Author's Note:
Hey everyone! So I've had this idea stirring since the very beginning of the series, so I'm finally putting it up.
Follow Cassie along on her quest to find herself and face her biggest fears. This is will OC/John.
Please leave reviews and tell me what you think so far. Thank you for reading! :)
Chapter One – How to Save a Life
Cassandra walked off of the crowded dance floor that was full of sweaty juniors and into the school's hallway. She walked past a few lockers, the hall was quiet and empty. She didn't hear anyone. She walked into the bathroom and stared in the mirror, her dark brown hair was a frizzed mess. She tried to fix her make-up and looked down at the red stain that was on the front of her sparkly pink dress. A random kid "accidently" spilled his punch all over her minutes before. She was still sweating and decided to go outside for some fresh air. She walked through the door and the cold air hit her face immediately, she stepped down the stairs and stumbled in her heels.
She kept walking but almost fell over, she looked down and noticed that her heel was broken in half, "Way to go Cass." She mumbled to herself and pulled the heel off of her tanned foot, but toppled over when she lost balance. She was never fully balanced to begin with and the fact that she had consumed a few drinks wasn't helping.
She took her other heel off too and threw them onto the ground and put her hand on the wall to remain balanced. Cass leaned her back against the wall and slid down onto the ground and pushed her back against it. She pulled her knees up to her chest and leaned her head back onto the cool wall.
Cass closed her brown eyes and took a deep breath, inhaling the crisp air. She heard a loud noise come from down the street and shot her eyes open. Cass couldn't see anything through the darkness, "Hello?" She questioned out loud and started to get up from the ground. "Who's there?"
No one answered but she could hear footsteps getting closer and closer to her. Her heart started to beat rapidly and she could feel a lump in her throat. Her hands started to shake uncontrollably. She leaned her hand next to her and picked up the broken heel pressing it close to her chest so she was holding it like a weapon. The footsteps halted and sounded as though they disappeared. She heard a noise from behind her and she whipped her head around quickly. No one was there, "I know someone is out there! This isn't funny!"
Someone cleared their throat and she looked over and saw a young man standing about two feet away from her. He put his hands up like he was surrendering to her, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." Cassie took a deep breath and dropped her heel onto the ground, letting it make a loud thump.
She chuckled lightly placing her hand on her hip. She batted her eyelashes, "Don't you know not to sneak up on a lady?" His green eyes stared into her brown, captivated by every speckle of blue placed perfectly in the middle. He had light brown hair and looked rather muscular, "What's your name?"
He smiled letting a dimple indent his left cheek, "That doesn't matter." Cassie nodded her head and let out an uncomfortable laugh, "What's your name?"
"That doesn't matter," I mocked him tilting her head to the side flirtatiously but he didn't find it amusing. He grabbed her arm forcefully and she tried to yank her arm free but he didn't lose his tight grip. Cass met his eyes with hers, "What the hell is wrong with you? Let go of me right now."
His jaw clenched, "Now, answer me. What is your name?" He demanded through gritted teeth, but she still tried to free her arm but there was no use. He was a lot stronger than her. "I like to know her victim's names," He added manically and Cass swallowed hard.
She whispered confused, "Victim?" She swung her free arm in his direction, but he caught it in his hand with ease. He pushed her against the wall with all of his force and she groaned out when her head smacked against the wall. She desperately tried to distance herself from him, but she was too weak compared to him.
He put his hand on her waist and started to kiss her neck. She kept punching his chest to get him away from her. He moved his hand down and unbuttoned his pants and she felt his hand grazing her bare thigh. He moved his fingers up her thigh slowly until he reached the hem of her dress. He pulled the dress up eagerly with both hands revealing her underwear. "You won't need these," He said pulling at the band of them and started to pull them down.
Cass squirmed away from him, but he pulled her back in front of him by the back of her hair and slapped her across the face. "Stop it!" She screamed at the top of her lungs and he removed her underwear completely, "Please, don't do this!" She cried, letting the tears roll down her cheeks.
He started to kiss her neck again and pulled down the straps from her dress and kissed down to her collarbone. "I told you to stop!" Cassie yelled powerfully and he pulled away and stopped instantly as though he was under her command.
His eyes grew wide and he muttered a confused, "What the hell?" She stared at him shocked before pulling her underwear back up and wiped away the stray tears that were rolling down her cheeks. "What are you doing? What are you?" He shouted at her as she tried to run away from him.
Her entire body was shaking and she had no idea what was going on. She looking up at him as she leaned still against the wall, "I-I don't know."
She closed her eyes and his body fell forward onto hers. She pushed him away tried to run around him, but he wrapped his hand around her wrist and yanked her back to him. He turned her around to face him and slapped her across the face once again which caused her to topple to the cold, hard ground. She tried to look up at him, but her vision was blurred through her hot tears.
She managed to look up long enough to notice a man appear behind him. He pulled the man away from Cassie and slammed him against the wall and punched him. The man turned back around towards her and leaned down to be eye level with Cass. He grabbed her arm and they disappeared away from there and appeared somewhere completely different.
Cass opened her eyes and looked around, "What the hell just happened?" She asked looking up at the blond man that was now hovering over her. He leaned down and his blue eyes bore into hers, but she glanced away quickly.
He extended his hand towards the fragile and scared girl, "I'm John." Cassie swallowed hard trying to divert her eyes on anything that wasn't this complete stranger in front of her, "You have no idea what just happened do you?"
He kept his extended hand out for her to take, she finally obliged and he pulled her onto her feet. She glanced around the room, taking in the abandoned room, which looked to be an underground train station. "Where are we? How did we get here? We just disappeared out of there!"
He shrugged his shoulders, "Teleportation." He replied calmly and her eyes grew wide as she stared at him like he was insane.
"Excuse me?" She asked shocked and crossed her arms across her chest.
He chuckled letting his head tilt back slightly, "It's the three T's. Teleportation, telepathy and telekinesis."
She watched him intently, "What the hell are you talking about? Are you on drugs right now?" It came out a little more hostile than she intended.
He shook his head back and forth and she bit the inside of her lip, "You're one of us, Cass."
She took a step away from him wearingly, "How do you know who I am?" She asked angrily, then continued her interrogation, "How did you know I was being attacked? What the hell are the three T's? Normal people can't do that!" She fumbled with her hands.
There was another set of footsteps that entered the room from behind her. She turned around to find a familiar face walk into the room, "He's telling you the truth, Cass."
As soon as she turned around, it was like she was frozen. Shock overcame every single emotion she was feeling. She swallowed hard before continuing, "Cara?" She managed to let out, though it was barely audible. "I-I haven't seen you in years," She stared at her older sister. "I thought you left. Dad-dad thought you left! Anna and I watched you leave that night, Cara!" Cassie turned back around to face John, "How do you know my sister? Did you kidnap her too?"
"Stop talking Cassandra and let us explain," Cassie heard in her head and she whipped her head towards Cara. "Telepathy, I can speak to you through your mind," She smiled and Cass shook her head furiously, swallowing hard.
She couldn't believe what he sister, whom she hasn't seen in years, was saying to her. "No, humans can't speak through minds, humans can't vanish in thin air, and humans can't perform telekinesis. Whatever that even is!" She shouted towards John and he smirked in reply. All of a sudden, Cass was being lifted off of her feet and levitating in thin air.
She tried to get back down but couldn't, "This is telekinesis, which one day you will be able to control."
She flailed her legs around, "Put me down!" She shrieked and he did as he was told and dropped her onto the ground. She fell over onto the ground, catching herself on her hands and knees. She raised her head to lock her eyes on his, "So what I'm one of you?"
He nodded his head, "Yes, you are one of us. Number eight, in fact," He answered her and five more people came out of doors and joined them in the room. There was an older looking back with Asian heritage. A blonde woman, two men who looked about John's age. An African American was leaning against the doorframe with his arms across her chest. "We're called the Tomorrow People," He announced and Cassie looked over at her sister. She pushed herself back up so she was standing, "We didn't pick the name," Cara smiled as she spoke.
Cass shook her head and took a step back and walked into someone. She turned to find the Asian man standing behind her, "I'm Russell."
John spoke next and she whipped her head back to him, "Have you heard of human-superiors before?" Cass shifted uncomfortably on her bare feet, "Like from X-men?"
He chuckled and shrugged, "Not exactly, we're the next highest form in the world. You're special," He stared at her and she couldn't help but laugh at him. She shook her head, you're crazy. "Don't laugh," He warned her and she bit her bottom lip to keep the laughter in, "I am not crazy either, Cass." He informed, mentioning what she thought seconds before. "What you did tonight, that was mind control."
She placed her hands on her hips, "So what? Now I can control people's minds? How about this one: I want to go home and for you idiots to leave me alone." John nodded his head and took a step closer to her. He held out his hand for Cassie's, she hesitantly took it. They both teleported out of the room and appeared out front of her house. "Maybe I will actually like this mind control, I get whatever I want."
He looked down at her and raised an eyebrow, "You didn't control me. You can't control other members of the Tomorrow People, only humans." She rolled her eyes and started to walk away from him and up to her door, but she heard him call from behind me, "Are you okay?"
She spun on her foot right before she got to the bottom step, "Do I look okay? I just found out that I am not human, so everything I was taught growing up has been a huge lie. I can now control people's minds. My sister, who I haven't seen in four years since she left, is now back and she isn't deaf or mute anymore! And to top that all off, I almost got raped tonight, but this random guy came swooping in and saved me. So now you can answer me, do I look okay?"
He just stared at her for a few seconds before making his way back over to her. He stopped so he was only a few inches away from her, "I think you're a warrior." She rolled her eyes and looked up at him annoyed, "I think you love the fact that you have all this power, but the fact that you can't control me makes you furious. You are definitely a fighter and you always want to be on top, but you can't."
She took a large gulp, "I don't know what to do. I mean how," She took a deep breath, trying to calm her emotions. Her voice was smaller and calm this time, "How is me almost being raped one of the least of my concerns right now?"
He placed his hand on her cheek and she let her eyes lock on his, "You're special. I can sense it about you," He answered honestly and she broke her eye contact with him.
She closed her eyes for a brief moment before looking back up at him, "How did you know where I was tonight?" She pulled his hand off of his cheek slowly, sighing when his touch left her skin. "How did you know that I was in trouble?"
He took a step away from her, realizing their closeness. "Your sister knew that you were starting to have the side effects. It started with "sleep walking" and hearing things in your head. She needed a spy since you thought she left town four years ago, so she sent me. I started to notice your behavioral changes and she wanted me to supervise you at the dance tonight, but I couldn't get in." He licked his lips quickly, "So I was down the street when I heard you come out. You sat down on the ground but heard my footsteps. When you got up and started yelling I teleported behind you, but of course you heard me. Then that guy attacked you and I knew that I needed to save you."
She let a sincere smile appear on her lips and she grinned up at him weakly, "Well thank you for being her savior, John."
He bowed his head forward and she turned around to start walking up the stairs to her door. He stayed there at the bottom step, "If you want to train with us, you know where to find us. We'd be pleased to have you as part of the Tomorrow People. It can get scary up here for our kind."
She opened the door but turned before walking in, "I'll take you up on that offer, John. Good night and thank you again," She let out a nervous breath, "For everything." He nodded then teleported away from her, she walked into her house but didn't shut the door. Cass walked to the center of the room and stared at the door, she extended her hand out towards it. She narrowed her eyes on the door and tried shutting it with her mind, but it wasn't working.
"God Damnit, close!" She yelled in a whisper and stared at the door intently, "I want you to close shut. Close!" She shouted louder clearly annoyed, but still nothing.
She threw her head back before storming over to the door and closing it with her hand and leaned her forehead against it. "Nice try, Cass," She heard a voice say in her head and she looked up in confusion, but no one was there. But she knew that soft and gentle voice – John.
Her lips smirked to the side and she thought back, "I'll be there tomorrow."
"Whatever you say, Warrior Princess," He retorted and she chuckled before pushing herself off from the door and walking up the stairs to her bedroom.
Also: I know that the Tomorrow People usually have blue eyes, but my Faceclaim for Cassie is Nina Dobrev, because I think her and Peyton have a lot of similar characteristics. So do not mind Cassie's brown eyes!