The next morning, Margret, Elena, and Stefan were meeting in the living room. Elijah was explaining the details about the ritual. "Tonight is the full moon. We should assume that Klaus is prepared to break the curse."

"Elena said that the Sun and the Moon curse is fake? That it's actually just a curse placed on Klaus." Elena had explained everything to them last night.

"Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline." Elijah explained. "The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting. But if he breaks it... He'll be a true hybrid."

"Then why are we letting him break the curse?" Everyone turned as Damon entered the room. "We can kill him today. With Bonnie."

"Damon…"

"No. Bonnie can't use that much power without dying."

"I'll write her a great eulogy."

"Damon, we've been over this. We're not putting Bonnie at risk." Margret said.

"All right, how do we break this curse?" Stefan asked, trying to veer the conversation back on topic.

"Well, the ritual itself is relatively straightforward. The ingredients, so to speak, you already know."

"The moonstone."

"A witch will channel the power of the full moon to release the spell that's bound within the stone. After that, Klaus, being both werewolf and vampire, will sacrifice one of each." Margret cringed. She knew how twisted this ritual was and part of her was surprised they were even doing this. But she knew they didn't have any other option.

"And where do I fit into it?" Elena asked.

"The final part of the ritual. Klaus must drink the blood of the doppelganger... To the point of your death."

Margret took Elena's hand, letting her know she supported her no matter what. On the other side of the couch, she saw Stefan holding her other hand.

"And that's where you come in." Elena said.

"This is an elixir that I acquired some 500 years ago for Katerina. It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation." Elijah explained.

"So I'll be dead?"

"And then you won't." Margret was starting to doubt this would work, but someone else spoke up.

"That's your plan? A magical witch potion with no expiration date?" Damon asked. He turned to Elena. "You want to come back to life, what about John's ring?"

"He has a point." Margret said. "I mean, she's still human and the ring would protect her from the supernatural."

"The doppelgänger's a supernatural occurrence." Elijah explained. "Odds are, the ring won't work."

"I'll take those odds over your elixir. What if it doesn't work, Elena?"

"Then I guess I'll just be dead." Elena told him. Margret stared at her. She didn't want anything to happen to her sister, but she knew it was a risk with this plan.

"Do we know if Klaus has everything he needs to do this? Does he have a werewolf?" She asked.

"Klaus has been waiting to break this curse for over a thousand years. If he doesn't already have a werewolf, my guess is by tonight, he will."

Margret had gone out to the backyard. She was in the garden, (A/N: Don't know if they actually have one, but I needed somewhere for Margret to go.) looking around. She eventually found herself on the back porch. "This is way too risky."

"Tell me about it." She glanced up in surprise. She knew she should've been used to it by now, but she wasn't really expecting company out here. "She's taking a really big risk, you know."

"Of course I know that." Margret said. "But it's her decision and I'll always trust her. Still, I'm really worried that something could go wrong."

"You and me both." Damon started to head inside.

"I know you're scared, too." Margret said. "I don't want anything to happen to her either. And between us, I don't really trust our Original friend in there." Then she noticed him listening to something. "What is it?"

"Jenna." They ran into the house.

Upstairs, they nearly collided with Elena, Stefan, and Elijah. Then Margret saw her aunt pointing a crossbow at Alaric. "What's going on?" Elena asked.

"It's me, Elena, I swear, okay?" Alaric said. "He let me go. Klaus let me go."

"Margret, stay behind me." Elena whispered. She'd been standing between her and Stefan up to that point. Part of Margret wanted to believe him, but she wasn't sure.

"Prove it." Damon said.

"Okay, uh, first night you and I spent together, Jeremy walked in right when I was about to..."

"It's him." Jenna said, putting the crossbow down. Margret felt like she was going to be sick. There were still some things about them that she didn't want to know.

"Why did he let you go?" Stefan asked.

"He wanted me to deliver a message." Alaric said. "The sacrifice happens tonight."

A few minutes later, they were all sitting in the living room. " So you don't remember anything that happened?" Stefan was asking.

"No. It's like I blacked out and woke up 3 days later. Katherine was there." Alaric told them.

"She's under compulsion." Stefan explained. "Damon snuck her some vervain, but she can't leave until Klaus tells her she can."

"Where is Damon?" Elena asked the group.

"I saw him go upstairs." Jenna told her. She got up and left the room.

"So what else did I do?" Alaric asked.

"Well, while you were possessed, you went after Aunt Jenna." Margret said. "Good thing Stef was there to help her."

"And you also told her everything." Stefan added.

"Everything?" He repeated, shocked.

"I know, Ric." Jenna said. "The others filled me in on the parts you, or this Klaus guy, left out." She took her hand in his. Margret was watching them. She could feel herself blushing. Someone put a hand on her shoulder. She turned and looked at Stefan.

That's when she heard it. She may not have had super hearing, but she didn't need it to be able to hear her sister's muffled screaming. Judging from the reactions of the others, they all heard it, too. She and Stefan looked at each other. Almost instantly, he'd taken off.

"What is going on up there?" Jenna asked.

"It's probably nothing that they can't handle." Alaric told her.

"I wouldn't be too sure about that. They seemed to be at odds this morning." Margret said.

"I hope she's okay."

"Relax, one thing I do know about all this is that Elena's never gotten into any mess she hasn't been able to get out of." Margret said. Suddenly, there was a loud crash from upstairs.

The next thing she knew, she was running upstairs with Jenna and Alaric. They entered one of the bedrooms and found Elena on the ground. She was crouching over Stefan, who had a stake in his stomach. "What the hell's going on?" Alaric asked.

"Just get him out of here!" Elena said. She sounded scared. Margret entered the room, feeling sick inside.

"Oh, my God."

"Okay, Jenna, downstairs are some blood bags." Alaric told her. "Go get them now."

"They should be in a cooler in the basement." Everyone looked at Margret. "What? I stopped by once when Caroline's mom was here." Jenna left, while she moved over to where her sister was.

"What happened?" She asked. Then she noticed a red spot near her mouth. "Oh, my God, is that…"

"Damon's blood." Elena told her. "He thinks the only way I'll survive this is…"

"If you become one of them." Margret finished. She wasn't sure if she should be angry at him or not. She stepped out into the hallway and pulled out her cell phone. "Hey, it's me."

"Are you okay?" She heard her twin ask, his voice full of concern.

"I'm fine, but something's happened with Elena." Margret said. She quickly explained what had happened that morning. Then he swore.

"Great, so now on top of this stupid ritual, we've got to somehow prevent her from becoming a vampire, something that's never happened in the history of vampires."

"Jer, please calm down." Margret said. "I didn't call so you could come over and kick Damon's butt, as much as he deserves it. The important thing is we need to help Elena out."

"I know. Look, we'll research what we can over here." Jeremy told her. "We'll help in anyway we can."

"I'll meet you there later. But right now, I've gotta go." Margret said. She hung up and left, wanting to stay out of the drama. This was one thing she did not deal with.

At the Grill, she met with her friends. "Hi, guys. Sorry I'm late. I got tied up with taking care of my aunt." She told them.

"Yeah, how's she doing?" Amy asked. "You said she was feeling sick after yesterday, didn't you?"

"Yeah, it's pretty bad." Margret said. "I think we should call the doctor. Even Alaric stopped by to make sure she was okay." She really hated lying, but she knew she had to keep their secret.

"We're all thinking of her." Melody told her.

"How's Elena dealing with all this?" Alex asked her.

"She's so worried, I'm thinking she might need a doctor too." Margret said. "Stefan's getting her mind off things, taking her out for the day, since she's so worried."

"Sounds like you could use a day off yourself." Alex said. "I'm sure she's in safe hands with Mr. Saltzman."

"I know she is." Margret said. "But I can't help but feel worried about her."

"I'm a little more worried about Care." Amy said. "Matt's really been keeping his distance from her."

"You think they might break up?" Melody asked.

"It's possible."

"Well, maybe it'll give Caroline the chance to see she doesn't need a guy in her life to be happy." Melody said. Everyone stared at her. "What? Name one time when you've ever seen Caroline Forbes without a boyfriend."

"I don't know, guys, Matt's the first guy she's actually had feelings for." Amy said. "Who knows what'll happen if he dumps her?"

"Then you're not going to like what I just heard from Rob." Alex said. "Apparently, Tyler's back." Margret looked at him in shock. Last she'd heard, Tyler had left to deal with some of the changes that came with being a werewolf.

"And he suddenly decided to return now?" Margret asked. She remembered that tonight was a full moon. Then she remembered it was also the night of the sacrifice ritual. She couldn't decide which was worse, Tyler accidentally hurting one of them or being dead.

"Well, I'm not so sure he had a choice." Alex told them. "According to Rob, Mayor Lockwood fell down the stairs and was hospitalized." Margret clenched her fist under the table. She just knew deep down that Klaus or one of his henchmen were behind this.

"Are you okay?" Melody asked, noticing. "You seem really tense."

"Yeah, it's just everything happening at once." Margret told her. Melody seemed concerned.

"Well, it is a lot to deal with." Alex said, saving her from having to explain. "I mean, Margret's aunt, Ty's mom, not to mention whatever's going on with Care."

"Yeah, I know it's tough. If Rob wasn't at practice today, I wouldn't be here." Melody pointed out.

"I thought you had guitar lessons." Amy said.

"Cancelled." Melody told her.

"Well, maybe we could do something." Margret said. "All of us."

"As long as we're not sitting around singing 'A Little Bit of…'"

"Oh, come on, Amy, you're obsessed with that movie." Melody pointed out.

"Yeah, but that number feels way out of place." Amy said. "I mean, what was the point? I got that her friends were trying to make her feel better, but…"

"Well, at least it's better than singing 'Fighter'." Margret said. "I don't see how Christina Aguleria can breathe during that one."

"No kidding." Amy said. "You nearly fainted last time."

"We agreed never to talk about that." Margret pointed out. Amy shrugged.

"Well, it's clear karaoke's out." Alex said.

"Yeah, though we could try something else." Melody suggested.

"Let me guess, dancing?" Amy asked her.

"I was thinking air hockey." Alex said. "Rob said they finally got a table here."

"No way!" Amy said. "Let's do it!"

After a few hours, the group had finished their third game. "Nice one!" Margret said, high-fiving Alex.

"Oh, come on, that's so not cool. You had a guy helping you." Amy protested.

"Are you kidding me? Who do you think taught me how to play?" Alex asked.

"Wait, really? Margie taught you?"

"We used to have an air hockey table in our basement." Margret explained. "I used to play with Dad all the time before high school started."

"I came over one day and she taught me how to play the game." Alex said, looking at her.

Before anyone else could speak, Amy's cell phone rang. "Hello?" She frowned. "No, I haven't seen her since this morning." She looked at her watch and was surprised to see that it was almost four. "Is something wrong? Okay, I'll let you know if I find out anything." She hung up.

"What's up? My brother asking about returning his Nickelback CD?" Melody asked.

"No, it wasn't Rob." Amy told them. "That was Matt. He's out looking for Caroline. He hasn't seen her all day and wanted to know if I knew where she was."

"Have you tried calling her?" Margret asked, her voice full of concern. It was one thing for Tyler to be back in town, but if he had Caroline, too…

Amy was calling Caroline, but got a busy signal. "She's not answering her phone. She always answers her phone." Amy said.

"Maybe her battery died." Melody suggested. Margret sent a quick text to Damon:

-He's captured Caroline and Tyler for the sacrifice.

It didn't take long for him to respond:

-I know, I'm on my way to help them.

-Might want to hurry, Amy's freaking because of her disappearance.

"Everything okay?" Margret jumped and closed her phone before Alex could see their conversation.

"Yeah, just Elena wondering where I am." She lied. "We've been having a few problems at the house lately."

"You're telling me." Amy said. "Our place is so old, there are nights where I've had to stay with Aunt Liz so we could make repairs."

"Better than spending two weeks cramped in the neighbor's apartment." Melody said.

"Yeah, I remember that." Alex said. "Was it as bad as Rob said?"

"We had to share a bunk bed." Melody said.

"Ooh, that's pretty bad." Margret said. "Even Jeremy and I wouldn't have been able to handle that."

"For once, I'm glad I don't have siblings." Alex said.

"I'm really worried about her." Amy said.

"Don't worry about it, Amy." Margret said. "Some of the others are looking for her. I'm sure she'll be safe in no time." Amy gave her a brief smile, before turning back to Melody. By the time Margret checked her watch again, it was close to sunset.

She figured she should start heading to the witch house now, because she had trouble finding her way in the dark. "I should get going, guys. I promised I'd meet my family at the Boarding House."

"Why are you guys staying there?" Amy asked.

"We've been there for the past few days while they take care of an infestation." Margret said, thinking on her feet. "We'll be good to go back by tomorrow. I'll see you around." She walked off.

She was still outside the Grill when she heard someone following her. "Margret, wait up!" She breathed a sigh of relief and turned around.

"You have no idea how relieved I am to see you." Margret said.

"I wanted to know if you needed me to walk you back." Alex told her.

"Thanks for the offer, Alex, but I know where it is." Margret said. "Look, it's not like I'm trying to blow you off, I just have some family things I need to take care of."

"I just want to know what's going on here. It's like almost every time I try to get close, something comes up."

"Oh, come on, Alex. You know I had an emergency that night." Margret said. "But I will admit, I was having fun before I had to leave."

"That's good to know. I thought that you weren't really into it."

"Are you kidding me? I love spending time with you, Alex. You're the closest friend I've had. Even when I was trying to avoid you, you were still there for me."

"When were you avoiding me?"

"Beginning of the school year, when you started asking me out all the time." Margret reminded him. "But now, I'm done with that."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I'm done trying to fight against how I feel all the time." Margret told him. "This whole time, I've been scared to admit it because we're such close friends. I'm done hiding how I feel about you." She felt herself blushing. She noticed Alex was, too, once she looked over at him.

"How…how do you feel about me?" He asked.

She looked at him, unsure of what to say. 'You're this great guy I've known my whole life? I've had a crush on you since our first date? We're friends for life?' Then, she looked at him. He looked nervous. She knew that he was just as unsure about all this as she was.

She knew she didn't need to say anything. She stepped closer to him, got on her toes, and leaned in closer until their lips touched.

After a few seconds, they pulled away from each other. Margret was still blushing. She had never kissed anyone before, but for her first, it felt pretty good.

"Wow." Alex said.

"I know." Margret said. "Um…I'll call you tomorrow." She started to walk off, then she turned around and waved to him. He waved back. Then, she turned around and started walking again. She started humming on her way to the house.

At the house, she knocked on the door, letting them know she was there. "Hey."

"Good, you're here." Jeremy said. "We could use a hand going through these." He handed her a grimoire. She stepped into the room. "Why are you so happy?"

"Oh, no reason." Margret said. "Just in a good mood." She was still smiling as she opened the book. Bonnie looked over at her.

"You can tell us later." Bonnie said.

"Thanks." Margret said. She turned back to the book. She knew she had to focus if she was going to help Elena.