Circles of Magic
(A Crossover between The Secret Circle & The Originals)
Written & Adapted by Kai Michaels.
Chapter Five:
"The Mystery of You"
Previously on Circles of Magic: -.
"Cassie! Oh, my god! Are you okay?" asked Melissa after walking into Cassie's hospital room and straight over to her with Faye & Jake behind her.
Cassie was sitting up in bed, happy to see her friends despite certain differences between them.
"I'm fine, Melissa. I should really be thanking your friend." Cassie admitted truthfully.
Melissa raised her eyebrow, "What friend?" she wondered.
Cassie smiled, "You know, Finn? I think that's his name right?" she replied.
Melissa, Faye & Jake looked at each other then back at Cassie. "Wait…Finn saved you? How?" she asked, wanting to know more. "It was like four against one?! Right?" reminded the raven-haired teen.
"Oh…you guys don't know. Finn's like us. He's a witch and very powerful one too. He threw Frederic right across the room with just a wave of his hand and a spell, I've never heard of before, knocking him out. He saved my life. Before I blacked out, the others were coming straight for him. It was amazing, I won't lie." Cassie informed her former circle of witches.
"Finn's a witch?!" Melissa is in shock, not sure how to react to this new information right off the bat.
Faye folds her arms across her chest, "Well this just got a whole lot more interesting. Like what is he doing here in the first place? That's what I'd like to know." Faye concluded.
"And if it's actually our enemy and not our friend." Jake further suspected.
"Guys stop. He's not our enemy. He saved me, remember!? Let's hold off on passing judgment until we learn more about him. He's still in town right? Maybe, once they discharge me later, we'll go find him and ask him some questions." Cassie suggested.
"Yeah, Cassie's right guys. Finn did save her. So we should give him the benefit of the doubt." Melissa said, agreeing with Cassie, not wanting to think badly of her new friend.
"Fine, whatever…we'll wait." Faye replied with Jake also agreeing for the moment.
"Good. How are Adam and Ethan doing?" Cassie asked, concerned for her former lover and his father.
"They're fine. A couple of concussions, but luckily nothing was broken. They're releasing them later." answered Melissa with a sense of relief.
"Thank God." Cassie replied.
"I guess daddy dearest was right, wasn't he? The other kids he fathered, they're here in Chance Harbor. What are we going to do about them?" Faye asked, regarding the large elephant in the room, metaphorically speaking and all.
Cassie took a moment and looked away from her friends, "I honestly don't know Faye." she replied with a defeatist tone. "They're strong guys, really strong." Cassie informed them upon turning her attention back her former circle mates.
"If it weren't for Finn, they would have kidnapped me without much of a fight. And from what Frederic said, Diana's already on her way back to Chance Harbor thanks to some spell of his. It's only matter of time before they come for both of us at once, this time. We have to be ready." Cassie urged her friends.
"And we will." stated Jake with complete confidence. "Let's re-bind the circle. We'll be stronger that way to fight off these Balcoin brats and protect our own." he passionately suggested, stepping forward. "I know you agree with me, Cassie, right?" Jake asked.
"Whoa! Hold on just a minute!" Faye interrupted, stepping forward joining Jake again and looking over at everyone. "Don't we all get a say in this? And I for one refuse to bound again…and we both know Diana won't want to be either. We don't need it. We're stronger on our own." Faye insisted with the utmost defiance.
Cassie, Jake & Melissa listened to Faye, who was the most outspoken of them all. She hated being bound before, so why would she ever agree to do so again? It didn't help them much the first time in her opinion, so why make the same mistake twice?
"Faye…I understand, how you feel. But Jake's right. I know it's a lot to give up…but we have to be to protect ourselves. We have to re-bind the circle." she further stressed.
"No way!" she shouted, "Absolutely not! I'm leaving this discussion right now!" Faye expressed and stormed out of the room in her frustration.
"FAYE!" called Jake & Cassie, after her.
"I'll talk to her." Jake said, looking to head off to do so.
"Wait, Jake…" Melissa said standing up, halting his retreat. "She's my best friend. I'll talk to her. You stay here with Cassie, alright?" Melissa decided and with a nod took her leave to catch up with Faye.
"Faye! Wait…!" Melissa shouted, catching up to her and blocking any further advances by standing in front of her.
"Out, of my way Melissa!" Faye warned her best friend, staring her down fiercely.
"Look…the last thing, I wanna do is have my solo magic restricted again. But we both know, rebinding the circle is our only chance at defending ourselves against the Balcoin siblings. Their dark magic is strong from what Cassie tells us, we need to be able to fight that, or we lose Cassie and Diana to them. They're our friends, Faye." Melissa explained, trying to convince Faye that rebinding their power circle was the best move for all of them to combat their considerably more powerful enemies.
Faye just stared into Melissa's eyes, her friend knew her too well. Faye wasn't stupid, she knew that rebinding their circle would be their strongest defense against the Balcoins, but hated the idea of losing her solo magic for the second time and having to use magic by committee again. It wasn't her style or who she was.
"Don't you think I know that? It would safer, yes, but I…I…just can't Melissa." Faye replied, "I'm sorry, okay? I just won't." Faye further protested, moving past her friend to resume her exit.
"Faye…" Melissa exhaled in disappointment and defeat, before turning around to watch her friend leave. Something had to be done, they needed to protect themselves going forward, but they needed Faye onboard to do so, despite Melissa's own reservations about the choices before her. She now had an important decision to make.
Later that day, Finn Jr was seen pulling up in his black Impala; outside an apartment building in the small town, a few miles west of Chance Harbor. He parked his car in one of last few remaining parking spaces and cut his engine, turning everything off. He opened his driver's side door and stepped out onto the ground below to look up at the tall building before him. He looked away and closed his side door, locking his vehicle up electronically with the car key in his hand.
Finn took in his surroundings for a moment; instinctively on guard, whenever he arrived in a new location that was unfamiliar to him. Finn slipped both his hands into the side pockets of his black leather jacket and made his way towards the main entrance of the residential tower to meet with an old family friend, who had contacted him earlier this morning; which was quite unexpected. They had something to show him and some new information to share with him, quite urgently too, so here Finn was and filled with anticipation at what he was about to learn.
Back in Chance Harbor at the same time; Cassie and Adam, who had been newly released from the hospital along with Melissa, Jake & Faye were seen driving in Chance Marina in search for Finn. They had questions for him that only he could potentially answer for them; the quintet was determined to learn more about their new visitor following Cassie's shocking revelation about Finn's secret warlock nature.
"This is place right; Melissa, Faye?" Cassie asked them.
The two girls nodded, "Yeah this is it. This is where Finn's been staying since he arrived here." Melissa answered. "That's his boat right there…" she further added, pointing out the large boat at the end of the main dock.
"Okay, then…let's go talk to him." Cassie decided and made her way down the dock with the others following her lead; unaware someone was watching them very closely from afar, hidden from their sight. It was Frederic. He had his own reasons for wanting to speak with the Mikaelson witch following their last encounter.
The quintet walked down the main dock to Finn's boat, where Melissa triggered the descent of the automated ramp by pressing the respective button. Once fully deployed the group of five climbing up the ramp and stepped down on the main deck. They took a moment to suss things out, while Melissa moved towards the main cabin door and pulled down on the metal handle there, but it wouldn't open for her. It was locked.
"It's locked." Melissa told the others.
"Which means: he's not here." Jake accurately deduced with frustration.
"Maybe he's downtown?" Adam speculated.
"Possibly…" Cassie concluded.
"Well that's just great then isn't it?!" commented the Chamberlain teen with an annoyed sigh.
"…or it's an opportunity?" Jake admitted.
"To do: what exactly?" Melissa asked, suspicious now.
"Break in of course and take a look around." sniggers Jake happily.
"What?! No!" Melissa instantly protested against.
"I'm in. Let's find out, who this guy really is…" Faye smiled, all for breaking and entering.
"Guys…no!" Melissa further expressed her disapproval of the idea.
"Relax, Melissa. Now stand back…" Jake advised his circle mates, who took a step back. "Seram, reseras!" chanted the blonde-haired jock as his hand hovered over the silver handle, staring it down and concentrating his magical energies, but was unable to unlock the door.
"It's not working…he might have spelled the door." Jake said, looking over at the others behind him; certain in assumptions.
"Together then…?" Adam proposed to the group.
"Sounds good…" Faye smiled, liking the idea of a joint effort in procuring information about Finn Jr by trespassing further into his private property.
"I agree. Melissa? You in?" asked Cassie, hopeful regarding Melissa's cooperation.
Melissa sighed, not comfortable with this, but she had to admit she was curious about what other secrets her new friend was hiding from her. "Okay. I'll help…but I don't feel good about this…" she divulged, reluctantly.
"Neither do I, but it's important." she further implied.
"So we're all in agreement?" Adam asked, looking for confirmation.
They all nodded, "We are." Cassie replied.
"Okay then, all together now…" Adam instructed everyone.
"Seram, reseras! Seram, reseras!" chanted the quintet repeatedly together. The presence of their combined magic being felt, the door began to shake as they tried to overpower Finn's spell to gain access to the interior of his boat.
Finn was then seen walking up a flight of stairs, heading towards his destination, when he stopped moving for a second when he the hazy narrative of his magic alerted him at the attempt to undermine his sealing spell that was protecting his boathouse home.
"Someone's trying to break the protection spell on my boat. I can feel it." Finn was not impressed, he was angrier more than anything. He then closed his eyes and began to start reciting a counter chant.
"Phasmatos Fumos Extas! Phasmatos Fumos Extas!" Finn sharply retaliated with, the hazy narrative returning with a vengeance and canceling out the magic of the quintet back in Chance Harbor.
A large, aggressive flash of mystical energy exploded from the cabin door and telekinetically threw the group of friends back away from the door quite violently with a few screams from the girls as they all hit the deck floor.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" Faye yelled in disbelief and fear too.
"Ugh….that's going to leave a mark…" replied Jake, so cavalier, in his delivery.
"I've never felt power like that before…" Melissa revealed, "…I felt his anger. His fury." she further admitted.
"Who's?" asked Cassie.
"Finn's…" Adam replied, beating Melissa to the punch.
The five friends looked at each other, not sure, what to think. Melissa was the most affected by what they had tried to do, she found herself getting more upset about it as her eyes began to slowly fill with water; knowing the tears that followed would not grant her peace of mind or Finn's immediate forgiveness for that matter. She felt horrible, knowing her betrayal would only be felt more than ever by Finn, wherever he may be.
Finn opened his eyes slowly and sniffed a bit. He was hurt. Finn kept his emotions in check for the time being and quickly wiped his eyes clean of any tears that were trying to escape in his upset with his forearm, before shaking it off and resumed his stairway climb. He'd deal with everyone eventually when he returned to Chance Harbor in the next couple of days, but until then they could rot for all he cared right now.
The quintet opted to leave the Chance Marina for now and console Melissa, starting to think that maybe they should have just waited until they saw him in-person and boiled things down to a lapse in judgment on their part regarding recent events and to curb their growing desperation. They were all scared of their new enemies, and that same fear was forcing them to make bad decisions and had quite possibly just ruined a potential alliance and friendship with Finn Jr, who may have been able to help them.
Frederic had witnessed the whole thing; his own growing confusion over Finn Jr would only further complicate things for himself, his siblings and his plans for both Cassie and Diana. Once the coast was clear and the others had driven off, Freddie made his own way over to Finn's boat, where he walked up the ramp before ultimately stepping off and onto the deck. He positioned the palm of his hand onto the cabin door; where he tentatively maneuvered his fingers down the center of its wooden base.
"Who are you, really, Finn? And what are you truly after here in Chance Harbor?" he asked himself out loud, "I have to know…" Frederic told himself; who was determined to succeed at any cost.
The scene began moving out slowly, away from Frederic, who was clearly torn about the whole situation. He didn't know what to think or feel. All he knew was that he had to uncover the truth about Finn Jr and he wasn't going to stop until he did; he always did enjoy a good mystery and was undefeated in solving them too.
...To Be Continued.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Originals, the Vampire Diaries or the Secret Circle.