Jeremy found Stefan at his locker at school the next day. "Hey Jeremy."
"Look, Elena's got to let me know if I'm supposed to cover for her." Jeremy told him "Jenna's cool with the two of you but you guys are pushing it."
"What are you talking about?" Stefan asked.
"You and Elena. Look, I'm glad you guys are back together but if she's gonna sleep over…"
"Wait, wait… hold on a minute. We're not back together." Stefan told him.
"Wait… she didn't stay at your place last night?" Jeremy asked.
"No, I mean I saw her at the party but that was it. She didn't sleep over."
"'Cause her bed hadn't been slept in and Mrs. Lockwood said that her car was still in the driveway." They looked at each other. "Where is she then?"
"What's going on?" They both turned around. Anna was standing there.
"Elena's missing." Jeremy told her.
"How did this happen?" Anna asked.
Minutes later, she found herself in the courtyard with Stefan and Damon. "This has Katherine written all over it."
"Katherine's in the tomb. Trust me, I'm the one who shut her in." Damon told them.
"Did you?"
"Did I what, Stefan?"
"Well, I know the hold that Katherine has on you." Stefan told him.
"Kinda hard to deny the fact." Anna added.
"She's in the tomb, period. End of story, but she did say something to me right before I shut her in. I thought she was lying." Damon told them.
"What did she say?" Stefan asked.
"Elena's in danger."
"What? And you didn't think you should ask her to elaborate?" Stefan asked.
"Everything she says is a lie. How was I supposed to know she was starting spitting out the truth?"
"While you both have good points, the problem is, Elena's probably in trouble RIGHT NOW!" Anna yelled at them.
"We have to go talk to her." Stefan said.
"No, no. Let me tell you how that's gonna go: We're gonna go ask her for help, she's gonna negotiate her release which we should dumb enough to get her and she's gonna get out and kill us! This is exactly what she wants!" Damon told him.
"I don't really care." Stefan said.
"It's a bad idea, Stefan."
"It's Elena."
"Stefan, wait!" Anna grabbed his arm. "I don't think Katherine would be willing to help us right now. But I have another idea. I heard about this spell once, it tracks down a person. But there's a catch."
The group met in the classroom with Bonnie. She had a map and candle out on a desk. "How's this is work?" Jeremy asked.
"I'll use your blood to draw the energy for the tracking spell." Bonnie explained. "You're blood related, it'll make the connection stronger."
"Emily did something like this when I separated from my mom after moving to town." Anna said.
"Alright, Alaric said we've got to clear out of here within 10 minutes." Stefan told the group.
"Are you ready?" Bonnie asked. She cut Jeremy's hand and his blood fell onto the map. As she focused, it moved toward Elena's location.
"I'll never get used to that one." Anna said.
"She's there."
"That's three hundred miles away." Jeremy pointed out.
"No Bonnie. We need a more exact location than that."
"That's the closest I can get." Bonnie told them.
"We can map it, area view will show us what's around there, help us bound the area." Jeremy suggested.
"Perfect. Call me with whatever you find." Stefan told him.
"No, no, I'm coming with you!" Jeremy said.
"No Jeremy, you're not."
"no, I'm not gonna just sit here. What if she's hurt okay?" Jeremy pointed out. "Or worse? What if she's…?"
"She's not."
"I can vouch for that." Anna said. "I'd sense it if she were."
"You two go back to your house just in case. I'll call you the minute I find her." Stefan told him.
"But you can't do this alone." Jeremy pointed out.
"He's not. Let's go." Damon said.
"You're coming with me?" Stefan asked.
"It's Elena." They left the classroom.
"Great. It's 1864 all over again." Anna said. Jeremy still looked concerned. "Would it make you feel better if I went to check in on her?"
"You could do that?"
"Of course. It's similar how to you guys call me." Anna said. "Only, it's kinda the other way around. I'll see you soon." She disappeared.
Jeremy and Bonnie were upstairs in his room at home. "Alaric just left with Jenna."
"He's getting her out of the house for a while so she doesn't ask questions about Elena. Look. I pulled this up based on that spell on the map." Jeremy showed her a picture. "there's nothing for miles except for this old house."
"That looks like the right place, alright." Jeremy jumped.
"Please, don't do that when we're in the middle of a crisis, Anna."
"I didn't mean to startle you."
"Did you send it to Stefan?" Bonnie asked.
"Yeah. I hate sitting here, waiting like this." Jeremy said.
"Hey, she's gonna be fine." Bonnie told him.
"You don't know that."
"She's okay, right now." Anna told them. "There are two other vampires in the house with her, though. But they don't seem like they want to hurt her."
"Then why'd they kidnap her?" Jeremy asked.
"Hey, I can only communicate with you, Bonnie, and anyone I've known before dying." Anna pointed out. "Elena's an exception for some reason."
"There's something else I want to try." Bonnie said, getting her bag. "I need a candle. Grab Elena's hairbrush."
"Okay, yeah." Jeremy left the room. Bonnie wrote something on a sheet of paper.
"Bonnie, are you sure you wanna do this?" Anna asked.
"I know the risk I'm taking, Anna."
"What's all this stuff for?" Jeremy asked.
"I know it's crazy but I might be able to get her a message." Bonnie told him. She put the paper over the candle and lit it. She closed her eyes and focused. Then they noticed her nose was bleeding.
"Bonnie? Bonnie!"
"I was afraid of this." Anna said. The paper had fully disappeared by the time she was done.
"Bonnie." She smiled at him briefly, then passed out. "Bonnie!"
"She's still alive, don't worry." Anna told him. Jeremy felt a pulse on her. "She must've used too much power. I've never seen it happen before, but I heard about it."
"Is there anything we can do?" Jeremy asked.
"We can just be there for her when she wakes up." Anna said. "Honestly, I don't know how this magic stuff works sometimes."
A few hours later, Anna was watching Bonnie. She saw her wake up. Jeremy returned to the room with a glass of water. "Here, drink this."
"Thanks." Bonnie took the water from him.
"What happened? You scared the hell out of me." Jeremy told her.
"It's nothing."
"It wasn't nothing, Bonnie." Jeremy said.
"I've been doing a lot of magic lately. It wares me down." Bonnie told him.
"When I'm warring down, I take a nap. You were… you were unconscious." Jeremy pointed out.
"We were both really nervous." Anna told her. "You can tell us. I swear, I won't tell anyone."
"Witchcraft has its limits. If I push too hard, it pushes back." Bonnie explained.
"How do you know all this?" Jeremy asked.
"It's all in here; it's like a reminder that I'm not invincible. Please don't… don't tell anyone." Bonnie told him.
"Why not?"
"Because it's a weakness and I don't want certain people to know that." Bonnie said.
"By certain people, you mean Damon." Jeremy said.
"I mean anyone that can hurt me." Bonnie told him.
"She's right. There are some of us that are vengeful toward witches." Anna said. "If any bad one found out about this…well, I don't even wanna think about it."
"I won't tell anyone, okay? I promise." Jeremy told her.
"It's hard you know? My gram is gone and my dad, he doesn't want to know about what I am. He hasn't since my mom left. I'm all alone in this." Bonnie said.
"It's how I feel a lot of the time, alone." Jeremy said.
"Yeah, same here. I'm still trying to get the hang of some of my abilities." Anna said. "And I'm still pretty much alone trying to figure it out." They all looked at each other, realizing they were in the same boat.
"Do you think that worked?" Jeremy asked.
"I have no idea." Bonnie told him.
"I think it did." Anna said.
"Think there's anything else we can do?" Jeremy asked.
"We've done everything we could." Anna said. "I'm not sure if I can check in on her again. All we can do is wait to make sure she gets back safely."
A few hours later, Bonnie was asleep. Jeremy looked at her. Anna was watching from a few feet away, smiling. Then she heard the sound of a door open. Jeremy looked over at her. "That wasn't me." She said.
"Elena." Jeremy realized. Bonnie woke up and they headed downstairs. Elena was back.
Bonnie ran over and embraced her. "Are you okay?" Jeremy asked.
"I'm okay. I'm okay." She looked over at Bonnie. "I got your message." They both held her. Elena returned it and noticed Anna starting to fade somewhere else.
"Hey." Elena said. They both looked over at Anna, without letting go of Elena. "I don't know how, but I knew you were there. Thanks for trying to help." Anna smiled as she faded away.
The guys were talking at the Boarding House "I know, we'll keep her safe."
"You know, the only way we're gonna be able to do that is if we're not fighting each other. We let Katherine come between us. If we let that happen with Elena, we're not gonna be able to protect her." Stefan pointed out.
"Yes, Stefan, I heard it all before." Damon told him.
"Hey."
"What?"
"I'm sorry."
"About what?"
"For being the guy who made you turn 145 years ago." Stefan explained.
"Enough Stef, it's late."
"You know what? I've never said it out loud. I guess I just need to say it and you need to hear it. I'm sorry. What I did was selfish. I didn't want to be alone. I guess I just needed my brother."
"Sorry to ruin the moment." They both looked up and saw Anna.
"Hey, I was wondering when you'd reappear." Damon said.
"I just wanted to thank you guys for finding and bringing Elena back safe." Anna told them.
"It was nothing." Damon told her.
"Hey, I heard you tried to find her." Stefan said. "A lot of spirits wouldn't do what you did to try and help."
"Well, I know I'm different than most of them." Anna said. "I'll see you guys again soon." She disappeared after that.
A few hours later, Stefan was in the library, when he heard something. "Who's there?" He asked. Rose entered the room.
"I'm not here to hurt you." She told him.
"Why are you here?" Stefan asked.
"Lexi once told me that you're one of the good ones." Rose said.
"You knew Lexi?"
"Oh, yeah. We go way back." A voice behind him said. Stefan turned around and saw a girl with long, blonde hair in jeans and a blue jacket, with a purple top underneath.
"You're here."
"I've been here the whole time." Lexi told him.
"Why haven't I seen you until now?"
"Because you haven't thought of me until now. You know, I know my dying upset you, but if you repress your thoughts of me, I may as well be invisible." She explained. "I've been calling you for months." Rose was trying not to laugh.
"I'm guessing she's ticked."
"Probably."
"And for the record, I already got my revenge on your brother." Lexi said. "I just wish you'd have thought about me under better circumstances."
"How's he…"
"He's fine." Lexi told her. "He's going to be okay."
"Trevor was my best friend. For 500 years I have lived with one person and he's gone and I don't want to run anymore because I don't have anywhere else to run to." Rose explained to Stefan.
"Well, I'm sorry but I can't help you." Stefan told her.
"I don't need your help but I think you need mine." Rose said. "Elijah may be dead but this isn't over."
"What do you mean "it's not over"?" Stefan asked.
"It isn't over. The originals, they'll come for her." Rose explained. "They have to. They're doing it for him."
"Oh, God." Lexi whispered.
"For whom?" Stefan asked.
"Klaus." Rose told him.
"I hate to be to be the one saying this, but it looks like Elena's in danger." Lexi said.
"And how can we be sure she…" Stefan indicated to Rose, "Isn't lying? And even if we believe her, how do we convince Elena?"
"Relax. Now that I'm back, I can help." Lexi said. "And I'm not going to let any bad guy get between you and your girlfriend."
A/N: Looks like there's another ghost in town. Please review and let me know what you think.