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Here's chapter six!
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Abby watched as Lena walked into their dorm room and scanned the shelves. She saw how it seemed like Lena had a lot more energy than she did before. "You look a whole lot better. How'd you manage?" Abby asked.
"Five hour energy drink…" Lena said hopping slightly from foot to foot as she looked.
"Are you crazy? That stuff could kill you!" Abby yelled with wide eyes, she didn't approve of the things. Lena chuckled slightly looking back at her sister.
"I need to be awake otherwise I wouldn't have taken it…Ah ha found it." She said pulling a book from its resting place.
"What are you doing with that?" Abby asked her. "You can't show them that." Abby said when realizing what book it was. "Mom and dad are going to go ballistic—"
"Mom and dad wouldn't understand nor are they going to know. Abby I know this is your first day here and all, but something happened in class today and I need to take this with me and talk to the guys." Lena said as she placed the book into her bag. Abby watched her sister for a moment before standing.
"Well then I'm going with you. I think they'd like to hear what I've seen." Abby said. Lena sent her a look. "The nightmares" Abby clarified. Lena nodded remembering how she never got the chance to hear about Abby's nightmares herself.
"They're waiting for us outside." Lena said finally. Abby followed her out of the room and out into the hall where Tyler and Reid were waiting for them patiently.
"You ready?" Reid asked them, they both nodded and followed the boys out to the car.
Within twenty minutes they had pulled up at an old rundown house.
"Where are we?" Abby asked as they climbed out of the Hummer.
"The colony house," Tyler answered as they headed to the house. "We've never had anyone…Outside of our coven here. I don't think it's ever been done actually."
"Lenny and I were never much for tradition anyway." Abby said with a small smile.
"And that's what gets us into so much trouble." Lena said as they followed them down a flight of stairs.
"It's no fun following the rules." Reid said just as they made it to the bottom of the stairs where they were met by Caleb and Pogue.
Abby and Lena looked at their surroundings of the basement gave off that old medieval feel. In the center was a circle that was surrounded by fire and around that were five seats. All around were candles some unlit, some lit. The two girls also noted the bookshelves filled with old books much like the one in Lena's bag.
"I'm sorry if we're causing you a lot of—" Lena began but Caleb interrupted her.
"Its fine, I think it's best if we all talked anyway." He said with a reassuring smile. The boys sat in their respected places as the girls stood together off to side near the stairs.
"Before I tell you guys what happened today, I need to know something." Lena paused closing her eyes briefly. "Is the fifth family really gone? I mean I can't exactly begin to understand what I saw unless I know." There was a small sigh as a book floated off a shelf and into the center that was surrounded by flames.
"The fifth line was recorded to have disappeared during the witch trials, you know all this right." Caleb asked as the book floated in the air and flipped through pages automatically. Lena and Abby nodded. "Three weeks before you showed up, Lena that fifth line showed up again. He was here after me…After my power. He put Pogue and Kate in the hospital and took Sarah and used her as bait. In the end he disappeared, we assumed that he was gone." Caleb said.
"Until recently." Abby mumbled. Lena sighed.
"Today during math, I went to sleep and this guy…He was talking to me and threatening to kill us…He gave off that vibe, that he wouldn't stop until we were all dead." Lena said. "What's the freak's name?" She added.
"Chase." Reid answered. Abby gasped slightly causing everyone to look at her.
"What is it?" Tyler asked her.
"Before coming here, I had some nightmares…The nightmares were pretty much everything during the witch trials…Some way worse than others I might add." Abby said speaking up. "But I did have one dream, it wasn't per se a nightmare but I actually felt bad for the guy. You see our parents have a book of orphaned magical children and their location and status meaning orphaned or with a home. Whenever a magical child is orphaned their name appears in the book. My name is still in the book all that changed was my last name and my location of course status. I remember looking at my name and the name before my own was of someone named Chase."
"Ok…And this dream?" Lena asked.
"Our parents wouldn't take him in, Lenny. They didn't want a Son of Ipswich in our house, let alone raise one." Abby said sadly. "They said it would be like having two of you…Beyond their control." She added quietly, she knew how horrible their parents could be and she hated to see what it did to Lena. The boys stayed quiet and watched as Lena's jaw tightened ever so slightly.
"Then why not kill them then?" Lena asked ignoring the looks she got.
"We're young and our powers are greater than theirs…He has something more to gain by killing us…Also it might have to do with the fact that our great ancestors helped in the trail that condemned John Putnum, and I'm including my real blood relatives." Abby explained. "I did some research when I kept having the nightmares, our blood in this country traces all the way back to the beginning of the new settlements."
"And people wonder why I hate history." Pogue said running a hand through his hair.
"No kidding." Lena mumbled as she pulled her own book out of her bag and let it flip open to a random page. Caleb ran a hand down his face.
"Things just keep getting better." He said. "So at anytime he could come and attack us and we'd have to get rid of him…Again." Lena laughed a dry laugh as she read the page her book had opened to.
"What's so funny?" Tyler asked. Lena looked up.
"Seems like my family has a long line of hatred towards the Sons of Ipswich, simply because they abuse the power and that they're the blame for the trials to begin with. Makes me wonder why they wanted to send me here when I was younger." She said. "At least this explains my parents' problem they believe everything they read…Hey, who's up for a trip to Hartford; we'll have a party at my place. I'm sure mom and dad would just love you."
"Lena now is not the time to piss mom and dad off." Abby said. Lena shut the book with a loud snap. No amusement was evident in her eyes as she stuffed the book back into her bag.
"So what are we going to do, Caleb?" Pogue asked before it got completely silent.
"We find him and kick his ass. It's as simple as that." Reid answered before Caleb could. Caleb sent him a look.
"We aren't doing that, Reid. We're going to keep an eye out for anything. We'll try not to be alone for too long, have at least one other person with you. It's the only way to stay somewhat safe." Caleb said. "Besides you and Tyler will be ascending soon, we can't have the two of you by yourself with Chase out there some where."
"You're ascending soon?" Abby asked. "When?" She added quickly.
"Yeah, at the end of the month then Tyler's birthday is a week after mine." Reid answered looking at her. "Why?"
"I've read about the ascensions, we don't have that." Abby said.
"We read it's painful." Lena said quietly not looking at anyone or anything in particular.
"It is." Caleb and Pogue said in unison. It got quiet again as the flames on the lit candles flickered slightly. The Book of Damnation floated back to its original resting place.
"We should be going." Caleb announced standing. "Remember what I said. Don't do anything rash."
Tyler parked the car and the teens all climbed out to head to their rooms. Lena walked with her arms crossed over her chest as she walked quietly besides Reid. Tyler and Abby walked behind them talking to each other, Abby would laugh once in a while.
"You alright?" Reid asked the girl next to him. Lena looked up at him then turned her attention to what was in front of her.
"I'm fine…Why wouldn't I be?" She asked. Reid shrugged.
"You've been unusually quiet." He said.
"I'm slowly crashing." Lena said blinking a few times. Reid laughed.
"I told you not to take that five hour energy drink." He said. "They never last a full five hours."
"No kidding." Lena mumbled. "It's been what? Only two and an half hours."
"Something like that." Reid said. The four teens stopped at the girls' door. "See you two tomorrow." Reid said.
"Of course." Abby said grinning from ear to ear.
"See you." Lena said.
"Bye, Abby. Bye, Lena." Tyler said as he followed his friend down the hall. Both girls watched the boys for a few seconds before walking into their room.
"Aren't they just dreamy?" Abby asked as Lena fell upon her bed and stuffed her face into her pillow. "Come on, you aren't still upset about what happened earlier?" Lena lifted her head and looked at her sister questionably. "About what mom and dad had said."
Lena turned onto her side away from her sister. "It's kind of true right? I'm beyond their control…Wild and nothing but trouble." Abby watched her as she pulled the covers up over her curled body. "Besides…They've said meaner things." Abby continued to watch even after Lena's breathing became even and light. She could clearly see her sister slowly breaking, slowly getting closer to the edge. And she could only blame the people that were supposed to love her.
That's that.
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