Elena was busy telling everyone where to place things. "No, the karaoke booth goes outside." She told a group of freshman. Since Caroline was still in the hospital for observation, she had been put in charge of setting up the school carnival. Luckily, she had Bonnie helping her.

However, the witch had other things on her mind. "Katherine looked just like you, it was freakish." Bonnie said. "It's like she could've been you're twin."

"Yeah, my evil vampire twin." Elena said. "I compared an old photo of her with one of mine, I was shocked. It's pretty creepy, I know." She paused. "Move the student booth into the cafeteria." She told a group.

"Yeah, but it was still freaky."

"I can't explain it." Elena said. "I don't know how we look alike."

"How do you know she's not still out there pretending to be you?"

"I don't know." Elena told her, getting frustrated. "But I could sit here and be tortured by the not-knowing or I could get these prizes to the ring toss."

"Have you talked to the guys about any of this?" Bonnie asked.

"I'm afraid to talk with Damon about it." Elena told her. "Given that they've had history, and Jer's completely distracted Anna's injury. Besides, Caroline would want us to focus on this." She added.

"You're right." Bonnie said. "We need to do this the way she would. I don't see how she does all this?"

"Well, she is head of the student council." Elena pointed out.

"True." Elena handed her a bag. She nearly dropped it. "Um, Elena?"

"Sorry, I forgot." Elena took the heavy bag and gave her a different one. "I guess I'm a little stressed about this whole thing."

In the hallway, Jeremy was handing Stefan something. "With Katherine around, you two are going to need these." Stefan recognized the rings immediately.

"The lie detector rings."

"We've given one to Bonnie already." Jeremy said. "You guys still have your bracelets, right?"

"We never take them off, since we always seem to be dealing with vampires."

"Yeah, I figured." Jeremy said. Stefan noticed something was off.

"Hey, Anna's okay. I checked on her this morning before I came here."

"Yeah, but her burn's spread all the way across her back and she still isn't healing."

"I know you want to be there for her. I felt the same way when I tried to protect Lexi from a vampire attack."

"What happened?"

"She sprained her ankle trying to escape. If my brother hadn't shown up when he did…The point is, she's still alive."

"For now." Jeremy said. "Look, I know I should probably not think about it, but I'm worried about her."

"Maybe you should come to the fair with us tonight." Stefan told him. "It might get your mind off things." Just then, Elena walked over to them. "Hi."

"Hey, did you…" Elena began to ask.

"Yeah, I set up the fish toss all through a hundred golden fish." Jeremy told her. "It's gonna be epic!" He left.

"He'll be fine, he's just upset about the whole Anna thing."

"I know. I was hoping this would be a good distraction for him." Elena said. "But he can't help who he has feelings for."

"Well, I think he'll still come." Stefan said.

"That's good news." Elena said. "After the last couple days, we could all use a night of normal for a change. I still can't believe Care hired a stupid Ferris wheel."

"I thought girls loved those."

"Not if they're afraid of heights." Elena shot back. He seemed surprised. "Yeah, becoming a vampire's helped me deal with it a little, but I still get really nervous."

"Would you feel better if I went up with you?" Stefan asked.

"Maybe."

"So, what should we do about Damon?"

"I have no idea." Elena told him. "I'm trying not to think about it too much."

"Yeah, I know." Stefan said. "I'll talk to him. Katherine's return has us all on guard."

Damon was applying some kind of cream to Anna's back when Stefan walked in. "Does it still hurt?"

"Ow! Yes!"

"Sorry." He moved his hand back. The burn was starting to look better, but it had barely faded.

"I hope this thing heals soon."

"Yeah, so does Jeremy." Stefan said, entering the room.

"That kid's really concerned about all this." Damon said. "Anyway, I have a lot to deal with, too."

"Have you heard from Katherine?" Stefan asked.

"Not since last night's ambush outside." Damon told him. "But I think something's up with the Lockwood family. According to Bonnie, the Gilbert device effected them, but vervain didn't."

"You think there's another supernatural entity in town?" Stefan asked.

"It's possible, though it's good to know you're not a skeptic anymore."

"I lost the skepticism when I found out my girlfriend was a vampire." Stefan pointed out. "And we still don't know what Katherine's up to, either."

"That's true, but until we find that out, don't you think we should try and figure out what the Lockwoods are? Find out if they're a threat or not?"

"What do you want me to do?" Stefan asked, wondering for the hundredth time how he kept getting mixed into his brother's plans.

That night, the fair seemed to be going well. Bonnie ran over to Elena. "The ring toss is out of Bart and Homer dolls and team Jacob T's."

"Okay, I'll be right back." Elena said. "Oh, and we lost a speaker in the karaoke booth."

"Hey, so far, this is a success." Bonnie said. "Man, I hope I didn't just jinx it."

"Bonnie, there's worse things than that." Elena pointed out. She walked over to one of the mechanics. "Excuse me, can you please help my friend over there with the karaoke speakers?" She didn't like using compulsion, but she figured it'd be for a good cause.

"No problem." He walked over to Bonnie. Elena watched them leave together, then ran off to get the prizes for the booth.

In the school, Jeremy was walking around when Damon showed up. "Jeremy, I've been looking for you."

"What are you doing here?" Jeremy asked.

"There's something you should know."

"Look, if you're going to tell me to move on again, forget it." Jeremy said. "Everyone else has already tried."

"No, it's about Anna. I think she's going to make it." They went into the hallway.

"You better not be lying to me, man."

"I'm not. As I was leaving, I saw her healing. It's going pretty slowly, but it's healing." Damon told him. He could tell Jeremy didn't believe him. "You can stop by when you're done here."

A few hours later, the guys were at the arm wrestling booth. "Let me guess, you're investigating." Jeremy said. The guys looked at him, surprised to see him there.

"What are you doing here?"

"I heard about Damon's theory and I agree with him. I don't want to worry Elena yet, though. She's still trying to run the ring toss." Jeremy told them.

"Well, all we know so far is that device affected him." Stefan said.

"Who'd like to go next?" Jeremy was surprised when the guys pushed him forward.

"I guess I will."

"Jer, I didn't know you were into arm wrestling."

"I didn't know you were, either." He told Vicki.

"I'm not. I came because it was either this or stick with my worried brother." Vicki explained. "That, and this was the only available tent I could volunteer at. Good luck."

"You sure about this?" Tyler asked him as he sat down.

"Yeah." He said, knowing the Salvatores were watching.

"Whoa, you're strong." Tyler commented.

"I left weights." Jeremy lied. He put all his effort in, but in the end, Tyler beat him.

"Guess you need a little more practice."

"Good game." Jeremy said. He left the tent, fully aware the others were behind him.

"Were you even trying?" Damon asked.

"Yes, I was." Jeremy said.

"So, do you know what he is?"

"Well, he's not a vampire." Jeremy said. "But it was definitely stronger than human."

"So if they're not vampires, then what are they?" Stefan asked.

"I have no idea." Jeremy said. "But I've known the Lockwoods my whole life."

"Maybe Ric knows something." Stefan suggested. "He knows a little more about the supernatural than we do."

"I'll try to reach him in the morning." Damon told them.

He had gone into the hallway, when Caroline showed up. "Hey, you're out early."

"I'm remembering things." Caroline said.

"Like what?"

"I remember how you tried to save me from that jerk at the Founder's party and how I really ended up with the necklace."

"How can you remember that?" Damon asked.

"I don't know." Caroline said. "But Katherine gave me a message." He looked at her. "She said, "Game on"."

"Wait a minute, you saw…" Then it clicked, her memories returning, having Elena's blood in her system, Katherine's visit.

"See you around." She left the room. Damon texted the others immediately, then remembered Elena didn't bring her phone because she was busy working.

Elena was talking to one of her friends, when she noticed Damon. "Excuse me." She told her. She went over to him. "What's going on?"

"Yeah, you need to come inside. There's something all of you have to know." Elena went back to the girl.

"Look, I have to go. Why don't you find Bonnie? Maybe she can help."

"Thank you."

Elena followed Damon into the classroom, where Jeremy and Stefan were already waiting.

"I was afraid this would happen!" Elena said after Damon finished explaining.

"Why would Katherine turn her?" Jeremy asked.

"I have no idea, but if she's doing it to mess with us, she's sure picked a fine way to do it."

"She said game on." Stefan said. "What does that even mean?"

"Sounds like Katherine's playing dirty." Jeremy said. "I mean, she turned one of our friends."

"Still, why Caroline?" Elena asked.

"Probably to get to us." Damon said. "And I'd say she's succeeded."

"Caroline must be panicking." Stefan said. "She don't even know what's happening to her."

"I think she does. She remembers everything from the Founder's Ball attack." Damon said. Elena looked at him, concerned.

"We've got to find her." Jeremy said.

"Yeah, and kill her." Everyone looked at Damon with horror.

"We can't kill Caroline!" Elena said.

"That's going too far, even for you." Stefan pointed out.

"I'm just trying to be practical. She won't as easily as you guys." Damon pointed out. "And her mother's a vampire hunter."

"Look, we can't kill her." Stefan said, firmly.

"Guys, we don't have time for this." Elena said. "Let's just find Caroline before anything happens."

"We'll cover more ground if we split up." Jeremy pointed out.

Minutes later, the group had split up. Jeremy was looking behind the booths, while Damon searched the parking lot. Elena and Stefan were checking out the fair ground.

"You agree with him on some level, don't you?" Stefan asked her as she looked for any sign of her blonde friend.

"He's right about what could happen." Elena admitted. "My doppelganger just signed her death sentence."

"Hey, nothing is going to happen to her as long as you're still her friend." Stefan pointed out. Elena smiled, then noticed something was wrong.

"What's wrong?"

"I smell blood." Elena told him. "That can't be good. Come on!"

Jeremy was hiding in the shadows of the tent. He saw Caroline sitting next to someone. It didn't take long for him to figure out what happened. Then he noticed Damon approach her. "He's dead, I killed him. What's wrong with me?"

"You didn't mean to, did you?"

"Of course I didn't mean to!" Caroline exploded at him.

"Okay, okay. Sorry."

"You need to stay away from me. What if I accidentally kill you next?" Caroline asked.

"You won't." Damon told her. As he got closer, Jeremy saw him holding a stake behind him.

"Please, just go. I'm a monster now."

"You're upset about this. That doesn't make you a monster." Suddenly, Jeremy sped in between them, just as Elena and Stefan arrived on the scene.

"He's right, Caroline. A monster has no feelings of regret." Jeremy said, knocking the stake out of his hand. "Unlike some people."

Elena put her hand on Caroline's shoulder. "Get away from me!" She yelled, nearly hysterical. "You killed me!"

"No, Caroline, I'm not Katherine. I'm Elena."

"Then why did she look like you? Why did she do this to me?" Caroline asked. "And how do I know you're telling the truth?"

"Here," Stefan handed her his lie detector ring. "It'll vibrate if she lies."

"Caroline, I promise I would never do anything to hurt you, much less turn you." Elena said. "We've been friends since the second grade and you have a star-shaped birthmark on your…"

"It really is you." Caroline realized.

"Jeremy, let's get her out of here." Elena said.

"She'll die, it's only a matter of time."

"Not tonight it's not." Stefan said.

The next thing Elena knew, she was standing between Caroline and Damon, with a stake inches from her chest. "She's my friend, too." Elena reminded him. Damon hestitated, then dropped the stake.

"Fine, I'll let you deal with this one." Just then, Bonnie showed up.

"Caroline?"

"Bonnie…she got to her." Elena told her. It was then she noticed there was blood on Caroline's mouth.

"Oh, no. She did not do this." She reached out and touched her arm and gasped.

"Bonnie?"

"Jeremy, can you…"

"I'm on it." Jeremy said. "Come on." He led Caroline away from the group, while Elena decided to explain things to Bonnie.

"Here, I always keep a spare one in case." Elena said, handing her boyfriend another lie detector ring.

"Katherine did this, didn't she?" Bonnie asked. They all nodded. "Okay, you're going to have to explain this cause I think I'm going to faint."

In the bathroom, Jeremy helped Caroline clean the blood off. "Bonnie's really upset, isn't she?"

"Hey, we're all in shock here." Jeremy pointed out.

"What am I going to do about Matt?" Caroline asked. "I could kill him, too."

"Calm down and listen to me." Jeremy told her. "Nothing is going to happen to him. He's on vervain."

"No wonder my friendship bracelet burned me." Caroline said. "But I'm still a monster."

"Hey, you're emotions have been heightened." Jeremy said. "It's normal for new vampires, especially in the beginning."

"So, how long have you guys…" She caught her reflection over Jeremy's shoulder and screamed.

"Caroline, look at me." She turned back to Jeremy, hesitantly, then gasped when she saw that his eyes had changed, too. "It happens sometimes. Just calm down and take a few breaths. It always works for us." While he spoke to her, he changed back to normal. Caroline took a few breaths and was surprised she looked like herself again.

"Why did Katherine do this to me?" Caroline asked.

"I don't know. But I promise that Elena and I won't let anything happen to you." Jeremy said.

"I guess now I know why you were both so secretive before."

Outside, Bonnie was still in shock. "I can't believe this happened."

"Same here." Elena said. "I was afraid she might turn if I gave her my blood."

"Well, it's better than her being dead, right?" Stefan pointed out.

"Still, I never would've wanted her to become like you guys." Bonnie said.

"Are you saying that you regret making me heal her?" Elena asked.

"Whoa, guys…"

"No, it's just… she was the only normal friend I had." Bonnie explained. Elena looked at her. She knew how it felt. Without Bonnie's friendship, she had no idea how she would've made it this far.

"I get it, Bonnie. But for a while, you were my only friend, period. It was hard and I don't know if I would've made it if your friendship hadn't kept me going."

"So, what should we do about this?"

"For now, all we can do is try to help her." Elena said. "Knowing Caroline, it won't be easy."

Jeremy met Elena at her locker. Stefan showed up at the same time. "Caroline's okay." Jeremy told them. "I sent her home."

"What about the guy she…" Elena began.

"Damon's taking care of it." Stefan told her.

"He's right, isn't he?" Elena asked. "About it ending for her."

"Not as long as she has us helping her." Jeremy pointed out.

"I just can't believe what happened here today."

"Yeah, it's hard to deal with just being normal sometimes." Stefan told her.

"Please, nothing about our lives is normal." Elena said. "My best friend's a witch, we've been vampires for almost a year now, and I have a vampire doppelganger that's out to get us for some reason."

"Not to mention the free time we spend fighting other vampires." Jeremy pointed out.

"Sorry about…"

"Hey, it's not your fault, Elena. None of it is." Stefan pointed out.

"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Elena said. She walked away.

"Bye, Elena."

"I think I know a way you can cheer her up." Jeremy said. "I found this in front of her locker earlier." He handed him a folded piece of paper. He looked at it.

"How do…" When he looked up, Jeremy was gone. "Vampires."

At the Boarding House, Damon was packing the first aid kit when he heard someone. "Jeremy, I know it's you. What are you doing here?"

"I had to see if what you said earlier was true." Jeremy said. "I can't stand the whole fifty-fifty chance, you know?"

"Well, they injected her with a lot of vervain. I think it blocked or at least slowed down her healing ability."

"I figured."

"Jeremy?" He turned to the couch. Anna had been sleeping most of the day.

"Anna, it's me." He went over to her side. She opened her eyes.

"You are here. I thought I imagined your voice."

"How's your back?"

"See for yourself. Careful, though. It's still sore." Anna told him. She lifted the back of her shirt carefully, enough to keep her front covered. Jeremy looked surprised. Slowly, her skin seemed to be healing.

"It's starting to heal."

"I know. I should be back to normal in a few days."

"I'm sorry about this whole mess." Jeremy said. "My father hated vampires and so does John. Now some of them can be real jerks, but at least they stood up for something."

"So did you, Jer." Anna said. "You stood up for me and your friends." She closed her eyes.

"Anna?"

"She's just asleep. It helps her heal faster." Damon told him. They headed into the hallway. "I don't know if I told you this, but my father hated them too. He was also a hunter."

"Really?"

"Yeah. He was similar to John, though he more reminded me of how I was before meeting you two."

"Guess it makes sense, our parents were all on the Founder's Council." Jeremy pointed out. "Sometimes I wonder what my father would think if he knew about us now."

"I think he'd be lucky to have a couple of kids like you guys." Damon told him. Jeremy looked at him.

"Are you sure about this?" Stefan asked.

"Yeah." Elena said. The two of them were back at the fair grounds, however, everyone had apparently left, so it was empty. "I know there's a lot going on with Katherine being here and turning Caroline. Not to mention the mess with the Lockwoods, but I still have a life here. It's time I got over my fear so that we can protect this town."

"You're right. Even with the supernatural around us, we shouldn't forget to live." Stefan added.

"Exactly." Elena said.

"Wait, how are we getting to the top?" Stefan asked.

"You might want to hold on." Elena said. They put their arms around each other, then she jumped up to the top of the Ferris wheel.

"Wow, that was amazing." Stefan told her.

"You'd be surprised how long it took to learn to jump." Elena told him. She laughed.

"Have I mentioned how much I'm in love with you?" Stefan told her. Elena leaned over and kissed him.

"Things aren't going to be easy, but as long as we're together, I know we'll make it." She said.

"I know we will."