Finally, the reaction! Hope y'all like it!
Alice screams as she looks to the other boys, whose eye hand all turned black. She backs up to the hummer, her hand hovering over her mouth, uncertain of what she's seeing.
"Alice, we're still us," Pogue blinks and his eyes are back to normal, "We're not going to hurt you."
"What the fuck are you?" Alice asks, her back pressed against the car.
"You should be asking yourself the same thing," Reid's eyes go back to normal, as do Caleb's and Tyler's, "Somehow, you're ending up with our family crests tattoo'd onto your back the day of our 18th birthdays, when we ascend."
"Ascend?"
"When we come into our full powers," Caleb explains, "We're the descendants of witches, and we inherited their powers like our fathers and grandfathers before us."
"So, the founding fathers of Ipswich were witches," Alice says slowly, "And you guys are too."
"Yes," Reid nods, "And somehow you're connected to that."
"How?" Alice asks.
"We don't know," Caleb offers, "The crests and the dates of your seizures have to be more than just a coincidence, but we don't know the why or the how."
"I guess me being an orphan doesn't help, does it?" Alice jokes. Pogue gives her a look. She swallows the thing smile on her face.
"We'll let you think over everything," Tyler offers, "In your own time." He heads toward the car and Alice moves aside, keeping herself far away from the boys. She leans herself against a tree a few yards away from the hummer, letting the boys climb in.
She turns away from them. Things start making sense, but not really.
She stiffens when she feels a presence behind her. Alice glances back to see Reid.
"Pogue wanted to do this, but I insisted," Reid says softly, keeping himself a foot away from her, "We still mean what we said last night, about wanting you around. You're not weird, and yeah, we're surprised, but we're not going to turn our backs on you."
"Not even if I end up being something you should turn your backs on?" Alice asks in a low voice. They're acceptance only extends as far as her not being a threat to them, that much she's figured in the last few minutes.
"You'll never come to that." Reid puts a hand on her shoulder, "Don't even think like that."
She looks at him, "What if your wrong?" Alice says, trying to pair the boy in front of her with the black eyes. "Show me some magic," Alice demands softly, "Show me what it looks like when you do magic."
"When we Use?" Reid asks with a small smile, "Are you sure?"
Alice nods. She wants to see this.
Reid's iris flares gold for a second, expanding outward as his eye is replaced with deep black. The back of Alice's neck tickles for a second as the car behind him turns on. The boys, who are leaning against the car not inside it, jump back for a second.
Reid's eyes return to their blue and the car turns off. Alice lets out the breath she was holding in.
"Still scared?" Reid asks, his cocky smile back.
"Wasn't scared to begin with," Alice says hautly. Reid laughs and turns to the guys. They both slowly walk back to them, Alice in the rear, her pulse racing. It's one thing to see one person do magic, it's another to know that your 4 closest guy friends can all do magic.
"You okay?" Pogue asks immediately as she joins them.
Alice nods, "Yeah, I'm okay. Just don't put me in the middle," She climbs into the car and takes a seat on the far side, "You boys mind dropping me at home?"
The boys share a look before climbing in. Tyler takes the wheel while Caleb sits in the passenger seat, Reid in the middle in the back and Pogue on his other side.
"Sure," Caleb says hesitantly, "But first we need to go somewhere." He looks to Tyler, "The Colony House."
"You sure?" Tyler asks as she starts the car. Caleb nods. "Okay then," Tyler drives.
"What's the colony house?" Alice asks after they clear the treeline.
"The house my ancestors built when they first moved here," Caleb explains, "It's the only one still standing of the original colony houses for our family. It's been with us for generations."
"And what's so special about it?"
"You'll find out," Reid gives her a sly smile and Pogue elbows him. No one says anything more.
Okay, I know it's short but I swear things are going to start to pick up. I've already got the next couple of chapters written and I've got the whole story planned out. Y'all won't be disappointed.