Bending the Rules of Magic (A Secret Circle Fanfic)

Chapter 3:

"glad you came, sis." Damon says leaning against a tattered old dresser.one of the drawers is missing and there's a chunk missing in the top right corner. talk about quality living space.

"that makes one of us." i say raising and eyebrow and crossing my arms over my chest.

"i'm suprised you didnt bring your little possi with you." a platinum long haired girl behind him says.

"they're outside." Adams says.

"but its not like i couldn't take you by myself. "i say narrowing my eyes at both of them. 

'"well in case you're wondering, this is my-i mean our sister." Damon smirks.

"I'm Winter. Winter Blackwell." she says sweetly, extending her hand to me. 

after a minute she lowers it realizing im not going to accept it. 

"so what do you want, exactly." i ask.

"to test you." Winter says. "they've always said the third circle was clueless. some things they still havent figured out. other things, John Blackwell kept to himself. we just need to find out what you know." and just them a knife flys toward my feet. 

i jump and just barely miss it.

"what the hell was that!" i scream.

"so obviously she hasn't figure out the flying thing." Damon says.

"flying thing?" Adam asks.

Winter brings her shoulders back, contracts her chest in and the back of her tank top rips apart revealing two black wings.

"holy shit." i mutter.

"its a Balcoin thing." Damon says winking.

i blink for a split-second and jump when i open my eyes.

Damon is sporting a pair of black feather masses on his back. 

"here say this." Winter says handing me her book of shadows. 

"Tani, supre, demay. Tani- this wont make me explode will it?" i ask.

"nope. if we wanted you to, i think we could have done it already."

"fine." i say. "Tani, supre,demay. Tani,supre, dema- ah!" i shout and fall back against Adam.

damn it, i fell for it. they must be witch hunters, trying to kill me or something. 

suddenly i feel really light and Adams eyes widen. 

i look down and see that im two feet off the ground.

"cool." i stammer.

"so." Damon says. "you still afraid?"

"no." i say and look at the beat up dresser. it goes up in flames but Winter is quit to curl in her fingers and put it out.

"did you do that just by staring at it?" Damon say frantically.

"yeah why?" i ask shrugging.

"she really is the one."Winter says softly. 

"the one?" Adam asks. "what do you mean the one?"

"the one who will end everything." Damon says. "the most powerful witch in history..." Damon says like hes terrified. "are you dating her?" he asks.

Adam nodds.

"You're glad your still alive." Winter fiddles nervously with her fingernails. 

"i would never hurt Adam." i say defensively.

"well i hope your not afraid to hurt witch hunters, cause there's about 20 of them on their way here right now." Damon says smiling.

"did you call them?!" i shout.

"no. but i can hear them, they just pulled up." Winter says like im an idiot or something.

we hear a scream and run outside to see Melissa fighting off a hunter with her dagger. 

i glare at him and he flies back against the car behind him. 

i grab hold of my crystal and flames go up everywhere. 

i try to put them out but they keep spreading.

"the Balcoin magic is connecting!" Damon shouts. 

"We have to bind ourselves to control it!" Winter grabs my hand and pulls me back. 

we all take hold of each others palms and they start reciting some spell i cant make out over all the comotion. 

the crystal lifts up from my chest and starts glowing. 

"Cassie! you have to say it!" Winter screams.

"uh, lumine, tenabre. lumine tenabre!" i say and a ring of fire comes up all around our triangle. 

"STOP!" i yell at the top of my lungs and it all dies out in an instant. "thank god."i breathe.

"Melissa, are you okay?" Faye asks fixing her shirt, which is practically torn to shredds.

"yeah i'm fine..."she says steadying herself and sitting down on the hood of Adam's jeep.

"here." i say grabbing her wrist and focusing on her cut.

i closes up seemlesly and she sighs in relief. 

"thanks."she says and i smile.

"Damon." i say. "what did that spell do?"

"its not what you think." he grins. "its not the same kind of bond the circles have. it just makes our combined magic stronger and more controlled. so we could pur out all that fire. but we could have also made it ten times bigger with all of our power put together."

"so you still have individual magic." Winter adds. 

"sadly, nothing ever seems to be able to take that away." i say softly.

"so?" Damon says. "see ya around?"

"i guess so. how long are you staying?" i ask.

"until Diana comes back."

"wait, what?" Adam says "how do you know Diana?" 

"we were on our way here and she showed up with some guy in Riverwalk. since she was closer then us, she got pulled into my circle." he explains. "so until she leaves Riverwalk, im stuck here in this circle."

"i know the feeling." Jake says aggrivatedly.

"Nick died!" Melissa snips.

"well, what about you?" i ask Winter.

"we have to stay together, especially since we just bound ourselves. but my circle never does anything anyway. just leaves it all on Damon's."

"you have two circles in the same town?" Faye asks.

"yeah. i know what your thinking. but its not that great. it means double the witch hunters and double the work."

"wait, doesn't Diana have to be a part of this too?" 

"no."

"why?" i ask,

"because shes not your sister."

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thanks for reading!