Flashback 1 - 1490
Bulgaria
Night - Petrova Cottage
Everything was in Bulgarian.
Katherine, Katerina, was delivering a baby.
A girl that looked exactly like Elena, Victoria and Elisaveta were helping her. "Maiko poveche, Katerina. [A little more, Katerina.] Malko poveche. [A little more.] Tlasuk [Push.] Malko poveche. Malko poveche. Malko poveche. [A little more. A little more. A little more.] Tlasuk! [Push!]" Katerina screamed as she gave birth. Elisaveta took the baby. A man and a woman were watching. "Tova e momiche. [It's a girl.]"
"Momiche? [A girl?]" Katerina repeated. "Molya, Elisaveta, neka da ya vidi. [Please, Elisaveta, let me see her.]"
Elisaveta started to hand the baby to Katerina.
"Elisaveta, ne go pravyat! [Elisaveta, don't!]" The woman told her. "Kakvo pravish? [What are you doing?]"
The woman took the baby from Elisaveta.
"Neka pone vednuzh da ya pregurne [Let me at least hold her once.]" Katerina told them. "Samo vednuzh. [Just once.]"
"Zabravi [Forget it.]" The man told her. "Vie ste opozoren tova semeistvo. [You have disgraced this family.]"
The woman and the man walked out, leaving with the baby.
Katerina cried, screaming. "Tatko, molya! [Father, please!] Ne, Mamo, ne! [No, Mother, no!]"
"Ne, Katerina, e po dobre za neya, [No, Katerina, it's better for her.]" Victoria told her.
Elisaveta sat beside her, crying because of her sister's pain. "Tova e po dobre za neya. [It's better for her.]"
Elisaveta and Katerina embraced.
"Ne, Victoria, molya, [No, Victoria, please.]" Katerina told her.
"Suzhalyavam [I'm sorry.]" Elisaveta told her. "Az sum tolkova suzhalayavam, Katerina. [I am so sorry, Katerina.]"
Elisaveta and Katerina continued to cry in each other's arms.
...
Now
Day One
Morning - Salvatore Boarding House - Foyer
Damon opened the door for Emma and Elena. "Hello, Elena. Hi, Emma."
"You're being nice." Elena told him. "What's going on?"
Damon smirked.
"Is Stefan here?" Elena asked. "He called. He said it was important."
"Right this way." Damon told them.
Emma and Elena walked in.
Damon closed the door behind them.
"What is this about?" Emma asked. Rose was in the hallway behind Stefan, standing with Evelyn. "You."
Stefan walked in. "Hey."
"What is this about?" Emma asked. Rose was in the hallway behind Stefan, standing with Evelyn. "You."
Rose looked at them regretfully, waving awkwardly.
Evelyn smirked barely.
Elena looked at Stefan in confusion.
Stefan shrugged.
...
Library
Stefan, Elena and Emma sat on the couch.
Elizabeth and Isabella were sitting in chairs on either side of the couch.
Rose, Damon and Evelyn were standing, facing them.
"Okay, I only know what I've picked up over the years, and I don't know what's true, and what's not true." Evelyn told them. "It's the problem with all this vampire crap. Of course I've heard of the Originals, but I've never seen them, so I thought they were a myth."
"Yeah, well, I hadn't even heard of them, period." Damon told them.
"But Klaus, I know, he's real." Rose told them.
"Who is he?" Evelyn asked.
"He's one of the Originals." Elizabeth answered. "He's a legend."
"From the first generation of vampires." Evelyn explained.
"Like Elijah?" Emma asked.
"No, Elijah was the Easter bunny compared to Klaus." Elizabeth told them. "He's a foot solider. Klaus is the real deal."
"Klaus is known to be the oldest." Isabella told them.
"Okay, so you're saying the oldest vampire in the history of time is coming after my sister and my Great something aunt?" Elena asked.
"Yes." Rose and Elizabeth answered the same time Stefan told them, "No."
"What they're saying is, I mean, if what she's saying is true..." Damon trailed off.
"Which it is." Rose and Elizabeth told them.
"And you're not saying it so we don't kill you..." Damon trailed off.
"Which I'm not." Rose told them.
Damon looked at Elena, Elizabeth and Emma. "Then we're looking at a solid maybe."
"Look, Elijah's dead, right?" Stefan asked. "So no one else even knows that you exist."
"Not that you know of." Rose told them.
"That's not helping." Isabella told her.
"Look, I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him other than apparently Elizabeth." Isabella told them. "I mean, we're talking centuries of truth mixed with fiction. We don't know if he's real. For all we know, he could just be some sort of stupid bed time story."
"He's real and he doesn't give up." Elizabeth told them. "If he wants something, he gets it. If you're not afraid of Klaus, then you're an idiot."
"All right, we're shaking." Emma told her. "You made your point."
Elena, Elizabeth and Emma exchanged a look, nodding.
Elizabeth walked toward the door.
Elena and Emma stood, walking to the door.
"Where are you guys going?" Stefan asked.
"School. Elizabeth wants to look around to decide if she wants to enroll." Elena answered. "We're late."
"Let me grab my stuff, and I'll go with you." Stefan told them.
"It's okay." Emma told him. "We know where it is."
Elizabeth, Elena and Emma walked out, leaving.
Damon turned to face the others. "They're in denial."
Evelyn rolled his eyes. "Shut up, Damon."
Isabella smirked.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Outside
(Song:) You Always Get What You Want - Atomic Tom
Evelyn got out of her car, dropping one of her books to the ground. She groaned.
Jeremy approached from behind, chuckling, picking it up for her. "Here, I got it."
Evelyn smiled, taking the book from him. "Thanks. Where're Emma and Elena?"
"They're actually running late today." Jeremy answered. "What are doing later? You want to hang out at the Grill, shoot some pool? The winner owns the table."
"Okay." Evelyn told him. "Sure. It's just..."
"Just what?" Jeremy asked.
Evelyn sighed, shaking her head. "It's just, I'm really bad at pool."
Jeremy smiled. "Yeah, yeah. I thought you might be."
Evelyn smiled.
...
Elsewhere
Bonnie was walking along.
A guy walked toward her. "Excuse me. Do you know which way is the office?"
"Yeah, yeah." Bonnie answered. "Through the double doors, then straight ahead, quick left, and then your first right. You must be new here."
"Yeah, I am." The guy answered. "It's kind of hard to hide it. My name's Luka."
"I'm Bonnie." Bonnie told her.
"Hi, Bonnie." Luka told her.
They looked at each other for a moment.
Bonnie smiled. "Actually, Luka, I'm actually heading in that direction. Why don't you follow me? It can get confusing."
"Thanks." Luka told her.
Jeremy and Evelyn were walking toward the school, noticing Bonnie and Luka together.
Bonnie and Luka walked toward the school, inside.
"Who's the new guy?" Jeremy asked.
"I don't know." Evelyn told him. She smiled. "But I think Bonnie likes him."
Jeremy and Evelyn looked at each other, smiling, walking inside.
(Song Ends)
...
Woods
Emma, Elena and Elizabeth walked through the woods toward the tomb.
Emma had the Petrova book.
Elizabeth had a basket. She looked at Elena. "Tell everyone that we weren't feeling well, and we went home sick."
"I can't believe I'm agreeing to this." Elena told them.
"And keep the boys busy." Emma told her. "We don't want them knowing what we're up to."
"So you expect me to keep three vampire guys busy at their own house?" Elena asked skeptically.
"Just occupy them, Elena." Emma told her.
"Wow, thanks." Elena told them sarcastically. "It's just-they're going to see right through me."
"Elena, as my sister and Elizabeth's great something niece, do you promise or not?" Emma asked.
Elena sighed, looking away, looking at them. "You just had to break out the family code." Emma nodded. Elizabeth tilted her head. Elena sighed. "Okay. I promise. 'Cause we all know that they would never be okay with this. But then we all know that we need some answers."
Elena sighed. "Exactly."
Elena stopped walking in front of them, making them stop. "But be warned. If whatever she has to say is bad, and I mean apocalyptic bad, then I will do whatever it takes to protect you two. Whatever it takes."
Emma and Elizabeth nodded in understanding.
Emma, Elizabeth and Elena walked toward the entrance of the tomb, looking at each other, hesitating, sighing before walking in.
...
Tomb
Elizabeth put the basket on the ground near the open entrance.
Emma paced with the book in her hands.
Elena sighed, still hesitant to go with this plan. "You're asking the truth from somebody..." She yelled into the tomb so Katherine would hear her. "That probably has never given it!" She looked at Elizabeth and Emma. "Are you sure about this?"
Elizabeth nodded. "If I'm going to be giving my life story I'm not doing it all alone."
Elena sighed, knowing they were right.
They heard shuffling coming from in the tomb, looking inside.
Katherine stumbled into the light. She was filthy, still in the dress she had worn to the masquerade ball. She nearly fell, catching herself against the wall. She looked at Elena, Elizabeth and Emma. "Hello, girls."
...
Katherine looked at Elena, Elizabeth and Emma. "Come to watch me wither away?"
Elizabeth pretended to think, looking at the ceiling. "Doesn't sound like half-bad of an idea."
Katherine smirked barely, bitterly. "And everyone wonders why Elizabeth is my favorite sibling. Do your boys know you're here?"
Elena, Elizabeth and Emma didn't answer.
"Elena, just go." Emma told her. "We'll be okay."
"As long as we stay on this side of the door, she can't hurt us." Elizabeth told her. Elena hesitated, looking at Katherine. "Please."
Elena looked over them for a moment, sighing, walking out, leaving.
Elena walked toward the door, sitting beside her basket. "We brought you some things."
"You came to bribe me?" Katherine asked skeptically, looking at the basket curiously. She looked away in boredom. "What is it that you want?"
Elizabeth took a pillow from the basket, tossing it across the tomb barrier to the floor next to Katherine. "She wants us to tell her about Klaus."
Katherine looked at them instantly. "Mm. You two have been busy."
Elizabeth took a lantern from the basket, putting it on the floor, turning it on.
Emma walked closer with the Petrova book. "We also brought you this. It's your family history. I've read it. It says in here that the family line ended with you." She scoffed. "Obviously, that's not true."
"You think that you brought me some family keepsake that I'd open up?" Katherine asked.
Elizabeth smirked, shaking her head. "Nope." She reached into the basket, pulling out a water bottle full of blood, holding it up for Katherine to see. "We also brought you this." Katherine rushed to the entrance of the tomb, but was prevented from leaving. Her eyes transformed. Elizabeth tilted her head tauntingly. "You don't look so good. How long before your body shuts down? Ten, 20 years? It's pretty painful to desiccate and mummify." She shook her head. "I can even imagine."
Katherine backed away from the entrance, leaning against the wall, sliding to the floor.
Elizabeth sat beside Emma on the ground.
Elena took a plastic cup from the basket.
Elizabeth unscrewed the lid on the bottle of blood, pouring a little into the cup.
Emma placed the cup on the ground, looking around, finding a stick easily, pushing the blood through the entrance, pulling it out.
Katherine picked up the cup, looking at Elena and Elizabeth. "You have the Petrova fire."
Katherine eagerly drank the blood.
Emma raised her eyebrows. "More blood?"
Katherine placed the cup onto the ground.
Emma used the stick to bring the cup back over to her and Elizabeth.
"It's a long story, us and Klaus." Katherine told them. Elizabeth poured more blood into the cup. "Goes all the way back to England, 1492, after we left Bulgaria." Elizabeth used the stick to push the cup of blood over to Katherine, pulling it out. Katherine picked the cup up. "Or, was thrown out."
Katherine drank the blood.
"'Thrown out'?" Emma repeated. "What did you do?"
"Our family, your true ancestors..." Elizabeth trailed off. "They disowned us. Katherine's indiscretions were untolerated at that time. She had a baby out of wedlock. I stood up for her so they disowned their disobedient daughter." She mocked the next words. "The shame."
"It was kept secret." Emma told her.
Katherine nodded. "Mm-hmm. My baby was given away." She took a breath before going on with the story. "We were banished to England, and we had to learn to adjust. So, we quickly became English. It was there that Elizabeth caught the eye of a nobleman named Klaus. She was taken with him at first, until she found out what he was. And what he wanted from me..." She looked away, shaking her head. "And what his family wanted... Split decision. Save me, kill me, sacrifice me..." She looked at Emma. "So we ran like hell."
...
Flashback 2 - 1492
England
Day - Woods
Katerina and Elisaveta were running for their lives. They tripped over something hidden in the leaves, hearing vampires rushing closer, hiding behind a tree.
Elijah and his men were looking for her.
A man looked at Elijah. "She's here."
"Katerina! Elisaveta!" Elijah called. "I know you're near. I can smell your blood. It's pointless to run. Klaus will find you, wherever you are."
Trevor arrived, indicating a false direction. "This way. There is more blood over there." The men rushed away, leaving. Katherine and Elizabeth stood, turning to run. Trevor appeared in front of them, putting a finger over Katerina's lips to silence her. "Head east. I can't lead them astray anymore."
"I can't run anymore." Katerina told him.
"Never mind." Trevor told her. "There's a cottage. You'll be safe there. Go now. Go!"
Katerina and Elisaveta ran away, leaving.
Trevor turned to watch them go for a moment, rushing away to join the other vampires.
...
Now
Day - Tomb
Katherine, Elizabeth and Emma were still talking.
Emma stood. "So, what did Klaus want?"
"The same thing he'll want from you." Katherine answered. "He wants to break the curse."
"The Sun and the Moon curse." Elizabeth told them. "By sacrificing the Petrova Doppelganger."
Katherine nodded. "My twin, Victoria..."
"I read about her." Emma told her. "She was the twin?"
Katherine nodded. "Yes. We weren't close. Elizabeth and I were closer, until our parents sent us away. But we weren't enough for Klaus. He wanted to find and use Victoria to lure Elizabeth, and he wanted to drain every single drop of blood from my body."
Emma blinked away any reaction, looking at Elizabeth.
Elizabeth sighed.
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Living Room
Rose were sitting on one of the couches.
Isabella walked in with glasses of blood. She held the second glass of blood toward Rose. "Drinks?" Rose took the drinks. Isabella sat on the couch across from them. They each took a drink. "All right, Rose, we need some answers. How do we find Klaus?"
"You don't find Klaus." Rose answered. "He finds you."
"Come on." Isabella told her. "Somebody's got to know somebody who knows where he is, right?"
"Add another two hundred somebodies to that, and you're still not even close." Rose told her.
"Humor me." Isabella told her. "You got in touch with Elijah. How did you do it?"
"Through a very low somebody on the totem pole." Rose answered. "A guy named Slater in Richmond."
"Perfect." Isabella told them. "I'll drive."
...
Library
Liam and Elena were looking through the library.
Damon arrived, leaning against the doorway. "What the hell are you two doing to my library?"
"I forgot my headphones here." Elena told him. "Liam offered to help search-"
Damon sighed. "Why is this my problem?"
Liam turned to face him. "She left them here when you guys were talking with Rose earlier. When we were talking about Klaus."
"I was freaking out a little, so sue me if I wasn't all the way here." Elena told them.
Stefan walked in, looking at Elena in confusion. "What are you doing here?"
Liam looked under the couch to reveal Elena's headphones on the floor underneath.
Liam knelt to the floor, picking them up, looking up at Elena, smirking. "Found them."
Stefan and Damon rolled their eyes.
Liam stood.
Stefan looked at Elena. "What do you know about Emma going home sick and Elizabeth going to take care of her?"
Oh, it's just a bug." Elena told them. "I'm just gonna go home and check on them."
Elena walked toward the door.
Liam stepped in her way. "Elena, you didn't drag me here for earbuds." Elena sighed, taking a step back. "What are you not telling us?"
Elena hesitated. "Caroline told Tyler and Rosie she's a vampire."
Stefan, Damon and Liam exchanged an exasperated look.
...
Tomb
Katherine, Emma and Elizabeth were still talking.
Emma used the stick to push another cup of blood over to Katherine. "What does the Petrova bloodline have to do with Klaus?"
Katherine looked less pale, being able to move more easily and speak normally. "It's a little tedious, but..." She drank the blood, crushing the cup in her hand. "The curse was bound by the sacrifice of Petrova blood. Witches are crafty with their spells. The Doppelgänger was created as a way to be able to undo the spell. Once the Doppelganger reappeared, the curse could be broken."
"So you both ran, before he found Victoria and killed both of you." Emma told her.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes. "Something like that."
...
Flashback 3 - 1492
England
Day - Woods - Outside
Katerina and Elisaveta were running, finally coming across the cottage Trevor had told them of, looking at the cottage hopefully, running toward it, knocking. "Help. Please, help us." An elderly woman opened the door. "Please. Help us."
The elderly woman shook her head. "I don't invite strangers into my home."
The elderly woman tried to close the door.
Katerina put her hand to the door. "No. Trevor, he said that you would help us."
Rose stepped around the elderly woman. "Damn him. Always making promises I don't want to keep." She looked at Katerina and Elisaveta, realizing who they were instantly. "Let the girls in."
Katerina and Elisaveta sighed in relief, walking inside.
...
Cottage - Main Room
Rose turned to the elderly woman, compelling her. "Bring them water and something to eat."
The elderly woman walked out, leaving.
Katerina took a seat Elisaveta standing next to her. "You must be Rose. Thank you." Rose closed the door, walking toward them. "Trevor said to show you this, to prove I am who I say." Elisaveta held the moonstone in her hand. "That you would help us to freedom."
"You stole this from Klaus?" Rose asked.
"Katerina was to be part of the sacrifice ritual." Elisaveta told her. "So, I-I grabbed it and we made our escape."
"People do not escape from Klaus." Rose told them. "Everyone who tries ends up back in his grasp, and anyone who helps them dies."
"I know the risk you bring on yourself by giving us aid." Katerina told her.
"I am risking nothing," Rose told them . "At nightfall, I will bring you both back to Klaus and beg him to show us both mercy."
Rose grabbed Katerina and Elisaveta , pushing them into a room, locking her inside.
"No!" Katerina told her. "No!"
...
Now
Richmond, Virginia
Day - Car Park
Rose and Isabella got out of Isabella's car.
"Back entrance." Isabella told her. "How convenient."
"That's the point." Rose told her. "We can't all have little daylight rings or necklaces."
Isabella fiddled with her daylight ring. "How do you know this Slater guy is even here?"
"I called him." Rose answered. "He's here. He's always here."
"Good." Isabella told her, rushing toward Rose, pushing her against the wall. "Just one thing. If you're setting me up in any way, I will rip your heart out and shove it down your throat. It's something I'm very good at."
Rose grabbed Isabella's arm, twisting it behind her back, rushing toward her car, pushing her against the hood. "I'm older than you, and stronger. What makes you think that you could kill me?"
Rose let Isabella go. Isabella stood straight.
Rose nodded. "You can trust me."
Isabella looked at Rose, nodding.
...
Coffee Shop
(Song:) A Moment Changes Everything - David Gray
Rose and Isabella walked in.
There was a large wall of windows by the tables that allowed sunlight to stream in.
Isabella looked at Rose. "Whoa, what about the sunlight?"
"Double paned and tempered." Rose answered. "UV rays can't penetrate. You see the appeal now?"
A man rejoined them. "That, and the free WiFi."
Rose embraced the man. "Slater, how are you?"
Slater returned the embrace. "Good." They pulled away. "I saw you come. What are you doing here?"
"Mm, it's a long story, but I want you to meet-" Rose started.
Slater looked at Isabella. "Isabella Salvatore. Turned 1864 in Mystic Falls, but the sire was never determined."
Isabella was confused to how Slater knew that.
"Uh, not so much of a mystery anymore." Isabella told him. "It was Katherine."
Slater smiled. "Oh, I did not see that one coming." Isabella raised her eyebrows in acknowledgement. "I thought it would be Elizabeth Pierce or one of the tomb vampires."
Slater and Isabella shook hands.
Slater looked at Rose. "So, I take it I was right, what I told you about the tomb under the church was true?"
"Yes, it was right." Rose answered. "Thank you for the tip."
Slater looked at Isabella. "It's nice to meet you, Salvatore woman. What's going on, Rose? Where's Trevor?"
Isabella made a face.
Rose looked down sadly.
(Song Ends)
...
Mystic Falls, Virginia
Tomb
Katherine, Emma and Elizabeth were still talking.
Emma looked at Katherine and Elizabeth. "Rose never ended up taking either of you back to Klaus, did she?"
"No." Elizabeth answered. "But not because she had a change of heart."
...
Flashback 4 - 1492
Day - Cottage - Locked Room
Rose walked in with rope. "It's nightfall. Time to go." Katerina and Elisaveta were lying on the bed. Rose walked closer. Katerina gasped in pain. Rose noticed something, pulling the covers away from Katerina and, revealing a fatal wound in her stomach. "When did this happen?"
"In the woods." Elisaveta told her. "Wetripped."
"That's a lie." Rose told her. "I would have smelled it."
Rose rummaged through the things nearby, finding the knife that Katerina had used to wound herself.
"We'd rather die than go back to Klaus." Katerina told her. "We'd rather die than let him find my sister and sacrifice me. Please, just let us die."
"If you die, then Trevor dies with you." Rose told her, biting into her wrist, drawing blood.
"No." Katerina told her. "No."
Rose fed her vampire blood to Katerina to heal her.
Katerina gasped in breath.
Elisaveta looked worried unable to do anything.
...
Main Room
Trevor walked in. "Where are they?"
Rose rushed in, pushing Trevor against the wall. "You have set us both on a path of death. I only hope that Klaus sees the honor in returning that girls especially Elisaveta to him."
...
Locked Room
Katerina was still lying on the bed, taking the rope Rose had brought in to bound her, knowing what to do.
Elisaveta looked devastated but knowing she couldn't change Katerina's mind.
...
Main Room
Trevor looked at Rose pleadingly. "He will sacrifice her, and marry the sister."
"Then so be it." Rose told him.
Trevor took a deep breath, hesitating. "I love her, Rose."
Rose took a step back in surprise, afraid. "He'll kill you." Trevor didn't answer. "He will not stop until he has all of our heads."
"Then we shall run until we die." Trevor told her.
They heard the noise of a wooden chair clattering to the floor.
...
Locked Room
Trevor and Rose ran inside.
Elisaveta was laying on the bed silently crying.
Katerina was hanging from the ceiling with rope around her neck. She had killed herself.
...
Now
Day - Tomb
Katherine, Emma and Elizabeth were still talking.
Emma looked at Katherine incredulously.
"You killed yourself?" Emma asked.
"Klaus needed a Doppelganger to be human for the sacrifice." Katherine told them. "As a vampire, I was no longer any use to him, and after turning and escaping I gave Elizabeth my blood and I killed her."
"But it didn't work." Elizabeth told her. "We didn't really escape. We've been running from running from Klaus ever since."
"I underestimated his spirit for vengeance." Katherine told them. "But living out of a suitcase is better than dying and have your blood spilled over some silly little rock." Emma swallowed. "What's wrong? Afraid I'm right? You don't want to die?" Emma didn't answer. "There's another way out." Katherine used her fingernail to cut into her wrist, deep enough for a little blood to spill over. "Better hurry." Emma looked at her wrist. "Your opportunity is going..." The cut started to heal. "Going, going, and gone." The cut healed completely. Katherine chuckled, looking at Elizabeth and Emma, smirking. "I made the other choice."
...
Flashback 5 - 1492
England
Day - Cottage - Locked Room
Katerina and Elisaveta laid on the bed. Katerina gasped herself back to life. She turned onto her side, gasping for breath, in pain.
Trevor, Rose and the elderly woman were in the room.
"What did you do, Katerina?" Trevor asked. Katerina stood, holding her head. "I would have helped you live."
"You would have helped me run." Katerina told him. "That was never going to be enough."
"It was enough for me." Trevor told her.
Rose scoffed. "Do you not see, Trevor? She used you to help them escape, and me to turn her." Katerina lowered her hand to her side. "Klaus will see our role in this."
"And for that, I'm sorry." Elisaveta told them.
"As am I." Rose told her. Katerina took a step toward the elderly woman beside her. "For this."
Rose rushed toward Katerina, about to stake her in the heart.
Katerina gabbed the elderly woman beside her, using her as a shield.
Rose accidentally pierced the elderly woman's neck with the stake, killing her.
Elisaveta gasped horrified.
Katerina pulled the stake from the elderly woman's body, drinking from her to complete the transition into a vampire. She drew back, gasping. She looked at Trevor and Rose. "Please understand."
"You have just signed our death sentence." Rose told her.
"Better you die than I." Katerina told them, pushing the elderly woman's body toward Trevor and Rose as a distraction grabbing Elisaveta to make their escape, rushing out, leaving, slamming the door behind them.
Trevor and Rose looked from each other to the elderly woman's body in their arms worriedly.
...
Now
Day - Tomb
Katherine, Emma and Elizabeth were still talking.
Emma looked at Katherine accusingly. "Rose and Trevor spent the last five hundred years because you used them."
"Trevor just got killed." Elizabeth told her.
Katherine looked confused and impressed. "Never thought he would have lasted that long."
Emma shook her head in disbelief. "You don't even care that you ruined their lives."
"I was looking out for myself, Emma ." Katherine told her. "I will always look out for myself." She looked between Emma and Elizabeth. "If you're smart, you'll do the same."
Elena and Elizabeth looked at each other.
Katherine turned her back to them, opening the Petrova book to read.
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Library
Elena was still distracting Stefan and Damon with help from Liam. She kept her expression and her voice as blank as possible so they wouldn't find out. "So, uh, Caroline thought it was a good idea to get Tyler to trust someone else other than Emma after his transition, because Tyler won't tell all the gory and gross details to Emma, because he wants to protect her. He hasn't even told her that he transitioned yet, but we all know that she already knows."
"So what did Caroline say?" Stefan asked.
"She said that Tyler had those kill-innocent-people urges like you guys do." Elena answered. "That's also a reason why Tyler has been straying away from Emma."
"Is that so?" Damon asked.
"You could at least make an attempt to mask your interest and smugness, Damon." Liam told him.
"Elena could at least make an attempt to hurry the story along, Liam." Damon replied.
"That's all Caroline told us so far." Elena told them.
Damon sighed. "All right, that's it. I'm gonna kill me a Vampire Barbie."
Damon turned to leave.
Stefan stepped in his way. "You're not gonna kill Caroline."
Damon turned to face him in annoyance.
...
Mystic Grill
(Song:) Precious Stone - Pete Yorn
Evelyn was already standing at the pool tables, looking across the Grill toward where Bonnie was talking to Luka and a man at a table.
"Hey, Bonnie." Luka told her.
"Hey, Luka." Bonnie told him. "How was your first day?"
"It was great." Luka answered. "I would like to introduce you to my dad."
"Hi, I'm Bonnie Bennett." Bonnie told him.
"Dr. Martin, Jonas Martin." The man told her. "It's nice to meet you, Bonnie Bennett. Would you like to join us?"
"Oh, yes, please, have a seat." Luka told her.
Bonnie sat down next to Luka. "So, where did you move from?"
"Louisiana." Jonas answered.
"That's a big change." Bonnie told them.
"I'll say." Luka told them.
"It's not so bad here." Bonnie told them.
"It's looking up." Luka told her.
Bonnie smiled a small smile.
"Bennett, huh?" Jonas asked. "I knew some Bennetts when I did my residency in Massachusetts. Do you have any family from Salem?"
"Actually, I do." Bonnie answered.
"What do you know?" Jonas asked. "Small world, right?"
Luka gave Jonas a look.
Bonnie looked behind Jonas to see Evelyn standing at the pool tables.
Evelyn caught Bonnie's eye, waving. She smiled knowingly, teasingly, knowing Bonnie liked Luka.
Bonnie shook her head, trying to hide a small smile.
Evelyn nodded teasingly.
Jeremy rejoined Evelyn. "Hey, sorry I was late. Are you okay?"
Jeremy followed her gaze to Bonnie at the table with Luka and Jonas. He looked at Evelyn.
Evelyn looked at Jeremy, nodding, smiling. "Yeah. Let's play pool." She walked around the pool table to grab two pool cues, holding one toward Jeremy cutely, smiling. "You break."
Jeremy chuckled, taking the pool cue she offered.
Jeremy and Evelyn looked at each other, smiling.
(Song Ends)
...
Richmond, Virginia
Coffee Shop
(Song:) Puritan Heart - Matt Duncan
Isabella, Rose and Slater were sitting at a table.
"And you're sure Elijah's dead?" Slater asked.
Isabella nodded. "Beyond dead."
"Trevor was a good man." Slater told them. "He helped me with my dissertation on sexual deviance in the Baroque period. I was schooling for my Psych PhD."
Rose looked at Isabella. "Slater's been in college since '74."
"When I was turned." Slater told them. "I have 18 degrees, 3 master's, and 4 PhDs. I mean, what should I be doing with my eternity?"
"I can see your point." Isabella told him.
"We need your help." Rose told him. "If someone wanted to get in touch with Klaus, how would you hook them up?"
"Craigslist." Slater answered.
"Seriously?" Isabella asked skeptically.
"Really." Slater answered. "I respond to a personal ad to get sent to somebody who knows somebody who knows Elijah, who's dead, and that's where my connection ends."
Isabella sighed.
(Song Ends)
...
Outside
A man was playing guitar, next to an open guitar case with change inside.
A Man 2 stopped in front of him, giving Man 1 $100, taking out some change, decanting the coins into his other hand, which was wearing a daylight ring. Man 2 was Elijah. He looked at Isabella in the coffee shop.
Isabella took a drink of coffee.
Elijah looked at Rose in the coffee stop.
Rose and Isabella were facing each other, which Isabella facing away from Elijah, obscuring him from Rose's view. Slater was parallel with the wall of windows, but neither had seen Elijah before.
Elijah looked at Slater.
They were unaware.
Elijah watched them calculatingly.
...
Mystic Falls, Virginia
Mystic Grill
(Song:) Light Love - Free Energy
Jeremy and Evelyn were still playing pool.
Evelyn missed a shot.
Jeremy chuckled. "You are bad."
"I told you." Evelyn told him.
"Well, feel free to cheat if you need your dignity back." Jeremy told her.
Evelyn gestured to the table, smiling. "Come on, hit the ball."
Bonnie walked closer, chuckling. "You guys have room for one more?"
"Uh, yeah." Evelyn answered.
Luka walked closer. "All right, let's make that two-on-two, guys. Two-on-two."
"Get ready, 'cause this slaughter is almost over." Jeremy told them, hitting the ball.
Evelyn gave Jeremy a playful look.
Jeremy smiled.
Bonnie looked at Luka. "So, where's your dad?"
Luka looked at Jeremy. "Nice shot." Jeremy nodded. Luka looked at Bonnie. "I'll see him back home."
They prepared the next game.
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Library
Elena was still distracting Stefan and Damon with Help from Liam.
Stefan and Damon were suspicious.
"All right, Elena, what's going on?" Stefan asked.
"What do you mean?" Elena asked.
"You hate coming over here, and we've been over here all day." Liam answered. "You hate Damon, and you've been distracting them each other all day."
"Well, at least, I don't have to worry about how I feel." Elena told him. "Kind of like you do have to worry about how you feel, Damon."
"Is that a dig?" Damon asked.
"It's an observation." Elena answered. "Being a vampire in love with a Doppelganger that is sleeping with a werewolf must be difficult."
Liam sighed. "Kinda like this."
Damon gave Elena a look. "I'm not in love with anyone."
Elena stepped toward Stefan and Liam.
"All right, that's enough, Elena, Liam." Stefan told them. "You have two seconds to come clean. You've been distracting us this entire time. Where's Emma and Elizabeth?"
"Don't know Elena just asked me to help distract you?" Liam answered.
"I can't tell you." Elena told them.
"You can't tell us?" Stefan repeated. "Are you kidding me?"
"I'm sorry, but I can't." Elena told them.
Damon turned to face her incredulously. "Elena! Your sister and great aunt were kidnapped, and they could have been killed, and you're seriously not gonna tell us where they are?"
"They're not in any danger." Elena told them. "I would not have let them put themselves in danger."
"Put themselves in danger where?" Stefan asked. "What do you..."
"Elena, where are they?" Damon asked.
"Stefan, you are a friend of mine. Damon's more of... frenemy." Damon raised his eyebrows in acknowledgement. "But Emma and Elizabeth are my family, and they made me swear not to, so I'm not going to tell you where they are. I'm sorry."
Stefan and Damon exchanged a look, nodding.
Damon looked at Liam's. "Babysit your partner in crime. We'll be back."
Stefan and Damon walked out, leaving.
Elena sighed looking at Liam. "Think we distracted them long enough?"
Liam shrugged. "We both knew that wasn't gonna work."
(Song Ends)
...
Tomb
Katherine, Emma and Elizabeth were still talking.
"So how much of your little story is true?" Eu asked.
"I have no reason to lie, Emma." Katherine told her. Emma was pacing. "I have no reason to do anything but sit here and read and rot."
Elizabeth stood. "That's the reason why you came back, isn't it?" Katherine looked at them. "Because you wanted to be the one to hand us over to Klaus."
Katherine closed the book, placing it on the floor, using the wall to help her stand. "Hmm. Five hundred years on the run, I figured maybe he'd be willing to strike a deal."
"So you got Mason Lockwood to find you the moonstone." Emma told her.
Katherine nodded. "Right again."
Emma took a breath. "That's not all, is it? What else is needed to break the curse?"
"Mm, look who's getting smarter." Katherine told them.
"It's not just us and the stone, is it?" Elizabeth asked. "Otherwise there would be no reason to activate Tyler's werewolf curse, or try to activate Rosie's."
Katherine smirked. "Witches and their spells. so many ingredients, so many people to sacrifice."
"So you need a werewolf." Elizabeth told her.
"Believe it or not, they're actually hard to come by." Katherine told them. "If for some reason he can't use Tyler, he'd Rosie."
Emma was angry and overwhelmed by that statement.
"What else?" Elizabeth asked.
"A witch to do the spell." Katherine answered. "My witch bailed, but Bonnie would do just fine."
"What else?" Emma asked.
"A vampire." Katherine answered.
Elena and Elizabeth realized. "Caroline."
"It could've been anyone, I suppose." Katherine told them. "I just like the poetry of Caroline."
"So you were gonna just hand them over to be killed?" Elizabeth asked incredulously.
Katherine tilted her head. "Better you die than I."
Katherine smirked, backing away into the darkness of the tomb.
Elena and Elizabeth were left alone, angry and despaired.
...
Richmond, Virginia
Coffee Shop
Isabella, Rose and Slater were at their table.
"Here's what I don't get." Isabella told them. "Elijah moved around during the day, which means the Originals knew the secret of the daylight spell. Now why would Klaus want to lift the curse of the Sun and the Moon?"
Slater shrugged. "To keep the werewolves from lifting it. If a vampire breaks the sun curse, then the werewolves are stuck with the curse of the moon forever, and vice versa."
"But werewolves are practically extinct." Rose told them.
"True." Slater agreed. "I've never seen one, but rumor has it..."
Slater looked at Isabella.
Isabella shook her head. "Not such a rumor."
"Mystic Falls?" Slater asked. Isabella nodded. "God, I've got to visit this place. It sounds awesome."
...
Outside
Elijah was still in front of the coffee shop, decanting the change in his hands from one hand to the other. He looked at Isabella through the wall of windows.
"Awesome doesn't even begin to describe it." Isabella told them. "Can we stop the curse from being broken at all?"
"What do you mean?" Slater asked.
Elijah looked at Slater.
...
Inside
Isabella looked at Slater. "Well, if we make the moonstone useless, would it stop the curse from being broken?"
"Well, yeah, probably." Slater answered. "But why would you want to do that?"
Isabella leaned forward against the table. "Tell us how."
...
Outside
Elijah continued to watch them, decanting the coins from one hand to the other.
"You think I'm gonna help you figure out how to do something that will piss off an Original?" Slater asked. "And keeping me from walking in the sun?"
"You want to walk in the sun?" Isabella asked. "We can make that happen if you help us."
Elijah threw the coins at the window with super strength yet ease, making all of the windows shatter.
...
Inside
Everyone inside ducked to the floor to avoid being hit by glass.
The UV rays were allowed inside now that the double paned and tempered glass was gone.
Slater and Rose started to burn in the sunlight, screaming in agony.
Slater rushed away, leaving.
Isabella stood to look outside, noticing everyone but Elijah running away from the scene.
Elijah looked at Isabella, turning to leave, rushing away, leaving.
Isabella watched him go in shock.
...
Kaylin put a jacket over Rose, helping her standing, rushing her out of the coffee shop.
...
Car Park
They stopped at Isabella's car.
Rose leaned against the trunk, healing already, still in pain.
"You're gonna be okay." Isabella told her.
"I know." Rose told her.
Isabella looked at Rose. "Who's behind that?"
"I don't know." Rose told her.
"Where is Slater?" Rose asked.
"Iowa by now." Isabella told her. "Who the hell knows?"
Rose started to cry. "We're dead. We're all dead."
...
Mystic Falls, Virginia
Night - Mystic Grill
(Song:) Trap of Mirrors - The Pass
Bonnie was sitting at a table alone, looking toward where Jeremy and Evelyn were still playing pool, laughing and smiling.
Jeremy looked at Evelyn. "You want some drinks?"
"After all of this, I would love it." Evelyn answered. "Thank you."
Jeremy walked away to get drinks.
Evelyn watched him go, smiling, turning away to see Bonnie looking toward her.
Bonnie smiled knowingly, teasingly, nodding in the direction Jeremy had gone, knowing Evelyn liked him.
Evelyn smiled a small smile, putting a finger over her lips.
Bonnie smiled.
Luka sat across from her. "Hey, Bonnie. I'm sorry about earlier. My dad was not very subtle with the whole Bennett/Salem question. He picked up on you. He was just fishing around. He didn't mean any harm."
"I felt something, too." Bonnie told him.
"I know." Luka told her. "That's why we're having this conversation right now. He, uh... doesn't like for anyone to know." He unscrewed the lid on the salt shaker, pouring some salt on the table. "But we were both worried that you would bail on us." He looked around to make sure no one was watching, putting a hand above the salt, using magic to make the salt levitate above the table. "He just wants us to fit in here for once. It's tough, Bonnie, being different."
Bonnie looked at him wonderingly. "You're a witch."
"Well, we prefer the term 'warlock'." Luka told her.
Bonnie and Luka smiled.
(Song Ends)
...
Tomb
Emma and Elizabeth were still alone, looking into the tomb.
"She's not going to say anything else." Elena told her. "Let's go."
Elena and Elizabeth packed up their things into the basket.
Stefan and Damon arrived.
"Stefan." Elizabeth told him in surprise. "Damon. What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you two the same question." Damon told them.
Emma sighed. "Elena told you."
"No." Damon answered. "She kept your secret. But it didn't take us long to figure out what was so important that you'd have to keep it from us."
"We knew that you would try to stop us." Emma told them.
"Of course we would stop you." Damon told them.
"Whatever she said to you is a lie." Stefan told them, pointing inside. "Do not listen to her. She's a liar."
Emma sighed. "What if she isn't? You didn't hear what they said."
Stefan shook his head. "You don't have to worry. We're not going to let anything happen to either of you."
"That's the problem." Elizabeth told them. "You won't. You'll die trying. How is that any better?"
Katherine walked into the entrance of the tomb. "There's nothing you can do. We haven't even told you the best part of the story."
...
Flashback 6 - 1492
Bulgaria
Night - Petrova Cottage - Outside
Katerina and Elisaveta rode to their homes on their horses, gently jumping down, pulling back their hoods.
There were dead bodies of workers at her home.
Katerina and Elisaveta looked around in horrified denial, running toward the cottage.
...
Inside
Katerina and Elisaveta ran inside.
Blood was everywhere.
Her father was impaled with a sword that pinned him to the wall.
Her mother was hung from the ceiling.
Katerina and Elisaveta looked at them in denial and pain. She looked onto the bed to see Victoria with her throat ripped out. Katerina gasped in horrified denial, devastated, crawling onto the bed next to her. "No. No." She cried, sobbing brokenly. 'No, Victoria. No!" She leaned her head against her dead sister's chest. "No!"
Katherine: (voice over) "He killed them."
...
Now
Night - Tomb
Katherine looked at Stefan, Emma, Damon and Elizabeth expressionlessly. "My entire family, just to get back at us. Whatever you do to escape Klaus, he will get his vengeance on your friends, your family, on anyone that you've ever loved."
Stefan shook his head. "No." He turned to face Elena and Elizabeth. Elena looked at him, but Elizabeth didn't. "Look at me." Elizabeth slowly looked at him. "No. Do not listen to her, okay?"
Elizabeth gazed off.
"Always the protector, Stefan." Katherine told him. "But even you must see that they're doomed. There's nothing you can do to stop it. Unless, of course, you have this."
Katherine held the moonstone up for them to see.
"What?" Elizabeth asked, stepping closer.
Damon pulled Elizabeth away, pointing at Katherine. "Oh, no, there it is. That's the ultimate lie, isn't it? You spun this whole thing so that we would have to go in there and get the moonstone from you."
"We didn't spin anything, Damon." Katherine told him, crossing her arms over her chest. "It's the truth."
Damon stepped closer. "No. You wanna trade that stone for you freedom. You manipulative, psychotic bitch."
Katherine tilted her head. "My freedom? That's where you're wrong, Damon. I don't want my freedom, because when Klaus shows up to kill us all, and he will, I'll be in the tomb, where no vampire will go in because they won't be able to get out. I'll be the safest psychotic bitch in town."
Katherine looked at them expressionlessly, walking into the darkness of the tomb.
Emma and Elizabeth stood next to each other.
Stefan and Damon turned to face Emma and Elizabeth.
Emma and Elizabeth looked at them expressionlessly.
...
Mystic Grill
(Song:) Amen Omen - Ben Harper
Bonnie was still talking with Luka indistinctly.
Jeremy and Evelyn were still playing pool, having drinks, laughing and talking indistinctly. They looked at each other, smiling small smiles.
...
Gilbert House - Outside
Elizabeth and Emma walked up the porch steps, crying.
Elena walked out onto the porch. "I hope your day's mission was worth it. Do you have any how hard mine was?" She noticed their reactions. "Oh, my God. What's wrong? What happened?"
"I wanted to know the truth, and I got it." Emma told her. "It's not just us that's in danger, Elena. It's Caroline, and it's Tyler, and it's Bonnie. They're all part of breaking the curse. And if we find some way to save me and Elizabeth, then Klaus will kill everyone. Everyone we know and love."
"We can't blame anyone else anymore, because it's not because of the vampires or the werewolves or the witches..." Elizabeth trailed off, sobbing. "They're not why everyone that we love is in danger. It's because of us, Elena. Everything is because of us."
Emma and Elizabeth continued to cry brokenly.
Elena looked at them in concern and sympathy, pulling them into an embrace, holding her crying family as they returned the embrace and continued to cry to each other's arms.
...
Tomb
Katherine was inside the dark tomb. She was reading the Petrova book. She found a portrait of Katerina, Elisaveta and Victoria with their parents. She looked over the faces of her parents, landing on the smiles of her and her sisters. She held a finger over Victoria's sketched face, tears in her eyes. She let a single tear fall.
(Song Ends)
...
Evelyn's House - Living Room
Isabella walked toward Rose with a glass of bourbon.
Rose was crying.
Isabella held the glass toward her. "You all right?"
Rose took the glass, wiping her tears away. "No."
"I'm sorry about today, and Trevor." Isabella told her.
"Damon reminds me of him, actually." Rose told her.
"Really?" Isabella asked.
Rose nodded. "Because he always talked a big game. He was always working an angle. But underneath it all, he was the best friend anyone could hope for."
Isabella nodded, sitting across from her. "To friendship."
They took a drink.
Rose looked down. "These tears aren't just for what happened today. They're for Trevor. They're for Pearl, and for Anna. If you want to survive, you need to not care about anyone. That's why there's a full vampire switch for this very reason. Takes the emotion right out of it."
"And you're thinking about flipping the switch?" Isabella asked.
"I just lost everything, Isabella." Rose told him. "Of course I am."
"Well, don't." Isabella told her. "All that spells is psychos and trouble."
"Well, you don't have to worry about that from me." Rose told him.
"And why is that?" Isabella asked.
"Because it's a lie." Rose answered. "There's no switch you can turn off. Sure, when you're a newbie, but after a couple hundred years... you just have to pretend."
"How many hundreds of years?" Isabella asked.
"I was half past my five hundred mark." Rose answered.
Isabella smirked without humor. "Elizabeth will be reaching that point in a year or two."
Rose looked down, taking a drink. Her phone rang. She answered. "Hello?"
Slater was in his apartment in Richmond. "Rose?"
"Slater." Rose told him in relief. "Are you okay?"
"Yes." Slater answered. "I-I took off. I'm sorry. I was freaking freaked."
Rose sighed. "No, I'm sorry to involve you."
"Look, I want no part in any of this, but I did some digging." Slater told her.
"Okay." Rose told him. "What did you find?"
"You can destroy the curse, but you need the moonstone." Slater told her.
Isabella was listening.
"How?" Rose asked. "What do you mean? I don't follow."
"Well, can you get the moonstone?" Slater asked. "You need it."
Rose looked at Isabella questioningly.
Isabella nodded.
"Yes." Rose answered. "We can get it. What next?"
"You need a witch." Slater told her. "G-get the moonstone. A witch should be able to figure out the rest. Good luck, Rose."
Rose hung up.
Rose and Isabella exchanged a look.
...
Richmond, Virginia
Slater's Apartment
Elijah walked toward Slater. "Very nicely done."
"Thanks." Slater told him. "I have a degree in theater. How can you compel me? A vampire can't compel another vampire."
"I'm a special vampire." Elijah told him.
"What, because you're an Original?" Slater asked.
"Mm-hmm." Elijah answered. "Now, I want you to take this and drive it through your heart."
Elijah handed a stake to Slater.
Slater took it. "But that would kill me forever."
"I know." Elijah told him, compelling Slater. "But it's necessary."
Slater drove the stake through his own heart. He started to desiccate, gasping in pain. He fell to the floor, dead.
Jonas approached Elijah from behind. "Was it, really?"
"It had to be done." Elijah told him. "He delivered his message. Won't be long now."