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"Whose idea was it to try and find information here?" Anastasia asked outloud, tossing a book she had been reading to the side. She glanced at Liam, "The pedigree project was easier."

"Mine," Liam answered with a soft laugh, glancing back at her with a grin, shaking his head a bit. He picked up another book and flipped through it, trying to find something, but coming up with nothing. "There's gotta be something here about what happened when we kissed." He muttered. Because I'd like to kiss you again, if it's safe, he thought to himself.

"Maybe whatever happened when we kissed was some kind of freaky, unexplainable thing," Anastasia told him. She sat beside him, leaning over to look at the book he had in front of him, "Because can you explain it? I can't. None of these books can…"

"There's gotta be something," Liam said, looking over at her. He always knew he was something special, but he didn't want to be so special that he couldn't figure out what was going on with his love life. He sighed, putting the book up and looking around. "What one do we look through now?"

Anastasia let out a sigh. They hadn't even been looking for that long, but she was already ready to give up. That could be just because she didn't actually want to find out what had happened. She didn't want to know if she was special, or whatever the term would be. She was content being natural in the supernatural town of Mystic Falls. Ana reached out to grab a random book that she had pulled earlier, tossing it in front of Liam, "Doppelgangers," She said with a shrug, absolutely doubting there would be any real information. Ana was just running out of book options.

Liam sighed a bit, not thinking that there would be much information, if any, in the book, but humoring her anyways. He was flipping through, when a passage grabbed his eye.

"The product of two doppelgangers shall possess supernatural qualities resulting in different areas of specialization. Some doppelganger offspring might possess magic, for example. Another might be born and raised quickly. It's unique to each offspring."

Liam read the passage in his head, before glancing up at Anastasia. "Your parents are doppelgangers, right?"

"Yeah…" Anastasia didn't bother to read the book, since Liam seemed to have this one covered. But she glanced at him when he asked her a question, leaning forward a little, hoping he may have found some sort of information, "Why?"

Liam read the passage one more time, this time out loud instead of in his head. When he finished, he gave Ana a moment to process it before speaking to her again, clearing his throat some before starting. "Do you think you might be a witch?"

Anastasia stopped to consider this. A part of her wanted to deny the hell out of what he was saying. She came up with all sorts of excuses in her head as to why this was totally and completely incorrect. But a part of Ana also knew that this could possibly be true. She glanced at him, furrowing her brows together, "So, you think this could have been my fault?" Ana asked him.

Liam shook his head quickly, closing the book and reaching over to grab her hand. "God, no. I'm saying that it's a possibility that our magic bounced off one another," Liam said, wanting her to know that he in no way thought it was her fault. He just wanted to figure out what had happened. He didn't want, nor need, to place the blame on anyone.

Anastasia glanced down at their hands and then back up to him. She knew he wasn't really blaming her, it was just a lot to take in. Ana bit her lip, "So, this is something we did together…" She ran her other hand through her hair, resisting the urge to roll her eyes. Even if they were getting answers, they was still so much about this that didn't make sense, "I doubt this happens to all heretic and witch-who-isn't-supposed-to-be-a-witch couples when they kiss for the first time."

"No, I don't think it does. But I don't know if we will find those answers here," Liam sighed, shaking his head some, "For now, we should focus on what we do know. You're a witch who doesn't know how to control her powers. We should start fixing that."

"What are you talking about?" Anastasia asked, raising an eyebrow at him. Her brain was still a little frazzled from finding out she even was a witch. But after a moment, she understood what he was saying. Ana smiled just a little, "What, Liam, are you going to teach me magic?"

Liam laughed a bit, nodding a bit. "Well, yeah, that was the plan." Liam said with a smile, standing up. "Come on, let's go find a room," he said with a grin. They were at the Salvatore Boarding School after all.

Anastasia watched him as he stood up. She didn't really want to comment on the fact that he just told her they should go find a room. Ana knew what he meant, of course, given where they were, but the way he said it made her want to chuckle. She stood up after him, still holding his hand gently. She wasn't going to let go until he did, she glanced at Liam, smiling lightly, "Okay...I didn't even know I had magic until about 2 minutes ago so don't expect me to be as great as the heretic with 18 years of experience."

Liam laughed a bit, leaning forward to kiss her cheek. "I won't expect anything from you," he told her before letting go of her hand to grab a candle and set it down. "This is the first spell I learned," he said softly.

Anastasia crossed her arms, watching him and the candle, "Okay, so, how does this work?" She asked him, "Am I supposed to say something?" Ana felt a little stupid, but she was sure Liam wouldn't judge her for being new to this.

"You concentrate hard on the candle. Just think about lighting it, and if you concentrate on it enough, get to the point where you say incendia and the candle should light," Liam told her, looking at her with a smile.

Anastasia nodded, her gaze falling onto the candle. That didn't sound too hard. She was going to give it a try. With full confidence, Ana focused completely on the candle. When she thought she was ready, she closed her eyes and spoke the word, "Incendia," and then opened her eyes, only to find the candle unlit. Anastasia bit her lip, "Nice, that worked great," She mumbled to herself, in a bitterly sarcastic voice. Her gaze fell on Liam as she frowned.

Liam frowned a bit as well, not quite understanding. "Here," he said, coming up next to her and placing a hand on her arm. He positioned her to be facing the right spot (not that she was far off before, but being precise never hurt). "Try again," he said, not removing his hand.

Anastasia glanced at him when he touched her arm. She figured trying again wouldn't hurt. She did, trying as hard as she could to light the candle. Ana felt something growing inside her, which she had to assume was her magic ready to work. She let out a sigh, closing her eyes, and muttering the word. Anastasia's eyes opened, and she grinned upon seeing a flickering flame on the candle.

Liam smiled, glancing over at her with a smile. "That was good," he said, smiling softly at her and biting his bottom lip. He leaned over and pushed some of her brown her behind her ear. "You're a natural. You'll be better than me and Scarlet in no time."

Anastasia turned to him with a raised eyebrow, "You're just saying that," She said, giggling softly. She did appreciate the compliment. He was a sweet guy, "But thank you."

Liam laughed a bit, looking at her with a smile. "Come on, let's keep going. You've got eighteen years worth of spells to learn in the next two hours," Liam said with a soft laugh, obviously teasing her. He smiled before pulling out a grimoire and pointing to one. "Let's go."


Liam returned home after an hour or so more with Ana. She'd made a few improvements, but Alaric had a class coming, so they cleared out. He walked her home, kissed her cheek for fear of sending another spark, and then headed to the Mikaelson home. "Anyone home?"

"In here!" Scarlet called from the living room. She had laid down on the couch to read a book. Although she wasn't really reading, more daydreaming as she stared at the words. She glanced up to see her brother walk into the room. Scar moved to sit up, crossed her legs and faced him with a smirk, "Where have you been?" She asked. But, because of Ana, she knew where he had been, of course.

"Armory with your best friend," Liam said with a smile, before sitting down and looking over at her. "Did you know that she's a witch?" he asked carefully, looking over at her and biting his bottom lip. It was still weird to him to know that. Not that he liked Ana any less for it, he just had never expected that from their day today.

"Um… no, she isn't," Scarlet said, looking at Liam like he was insane or something. She liked to believe she knew her best friend well, and she wouldn have picked up on something as huge as that.

Liam laughed a bit, shaking his head. "Yeah, she is. When I kissed her last night...something happened, and we spent all day researching it. Doppelganger children are special, so she's special."

Scarlet glanced away for a moment in thought. She had a lot to talk about with him in that one statement alone. She bit her lip, sitting cross-legged on the couch and facing him, "Okay, we have to back up here, go from the beginning… so you kissed Ana. Good for you, by the way, I've only been waiting 3 years to watch you ask her out," And Scar meant that. If she wanted her brother to date anyone, it was Ana, and if she wanted her best friend to be with anyone, it was her brother. Anastasia had mentioned to Scarlet on the phone that they kissed, but she failed to mention what happened along with that kiss, "But then… what do you mean 'something happened'?"

Liam sighed a bit, biting his bottom lip. "Some magic spark-thing. It was strange, actually. We kissed and an actual magic spark shout out from between our lips." Liam expressed, looking at her and sighing. "We spent all day trying to figure it out, and we still haven't really. But, we do know she's a witch which makes it a little less confusing."

Scarlet glanced up at the ceiling, like she was trying to come up with some sort of solution or answer for them. But she couldn't, "I have never heard of anything like this," she told him, looking at him again, "I'm sorry… But, I mean, maybe it was just her magic getting frazzled because that was her first time using it. Have you guys kissed since that?" Even Scar knew her answer sounded really weird. She was pretty sure that wasn't how magic worked.

"No," Liam said, very quickly, not meaning to sound disappointed, but he totally did. "We're scared to, I think. I am, I mean. What if...something bad happens next time?" Liam asked softly, looking down at the ground and sighing and then looking up at her.

Scarlet frowned as she watched him, thinking to herself how sad it was that he was scared to kiss her. He had good reason to be scared, but still… "You never know until you try again," She told him with a shrug, "I mean, maybe that first time with the magic was a fluke and the second kiss will be the best kiss of your life."

Liam sighed, shaking his head a bit. "Maybe, but we might never know. I mean…" he stopped, shaking his head. "We'll figure it out. How are you? Anything new going on in your life?" He asked her, because he really just didn't want to talk about this anymore. It was honestly a bit uncomfortable.

Scarlet got the point that Liam was getting uncomfortable, so she dropped the whole subject all together. She let out a sigh, "Nothing new," She told him with a shrug, standing from the couch, "I just have a date tonight. But it's not a huge deal."

Liam smiled at her. "Really? Do I get to meet him? I don't really do the whole protective, scary brother thing, but we could bond or something," Liam said, smiling at her with a soft laugh. He shook his head over at her. "Who is he?"

"No, you can't meet him, mom can't meet him, Uncle Klaus can't meet him. You guys are going to scare him away," Scarlet said instantly, crossing her arms. She shot Liam a serious look to show she was not messing around, "His name is Marshall."

Liam gave her a look, shaking his head a bit. "Me? Scare people away? You've met me, right?" Liam said with a soft laugh, biting his bottom lip and sighing some as he did so. "Marshall? As in, Marshall Bennett?" Liam asked, raising an eyebrow as he looked at her with a soft smile.

"Yes, Marshall Bennett," Scarlet responded, rolling her eyes a little. She always got defensive when she got embarrassed. But Liam knew that, so there was no point in this. Scar let out a sigh, "I just don't want you guys to embarrass me, I kind of like him."

Liam smiled at her, wrapping his arm around her shoulders. "Come on. Embarrassing you is part of the fun," he teased before standing up and clearing his throat. "Want to go play some video games? I just got a new Marvel game that I've been dying to test out."

"I actually should probably start getting ready soon…" Scarlet glanced at him. She definitely just wanted to get out of playing his dumb video games. But at the same time, he looked pretty excited to play with her. Scar smiled at him, "What the hell, let's do it."


Stefan was sitting down in the living room, flipping through the channels. Caroline took the kids out to do some school shopping, and he opted to stay home since Katherine was supposed to be dropping Anastasia off at any moment. Though, he wasn't entirely sure when Katherine was coming exactly. He didn't want Ana to come home and have no one be there for her.

Anastasia let herself into the home once Katherine had dropped her off. She didn't speak to her mother much of the drive. She wasn't ready to tell her what had been going on with her. She was glad when she was finally dropped off in front of the home. She had a feeling Stefan would be more open to what was going on. Ana opened the front door and looked around, "Dad? Caroline?" She called.

Stefan heard the door, turning off the television, and stood up to come and see his daughter walk in. "Hey," he said with a smile. "Your mother said you had a date last night. How'd that go?" Stefan asked her, clearing his throat a bit. He hadn't had to deal with the dating thing yet, since Lilly was only 7. "He didn't, like, take advantage of you, did he?"

Anastasia frowned when he asked that question, like the conversation instantly got awkward. But he was also her dad, so she guessed that was a question he had to ask, "Um… No, he didn't," she told him, "It was Liam Donovan. He isn't really the kind of guy to do that. But it was…" Ana paused for a moment, thinking of how to describe how the date went, "Nearly perfect."

Stefan gave her a look, biting his bottom lip. "Nearly perfect?" he asked, grabbing two bottles of water and tossing one of them to her. "What do you mean by that?" He asked, opening up his bottle and taking a sip. "Did something happen?"

Anastasia caught the water bottle and held it in her hand for a moment. She had to think of how to describe what happened without sounding totally crazy, "Um, sort of. Something sort of happened," she bit her lip softly, "We were having a really good time. And then he dropped me off at mom's. We kissed and then something… Magical-ish happened. There was literally a spark."

Stefan gave her a look, narrowing his eyes slightly. That wasn't something he'd ever heard of before. He'd known that kisses could be magical in fairytales and stuff, but real life was far from a fairytale. "An actual spark?" He asked, clearing his throat a bit as he did so. "Seriously? That's kind of crazy," he said. "Did you figure out what it meant at all?"

Anastasia was actually kind of surprised he at least sort of understood what she was saying. She also forgot that Stefan had seen a lot of crazy things in his lifetime. Ana let out a sigh, "We were actually researching this morning. We tried to find some sort of explanation for what happened… We didn't exactly find that explanation, but we did find out something interesting that contributes to what happened," she bit her lip and looked at him, "Apparently I'm a witch."

Stefan gave her a look, and then thought through his own lineage as well as Katherine's. "Like, a traveller witch?" he asked, since he knew that Katherine had that kind of lineage in her family, but that didn't seem like the kind of witch she was talking about. "Or...how?" he asked, deciding to not just speculate, instead to ask her. She probably knew about this situation a lot better than he could ever even dream to understand it.

"No, like, a legit witch," Anastasia responded. She still didn't understand how this was possible, and she could see Stefan didn't understand either. Ana would have to try her best to explain, "It had something to do with the fact that you and mom are doppelgangers. You two had me… Which made me special, I guess."

Stefan frowned a bit, shaking his head. He'd never heard of that loophole before, but he supposed that there were a lot of things that he didn't know about. "I guess that could make sense," he said, thinking about everything that had happened in his life and knowing that loopholes and exceptions happened to be a prime spot in this town. "So, you're a witch. Do you think that spark could have been because it was your first time displaying your magic and it just overworked itself?" He asked her, raising an eyebrow.

Anastasia shook her head softly, "I don't know," she told him. That was her first thought, after she found out she had magic, but a part of her said that wasn't the entire truth, "Liam is teaching me how to use that magic now, so if that is the case, it doesn't happen again."

Stefan nodded a bit, looking at her and biting his bottom lip. "Well, that's good," he said, taking another drink of his water and sighing some. "I think that this is something we're going to have to figure out in time. But, I'll ask some people I know, and we can try to figure it out. I promise," he told her, reaching over to squeeze her hand and then let it go.

"Thanks," Anastasia told him with a smile. She really just wanted to get off the subject for now, it was complicated and stressful really. She crossed her arms, "And is there anything new with you?"

Stefan laughed a bit, shaking his head. "Other than my 7-year-old daughter wanting a nose ring? No," he said with a soft chuckle, looking over at her and grinning at her for a moment. "Come on. We should surprise Caroline and your siblings. Want to help me make dinner?"

Anastasia grinned back at him, "Sure, if you can trust me to not ruin everything," she joked, laughing a little as she went to her dad's side. She watched him for a moment, "You know, I wish I would have known you sooner. You're actually a pretty great dad."

Stefan smirked a bit, leaning over and grabbing a wooden spoon. "I am," Stefan said with a laugh. "Come on, grab the milk," he said with a laugh.


Okay! We hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of this story! Please don't forget to review!

Face Claims of Characters:

Anastasia Petrova-Salvatore: Victoria Justice

Liam Donovan: Matt Lanter

Candace Donovan: Abby Ross

Peter Donovan: Raphael Alejandro

Abby (Macomber) Donovan: Courtney Cox Arquette

Scarlet Donovan: Amanda Seyfried

Henry Salvatore: Jared S. Gilmore

Lilly Salvatore: Mckenna Grace

Marshall Bennett: Jacob Artist

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~Kim and Katia