There was this brief moment where no one did anything, they all just stood there for a few seconds not reacting to the news that the cops were on their way. Until the weird buzz they all had from all the excitement had quickly disappeared and replaced with the cold hard reality and then they all started moving like their lives depending on it. The last thing Isobel wanted was to be arrested for underage drinking as that would put a big dent in all of her places and she ad not worked this hard over the last few years to hinder any chances of her going to Yale. Given the amount of parties here at the dells which Kate had dragged her to over the years, Isobel was pretty good and avoiding the cops when they came to busting them. As they moved from the beach into the woods, Isobel kept looking over her shoulder trying in vain to look for Haley in order to get home as there was no way that she was asking home and Isobel couldn't call her father. Given her lack of friends, there weren't many people Isobel trusted enough to get into a car with even if she went to school with them. There was one more option but Isobel would rather be busted by the cops then swallow her pride and ask them for a favor. As Isobel continued to walk in a hurried manner alongside Kate, she was trying to figure out what to do next until she realized that she was overlooking the obvious. She would catch a ride with whoever Kate had come with. Kate had begged her to come to this party so the least she could do was offer her a ride home.

"Pogue, would you guys mind taking Iz home as it's on your way?" Kate began.

"No way in hell is that happening! I am not going anywhere with him Kate, I would rather walk home then get into a car with that idiot and his moronic friends!" Isobel hissed in annoyance as the last time she had been in a vehicle with Pogue and the rest of the boys she had broken her wrist and got a concussion. Granted it had been because she had jumped out of the car whilst it was still in motion but it was only because Reid was driving so erratically that Isobel was convinced that they were going to crash and she wasn't dying for any of them. Isobel had ambitions, she had dreams and she need to be living to achieve them.

"Iz the dorms are nowhere near your house and you know that so stop being so pig headed and just go with them! It makes sense for you to go with Pogue as you live right next door to him." Kate stated in a warm manner in an attempt to convince Isobel that this was the best solution. But Isobel didn't believe that.

"I'd rather walk." Isobel spat before walking off, no longer caring that it may take her the better part of an hour and a half at least to get home. But it was Isobel's choice. Isobel had barely walked two yards when someone came running towards her and scooped her up and tossed her over their shoulder. To Isobel's dismay it was her archenemy Pogue. "Parry, you put me down right this moment!"

"Not a chance Hembry!"

"I hate you both!" Isobel sourly retorted as even though she knew it made sense for her to go with Pogue, it didn't mean she liked it in the slightest. The fact that both Pogue and Kate were gaining up on her was really annoying and Isobel was now back into a very fowl mood and she was going to let her feelings known pretty soon and it wasn't going to be pretty.

"I love you too Isobel… We're going into town tomorrow you should meet us!" Kate replied with a small smile and Isobel glared at Kate before flipping her the finger to show her best friend where her suggestion could go. Kate just grinned at Isobel who stuck out her tongue as she climbed into a car and Isobel sighed as Pogue lowered her into Tyler's truck before pushing her right into the trick and straight into Caleb.

"You are such an asshole! I am not sitting here"

"Isobel, you don't like this and neither do I but your one of us and we don't leave our own so you are coming with us! And there is no way I'm letting you sit anywhere except the middle because of that stunt you pulled jumping out of the car last time. I got grounded for six weeks because of that." Pogue stated in an equally annoyed manner as he climbed in next to Isobel and shut the door and Isobel glared at him.

"How many times do I have to tell you that I am not one of you before you finally get it into your thick head?" Isobel hissed furiously, beyond annoyed that yet again Pogue was grouping her within his merry group of boys when it came to this covenant business. From the time she had turned thirteen and received her powers Isobel had made it clear that that she was nothing to do with any of this business with the covenant and her family seat. That point was reiterated when she had ascended on her sixteenth birthday.

Pogue glared at Isobel and she stuck her tongue out at him and Pogue ignored her before turning his attention over to Caleb. "Sarah wants you man!"

"That's bullshit!" Reid bitterly said from the front passengers seat and Isobel laughed in bemusement as clearly Reid was disappointed that the girl wasn't interested in him.

"Now don't be jealous Reid." Pogue quipped and the boys all laugh except for Reid who seems to be taking this particular rejection rather hard. Lesson learned for him; don't compare pretty girls to your grandmother because it will get you nowhere. Isobel didn't date anymore but even she knew that.

"My car won't start!" Sarah called out to us from her car.

"Hop in with us!" Tyler replied.

"I can't just leave it here." Sarah stated and she had a valid point, if she left the car and the others came with them, the cops would most likely find the car and trace it back to Sarah. But the car was practically filled and Isobel wasn't certain that there was space in the car for three others.

"I can fix it!" Reid offered and Isobel almost chocked in shock as that was an absolute joke as Reid knew nothing on cars, which is why Tyler practically drove him around everywhere. Because Mr. Garwin like everyone else didn't trust his son behind the wheel of a car even more so after Isobel's accident as Reid was a reckless and insane driver to put it simply and he was the one driving when Isobel leaped out the car. Isobel knew that Reid couldn't fix the car the old fashion, which meant he was going to use magic to fix it.

"Reid Garwin, don't you dare you even think about!" Isobel scolded as not only was she firmly against them using magic but Reid's recklessness was putting not only his body at risk but the rest of them because of his constant use of magic could expose them all. Isobel was sick of Reid's constant disregard for what was right in front of him, all he cared about was having fun and this wasn't the fun kind of having situation. Being a witch in this day and age was dangerous, the risk of being exposed was so much more higher. It wasn't like the witches you saw on tv, 300 years they had been safe but overtime Reid and the rest of the boys did something for a bit of fun and they were putting those 300 years of safety in jeopardy.

"It's not over yet Iz." Reid quipped as he climbed out of the car and made his way over to Sarah's car and popped the hood and Isobel could feel a vein in her neck threatening to burst as she could not believe what was going on right in front of he

"Let it go it's his life…" Pogue said brushing Reid's behaviour.

"As much as I dislike me being here and having any association or connection to you I can't Pogue. Not only are we about to be exposed by Reid little stunt but Reid is going to kill himself, you all are if you keep using the way you are!" Isobel retorted as it was unbelievable how cavalier Pogue was being about this whole thing. Caleb and Tyler didn't even seemed fazed by any of this, which left Isobel in disbelief, it was unbelievable what was going on here and the fact that none of them seemed bothered by this.

"Well we all don't age like you Isobel when we use our powers." Tyler said brushing off Isobel simply because she didn't understand the risks as she didn't age when she used magic. Isobel was different from everyone else as she wasn't a male witch who aged when they used magic, the more excessive magic they used the quicker they aged. Isobel didn't age when she used magic, not that she used magic and no one really understood why she didn't age. It was all a big mystery as no one really knew anything about Isobel as was the first female witch born into any of the five families.

"Fine, go ahead and kill yourselves! What do I care? Like you said I don't age when I use so if you want to send yourselves to an early grave then go right ahead but I will be waiting to say I told you so when the first of you die from this…"

"Isobel…" Caleb began and Isobel just motioned for him to shut up because she wasn't going to let him brush this whole thing off and make it sound like it was no big deal because it was. This whole magic thing was a very big deal.

"Don't do the whole Isobel thing, we all know that I'm right but you're just too chicken shit to say anything about it let alone do anything. Which is kind of stupid because you have to start thinking about the consequences seeing as you're ascending at the end of this week! This isn't fun and games Caleb, this is serious and you of all people should understand that!" Isobel snapped referring to Caleb's father William who had abused his powers so much that he looked like he was in his eighties instead of his actual age of mid forties. Isobel wanted to get off the car but she was sandwiched in-between Caleb and Pogue so she wasn't going anywhere and all she could do was sit there and wait for the inevitable. Moments later the all familiar tingle came and the sound of Sarah's engine failing was replaced with the sound of the engine mysteriously started as if by magic. Isobel felt nervous especially when the sound of the police sirens got louder as they further approached and Reid ran back over to the car and attempted to move Tyler out from the drivers seat.

"Gotta bolt, move over Ty!" Reid demanded.

"It's my car!"

"Move over baby boy now!" Caleb ordered and reluctantly Tyler moved over and in seconds they were speeding away from the dells and away into the night and Isobel's nerves were very much on edge. As things were continuing to spiral out of control and she was trapped in a car with the four people she detested the most with Reid driving like a mad man with the police practically sitting on top of them. The insanity Isobel had been born into was overwhelming and this was exactly why she wanted nothing to do with the covenant, it was too messy and out of her control for her liking. There was no boundaries of any kind of the four boys that Isobel was in a car with were prime examples of that. The lack of discipline annoyed Isobel as this was not why the covenant was formed in the first place. It was formed to protect the six families from the persecution of those who would want to harm them because of their gifts, to protect each other. 300 years the covenant had been standing and it looked like four boys were set to bring the whole thing crumbling down. All the boys were good for was starting trouble which is one of the many reasons why Isobel wasn't friends with the boys because they did stupid things and more often or not she ended up being grouped with or being somewhat involved with due to her unwanted status as the 'Daughter of Ipswich.'

"Ahh we got to pull over." Caleb slowly said as it became apparent that the police were very much behind them and Reid's reckless driving wasn't making it better, which was sending Isobel's nerves through the roof.

"Oh, you wanna stop? That'll impress Harvard" Reid snorted in amusement and Isobel pouched Pogue squarely in the shoulder as it was the only for her to release her anger without screaming at the top of her lungs and the police thinking that she was being killed.

"As much as I hate to admit this but Reid's got a point, I have not worked my ass of these last three years so I can apply and eventually get into Yale just for it to be ruined by four idiots from my childhood! I will not let you idiots ruin everything for me yet again so we keep going until we have lost the police." Isobel stated as whilst she was very much annoyed the situation, Isobel was very much aware that it was way too late to pull over and hope the cops would just slap them with a parking ticket.

"The creature of the lake is on the same wave length as me for once!" Reid quipped and Isobel just chose to ignore him although she did glare at Pogue for laughing at Reid's comment.

"All right what the hell… Let's lose them, cut across Marblehead we might as well have some while we're at it." Caleb stated and Isobel couldn't believe what she was hearing. As she believed that she had just heard that Caleb had just told one Reid Benjamin Garwin to drive the five of them off the Marblehead cliffs. Isobel felt her blood pressure go through the roof and she felt like she had aged thirty years in the last hour.

"You have to be kidding me…" Isobel quietly murmured as Reid took a sharp turn causing Caleb to fall on to her and in turn Isobel to fall on Pogue. It was very awkward not to mention uncomfortable and Isobel just grimaced. "You guys are going to get me killed!"

"Iz just sit back and enjoy the ride!" Tyler quip as we drive off a small edge of land as they inched closer to Marblehead and Isobel couldn't believed how calm all of them were being about this.

"Sit back and enjoy the ride when the four of you are about to send me to my very early and very premature death? I think not. " Isobel yelled furious at how incredibly stupid the boys were being, just because they had no regards for their lives didn't mean that Isobel was the same. In fact she valued my life very much and was hoping to reach the again of eighteen at least before she died.

"Alright guys, you ready?" Reid questioned and Isobel let out a louse sigh and folded her arms in her dramatic manner, there was no escape as she couldn't jump out of the car this time. If the boys insisted on going through with this dumb prank, there was nothing that Isobel could do but sit back and let them go on with it. But there was no way that she was going to help out in any shape or form. If they wanted to do this, then they would have to do it without her magic.

"Iz…" Pogue began giving Isobel a look, which she didn't like nor did she appreciate him using on her in order to get what he wanted, which was her powers.

"Forget it Parry, there is no way in hell that I'm using my powers to help you with one of your stupid not to mention crazy ideas. I never agreed to any of this, you picked me up and chucked me into this truck against this will. I agreed to not stop for the cops but I never agreed to this Marblehead crap so I will not help you with this stupid stunt. Besides we all know that I stopped using after I ascended so you're out of luck because I am not going to start using again."

"Then all of us will fall to our deaths because it's going to take all of us to get the car and all five of us. C'mon Iz, you know that I'm right." Pogue prodded and Isobel wearily eyed him up, she was so going to regret this but at least she'd be alive.

"Fine… But whilst it may take all four of you to do this trick I am perfectly capable of doing this by myself without any of your help." Isobel sneered with as much contempt and venom as she could muster. It had been over a year since had used magic and now she was going to have to make one tiny exception. Taking a deep breath, Isobel had to concentrate as this was something that she hadn't done for a while so she was kind of rusty. But after a moment Isobel could feel the power, deep down within her and the feeling was very familiar, like she was greeting an old friend. There had been this empty feeling that Isobel had for a while and she could never really explain until now. This feeling, the feeling of power had been what she had been craving deep down in her chest. Isobel channeled her thoughts into the car, into making sure that the car along with all it's occupants wasn't about to drive to their doom.

"Harry Potter can kiss my ass!" Reid yelled as he drove them straight off the cliffs and immediately the car began to fall until their collective use of power brings the car higher up into the air. As the five of them did this Isobel felt the car faltering slightly so Isobel had to put more effort into holding the car up into the air so they didn't fall as even with their powers as a collective the boys had nowhere near enough power to do this without the extra added boost Isobel's powers. Which Isobel might added was greater than all of theirs put together. Eventually what comes up must go down and they landed the car behind the cop's cruiser.

"Whoa!"

Isobel rolled her eyes at the boys bemusement over pulling one over the cops as they drove away leaving the cops stunned. Isobel did not condone this kind of behaviour especially since she had taken part in this and had just broken one of her cardinal rules, which was using her powers. Before today it had been fifteen months since Isobel had last used her powers.

"Is everyone ok?" Caleb asked once they were a safe distance away from all the cops and Isobel murmured in agreement as whilst her nerves were barely intact, physically she was okay. Feeling a wet sensation coming down her nose, Isobel wiped it away and glancing at her hand Isobel saw that it was covered with blood. It wasn't just a tiny bit of blood but a lot more than that.

"No…"

"Iz?" Pogue asked and it took a moment for Isobel to turn to him and she could see the horrified look on his face. For a brief moment Isobel's brain was completely frozen and she didn't know what to do, what to say or even how to react to this.

"Oh my god." Isobel replied after a moment.

"Reid stop the car!" Pogue yelled but Reid ignored him and continued to drive, still high off the adrenaline because of his recent stunt and as such unaware of what was going on in the back of Tyler's truck. "For god's sake Reid pull the damn car over!"

"Why? I thought we agreed that we wouldn't stop…" Reid questioned as he finally stopped the car.

"Isobel is hurt, that's why!" Caleb stated and the amount of concern being shown over her was a real surprise to Isobel especially how Pogue was reacting. Normally didn't show a concern for her welfare, which was very much unlike him as he usually didn't give a rats ass' how she was especially over a simple nosebleed. By the way Pogue was reacting you'd think it was the end of the world. Motioning for Pogue to move out of the way, Isobel followed him out of Tyler's car and she dug out a tissue from her bag and went about dealing with her bloody nose.

"Is that why you don't use your powers? Because it causes you to have nosebleeds?" Tyler questioned as he climbed out of the car and looked at Isobel with a concerned look and Isobel rolled her eyes as Caleb and Reid followed suit. For some reason everyone seemed to develop a concern about her, it was very weird.

"No."

"Iz…" Pogue began and Isobel suspected that he knew that she was lying was beyond her as no one knew that she got nosebleed after she had ascended. Not even her family, it was something that Isobel had kept to herself and she planned on staying like that, as this was nobodies business except her own.

"Pogue I get nosebleeds when I'm stressed and driving off a cliff with the four of you was a pretty stressful situation. It's been a very difficult night no thanks to the four of you and if your self-centered self can think back a few years than you may remember that I used to get them when I was a kid." Isobel said being somewhat honest as that statement was actually true although she only got nosebleeds a few times a year because of stress and they had never been as bad before. "So thanks for causing it!"

"Again with the attitude Isobel, you know we didn't have to bring you along with us we could have left you behind and let the cops bust you!" Pogue retorted.

"As far as I can remember you picked me up and tossed me over your shoulder like you were come caveman and I was some bar wench after I told Kate that I wasn't going with you and let me remind you that I didn't ask for your help nor have I ever wanted it. The only thing I have ever wanted from you all is to leave me the hell alone!"

"Isobel c'mon it's not that simple, look we may not get along at the best of times but we have always had your back, like tonight with Aaron and what happened with the two of you last year." Caleb said and Isobel rolled her eyes, of course the Aaron thing was coming back up again. It was a topic that never seemed to stay buried for too long.

"How many times do I need to tell you that I don't need saving? I'm a big girl in fact I'm the big powerful teenaged witch who is capable of rescuing herself from the evils of teenage boys all by herself. I am not some 14th century damsel in distress, I can take care of myself perfectly well." Isobel replied as she checked to see whether her nose was still bleeding and unfortunately it was.

"Really? Well it doesn't seem like you were handling it Iz when he was bragging about how he slept with you to the entire school! You were doing nothing about it so we had to!" Reid retorted.

"There was nothing for you to get involved with because none of it is true, it's all lies made up on Aaron's part. Like always you all jump to conclusions without knowing the whole story or bothering to get your facts straight. You all got pissed about some sex story which wasn't true when I don't even know why you were all upset as my so called sex life is none of your damn business."

"Isobel, what are you talking back?" Pogue asked very slowly and carefully and Isobel sighed as she continued to pinch her noise, she was going to have to come clean about some of that business with Aaron and the boys weren't going to like tin the slightest.

"I didn't sleep with him! Okay, are you happy now? I'm still as much of a virgin as I was then, we never slept together and in fact I broke up with him because he was pressuring me into having sex with him and I wasn't ready for it."

"You didn't sleep with him." Tyler said after a long an awkward silence between the five of them and the shock was pretty clear on their faces and Isobel felt like laughing. Instead she shrugged her shoulders in a nonchalant manner.

"No."

"–Wait… If you didn't sleep with him then why are you letting everyone believe you did Iz? All this time he's been bragging about some none existent sex life and you've done nothing to stop it or even deny that it never happened. You've just gone along with it and let Aaron say whatever he wants about you." Pogue questioned and it was clear that he was pretty annoyed at this.

"Because it pissed you all off." Isobel eventually admitted. "And besides what do I care about what people think of me? Kate's my only friend and she knows the truth and that's all that matters to me. If Aaron has to tell people that he slept with me in an attempt to boost his popularity with people, it's more his problem than mine. I don't care because I know the truth."

"Are you out of your god damn mind? We almost got suspended over what happened last year Isobel!" Pogue yelled referring to the fact that Aaron ended up with a few fractured ribs and a black eye because of some things they did to Aaron to get back at him for bragging about sleeping with Isobel to the entire student body.

"I told to you to leave it alone as my life is none of your concern but no you all had to play the cowboys like always because of your trumped up inflated egos and you have yourselves to blame for your suspensions. Not me." Isobel angrily retorted as she wasn't going to let blame put the on her for his suspension, she never asked him to beat the crap out of Aaron. If she wanted that Isobel would have done it herself.

"Your life is none of our business? Isobel your one of us so of course what goes on in your life is our business." Reid said and Isobel scoffed.

"Let's get this straight right now, I may be the Daughter of Ipswich but I am not one of you. I refused my family's seat and I will keep refusing it until you get the message and understand that I don't want to be a part of this stupid club our families formed hundreds of years ago because of the way that you are destroying it with your blatant disregard for all of safety. Stunts like the ones you've been pulling all night Reid are putting us at risk and I refuse to be a part of that so let's clarify this right now. I am not one of you so stop grouping me with you when I am the furthest thing away from you." Isobel replied as she wiped her nose with her tissue and quickly discarded it into the pocket of her jacket before walking away from the boys. It had been a long night and Isobel just wanted to go home to sleep and Isobel was most certainly not getting back in that car with them after what just happened.

"Isobel where are you going?" Tyler called out.

"Home!" Isobel retorted as she continued to walk away but she didn't get too far as Pogue caught up with her and grabbed her wrist.

"Get in the damn car and we'll take you home." Pogue stated and Isobel just rolled her eyes, yet again Pogue was trying to boss her around and tell her what to do. It was boring and had gotten boring years ago but Pogue still insisted in trying to throw his fake authority of Isobel around.

"I'd rather walk then get back into a car with the four of you especially when Reid is behind the wheel."

"And have my parents not to mention your dad kill me if they found out that I let you walk home by yourself after you've been drinking? I'm taking you home Isobel Hembry so deal with it! Now get into the car and we'll have Tyler drive is to Caleb's so I can get my bike and I'll drive you home. Don't make me have to pick you up again…" Pogue threatened.

"You wouldn't dare Parry." Isobel retorted.

"Try me Hembry."