Circles of Magic
(A Crossover between The Secret Circle & The Originals)
Written & Adapted by Kai Michaels.

Chapter Two:
A Meeting of Fate

Previously on Circles of Magic: We went back five years into the past, where we met a young warlock named: Finn Mikaelson Jr, son of Freya Mikaelson and the events leading up to our hero's journey. Finn Jr is now on a quest to find the necessary cures to the ailments that plague his family and are the only things keeping them apart. Now five years into the future; we've re-joined Finn Jr, outside the town of Chance Harbor, where he is about to face a series of challenges, truths, new enemies and meet more of his kind. Wherever magic exists; darkness will always follow.

Chance Harbor is a town located in the Northern area of Washington State. It has been long rumored that witches and warlocks have always had a place here; often appearing in local legends and stories over the years to that of a pure mortal's belief at least; unaware that all those legends and stories were true.

Witches and Warlocks of every kind were living among them, walking those same streets, under a cloak of secrecy and sticking to the shadows. All to avoid the horrors of the past their kind had endured at the hands of the witch hunters in the time of Salem and its infamous witch trials, which saw many witches and warlocks burned at the stake, murdered out of fear and contempt for being different.

The Java Brew was the local coffee shop in the town of Chance Harbor; popular for its art in brewing coffee to absolute perfection and excellent customer service. Two beautiful young girls named Faye Chamberlain and Melissa Glaser were sitting by the window enjoying a coffee together; the two women had been best friends for years now and shared the same secret. They were both witches, living in Chance Harbor alongside others of their kind and were once a part of the same secret circle of power, who have since become unbound due to recent events and have once again become solo practitioners of witchcraft.

"So tell me, have you heard from evil princess number two yet? It's not like I care or anything, just call me curious." snickered Faye, the resident bad girl, who took a sip of her caramel latte with a dash of cinnamon on top.

"If you mean Diana, then yes, I have." answered Melissa, not buying Faye's lack of concern for one minute. "She sent me an e-mail, last night, she seems to be having the time of her life traveling the world with Grant." revealed the raven-haired student.

"While we all rot here in this god forsaken town; lucky bitch." sneered the self-proclaimed queen bee. "So she's not coming back anytime soon, then?" she asked.

"It doesn't look like it. She has too, sooner or later. She has school, not to mention the looming threat of these Balcoins arriving any day now, if what Blackwell said is true to Cassie and Diana weeks ago before they killed him. We need her and her power. For all we know Faye, they could be here already…watching our every move." Melissa assumed, leaning forward, "It's a little unnerving." she whispered, moving away looking around.

Faye just looked at her friend, smirking to herself. "Paranoid much: Melissa?" Faye asked, not too worried about the apparent threat. "We have solo magic now. We can protect ourselves just fine. I am never binding our stupid circle again." she vowed.

"Faye…" Melissa said, but couldn't get another word in before Faye cut her off. "No, Melissa! Never again! I'm way better as a solo act, anyway." state the dark brown haired teen, overly confident in her abilities.

"Err…excuse you. The Circle saved your butt, more times than I can count, remember?" reminded Melissa.

"It put us ALL in danger, more like Melissa or don't you remember that part instead?! We were powerless on our own! Our enemies knew that and exploited it more than once!" she accurately stated, "I refuse to be a victim ever again!" she further stated with defiance.

"True." Melissa sighed truthfully to herself, but she also knew they were stronger together too, but extremely vulnerable too. If there was only a way they could bind their circle again, but still maintain their individual abilities to protect themselves. They would all be much better off in Melissa's opinion. But was it even possible; it has to be right?

Their conversation soon came to a halt, when the bell above the coffee shop door rang, signally the arrival of a new customer. Both girls felt an instant yet brief wave of power fill the room. Since becoming unbound their solo magic had grown stronger enabling them to faintly sense other levels of power briefly before vanishing just as quickly after.

"Whoa...did you feel that just now, Faye?" Melissa asked, curiously.

"Totally…and it was strong too." answered the Chamberlain descendent.

Both witches quickly looked around, but the feeling had gone and had no idea of who or what it belonged too.

"There's another witch here. I know it." Faye presumed.

"Yeah, you're probably right. It didn't feel the least bit demonic, from what I could tell." Melissa replied, agreeing with her best friend. "But, where and who?" she questioned.

"Well, let's find out, they must be in here right?" gazing over at the serving area. "Wow…who's the hottie that just bought a coffee?" smirked the taller teen, becoming easily distracted.

"What? Fay-" her words fading to a close, as she watched the attractive; athletic older male move away from the counter and using a thin wooden stick to gently stir his chocolate dusted-cappuccino somewhat after applying some white sugar to the mix. It was Finn Mikaelson Jr.

Melissa rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to her friend, "Faye…you and Jake have only been back together for like five minutes, and you're already checking out, other guys, I mean really?" calling her out, objectively.

"Hey! He doesn't own me. Plus we're not exclusive, it was the terms of our agreements or my terms to be more exact." snickering cunningly to herself.

"You're unbelievable." replied Melissa, not surprised in the slightest at Faye's behavior, but still found it appalling in all honesty.

The sound of phone ringing was heard, it was Faye's, she pulled it out of her back pocket and looked at the caller ID. Grinning to herself now, she turned the phone around to show her childhood friend, it was Jake calling. "Speak of the devil." she declared with the raising of her eyebrow, "I'll be right back." Faye promised before standing up and walking away from their table to another area of the coffee shop to answer her phone.

Melissa just shook her head slightly and ran her fingers gently through the side of her black curls, her attention returning to the young man from before, who had since sat down at a nearby table on his own. She watched Finn for a moment blow softly into the top of his hot drink; her interest peaking more and more by the second. She couldn't explain it, but she found herself a little drawn to him, she decided to go over and talk to him.

Leaving her table, Melissa carried her takeaway cup of mocha and herself over to Finn's table, stopping just before it. "Hey. Do you mind, if I join you?" she asked kindly, a warm and friendly smile appearing across her lips.

Finn stopped what he was doing for the moment and looked up at Melissa. Naturally cautious, Finn answered her. "Sure. It's fine with me." He responded, keeping his eye on her for the moment and watched her sit down on the chair across from him.

"I'm Melissa." she smiled, offering Finn, her hand to shake.

Finn cautiously shook her hand. "Finn." he replied.

They shook hands. "Finn eh? I like that name. Is it short for anything like Finley or something?" she chuckled a bit.

Finn smiled widely, "No. It's just Finn." he answered truthfully, withdrawing their hands. "It was my late uncle's name." he confessed.

"Oh. I'm sorry to hear that. How did he die, if you don't mind my asking?" she wondered.

"Err…he was murdered." He admitted sadly, staring down at his coffee cup now, thinking about his Uncle Finn and the rest of his family.

"Oh, my God! I am so sorry, Finn. I didn't mean-" she paused momentarily, thinking it was best she stay quiet for a moment, not wanting to upset Finn further then she felt she already had. "Maybe, I should Err—go…?" she suggested and was about to stand.

"It's okay. You didn't know." Finn replied, their eyes meeting once again. "It's fine, really…please stay." assured the older male, requesting for her not to leave so soon and that everything was fine.

She exhaled, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry." She replied apologetically and agreed to stay too. "Sure. Okay." she further answered, a little relieved that Finn didn't take offense to anything. It really wasn't her intention.

"Erm…anyway…" moving past the awkwardness, she attempted to continue their conversation. "Are you new here?" she inquired.

"Err…yeah. I just got into town, last night, actually." he divulged freely.

"You did? What do you think of the town, so far?" she speculated.

Finn smiled, "Haha…I've not had a chance to take a proper look around yet." he responded.

"Need a tour guide?" she chuckled, finding herself relaxing easily around him.

Surprised, Finn replied: "Sure…a tour guide would be great. Haha…" he said, appreciating her kindness towards him.

"Great. How about now?!" Melissa proposed.

Finn just chuckled, he liked her energy. "Sure. Why not?! I don't really have much planned for today anyway. But I would like to rent a boat or something here since I don't know, how long I'll be staying here for. I don't fancy sleeping in my car again or paying indefinitely for a motel room, you know?" he explained to Melissa.

"That's no problem, I can help you there. I grew up in this town, and the Harbor is full of great boats. I can show you, maybe you can get a good deal?" she smiled, hopeful in helping Finn find a place to stay, while he was in town.

Finn smiled at her, "Great. Thanks, Melissa." he replied, thankful for meeting her.

Melissa didn't seem to be much of a threat to him at all, and he was going to need to make some friends here. Especially, if he was going to find anything here at all that would help him on his quest to cure his family of their ailments; since his trail had gone cold lately. He needed to figure out his next move, and this town could be the perfect place for him to do so.

"Okay then, let's go." Melissa decided, standing up and remembered, she couldn't just leave Faye here without telling her, where she was going. "Oh right…Erm…could you just wait here a second Finn? I came with a friend see, and I best tell her, where I'm going. You don't mind do you?" she asked.

"Not at all, please do. I can wait." Finn assured her and drank some of his cappuccino.

"Okay, great. I won't be a minute." she smiled, heading off to look for Faye, who was just coming out of the girls' bathroom. "Faye!" called Melissa, re-joining her friend outside the ladies.

"What?" Faye said, looking her over. She knew her friend too well. "You're totally ditching me aren't you?" she voiced with the utmost certainty.

"I'm sorry, Faye. But you know that guy, we were talking about earlier? While you off talking to Jake, I introduced myself to him. He's like really nice. He's name is Finn, and he just got into town, last night. I'm going to show him around, plus he needs a place to stay. So I'm going to help him. You don't mind do you?" she asked her friend, after explaining things to her.

Faye placed her hands on her hips, rolling her eyes and sighed at Melissa. "Fine. Whatever. If you must or maybe I'll just tag along…?" she considered a lopsided grin forming across her soft lips.

"Seriously?!" Melissa challenged.

"Why not?! Two heads are better than one right? And it's not like I have anything better to do." she confessed, folding her arms across her chest now. "Jake just blew off our hook-up session later. Something about his grandfather wanting to speak with him or something, he said it was urgent but whatever. So are we going or what?" Faye wondered.

Melissa sighed, "Fine. Let's go. Just don't embarrass me, alright? I like him a lot." She requested of her best friend.

"But you've only known him for five minutes?" she reminded her.

"Urgh…Faye! Please! I'm begging you! Don't-" she said, before she was interrupted.

"Fine: fine! I'll behave or whatever." she said, looking away for a moment.

"Thank you. Come on, I'll introduce you." Melissa insisted.

Melissa led Faye over to Finn's table, where he was patiently waiting for her.

"Finn this is Faye. She's my best friend-" Melissa was cut off again, as Finn quickly rose to his feet in shock and surprise.

"Hayley?!" he yelled, looking straight at Faye.

"Err…no dumbass! My name is Faye! Who's this Hayley chick?" she asked Finn.

"Oh, Err…." realizing he may have made a mistake, snapping out of it. "I'm sorry…you just really look, someone, I know is all." Finn revealed, "Forgive me." he concluded, genuine in his request to be forgiven.

Faye and Melissa looked at each other for a moment and then back at Finn. Faye leaned in towards her friend's ear and whispered: "Freak." she presumed, "He's clearly crazy, let's get out of here now, while we still can, alright?" Faye urged.

Melissa just shook her head, "It's a simple mistake Faye, god. Let's just go, already." insisted the raven haired girl.

"Whatever. Just keep him away from me. You can have him." Faye whispered back, her decision final.

Melissa just ignored Faye and once the introductions were officially over; all three witches left the Java Brew together. Things remained awkward between Finn & Faye for most of the tour of Chance Harbor, but Finn could've sworn it was Hayley when he first met Faye. They were practically identical, the resemblance was uncanny. Maybe Hayley had a twin, she didn't know about? Either way, this was clearly not Hayley, but they definitely had similar attitudes that much was true.

"I guess that ends our tour, Finn. What did you think of our little home away from home here?" Melissa joked with a smile.

Finn smiled back, "It's rather quaint isn't it?" he replied happily.

"It's a dump; plain and simple." Faye added, rather sharply.

Finn looked at Faye raising an eyebrow at her, "I wouldn't go that far. But you're entitled to your own opinion, Faye." argued Finn.

The three witches brought their tour to an end down by the Chance Marina docks, where Finn managed to secure a boat for himself to stay in during his time here. The sun was already setting, and nightfall would soon follow.

"Before you go, girls, how about we take a look at my new home for the moment. Interested?" Finn asked dangling his new boat key in front of them like a piece of meat and give into temptation.

"Sure, I'm in. How about you Faye? It'll be fun." Melissa predicted.

"Fine and then can we go? I'm already bored." She responded, fed-up.

The trio made their way onto Finn's newly rented boat and had a look around. The boat cabin was recently furbished and seemed to be immaculate condition along with the rest of the vessel. Its engine was top-notch and was ready to set sail at any point. The owner was contacted prior and seemed relieved that some could pay his fees and make use of it since he didn't have much interest in sailing anymore or maintaining said boat from this point onwards. He was prepared to make Finn an offer to buy it from him if he had an interest in it beyond the young male's current use of it. So it was up to Finn now, the ball was in his court going forward, and Finn did say he'd think about it.

The girls and Finn began making their way off the boat; back down onto the docking bridge. Finn placed his hands inside his jacket's side pockets, they were about to say their goodbyes for the night.

"Thanks for today girls. It means a lot." he admitted, grateful to them.

"It was our pleasure right, Faye?" Melissa asked.

"Sure. I've never had so much fun!" Faye replied her sarcasm as clear as day.

"Ignore her. It was great meeting you Finn…" her words fading as Melissa and Finn shared a friendly hug. "Well, you have our numbers or at least mine for now. We should hang out again, sometime soon. I have some other friends, I'd love for you to meet." she desired to happen.

Faye just rolled her eyes, "Good grief! Why don't you just invite him to the boathouse party tomorrow night? He can meet everyone then. It's no big deal." Faye mentioned.

Melissa mentally smacked her forehead, "Of course! The boathouse party! I completely forgot! That's perfect! What do you say, Finn, are you up for it? It'll be a great chance for you to meet new people too, especially, if you're going to be staying here for a while." she figured.

Finn thought about it for a moment, wondering if it was wise to do say. But it was a small town, and it's not like he could keep a low profile for long. So he might as well embrace things a bit and use all his future connections to find what he was looking for or that could at least present him with a new lead that could help save his family from their current plight.

"Err…sure. It sounds like fun." he replied with a half-a-smile.

"Awesome. Well why don't Faye & I pick you up tomorrow night around 7 pm?" she proposed.

"7 pm is fine. I'll be here." Finn said, accepting the proposal warmly.

"Great! Now that we have our playdates set, can we go? I'm starving!" Faye exclaimed, Finn just snickered to himself.

"Alright, already! See you tomorrow Finn, have a good night." Melissa hoped.

"Bye Melissa, Faye…" sneered Finn at the mention of Faye's name, who gave Finn an awkward almost yet mocking wave.

Finn Jr watched his new friends head off home, making sure they were okay from a distance. Once they were out of sight, he returned to his new home on the water and began to unpack what he had brought with him on his journey, just wanting to get settled in as soon as possible.

...To Be Continued.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Originals, the Vampire Diaries or the Secret Circle.