Stefan’s oldest friend visited him in The Vampire Diaries Season 1 Episode 8… so Damon killed her. Meanwhile, Bonnie had a dream that “it’s coming.”
Dozing off in class, Bonnie has another dream. She receives a request for help from Emily, the ancestor to whom the amulet belonged.
They get a new history teacher, Alaric Saltzman, seeing as the old one was eaten.
Damon feels that getting the town off their backs was worth the sacrifice. So what happens next time he needs a bite and the secret society of vampire haters starts asking questions again?
It turns out the old teacher had a jackass file, with documents of troublemakers in it. Well, mostly, one troublemaker: Jeremy. Since he’s trying to turn himself around, Jeremy agrees to do an extra credit report.
Caroline wants there to be something there with Matt. He did, after all, cuddle with her when she was a drunk mess.
Stefan comes to school to tell Elena that he didn’t kill his brother, and that he will be backing off from school. School or her?
Damon’s also hanging out at school to talk to the little witch. No matter how much she may deny it, she doesn’t want the necklace, nor its consequences of having Emily on her back.
On the ride home from school, Bonnie abruptly pulls over and throws the necklace on the side of the road. Problem solved, right?
Elena decides to ask Stefan for help. He knows the necklace well. It belonged to Katherine.
After Bonnie gets done telling Caroline what happened to the necklace, she finds out that it’s not true. Sure doesn’t seem true anyway. The necklace is in her bag. She blames Emily, the ghost. As if that’s a believable explanation. Then Bonnie tells her that she’s a witch. Nope, not buying that either.
Aunt Jenna and Alaric conveniently end up bumping into each other. He’s got a sad story, too. His wife died, so he decided to move for a change of scenery.
After some consideration, Caroline decides to humor the whole witch/ghost thing. She suggests having a seance. This plan works, but Bonnie can’t handle it. She tosses the necklace to the ground, and when the lights come back on, it’s gone.
So what does Damon want with Katherine’s crystal? He’s gonna bring her back. Yeah, she’s not really dead. Just stuck inside a tomb for the last century and a half, protected from being burned alive. In order for the crystal to work, a celestial event must happen. There’s a long time in between comets, though.
When Bonnie spots the crystal in the bathroom, she ends up trapped inside. Much screaming ensues. The door opens. She’s fine. The reflection in the mirror: Emily’s. As she runs out of the house, she says she won’t let him have it. It must be destroyed.
Jenna brings Alaric home. He’s going to need an invite to be able to enter, but she declines. Jeremy’s there.
What part of the story did Damon leave out? To save her, she had to save them. Everybody in the church has been trapped inside a mystical holding cell for 150 years. Refusing to free the 27 trapped vampires, Emily destroys the crystal. Then Damon attacks her/Bonnie, but Stefan heals her. As long as she doesn’t die with his blood in her system, she won’t become a vampire.
Matt doesn’t like Caroline and never has, but the cuddling felt nice.
Now that he’s saved Bonnie’s life, Elena has decided that she can be with Stefan now. Obviously, he can’t. He has to leave.
Logan comes to pay Jenna a visit. Not so dead after all.
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