The Gilbert's house was pretty quiet that night. Margret was in the living room when Alaric entered. "You sure you girls don't need anything?" Melody and Amy were sitting between Margret, watching some horror parody film.

"We'll be fine, Alaric." Margret told him. "You haven't seen my twin, have you?"

"No, but knowing him, he's probably crashed Prank Night with the others. I'll be upstairs if you need anything."

"Seriously, would you stop worrying?" Amy asked. "He's probably right about Jeremy."

"I doubt it." Margret told them. "I haven't been able to reach him since we got back from the Lockwoods' house."

"On the bright side, he's not here to crash our sleepover." Melody pointed out.

"Still mad about the last time?" Margret asked.

"Give it a rest, Mel, we were like, ten." Amy pointed out.

"And I had never been more embarrassed in my life." Melody said.

"Well, enough of these stupid movies." Amy said. "How about we do karaoke?"

"Good idea." Margret said. "How do we want to do this? Individually or as a team?"

"Are you kidding? I'm horrible at solo work." Amy said.

"Okay, but I'm picking the song." Melody told them. They nodded in agreement.

Five minutes later, the girls had collapsed on the sofa, laughing. "Wow, that was an interesting song choice." Margret said.

"Well, I have been working on my look over the summer in addition to my sound. Figured my attitude could use a little change as well."

"Still, I thought you hated Obsession when you first heard it." Amy said.

"No, you're thinking of that Britney song. By the way, still can't stand that one." Melody told her.

"Yeah, that was definitely not one of her best." Margret agreed. Just then her phone vibrated.

"Is that your boyfriend calling?" Amy asked.

"No. Besides, you know the sleepover rules. No guys, period. Alex understands that." Margret pointed out. She checked sender of the message. The name Bonnie popped up on her screen. She looked at it immediately.

-Klaus is back. Have you heard from Jeremy?

Margret texted her back:

No. I haven't seen him since this morning. Why?

A few seconds later, Bonnie responded.

Because we're in trouble. Klaus said if we can't find a spell to save Tyler, to help him transition into a hybrid, he'll kill Elena. We haven't been able to reach your brother.

Margret set her phone down. She couldn't help but wonder what was going on over there. Then she wondered if Klaus was somehow responsible for her twin's disappearance. She quickly pushed it aside, though, since he didn't even know that she and Jeremy existed. At least, for now he didn't.

Suddenly, the entire room went dark. The lights just seemed to have gone out. "What's going on?" Melody asked.

"I don't know." Margret told her. She got up and tried flicking the light switch. Nothing. She was afraid of that. "The power's out."

"Great." Amy said. "That's just great. Why does this happen every time we come here at night?"

"Are you okay?" Melody asked her. "You're shivering."

"But our air conditioning system isn't connected to the same electric…" Margret began to explain. Then she realized it. "You're scared, aren't you?"

"I hate it when the power goes out." Amy said. "Ever since that séance attempt went wrong. You don't know this, but I had nightmares for weeks after that."

"And mine's just beginning." Margret said. "Do you remember that stalker I told you about just before we lost Jenna?"

"Yeah, I remember." Melody said. "Wait, are you saying that he's back?"

"I'm afraid so, guys. And now I'm wondering if Jer's absence has anything to do with it. And I can't reach Elena. I tried to text her just as the power went out and haven't gotten an answer since."

"Are you sure she didn't just turn her phone off?" Amy asked.

"She never, ever turns it off." Margret said. "I'm really worried about them." Her phone rang. She checked the caller ID, then answered. "Hello?"

"Margret? Is everything okay?"

"Alex?"

"I know it's girls night and all, but I was just walking across the street and saw the lights in your house go out."

"I don't know what the heck happened." She told him.

"It's probably just one of those brown outs. They've been occurring a lot lately." Alex pointed out. "The lights will probably come back on soon enough."

"You could be right." Margret said. "Hey, just wondering. Have you heard from Rob?"

"Yeah, he said prank night got busted. He was on his way home last time I saw him."

"Well, that's good to know." Margret was relieved to know that at least one of her friends out there was still safe. "I'll see you at school, I guess."

"Yeah. Bye, Margret." They both hung up at the same time.

"So, your boyfriend have anything interesting to say?" Amy asked.

"Will you relax already?"

"I can't help it. I'm on edge."

"Well, Alex did say that a few brown outs have been taking place around the neighborhood." Margret pointed out. "Lights should come back on at any minute."

Sure enough, about an hour later, the lights turned back on. "Guess she was right." Amy said. "It was just a brown out."

"Don't you think she's been a little jumpy tonight?" Melody asked.

"Maybe, but if she's nervous, she has every right to be. It's the first sleepover she's had since Jenna…"

"Right. How could I have forgotten?" Melody said. She seemed a little insecure. "Do you think I'm too insensitive?"

"How can you even say that? You've been there for Margret ever since she lost her parents. If anything, you're a better friend than I am."

"That's not true and you know it." Melody pointed out. "Anyway, I just feel like I haven't been there for her lately. We've only really spoken a few times these past few months."

"She's still coping with everything. I mean, with the way things have been going on in her life, I don't blame her." Amy said. "No one should go through what she's been through."

Meanwhile, Margret was sitting on the couch. Her twin finally texted her back. He'd written that he was with Katherine trying to track down someone who could help them with the "Klaus problem". She figured that Katherine was probably the reason he'd disappeared earlier. She texted him back.

What else is going on?-M

A few minutes later, he texted her back:

Damon's headed to the school to help the others out. I'm still stuck trying to find this Mikael guy.

How'd you get stuck with that?

I should've told you before, I can see ghosts now. Vicki and Anna have been appearing all summer. Anna's the one leading us to him.

Margret seemed a little surprised, but she'd learned to expect the unexpected, especially since there were vampires, werewolves, and witches in their town. She texted him back, knowing he was waiting for a response.

Well, I really hope it works. The others are really counting on you guys.

I'd never let them hurt our older sister, you know that.

Suddenly, she felt something soft hit her legs. She picked up the object. It was a pillow. She looked up at Melody and Amy. Melody was holding her own pillow in one hand.

"You've been on that phone for almost fifteen minutes." Amy pointed out. "We came here to have a good time, remember?"

"Sorry, I was just checking in with Jeremy. He had to go out of town to run an errand." Margret said, getting up from the couch. "What do you say we take this upstairs?"

A few minutes later, they were in Margret's room, having a pillow fight. "Don't you guys think we're a little old for this?" Melody asked, ducking as another pillow came flying at her.

"No way, you're never too old for these kinds of things." Amy pointed out, hitting her in the arm with the pillow she was holding.

"Okay, enough, guys." Margret said. "It's really getting late. We should get some rest. After all, we have school tomorrow."

"Ugh, I hate when you're right sometimes." Melody said.

"On the bright side, you'll be able to focus on turning the school band around." Amy pointed out. While the two of them talked, Margret's phone rang. She checked the caller ID, then answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Margie." She heard Damon say.

"Hey. How is everything?" Margret asked. "Is Elena okay?"

"She's okay, but she's in shock. And after what happened, I don't blame her." He explained how while he was gone, Klaus compelled Stefan to shut off his humanity. He sighed. "I should've been there."

"Even if you were, there's nothing you could've done to keep Klaus from compelling him." Margret told him. "I'm just happy that you made it in time to save her."

"Well, at least that's one thing I did right."

"Hey, the way I see it, you didn't do anything wrong. You left because you were mad at her, you would never leave her in danger on purpose."

"I'll have her home in a few hours." Damon told her.

"You think she'll be okay?" Margret asked. There was a short pause.

"I hope so, Margie."

"Damon, she's going to need you." Margret said. "I don't know how she can pull through this without you helping her."

"I will always protect her, Margret. I can promise you that."

"Thanks." Suddenly, Margret yawned, her hand covering her mouth.

"Good night, Margret."

"Good night." She hung up the phone, then joined her friends on her bed.

"Hey, how's everything going?" Melody asked.

"They're okay." Margret said. "I'll be fine."

"Let's get some rest." Amy said. "We're all tired." It didn't take long for all of them to fall asleep.