Important Story Note: I don't know if I've said this yet, but in my stories of the Covenant, I never have the Sons of Ipswich have that aging limitation on their magic. So they're magic operates like the average witch in my stories of them, meaning they can use it freely without it hindering them.

Angel Among Us

A Covenant fanfic

Chapter 6: Altering Time

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Two days later, Angel was spending the night at Reid's dorm, Tyler handing over his and Reid's dorm to the two of them that day till tomorrow morning, him only being told they were having friend bonding time which he believed since he saw them act nothing more than friends towards each other. So now Reid and Angel were alone in the dorm till morning, it being mid-afternoon now. Angel and Reid were currently on Reid's bed propped up against the headboard, Angel cuddled up to Reid's chest with Reid's arms around him, holding him close to him. They were in the middle of talking about their classes.

"-ouse of Usher worksheet is such a headache. I really don't know how you do it, babe, and so easily, too. I have to admit, I'm jealous." Reid said.

Angel giggled about the jealous part. "Baby…I'm sure you can, too. I just pay more attention, I guess."

Reid playfully glared down at Angel in a cute pout. "Hey."

Reid then gave Angel's abdomen a tickle, which made Angel shrink back from Reid a bit in a groan/laugh.

"Noooooo, Reid!"

Reid laughed and pulled Angel back to him in a smirk. "Uh-huh, say my name." Reid said triumphantly.

'Oh, if only I could turn him into a creature. A snake would suit him since he's so sly and firework-like.' Angel thought playfully.

"Shut up." Angel giggled out.

Reid smirked cockily. "Don't mind if I do." Then Reid kissed him deeply, Angel accepting it gladly, although in surprise. Once they separated, Angel laid his head on Reid's chest as they went back to talking about school.

"So….that new kid is interesting. That Chase guy," Reid started.

Angel's face – unnoticeably to Reid – fell into a frown, his eyes showing concern as Reid spoke about the person that's been trying to kill him and his friends for the past week.

"He's been popping up in my circle of friends a lot all of a sudden. Bit strange, but he's a cool dude," Reid continued.

'Not as cool as you think.' Angel thought.

Reid grinned. "Bet he could use some of your sweet fashion tips. All he wears is dark colors and jackets. I'm not one for fashion, but even I know that's an unappealing look."

That cleared the gloom off Angel's face and brightened it up with a grin and a laugh.

"Oh my God, I'm glad you said that!" Angel said in amusement.

Reid smiled at seeing Angel so content. "What…him needing your fashion tips?"

"No," Angel giggled out. "When you said all he wears is dark colors and jackets. And the 'I'm not one for fashion, but even I know that's an unappealing look.' Since it's so uncharacteristic for you, it sounded so foreign it was funny."

Reid sat straighter in a triumphant posture. "Well, I'm not ignorant to all of it. I don't know the professional view of fashion, but I know what's obvious to the average person."

Angel had a look of understanding. "So just the basics."

"Yeah." Reid replied.

Angel pondered his sudden idea before bringing it up. "Do you want me to show you a bit more than basics? That is…if you're curious."

A flash of excitement went through Reid's eyes. "Hell yeah. To get the secret of what makes you so delectable looking all the time? Count me in."

Angel giggled at that response.

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Outside in the courtyard of the school stood Tyler, Pogue, and Caleb. They were conversing about school for a bit. Then started talking about what Tyler and Reid found out about Angel a couple days ago.

"So I did find something about that language you heard Angel speaking." Caleb began to Tyler mainly, but also to Pogue.

Tyler and Pogue perked at that and paid close attention.

"Really? What did you find?" Tyler asked.

"The language is ancient Persian." Caleb stated.

"Persian? Wow….that's a new one." Pogue said in surprise.

"Yeah, no kidding. I've never heard Persian. No wonder I couldn't identify it." Tyler mused.

"Yeah, and get this. I was able to find the translation of those specific words you said you and Reid heard him say. It turns out Antorbok, Magormor, Chattur'gha means: enchant item." Said Caleb in fascination.

Tyler and Pogue both had surprised looks. "Enchant?...As in….magic?" Pogue asked.

Caleb looked unsure. "I don't know….sounds like it to us, but to humans, enchant also means just to manipulate on normal standards, so it could….it also couldn't. It may just be nothing and he was just speaking in the language for no specific reason other than personal enjoyment. He's a sweet kid….I doubt he has any involvement in evil deeds."

"You're right. Reid did say that he loves languages." Tyler stated.

Right then Caleb's phone rang. When he looked at his screen, he saw his girlfriend's name across it, so he answered.

"Hey, Sarah." Caleb said contently.

"Caleb, something happened- it's Kate. She's at the hospital terribly sick-"

Caleb interrupted her, so she would take a breath. "Whoa, calm down, babe. What happened to Kate?"

At the mention of Kate's name, Pogue was intently listening to Caleb's responses, wanting to know the subject his girlfriend's name was in.

"I got to Kate and I's dorm a few minutes ago and noticed Kate left a note. It said she was feeling sick and that she went to the infirmary. I called the infirmary and they said they sent her to the hospital. The school nurse said it seemed it was from tons of spider bites. I just got off the phone with the hospital doctor treating her, and they said she went into a coma." Sarah stated, sounding a bit more calm.

A look of worry formed on Caleb's face and he gave a light sigh. "Okay, where are you now?"

"In our dorm."

"Alright, I want you to stay there till I get to you, okay? I'm coming straight there. We'll figure this out. Don't stress yourself too much."

"Okay."

"Love you."

"Love you too."

Caleb then hanged up and let out a long sigh in stress. Pogue gazed at him intently.

"What was it about Kate?" Pogue asked.

Caleb looked over at Pogue from looking downward. "Kate's in the hospital."

Pogue's eyes widen. "What?…." He said softly from shock.

Caleb sent his sympathy through his eyes. "It's said that she's been bitten by spiders. She's in a coma now."

Pogue looked shaken. Then a decision flashed in his eyes. "No! I'm going after her!" He said loudly from distress.

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Eddie was reading a book sitting on a bench 18 feet away behind the three sons. He was there before the sons came, them not even noticing he was there. Eddie was able to hear most of what they were saying, but tuned them out to focus on his book. But when he heard Angel's name being dropped from them, he then started listening in; he heard about them speculating about the ancient Persian language Angel speaks, and their statement on it sounding magic related, then heard them say Angel was a sweet kid and wouldn't be involved in evil deeds, and then Caleb's side of the conversation with his girlfriend Sarah.

When he heard Caleb say that Kate's been bitten by spiders, he immediately closed his book and put it back in his backpack and swung it back on his shoulder, looking ready for something. He knew this was one of Angel's visions about to unfold….the one about Pogue. Eddie was saddened that he and his two friends couldn't stop Chase from getting to Kate, but the stars would have to fall before he'd let Pogue pass him and go after her. When Pogue shouted his distress and said he was going to her, Eddie quickly sprung up and got in front of Pogue, Tyler and Caleb watching.

"Wait!" Eddie exclaimed to Pogue when he successfully got in Pogue's way. Pogue looked down at him, looking like he was going to push him out of the way, so Eddie quickly gave his input before Pogue did anything.

"You shouldn't go, something's going to happen to you if you do." He verbally rushed out.

Pogue gave a light glare in frustration. "I don't care what could happen to me. I wanna see Kate." He said loudly, not as loudly as before, though. Then he tried darting around Eddie, but Eddie just barely slid over in time to block Pogue.

"I didn't say could, I said going to, as in you will." Eddie stated, trying his absolute best to cease him from leaving.

"You don't know that." Pogue remarked before successfully getting around Eddie this time.

Freaking out and desperate at this point, Eddie blurted out what he thought he never would in this situation.

"Angel does! He saw it!"

At that, Pogue halted, the other two Sons of Ipswich looking at Eddie in surprise and interest as well. Pogue turned around to face Eddie again and met him with curious and confused eyes.

"What?" Pogue asked calmly from surprise.

Eddie was cheering and kicking himself in his head. He was happy he stopped Pogue from going, but hated that it took giving Angel's secret away to do it. Well….kind of gave it away. Eddie sputtered nervously before he properly spoke.

"I'll explain…if you stay." Eddie posed, hoping that convinced him.

Pogue sighed feeling conflicted. He wanted to go to Kate as fast as possible….but he now also wants to know what Eddie meant and how Angel is involved. Relenting, Pogue nodded reluctantly.

"Alright, alright…I'll stay."

Eddie gave a small smile, happy he succeeded fully this time. Tyler and Caleb walked up from behind Eddie to stand near Pogue, Caleb clasping Pogue's shoulder in comfort.

"Hold on, I'll call Angel." Eddie said as he got out his phone and picked Angel's number out of his contacts.

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Back with Reid and Angel in Reid and Tyler's dorm. Reid was now in different clothes of his; a black graphic t-shirt of the Ghost Rider on his motorbike with a red background for flames, a black jacket with white colored zippers and a popped collar, long gray pants, his red and shiny Base London Aldoniti shoes, along with a black watch with a white strap on his wrist. He looked good! Better than good….amazing! He looked at himself in his bathroom mirror and was mega impressed with how hot he looked.

"Damn! So this is how you do it." Reid said to Angel in a grin as he looked at what the outcome of putting these things together was.

Angel smiled happily. "You like it?"

Reid turned behind him to look at Angel with an incredulous look. "Are you kidding? I love it! I never thought to put these together like this. I usually just throw the first pair of pants I see on and put the shirt I feel like wearing that day on. I never thought there was a strategy and science to it."

Angel grinned. "Yeah, there is, despite how simple the subject seems."

Reid blinked in thought before speaking. "Speaking of how simple the subject seems…..I've been meaning to ask you….what happened at Tyler's hummer two days ago?"

Angel tensed on instinct and looked toward the floor nervously. "Uuuuh, what do ya mean?"

Reid's eyes softened in realizing what Angel was trying to do. "Come on, babe, don't do that to me. We both know you know what I'm talking about. It's me….you don't have to avoid anything with me,"

That got Angel shifting in place from foot to foot while sucking on his bottom lip and looked up at him with his face tilted downward. That got Reid groaning in approval. He walked over to wrap his arms around Angel's waist and pulled him to him.

"God, baby, you're teasing me to death here, please? If you tell me, I'll do some of your chores." Reid practically begged.

Angel couldn't turn down that. "I can't….not now, anyway. Maybe later?"

Reid seemed pleased enough by that. "Okay….you're too hot for you're own good, you know that?"

Angel wraps his arms around his boyfriend's neck.

"You're the hot one, especially looking like this." Angel stated meaning his outfit.

Reid grinned. "Of which you put me in, so we're both hot."

Angel grinned back contently and kissed him deeply, slow and long. Angel's phone rang then. When he noticed it was Eddie, he smiled and answered as he stepped back from Reid and sat on Reid's bed.

"Hi, Eddie, what's up?"

"Eugh, Angel….we got a situation…..and it…may or may not have been caused by me."

Angel frowned his browns in curiosity. "Ooo-what do ya mean?"

"I might've…..spilled your secret a little- BUT it was to stop one of the things you saw, and it was all I can think of that would work."

Angel groaned. "Ah man, Eddie…."

"Sorry, Ang….I tried, I really did, but Pogue kept passing me. There was literally nothing else I could've said that would've stopped him otherwise."

Angel sighed. "Alright, I understand. I appreciate you went so far to stop him. We'll figure it out, it's okay."

"Alright. Meet at the courtyard. We're all here. I'll call Chelsea to come too."

"Okay, meet'cha in a sec," Angel then hung up and put his phone back in his pocket and looked at Reid.

"I hate ruining the mood, but we gotta meet our friends in the courtyard. It's important." Angel informed as he got up from the bed and put his shoes and socks on.

Reid complied immediately. "Kay, no problem. What's the important occasion?" He asked.

"I'll tell you when we get there. It'll be something you and your friends will have to hear, anyway." Angel stated as he opened the front door to the dorm to exit.

Reid rose his brows in surprise. "Okay…Mr. mysterious."

Angel smiled as they left. Once they got out to the courtyard and spotted their friends by the riverbank – it being a bit dark out from the sun setting, they walked over to them, Chelsea now with them. When Eddie saw Angel approach along with Reid, he smiled.

"Hey." Eddie greeted.

"Hey, Eddie, Chelsea." Angel greeted his best friends, then smiled over at his new ones.

"Before we start, you have to know….what was supposed to happen to Kate, happened…he got to her. She's in the hospital in a coma now." Eddie informed.

Angel's face darkened with disappointment. "Crap…..okay. What about Sarah?"

"She's fine so far." Eddie stated.

"Kay, good." Angel stated.

"What's going on?" Caleb asked as he heard the exchange between Eddie and Angel.

Angel looked over at him, as well as the rest of the Sons of Ipswich.

"I'm gonna tell you, but first…" Angel looked at Eddie. "What exactly did you tell them?"

"The only thing I said was that you knew about Pogue and what was gonna happen to him, and that you saw it, that's it."

Angel took a deep breath. "Okay," Angel then looked at the four Sons of Ipswich.

"What Eddie meant by what he told you is….I knew that if you left after Kate, you would hop on your bike and drive at blasting speed down the road without a single thought." Angel explained.

Pogue was speechless. "That's exactly what I was going to do…" He said in shock.

"I'm glad you didn't or you would've crashed and ended up just like Kate…in a coma." Angel stated.

"And you don't just assume this will happen? You know for sure that it will?" Tyler asked from what Eddie told them earlier.

Angel nodded. "Yes, I know it will, as much as I knew it would've been the last time you and Reid stepped foot into that hummer if I had let you two go a couple days ago. And that Kate would get terribly sick from spiders and go into a coma. What would've happened today with Pogue, would've happened as soon as Pogue left down the road from the school."

"That's why you stopped me and Tyler that day? What do you mean 'the last time'? How do you know that?" Reid asked him, completely amazed by what he was hearing from Angel.

"I know all that because….I'm psychic."

The sons' eyes widen in shock. "You're….you're what?" Caleb asked stunned.

"Psychic….as in…sees the future?" Reid asked in awe.

Angel nodded. "Yes."

"You're not kidding or anything?" Tyler asked to make sure he was being legitimate.

"100% serious." Angel assured. "Trust me, I know how impossible it sounds. I mean, even I still ask myself 'how can that be?', but it's true."

"We believe you. Trust me…we've heard more crazy things than that. And…..Eddie and Chelsea know this about you?" Caleb asked.

"Yes, they've known for 3 years."

"Jesus….so you really are psychic….damn!" Reid stated feeling impressed.

"What about that language you spoke? We found out it was ancient Persian. Why would you be speaking in that all of a sudden if it's so ancient? And why say 'enchant item'?" Tyler asked.

Angel blinked nervously. "Oh….did research, huh? Umm, well….how about we talk about this at my house. I can fully explain there."

"Okay….lead the way." Caleb said as they were about to leave.

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Once they arrived – Caleb and Pogue riding in Caleb's car while Tyler, Reid, and Angle along with his two friends rode in Tyler's car – and greeted Angel's parents, Angel led them to his room and shut the door.

"Okay…now that we have privacy….I was speaking ancient Persian because of two things; 1.) that's my heritage. And 2.) I had to do a spell."

The sons' eyes widen at the all too familiar word 'spell'. "Spell?" Pogue asked warily.

"Thing is….I'm not just psychic...I'm also a witch."

That's when the sons' jaws dropped. "What?" Caleb asked in utter shock, voicing his brothers' thoughts.

"Whoa-ho-ho, what?!" Tyler said in just as much shock, but less controlled than Caleb's.

"No…way…..you're kidding me?!" Reid said in shock, but also excitement.

Angel chuckled. "Nope."

"Now, that's a double shock of a lifetime. Who'd of known? You don't seem like you would be anything unusual." Pogue stated, still shocked this was coming from a sweet, innocent little boy like Angel.

Angel smiled. "Don't judge a book by its cover, right?"

"And…Eddie and Chelsea know this too?" Caleb asked.

Eddie and Chelsea nodded. "Yeah, we knew." Eddie stated.

"Almost about as long as we've known him to be psychic." Chelsea stated.

"My brain is blown right now." Tyler said in an amazed smile.

"So what were you doing if you were casting a spell that day when me and Tyler were going to the grocery store?" Reid asked.

"I was fixing Tyler's car." Angel stated.

"Fixing…?" Tyler asked.

"The brakes were busted. If you drove it then, you would've never came back." Angel said, slight sadness seeping into his tone at the memory of that vision.

"So that's why you were acting so nervous and scared. You were afraid we were gonna-"

Angel cut Reid off from finishing the sentence, not wanting to think about them dying anymore, especially Reid. "Yeah."

"How did my brake bust? That's unlike my car." Tyler said.

"A spell was cast on it to make it that way." Said Angel.

The sons looked at him curiously, but warily. Once Angel noticed this, he quickly cleared the air.

"Not by me or anything, don't worry. It was from another witch, an evil one."

"There's another witch?" Caleb asked stunned.

"Yeah, this one you know too. Chase." Angel stated.

The sons were shocked yet again. "Chase?!" The sons said in unison.

"He's a witch?" Pogue asked.

"Yeah…he's the one I've been getting my recent visions about. He's been coming after you….trying to kill you."

"Kill us? Why?" Reid asked in confusion and concern.

Angel shrugged. "Ya got me. I was hoping you could clear that up for me."

"It would depend on what kind of witch he is seeing as you're a different type." Tyler stated.

"Well, his eyes go black when he uses magic if that helps." Angel offered.

"That helps a lot." Caleb began. "He's most likely after us for our magic."

Angel and his two best friends froze and stares at him. "What?" Angel asked, feeling completely surprised by that.

"You're not the only one with unusual secrets to hide…we're witches too." Caleb stated.

Angel, Chelsea, and Eddie's eyes widen.

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End chap. 6

And there we go, secrets revealed FINALLY. :D Only 3 chapters left to go! For me to know it's not just me who's enjoying this story, I'd really appreciate hearing your thoughts and feelings on this story so far if you're enjoying it. I hate enjoying things alone, so hearing from you would be awesome. Sneak peak of next chapter: The Sons of Ipswich and Angel show each other their magic as a little show-and-tell and learn more about Angel and each other's magical side that they've been hiding. The sons then later find out more about Chase as well and notice he's tied into their family past. The sons and Angel and his two best friends then form a plan together to fight off Chase for good while also Angel trying to prevent his other visions about Chase harming them from happening. Till next chapter. ^ - '