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Chapter One: Beginnings

Tyler Simms walked to the house, his bag slung over his shoulder, eyes bright, looking around. He couldn't figure out what was going on and it was driving him mad. He knew it had something to do with the Book; he'd felt it ever since he had ascended. Tyler was so deep on though, he hardly noticed that he'd run down a beautiful girl with caramel eyes. "I, I, I'm sorry!" He stammered as he rushed to helped her up.

The girl laughed. "That's ok. I've been falling over all day moving stuff in."

"Moving in?" He then remembered the house across the street. "Oh! Well, I guess that makes us neighbors. I'm Tyler Simms."

"Kira Summers, and the angry blond with the chair over on the porch is Aremia Nox. Call her Rem or else she'll hurt you."

Tyler smiled, noting Rem having trouble getting the large red chair into the door frame, and cursing at it. "Want some help?" he asked laughing.

"That would be great," replied Kira.

Pogue Parry noted this exchange from the garage, where he had just pulled up on his motorcycle. Tyler was growing up, coming out of his shy shell. Pogue started to walk over to help as well, figuring four was better than three. His long hair was tied back into a pony tail, and there were slight dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep. As soon as he stepped out of the garage, his cell phone rang. "Hello?" he asked, though he knew who it was.

"Where are you? And have you been able to get a hold of Tyler? Reid and I have been waiting on you two for an hour."

"Waiting for what, Caleb?"

"I figured out what was up with the book."

"I'm right outside the garage. Tyler was on his way when he plowed down our new neighbors and is now helping them move in. Want me to go grab him?"

Caleb sighed. "It's fine. We can wait a little longer. I'll meet you outside to help with the move. We can get it done faster with the four us."

Pogue smirked, hanging up his phone. Typical Caleb to never leave a damsel in distress alone. Even after Sarah had dumped him. Pogue scowled at the thought. After Chase had come to Spenser Academy last year, their world had spiraled steadily down. Kate after the incident with the spiders, had left Pogue. He still wasn't over it. Sarah had decided toward the end of the year, that she couldn't be with Caleb, knowing she would loose him at a young age. She promised to keep their secret, but Pogue hadn't been so sure. He worried about it every now and then. He felt a slap on his back and looked up to see Reid. "You're spacing out pretty bad, man."

"Shut up," replied Pogue, walking across the street, just as Kira stumbled out of the moving van with a box full of books. "You ok?" he asked, steadying her.

"Yeah, I've just been a klutz today," yawned Kira. "My name is Kira by the way."

"Pogue Parry. Behind me is Caleb Danvers and Reid Gavin. Why don't you have movers?" He asked.

"I don't really know. I came outside with my friend to see where they were and they were gone, but the van was still here. So we just started moving things about two hours ago, tired of waiting, and they haven't come back yet."

"They just vanished?" Caleb asked, his brows furrowed. Kira nodded. Caleb glanced at Pogue, who shrugged. "Need some help moving?" He asked, turning to Kira. "We noticed that you've captured our room mate."

"Oh, Tyler? We have no hold on him other than the magic of guilt," she giggled. "He accidentally knocked me over earlier."

"Typical Tyler," muttered Reid, shaking his head as he took the box from Kira. "Where does this go?"

"You can just toss it in the living room."

About an hour later, the two girls finally had everything in their new house; they and the Sons of Ipswich sat in the kitchen now, talking. "You know, it doesn't seem like you two have all that much stuff for a four bedroom house," remarked Reid.

"Oh, we have two other people moving in. I think they're coming tomorrow, right, Rem?"

Rem nodded. She seemed quiet, but as they had learned by an incident with moving a couch upstairs, she could be very loud. "Sometime around noon, I think." She sat on the counter, drinking water. Caleb stared at her for a minute. He felt something on her. Some kind of ... power, he thought. The house reeked with magic now that all their stuff was in. He wondered if the others felt it too. Could these two girls, and the other people moving in with them, be the four that they had to team up with?

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