A couple hours later, it had gotten dark out. Margret was reading through her third grimiore. The three of them had been researching so far, but hadn't had any luck yet. "This is useless." Jeremy said, getting up. "All these grimoires. There has to be something in here to keep Elena from becoming a vampire."

"And we'll keep looking. Until the last minute." Bonnie pointed out.

"You know it." Margret said. "I don't want Elena to have this kind of life. Not if she doesn't want it."

"You're strong for someone your age."

"Hey, I've been keeping your secrets. I know how hard it is for you guys to hide it." Margret said. She picked up another grimoire and started reading it.

An hour later, they were still going through the books. "Find anything?" Bonnie asked them.

"Nothing so far, except for a spell for protecting against evil." Margret said. "Where was that spell when all this started happening?"

"I didn't know how to use my powers then." Bonnie pointed out. "Which one are you reading?" She asked Jeremy.

"Emily Bennett's has a section on spells she did for my ancestor Jonathan Gilbert." Jeremy told them.

"Yeah, I think she had a thing for him." They looked at her.

"There's something on a resuscitative spell she was working on." Jeremy continued. Margret looked at the page that was open and read through it.

"I saw that, too. She just didn't explain what it did, exactly." Bonnie said.

"I wish they were more specific when they journaled." Margret said.

"Yeah, like you were ever that specific." Jeremy said. She turned to him, appalled and angry.

"You read my diary?" Margret asked.

"It was at the beginning of the school year." Jeremy told her. "Back when I didn't trust anyone."

"Still, that doesn't make it right. Why would you go through it anyway?" Margret asked.

"I wanted to know what you thought of Elena's boyfriend. Not like I really trusted anyone at the time." He pointed out.

"Guys, can we focus?" Bonnie pointed out. "We have to help Elena before she ends up sacrificed and turned into something she doesn't want to be."

"Do you have any idea what this spell does?" Margret asked her.

"Maybe Jonathan wrote about it in his journals." Jeremy said. "You know, I can have Stefan bring them." Then they heard footsteps.

"Someone's here." They stayed quiet for a few minutes. Then, Alaric walked into the room.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Jeremy asked.

"Elijah and Stefan are upstairs." He told them. He turned to Bonnie. "Could you give me a moment alone with them?"

"Okay." Bonnie got up and left the room.

"What's the matter?" Jeremy asked.

"Something's happened to Jenna." Alaric told them.

"Oh, no." Margret said.

"Klaus took her. He's going to use her as the vampire in the ritual." Alaric explained.

"That's awful." Jeremy said. "Why would he use Jenna?"

"I don't know."

"Isn't there anything we can do to help her?" Margret asked.

"Well, we've come up with a plan, but you're not going to like it." Alaric warned them.

"What is it?"

"Stefan's going to the site to offer himself in her place."

Suddenly, Margret felt the ground give out beneath her. As she collapsed, the guys caught her. "We've got you, sis." Jeremy said.

"Does that happen often?" Alaric asked him, concerned for the girl.

"Once in a while. She began having fainting spells after the accident." Jeremy said. "The doctors couldn't find anything wrong with her, but they believe that its stress related."

"Will she be okay?"

"Yeah, she will. It's one thing dealing with the supernatural, but I don't know how I'd get through any of this without her." Jeremy told him. He held onto Margret.

A few minutes later, she was helping the others study again. She was surprised when Uncle John showed up.

"I brought the Gilbert journals. I think I know the spell you're talking about." He told the group.

"Where's Damon?" Bonnie asked.

"Upstairs. Alaric wanted to talk to him."

"Well, while he tells him the bad news, the rest of us should go through these journals." Margret said, pulling one of them out of the box. "You're helping us with this one."

The group went through the journals. "Hey, I think I found it." Jeremy said. Margret and Bonnie went over to him. "It looks like he wrote down the steps for the spell, too."

"Or Emily did." Margret pointed out. They read over his shoulder.

"I think I know how to do this spell." Bonnie said. "If it works, we can save Elena." There was a knock on the door.

"It's already open. Get in here." Margret said. Damon entered the room.

"Please tell me you've got good news."

"We found something in the Gilbert journals." Bonnie told him.

"Jonathan journaled the story of a mother who called on Emily's services." John explained. "The woman's baby was sick; dying. Emily cast a spell that would bind a woman's life force with her child."

"Skip to the save Elena part." Damon said.

"Yeah, I think we can skip most of the details." Margret added, surprised to find herself agreeing with Damon.

"Well, the child died, but the mother's life force flowed through her, restoring her to life." John finished.

"We already know Elena's going to come back to life but she'll be a vampire." Jeremy pointed out.

"Not if her soul remains intact."

"Not to split hairs here, but vampires do have souls." Margret said. "Not that I believe any of that ridiculous crap from Buffy, but from what I've picked up on, it's there."

"Okay, so let me get this straight." Damon said. "You're going to put your faith in some act of god mumbo jumbo?"

"I refuse to let Elena become the thing I've spent my life protecting her against." John told him. "And you can call that god or mystical energy, whatever you want, but yes... I'm putting my faith in it."

Margret rolled her eyes, unable to believe that even when they were trying to save Elena, he was still against the others. Jeremy put an arm around her shoulder. She looked at him. He signed for her to not comment on it.

A few minutes later, Bonnie was casting the spell. "How much longer is this going to be?" Jeremy asked.

"It's done." Bonnie said. "We better get going."

"Oh, heck no! I am not getting involved in this." Margret said.

"Our sister needs us, Margret." Jeremy pointed out.

"No, Margret's right." Bonnie said. "It's too dangerous for any of you to get involved. Look, if anything goes wrong, who's to say he won't go after either of you two or even Alaric next?"

"So, we're just supposed to sit here?" Jeremy asked.

"We don't have a choice." Margret said. "Look, I know how hard this is, but Elena wouldn't want us rushing into this."

"I know." Jeremy said. "But I just hate waiting around when she's in trouble."

"We'll do everything to make sure they both come back alive." Damon told them.

"We have to go, now." Bonnie said. She left first, followed by everyone except for the twins, John, and Alaric.

Hours later, Margret woke up. She had fallen asleep in her brother's room. Then she remembered everything from the previous night and headed into the living room. Jeremy and Alaric were already there, but John had gone missing. "How is everyone?"

"We're not sure yet. They just got back." Alaric told her. It was then that she noticed her sister lying down on the couch. Damon was sitting beside her.

"Is she okay?" Margret asked.

"I don't know yet." He told them. He sounded worried.

"What about Jenna?" Alaric asked. Damon looked at the group. His expression said everything. "No."

"I'm sorry, you guys."

"You did the best you could." Margret told him. She looked at them sadly. Then she heard a sharp intake of breath and realized Elena was awake. "Elena!" They all ran over to where she was lying down.

"What happened?" Elena asked.

"How do you feel?" Damon asked her.

"I feel fine." Elena said. "How am I still normal?"

"Bonnie and John found a spell to help you." Margret told her, then she frowned. "Wait a minute, where is Uncle John, anyway?"

"Um, Margret," Jeremy started to say. He seemed really nervous. "Did you read about what happened to the mother after they saved the kid?"

"No, why?" Margret asked. He looked at her, concerned.

A couple hours later, she was wearing a black dress. She knew Jeremy had entered the room. "How are you holding up?" She asked him.

"I've been better." Jeremy said.

"Yeah, same here." Margret said. "Guess we should get her."

They entered Elena's room. She was still getting ready. "I'm almost ready."

"Take your time." Jeremy told her. He handed her a piece of paper. "John wanted me to give you this. And this." He gave her John's ring.

"I'm so sorry." Elena said. "Because of me, you've lost so many people."

"Hey, we still have you." Margret pointed out. The three of them hugged each other.

"I'll wait for you downstairs." Jeremy told the girls. "Oh, and Margret, he wanted you to have this note." He handed her a sheet of paper, too.

She read it, then looked over at Elena. "It's kind of weird. I never liked this guy, and now that he's gone, it's like…"

"You kind of wish you could talk to him?" Elena finished for her. "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"I have to. Don't worry, my support group will be there."

At the cemetery, the group was looking at the graves. Margret was a little surprised that Caroline had shown up, but figured that Amy had told her when she gave everyone the news. Rob and Melody were standing close by and Alex was right next to her. They watched as Elena set a rose on each grave. Then placed two on the last one before leaving with the others.

Margret stepped up and placed a rose on Jenna's grave, and another one on her parents'. She felt a hand on the back of her shoulder. She glanced up and looked at Alex. As she stood up, she nearly fell into his arms. The rest of her friends surrounded her. They started to lead her away, when she remembered something.

She pulled away and placed a letter on her parents' grave. Then she nodded to the others, indicating she was ready to go. She allowed her friends to lead her back to the others. They'd all be meeting at her house.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I wish I could tell you everything that's happened to me in the past year. Everything at school is going well, and my friends are just as supportive as ever. As you can probably tell from wherever you are, some of my new friends are supernatural. They've been protecting us from the bad ones, just like you two were trying to do. Now that Jenna's with you two, I don't know what'll happen with our family. I'm a little scared, but I know that we'll figure something out. I wish you were still here to give us advice sometimes. I'll keep trying to reach you, even if it's just through these letters. I love you, no matter where you are.

Your Daughter,

Margret