Secret in Hiding

Disclaimer: I do not own Secret Circle

AN: hey guys since Melissa's grandmother was never named in the show I'm making up a name and calling her Penny.

Chapter 6: Blake, Meade, and Glaser Crystal

Diana looked at her sister. You sure you want to be the one who does this? Diana asked and Cassie just nodded. I can do it if you want. Diana once again offered.

Diana, you know I have the better chance of actually stealing the crystal without getting caught. Cassie told her sister and took a deep breath. What time did Jake say we should meet them at the abandoned house?

He said the other three school thing they have to do is done right about now. You should go get the crystal. Cassie nodded. Are you sure you don't want me to do it? I think I can get it.

Diana, stop worrying about me so much. I can do this. Diana nodded and Cassie left the room and went down the stairs.

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Jane just coming down the stairs when she saw something strange. Cassie was in the living room without Diana. There were times when the two were apart, but it was very rare. "What you doing?" Jane asked and Cassie turned around. Cassie had her hands in her jean pocket and gave Jane a look. Jane realized Cassie was standing right in front of where she hides the crystal. "What are you doing?"

"Mom, calm down," Amelia said appearing in the room having heard her mother talking to Cassie from the other room. She knew her mother's your-in-trouble voice and didn't want Jane to scare Cassie. "I'm sure Cassie is doing nothing."

"What's in your pocket?" Jane asked not letting it go. She had ignored her gut feelings on a couple of things and she knew Cassie was up to something right at this moment. Not surprising Diana just magically showed up at that moment. She ran passed Jane and went to stand by Cassie. "Well, Diana shows up. Now take whatever you're hiding out of your pockets."

Jane saw Diana and Cassie have one of their silent conversations that she was getting sick of. Cassie smiled at her sister and then took something out of her pockets and held them out to Jane. It was two cookies! "What?" Jane asked confused.

"Just came out of the kitchen after taking these." Cassie explained pointing at the kitchen door which wasn't too far away. Diana laughed and Amelia rolled her eyes.

"Happy mom. You caught the great cookies thieves." Amelia looked at the two. "Why were you stealing the cookies anyway? Why not just ask?"

"Cookies are a reward. We either earn them or steal them and hope not to get caught and punished." Diana answered.

Amelia was actually horrified by the information. Being punished for wanting cookies seems outrageous to her. "That awful man would punish you for a cookie." She hadn't thought when she said that and as soon as the words left her mouth she was across the room and banged into a wall. Jane looked like she was about to do something, but Amelia stopped her. "No, mom it's okay." Amelia turned to the girls. "Sorry about my comment. Your father wasn't awful." The word stung in Amelia's mouth. She did think John Blackwell was awful, but she had to play nice with the girls.

Cassie and Diana gave her a look and then went for the door. "Where are you going?" Jane asked causing the two to stop.

"We're supposed to meet with Jake, Adam, Faye, and Melissa after the three are done with something called school." Cassie told Jane deciding it was better to answer the question.

"Isn't Jake picking you up?" Jane asked.

"No, we're going to meet them. Is there a problem with that?" Diana asked.

Jane and Amelia looked at each other. If they were meeting Jake and the others somewhere that meant this was the first time they would be in the world by themselves. "You know how to get there?" The two girls nodded. "Fine, have fun." Amelia had decided she couldn't keep the girls prisoner in the house if they wanted to leave. If she did they were no better than John Blackwell. "One thing girls," Diana and Cassie stopped getting really annoyed. "We do have to talk about getting you two into school eventually." Cassie and Diana looked at each other and then walked out of the house without another word. Amelia laughed. "Never been to school a day in their lives and they act like normal teenagers about it. Wanting to avoid it."

Jane was looking at where she hides her crystal. She still had a bad feeling and decided to check on it. She opened the draw and opened the little box she kept the crystal in. Inside was her crystal looking completely normal and untouched. Jane smiled relieved that she had over reacted.

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So you got it. Diana said as they started on their walk to the abandoned house. Cassie took the crystal out of her pocket and showed it to her sister. Diana smiled. Great and you replaced it with a fake. Right?

I knew there was something I forgot. Cassie said, but Diana knew through their link she was just messing around. Of course I replaced it with a fake. It looks real and will feel real if they touch it. They won't know it's a fake unless they try to use it.

Perfect. By the way the cookie thing was genius. Nice cover. Now we wait to see if the other four can get two more crystals.

Yep, Cassie answered and continued walking for a minute. You do know how to get to the abandoned house right? I mean we were only there once.

Of course I remember how to get to the abandoned house. Diana told her sister. No need to worry. We're almost there.

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Jake had picked Faye up from school and they were now at Faye's house. Luckily Faye was the first person home every day. Being the principal Dawn had to stay after school to do things and Charles worked until about 5. The brats were still in school for another hour, so the two had the house to themselves.

Faye led Jake to the attic without saying a word and Jake looked around. The attic was a mess with boxes everywhere you looked. "How can we find anything in here? I mean what did you guys put up here."

"When mom and dad got married all the junk got put together. They never threw anything out which is looking pretty good for us right now." Faye pointed out and Jake had to agree. 'Besides they put all my dad's stuff and Diana's moms stuff over here." Faye pointed out a piled of boxes near the door. "The ones that say Elizabeth are what we're looking for."

"I think I figured that out." Jake said and opened a box. "Let's get this done quickly this way Diana and Cassie aren't waiting for us for a long time."

"Yeah, wouldn't want to keep the Blackwell sisters waiting." Faye said as she too opened a box. Jake rolled his eyes. "Your girlfriend might have actually developed feelings."

"Don't tell me you're jealous," Jake commented.

"Of blondie girl who doesn't even know when a guy is hitting on her. No way. In fact I find this all very funny and a little bit of justice too." Jake gave Faye a look wondering what Faye meant. "Well look at it this way. Our relationship blew up because the only thing you really wanted from me was sex. You didn't feel that way about me and now you feel that way about someone, but they can't feel that way about you because they don't understand anything about relationships. In fact you're not even getting what you got from me in this relationship. Justice."

Jake threw some cloths out of the box as he looked through everything in it. This box seemed to be packed with Elizabeth's old cloths. "Why do they keep this stuff? What's the point in keeping a dead girl's old cloths in a box in the attic?"

"No comment on my observations on your doomed relationship with Cassie because you know it is doomed to fail unless that girl gets a clue. I personally don't think she will." Faye wanted to see what Jake's reaction would be.

"I'm choosing to ignore you." Jake told Faye as he opened another box to find more cloths and shoes. Damn he was in hell. Not only did he have to be with Faye, but he was looking through a dead girl's cloths. Not Jake's option of a fun afternoon. "Why did I come with you again?"

"Because the Blackwell sisters told you to come as backup." Faye reminded Jake. "Which brings up another point. Since when are they in charge of our Circle. They come into the Circle and a few hours later they are giving orders. That's not right."

Jake rolled his eyes. "They have been training with magic their entire lives. We've known about magic for about a year or two. They are also the only ones who know anything about these crystals. I think we can survive taking some orders from them."

"That's another thing. Did you hear them talk about how powerful they were? Made it sound like they didn't need us." Faye mumbled something under her breath as she opened another box.

"I watched Cassie fix my car with magic without thinking twice about it. They're powerful and I for one am happy they are on our side.' Jake told Faye as Faye opened another box Jake wondered how much stuff Elizabeth actually had.

"Well at least Elizabeth had nice taste in jewelry." Faye said holding up a necklace. "You think dad would flip if I take this?" Jake looked at Faye.

"Considering they can't know we were up here. I say leave it alone." Faye gave Jake a look, but knew he was right. Faye put it back and then held something else up. "What the hell is this thing?" Jake looked at the box Faye was holding. "It's a puzzle box."

"A puzzle box?" Faye asked confused.

"Yeah, you see those things that move." Faye nodded. "Well there's a combination of sorts, a right way you have to move those, to get the box to open. People put things in them they want to keep safe sometimes." Jake went back to looking into his box and then looked at Faye. "You don't think..."

"That the crystal is in here. It's possible." Faye said as Jake got closer to take a look. Jake took the box in his hand and started to move the pieces. "Can you open it?"

"Maybe if I had enough time, but there are a lot of different combinations. This could take a while." Jake take and then the box suddenly broke open Jake gave Faye a look and Faye had a smirk on her face. "Seriously?"

"We needed it to open so I opened it." Faye told Jake. "Now see what's inside." Jake put his hand into the box and took out a little bag. He opened the bag and dropped what was inside it into his other hand. "Is that it?" Faye was looking at the crystal that was resting in the palm of Jake's hand.

Jake nodded. He could feel the power coming from the crystal. He smiled at Faye. "We found it," Faye smiled too and they sat there for a minute. "We better clean up and get to the abandoned house." Faye and Jake put everything back in the boxes and then started down the stairs. Just as they reached the bottom the door opened and Dawn walked in. She looked surprised seeing the two standing there.

"Something going on here?" Dawn asked very aware of Jake and Faye's past relationship. Jake looked at Faye. He had the crystal in his pocket out of sight and now the two needed to get out of here.

"Hey, mom. Jake was just picking me up to go meet with Melissa, Adam, Cassie, and Diana." Faye knew once she mentioned Cassie and Diana Dawn would let it go. Anytime Faye mentioned that she might be hanging out with the two Dawn got a smile on her face and that smile returned now.

"Okay, well, have fun." Dawn told her daughter and the two left without another word. Dawn watched them go. She was happy that Cassie and Diana had been able to make friends with the other members of their Circle. When she had originally talked to the two Dawn had been unsure of how well the two could make friends. Dawn agreed with Amelia that it must be the Circle drawing the two to the others, but Dawn had to agree with Jane on one thing. It did seem a little weird that the two just hurried into this. Oh well, it was probably nothing.

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Melissa and Adam were outside Penny Glaser's house. "Is she home?" Adam asked Melissa who shook her head.

"Not at this time of the day." Melissa answered. "Lock, unlock." The door unlocked as Melissa opened it. "You coming?" Adam followed his former girlfriend into her grandmother's house.

"Any idea where the crystal is?" Adam asked Melissa who nodded and led Adam into her grandmother's room. On a table was what appeared to be 100 crystals. "You got to be kidding me?" Adam couldn't believe this.

"What better place to hide a magical crystal then with a bunch of normal crystals?" Melissa asked. "We better touch all of them to see which one is magical." Adam rolled his eye as he started to touch each crystal.

"Are you okay?" Adam asked detecting something was wrong with Melissa.

"Can we not talk?" Melissa said not really wanting to talk with Adam and wished she had thought to trade with Faye. She would prefer to be here with Jake then her ex-boyfriend.

"Are you mad at me or something?" Adam asked Melissa who decided not to respond. "You can't be mad about the break up. We both decided our relationship wasn't working and we were fine with it a week ago. Maybe felt a little weird with each other, but we were friends." Melissa gave Adam a look.

"It's not the breakup," Melissa told Adam and then went back to touching crystals.

"Then what?" Adam asked as he put another crystal down

"You seriously want to know?" Melissa asked and turned around to look at Adam. Adam nodded his head. "It's Diana." Adam looked at Melissa confused. "You're all over her. It's clear you want her to be your girlfriend and if she had any idea what a girlfriend was you would probably be going out now. We broke up less than a month ago and you already moved on. I don't know if you realize it, but that hurts a girl."

Melissa turned back to keep on touching the crystal hoping to find the magic one and get this over with. "Melissa, I'm sorry my feelings for Diana have hurt you. I don't want to hurt you, but I can't help it. The minute I saw Diana I just felt a spark. It was like she was meant to be mine and I think Jake feels the same for Cassie. I know, it's crazy right? The girls know nothing about this world or boys. They don't even know what that type of love is even though I think they've felt this spark too. They just don't understand it." Melissa was standing there listening to Adam spill his heart to her. "Melissa, you're a great girl and one of these days you're going to find a boy who loves you like that. In the way I never could because truthfully I love you. I do love you Melissa, but not like that. I love you like you were my sister."

Melissa looked at Adam and smiled. "I guess you're right. Our love was never that type of love, but it still hurts a bit."

"Do you forgive me?" Melissa nodded.

"How could I not forgive my brother?" Adam smiled at the comment and the two hugged. "And I'm sure Diana will come around when she learns more of this world."

"I hope so," Adam mumbled and the two went back to touching the crystals.

After a minute Melissa said "this is not working."

"What now?" Adam asked thinking she was talking about their relationship again.

"I think we've touched nearly all the crystals and I've felt nothing. What about you?" Melissa asked.

"Oh, yeah, there's nothing. Maybe the crystal is somewhere else?" Adam suggested.

"No, I don't think so. Maybe my grandmother put a spell on it to hide it. Want to see if we can break it." Adam nodded and the two stared at the crystals willing the right one to come out, but nothing happened. "Maybe we will need more help. Let's bring them to the abandoned house with us."

"All of them?" Adam asked and Melissa nodded putting them into her backpack. Adam went to help her.

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Melissa, Faye, Jake, and Adam all got to the abandoned house at the same time. They walked in to find Cassie and Diana sitting there waiting for them. "So you found it okay?" Jake asked. He had been worried leaving the girls to find the house by themselves.

"Yep," Diana answered and gave Cassie a smile and Cassie threw a playful punch at Diana. It was clear to the group they were talking through their sisters bond.

"Guys, want to include us?" Melissa asked a bit annoyed. It was weird knowing the two were talking to each other, but there was no way for the others to hear them. I mean Melissa had private conversations too, but that usually meant whispering which meant there was a chance someone would hear. This was just a bit annoying that they couldn't hear them.

Cassie laughed. "It was nothing. I thought Diana was going to get us lost, but Diana is the best."

"Better believe it." Diana said with a smile at Cassie and then turned to the group. "So, do you have them?"

Jake took the crystal out of his pocket. Cassie and Diana looked at each other and smiled. Diana held out her hand and Jake placed the crystal in it. Diana put her fist around the crystal and then looked at Melissa and Adam. "Well?"

"We sort of have it." Melissa said confusing the group and then she opened her bag. "I think my grandma spelled it so we couldn't tell it apart from all the others." Diana and Cassie looked at the crystals and the other four could feel the magic coming off one of them. Then suddenly one of the crystal glowed. Before anyone else could do anything Cassie grabbed the crystal. She held it in her hand and then looked at everyone.

Faye looked at the two. "Well did you two get it?' Faye asked. Cassie took the crystal out of her pocket and showed them. "Great, now we have three to go and no idea where to find the rest." Diana and Cassie laughed and the other four looked at each other not getting it.

Diana took out a map. "Where did you get that?" Jake asked.

"It was in the house in the basement." Diana answered. "Went looking for it to see if it was here." She placed the map on the counter and then Cassie handed Diana her two crystals. Diana placed all three crystals on the map and then suddenly there was a light. When the four looked at the map there was one spot glowing.

"The other two must be under a cloak," Cassie said out loud for the benefit of the other four. "This crystal is pretty far away though. Where is that?"

"The lake house," Faye answered causing everyone to look at her. "My grandfather lives in our families' lake house. It makes sense for him to have the Chamberlain crystal."

"Well I guess we're taking a road trip." Jake said.

"Not all six of us," Diana told them. "Jake, Faye, Cassie and I will go after the Chamberlain crystal. Melissa and Adam you two will find the Conant crystal here. After we find those two we'll worry about the Armstrong crystal." Everyone nodded.

"Well tomorrow is Friday. We can leave after school and get there before night." Faye told the group. "Hey, we can find some time to swim in the lake too." Faye had smile on her face. She always loved going up to the lake and swimming.

"Swimming?" Diana and Cassie asked together confused.

"You know going into the water and swimming. Using your arms and legs to float." They saw Cassie and Diana's confused face. "You don't know what swimming is. Okay we are going to have to teach you and hey it's the perfect excuse for why we are going too."

"Sounds like a plan." Diana said and looked at Cassie. "Well let's go home." Diana and Cassie put the crystals in their pockets.

"Hey, make sure to tell Amelia and Jane about this. You can't just leave for a couple of day without telling them." Jake told Cassie and Diana as they left. The two nodded at him and then they all headed home.

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Three down, three to go, Cassie thought to Diana that night as they were getting ready for bed. Diana turned around to smile at her sister.

I know, we're halfway done. Diana pulled something out of the closet. What do you think?

It's a box and a bag, Cassie said confused

Yes, we're going to put the crystals in this box and put the box in the bag. This way we can carry it around with us everywhere. Diana proved her point by putting the three crystals they have in the little box she found and then put the bag.

That's a good idea. Cassie told her sister and then the two went to bed.

AN: okay that's it for now. Please REVIEW because I love reviews and check out The Secret Circle Project and review our season two.