"I can't believe they both agreed to come!" Elena said in surprise. When Caroline came in and said Liv and Luke were both on their way to meet with them they'd all been shocked.

"Are you kidding? Their whole thing all along has been preventing the Travelers from ending witch magic. I call them and say we have an idea about how to fix it? They practically started their car before hanging up the phone." Caroline scrunched her nose. "I wish Bonnie was back, though. Is there even any point in talking to them without her?"

Alaric shrugged. "Can't hurt. We can at least get them on board to help so they'll be on standby when we get word Bonnie and Damon have a plan to get home."

When the twins arrived, they had a stranger with them. Before anyone could ask, Liv introduced her. "This is Johnna, the leader of our coven."

Jeremy had to try not to smirk. She looked more like she belonged in the kitchen baking cookies for her grandkids than leading a magical coven.

Johnna raised her eyebrows as she looked the group over. "So you're the ones who've stirred up all this commotion?" She shook her head. "Nevermind. I hear you have a plan of some type to restore magic to your town?"

Alaric had to hide a smile. He felt like they'd been scolded by one of the Golden Girls.

"Er, yes…ma'am," Caroline said.

Tyler muffled a laugh. "Ma'am?" he mouthed at her jokingly.

She rolled her eyes at him before continuing. "Is there a way that the same blood that caused the spell could be used to fix it? We were wondering if there was a way to - I'm not sure what word to use, cleanse? purify? – Elena and Stefan's blood and then use it in a counter-spell of some kind?"

"Hmm," Johnna said musingly. "Well, certainly the most common way to cancel out a previous spell is to cast it again in reverse." She shook her head. "I don't think just sanitizing their blood would be powerful enough on its own."

"Oh," Caroline said disappointingly. Everyone hunched their shoulders in defeat.

Johnna still looked thoughtful. "I wonder…" she started quietly before looking closely at everyone. "I'm almost afraid to ask, but how many of you have died at least once by supernatural means?"

They all looked at each other and laughed. "Uh…all of us?" Matt said.

Johnna's eyebrows shot up. Liv caught her eye and smirked. "I told you they're all cursed, didn't I?"

"Yeah, or just insane," Luke muttered under his breath.

Johnna still looked slightly taken aback. "But you're not all vampires, surely?"

"It's complicated," Jeremy said quickly as Caroline simultaneously said "Long story!"

"Okay. Did all of these occurrences happen inside the current boundaries of the Traveler spell?" Johnna asked.

Jeremy frowned. "Some of us have died more than once. Does that matter?"

Johnna nodded. "Yes, we'd only be concerned with the first time."

"Okay well," Caroline pointed as she spoke. "Damon killed Alaric at the boarding house. That was the first time you died, right?" Alaric nodded. "Okay, and Jeremy's was when Damon broke his neck at your old house…"

"What about me?" Matt asked. "I guess drowning doesn't count, does it? That would put me in the woods behind the boarding house when Damon killed me to fix Elena."

Luke smirked. "Jeez, has Damon killed all of you? Maybe you should just let him stay where he is. Sounds like it'd be safer."

Seeing Stefan and Elena both tense up defensively, Caroline quickly intervened. "And maybe we'll banish you there so you can have your turn with him," she said sweetly. "He's bound to be hungry by now."

Seeing Luke open his mouth to speak, Johnna snapped her fingers at him. "Hush, child! Don't speak until you can be helpful." Turning back to the others with a smile, she gestured at them. "Please continue."

Caroline nodded. "I was turned at the hospital. Tyler was at the high school."

"Don't forget Bonnie," Jeremy added. "She was technically dead when she cast that spell at the school to fool Klaus."

"And the two doppelgangers?" Johnna inquired.

"The first time I died was outside of the boundary – a clearing in the woods outside of town," Elena said.

Stefan nodded, "Damon and I were both killed outside the boundary as well – an old path that ran along the edge of the old Lockwood property."

Johnna's eyes lit up. "But both these places are nearby?" she asked excitedly.

"Uh…yeah," Stefan said slowly, "both right outside of town."

"But on opposite ends!" Caroline added, wanting to be exact.

Johnna clapped her hands. "This is perfect!" she declared. She turned to Liv and Luke expectantly. "Surely you see the significance?"

The twins glanced at each other before turning back to Johnna. "Sorry, not getting it," Liv said with a shrug.

Johnna tsked at them disappointingly before addressing the group at large. "Allow me to explain. When you die supernaturally, a magical trace is left behind."

Alaric nodded. "Like at all the massacre sites that opened the expression triangle?"

Johnna nodded. "Obviously, when only one person dies, it is a much smaller scale. But still – nature remembers the occurrence all the same. Now, the doppelgangers both died right outside of the Traveler spell boundary line, which means there will be a small amount of blood memory we can draw from."

Liv frowned. "You mean we could use their death sites as a power source?"

Johnna nodded. "Exactly." She smiled at Caroline. "This is where your original idea of using their blood would come in. We can purify it directly over the point of their deaths and push the power such a spell would create outwards."

"Outwards? Like into Mystic Falls?" Caroline asked, trying to understand.

"If we did both spells simultaneously," Johnna said, nodding, "that combined power would be quite impressive."

"Yes!" Luke sat up straight. "And since the two places bookend the town, we could send them toward each other! They'd unite and BOOM!" he used his hands to imitate an explosion, "Traveler spell gone."

"Seriously?" Alaric jumped in. "That would actually work?"

Johnna nodded. "I certainly believe so."

"Why did you ask about the rest of us dying, then?" Alaric asked curiously.

"Ah, yes. Consider that phase two. If all of you are standing by when the original two spells are cast, you can spill blood on the position of your deaths. It would act as an amplifier for the spell. To add fuel to the fire, so to speak."

"Okay," Caroline said. "But we can't all get to where we died without…you know. Dying again."

"Yes dear, but you don't actually have to be the one to spill the blood. We can get people to do that for you. Those of you that cannot enter town can just provide a vessel filled with your blood and direct us where to take it."

Johnna nodded firmly. "Yes, having so many areas of blood magic awakening should certainly shatter the Traveler spell."

"So…you're saying we can actually fix Mystic Falls?" Elena asked incredulously, her voice cracking. "We can go home?"

Johnna smiled. "Once we get your Bonnie back to help us with the magic, I don't see why not."

"Oh good!" Caroline said happily. "Does that mean you'll help us with that too?"

"Well," Johnna said, a little more hesitantly. "I don't see why not, as long as you don't require anything too taxing."

Caroline shook her head. "When Bonnie told us to ask you for help, she said she'd be doing the heavy lifting."

"Wonderful. Just contact Liv and Luke when you need them and they'll be happy to help! Isn't that right, dears?" Johnna finished, smiling brightly at them.

Liv rolled her eyes. "Yeah sure, nothing bad ever happens when we agree to help this lot."