Again, I have family vacations coming. I'll try to update as soon as I can. Read and review, you know the drill.
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CpoV
We were all gathered outside the abandoned house. Ethan had lit several incense and candles around us. The Chance Harbor circle sat with clasped hands around the crystal skull. The Balcoins sung in latin behind us. Melissa began the spell.
"I am Melissa, the voice of the earth and all her strength, the Earth is within me, and around me, this stone will bring forth the power in me."
"I am Jake, the voice of the air and all his truth, the air is within me and around me, this stone will bring forth the power in me."
"I am Diana, the voice of the fire and all her courage, the fire is within me and around me, this stone will bring forth the power in me."
"I am Adam, the voice of the water and all his sacrifice, the water is within me and around me, this stone will bring forth the power in me."
"I am Faye, the voice of metal and all her will, the metal is within me and around me, this stone will bring forth the power in me."
"I am Cassie, the voice of blood and all her passion, the blood is within me and around me, this stone will bring forth the power in me."
"Together we break this single stone,
To six of us, its power bring,
To increase our power as a witch alone
In service the king and queen.
The crystal skull to never again
Be whole to destroy this link
The Crystal skull to never again
Influence how others think."
Our powers flowed around us, separate and whole in a way they had never before done. It was amazing as six pillars of energy drifted upwards.
"Mary, Corina, Ella, Jane, Amelia, I call to you." I named my ancestors.
"Olivia, Isla, Leanne, Anna, Dawn, I call to you." Faye intoned.
"Charles, James, Leo, James, Ethan, I call to you." Adam said.
"Lauren, Jessica, Angela, Harriet, Elizabeth, I call to you." DIana recited.
"Wyatt, Edward, Nicholas, Royce, Richard, I call to you." Jake called.
"Hilary, Constance, Lilah, Mary Lynette, Sophie Anne, I call to you." With Melissa's lasst words the pilars collided with the skull. Once more we began to chant.
"together we break this single stone
To six of us it's power bring
To increase out power as a witch alone
In service of the queen and king
The crystal skull to never again
Be whole to destroy this link
The crystal skull to never again
Influence how others think. We fell back. In each of our hands sat a small crystal. And another brand. Within my Balcoin crest rested a black skull with crakc along the surface. But instead of a burn mark like the crest, it was a tattoo. It hurt.
"Place your hands in the water, it'll soothe the pain. You've rebound the skull to your circle, so its a bit of a sting." Ethan wrapped our hands in soaked cloths.
"Okay, now's the time. We have the spell to summon the demon. Lilah, this is our turn."
"We're ready. You guys channel your power to one of us through the crystals." Melissa stood behind Louis with one hand on his shoulder. Faye and Jake stood in between Brent, Marcus, and Lilah. Diana, Adam, and I stood alone with a crystal on our outstretched, marked palms. Jenny was still visiting, and stood between me and Diana, a psychic to help us focus on Lucy.
"Demon who posses a corporeal form.
Demon both foul and dark of storm
Come to us, come at last,
Come to us and make it fast.
We of Balcoin blood call you near
The crystal skull calls you near." Lucy's body appeared in a flurry of red light.
"So, the Balcoin line admits its darkened nature. Summoning demons. But you children, of Chance Harbor, what are your ties to darkness? Fools. Black magic is not for you. Only the Balcoin line can truly use it."
"Well you see Lucy, my soulmate is in the circle." Melissa said.
"Same here, well, she's also my fiancé. Why wouldn't I help her?" Adam grinned.
"Don't we have something to do here?" Faye said.
"You speak of the deal, do you not?" Lucy asked, the erie smile still plastered across her face.
"What deal?"
"The Balcoin deal, the one every generation has made with my tribe. For a large portion of power in return we give assistance to Balcoin sorcerers."
"Whatever. Let's just get to work." Faye said.
"Easy girl. But she's right. Lilah, would you like to?"
"Yes sister. Demon, what is your name?"
"Brazul, of the Anak tribe."
"Demon who cares but naught for greed," Lilah began..
"Demon born of Anak seed," Brent cast.
"Creature of the night, of evil breath," Marcus joined
"With purpose naught but spreading death," I said.
"Begone, return to the depths of hell," Diana commanded.
"By the power of this spell." Adam continued.
"By Balcoin blood and Balcoin power,"
"On this night, in this hour."
"Brazul begone and never return"
"Forever in hell, may you burn." The last four lines we spoke as one. The Louis said the final words that would seal the spell.
"With harm to none, so may it be done, and blessed be." Lucy's body wriggled and writhed as a black shimmer rose from her. Her body fell, lifeless. Brazul screamed in anger, howling for revenge. I fell to the ground, vision fading.
I blinked, opening my eyes to a slightly dim room.
"Hey," Diana said. Jenny and Damon stood off to the side while the Chance Harbor circle all surrounded my bed. I could see I was in my room. It was morning.
"What happened?" I sat up, feel back. "My head feels like crap."
"After we vanquished Brazul you passed out. How do you feel?" Adam asked.
"Like shit, as I said. What time is it?"
"That's the freaky part. Both you and Adam passed out. You've been asleep for three days." Diana said, leaning back as I jumped up.
"Where is he?"
"Ethan's looking after him in Jane's old room. Ethan hasn't slept a wink the whole time. Neither have most of us, actually. Its weird, we're not even tired. None of us." Diana shook her head. "Well except for Damon and Jenny. They slept last night. But evey witch/former witch here just blazed through on none."
"Really? Weird." I shook my head. "Bring me to Adam." I tried to remember what had happened while I was asleep. Jenny and Diana helped me up. I walked the short distance to where Ethan sat with a cool cloth on Adam's forehead.
"You're up!" Ethan jumped forward, holding me in a tight hug.
"Yeah, thankfully. How is he?" I asked, sitting by him.
"He ran a fever last night, but he seems better. Hopefully now that you're awake he'll be back soon."
"Back?" I frowned. He was right there.
"I think you guys spirit traveled. You weren't just asleep, it was deeper. And whenever someone's around Adam, there's a positive energy he has. Not that it was there the months you two were apart, but it's been stronger than ever recently. I can't feel anything. His body is here, but his spirit, no." I took his hand.
"I'll give you two a minute." Ethan stood.
"Hey, I don't care if you guys don't feel tired, get some sleep." I said. Diana looked like her three day no sleep was finally getting to her. Faye and Jake left, saying they'd go to his place and come back later. Jenny remained.
"We'll stay." Her and Damon sat across the bed from me. I looked at Adam. Ethan was right. There was an aura of kindness, something that said that it would be okay, no matter how bad it was. I'd noticed it right away when I came. It wasn't there right then. He wasn't there. I stroked his face.
"Come back to me. I love you." I whispered, kissing his cheek.
"You two really are perfect, aren't you?" Jenny said, smiling.
"Thanks Jen. He was always there for me, since the day I came here. Faye wanted to tell me about magic, so she set my car on fire." Jenny looked at me weird.
"What the hell?"
"I know. But I couldn't stop it, couldn't control my powers I didn't know I had. Faye couldn't stop hers either. The door was stuck. Adam saved my life for the first time that day. The first time we felt the connection. The first time Diana felt jealous. Then when they told me about magic I ran. Adam chased me and tried to talk to me. We did a spell together. Apparently it was way more powerful than usual. Instead of levitating one drop of water, we raised hundreds. We sort of danced circles around each other for months while he was with Di. Ethan talked to her, and she broke up with him, knowing he loved me. I tried to get them back together, but failed. Dad came back, everything went weird. I don't know what I'd of done without Adam to help me. After we finally started dating, had sex, Dad told us about this creepy curse. If a Conant and a Blake ever consummated their love, one of their circle would die. We checked it out, but everyone was fine. Then I went to see Jake, he'd missed the meeting. He had a fever and was sweating. Dad took us to get ingredients for a potion that would save him. That evening Jake admitted to killing a friend of Grams' while he was a witch hunter. I got angry, lost control. I was going to kill him. Adam stopped me. After everything, all hatred he'd felt for Jake early on, the jealousy, Adam knew I wouldn't be able to handle it if I'd killed him. Later that night, Dad made the potion, but told me the truth. That it would make us forget our love. We'd remember everything, but the feelings would be gone. I've never seen Adam in so much pain." I clenched my fist.
"I was scared." I jumped. Adam was awake. He sat up, pulling my closer. He kissed me hard, one hand twining into my hair. He pulled back.
"You're awake." I smiled.
"Never in my life, not when Nick died, Melissa got possessed, or when Nick came back, did I once feel fear as when I thought I'd lose your love."
"I know. I was scared too."
"So, should you continue the story?"
"Not much else, but sure. SO we drank the elixir and when we woke up we thought it had worked on each other. But we remembered. Dad failed. WE acted like we'd forgotten for all those months."
"If you remembered, why did you act?" Damon asked.
"Because I thought he'd forgotten, and he thought I'd forgotten. And we were scared of the curse. If we spoke up and fell in love again then the curse would be re-triggered and someone would be in danger again. Then my siblings showed up. Knowing the danger they could have presented, I called Adam. He came and showed me the message from Diana, saying the curse was fake. We finally confessed the truth to each other, and the rest, you know."
"The rest of the story is the happiest weeks of my life. You don't know how happy I was to hear you say that you loved me still." Adam's eyes burned with tears.
"Yes I do. Because I was just as happy to hear you say it." He kissed me again.
"Well, he has my approval." Jenny laughed.
"Thanks Jen. Gran's dead, Dad's dead, Mom's dead, all I have left for family are you two, and the rest of these crazy people here. But I've known you the longest. It means a lot. And just so you know, Damon does not have my approval." Jenny's jaw dropped. I started laughing. "Jk."
"Bitch."
"Yea yea yea, I've heard it all. Remember Raven?" I chuckled, remembering Jenny's last bf. A guy I myself had dated, twice.
"Please no. Ugh GODS!" She visibly shuddered.
"Seriously here Cas. Do not mention that guy." Damon laughed.
"Do you want me to bring up Phillip? Or Zach? Ooh. What about Malikai?" Jenny pointed.
"Vomit worthy. Puh-lease."
"Who are you three talking about?" Adam asked. His confused face was adorable. It was different from when he was confused from magic issues. This was just a teenage guy who was clueless about a trio of best friends.
"Ex boyfriends. The four foulest guys on the face of the earth." Damon shrugged, shuddered.
"Yeah, I agree with Damon, don't talk about 'em." Adam said.
"Cas?"
"Yes, Jen?"
"Are these two.."
"No!" I sighed dramatically.
"I think they are." Jenny smiled secretively.
"What?" Both Adam and Damon said.
"Jealous!" We laughed, throwing our heads back.
"Oh shut it." Damon muttered, blushing.
"Well, we'll give you two some space." The two left Adam and I alone.
"So, how did you sleep?"
"A long time." Adam pulled me close. I laughed, tumbling back onto the bed with him. Afterall, we'd slept for three days. We had a lot of pent up energy…
FayePoV. I went towards the bathroom with Jake's t-shirt mostly buttoned up. There was a knock on the door. I pulled on a pair of short-shorts, opened the door. Froze.
"Hey, long time no see." Eva smiled. Oh my god…