Note: Holy crap! I am so sorry this update took over 3 months. I had a lot of things happen in my personal life and it got me out of my writing routine. I will try not to let long breaks like that happen again. Hope you enjoy the rest of the story. It's almost over! Only 2 more chapters left and it's finished.
Angel Among Us
A Covenant fanfic
Chapter 7: Magic of Old
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Angel, Chelsea, and Eddie's eyes widen.
"Hold on….you all…you have magic too?" Angel asked, his eyes more on Reid than any of the other sons.
"Yeah, we do." Tyler confirmed.
"We seem to be different, even though the same at the same time." Caleb mused.
"Yeah, you're right," Pogue chuckled in amusement by that statement.
"We're all witches, but you're magic seems to operate completely different than ours." Pogue continued.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Angel asked in confusion of why they would hide that from him, especially Reid.
"The same reason you didn't tell us." Caleb stated.
Angel understood. "You didn't know what I would do with the information. Yeah, I see."
"If we knew you were too this whole time, we would've told you. Hell, I would've told you someday even if you weren't." Reid stated.
The other three sons looked at Reid in surprise.
"You were? Why? You know it's a bad move to tell just anyone." Caleb stated.
Reid lightly glared at Caleb. "He's not just anyone to me, Caleb," Reid then moved his eyes to gaze at Angel.
"He's special. And we agreed that we would tell the ones that are special and consistent in our lives. So yeah, I would've told him either way." Reid said in pride.
Angel smiled tenderly, loving the discovery of how devoted his boyfriend was to him.
Caleb let it go since he never knew this Angel kid meant that much to Reid.
"So how is your magic different from mine?" Angel asked curiously.
"Well, our eyes turn black to use magic, for one." Pogue stated.
Angel blinked. "Oh, like Chase does?"
"Apparently. If he does magic the way you say, then he's the same kind of witch as us, which I don't see how since we're the last ones of our kind." Tyler said.
Angel looked surprised and confused by that until Caleb elaborated.
"Most of our kind was wiped out by the witch trials."
"Oh…wow. Sorry to hear." Angel said. The sons acknowledged that by a nod or a small comforting smile.
"Our magic in its concentrated form looks like a stream of pure translucent energy. We can manipulate, conjure, shapeshift, teleport, use telepathy, and even levitate. If someone in the coven uses magic on a high level, depending on how receptive the witch is, the others of the coven will feel it." Reid explained to his boyfriend.
Angel, Eddie, and Chelsea took the information in and were intrigued, continuing to listen intently.
"Even though our kind are born, they can lose their magic and never get it back, making them human and more defenseless." Caleb stated. Angel and his two best friends' eyes widen in shock.
"Whoa…really? How?" Eddie asked.
"By verbally willing over your magic to another witch. The good thing, though, is that no one can make you say it. Only the individual has power over that." Caleb answered.
Angel sighed in relief. "That's good at least."
"So now that you know what makes us different from you, how are you different from us?" Pogue asked curiously.
Angel began his explanations. "Well, going from me being psychic, there is many ways than one that I can have them."
"Oh, that's neat." Tyler stated in pleasant surprise. The other sons feeling the same.
Angel smiled. "Other than the most popular way people know of, I can also get visions through psychic drawing and psychic writing."
The sons looked very intrigued by that. "Psychic drawing, psychic writing?" Caleb asked curiously.
"Yes, it basically means that visions can be communicated by drawing pictures or writing out words." Angel stated. He was enjoying explaining this cool stuff on new ears again. He's only ever told his parents, Chelsea, and Eddie, so mentioning and explaining these things and it get new positive reactions, that was rare for him.
"That's so cool! How does that work?" Reid asked in a grin, excitement shining in his eyes. Angel smiled happily at Reid being so interested.
"Well, I'll be minding my own business doing stuff. And if I'm supposed to know something through drawing or writing, I'll get this sudden urge to get to the closest tool that will allow that without knowing why. Once I'm equipped with some sort of writing tool, I'll feel spiritual energy go through me to my writing hand and my hand will move on its own and start drawing or writing out the vision. That's what happened when I had the vision about Reid and Tyler. I had that when I was right next to Reid, actually."
Reid's eyes widen. "Oh what?! No way!" Angel nodded when Reid gazed at him in shock.
"How could I have missed that?!" Reid asked amazed by his own obliviousness.
Angel gave a light smile to Reid in sympathy. "We were in foreign language class, you were asleep."
Reid deflated at that, but reanimated himself right after. "You could'a woke me up for that."
"I know, I just didn't want to worry you since you would ask questions." Angel clarified.
"So how does your other way of getting visions work?" Caleb asked.
Angel perked at that. "Oh, you mean the way everyone recognizes. Um, well, I get that feeling of spiritual energy going through me, and then seemingly little movies play in front of my eyes. While this is happening I've been told that my eyes get a light shade of white over them."
"Whoa." Tyler stated in amazement.
"Interesting." Pogue said.
Angel smiled. "When it comes to my magic….I come from two lines of witches; my mom's side and my dad's side."
"Wait….your parents are witches?" Tyler asked in surprise.
Angel nodded. "Yes, they are. There's more witches on my mom's side than my dad's, but yes, there is a long line of witches in my family. Oh boy, this will take a lot of explaining." He said as he ran a hand down his face.
Caleb chuckled. "Take your time, we're in no rush, plus…we're really interested since nothing like you has come around before." The other sons agreed in a nod.
Angel smiled in gratitude. "Thanks. Um…gosh, where to begin…long before humans walked the earth, an ancient species inhabited it, a type of demon. Those demons had four rulers of which they refer to as Gods; one was Ulyaoth who is the God of magic, then there's Chattur'gha who is God of power, then a female named Xel'lotath who is God of sanity, and last is Mantorok who is God of chaos and keeper of the other three. Mantorok….he created a book called book of Eternal Darkness of which would give the possessor the advantage over the other three ancients if they were to get out of control. It's full of powerful spells and weapon advice that can make or break a world depending on the holder's intentions."
The sons were amazed by this new and interesting info. Caleb looked at his brothers and nodded when he saw their curious expressions.
"So this book…do you mind if we see it?" Caleb asked on behalf of himself and his brothers.
"Not at all, sure." Angel stated.
Angel then walked over to a spot on the floor next to his bed and kneeled down to surprisingly open a hidden compartment. He hooked his finger in a well hidden spot and lifted the door to reveal…blankets laid out. He lifted those to then take out the book he mentioned. The sons were amazed how smart Angel was at hiding it, making it seem like there was nothing in there with how well placed the blankets were. Angel stood back up and faced the sons with the book in his hand, flipping it towards them, so they could get a good look at it.
"This is the book of Eternal Darkness." Angel stated.
The sons were intrigued and a bit intimidated by the look of it. It looked very powerful.
"Whoa…" Tyler said softly.
"Smart hiding spot. Even smarter making it seem like nothing's in there." Caleb complimented.
That made Angel smile. "Thank you. Would you like to see some spells?"
"Yes." The sons said in unison, making Angel laugh.
"Okay, I'll do…..reveal invisible. Say if….the book was back in its hiding spot, and let's pretend we don't know about the hidden space," Angel put the book back in the spot just as he found it and closed the door and stood to face the sons again.
"If we needed to find something, but didn't know where to look, or even didn't know there was something hidden, this is where this spell comes in handy. Watch." Angel then took a deep breath and closed his eyes, getting more focused.
After a few short seconds of silence, green light in the form of rings suddenly appeared, moving from where Angel was standing and fanned out into a circle around him. Then a mystical female voice spoke, along with green lit symbols surrounding him.
'Narokath, Redgormor, Xel'lotath.'
Once the voice stopped, the hidden compartment where the book of Eternal Darkness was, turned transparent for a few seconds and then went back to normal, the lit up symbols now gone as well.
"And there ya go." Angel stated with that inviting smile of his.
"Wow." Caleb said very impressed.
"Wow is right, that was awesome!" Reid said excitedly, also impressed, the other two sons feeling the same.
"What was that voice….and those symbols?" Pogue asked.
"The voice is the god Xel'lotath. When the gods made these spells, their voice were locked inside it. I guess it's so you know what god your spell is under. When I need to use the spells without drawing attention to myself, I just say the spell myself." Angel explained.
"Very cool. That's definitely way more fancy than our magic." said Tyler.
"Can we see more?" Pogue asked with enthusiasm.
Angel giggled. "Sure, I can do one more. I'll do…..red this time, which is Chattur'gha."
A few seconds later, light in the form of rings like before appeared, but in red this time and a different voice spoke, it was deeper and male.
'Tier, Aretak, Chattur'gha'
Angel then held out his hand palm up in front of himself, and red little lights of magic from the spell circle floated up into his hand and spun around and formed a soft red glow of an outline of something. When the red light disappeared, a red creature that looked similar to a scorpion was in his hand and was pretty big, bigger than a human hand. Some of the sons such as Caleb and Tyler took one step back in surprise at what they saw appear. Reid and Pogue just stood there with their mouths open and stared in awe.
"What is that?" Caleb asked, wary of the dangerous looking creature.
"And what spell was that?" Reid asked.
Angel smiled at them. "This is called a Trapper," He motioned to the creature in his hand with a tilt of his head.
"Don't worry, it's only dangerous if the caster orders it to be. What I used was a summon spell."
"Whoa….Trapper? What do those do?" Tyler asked intrigued, feeling calm again knowing it won't hurt them.
"It's blind, so it's only defense is to teleport its threats away from it if they get too close. They are handy to use since they can fit in small places that would be hard for a human to fit in. If there is something needed in an unreachable area, they can get to it and teleport it to you."
The sons were impressed by this info. "Wow…..you are more than we thought." Caleb stated with a smile.
"No kidding….you're badass! Way more than us." Reid said enthusiastically.
Pogue, Tyler, and Caleb looked at Reid in surprise. Caleb then leaned over towards Pogue.
"Did Reid just willingly admit that someone was better than him?" Caleb asked.
Pogue nodded in stunned surprise. "And sounded happy about it."
"So….how did you come to possess a book so powerful?" Tyler asked.
"A relative on my dad's side left it in our old family house for my dad to find." Angel stated as he made the Trapper disappear and put his hand to rest at his side again. The sons perked at the words 'old family house'.
"You had a family house that was passed down?" Caleb asked in surprise.
Angel nodded. "Yeah, it's super old. Been in the family since the 1700's".
The sons blinked at that and gazed at each other. "Do you think…?" Pogue asked his brothers.
"No way…that our ancestors and Angel's ancestors met? Now, that would be a small world." Reid stated a bit skeptical at the idea.
"Well, being that they were all from the same time period and area, I'd say it's very possible, or at least possible for them to have been in the same room together." said Caleb in thought.
"Yeah, that's true." Tyler stated.
"Okay, now that that's cleared, I'm going to go see Sarah. She sounded pretty shook up with what happened to Kate." Caleb stated, moving to leave.
A spark of a thought popped up in Angel's mind then. "Wait! Is Sarah in her dorm?"
Caleb nodded, confused of why Angel was asking. "Yes."
Angel then looked out his window near his bed and winced. "Crap, it's getting dark out, too," Angel then turned to the sons. "Okay, listen, in about a couple minutes, Chase is going to go to Sarah's dorm looking like Caleb."
The sons looked shocked at that.
"For that reason, I'm going with you." Angel finished.
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Caleb's group and Angel's group quickly made their way down the hallway of the dorms. When they made it to Sarah and Kate's room, Caleb put his hand on the doorknob, ready to open it until Angel stopped him.
"No-no-no!" He whisper-yelled. "It'll be just like the vision if you go in first which is too dangerous. Let me go first."
Caleb reluctantly relented and let Angel open the door instead. What they saw on the other side of the door was alarming. Sarah was laying on her bed for what you think is her sleeping at first, but get a closer look and you'll see the holes and blue veins all over her. The sons were shocked seeing as they know exactly what happened to her.
"Damnit! We're too late….that bastard put a creation spell on her." Tyler said in anger and fear.
Trying to stay calm, Caleb checked her pulse. "Thank God, she's still alive…..just barely, though."
Angel looked around the dorm. "He was just here…..I can feel it. His energy is only seconds old. If only we were here a few seconds earlier, I could've-" Angel was cut off by his boyfriend, Reid.
"Hey, it's alright, you did what you could."
Angel gazed over at Sarah in her comatose state silently before shaking his head, having an idea.
"Not yet." Angel said softly.
Reid looked at him in confusion before Angel looked up at Pogue, Tyler, and Reid.
"What does this creation spell do?" Angel asked them.
Pogue answered. "It places the victim between a state of life and death. The caster chooses what creature sets it out."
"And the caster is in control of when they die. So Sarah is practically a toy for Chase to break whenever he wants." Tyler added.
"Okay…I think I have an idea," Angel said before walking over to where Caleb was at Sarah's side. Caleb looked up at Angel.
"May I?" Angel asked Caleb who was blocking good access to Sarah.
Caleb paused in thought for a moment before getting up from his spot, allowing Angel to directly be at Sarah side now.
"What are you gonna do?" Caleb asked.
"I'm gonna try to dispel this." Angel answered as he analyzed Sarah's condition. The sons looked mighty impressed at the possibility.
"You can do that?" Caleb asked in surprise.
"Well, I don't know for sure. I've never come across your kind's magic before, but I want to try this if there's a possibility it will work."
Caleb gazed at Angel in gratitude. "Thank you. Don't stress yourself if you can't, okay?"
"I'll try not to." Angel then put his hand on Sarah where her ribcage was located and focused intently. Red glowing of rings appeared around Angel, and that now familiar deep, intimidating voice spoke that ancient Persian once again.
'Nethlec, Redgormor, Chattur'gha.'
The red glow of the magic traveled from the spell circle on the floor, up Angel's arm to Sarah. She now had that soft red glow envelop around her. The sons of Ipswich, and Chelsea and Eddie waited with baited breath right along with Angel. After a few seconds, they started to see the holes and blue veins in her skin disappear, the red magic going away as well. That got everyone excited and relieved. Sarah slowly opened her eyes and rubbed them when they were blurry.
"I can't believe it…..he actually did it." said Tyler in a wide smile.
"Angel?...Caleb? What is everyone doing here, what happened?" Sarah asked in confusion sitting up on her bed once her vision cleared.
Angel smiled. "Welcome back."
Caleb quickly walked over to her to give her a hug. "It's okay, baby, we'll explain. So glad you're okay."
Angel left Sarah's side to give her and Caleb their moment. In doing so he spotted a piece of paper on the bedside table. When he picked it up and read it, his face tensed and his eyes gleamed in knowing before he alerted the others.
"There's a note. It's to you, Caleb." Angel stated handing it over.
When Caleb turned to Angel, he grabbed the note and read it warily.
A little present to ensure I get what I came for. Meet me in the Putnum barn at 10 or your girlfriends die and everyone else you love will come next. Don't make this harder for me, "big, brave leader".
-Chase
Caleb balled up the note in his hand and tossed it in the trash next to the bed from afar in controlled anger.
"What he doesn't know is one of his captives are free, so I think the joke's on him." Caleb stated.
Angel nodded. "Definitely."
"Wait, what did the note say?" Chelsea asked, voicing everyone else's question.
Caleb answered. "It's from Chase. He wants me to meet him at the old Putnum barn at 10."
Eddie and Chelsea's eyes widen. "Oh my God!...that's that vision." Chelsea said in worry.
Eddie nodded with wide eyes. "Yeah, it's about to happen."
"Whoa, whoa, what?" Tyler asked in confusion.
Angel replied. "I told them about another vision I had. It was of Caleb with Chase at a barn fighting. Chase was about to kill him."
The sons were shocked. "And that's about to happen at 10 o'clock tonight?" Pogue asked looking over at Caleb in worry.
"Yes." Angel, Chelsea, and Eddie answered in unison.
Caleb looked at Angel. "If I die in that battle, then what did I do?"
"You went alone." Angel responded.
That surprised Caleb seeing as he was just thinking he should go alone.
"Okay….I won't go alone then."
Angel gave a small smile. "Good. I wouldn't have let you even if you chose to."
Caleb smiled at that. "Alright, what's the game plan?" He asked.
"I say…..everyone with magic goes. Those without stays at Caleb's with his mom." Angel decided.
Eddie and Chelsea didn't look pleased by this, but complied since they needed to approach this cautiously. Tyler, Reid, and Pogue agreed, not wanting to do nothing in this serious situation. Seeing the silent agreement in everyone, Caleb nodded to Angel.
"Okay….let's do this."
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End chap. 7
Damn, Angel is badass isn't he? God, I love those spells, they are so cool! If you would like to hear the spells for yourself (which I highly recommend since the spells sound awesome) to get a better understanding of what's going on in the story when these spells are cast, just type in Eternal Darkness Spells into Youtube's search bar and 4 videos of each demon god will come up and should be the first ones to pop up (the titles of these 4 videos should say exactly what you typed in with the added name of the demon god at the end in parentheses such as (Mantorok) and (Ulyoath) and so on. Each thumbnail should show red, blue, green, and purple spell circles). Anyway, sneak peak of next chapter: That night, Angel and the sons take Sarah, Chelsea, and Eddie to Caleb's house with his mother for protection. Angel and the sons then go meet Chase at the barn at 10pm. Will they make it out alive? Is Angel's magic enough to save everyone this time? Find out next time. Till next chapter. ^ - '
