Two Paths

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The Secret Circle – The Vampire Diaries

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Damon Salvatore

Cassie Blake

Jake Armstrong

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Chapter Eleven~

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"There is a great streak of violence in every human being. If it is not channeled and understood, it will break out in war or in madness."

~Sam Peckinpah
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Damon smirked. "By the way, I think I burnt dinner."

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Cassie sighed, "We have TV dinners?" She offered awkwardly. Not wanting to go out.

Damon walked past her and threw the object in the blackened pan into the back yard. Closing the door he turned back around. "Great. While you two children do that- I'll munch on a blood bag." Vanishing for a moment the vampire returned with a squishy bag.

Standing up, Cassie quickly made the dinners. "Here we go- box tasting Spanish food." She grinned and handed Jake a fork- both of them eating quickly.

Damon sipped on the now full thermos of hot blood, "Good now – let's go see how this 'group magic' works." He was still pretty upset by the lack of individual magic- though Cassie thought it was great.

Jake stood- throwing away the TV meal container. "It's not too bad- but I prefer my single magic." He stated- somewhere deep down – he was deeply annoyed.

"I don't see why you people dislike it." The blonde mumbled, "It makes us stronger."

Jake rolled his eyes, "When we're together. Alone, were as vulnerable as humans."

"That may be. But I want to see how strong you guys are together. Little earth moving spell shouldn't be too hard for the group." Damon shrugged, "That and I want to see how many of your coven I can piss off without dying."

Smirking Cassie stood up and pulled out her cell, she ended up texting the others to meet at the old Blackwell house to have a meeting. Hopefully they could figure something out about finding their respective book of shadows, now that Damon could help them.

"Let's roll boys."

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Jake and the two friends were the first to arrive, making themselves comfortable in the dilapidated house.

Damon walked through while the other two took a seat on the couch. "So…" the vampire began "…each family has a crystal and a book of shadows?"

They nodded.

"Yet no one can seem to find either?" The two blondes nodded again. "Well, you guys are only slightly stronger than pathetic."

"That hurts." Cassie mumbled in fake hurt.

"Well, you wouldn't be in this position if you hadn't bound the circle." Damon replied grimly, staring out the window.

Jake turned to look at Cassie, "We should find a way to un-bind it."

Just as she was about to argue the sound of tires and crunching gravel could be heard outside. Damon turned to look over his shoulder, "Show time." He smirked.

The three of them waited in tense silence as the noise of the rest of the circle approached. Soon the door banged open, with Faye yelling, "So- we're here?! What was so important that…" she trailed off and stopped walking the minute her eyes settled on Damon's reclining form against the wall opposite the entrance.

Adam, Diana and Melissa glanced at their friend, wondering why she had stopped. But then the three of them spotted Damon as well. Immediately Adam was on guard. "Who are you? And-" he snapped his head furiously at the two on the couch "-did you two bring him here!?"

Cassie took a deep breathe and stood up. "Calm down, I'll explain as much as I can…" she trailed off under the heated glare Adam shot her way. "This is my friend Damon Salvatore, he knows what we are…"

"Wait- did you tell him!?" Diana asked slightly outraged.

"No I didn't tell him." She snapped harshly. "He knew the minute he met me and my mother." That sentence had gotten everyone to shut up. "Damon knows a lot about what we do, and was a friend of my moms. He just came bye to check on me- or us." Cassie finished in a calm voice- even though it wasn't completely true.

Melissa glanced at the man who watched the group with a predatory eye. "So what are you here for? Other than checking on Cassie."

Damon smirked and pushed himself off of the wall, "I'm here to help your sorry bunch prepare for all of the other coven's that are going to come after you. That and the other creepies."

"And how can you help us?" Faye asked in challenge.

"How about the fact that I have more connections than you could wish to have in a life time." The secret vampire rolled his eyes. "And experience with this kind of thing."

The group was silent for a bit before Damon continued. "The fact is, now that you've bound the circle –terrible decision- others will feel your power, and come looking to covet it. I'm here to help you amp up your strength before I have to go back home- and protect my family."

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By the time Damon had finished giving them a run down of all the major witches and covens in the area, their strengths and weaknesses, it was nearing eleven at night. "Well class, I think that'll be all for today." He smirked. "I'll meet you guys here tomorrow after school." The vampire then walked from the room full of overwhelmed witches.

As soon as he left, Adam turned to the others. "I don't like it. I don't like him. Something's wrong about what he's telling us.

Jake huffed in annoyance. "I'm pretty sure you say that about every person who isn't female. Is it an insecurity? Can't stand guys with bigger-"

Cassie whacked Jake on the shoulder, "Damon is my friend and I trust him with my life and yours." Her gaze settled on Adam. "Everything he's saying is true. We need him right now, with our group magic barely working; we could use all the help we can get." Whipping her head around, the blonde nodded towards Jake and the two took off out of the house as well.

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As the group of three was driving back to Cassie and Jake's neighborhood, Damon sighed. "Well considering how much of a stick-in-the-mud Adam is, I say that went fairly well." That got a laugh from Jake.

"I suppose you're right." Cassie sighed. "Then again, there is tomorrow and the day after that."

Damon nodded and merely turned up the radio.

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Chapter 11~ Fin

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After Note:

There have been MANY questions in the reviews so I thought I'd address them here:

Will the Chance Harbor gang and the Mystic Falls gang meet? In this story? No, however in part two they will.

How far away is part two? About three chapters.

When will we actually see Elena interact with Cassie? Not till part two.

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