A few days later, Anna met the guys outside the house. She had no idea if the barrier would effect her. She had led them to the location, but she also knew what Bonnie would be risking if she attempted to kill Klaus now.

"Could she do one of those witch tracking spells?" Damon asked.

"Nope. Not without something that belongs to Klaus. Believe me, I already asked." Stefan said.

"Do you think he killed her?"

"Katherine? Probably."

"Well, she probably deserved it after betraying us." Anna pointed out. "She practically left us for dead." They looked at her. "You know what I mean." Just then, Elena opened the door.

"Okay, it's done. Get in here."

"Wait, why'd you have to wait outside?" Stefan asked.

"Like I said, sometimes we can't enter certain places. I couldn't enter the witch house at first, remember?" Anna pointed out. "It was like there was an invisible wall."

Bonnie handed Elena her jacket. "Thanks."

"Wait, where are you going?" Stefan asked.

"To school." Elena said.

"No, no, no. We didn't create a safe house for you to leave it." Damon said.

"Yeah, guys, Klaus is out there. We know that." Stefan pointed out.

"Right. But where? No one knows. Look, I really appreciate what you guys are doing. And I'll be able to sleep at night knowing that I'll be safe here, but I'm not going to be a prisoner." Elena pointed out.

"Your way, Elena."

"Don't worry, I'm ready. If he shows his face, I can take him." Bonnie told them.

"The way I see it, next to Bonnie is the safest place that I can be. Come on." Elena said.

"Wait, um, coming."

"Hey, don't forget me!" Anna said.

"What can you do?" Damon asked her.

"I can sense dark forces, remember?" Anna pointed out. "Besides, the Original vampires can't see me and someone's gotta give Bonnie a hand. See you later." She disappeared.

"Will you relax already? They'll be okay." He heard a familiar accent say.

"Do you have to sneak up on me like that?" Damon asked.

"You're the one who called me here, remember?" Rose pointed out.

At school, Anna appeared in the classroom. She stayed near the back of the class, but had a good view of the others. Then, Alaric walked in. "Hello, class. What are we learning today?"

"With the decade dance tonight, we've been covering the sixties all week."

"Is this an annual thing at the school?" Anna whispered. Stefan glanced at her, letting her know he had no clue either.

"Right. The sixties. I wish there was something good I could say about the sixties, but... Actually, they kind of sucked. Except for the Beatles, of course. They made it bearable." Everyone was looking at each other. It was clear something was up.

"Wow, it sounds as though he'd been there." Anna said. Just then, the realization hit her. She wasn't entirely sure, though. After class, she went over to him. Sure enough, she could feel two auras.

She headed to the cafeteria. "Well, she's gotta know you can't do it." She heard Jeremy said.

"You don't know I can't. Have a little faith in me." Anna joined them.

"Bonnie, I think he's right." She told her. "It'll kill Elena more if she finds out that you'll die to save her from…"

"Look, please don't tell her, guys." Bonnie said.

"She's coming." Anna told them.

"Hey, Jer. How you doing? Are you ok at the house alone with John?" Elena asked.

"It's not ideal."

"You haven't heard from Jenna, have you?"

"It looks like she's staying on campus instead of coming home." Jeremy told her. "I'm late for class."

"Jeremy!" Anan called as he left. She really felt bad for him. She didn't want Bonnie to go through with it either, but he'd already lost one of his girlfriends because of the supernatural. She didn't want him to go through it again.

"What's going on?" Elena asked.

"I told him he had to dress up tonight and he got all uptight." Bonnie said. Anna looked at her. "I'll tell her when the times right." She whispered to her.

"You'd better." Anna said. "When you make a promise to one of us, you're pretty much bound to it."

A classmate joined the girls. "Hey, Elena, there you are. Ok. This is going to sound freaky, but this totally hot guy just asked me to ask you if you're going to the dance tonight."

"Tell him she has a boyfriend." Bonnie told him.

"You could at least meet him. He'll be at the dance tonight. Look for him. His name is Klaus." Anna froze.

"I'm sorry, what did you just say?"

"His name's Klaus. I know the name's stupid, but I swear he's hot."

"Where is he? Is he here?" Bonnie asked.

"Forget it, Bonnie. She's under compulsion. I can feel it."

"But he wants to know if you'll save him the last dance. How cute is that?" The girl said.

"Yeah, cute if you like the whole serial killer angle." Anna said.

That afternoon, the group met in the living room. "So we go to the dance, we find him." Damon said.

"Really? How are we going to do that? We don't even know what he looks like." Stefan pointed out.

"Something tells me he's not going to be 16 and pimply."

"Actually, you never know with him." Rose said. "He's got all kinds of special skills, and not just the normal kind."

"He could be anywhere at any time. He compelled somebody at school." Stefan said. "I guess it's not as safe as you guys thought, huh?"

"Oh, give it a rest. I can't be in two places at once, Stef." Anna pointed out. Alaric walked in.

"There you are."

"Sorry I'm late."

"Hey, I need you to put me down as a chaperone at the dance tonight. Klaus made his first move."

"Okay, so we find him and then what, hmm? What's our plan of attack?" Elena asked.

"Me. I'm the plan. He has no idea how much power I can channel. If you can find him, I can kill him." Bonnie told them.

"That's not going to be that easy. I mean, he is the biggest, baddest vampire around."

"Not to mention how all that power could affect you."

"It's not as though she's using dark magic." Rose pointed out.

"Still, channeling that much power can hurt a person, Rose." Anna said.

"It doesn't matter if he's an Original. I can take down anyone who comes at me. I can kill him, Elena. I know I can."

"She seems determined to save her no matter what the cost."

"Exactly why I need you're help." Anna said. "Rose, are you with me on this or against me?"

"I'm with you, of course, but I still think we need to find a way to stop Klaus first." Rose said.

"When you two are done arguing, can you join the rest of us?" Damon asked. They looked around the room. Alaric had left and Bonnie had gone upstairs.

Anna met Bonnie and Jeremy outside the school that evening. Jeremy took off his ring and offered it to Bonnie. "If you're asking me to go steady, I think that was the fifties." She said.

"No, I'm serious, Bonnie." He told her.

"The ring won't work on me, Jeremy." Bonnie told him.

"But it was made by a witch."

"To protect from the supernatural, not for someone who is."

"Well, I have to do something. I can't just... I can't just let you get yourself killed." Jeremy said.

"Just because a bunch of dead witches gave me a warning doesn't mean I'm going to die."

"Okay, I know you're lying, Bonnie." Anna said. "And you can't just go in and kill him like that. You need to be smarter than that. Even Emily had a back-up plan."

"Look, I appreciate you trying to help, but I can feel this is something that I need to do." Bonnie told them.

"I just hope you're not making some stupid mistake." Rose said. The rest of the group looked and noticed that the others had arrived.

"You guys ready to do this?" Stefan asked.

"Why not? Besides, we'll be invisible to everyone so we can investigate anything weird going on." Anna pointed out. They all headed inside.

"Thanks for being here, everybody. We have a special shout-out tonight. This is for Elena. From Klaus." Everyone froze.

"That was a lame, cheap shot. He's just trying to bait us." Damon said.

"I wouldn't underestimate him if I were you." Rose told him.

"I know everyone here." Elena said.

"Maybe he's not here. Just wants us to believe that he is." Stefan suggested.

"No, I'm picking up something weird around here." Anna said. "He's got to be here somewhere."

"Then we'd better look around." Rose said. The two of them moved through the gym undetected. A few minutes later, Anna noticed Damon talking with Alaric. Something felt completely off to her.

"Damon," He turned toward her. "I think we better be more careful. Something feels off about Alaric, I mean, way off."

"I'll keep that in mind." He walked off.

"So you felt that, too, just now." Rose said.

"Yeah, there is something very wrong going on here." Anna said. "I think I'm going to keep an eye on him. Can you make sure nothing happens here?"

"No problem. After all, I'm an expert at hiding in the shadows." Rose pointed out.

"Right." Anna remembered, laughing. "Wish me luck." She disappeared from the gym.

Rose spent the next few minutes looking around the gym, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary except for Elena's friends, she believed one of them was Caroline, on the dance floor with her boyfriend. "So, see anything weird around here?" Damon asked.

"Nothing that seems like anything Klaus would do." Rose said. "It's weird."

"Maybe he's trying to lure us into a false sense of security." Jeremy suggested.

"Well, it's not working." Bonnie said.

"I think you should talk with that witch of yours." Rose told Damon. "She's determined to protect her, but her dying wouldn't help Elena now."

"Got it." He went over to Bonnie and Jeremy.

Anna showed up then. "Guys…"

"Hang on, he's trying to convince her not to sacrifice herself." Rose explained.

"Yeah, but there is something up with Ric." Anna said. "I think Klaus compelled him, I saw him setting up a trap with some students in the hallway. They're planning to ambush them."

"Okay, then we should try to warn them."

Elena was talking with Jeremy. "Is there something going on, Jer? You okay?"

"I'm fine." He left.

"Everything all right?"

"I'm not sure."

"I think I know what's going on." Anna said. "Look, there's something you two need to know about Bonnie."

A few minutes later, Rose went outside to check on the others. Anna had gone after Jeremy, but she did warn the guys that there was a trap out in the hall.

"How could you not tell me?" Elena asked.

"'Cause I knew how'd you react." Bonnie said.

"No. No way, it's not an option."

"It's our only option." Bonnie pointed out.

"Guys, I told you, this would be a stupid idea." Rose told her.

"If I have the ability to save her, wouldn't you do the same thing?"

"Well, how are we supposed to protect both of you?" Rose asked. Then the answer came to her. Elena was apparently thinking the same thing.

"Can't you protect her?" Elena asked. "I mean, I know you aren't bonded with her, but can't ghosts protect witches or other humans as long as their related or can see them otherwise?"

"I've never done anything like this before, but it's worth a try." Rose said. "It should decrease the risk."

In the hallway, Anna was following Jeremy. She noticed a few other guys from the school show up. "Jeremy, look out! They're compelled!"

The guys started to fight him, but Anna defended Jeremy. The Salvatores arrived at that moment. One of the students they were fighting with fired a stake through a crossbow at Damon, but Anna deflected the shot with her powers.

"Let me guess, Klaus says hi." They managed to fight them off.

"I'll stay here with Jeremy, go find the girls." Anna told them.

"I better stay, too. The more back up we have, the better."

Outside, Rose noticed Alaric come out. "Elena!"

"What is it?"

"He has Jeremy."

"What?"

"Come on." The girls followed him into the school.

"There's something suspicious about all this." Rose said.

"Where's Jeremy?" Bonnie asked. They stopped. Alaric laughed.

"I just had to get away from that dance. The sixties. Not my decade. I mean, whose call was that, anyway? I much prefer the twenties. The style, the parties, the jazz." Rose took a step back in panic.

"Girls, that isn't Alaric. I thought he was only being compelled before, but now…" Rose managed to get out. The girls looked at her, realizing what she knew.

"Oh, no. It's not possible." Elena said.

"I forgot he could swap bodies with others." Rose told them.

"Would've been good to know before!" Bonnie pointed out. She quickly used her powers to throw him back long enough for the three of them to run.

"Why is he after me here?" Elena asked as they ran. "The ritual isn't until the next full moon!"

"He's not after you, Elena. I spied on Katerina earlier. His intent is to destroy your witch friend here." Rose said.

"Still not good news." Bonnie said. Suddenly, they ran into Damon.

"What happened?"

"Klaus possessed Alaric's body." Rose explained.

"Go find Stefan. Now." Damon told Elena.

"Okay." She ran off.

"Can you kill him?" Damon asked Bonnie.

"He's using a protection spell." Bonnie said.

"You have the power of a hundred witches, break it." Damon said.

"I'm trying." Bonnie told him, angrily. "If I kill Alaric, he'll just possess someone else. He knows I have my power, Damon. He's trying to kill me."

"We have to do something about this, Damon." Rose said.

"You still willing to do whatever it takes to kill him?" Damon asked.

Rose followed Bonnie into the hallway. "Are you ready?"

"Sure this will work?" Bonnie asked. They looked at each other.

"Let's do this." Rose said.

"What took you so long? Now, do you want to do this the easy way or the hard way?" Bonnie used her powers on him.

"The hard way. Got it." Klaus got up. "What? You'd kill your favorite history teacher?"

"It's what Alaric would want. And he'd want you to suffer first." Bonnie said. She realized her nose was bleeding.

"Look at you. Is that all you got?"

"Let's find out." Bonnie said. Rose hovered to her side, using her powers to try to shield Bonnie from her power's effects. Suddenly, she found Anna at her side, trying to help.

"What are you doing here?"

"Heard Bonnie was in trouble and figured our powers are similar to the witches: stronger when we're together." Anna explained. "Oh, and Stefan and Elena are on the way."

"I knew that. Damon's not very good at providing a distraction." Rose said. Anna glanced at her. "We were friends before I became a ghost."

"That explains your bond with him." Anna said. "If I remember, the connection has to be emotional."

"Bonnie!" She heard Elena scream. The two girls used their powers, trying to protect Bonnie, but her nose was still bleeding. She turned around and looked at Elena before collapsing. The wind stopped, but the girls still remained near Bonnie. Elena and Stefan burst in then.

Elena went to her friend's side. "Is she okay?"

"I don't know." Rose said. "Even with Anna's help, I'm not sure what happened."

"Well, Klaus is gone." Anna said. "We don't have to be worried about him."

"Guys, I can't tell if she's breathing." Elena said. "Is there anything any of you can do?"

"No, I can't tell, either." Stefan said.

"Let me." Anna went over and touched Bonnie. "She's breathing, but it's slow. Almost as if…"

"Oh no."

"We'll get this." Damon said, entering the room. Everyone except Bonnie looked at him. "What, we can't let the sheriff find out."

"Hate to say it, but he has a point." Rose said.

"But…"

"Just trust them, Elena. They know what they're doing." Anna said. "I'll find Jeremy, you take her home." She told Stefan.

A couple hours later, Damon and Rose were outside the Boarding House. "Do you think it worked?"

"Yeah. Trust me, the Bennett witches are one of the strongest ones."

"I still don't like witches very much, I always found them prejudice. Though Bonnie seems different."

"We better let them know." They entered the house.

"How is she?" Elena asked.

"She seems shaken, but last time I checked, her pulse was back to normal." Rose told her.

"So she's going to be okay."

"Look, none of us saw Klaus possessing Alaric coming." Damon pointed out. "We had to make it look as though she had died."

"If Anna hadn't shown up when she did, she very well could've." Rose admitted. "What? I'm not going to hide the truth." She told Damon.

In the abandoned house, Anna was keeping an eye on Bonnie. Apparently only the good spirits were allowed to enter. Jeremy was lighting candles. "She's breathing." Anna realized as she heard her gasp. She woke up then.

Jeremy rushed over to her and the three of them hugged. "I am so glad you're okay." Anna told her.

"We had her cast a spell, just in case." Damon told the group. He left the room, but Stefan followed him into the hall.

"You know, you could have told me."

"How do I know when you're going to go blabbing things to your girlfriend?"

"You even understand what you put her through?" Stefan asked angrily.

"See, that's why I didn't tell you. Cause you would have never been able to do it." Damon pointed out. "Don't get me wrong, Stefan. I don't mind being the bad guy. I'll make all the life and death decisions while you're busy worrying about collateral damage. I'll even let her hate me for it. But at the end of the day, I'll be the one to keep her alive." He headed upstairs.

"It hasn't been easy for any of us tonight." Stefan turned around. "Sometimes when we're in these situations, we say things we don't mean."

"Yeah, only it's true. I always care too much."

"Lexi did mention you were too good for your own good." Rose said.

"That sounds like something she'd say."

"I'm just saying, don't give up on him, Stefan. You're brothers. You're lucky you've got each other." She told him as she began to disappear.

At the witch house, Anna and the others were sitting around. "You sure it's safe here?" Jeremy asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure." Bonnie said.

"We're protected by witch spirits, why wouldn't it be safe?" Anna pointed out. They both looked at her. "Oh, right."

"What is that?" Bonnie asked.

"It's MiFi. If we're gonna be stuck here, then we might as well have Internet." Jeremy said.

"You don't have to stay down here with me." Bonnie pointed out.

"Hey, look, I'm not letting you out of my sight." Jeremy said.

"I'll be here, too. In case he needs to go out for a while." Anna told her.

"Thanks for trying to protect me." Bonnie said. "I know this stuff isn't easy for you guys."

"Hey, we always help our friends, no matter what." Anna said.

"I need you to tell Elena about what happened, though." Bonnie said.

"Well, um..." The girls turned to Jeremy. "Why don't you tell her yourself?" He turned his laptop and showed them Elena was on the webcam.

"Wow, you're good with technology." Anna said.

"Just lucky, I guess." Jeremy said.

"We were lucky Bonnie was willing to take a risk with that spell tonight." Rose said. She was up in Damon's room.

"Yeah, but I personally don't care either way."

"That's a lie." Rose said. "I know all about your promise to Emily, about how you said you'd protect the Bennett bloodline."

"I know, while Bonnie can be difficult to deal with at times, I kind of respect how she always goes into these messes without panicking." Damon said. "I've known a lot of witches over the years, most of them were too scared to even try to go beyond the little spells."

"Magic can be dangerous when used in the wrong hands." Rose pointed out. "It's all about how you use it."

Elena entered the room then. "Hey."

"Hey."

"Look, I just wanted to let you know that I won't let Bonnie die for me. For real next time." She told them.

"We need to kill Klaus, Elena. Real Klaus. Who will probably be coming to pay you a visit soon now that he knows that Bonnie is dead." Damon pointed out. "She's the only one who can do it."

"We'll find another way." Elena said.

"I hope so."

"I know we will." They looked at Rose. "Look, we've managed to beat the impossible before. For example, ghosts usually can't interact with the living apart from mediators and witches. If it hadn't been for Anna, none of us would've known it was possible to communicate with people like you."

"Wow. I didn't know that." Elena said.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow." Rose said. She disappeared after that.

"I get that you want to protect her," Damon said when she was gone. "If it comes down to you and the witch again, I will gladly let Bonnie die. I will always choose you." Elena looked at him.

"Good night, Damon."

"Good night." She left the room.