Another chapter.

Isla's point of view.

The future was always something I had worried about. I'm not sure if it was because of my young mind and lack of wisdom, but I never gave thought to all the time that was enclosed my life into only a speck in a timeline. I had so much time. So much time that I let it slide through my fingers like worthless pennies. So much time that I watched it drain like water in a tub. So much time that I let it vanish like a magician in an act. So much time I watched it dissolve like a mirage across a desert. So much time I stood as it flew across the empty horizon. And now I realize that I had so much time, and I wasted it. Now I realize that for some of us, today might be our last tomorrow.

The dead kid at found close to the school, the Dales.

Sarah being stalked by something not seen.

Kate having issues too. I sit with Billie her face was pulled into worry. "Do you understand?" her voice was meek.

I just turned watching her face, why must she think I always had the answers, rarely did I. "I only guess but have no real answers, Billie. Sarah and Kate are dating two of the sons of Ipswich and live in the dorms like most. You do not, you're harder to get to now. I might have doomed you by giving you the power but all I take faith in is that the power we used, the spell was as old as the power itself," she walks over taking a seat closer, my room was filled with black, gray, and red our house colors. The room from a Victorian goth movie but it fits me and the most important thing was that I loved it.

She hesitated in talking worried about my reaction, "It is time if the vase's act like they did with me we tell them. If not we act like nothing,"

She continued when I looked ready to disagree, I wasn't though. "They're being targeted because who they're dating. They can't protect themselves and haven't told Reid or Pogue,"

I snapped standing my back suddenly made of metal. "Whoever is doing this is counting on them running to the boys, each one will be taken out just as my sisters have. We have no choice, call them and have Sarah and Kate get to my place," I never wanted it to happen like this, but now with things going sour they have to know and make the choice.

I watch from the large slightly open bay window in my room, the rain washes all the sun away. Rain and tears mingle on my face, salty tracks blending into the fresh sky-fallen trickles. Only the pinkness of my eyes gives any clue to my sadness. These painful memories are books with chapters, deep and horrible; and so I leave them on the shelf to gather dust. I can pick them up if I need to learn something, to gain a perspective that helps me to create my own good story. I can use them to re-see situations through the lens of their needs and traumas rather than mine.

An old car pulls in some janky hatchback, the blonde hair of Sarah is behind the wheel. Billie and I make our way from my room seeing Aunt Rainy allowing them in, her eyes on me as I stand at the very top of the staircase. "Come on up, welcome to my home," smiling when I closed the book leaving it to rest on the shelf.

Only once the door was shut did I hear it, a persistent banging on the small locked cabinet. "Of course," half snarled.

I moved only having to look at it if they were looking at my face and not my back they would have seen the power move side to side before my eyes are fully red. I whispered, "Patentibus" a small click was heard as the small oak door swung open. Inside was two small intricate vases both going haywire. I took one and Billie the other. "Follow me, we need to have a serious conversation and here is not the location for it," they must have trusted me enough as they walked behind me, both paler but sleep wasn't easy for them with the supernatural happening.

They had no issue following me down the winding staircase, the scent of jasmine and sage filling every breath, my Aunt bowed her head as we ventured further down. They grew worried as the walls vanished and carved stone replaced it. "Claudus" the pale blue flame lit, as we moved down the room grew in light until they saw where I took them.

'Not going to kill you, going to tell you the truth. Billie never would have lead you to death," now they trusted her more than anything. The chamber was littered with tiny sparkling crystals, not unlike the stars of the night sky, yet it was so mysterious... Inside the cavern, darkness was an eternity. It was like an invisible force, crushing your body, squeezing the life out of you...But not for us, it does our bidding.

Small gasps are heard.

Together we set the vases in the very middle of the circle after I flopped on the stone bench my head buried in my hands. "Come on time is short," Billie urged.

"Enough, tell me something I don't know," my tone annoyed.

Billie smirked, "Caleb keeps asking about you," my eyes turned up to hers, I question. "Seriously?"

The three girls laughed "Very," Kate smiled.

I stood as Billie sits with the girls, "You know there is something off with them, Caleb, Pogue, Reid, and Tyler. You know something very supernatural is going on with you two and don't know the reason behind it. Scared to tell your men," my eyes daring them to lie to me.

"I am scared, but more scared to tell, Pogue. He just overreacts," Kate loved him and rather it be her than him.

I sit next to the vases, "I am going to tell you a story, either you believe or not. But after I will give you the very same choice I gave to Billie. Take into fact nothing supernatural has touched her,"

Sarah inched on her seat, either worried or eager for the coming tale. I started my tone low and laced with my memories. "In the year 1661, one year before the Salem Witch hunt and trails, there were once ten powerful families. Each family graced with divine power, witches and warlocks. In the time of fear and hatred, the families made a hard choice to split and divide the books. Not just because the hunt was coming but two of the ten families grew to crave power, more and more. They turned dark and were cast out after that it was decided for the sake of the remaining eight families, the book and families split. Four came to Ipswich and four remained and weathered the storm in Salem. That was nearly three hundred years ago, it worked until now that is," my past, my history was being laid out in front of them as my words played the story in their minds as if they had been there too.

I continued as Billie gave me a nod. "I am what you call a witch, a Daughter of Salem. The Sons of Ipswich are Warlocks if you truly think you will notice they have used their power right in front of you. I was the leader, the eldest daughter of the four families. After I was Irina, her mother was a witch and her father a human. She was murdered by one of the outcast decedents, only now five months ago. Nesrin was the third but she was killed first, and last was the youngest, Kenna. Each was taken from us, from me, it was like losing myself. I knew when each went, each attacked only while alone. I was tasked with coming here to warn the Sons, granted I haven't yet because I found Billie,"

Kate cut me off, "Found Billie?"

It was Billie who answered for herself, "When the Daughter knew the threat was coming to them first, the cast a powerful power. Once each passed their essence, the true essence of their power was trapped in a vase made by each daughter. If and only if a worry host was found could nay remaining daughter release the essence,"

Kate and Sarah looked at the other than us, then back at the other when Billie spoke. "Think, Reid, fixed your car with no tools. Pogue can toss Aaron how many feet away. But last, I already knew who the Sons are, Tyler told me he wanted no secret, he and I are destined,"

Nothing was easy and the story was very hard to fathom, but they just looked deep in thought. "Prove it," Sarah needed proof.

I smiled my eyes on her's as all she saw now was butterflies, an illusion but they looked so real. My eyes red as Kate was up scared. "I am offering you power, the vases are calling to you. Something in you is linked to Nesrin and Irina. Billie, she is now a Daughter of Salem, the essence of Kenna is in her now. If you bond, everything that you're remains all that is added is power, memories of the girl who linked to you,"

"I would do it over and over again, I feel stronger no longer weak and seeking Tyler to protect me,"

I glanced at Kate, "I will," she nearly screamed it, her voice echoing around the room as Nesrin's vases nearly toppled over, trying in vain to roll to her. I scooped it up. "Come into the circle," she did no hesitation when Kate's mind was made up that was it. She was on her knees when Sarah came to kneel next to her, her blond hair blowing as Billie handed me the Vase that contained Irina.

I answered their un-asked question. "I am the last original Daughter of Salem, only I can break them open. Do not fear open your heart and mind," I with force smashed both to the ground watching as the silver and blue mist started creeping around them sending the scent of Honeysuckle and peaches and cream wafting through the cavern.

Just as I thought it snuck into their mouths, they sputtered, and they were bonded together. A perfect fit, but when they turn their eyes to me each is filled with tears as the old memories of Irina and Nesrin merge with theirs. Like Billie, they knew which was which, no training they knew their powers.

"I'm sorry, Isla. Her memories are filled with love, happiness, friendship like we have never imagined, and sadness. I was cornered in the alley, I couldn't take them,"

I snapped, "THEM?"

Kate gasped, "Two, there was two,"

I picked up my cell pressing one, "My dear,"

I retorted, "Jedd, things have changed. I know Irina told you we cast old and deep magic, well we trapped our essence the power essence but only when we died. Look, I found Irina's match and the essence bonded with her, but she and the new host of Nesrin gave me new information. It seems the two outcasts have been together killing our kin. In no way could one have taken Irina, I have to go you can yell at me later but it was our choice we are the controllers of the book now," hanging up.

Kate was shaking her head, "It is odd, but I feel better than I ever have. I can pick who's memories to look into, and I am sorry Isla. We died leaving you alone,"

I just sighed, "It nearly consumed me, but now you can defend yourselves again. You get to get your justice, I must warn Mrs. Danvers tomorrow and tomorrow we come out to the Sons,"

Sarah sighed, "Well let's go have some fun, we're supposed to meet the guys at Nic's," I vowed to myself, I would take the threat out before they could die once again. Once who they're now was out they are in danger, if they died once they very well can die again.

Before I could walk from the house my Aunt was laughing, "My dear sister, she is your daughter after all. She is the one, she is magnificent to have cast and joined the essence. Now, sister, she is still in grave danger,"

I peeked in, "I know, but still going out see you later," together we walked from the house, I was not alone together we moved as a single force, Sarah to my right with Kate to my left and Billie to her left.

Stars shone as sugar spilled over black marble, glistening in the sun. The night sky was such a welcome sight, appearing like magic at each sunset, promising to return as she faded in dawn's first light. There were times in the daytime, under skies of blue, I would think of those faraway stars and how they'd return after the shadows blended into the dark. Nic's was blaring music when we walked in, the guys already here playing pool.

Kate and Sarah sit at a table with Chase, each laughing when Pogue walks in looking rather tormented seeing her laughing with another man. I walked up to him, "Hello Pogue,"

He smiled, "Isla,"

"You should know, green is not your color. Kate only has eyes for you, Chase to her is like a dorky guy she kicked right into the friend zone, we all have. Just some advice, don't let jealousy cloud you because it will only push her away," I smiled patting his now bare shoulder before walking to the bar to order.

I called out, "What you want?"

"Normal thing, Isla,"

I ordered what I knew as their normal, but now I could be wrong since I didn't know the normal of the girls yet only what my sisters liked. Caleb leaned against the bar, "I got this, Nic," handing his card over.

"Well then add in some extra fries and a strawberry shake," Nic laughed walking away as Caleb gave me this knock my panties off smile.

"Thanks,"

He looked awed too, "No, thank you. I heard you talking to Pogue and he might have listened to you," he pointed at Kate still laughing at Chase but with her head against Pogue who was drinking something and not bashing Chase.

"He is a good guy,"

I sit and he sits across from me as Chase flirts with me, his sister was trying hard to gain attention from any male but mostly the sons. "Care to dance," Caleb held his hand out.

"The first to ask, Chase, step up your game," I offered taking Caleb's hand letting him lead me to the floor. His hands-on my hips as -I love rock and roll- blared.

Music set me free-until Reid and Tyler started a fight.