The Covenant: The Daughters of Wiccard
Disclaimer: We do not own the boys and the original story plot, but we do own the Wiccards and this story plot.
A/N: English is not our native language, so do forgive us for the grammar and the spelling mistakes. The new characters and locations are all fictional.
A/N #2: Another chapter by CPadalecki. I did the editing myself; add in some twist here and there, so I am sure there'll still be mistakes here and there.
Chapter 10: An Unfair Fight
"Stars of Ipswich versus Sons of Ipswich? This must be good."
-Marishka 'Z' Wiccard
Nicky's bar as usual was fully occupied by adults and some of them were students from their university. Loud music filled the bar. Selene strolled around the bar. A boy about her age approached her.
"Hai, beautiful. May I buy you a drink?" He asked her with a devious smile.
"No, thank you," She declined.
And that wept off the smile on his face as his friends behind him burst into laughter.
"Oh, don't be like that, come and join us!" They invited her as they burst into laughters again.
Selene raised her eyebrows. Could boys be any more ignorant?--She thought. She smiled at them and just walked away. Her eyes lingered around the bar to look for her friends.
"C! Over here!" That voice was unmistakably Fira's.
She turned and saw six--Reid wasn't around--familiar figures at the corner of the bar, sitting around a table next to a pool. She sneered at Marishka who was getting pool tips from Pogue.
"Since when did you start playing pool?" She teased as Marishka missed the hole.
"Hey, don't blame the girl for trying something new." Marishka defended herself as she tried another shot and again, she missed.
Pogue wanted to laugh but Marishka shot him a dirty look and that wiped the grin off his face. Nearby, Reid and Tara were indulged in their own 'business'. Selene chose not to bother.
"I see you got a lot of fans," Fira teased Selene as she settled down next to her.
"Stop picking on me." Selene said.
"We're not, sister dear. We're simply pointing out some facts to open someone's eyes." Halley replied as her eyes turned to Caleb.
Anyone who didn't realized the jealous look on Caleb's face when those boys approached Selene would be blind… or stupid.
"What did I do?" Caleb asked when he noticed that everyone was looking at him.
"Oh, no, it's not what you did; it's what you didn't do." Halley added.
You want her but you don't tell her…You don't tell her, Caleb, that is 'what's wrong'.--Halley added in her thoughts. Caleb was confused.
"How's your swimming lesson?" Selene asked Caleb, in her attempt to change the subject.
"Great," Caleb answered shortly.
"Hey, C, you want anything? Pogue and I are going to get some fries," Marishka asked as she sipped her own drink--vodka, her second favorite drink.
"Just get me soda. And get some for yourself as well. Stop drinking that shit." Selene said.
Marishka winced as she jogged to catch up with Pogue. Among the four sisters, three of them don't drink--Selene, Halley, and Fira. Marishka was always the outlaw in the family.
"So, Marishka is the only one who drinks among the four of you?" Tyler asked.
"Yup." Fira answered.
"She smokes?" Caleb asked.
"No one in our family smokes." Fira answered in a firm voice.
"She does drugs?" Tyler's question was answered by three pairs of angry eyes.
"Z's twisted, not stupid. She drinks but she don't do drugs or smokes." Selene answered firmly.
Caleb and Tyler exchanged look. They know how much the Wiccards love each other but they never realized how protective they are about each other.
"How come we don't love each other like that?" Tyler asked.
Caleb shot him a nasty look. Soon, Pogue and Marishka returned. Pogue handed Selene a glass of soda and also a glass of beer.
"Hey, Z does all the drinking, okay?" She told Pogue.
"Oh, that one I can't. You see that cute hunk over there?" Marishka asked as she pointed at a tall man with messy hair at the bar.
The man raised his glass when they all turned to look at him. Marishka winked at him and he nodded.
"Are you flirting with him?" Fira asked in surprise.
"Goddess, no! He likes Selene, that's why he bought her a drink, duh! I'm just the messenger." She answered and took a sip of her refilled vodka.
"Ooh….Someone just got a crush on C," Fira teased her.
She blushed and Caleb tightened his grip on his glass.
"Careful, Caleb. You might break the glass in your hand." Halley teased him as the group burst into laughter, excluding Selene.
"He's not my type," Selene admitted as her face turned red.
"What? Are you blind? He's hot!" Marishka exclaimed as she took another glance at the hunk.
"Yeah, he looks like Chad Michael Murray's long lost twin brother." Fira's comment received a nasty look from Caleb.
"Exactly, hot boys are hard to handle." Selene replied.
"I don't care. You must go out with him," Halley persuaded.
"If you girls like him so much, why don't you ask him out?" Caleb spoke for the first time since Pogue and Marishka returned.
"Ooh… Now, Caleb… Envy is a deadly sin." Marishka teased him.
"I agree with Caleb. Why don't you girls asked him out?" Selene supported Caleb.
Caleb felt some triumph and smiled at her.
"Hello, does the name Calvin rings the bell? I got a hunk already, remember?" Halley reminded that of her Prince Charming.
"How could I forget? You kept saying his name in your dreams." Marishka, who happened to be Halley's roommate--she heard her say his name in her sleep--, teased her.
"What about you, Z?" Caleb asked which caused Selene to laugh.
"Z doesn't go after boys who have interest in any of her sisters. She thinks they have bad taste." Selene explained.
"Fira?" Tyler asked.
"I'm not into Chad Michael Murray." Fira's explanation was simple.
"Good decisions, girls. You can't trust other man than us." Tyler said.
"Uh, please… If depends on you guys, we'll never get anywhere." Fira's tease received nasty look from the three boys.
The girls burst into laughter while the boys raised their brows. Reid joined them in curiosity.
"Look who finally decided to join us." Selene said as Reid opened a can of beer and settled down next to Caleb.
"Hey, you showed up the latest," Reid replied as he drank his beer.
"That reminds me; I tried calling you, but I only got your voicemail." Fira told Selene.
"Oh, that. Jade rang me," She informed.
"About what?" Fira asked in curiosity.
"She informed me that Collins was not involved in Sarah and Fabian's accident. His power didn't match the force that was used against Sarah and Fabian," She explained.
"It was the Dark Alliance all along. They were behind this," Marishka pointed out and Selene nodded.
"The Dark Alliance tries to break us apart. They attempted to put us in conflict but failed. They may fail for the first time but they're not giving up. We should be more careful," Selene warned them.
"So, the members of the Dark Alliances murdered Sarah, Fabian and Ian as a warning to all of us," Caleb got her point.
"Precisely," she confirmed.
"They might be around us. Everyone is a suspect," Tyler added.
"Tyler's right. They can disguise as other students to trap us," Fira agreed.
"Everyone be alert, okay?" Selene warned them.
They started chattin and joking around. Suddenly, Marishka realized a missing new figure.
"What about your gal, Reid-boy?" Marishka teased him; To others, she sounded jealous.
"Cheerleading practice." Reid answered as he gulped down his beer.
"Ooh... Now, Z… Envy is a deadly sin." Caleb's comment caused others to burst into laughter, excluding Marishka--who was pissed off--and Reid--who had no idea what was going on--.
Just then, another group of boys walked into the bar.
"Will you look at that? Hey, Z, now those are gifts from the Gods. Thank your Gods." Fira joked when she noticed them.
The others immediately turned their head at the entrance. Fira was right, there were about five of them.
"Hey, aren't those Jake and his buddies?" Pogue asked.
"Damn, I hate them!" Tyler expressed.
"Why?" Selene asked.
"Because they're stuck-up snobs. We won more championship than them last year and yet, they are called the Stars of Ipswich." Caleb said in a disgustful tone.
Selene and the girls were surprised. They never thought Caleb, of all people, will loathe someone as much as that.
"Stars of Ipswich versus Sons of Ipswich? This must be good." Marishka exclaimed as she straightened herself.
The boys threw her a hard look.
"What? I'm just saying. Okay, I'm sorry." She apologized.
Suddenly, Jake and his boys head towards their direction.
"Hey, you girls must be the famous Wiccard sisters, am I right?" he greeted them, ignoring the boys.
"The one and only." Halley answered him.
"I'm Jake West, captain of the football team. These are my friends; Devian, captain of the basketball team, Rex, captain of the track team, my stepbrother--Liam, and of course, Seth, captain of the soccer team." Jake introduced them.
The girls found he was quite cocky about having captains of half of the school's sport teams as his buddies.
"Ah... so this is the infamous group of Captains and the brother from another mother." Halley teased them.
The boys chuckled. Jake threw them a hard look.
"Ooo…I'm so scared…" Reid pretended.
Jake winced at Reid and Reid replied him with an obscene finger gesture.
"Your boyfriends, ladies? What're pretty ladies like you all doing with uncivilized baboons like them?" Liam asked.
The boys' face turned red. Caleb stood up but, Selene signed him to sit down. Jake smiled as Caleb sat down.
"What's this? Taking orders from the ladies now?" Devian teased again.
"Boohoo... so they do. Unlike you idiots, they have respect for us. And we hate people who don't respect us. And you won't like to know what we do to people whom we hate." Marishka warned him, her eyes fixed on his.
"Z, right? Look, you're not in the position to pick up a fight with us, especially in that height." Seth teased Marishka's height.
Marishka's eyes were fixed sharply on Seth. How dare he called me 'short'?! So I am! Urkh! And how dare he called me 'Z'?! Who the hell does he thinks he is?!
"Leave, boys, before we really do." Fira warned them when she noticed Marishka's fiery eyes.
"Alright. But just because we can't stand your filthy looks." Rex ended the fight and they head for a pool table.
Marishka's eyes were still fixed on Seth.
"Z!" Halley tapped her shoulder.
"Oh, no…They're not gonna get away just like that. Especially cos he called me Z, who does he think he is?!" Marishka announced and stood up.
"Z, don't!" Selene advised her.
"Relax, I'm a witch, remember?" She murmured, backing them and heading for the Stars of Ipswich.
"I'm beginning to like her." Reid joked and joined Marishka.
"I'm not gonna miss the fun." Halley decided and joined the two youngsters.
"Should we help them?" Fira asked.
"Relax, sit back, and enjoy." Pogue told them.
"Pogue's right, they can handle it." Selene finally gave in.
Marishka and Halley never lose a fight, as long as they're in it together. Now that there's Reid Garwin with them, Selene is sure they're undefeatable.
Marishka didn't waste any time. She tapped Seth's shoulder. Seth turned to face her as his friends gathered behind him.
"Hey, if you're gonna fight, do it outside! Jesus, what is wrong with kids nowadays!?" the bartender shouted from his post.
"No, we're not picking a fight. Aren't we boys?" Marishka asked Seth.
"We're not?" Reid interrupted from behind her.
Halley gave him a glare--a sign to tell him to shut his mouth. Halley then exchange looks with Selene and Fira. The two ladies smiled and with that smile, the three boys sitting near them saw their eyes turned fully black.
Before Seth could land his hand on Marishka, the five brats were thrown backward towards the wall. They landed with a loud thud on the floor. There were no one looking at them when Selene and Fira used magick on the brats, so they thought the five brats were knocked off by Marishka, Halley, and Reid.
"See, it's a 'clean' fight." Halley told the bartender.
The eight of them left the bar. Outside, Fira and Halley did some sort of a secret handshake.
"Just because I helped, doesn't mean I approved." Selene explained.
"I have no doubts about that. But, you really gotta admit, that was fun." Fira convinced her sister.
"You girls played dirty!" Pogue exclaimed.
"No, we didn't. We just used our ability." Marishka answered him.
"Yeah, right. And Caleb says I'm the irresponsible dude." Reid complained.
"Well, it was a lot of fun to see their butts kicked." Caleb supported the Wiccards.
"You, my man, are blinded by love." Tyler teased.
"What do you mean?" Caleb asked.
"What he meant was you have the hots for C, you moron." Halley explained to Caleb as Selene blushed.
"Well, is it true?" Pogue nudged his best buddy.
Caleb merely shrugged. However, oblivious to the others, he was saying 'yes'. Wonder if Selene realized it? Maybe not; she was too busy blushing at that moment.
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A/N #3: So, how was it? The next few chapters will have more fight scenes. And a tip for my readers... One of the eight will die!
Thanks for all the reviews and also all the supports. Reviews are always welcomed, even if you think this story sucks. Any questions? Be free to e-mail me or send me a message.
Trivia:
What's behind the names?
--Wiccard: I actually got it from a book series that I love so much called 'Wicca'. I only added 'rd' behind it and... Walla! I came up with the four sisters family name: WICCARD.
--Selene: An evil witch in the book series, 'Wicca'.
--Halley: Just came up with it.
--Marishka: A vampire's name in the film, 'Van Helsing'.
--Fira: Fira's greatest element is fire so, I just substituted the 'e' in fire with 'a'.
Dark Alliance
--Led by a witch known only as The Empress.
--12 Dark Knights--6 of them representing a league supporting the D.A while the other 6 are among the most powerful witches and wizards in the world.
--The Council only recognized four out of 12 Dark Knights. One of them is Thalma Quinn a.k.a TAMARA of the Vampire League.
First Huntress--mentioned in Chapter 7
It is a title given by the Council to their best female huntress. The male version of this title is First Hunter. The title will be passed only after the present First Huntress is either dead or no longer qualified for the title.
Marishka Wiccard held the title for a while before she was no longer qualified after an incident--which will be revealed soon. The title is still empty right now. One of the candidates for this title is Halley Wiccard, Marishka's elder sister.
St. Claire Healing Centre--mentioned in Chapter 7
Situated on the 9th floor of the Sentinel Building, it is basically a hospital for witches and warlocks.