Disclaimer: I own nothing but Charlotte.


Chapter Seven

All you beautiful freaks
Just grab somebody and light the place up
light the place up, yeah
If you're a beautiful freak
no sleep, light the place up
light the place up, yeah

Beautiful Freaks - Hot Chelle Rae

Faye lead Cassie to the Halloween shop where they would be buying decorations for the party they were throwing at the Blake house. Cassie walked over to a glass case that held blades, she carefully touched one. "What do you think?" Cassie turned around and her eyes widened, Faye was dressed in a barely there beaded top and a Indian styled hat.

"Those are ancient artifacts. Not a Halloween costume."

"I should of brought Charlotte at least she has somewhat of a sense of humor."

"Yeah well Charlotte hates Halloween."

"She's a witch how can she hate Halloween? Whatever, I'm a sexy witch doctor."

"Take it off. We shouldn't be drawing attention to ourselves."

Faye removed the hat, "Relax it's Halloween were just blending in with all the supernatural wannabes. And can you think of a more better place for party decorations?"

"Ah, no we are not having a party. Just a get together. That was the deal my grandmother is only gone for the night." Cassie reminded her as they walked around the shop.

"I know and I'm impressed you agreed without me having to resort to blackmail."

"No it's I just think this will be a good break for us. I mean Halloween is a night to pretend to be someone else, right?"

"Slutty versions of someone else but I get your point."

"Maybe it will be good for Adam and Diana."

"Oh yeah I forgot your sister broke them up."

"She did not break them up."

Faye waved her hand, "You know instead of worrying about other peoples love lives why don't you worry about your own." She nodded behind her. "How about Luke?"

"No. I blew my chance when I became the worlds worst dance date."

Faye rolled her eyes and grabbed Cassie by the hand and dragged her towards Luke. "Luke. Hey. So Cassie is having a party tonight and she would love for you to come."

"No it's just a get together and I totally understand if you don't want to or if you have other, better plans."

"Sure."

"Okay. So I'll see you tonight?"

"See you then." Luke smiled walking away.

"And now you have a hot guy to flirt with at your party."

"And what about you?"

"I have a target in mind."

"Jake?"

"Maybe. Let me change out of these artifacts. But will you buy this for me?" Faye asked holding up a skeleton. "As a reward for being so helpful." She handed the thing over to Cassie.

Cassie rolled her eyes and went to the cash register, "Hey, happy Halloween." She pulled out her credit card and handed it over.

"Thank you." The man looked down at the card. "Blake?" She nodded. "Any relationship to Amelia Blake?"

"She was my mother." He nodded and handed back her card, but when they touched the mirror behind him cracked.


"The Wilson's? They have been there as long as I can remember." Jane stuffed stuff into her purse.

"The guy that owned the place seemed to know me. Or at least knew mom."

"Calvin Wilson."

"Is he one of us?"

"A witch?" Cassie nodded. "Yes. Why did he say something to you?"

"No. I touched his hand by mistake and the mirror behind him shattered. It was really strange."

"Residual power and active power crossing. It could of been just a random surge."

"How many witches are in Chance Harbor?"

"It's hard to know exactly. People tend to be private about it. But a lot less then there use to be. After the fire everyone stopped practicing. Many families left town."

"Like us."

Jane smiled, "I better get going if I'm going to make that nurse's convention. It's long drive. You sure you and your sister will be okay here by yourselves?"

"Absolutely."

"You have friends coming here to stay with you? Right?"

"Yeah. All the girls are gonna be here. Were just gonna do a low key thing. Hand out candy to trick or treaters and watch some movies."

"Good." Jane leaned forward and hugged Cassie.

"Bye grandma."

"Bye."


"Morning."

"I thought you'd still be sleeping it off."

"I'm fine."

"The keys on to the boathouse weren't on the hook. You forgot to put them back I guess."

Ethan took the keys out of his jean pocket and threw them to Adam. "Sorry about that. And I appreciate the concern but I'm fine."

"Do you remember that Diana broke up with me because you told her how Charlotte and I are written in the stars?"

"I know it's hard to understand."

"No actually I understand perfectly. Since you already ruined your life you decided to ruin mine."

"That's not fair."

"Diana loved me. And the more I tried to be worthy of it. The better I got and the further I got from being you."

"I don't want you to be me either. Trust me. But messing with fate will get you there faster then you know."

"Please stop using fate as an excuse for what you did to mom. Did you ever even love her? Cause the way you talk about Amelia doesn't seem like it."


"I'm excited for tonight. Thanks for coming over to help set up." Cassie said wearing a witch's hat.

"No problem." Diana pulled a black and orange boa out of a paper bag and put it on. "I love Halloween. And I could use the distraction."

"Have you and Adam talked at all since the wake?"

"No."

"I wish I could help somehow."

"I don't want to talk about it. I shouldn't of brought it up."

"Sorry. Okay I know there is big bag of plastic cups here somewhere."

"What is that?" Diana asked Faye as her and Melissa entered.

"A zombie. I got it from the drama club. This is just the beginning."

"There's a trunk load full of stuff. Faye invited them so they let us take as much as we wanted."

"Oh my god." Cassie said noticing the dagger on the floor.

"What's wrong."

"I think this is part of the blade the girl used that attacked Charlotte." All the girls gathered around to look at it.

"It looks old."

"That's the crescent moon symbol she burned into the ground."


Jake was loading this into his truck when he saw Charlotte leave his house. "Hey. Happy Halloween. First one as a witch very important."

She smiled and crinkled her nose, "Yeah not a big fan of Halloween. I'm actuality spending it with Nick. Were gonna watch movies. Faye convinced Cassie to through a party. So I'm staying far away from it."

"Next door is far away?" He raised an eyebrow playfully.

"Ha ha. Anyways Cassie found something." She pulled out her phone and opened up the picture Cassie sent her of the blade. She showed it to him, "A piece of the weapon that girl used to attack me. She found it in the kitchen." She turned to head to her car.

"Where are you going?"

"The antique shop by the boardwalk. I thought I'd try to figure out what it is and what these two symbols mean."

"You sure that's a good idea? It might tip off who you are. And that girls gone so there's not much to do about it anyway."

She smirked, "Better safe then sorry." She walked to her car.

"And I get that." He followed her to her car.

She opened her car door, "If it makes you feel any better I'll be careful what I tell them."

"Let me know how it goes." He touched the hood of her car. "I'll see you later." She buckled her seat belt and started the engine. It wouldn't start. She started it again. Nothing. She was to distracted to notice Jake start his car and peel away in a hurry.


Jake arrived at the Halloween store Charlotte mentioned. The sign said the witch is out. He rolled his eyes and put his hand on the door. Using his magic he unlocked it. The bell rang alerting the owner of his presence. "Sorry I'm closed for lunch. I thought I locked up."

"You did. Calvin Wilson. Right?"

"That's right."

"I made a couple of calls and I found out the Wilson's have been around this area forever."

Calvin stood up, "Long time."

"Maybe you knew my parents. Richard and Sarah Armstrong."

"No."

"I really didn't know them either. I was pretty young when they died."

"I'm sorry."

"Me too. But that's not why I came here. Do you have any witch crew ids?"

"Excuse me?"

"I have a few," Jake lifted up a bottle, "but I'm always looking for more. I use them for salad dressing but apparently there meant for killing witches. " He set the bottle down in front of Calvin.

"Is that right?"

Jake pushed Calvin down, "All you need is mandrake root and some blood." He pulled out his blade and cut the elder man's arm. He let the blood drip into the bottle. "And a personal item. It absorbs the witches energy." He took off Calvin's wedding ring.

"Please it's my wedding ring."

"Then as long as the crew ids been spelled, then all you have to do is drop in a match. And ding dong the witch is dead." He tapped Calvin, "But you knew that didn't you?" Jake let Calvin go. "Not a very powerful witch are you Calvin?" He lit a match. "If Charlotte Blake comes in here and asks any questions, all your gonna say is I don't know. Got it?"

Calvin nodded, "Yes. I swear it."

"Great." He blew out the match and picked up the bottle, "It's probably best you don't carry these in your shop. Dangerous things."


The bell chimed as Charlotte entered the Halloween shop, "Mr. Wilson?" Calvin appeared from the back, "Hi, I'm Charlotte Blake. You meet my sister earlier. I have something and I was wondering if maybe you could tell me what it is?"

"I'm a little busy here."

She pulled out her phone. "Could you tell me what this is?

"I don't know. I wish I could be more helpful." The phone in the back rang. "Excuse me." She nodded and watched him go to the back room. Some thing in her peripheral vision caught her eye. In a glass case was a similar looking dagger to the one the girl used on her. Using her camera phone she quickly took a picture of it and moved away from it. Calvin returned, "Is there anything else."

She shook her head, "No. Thank you for your time." She smiled politely exiting the store.


"See how close you can get to this one. The third symbol."

"It could be an old crest. People use to etch them in to objects of all kinds. It's like a family seal. Alright I recreated the images on the sketch pad app and ran a search. It'll take a few minutes to scan for matches." Adam said looking at her.

"I called Diana she should be here too."

"If she knows I'm here she won't come. I don't blame her." Charlotte nodded uncomfortable, "Ever since I was little my dad would talk about how he was suppose to be with Amelia and now how I'm fated to be with Amelia's daughter." He paused, "I should have known he would say it to Diana too. But this break up isn't his fault it's mine. The only reason Diana believed what he said is because of the way I've been acting."

"And I'm sorry for anything I did to make that worse. But if your dad and my mom were really meant to be together they would have been. Fate always wins in the end. Just look at those final destination movies."

He laughed, "Thanks."

She smiled. "All I'm saying is maybe your dad loved my mom so much that it felt like that they were destined not that they really were."

"I don't know what's between you and me exactly but I know without Diana I'm not much of anything."

"Then you should fight for her. Make her see she's the one you want. We make our own choices Adam. Not the stars."

"Aw, forbidden love so adorable." Faye's voice interrupted. "Am I interrupting?"

"No. Did you find anything in my book about the symbols?"

"No, but I did find a cool attraction spell for future reference." Faye joined them around the computer.

Charlotte smirked, "I'll keep that in mind."

"I got a match."

"That's it. Does it belong to any family name?"

"Not a family. A society. Also known as the hunters. This goes back all the way to the middle ages."

"Hunters?"

"This motto is from ancient text. Though shall not suffer a witch to live."

"So the girl that attacked me was -"

"A witch hunter." Adam finished for her.


Jake dropped in mandrake root into bottles for every witch they planned to kill tonight. "Adam Contant. Diana Mede. Faye Chamberlain." Issac stood and watched. "Melissa Glaser. Cassie Blake. And Charlotte Blake."

"As angry as you were at Simone for hurrying along the process at least she did the marking. Now you don't have to."

"Simone ignored the plan. She could of ruined everything. If you kill a bound witch the wrong way their powers could pass to other witches. Make them stronger. We can't afford mistakes."

"If I'm correct she went after Charlotte. She isn't part of the circle. Which is why some of us are worried about a plan that hinges on you."

"Witchcraft took my parents. I know which side I'm on." Jake said angry, "Now do you want me to do this or not? Because if I don't spell these there just fancy bottles and your back to burning witches at the stake."

"Go ahead. Spell the vessels. "

Jake took out one of his matches, "Let light rise out of darkness." He said over the vials, starting with Charlotte's first. "Let light rise out of darkness." When he was finished he blew out the match. "It's done. Add their blood." He walked to where the chairs were set up in a circle, "The objects. Set it on fire. They die. And their magic dies with them."

Issac put his hand on Jake's shoulder, "We can risk outing you in the process. So we'll have some brothers at the party. They'll gather them for you. Ian came with us from Salem. And one of our hunters are here from town. He's very familiar with the targets."


Charlotte and Cassie were sitting on the porch when Jake got back, "I'll be right back."

Cassie looked up and smiled slyly, "Okay."

Charlotte just rolled her eyes, "Hey. The girl that attacked us was a witch hunter."

"What are you talking about?" Jake asked.

"We found out what those symbols meant."

He smiled, "And? How do you know she wasn't a witch? What do you really have to go on? Those three symbols?"

Charlotte eyed him wearily. There were only two symbols on the blade she should him. "It doesn't really matter any way. She's gone. Were safe now."

"Yeah."

"I'll see you later." She walked back to Cassie.

He nodded his head, "Bye."


"Your sure you don't mind me going to the party?" Melissa was dressed up as a sexy school girl.

"I'm sure." Nick reassured her as he watched her fix her hair in the mirror.

"Alright." She turned around, "I'm done. I'm gonna head over." She kissed his cheek.

"Have fun."

She smiled as she passed Charlotte on the stairs, "Make sure Faye doesn't destroy the house."

"Will do. Have fun."

"You too."


"You know it's time like these I pity the normals. They will never be this cool." Faye told Melissa as she entered the Blake house. All the decorations were hung up.

"Seriously right?"

"What else can we do? Bats?"

"Take flight and dive. Take flight and dive." The bats came to life and flew around the room. They both giggled and screamed.

"Look out."

One flew right at Cassie as entered the room and she screamed. "Wow. Nice work." She walked up to Faye, "Hey look. When Jake shows up do you think you can keep him occupied?"

"Why do you think I'm wearing this?"

Cassie looked over Faye's little red riding hood costume, "Right."

"Wait why do you want him occupied?"

"When Charlotte showed him the picture of the blade he knew there was three symbols when ours was missing one. He obviously knows more then he's telling us."


Half an hour later the Blake house was filled with people and the music was blasting. Adam approached Diana, "You look wow."

"Thank you." Her vampire teeth mad her words come out funny. He laughed. She pulled them out and repeated, "Thank you. Have fun tonight." She walked away.

"Diana. Wait. Is this who we are now? We don't even talk?"

"What is it you want me to say?"

"Tell me how to fix this?"

"Adam don't."

"I love you. Let's try again. I know we can work it out."

"We shouldn't have to work so hard."

"Not everything is perfect Diana. Sometimes things get a little out of control. But it doesn't mean it's wrong."

"Like Charlotte?" Adam didn't say anything so she walked away.


Ethan was working on his boat when Calvin approached him. "Whiskey neat. Right?"

"Good memory. I'm impressed."

"Don't be. What brings you across town?"

"Can't an old friend just stop by for an old visit?"

"Not after sixteen years. No." They both sat down.

"Maybe I wasn't in your circle but I never gave you a reason not to trust me."

"You shouldn't of come here."

"It wasn't on top of my list either. But Ameila's daughters came to my store today."

"Really? Why's that?" Ethan sipped his drink.

"Thought you might know. The one was asking questions about some old hunting acciuntices of ours. It's funny I couldn't see much of her mother in her at first but not until she told me who she was."

"Charlotte."

"You know how it is with kids. It's hard to predict which parent they'll favor."

"Their Ameila's daughters Calvin."

"Are you sure? Cause you were always a bit blind when it came to Ameila."

"We were all blind. Except Ameila in the end."

Calvin drank his whiskey, "They don't even know who their father really was do they? What he was attempting to do that night."

"And there's no reason they should."

"Why not? Especially if their much like Ameila as you say."

"Just leave it alone."

"They need to know about John Blackwell. They have a right to protect themselves."


"There you are?" Luke said from behind Cassie.

"Hey. Gangester." She surveyed his coustume, "You made it. And we match. Kinda of." She held up her simailar toy gun.

"Your a bee bee gun?"

"Killer bee actually. But I was just about to run and grab some more ice. So I'll be back in a second."


"Great coustume." Faye pulled at Jake's arm.

"Halloween is for kids. I'm just here for the beer." Jake smirked taking the cup out of Faye's hands.

"Come on. Let me give you a tour."

"Faye no. Not now."

"Not now?" She raised an eyebrow. "The old Jake didn't even know those words." She lifted her hood off her head. She made her way upstairs inclining with her finger for him to follow.


Melissa searched outside for Faye, "Faye?" Someone tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around. A man with a pig mask on shoved a cloth over her mouth knocking her out.


Faye lead Jake upstairs to Cassie's room, "And this is Cassie's bedroom."

"How sweet." He looked at Cassie's jewelary but Faye pulled him towards the window seat. She pushed him down and sat on his lap and began to kiss him.


Charlotte sat with Nick in his room watching the movie Battle of LA when her phone beeped. It was a text from Cassie. 'I'm in the house. Keep Nick busy.' "Is everything okay?" Nick asked seeing her distracted.

"Yeah. It's just Cassie letting me know how the party's going. Now shhh... I'm trying to watch th movie." Nick laughed and turned his attention back to the movie.


Cassie carefully opened the door to Jake's room, she began to search through his things.


Jake stopped kissing Faye, "What the hell is going on with you?"

"Come on Faye," He pushed her off and stood up.

"Don't try to deny somethings going on."

"Is this going to be drama?" He asked picking up a necklace of Cassie's and stuffing it into his jacket.

"No. No drama." She stood up, "But somethings diffrent with you. You were always an ass. And you always had a cool streak, but you were never distant." She bit her lip. "Not when we were like this."

"Maybe you just thought there was more there. And there wasn't."

She shook her head, "No. I felt it since you got back."


Cassie searched every inch of Jake's room and found nothing. Silently she sneaked out of his room and out of his house.


"Pause the movie."

"Why?" Nick asked as he paused the movie.

"I'm going to get more tea." She said picking up her empty cup, "I'll be right back." She left his room and went to the kitchen. As she was pouring herself some tea Jake walked in.

"Hey."

"Hey." She smiled putting the container back in the fridge.

"Nice shirt." He nodded to her shirt that read 'I'm the evil twin'.

"Thanks."

"So your not gonna check out the party."

"I don't know. I might check it out after the movie." She turned and walked up the stairs. Jake sighed and text Issac.


Cassie scanned the house for Luke when he cell rang, "Hello?" She covered her other ear with her hand.

"Cassie. My name is Calvin Wilson. We met at my shop earlier today."

"Of course."

"I left something for you. You and your sister. Your in danger."

"In danger? What do you mean?" There was no answer. "Mr. Wilson?"

"Mr. Wilson. No costume on Halloween?" Jake said.

"Hello? Mr. Wilson?"


Diana rang into someone, "I'm sorry." She smiled.

"No problem." Said the guy in the pig mask. "I think I got something on your face. May I?" She shrugged. He put the cloth over her mouth. She tried to make a sound but he held her tighter until she lost consiouness.


"Was my warning not specific enough?" Jake stepped closer to Calvin.

"I wasn't going to tell her anything about you."

"You remember this." He held up the bottle from before. "I had a feeling you'd try to be a hero."

"Please, this is just something personal. It doesn't concern you."

"Try me." Calvin didn't say anything so Jake lit a match.

"Alright. The Blake sisters have dark magic in them."

Jake took a step back, "Then why are you so despreate to tell them?"

"So they can fight it. Maybe to stop it from overcoming them."

"You think people can change who they are?"

Calvin nodded, "Of course."

"I don't." Jake dropped the match into the bottle. Calvin dropped to the ground. Dead. Jake looked on in guilt.


Cassie entered her room and turned on the lights, "Out." She rolled her eyes at the couple making out on her bed. "Now." When they were gone she pulled out her phone to type Charlotte a message. Someone entered her room, "Hey Adam did you find Melissa and Diana? Because the guy I met at the Halloween shop called and freaked out and I think he was trying to warn me about-" Who she thought was Adam stepped foward and covered her mouth. She struggled and tryed to reach for her phone but he was stronger. She manged to pull his mask off before she blacked out. It was Luke. When he was sure Cassie was out he grabbed her phone and typed a text message to Charlotte to come over.


"No. Why did he have to die? I liked him." Charlotte pouted as the charcter she liked died.

Nick laughed, "Because it makes for an intresting movie." Charlotte's phone went off. It was another text from Cassie. 'Come over. I need your help.' "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, Cassie needs my help with something." She stood up, "I'll be right back."

"Alright."

She walked the few steps from Nick's house to hers. She scaned the house full of people for Cassie. She apporached a random person, "Hi, have you seen a blonde girl. About my height. Blue eyes. Goes by Cassie."

The girl shook her head, "No. I'm sorry."

"I've seen her." Said someone behind her.

She turned around, "Really? Where?"

"In the kitchen."

She turned to head to the kitchen, "Okay. Thank you." The guy came up behind her and shoved a cloth in her face. She tried to bite his hand but it didn't work. She elbowed him in the ribs he grunted but didn't let go. And as a last restort she headed butted him, hard. He let go but she already lost alot of oxegen she blacked out.


A deep pain erupted in her arm waking her from her black out causing her to scream. "Well, well, well. I guess there is some truth in the whole twin telepathy thing." Luke said from his pistion at Cassie's chair. She said nothing. Just glared. "Don't worry I saved the best for last." He walked behind her chair and took the arm the last hunter had cut up and sliced into her old wound. She bit her lip to stop from crying out. He let the blood drip into the vile, "Your stronger then you look."

"That's enough. Finsh the crew id." An older gentlemen said. She glanced around the room. Faye, Melissa, Adam, Diana and Cassie were all tied up in chairs as well. They all shared glances.

"What's going on?" Melissa asked.

Faye answered, "Witch hunters." Charlotte shifted trying to lossen the confinements on her arms.

"This is a ring of iron sulfit. To stop your powers. Science prevailing over your ungodly magic."

"Oh, trust me. I don't need magic to kick your ass." Charlotte glared.

"We haven't done anything wrong." Cassie interjected.

"But you will."

"You can try all you want but you can't justify killing. And you know that."

"Luke. Tell him. Tell him were not a threat."

"You bound your circle Cassie. You have no one to blame but yourself."

Tears ran down Melissa's face, "So what you've been spying on us all this time just to nark to other witch hunters."

"Like my father did. And his father. Your not the only one born into a legacy."

Charlotte continued to shift around, "Yeah well your family are morons."

"I'm going to enjoy killing you." Luke gazed at her.

She smirked, "Ditto."

"Enough. Finish them." The older man left.

"Watch the witch but never trust him. For every thought is a sin. As every word is a lie."


Issac left the room when Jake ran up to him, "You have to stop this."

"You shouldn't be here."

"Cassie and Charlotte have dark magic."

"All magic is dark."

"Not like this. The Blake sisters aren't like other witches Issac. Their stronger. Ecspeically Charlotte. We can't kill them this way. You have to trust me."

Issac gripped Jake's shoulder, "You have come a great asset to me. But you are two close to this. I won't stop it." Jake glared at him.


"Luke don't. Luke I'm your friend."

"That's I wanted to be the one to do this. I'm freeing you from a life of sin."

"Oh yeah. And who's going to free you? Huh? Ever thought about that Jackass?" Charlotte mocked.

"Wait your turn." Luke glared. "I'm sorry Diana." He lit a match. "You have a good heart. But it's not enough to protect you from your true nature." Diana and Adam looked at each sadly. "This will be fast." Diana closed her eyes. "I promise." Charlotte breathed and concetrated on all the emitons she was feeling. She imganed them coming together to form a big ball of energy and she willed it to break the bottle Luke was holding. Luke screamed in pain as the glass cut his hand. Everyone looked around confused. She blinked in suprise. She did it. Luke went to the table and grabbed the vile ment for Cassie. Charlotte took another deep breath and conetrated on undoing the bonds on her hands. She removed the rope and picked up a pole that was lying near by. Her friends looked at her and she signled them to be quiet and creept up beind Luke. He turned around and she shoved the pole through his stomch. He screamed.

"Rot in hell." He burst into flames and she jumped back. She watched in horror as he burned unsure how to stop it and not even sure if she wanted to.


"Oh my god." Issac said as he watched Luke burn through the window.

"Trust me now?" Jake removed his blade and cut into his arm. "Go. I got this."


After Charlotte watched Luke fall to the floor she came to her senses and magiclly undid the binds on the others. Everyone stood up shakily when they heard a scream come from outside. They all looked at her. She held her hands up, "I was here the whole time. I am not the cause of that scream." They went outside to find Jake lying on the ground.

"Are you okay?" Cassie asked him.

"I'm going to call Nick." Melissa said pulling out her phone.

"A guy in a pig mask jumped me and brought me here. I fought him off." He sat up.

Adam looked at him, "Where did he go?"

"There was an explosin from inside and he ran off. Another guy came running. What happened in there?" Everyone turned to look at Charlotte.

She rolled her eyes, "I set him on fire. But to be fair he was going to kill us." No one said anything. She turned to Melissa, "So how's Nick?"


Diana was changing when someone walked into her room. She turned around in fright, "It's just me. It's okay."

"What are you doing here?"

"I had to see you. I was worried."

"It's okay. I'm okay."

"When he had your blood."

"I know. It's all so real now."

"My whole life everyone said there's that kid who lost his mom. How sad. But you can't lose something you never had. Everyday my dad pulls away a little more. You are my home Diana." Tears welled up in his eyes, "Maybe I'm just suposse to let you go now. But I can't. Because I can't lose everything I have all at once." He stepped closer, "I want to get past this."

"I know that everything can't be perfect but I have to believe it can be. Just so fighting for it makes sense."

"And your not a believer?"

She shook her head, "Not right now."


Cassie stuffed plastic cups into a black trash bag while Charlotte sat on the counter watching her. "You know you could help?"

"I know." She smirked and swung her legs back and worth.

"You looked a little rattled. Are you okay?" Jake asked coming through the kitchen door.

She raised an eyebrow and crinkled her nose, "Ah."

"How can there be people out there that hate us so much?" Cassie leaned against the counter next to Charlotte.

"People are stupid."

"Yeah but we didn't chose this we were born this way."

"People don't understand. And what people don't understand sacres them." Said Jake.

Charlotte gazed at Jake, "Fear is a powerful emiotn." Jake's eyes locked onto hers.

Cassie glanced between the two of them, "I'm just gonna go finsh cleaning up."

"You seem so clam about all of this."

"I've been at this longer then you."

"Hmm." She bit her lip, "So how come the hunters didn't gather you and Nick with the rest of us?"

"Don't trust me, huh?"

"You really haven't done anything to earn my trust."

He smiled boyishly and walked backwards to the door, "That's all right. I don't mind having to earn it." He closed the door behind him. From where she was seated on the counter she magiclly locked the door. He chuckled before heading next door.


When Cassie was cleaning up outside she noticed something in their mailbox, she pulled it out and head back into the kitchen to show Charlotte. "Hey look what I found in the mailbox."

"Mail?"

"Ha ha. It's adressed to us." She handed her sister the envolpe.

She pulled out the contents. It was old parchment paper with werid symbols all over, "JB?"

"What does it mean?"

"I don't know."


AN: Sorry for the spelling mistakes it's late and I really wanted to post it for you guys. So who do you want to end up together? Cassie & Adam? Charlotte & Adam? Diana & Adam? Or maybe Charlotte & Jake? Let me know. Read & Review :)