the gilbert house } { and everything is spinning out of control

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Everything happened so fast.

It's an odd thing to say, because for once vampires weren't the cause of it. These were humans, moving at normal human speeds, but for some reason it was Founder's Day, all over again. And now they don't know what to do, beyond calling Stefan, who through some miracle happened to be home at the time of the event, rather than in town, just like they all were.

They all were.

Elena is currently perched on the couch, trying to figure out what she's supposed to do next. She doesn't trust Buffy, Alaric is too drunk to come up with an effectual plan at the moment. Everyone's looking to her, and she isn't sure if she can do it, can take the reins and save everyone, because all of Elena's plans usually end in someone getting hurt. So she sits, and she waits, and she hopes that Stefan can be useful and mediate through this because she sure as hell isn't.

But eventually the front door opens and he appears in the room, meeting her eyes, and she exhales slowly, feeling herself relax. Right now, this isn't about them. This is about getting Damon, Caroline and Tyler back. That, if nothing else, they can agree on.

"Okay," she says, glancing to the others in the room. "Where do we start?"

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"I'll go. It's my fault that anything is happening at all. So. I'll go." It's Bonnie who speaks next. Because she has to. This is her fault.

"That makes... four," Matt says.

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"Four," Elena nods, glancing to Buffy who nods in agreement. "Four is good. We just have to figure out where they are."

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"If they're at the Pastor's ranch house, Elena's right. They'd be in the stalls." Drugged to high heaven.

"We need to confirm they are." Alaric asks. A thought occurs to him as he looks to Meredith. "You have the council's ear, don't you?"

"I can do a locator spell. I'd just need something of Caroline's, Tyler's, or Damon's." Maybe multiple things if they want it to be stronger.

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Meredith rubs the back of her head before nodding. "For the most part, yeah. They're not entirely aware of my many uses for vampire blood. I can see what I can find out." But she can't guarantee anything, unfortunately.

"I borrowed one of Caroline's shirts. Would that work?" She's been meaning to give it back - now she's almost glad she hasn't.

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"It should. Can you get it?" she asks, glancing around her. "I need a map of Mystic Falls."

"I have one," Matt says attempting to get up from around Anna on the couch. Alaric puts his hand out.

"No, there's one in my bag. Anna, can you keep an eye on Matt?" he asks, sincerely. And he moves over to his bag in the hall closet, crouching down and searching through it.

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Elena nods before getting up and heading to the stairs. She takes them two at time, trying to get there quickly. Anna, on the other hand, gently places a hand on Matt's chest and pushes him back down on the couch.

Stay, Mattie. Stay.

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Bonnie moves to the kitchen to get ingredients she'll need. Witch improvising 101 with Bonnie Bennett will commence once Elena returns.

Matt's hand rests against Anna's as he locks eyes with her. He wants to help, Anna. Let him help.

Alaric brushes crap off the coffee table and rolls out a map of Mystic Falls. Bonnie's used it before.

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You are helping, Matt, by not making yourself worse. Leave this to the people who aren't suffering head injuries at the moment. Elena comes down the stairs with Caroline's shirt in her hand and hands it off to Bonnie as she does.

"Hopefully they're all together."

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"They wouldn't separate them," Alaric says.

Bonnie finishes mixing what she needs to before bringing the plastic bowl into the living room and kneeling in front of the coffee table.

"This should only take a second." And then she's chanting, her usual Latin she uses for locater spells, pouring the dirt-like mixture on the map.

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Elena waits anxiously off to the side, unable to really sit still. She crosses her arms in front of her chest, watching Bonnie work her magic intensely. Because she's Elena Gilbert and she doesn't really have any other setting but intensity.

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As she chants, the dirt slithers along the map, stopping at the Pastor's cattle ranch outside of town.

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Elena moves closer as the dirt starts to move, trying to see where the dirt is leading before it actually gets there.

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And the dirt stops, Pastor's farm, like they'd thought!

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"Guess we were right," Elena glances back towards Stefan. "The pastor's farm. We have to go get them back."