Disclaimer: I only own Kasey, Ashley, their parents and the LA kids.
Authors note: Another chapter which I hope you'll all enjoy. And again don't forget to review ;P
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Kasey was running in a dark forest. Something was chasing her but she didn't know what. All she knew was that she has to keep running and never look back. She suddenly bumped into Ashley and they both fell shrieking.
"Ashley?"
"Oh my god Kasey," Ashley said as she hugged her best friend.
"Come on. We have to run. Something's chasing me and it wants to hurt me," Kasey said.
"You too. Something was chasing me too. Let's get out of here fast," Ashley said as they started running again. They ran for a while until they saw a clearing. They heard voices and when they got there no one was there.
"Is it just me or were there people here a few seconds ago?" Ashley said.
"Where'd everyone go?" Kasey said. They heard twigs cracking behind them.
"Who's there?" Ashley shouted. Nobody answered. Her eyes turned black while Kasey's blue eyes turned into icy blue.
"Show yourself," Kasey said. And out stepped a guy but his face wasn't clear.
"Who are you?" Ashley said.
"You will soon know." And Kasey and Ashley woke up.
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Kasey groaned. She was covered in sweat and woke up from the nightmare at 3:00. She went to her own bathroom and took a very long bath. She filled the tub with water and sat in it when it was full. The images from the dream and the recent events playing in her mind. By the time she finished and dried her hair it was 7:00. She went to the kitchen to get something to eat. She sat at the island in the kitchen and ate a freshly made blueberry muffin from the fresh muffins basket. Charlie came into the kitchen and opened the fridge without noticing Kasey. He took out a bottle of water and almost jumped 10 feet.
"Morning Charlie."
"Damn it Kasey. Warn someone before you scare the fucking daylights out of them," Charlie said closing the fridge.
"Sorry. I didn't think I was that invincible for you to not notice me," Kasey said laughing.
"Sorry my ass. You think it's hilarious," Charlie grumbled as he took a muffin and sat next to a now giggling Kasey.
"I didn't mean to scare you. How am I supposed to know that you became a groggy person when you got up. Collage is sure taking a toll on you," Kasey said.
"You have no idea," Charlie said.
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7:30 Danvers mansion.
Ashley opened her door to hear another door close. It was Reid.
"Hey Reid. What are you doing up so early?" Ashley whispered.
"Has anyone told you that you look hot in your pajama's before?" Reid said.
"Ugh. You are such a perv," Ashley said and went downstairs. Reid chuckled and followed her to the kitchen.
"And what are you doing up so early Miss Ashley?" Reid said.
"None of your bees wax Mr. Garwin," Ashley retorted. She went looking for her parents and found them in the dining room.
"Good morning," Ashley said.
"Good morning sweetie," Greg said looking up from his paper.
"Morning Ashley. You're up early. Did you sleep well?" Her mother said.
"Yeah, I am and you could say I slept well," Ashley said. The last thing she needed were her parents fussing over her. Her mother was a little overprotective of Ashley. And Ashley doesn't blame her. She always was in some kind of mischief and always got into trouble.
"Did you have fun last night?" Greg asked.
"Yeah. We had a blast. Oh and before I forget I'm going shopping today with Kasey, the sons and Kasey's sibs for the masquerade party Kasey's grandmother is throwing," Ashley said.
"That's nice. You kids behave today. I have a few things I have to do at the office so I'll be home late today," Greg said.
"We will. Don't worry dad. We're gonna be gone all day. The boys have to look for tuxes or suits or whatever," Ashley said. Greg left to go to work and soon the others woke up. Ashley met up with Kasey at the boutique. Charlie was there along with the others. They split up so it was easier for them to finish finding what they needed. They met up a few hours later at their favorite restaurant.
"Which university do you go to?" Caleb asked after they had ordered.
"We're scattered. Faith, Alex and Dan are in Yale. Gabe and Bianca are in Stanford. Eric and I are in Harvard," Charlie said.
"Wow. What are you majoring in?" Sarah asked.
"Interior designing," Faith said.
"Medicine," Dan said.
"Law," Gabe said.
"Finance," Charlie said.
"Marketing," Alex said.
"Law," Eric said.
"Psychology," Bianca said.
"How do you guys cope with classes and not seeing each other and hanging out?" Kate asked. Charlie glanced at Kasey who nodded.
"They know," Kasey said.
"We teleport every now and then," Charlie said quietly
"Dude, it is so cool to have no limits to your powers," Reid in a hushed voice, "You don't have to worry about it affecting you."
"Yeah but the more you use the more it makes you depend on it. It's like you're disabled without them," Gabe said.
"So? You can use whenever you want. You'd be invincible," Reid said.
"Sure. But with the cost of losing your humanity," Charlie said.
"What do you mean? Kasey said that your powers are different from us," Caleb said.
"They are. We don't age like you guys do every time you use. Our powers have one side affect. If you use your powers like there's no tomorrow, you start depending on them and slowly lose your humanity each time. Our powers aren't the most perfect powers. So many people before us lost their humanity and did terrible things. That's why we limit ourselves when we use our powers," Kasey said.
"Bummer," Pogue said.
"It is," Lucas said. Their food arrived shortly. They finished eating and ordered the bill. Kasey suddenly felt a chill down her spine. She looked up to see the guy she saw in the bathroom. She gasped.
"Kase, what's wrong?" Ashley asked.
"It's him. Can't you see him?" Kasey said. They all turned.
"Where? I don't see him," Ashley said.
"Him who?" Charlie said.
"The guy from the bathroom. He's over there next to the girl who's wearing a black t-shirt," Kasey said.
"Kasey there's no one there," Jules said. Kasey turned to her.
"Yes there is. He's right over…there," Kasey said and he disappeared when she looked up again.
"You're just imagining it again," Ashley said. They all left going to the James mansion.
"Ok Kasey. What's really going on? Who's the guy in the bathroom?" Eric asked.
"A few days ago I went to The Zone with Ashley and the sons. When I went to the bathroom a guy appeared out of nowhere and he started telling me that we'll be together. I thought he was a stalker but then he started hurting me and he had powers like us. He kept calling me Emily then Ashley came and he disappeared. The bathroom was back to normal and their was no sign that he was ever there. Yesterday I saw him in the garden and he chased me. Then Charlie came and didn't see him. And I had a dream last night that a guy was chasing me and Ashley…"
"Wait you had that dream too?" Ashley said.
"You mean the one with us running in a dark forest with someone chasing us? And a guy said that we will ….," Kasey said.
"Soon know who he is. Oh my god. Was he the guy who was chasing you?" Ashley said.
"No," Kasey said.
"Alright you two. It maybe a coincidence that you two had the same dream but that doesn't mean that whatever that's chasing Kasey is real," Charlie said.
"But we had the same dream Charlie," Kasey said.
"It could happen. You two are very close and if Kasey believes in the guy you can have the same dream because you're believing too Ashley," Bianca said.
"But he wasn't the guy who was chasing me," Kasey said.
"Then who is he?" Alex asked.
"I don't know. He just told us we will soon know who he is," Kasey said.
"Do you think it's Chase?" Ashley said after a long silence.
"What?" Pogue said.
"He's dead. Caleb killed him," Reid said.
"Who's Chase?" Eric asked. Caleb told them about what happened 6 months ago.
"But they didn't find his body," Caleb said as he finished telling them.
"Great. So there a possibility that the girls are being chased by a psychopath?" Gabe said. Caleb nodded.
"But has Kasey to do with us? She isn't part of our covenant. No offence Kase," Ashley said.
"Non taken."
"Your guess is as good as mine," Caleb said running a hand through his hair.
"But if Chase isn't the one chasing Kasey then who is he?" Zoë said.
"I don't know. But he had powers like ours and kept calling me Emily and that I'd run to my beloved Joshua ," Kasey said.
"Powers? Do you think he might be part of our covenant?" Faith said.
"But I've never seen him before and he wore very old clothes," Kasey said.
"But he could. We don't know that for sure," Alex said.
"So what do we do now?" Lucas asked. They all looked at Charlie.
"We'll have to tell our parents and I'm guessing we're gonna have a huge meeting. So to spare you guys the drama, why don't you go home and rest. And take this with you," Charlie said handing Caleb a piece of paper.
"It's a spell you can cast on the house for protection. All five of you have to say it out load before you enter the house," Charlie explained.
"Thanks," Caleb said. Kasey and Charlie walked Ashley and the others out.
"Call me if anything happens, ok?" Kasey said hugging her best friend.
"I will and I'm sorry for not believing you that day," Ashley said.
"Don't worry about it. Bye," Kasey said.
