A crash woke Margret up the next morning. At first, she didn't know where she was, then she remembered: she crashed at the boarding house last night. She was grateful that she'd brought a change of clothes with her before she'd left. She had finished changing when the guys entered the room.

"Have you seen Elena?" Stefan asked her.

"No, I just woke up." She told them. "Isn't she here?" She noticed the brothers exchange looks. "What's going on?"

"What's going on is that your sister set Elijah free." Damon told her. He seemed pretty angry.

"So, they're both missing." Margret said "Oh, please tell me he didn't kidnap her again."

"Hey, let's not jump to conclusions."

"She does have a bad habit of getting taken by them a lot." Damon pointed out. Margret looked at him, feeling completely scared now.

"You are not helping." Stefan told him, putting an arm on Margret's shoulder. "Look, we should see if she's okay first." He took out his phone and called her. Margret wished she could hear the other end of the conversation like they could, but she knew it wasn't possible.

"Where are you? Are you okay? Where? I'm on my way." There was a brief pause. "Listen to me. He can't be trusted He'll use you to get to Klaus. You can't do this alone." Then, the conversation was over.

"Did she just hang up on you?"

"She did."

"She's lost it."

"She's just trying to keep everyone alive."

"We've got to find her."

"Guys!" They turned. Margret was standing in between them. "Look, I know my sister better than either of you and I know she's trusted both of you with a lot, heck, she's probably told you guys stuff she never even told me."

"Even siblings have secrets sometimes." Damon pointed out.

"Can I finish or are you going to interrupt me again?" She said. He looked surprised, but didn't say anything. "I guess what I'm saying…My question to you guys is, do you trust her?"

"You know I trust her."

"Really?" Margret asked. "Didn't look like it from the way you guys were arguing about her. Look, I know she makes some questionable choices sometimes but when push comes to shove, I trust her no matter what." She walked out of the room. They looked at each other.

"She's got a point."

"Yeah, she does. Guess we're going to have to trust her."

Meanwhile, Margret was upstairs calling Melody. "Hey, sorry about last night."

"Yeah, you definitely owe your man an explanation as to why you ditched him at the dance." Melody said.

"I know, I'll tell you guys. But can we do it over coffee or something?" Margret said. "I have a feeling it's going to be a very long day."

"Sure, no problem." Melody said. "We'll meet you outside the Grill." She hung up.

Margret sighed and headed back downstairs. Stefan was on his way out the door. "What's going on?"

"Jenna's back and I think Klaus may be setting a trap for her." He told her. "I'm going to see if I can do something about it."

"Be careful." Margret told him. He left the house instantly. "That is still weird."

"I still think this is a bad idea."

"Okay, I'm so not getting involved in this." Margret said. "Look, if you two keep fighting like this, I know I'll get caught in the middle of it. So no thank you, I'm going to meet my friends. After that 'disappearing act'" she air quoted. "They've been worried."

She got to the Grill a few minutes late, but they were still outside waiting for her. "Hey." Alex said. "You okay?" He asked. She hugged him.

"Yeah, they managed to get away from him." Margret said. "For now, at least."

"Why'd you take off without telling anyone where you were going?" Melody asked.

"My brother was worried about Bonnie. We left to see if we could find her." Margret explained. "She was hurt, but it didn't look too bad."

"Alex told me about that creep." Melody said. "Why didn't you say anything before?"

"I didn't want to worry you guys with my personal drama." Margret told her.

"We're your friends, you know you can trust us with anything." Melody said.

"I don't know, Melody. Sometimes you're just better off in the dark." She glanced down at her bracelet. For a second, she considered removing it and letting the guys compel her to forget everything. Maybe she was better off not knowing, either.

"She's right, you know." Alex said, snapping her out of her thoughts. "We're here for you no matter what."

"Thanks, Alex, but this is something I have to deal with." Margret said. "I know there's no way this guy is going to give up."

"So, why was he after them in the first place?" Alex asked.

"I have no idea." Margret lied. "Maybe it's a prank gone too far, but I think he really means harm."

"Dang, and I thought Rob and I had issues." Melody said.

"That's different. You're siblings." Margret pointed out. Just then, her phone buzzed. She looked down and saw a text from Stefan:

Jenna knows, she's at our house.

She seemed worried. "Everything okay?" Melody asked.

"Yeah, that was Elena." Margret lied. "Seems like Aunt Jenna's been feeling a little sick. I should go see if I can help her."

"Go on, then." Alex said. "Your aunt clearly needs you."

"Are you serious, Alex?" Melody asked. Margret left before she could watch them argue. The two of them never really got along well and often their arguments started to make no sense.

She got back to the Boarding House half an hour later. Elena was in the library with Jenna. "Aunt Jenna, are you okay?" Margret asked.

"She's pretty shaken." Elena said.

"So, how long have you guys known about this?"

"I only just found out about a month ago, maybe two." Margret said. "The rest of them, even my twin, knew before I did."

"We were trying to keep you safe."

"On the other side, I guess you know that Mr. Saltzman was trying to help, too." Margret said. "What happened at the house?"

"He was acting strange, then he tried to attack me. If Stefan hadn't been there…"

"He's been kind of, possessed." Elena said. Jenna looked at her.

"It's a long story, but we'll tell you everything we know." Margret told her.

An hour later, Elena had walked out of the room. "Okay, so I'm really confused. Tyler's a werewolf?"

"Yeah, I don't really understand that either." Margret admitted.

"So, basically, the whole Founder's Council are trying to hunt down vampires. Couldn't they do something?"

"They're after all vampires, good and bad." Margret said. She saw the realization hit Jenna. "And I'm not sure if they even know about the Originals." Then they heard something in the hallway.

"I've got this. Will you be okay here?" Margret asked her. Jenna nodded.

She headed into the hallway, where Elena, Stefan, Damon, and Andie were standing. "What is going on here?" Margret asked.

"Elena has to get back to meeting with Elijah." Stefan told her.

"Hey, I promised I would." Elena said, offended.

"Yeah, how do you know he won't try to kidnap you again?"

"Hey, easy, Damon." Andie was saying.

"Shut up, Andie!"

"Guys! Really? Need I remind you it's the twenty-first century and a girl can do anything a guy can do?" Margret said. "Look, I know Elena will come back. She's survived worse than Elijah."

"Thanks." Elena said. She walked out of the house. Everyone else watched her leave.

"You really think…"

"Look, I am too tired to fight with either one of you right now, so if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get Aunt Jenna settled here." Margret said. "Unless you've got a problem with that." She headed back into the living room. The others looked at each other.

A few minutes later, Margret and Jenna were upstairs in a room. "You should be safe here for a while." Margret said. "Since they basically turned this into a safe house."

"I still can't believe all this."

"I couldn't at first, either." Margret said. "It takes time getting used to it."

"Seeing him save me back there,"

"They've been trying to protect our family." Margret said. "Although we all hate Uncle John."

"So, basically this guy has been after Elena…"

"He wants to sacrifice her to break some kind of curse." Margret said. "Apparently, her blood is the key to breaking it."

"And you've all been trying to prevent it."

"Caroline, Bonnie, and I have been doing research, working with the others to make sure she stays safe." Margret said.

"Who else knows?" Jenna asked.

"Only Tyler." Margret said. "The rest of our friends have no idea and right now, I think keeping them out of it is a good thing. If they find out, too many people will get hurt and I want to keep them off this guy's hit list."

"Hey, you know I'll help you guys with this." Jenna told her. "This family is in this together now, no matter what."

"Thanks, Aunt Jenna." Margret headed downstairs. She had walked into the living room. The guys were glaring at each other. Elena had also returned, with a man she didn't recognize. She guessed it was Elijah.

"Whoa, what happened in here?" She asked.

"Oh, the usual." Elena said. "My guess: they got into another fight."

"Really, again?" Margret asked. She walked over to the guys and stood between them, in case they started fighting again.

"Elijah and I have renewed the terms of our deal." Elena said.

"Really?" Damon said. Margret glared at him.

"The two of you will come to no harm at my hands." The man standing next to Elena was saying. "I only ask for one thing in return."

"What?"

"An apology."

"What?" Margret was trying not to laugh. She knew Damon didn't apologize, at least, not really. The closest she'd gotten to an apology from him was advice on what to wear to her date.

"I'm sorry for the part that I played in your death. I was protecting Elena." Stefan told him. "I will always protect Elena."

"I understand." Margret looked at them.

"And I'd do whatever I could to protect her." She spoke up. The group looked at her.

"Elijah, this is my sister, Margret." Elena explained.

"Nice to meet you." He shook her hand. Margret was too stunned to say anything.

"Sacrifice is going to happen, Damon. Bonnie will be able to kill Klaus without hurting herself and Elijah knows how to save my life. I told you I'd find another way. And I did." Elena said.

"I'm relieved to hear that." Margret said.

"You're trusting him?"

"Do we have any other choice?" Margret pointed out. "I don't like it anymore than you do, but I will always trust my sister." He walked out of the room.

"He's angry with me right now." Stefan explained. "But he'll come around."

"Perhaps."

"I've had more arguments with my twin." Margret said. "And we've been able to get over it."

"Well, now that we have a plan, we better be careful." Elena said. "If he finds us first, the whole thing could fall apart."