The Secret Diaries of Cassie Blake

Chapter 10

"Well, that was informative," Mary mused as they snapped out of the time traveling trance.

"Understatement," Cassie murmured as she processed everything.

"So, that was why your mom didn't tell you about witchcraft," Mary said after a moment of silence. "She felt too bloody guilty about getting her friends killed and refused to acknowledge that magic can also be great."

Cassie nodded slowly in understanding but she still felt somewhat mad. Her mother still had no right to keep such a secret from her. Then, her eyes widen as it all sunk in.

"My father is alive!" She gasped out. "He didn't die in the Boatyard fire, even if everyone else thought he did!

"And he is a Blackwell," Mary said thoughtfully. "Well, that certainly explains your genetic dark magic."

Then Mary smirked. "So, you are the scion of both the original light magic family and the original dark magic family? That makes you double royalty!"

Cassie chuckled. "It seems like it," She said proud of her heritage.

Then Cassie frowned. "Speaking of royalty," Cassie said slowly. "My father broke the magic block on his powers with some kind of magical medallion that was probably a family heirloom."

"Yeah, I noticed," Mary nodded.

"Well, we need to go to the boatyard and check if it's still there!" Cassie urged. "He dropped it and left so there is a chance it might still be on the boat."

"Okay," Mary said in agreement. "But we will have to run the whole way," She stated. "Your grandmother thinks we are asleep and a car heading to some abandoned dock in the middle of the night might look suspicious to any onlooker."

Cassie shrugged. "Who cares?"

And with that she opened her window and jump from the second floor to the ground bellow without breaking a sweat.

"Show off," Mary pouted.

"I heard that!" Cassie called out from the street.

Mary chuckled and jumped down as well with her vampire agility. She then smirked widely to her best friend.

"The last one to get there gets thrown off the ship," Mary cackled and she was gone with the wind.

Cassie's eyes widened and she ran like a blur of motion as her werewolf speed carried her as fast as a bullet. In just a couple minutes they left the urbanized area of Chance Harbor and headed to the coastline border of the town. Within another minute, they reached the abandoned boatyard.

"Woohoo! I won!" Mary shouted and danced in victory.

Cassie arrived ten seconds later to see her imitate a version of the gangnam style. She crossed her arms and glared.

"That's not fair," She growled. "You had a head start and you know as well as I that although werewolves can be faster than most vampires, I can't outrun a vamp as old as you."

"But you improved didn't you?" Mary laughed.

Cassie scoffed but she had to agree. Nothing motivates her like a competition. Then the two supernatural partners took in their surroundings. There were three big ships on the docks, and a few smaller shipping boats scattered around; all burnt up, all abandoned. The highest one on the middle however was the one that caught Cassie's attention.

"That's the one," Cassie said solemnly.

"Then let's go," Mary said and walked forward.

Cassie followed and after running through some old corridors they entered the room with the pole they used to tie her father. Cassie knelt down and placed her fingers on the holes of the crevice of the floor but while she could see the chain of the medallion, she couldn't reach it. So, she focused her inner magic on controlling her shape shifting abilities and in a few moments her nails turned into claws. Without wasting time, she grabbed the chain and pulled the object up. Both friends instantly gasped and were so shocked it took them a while to remember they had to keep breathing.