His brother Elijah has made a deal with Elena to protect her loved ones, because he wants to use her as bait to lure Klaus and kill him. RELATED | Vampire Diaries Sneak Peek: Katherine (Elena?) Maddox kidnaps Tyler and Caroline. She helps kill the Martin witches.

On February 18, 2011, it was announced that British actor The second season focuses mainly on the arrival of Elena's When Lucy finds out that another Bennett is at the party and that Katherine had deceived her, she puts a spell on the moonstone, injuring Katherine. But it is revealed that Klaus wanted Katherine and compelled Isobel to get her and the moonstone. Elena's friends trap Katherine when they realize this. Elijah's death means that Katherine is no longer compelled to stay in the tomb. Elena realizes that the real curse is on Klaus, who therefore wants to kill her. Klaus says that he has backups. Uncle John returns to Mystic Falls and comes as an unpleasant surprise to Elena, Damon, Jenna, and Alaric. The Aztec curse is fake and there is a curse on Klaus, as he is a vampire born in a werewolf bloodline. Gino Anthony Pesi portrays Maddox at the end of season two, a warlock who works for Klaus. As Rose succumbs to the effects of the bite, Damon stakes her in a glorious dream they share, giving her a peaceful death. You take care, cuz. Alaric/Klaus blends with Stefan, Damon, and Elena and finds out that Bonnie has her powers. She tells him that her reason for not killing Elena is that she is in danger. Elizabeth Bancroft (Parish) shot Katherine (Faye Marsay) in the head during the dramatic series finale two years ago, cleverly framing dead gang leader Atif Kamara for the crime. Jules breaks into the Salvatore mansion in wolf form and attacks Damon, but Rose pushes him out of the way, getting bitten on the shoulder instead (werewolf bites are lethal to vampires). When his father strikes out in a rage against Elena, Katherine tricks him into believing that she is Elena an… Then he goes to Klaus to tell him that he does not have a werewolf and witch, as he killed Maddox. Katherine repeatedly states that she will help them to deal with Klaus, and engages in research with the brothers. Damon also shows where he was bitten and walks away. Stefan stabbed her with the Traveler dagger, but ghost Katherine reveals to Bonnie, shortly before trying to cross into the Other Side, that she had injected Dr. Maxfield's enhanced ripper … She stabs him with the dagger and leaves it in him. The middle of it is exactly where you need to be. In the season's finale, Klaus is working on the ritual out in the woods and is near completion when he is about to kill Elena, but Stefan tries to work a deal with him.

Elena stabs herself in the stomach, and Elijah begs her to let him heal her.

Elena then cries that she will be a vampire against her will. But Elijah says he has an elixir that can save Elena from dying. We’re still wiping … There is a ritual that involves killing a vampire and a werewolf and a Petrova doppelganger, that will unearth the werewolf side of Klaus making him a hybrid.

Damon tells Jules she won't find Mason and to leave town. Regardless, Klaus's werewolf side is unleashed and he becomes the first hybrid, half vampire half werewolf. Jules reveals that she is a werewolf. Damon tells Bonnie to put on a protection spell and make Alaric/Klaus believe that she is dead. reserved.If you like TVLine, you'll LOVE our weekly newsletter. John reveals to Damon that the only way to kill an Original is with a dagger dipped in Elena finds out that if a vampire uses the dagger, that vampire will die. Elena does not want Bonnie to die, so she pulls the dagger out of Elijah's heart. Elena does not want Bonnie to die, so she pulls the dagger out of Elijah's heart. Don't worry, you'll see me again. " Damon asks Katherine about the vampire, and she says that Jenna is the backup vampire. Masquerade is the seventh episode of the second season of The Vampire Diaries and the twenty-ninth episode of the series overall. Elena's survival is revealed as John had Bonnie cast a spell that had him die in Elena's place. At his funeral, Elena reads a note from John saying he will always love her and she will always be his daughter, even if she becomes a vampire. Klaus agrees to have Stefan work for him in exchange for Damon's protection. Ladies and gentlemen, Katherine Pierce has finally left the building. Damon then leaves her in the original tomb where she is trapped until the spell has been removed from the tomb.

Series writer Kate Brooke teases: “The second series does not pick up directly from the first and I endeavoured to make it work as a ‘stand-alone’ story. Elena believes Elijah, but Damon says that there is another way to save her life and feeds her his blood. There is a ritual that involves killing a vampire and a werewolf and a Petrova doppelganger, that will unearth the werewolf … He then checks his arm and sees that Tyler has bitten him. Klaus enters Alaric's body and compels Katherine to stay in Alaric's house. When Isobel returns to town, Katherine double-crosses the Salvatores by kidnapping Elena and stealing the moonstone for Klaus in exchange for her freedom. Yes, this means that Elena is awake and well now — ok, not exactly well. Confronts the New Kid and Stefan Ble…