Margret woke up in her room and practically dragged herself off the bed. After the rough couple days she'd had, she was just relieved to see the sun when she opened her curtains. She checked her phone and saw she had a text from Amy. She figured she'd look at it later. Then she heard something downstairs. She walked down and saw her sister looking toward the doorway.

"Elena?" She turned to her.

"You're up early."

"So are you." Margret pointed out. "What are you doing up?"

"It's nothing, really." Elena said. "I just had a very weird run in with Damon."

"Yeah, I thought I heard footsteps down here." Margret looked at her. She still seemed a little sad, though it wasn't as bad as when they'd lost their parents. "Hey, we're going to make it through this, Elena."

"I know, it's still hard, though. You should be glad you weren't there when it happened."

"I can't imagine what you're going through."

"I'm more worried about Jeremy." Elena told her.

"Yeah, I know. Dealing with my twin's mood swings are not easy." Margret said.

"Any ideas on what we can do?"

"Amy just texted me about a movie in the park." Margret told her. Elena looked at her. "I know that look, you're getting an idea, aren't you?"

A couple hours later, the three of them were headed into the park. "You brought me to see a girl movie." Jeremy said.

"That's the last time I follow a suggestion that Amy texts me." Margret said. Not that she didn't like Amy's ideas, but Gone With the Wind was her least favorite movie.

"We had to get out of the house." Elena reminded them. "This is our 3-hour distraction from reality."

"Is that what we're doing? Pretending like our lives aren't screwed?" Jeremy asked.

"Oh, come on, Jer. Don't be so negative." Margret said.

"So I should be happy because we lost our aunt and uncle in a little less than six hours?" Jeremy asked.

"Hey, it's hard, I get it." Margret said. "But I'm not going to live my life facing the down side of every bad thing that happens."

"You should follow your sister's example, man." Margret looked up and saw that Rob and Alex were already there, waiting for them.

"Where's Amy?"

"She went to help Care with the basket. Her cousin might be strong, but she's still a little clumsy." Rob said.

"And Melody?"

"She's in one of her creative moods again. She's been sampling some new tracks for this party she's DJ-ing next week." Rob said.

"And I came to make sure you guys were okay."

"That's sweet of you Alex, but we're fine." Elena said.

"Speak for yourself." Jeremy said.

"Well, most of us are okay, at least." Margret said, wrapping her arms around Alex.

"Are you sure you guys want to be here?" He asked them.

"We need to do this, okay? Breathe, eat, sleep, wake up, and do it all over again until one day, it's just not as hard anymore." Elena pointed out, spreading a blanket on the ground.

"Hey, there you guys are." Caroline came over to them, with Amy next to her.

"Margie, you made it!"

"How could I miss this? Besides, we had to get out of there." Margret said.

"Are we really doing this?" Jeremy asked.

"Yes, we are really doing this. We are going to take a page from Scarlett. We made it through the war. I know you guys went through hell, and my mom knows, ow!" Margret had elbowed her in the side.

"Sorry, but you nearly blew your cover."

"Oh, right." Caroline said. "basically it's like Atlanta has burned. And yet, in spite of everything, we persevere."

"What's with your cousin?" Rob asked.

"I don't know. Whatever's going on is between her and Aunt Liz." Amy said. "Apparently some kind of secret, which I want no part of at this time." Everyone sat down.

An hour later, Amy had fallen asleep. The others looked at her. "She always falls asleep during this movie." Caroline told them.

"Does she do this with every movie she finds boring?" Rob asked.

"Hey, that's your girlfriend you're talking about, remember?" Margret pointed out.

"Whoa, really?" Caroline said.

"Oh, don't judge. You went out with Matt and half the student body couldn't believe it." Rob pointed out.

"Okay, am I the only one who's having trouble following this?" Jeremy asked.

"You're not alone, Jer." Margret said. "Not everyone understands this movie."

"Hey." She glanced back.

"Speaking of boyfriends…" The others glanced up and noticed Stefan had joined them.

"Hey! Look who couldn't resist an epic romance." Elena said.

"Will you come take a walk with me?" Stefan asked her. "This won't take long." Elena got up and left with him.

"You think we should try to wake her up?" Alex asked, looking at Amy.

"Trust me, we're better off with her asleep." Caroline said.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Margret asked.

"What do you mean?" Alex asked.

"I've known Stefan long enough to tell when he's serious or not." Margret said. "I'm not as dull as others think I am."

"Okay, look." Caroline whispered to her. "I can't hear them. They're too far away."

"I'll be right back." Margret said. She got up and left. It didn't take her long to find her sister, only now she was alone.

"What's going on?"

"Um, Margret, remember the night of the sacrifice?" Elena asked. "How it was a full moon?"

"Yeah, I remember…"

"Tyler turned when Damon was helping them escape. He got bitten."

"Oh, my god." Margret brought her hand to her mouth.

"There's more. The witches told Stefan there was a cure."

"That's good news."

"But he has to find Klaus to get it."

"That's not good." Margret said. "So, what happens now?"

"I'm going to go see Damon." Elena said. "Do you want to come with?"

"I would, but I told my friends would be back." Margret told her. "I'll catch up with you later." Elena looked at her and Margret knew how bad she felt about early. "Elena, you have nothing to feel bad about. Just go to him already. If he'd want anyone by his side, it'd be you."

"You should let the others know I'm leaving." Elena said.

"I will." Elena embraced her. Then, she took off running.

Margret went back to the others. "Hey, Sleeping Beauty finally woke up." Alex told her. She smiled, but it never reached her eyes.

"What's wrong?" Jeremy asked.

"Um, it's fine. I just thought Melody should know things are going on." She pulled out her phone and started texting.

"Are you okay?" Caroline asked. At the same time, Jeremy's phone buzzed and he looked at the text message Margret sent him. At the same time, Margret whispered into Caroline's ear. "Oh, that's not good."

"What are you two going on about?" Rob asked.

"Girl problems." Caroline told him.

"Ah, got it." Rob said.

"I'm sorry. This must be really stressful for you."

"That's why we're here, remember? To de-stress, forget our problems…" Margret said

"And wait to hear if there's good news." Jeremy finished.

"Hey, sorry I'm late." Bonnie said. "I was helping Stefan finish some end-of-school-year project."

"Yeah, we heard the news, Bon." Caroline said.

"We're all hoping things turn out okay."

A few hours later, the group watched the movie. "All this waiting around for news is ruining Scarlett for me."

"Hey, easy, Amy, you're starting to doze off again." Rob said.

"Sorry." Amy said.

"It's okay." Rob said. "Besides, you look kinda cute when you're asleep." Amy blushed.

"Can't you give the girl a break?" Margret asked. Just then, Jeremy's phone rang.

"Alaric. Hey." Jeremy said. The girls listened in while the others watched the movie. "She went to go see Damon. I thought that's where you were?"

Caroline turned to Amy. "Amy, I want you and you're friends to go home."

"You want us to leave? You practically dragged us here!" Amy pointed out.

"Listen, something has come up and I'm worried that my mom is involved." Caroline said. "Rob, Alex, please make sure she gets home safely. Whatever you do, don't stop until you get home, okay?"

"Alright, I guess we're headed to my place." Amy said.

"Are you sure you'll be okay without us?" Alex asked Margret.

"Just go, Alex." Margret said. "I'm okay." The three of them left.

"Maybe you two should go too." Bonnie said once the others were out of earshot. "If Damon is off the rails, there is nothing you can do to stop him. Let us take care of it."

"You keep doing this. You left me behind before, and guess what Jenna still died. Now I'm going to find my sister. You go ahead and you try to stop me." Jeremy said.

"Calm down, Jer. I know how you feel, but they also have a point."

"So what are you going to do?" Caroline asked.

"I'm more worried about Damon than of what our sister would want us to do." Margret said. "I'll look with Jeremy, besides, these bracelets have protective crystals that you charmed, remember?"

"Okay, but first sign of danger, contact us." Bonnie said. Margret nodded and then they split up to search for him.

A few minutes later, Jeremy and Margret were still looking around. "We've been at it for almost fifteen minutes." Margret said.

"We'll find him." Jeremy told her. She stopped walking. He went over to her. "Are you okay?"

"No, Jer, I'm not okay." Margret said. "We just lost two more members of our family and I couldn't stand it if I lost another one." She calmed down and took a breath. "Look, I know you don't like him and that you're just doing this to help our sister, but I actually care about him."

"Margret, listen. We're going to find him and make sure nothing happens to him." Jeremy told her, grabbing his twin's shoulders. "For now, let's just keep looking. Okay?" She nodded, not trusting her voice. They started looking around the area again.

Then she noticed a figure in the distance. "Jeremy." He looked up and saw where she was looking. A few feet away, near the fountain, he was standing there.

"Damon!" They ran over to him.

"Where's Elena?"

"I'm not sure." Margret said.

"We need to get you out of here. The cops are looking for you." Jeremy said. They both got on a side and led him to the Grill.

It was surprisingly empty when they got there. Jeremy called the others. "Hey, it's me. We're with Damon at The Grill." Margret noticed Sheriff Forbes enter the room.

"Look out!" She yelled. One of the crystals on her bracelet started glowing. Damon managed to escape. The twins fell to the ground. After a couple seconds, Margret lifted her head and realized she was okay. "That was a close one, huh, Jer." Then she looked next to her. Jeremy was out and he was bleeding. "Jer?" She shook him. "Jeremy!" The next thing she knew, Sheriff Forbes was at her side.

"You're gonna be fine. It's gonna be okay."

"What were you thinking?" Margret told her.

"You think I meant to hit your brother?" She protested.

"I thought we explained this already. Damon's one of the good ones, and now Jeremy's going to pay for your mistake?" Margret pointed out. The Sheriff seemed shocked by her words. Just then, Bonnie and Caroline showed up.

"Jeremy!" Bonnie yelled.

"Mom, what did you do?" Caroline asked.

"I was aiming for Damon."

"He still has his ring." Caroline pointed out.

"Those only protect from supernatural beings." Margret pointed out.

"Let me try." Caroline bit her wrist and held it to Jeremy. "Come on Jeremy."

"What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to save him." Caroline told her mom. "Jeremy, please."

"Jeremy…" Margret realized the problem, but couldn't say it. She refused to say it. "Caroline, it's not going to work."

"What's going on?" Alaric asked the group. Then he noticed Jeremy. "Oh, my God." He put his arm around Margret.

"I know what I need to do." Bonnie said. She turned to the group. "We need to take him with us."

"You can't move him. This is a crime scene." Sheriff Forbes said.

"Mom, you let them go." Caroline said.

"Thanks for having our back, Care." Margret said as she left with them.

At the witch house, Margret finished lighting a couple of candles. "Is this even possible?" Alaric was asking Bonnie. She was holding Jeremy.

"There's a spell for it if they'll give me the power to use it." Bonnie said. She began to do a spell and Margret stood beside her. She could hear to voices of the spirits around them. "Oh no."

"What? What is it?" Alaric asked.

"They're angry at me for coming back here. They don't wanna help." Bonnie told them.

"Why not?"

"They thought I was abusing their power." She explained.

"That's ridiculous!" Margret said at the same time Alaric said. "They have to help!"

"They said there'll be consequences." Bonnie said.

"Well, he's just a kid. Tell 'em to shut up!" Alaric said. Bonnie kept trying to cast the spell, but Margret noticed her nose bleeding. She knew she was overexerting herself. Tears began to form in her eyes.

"I don't know if you can hear me," She said. "But we need your help!" Bonnie and Alaric looked at Margret. "Please, save him. I've already lost every parent that I've had, I can't lose my brother, too!" A wind blew all around them. Margret felt a warm breeze, despite it being cold inside the house.

"Bonnie, try it again." This time, Margret could hear a few of the whispers join her in the incantation. Suddenly, all of the candles went out and the chant stopped. Everyone looked at each other. "Did it work?"

"I don't know." Bonnie said. Margret could see that she had been crying, too.

"Anything is possible if you believe strongly enough." Margret gasped, hearing a woman's voice, but not seeing anything.

"Emily?" Bonnie asked. Suddenly, they heard an intake of breath. They all looked at Jeremy, who was now awake.

"Bonnie?"

"Oh, my God, Jeremy." Bonnie said.

"What happened?"

"That doesn't matter. I'm just so glad you're okay." Margret said. Bonnie held him close and pulled Margret in, putting them in a group hug. The girls looked up.

"Thank you."

"Thank you so much."

A few hours later, the group was back home. Margret knocked on Jeremy's door and entered, carrying a cup with her. "I made you this. I wasn't sure how you'd be feeling."

"I feel a little strange, it is weird coming back from the…"

"Please don't say it. I was so scared I was going to lose you, Jer." Margret said.

"Hey, you'll never lose me." Jeremy told her. "We're a team. All three of us." She wrapped her arms around him. He returned her embrace. "Besides, nothing bad can happen as long as I've got two great sisters and a witchy girlfriend looking out for me."

"Not to mention three vampires and a teacher-slash-vampire hunter." Margret said. Then she remembered something. "Oh, my God. Damon."

"Go." Jeremy said. "You should check in on him."

"Are you sure you're okay?" Margret asked him.

"I'll be fine, sis. Besides, I'm not alone here."

Margret headed downstairs and nearly ran into Alaric on her way out the door. "Hey."

"Hey. How's he doing?"

"He seems to be okay, which is why I'm worried." Margret said. "I mean, he did just get magically revived by a group of witches. You know, you're always welcome here if you want to stay."

"Thanks, but I think I better just check in on him." Alaric told her.

"I'll be back later." Margret said. Then she walked out of the house.

By the time she got to the Boarding House, it was pretty late. She walked inside just as Elena came downstairs. "Margret?"

"Elena. How long have you been here?"

"About an hour." She told her. Margret didn't want to ask the next question, but she knew she had to.

"How is he?" She asked.

"He's fine." Elena said. "Come with me." Margret followed her upstairs into a room that she'd never visited. Then again, she'd never been upstairs before now. She followed her sister into one of the rooms. Damon was lying down on the bed, but he seemed to be okay. She could never tell with these vampires.

"He's going to make it. We got the cure." Elena told her.

"So, he's going to be okay?" Margret said. At that moment, his eyes opened.

"Margie?" The girls, startled, turned to face the bed.

"Damon." She sat down on a chair that was on one side. "How are you doing?"

"I'm recovering as well as one can from a werewolf bite. I'm guessing she gave you the news."

"I'm just glad you're okay." Margret said. "Nothing in this town would be right without you." She took his hand in hers. He glanced at her.

"Well, things probably won't be right for a while." Damon told her. "You haven't told her yet, have you?" He asked Elena without looking.

"What do you mean?"

"In order to save Damon and get the cure, Stefan promised to leave with Klaus." Elena told her. "Help him with his evil deeds,
the usual bad guy stuff."

"That's pretty bad." Margret said. "But I know we can find him."

"We?"

"I've been part of this group for a while now and I know how important he is to all of us." Margret pointed out. "If the situation were reversed, he'd try to find us." Elena nodded in agreement. "I know that if you and the others keep working together, you'll find him."

Then she yawned, feeling tired all of a sudden. "We can start looking as soon as we can, but maybe we should take a break this weekend." Elena said. "I think we need to recover from all that's happened today. Especially you, Damon."

"It's not like I plan on going anywhere right now." He pointed out. Margret smiled. She figured if he was being sarcastic again, he was definitely okay. Elena headed into the hallway. Margret told her she'd be right there.

"I'm glad to see you're back to normal."

"Someone had to break the tension." He pointed out. Margret got up. "Hey," She turned back to him. "How's your brother?"

"He's okay." Margret told him. "You don't have to feel bad about it. You weren't exactly… you when you took off then."

"How come you trust me so much?" Damon asked.

"Because I see you for who you are." Margret said. "You've risked your life to safe my sister and the people important to her. You've never let us down where it really counted. I guess what I'm saying is…you're my friend. We may have our disagreements, but I'll always trust you."

"Are you sure about that?" Damon asked. "Because I'm not always such a good guy."

"Of course I'm sure." Margret said. "I care about you as much as I care about Jeremy. You're like a brother to me." She glanced at the door.

"Go on. It's been a long day for all of us." He told her.

"See you tomorrow." Margret said. She kissed him on the cheek, then headed into the hallway. Elena was still out there when she entered.

"You want me to take you home?" Elena asked.

"I think I'll stay the night." Margret said. "I can go downstairs if you want."

"Actually, I could use some company." Elena told her. "I set up an air mattress in the other room just in case."

"Everything will be okay, you know that, right?"

"Of course I do." Elena told her. "Come on, we better get some sleep." The two of them headed into another bedroom for the night. It didn't take long for the girls to fall asleep. After everything that happened that day, it was understandable.