Elena woke up at 5:15 in the morning. She normally would be happy considering that her mom was back, but that wasn't the case, due to the fact that her sister was forced to turn off her humanity by Klaus.
She got out of bed and went to Ric down on the couch. He brushed her off, needing coffee before he was capable of conversation.
The two ended up in the woods within a few minutes.
"You know I always wondered why you weren't interested in doing this when Jill was." He commented as he showed her a dummy. "So do you know what to do?"
"No." Elena replied, not quite knowing how to work the stake holder, which she kind of felt looked like Wolverine's claws.
He demonstrated as the stakes were released into the dummy.
"So the pressure of your punch ejects the stakes." He summarized.
"Easy enough." Elena replied as she punched…only for the stakes not to come loose. "That's weird."
She tried again and got the same result.
"You're not strong enough." He told her bluntly. "When was the last time that you lifted any weights?"
"Since I was a cheerleader…that must be why Jill was better at this." She realized.
"Vampires will take whatever they want and do whatever they want and they will do it without remorse." Ric responded.
"You don't have to use pronouns." Elena remarked. "You can say her name."
"Well I can tell you that if you want to fight her, pretty much everything that we're learning here won't help." Ric explained. "The only way to truly fight her would be to stick a silver dagger in her heart. And we know from Klaus that that dagger would have to stay inside of her. Right now she doesn't want to kill you and I don't think she ever would."
That morning, Elena stood by Caroline and Matt as they looked over the crowd.
"Here we are…senior year." Caroline stated. Elena looked kind of glum. "Are you sure that you want to be here?"
"Yeah, you don't have to." Matt added.
"I have to be here." Elena replied. "I can't let my world stop just because things aren't going great now. New year, new life."
At the Salvatore House, Stefan and Damon both walked downstairs to find Jill in their kitchen. She had found their supply of blood.
"You know you should have really changed that location so it wouldn't be so easy to find." She remarked. "I thought about hitting up a frat house, but I didn't want to stain my outfit on my first day of school."
There was a pounding on the door and Damon went to answer it. Rebekah walked inside with two bags of clothes.
"He left me here." She told Jill. "My brother actually left me here."
"Yes and I'm very angry at him for doing that to me." Jill responded. "You I don't give a damn about. I know we're supposed to be friends, but I don't care because I can't. So in case you know where I can find him or have a way to make me feel better, I'm not interested."
"Which one is my room?" Rebekah asked the Salvatores.
"You're not staying here." Stefan told her. "Get out."
"Let's see, Original vampire vs. two vampires not even a fifth of my age." She told them. "You can't win, so I'll just find my own room."
"Okay, you having your in-laws over was not part of the deal." Damon told Jill after the blonde went upstairs. "This is not somewhere where just anybody can live."
"Last I checked this was a boarding house, so it's exactly that." Jill replied with a snarky smile. "And Rebekah my only link to Klaus and she stays wherever I do."
In the hallways of the school, Anna approached Diana.
"Hey." She greeted the witch.
"I really didn't expect to see you here." Diana replied. "I would have thought that you'd be working the dayshift."
"Well just because I am what I am doesn't mean that I don't like it." Anna explained. "I actually came here to get close to Jill last year and just stayed after that. It would be nice to say that I graduated even though it would be completely pointless. So I heard what happened last night."
"It's nothing." Diana replied. "I just come to school to feel normal."
"So what grade are you anyway?" Anna asked curiously.
"I'm a junior." Diana explained.
"So am I." Anna told her with a smile. "I hope we have classes together."
Katherine hunched the coffin that Mikael was in. She held a mouse over him, but he didn't seem interested and she was getting irritated. Her phone was ringing which only irritated her even more. She answered it in frustration.
"What?" She answered without checking who it was.
"What do you mean what?" Damon asked. "I've been calling you for two days. I heard you found Mikael."
"Sort of but he's a little bit out of commission." Katherine explained. "He won't eat and I've tried just about every source of food that I can think of from people to animals to blood bags."
"Try harder." Damon ordered. "We need him to kill Klaus so Jill can be back to the way that she used to be."
Katherine noticed a man with flowers. "Fine I'll give it another shot". She agreed.
Damon then called the doppelganger.
"Are you checking up on me because I'm fine?" Elena answered.
"Yeah, you might not want to come here for a while. We have a new housemate: your sister's sister-in-law." Damon explained.
"She's living with you? Why?" Elena asked in confusion.
"Apparently she's following Jill around and Jill sees her as a connection to Klaus." Damon explained. "They're kind of friends, even though Jill doesn't really care about her."
"Where is Jill?" Elena questioned.
"She's probably within 2000 feet of you." Damon replied. Elena was confused "That means she's there…at school with you."
Before she could say anything, he hung up on her.
She then noticed Caroline putting up something about the bonfire.
"I forgot about the bonfire." She mentioned.
"You have to go." Caroline urged. "It's our first Spirit Squad event. And sets the order for the whole year."
"Relax, Care, I'll be there." Elena told her.
"Thank you, it's just that…" Caroline started before being cut off by Tyler kissing her.
"Happy first day." He told her after they were done.
"Is that blood?" Elena asked, noticing a red spot on his shirt. Caroline grabbed him and dragged him into the girls' bathroom. Elena followed and checked to make sure no one was there. They weren't.
"What's this about?" Tyler asked.
"Vampire 101: Don't get your breakfast at school." Caroline lectured him.
"Chill out. It was just a blood bag." Tyler explained.
"From where?" She asked angrily.
"Rebekah hooked me up." He told them.
"Rebekah? And why are you talking to Rebekah?" Caroline questioned as Elena got some wet paper towels.
"Klaus told her to keep a watch over me. You know protect his new asset." Tyler replied.
"His what?" Caroline questioned. "Why is it that you are amused by this?"
"I'm his first successful hybrid." He responded. "Don't you think that's the tiniest bit awesome?"
"Okay you sounded like a douche there." She told him.
"I'm gonna go." Elena remarked. "Good luck."
Stefan was there when she walked out.
"You know this is just how we met." He replied. "So how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine." Elena answered. "We should probably get to class."
They walked to class together. Stefan took his seat next to her and Caroline was on the other side.
"Welcome back seniors." Ric said after he had finished writing AP American History on the board.
"You know juniors can take AP classes too." Jill replied as she walked into the room.
"Miss Gilbert, I didn't know you were in this class." Ric replied in surprise.
"It's Mikaelson now." Jill replied as she took a seat in the back of the room.
"Right let's go back to our country's original founders." Ric responded, clearly uncomfortable. "The Native Americans."
"What about the Vikings?" The British accent of Rebekah asked.
"There is no evidence of Vikings ever settling here." He said as he looked at her. "Who are you?"
"My name is Rebekah. I'm new and history is my favorite subject." She explained as she took a seat next to Jill.
After school, Anna went to meet Diana in the parking lot.
"So how was your first day?" Anna questioned.
"Homework on the first day is not really something that I'm used to." Diana admitted. "So I've thought about some of these afterschool clubs, but I don't know if I'd have time with work and whatever other crazy stuff goes on here. Back home, I could barely carry a relationship. Of course, I killed the guy, so I guess that doesn't matter now. I need to ask you about something kind of related to that. How is it that Mr. Saltzman can come back to life?"
"She has a ring that allows him to be revived when a supernatural being kills him." Anna explained. "And can always start work later."
Out on the football field, Tyler was preparing since he was the new quarterback. The cheerleaders were also having practice.
"Hey Caroline." Jill said to the blonde head cheerleader.
"What are you doing here?" Caroline asked in surprise.
"Well I am incumbent and am very interested in retaining my spot on the squad." Jill explained. "Especially since I'm so much more flexible now."
"Has anyone seen Dana?" One of the girls asked.
"Dana is no longer here." Jill replied, knowing she had eaten the girl.
"Sounds like you have an opening on the squad." Rebekah commented.
"You can't just come here and join the squad without a tryout." Caroline stated.
"Well I don't see anyone else." Jill replied with a grin. "And you always say that we need to have a full squad or we suck."
"You want a tryout, fine." Rebekah stated before she did a series of cartwheels across the track. The other girls all seemed impressed.
Caroline then noticed Tyler compel the coach. She walked over to him in anger.
"Why are you acting like such a tool?" She questioned.
"I feel better than ever." Tyler told her. "Klaus has given me a hell of a gift."
Back in the tomb, Katherine let the blood of the man drip into Mikael's mouth. It seemed to have an effect on him.
"Get it away." Mikael demanded.
"You need blood." Katherine told him.
"Get it away from me." He repeated.
"Hey I remember you." Katherine stated. "You were looking Klaus and Rebekah in the 20s in Chicago."
Elena was busy bench-pressing in the weight room when Damon and Stefan walked in.
"What are you doing?" Damon asked. "I'm pretty sure that your sister does not weight that much."
"I want to lock her up in your cellar." Elena replied. "She seems kind of unstable right now."
"I don't think vervain would even work on her." Stefan declared. "Plus, we'd have to do something about Rebekah, too, and that's next to impossible. I really don't think she's that dangerous."
"Well we can't keep waiting for Mikael to show up." Elena replied. "Wait a minute…Mikaelson…son of Mikael…Mikael is Klaus's father."
"Great, that means we could have another Elijah thing." Damon groaned. "I won't let anyone hurt you, though."
That night, everyone was in the woods outside of the school at the bonfire. Elena, Stefan, Damon, Ric, and Caroline were all in the teacher's classroom.
"So what are we doing?" Damon asked.
"Well if we can't do anything to hold Jill, we at least need to make sure that she doesn't kill everyone." Elena replied. "She is extremely dangerous. Stefan, I need you to distract Rebekah. She seems to have a thing for you. Caroline, I need you to keep an eye on Jill."
"We are you gonna do?" Ric asked.
"We…" Elena started as she stood by Damon. "Are going to see how Katherine is doing with Mikael. And I need to talk to Diana to see if she can find Klaus."
"I'm pretty sure that she doesn't want to be involved with this." Ric stated. "We can't force her to help us."
"At least try." Elena suggested.
"Sorry I'm late." Tyler replied as he walked into the room. "What do you need me to do?"
"We need a lot of vervain." Elena explained. "We don't even know if it will work, but we want to see if we can subdue her."
"You can't do that to her." Tyler stated. "Klaus wouldn't like that."
"Why does it matter what Klaus thinks?" Caroline asked. "Why are you acting like his slave?"
"Great, another sire bond." Damon commented replied as he stuck a vervain dart into the hybrid. "This one seems even more severe."
"How do we fix him?" Caroline asked in concern.
"Well you can either kill Klaus or get a new boyfriend." Damon explained. No one seemed amused. "Or we could talk to our siree and see what she knows."
Jill was standing by the keg. She had a few cups at her feet and was definitely starting to show signs of being drunk. Rebekah walked over to her.
"I hate your fucking brother." She remarked. "Who does he think that he is leaving me here? I want to be with him so bad. I want to make it so he never leaves me again."
"Wow he really did a number on you." Rebekah commented.
"Everyone I love leaves me." She whined. "Tyler left me, Stefan almost died on me, and now Klaus has left me. I can't take it. I want him back."
Elena then walked over to the keg and helped her to a cup.
"What are you doing?" Jill asked her sister.
"I'm having fun. I'm allowed to have fun, aren't I?" Elena quipped.
"Well you can't have more than 2 drinks." Jill compelled. "You're not going to give yourself alcohol poisoning and die. Klaus still needs you."
Anna stood by Diana, not far from Matt. The vampire was feeling kind of nervous.
"Are you sure that he likes me?" Anna asked.
"I'm positive." Diana explained. "I've seen the way that he looks at you. I have experience with this kind of thing."
Anna walked over, only to be stopped by Ric before she could get to Matt.
"We have a problem." He stated.
"What?" Anna asked in exasperation.
"Tyler is sired to Klaus." Ric told her.
Anna sighed. "Can't I just have a normal party in this town?"
"Parties always seem when the worst things happen." Diana commented. "And dances…those are never normal either."
"Sounds like you came from a place just like this." Ric replied. "I don't suppose I could ask you a favor, could I?"
"I don't want to be part of this…whatever you have." Diana responded. "I already gave up a lot of freedom as part of my circle and I don't want to do that again. Don't you have some other witch to do your dirty work?"
"No…" Anna answered. "She died."
Jill sat deep in the words. She kind of hoped that someone would come out and she could have a snack. She was very drunk and kind of dazed. She noticed a couple that appeared to be having sex. Actually it looked like the guy was forcing himself on her. The girl's screams only seemed to fuel that theory. She sighed and went over and bit into the guy's neck.
"You will forget what you just saw." She compelled. "Now you will sit."
"Are you okay?" The girl asked her.
"I can see why you wouldn't want to." She stated. "Men are nothing but trouble. In the end, they all just leave you. Of course not having to feeling means I won't feel bad about this."
She then killed the girl as well. She decided that she wanted to find Rebekah and leave.
Rebekah was with Stefan. He was trying to flirt with her, but it didn't really seem to be working because she shoved a marshmallow stick into his gut.
"I want to go home so I can finally show you The Notebook." Jill told her. "You missed a lot of movies."
"I know everything moved out west." Rebekah declared. "Including the New York Giants. What does San Francisco have that New York doesn't have?"
"Steroids." Jill deadpanned. "I'm pretty sure that those friends of yours are up to something."
Tyler found himself in his home. He didn't know how he had got there, but Caroline was sitting across from him.
"How did I get here?" He asked.
"I brought you here." She explained. "You were acting like a douche again."
"What is your problem?" Tyler questioned.
"My problem is you're sired to Klaus." Caroline told him. "That means you put his will above your own and ours. He's your master."
"No one is my master." Tyler argued. "I'm not someone's pet."
"Well something is up because you're acting like you did before you started dating Jill." She replied. "You know an obnoxious asshole that was dating the school slut."
She began to walk away and he walked over and grabbed him. He looked at her rather apologetically.
"Wait, I'm sorry." He apologized. "I don't want to be that guy. I hated myself back then."
"You're a vampire now, Tyler." She reminded him. "Your personality is heightened. You have to be careful."
"I will." He promised. "Just don't hate me. You are the best thing in my life right now."
He then gave her a passionate kiss.
Diana found herself in a room with Ric. She had decided to try the spell to find Klaus.
"Just to let you know, I don't know what the hell I'm doing." She warned him. "I'm glad that you have that ring in case I accidentally light you on fire. I wish I had a spell book right now."
She began to speak some Latin and didn't seem to find him.
"I don't thing I did the right spell." She admitted. "I should research this."
Matt was heading home. He went to the door and opened it to a surprise. His mouth hung open.
"Hi, Matty." Vicki told him.
I said that I would do an original Halloween episode and it is coming. Hopefully it will be tomorrow. Vicki is involved in it, but how? You need to review to find out.
