Kady was walking with Jeremy in the schoolyard. She didn't care if people saw them together, as long as those people weren't Stefan or Elena. She wore a green and purple dress with a leather jacket over it.

"So how old are you anyway?" Jeremy asked.

"It's not polite to ask a woman her age." Kady pointed out. "But I was born in 1975. I lived in Mystic Falls until 1991 when I was turned."

"Did you know my parents?" Jeremy inquired.

"I knew your dad." Kady admitted. "I probably knew him a little too well. I was kind of his stalker…not to the uber-obsessive point, but I even knew that he and your mom were trying to have a child. I guess I was turned before she got pregnant with Elena."

"Wow." Jeremy commented.

"Anyway, I got to class. I hear there's finally going to be a History teacher." She replied.

Kady walked into History and the teacher walked in. He was a scruffy man, probably a bit younger than she was.

"Good morning, everyone." He greeted as he began to write his name on the board. "Alaric Saltzman. It's a mouthful. I know, doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Saltzman is of German origin, my family immigrated here in 1755, but I'm from Boston. Now the name Alaric belongs to a very dead great grandfather that I'll never be able to thank enough. You might want to pronounce it Al-ric, but it's Alaric. So you can call me Ric. I'm your new History teacher."

He was actually her only History teacher.

Elena looked at Kady and whispered very quietly 'Where's Stefan?'. She knew that for some reason, Stefan didn't feel like going to school.

At lunch, Kady decided to sit with Jeremy. He usually ate alone and had just come back from a meeting with the new History teacher. He looked happy.

"So what did Mr. Saltzman want?" She inquired.

"He wanted me to write a paper for extra credit." Jeremy explained. "So I notice that he had this ring on his finger. It was kind of like yours."

"Was the stone blue?" She asked.

"It was more of a black." Jeremy explained.

"Then, he's probably not a vampire." She told him. "So do you know what you're going to write about?"

"No." Jeremy admitted.

"Well, I know the Gilberts have been here since the start. Why not write about them?" Kady suggested before taking a bite of her sandwich. "What?"

"I'm just surprised to see you eat." He remarked.

"It's not as good as blood, but it still does taste good." She explained.

Near the end of the school day, Kady was found by Elena.

"I need to talk to you." Elena remarked.

"I didn't kill Damon." Kady responded. "As much as he deserved it, I spared him."

"I was wondering if you've seen Stefan." Elena replied.

"Yeah, right there." Kady replied, noticing him. "Hello, Stefan."

"You weren't in class today." Elena mentioned.

"Yeah, I came to tell you that I won't be coming to school." Stefan replied. Both girls were shocked. "I want to back off and keep my distance. It's the right thing to do."

"Back off from school or from me?" Elena asked. Stefan didn't answer. "Thank you for telling me."

"It's better this way." Stefan remarked.

"Yup, I got it." Elena replied.

"You're angry. It's good. It'd be easier if you hate me." Stefan replied as he walked away.

"I'll try yo talk some sense into him." Kady promised as she went to follow after him.

"Wait." Elena stopped her. "I was thinking about having Caroline and Bonnie sleep over tonight. You're welcome to come too."

"Thank you." Kady declared. "I'll be there."

From there, Kady went home to talk to her de facto brother.

"What are you doing?" She asked him.

"I need to stay away from Elena." Stefan explained.

"Why? It's not like you've done anything to hurt her." Kady challenged. "I know that you may think that you don't want her to know this stuff, but unless you want to erase her memory, she does know. On top of that, she loves you. I can see it in her eyes. Don't be an idiot and tell her that you love her too, because you obviously do."

"It's not a good idea for me to be with her." Stefan argued.

"Can you please stop being all broody and self-loathing. I know that you're upset about Lexi, but we need to move on here. You shouldn't give up on her. Now if you excuse me, I need to get ready."

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Elena invited me to a sleepover with her friends." The younger Salvatore explained. "It will give me some time to talk with them and expand my horizon."

A little bit later, Kady was ready to go. She noticed Stefan was dressed to go out.

"I'm going with you." He told her. "Elena called me and said that she needs to talk to us about something."

They went to the Gilbert house. Elena opened the door and Elena stepped outside.

"He threatened her." Elena stated, talking about Damon and Bonnie.

"What would Damon want with Bonnie?" Stefan questioned.

"She has this necklace." Elena explained. "Caroline got it from Damon and she gave it to Bonnie. Now Damon wants it back. He's tormenting her. I don't know what to do?"

"Why is he tormenting her over a necklace?" Kady asked. She knew Damon was insane, but it seemed even for him.

"It's not just any necklace." Elena explained. "It has to do with Bonnie's heritage. It belonged to one of her ancestors who lived here during the Civil War…when you and Damon lived here."

"Her name was Emily." Stefan said. "She was Katherine's handmaiden and a witch."

"You know about Bonnie?" Elena asked in shock.

"We both do." Kady explained.

"The first night you invited me over for dinner, I made the connection." Stefan admitted. "Kady apparently caught her in some trance at the car wash."

"And now Damon knows and for some reason he wants that necklace." Elena deduced."

"What's it look like?" Stefan asked.

"It's an antique iron setting…" Elena started.

"With an amber crystal." Stefan finished. "It belonged to Katherine. Emily gave it to her, which means that…I don't know. I'll find out what Damon wants with it."

"Will he tell you?" Kady asked.

"I'll get it out of him." Stefan promised.

"Should I come with?" Kady inquired.

"No, you stay here." Elena instructed as she pulled Kady into the house. "We're still having this."

Caroline later arrived with some takeout. Kady wasn't going to lie. She wished that she could have some blood, but she had enough control to abstain from it for at least the night. There seemed to be hostility between Bonnie and Caroline.

"I'm sorry." Caroline said out of the blue. "If you want the ugly-ass necklace, keep it. It's yours."

"Will you hate me if I tell you I threw it away?" Bonnie asked.

"You threw it away?" Caroline asked angrily/

"I know it sounds crazy, but the necklace was giving me nightmares. I had to get rid of it." Bonnie explained.

"You could have just given it back to me?" Caroline suggested icily.

"Why so you could give it back to Damon?" Elena challenged.

"Okay, Girls calm down." Kady mediated.

"Screw Damon." Caroline declared. "Are we doing manicures or what? Who has their kit?"

"Mine's in my bag." Bonnie answered.

"So, Elena?" Caroline began as she started to go through Bonnie's bag. "How long do you think this fight with Stefan is going to last?"

"If he follows my advice, they'll be back together by morning." Kady commented.

"I don't know, Caroline." Elena answered, eating one of her fries.

"Why are you such a little liar, Bonnie?" Caroline asked as she showed off the necklace.

"I swear I threw it away." Bonnie replied.

"I watched her throw it into the field." Elena added.

"Then explain it." Caroline ordered.

"Emily?" Bonnie asked.

"Who's Emily?" Caroline asked.

"The ghost." Bonnie answered.

"Oh, the ghost has a name now." Caroline replied.

"Caroline, we don't need your snarky comments." Kady responded. She then looked at Bonnie. "Continue."

"I wonder why she won't leave me alone." Bonnie mused.

"Okay, what is going on?" Caroline asked angrily. "Why am I not a part of this conversation. You guys do this to me all of the time."

"That's not true." Elena replied.

"Yes it is." Bonnie responded. "I can't talk to you."

"Okay, we're supposed to having fun, not fighting." Kady responded.

"I'm a witch." Bonnie said.

"And don't we all know it." Caroline remarked, before Bonnie walked off.

"Caroline, she really is a witch." Kady explained.

Caroline later went upstairs and apologized again to Bonnie.

"You girls can come in now." Caroline called. "We're done."

Kady and Elena walked into the living room.

"So who's up for going upstairs and changing into our jammies?" Kady asked.

"I have a better idea." Caroline declared. "We're going to have a séance."

"That sounds like a bad idea." Elena remarked.

"Come on, let's summon some spirits. This Emily chick has some serious explaining to do."

That led to the four of them joining hands.

"What are we doing?" Bonnie asked.

"I don't know." Elena said before Caroline shushed her.

"Be quiet." Caroline instructed. "Close your eyes and concentrate. Now take a deep breath. Bonnie, call to her."

Kady wondered how Caroline knew how to perform a séance.

"Emily, you there?" Bonnie asked. The other three girls stared at her. Caroline chastised her to try harder. "Emily, I call on you. I know you have a message. I'm here to listen."

Suddenly the candles flickered. All four girls jumped and separated their hands.

"Did that just happen?" Kady asked.

"Yes." Caroline answered. Bonnie tried to pass it off as air conditioning before the flames grew. "Ask her to show you a sign. Ask her. Emily, if you're among us, show us another sign."

After a few seconds, nothing happened. That was before the window suddenly flew open. Kady was even scared of that and she was dead. The girls all backed away. Bonnie threw the necklace down and the lights went out. When they came back on, the necklace was gone. Bonnie eventually found it, but the bathroom door suddenly closed. Kady wondered if Jenna would be mad if she ripped it off its hinge. All of her pulling didn't even work. After a few very terrifying minutes, the door finally opened. Bonnie appeared to be fine.

"What happened are you okay?" Elena asked.

"I'm fine." Bonnie explained. Though, her tone was different.

"Unbelievable." Caroline remarked. "You were totally faking it. You scared the hell out of me. I'm out of here."

"Caroline, please stay." Kady begged. "You want to be part of this. There's something I want to tell you."

Bonnie suddenly started to talk cryptically and sounded seriously wrong.

"Uh, girls, I think she might be possessed." Kady remarked.

"Possessed? By who?" Caroline asked.

"Emily." Elena replied.

"I won't let him have it." Emily replied. "It must be destroyed."

They tried to open the door, but it wouldn't budge. Kady even tried to run through it, but it didn't break. Then, it opened and Jeremy began to wonder what the hell she, Elena, and Caroline were doing.

"We need to follow her." Elena replied. "We need to find her."

"Do it without me." Caroline responded.

"Caroline, I'm a vampire." Kady declared. "I know you probably don't believe me, but Bonnie could be in real trouble and we have to help her."

Elena began to call Stefan and he was able to tell them where to go.

"I can't deal with this." Caroline stated as she began to hyperventilate. "This is too much. I can't do this."

"Caroline, calm down." Kady replied, grabbing the blonde's shoulder. "I will explain everything to you later, but right now we have to deal with Bonnie."

"She's at Fell's Church." Elena declared.

"Trust me." Kady told Caroline, not compelling. After a short drive, the three of them were at the remains of Fell's Church. Damon was impaled on a tree branch. Stefan did manage to get him down.

"These people don't deserve this." Emily declared. "They should never have to know such evil."

"What do you mean evil?" Stefan asked.

"I won't let you unleash them into this world." Emily declared to Damon.

"Them?" Stefan asked.

"Somebody please explain to me what is going on." Caroline cried out. "Why are you doing this?"

"Emily, tell me what you did." Stefan demanded.

"To save her, I had to save all of them." Emily explained. Kady decided just to listen.

"You saved everyone in the church?" Stefan asked.

"With one comes all." Emily added.

"I don't care about them. I just want Katherine." Damon winced.

Stefan and Damon began to fight with each other over something that Kady didn't completely understand while Emily appeared to make a circle. Suddenly, the circle went up in flames. The witch threw the necklace into the air and it exploded. The flames suddenly went out and Bonnie looked around in confusion. It was then that Damon rushed over and bit into her neck. Elena and Caroline looked on in terror before Stefan threw his brother off, and fed her some blood.

"This is too much." Caroline commented. "I want to go home."

"Caroline, please don't tell anyone about this." Kady pleaded. "I know this is a lot to take in, but it's better to know about it."

"Fine, I won't say anything to anyone, but can I just go home?" Caroline asked.

Kady nodded and went over to where Damon was sitting. He actually looked heartbroken. She didn't know that he had a heart.

"Katherine never compelled me." Damon declared. "I knew everything that she was doing. It was real for me. I'll leave now."

She and Stefan then went over to where Elena and Bonnie were. Bonnie seemed to be as freaked out as Caroline was.

"I'm not going to hurt you." Stefan declared.

"Neither am I." Kady added

"What's going on, Elena?" Bonnie questioned.

"I'll explain everything." Elena promised. "Let's just get out of here. Bonnie, trust me. They're not going to hurt you."

Once Bonnie and Caroline were in the car, Stefan went over to the two Salvatores.

"Is she in danger of becoming…?" Elena asked.

"No she has to die with the blood in her system." Stefan explained. "Keep an eye on her tonight, make sure nothing happens. Once it leaves her system, she'll be fine."

"I'm going to tell her the truth." Elena declared. "I trust her. I need someone to know, someone to talk to. I can't live with this secret."

"You shouldn't have to." Kady responded.

"You saved her life." Elena reminded him. "I'm sorry, Stefan. I thought that I couldn't be with you, but I can. You don't have to push me away. I can do this."

"I can't." Stefan countered. Kady frowned. He wasn't supposed to say that. "I have to leave now. Too many people have died. Too much has happened."

"What?" Elena asked in shock. "No, I know you've been protecting me, but…"

"Coming home was a mistake." Stefan responded. Kady wanted to knock some sense into him. "I can't be a part of your life anymore."

"Don't go, Stefan." Elena begged. "Please. This is your home. Please don't go."

Stefan kissed her hand, told her goodbye and then walked away, leaving Kady standing by Elena's side.

"I know it probably doesn't mean much, but I'm not going anywhere." She announced. From there she got Elena's keys and began to drive.

Pretty depressing chapter. Now Caroline knows, but is really freaked out by it. Alaric is here, finally. Plus, Stefan and Elena are on outs once again. Please don't forget to review.