Margret was asleep, when she heard Elena screaming. She woke up and looked at her clock. It was the middle of the night. By the time she got to her room, she was standing there. She looked shaken, but otherwise fine. "Did you have a bad dream?" Elena jumped and turned around. When she realized it was Margret, she relaxed.

"Yeah, sort of." Elena said.

"Are you okay? You seem a little on edge."

"I'm fine, I think." Elena told her. "It's just, that dream was so real."

"Yeah, some of them are like that." Margret said. She took off the pink bracelet that she wore on her other wrist…the one opposite of the one where she wore the bracelet her mysterious sender gave her. "Here, wear this."

"What is it?"

"It prevents people from having nightmares." Margret told her. "This way, you can rest without waking up the rest of us."

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay. I've had them before, too. It's why I always wear one when I go to bed." Margret said.

"Thank you." Elena said, even though she knew that her bracelet wouldn't really do her any good at the moment. "Good night."

"Good night, Elena." Margret headed back to her own room. Before she left, Elena noticed the other bracelet she was wearing. She decided she'd ask about it tomorrow.

The next day, Margret was downstairs with Jeremy. Elena came down and was getting her jacket. "Hey, guys. I'm going to take off."

"See you later." Jeremy said. Margret slapped him. "Ow! What?"

"Are you high again?" Margret asked.

"No." Jeremy protested.

"I'll look." Elena looked hard at her brother. "No, he's fine. He's just not a morning person."

"Clearly." Margret said.

"By the way, where did you get that?" Elena asked.

"I made this one after the accident." Margret told her. "But, one day when I got home, it was laying out on my table. There was a note that said not to take it off."

"Well, looks like someone has a secret admirer."

"Shut up!" Margret yelled.

"There was no name?" Elena asked.

"No." Margret said. "But I've never taken it off. I feel that whoever did it wanted me to wear it for protection. Plus, the locket was sealed closed."

"Aren't you going to be late?" Jeremy interrupted.

"He's right." Elena realized. "I better hurry if I'm going to meet Stefan."

"Wait, you two are back together?" Margret asked.

"Not exactly. Whatever's been up with him, he's ready to talk about." Elena told her. "I'm willing to listen to him." She walked out the door.

A few hours later, the doorbell rang. "Hey, I heard about what happened at the car wash." Alex told her. "Was she really that bad?" Margret let him inside.

"No, not really. But she left in the middle of the event. We tried looking for her. It turned out she was perfectly safe." Margret said. "I feel embarrassed that we spent all that time looking for nothing."

"You were concerned about her. And after what happened at the party, I don't blame you for wanting to make sure she was okay. That guy seems like a jerk."

Then, the doorbell rang again.

"Rob, what are you doing here?" Margret asked.

"Seeing if I can help a friend." Rob told her. He came inside. The two of them sat down in the living room. "Vicki didn't come back last night."

"Maybe she stayed over at Tyler's." Margret suggested. "I know she didn't come here. She and Jer got into a fight yesterday."

"It's weird that she's kinda stringing those two along." Alex said.

"She dumped Ty at the beginning of the year though." Rob pointed out.

"I'm just trying to think." Margret said. "I don't know where else she'd be unless she was out getting high somewhere."

"Who knows? Maybe he finally decided to respect her." Alex suggested.

"I doubt it." Rob said. "Tyler's a player. He doesn't respect anyone except his teammates."

"It would explain why he nearly killed Jeremy the night of the first game." Margret said.

"Are you still mad about that?"

"If anyone threatens the people that I care about, you can expect me to mad for a long time." She told them.

"Remind me not to get on your bad side." Rob said.

"The longest you've ever stayed mad was two months." Alex pointed out.

"So what?"

"I'm just saying, it's not like you to be so angry at others."

"Please, I will never forgive that creep for what he did to Caroline." Margret told him.

"Trust me, if it was Melody, I'd feel the same way." Rob said. "It's a good thing she has you for a friend."

"It's a good thing she's got a protective older brother." She said to him.

"I'm going to see how your twin's doing." Alex told her.

"Wait, please don't tell him about Vicki." Rob said. "The last thing we need to do is have him wondering where she is."

"A bit late for that, Rob." Margret told him. "Look who's coming toward the house." They followed her gaze out the window.

"Looks like she's in bad shape." Alex said. The doorbell rang. Jeremy answered.

"Hey. The sun is killing me. My eyes are on fire." She told him.

"Where have you been?" Jeremy asked. Margret went to his side to see if she could help.

"It's good. everything's good."

"Are you okay?" Margret asked. "You seem a little…disoriented." Jeremy looked at her.

"You're high? Vicki, it's the middle of the day."

"Could you just not talk so loud? My head, it hurts. I need quiet." Vicki told them. They looked at each other.

"Just sit down. We'll call Matt, okay?" Margret told her. Carefully, they helped her sit down. Alex and Rob were still in the living room. "It's bad, guys. We're going to need to call Matt so he knows what's going on."

"I'll call him." Rob told them.

Meanwhile, Elena was out in the woods with Stefan. She was finding out more about what's been going on lately and the guys' history with Katherine.

"The mind control... You said Katherine used. Do you ever do that to me?" Elena asked.

"No. That necklace, it contains an herb called vervain. It protects you from being compelled." He explained. "I wanted to protect you from Damon's influence. But I also wanted to... Protect you from me."

"Are you also trying to protect Margret?" Elena asked him. "She told me about the bracelet. She said she found it with a note saying not to take it off."

"I don't think Damon would go after her, but I didn't want to take any chances." Stefan told her. "Especially since the Caroline incident." Elena nodded, understanding.

"Guess if I were in your position, I'd have done the same thing." She admitted.

"Anyone should be free to make their own choices." He told her.

Back at Elena's house, everyone else was dealing with Vicki. "Where is she?" Matt asked.

"Come this way." Jeremy and Rob led him upstairs.

"Thanks for the call." Matt told Rob.

"No problem."

"What's she on?" Matt asked.

"I don't know."

"Well, we can rule out sleeping pills." Alex said. Margret hit him in the arm. "What?"

"Not helping."

"Hey, Vic. How you doin'?" Matt asked.

"Not good, Mattie. I hurt."

"Ok, where's it hurt?"

"My jaw hurts."

"Maybe you shouldn't speak for a while." Margret suggested. "Might help." Everyone looked at her. "What? It helped me when my back teeth grew in."

"Too much info." Alex said. He nearly stumbled out of the room.

"Ok, well—"

"No. Just leave me alone." Vicki told them.

"Come on, Vic. Don't be like that." Matt said. Let's get you home.

"Maybe she's got the flu." Rob told him. "That, or she's hallucinating."

"Just turn it off!"

"Turn what off?" Jeremy asked.

"The talking, the chatter, just turn it off." Everyone stayed quiet for a moment. Then, Jeremy unmuted the TV.

"3 bodies were found dead in what is believed to be a drug deal gone awry. The bodies have yet to be identified. They were discovered earlier today over at the old Mystic Falls cemetery." Margret gasped. She couldn't believe what was going on in town lately.

"That's where we were last night." Jeremy told them.

"Do me a favor and don't go there at night again." Margret told him.

"What happened, Vic?" Matt asked.

"They're asking anyone with information..." The announcer continued.

"I'm calling the cops." Matt said.

"No. Don't." Vicki protested.

"Vicki, this is serious." Rob pointed out. "Someone murdered those other kids."

"What happened after I left last night, Vick?" Jeremy asked.

"Dude, are you ok?"

"I'm fine." Jeremy told them.

"In any case, Rob's right. Sooner or later, we have to call the police." Alex pointed out. Just then, Elena and Stefan entered the room.

"What's going on?" Elena asked.

"She's really messed up." Matt explained.

"Elena, back up. Vicki, look at me." Stefan told her. "Focus. You're gonna be fine. Everything's gonna be fine." He turned to everyone else in the room. "Guys, take her up to bed. Shut the blinds. She's gonna be ok. Come on." It took everyone's help, but all five of them managed to help get Vicki upstairs to Jeremy's room.

"I'm going to make some herbal tea. It might help." Margret told the guys. She left the room.

"I'm sorry I'm so much trouble." Vicki said.

"Aw, you just-you need to sleep it off, ok?" Jeremy told her.

"You'll feel fine when you wake up." Rob added.

"No." Vicki seemed as though she were remembering something. Suddenly, she took off and ran out the door. The guys ran downstairs.

"Vic!" Matt called after her.

"She was fine, and then she just- she just freaked out." Jeremy told them.

"I'm gonna go look for her. Call me if you hear anything." Matt said.

"I'll help. With her condition, it's probably dangerous." Rob said.

"You think?" Alex said as they left. "I should go, too. I'll check the park and the Grill." He told Jeremy.

"Good luck, man." Jeremy said.

A few hours later, the others were starting to get worried. "Maybe we should check in with Matt." Jeremy suggested. Margret was on her cell phone.

"He'll call when he finds her." Elena pointed out.

"Well, what are we supposed to do?" Jeremy asked.

"We wait. We're supposed to wait."

"I don't know what's wrong with her."

"Okay, got it. You should get home soon. Melody's probably worried." Margret said. She hung up. "She wasn't at the park. Rob said Matt hasn't found her either."

"She'll be fine. It'll all be fine." Elena told them, trying to keep them calm. Just then, the doorbell rang. The siblings headed to the door to find Damon.

"You two get upstairs." Elena told them. Margret didn't understand it, but she went up with Jeremy. She'd do anything to get away from Damon.

"You're afraid of me." Damon noticed as soon as the others were upstairs. "I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess. Stefan finally fessed up."

"Stay away from me." Elena told him.

"Hey, there's no need to be rude. I'm just looking for Stefan." He told her. "May I come in? Oh, wait. Of course I can. I've been invited." He stepped inside the house. "We can cut to the chase if you want. I'm not gonna kill you right now. That wouldn't serve my greater agenda. Where's Stefan?"

"He's out looking for Vicki." Elena told him. "Oh, and if you ever do anything to hurt Margret or any of her friends, I will take you down."

"Don't look at me with those judgey little eyes. Girl's gonna thank me for what I did to her."

"Did you thank Katherine?" Elena asked.

"Got the whole life story, huh?" E

"I got enough." Elena told him. "And if you ever do anything to hurt Margret or any of her friends, I will take you down".

"Oh, I doubt that. Tell my brother I'm looking for him." He started to leave. "Oh, tip for later, be careful who you invite in the house." As soon as he was gone, Elena headed upstairs.

"Why do you think he was here?" Jeremy asked Margret.

"I have no idea, twin." Margret told him. "But he gives me the creeps. There's something very weird about him."

"Like what?" Jeremy asked.

"I can't explain it. It's like, he seems normal enough, but there's something darker hidden underneath." She explained.

"He's gone." Elena told them when she came up. "Margie, can we talk for a second?" Margret followed her out of the room.

"What is it, Elena?"

"I tracked down the person who left your bracelet out." Elena told her. "And you're right, they did it for your protection."

"Do you know who it is?"

"Let's just say he's a friend." Elena told her. She hated lying, but she didn't want Margret to know just yet. "I promised I wouldn't tell you his identity."

"Is there anything you can tell me?" Margret asked.

"I can tell you that you should keep it on and never take it off." Elena said. "When you designed it, you said it protected from all kinds of dark influences. Including others."

"You mean…" Margret began. Elena nodded. "Well, I'm not sure if this bracelet really works. But I trust you and whoever this guy is, so I'll keep wearing it. Besides, with that creep still in town, I'm going to need it." Elena would've laughed if the situation wasn't so serious.

"I'll see you in the morning." She told her. "I'm going to see if there's any news about Vicki. Do me a favor and don't tell Jer."

"I won't." Margret said. Elena headed back downstairs. She didn't understand why she was acting so strange lately, but she wasn't going to keep asking about it. She headed up to her room. Hopefully, they'd find something on Vicki by morning.