Sorry but this is the last update for a while. Sister's wedding is in 4 days and lots to do .Hope you guys like the twists in here and Canick shippers- the ending is for you!

I don't own the secret circle

xoxo H

"oh my God" Melissa gasped and she tried to move back from Charles who was heading towards them but the bar was blocking them. They had no way to go Cassie turned to Faye and whispered, handing her a set of keys "in my trunk with the spare tire in a crystal, if you can sneak away go get it". Faye nodded and took the keys she quickly climbed over the bar and as she headed through the door to the back of the of the Boathouse to leave through the service entrance the group watched as she backed up back through the doorway into the bar "Yeah Faye why don't you get me that crystal" an eerie voice said, hand is his pocket, eyes dark as night: it was Adam. "What have you done?" Melissa said disgusted and Adam threw his hand up and Melissa went flying across the Boathouse and into a booth, knocked unconscious. "Son! What are you doing?" Ethan said and Adam hovered over his father who was crouching behind the bar "Don't you worry dear old I will take care of you as soon as I am done with him" Adam said headed towards Nick but stopped when he realized Faye was still standing there. "I thought I told you to get me that crystal!" his voice bellowed and Faye just stood there frozen. Adam lunged as Faye, grabbing her by the hair and started dragging her through the door behind the door "Get your hands off of her" Jake Said as he went for Adam, but Adam's magic was too strong, Jake's knees buckled and his hands clutched his throat and he couldn't breathe. Nick watched as his brother started to turn a slight color of blue and since Adam was distracted, he decided this was a good chance to run but he didn't make it far, Charles grabbed him by the collar and pulled him up, Nick's feet dangling off of the ground. Cassie looked at Nick 'Come on Nick use it" she yelled! Adam is killing your brother" she said as the gurgling from Jake started to slow and the blue in his face started to turn purple. "USE IT! YOU WILL DIE! YOUR BROTHER WILL DIE IF YOU DON'T!" Cassie yelled. Nick screamed so loud, the entire restraint started to shake and suddenly both Adam and Charles were on the ground and jake was gasping for air, but breathing. Faye, freed from Adam ran over to jay and got down on the ground with him rubbing his back and hugging him. Cassie ran over to Nick and helped him up "we have to do something. They are stringer than we are" she said as Nick placed his hand on her back, as he stood in a ready to fight stance. "Not as strong as this" Melissa said running through the front door of the boathouse, crystal in hand. No one had realized that Melissa had regained consciousness and retrieved the crystal and she was headed straight for Adam but Charles was quicker. He grunted as he staggered to Melissa in a zombie-like walk but he was fast. She tried to duck under his arm but he grabbed her and started shaking her violently trying to release the crystal from her iron grip.

"what are you doing?" Adam yelled as he headed towards Charles "You are supposed to kill THEM" he said pointing to Nick and Ethan. 'I told you to leave her alone!" Adam said as he reached his hand back in his pocket and Charles just grunted but slowed enough to where she could toss the crystal to Cassie who caught. She stood straight, her shoulders back and walked brusquely towards Charles, knowing she needed to rid him of the demons first. She realized she was wrong about that when she heard screams of pain coming from Nick. She turned to see Adam standing over him, with an evil grin on his face, Nick's eyes burning red and the skin on his face and arms were starting to burn and char. She started to head to Adam who only had one thought on his mind: killing Nick. He was so oblivious to his surrounding that he didn't even see Jake and Faye coming. Jake knocked Adam onto his back and Faye pinned him down as Jake dug into his pocket pulling out a shiny black stone. "Hematite!" Melissa said! "Oh my god! That's what he was using at the alter to store some of the skulls energy, to make it more portable!". "looks like it worked" Jake said dropping the stone, not wanting to get sucked into the power that was seducing the hand he held the stone in. Melanie walked over to the stone and looked down "Shatter stone shatter" she started to say and everyone else, except for Adam who was still being held down by Faye, joined in "Shatter stone Shatter" they repeated until the stone started to shimmy and shake across the planked floor of the Boathouse until it exploded, black smoke shot up and around the Boathouse before it exited the front door. The group ran to the door and watched as the dark energy shot up through the sky and disappeared. As they turned back two things happened simultaneously- Charles was headed towards them and Adam has collapsed on the floor, covered in sweat. Melissa ran over towards Adam and Faye grabbed her shoulder 'Don't he's too dangerous" she warned but Melissa shrugged Faye off and shook her head. "The darkness is gone. He's fine" and she crouched over Adam trying to revive him.

As Charles closed in on Nick, Cassie walked toward him with the crystal, determined to do whatever she needed to do to protect Nick and her circle. She knew that her dark magic combined with Nick's was not going to be strong enough. She had learned from her Grandmother that a crystal can kill a demon but what Cassie wasn't sure if the shell, in this case Charles, would survive and frankly she didn't care. He killed her mother for no reason other than to get Cassie to chance harbor and if he died then so be it.

"Charles" she called getting his attention, pointing the crystal at him. Charles released his hold on Nick and started twitching "Get. That. Away. From. Me" he said his head twitching as he stumbled backwards, away from the crystal, but Cassie didn't back down. "You killed my mother" Cassie said, an evil gleam in her eyes, her dark magic was shining through and there was no stopping it. Nick watched as Cassie said "How did it feel Charles, to watch my mother burn" and just then the legs of Charles' pants were on fire. "Does it feel good Charles!' She yelled "Can you feel your flesh burning?" Cassie yelled raising the crystal to make the fire travel up Charles legs "Huh Charles! HOW DOES IT FEEL!" Cassie screamed as hot tears streamed down her face. Nick watched in horror as the girl he loved was overtaken by the darkness to the point where she was willingly murdering someone, causing them a slow, painful death. Nick knew that Cassie would regret it but he also know that the demons were strong and that, even with a crystal, they would have to be burned or drowned out of Charles. He ran up to Cassie and gently took the crystal from her hand and she let him. Nick pointed the crystal at Charles, trying to ignore the screams and hisses that were coming from his throat. He watched as the fire lapped up every bit of Charles. Charles was spinning out of control, on fire and the rest of the group followed. As the fire caught onto a curtain Faye ran over to the starting blaze "no air for fire" she chanted and the fire went out. The fire caught on a table and Melanie ran over "no aire for fire" and the fire went out. Finally, after what seemed like an hour, the fire that was consuming Charles, started to die down and when it was completely out, the charred remains of Charles Meade fell to the floor, breaking apart like burnt charcoal on a barbeque.

Nick hovered over the smoking, black remains, Charles eyes still white and wide open, his chin and lips were pretty much burnt off the his teeth were shining right through holes that the fire made in his skin. Charles face resembled that of a black of skull and Cassie shuddered as she took the crystal from Nick. She crouched down next to Charles, the smell of burnt flesh and cotton making her gag. She went to place the crystal on Charles' head but what was left of it just flaked off. It was too late. Charles was gone and not even a crystal could bring him back. Cassie started sobbing, along with the rest of the group. Nick put his arm around Cassie and she let him, leaning her head into his shoulder. He knew that she felt like it was her fault but it wasn't- she didn't kill Charles, he did.

They heard footsteps coming through the diner and a gasp. They looked up to see Diana, her face white as a ghost "Dad?' she cried. "Oh my god" she let a sob release as she bent down to her father. "Diana" Cassie gasped and Diana looked at Cassie, with pain and hate filling her eyes. "what have you done?" Diana said hovering over Cassie who was being helped up by Nick but Cassie couldn't say anything. "I left town because of you. You and your darkness and I come back to find out you murdered my father!" Diana was yelling, trying to stop the shaking that was a sign of her dark magic being released. Cassie looked at Diana and shrugged Nick's arm away and headed towards Diana closing the space between them "I did not murder your father, though HE murdered my mother" Cassie said and Diana was speechless "You know" Diana said. "Yes I know. I know a lot more than you think, miss goody I don't want my dark magic so I am going to with someone that will lead me right to it" Cassie yelled. "You know what Cassie, I should have never come back. You are the problem. You are what almost destroyed this circle. You are what killed the witch hunters, my father and Nick and you need to go" Diana said raising a hand to Cassie but Cassie reached for Nick and grabbed the crystal "Go ahead. Try something and you will look like him" she said pointing to the charred remains of Diana's father and Diana cringed "You wouldn't dare" Diana smiled a smug smile "You want to Test me, Diana go ahead. You seem to think I am evil so why not put it to the test" Cassie antagonized while pointing the crystal at Diana as the circle watched on, no one wanting to get in between the dark magic duo. Cassie's adrenaline was pumping as she tried to shrug off the memories of her and Diana when they were friends, before tBlackwell returned, before they learned they were sisters. Cassie lowered the crystal, tears in her eyes 'You are my sister Diana, I can't hurt you" Cassie said and Diana laughed. "Sister? You are not my sister you an abomination of magic and you should have been the one to leave so we can live in peace. I wish you never came here and I wish a thousand times over that it was you that burned in the fire and not your mom" Diana said and Cassie couldn't take anymore. "And you are the one who is destroying the circle now, Diana by running off with grant. Bet you didn't know he is aligned with a circle from New Salem, Massachusettes" Cassie finally spoke the truth and Diana shook her head "You don't what you are talking about!" Diana sneered and Cassie said "Oh yeah than why did you come back? Where is Grant?" Cassie asked and Diana stood tall and proud "He headed to Ohio to find his cousin Deborah and her friend Melanie who went missing a few days ago" and Cassie laughed "His cousin? You mean our sister, Grant's fiancé". Diana shook her head is disbelief "You are lying!" . "No she's not" Melanie said walking towards Diana and Cassie. "I am Melanie Glaser, Melissa's cousin and part of the New Salem circle, or at least I was" Melanie said matter of factly. "And Deborah and Grant have been together for a long time. She agreed to Marry Grant if he brought you to her but she's dead now so there goes that" Melanie said solemnly. "No! I don't believe it. You are all liars" Diana cried. "Diana, it's the truth" Cassie said with sympathy in her voice. "No the only thing that's true is that you are nothing but pure evil Cassie and I would say that I can't wait until karma comes back around and kills you but you are already dead to me" Diana said and stormed out of the Boathouse and Cassie's heart sank.

Diana ran through the parking lot of the Boathouse, towards her car, her dark hair whipping in the wind. It can't be true she thought to herself but there was no denying it. She met Melanie, one of the people Grant left Diana to go searching for. Was Deborah really his fiancé? Something about the look on Melanie's face told Diana that it was the truth. That Grant had lied to her and deceived her. She shook her head as she fumbled with her phone. She dialed Grant's number and he picked up immediately "Grant!" she said frantically "Diana what is it?" he said and Diana tried not to fall into his sexy Australian accent. She needed the truth and the only way to do was to come right out and tell him what she knew "Deborah is dead" she said with no emotion and Grant's game was up. There was silence, a sob and he hung up the phone on Diana without saying a word.

Diana stood next to her car and cried. She dropped her purse, leaned onto her car and just sobbed with her face in her hands wishing she had someone to comforts her. She knew that all of that was gone and the anger started to rise in her chest. There was only one person to blame and that was Cassie. In Diana's mind, it didn't matter that Blackwell had set his plan in motion nearly two decades ago. Cassie used the medallion to get him back here, Cassie activated her dark magic and Diana believed it was Cassie who killed her father. Diana loathed Cassie and was determined to make her life a living hell. Diana wiped her face with the back of her hands and as she bent over to pick up her purse, she felt a hand cover her mouth. She tried to struggle and scream but whoever it was that had a hold on her was stronger than her. She could hear two sets of footprints and know her attacker wasn't alone. She flailed and tried to use her magic but it was not working. They were not only stronger than her in strength but in power as well. Diana started to feel faint and her mouth and nose were covered with a thick, red cloth. She couldn't stand and could feel the heels of her black pumps break as she was dragged across the lot, down to the marina. The last thought she had before the world went black was This is Cassie's fault.

After Diana had left the Boathouse, her words you are nothing but pure evil, Cassie rang through Cassie's mind and she knew she had to get out of there. The residual smell of Charles' charred body, the looks of sympathy and remorse on the faces of those around her was too much. She felt guilty and shameful of who she was. Maybe Diana was right. Maybe there is no turning back. Maybe the world would be a much better place without her in it. Nick saw the despair on Cassie's face and tried to go to her but she was almost halfway out the door "I just can't" she said and she left. When she got to the lot she saw Diana's car was still there and thought that maybe Diana walked. After all who wouldn't need time to think, to process after finding your father dead and learning the boy you loved had betrayed you. Cassie sighed as she got to her, noticing that broken window of the back seat. She knew that Melissa had to have gotten the crystal someway, and magic would not have worked because of the spell Cassie did to protect the crystal. Cassie closed her eyes and raised her hand to the shattered glass Piece by piece put it back together she said over and over until all the pieces of the glass rose of, repairing itself.

As she drove home, she thought about everything that had gone on and even though she knew that Nick killed Charles so that Cassie wouldn't have to live with the guilt it didn't matter. Cassie felt disgusting and guilty and sad and angry all at the same time. She wished she could go back in time to the day her mother died. She would not have taken the car, she would have stayed by her mother's side, and after all it was Cassie that Charles and Dawn wanted in Chance Harbor so there was no way they would have killed Cassie too.

Cassie pulled up to the big, empty house and got a shiver down her spine, knowing that all of this was far from over. She sighed as she threw her purse and keys down and headed right to the wine rack. She poured herself a glass, and sat at the dining room table with both her mother's and her father's books of Shadows and started to search through them. She had no idea what she was looking for but there had to be something, some spell, ritual or elixir that could fix the mess that she made of her life and everyone else's. She barely touched her wine, she just read and thought. She needed to make things right for her, for Diana and for Nick. Even with how she pushed away from him he had been nothing but kind and good to her and gave her what she needed even though she wasn't sure wanted it or even deserved it. Cassie blamed herself for everything that had happened to him, though he didn't see it that way. A faint smile came to her lips when she thought of him. She knew he loved her but was open to it? She was but she was afraid. Anyone that she ever cared about got hurt as result, whether directly or indirectly, of an action that Cassie took. Cassie had to stop thinking. She needed to sleep, to forget everything that went on that day if only for a night.

As she climbed the stairs to her bedroom, Cassie's head was still spinning from the turn of events that happened just hours earlier. Adam. Charles. Diana. She was still in disbelief that this was real, though her heart knew the truth. The tears had been pouring like acid rain for what seemed like hours. She had lost track of the time but never lost track of how disgusted she felt about herself. Cassie flipped on her light and noticed her curtains were open. She walked over to the window and noticed Nick was sitting as his desk looking at what seemed to be his book of shadows. Nick felt as if someone was watching up and looked up to see Cassie through the window, her blue eyes shockingly red and his heart sunk. She got up and approached the window and could see the reality of the day written all over the blonde girl's face. He wanted to go to her but knew the best thing to do would be to wait until she came to him. He left the window and went over to his desk and pulled a piece of paper out of the printer and Cassie watched curiously as he scribbled something and then approached the window holding up the piece of paper that read : Are you OK?. Cassie couldn't hide a smile as tears started to fall once again and she shook her head no. Nick went back to the desk, flipped the paper over and scribbled something else down. Cassie could tell her was hesitant to reveal what he wrote but she gestured with her hands for him to go on. He held up the paper that said: Want company? Cassie paused for a moment. Yes she wanted company, she wanted his company. She wanted nothing more than to be comforted by him and she needed to feel safe and Nick was the only person who give that to her. She shook her thoughts of earlier and decided she was ready. She needed him, she wanted him and she would try her damnedest not to hurt him or get him killed. Both fear and confidence took over her at the same time. It was weird feeling but she knew once he was there, her fears would be replaced by something else, something bigger than the both of them. She sucked in a breath and nodded. Nick smiled softly and disappeared from the window.

Cassie paced around her room, knowing that Nick would be there any minute. She was nervous and sad and trying so hard to keep her emotions, along with her dark magic in check. She went in the bathroom and splashed cool water on her flushed, hot face that she didn't notice him standing in the door way. She jumped when she saw him and he smiled as she walked out of the bathroom towards him "hey" he said and she replied with a soft "hi". "come here" he said and he opened his arms and she slowly walked over to him until she felt him wrap himself around her and her tears started once more. He rubber her back "it's going to be OK you know" he said and Cassie pulled back almost angry. "How can you say that? With everything that has gone on especially today how can you say that? How can you even be here! As Diana said I am pure evil. I am only going to hurt you Nick and I can't handle hurting anyone else that I…" she said and her words stopped. She almost said love and she didn't want nick to know that she loved him, if he knew that then it would only open up to be hurt and she wouldn't allow that. He gently took her face in his hands and looked right into those startled blue eyes "Cassie you are not evil. From where I stand I see someone kind and gentle who is willing to put her fears aside and even her own life on the line to do what she feels is right" he said and Cassie shook her head and Nick smiled as his drew his face in closer to hers. "Nick" she said and she tried to back away but her feet wouldn't move. "You are beautiful and funny and I just can't stop thinking about you. How much I need you near me, how much I want to be with you and I how hard I have fallen in love with you" he said and before she knew it the words she was trying so hard to suppress were falling from her lips as the tears, one of happiness fell from her eyes "and I love you".