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New chapter, I hope you like it :)

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I started a new story, it called "Grimm" and it's about, well, Grimm (the TV show).

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Chapter 23: Returning From The Other Side

It was a month later, Friday morning, Bonnie already broke the linking spell.

"Is something wrong honey?" asked Cassie. Klaus was sitting on the couch, his head in his hands. "Danny is feeling really bad again," said Klaus. "I am sorry honey, it will get better, I am sure," said Cassie, warping an arm around him, and kissing his cheek.

"Nick I need you to do me a favor," said Cassie. "Sure, what do you need?" asked Klaus. "Your blood," said Cassie. "I am not turning you," said Klaus. "What? No, no. it's for something else," said Cassie. "What for?" asked Klaus. "Amm… I can't tell you, but you trust me, right?" asked Cassie. He sighed. "Don't get me in trouble," said Klaus. "I will not, I promise," said Cassie.

Cassie pulled out a small jar. Klaus bit his wrist and let the blood drip in to the jar. "Thanks," said Cassie and closed the jar and put it in a bag. Klaus' wrist already healed.

It was then that he notice the small bag at her feet.

"Going somewhere?" asked Klaus with a raised eyebrow. "Just a weekend out of town," said Cassie, standing up with her bag in her hand. "With Elijah?" asked Klaus. "No, alone. He knows, and my dad knows too," said Cassie. "O.k. have fun sweetheart," said Klaus, smirking at her. "Thanks," said Cassie and went to the door.

"Hey! Catch!" said Klaus suddenly. Cassie turned quickly and caught what he threw at her, it was car's keys. "It's more comfortable then taking a bus or a cab," said Klaus. Cassie jumped on him with a hug. "Thank you! I wasn't sure if I should ask to borrow a car or not," said Cassie. He chuckled. "You don't need to ask, if there is an available car, take it, you are family," said Klaus in his cute dimpled smile. "Love you," said Cassie as she went to the door. "Love you too little one," said Klaus after her.

Cassie drove to her friends' pancakes house, they lived above the restaurant and they were waiting for her.

Cassie parked the car in front of the house. She was wearing black skinny jeans, blue blouse and a black leather jacket. On her feet were black high heels boots. Her dark hair was in a high pony tail.

She grabbed her bag from the passenger seat, got out and locked the car.

Cassie walked in to the pancakes house. It was half full, at this hour of the middle of the morning on Friday.

"Cassie! Come here sweetheart!" called Mary from the kitchen door. Cassie smiled at her and let Mary pull her in to her arms. "Hello Mary, how are you?" asked Cassie in a smile. "Good, good. And how are you? And how are your father and uncle?" asked Mary. "We are all fine," said Cassie. "Still with Elijah?" asked Mary. "Yep," said Cassie. "Good, good. Now, get up stairs to the first room on your left, get comfortable have some rest, and we will discuss about the spell when the sun is down, feel free to use the kitchen," said Mary in a smile. "Thanks," said Cassie and went up the stairs.

Cassie was exhausted. She took a long shower, ate a snack from the kitchen and went to sleep for an hour or two.

She slept for five hours.

Cassie woke up when her phone rang.

"Hi, love," said Cassie.

"Hello. Did I wake you? You sound… sleepy," said Elijah.

"It's o.k." she yawned. "I slept a lot,"

He chuckled. "I miss you,"

"I miss you too, honey," said Cassie.

"Can I join you tomorrow?" asked Elijah.

"Mmm… We will see, maybe I will come back early, I will talk to you tomorrow o.k.?" asked Cassie.

"o.k." said Elijah.

"I love you," said Cassie.

"I love you too," said Elijah.

"Bye, hon'," said Cassie.

"Good bye," said Elijah and hanged up.

Cassie sighed. She preferred to keep Elijah out of her plan, but he sound so sad on the phone that she almost told him everything.

Cassie got back under the covers and fell back to sleep.

The next time she woke was by a knock on her door. "Dinner time," said Mary. "I will be there in a minute, let me just change," said Cassie. "Sure," said Mary and Cassie could hear her walking away.

Cassie put on some simple blue knee-length dress with long sleeves and her black boots and went to the dining room.

"Hi everyone," said Cassie in a smile. "Cassie!" called some and others just smiled at her or waved.

Around the table sat Mary and Robert- Mary's husband, and their three children Tom and Andrew with their wives- Jennifer and Michel, and Andrea (Andrew's twin) with her husband James and their son and daughter- six years old Sean and three years old Rose.

Cassie sat down next to Mary. The table was covered with great food. Fried Fish, roast chicken, baked meat, different kinds of salads, homemade bread of any kind you can think of, pies, potatoes, beans and corn, wine and juices.

They ate, talked and laughed until Sean spilled his juice while falling asleep and Rose following his lead not far behind him.

After washing the dishes and cleaning the table they took the conversation to the living room.

"Now that dinner is behind us, why don't you explain us what exactly do you need?" asked Mary.

"Amm… I want to bring back someone from the other side," said Cassie.

The wives and husband of Mary's children went to their rooms; they weren't witches, so they had nothing to do with this conversation.

Andrea gasped in surprise but other than her, no one reacted to Cassie's request.

"Who? And why?" asked Andrew. "His name is Ansel, he is-"

"Nicklaus' father," Tom cut her off. She looked at him. He smiled brightly at her.

"I am well aware of your relationship with the originals; you're dating one brother and have a soft spot for the other," said Tom. Cassie frowned at him. "I am very gifted, like my mom," he explained.

"So, is it possible? And if it is, would you do it? Would you help me?" asked Cassie. "I am in," said Tom. "Tom!" called Andrea. "What? It's an interesting spell, how long has it been since we did something special?" asked Tom. "We need to think, is he even on the other side? What kind of person is he? You know his son," said Andrea. "No he doesn't, none of you know Nick, you only know what you heard about him, what he did in his life, you don't know the person he really is, you judge him," said Cassie sadly. She didn't expect the judgment, not in Mary's home.

"Forget it, I will just go home," said Cassie and stood up.

"Wait a minute kid, it's just Andrea, she always was a chicken," said Tom teasingly. "No, I am not. But do you really want another Klaus on earth?" said Andrea. "Andrea that's enough," said Robert when he noticed Cassie anger.

"We put it to a family vote after we hear more about Ansel and the reason for bringing him back," said Robert.

Cassie nodded and sat back.

Cassie told them everything Esther told her about Ansel, who he was and what kind of person he was.

Then she went back to Klaus.

"He needs his father, his real father. Now more than ever," said Cassie. "Why now?" asked Andrew. "Because he is going to be a father, and after everything he has been trough in his life he is lost and closer to self-destruction more than he has ever been in a thousand years," said Cassie. "Why?" asked Tom. "Because he only had the example of Mikael- an abusive father that hunted him for a thousand years, and abused him even before he found out that he wasn't his son, and he is afraid he will become him." Cassie finished and stayed quiet for a while.

"O.k. any more questions to Cassie?" asked Robert. No one said a word.

"I will let you talk alone before you vote, but hurry, it's a full moon tonight, and I think that if you do decide to help me, the power of the full moon will help," said Cassie and went back to her room.

It didn't take long. Cassie didn't know if it's a good sign or a bad one.

Cassie sat back in her place.

"O.k. anyone that think we should do the spell, pick up your hand now," said Robert.

All of the hands were up except of Andrea's.

"I really hope you will not sorry about it later, good night," said Andrea and went to her room.

"Thank you guys, I really appreciate that," said Cassie.

"Sure, now let's open some grimoires and see what we need for the spell, hurry, we don't have a lot of time before the full moon will get to his peak," said Tom and they set to work.

Cassie pulled out from her bag Esther's grimoire, or at least one of them, Elijah told her that his mother had a lot of them. She hoped that they wouldn't notice it absence.

"How do you have a grimoire? You are not a witch," said Andrew. "Amm… it belongs to the original witch," said Cassie. "Elijah gave it to you?" asked Mary. "Not exactly," mumbled Cassie. Tom chuckled and Andrew just shook his head with a sighed.

Eventually the spell was in the grimoire Andrew was searching in.

"Four elements, full moon, salt circle, sacrificed blood and personal item." Read Andrew. "How on earth are you going to find a personal item of someone who died a thousand years ago?" asked Tom. Cassie showed him the little jar she filled with Klaus' blood in the morning.

"What's that?" asked Tom, quite disgust. "His son's blood. Nothing is more personal than that," said Cassie. "And how did you steal that?" asked Tom. "I didn't steal it, I asked and he gave it to me," said Cassie. "Just like that?" asked Tom. "He trusts me," She shrugged. "Hell of a trust, you how much trouble can you cause with someone's blood and a bunch of witches? A lot," said Tom.

"Come on Tomas, you're wasting time, grab the book and the other stuff we need and let's go," said Robert.

Tom did as he was told and they went to the woods.

They found a clearing in the woods that was exposed to the light of the full moon.

Cassie made a big circle of salt. Tom lighted candles around the circle. Next to Mary was a bowl with Klaus' blood, around the inner circle were bowls filled with water. The air was all around them and the earth beneath their feet. They all held hands inside the circle.

"Who donates some blood?" asked Tom teasingly. Cassie pulled a knife from her boot. Tom looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "What? Vampires have enemies and I am a daughter of one, a niece of one, dating one and a friend of some, " said Cassie. "O.K..." mumbled Tom. "Where?" asked Cassie. "Right in the middle, and you need it to bleed the whole ritual," said Andrew. Cassie took a deep breath, folded her sleeve and did a cut from her wrist to her elbow. It wasn't deep enough to kill her, but it was long enough to bleed the whole ritual.

The witches started to chant, and Cassie's blood dropped to the earth. Wind increased around them and their voices become louder. The earth shook, the candles' flames picked up, and the water moved in their bowls and then everything stopped and next to Cassie laid a naked man on the ground.

Ansel.