Title: Coven of solitude

Summary: In 1692 the six descendants of Ipswich were hunted down in the Salem witch hunts. Six survived, five remained, but one went unmentioned. Bella Swan isn't like most girls.

What if there were six descendants of Ipswich…What if Chase had a sister?

Genre: Supernatural/General

a/n This takes place directly after the movie.

a/n Now I realise that many of you probably haven't seen this movie. But I may *wink* have added the link on youtube to the movie on my profile.

a/n You don't have to watch it to read this. I will make all important facts known.

a/n Give this a chance it's my first venture into something non-twilight.

a/n A few things that are different with my characters. One, Bella is a lot less shy. She's actually quite bold, and because of her upbringing and the fact that she's related to Chase she's a little jaded.

a/n Chase is not as sadistic as in the movie. Also he is not as addicted as he was in the movie. If his character is going to last, he can't go around ageing now can he?

a/n Chase & Bella's relationship does not have a strong foundation, but they do have a connection (brother and sister bond so to speak), over time their relationship will develop.

a/n Oh and a big one, for creative reasons they are both still 17. In the movie Chase had turned 18 and ascended, here that will be a ways off.

a/n Edward is also going to have to be changed a bit. In the series Edward was entranced by Bella because she was so 'mysterious'. The same is still true but for a different reason. What I mean is in Twilight Edward would not necessarily go for this version of Bella. But for the sake of my story, he does now.

a/n Everyone else is the same except Jacob. Now, I don't particularly hate Jacob, but I'm pretty sure he won't show up in this one.

a/n Oh and most importantly Edward does not have a strong pull towards Bella's blood. He will have a strong pull to…other things.

a/n This story contains liberal expressions of language and it may be offending. It's still rated T, because I feel it isn't harsh enough to warrant an M rating, but, like Daniel Radcliffe says BE PREPARED!

a/n REVIEW at the end!

Chapter 1- Inattentive demise

No one really knows how The Power came to be.

Not even the Book of Damnation recorded its beginning.

But those who mastered it have always been hunted.

In the middle of the 17th Century, many escaped the brutal Witch-hunting in England and France by coming to America.

As the brutal persecution of those with The Power spread throughout Massachusetts, the families of Ipswich formed a Covenant of silence.

For 300 years it had kept them safe.

Until Chase.

Now, it's their turn.

Bella Swan sat back in the leather seat as she finished flipping through the many radio stations that her brother's car provided.

"There's nothing but crap on the radio these days," she sighed.

Chase turned to take in his sisters' chagrined expression, "Well, what do you expect, there aren't many talented people out there anymore."

She caught the implication immediately. "Talented like you?" She joked, rising an eyebrow in question.

He smiled impishly while focusing on the road, "that is true, but not what I meant."

She smiled to herself and murmured a soft, "sure." She knew that her brother could be a real ass sometimes but he tried his best to dial it down for her. She appreciated it all the same since there was nothing she hated more than the know-it-all, cocky Chase.

Chase's fixed gaze lessened as he continued driving. Bella was the only one that could make fun of him without being on the receiving end of his temper. She was the master of calm always reining him in whenever he seemed to get out of control; it was a sweet quality, if he chose to recognize it. He only let it slide because he knew how much it irked her when he was his smug arrogant self, and frankly, he owed it to her.

The car passed the large green sign that said Welcome to South Dakota.

Chase refused to concede that he was running away. If it hadn't been for the fact that Caleb had received his father's power at the last moment, then he would have for sure gained his power and finished him off.

Bella sighed against the silence and leaned her head against the cold glass window. She was a little put off with her brother's escapades. Since their parents had never been involved in their lives she had started to take the 'responsible role', only now that they were both seventeen it was a lot less cute. She wished that Chase would grow up, take his head out of his ass and stop acting like a spoilt little child.

Trying to get comfortable, Bella raised her legs and rested them on the dash board. It had been a long ass drive so far, and they were only halfway there.

"Let's stop somewhere…" She said in open invitation.

"Where?" Chase asked, feigning interest.

"I don't know, just, somewhere."

He looked at her, momentarily taking his eyes off of the road. "And where is somewhere?"

She sighed and shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know somewhere new."

Chase looked back at the road. Since their parents had abandoned them, they had been entrusted to the state and adopted separately by at least a half dozen families. It was hard for Bella, trusting each set of parents only long enough for them to lose interest and dump her off at the next chancing orphanage. For Chase he was lucky enough to have found the Collins'. Although he only trusted people as far as he could throw them, when Chase had finally decided to track down his biological parents he was met with a pleasant surprise; answers.

Now seventeen they were both free to drift as they saw fit. The fiasco, with 'the sons of Ipswich' had left him with a severe itch for revenge, but it needed to be addressed slowly. Their last confrontation was a dangerous and almost deadly one.

They came close to an Ihop and Bella squealed like a little girl, "Ohhh let's get pancake's. It's been so long since I've been allowed to have them."

Chase didn't have the heart to deny his baby sister anything. Besides, he thought, they had been driving for most of the day and needed to eat.

He pulled into the pancake restaurant and parked. They both got out of the car and went inside.

Bella slid into one of the plastic seats and unfolded one of the large menus. She looked over the many options available and decided on a fruit themed pancake.

Chase picked up a menu also, and examined the unhealthy meals as if they were poisonous. He put it down after a short while an opted only for a drink.

Bella leaned back gingerly in her seat and stared across the table at Chase. She was contemplating asking where they were going but she knew there was a large chance that Chase would just ignore her and not answer the question. He had a strange habit of withholding information until it suited him to divulge it. Another one of his little quirks but Bella could live with it as long as she got to spend some time with her big brother, and experience a little freedom.

A plump waitress came to their table just then and pulled out her note pad, "What can I get you?" she asked with a pen poised over a fresh sheet of paper. Her wide eyes and eager expression left the impression that she either really liked her job, or she had consumed too much of the free syrup.

Bella made her decision and ordered the pancakes while Chase settled for a coke.

"So...where are we going?" Bella tried after she had received her food. She stabbed a fork into the mushy mass and stuck it into her mouth, revelling in the flavour.

Chase stared off into the distance; he was debating whether or not he should tell her what he was planning. Bella had a tendency to complain about the smallest of things, and he knew that although they had grown up in one she would not appreciate another small town.

Bella sighed and shoved a fork-full of fruit into her mouth, why did she even bother on asking?!

Chase picked up on her rapid mood change and realised than with his sister he couldn't always leave her in the dark.

"It's this small town in Seattle, you've never heard of it and neither has the rest of the world."

Bella frowned into her pancakes, she was reluctant to stay in another small town, but what was bothering her the most was Chase's obvious bitterness. She knew her brother hated hiding, but after the fire...things changed.

"A small town could be fun," she said in hopes of turning the mood that had settled down on the table. She realised too late that Chase was already brooding and unlikely to even hear her.

Bella fished the rest of the meal into her mouth and put her fork down. Chase was still staring off into the distance; he hadn't even touched his coke. As stealthily as she could Bella picked up the ketchup bottle at the edge of the table and opened it. Not-very-silently she squirted a long string of bright red ketchup in Chase's face.

He immediately stood up and raised a hand to wipe the mess from his features. "BELLA!"

She shrank away from him and he immediately softened his features. He pulled her chin that was resting on the table up only to find her laughing excessively. Her whole frame shook as she made loud guffaws at his expense. Chase's feature's hardened again and he stood up and began walking to the car.

Bella looked up to find herself alone in the restaurant and several people were looking round wondering what all the commotion was about. Bella didn't own the patience needed to consider them as she snapped up so quickly that her bag fell to the floor with a 'smack'.

"Shoot," she muttered as she threw they contents of her life back into the bag. Everything she could ever need was always at hand that was the way she preferred it.

She left, but not before leaving a twenty on the counter for their meal. She had tried to dine and dash before, and it had not ended so well. A night in jail and the disapproving look on her adoptive parent's faces were not what she was looking forward to in her new bout of freedom.

She stepped out of the restaurant and found Chase waiting in the car, for a second there she had feared that he had left her, it wouldn't have been the first time.

Bella slid into the car and dropped her bag at her feet, "let's get a movin'," she said in hope of getting in his good graces.

Unfortunately, it had taken sheer will for Chase to not leave her in the middle of nowhere. He was not one for silly shit, and Bella's fun and games were becoming more than he could copiously handle.

Chase started up the car and drove out; they still had a long way to go before getting to Forks.