a white tank top that popped against her golden skin. "Let's go Romeo." She said dragging him from her room down the stairs. There at the bottom of the stairs was Pogue and Caleb, Pogue red in the cheeks obviously angry that he was being yelled at.
"Hey guys." Tyler said trying to un rumple his brown locks. The two guys stared at him in confusion.
"Did you spend the night?" Pogue asked noticing that his friend was wearing the same clothes that he had on last night.
"Yeah he did, he was tired after he dropped me off last night so rather than have him drive and use his powers I let him crash in my room." Liz easily explained, Tyler was impressed with her skills of hiding the truth.
"You slept in her room?" Caleb asked sounding worried.
"Nothing happened." Tyler said but it was obvious that Caleb was not buying it but he was not going to bring it up in front of Pogue.
"So who is a bad influence on Pogue?" Liz asked.
"You heard us?" Pogue asked.
"Yes." Tyler said.
"Kate, he thinks that just because I did a little magic last night to impress her that she is a bad influence on me." Pogue said.
"What part of it is addictive do you not get I mean I expect this crap from Reid, not you." Caleb said.
"Here I thought you were talking about me." Liz said with a pout.
"No you are a bad influence but you know the risks, Kate is clueless." Caleb said which only made Pogue angrier.
"Listen just because Kate wanted me to use my powers once…" Pogue was clearly spitting mad.
"Guys calm down. Caleb you are not his master you do not own him and you can't tell him how to use his powers. Pogue you do need to be more cautious with your powers, granted the use of them for trivial stuff is not life threatening but it is addictive ." Liz chastised both boys before she swaggered towards the kitchen, Tyler following her.
"Those two never fight." He said sounding a little lost. Making sure no one was around Liz pulled him into a hug.
"They are aloud to rumble once in awhile. Besides Caleb is just jealous that he is not as free to use his powers as Pogue since his father was addicted." Liz explained.
"So it is a case of witch envy." He said a broad grin spreading across his face.
"Yup." Liz said giggling as he kissed her nose.
San Francisco
"What did they look like?" Cole asked. The family was all upstairs looking through the book of shadows for any of the teens in Phoebe's vision.
"Well they were teenagers. The boys looked to be older probably around nineteen or so and the girl looked a few years younger. They all had solid black eyes." She said Cole and Leo started at that.
"Solid black?" Cole asked.
"Yes."
"By any chance did you see them use their powers?" Leo asked a touch of fear in his voice.
"Yeah they flew in the air and they shot what looked like waves of energy at each other and…" She trailed off seeing the looks on their faces. Cole looked sick and Leo scared.
"Now what did the one guy say exactly?" Cole asked his voice nothing but a whisper sending stabs of fear down Phoebe's spine. Piper tried rubbing her husband's back but it did nothing to help.
"Something like 'I will make you my witch'" Phoebe said.
"Cole is it them?" Leo asked.
"Sounds like something they would do. Damn this is not good, this is the last thing we want to get involved in." Cole said running his hands through his dark hair.
"Who are we talking about here guys? What kind of demon?" Paige asked.
"Not a demon." Cole said.
"Well who then?"
"Witches, the Covenant to be more precise. Only they have that kind of power." Leo said.
"Are they good or evil?" Phoebe asked.
"I wish it was that simple sweetie." Cole said hugging Phoebe.
"What do you mean, are they good guys or bad guys?" Piper asked.
"They are not either really. They have the sway to go either way they are sort of on the fence about that issue." Leo said.
"They are powerful that is for sure." Cole said it appeared that he and Leo were the only ones with a clue on this issue.
"Do you think she saw a witch war?" Leo asked.
"No I think she saw the start of one. It sounds like one of their own has betrayed them. This girl though she is new, I thought all the members of the Covenant with active powers were males." Cole said.
"That is true, but if she is who I am thinking of she is not a full member she is the cousin. You know the one." Leo said.
"The Book of Damnation." Cole whispered.
"Okay for those of us who are getting the Readers Digest version care to elaborate a little?" Paige asked.
"Sorry." Leo said rubbing his neck looking sheepish.
"Now what are you two babbling about?" Piper asked. Cole went over to the Book of Shadows and flipped to a page of five teens all male.
"Are these the people in your vision?" Cole asked. Phoebe looked down and the faces of the teens glared back at her, the only difference was their clothes.
"Yes and no. They were wearing normal modern clothes not clothes from the 1600's." Phoebe said.
"Well that is because this is not really them but their ancestors. See hundreds of years ago in Europe witches were being persecuted and to escape many came to the United States, some settled in Ipswich. Five families of witches to be exact settled the area." Leo explained.
"Contrary to popular belief the trials did not start in Salem but the town over, Ipswich. The five families were persecuted the men you see in the book are actually the original settlers, they were all murdered, each leaving behind a child, except for John, the one of the left." Cole said pointing to a boy with an evil glare.
"I think you have heard the story." Leo said.
"What story?" Paige asked.
"The Crucible by Arthur Miller." Cole said.
"What?" Piper asked.
"John Proctor seducing the young woman that was John Putnam he was hung in his barn. The others were burned at the stake." Cole said.
"Four of them left behind sons. All of their trials and tribulations were then recorded in one of the worlds most infamous books, the Book of Damnation." Leo said.
"But if those are not the boys in Phoebe's vision then why do they look alike?" Paige asked.
"It is one of those weird genetic corks of theirs, they all are cursed with the supernatural beauty of their cursed forefathers." Leo explained.
"Well they must have done something bad to get into the book." Piper said.
"True, these guys were pretty powerful. They and their descendents have the power to take over the world if they wanted to, they are immortal practically." Leo said trying to impress upon the sisters how serious a threat the four were.
"You said that there were four boys but in my vision there were five." Phoebe said.
"That is because John Putnam was a bad boy, he really deserved to be killed." Cole said, Leo shot him a nasty look.
"John really did seduce a woman and she unknowingly bore his bastard son now the line had no idea what they were so for generations they abused their powers never knowing the consequences." Leo said.
"About a year ago the fifth son of the Putnam line made himself known. Chase Pope." Cole said.
"Pope, where have I heard that name before?" Paige asked.
"Have you ever read the Book of Damnation?" Phoebe asked being cute.
"Chase Pope, that's it Chase Collins I handled his adoption. His adoptive parents were killed in a car accident on his 18th birthday." Paige said.
"More like he killed them on his 18th birthday." Cole said.
"That is the evil she saw." Piper said putting the pieces together.
"Probably, Chase made a play on the four sons earlier this year but somehow he managed to get away from Caleb the oldest son." Leo said.
"Alright so who is the girl?" Phoebe asked.
"Elizabeth Parker, she is the cousin of Pogue Perry the second family. She is a pretty powerful witch and she has not even ascended yet." Leo said.
"She is mentioned in the Book of Damnation." Cole said.
"Why?" Paige asked sitting down on the couch.
"She is destined to bare the child of influence, a child born of two of the most powerful magical beings." Leo said.
"Who is the daddy?" Phoebe asked.
"Tyler Simms." Cole said.
"When does this happen?" Paige asked.
"Yeah see that is the problem with the book it does not exactly give dates." Leo said.
"So I saw a what?" Phoebe asked.
"It sounds like you saw the start of a witch war." Cole said.
"It is when covens choose sides and then the winner is the new dominant coven. The winning coven has the power over the Book of Damnation and the lines." Leo said.
"So we want who to win?" Paige asked.
"Well if I had my choice I would want whatever side Caleb is on. Add in Liz's powers and you have a powerful combination." Leo said.
"I say we go and meet them." Phoebe said bouncing up and down.
"Alright but first you need to calm down." Cole stopped her bouncing.
