Reunited by Lies

Disclaimer: I do not own "The Covenant" or any of its characters; I only own, Peyton, Allie, and any of the other OC's that you see in this story! Please don't sue!

Chapter 1

*~No One's POV~*

The rest of the day consisted of the parents asking their children all they knew about Allen Collins. Dane and the other Covenant Kids, minus Trixie, explained that they'd met him that morning when he'd accidentally collided with Trixie in the hall. The parents took the story in stride and looked at one another when they were finished.

Dane looked at his parents, "We know about the name Collins and why it freaks you guys out… but this guy… he doesn't seem so bad."

"That's what he wants you to think." Tyler spoke to his son.

Trixie seemed to snap back to reality and the grin vanished off her face. "So you think that he's this serial killer in disguise?" everyone else turned to look at the eldest child in the room. "Come on! All of us are friends with people who have the last name Collins and none of them are psycho killers! Why are you all treating this guy so different!"

Peyton and Tyler looked at her. "Honey, he just transferred in… the beginning of your senior year! Doesn't that strike you as odd?"

"No, mom, it doesn't!" Trixie rebuked; Peyton's eyes widened slightly. "If any of these idiots would have noticed today, there were lots of new transfers and quite a bit of them were seniors!"

Tyler looked at his daughter, "Trixie, we just want to make sure that he's… stable, for you to be around. If he does have the Power and he attacks you, there's nothing you can do to protect yourself." Trixie looked at her parents as if she'd been slapped in the face. They always play the Power card against me; all of them, even Selene.

The room was silent for a moment, and Peyton could feel the heartache and anger radiating from her daughter. The other three couples watched the exchange between parents and child, too afraid to interrupt at the moment. Caleb, Pogue, and Reid could see the unhappy expression that was written clearly on Trixie's face; Sarah, Kate, and Allie could see the tears that were beginning to form in the young girl's eyes. Dane and the cousins just looked at the ground, already having a good idea where this conversation was going.

Standing stock still in the spot she was in, Trixie felt the familiar prickling of the tears in her eyes; she knew that things weren't the same without Keller around. If he were here, how would he react to something like this? As she'd gotten older, Trixie had begun to realize by looking at family photos, that she bore no resemblance to Tyler at all; and when she asked her mother about who her father was, Peyton had told her the truth about her father and the kidnapping of her brother. They'd never heard from Chase, so they assumed that he had died and left the small baby all by himself. All of her cousins had the Power, and it was only natural that they want Keller to be with the Covenant since he had the Power too. But instead their stuck with me; a stupid girl who never received the Power.

"I'm sorry that you got stuck with me," Trixie spoke up in a mousy voice. Tyler and Peyton looked at their daughter with confusion etched on their faces. "I'm sorry that Keller got taken and you got stuck with a stupid daughter who doesn't even have the Power! Sometimes I wish Keller had never been taken, and that I didn't exist!" every expression in the room turned to one of shock and Trixie turned, fleeing from the living room and going to her own.

*~Trixie's POV~*

I slammed my bedroom shut as I collapsed on my bed, grabbing a pillow and beginning to sob into it; they always made me feel like I didn't belong! They were my family, but somehow they always found a way to make me feel like I wasn't a part of the family. I wished that Keller was here… at least to help me just a little bit. I couldn't really remember him a lot since we were so young when he was taken; but ever since he was taken, it was like a piece of me was missing. The only keepsake that I had to remember my older twin by was a picture of us that was shot before he was taken.

Pushing myself up on my elbows, I opened the drawer of my bedside table and pulled out the picture; for some reason, looking at the picture helped to relieve the hollow ache in my chest; tears continued to cascade down my cheeks as I looked at the picture. "I wish you were here…" a knock sounded on my door and I shoved the picture back into the drawer, closing it and calling for whoever it was to go away. I pulled my knees to my chest, wrapping my arms around them, and put my head into my arms.

The door opened and my mother poked her head inside, "Trixie, honey? Can we talk to you?"

"Go away."

It was a couple minutes before I heard the quiet shuffle of feet and then my door shutting. There was a pressure on the bed and I kept my head rested on my knees, "Honey… talk to us, please."

Looking up finally, I saw her sitting in front of me and dad standing next to her. "You want me to talk? Fine!" I stated angrily. "You all treat me like I'm a baby! You constantly play the Power card against me! I feel like an alien more than a member of this family! It's like Dane and the others get special treatment, and I get nothing!" my parents looked at me surprised.

"You really think that?" I nodded my head at my mother's question. "Honey, we're not treating you like a baby… we're trying to let you do your own thing, but we want you to be safe in the process."

My father looked at me intently, "We don't play the Power card against you; why would you think that?"

"Because it's true! Every time something happens, I get put on the back burner because, God forbid, this person could have the Power and try to kill me! Nothing's been the same since Keller was taken, and you both know it! I can't do anything, you've given me curfews and told me who I can hang out with and who I can't! Dane and the others get the slip every freakin' time! I have to be home by quarter till ten, but if Dane wants to stay at Nicky's until eleven-thirty you let him!" I didn't like exploding on my parents, but I couldn't help it; I was just so angry over everything that had happened in the span of the past fourteen years. My parents didn't speak as I got up from my bed and walked over to my door, opening it. "I'd like you to leave now…"

My mother and father stayed where they were until finally they began to leave my room. I felt horrible for being this rude to them, but it just made me so pissed off. My mother stopped outside the doorway and looked at me. "I don't regret what's happened since you were young. Everything that has happened… it happened for a reason, Trixie. I'm glad that you were denied the Power." My anger sparked at that and my mother's eyes widened as the door slammed shut in my parents' faces. I looked down at my hand, which was still set in a position for holding the doorknob; what the hell? It took me a couple of minutes before I finally just shrugged it off and figured that I must have slammed it shut as an angry reaction.

*~No One's POV~*

Tyler looked at his wife, taking note of her wide-eyed expression. "Peyton? Baby?" Peyton looked at her husband and saw his confused look.

"Tyler… her eyes…" she looked at her husband as his expression became more confused. "We need to talk to the others… NOW!" he nodded his head and they went back downstairs where everyone was still gathered in the living room. Peyton looked and saw that her son, nieces and nephews were still in the room. "Um… kids, why don't you go into the backyard for a while?"

Dane looked at his mother curiously, but then shrugged his shoulders. "No problem; me and the guys were gonna go play tag football." He and the boys, along with Selene tagging along, went into the backyard. The patio door closed soundly, and Peyton faced the others with a worried expression on her face.

"Pey, what's wrong?" Allie asked, seeing her frazzled expression. The other Covenant members looked at her.

Peyton took a deep breath before speaking. "I think Trixie may have gotten the Power."

Sorry for not posting up new chapters for so long; I will have an extra chapter posted up after this one for all of my loyal readers. Hope you liked the chapter! To sort out any kind of confusion I may have created: Keller goes by his middle name, Allen, when around any of the Covenant Kids and he uses a slight glamour to disguise most of his noticeable features that would alert people that he's related to Trixie. There are some questions I know that I haven't answered and I know you'll probably be asking about how he gets away with Using, but please keep reading to find out; all will be revealed… just not right now. Please remember, like always: reviews are welcome!

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