Why is it that every time I'm with you, makes me believe in magic? - Unknown

Cole took her out again the next day.

This time to the clearing near the Falls where most parties were held. Of course, it was early afternoon so nobody was there except them. Somehow, this was starting to feel like a really bad idea.

"Why are we here?" She asked Cole as they arrived. It was so quiet in the morning, so different from all the parties she attended here before.

Cole didn't answer her and she nearly jumped when she saw Meredith leaning against a tree. "Finally." The other girl said, looking impatient.

She wondered what she was doing here but then when she turned around Gad was there. "Hey Caroline."

"Gad?" Now she was confused. "What's going on? Why are you all here?"

"We want to explain." Cole said to her, looking sheepish.

Cryptic much? "Explain what?"

Cole sighed, looking tortured. "Look, I didn't want to tell you like this but-"

"She has a right to know." Meredith interrupted, glaring at him to continue.

Caroline was getting annoyed. What was up with these people? What did she have to know? "Know what?"

Meredith smirked at Cole who glared at her in return. With another tortured hiss, he turned back to her. "What you are, Caroline."

W-What she was? Okay, she was out of there. "Look, this is getting really weird. I should go-" But Gad was behind her, blocking her escape and even if the guy was pretty scrawny, he was still half a head taller than her. She couldn't run.

"Look, you don't have to be scared." Cole said gently, looking at her pleadingly.

"Then somebody tell me what's going on!" The hysteria was beginning to escape and if she didn't get answers soon, she might end up having a panic attack and that wouldn't be a pretty sight. "Cole?"

He closed his eyes for a second before looking at her straight in the eye, very seriously. "Caroline, this is going to sound really crazy but…I don't know how to say this, um…We're different. You're different."

"Oh for God's sakes, spit it out!" Meredith groaned out, looking very annoyed and she stepped forward until she was only a few feet away from Caroline. The approach was so sudden Caroline almost took a step back.

Meredith showed no hesitation as she said, "You're a witch! You're a full-blooded hundred percent witch. We all are!"

Caroline could only gap at her.

"There," Meredith looked both boys in triumph before turning back to Caroline. "Done."

Caroline was still gaping at her as Cole groaned and looked like he wanted to bang his head against a tree. She was still gaping as Cole grasped her arm and pulled her away, closer to the falls and farther from the clearing.

When they finally stopped, Cole looked like he ate something bad and kept muttering to himself, mostly "Meredith", "fuck" and "stupid".

When she finally regained her senses enough to close her mouth, her turned back to her, dark eyes confused on what to do. "Look Caroline," He said. "That wasn't how I expected that to go."

"Was it true?"

He looked startled at her question before nodding. "That you're a witch? Yes."

She swallowed as the next few words came out. "And you all are?"

He looked regretful. "Yes," He sighed again. "Look, I'm sorry about how this was all presented to you but-"

She interrupted him. "Prove it."

He looked at her questioningly, wondering if she was serious before picking a leaf of the ground, some dew still sticking to it. Without saying anything, the droplets lifted into the air like they were weightless. She could only stare in complete disbelief at what was happening and the strange exhilaration going through her.

It was the same energy she felt the night of the séance. And she realized this what magic felt like. Like a thrumming heartbeat of energy.

A smile broke out on her face and Cole let the water droplets fall back on the leaf. He grasped her hand carefully with his free hand and put the leaf there. With a challenge and belief in his eyes he said, "Now you try."

It had been a very eventful day and it was already night time when she got home. Her mom wasn't home yet and the only person that greeted her when she arrived was Valerie who was watching some movie on HBO.

"Hey Aunt Valerie," She greeted the older blonde half-heartedly. But her aunt had no plans to just let her go up to her room just yet.

"Hey Care bear, how was your day?"

Caroline stopped mid-step and turned back around. "Great. You?"

She shrugged. "Can't complain?"

Caroline took the exit but it wasn't until she was halfway up the stairs that the idea occurred to her. Madeleine had been a witch. She was a witch. And that meant that all the other women in her family could be witches too.

She went back down to where her aunt was seated on the couch.

"Guess what?"

Her aunt looked up in surprise. "You're hungry for some dinner?"

She shook her head. "How about you say it instead?"

Valerie looked confused but humored her niece. "Guess what?"

"You're a witch."

The laughter that followed dispelled all her notions.

And the cat is out of the bag. Some of the dialogue was taken from clip previews for The Secret Circle.