Cassie's P.O.V.
Most of the circle was gathered in Diana's room, waiting for the meeting to start. The meeting was set for 4 and The only people we were missing were Faye, Scarlett, and Adam. I was sitting on the window seat with Nick. My legs were thrown over his and i was leaning back reading my mothers book of shadows. Faye walked in the room and started talking to Deb. Now the only people we were missing were Adam and Scarlett. I was still steamed at Adam for his comments this morning, but i decided to ignore them. No matter what he had said, I was never breaking up with Nick. I loved him. I put my book down and sat up. I heard Melanie and Laurel talking about a ghost or something. Slowly the entire group became involved in the conversation. It seemed everyone's candles had been freaking out last night. There was no way that was me, was there? "Yeah, it was really weird. They went up and then eventually blew themselves out." Diana was saying. "Well mine weren't even lit when i went to bed, but they lit themselves at like midnight. They would spike up then slow down and spike up again. But yeah, they blew themselves out too." Melanie said. "So everyone on Crowhaven street is experiencing ghost by candle? That can't just be a coincidence." Chris said. "Yeah, something weird was going on." Doug said. "Sally Waltzman told people at school today that her candles in the living room were being weird." Laurel was saying. "Sally lives way across town!" Sean said. "There were a couple other people in school saying stuff like that too. They were saying that it was people from the club." Deb mentioned. Faye was staring at me from across the room. "Cassie, you don't know anything about this, do you?" She asked in a sneering voice. I didn't answer right away. I was in shock and speechless from knowing i extended my magic across town. I had no idea i was that powerful. Nick was sitting by my side smiling wide. He actually thought this was funny. I looked around and noticed that my silence had caught the groups attention. I had to give them an answer. But i didn't want the whole group to know about Nick staying over, even if we didn't do anything. The twins would get a kick out of it. "Cassie? Are you okay?" Diana asked. "What? Oh yeah.. uhm sure." Faye was smiling sneakily at me. "Well? Do you know or not?" She asked in her husky voice. "Uh, actually, i do." I answered. "Really, and what it is then?" "It was uh... me. i was practicing... stretching my powers to all the candles in my room. And uhh... i guess they went a little farther then expected... sorry." Everyone seemed impressed and crowded my head with reallys? and hows? Nick bust up laughing and everyone but Deb looked at him weird. I tried to change the subject quickly. "So when is this meeting gonna start anyway?" I asked. "When Adam and Scarlett get here." Diana said. It was already 4:30 and i was tired of waiting. "Why do we have to wait for them anyway?" Faye called. "Faye, don't even start." Diana answered. "Well it's not like you ever wait for me if i'm late. And i'm a circle leader for Christ's sake!" "Faye knock it off." The room had gotten quiet except for the two arguing cousins. I had to step in. "She has a point Diana." The entire circle looked in my direction with bewildered eyes, even Nick. "I just mean, it's not like we wait for Faye when she's late. We just start without her. Why are Adam and Scarlett any different?" Diana looked almost hurt. The circle was still staring at me. "Well it's just... I um... I don't know." Diana answered. There was some emotion on her face that i couldn't place. I didn't want her angry with me so i quickly made a comeback. "I'm not saying that we should start or anything, i'm just saying we should treat everyone fair. And i don't know about you guys, but i'm getting pretty tired of waiting." The circle members agreed on everything i had said. Diana called Adam and Scarlett each once more. No answer. Then the circle began their meeting without them.

An hour had passed and the only thing the circle could manage to do was fight. They fought about our next move; they fought about wether or not to find my siblings; they even fought about stupid stuff like school and the outsiders. We needed to decide what was going to happen next, but the group couldn't agree on anything. I had to take charge. Even though i had no idea what to do either, i needed to speak up. This was my life they were discussing, and if i didn't say something now, i might not ever get the chance. It was time. I stood up and took authority. "Enough everyone. We need to stop fighting and decide already. Im tired of the bickering and if you won't help me make the decisions as a group, then i'll make them myself." The group started to calm down and everyone looked to me for the answers. I felt powerful, but not in a good way. I didn't feel like i was the one with the answers, but the one that had to make the tough decisions. Faye looked mad, like she always did. "Who died and made you queen? Why do you get to be leader? If i remember correctly, i'm a leader too." She sneered. I stayed calm and answered her evenly. "Well, lets see, shall we? The circle is discussing the prophecy that concerning me, my siblings, a secret library in my house, my father, and my book of shadows. So that means that my life is the one changing. Not yours. Everything is my responsibility to take care of. So what reasons do you have to make the decisions, exactly?" She looked taken aback for a minute, and didn't answer. "That's what i thought." Before i turned away, i saw her expression turn sour. "Okay, so lets begin. First things first. My siblings. Diana said we can do a summoning spell to bring them to New Salem. We need to decide wether to do that or not. Before we discuss this, we need to realize that they could be evil. I mean, chances are that at least one of them is. They have black john's blood in them, and that led Scarlett down the evil path. Just think about it. Also, we don't know they know they're witches. I went most of my life without knowing, and it's also a possibility. Either way, they will be powerful." "Yes, but, they may have a lot of answers. They could help us or be a big part of the truth." Laurel said. "Here's an idea. What if we vote on it?" Diana asked. The group seemed to agree, except for Faye who still looked mad. "Okay. We'll vote. Melanie? Do you mind?" I said. She nodded and stood next to me in the center of the room. She had a notebook and a black pen in hand.

We voted on everything. The votes stated: We will not be looking for my siblings yet. We will spend as much time in the library as possible (as long as we are with another person). We will be careful with my fathers book, and only use it with another person, but try to get as much information out of it as possible. We will work more on figuring out the prophecy, and will take extra precautions not to let me get killed. Our plans were set, and there were no longer any decisions for the group to make. However, there was still a lot going on in my head. I had no idea what my next move was. At least i knew Nick would be there to support me.