AlexysKinner
Cassie Gilbert-Bennett doesn't fit into Mystic Falls' perfect little picture. The secret product of an affair between Abby Bennett and Grayson Gilbert, Cassie has always been an outsider looking in. While her half-sister Elena plays the tragic, coddled princess, Cassie lives with Grams and Bonnie, quietly hiding a mind-boggling IQ of 170 behind a canvas and a paintbrush.
But intelligence isn't her only secret. Cassie is a siphon-a magical anomaly. With no magic of her own, she must steal it from others. Under Grams' strict but loving guidance, she's learned to control her volatile nature, funding her life by selling her hauntingly beautiful paintings and ignoring the high school drama. She has her own circle, her own life, and a burning hatred for Tyler Lockwood and his petty bullying.
She never asked to be a part of the supernatural chaos engulfing her half-siblings. She explicitly avoided it. But when the Original Family rolls into town, everything changes.
Enter Kol Mikaelson. Wild, psychotic, and deeply fascinated by magic, the Original Vampire spots the brilliant, sarcastic witch holding a paintbrush-and recognizes a kindred darkness. But when a desperate play for survival forces Cassie to do the unthinkable, she doesn't just become a vampire. She retains her ability to siphon.
She becomes the world's very first Heretic. And alongside a chaotic Original who loves her darkness just as much as her light, Mystic Falls won't know what hit it.