Secret in Hiding

Disclaimer: I do not own Secret Circle.

AN: To the same anonymous reviewer. Okay maybe I am wrong and they did mention it, but you have to admit the reference was so small I'm sure a lot of TSC fans didn't see it (I would love to go back and re watch the show, but I can't. I don't have enough room in my computer to buy the TV Show off of iTunes). Also like I said before in the books Diana was older and I can't just forget that. It makes Diana the older one in my mind. Like a lot of other people have said the ages are such a minor thing and they are so close in the TV Show it doesn't even matter. I made Diana the older one in this story and that is the way she will stay.

Chapter 3: Returning

Charles was pacing as he waited for his wife to get off the phone. It seemed to take forever to Charles. Finally Dawn hung up and looked at her husband. "That was Amelia. They're home." A smile came across Charles face.

"We better go to the Blake's and pick Diana up." Charles had no doubt in his mind that Diana would be coming home with them. In fact he was already planning on telling Faye she would be sharing a room, but Dawn did not share his feelings.

"Charles, I don't think we'll be picking Diana up." Charles looked at his wife confused.

"She's my daughter."

"Yes, in your heart she is, but this father/daughter relationship the two of you have is one sided Charles." Charles looked at Dawn confused. "She was four when she was taken. John Blackwell raised her as his daughter and I highly doubt she would want to leave the only family she knows. Her sister Cassie."

"No, she will remember me." Charles was being stubborn and Dawn knew how stubborn her husband can be. She decided to take this in a different direction.

"Faye, Melissa, can you come down here." Dawn called to her daughter and daughter best friend. Faye came down the stairs with Melissa not too far behind her. "What do you two remember from when you were four?"

Faye looked at her mother confused. "Nothing,' Faye answered.

"I remember Diana running to the man," Melissa admitted. 'But that's all." Dawn regretted asking the girl the minute she saw Melissa's face, but her point had been proven.

"You see. Diana is the same age as them. She's not going to remember us." Charles couldn't deny his wife was right. His daughter had been so little when she was taken. "I don't want to make you sad or anything. This is a happy moment, but I don't want you to get your hopes up. According to Amelia her reunion with Cassie didn't go that well. I wouldn't expect anything better with Diana."

"They're back?" Faye asked with a smile.

"Yes," Dawn told Faye. "We're going to need you to watch Elizabeth and Thomas while we go see them."

Faye looked like she was about to say something, but Melissa stopped her. "We'll be happy to." Dawn smiled having always liked Melissa.

Dawn and Charles left the house and took the familiar route to the Blake's house. When they were kids they had been there all the time. The house held a lot of memories for the two, but it had been a long time since they had gone there. Now they were going to go see a long lost child there and both were nervous. Charles didn't know what to expect from his daughter and Dawn didn't want Diana to break Charles heart even though she had a feeling that was where this was going.

They knocked on the door and Jane answered. Jane didn't say anything just let them in and led them into the kitchen. "Where are they?" Charles asked looking around.

"Living room," Amelia answered.

"I want to see her," Charles said. "I want to talk to her."

"I don't know if that's going to happen." Jane said which caused everyone to look at her. "Don't think I'm not happy to have them. I'm thrilled to have my granddaughter back, but there is something strange here." Everyone waited for Jane to continue. "They don't talk. Not a lot at least. They talked to us after I stopped them from choking Amelia to death." Charles looked at Amelia who did nothing to deny the fact. She just looked down at the floor. "But they haven't said a word since. Not to us, not to the cops, not to the doctors who checked on them, and not even to each other. I haven't heard them say one word to each other since we found them."

"That's weird," Dawn agreed with Jane on that point. The two were raised as sisters. Shouldn't they at least be whispering to each other since they were thrown into what to them should be a very scary situation?

"Also the calm way they take everything in is kind of freaky. They show no emotions. There was no sadness at the news that their father was dead." Dawn went to look at Charles face when the word father was mentioned. He kept his cool, but Dawn could see it upset him. "No joy or fear on the fact that they were coming with us. I just have a feeling there is something not right here."

"Maybe I should talk to them." Everyone looked at Dawn. "I'm trained to handle kids and I knew their father. Maybe with my training and the past I can get them to open up. It's worth a try."

"It's a good idea," Amelia said. She had tried to get Cassie to talk to her since they started on the drive back to Chance Harbor with no luck at all.

Dawn didn't wait for anyone else to say anything. She walked into the living to find two teenage girls sitting on the floor playing a game of chess. Dawn found it weird that they weren't watching TV or something, but decided to go with it. "Hello," she said. The two girls barely looked at her and Dawn knew right away which one was Cassie and which one was Diana. They looked so much like their mothers it was unbelievable, but Dawn could see the bits of Blackwell in them. "Can I sit?" Neither said a word as they went back to their game and Dawn noticed they weren't touching the pieces, but moving them with their minds.

Dawn decided to sit on the floor not too far from them. "I'm Dawn by the way." Once again neither girl replied. "You girls like chess." Dawn was getting used to them not replying and decided the best way to get them to talk was to just continue talking herself. "I play a little myself. I know John Blackwell used to like to play. Did he teach you?" The mention of their father made both girls stare at Dawn and then they looked at each other. They didn't say anything, but to Dawn it seemed as though they understood each other.

"Father says chess is like life. He taught us to play when we were not practicing our spells." Diana finally answered and then made her move. The answer made Dawn a bit nervous. If John Blackwell was playing life like a chess game who were his pieces and who was he playing against. Then again it didn't matter anymore. Blackwell was dead and so was his game. Unless someone or two someones took over. Dawn realized and look at the two girls. Were they playing John's game? "You knew father?"

Dawn almost missed the question. "Yeah, we were close at one time." Dawn answered happy that the two girls were finally talking to her.

"You must be a witch then." Cassie said looking at her.

"I was, but my powers were stripped years ago." Any interest she had gotten from the two went away right then as they went back to their game. 'Damn,' Dawn thought. She had finally gotten them talking, but had ruined it. Apparently being powerless to them made you unimportant and not worth their time. She had to get them talking again. She had to poke at a nerve. "Your father was an interesting man. You must be upset he died." There was no reaction from them. "Of course you don't seem too upset. I could understand if you weren't. The man did kidnap you and keep you captive. I know he wasn't that nice all the time. I could see you not caring about him and maybe even being happy he was gone."

Dawn had wanted to poke a nerve. She wanted them to yell at her or do something. Well she had gotten what she wanted. She poked the nerve, but it didn't go the way she wanted. Instead of yelling both girls took hold of one of her hands and then she felt pain. It felt as though her blood was boiling inside her. "Don't you ever say we don't care about our father. We love our father." The girls hissed together. The pain got so bad Dawn had to scream out and when she screamed the girls took their hand calmly away.

"Are you okay?" Charles asked running in after hearing his wife scream. Amelia and Jane followed not too long after.

"Yeah," Dawn answered looking at the two girls. "We just had a misunderstanding. Everything is fine now. You can leave." Dawn knew she was getting to the girls and she didn't want the three to ruin it. Amelia and Jane nodded as they walked back into the kitchen. Charles looked at his wife and then at Diana. He froze seeing the girl and Dawn gave him a warning look. Anything Charles could say or do would probably just cause the girl to close up again. "Charles, we're fine."

Charles looked back at his wife and got the hint. He walked back into the kitchen. "I'm sorry. My comment was out of line."

The two girls had gone back to playing their game. "Well remember your punishment and don't do it again." Dawn looked at the girl wondering if that was a punishment does that mean that was the way they were punished if they did something wrong. Dawn hoped not because it seemed a little too cruel to her, but then realized it probably was the way John kept his kids in line.

"Diana, did you see that man who just walked in?" Dawn wanted to see what Diana feelings to Charles would be, but Diana didn't say anything, "Well he's my husband, but before that he was your mother's husband." Diana didn't turn around as Cassie made a move. "He's loves you like a daughter and would love for you to come live with us."

Diana turned to look at Dawn. "That man is not my father and I am not leaving my little sister." The fact was simple and the way Diana said it made Dawn know she shouldn't push further.

"Okay, Cassie's mom Amelia would be more than happy to take care of both of you. Do you girls have anything you want to do now that you're here?" There was no answer from the two. Diana looked back at the game and moved a piece. Then she floated Cassie's king up in the air and gave her sister a smile. Cassie looked at the board for a second and then gave her sister a sad face. Once again Dawn had the feeling the two were talking to each other and then Cassie jumped on top of Diana. Diana pushed her sister away and Dawn watched as the two laughed on the floor of the living room. She had a feeling she wasn't going to be getting any more information from them today.

"Well it was nice talking to you two." Diana and Cassie didn't even looked at her as she walked away and back into the kitchen.

"So?" Both Charles and Amelia asked looking at Dawn hoping for any information on their daughters.

"Well, they are not the girls we remember." Dawn sat down on the chair. "Diana when she was little wouldn't have hurt a fly, but I have a feeling those two girls in there wouldn't have a problem killing someone." Dawn let the information sink in. "They only care about each other. We can't take Diana away from Cassie." Dawn looked at Charles as she said this. "They're just too close."

"But Jane said they haven't said a word to each other." Charles defended.

"They might not talk out loud, but they seem to be talking to each other silently."

"I got the same feeling," Jane added on. "It's almost as though they know what the other is saying or feeling without any words at all."

"They have some twisted Blackwell logic in their brains. They are well trained and powerful witches." Dawn took a deep breath. This was the hard part. "I also believe there is some abuse there." Amelia and Charles looked at her. "I said something bad about their father to see their reaction and they decided to punish me. They made my blood boil and I believe similar things happened to them."

"That man," Charles said punching the table. If they were in a cartoon Dawn believed smoke would be coming out of his ears. "I want to see her. I want to talk to her."

Dawn put a hand Charles's shoulder. "Charles, calm down first. You are not going to get anywhere with Diana if you run in there angry. The two of them love John Blackwell. If you start yelling and complaining about him in front of them they will hurt you for it." Charles looked at his wife and nodded. He took a couple of deep breaths to calm down. "I know everything I said seems like bad news, but they are alive and healthy. They love each other very much. They are truly sisters. We have all the time in the world to get them to trust us and love us. We have them back."

Everyone in the room nodded their agreements. Charles walked into the living room. Diana was standing up and was holding out her hand. Cassie took it and Diana helped pull Cassie up off the floor. Cassie was looking right at Charles and a second later Diana was looking at him too.

"Diana," Charles said with a smile, but didn't know what to say. The last time he had Diana with him she had been four. "You look so much like your mother." Diana didn't say anything, but looked at her sister. Cassie smiled a second later and the two sat on the floor again as they put the chess pieces back into their starting positions. "Diana." The girl didn't turn around as the two continued to play, so Charles decided to just watch them.

Dawn joined him putting her arms around her husband. "We can't stay here forever." Dawn whispered. "Faye will flip if she has to babysit too much longer." Charles almost laughed at the thought. "Besides Diana and Cassie need time to adjust to their new life."

"Just a little while longer." Charles whispered and Dawn nodded. The two watched the girls play their game and not too long later Jane and Amelia came out.

"Are you two staying for dinner?" Jane asked.

"No, we have two little kids to feed at home." Dawn answered for them.

"I wish Diana would come to meet them." Charles answered, but he knew at this moment Diana probably wouldn't even answer him if he asked.

Amelia nodded. "Girls," Amelia said, but they ignored her. "Girls." Once again no respond.

Jane magically sent the chess board flying across the room which caused the two girls to jump up. "I was winning," Cassie complained. Cassie then looked at Diana and playfully punched her in the arm and Diana laughed a bit. It again looked like they were having a silence conversation.

"We're going to be having dinner soon. Go wash up." Jane ordered, but the girls didn't move. "I said go." Diana looked at Cassie and once again it felt to Dawn that they were somehow talking to each other.

"Fine, but don't think we'll forget that." Diana hissed and the two walked away and up the stairs.

When they were gone Jane looked at them. "Those girls. The only way to get their attention sometimes is with magic."

"I see what you mean about the talking to each other without words thing." Charles stated. "How are they doing it? Do they just know each other that well enough or is it something else?"

No one had an answer for Charles and truthfully Dawn was hardly paying attention. The whole encounter between the girls and Jane had proven one thing to Dawn. The girls knew they were more powerful then Jane. They knew they could outtake her, but they also respected her because she had power. Power equaled respect to the girls and Dawn didn't know how much the girls could care about now powerless witches and non-witches.

-TSC-

A few hours later Diana and Cassie were in the room they were given. It was Amelia's old room when Amelia was a teen. For a while Amelia had used the room when she moved back to Chance Harbor, but changed room because she hadn't felt comfortable that teenage boys could look into her room. Now she thought it was the perfect room for the two girls.

Did we do that right? Cassie asked her sister in their mind. Truthfully the girls haven't spoken out loud to each other in years. It just didn't seem right to them and they didn't need to. Even when they weren't talking with each other their sister bond let the other feel their emotions, read random thoughts, and they even share dreams. I mean should we have been a little nicer to them?

No, Diana answered her sister. We can't get what we want from the older members. For one all the parents are useless. No magic and it's too dangerous to try and trick the elders. It's better if we just ignore them and be mean to them at times. It's what they expect anyway.

Then what are we going to do if it's too dangerous to confront the elders? Cassie asked.

Well there is our generation. Cassie was confused and Diana knew right away without Cassie even asking. The four children of the now powerless witches. They are witches and they are probably untrained. We will be able to use them.

Diana, you are a genius.

I know, you don't have to tell me. It's why I beat you in chess most of the time. Cassie laughed and threw a sock at her sister, which Diana avoided.

Suddenly Cassie got the feeling that someone was watching her. It was weird and she turned around to look out the window. In the other house at the window was a boy. He was standing there looking at Cassie and Cassie stared at him. Their eyes met and for some reason Cassie couldn't look away. What was that feeling? Diana asked making Cassie finally look away.

What, Cassie asked her sister not understanding.

A weird feeling came from you. I felt it through our bond. What was it?

I don't know. Cassie turned back to the window, but the boy had walked away. There was a boy over at the other house staring at us. It's so weird. No one has ever been able to look in at us like this before. I think it's just making me kind of jumpy and nervous.

Yeah I agree. That is weird. I miss our house. Cassie fully agreed with Diana. She missed being home. You want to play another game of chess to get our minds off this?

Yes, Cassie sat on the end of the huge bed as Diana set up their chess board. I'll win this time. I was winning last time.

No you weren't. You just thought you were winning. Cassie laughed as Diana made the first move since she was playing white pieces.

-TSC-

Jake had been surprised when he saw two people in the room across from him. Since Miss. Blake had left that room very few people walked into it, but then realized it must be Diana and Cassie. They were living with Amelia Blake apparently.

He watched them for a while and couldn't take his eyes off the blonde one. He knew it must be Cassie. He had seen Amelia Blake a lot, since they were neighbors, and the girl looked so much like Amelia. She was beautiful and Jake couldn't take his eyes off of her. Then she looked at him and their eyes met. Jake wanted to stare at her for a while, but she turned back to her sister. Jake wanted her to look back, but his cell phone rang. It was Faye. He rolled his eyes and thought about not answering, but he did.

"Abandoned house now," Faye told Jake and hung up. Jake walked out of the room right before Cassie turned back around.

He went to the abandoned house. He was the last to walk in. "What's going on?"

"Cassie and Diana are back." Faye told them.

"I know," Jake said kind of pissed he was brought here for this. "I saw them though my window. They're taking the room across from mine."

"Seriously, you saw them?" Adam asked and Jake nodded. "Wait shouldn't Diana be living with you Faye?"

"She refused to talk to dad," Faye told them. It had taken Faye a long time when she was young to get used to calling Charles dad, but she had. Charles had become Faye's father. "They figured it was better leaving her with her sister."

"So what do we do?" Melissa asked. "Do we just go up to them or something?"

"We shouldn't scare them." Jake answered causing everyone to look at him. "They have been taken away from the life they know. We should take this slow. Find some reason to talk to them. Someway to get into their lives. Maybe you guys can at school."

"That won't be possible," Faye told the group. "Overheard my mom talking. The two have never been to school a day in their lives. I know lucky." Jake rolled his eyes at Faye's comment. "Anyway they are being put in some type of special program together to try and catch them up. See what they know and what they don't know, but first they have to get the two to talk to someone before they can do anything."

"Well Faye, maybe you can. You are technically Diana's step-sister in a way." Melissa pointed out, but Faye shook her head.

"She wants nothing to do with dad right now. Mom and dad said they are going to try to get Diana to warm up to them before introducing me and the brats."

"Guys, somehow an opportunity will present itself. We don't have to rush. We have all the time in the world now." Jake stated, but truthfully all he wanted to do was meet Cassie. He knew though he shouldn't scare the girl. "If that was all this meeting was about. I'm leaving now." Jake left and slowly the other members of the circle too decided it was time to go home.

AN: Okay that was chp three. Please if you are reading this story review. I like reviews and knowing what people are thinking. I will say once again to remember to check out the season 2 The Secret Circle Project is writing. REVIEW.