A/N: Thanks so much to everyone for the support! And Meg for this awesome chapter title.

"You!" Tori exclaimed to Reid.

"Me? What did I do?"

"You didn't tell me! I live at your house, we talk all day long, we share a bed, I feed you when the mood hits me and in all of this you couldn't randomly mention any of this?"

"Yeah like you're easy to talk to about serious things. Besides, I'm not the mushy 'lets talk all night' kind of guy" said Reid.

"I don't need you to be mushy and shit but some trust would be nice."

"Well this isn't the easiest thing to talk about. PLUS when? When would I have said it without you freaking out or calling me crazy."

"Fine, okay. So it's not the average talk you have on the drive to the supermarket but for fuck's sake you don't just dump this on my lap and not expect me to react. And you! What do you have to say for yourself Mr. Leader?"

The boys didn't know what to say to what they had heard. Caleb in particular was stuck on one point in their little dispute. "Share a bed?"

Reid's spine snapped straight while Tori just smirked at the little predicament she had started. She wasn't really upset but to make Reid finally come to see what really was going on between him and her was worth a little shouting.


Tori's first night at Garwin Manor

"Want me to tuck you in?"

"Well…I was gonna ask for a bedtime story but I think I'll be okay on my own."

"Alright. Your loss. Goodnight."

"G'Night."

Reid took the short walk down the hall to his own room. He always tried to avoid it being this dark and lonely. He was a loyal friend to those who needed him, so why must he not indulge himself in the things he liked. Being alone was not one of them and for nights like this he knew he could call up a girl and she would be there for him. Make the nights less lonely, maybe.

Tori was just slipping into unconsciousness when rustling at her desk drew her back from the black oblivion that was sleep. Tori shifted her body toward the noise but it had seemed to have stopped. She looked toward her desk but nothing seemed to be wrong. "Reid?" she called sleepily but got no response. She gave herself an inner shrug and began to snuggle back to sleep when movement at the window caught her attention. A black human-shaped shadow wavered outside but what sprung Tori into action was the tendrils of black mist that seemed to go through the glass. Tori popped up from the bed and didn't slow her sprint until she reached Reid's door. Once there, she hesitated on her intended knock considering that he might be asleep already. A loud thump from her bedroom door canceled out her consideration and Tori was forced to knock.

Reid reluctantly rose from bed and opened the door to see Tori on the verge of tears. He immediately grabbed her arms and pulled her into the room. After he closed the door he turned to see Tori slowly making her way towards his bed.

"What's wrong?" asked Reid.

Tori went and sat at the foot of the bed. She considered telling him what she had seen but now that she was away from her room it seemed silly. "I wasn't feeling sleepy and thought I could hang with you for a while but if I'm in your way just…"

"Nah. It's fine." said Reid.

Smiling, Tori patted the bed next to her and invited Reid over. " Come on. Sit with me for a while and then I'll go."

"So, you're gonna tell me what's wrong?" asked Reid. This caused Tori to give a big sigh and fall back on the bed. Getting acquainted to his bed, she snuggled herself further up on the bed. She decided then and there that Reid's bed was illegal. "This is the most amazing bed I've ever been on".

Smirking at her mumbled and sluggish word, Reid said "That's why it's mine. Special shipment overseas."

"I want one. Get me one?"

"Not a chance."

"Evil" she says. "So what were you doing before I rudely interrupted?"

"Shit!" Reid exclaimed. Scrambling for his cell phone by the headboard. "Chasidy? Hello? Damn."

Giggling, Tori could just imagine who Chasidy was and what Reid was up to before she came knocking.

"Don't you laugh. I've been working on her all week."

"What would you need a Chasidy for, anyway?" said Tori.

Halting his speedy clicks on his phone, Reid looked over at Tori. "I have the tendency to not sleep well. Insomnia or some shit, and I found that if there was someone in bed when I fall asleep then I seep better. So I call up some girl and she stays until I go under."

"So, no sleepovers?" asked Tori.

"No. No sleepovers. No one but me sleeps in my bed" said Reid.

"Well if they get to lay in this wonderful cloud then sign me up."

"Come on Tori be serious for a second" said Reid.

"Are you serious? You'd get your warm body to sleep next to and I get to lay here on this magnificent cloud covered masterpiece. I can't find anything wrong with it."

"So we make a deal? You come here so I can sleep and I let you to freely enjoy the bed for a while."

"Deal" said Tori.

"Alright. Get in the bed. I'm sleepy!"

Laughingly, Tori nodded. "Okay. Get the lights."

Reid got the bedside lamp while Tori went around to the other side of the bed. It was a big bed, but that didn't surprise her since it was for 'Prince Garwin'. Climbing in she noticed how there was still a lot of space between her and Reid. Pulling her covers up over her shoulders and turning over to the center of the bed, she could see him shifting and looking at her in the dark.

"Goodnight Tori."

"Good Night Reid."

Before they could get too comfortable Reid's phone starts vibrates on his night stand. "Ugh, what now?" said Reid.

Climbing over him and snuggling into his other side, Tori said "I got it."

"Whatever tell whoever it is that I'm finally sleep."

Giggling Tori picked up on the next buzz. "Hello?"

"Reid? Why did you hang up on me?" said the unknown caller.

"I got it from here Chasidy. Your services are no longer required." said Tori sassily.

Snuggling back into him, Tori found that that little nook between his shoulder and neck was an excellent place to rest her head for a while. Reid drew her in when he felt her rest on him, while also bringing his body closer and her arms around him tighter. "Mmm good. This is much nicer."

Giggling, Tori agreed with him and adjusted to his body. "Sleep" she whispers.


"Whatever that's not important right now. We were talking, remember. Now let me get this clear. Beyond the aging situation and the addictiveness of your powers, they're limitless. Your families have been here for hundreds of years, always passing down the powers. Beyond nut job Chase, most of your family lines has tried to improve upon Ipswich and that's how you guys can afford all of this."

"Basically" said Pogue.

"Well that's kind of awesome in a holy-shit-what-else-have-I-missed kind of way."

They all sat there in Tyler's library for a wile longer just chatting and sharing more about the power running through the boys. Tyler loved that Tori had taken everything so easy. "You're taking this all too well. You're sure you don't want to freak out a little?"

"Ty. You have magical powers. It's very much like my assumption of Hermione's Welcome to Hogwarts scenario no one ever saw."

Reid couldn't believe that little Brit was coming up again. "Ugh. Fucking Harry Potter" he said. This brought Tori's attention back to his distaste for Harry Potter and she couldn't help but antagonize him a little bit further "Oh we hate him do we? It has nothing to do with your absolute jealousy of him?"

"Of course not! Its absolutely ridiculous and over rated. He has nothing on me and by the way can we all recognize that Harry Potter is FICTIONAL?" said Reid.

Tori could see that the Harry Potter reasoning wasn't going to just die today but his absolute dismissal of HP as a character to be reckoned with was not going to be left alone. "Ouch! Stab my childhood in the heart some more, please. Besides, fictional boys are so much better than real life ones."

Believing that no more ridiculousness could come after that, Caleb decided to get them all back on track. "If you two will settle down, we can get to the newer information".

"There's more?" asked Tori.

"Tori, this all came forth because of that blue book. We are all connected to it and so are you. The story tells us about a girl, Anali Danku, one of the living survivors of one of the most powerful tribes of the Arabian desert. After her people fight in a deadly tribal war, she escapes and crosses the Atlantic towards a 'New World'. Once here in Ipswich she meets a secret covenant and forms a bond with them. She settled in Ipswich and worked in Mary Warren's home as her lady in waiting. She had no family, no resources but she knew more about our powers than anyone should have."

"She knew about the powers. She knew without ever being in close contat with the founding families. She felt them." said Pogue.

This confused Tori quite a bit. "Felt them how? How can you feel magical powers?"

Reid felt it was time for him to contribute to the conversation again, so he said "Our powers are elemental in nature. They are subtle and have always been there. She wrote that she could feel them using. Anali didn't specify but we have a feeling that what she felt was the under current of our elemental link to nature. Water as cold, Fire as heat. Sound familiar?"

"So everybody can do this now?"

"No. Tori, we never knew anyone could be that sensitive until recently" said Caleb.

"But I…"

"We know" whispered Tyler.

"How the fuck do you explain how I can …"

"You can read through that book. It's all there but what's not is our role in the right now. In meeting you" said Caleb.

"Oh our meeting was magical all right."

"Just listen Tori. Ever since we were nine years old, we've been sent to Warren. We never knew why, until we brought you back with us. Anali said she would be back. Back to Warren we would meet, where magic was torn will you find what you seek. Tori, do you know where your family comes from?"

"Mom never… I mean if she did…I remember my grandmother. She was old and kind and told the best of stories. I don't have much family guys. Gram's mom left her abandoned in a pig sty but I sort of remember something about her being European. Arabian I think. But that's as far as I know."

"The only way you would be the girl at Warren; the only way that you could feel us the way you have is if you are her descendant. A descendant of magic."

"Holy crap. So you're implying that I'm her descendant. She was my great-great-whatever and now because of her link to you, now I can join your covenant. Awesome. Creepy. Go on" Tori said.

"With her death, she allowed our families to survive the trials and kept our identities secret. It says that a month after her death, the books were found at the old colony house with this tucked inside."

Then Tyler, from his seat next to her, said in a secretive whisper "No ones been able to translate all of it. Except for the words 'Your Name'."

Looking upon this precious old letter Tori couldn't help be surprised at the immaculate state of it. It had been in this town for the last 300+ years. She also recognized one of the words on the old piece of paper. "It says say 'Say Your Name'." Hesitatingly, Tori thought of a way to test what she suspected this paper could do. If she was right, then it would all become legible to them. She started shooting off all the family names she had heard of. "Caleb. Pogue. Tyler. Reid. Gorman. Amanda. Emma. Miranda. Elizabeth. James Danvers. Wayne Perry. Glenn Simms. Joseph Garwin. Anali."

Shaking their heads the boys figured out what she was trying to do. "We know Tori but none of the names, besides Anali's, have ever made anything happen. Those two words are the only ones ever uncovered."

Uncertainly, Tori thought of a name they had never used. One they had not known before now. "Victoria" she whispered. At the moment her name was said, the book radiated with a warm and opalescent glow. Before their very eyes, the Arabian script morphed into modern English. There, in a parchment of over three hundred years, was a letter from Anali herself. Dated during the witch hunt, it read

'Remember where you come from, not just from me but from true magic. I know you're confused at the moment but that too will pass. Along with this letter you will have found a book. This is my legacy to you; my journal. In it you will find the keys to all that has been hidden from you. Victoria, remember you were and still are loved. You have found a new family, one that will fight for you when time comes. I came here for a reason and so have you. In my time of pain, I fought but you must choose what is best for you and yours. Give my love to the boys and think hard on what you want for your future. This is a historic event, believe me. I know it will be hard for you to do, but open up to them. Trust them with your past for they are your future. Be safe ~ Ana'."

After the chills passed, Tori looked around the room at the boys. She was confused and scared of what was happening. "How can a letter this old be for me? How did she know my name? Guys I'm open minded on this kind of stuff but seriously, what is happening?"

Reid moved towards her then. Leaving his perch by the window he came to her and kneeled before her. He took her hands in his and noticed they were shaking a little. "Calm down, Tori. Maybe you should talk to the moms?"

Looking around the room at her boys, she just knew that what came next wasn't going to be the best of times for her. "They know? Ugh, what am I saying? Of course they know. Ok. Alright. I'll do that. I need some time to think about all this guys." Squeezing Reid's hand as a sign, Tori went on. "I'm not rejecting you in any way I just need a little time to think on things on my own. Ok?"

Knowing her a little better than even he knew, Reid couldn't help but warn her off of the one thing he knew she would do. "Don't run."

"What?" How could he know one of the only things she wanted right then was to get away from all of it? Touching his cheek gently, she realized yet again Reid was one of the only people who she had ever get that close before. No other could know her this much.

"Don't run. Don't run from this, from us. Just… don't run."

"Fine Reid. Ruin every escape I have. What I really need is some time."

"We can do that" said Tyler. "Just remember we're here if you need us".

A/N: Thanks to everyone for reading and adding me to your Author/Story Alerts! Love you guys!