It is the Night of Illumination in Mystic Falls and everyone is helping out, hanging paper lanterns. Carol Lockwood introduces Tobias Fell, who gives a history lesson. Jeremy asks Alaric what they are doing there, where Alaric explains Tobias is the head of the history department, and why he’s there. Elena joins them and asks what she has missed, Anna (who is tethered to Jeremy still) gives a witty reply which Elena can’t hear, but Jeremy said she missed nothing.

He laughs at something Anna says, which confuses Elena. Anna smiles, and takes Jeremy’s hand.Caroline asks Bonnie whether the spell she did would get of Anna too, which she replies no, and explains Jeremy still has a direct line to the Other Side, and could see Anna whenever he wished. Bonnie says she took a risk bringing Jeremy back, and was now paying the consequences for it. Damon arrives in his car, and tells Bonnie that she messed up during her spell, because Mason Lockwood is now after him for revenge.

At the Mystic Grill, Elena asks for Jeremy’s help with Stefan, wondering if he could contact Lexi – Lexi always had a way to bring Stefan back from his ripper ways. Jeremy said he’s not sure if she’s even on The Other Side, and he had no previous connection to her whatsoever.Bonnie asks Matt whether he’s contacted Vicki again, and he swears he hasn’t. Caroline asks why she thinks it’s Vicki and not Mason, to which she replies that if any other ghost has a foothold, something is very wrong.

Bonnie grabs her bag but her grimoire falls out, and it flips open to a Manifestation spell, used to reveal veil matter – ghosts.Alaric is no too comfortable with the idea of bringing back dead vampires, seeing as they already have enough vampires as it is. Anna silently tells Jeremy that not all ghosts go to the other side, that some find peace. Stefan joins them at the table, picking up his diaries, wondering how he could have cared so much. Stefan tells Elena it would be better if she moved on and let go of her feelings of him.

At the place where the witches were burned Bonnie and Caroline start setting up to do the Manifestation spell.Jeremy questions Anna why she didn’t want Elena to know that she was there, and Anna replies that she wouldn’t like it seeing as Bonnie is Elena’s best friend. Jeremy is extremely confused with his feelings, tells Anna he always loved her, and kisses her.

Bonnie does the spell, and Grams appears to her, holding her hands – all over town, ghosts of previous vampires start to appear. Elena walks in on Jeremy and Anna kissing, finally being able to see her again. Lexi appears to Stefan who's shocked. Mason appears to Damon and Alaric at the grill, and knocks him over the head with a glass. Lexi tells Stefan his off the rails, and that while she’s materialized in the real world, she’ll help him out of his mess. Lexi knocks Stefan unconscious after he refuses her help.

Bonnie is emotional at seeing her Grams. Sheila tells Bonnie that the Original Witch unleashed everyone who had unfinished business – she has to close the “door”, by destroying the Talisman of the Original Witch. Anna overhears Caroline and Elena on the phone talking about the necklace, and she disappears. Elena walks out and bumps into Lexi, where she thanks her for thinking about her that day, bringing her back. Lexi tells Elena to come with her, as she could help Stefan.

Mason tells Damon he’s not after revenge, but an apology. The truth is he’s there to help Tyler. Mason heard of a way to be able to kill an Original, and that the secrets are in the old Lockwood basement. In the City Jail, Lexi has tied Stefan to the torture chair. Lexi looks Stefan in the eyes and gets inside his head, making him hallucinate. Damon goes to the basement where Mason is waiting for him, and they break through a wall, which reveals a tunnel, which they start to climb through.

Stefan is starting to struggle, screaming to get out, and Lexi starts to count the total years he’s been without blood as he’s hallucinating. Caroline calls Elena and tells her the necklace isn’t where Damon said it would be. Elena says they should hold off on stopping the ghosts, and they need to help Stefan. Jeremy is shown to be searching for Anna. Frederick walks over to where Anna is standing in the celebrations, saying they have some unfinished business with the Founding Families. A scream erupts, and Tobias Fell is shown, dangling from a tree, dead.

Stefan is starting to beg Elena to release him, he’s sorry and that he loves her. Lexi warns her that he’d say anything to get out of there not. She goes on to say that he’s now getting past the blood and he could feel things – she demonstrates this by stabbing him on the arm. Elena rushes off, not being able to handle it. Walking around the corner, she is greeted by ambulance lights and a body being taken away.

Caroline and Bonnie are still searching for the necklace, but not finding it anywhere in the Salvatore house. Caroline gets a suspicion that Anna could have perhaps taken it, and asks Jeremy is she perhaps has it. She tells him no. Back in the caves, Mason is leading Damon through the tunnel. Damon walks forward and is struck by stakes, puncturing him in the sides.

Elena confronts Jeremy about Anna being missing, and that she was the only one who knew about the necklace being needed to send the ghosts away. Jeremy fesses up and tells Elena he can touch Anna, and that he loves her and always will. Elena asks him whether he will love a ghost for the rest of his life. Anna reappears and Elena tells her she’s holding Jeremy back. Anna holds up the necklace for them to see, and Elena instructs Jeremy to call Bonnie with the news that they have the necklace and can send the ghosts away.

Mason comes back to Damon and breaks off the stakes. Damon can’t believe that Mason isn’t after revenge, but redemption. Mason only wants to help Tyler. Bonnie and Caroline drive back to the Witch House, but see Carol Lockwood’s car, and the tomb vampires approaching it. Caroline gets out, and attacks.

Jeremy tells Anna that they will still be able to see each other afterwards, and that they have nothing to worry about. Anna says that it should be the end, and that she is holding him back from his life. She is sorry she took the necklace, but hoped that with the tomb vampires out, maybe she would get to see her mother.

Lexi repeatedly stabs Stefan with a stake – Elena enters and tells her they are running out of time, and the necklace will be destroyed. Lexi uses the necklace as determination, telling Stefan to focus on that as it once gave him hope. Damon cannot get into the small cavern, as it somehow looks like he has to be invited in. Mason goes on ahead of him to look at the cave walls.

Bonnie starts to recite the spell, and her Grams joins her, resulting in the necklace being destroyed in the fire. Caroline is seen fighting off the tomb vampires. Frederick gets a hold on her neck, but he disappears, along with Mason in the cave, and Lexi, at the city jail. Anna sees her mother, Pearl, and they embrace, disappearing together finally able to rest in peace.

Grams is the last to disappear, telling Bonnie she is very proud of her. In the caves, Alaric arrives to help Damon out. Damon again gives the same apology he gave Mason Lockwood, but genuinely meaning it.

In the city jail, Stefan asks Elena what she’s gonna do now, and if she’s gonna wait till he dries out. Elena says that she’ll go home, and be the support her friends need right now. She’s is headstrong and still has hope for him. Elena comes to stand right in front of Stefan, telling him to fight for it, to feel something, because if he doesn’t, he will lose her forever. “I won’t love a ghost for the rest of my life,” she says to him.

Jeremy goes to Bonnie, telling her he is sorry. She sends him away, not being able to handle his betrayal. Noises and sparks erupt from the fireplace, and on closer examination, Bonnie sees the necklace’s quality is restored. In the cave, Alaric found drawings on the wall, yet doesn’t know what they are.