Mystic Falls, 1864

Amelia is having breakfast with her father and brother Stefan when she hears a noise outside. "What is causing all this commotion?" Her father asks with his eyebrows furrowed, annoyed by the interference with his perfectly calm morning.

Stefan and Amelia head towards the big window and she squeals in happiness. "Father! Damon has returned." She quickly runs to the door and hugs her older brother who drops his bag in the big entrance as soon as he sees Amelia. "I have missed you so much Damon!"  

He twirls her around and kisses her soft cheek. "My sister, I have missed you as well." Damon smiles brightly and is soon greeted by Stefan. The Salvatore brothers were the best of friends and nothing could come between them.

Giuseppe soon joined his children in the big foyer and looked at Damon. "What are you doing back so soon?"

"Aren't you happy to see me, father?" Damon smirked. "I left that pointless war." He said while grabbing his bag off the floor."

"Pointless?" Giuseppe looked at Damon with anger in his eyes. "The men in the Confederacy are sacrificing their entire lives for a purpose, to save this country."

"Well, I find all those deaths depressing and quite pointless. Those men, you so fiercely defend, would rather die for a cause they don't understand than take care of their wives and children. I would rather have a family and be happy." Damon replies.

Giuseppe stares at his son as if Damon was a complete stranger. "You are nothing more than an irresponsible, self-centered and reckless disappointment. You are an embarrassment to this family."

Amelia put herself between her father and brother. "Father, Damon has just returned and he needs his rest. Perhaps a nice herbal tea and a substancia breakfast will do him good... Make his head a little clearer."

"Maria, prepare my son's bedroom and make sure he eats his breakfast." Giuseppe ordered while looking adoringly at his daughter. "You never cease to amaze me with your kindness, my sweet Amelia." He smiles.

Amelia watches as Giuseppe and Damon part ways and sighs, wishing for them to get along.

***

Jeremy walks up the stairs and knocks on a door inside an apartment building. Mia opens the door with a big smile. "Jeremy! What a surprise!"

He enters her apartment and then turns to the redhead. "I came here to tell you that Damon might need you right now."

Mia gives Jeremy a worried look. "Why is that?"

"Elena and Stefan were taken by the Council and Damon is desperate." Jeremy puts a hand on his hip and looks right into Mia's eyes. "This is the perfect moment for you to bond with your brother and maybe help him save Stefan and my sister."

"Damon doesn't want to see me. He needs his friends." Mia replies.

Jeremy grabs Mia by the shoulders. "What friends? Your brother is a jerk and everybody hates him. The only friend he had died and Elena might die as well if no one saves her." He looks at her in desperation. "Please Mia! You're Damon's only hope."

Mia looks at Jeremy and then nods thinking about all the times she had with her brothers and how much they mean to her.

***

At the Salvatore mansion, Damon is pacing furiously trying to come up with a plan to find Elena and Stefan while Meredith tries to calm him down. Meredith Fell knows about vampires and works at the hospital where she uses vampire's blood to save her patients. Suddenly, Jeremy storms inside the house and catches Damon's attention. "Any news about Elena?" Damon asks immediately.

"Not yet but I brought someone who might help." 

"Who?" Damon asks in disbelief.

Jeremy gestures to the door and Mia appears right in front of her brother Damon. "Don't I get a hug?" She asks with a shy smile on her face.

Damon hugs his tightly and then takes a few steps back. "You died."

"So did you but you don't see me judging you." She sits on the large brown leather couch. "I hear you have a predicament in your hands. Our brother got himself in trouble to protect a young lady. He was always quite charming and stupid." Mia sighs. "I may help with that. I know a lot about the Council."

Damon fetches himself a bottle of bourbon and pours some into a glass. "What do you know about it?"

Mia takes the glass from Damon and drinks the liquid. "Our father taught me everything about it. I was the only one interested in learning." She pours more bourbon in the glass. "The Council has multiple locations to torture and kill vampires." She smirks. "The cellar that belongs to the Lockwoods, a ranch that once belonged to the church and this house before it was turned into a boarding house for young boys." Mia looks right into Damon's blue eyes. "Now what you need is a plan. Use a vampire as bait and try to find useful information from the current Council members. I highly doubt that they will let an innocent person die."

Jeremy sits next to Mia. "She's not wrong. Elena is in transition so technically she's not a vampire yet."

Damon takes his cell phone from his right pocket and starts dialing a number. "Liz, I need a little help. Can you bring Matt with you?" Damon pauses. "I don't care! Bring him here now!" He hangs up the phone and turns to Mia. "What now?"

Mia stands up and holds Damon's hand. "Now we figure out who took them and where so I can act as bait to distract the Council."

"That's dangerous!" Jeremy says in concern. "You don't know how many they are."

"I'm strong and fast so you don't have to worry about me, Jeremy. My main concern is to save Stefan. He doesn't get to die before seeing me." Mia smiles at Damon. "And you will be able to tell Elena how you feel."

Damon retreats to his room, bewildered by the sudden return of his sister who he thought was dead.

***

The doorbell rings and Jeremy opens the door, revealing Sheriff Forbes and Matt Donovan. Mia immediately calls Damon and he gets to the living room, noticing that Meredith already left. "It took you a long time to get here."

Liz ignores Damon's comment. "What is so urgent that you couldn't wait?"

"Where would Pastor Young take Elena and my brother?" Damon asks while holding a glass in his left hand.

"I honestly don't know." Liz answers. "He has a lot of connections and considering that he took more than one vampire, it must be a very vast and private place.

Mia looks at Matt and makes her way to him. "I bet you know, Scout Boy."

"You can't compel me." Matt quickly says. 

Damon takes Matt and starts to strangle him. "She may not be able to compel you but I can kill you if you don't tell me where Elena is."

"Damon! Elena wouldn't want you to kill her friend." Liz pleads with Damon.

"He should've died in that car accident instead of Elena. Now she's about to die just because of this waste of oxygen." Damon tightens his grip.

Matt starts having problems breathing. "The ranch..." He says while struggling to breathe.

"Back in 1864, when Fell's Church still existed, our father would go to the ranch to discuss some of the Council's matters. It has plenty of space for every single vampire in Mystic Falls." Mia pauses. "It was also used to kill pigs."

Damon loosens the grip on Matt's neck. "You're gonna show me where this ranch is and distract Pastor Young."

"I'm coming with you two." Mia announces before making her way out the house while Matt adjusts his neck, still sore from Damon's grip.