The Secret Diaries of Cassie Blake

Chapter 5

"So, how did it go?" Klaus asked as soon as Cassie called him.

She laid on her bed and smirked with the cellphone on her ear. "Really well," The hybrid witch said chukling. "The circle will be bound tomorrow night."

"Excellent," Klaus said and paused. "Out of curiousity, how much did you charged on my account for this new deal of yours?"

"Klaus, I am hurt," Cassie huffed in mock outrage. "You truly believe I would leech wealth out of you without asking?"

"Well, if you could smell a good opportunity to manipulate your way through the local witches, I would say yes," He replied.

"Good," Cassie said nodding. "You recognize my talents then."

Klaus laughed. "Never change, my moon princess. Never change."

Cassie joined him on the laughter and then went on to explain te details of her deals. Klaus listen in silence until she was done.

"So, you need me to give you the gypsie talisman so you can restore their powers," Klaus said thoughtfully. "All right, that can be arranged. I will send someone to Chance Harbor to give it to you as soon as possible."

"Great," Cassie said smirking. "Good night, Klaus."

"Good night sweetheart."

Cassie fell asleep soon after but she wasn't able to rest. With witchcraft training and supernatural werewolf senses she usually has visions on her dreams on the nights before the full moon. They were trying to tell her something and, while she couldn't grasp the meaning of the images, she was sure they were important; specially that of a robed man that used a medallion to redirect fire toward some men. Then she heard a voice she couldn't recognize whisper a name to her: Balcoin.

Cassie woke up with a start. She slowly made her way to the bathroom before undressing and getting in the shower. Under the hot water, she started thinking about what her dream could have meant and why the name Balcoin was so familiar to her. She seem to recall reading that name in a Grimoire but she couldn't remember what it was about. When she got ready she approached her window to close it and just then her enhanced senses caught the unmistakable smell of sex in Nick's room. Cassie raised an eyebrow and it was raised further when she also sensed Melissa's presence in her room. She slowly closed her window and pondered on what she just learned.

"Well, from what I gathered yesterday Melissa is Faye's best friend," Cassie thought. "Once Faye is on a powerful enough level to be a match to the other four witches combined she and I will be the undisputable leaders of the circle. I am expecting some opposition from the rest when the time comes but perhaps I can use Faye's friendship with Melissa as a bridge to easily sway the witch couple to my cause," Cassie plotted with a smirk. "Then I will just have to deal with Adam and Diana. Diana will be the next domino to fall," She decided. "I can't have her morals getting in my way. I will have to think of something to corrupt her. And finally Adam will join up to follow his girlfriend or because he will stand alone; either way I win," Cassie thought chuckling.

Cassie had a boring school day. She wished there were Folklore classes; she would definitely excel on those. However, she did got to meet the class president, Sally Matthews. She was nice with her and asked her to help her out on a festival on the afternoon close to the Boathouse. Cassie decided to agree since they weren't going to bind their circle until after nightfall and getting on the good side of the class president might be useful for her in the future.

A few hours into the activity, however, Cassie realized there was trouble. With her enhanced werewolf hearing she spied on a private conversation between Adam's father and an older man. She got a weird vibe from him. He was definitely a witch and an powerful one at that, which lead her to believe he may be an Elder. The thing was that even with all that power she could feel from him, it also felt rusty, as if he hadn't practiced in years. From what she heard, Ethan was letting him know that Charles nearly drowned him with magic and the Elder obviously wasn't pleased. Cassie decided to look for her soon-to-be circle members to ask them who he was. She found Faye with Melissa and Nick on a backroom drinking from some herb mixture she didn't care enough to ask about.

"What is it?" Faye asked.

"Do you know who is that old man that was talking to Ethan?" She asked.

"Oh, that is my lovely grandfather," Faye said with a grin. "He is visiting."

Cassie mentaly groaned. If she wants Faye as her ally, she can't harm her grandfather even if he tries to strip them from their powers as Cassie suspects. Thinking quickly she decided to go with her improvised plan.

"Listen to me," Cassie whispered. "Do what you can to make sure the other avoid him and if you run into him try to stay in place with as many witnesses as possible. Blend with the crowd if you have to."

Faye blinked. "Why?"

"I think he plans to strip us from our powers," She said while Faye expression turn to horror. "Don't worry, I will make him leave somehow but don't interfere," Cassie warned. "None of you have enough training to handle an Elder."

Faye nodded. "Okay, just don't hurt him." She said and left with Melissa and Nick after telling them she wants to drink something.

Cassie looked around until she finally spot Dawn.

"We got trouble," Cassie stated.

"I noticed," Dawn said grimly. "Henry already told me that he plans to strip all of you from your powers. What do we do?"

"Can you get him to come to your house tonight?" Cassie asked.

"I think so," Dawn replied.

"Good," Cassie nodded. "This is what we are going to do: you are going to call Charles and tell him to take the rest of the circle with him to the school under the excuse that you have some books in the school library you want to get rid of and you are letting them pick some of them. While they are away you will convince Henry to come to your house while I prepare."

"What are you going to do?" Dawn asked.

"I am going to wait for a contact of mine to help me," Cassie respond vagely. "See you later."

Cassie then drove to her house and thankfully, her grandmother wasn't home. She got to her room and grab one magical object she will need. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door and Cassie smirked when she noticed it was night already. She went down the stairs and smirked as she recognized the smell before opening the door. A pale and tall red haired beauty was standing in front of her with a mischevious smirk plastered on her face.

"Its good to see you again, Cassie," She said.

Cassie's own smirk broaden. "Mary Porter would you please come on in?"

A/N SUPPRISE!! Yep, Marie Porter is on the scene now, the vampire who sired Rose and Klaus turned himself. I always thought that since she was second only to Sage in terms of age and strength for the non-original vampires she could have had a more interesting potential than the show gave her credit for and since this story starts near the end of TVD Season two I decided to add her. I hope you enjoy and please review.