Being chapter the second.

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After introductions were made and Caleb was caught up on all things concerning the girls, Caleb took them to the colony house to head to their basement/sanctuary. Gorman was just sitting down to eat dinner when they walked in, and one by one each boy waved to him casually as they walked past.

"Hey, Gorman."

"Hi, Gorman."

"'Sup, G."

"How's it goin', Mr. Twoberry?"

Gorman didn't notice the three girls heading in behind them, and it was a good thing too. Caleb didn't feel like having to explain the situation to him.

When they were all downstairs and settled, each Covenant member in their respective thrones, while Ro and Kitty squeezed together on the spare seat and Fin preferred to stand anyhow, that's when Caleb began to speak.

"So, why don't you start by telling us how in the world you found out about the Covenant?"

"They seriously don't have a clue, Fin!" Kitty exclaimed in disbelief. "This is suddenly awkward."

"No joke?" Reid shot back.

"Quiet!" Caleb commanded, anxious to hear Fin's answer to his question.

"Do you know why your Covenant was formed of Silence, Caleb?" Fin asked very simply.

"Because of the Salem Witch Trails," Caleb retorted as-a-matter-of-factly.

"That was only half the reason," Fin shook her head. "Those trails were brought on by one man who crossed over, and through many deaths, wrongly attained unnatural magic."

"He was really icksome," Kitty added.

"He caused a lot of deaths on this side as well, and he was eventually caught and burned, but the damage had been done. Our kind was discovered and universal panic arose, thus sparking the Trials. Everyone went into hiding, including your families, who got together and formed the Covenant. You lost contact with our world over the generations, and we've been trying to track you down ever since."

"Your 'world'?" Pogue repeated. "What 'world' are you talking about?"

Fin exchanged glances with the other girls, who were smirking to themselves. Ro shook her head, advising Fin against going in to detail just yet.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," Fin replied. "You're going to have to see it for yourselves."

"Okay," Reid threw up his hands. "I've heard enough crap for one day. One can only listen to hot girls talk jibberish for so long."

"You think we're hot?" Kitty blushed. Fin elbowed her to stop being silly.

"So what's so special about us?" Tyler asked. "I mean, why were you guys trying so hard for all these years to find us?"

"A prediction was made a while back," Ro answered for Fin. "That Roarden would come around again someday. Well, he's been back for a while now. Accordin' to the prophesy, ya'll are the only ones who have the power t' kill him before he makes slaves of us all."

"Wait, why us?" Caleb asked.

"Because Roarden was like, the one who gave your families power in the first place," Kitty replied. "He was trying to make you henchmen for his own use. What the dork didn't realize that he gave you all bits of his own power."

"According to history," Fin went on. "When he figured out that he had created beings that would be his own undoing, he tried to curse your power so that it would eventually kill you with use. Is that still true to you?"

Caleb nodded. His expression was contemplative, his brow furrowed in deep thought, trying to digest what this woman was telling him.

"I had always wondered why the Book of Damnation didn't record before the Trials," Caleb pondered. "You may just be telling the truth…"

"Well," Ro said with a smirk. "What if we told ya we knew somebody that could adios that li'l curse a' yours?"

Three boys immediately looked to their oldest for his judgment call, their faces surprised yet hopeful. Caleb still had his doubts, and peered over the girls each in turn, wondering if there was still a chance that they were lying. He knew in his heart that they weren't solely by Fin's unwavering gaze looking back at him expectantly. So he gave in. It sounded too good to be true, but it was more than worth a shot.

"I'd say: show us."

"Alright then," Fin said, motioning for Ro and Kitty to get up from their seat. "First thing tomorrow we'll meet back at Spenser campus. We'll get a hotel room while you boys go home and pack."

Pogue looked around at the others.

"Hey, I don't know about you guys, but I have a strict prep school to attend in the morning."

"Pogue's right," Caleb agreed. "No time like the present."

"We shouldn't leave them alone anyway," Ro said, not taking her eyes off Reid. "We don't know if Roarden is after them too."

"That's true," Fin heartily agreed. "We're supposed to be protecting you. I'll go with Parry-- Kitty, you take Danvers. Sims and Garwin live together, right?"

"Hey, we don't need protection," Reid insisted as they made ready to leave.

"Aww, sugah," Ro flirted, grazing her hand across Reid's shoulder. "Then how about I just come along for the ride?"

Reid's face shifted, the annoyance floating away and amusement taking its place, a grin growing across his features.

"You want along for the 'ride', huh?" he repeated with appreciation.

Fin rolled her eyes, knowing that Ro was probably still drunk. She got dirty when she was drunk. They left together after Kitty skipped out with Caleb. Fin grabbed at the young one before he could leave.

"Hey, Sims, you live with that Garwin kid, right? Could you--?"

"—Hey," he threw up his hands in surrender. "Your girl, your responsibility. Reid would viciously murder me if I stopped him from scoring some play."

"Thanks for the help…" Fin grumbled.

"Don't worry," Pogue teased. "Reid will be gentle."

Fin frowned up at the much taller man. When one was 5'2", pretty much everyone was taller.

"Imagine my relief," she replied sarcastically. She trailed behind him as they walked to his motorcycle. "Expensive bike," she noticed.

Pogue laughed as he pulled his key chain out of his pocket.

"Some say it looks cool too."

Fin backtracked immediately.

"Oh, I didn't mean it like that. It's just not often you see a boy with a bike that costs more than some cars."

"What can I say?" Pogue said modestly as he strapped on his helmet. "My folks love me. You know bikes, huh?"

"Oh, yeah, I've always been a sucker for a biker guy."

"That so?" Pogue looked at her with a renewed interest as he held out the spare helmet like a bouquet of flowers. Fin quickly backtracked again.

"Sure, my fiancée collects them-- Bikes, I mean, not biker guys."

Pogue frowned and swung his leg over the seat, faint disappointment clouding the edges of his tone.

"Yeah," he said meekly. "My girlfriend, she loves them too."

Fin smirked her amusement as she climbed on the seat behind him, and held the hand straps on the seat tightly. The boy was nothing if not transparent, and it struck her funny. She was flattered for his interest, seeing as he was quite handsome, but she had no desire to act upon it in any way. She had her dream man waiting for her back where they were headed, and she didn't see herself ever switching up.

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Kitty stared in amazement as they entered the Danvers Mansion. Such vast beauty left her speechless. She planned on being entertained for a good long time while Caleb gathered his things. Awestruck, she sought to touch the closest piece of art she could lay her hands on.

"Don't!" Caleb saved her fingers from touching it just in the nick of time. "Touch that," he finished. "Com'on, why don't you come with me… so you don't cause trouble."

Kitty was insulted by this, and frowned. She pulled her hand out of Caleb's grasp. Or rather, through his grasp.

Caleb stared down at his hand in shock. Did he really just see what he thought he saw?

"Oh, like you couldn't do that too," Kitty stuck out her tongue at him and continued on up the stairs.

"Not like that," Caleb argued as he followed. "Are you a witch?"

"Well, only if you treat me badly," Kitty joked. "No, seriously? I'm part of the Undead department."

Caleb frowned at her in confusion, not quite sure he understood. Even still, he opened the door to his room and allowed her passage first.

"A ghost-girl!" Kitty explained as if Caleb was just being silly, helping herself to a seat on his chair. "I can go invisible, fly, go through walls, all that stuff. You didn't think your magics were like, the only magics, did you?"

Caleb paused in his closet search for his overnight bag to give her a strange look.

"Up until recently I thought the Covenant was a secret too."

Kitty shrugged in sad agreement.

"So what kind of other magics should I expect out there?" Caleb said, stuffing a few shirts in the bag.

"Oooh," Kitty shook her head sorrowfully. She caught his eye and said very seriously. "I don't think you're ready to know that yet…"

Caleb narrowed his eyes in utter bewilderment, thoroughly weirded-out by now.

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Reid insisted on Ro taking front seat on the way back to Spenser, as he himself demanded the keys from Tyler and drove. Tyler wasn't too happy about it, and pouted in the backseat the whole trip. Especially since Reid and Ro were giving each other dirty looks the whole ride.

Once through the halls and up the stairs to their dorm room, Reid stuffed the keys in the lock in quite a hurry, kicked open the door. He went straight to his bed, snatching a messenger bag from underneath the mattress, yanking the top drawer out from his dresser, and proceeding to carelessly dump the contents into the bag. Tyler took his time grabbing various shirts and pants off the floor.

"So what do you do?" Tyler asked, staring at her as they worked. Ro jerked up her head from staring at Reid's backside to give him attention, as if snapping out of a trance.

"Sorry?"

"You said you and your friends weren't from our world. Is there something special that you do?"

"I'm a Titan," Ro replied, sifting through her purse and taking out a small silver flask with a Queen of Hearts printed on the front. She took a quick drink and replaced it where it had come from. "Invincibility, heightened strength."

"Nice," Tyler replied with approval. Reid zipped his bag closed and left it behind to go over to Ro, standing by the bathroom doorway. He rubbed her shoulder gently.

"I do something special too," Reid said with a chuckle. "We ever get a moment alone… maybe I'll show ya."

Ro smirked in amusement but didn't reply.

"Gag me," Tyler muttered, angrily grabbing an orange sweater out of Reid's bag and cramming it in his own.

"Hey, Baby Boy," Reid said, motioning to the door with his head with a strong hint. "Why don't we catch up with you later, huh?"

"But I'm not finished--"

"We'll catch up with you later, Ty," he repeated very sternly, as Ro gazed lovingly at Reid, teetering a bit in her stance.

"Yeah, yeah, I get the drill," Tyler grumbled, swinging his bag over his shoulder and heading for the door. He stopped when he neared it, his conscience taking over, being reminded what Fin had said to him before they had left.

"Reid," Tyler turned back around with a sigh. "She's smashed."

"I'm aware of that, Tyler."

"So, it's not fair to--"

"What's not fair is if I don't break your neck in twenty different places if you say another word," Reid threatened over his shoulder with a strong tone of warning.

"Yeah, life isn't fair," Tyler replied, shaking his head with a frustrated sigh, before exiting out the room.

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