Changing Fates - Reid Garwin

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"Creepy house in the woods, definitely better than a make-out sesh," we were in a dark damp basement/dungeon cavern place, the room was lit up by candles and a goblet of fire after a few seconds. I noticed Caleb's eyes flash orange and a book flew off of a nearby bookshelf, one of the many that surrounded the room.

It sat hovering above a weird looking table, on which a circle of flames erupted from. I watched as the book opened to a specific page filled with pictures of spiders and Salem witch trials, there were long passages in accordance to what was drawn as well.

"It's a list of names... who brought charges against John Putnam and his family during the Salem hunt. Pope was one of them, Goody Pope, Widow of Jacob, mother to Hagen." I backed up away from the book to stand next to Reid as Caleb read from the book, Tyler however had dived between Reid and I making sure we weren't touching. "So what?" Reid was annoyed at the moment, antsy when not connected with me.

"So she claims that John Putnam came to her as an incubus in her dreams...after she was widowed. The Book also records births and deaths during the damnation. Goody Pope's husband, Jacob, died June fourth, 1692. Her son, Hagen, was born April 11th, 1693. That's 10 months and 24 days later. "

"If what you're saying is true...and Hagen Pope is the bastard son of John Putnam... then the fifth bloodline in the Covenant didn't end in Salem." Standing around the room that was lit with only fire made this more than a little creepy, "And Chase is one of us." We didn't know he was from one of the original families but this made them more concerned, "So this is really happening."

"The night after the party at the Dells...someone was using. The Power was strong enough to wake me. The next night, it happened again." It was that night in the showers, "Yeah, someone was using it at the school, but someone did it before the party too before any of you showed up." They each knew what I was talking about, "I felt it then." Apparently everyone had felt it, "See? I told you. I felt it too." I had a nasty thought at that moment and it made me sick, "What if he wants to steal your powers?" They didn't like that thought either...

"Can I see one of your markings real quick?" Pogue had pulled his shirt collar down so I could see the back of his neck in that next moment, "Do you know what it is?" I did, I gave a hum and let go of his shirt as he turned around and all of them looked at me, "It's a rune, it means ascension." They had each looked between each other not giving me any clue as to what that meant, "Know anything about that?"

"We ascend when we turn eighteen, we get our full powers." It was confusing but I got the gist of it pretty quickly, "When do you turn eighteen then?" Caleb spoke up first while Tyler had his head in the giant book, "September eighth, which is very soon for me, all our birthdays are behind each other. Tyler's is on the ninth, Pogue is the tenth and Reid is the eleventh."

That was some freaky information, "So that means Chase would be the seventh then right?" Pogue and Caleb nodded while Reid had joined Tyler's reading journey, "And mine is on the twelfth." That information didn't fully surprise them but they didn't expect it.

"So we found out why you two get sucked up by your energies when you make out, which is annoying by the way," I heard Reid snort as me and the boys bound over to the book, "See here, it says 'Ascension completes with five, the brand will be the sign' but it says over here that 'To complete the bond of two let the blaze consume', and look at that, 'The blaze will grow when ascension is near."

At that moment Reid had decided to pinch my ass as Tyler pointed at the picture under the text, it was a mist surrounding a rune, "This rune means eternal love." Tyler groaned as Reid wrapped around me with a chuckle leaving his mouth, "haha, suckers..."

"I'm not watching you two eat each other alive."

"Please as if I'd let you get a peek of my girl." Caleb's phone rang at that moment, "Wait, wait. What?" We were all keen to find out why he looked freaked out, "Okay, listen. I want you to go back to your dorm... and wait for me there. I'll see you soon, okay?" He put his phone back in his pocket making all of us assume they hung up, "He's put a spell on Kate, Sarah said she's in intensive care now, it's gotten worse," I knew it was bad but I thought that maybe she would be okay, "What are you talking about? What kind of spell?"

"Creation. Spiders. She's in a hospital in Gloucester, it was him, it had to be, this proves it." Pogue stood up and the candles started flickering and going out around the room, "Wait. Don't do anything until we know what he wants!" They were in a yelling match now, "We're talking about Kate!" He rushed out leaving all of us surrounded by half lit and unlit candles.