A few days later, Margret and her group were in the school's hallway. "Was there supposed to be a point to that lesson, cause I'm not seeing it." Amy told them.

"No kidding." Melody said. "It's like he forgot his lesson plans or something."

"I'd guess it's because he and Aunt Jenna broke up, but in comparison to everything else that's happened over the last few days, it seems normal to me." Margret said.

"John's still around?" Alex guessed.

"Yeah, we've had to deal with him for a while." Margret said.

"Hey." Rob came over to them. "What are you guys talking about?"

"History class." Melody told him.

"Yeah, it was weirder than usual today." Amy explained.

"Oh, I know." Rob said. "I have it first period, remember? Not only did Mr. Saltzman come in late, he didn't seem to know what he was doing."

"I see." Margret said. She was starting to get the feeling something was up, and she knew that usually involved her supernatural friends.

The group sat down in the cafeteria. "I think that there's more going on with him than just a break-up." Margret told them.

"What do you mean?" Melody asked. "You think it might have to do with psychology?"

"Not exactly." Margret hesitated. She knew she couldn't tell them the truth.

"Well, what do you think is going on?" Alex asked.

"Come on, don't leave us in suspense."

"Hey, guys, knock it off." Amy said. "There are some things that are too hard to talk about."

"Thank you, Amy." Margret said. She looked up and noticed Jeremy and Bonnie talking. "Actually, I'm going to go. I think I brought my twin's bag instead of mine."

"You should really get a new backpack." Amy said. Margret barely heard her as she walked away.

Jeremy was leaving by the time she got there, but Elena had joined them. "Hey, I just heard from Jeremy. You doing okay with John?"

"He's okay, though I wish Jenna would come home." Margret told her.

"I'm sorry. I feel so responsible for what happened." Elena said.

"It's not your fault." Bonnie pointed out. "You didn't know."

"Well, it's not every day my vampire mother shows up out of the blue." Elena pointed out.

"So, you guys going to the dance tonight?" Margret asked.

"Yeah." Bonnie said. "Your brother, however, not so happy about needing to dress up."

"I don't blame him. These decade themes can be so redundant sometimes." Margret pointed out. Just then, a girl from their class showed up.

"Hey, Elena, there you are. Ok. This is going to sound freaky, but this totally hot guy just asked me to ask you if you're going to the dance tonight."

"Tell him she has a boyfriend." Bonnie said.

"You could at least meet him. He'll be at the dance tonight." Margret rolled her eyes, but the girl's next words threw her into shock. "Look for him. His name is Klaus."

They all stared at her. "I'm sorry, what did you just say?" Elena asked.

"I know the name's stupid, but I swear he's hot." The girl said. Margret looked around, but all she saw were other students, her friends, and in the corner of the room, Stefan.

"Where is he? Is he here?" Bonnie asked.

"I don't know." The girl told them. "But he wants to know if you'll save him the last dance. How cute is that?" Margret looked back at her.

"Is she…" She began to whisper.

"Yeah, she's under compulsion." Bonnie whispered back.

That afternoon, Margret went with the girls to the Boarding House. She'd been too scared to go home by herself and she wasn't heading to Amy's until later to get ready with the girls. Elena and Bonnie had explained what happened to the guys, while Margret just stood close by.

"So we go to the dance, we find him." Damon said.

"Really? How are we going to do that? We don't even know what he looks like." Stefan pointed out.

"He compelled that girl at school to warn us he's coming." Margret said.

"I guess it's not as safe as you guys thought, huh?" Stefan was saying to the girls.

"I feel like my life has turned into a horror movie."

"Hey, we're not going to let him hurt anyone." Elena pointed out, putting her arms around him. Just then Alaric entered the room.

"Sorry I'm late."

"Hey, I need you to put me down as a chaperone at the dance tonight. Klaus made his first move." Damon told him.

"Okay, so we find him and then what?" Elena asked. "What's our plan of attack?"

"Me. I'm the plan. He has no idea how much power I can channel." Bonnie explained. "If you can find him, I can kill him."

"That's not going to be that easy. I mean, he is the biggest, baddest vampire around." Alaric pointed out.

"Alaric has a point. I mean, what if he..." Damon rushed toward Bonnie, but she used her powers to throw him to the other side of the room.

"Wow." Margret said. "You're getting good."

"Thanks." Bonnie said. "I can take down anyone who comes at me. I can kill him, Elena. I know I can."

"I can't believe these theme dances sometimes." Melody said. She was wearing a pink dress and white boots. She was trying to adjust her headband.

"Uh, Melody? I 'm pretty sure go-go boots started in the seventies." Amy said, running a hand over her skirt. She had chosen a green and yellow striped top, while her skirt remained a solid yellow.

"I'm pretty sure we'll be debating this all night if we keep talking about it." Margret said. She was wearing a blue and white long-sleeved dress with little polka dots all over it.

"Let me guess, matching gloves or wristbands?" Amy asked Melody.

"Definitely bands. I'm supposed to DJ one of the sets." Melody told them. "It's kinda hard to scratch a record when I'm wearing gloves."

"So they actually got a real turntable for this one?" Margret asked, putting the hair curler down.

"Yeah, one of my cousins lent it to them."

Margret took a glance at her reflection in the mirror. Her hair was curly and she looked like a character from a sixties movie. She only hoped that things wouldn't turn on them. She looked at her charm bracelet, grateful she still had the vervain tucked inside the sealed locket. She'd clasped it shut for good after finding out everything.

"Hey, Margret?" She turned around. The girls had finished getting ready. "What's wrong?" Melody asked, noticing her concerned expression.

"It's nothing." Margret said. "I guess I'm just a little nervous about the dance."

"Well, I know one guy that'd be lucky to see you like this." Melody said. Margret blushed.

"Speaking of the guys, they should be here any minute." Amy pointed out. "Let's get downstairs."

The group showed up at the dance early. "Looks like you're set to go on in ten minutes." Rob told Melody.

"Okay."

"Hey, you're not getting butterflies, are you?" Amy asked.

"Of course not." Melody said. "I never get stage fright."

"Hey, don't jinx it." Margret said.

"Everything will be fine." Alex told her. "Come on." They headed out to the dance floor.

After an hour, Margret noticed the others entering the gym. "Looks like they finally made it." She said. "Could you guys give me a minute?" She started to move closer to the group, when the girl from before went up to speak.

"Thanks for being here, everybody. We have a special shout-out tonight." Margret was just behind them when she spoke. "This is for Elena. From Klaus." She looked surprised. She glanced back to where her friends were and headed toward them.

"I have no idea who this guy is, but he must be really twisted if he thinks he's got a shot with Elena." Amy was saying as Margret arrived.

"No kidding." Melody said. "Guys who do dedications are either desperate or complete nerds."

"Hey, Margie. What's up?"

"Melody, think you can take over being a DJ for a while?" Margret asked.

"What's this about?"

"Nothing, I just think you'd be a better DJ than most of these guys." She said. "Besides, I heard one of them talking behind your back the other day."

"Those guys have no respect!" Melody hurried off.

"Are you okay, Margie?" Rob asked.

"Yeah, why?"

"It's just you seem a little…" He turned to Alex for help.

"Jumpy." He supplied.

"I swear, I'm fine." Margret said. "Come on, let's dance."

"Speaking of weird…" Amy began, she looked over her shoulder. "When did they stop fighting?" The others followed her gaze and saw Caroline and Matt together.

"I think a better question is when did they happen?" Rob said, looking elsewhere. Margret looked in the same direction and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Then she noticed Elena dancing…with Damon.

She knew how it must look to her friends. "They didn't happen. They're just friends." Margret told them.

"Really?"

"Oh, come on, guys! Seriously?" Margret said. "One, she's already got a boyfriend and two, Damon's way older than her."

"He doesn't look that old." Amy pointed out.

"You have no idea." Margret told her.

"You know, maybe we could go to my place afterward." Alex told Margret. "Rob's coming, too."

"I'd like too, Alex, but I can't." Margret said. "I kind of have other plans."

"Hey, I get it. You staying with the girls?"

"No, I wanted to check in on Jeremy." Margret said. "He's been on edge lately."

"Yeah, I've been meaning to ask what's up with him." Alex said. "I didn't want to seem intrusive."

"You're so nice all the time."

"Well, it's hard not to be nice to a good friend." Alex pointed out.

"Yeah."

"Okay, I hate to leave you out here on your own, but something is up with Matt." Rob said.

"Go for it." Amy said. "He's your friend." He kissed her on the cheek and headed toward him.

"Hey, man."

"Oh, hey." Matt said.

"What is up with you and Caroline?"

"Well, I just found out she's been hiding some things from me." Matt said. "And she's just a lot different than I thought she was."

"Look, I kind of get it." Rob said. "It was awkward when I started dating Amy, but then I noticed that whatever flaws she had, she was still a good person."

"I don't know."

"Hey, I say you should give her another chance, no matter how bad her secret it is." Rob said. Matt seemed hesitant. "At least think about it." He walked away.

"What was that all about?" Amy asked.

"Apparently Caroline has a secret."

"Yeah, she mentioned that the night the band showed up." Amy said. "Well, it can't be too terrible."

"Matt seems to think so."

"I'm sure they'll work it out." Amy told him. "He's all Care really has right now."

Back on the dance floor, Margret and Alex were dancing. "Sorry to break up the moment, but do you mind?" Melody asked them.

"No problem." Margret said. "Alex?"

"I'm okay with it."

"I was just with Rob. He said that Caroline was still hiding secrets from him." Melody said. "He found out, but now he isn't sure about things."

"Hey, sometimes people keep secrets to protect others." Margret said. "And Caroline's been so worried about how Matt would take it if he found out." And for a good reason, she thought. It explained why it seemed he was trying to keep his distance from her.

She noticed her brother leaving the gym. He looked kind of worried when he left. "Excuse me, I have to go." She followed him out into the hallway.

"Jeremy?" She called. She was looking for him when she bumped into someone. "Sorry." The person turned around.

"Margret, what are you doing out here?"

"I saw my brother leave. He looked upset about something." Margret said. "I haven't seen him look like that since the accident."

"I'm looking for him, too. He was with Elena before he left, and your right, he does seem upset."

"Jeremy?" Margret noticed him by the lockers.

"Hey."

"What's going on?" Stefan asked him.

"It's nothing."

"That's a lie." Margret said. "Come on, Jer. We can talk about anything."

"Just promise that this won't get back to Elena." He told Margret. She nodded. "Okay, you know how Bonnie said she could take down Klaus? Turns out, there's a price for all that power."

Margret knew that sometimes magic came with restrictions and consequences, but this seemed different somehow. "What kind of price?" Stefan asked.

"If she uses all that power, channels it against him, it'll kill her." Jeremy explained. "And I don't know what we can do or how to save her. She's determined to kill him no matter what."

"Isn't there something those spirits can do to protect her?" Margret asked. "Keep her from dying while doing the spell?"

"I don't even know if that's possible." Jeremy said. "I just…I can't lose her. I don't know what else to do."

"Margret, why don't you head back inside? I'll take care of this." Stefan told her. Margret nodded, and headed back down the hall.

She wondered if they'd even be able to save their witch friend at all. She didn't want to think about what would happen if they couldn't. The whole group had been through so much together.

"Margie?" She looked up and saw Alex. "There you are." He noticed her expression. "Is everything okay?" He asked, concerned.

"No, nothing is okay." Margret said. She knew it was risky, but she had to tell him part of the truth. "You know that guy, Klaus?"

"The guy who did that dedication?"

"Yeah, I know it seems like he has a thing for Elena, but it's a trick." Margret said. "The truth is, he's out to hurt her. Well, her and Bonnie. That dedication was directed as a threat."

"Whoa, that's kinda twisted." Alex said.

"He's been threatening them for almost a month." Margret added. "And I'm so worried that my friends will get really hurt or worse." Alex held her.

"I can't stand guys that would threaten a girl-no matter what the reason is." He told her. "I'd offer to kick his butt, though…"

"Yeah, that would be a very bad idea." Margret told him.

"I'm sure that they'll find some way to defend themselves." Alex said. "Your sister and that friend of hers are really smart. Plus, I'm pretty sure Bon's a black belt."

"I just wish I could do something. I feel so useless sometimes." Margret admitted.

"Sometimes just being there is enough." Alex pointed out. She smiled, remembering what she'd told the group before.

"Thanks, Alex. You're always there when I need you. How'd you find me, anyway?" She asked as they walked back to the gym, hand-in-hand.

"The others told me that you'd left in kind of a hurry, looking for Jeremy." Alex explained. "I guessed the direction he'd go."

"You're pretty good at that."

When they got back to the dance, Melody went over to them. "Hey, where's your brother?"

"He'll be back soon." Margret told her. "He's really upset about things though. Think you can dance with him, get his mind off it?"

"Of course." Melody said. A few minutes later, she spotted Jeremy entering the gym. She headed over to him. "Are you okay?" She asked. "You look like you've been in a fight."

"Some idiot in the hall tried to start one." Jeremy told her. "I'm fine, I swear."

"You're foot's not broken, is it?" Melody asked.

"No." He said, giving her a what are you talking about look.

"Well, they say dancing's a good way to vent emotion."

"Tell that to my sister." Jeremy said. Melody pulled him onto the dance floor. A few minutes later, he saw his twin head toward them. "Excuse me." He walked over to her.

"Dance with me, we need to look normal here." Margret pointed out.

"What's going on?"

"Apparently, Klaus has possessed Mr. Saltzman." She told him while they moved across the dance floor.

"What?"

"Yeah, the others are doing everything they can." Margret said. "I just ran into Elena and she was really freaked out about it."

"No kidding. I'm about to have a panic attack right here!" Jeremy told her.

"She said Bonnie was with Damon last time she saw her." Margret told him.

"Then we better go find him." Jeremy said. They left the dance and started looking for him.

"Okay, think. If you were a vampire, where would you be?" Margret asked.

"Inflicting misery somewhere." Jeremy said.

"Would you be serious?" Margret asked.

"I am. Look, I know you like Damon, but he's not exactly the nicest guy around."

"I know." Margret said. "But like it or not, he's still a friend and right now, I think we're safer with him than we are alone with Klaus, I mean Alari…I mean…man, I hate the whole body-switching thing."

"Come on." Jeremy said. They found Damon outside by the car. "Hey, where's Bonnie?" Jeremy asked him.

"Jeremy, there's something you need to know about Bonnie." He told him.

"Please tell me she didn't use her powers against him." Margret said.

"Both of you, come with me." Damon told the twins.

He opened the door, where they found Bonnie unconscious. "Oh, no!"

"It's not what it looks like." Damon said. "Klaus was trying to kill her by forcing her to use her magic."

"And it worked?" Jeremy asked.

"No. She used a spell to protect herself." Damon said. "We had to make it look believable."

"So, she's alive." Margret realized. "And you did this to help protect her?"

"Yeah, but your sister doesn't know about it yet and there's a high chance she'll be pissed at me when I get home."

"So, what do we do with her?" Jeremy asked.

"Let's get her to the witch house." Margret told him. They got into the car.

A few hours later, Elena was in the Salvatore's living room, talking with Bonnie on the webcam. Margret entered the room.

"Elena, I'm so sorry." She heard Bonnie saying.

"It's ok, it's ok. I just needed to see you from myself." Elena said.

"There wasn't enough time for me to tell you."

"It's ok, seriously. Damon explained it all to me." Elena told her.

"Me, too." Margret said, entering the room.

"I thought you were at home."

"After the kind of night I've been having, I thought I'd crash here." Margret told her.

"Okay." Elena said.

"I'm so glad you're okay, Bonnie." Margret said.

"So am I." Bonnie said. "I didn't mean to worry anyone."

"It's alright, Bonnie. I know why you did it." Margret said.

"Margret, make sure you're sister stays safe." Bonnie told her. "Even though I managed to fake my death, Klaus will still be after her."

"Don't worry, Bonnie. I may not be a fighter, but I have my own ways of protecting you guys." Margret said.

"Thanks. And keep weaving those jewelry charms. They'll come in handy." Bonnie told her. She logged off. It wasn't long before Margret fell asleep on the couch.

"Well, guess we should find a way to…" Elena glanced over and noticed her sister asleep. She picked up the blanket and threw it over her sister. "Night, Margie." She kissed her forehead and left the room.