Matt and Caroline are in the Lockwood cellar while Tyler – in wolf form – attacks them. Matt panicks and shoots Tyler. Meanwhile, Greta feeds Jenna her blood, thus completing her transformation into vampire. It is revealed that Elijah is seeking revenge on Klaus for killing all of his family and burying their bodies at sea. Stefan recieves a call from Damon revealing that Klaus plans to use Jenna as the vampire sacriface; Stefan however wants to offer himself as the sacriface in place of Jenna.

Meanwhile, Klaus has began the ritual and has already killed Jules. Stefan arrives, however Klaus does not accept his offer and kills Jenna. Back at the boarding house Jeremy, John, Bonnie, Damon, and Alaric find a spell that can bring someone back to life after they have died, by connecting the life of the parent and the child. John has Bonnie complete the spell on him, thus connecting him and Elena together. Back at the ritual grounds Stefan watches in horror as Klaus drains Elena’s blood.

Back at the boarding house, Bonnie leaves with Damon and Elijah, she casts a spell on the house trapping the humans inside, unwilling to let more people get hurt. With the doppelganger dead, Klaus has completed the ritual and begins to transform. However, Bonnie arrives and uses her powers to weaken him. With Klaus almost dead, Elijah steps in. Before Elijah can rip out his heart, Klaus says he didn’t bury the bodies at sea and if he is killed, he will never find them. He promises to take Elijah to them, and gives him his word. Elijah rethinks the situation, but Stefan and Bonnie urge him to not trust Klaus. However, he leaves with Klaus.

Damon takes Elena’s body to the old mansion on the site of the witch massacre, and waits for her to come back to life, hoping she won’t come back as a vampire; he doesn’t want her to hate him forever. Back in the basement, Jeremy reads the whole spell and relizes that once the child is revived the parent will die. He asks John if he read the whole passage and he replies yes.

John gives Jeremy a letter and his ring to give to Elena. While Damon, Jeremy, and Alaric watch as Elena comes back to life, John silently walks away. Elena comes back to life and John looks at her one last time and falls to the ground dead. At the funeral, Damon reveals to Stefan that he was bitten by Tyler and asks him to do Elena a favor and not tell her. Stefan promises to find a cure, but Damon says there is no cure and walks away.

“The Sun Also Rises” is the 21st episode of season 2 of The Vampire Diaries and the 43nd episode overall. It first broadcast May 5, 2011 on The CW Network.

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