Episode 2 – the usual suspect

Faye was the first to come to Diana's house. She came straight to the sofa where Cassie was still sitting and staring the wall. She didn't think she would; but Faye felt sorry for her.

"Cassie?", Faye said in a quiet voice. Cassie looked at her with a bitter smile.

"Come on, you can make some kind of a mean joke... I'm waiting", Faye didn't even think of a joke to tell, she just sat next to Cassie and turned the TV on.

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When all the member of the circle came in Cassie was in the sofa sleeping. She was hungry and tired and she really couldn't handle everybody's looking at her like she is an alien.

She believed that a good sleep will make everything go away.

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Cassie was dreaming; in her dream she was walking in a forest full of big trees, she was alone in the middle of the night when suddenly a big bear came from nowhere. She tried to run but her legs weren't fast enough, she tried to use magic but she had none to use. When the bear was seconds away from eating her she woke up in a dark room.

She screamed.

Diana and Adam came to the room fast.

"Hi Cassie what's wrong?", Adam asked

When she remembered finally where she is and what happened she looked at them with nothing to say and close her eyes.

Adam touched her hand for a second, wanted to say something but left quietly; Diana stayed.

"Tomorrow we'll go to Didi; she will fix this I promise you. Cassie? Please talk to me - - I need to know what you are feeling.

Cassie turned around to look at Diana - -

"I feel like shit. You betray me. You needed to tell me the plan Diana, it should have been my choice, it's my life. You are the head of the circle but you are not the boss of me and now the circle is broken and powerless because I am useless like this. You didn't check anything, you didn't think of anything and it's all your fault I'm like that- - it's over between us when it's done. You are nothing to me."

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"Hey how was the talk?", Adam asked Diana when she went downstairs

"She said it was over between us, I think she meant that Adam"

She sat next to him on the sofa, both of them brokenhearted, tired found themselves kissing each other - - filling the void of their mistakes.

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Diana slept with Adam. They were still in bed, naked after that crazy day – yesterday; Cassie was turned into a 3 year's old girl, the circle was broken and Cassie hated them both. Now if Cassie would walk to the room she will probably burn the place from rage.

Diana got up and took a shower, she put a blue jeans and a nice top, brushed her hair and put some make up. It's time to wake Cassie up and go to that bitch Didi.

Cassie slept in the guest room; when Diana opened the door she was surprised to found Cassie in an embryo position sucking her thumb. She looked so cute that Diana almost forgets that was her best friend out there. All she wanted to do was hug her.

"Cassie", Diana touched her gently, "you need to wake up"

Cassie moved around in the bed but didn't open her eyes

"Cassie you need to wake up now"

"Mom give me 5 seconds please!", Diana blushed, Cassie thought her mom speaking to her, Her dead mother. Diana felt sorry for Cassie, she had no one beside them. Diana kissed Cassie's head gently like she saw mother's kissing their children in movies.

"what are you doing?", Cassie was up, thinking Diana gone crazy.

"I- - I was waking you up we need to go to Didi "

"where you just kissing me on the head?"

"I don't think so", she said awkwardly and got outside the room.

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Didi looked at Cassie. Cassie was angry.

"So tell me what the problem is", asked Didi, "Is she you're daughter? she is so sweet", Cassie wanted to bang her head against the wall.

"You gave me couple of days ago a tea, a special one to give to my friend, the one with the dark magic, remember?", Diana said, "well this is my friend", she pointed on Cassie

"You are friend of a baby?", Didi asked confused

"No", Diana said, "the tea turned her to a child and now I need you to help us bring her back to her original age.

"Oh the special tea- - of course", Didi remembered and Cassie started to have faith

"There is no way I could help you dear. The Tea is called "control" and you know why? Because it turns you're enemies to useless. Now she is depended on you for help, she is weak - - she has no magic- - not even dark one. The spell can't change- - she needs to grow up on her own time now- welcome to childhood."

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Cassie left the room and started crying like a baby. Didi told her she will be stuck like that forever. Trapped in a child's body.

Diana came looking for her, she saw her outside crying.

"it's all your fault you stupid bitch! Now I'm stuck - -"

Cassie didn't finish the sentence because she was picked up and hugged by Diana. She started to kick and hurt Diana but the oldest one didn't let her go.

"I hate you; I hate you"

"I know baby, I know".