Heaven and Hell (22/?)
Fandom(s): Merlin, Supernatural, The Secret Circle
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, Dean/Cas
Words: ~860
Summary: Merlin, Arthur, and the rest of the gang are constantly being reincarnated. The story plays out the same every time, until Morgana seeks out Faye and Merlin crosses paths with the Winchesters. Then the game changes.
And spread, like weeds, their poisons wide,
Fresh healing plants came blooming bright,
And stood, to check them, side by side
Faye felt like she’d just fallen a thousand feet and slammed into the ground below. She turned her head up slowly and straightened her legs out of the fetal position. She was anything but helpless.
In her head, she heard the faintest echo of I’m sorry. It could only be from Merlin.
It was dark in the room, the only light coming from purposefully arranged candles. She was lying in the middle of a circle heavily decorated with symbols. Surrounding her was her old circle, plus one.
“Jake?”
A smirk pulled at the boy’s lips. “Nice to see you, Faye.”
“What do you want?” Faye glared at Adam. “You interfered with a powerful spell-you could have killed me!”
“You said the spell wouldn’t hurt her!” Melissa said in an accusatory tone to Cassie.
“She’s exaggerating,” Cassie said. “Or flat-out lying.”
“She’s bleeding,” Diana said in a quieter voice.
Cassie ignored Diana’s words. “Why did you leave? And why did you come back?”
The old familiar jealous, hungry feeling Faye got whenever she was round Cassie made a reappearance and now Faye knew what it was. It was her magic, Morgana’s magic, inside of Cassie. Of course, no one would believe her if she said as much. They followed the blonde bitch like a pack of blind dogs.
“Someone offered me my solo magic back. I said yes, then I left.”
“The circle was bound. You can’t have your own magic anymore,” Jake said.
“Thank you, Sherlock, but you’re wrong. You don’t know the half of it. None of you do.” Faye got to her feet and wiped her bleeding nose with the back of her hand. “She’ll find you. All I have to do is call and she’ll kill every last one of you.”
“Who’s ‘she’?” Adam asked warily.
“She’s better than any of you witches.”
“As if you’re not a witch,” Cassie said, raising an eyebrow.
Faye did not like that bitch’s new attitude. She lifted her chin. “You’re second rate next to me. All of you.”
Cassie smirked and Faye’s fingers twitched as she restrained herself.
“Adam said you told him something was coming. What did you mean?”
“Had I known this was going to happen, I’d have just let you all burn. I regret having come back at all.”
“Maybe you shouldn’t have.”
“I’m sorry, was that a threat?”
Cassie shrugged. “You tell me.”
“You don’t want to play this game with me, sweetie.”
“I’m sorry,” Cassie mocked. “Was that a threat?”
That was it. Faye threw her hand out and Cassie went flying back into the wall.
The circle gave a collective gasp.
“Her eyes!” she heard from Melissa.
“That’s what real power looks like,” Faye hissed. “Not stolen or bargained.”
Cassie made an attempt to glare her down and Faye felt an annoying prickle in her throat. She raised her hand and held Cassie up to the ceiling before letting her slam back into the ground.
“Faye, stop!” Diana yelled. “Just explain what’s going on.”
“Okay. Lesson one. Dark magic is stolen magic. Cassie’s supposed ‘dark’ magic was stolen from one of my ancestor’s, centuries ago. It’s not compatible with her-which is why she’s being such a bitch, and also why I never really liked her. She has a piece of powerful magic that doesn’t belong to her.”
“How could you possible have found all that out? It’s ridiculous.”
Faye glared at Jake. “You don’t believe me.”
“It’s not that,” Melissa said. “It’s just-you’ve been gone for so long and Cassie’s been here-“
“I didn’t steal your magic,” Cassie said vehemently. “I’m John Blackwell’s daughter.”
“And I’m a descendant of Morgana le Fay!” Faye shouted, windows shattering.
“You mean…the witch? Like, from King Arthur…” Diana’s eyes were wide.
“Yes,” Faye said, bringing her voice back down and adding a layer of honey. “That’s exactly what I mean. There’s been a war going on for hundreds of years and we just haven’t noticed it. But now it’s going to affect all of us. All those natural disasters a couple of years ago? That was the beginning of the apocalypse. Luckily, it was averted. But a rebel angel and two human brothers, believe it or not. But Merlin and Morgana are in the middle of this thousand-year-old feud and Morgana may or may not have unleashed Hell…again. So, some serious shit is about to go down. I did you a favor, I warned you, and this is what you fucking give me.”
“I’m confused,” Jake said, a mocking smile twitching at his lips saying he didn’t believe a word that came out of her mouth. “Let’s say this is all real. You’re working with Morgana and Cassie’s magic isn’t actually Cassie’s and you’re not power hungry, you just want what’s yours. Then why would you warn us about what your new BFF is doing?”
Faye just shook her head. “I don’t have to explain myself to you. But pull a stunt like this again,”-she turned to glare at Cassie-“and I’ll kill you.”
Faye stepped out of the circle and zapped herself back to the plantation house Morgana was staying at. She’d given them fair warning. Now the real war would begin.
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