#lizzie might have met her platonic soulmate

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Steddie's kid, let's call her Lizzie, got Steve as her teacher, walks into class.

Lizzie: Hey, dad.

Student: You're not supposed to call him that.

Lizzie: But he doesn't like it when I call him mom.

Eddie: *who's the music teacher walks by* You tell him, Lizard.

Lizzie: Papa!

Same student: Oh my god! Is that what Lizzie stands for?

Eddie cackled all the way down the hallway while Lizzie slapped a hand to her face.

Lizzie: It's Elizabeth. You dingus.

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Based on this old thread and ideas we came up with.

Caroline passed the hallway in front of her daughters dorm, her mind spinning a thousand miles an hour. A headache pressed against her temples like it had been since Alaric had called that morning. This was insane, impossible almost. But with the way their lives worked, all the blonde had seen, it was actually realistic and that is what scared her the most. Katherine Pierce had been sharing her daughter’s body for the last tenish years if she was doing the math correctly.

It made sense why in Katherine’s final moments she had anchored her consciousness to Lizzie. The damn Petrova magic being stronger than any the group had ever seen, even Bonnie’s which was saying something. It explained why Lizzie had been able to do magic stronger than she should have been able to do as a Siphonor witch. Why when she had a meltdown her magic was uncontrollable and even some of Lizzie’s choices made more sense. But Katherine picking Lizzie wasn’t just for that, but the connection to the one person the three of them loved and missed.

Caroline lifted a hand to play with the silver dove necklace that rested on her chest, one she rarely if ever took off. Katherine had picked Lizzie because of Lee. Lizzie had always been Lee’s favored twin, their connection so pure it had warmed Caroline’s heart. It had given the blonde vampire hope that Lizzie could ground Lee, or help Caroline to ground her, after Katherine’s first death. It had worked for about seven years. But Lee’s demons were too strong. And when Katherine had found a way back to life, Lee was already locked away asleep. It made sense Katherine knew Lizzie might know where or at least could get Caroline to spill that answer.

But it seemed the two had waited until now to even bring Lee up...bring up the fact Katherine and Lizzie shared a body. While she was glad the truth was out it angered her as well. This whole thing was a mess, added to the mess that was becoming the school.

With a deep breath, readying herself for how this whole thing might go, Caroline stopped pacing and opened the door and stepped in. What she wasn’t expecting was Nikolas Mikealson to be sitting on the bed with Lizzie. Ric has said once he’d found out the truth he’d sent her up here to think in peace and call her. Though this was another surprise that made sense. Caroline hadn’t forgotten how Niko’s eyes had turned a bright gold the moment she’d locked eyes with Lizzie when they were little. It was just something that had been pushed back. She and Hayley had agreed to let that bond grow naturally, when the time was right they’d explain it together to the girls. Lord she hoped that time wasn’t soon now with everything currently going on with Lizzie.

“Niko,” She gave the girl a tense smile, “I need to talk to Lizzie, alone. Please.” Caroline would never be rude to the girl, she had a prickly side but the vampire knew who the girl truly was. Soft, sweet, loyal to a fault, and so so protective of her daughter. Right now though it needed to be just the mother-daughter duo.

Niko gave Lizzie’s hand one last squeeze, “Sure, Caroline.” One of the few students that could get away with that and then pressed a soft kiss to the top of Lizzie’s head and stood, “I’ll be right down the hall if you need me.” The words a whisper for just the youngest blonde, then she was gone.

As the door shut, Caroline took Lizzie in. Trying to pinpoint any part of her that screamed Katherine. “So…” Caroline met her daughter’s eyes, “do you want to explain why you never told me or anyone for that matter, Katherine had decided it would be a good idea to link herself to your body?” After years of knowing Katherine, it didn’t surprise her. Their relationship had been tense at times but toward the end they’d found common ground. Their love for Lee overpowered their own issues. Katherine had begrudgingly accepted Caroline as the best friend and platonic soulmate while Caroline had accepted Katherine as the epic true love that had a small—that was being generous— psychotic side.

“Or better yet, why you two decided this outlandish plan was the only way to go and refused to cooperate any other way?” Caroline’s arms crossed over her chest, “Separating you two, when we don’t physically have Katherine’s body, is dangerous. I don’t even think Bonnie would have a spell that could do this.” Freya might, but that is a name she isn’t going to bring up at the moment. Blue eyes landed on the stack of Lee’s old journals, notes written in Lizzie’s and surprisingly Katherine’s handwriting were visible. But what caught her attention was a grimoire she knew had come from when Lee had found a way to Blackbeard Treasure. “Really, Katherine?!” She pointed at the book, “The only way she could have gotten that is if you took Lizzie into the restricted section and used your magic to unlock that collection.” It has taken years for Caroline to agree to adding those books in, they were dangerous—Lee had them locked in a safe, sealed with Katherine’s magic for a reason. But Ric had convinced her they could help the school, the higher level students. Not that they had a witch thong enough to teach that level or even a lore expert Caroline would trust to do so. Which is something Lizzie had brought up in the discussion with Ric as well.

Caroline strode over, grabbing the notes. Again she was surprised when she saw some in Lee’s old handwriting, she’d researched a spell like this before...she sighed. “This is insane.” She looked back at Lizzie. “Waking Aunt Lee up to help with all this crazy is something I can agree with. Something I have thought of since the moment this started. She would probably love all of this, as twisted as that sounds.” But then again Lizzie probably knows all of that already; Lizzie’s own relationship with Lee, Katherine, and the journals the blonde had hoarded since the day Caroline had put them into the school's collection.and yes, she still called Lee their Aunt. The sleeping vampire deserved that title more than anyone else she knew. Lee had turned her hi,sanity back on for the twins, for her even when they’d figured out Caroline was pregnant. Out of everyone Lee had been there the most; every late night craving, every appointment, and then everything foe the girls as well. Their bond making certain people question if Caroline was the new fixation but the blonde had known the truth. “But bringing Katherine back as well, truly worries me.” It also made sense the only way to get Lee back, the true Lee was to do this; bring Katherine back as well.