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The Power Within
Chapter Four: Prepare
Cassie felt like she was falling and then she heard someone call her name. "Cassie." She vaguely recognised the voice but in her dizzy disorientated state she couldn't make it out.
She tired to open her eyes but she just felt so tired, her limbs didn't seem to be responding to her commands and everything just seemed so disjointed. "Cassie!" The voice was more insistent now and she tried to ignore it.
She only wanted to sleep.
Leave me alone! She thought with annoyance didn't they get it? She was tired she'd had no sleep she just wanted to go to sleep and not worry about anything but that voice wouldn't leave her alone. In fact it was growing more insistent the more she tried to ignore it.
"Cassie!" The voice sounded desperate. "Open your eyes!"
Cassie suddenly figured that that would probably be a better idea and fought against the wave of exhaustion that seemed to try and keep her in the black before opening her eyes.
She opened her eyes and found herself staring at the ceiling and the members of the Club looking down at her. She went to sit up and Adam stopped her. "Lay still." He said gently. She realised then that he had his legs crossed and her head was in his lap.
"What happened?" She asked. "We were hoping you could tell us." Diana said kneeling down with a glass of water in her hand. "You seemed out of it and then you seemed to see something before something catapulted you against the wall and you blacked out."
With Diana's words her vision came back to her with sickening clarity and she sat up with a start. "I need to cast that spell." She said firmly. "And I need to do it soon. Here. Now." "Whoa!" Chris said, "Yeah wait a minute Cassie!" Doug said. "We have no idea what that spell could do never mind what it could do to you. We need to research it first."
Adam looked that the twins. "That's very mature coming from the two of you." Chris shrugged and said, "Well look what happened the last time magic came to bite us in the ass. Black John nearly used us as a Coven. We need to know what we're dealing with."
"I agree." Diana said looking at Cassie witch a worried expression. "Diana, I'm fine honestly." She insisted, "But something is happening here and I need to get to the bottom of it beforeā¦" She trailed off not knowing what else to saw but judging from the expressions on Adam and Diana's faces they knew what she was going to say.
"Before what Cassie?" Nick asked his expression so intense it was almost as though he could see right through her although at times Cassie was almost sure he could.
"Before what happens in my dream happens again." "But it was just a dream." Shaun said worriedly. "I think we've established now that it wasn't just a dream." Faye said in her arrogant way though Cassie was sure she saw a hint of worry in her eyes. "Yes the problem remains what are we going to do about it?" The question surprisingly coming from Shaun. "We can't let something like Black John happen again I don't think I could take it." That earned laughs round the circle. But despite the light hearted banter there was an underlying seriousness to the situation.
Cassie knew she was in danger the most important remained what they were going to do about it. "I need to do this now as soon as possible." Cassie said breaking up the discussion. "I don't care about the consequences or the personal gain you guys this is important."
"We know." Diana said softly "We just need to make sure that you don't get hurt in the process, I won't have you hurt Cassie, no matter what happens or what is happening. We have no idea what you'll encounter when we do this so I want it to be as safe as possible before anything happens."
Diana's concern squeezed at Cassie's heart and she offered the girl she had come to think of as a sister a smile. Adam looked at Cassie. "This spell we're going to do will be dangerous."
"But I know we need to do this." Cassie said strongly. "If we do not do this then I fear something far worse will happen." "It could result in your death." Faye said as ever, she could be counted upon to be blunt and truthful. Adam turned on her, "do you have to be so dramatic?" Faye shrugged. "It is the truth accept it."
"She's right Adam." Diana said heavily shocking everyone by siding with her wayward cousin. "Something must be done before something happens that is beyond our control."
"And what would that be?" Adam demanded. "We have no way to know what we're dealing with here. No way to know why Cassie's past life is reaching out to her this way."
"There's one way to find out." Melanie said Adam turned and looked at her. "What's the idea?" "Well there's a spell in the book that sends the speaker back to the past." "I sense a But." Adam said putting his hands on his hips.
"The spell is written in first person." Faye said looking at it over Melanie's shoulder. If Cassie where to do this we would be sending her there alone without help."
"No." Adam said his arms crossed. "No. I won't do it. No." "We may have no choice." Diana said. "How would the spell be created?" He asked Melanie as her and Laurel scanned the page together.
"It looks like a simple incantation. Say it and cast." Laurel said. "I wonder if we reword it so that if she needs to she can come back?" Melanie looked at Diana and Faye for support. "That should work." Faye said inspecting her nails again.
"Just make sure the intent of the spell is clear." Melanie nodded and scribbled something down on a piece of paper.
Diana pulled Cassie to one side. "If we do this you have to be sure Cassie." Diana said seriously. "I am. I need to know." Cassie said seriously. She knew it was the right thing to do. She could feel the pull inside her soul. There was something she needed to know. She couldn't explain why, but she had come to realise that she had to trust her instincts.
Without them she would have never have lasted against Black John so she had to believe the same thing now. She needed to do this now she just had to make the Club believe it. "I need to do this guys," She looked at Melanie. "Mel, make sure you have a clause in it that lets you pull me back if you think anything is wrong." Melanie laughed.
"Yeah like I wasn't already writing that bit. No way you're going into the unknown without a back up. Not just no, Hell no."
Cassie nodded. She knew the others didn't want her to do this but she knew she needed too. She couldn't explain it she just knew that she had too. "Okay." She nodded. She smiled at Adam and said, "I have to do this." Adam nodded. "Doesn't mean I have to like it." He said softly.
He looked around their group at least I know we'll all be here if you get into trouble. Cassie nodded. "I know you won't let anything happen to me." Adam nodded but his arms tightened around Cassie, she pretended to notice
Melanie, Lauren and Diana looked over the spell writing and re-writing its finer points and Cassie hunkered down beside them looking at the spell they were creating between them. "This will send me to the past?" She asked at last looking at the words that would have that kind of power.
"We need to get it right." Diana said softly. "But yes this should do it." Cassie looked down at the spell. "Move that around and I think it will work." Melanie looked down. "I think you're right Cassie!" She said excitedly.
Cassie smiled and took the paper off Melanie when she had made the change. She stood up and the Club turned and looked at her, or more specifically the paper in her hand. "Okay Mel, Lauren and Diana have finished the spell." Cassie said feeling like she was in the middle of a dream. This was really happening. Once she knew she had their attention she said,
"Okay then let's do this."
