A few days later, Margret was in the hallway when she ran into Jeremy. "Hey, you're up early."

"Well, I'm helping set up for the dance, too, remember?" Jeremy pointed out. "Anyway, I wanted to ask you something. Do you know anything about moonstones?"

"From what I know, they have magic properties and are said to be most powerful when the moon's full." Margret explained. "Why are you asking?"

"Just curious." Jeremy said. "I've gotta go." With that, he left, leaving his twin looking kinda confused.

Later on, the rest of the group met up near the Lockwood's place to help set up for the Masquerade Ball. "I can't believe they're actually doing this." Amy said.

"Well, they always did know how to throw a party." Rob pointed out.

"We better get to work then." Melody said. "Mrs. Lockwood has everyone constantly switching groups this time."

"Yeah."

"Hey, Margie, what's up with Elena and Bonnie lately?" Melody asked. "They seem to be more distant."

"They're both just worried about how Caroline's changed." Margret said. It wasn't a total lie, but she couldn't just outright tell Amy and the others that her cousin was a vampire.

"Yeah, it's been kinda weird adjusting to." Amy agreed. "Somehow, she seems a lot more different."

"Well, what do you expect? After the accident and recovery, she was bound to change in some ways." Alex pointed out.

"Yeah, I'm just having a hard time accepting it."

"Well, she really needs all the friends she can get." Margret said. "And you, Amy."

The guys were decorating for the dance. "She's this amazing girl one minute and then this raging jealous freak the next." Matt said.

"Well, girls are complicated sometimes." Rob explained. "Trust me, it's the same with Amy sometimes. But I know she always means well."

"Look, you know what I think about Caroline Forbes. She's an insecure narcotic bitchy little twig." Tyler said.

"Hey!"

"Dude, not cool!" Alex said.

"But the girl's got heart, she means well. You just get the mean with the best sometimes."

"Whatever." Alex said.

"Yeah, you're just jealous cause you don't have a girlfriend." Rob said.

"I am not." Alex said. "Look, Margret is just a good friend and I like her and all, but I don't want to force her into something she's not ready for, especially when it could ruin our friendship."

"I totally get it man. I'm just messing with you." Rob said.

"I'm gonna go get an extra. I'll be right back." Matt said. He left the group. Jeremy came over.

"Hey man"

"Hey!"

"Think we should do something in case they start fighting?" Rob asked.

"I don't know. They seem to be more like friends now." Alex said.

"Yeah, I heard from Amber the other day that they all went to his place."

"Anyway, did you mean what you said about Amy?"

"Of course. She can be so shy sometimes." Rob said.

The girls were helping organize masks and hang up streamers. "So where's Caroline? This is like her thing. I can't believe she's not here." Matt said.

"I called her earlier. She said she couldn't make it." Amy said.

"Is she seeing someone?"

"Matt, come on. No, she's not." Elena pointed out.

"Trust me, I'd be the first to know if she was." Amy said. "Besides, Caroline doesn't cheat on anyone."

"Yeah, what about that time we went swimming last summer?" Melody pointed out.

"That was freshman year, Melody!"

"Now that was too much information." Margret said, handing Melody a silver-colored mask. "I think this one would look good with you're eyes."

"You sure? It seems a little bold to me."

"Please, who said that the DJ couldn't look pretty at the party?" Margret asked.

"About that, I'm actually not doing this party." Melody told them. "I was going to, but it's been hard keeping up with school lately, so I'm not supposed to do anything music related till the grades come up."

"They didn't say you couldn't dance, though." Amy pointed out.

"True, but Rob's the one with the car taking us." Melody said.

"Anyone's seen Mason?" Tyler asked.

"He took off. He said he wasn't sure when he'd be back." Stefan told him.

"It's so weird." Margret had a feeling she knew what was going on. She looked over at Stefan as Tyler left, but he was looking at his phone. He glanced over at Elena, then left.

"What is going on with them?" Melody asked.

"Are they still broken up?" Amy asked Margret.

"Yeah, but the feelings are still there." Margret said. "Still, things have been kinda weird around here lately."

"I'm sure they'll get back together soon." Amy said. "I mean, look at them. They still care about each other. They're obviously soul mates."

"Seriously?" Melody asked.

"Here we go again." Margret said.

"How many times have we been over this?" Melody said. "There's no such thing as soul mates, there's no, like, silver cord or anything connecting two people together. It's either meant to be or it's not."

"Yeah, what do you know about love, Melody?" Amy asked. "You don't even have a boyfriend!"

"I know, but you know what, who cares?" Melody said. "Obviously love is blind though, considering you're dating my brother!"

"Are they fighting over that stupid soul mate concept again?" Alex asked, coming over to Margret.

"Yep. Just when you thought it they'd get over this by now." Margret said. "Last time it took two days for them to talk to each other again."

"They'll get over it." Alex said. "They're friends, they can't stay mad at each other."

Margret arrived home after Jeremy. Elena texted her, telling her she had an emergency in the woods to take care of earlier. They were sitting in the kitchen. "So that's why everyone was asking about the…"

"Yeah." Elena said.

"Wow. One day, and you miss all the action."

"Hey, it's smarter to not get involved, trust me." Elena told her. "Where's Jeremy?"

"Oh, he went straight up to his room. He said he's not hungry." Alaric told them.

"Maybe I should go check on him." Margret said. She went upstairs. "Hey, Jer."

"Hi."

"I heard about what happened today." Margret said. "We don't have to worry about it, though, because the moonstone's in safe hands."

"That's good to…"

"Jenna, no!" The twins rushed downstairs.

"What happened?" Margret asked. Then she noticed Jenna on the floor, bleeding. "Oh, no!" Alaric was calling an ambulance. Elena was next to Aunt Jenna.

"Hang in there, you will be okay. You have to be okay." Elena was telling her.

"Jenna."

A few hours later, Jeremy and Margret were sitting in the waiting room. "Now I know what it felt like when Amy was waiting to see if Caroline was okay." Margret said.

"This isn't the first time we've been here, though."

"Please, don't bring that up again." Margret said. "I was so worried we were going to lose Elena that day. Bad memories, bro."

Elena walked into the waiting room. "Is she okay?" Jeremy asked her.

"The doctors told Alaric that she got lucky. She's gonna be okay." Elena told them.

"That's such a relief." Margret said.

"Did she remember what happened?"

"No, nothing. It's all a part of Katherine's mind compulsion." Elena explained.

"Why would Katherine hurt Aunt Jenna?" Jeremy asked.

"Because she's trying to send a message, that she could get to anybody." She told them.

"Hey, hey, come here." Jeremy told her as she started to cry. He held her in his arms. "It's gonna be okay."

"No it's not." Elena said.

"She's gonna pay Elena. I don't know how but she's gonna pay."

"Yeah, no one messes with our family and gets away with it, no matter how dangerous they are." Margret added.

"When did you two get so brave?" Elena asked, smiling.

"Ever since we found out the truth." Jeremy pointed out.

"We always get through these things." Margret said. "And Katherine crossed the line this time."