A/N: A new story that's been picking at my brain these past few days. Let's face it, who understands you more than yourself? I hope you enjoy this story, it's only going to be about six chapters. But it'll be a fun six of them. This story does feature Sarah/Ethan, and Erica/Benny pairing, so enjoy.


SaraharaS

Chapter 1: And Then There Were Two

Sunday

An explosion of pink smoke, a shriek, and the sound of coughing- that's how Sarah's Sunday ended. She waved her hand back and forth trying in vain to clear the smoke from Benny's failed spell. From within the depths of the remaining vapor something began to take shape, on reaction Sarah bared her fangs. For a moment she thought she was starting into a mirror, and felt a strange wave of emotions, had Benny's spell cured her? The notion was immediately dashed as she felt her fangs pressed against her lower lip. If she wasn't looking at her reflection, then what heck was in front of her?

"Oh boy," said Benny as he skipped through pages in his spell book. "That's not supposed to happen."

"T-two Sarahs?" asked Ethan his voice cracking. "Benny what did you do?"

Sarah's eyes never left her clone's, it was the doppelganger that eventually broke the connection. For a fraction of a second the clone's eyes caught sight of something behind Sarah, there was a glimmer of some primal emotion deep within its eyes, and then it was gone. The only thing standing behind her of any interest was Ethan.

"Uh-hi," said the second Sarah as she raised her hand uncertainly. "I don't know whether so say it's nice to meet you, or it's good to see you again."

"Ethan, Benny, can I talk to you for a moment?" said the real Sarah as she backed away. "Why don't you take a seat, we just need a minute."

The clone nodded and sat on the sofa; Sarah entered the kitchen and looked at the boys. "You told me this was supposed to curb my vampire cravings, not make another me."

Benny looked down at his book and shrugged. "It looks like I said a word wrong, and as we've all seen I've created a twin… or something like that. Right now the spell is mostly gibberish, so I can't really understand the details. But she should fade away in about a week; unfortunately I don't think we can do anything else but wait for her to disappear."

"Maybe it won't be that bad," offered Ethan as he peered at the other Sarah. "She looks harmless."

"And how many times have we learned that when Benny casts a spell wrong, something bad ALWAYS happens? The undead pets, the love potion, and let's not forget the werewolf."

"Oh so we're going to bring up every single one of my magical indiscretions?" asked Benny.

"Indiscretions?" asked Sarah as she raised her eyebrows.

"E got me a word of the day calendar Christmas." He gave Ethan a fist bump. "What if she's not that bad? I mean we all win in a way. I learned a new spell, Ethan gets to stare at you twice as much as normal and you get someone to take your place for the week."

"I do not stare at Sarah," Ethan was blushing red. Normally Sarah would've said something but the clone weighed heavily on her mind. Nothing Benny ever did went right, ever. "Let's talk with her."

"What?"

"I said let's talk with her," offered Ethan. "She may be a clone but she's still a human… vampire… she's still you."

They all exited the kitchen and the second Sarah stood up, she had a large smile across her face. "Are you guys done talking?"

"For now," said the real Sarah feeling uneasy. "I've always wanted a sister, but two of me is sort of weird." Her twin shrugged.

Ethan approached them and carefully examined the original and then the double. Instead of his normal head over heels look he had a more analytical one.

"Can I suggest a name for myself?" asked the clone. They friends looked at one another and nodded. "Since the original is Sarah, how about something close to that? You can call me Sasha."

"Sasha?" asked Ethan as he looked over at the real Sarah, who shrugged that wasn't a name she'd really thought about before.

"It's a name I've always been fond of." Said the clone with a smile. "Or you've been fond of. I guess you can say that I'm not really my own person."

"No, I'm not so sure about that," said Ethan as he looked over his shoulder at Benny. "Sarah has earrings on, and Sasha doesn't. In fact she doesn't have a bracelet either. In other words she's not a perfect clone. Do you have any powers?"

"You mean vampires powers?" asked Sasha as she smiled. "Of course I have them; I am a double of Sarah after all."

"Sarah can she bunk with you until we think of something? We have school tomorrow and I think I'll be able to create a fake record for her by then."

"You want me to take her to my house and let her come to our school?" asked Sarah in disbelief. "Is that really a good idea?"

"Honestly, I don't think anyone will notice," said Ethan. "These things tend to go unnoticed in Whitechapel and it'll only be for a week. We can't keep her here or at Benny's house."

Sarah looked at Sasha, and then at Benny who shrugged. After a moment of internal debate she decided it was ok. "Fine, but my parents will definitely know something's up if I come home with another me."

Benny pulled something out of his pocket and handed it to Sasha, it was a small ring with a red jewel on it. "If you wear this then Sarah's parents won't be able to tell that you're a clone, it'll hide your real appearance. Unfortunately we had some problems with another thing like this so it will only work on her parents."

As they got ready to leave Sarah pulled Benny aside. "I have a bad feeling about her, she's not an exact duplicate and that worries me. Can you please look into that spell some more?"

"If you're so worried then why are you going to let her stay at your house?"

"You have to keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."

"This is really bothering you isn't it?" asked Benny. "If you don't trust her, then why don't we have Ethan use-"

"No," said Sarah. "If she's just like me then he'll be the one in the most danger."

"I'll never understand you two, but ok I'll look into it."


The moon shone bright above them, bathing the world in it's milky light. Sarah felt uncomfortable as she stared at Sasha, who seemed not to have a care in the world. In the light she looked almost like a ghost as she moved from object to another. It looked as though she was taking in the world for the first time.

"So," said Sasha as she picked a single purple flower. "What's with you and Ethan? I mean I know, after all we share the same memories, but I still want to know."

"We're friends," said Sarah wishing any other subject had come up. "That's all."

"We both see the way he looks at us, you. This is going to be a grammatical nightmare, but if you don't do something about it you might lose him. Have you considered that?" She plucked a single petal.

"I'm not worried about losing Ethan; we're not dating or anything. He's just a really good friend."

"But you want to. I can feel it in our bones. If you don't do something then it's only a matter of time before someone just sweeps in and takes him away. You can't make him wait forever." She tossed the purple petal to the ground and plucked another.

"No one's interested in Ethan, he's a nerd. That's what makes him so unique."

"You think no one can see under that geeky exterior of his? What about that one girl Hannah Price? You remember the internal turmoil that caused us? And who's not to say Erica has a thing for him?" This time she crushed it.

"Erica?" asked Sarah in disbelief. "Now you're just-"

"You remember what she said about Benny's blood, and the way she looks at him. Is she not allowed to feel the same way about Ethan? Have you called dibs on him? Is he your boyfriend? No, because you're waiting for him to make the first move. And he did, but you seem to have forgotten about that." Sasha was looking at her and held the damaged flower up. A single purple petal fell. "Do you really think no one's interested in him?"

Sarah stopped and watched it it floated to the ground. Yeah they had gone on a couple of dates in the past, but nothing had come of it. They had remained friends, and sure she had felt jealous of him in the past, but wasn't it only because he was happier than she? Was Sasha right, had she been that blinded? She looked at the clone feeling even more uneasy than before, how was she able to look at it so differently? Did being a clone allow her to look at her emotions from a whole a new perspective?

"You're afraid things won't work," said Sasha she turned the small flower in her hand. "And what if they don't? What if you lose Ethan, and then Benny? And of course if you lose Benny Erica will surely follow. After all they're all the friends you have. Could you really jeopardize everything in the name of some teenage romance?"

Sarah felt a cold sweat break out on her body.

"And we can't forget the very things that set us apart from him." Sasha looked at her and let her fangs appear.

Sarah reached up and touched her own. "We're practically two different species, he'll live a mortal life, and I'll watch him die. Even if I take my own life I'll be stuck in purgatory because of this stupid curse."

"He even offered to search for a way to free us, but is it right to believe in his promises when the only foundation for them is hope? Can we really deny ourselves this one chance at happiness when it might only be for a fleeting moment?" asked Sasha as she looked at Sarah. She dropped the flower on the ground, and waited for an answer.

"We can't," said Sarah as a strange lump formed deep within her. "It wouldn't be fair to either him or me."

"I know what Ethan means to you," said Sasha looking away with tears in her eyes. If Sarah had been staring at her she would've seen the unnatural smile spread across her face. "I'm sorry I brought it up, I-I guess I just wanted to understand."

Sarah took a step forward and then looked down, she had crushed the purple flower Sasha had been holding. It was smeared across the sidewalk just a small spec against the grey concrete. A fleeting moment of happiness... They walked in silence. At the end of the street they ran into Erica who merely raised her eyebrows at the two.

"This must be Benny's fault," said Erica aloud with annoyance and a hint of amusement. "This is gonna be interesting."