Book of Ancients
Jayden knew she promised Brooklyn that they would hold off the research about their powers, but she was never good at holding back her curiosity. That was why she was now sitting at the computer in the school's library, looking through pages of magical powers and what not. So far, she wasn't having any luck in finding something that seemed worth anything.
"What are you doing?" Tyler whispered in her ear. Jayden jumped slightly, a hand coming to rest over her heart. Looking to the teen beside her, she frowned in annoyance before turning back to the computer screen.
"Nothing much, just an extra credit project for World History," she replied. Tyler looked from the computer screen back to her with a nod of his head. Pulling a nearby chair over to the computer table, he sat down.
"Well, maybe I can help," he suggested.
"Do you know anything about magic?" Jayden asked, hoping to discourage him. Tyler cut his eyes to her, suspicion clouding them. The brunette rose an eyebrow at him, curious as to why he seemed a little hesitant to answer.
"Some, but it depends on the country," Tyler finally replied.
"Well, I haven't decided what country, but Mr. Gallows said he didn't care what country as long as magic has had some sort of magic impact on the society," the brunette explained. Tyler nodded before turning to the screen. He shook his head at the website she was at now and returned to Google. He typed in magic and major countries before clicking search. A whole list of items appeared, but something stuck out to Jayden.
"Click on this," she said as she pointed to a link named Book of Ancients. Tyler glanced at her before clicking on the link. The page appeared with a large painted image of a book as it's center piece. The book appeared as big as an encyclopedia with worn pages that were yellowish in color and some seemed torn. The cover was brown with what appeared to be a circle in the center that was separated in four parts. A jewel was in each section: a blood-red ruby, a sea-blue sapphire, a leaf-green emerald, and a pale-yellow quartz. Words were written around in the circle in what appeared to be some ancient language. Finally, a golden lock was on the side of the book, holding its many secrets inside.
Jayden motioned for Tyler to scroll down, her mind going into overdrive. She knew she had seen that book before, but there just seemed be a mental wall blocking the memory of where and when. As Tyler scrolled down, she made him stop at a few sections, reading all about the mysterious book. The brunette noticed how Tyler seemed as fascinated as she did, but he appeared more surprised than anything else.
"Stop," Jayden commanded when she spotted the title Gifts or Powers. When he did as she asked, the brunette began to read. As she mouthed the words, her excitement and fear continued to build. Everything she was reading seemed to be describing many of the circumstances surrounding hers, Brooklyn's, and Sarah's powers. Before she could read more, the bell rang for sixth period. Jayden cursed, wishing her free period had more time.
"Thanks Tyler," the brunette said as she quickly scribbled the website's address down and placing it in her purse.
"No problem," he replied. She nodded at him and began to turn away when suddenly she felt his hand on her arm.
"Yeah?" she asked, turning back to him.
"I was wondering what you were doing this weekend?" he asked quickly. Jayden noticed a faint blush creeping up on his cheeks and smiled softly. For some reason, she was glad he was asking her this.
"Nothing that I know of, why?" she replied.
Tyler seemed to fumble over his words time and time again before finally blurting it out, "Would you like to go see a movie and get something to eat with me, like a date?". Jayden smiled before nodding her head yes. Looking to the clock overhead, she sighed. Time was against her today. Placing a quick kiss to Tyler's cheek, she rushed out of the library.
"Where were you?" Brooklyn asked once Jayden rushed into class. The brunette sighed before sitting down in her seat next to her friend.
"I went to the library during my free period and did a little research," she replied. The raven-head teen looked all around before leaning in close to her friend.
"I thought we agreed to wait?" she asked.
"I couldn't help myself," the brunette replied. Before Brooklyn could reply, the teacher walked into the room. She pulled back and sighed, a quick glance to Jayden before opening her folder.
While the teacher was talking, Jayden ripped a piece of paper from her notebook and began to write a note. Scribbling a few quick words to Brooklyn, she passed the note to her friend. When the teacher wasn't looking, the raven-haired teen opened the note and read what was written.
I found this website that I think may help us. - Jayden
Brooklyn glanced back to her before scribbling a reply. She passed the note to her friend once the teacher turned around. Jayden opened the note and read what her friend wrote.
What do you mean? - Brooklyn
Jayden wrote a reply and passed it to her friend.
I'll tell you after class because its kind of hard to explain. - Jayden
Brooklyn received the note and nodded after reading it. Jayden nodded her head as well, eager to explain all her findings. Turning back to the teacher, she began taking notes, but every few minutes she would glance at the clock, wishing it would move faster.
The bell finally rang signaling the end of the day which Brooklyn was excited about. Grabbing her books, she followed Jayden down the steps and finally out into the hall. The two jostled their way through the crowd, earning a few glares and words before finally reaching the Jayden's dorm. Thankfully, her roommate was in the library finishing up on a project of hers.
"So, start explaining," Brooklyn demanded as she sat down on Jayden's bed. The brunette turned her attention to her friend before grabbing her laptop. She sat on her bed beside her friend and pulled up the website she found earlier with Tyler's help.
"Book of Ancients?" Brooklyn asked as she read the title. She mumbled something about fantasy freaks with too much time on their hands. Jayden shot her friend an annoyed look before turning back to the page.
"This site says that if one was to read from the book, whatever element their astrological symbol is, that's the power they'll get," she read.
"You were born on April 16th, an Aries which is also a fire sign," Brooklyn mumbled.
"And you were born on June 7th, a Gemini which is an air sign," Jayden replied. Both girls looked to one another, confusion clearly written on their faces. How was this really possible?
"But we don't know Sarah or Kate's birthdays and I think I would remember seeing that book," Brooklyn finally said. She didn't think something like this could be seriously possible. Yes, there were moments that she thought she recognized that book, but she figured it must just be her imagination. So, with a shrug of her shoulders, the raven-haired teen stood from her position and made her way towards the door.
"Then how do you explain the fire that came from my hands and burnt Nikki's? How do you explain the burst of air that came from your hands and pushed Lucas into the bookshelf?" Jayden questioned. The other girl turned to her friend with a groan.
"I don't know okay!" she hissed. Jayden felt her eyes water at the sight of pure fear in Brooklyn's emerald eyes. The two were lost in what to do, nothing in school that could prepare them for this. Then, Sarah had no clue about her powers and the two had no idea how to explain it to her.
"I have no idea why I can do this or why you can, but we can ignore it!" Brooklyn continued with tears slowly falling from her eyes.
"No we can't because for one, we don't have control over this and two, we should be able to explain it somewhat to Sarah," Jayden replied softly, tears flowing down her cheeks as well. Brooklyn shook her head, a dry laugh escaping her throat as she spun around.
After a few moments, the raven-head teen stopped and stared at the door. Jayden noticed how her whole body seemed to stiffen, almost frozen-like. She didn't like this side of Brooklyn, the stiff and cold persona that no one seemed to be able to reach. She should be joking around or at least shouting, not standing quiet and cold.
Suddenly, Brooklyn threw her right hand up into the air and a huge wave of wind rushed towards the bookcase on that side of the room. Books flew everywhere and the shelf smashed roughly against the wall. The desk right beside the shelf rattled and groaned as the wind knocked the legs out on the desk. Soon, the wave of destruction passed and Brooklyn was left breathing heavily. Jayden looked on wide-eyed at the chaos her friend had caused before turning to her friend.
"I'm going for a walk," the raven-haired teen said softly. Before the brunette could say anything, her friend opened the door an exited the room.
Brooklyn wiped the last of the tears from her eyes and choked back a few sobs. She was standing in the rays of the sun out in front of Spenser. She began to feel sorry for her actions in Jayden's room, but there didn't seem to be no other way to release her frustrations. It seemed as if the whole damn world was against her.
"So, we're meeting later on tonight?" a familiar voice asked. Brooklyn groaned as she turned from her position beside the oak tree to see Reid with a girl heading her way. It seemed he didn't realize she was there and continued to flirt and seduce the girl like a pro. The poor girl fell for it, laughing and smiling every chance she got. Brooklyn leaned against the tree and watched the boy she was slowly developing feelings for kiss another girl on the lips before letting her leave.
She felt like crying or screaming at whatever being thought it was fun to pick on her. Why was she the preferred victim of this generation? Did everyone else just have a bright future or did they just pay off someone? She questioned this mentally as she glared at the sky. Before she could mutter a curse, she realized a person was standing in front of her. Turning her head downward, she mentally cursed as she faced a smirking Reid.
"Glaring at the sky is a sign of insanity, you know," the blonde teen said.
"Don't forget talking to a pompous jerk, either," Brooklyn snapped. She was in no mood for his sarcastic banter right now.
"I'm hurt," Reid replied with a hurt look on his face.
"Good," she answered before pushing past him. Reid stared after her, confused as to why she was acting this way. With a confused expression, he took off after her, determined to discover the reasons of her anger.
"What crawled up your ass?" he asked once he was beside her. Brooklyn stopped and glared at him before giving him the finger.
"Nothing, asshole," she replied. She tried to leave, but Reid grabbed her arm and pulled her back around to face him.
"What's wrong, Brooklyn?" he asked with concern. He noticed the faint signs of tear streaks on her cheeks and found his worry growing. He reached out with a tender hand and touched one cheek and traced the streaks. Brooklyn pulled her face away, her face void of any emotion.
"When were you crying?" Reid whispered. She just kept her head bowed with her eyes closed.
"Brooklyn, answer me," the blonde questioned more forcefully. Brooklyn turned her head to him slowly and he was taken back by the raw anger and sadness that colored her emerald eyes.
"I don't have to tell you anything," she hissed. Pure hatred oozed from her voice causing Reid to grow even more concerned. Why was she acting like this?
"If it involves you being hurt, then you better tell me something," he fired back. His anger was starting to grow, but he knew getting angry with her would be no use.
"I can take care of myself and for the record, I'm not your damn girlfriend," Brooklyn seethed. She snatched her arm from his grasp and began to back away. However, before she could get far Reid snatched her around again. This time, she let her anger go an allowed her power to flow through her veins before unleashing it on Reid. He flew back a few feet before crashing against the ground. Her breathing was heavy and small beads of sweat were forming on her forehead.
"Stay the Hell away from me," Brooklyn spat before turning and running back to the school.
Kate found herself growing restless. She had just finished her homework and now she was sitting in her room by herself. Sarah was talking with Caleb about something and Pogue was nowhere to be found. That had her curious, but decided not to question him about it…..yet.
A knock at her door interrupted her thoughts. Yelling for the person to come in, she smiled when she saw Jayden. Yet, her smile soon faded once she saw the serious expression on her friend's face.
"What's wrong?" Kate asked.
"I have to ask you something," Jayden replied. The mocha-skinned teen motioned for the other girl to sit beside her on the bed. Once she did, Kate frowned at the worry that appeared in her friend's eyes.
"What's up?" she asked.
"Do you have any strange abilities?" Jayden replied bluntly. Kate blinked, confused at what she meant.
"Excuse me?" she replied.
"Never mind, must be the dream I had last night," the brunette laughed awkwardly.
"Tell me about it," the other girl replied.
"Well, I just remember that me, you, Sarah, and Brooklyn were running through the woods because someone was chasing us. Then, you turned around and made this large tree fall to block whoever was chasing us," Jayden replied softly. Looking up, she noticed Kate seemed to have a confused look on her face. She looked at Jayden before shaking her head and muttering something about being crazy.
"What is it?" the brunette asked.
"I had the same dream," Kate replied. Both girls looked at one another with confusion and fear shining in their eyes. However, before either could say more on the subject someone rushing into the room stole their attention.
"Brooklyn?" Jayden asked. The raven-haired teen stood in the doorway with tears slowly spilling down her cheeks. She looked pale and scared, a great contrast to her normal hot-headed self.
"I didn't mean to," she whispered.
"Didn't mean to what?" Kate asked.
"I used my power on Reid, but I didn't mean to," Brooklyn answered. Kate's eyes grew wide along with Jayden's. The brunette looked to the mocha-skinned who was looking at Brooklyn like she was crazy. Deciding it was now or never, Jayden grabbed Kate's hand and dragged her towards the door.
"Come on, we have to find Sarah," she said. Kate was struggling to get free, but she held a firm grip on her friend's wrist.
"You two are crazy," she hissed.
"Maybe so, but we didn't ask to be this way," Jayden replied.
"Then why are you acting like this?" the other asked.
"Because for some strange reason, we have powers and so does Sarah. And this may sound crazy, but we believe you do too," Brooklyn replied. Kate was about to reply, but the sight of Sarah made her stop. Sarah was confused, but before she could say anything Brooklyn grabbed her wrist and began dragging her along.
"What's going on?" Sarah asked.
"These two have gone crazy, thinking they an us have powers," Kate filled in. Sarah dropped her gaze and kept her lips tight.
"You believe them?" Kate asked with fake laughter.
"It sounds strange, but for some reason I can control water," the blonde whispered. The four were hit with the cool blast of air as they exited the school. They continued to the parking lot, searching for Jayden's car.
"If you're like us, then you can create it to," Jayden replied.
"You all sound crazy, because we don't have powers!" Kate shouted. They found the car and got in, having to push Kate in with some force. After getting in, Jayden started it up and pulled out. They were soon on the road, but they had no clue where they were heading.
"The fire at Nikki's, I started it. This guy named Blaine made me angry and I just felt this surge of power and the next thing I know, fire is dripping from my fingertips and burning everything in it's path," Jayden stated.
"I created wind that pushed Blaine's brother Lucas into a bookshelf in the library," Brooklyn continued.
"When we were at the meet yesterday an Aaron tried act like he was all big and bad and I grabbed his wrist before he hit me, I looked at his coke and made it jump out of the cup an all over his shirt," Sarah supplied. All three looked to Kate, but she shook her head with a roll of her eyes.
"You guys are seriously delusional," she snapped.
"Kate, you know there is a connection between all of us and you know that it isn't normal," Sarah said.
"So, it doesn't mean we have powers," she replied. Before either girls could say anymore, the car spun with screams filling the air. Suddenly, the car flipped and crashed roughly on the road on top of the hood.
A few minutes passed before movement could be seen inside of the car. An arm smashed through the driver side window then a body emerged. Jayden groaned as she pulled herself from the wreck, pain shooting throughout her body. Blood covered her hand that smashed through the glass, but blood was trickling from various parts of her body were her clothes were ripped. Her jeans were ripped at various places along with her t-shirt. Her hair that was once in a ponytail was now laying on her shoulders and becoming matted with blood.
Soon, Brooklyn followed right behind Jayden. She was in the same condition, but her left arm appeared to be broken with a piece of the bone sticking out of the skin slightly. She hissed as she slowly stood up, pain traveling through her veins like a hot fire. Looking to Jayden, she tried to smirk but pain caused her to cry out instead.
The two began to worry about Sarah and Kate, but their worries were eased somewhat when Sarah appeared. She had one eye close and her fingers on her right hand appeared to be broken. Her clothes were in the same condition as the other two, but a long gash was evident on her stomach. She leaned slightly on the car, trying to catch her breath with slow gasps. She grimaced when she looked to her fingers and fought back the urge to hurl.
Kate finally emerged with a soft cry. She had a deep cut on her cheek with several small gashes on her body. She stood up slowly and gasped as she felt her left leg give out. She fell to her knee and groaned. Sarah placed her arm over her shoulder and helped her up, but both girls grimaced at the sight of Kate's leg. It was clearly broken with blood running down the side.
"What the Hell happened?" Brooklyn asked.
"They did," Jayden replied with a glare. The trio turned to see what their friend was looking at and they felt their stomachs tighten at the sight.
Chase, Blain, and Lucas were standing in the middle of the road.
All three held smirks on their faces and their eyes were narrowed in their direction. They stood confidently with their hands either by their sides or behind their backs. Jayden noticed with slight fear that Blaine was staring directly at her and Lucas was staring at Brooklyn.
"It seems we have four little princesses who have lost their way," Chase cackled.
"I wonder what we should do with them?" Lucas replied.
"I say we be the nice princes we are and show them their way home," Blaine said. The three looked to one another before their eyes melted black. Jayden tried to scream for the girls to duck, but it was too late. An invisible force pushed them upwards before letting them crash a few feet away.
Brooklyn and Jayden coughed up a few globs of blood before standing up right again. Sarah cried out loud as she felt the bone tear through her skin more than it already had. Kate hissed as her leg heated up with pain.
"Did we hurt the little princesses?" Chase asked with a snicker.
"No, but the princes are about to be," Jayden snapped before unleashing her anger into a wall of fire that she pushed towards the boys. It reached them, but it was split apart by an invisible fore by Lucas.
"Is that all you got?" Blaine laughed.
"Not quite," Brooklyn yelled as she threw a gust of wind straight at them. However, Chase just moved his wrist and the wind changed directions and crashed into her. She landed with a groan on the pavement, her skin splitting on her cheek.
"You know, when I heard you had powers I thought I was suppose to be afraid, but now I'm just bored," Chase sneered as the three boys finally reached the girls. Sarah yelled and with that a wave of water was unleashed from her hands. It struck Chase by surprise, but he quickly recovered and dissipated the wave with a small wave of his hands. The blonde girl fell to her knees, angry tears splashing down her cheeks. Chase just smile as he finally reached her and cupped her pale and blood-stained chin in his hand.
"He may have saved you from me once, but he's not here now," the boy laughed as he leaned closer to the blonde's face. However, a vine wrapped around Chase's hand and he felt a vine wrap around his legs. Turning his head in the direction of the attack, he was surprised to see Kate.
"Go back to Hell," she sneered before pulling the vines that were emanating from her palms backwards. Chase fell against the pavement with a curse, but laughed as he grabbed the vines and tugged them. Kate yelped before landing hard against the pavement with a loud thud.
"Hell is afraid of me, sweetheart," he said. He slowly pulled Kate towards him and Sarah, but a flame tore the vine apart. Chase turned to see Jayden head-butt Blaine before he back-handed her. She fell to the pavement with a cry. Blaine had a bleeding nose now which seemed to fuel his anger even more as he grabbed Jayden's hair and pulled her up to her feet.
Brooklyn saw her friends in distress and yelled. She kneed Lucas in the groin before sending a wave of air straight at Blaine. He was caught unaware and was sent flying backwards. Jayden fell to her knees, but sent a soft smile in Brooklyn's direction. Brooklyn tried to smile back, but a scream escaped her lips as an invisible struck her back, painfully. She fell to her knees, but an invisible force wrapped around her throat and slowly began choking her as she floated in the air.
Kate and Sarah were trying to hold off Chase, but the same invisible force as the one wrapped around Brooklyn's throat was around theirs. Jayden was in the same predicament as the others. It seemed they were about to die.
"Well princesses, it seems like its time to say goodnight," Chase laughed as he continued to squeeze the life out of their bodies. Sarah and Kate began to cry while Brooklyn fought. Jayden hung limp as her eyes began to close, everything growing dark. Before she fell into unconsciousness, she sent up a silent prayer.
Tyler, help me.
A.N.- Chapter 3! Anyway, hope this turned out as well as you guys wanted it, if not, so sorry! Well, please review and give me your thoughts. Oh, I am thinking about making a Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover with the Covenant. So, Draco's Secret Lover, you get your OC if I do it! Just e-mail me or something with what you want her to look like and personality unless you want me to create her. Anyway, tell me what you think of that idea too.