Elena drove her and Jeremy to the Boarding House, she didn't let her bike come bellow 60mph even when Jeremys arms tightened around her waist almost painfully. It had been a few days since the whole 'Kathrine tried to compel Jenna' incident and now Kathrine had threatened Caroline at the grill.

Apparently, she was pissed that they had "killed" Mason and there by destroying her only lead to the moonstone. Elena actually sort of liked Kathrine's character in later seasons but right now she was being such a bitch!

Elena quickly parked her bike and then her and Jeremy rushed into the boarding house to see Caroline on the sofa with Stefan and Damon standing around her.

"Caroline are you okay?!" Elena walked over and pulled her best friend into a hug.

"I feel better now." Caroline hugged her back before she was pulled into Jeremys arms instead.

"So, what's going on?" Elena looked at Damon.

"Well, as I said over the phone Kathrine threatened Caroline at the grill." Damon took a drink from his glass and then he recapped what Caroline had told him and Stefan.

"She wants to do it in public." Stefan explained after Damon was finished. "Us "killing" Mason threw her of guard."

"What she tried to do to Jenna was desperate and when that didn't work, she lost all her tricks." Damon sneered.

"We can't underestimate her." Stefan cautioned. "We have to be smarter than her."

"Can't we just give her the moonstone so she'll leave?" Caroline asked.

"No, Kathrine is not getting dick, I have had it!" Damon started to pace. "I'm going to the masquerade ball and I'm going to kill her, tonight!"

"Can I help?" Stefan smiled hopefully at his older brother.

"Absolutely, little brother." Damon smirked. "We can even make a whole brotherly bonding thing out of it."

"Actually, I think both you and Caroline are on to something." Elena hummed.

"What do you have cooking in that mind of yours now, sister-mine?" Jeremy asked with a smile.

"We pretend that we are ready to hand over the moonstone but instead we have Bonnie do a spell that will trap Kathrine in a room so that Damon and Stefan can stake her." Elena smirked.

"You are a devious genius and I am very happy that you are on our side." Stefan said after a while.

"Thanks." Elena beamed at him. "Hey Stefan, could you call Bonnie and tell her that Alaric will pick her up soon so they can come here? And tell her to bring her witch's cookbook."

"Yes Alpha." Stefan smirked.

"Oh, shut up." Elena chuckled then she turned to Damon. "Call Alaric, would you, and tell him to bring Jenna as they pick up Bonnie on their way here."

"Yes Mistress." Damon bowed his head with a smirk and Elena froze.

"You okay?" Caroline asked Elena.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Elena shook her head to clear it. "I need bourbon."

Thirty minutes later Caroline led Jenna, Alaric and Bonnie into the parlor.

"What's going on?" Bonnie asked as all of them sat down in the available chairs and couches.

"We're going to kill Kathrine!" Jeremy said enthusiastically.

"You sound very happy about murder, dear nephew." Jenna laughed.

"I can explain." Stefan piped up.

"Please." Bonnie looked at him.

"We're going to kill Kathrine." Stefan smiled.

"That explains it." Bonnie nodded seriously. "Apparently we're killing Kathrine."

Elena explained her plan to everyone and then she turned to Bonnie. "Can you do a spell that will trap a specific person in a room?"

"Not a specific person no." Bonnie looked thoughtful. "But there is this spell I read about that traps vampires in a room for a few hours or days or until I take down the spell."

"Sounds good. By the way, here." Elena pulled the moonstone from her bra and gave it to Bonnie. "You'll have to carry this burden."

"Wait, you've had the moonstone in your bra this whole time?" Damon asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Not the whole time." Elena denied. "Just when I leave the house."

"Why your bra?" Stefan wanted to know.

"Because no one expects me to carry it around in my bra." Elena shrugged and smiled. "Plus, if someone tried to check my bra I'll just have to scream 'rape' and have several people come to my defense."

"She's not wrong." Jenna laughed.

Alaric, who had been placing several different weapons on a table, called for everyone's attention. He then started to explain how all the weapons worked and what they were used for.

"This works with compressed air. The trigger mechanism is up here." Alaric pointed at the trigger. "I have two of these in different sizes. My idea is for me and Jenna to have these and guard the 'perimeter' of the party."

"That is a good idea." Elena nodded. "That way if she manages to get away from the rest of us you two will be ready."

"For you two I recommend this." Alaric nodded at Damon and Stefan. "It fits nicely under the jacket sleeve of a suit and you just trigger it when you are ready."

"Never thought this would be something I would do." Stefan laughed softly.

"Jeremy has three stakes on his person right now." Alaric nodded at the teen. "One for himself, one for Caroline and one extra."

"Thank you for being my escort to the ball, Jeremy." Caroline smiled at him.

"No problem, we will have an amazing time." Jeremy assured her.

"Elena, I want you to use this." Alaric held out a black scarf. "This has been soaked in vervain and the tread is actually made by using the vervain plant."

"This will work well with my dress." Elena smiled as she took the scarf.

"So, Stefan is bait, right?" Jeremy smirked as he looked at said vampire.

"Why do I have to be bait?" Stefan almost whined.

"Because our crazy sire is still obsessed with you and wants you back." Damon laughed at his little brothers' predicament. "I on the other hand, gets to escort the lovely Elena Gilbert."

"And on that point, I'm going home to get ready." Elena started to walk out. "Jeremy, you want a ride or are you going with Jenna and Alaric?"

"I'll go with you." Jeremy smiled. "Caroline, I'll pick you up at your place."

"And I'll pick you up at the Gilbert house, Elena." Damon called after them.

XOXOXOX

Later that evening Elena stood outside her house waiting for Damon to pick her up. Her hair was in loose curls, falling around her face which was covered in a blood red mask that had almost like a delicate horn in the middle and amber like pearls hanging from different points of the mask.

The mask matched the beautiful dark red, long lace mermaid dress that she was wearing. It was almost like a halter neck dress that ended at her feet, but from the knee down there was only lace.

As Damon pulled up and got out of the car, he almost stumbled when he saw her.

"You look breathtaking." Damon kissed the top of her hand.

"Thank you and you look very handsome in your suit." Elena blushed slightly and felt lucky that it was dark and her blush wouldn't be noticeable.

When they arrived at the masquerade they walked inside and were sociable for around an hour.

"I need some air." Elena smiled at Damon. "I think I'll just take a walk around the grounds for a while."

"Are you sure?" Damon asked softly.

"I think the reason we haven't seen Kathrine is that I'm here so I shall leave so you can kill her." Elena kissed him on the cheek and walked out.

As Elena walked around the grounds, she thought about everything and nothing. She didn't really have a conscious destination in mind as she walked and just let her feet led her where they wanted.

She didn't know how long she had been king when she bumped into Jeremy and Bonnie outside. Elena hugged them both and asked, "How's everything going?"

"You were right about her not showing up until you were gone." Jeremy informed her.

Suddenly Elena screamed as a stabbing pain went through her, resonating from her back.

"Elena?!" Jeremy rushed forward as Elena screamed again. "What's going on?!"

"Its Kathrine." Bonnie realized. "She's linked herself to Elena and Elena suffers through everything Kathrine does. You need to get Stefan and Damon to stop, now!"

Jeremy rushed off as Elena whimpered in pain and tears run down her cheeks.

"It hurts." Elena whimpered as fresh pain assaulted her. "Please make it stop."

"I can't break the spell, Elena, I'm so sorry." Bonnie was crying to as she held out her hand to Elena. "But I can try to take some of the pain away, okey?"

"Okay." Elena gasped out as she shook in pain.

"Ascinda, mulaf, hinto, ascinda..."

"Are you okay?!" Jeremy asked as he came back.

"Are they?" Elena asked tiredly.

"They're stuck in there with her." Jeremy admitted as he turned to look at Bonnie. "You were right; Kathrine had a witch link Elena to her."

"Jeremy, stay with Elena and keep pressure on her shoulder!" Bonnie ordered as she got up.

"Where are you going?" Jeremy asked as he kneeled beside his sister.

"There's another witch here, I'm going to find her!" Bonnie told him as she ran off.

Jeremy took of his Gilbert ring and tried to give it to Elena. "Here, take it."

"No, Jeremy..." Elena pushed his hand holding the ring away.

"Lena please, you need it more than me." Jeremy begged her.

"What I need is for you to be safe." Elena smiled softly at her little brother.

When the whole ordeal is over Elena pushes Jeremy to offer Bonnie a ride home. She doesn't know why but she starts walking to where she somehow knows Stefan is.

"Elena!" Stefan ran up to her.

"Hey, I'm okay." Elena reassured. "The moment the linking spell was broken all off my wounds disappeared, sadly the blood did not."

"That's a relief." Stefan smiled and then he told her what they had done with Kathrine.

"You put her in the tomb?" Elena started to laugh. "Oh, the poetic justice of that is just incredible."

"I'm going to go see if Damon is okay." Stefan said slowly. "But I can drive you home first if you want?"

"Thanks, but I'll just ask Alaric and Jenna for a ride." Elena smiled. "Go and check on your brother."

"Thank you." Stefan kissed her on the cheek before he rushed off towards wherever his brother was.

Elena started to make her way towards Alarics car when someone placed a chloroform-soaked rag over her nose and mouth. She tried to fight but she felt herself become weaker and weaker until everything went black.