The next morning Peyton awoke with start and for a moment she was confused as to where she was. After realizing that she had fallen asleep on the music room floor she allowed herself to relax. The sun coming in through the windows told her that it was late morning which meant many students would still be sleeping after partying all night. With the memories of last night still fresh in her mind she made her way back to her dorm room hoping that Lux wasn't there and that she'd be gone before she came back.

Just as she reached the door to their room when a mind splitting pain flashed through her head forcing her to the ground to lean against the door. In the attempt to fight off the pain Peyton held her head, but to no avail and then the images came to her.

It was like any other flash that she had been having recently. There was the blood, Damon, the cliff and Pogue. Only this time it was different. This time as she stood on the edge of the cliff all of her friends were there standing with Pogue. Damon was laughing and mocking them, but there was something in his hand. It was a piece of paper she realized and through the darkness of the night she could see that there was something written on it. With Damon holding her prisoner she was close enough to read it, but before she was able to Damon released her over the cliff and as she feel her screams like always feel on deaf ears, even though she could her shouts of her friends and Damon's maniacal laughter from above.

Pogue was making his way toward Peyton's dorm in the hopes that she would have had the chance to calm down. He knew that Caleb had a point in waiting for her to come to them, but he wasn't willing to wait that long to be around her again--- to hold her again. And so he found himself going behind his friend's back, only under the circumstances he couldn't care less.

Suddenly a sound drew Pogue out of his thoughts. It was then that he found Peyton doubled over against her room door with silent sobs racking her body and her face ghostly pale. There was no doubt in his mind that she was in pain and by the way she was holding her head he could guess that was the reason. Pogue had no time to consider any thing when Peyton began to tumble sideways to the cold hall floor unconscious. He was at her side in seconds and swiftly scooped her up into his arms. Making sure that the hallway was empty of any people he 'used' to unlock her dorm door and quickly entered.

Lux wasn't there probably having gone off for a morning shower and breakfast. Pogue carried Peyton to her bed and carefully set her down. After that he was at a loss of what to do. All he could do was look down at a frail and pale Peyton. Pogue had seen her look frail at others times as if she had seen something that frightened her. He knew when that fragility came over her because he saw the change come over her. Sometimes that change happen over nights as if she were a child who had a frightening nightmare and other times it would happen sporadically during the day. It was those times that she most often went to the music room to poor her fear and all her other emotions into her music and much to his delight, others she would seek him out and invite him to listen while she played. It was those instances that he would let his ego take over and suspect that she found as much comfort and support in him in the same way he did her. That was one of the reasons he loved her so much, in many ways they were one of the same.

Pogue's thoughts came to a crashing halt when he realized what he had been thinking.

'Love…'

He hadn't expected such a strong emotion to grow so quickly, but when he thought about it he realized that it was just too hard not to fall in love with her.

"I love you P," Pogue said, testing the words allowed and knew that they were true.

"Pogue?" came the sleepily slurred speech of Peyton.

Apparently Pogue had been too preoccupied with his own thoughts to even notice Peyton awakening. Now he found her starring up at him with wide shocked eyes. It was easy to guess that she had heard what he had said. For the first time in a long time Pogue felt himself become truly embarrassed. Under the circumstances it just didn't seem right to have said something so meaningful when so much was left to be sorted out. It seemed that whether she felt the same way or not Peyton thought the same thing.

Peyton had awoken to find Pogue standing over her on the bed so lost in thought he never even realized it. She felt her world turn upside down when she heard his whispered words. Her heart fluttered and sang with his admission. She only wished that she could tell him the truth about how she felt--- that she loved him too. He hadn't meant for her to hear it that much was clear by the embarrassed blush that crushed his cheeks that made him look adorable yet sexy. What could she say? With so many secrets remaining between them, which was both of their faults, it wasn't the time. But, she wished it were.

With both Pogue and Peyton realizing the same thing both quickly came to the same solution--- they pretended it never happened.

"Are you okay?" Pogue asked. It seemed to him that he'd been asking that question a lot lately.

"Yes, I am fine," Peyton answered and for the first time realized that Pogue had seen her reaction to the flashes. "Just a really bad headache is all," she explained hoping that he would believe it.

Pogue looked down at her and not for a minute did her believe that it was only nothing more than a simple headache. Looking at her now she was still shockingly pale and what he had seen when he'd found her was clearly more than a headache. However, he would come to that later. For now there was something he needed to explain.

"Come on I need to show you something," he said pulling Peyton to her feet and holding her straight to give her weak legs a second to regain their strength.

"Where?"

"There's something you should know about all of us," was the only answer he gave.

Peyton said nothing else and allowed Pogue to lead her outside to where he had parked his bike. At first she half expected him to head towards his apartment, but instead he took the road in the complete opposite direction. The dive took them down old roads that had likely seen very little use in the pasting years. The green trees of the forest stood tall reaching for the sunny sky above. As she watched the passing scenery Peyton thought of how beautiful it was. Her admiring of the surrounding nature came to a close when they passed a clearing filled with a few broken and scarred trees and the remains of burnt building some kind. In Peyton's mind it was as if the area had witnessed some sort of battle and she couldn't help but also notice that the scene seemed quite fresh.

"What's that place?" Peyton yelled over the roar of engine and wind.

"It used to be the old Putnam Barn. It burnt down a few months ago," Pogue replied back.

After a few more minutes Pogue came to a stop before a large house that was clearly quite old. However, while the house loomed tall and had a faintly haunted look it was her brother Tyler's hummer parked there as well that caught her attention. Seeing confusion Pogue answered her unasked question.

"This is old Colony house. It's been in Caleb's family since Ipswich was settled around the time of the Salem Witch Hunt. This is where we meet and it's only right that the others are here to help explain things."

With that said Pogue took Peyton's hand in his and squeezed it reassuringly. Together the two entered the house. Peyton observed her surroundings with wonder as Pogue drew her down the flight of stairs leading to basement. When they reached the final Peyton found Tyler, Caleb, Reid and Lux sitting in stone chairs that surrounded a circular stone that seemed to work as some sort of table. All around the were shelves of hundreds of leather bound books that were clearly quite old as well the candles that worked as the only light for the otherwise dark room.

Pogue pulled toward the others and took a seat himself.

"You saw what we were last Peyton. We should've told you from the beginning because you are part of the five families even if only half. But, we didn't think it was the right time for someone who had grown completely unaware," Caleb began to explain.

"What exactly are you?" Peyton asked from where she stood near Pogue.

"We're human," Tyler cut in. "But, what we possess is called the Power. It's been passed through each generation of our families to the first descendent. Lux is only girl born possessing the Power."

"What is the Power exactly?"

"When we turn thirteen we start to develop our Power and when we turn eighteen we ascend and the Power becomes complete. However, we cannot 'use' easily. The Power can easily become addictive if we over use it and every time use a part life gets drained away which is why becoming addicted can be so dangerous," Reid answered.

"But, in the same that I am an anomaly for being a girl and having the Power I am also an anomaly for almost anything that has to deal with it. I ascended, but while for the boys it was…very painful, for me it was as if nothing happened. I can use whenever I want and yet not even the smallest amount of my life would be drained away. As we understand from the prophecy in the Book of Damnation it will be passed on to my children," Lux explained in the hopes that perhaps Peyton would be up for confessing something that made her 'not normal'.

"The Book of Damnation?" it seemed for the moment that Peyton was unable to form much more of a sentence to ask her questions.

"It's the book that has our entire family histories recorded in it and everything thing you need to know about the truth behind the witch trials," Pogue answered her.

Suddenly at the mention of 'families' something else that they had told her came to mind.

"You said five families. There's only four of you," Peyton pointed out.

There was a long pause of silence and Peyton could see that her question had hit a sore spot with the entire group.

"There 'was' a fifth family," Tyler spoke up putting emphasis on the word fifth.

"The fifth bloodline had been thought long dead until a couple months ago when Chase Collins, or Chase Pope was his real name, transferred into Spencer. He got close to us and it was too late when we realized he was a descendent of the five families. He was far passed addicted and he was looking for more Power so he came after me hoping to get me to will him mine when I ascended. As we explained earlier except for Lux our Power is tied to our lives, without it we would die, which made little difference to Chase as long as he had more Power to feed his addiction," Caleb explained as briefly as possible. "You saw the remains of the old barn on your way here?"

Peyton nodded to confirm the answer and Caleb went on with the story.

"That was where we fought and where I thought I killed him."

"He wasn't as dead as they thought. When I came back to Ipswich I came back partly because I felt as if something bad was going to happen. It was Chase's return that I felt and he came back that time hoping to get Reid's Power and mine as well. He thought that if he could get mine that he'd have the ability to stop his Power from draining his life. We destroyed him for good before he could cause any real damage," Lux relayed the story of their more recent altercation with Chase and was holding Reid's hand tightly as she did so.

By the end their story Peyton's mind was reeling and she that what they were saying was indeed true. To tell truth it seemed to explain a lot and made the happening of last night much easier to deal with. It was as if the weight of confusion that had plagued her since seeing what she had seemed to disappear from her shoulders and left her feeling much more relaxed. However, there's was not the only secret to be told and she knew that it was time to share her's as well. Somehow she felt that their secrets were quite intertwined with each other.

"Pogue, Tyler, Lux, Reid, Caleb, there's something I need to tell you," Peyton announced.

Looking down beside to Pogue she looked into his deep hazel eyes and found the strength to continue. Taking a deep breath to calm her nerves Peyton went on to reveal her secret….

AN: I guess you'll all just have to wait for Peyton to tell them her story. This chapter was more to get the secret of the Sons out and the next will be for Peyton's. So there may not be much couple action going on in the next chapter depends on when I cut off the chapter, but I got a lot more great stuff for Pogue and Peyton planned!!! Please REVIEW!!!