Elena is informed that her parents, her real parents are alive; they didn't die in that car accident, someone saved them and they have been held captive by one of her dad's enemies. When she says she has seen their dead bodies, she is informed that it was a planned accident and someone replaced them with bodies from morgue and used magic to make them appear like her parents. They are alive and are suffering.
She doesn't believe the informer so she goes to Bonnie and asks her to perform a locator spell on her parents, at first Bonnie is shocked and then Elena informs her what she heard, she informs her everything she came to know and that she wants to confirm if someone is playing a really dirty trick on her. Bonnie asks her to bring some of her parents stuff to her home and there they can do magic secretly, she does. She brings her parents photo, her mother's bracelet and her dad's wrist watch.
Bonnie holds Elena's hands and asks her to close her eyes, she does, Bonnie starts chanting and in a few minutes Elena can see them, they are in a cell, it has been only three years but they have aged a lot more than that, she sees a man coming before the cell and her dad stands and yells at him, "How much longer are you going to keep us away from our children?"
The man answers, "Oh Grayson, you ruined me, I am just going to keep you here till the last days of your miserable life so that each day when the sun rises you crave to see your children and when the sun sets your hope dies, this is my revenge on you"
Elena feels tears forming up her eyes, she feels so helpless at her parents state, she wants to scream that I am coming for help and she wants to tell them that they will see their children again and yes in this lifetime but she can't she feels so helpless.
Her dad says to the man, "I didn't ruin you, you were trafficking human body parts, organs of the patients who you were supposed to save, I did my duty as a human and exposed you to the world, and given the chance I'd do it again, I don't regret exposing you because this is what you deserved."
The man says, "Oh come on, you're no saint like, I know the experiments you conducted on vampires, where was your humanity then."
Elena knew her family was in the council, she knew they hunted vampires but she didn't know they conducted experiments on them too and then came her dad's reply, "Yes, I conducted experiments on the very thing that feeds on human blood, they are monsters and if anything they are good for is their blood, so I don't waste it, I rather use it to heal my patients but I have no problem staking a vampire through the heart because that's what I'll do if I see any of them near my daughter or son."
Elena opens her eyes and so does Bonnie. Elena is happy that her parents are alive and sad that they are held prisoners. Bonnie says, "I found them, but they clearly hate vampires, so I guess it's only you and I in the team then."
Elena replies, "Bonnie as much as I would like to rescue my parents, I can't leave town without Klaus or his hybrids following me."
Bonnie says, "But Katherine can"
"What" exclaims Elena, "But why will she help me"
"She wouldn't Elena, but I have something to rescue your parents, see if we go to police then that man will be alerted, while you were busy seeing them, I was focusing on other details, he is keeping them captive in DC and he has his informers in the police, if he so much as senses that we are going to come for him, he will simply move them, and probably cloak them too, he had access to magic before, maybe he can have that again."
"So what do we do?" asks Elena desperate to be reunited with her parents.
"We kill them" says Bonnie, "We kill them all"
"What, Bonnie I wouldn't do that, I won't kill so many people."
Bonnie says, "Elena, your parents are the only ones he has held captive, I saw the entire place, and the organ trafficking, Elena I saw a room with files full of details regarding that, he is doing it still and just to remind your dad of his failure to stop him. There is no crime in killing such an evil, Elena, he is worse than vampires who feed on humans to survive and there is no crime in killing them all, so what do you say?"
Elena nods, "Tell me what I have to do?"
Bonnie picks her (Elena's) mother's bracelet and chants something she asks Elena to wear it and then she spells it so that it looks like Katherine's daylight bracelet.
"Bonnie what did you do" she asks clearly unhappy how that bracelet changed into that.
"Relax Elena, I spelled it, for the next twenty four hours you will have all the vampire powers except vamp hearing, because that would have been a headache for you, you won't grow fangs and will be a human but like vampires you will have strength, speed and compulsion as your weapons, poison doesn't kill vampires and for the next twenty four hours it won't kill you, poison the air, I will cast a protection spell on your parents, they wouldn't die with it, compel them to get back to town and you stay behind to clean up."
"What clean up?"
"So many bodies would raise questions, so I say after you compel your parents to get back here, you have to open there gas line, the place is big enough, it will take time to fill that place with it and once it's done, you walk out and light the matches or lighter or whatever, that hell will burn for good, then you can come back and reunite with your parents, I will fill Jeremy in once you have burnt that place to the ground."
Elena smiles and hugs Bonnie, "You are the best Bonnie." She breaks the hug and says, "What about Klaus, he will notice me missing, what if he harms my loved ones thinking that I ran away."
"Oh Don't worry about that" sad Bonnie and she calls Katherine.
Katherine picks up, "Bonnie Bennet, to what do I owe the pleasure?"
"How about I give you a bracelet to cloak yourself from Klaus"
"I am listening"
"But you will have to play the role of Elena for a day"
"Which day?"
"Today" Bonnie said, "I know you have the invite to Elena's house, so I want you to go there tonight and tomorrow when the sun rises I want you to attend the class just as normal Elena"
"I am on my way" says Katherine and disconnects.
Elena smiles, she books a cab and waits for it, "You know Bonnie, I don't know what would I have done without you, if I leave with you Klaus will know it's me and if I leave alone" then she looks at the mirror and it strikes her, "Bonnie do you have a curling iron"
"Yes" Bonnie says and after handing it to her she says, "You might have to take that off" she says pointing to the necklace Stefan gifted her and she does.
Bonnie takes it and says, "I will give it to Katherine for the day but you cannot go their without vervain" Bonnie gives her vervain water she drinks it and by the time she is done with her hair the cab arrives.
She arrives the place where her parents are held captive, she uses the powder Bonnie gave her to poison the air within the building, after they all start falling one by one, Elena walks inside, once she gets in front of her parents she couldn't control her tears, she says, "Mom". Just a whisper.
Miranda who was standing near a wall staring the floor, her thoughts were broken, she couldn't believe her ears she turns to look at her daughter standing before her, she walks to the cell bars, she touches her face, tears well her eyes, "Elena, you are really here, or am I dreaming"
Tears fall from Elena's eyes and she says, "I am here mom, I am here to rescue you, to rescue you and dad."
Miranda's face falls and Elena questions, "What is it mom?"
"Honey, you have ever heard of vampires, if not, then know that they exist"
"I know mom, but why are you telling me this."
"Do you know how someone turns into a vampire"
"Yes, they have to die with vampire blood in their system and then when they wake up, they have to feed on human blood." She says.
"Elena, this man over there, fed vampire blood to your dad and shot him on the head, when he wakes up he will have to make a choice"
Elena says, "Mom, most of my friends are vampires and I know a witch who can make a daylight ring for dad, so that won't be a problem."
They were both so lost in their union that they didn't realize when Grayson woke up gasping for air, he walks to them and says, "If that's the choice I have to make then I know what I have to do" he smiles and Elena understands that he won't transition.
"Take your mom away, I won't do the transition and I don't want her to see me dying" Grayson points towards a wall and Elena sees the key to the cell hanging right there in front of them, she knows it was also to mock them, because if they ever tried to escape the cell they wouldn't ever be able to cross the building.
Elena wipes her tears and says, "Don't you want to meet your son, see how much he has grown."
"Of course I want to" says Grayson.
"Then there is a cab waiting for you outside, it will take you straight home, there you will find Jeremy, probably before your time is…" She couldn't complete her sentence as her words were covered by her sobs.
She opens the door and they both hug her, "Come Elena" says Miranda.
Elena says, "You go, meet your son, I'll follow after I clean this mess up, I promise I'll show before dad…"
Her dad presses a kiss on her forehead and says, "No Elena, you have grown to be such a beautiful woman, don't waste your tears on a man you hae known to be dead already."
"But I just found you" she cries, "Dad go, see Jeremy, I'll come after cleaning this mess up I promise."
"Fine, I trust you, you will make it in time."
After she hears the car leave, she goes down and opens the gas line. She calls Bonnie and says, "They are free" she tries to suppress her sobs and Bonnie replies, "Elena you don't have to cry, it will all be fine"
"I just found them Bonnie and I am losing them all over again, I can't"
"No, that's what I am telling you Elena, that monster shot your dad after I started chanting, he woke up because of the protection spell, he is not in transition, he is alive." And Elena smiles.
"I love you Bonnie Bennet, you have no idea what you have done for me, I love you so, so much."
"Yes now focus on destroying that hell."
"Yes I will"
She disconnects. After sometime she realizes that the gas is spread in the entire place, she vamps away a few feet and then shoots a burning stake at the building and it explodes.
Elena feels so happy, so relieved she wishes to celebrate; she goes to the nearest café and orders a Latte for her. She knows it's only been a few hours and she still has enough time to celebrate her vampire powers still being a human, she smiles ad relishes her cup, once she puts it down she sees someone has taken a seat in front of her, she looks up to see blue orbs fixed on her. "Klaus"