Margaret Gilbert

Margaret Gilbert is a character of The Vampire Diaries novel series. She is the youngest daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Gilbert, the niece of Judith and Robert Maxwell, the younger sister of Elena Gilbert. When her parents died, she was only a year old, therefore, she barely has any memory of them.
==Appearance==
Physically, she is described to have a strong physical resemblance to her elder sister Elena. She has white platinum blonde hair, very fair skin with peachy colored cheeks, and light blue eyes.
==Personality==
Due to her very young age Margaret is ingenuous to Elena's desire to protect her from any harm and was gullible to accept the explanation of Elena being appointed her guardian angel after being visited by her.
==Name==
*Margaret is a feminine name of Greek origin. The meaning of the name is "pearl" or "the child of the light".
*Gilbert is a surname of Germanic origin. The English-language surname is derived from Giselbert, a medieval personal name composed of the following Germanic elements gisil ("pledge", "hostage", "noble youth") and berht ("bright", "famous").
==The Original Series==
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|-|The Awakening=
She is eating breakfast as Elena comes down the stairs to go to school and while her older sister doesn't stay, Elena kisses her on the forehead.
After Vickie Bennett is attacked and Elena almost raped by Tyler Smallwood, she is kissed goodbye by her sister as Elena and Judith discuss about having to go to the sheriff's about Tyler.
When Halloween comes around, Margaret is dressed as a white cat and watches her sister get into her costume before she leaves for the Haunted House at the school, and is kissed goodbye and told to enjoy trick or treating.
|-|The Struggle=
When Stefan goes missing, Elena becomes extremely depressed. She refuses anyone's company, but allowed Margaret to hug her. One day when Elena comes home, she finds Damon there. Margaret arrives with a tiny kitten that she names Snowball. Elena decides to introduce Snowball to Damon. The kitten scratches at him and runs away. To comfort a crying Margaret, Robert helps her find the kitten.
|-|The Fury=
When Elena dies, her family is deeply saddened. Elena, a newly turned vampire, goes to visit her house and finds Margaret innocently sleeping in her bed. Snowball comes in and Elena notices she is showing signs that other dangerous animals are showing. Elena manages to scare the kitten away and get Margaret to invite her in the house. She talks to Margaret and tells her she is her guardian and will protect her. It is later revealed that Margaret's kitten was in fact Katherine von Swartzschild, the vampire who turned the Salvatore brothers. When the crazed animals attack the townspeople, Robert, Judith and Margaret are protected by Meredith and Matt.
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==The Vampire Diaries==
Margaret does not appear in TV series. Instead of Elena having a little sister, she has a younger brother/cousin Jeremy Gilbert who is portrayed by Steven R. McQueen.
==See also==
Category:Novel Characters
Category:Female Characters
Category:Recurring Characters
Category:Gilbert Family
Category:Supernatural
Category:Humans
Category:Angels