Chapter 8: Story Time

Maria

When I woke up the next morning, Reid and Ty left, kissing Kay and I goodbye. Baby Girl and I got dressed, planning to meet up with Scar then hang out with the guys. After I pulled my thick hair into a ponytail, Kay and I took off down the hallway towards room 213. I knocked on the door and was greeted with a kiss from Reid and a hug from Baby Boy before he went to Kay, kissing her softly.

"What shall we do today, ladies?" Reid looked down at me, then smiling at Kay.

"Um…" I picked at my fingernail, biting my lip. "I actually wanna know more about your history…if that's alright."

Reid met Ty's eyes then looked down at Kay. "You interested, too?"

She nodded a little, twining fingers with Baby Boy. "I think Scar does, too…But sadly, Rose will show up because she's so freakin' annoying so…Sorry you'll have to deal with her."

I groaned, letting my head droop onto Reid's shoulder. "She's gonna be nosy and mess around with you guys." I sighed, looking up at Reid. "Let's just get this over with…"

Kaylee

Ty drove us all out into the countryside of Ipswich, towards the original colony property. We passed what looked like rubble and I looked out the window at it. "Ty, what's that?"

He followed my gaze and sighed. "That's the remains of the Putnam barn…It was destroyed in a fire last fall."

"Oh…" I murmured, wandering what Ty was hiding behind that story.

Maria

Ty stopped the Hummer in front of an old farmhouse and shut off the truck. "The original colony house…Caleb's family owns it now…" He muttered, getting out with Kaylee. I looked at Reid, wondering why Ty sounded so sour about the house. Reid shrugged, helping me out, then leading me to the front porch of the house.

"Caleb, Pogue, and Scar should already be down there…" He murmured, looking down at me. "You give Rose directions?"

I nodded. "Sadly." I heard a vroom and turned to see the cause of the noise. Sure enough, her Camaro pulled up at that exact moment. "And there she is…"

Rose stepped up on the porch, Using to transport herself up to us. "Hello, children." Her eyes sliced through me and I cringed into Reid's side. "Well, isn't this frickin' spectacular. The Son took you back…"

Reid snarled a bit, watching her with a deadly stare as she walked inside. I squeezed his hand once, then following everyone else inside. Ty led us down a flight of stairs to what look like a basement then he opened a wooden door, which showed another flight of spiraling stairs that led down into the ground. He motioned us all inside and candles lit up with flames as we walked inside. I went down slowly, feeling Reid put his hand on my back to lead me down to where the stairs opened up to a small room with bookshelves around four stool-like rocks, which two were filled with Caleb and Pogue. Scar seated herself on Pogue's lap, his arms around her waist. Reid and Tyler sat down in the other two and I went to stand beside Reid.

"Well…" Caleb his throat, looking around at his brothers, then up at us. "I guess we should start."

"Uh, whatever happened to ladies first?" Rose propped a hand on her hip and I rolled my eyes.

"Shut up." Scar muttered, looking back at Caleb. "Go on."

He nodded once and his eyes flashed black, causing me to gasp a little and Reid to pull me down on his lap. A book flew from a bookshelf and landed on the little stone table in the middle of the four seats, flipping open to the first page. "This is the Book of Damnation…It's basically the bible of the way we live…" His eyes went back to their black color, looking around at his brothers. "Inside these pages, it tells the story of how we came to be…and how we ended. Not all of the witches and warlocks were killed off at Salem, as I'm sure you girls are aware of…" He sighed, looking down. "In 1962, the Covenant of Silence was created, with the five remaining families: the Danvers, Parry, Garwin, Simms, and the Popes…But when the Popes started abusing their Powers, they were banished, vanishing off the face of the earth…

"Then last fall the fifth member of the Covenant returned, seeking our Powers and trying to kill me…He failed and was destroyed…So that's why there's only four of us. But there's something else you should know or you already do, considering how similar you all are to the four of us: when we turn 18, we—"

"Ascend." I finished, watching all the boys look at me in disbelief. "That's how it is for us…" I looked over at my blonde sister and saw how pale she was. "Scar's Ascending tonight, actually…"

Everyone turned to look at her and I saw her swallow nervously. "Scar…is that true?" Pogue asked her softly.

She turned to look at him and bit her lip, quiet for once. "Yeah…it's true. I'm next and I'm scared and I don't know what to do…" I saw the tear slip down her face. "Maria, maybe you should tell them ours…"

Rose scoffed. "I'm the oldest; why shouldn't I?"

"Because no one cares what you have to say." I snapped at her, turning back to the circle. "Our story is very similar to yours but with one tiny detail…at the moment, there's only three families remaining in our story. You see, there were five families in 1692, when Salem was making its own Covenant of Silence. Five different woman from five different families…But when one disappeared and the other was destroyed, the final three kept with the ways of the Book of Healing, our own Book. So there've only been three witches for over 300 years…until 1989, when Kaylee here-" I smiled at her "-came out unexpectedly after Rose, her paternal twin."

"Hoo-rah." Kay muttered, looking down at her feet. "So basically I screwed up everything."

Ty reached for her and pulled her to him, kissing her cheek once. "Baby Girl, you know that's not true." I murmured. "You made the Daughters what they are now; you're the first of your kind: the second member of a single family to possess the Power."

She shrugged and slump against Tyler. "I guess so, Maria."

I smiled softly and looked at the boys again. "So that's how we came to be and all." Reid kissed my shoulder and I shivered, elbowing him lightly to stop distracting me.

Caleb sighed. "So I guess we're done here?"

Rose scoffed, throwing her hands in the air. "You dragged me here to tell me stuff I already knew?! I could've stayed at home!"

I groaned and rolled my eyes. "Then go back to Salem; we don't need you here." I glared at her and saw that Scar and Kay were, too.

"Ugh." Rose rolled her eyes. "I might as well, considering you all are worthless." With that, she turned on her heels and stomped up the stairs and outside, zooming away in her car.

I looked at my sisters and they both shook their heads. "Well, let's go…" I stood up and Reid kissed my cheek.

"Don't worry about her, k?" He whispered against my cheek and I smiled softly. He led me outside and I stared out the window on the way back to Spenser, thinking about what was up with Rose.

Little did I know, I was soon going to find out.

A/N: I hated how I ended this chapter but I got writer's block and didn't want to ruin it by rambling so I'm sorry!!! :( But I hope you enjoy it anyways!!!

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