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Warning: This story deals with drug use, depression and other triggers. Read at your own risk, but stop reading if it bothers you.
Trigger warning: anxiety attack.
Cassie felt powerful after using her dark magic and wondered if she could teleport, so she thought of where she wanted to go. Closing her eyes, she thought of the abandoned house where she first met the circle. In an instant, she was there. She teleported back to her house and in her room, looking through her book of shadows for anything that could help her. After she didn't find anything, Cassie smirked as she used magic to change her clothes. Now wearing a black low cut shirt, black mini skirt and high heeled boots, Cassie felt better and even dyed her hair.
The circle leader went downstairs and smirked before she teleported a notebook to her and a pen. Sitting down at the kitchen table, she opened it up to the first blank page. "Find a 6th circle member, figure out everything regarding the Balcoins-who they are, if they are like Diana or Blackwell, etc-and try keeping the circle together." She said to herself as she wrote it down before she erased the last part. Instead, she wrote over it. "Have FUN this summer."
Smirking, she put the pen down and the notebook up before going to the abandoned house and practicing magic for hours before she decided to study since she and the others had exams the week after prom. The blond tried to learn as much as she could, looking through her books, class notebooks filled with notes and reviews packets for each subject she had to do. It was so boring, but a smirk appeared on her face as she got an idea.
Lost for now, soon to be found, review answers come unbound, she thought. The answers appeared instantly and she copied the answers exactly the same way as she moved her hand to make it look legitimate as possible. Smirking to herself, she finished quickly and decided to used magic on herself to remember everything on the exams so she'd definitely pass without trouble.
She also decided to keep the test answers hidden underneath her exam when it was time to take it. She put everything back into her bag and felt extremely confident, so she practiced her magic some more.
The Secret Circle
Everyone studied whenever they could until the exam days rolled around. Even Diana was in class since she decided to stay for the final tests of the year before leaving town for the summer. The 5 of them were in chemistry together and were handed their exams.
Cassie had her test review underneath her exam with the answers revealed only to her. She wrote them down as if she was really doing it on her own, but what everyone didn't know is that she was using magic to fly through it and pretended to take her time.
By the time she was done, a little over half the class was still doing theirs. She was able to do whatever she wanted without disturbing the others who were still working on their final exams for the year, so she took out her journal and wrote her experiences down about being in the circle.
She sighed and got lost in her thoughts after she was done writing. It felt weird being in school without Nick around. She wished she could take it all back, but she couldn't. Tears came to her eyes as she had flashbacks of Melissa being possessed before the demon took hold of Nick and it got him killed which reminded her of everything that happened after than and the memories reminded her that she was now more alone than ever. She tried to control the tears, but couldn't. She sniffled as tears threatened to spill and her breathing got all shaky.
"Cassie, are you okay?" Her teacher asked.
Not able to speak, she ran out the door and left everything behind, using her magic to cloak the pages of her journal so no one could read it if anyone tried.
She ran into the bathroom and wiped her tears away while laying her hands on the edge of the sink and leaning her head down with her eyes closed.
"Cassie, are you okay?" Melissa asked, walking in. The former blond didn't get any sleep the past two days, let alone the past couple of months, and would cover the dark circles-no pun intended-under her eyes with makeup. She's been so busy dealing with the hunters and working, that she's barely been able to sleep, let alone think straight.
"Yeah. I'm fine." She replied, raising her head up and going back to class. Walking back in, she caught Diana's eyes and the 17 year old glared before looking away from her former best friend. Class ended a few minutes later and she was the first out the door. "Cassie, wait." Melissa said, going after her, but the Blake girl didn't care. She just wanted to be left alone and went to her next class, doing the same thing with her review hidden under the test with the answers visible only to her.
Class ended about 2 hours later since it was a half day and Cassie felt confident she passed her exams. Melissa caught up with her and Diana looked at them.
"Cassie." Melissa said as the blond walked to her car, not wanting to stay at school the next day or near her circle anymore than she had to. The youngest member of the circle grabbed the coven leader by the arm.
"Let me go!" Cassie yelled, glaring at her, pulling away and glared at Diana who stared back with an unreadable expression on her face. At first, the blond tried to control her anger towards anyone and everyone, but now it was more difficult since she started using her power, especially her dark magic, for almost anything and everything. She wore the same outfit she did right after Diana left. Cassie wanted to go home and back to sleep, forgetting everything for awhile. Diana pissed her off because of the binding ceremony, not wanting to be her sister and putting Grant above the circle when they have the Balcoins to deal with. Jake pissed her off because he acted like he was interested at first and then acted like it was nothing the next, Adam because he keeps going through every girl in the circle as if they are his own little toys to play with until he got bored or found something else. She was also pissed at herself for not being with her mom the night Amelia died, not being able to save Nick nor her grandmother. Blackwell would have shown up with or without her and he would have probably forced his way into the circle if she didn't invite him in regardless of how good an actor he was.
"Nice one, Di." Faye said. "You leave us behind to be with a guy you barely know while Cassie has to keep the circle together and yet you come back just to take your exams before you take off again as if school is really your biggest priority right now. I thought it was staying the hell away from us, especially your sister who needs you more than ever. How damn selfish can you be? Last year, you were advocating for the circle and Cassie is hesitant, but now you run like a coward while Cassie steps up to protect us when things get too difficult for you. Wow. How much things have changed in 8 months. Your sister may be fun for me to piss off, but at least she's still around. She's a much better leader."
Diana didn't say anything because she knew Faye was right. She may have been the unofficial leader, but Cassie was born into it because she's a Blake. She sighed.
The Secret Circle
Jake woke up the next day and sighed, wondering what was in that vial his grandfather left for him. Sighing, he heard Cassie on her cell phone since they were across from each other.
"Yeah, sure. I'll meet you there." She replied before going downstairs and driving off.
The oldest member of the circle wondered if Cassie was okay since the only times she really spoke to any of her fellow witches were during circle meetings. What happened to staying together even if we aren't bound?
He texted her and waited for a reply, but none came. Sighing, Jake put his phone down and shook his head before continuing to try and figure out the vial.
Secret Circle
Diana was out of the country again with Grant and they made a pit stop in San Diego. She had been ignoring her phone since she left Chance Harbor, not that anyone would bother her since the circle seemed to be pretty pissed off at her.
They continued taking turns driving. Diana was happily spending time with her boyfriend and didn't mind sight seeing.
The former leader of the circle and her boyfriend got a hotel for the night, received their key and went to their room. They walked in, both looking at the bed. Diana went to grab some clothes and headed to the bathroom while Grant ordered room service for them.
Once Diana shut the door, she looked at her palm and sighed before getting the water ready. Once she walked out feeling clean after everything that happened, she grabbed her phone and shut it off.
"Food will be here in a few minutes." Grant said, breaking the silence.
She nodded and sat down on the bed before they talked about anything and almost everything since Diana still hasn't told him about herself and her friend being witches. She shook her head since Grant didn't know very much about her past.
"What happened the night I found you crying outside your house on prom night?" He asked as Diana looked at him without saying anything.
Secret Circle
Adam was at the boathouse in the back room, holding the crystal skull and feeling it's power flow through him as it made him stronger. Shaking his head, he got back to work and walked back to the front room of the boathouse. He took orders and sighed, wishing he could get back to the skull so he could bury it, but it would have to wait.
He wondered if Cassie would be okay by herself in that house, hoping Diana was alright since she left town with a guy they barely knew and worried about Melissa after Nick died a second time.
The Secret Circle
Cassie was asleep in her bed, tossing and turning as the same nightmares of Amelia, Nick and Jane dying flashed through her mind once again. She never had a chance to grieve for any of them since she had to move almost right after her mom died and that was before the circle took over her life almost since she moved to Chance Harbor; dealing with witch hunters, more demons and everything else, like ghost covens, her dad coming back and Kate trying to kill her, she didn't have time to grieve for Nick or Jane either. Sure, she may not have known them for very long, Nick the least between the two, but that didn't mean that she didn't care about someone she hardly knew after spending some time together since Amelia never talked about her life in this town and Nick was a loner even though he had the circle around. Losing both of his parents when he was a baby and then his brother leaving town when Jake was 17 and Nick was 15 was messed up, so it's understandable why he preferred to be alone when it wasn't related to circle business or him being involved with Melissa later on.
The circle leader tried to get comfortable, but she couldn't. It seemed almost impossible for her now that she felt more alone than before. No longer having the circle around and with almost all of her family members gone with the exception of Diana, since she didn't know Blackwell's other children, she didn't know what she would do for the rest of the summer.
Cassie woke up and got out of bed, going downstairs, and headed to the kitchen for a drink. Once she was done, she went back upstairs and fell asleep. The next day, she was at work when she got a text from Sally asking to hang out. She accepted and said they can meet up when her shift ends.
An hour before she was supposed to meet her, she was approached by someone she didn't know and got a weird feeling from the customer. Shaking her head, she took his order and within minutes, held the bag in hand, smirked and walked out.