Amelia's (POV)

She could only wonder if she had been there would she have been able to save them. Some of her dearest friends. Friends that had become a family through need. These thoughts would always follow her and she knew that.

The man she loved had been a murder, a liar, and probably a horrid father to her beautiful innocent little Cassie. She knew he wasn't dead like the others believed in her soul she knew that he was alive and that frightened her.

It had only been 3 hours since the boatyard caught on fire and 2 since the victims had been named. And the last remaining circle members had already met. Dawn only worried about the punishment that everyone knew was coming. Charles was dead looking and Ethan just stood quietly. Patrick shifted tiredly from one leg to another.

"No more circle. We can stay friends, but no more magic. "Our magic had caused so much death that it wasn't worth it. Everyone here had a child and I didn't want my daughter to be hurt in the future because of magic. I didn't want anyone's child to be hurt.

"Just because you tell us to stop doing magic doesn't mean we will." Dawn said with a smug look. "Look what happened to the circle with you acting like its leader half of it ends up dead. There's still six of us alive we can do whatever we want." and her smugness and ego just pressed on and on.

"And when the witch hunters come back to finish the job they started today because you still want to play witch. Who will stop them who will protect you and your daughter? Tom was strong one out of the two of you. Who will be your brick wall now that he's dead!" I wouldn't let this happen again.

"How dare you-" I turned my back to her and started my way down the drive to my car.

I stopped mid step because after this step I knew she wouldn't hear me. I turned slightly to look her in the eyes. "No how dare you to be so selfish to put our children in danger and the bits and pieces of a family we still have!" with that I went to my mother's house. I knew my punishment would be coming why wait and drag it out.

The car ride home was filled with memories as I passed places in town we had all grown up in. A tree just before my street was our hangout as little kids. Little things had the most effect. As I pulled into the drive way I saw my mother in one of the windows. I took a few deep breaths and opened the door and walked into the house. I could hear Cassie giggling.

"You know even in the darkest times her light shines." my mom had said as she walked into the kitchen where I had been standing.

"I know." this little girl would teach me to smile again.

"Your payment will be your magic. You do know that right?" she put her hand on my shoulder as a sign that everything would be okay, and I believed her.

"I guessed it. I didn't tell the others but I told them there wasn't going to be a circle anymore." even if I hadn't decided that there wouldn't be any more magic.

"How'd they take it?"

"Dawn was the only one who had anything to say. She didn't even look sad or sorry. "Yet again she put a hand on my shoulder but this time she pulled me into a hug.

I opened my eyes at the sound of little steps and what I saw not only shocked me but broke my heart.

I pulled away from my mother she was about to say something but I Interrupted her before anything else could be said. "What's he doing here? How long has he been here?" in front of me stood Cassie holding the hand of a crying Jake Armstrong. I could never understand why he would play with Cassie. Cassie was 2 and Jake was 5.

Mom turned around stared at the two kids and it seems like she hadn't known that Jake was here. Him and Nick were supposed to be at Emily's. Emily was supposed to be babysitting for the Armstrong's. Jake wasn't at the babysitters house he was at mine.

"Jake sweetie what are you doing here?" I bent down on one knee to look at the boys crying face.

The waterworks began and I rapped my arms around the small boy to provide the most comfort that I could. "Mom and dad didn't make it out of the fire." I wiped the tears away but they just came back.

"Amelia?"

"Jake how'd you know about the fire? Who told you about your mommy and daddy?" I wiped his nose too than wiped it on the floor. They needed to be mopped anyways.

"I saw them!" my guilt went deeper and deeper. He shouldn't have seen a thing. No child should have to see something like that. That's what I had been saying since our magic had become an issue.

"I'm leaving tonight and I'm taking the kids. Strip my power tonight don't wait any longer. I want to be freed from this curse. " I picked Jake and Cassie up and started to walk towards the back room. As I walked into the room and sat down the children as soon as I did they hugged each other. Jake and Cassie were connected to one another one someway.

"The children? Amelia what are you planning?" me and my mother sat there and watched the children play.

"I'm jakes god mother. I'll leave so the elders can take the circles powers without them noticing. These children will grow into their powers all of them. If the 7 grow up together they will make their own circle. I won't let this curse follow anyone else." I made my way out of the room to the kitchen to make myself a big cup of black coffee.

"You're going to separate Nick and Jake?"