The girls met with Bonnie and Caroline at the Grill. Bonnie had asked them all to come. "You okay?" Terra asked Caroline. She knew what she'd been through the other night.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Caroline said. "I don't know how I would've survived if you guys hadn't stepped in."
"Well, you're our friend." Lea pointed out. "And it's part of our job to keep others safe."
"So, why'd you guys call us here?" Marina asked.
"I had an idea on something, but I could use a hand." Bonnie told them.
"Ok. So tell me about this big witchy plan you've been cooking up." Caroline told her.
"We still don't know the extent of what Elijah's up to." Bonnie pointed out.
"No, we don't."
"But we're gonna find out, aren't we?" Terra asked her. Bonnie nodded.
"It's still weird how you read that."
"I didn't. After spending time with you, I figured out I could understand how you think cause we're so alike." Terra told her.
"Anyway, I'm gonna ask Luka to tell me what he knows." Bonnie explained.
"And he's not gonna tell you anything." Caroline pointed out.
"I didn't say he was gonna have a choice." Bonnie told them.
"Isn't that risky?" Marina asked. "I mean, he's a witch, too." The group looked at her. "I mean, warlock. Okay, whatever. What if he tries to fight it?"
"Marina's got a point." Vanessa said. "Some of us could be immune to certain spells."
"Well, the way I see it, we don't have much of a choice." Bonnie said.
"So, what do you want us to do?" Terra asked.
"I think I can get him to sleep, but I need help because when I ask him, I'm going to need you to use your powers to keep him down." Bonnie told them.
"That should be easy enough." Vanessa said.
"You know we'll help." Marina said. "I trust him as much as you do."
A few minutes later, Luka showed up. He was at the pool table. The girls watched as Bonnie put her part of the plan into motion, carrying coffee over. Jeremy joined them.
"Hey. How's it going?" He asked them.
"What are you doing here?" Caroline asked.
"Bonnie called. I wanted to help. How's it going?"
"Looks like it's going well so far." Terra said.
"She's selling it, and he's buying it." Caroline told him. They watched as they talked and laughed. "She's giving him the sex smile."
"All right, Caroline. I get it." Jeremy told her. He seemed really annoyed.
"What are you so grumpy for?" Lea asked him. Marina looked at him, then to Bonnie, then back to him as he watched them.
"Oh, my God. You like Bonnie." Marina said.
"Whoa." Caroline said.
"Okay, can we keep this between us?" Jeremy said. "She'd never go for me. Doesn't want to cross the line by dating her friend's brother."
"Got it." Lea said. They looked over to Bonnie and Luka at the pool table. Suddenly, he started to feel weak.
"Come on, guys." Terra said. They walked over to the pool table. Jeremy caught Luka before he could fall to the ground.
"What kind of witch roofie was that?" Jeremy asked her.
"A strong one." Bonnie told him.
"Well, we better get him out of here before anyone sees." Terra said, getting Luka's legs.
"That's going to be hard." Caroline pointed out.
"Not if you have unique powers." Vanessa told them. "I have an invisibility spell that'll give us some cover." She used the spell. The group looked at each other.
"Uh, no offense, but I don't feel like I'm invisible."
"It only makes us invisible to everyone around us, just not each other." Vanessa explained. "Come on, let's get out of here before the traitor wakes up."
A few hours later, the group were sitting down in Caroline's house. "I still think we should've dropped him." Lea said, looking over a sleeping Luka.
"Hey, we're not out for revenge, Lea." Marina pointed out. "Besides, this traitor has some explaining to do." Caroline showed up carrying a bunch of candles.
"We only have, like, an hour or two before my mom gets home." She told them. "And these are all I could find"
"Place these evenly around the room." Bonnie told them. The girls helped Jeremy and Caroline set up the candles.
"How does this work?" Jeremy asked.
"Um, I'll put him in a trance and ask him questions. It's like hypnosis." Bonnie explained.
"You sure you're strong enough for this?" Jeremy asked.
"Never underestimate a witch, Jeremy." Terra said.
"That's what the candles are for. I'll draw power from the flames." Bonnie said.
"I'll get the matches." Caroline said.
"You think she'd learn by now." Vanessa whispered.
"That's not necessary." Lea pointed out.
"We've got it." Bonnie said. She and Lea used their powers to light the candles.
"Never gonna get used to that." Jeremy said.
"Oh, come on. That's pretty hot, and you know it." Caroline pointed out. The others looked at her.
"I need a bowl of water." Bonnie said.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll go get it." Jeremy got up and left the room, leaving the girls alone.
"Ok. What was that?" Bonnie asked Caroline. ""It's hot"?"
"He is so crushing on you." Caroline told her.
"Yeah, he's got it pretty bad." Lea added.
"So?"
"So… What, you'd rather be with traitor warlock over here?" Caroline asked.
"I'm not into Luka. It's just, you know, he understood me, and he was new and different."
"Been there, done that." Lea said.
"I'd have gone for him if he weren't a threat to our little group here." Terra said.
"Really, Terra?" Marina asked. "You could do so much better than him."
"Please, I don't like him that way, anyway!" She protested.
"Shh! We don't want to wake him now." Vanessa pointed out. That broke up the argument.
"And you've known Jeremy since forever, and you only see him one way, as Elena's brother but you're a witch, and I'm a vampire." Caroline pointed out. "You know, it's not like we're in any position…"
"To be picky." Bonnie said.
"No, to judge." Caroline told her.
Jeremy returned then and handed the bowl to Bonnie. "Looks like he's waking up." Jeremy said. The girls used their powers to try and keep him asleep, but he was trying to fight it off.
"Hold on, girls." Vanessa said. "Don't take your focus off him."
"It's hard to hold onto my element." Marina said.
"Hang in there, Marina. We can't let him break free." Terra pointed out.
"How long is this gonna take?" Caroline asked.
"I don't know. He's fighting me." Bonnie said. She put her hands on his head.
"Bonnie, it's not working." Lea said. "You need to help us bind the elements together so we can keep him in down." Finally, the tension broke and he stopped fighting them.
"Finally." Marina said.
"Keep concentrating." Terra said. "It won't work if all five of us aren't focused."
"All right." Bonnie said. "Why are you working with Elijah?"
"Klaus. We both want him dead." Luka told her. The girls seemed surprised, but kept their focus up.
"You want to kill Klaus, too. Why?"
"Because he has her and we have to get her away from him."
"Who… who are you talking about?" Bonnie asked.
"My sister."
"That explains so much." Marina whispered.
"Sister? Why does he have her?" Bonnie asked.
"He's searching for a way to undo the curse without the doppelganger." Luka explained. "He's forced generations of witches to help him for centuries."
"What has Elijah promised you?" Bonnie continued.
"If we help Elijah kill Klaus, He's promised to return her to us."
"And how do you kill Klaus? How do you kill an original vampire?" Bonnie asked.
"He'll kill me if I tell you. Don't make me." He said.
"We need to concentrate harder." Terra said.
"If I concentrate any harder, my mind's gonna be fried!" Vanessa said.
"It's ok, Bonnie. We can find another way." Jeremy said.
"No. How will you kill Klaus?" Bonnie asked.
"After the sacrifice, Klaus will be vulnerable, weak. It's our only chance."
"After the sacrifice?" Caroline asked.
"What do you mean, after?" Terra asked him.
"Klaus will be vulnerable."
"But Elena will be dead." Bonnie pointed out.
"Yes. Elena has to die."
"No." Jeremy said. They all looked at each other.
"We better find her and make sure she's not in trouble." Marina said. Suddenly, Terra felt something was off.
"Oh, no." She turned to the girls. "Jules' pack again. They're trying to kill Damon."
"Well, now what?" Vanessa asked.
"We split up." Terra said. "I can find out where Elena is while you two help Damon."
"I'll go with Terra." Marina said. "Who knows where she is? She could be underwater and Terra would never find her."
"They're at her lakehouse." Caroline told them.
"Come on, Lea." Vanessa said. "Looks like we're on rescue duty." The four of them left the house.
In the forest, Terra and Marina were running. "How far is it?"
"Pretty far." Terra said. "We're going to have to use our powers to get there before they get killed."
"But how are we going to…"
"We'll be able to use the elements around us there to draw power." Terra reminded her. "We can do this." The two of them touched their pendants and they started glowing as they ran.
When they got close to the lake house, they stayed in the forest area. "So, what's going on?" Marina asked.
"Looks like Tyler's got Stefan down and one of Jules' pack members is searching for Elena." Terra said.
"Should we split up?" Marina asked.
"No, that might draw their attention." Terra said. "I can track Elena's movements. She's okay for now. Let's go."
They went into the shed and found Stefan on the ground and Tyler holding a gun toward him. "Ty, put that thing down!" Marina said.
"How'd you two get here?" Tyler asked.
"Doesn't matter." Terra told him. "The bullet's in deep. I'm going to need help, Marina." Marina nodded and came over to her side.
"Why are you doing this, Tyler?" Marina asked.
"I can't let them break the curse." Tyler said.
"You know about the curse?" Stefan asked.
"Try not to move so much." Terra told him. "It'll only cause more pain." She carefully helped him remove the wood bullet while Marina put her hands on his chest, using her healing spell.
"Look, we don't want to break the curse, Tyler." Marina said. "We really don't."
"But I do." Tyler said. "I can't be like this forever."
"I don't think you know what's going on here." Terra said. Marina took her hands off Stefan.
"We're just trying to save Elena." Stefan told him.
"Elena will be fine." Tyler said. They all looked at him and realized he really didn't know what was going on.
"They didn't tell you that part, did they?" Stefan realized. "Who are the liars now?"
"Tell me what?" Tyler asked.
"For the curse to break, Elena has to die." Terra told him. He looked at them in shock.
"It's true." Marina added. "Looks like that wolf tribe failed to mention that." Terra gasped suddenly.
"Elena's in trouble." Terra said. "That other werewolf is after her."
"Is she okay?" Marina asked.
"Scared, but yeah, she's fine. It looks like she's trying to fight back." Terra said. "I'm going in. Marina, wait till I signal you." She ran toward the lake house.
Inside, Elena ran downstairs and hid in her parents' closet. She heard footsteps coming closer. She picked up a weapon and got ready to hit whoever it was with it. Then she heard someone speaking quietly in Latin. She put it down as Terra stepped in.
The guy came into the room, but saw nothing. Terra and Elena were hiding behind the door. That's when Terra passed a stake to Elena. She ran in while he was looking and stabbed him with it. Then they ran outside. "Guys!" Terra called.
"I've got it." Marina said. She used her power to create a weapon and threw it at him. It hit him, paralyzing him from the waist down. He pulled it out and staggered over, when Stefan showed up and pulled out his heart. Terra and Marina cringed.
He went over to comfort Elena. "Thank goodness that's over." Terra said.
"Yeah, I was so scared he was going to catch you two in there." Marina said. Tyler appeared then.
"Tyler?" Elena asked.
"I didn't know what they were gonna do to you." He explained. "I just... I didn't want to be like this anymore. I'm sorry, Elena." She walked over to him and held him.
"It's okay." She told him.
"We know you didn't mean any of this." Marina said. "We all get it though."
"Yeah, it's not like you asked to be this way." Terra added. "But the best way is to try and cope with it."
At the Boarding House, Vanessa and Lea saw Damon chained near the fire place. There were four werewolves in the room. The girls looked at each other and nodded. Vanessa used a gust to throw one of them to the ground. Then she noticed Alaric on the floor.
"Oh, my God!"
"It's okay." She turned as Damon strained to speak. "That ring will bring him back to life in a few hours or so."
"Get her, guys." Jules said. They began to walk toward Vanessa, who was still leaning over Alaric's body. She used another wind gust to push them back from her. Lea ran into the room and went to Damon's side. She looked at the device around his neck.
"What are you waiting for?"
"I don't know if I can burn it off without burning you in the process." Lea told him. "I can try to make break in it, but it'll take time." One of the guys started to walk over to her. "Back off!" Lea said, lighting the fireplace behind her. "If anyone's going to kill him, it's going to be me."
"Looking for this?" The girls turned around and saw Elijah in the room. He placed the moonstone on the table.
"That must be the Original they were talking about." Vanessa said. "Elijah."
"Go ahead." One of the werewolves ran over to get it and he killed him instantly. Vanessa looked away and cringed.
"I guess that's why everyone's scared of them." Lea said. Suddenly one of the werewolves got close to her. She used her powers to burn him. "I warned you not to start with me." With that, a fight broke out with her, Vanessa, and Elijah fighting off the werewolves. When it was over, Jules was the last one standing. She sped out of the house.
"Thank goodness that's over." Vanessa said.
"Yeah." Lea agreed. Elijah went over and broke the device on Damon.
"You realize this is the third time I've saved your life now?" He pointed out. Then he left the room.
"You okay?" Lea asked.
"Yeah." Damon said. "Thanks for trying, anyway."
"I meant what I said, Damon. If anyone's going to kill you, it's going to be me." Lea said. She walked out of the room.
"She's got a lot of anger in her." Vanessa explained. "It's partly why she's a good fighter, but she's also got a good heart."
"I'm guessing you didn't just come here to save me."
"No, we also have some news you're not going to like." Vanessa said.
A few minutes later, she was sitting on a chair while Damon was on the phone with Stefan, explaining everything. "He was gonna go through with the whole sacrifice." He told him. "You should probably just keep her away a little longer."
Vanessa moved to check on her dead history teacher, who according to Damon, would be waking up any second. "Yeah, it's been a day for that." He hung up. Just then, Alaric woke up, surprising Vanessa.
"Whoa."
"Yeah, surprised me the first time, too." Damon told her. Vanessa put her hand on him and whispered a spell.
"Everything seems normal, though I did feel something a little off, but it's probably just cause he woke up from being dead." Vanessa said. "Sometimes that happens when normal people go through a transition, though considering the ring you told me about, that could probably have the same effect."
At the lake house, Marina and Terra were with Elena. She went over to Stefan. "That was Damon. We need to talk." The two looked at each other, they knew this wasn't going to end well.
"What is it?"
"He learned that Elijah's planning for you to die in the sacrifice ritual."
"He's telling the truth." Terra said.
"I know." Elena told them. "I know the deal I made, Stefan. Elijah's very careful with his words. He promised to protect my friends. He never said a word about me."
"Wait, you knew all along that there was a high chance that you were going to die?" Marina asked.
"I don't believe this." Terra said.
"I'm just trying to keep everyone I love save." Elena told them.
"By being a martyr?" Stefan spoke up. "Elena, that's not heroic. That's tragic." He walked out of the room.
"Stef…" Terra began.
"No, he needs time." Marina said. "In any case, he's right, though. You think we're just going to let you die?"
"No, I think you and everyone else are going to put your lives on the line for me." Elena said. "Tell me, how is that any better?" She got up and headed into her parents' bedroom.
"This is serious." Terra said.
"So, now what?" Marina asked.
"It's too dark to try and get all the way back to Mystic Falls now." Terra said. "We'll stay here tonight. We can leave tomorrow morning if we have to."