In the hotel room, Elena looked around. She tried to sneak past Ben, but it didn't work. "I wouldn't." She backed up. "Don't try to escape. Don't even move. Understand?"

"I understand." Elena said. She bolted for the door. Anna appeared in front of Ben.

"Are you insane?"

"I told her not to move. I even tried to compel her." Ben told her.

"She's wearing vervain. She dates a vampire, Ben." Anna pointed out. "And you shouldn't have done that anyway. I told you not to do this."

"Who are you?" Elena asked. Anna didn't know if she was addressing her or Ben.

"It doesn't matter." Ben said. He pushed her into the bathroom.

"You're an even bigger idiot than Noah." Anna said.

"Don't compare me to that loser, ghost girl." Ben told her. "Who do you think killed you?" Anna just looked at him in anger. He headed toward the bathroom. Elena and Bonnie were talking.

"They need a witch to open the tomb."

"No way." Bonnie said. That's when Ben came in. "You're wasting your time. I'm not gonna help you."

"That's why she's here." Ben said, pointing to Elena. "Motivation for you to behave. This was just too easy." He started to leave. "You two can come out into the room now." He told them, not once turning back.

Elena and Bonnie sat down on one of the beds. Anna appeared next to her. "Elena, I'm so sorry about all this." She said.

Elena looked in her direction. So did Bonnie. "Who are you?" Elena asked.

"Anna. I'm a friend of your brother's." She explained. She looked closer at her. "Whoa, no wonder they're attracted to you. You look just like her."

"I get that a lot." Elena knew she meant Katherine.

"Look, I'm not opening the tomb." Bonnie said.

"I knew you'd say that. If these were better circumstances, I would've asked." Anna said.

"Do you really want Katherine out of there?"

"Please, no one I know wants to see that girl again." Anna told her. "Well, except for Damon, anyway."

"So then what…" Elena began to ask.

"My mom's trapped in there." Anna explained. "When Katherine got caught, my mom did, too. I saw Johnathan Gilbert take her in there."

"I'm sorry."

"Guess it's no use bonding over my past mistakes, trusting the wrong people." Anna said.

"You knew he was going to kidnap us?" Bonnie asked.

"No. I told him I was against this, but he didn't listen. I had no idea he'd kidnap both of you." Anna said. It wasn't a total lie. She hadn't expected him to kidnap Elena.

Just then, Elena's cell phone rang. Anna looked at her. Elena answered it. "Elena? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Elena told him. "For now, anyway. But the guy who took us wants Bonnie to open the tomb."

"Where are you?"

"I have no idea." Elena said.

"May I?" Anna asked. Elena reluctantly handed her the phone. "Don't worry. I'll try to make sure they stay safe."

"Who are…Anna?"

"I have to go out for a few minutes, but I should be back by the time you find us." Anna told him. "You can trust me."

"You know Stefan?" Elena asked.

"We kinda have a similar past, if you know what I mean." She told her.

"You're a vam…"

"Not exactly." Anna said. She walked toward the door. "There's something I need to do, but I'll be back in a flash." She headed outside so she could think about how to handle this mess. She found herself in the town square, not knowing how it happened so fast.

"Hey." She turned around. It was Jeremy.

"Sorry I left like that last night." She told him. "I had something to deal with."

"You wanna come to a party tonight?"

"Are you asking me out?" Anna asked. She was nervous about this.

"What? Of course not. I just figured you could use a break from all that studying you've been doing." Jeremy told her. "Sure, the guy throwing it's an idiot, but it's been a while since I last went to one. It's in the woods near the old cemetery."

"Oh, that sounds creepy." Anna said, trying to react like a normal person. "I'll meet you over there. But I probably won't stay long."

"That's cool." He left. Anna wanted to slap herself. Why in the world had she agreed to this?

"So, I heard you kidnapped my brother's girl."

"I had no hand in that whatsoever." Anna said. "In fact I'm trying to save her."

"Look, I thought it over and decided to give you a chance to help."

"I'll meet you at the church, then." Anna told him. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have two hostages I need to rescue." She disappeared from the area. When she got back to the hotel, Ben was talking to the girls.

"Witches don't have eternal life, right?" He asked. "So you guys can die."

"Yeah, we can die." Bonnie told him.

"That sucks."

"Ben, let them go right now!" Anna said. "If you lay a hand on either of them I'll…"

"You'll what? What can you possibly do to me?" Ben asked. "You don't have the power to kill me." Suddenly, the door burst open. Ben screamed as his skin burned. Anna was glad she decided not to give him protection from sunlight.

"Stefan!" Elena ran over to him.

"Get outside. All of you!" He told the girls. They all ran out of the room while he went to deal with Ben.

"Come on." Bonnie said. Stefan caught up with the rest of the group in no time.

"How'd you know where to find us?" Elena asked.

"I had help from another witch." Stefan told them.

"Where are we going?" Anna asked.

"My place. Well, my Grams' place, anyway." Bonnie said as they continued to run.

Back at their house, Bonnie was speaking with her. "How did you know where we were?" Bonnie asked.

"Many things can feel a witch's power. Worry, anger. After Stefan told me that they had taken you, I had a lot of both." Grams explained to her. "Simple locator spell was easy after that."

"I'm sorry. About all of this."

"Not as sorry as they're gonna be." Stefan and Elena entered the room just then.

"So what do we do now?" Elena asked.

"For now, you need to stay here." Stefan told Grams.

"A prisoner, in my own home? I don't think so." She told him.

"I can't protect you if you leave the house." He pointed out.

"We'll protect ourselves."

"We need to let him have Katherine back." Elena said. "He's not going to stop until he gets her. If we help him, maybe that ends it."

"No! He doesn't deserve to get what he wants." Bonnie protested.

"What other choice do we have?" Elena pointed out.

"Witches being pulled down by vampire problems. As much as we tried to do to stay out of it." Grams sighed.

"I'm so sorry. This is all my fault." Anna told them. They all looked up at her. Grams looked at her and seemed surprised.

"My goodness, child. How did this happen?"

"What do you mean, Grams?" Bonnie asked.

"You mean you couldn't sense there was something off?" Grams asked her. Bonnie shook her head. "That's understandable, since you're still a beginner."

"What are you talking about?" Stefan asked. He kind of had an idea of where this was going.

"I'm talking about the fact that you're friend is a ghost." Grams said. Elena looked at Anna in surprise.

"Then why can I see her?" Elena asked.

"I don't know." Anna said. "I've been trying to figure out why Jeremy can see me. Normally, regular humans can't see us unless they either have the ability to or…" She noticed something hanging from Elena's wrist. "Where'd you find that?"

"I found it at the Founder's Party." Elena told them. "I thought it may have been part of the display, but they said they'd never seen it before. I've held onto it since."

"Well, that explains why you can see me." Anna said. "I lost it the night I ran off. Emily must have found it and put it there."

"Mostly witches and mediators can see spirits, as well as people that knew them." Grams explained. "What is your name?"

"Anna."

"You know her, don't you?" Elena asked.

"She used to help out in the apothecary in 1864." Stefan told her.

"How is this your fault?" Bonnie asked.

"My partners turned on me." Anna said. "I also wanted to get into the tomb, but only because my mother's in there. But then they wanted revenge, so they killed me after I came into town. I've been trying to stop them, but there's only so much I can do. Our powers are limited on the other side."

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but we'll help." Elena said. "You were trying to do the right thing. You didn't know it'd turn out badly."

"I'll open the tomb. You get your brother's girl, and you're mother out of there and destroy the rest with fire. Then this will be all over." Grams told them.

"We still have to get Damon to agree." Stefan pointed out.

"I asked him to help earlier and he seemed up to it." Anna told them.

"Yeah, then we double crossed him. So now he's angry." Stefan explained.

"He's hurt. There's a difference." Elena pointed out. "I think I know what I have to do."

"Good luck." Anna said. Elena left the room. "How do you know you can trust me?"

"Because I sense a lot of light in you." Grams explained. She turned to her granddaughter, who seemed confused. "Spirits of those who lived before usually carry an essence of either light or darkness."

"Yeah, I think I heard about that before." Bonnie said. "We studied it in class once, during world myths."

"I hate to leave you like this, but I have to go now. I'll meet you guys later." Anna told them. She faded from their view.

"Do you really think we can trust her?" Bonnie asked her Grandmother.

"From what I heard, she wanted to help free you from the guy who had you hostage, remember?"

"That's right." Bonnie said.

That night, Anna appeared in the woods. It didn't take her long to find Jeremy. Luckily, she brought her own blood supply and wouldn't need his help, but she still wanted to see him before she left for the tomb. "Thank god you're here." He said when she came over to him.

"What's wrong?" Anna asked.

"Nothing, it's nothing." Jeremy told her. "Just been a very weird night so far."

"Want to talk about it?" Anna walked next to him as they headed into the woods. "so, what's up?"

"It's just, being back there reminded me about when I used to get high." Jeremy explained.

"You did that?"

"I know, it was stupid. But I lost my parents and nearly lost my sister, too." Jeremy said. "And then my…" Anna waited while he struggled to find the words. "Let's just say my friend left town. Now that I think about it, I feel like she used me."

"That sounds rough." Anna said.

"I'm not sure where I fit in, you know?" Jeremy told her. "It's hard. Not knowing where you belong."

"I know." Anna told him. "But I don't know how long I'm staying around for. I could leave at any minute." She explained. It was true. She didn't know whether or not she'd cross over once she saved her mother.

"Well, you should make the best with whatever time you have."

"I know." For some reason, she felt hollow saying it. "I hope I'll see you again."

"Same here." Jeremy told her. He reached out to touch her hand, but she pulled away. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing."

"Anna…" He held her hand. Anna gasped when she realized that he could touch her. Suddenly, he fell to the ground.

"What are you doing?" She asked Ben.

"Following the plan."

"Plan's off! I brought my own blood supply with me." Anna told him. Luckily, Stefan showed up at that moment.

"Is it dark in there?"

"I thought I told you to leave." Stefan pointed out.

"I considered it."

"Stefan, he's going to kill Jeremy." Anna told him. "Give me a hand here."

"Please, there's nothing you can…" Ben's words were cut off as Anna pushed him back with her powers.

"Don't mess with my friends. Ever." Anna said. She turned to Stefan. "I'm already late. I'm going down there. I'll meet you at the door."

"Why can't I move?" Ben asked.

"You're an idiot, that's why." Anna told him.

"Why you little…" Suddenly, Ben was surrounded by fire. Anna turned and saw Stefan.

"Go, I don't know how long I can hold him off." Anna disappeared and showed up at the tomb.

"What took you so long?" Bonnie asked.

"I had a problem to take care of." Anna explained. "But I'm here now." She headed into the tomb.

"Will she be able to get out of there?"

"I believe so." Grams told her. "It shouldn't effect her since she's a ghost."

In the tomb, Elena was walking around by herself. "It's dangerous for you to be in here." She turned around and saw Anna.

"Didn't really have a choice." Elena said.

"It must be hard to always get involved in these supernatural situations." Anna said. She found a figure lying near her. "Mother. You know, you're ancestor was responsible for this."

"I know."

"But I don't want revenge anymore." Anna said. "You might want to stand back." Elena backed away from the body she was standing near. Anna used the blood bag she brought with her. Elena looked in surprise as Pearl returned her normal state.

"Anna, where are we?"

"I'll explain later. Let's go." Anna said. They headed to the tomb entrance. Elena and Anna got out. "Mom?"

"I can't get out."

"Oh, no."

"We have to fix this mess." Bonnie pointed out. "Elena promised Damon we wouldn't do this again. Grams, you have to help me."

"Okay." The witches combined their power and started the spell to lift the seal off the tomb. At that moment, Stefan returned.

"Are you okay?" He asked Elena. She just nodded.

"I think it's working." Elena said as they kept chanting.

"How's Jeremy?" Anna asked.

"He's okay." Stefan told her.

"Bonnie, keep going." Grams encouraged her. "You have to hurry!"

"Damon's still in there!" Elena realized. "And they can't hold it much longer."

"Mother, stand out there with Stefan. I'm going to try to find him." Anna told her. "Elena, come on." They both went back inside.

A few minutes later, everyone made it out okay. Elena and the guys left first. Anna stayed down with her mom and the witches. "Thanks for your help, you two." Anna told them. "I'm sorry things got so out of hand."

"It's alright." Grams told her. "You were just a victim of circumstances."

"Besides, you tried to help us earlier when your friend had us." Bonnie pointed out.

"We will be going now." Pearl told them.

"Come on. I know a safe place we can use for couple days." Anna told her. The two of them walked out of the church ruins.

"How long has it been?"

"About a century and a half." Anna explained. "But I'll help you adjust and explain everything."

At the Gilberts House, Elena was helping Jeremy. "How's your head?"

"Oh,, it's, uh, it's all right. I just…I wish I knew how I passed out." Jeremy told her. "I didn't drink that much, I swear."

"And you don't remember anything?"

"I remember talking with Anna and that's about it. Sorry."

"No, Jeremy, don't be sorry. You didn't do anything, ok?" Elena pointed out. "Besides, your friend's really cool." She didn't want to tell him what she knew about Anna.

"You've met her?"

"Yeah. She seems really nice." Elena told him. "I have to go to Bonnie's. Will you be okay here?"

"Yeah."

Back at the hotel, Anna and Pearl were surprised to see Damon waiting for them. "Katherine wasn't in there."

"Oh, God. I am so sorry, Damon." Anna said. She sat next to him. "I honestly had no idea."

"How did this happen?" He wondered to himself.

"She compelled the guard." Pearl explained to them. "She promised to turn him. Like everyone else, he was obsessed with her. He let her out."

"Do you think she's…"

"If she were dead, I'd be able to sense it." Anna told him. "Heck, I probably would've seen her on the other side if she were. As far as I know, she's still out there somewhere. Maybe she just didn't want to be rescued." He got up and left. Anna turned to her mother.

"I feel so terrible about what happened."

"It wasn't your fault. You couldn't have known she wasn't in there." Pearl pointed out.

"Yeah, but I still feel I like I should do something to make it up to him." Anna said.

"If it's one thing about us, it's that we eventually learn to heal." Pearl said.

"I'm going to get some sleep." Anna told her. She wasn't ready to tell her mom she was really dead yet. "Goodnight, Mother."

"Goodnight, Anna." Pearl watched as she left the room. Anna knew she couldn't keep hiding her secret from everyone. But there were some people who still couldn't know yet.