ANYhow, Stefan kisses Elena on her achey head and says he'll go downstairs and find her some aspirin. She flops on the bed as he descends the staircase and meets up with Jenna, who says, "You know you're not staying the night, right?" Um, Jenna -- I'm pretty sure this episode opened up with a morning after Elena spent the night at Stefan's. Furthermore, I'm pretty sure you turned a blind-eye when Vicki spent the night with Jeremy. Look, I'm a parent. This crap is hard. But pick a stance and stick with it, and half of your problems will disappear. Stefan's too polite to say any of that. He just says they're going hang. Jenna smiles. "You're lucky I like you. Keep the door open." Stefan says, "You've got it," and asks for some aspirin. While Jenna is looking for it, Jeremy walks into the room, greets Stefan and as a door closes he asks Jenna, "Oh hey, where'd she go?" Jenna says "she" went to the bathroom. Stefan asks who they're talking about. Jeremy says, "Anna." Stefan flashes back to...

1864: Anna looks on in horror as Katherine is hauled away. Her mother tells her to stay hidden and get Emily. "I'll get us out of here." As Pearl unties her horse, she's greeted by an eager Jonathan Gilbert. "Do you see all this? The town's gone mad running after all the demons." Pearl does her best to smile and nod, but then Jonathan's ACTUAL VAMPIRE COMPASS starts whirling and whirring like it's on overtime. It sputters and clicks until it stops -- and points right at Pearl. Jonathan looks at her in horror. "You?" Across the way, Emily and Anna hide in the bushes. Pearl begs for her life, but to no avail. Jonathan yells, "I've got another one, over here." Pearl tries to zoom away from him, but he shoots her, and by the way she falls, he's used wooden bullets. He slaps another Hannibal Lecter-ish mask on her, and has her dragged away. In the brush, Emily keeps her hand clasped over Anna's mouth, for her own good. "It'll be all right. You're going to see her again. I already know how to protect them. I'm going to protect them." Stefan looks from the horrible scene in front of him, over to the frightened, hiding women. We cut to...