Day One
Morning - Mystic Falls High School - Gym
A memorial was being held in the gym for Carol and Derek.
Caroline, Tyler, Morgana and Rosie sat next to each other.
Sally, Elizabeth and Scott sat next to each other.
Elena, Evelyn, Bonnie and Emma sat next to each other.
Everyone had a candle, and students were passing on the flame to their neighbors.
Liz was giving a speech at the podium. "Carol Lockwood always said that togetherness in times of tragedy leads to healing, that one community is stronger than a thousand of its members. But how does a community stay strong after losing its leader, and one in the making? And Carol was so much more than a leader. She was an open-minded friend and a concerned mother and aunt."
Caroline looked at Tyler and Rosie.
"Screw this." Rosie told them, standing.
"What?" Caroline asked. "Rosie? Rosie?"
"Just let her go." Tyler told her.
Rosie walked down the bleacher's steps, walking out of the gym.
...
Hallway
Rosie's phone rang. She answered. "I hate you, leave me the hell alone."
Klaus' voice was on the other line. "Why would I do that? I need your help as we speak. Come to the Gilbert lake house as soon as possible."
"Screw you." Rosie told him.
Klaus stood in his mansion. "Unless, you're unsired, of course, in which case, I will kill you and your cousin along with your aunt."
Rosie was barely holding a grip on her anger. "Oh, no, I'm still sired to you."
"Then you wouldn't mind coming to to the lake house to prove it to me, would you?" Klaus asked.
"Do I have a choice?" Rosie asked.
Klaus smirked. "There's my girl."
Rosie rolled her eyes, hanging up her phone, lowering it to her side, walking forward, defiant and hate toward the place where she had to go and who she had to meet.
...
Gym
Liz went on with the memorial for everyone. "And Derek Jackson was a boy with a future." She looked at Derek's picture. "A caring brother. A devoted friend. Someone who would fight for what he believed in. Both of whom were taken from us too soon by a terrible accident." Sally looked as if she was about to cry. She held it together, looking at the unlit candle in front of her. It lit immediately, the flame dancing. She looked toward Scott. Scott had disappeared. "Please join me in observing a minute of silence in their memory."
Everyone put their heads down for the minute of silence.
Morgana looked over to the other side of the gym and saw Rebekah. She closed her eyes, opening them, but Rebekah wasn't there anymore.
"Are you okay?" Caroline asked. "I mean, I know you and Mrs. Lockwood were close, and everything with Elena and Damon..."
"Yeah, I'll be right back." Morgana told them.
Morgana stood, walking away, leaving.
"Thank you so much." Liz told them. "In the wake of tragedy, the town has selected an interim mayor. Many of you may already know him. Please welcome Mr. Rudy Hopkins."
"Thank you so much, Sheriff." Rudy told her. "Carol Lockwood put this town first, and Derek Jackson was destined for greatness..."
...
Hallway
Morgana walked down the hallway, letting the voices drift off. She stopped when she heard crying. She followed the sound to see April standing at her locker. "April, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." April told her. "I'm fine."
"But you're crying?" Morgana asked skeptically.
"It's just the whole mayor thing, and Sally's ex boyfriends brother, you know." April told her. "It's bringing stuff up about my dad." Morgana nodded. "And I know you're a vampire."
Morgana processed, shocked. "Wait, what?"
Rebekah rushed up behind Morgana, snapping her neck, letting her body fall.
"Was that necessary?" April asked.
"No." Rebekah answered. "But it was fun."
Rebekah smiled.
...
Hallway
(Song:) Shooting the Moon - Mona
After the assembly, everyone walked out into the hall.
Emma was on the phone. "Hey, you just missed the mandatory school assembly."
Stefan was in the Grill, drinking. "Well, that's because I'm at a mandatory all-day drinking party."
"Seriously?" Emma asked. "You decided to go on a Ripper bender now?"
"My brother slept with Elena." Stefan told her. "It kinda puts a damper on things."
"Listen, Jeremy is spiraling out of control with Hunter urges, just now getting a handle on them." Emma told him. "Elena is sired to Damon. Damon is lying to you. Caroline Morgana and I are worried about Tyler and Rosie. Elizabeth is worried about Sally and Scott. Tyler, Rosie, Sally and Scott are spiraling. Rosie is sired to a psychotic freak. Isabella, Damon and Matt are trying to help Jeremy the Hunter. I am doing my best to not kill any of the really annoying vampires around here so that I don't become a Hunter. Elizabeth is trying to deny that she felt guilty about what she did to Klaus. Bonnie, Sally and Elizabeth still trust Shane, which, after what he did for Jeremy, I'm starting to think is because they're hypnotized to trust him. Even Liam, of all people in the world, seems to be less rainbows and unicorns and more pain and grief. Carol and Derek were mysteriously killed, and it doesn't help that everyone keeps referring to their deaths as accidents, which is just a really polite way of saying she was drunk and that he was yet another victim of a mysterious 'animal attack'."
"You think Klaus killed them?" Stefan asked.
"Hmm, I don't think Carol drowned in her martini glass." Emma told him. "And in what world can a mountain lion take on an actual werewolf? Just get it together, Stefan. I don't wanna worry about you spiraling, too."
Stefan smirked. "Aw. It's nice to see that you care, Emma."
"I'm sure it is." Emma told him sarcastically. "I mean, it's a rarity, I know."
"That's not exactly what I meant." Stefan told her.
"I know what you meant." Emma told him, hanging up without another word, dialing another number, making a call, waiting for an answer. "Hey, he's at the Grill. Let's see if you can stop him from eating the wait staff."
The shot panned from Emma hanging up her phone and walking away to Caroline and Liam walking away from the gym together.
Liam looked at Caroline. "I told the clean-up committee that I would lead in cleaning up the memorial. I mean, I know that you were never that close with Mrs. Lockwood, but she was still your boyfriend's mother."
"No, I get it." Caroline told him, putting her hands on his shoulders. "Thank you, Liam."
Liam nodded. "Go ahead and go home. I've got this."
Caroline nodded, walking away.
Liam sighed, walking toward the gym.
(Song Ends)
...
Library
Morgana was in the library, sitting leaning against a shelf, waking up, slowly standing.
April walked into view. "The assembly's over."
"What the hell is going on?" Morgana asked.
"The school will be empty soon." April told her. "How many times did you compel me?" Morgana looked at her, raising her eyebrows. "Don't... Don't lie. Rebekah says you lie."
"Rebekah isn't who you think she is, April." Morgana told her.
"What?" April asked. "You and her aren't thousand-year-old Original vampires?"
"Oh, so, now you think you know everything." Morgana told her sarcastically. "You're wrong. Listen, we can figure this out. But we have to get out of here." She pulled April with her around the corner of the shelf. She stopped when she saw Elena's temporarily dead body on the floor. Morgana knelt next to her. "Elena?"
Elena started to wake up.
"What's going on?" Elena asked.
Morgana took Elena by her hand, pulling her up, starting to pull her along. "I don't know. Let's get outta here."
Rebekah stepped into view from behind the shelf, blocking their way. "Sorry, not allowed." She walked closer, compelling Elena. "Why don't you take a seat? The rest of the class will be here shortly. Including Evelyn Zhu, Liam Forbes and his sister Caroline. Elizabeth Pierce, and her family, Stefan and Emma. Now Morgana you're going to help me unless you want me to kill your friends."
Rebekah smiled.
...
Gilbert Lake House - Outside
(Song:) Go Right Ahead - The Hives
Matt was helping Jeremy to train.
Damon was out on the dock on his phone, listening to his voicemail from Elena.
Elena: (voicemail)"Hey, it's me. I know you think what I'm feeling for you is because of the sire bond. But I hate not being near you. And I—"
Damon stopped the voicemail, walking toward Isabella, Jeremy and Matt.
Jeremy looked at Matt. "All right, go ahead. Make a move."
"I drove up here to be your wingman, not kick your ass." Matt told him, punching toward him. Jeremy blocked the move, flipping Matt onto the ground, putting his arm into an arm bar and waited. Matt tapped against Jeremy's arm. "Okay, I get it, I get it." Jeremy let him go. "You're a badass."
Jeremy looked at Isabella. "Did you see that?"
"You couldn't miss it." Isabella told him. "It was in slow motion. Why don't you face me again?"
"Okay." Jeremy told her.
Isabella grabbed the stake on the table, throwing it to Jeremy. "Take a seat at the bench, quarterback. Kid wants a shot at the title."
"Jeremy, you're not ready for this." Matt told him.
Jeremy ran toward Isabella.
Isabella grabbed Jeremy by the arm, twisting it behind his back and turning him away, grabbing his neck. "Now, all I have to do is apply a little pressure on your jaw." A pizza delivery car drove up. Isabella looked from Jeremy to Matt. "Really? Again?"
Jeremy tapped Isabella's arm. Isabella let him go.
The blonde pizza girl got out of the truck, carrying a pizza box. "Double pepperoni, three days in a row. You guys eat anything else?"
Damon stood behind her. "Why? Are you offering?" The girl turned toward him. Damon took the pizza, giving her money, compelling her. "That's something extra to cut off the pizza pipeline for a couple of days. No matter how much they beg, don't come back."
The pizza girl looked at Jeremy and Matt. "Sorry, guys."
The girl got into her truck, driving away.
(Song Ends)
Jeremy looked at Damon. "What? You're going to starve us now?"
"If that's what it takes to make you into a Hunter." Damon answered. "Now, run around the lake... twice." Jeremy ran away. Damon looked at Matt. "Keep him company."
"I don't have to listen to you." Matt told him.
"You do if you want to eat." Damon replied.
Matt ran away, following Jeremy.
Isabella looked at Damon. "You do realize that only one of us has to be here, right? And out of the two of us, who do you think they trust more?"
"Definitely not me, but I ain't leaving." Damon told her, opening the box, taking out a piece of pizza.
Isabella nodded, leaning against the table behind her. "Ah, I see. You're avoiding Elena. Such an unpredictible response coming from you, Damon."
"Isabella, let me tell you one thing." Damon told him. "When I want your advice, I'll ask. Which will be never."
Damon walked away.
Isabella smirked, taking a piece of pizza from the box, taking a bite.
...
Mystic Grill
(Song:) Female Robbery - The Neighborhood
Stefan still sat at his table, drinking.
Evelyn sat across from him. "If you think that you don't stink of alcohol, you're wrong."
"Well, Damon slept with Elena, and I am sublimating my feelings." Stefan told her. "Please, Evelyn , join me for a drink."
Elizabeth gave him a look, hiding a smirk."
Stefan took a drink. "Drink up, friend. Put me out of my misery." Evelyn smiled a small smile, taking the bottle from him, drinking. Stefan's phone rang. He looked at the Caller I.D. Unknown Caller. He answered. "What?"
Rebekah was on the other line, walking down the hallways at the school. "Guess who? I'm back, dagger-free, and I'm holding Morgana, Elena and Liam hostage at the high school. Just thought you should know."
Evelyn looked up.
"Who the hell was dumb enough to pull the dagger out of you?" Stefan asked.
"I'll be asking the questions today." Rebekah told him. "See you soon."
Rebekah hung up.
Stefan looked at Evelyn, drinking the rest of the drink.
"All right, rescue plot activated." Evelyn told him. "Call Caroline, tell her that her brother's a hostage to a pissed off Original." She stood, taking out her phone, making a call. "Come on."
Emma answered. "Hello?"
"I need you to bring the dagger you have to the school." Evelyn told her. "And the white oak stake for insurance."
"As long as Stefan's ready to rejoin civilization and if it means he's not drinking his way through the Mystic Grill, sure." Emma told her.
The shot panned from Stefan and Evelyn walking out of the Grill together to Liz and Rudy sitting at a table together.
"So, first speech under your belt." Liz told him. "Now for the fun part. Welcome to the world of careful cover-ups. We've ruled Carol Lockwood's death as head trauma from a fall, and Derek Jackson's death as an animal attack. Those are the official autopsies."
"They did not go gently, did they?" Rudy asked. "Any leads?"
"We have ideas." Liz told him.
"Let me guess." Rudy told her. "Sharp teeth and bad table manners?"
"You sure you want this?" Liz asked. "I mean, six people were offered this job before you. They all said no for a reason."
"I'm saying 'yes' for a reason, and my reason just walked in." Rudy told her.
Bonnie walked in.
"I'll let you know what we find." Liz told him.
"Thank you, Sheriff." Rudy told her.
Liz stood.
"Hey, Sheriff." Bonnie told her, sitting down in the seat she had just gotten out of. Liz walked away. Bonnie looked at Rudy. "Hey, Dad."
"Hey." Rudy told her.
"So..." Bonnie trailed off. "Far cry from being a traveling pharmaceutical rep."
"I noticed a few of your friends missing from the assembly." Rudy told her. "So much for mandatory, I guess, huh?"
"Dad, stop." Bonnie told him. "You can't come in here and start making rules."
"I think this town could use a few more rules." Rudy told her.
"You're forgetting I can help protect the town." Bonnie told him.
"I'm well aware of your gifts, Bonnie." Rudy told her. "But don't forget I'm your father. That means I get to protect you."
(Song Ends)
...
Mystic Falls High School - Hallway
Caroline was walking down the hallway with the white oak stake in her hand. She looked in a classroom. She texted Emma, Stefan and Evelyn.
2nd floor clear
Caroline heard a noise, turning around.
...
Hallway
Stefan was walking along another hallway, getting her text. He looked in another classroom. He heard a noise, looking toward the end of the hallway, texting Emma, Caroline and Elizabeth.
1st floor. C distracts her. E and I hold her. Em daggers her.
Rebekah appeared. "Hello, Stefan."
Stefan put his phone in his pocket. "I'm here. What do you want?"
"The same thing I wanted when you helped Niklaus dagger me." Rebekah answered, walking closer.
"The Cure." Stefan stated.
Rebekah pushed Stefan against the lockers.
Evelyn rushed toward Rebekah, pushing her against the lockers. Stefan turned to help Evelyn hold her.
Emma stepped out from hiding, ready to drive the dagger that they had into Rebekah's heart.
Morgana appeared, grabbing Emma by the arm to stop her from daggering Rebekah, pulling her away. "I hope that's not all you had. I'm betting you think that Caroline will show up and stake her. But she won't." Evelyn and Stefan turned their heads to look at Morgana. Morgana smiled sadly, showing them the stake. "Because I already found her."
Evelyn and Stefan let Rebekah go in annoyed defeat.
Morgana took the dagger from Emma.
Rebekah smiled, pushing away from the lockers.
...
Library
Two tables were pushed together in the middle of the room. Elena and Liam sat at one.
April sat in a chair a few feet away.
Rebekah and Morgana walked in with Emma, Stefan, Evelyn and Caroline.
Liam stood. "Care..."
"Did I say you could move?" Rebekah asked. Liam sat down. Stefan sat down next to Morgana. Elizabeth and Emma sat across from Liam. Caroline sat next to Liam. "Class is in session. You've all been compelled, you know the rules. Answer my questions honestly, no disobedience, no one leaves. April, my sweet, take notes. This is how you get answers in this town."
April nodded.
Liam looked toward his friend with hurt clearly in his expression.
April looked at Liam for a moment, looking down, starting to take notes.
"Let's start with a little quiz." Rebekah told them. "In the year 1114, my brother learned, thanks to yours truly, about a brotherhood of vampire Hunters with tattoos that grew with each kill. These tattoos revealed what, Evelyn?"
"A map." Evelyn answered.
"Which led to... Elisaveta?" Rebekah asked.
"A Cure for vampirism." Elizabeth answered.
"Perfect, so we're all caught up." Rebekah told them. "Stefan Salvatore, the last time we saw each other, you had a vampire Hunter, but in order to decode the map, you needed the location of the Hunter's Sword, which you got out of me using some very dirty tricks. Assuming you found the sword, you also found the Cure, and yet, you're all still vampires, which means something went wrong." She looked at April. "What are you doing?"
"Oh, you asked me to take notes." April told her.
"I wasn't being literal, darling." Rebekah told her. "But now that you mention it, a flow chart would be nice. Which means index cards and push-pins. Go, fetch."
April stood, walking out, leaving.
"You're wasting your time." Morgana told them. "We don't know anything."
"So, you just gave up?" Rebekah asked. "I thought you were trying to retrieve answers, so desperately to get the Cure to make your friends human again, not for your own selfish reasons, but because you knew Elena was absolutely miserable as a vampire, and you wanted to make her happy again by getting back the mortality she so desperately wants." Morgana looked away. Elena looked down in guilt. Evelyn looked at them sympathetically. "And yet, when I've seen the three of you today, you seem almost as if you can't stand to be in the same room together unless your friend Evelyn can help smooth things over." Morgana didn't answer. Rebekah looked at Stefan. "And I thought you would do anything to save Elena. Even if it meant taking the Cure yourself, so you could grow old and die with her." Elena looked at Stefan with shock. "Why do you look so surprised?" No one answered. "I'm missing something. What is it?"
"A brain?" Evelyn asked sarcastically. "Maybe a heart?"
"Deflection is a very crafty tool." Rebekah told them. She looked at Morgana. "Fess up."
"They broke up, okay?" Morgana asked. Rebekah smiled. "Now let us go."
"Broke up?" Rebekah repeated. "Wait, I'm confused, I thought Elena was your epic love, Stefan?" She sat in April's chair, looking at Stefan. "I asked you what happened. You have to tell me."
"She slept with Damon." Stefan answered.
Rebekah looked from Stefan to Emma in understanding now that she knew why they were acting the way they were.
Morgana, Elena and Evelyn looked at him, shocked. They looked at Liam and Caroline.
Liam and Caroline shook their heads, silently telling them that they weren't the ones who told him.
Elizabeth looked at Emma. Emma sighed, looking down.
"What about the Hunter?" Rebekah asked. "What happened to him?"
"There was a hostage situation that forced our hand." Emma told them. "Evelyn and Morgana both tried to kill him. Elena's the one that actually got it done."
Rebekah was surprised, impressed despite herself.
"Are you saying that there is no other Hunter?" Rebekah asked. Elena looked at Morgana and Evelyn. Morgana avoided looking at Elena, only looking at Evelyn. Evelyn looked between them. Rebekah compelled Evelyn. "What is it?"
"Jeremy's the new Hunter." Evelyn answered. "And he wasn't the only Potential in this town."
"Who was the other?" Rebekah asked.
"Me." Emma answered. Rebekah looked at her. "I'm the other Potential."
Rebekah was shocked, chuckling.
"So, the two families that all of this is about have a member who could be the key to everything, or the downfall to themselves." Rebekah told them. "That is ironic. This just keeps getting better and better."
...
Gilbert Lake House - Outside
(Song:) Ursa Minor - Celldweller
Jeremy was putting wooden bullets into a gun.
Damon, Isabella and Matt were standing next to him.
Jeremy handed Damon the gun.
Damon removed the bullets. "Good. Now do it like your life depends on it, because it does."
"Don't act like you care about my life." Jeremy told him. "You care about the Hunter's mark and curing Elena so she's not sired to your ass."
"Both require you to be alive." Damon told him. "Which is why I updated our relationship status to 'It's complicated.' Have you talked to her at all? Elena?"
"Maybe." Matt told him. "Why? Running out of voicemails to listen to?"
They heard Klaus' voice. "I'm sorry. Did we interrupt play time?"
They looked toward Klaus and Rosie.
Klaus and Rosie walked closer.
"Rosie?" Matt asked.
"What the hell are you guys doing here?" Isabella asked.
"I'm simply testing Rosie's sire bond to do absolutely everything that I say." Klaus answered. "And appreciating the sights and smells of nature, neither of which include rotting vampire flesh, so I'm a bit concerned. How many vampires has he killed?"
"If we throw Jeremy out into the real world right now, he's chum." Isabella told him. "And test her sire bond how?"
"Well, that's quite simple, actually." Klaus told them. He looked at Rosie. Rosie rolled her eyes, rushing behind Damon, gripping his head, turning it to the side, transforming, ready to bite Damon when Klaus told her to. Damon groaned. Jeremy, Isabella and Matt looked at Rosie in surprise. Rosie looked at them in guilt. "Yeah, see, I believe that she still is sired, but has a witchy friend, or three, who are sticking their noses where they don't belong." Klaus looked at Isabella. "And what you told me, that wasn't a number. Twelve. That's a number. That's how many of my hybrids I slaughtered with my sword." Rosie glared at him for the mention of the death of her friends. Klaus looked at Rosie. "Three. That's how many days it took to quell the urge to kill your brother Tyler and his fellow hybrid friend Scott after they set up a death trap." He looked at Damon. "One. That's the number of werewolves I killed with my sword." Rosie glared at him, barely able to keep a control on her anger. "And of the of purposes you serve, and if you choose not to serve them, our friend Rosie here will oblige into killing you. You are here to grow Jeremy's Mark, so I'll ask you again... How many vampires has he killed since he's been here?"
"Come on, Damon." Rosie told him, tightening her grip. "Despite the fact that I hate you, I don't want to kill you."
Damon groaned. "Zero."
Klaus smirked, nodding to Rosie.
Rosie let go, pushing Damon away lightly, looking at the guns on the table next to her.
Klaus looked at Damon. "That's a pity. I'm going to need that Cure sooner rather than later. Hybrid shortage and all. How can we help?"
Rosie looked at Isabella, pointing at the guns. "How many bullets are in each round of these two guns?"
"Seven, each." Isabella answered.
"14 bullets in total." Rosie told them. "Perfect." She looked at Klaus. "I've got an idea. You know, now that you mention it... Jeremy, watch and learn."
Rosie rushed to pick up both guns in both of her hands, shooting Klaus in the chest with the wooden bullets seven times, stalking forward as she did, making Klaus back away as she continued to shoot.
Damon, Isabella, Jeremy and Matt looked at Rosie in shock and satisfaction, impressed.
Klaus glared at Rosie, growling.
Rosie shot Klaus seven more times, until there were no more bullets left, making a total of fourteen bullets to match fourteen deaths, making Klaus fall to his knees.
Damon, Isabella, Jeremy and Matt looked at Kacie in shock and satisfaction, impressed.
Klaus glared at Rosie, growling.
Rosie shot Klaus seven more times, until there were no more bullets left, making a total of fourteen bullets to match fourteen deaths, making Klaus fall to his knees.
"Damn!" Matt told them.
The guns clicked when no bullets remained. Rosie still tried to shoot. When nothing happened, she stopped.
Rosie lowered the guns to her sides, looking at Klaus. "That's for each and every one of my twelve hybrid friends, my werewolf friend Derek, and my human aunt, all of which you killed. Fourteen shots to the chest for fourteen kills you made in a single night, and it doesn't even come close."
Rosie tossed the guns to Jeremy.
Jeremy caught them in each hand, smirking.
Damon and Isabella exchanged a look, smirking.
Klaus smirked, looking as if he was thinking.
Rosie looked down on Klaus with a glare of fierce rage and hate.
(Song Ends)
...
Mystic Falls High School - Library
Rebekah still had the others under compulsion.
"So, vampire Elena is a trollop who likes bad boys, which explains why Stefan reeks of alcohol and why Morgana's love for her friend seems to have lowered considerably, but still, she protects her and tries to help her." Rebekah told them. "But what it doesn't explain is why sweet, loving, innocent Elena could be this heartless toward Emma and Stefan" She looked at Evelyn. "How could your friend hurt her lover and her twin like that, Evelyn? Answer, please."
"She didn't know it at the time, but she's sired to Damon." Evelyn answered.
"A sire bond toward the vampire." Rebekah told them. "That's fascinating. And also very rare." She turned to Elena. "And what do you think about that, Elena?"
"I think you're sad and bored and in a desperate need of a hobby." Elena told her.
"Your sister and friends are better at deflection than you are." Rebekah told her. She compelled her. "You're hiding something. Fess up."
"I didn't sleep with Damon because of the sire bond." Elena told them. "I slept with Damon because I'm in love with him."
Stefan and Emma looked up at her in shock and pain.
Elena looked shocked at what she had said.
Morgana spoke up to break through the tension and pain, looking at Rebekah and Kassandra. "What does any of this have to do with the stupid Cure?"
"You're right." Rebekah told her. "We got off the point." She looked at Stefan. "Stefan, how do I find the Cure? Unless you'd rather talk about Damon and Elena all day."
"There's a professor." Stefan told them. "He knows where the Cure is."
"Thank you." Rebekah told him. "And, uh, where do I find this professor?"
...
Whitmore College - Shane's Office
Sally and Elizabeth sat on the couch.
Shane sat across from them.
Elizabeth handed Sally a glass of tea.
Sally broke out of her reverie, taking the glass, sipping it.
Bonnie was pacing. "Okay, so now I'm 'gifted'? He hates my witch heritage. That's why he travels all the time. He can't handle it. And then, suddenly, he wants to be a protective father? No, not like this."
Shane looked at Sally. "You okay?" Sally didn't answer. "Sally."
Sally looked up. "Sorry. I spaced. Come on, distract me. Isn't there some magic therapy-thing you haven't shown us yet?"
Shane placed a box on the table between them. "Listen, guys, I hate to tell you this... Actually, you know what? I take that back. I'm proud to tell you this. You don't need my help anymore. In fact..." He opened the box, taking out three rare, antique necklaces. "I was hoping to present these with cupcakes or something. Happy graduation."
Shane handed one necklace to Sally, one necklace to Elizabeth, and the last to Bonnie.
"They're beautiful." Bonnie told him.
"They're human bone." Shane told them.
Elizabeth looked down at the necklace in her hand with a mixture of disgust and suspicion. "Oh."
Shane looked at Sally. "Sally's necklace is for healing." He looked at Elizabeth. "Lizzie's is for control." He looked at Bonnie. "And Bonnie's is for strength. Legend says they were worn by the 2,000-year-old witches, Qetsiyah, her sister and Silas' sister. Guys, you have come so far so fast. You trust my opinion. Your magic is exactly where it needs to be."
Elizabeth took a deep breath. "What's the deal with Qetsiyah and Silas' sisters? Yeah, you told us that they were best friends, but other than that..."
"I just didn't want you freak you out." Shane told her.
"So, who are they?" Sally asked.
"Well, Qetsiyah's sister, the one who had been turned immortal, but wanted to die a normal death..." Shane trailed off. "Her name was Octavia. And Silas' sister, the one who helped Qetsiyah bury him...Her name was-or is-Esmeralda."
They looked at him in shock.
"Esmeralda?" Elizabeth repeated. "Rosie's Doppelganger... Esmeralda? The one that mind controlled me and our friends to go after the Mikaelsons and kill Finn?" Shane nodded. "She's Silas' sister?"
"Yeah." Shane answered. "But don't worry. Nothing like that will have to happen to any of you if you don't allow it to."
"Does this mean that we have to go home now?" Sally asked.
"It means I've got a stack of papers that I have to grade by tomorrow." Shane answered.
"We can take a hint." Bonnie told him, standing. "Thanks, Shane."
Bonnie walked out of the office.
Sally and Elizabeth stood, following.
...
Hallway
Bonnie looked at the necklace in her hand, walking down the hall.
Kol walked on the opposite side of the hall, smirking as he walked past her.
Bonnie watched him, as if certain she knew him.
Sally and Elizabeth walked out of the office.
Kol looked at Elizabeth in recognition, watching them walk toward Bonnie in curiousness as he walked into the office.
Bonnie stopped walking when she realized who it was, making Sally and Elizabeth stop behind her. "Oh, my God."
"What?" Sally asked.
"That was Kol." Bonnie told them. There was a sound of a fight inside the office. They ran down the hall, opening the door, running inside. "Shane!"
...
Shane's Office
Bonnie, Sally and Elizabeth ran inside.
The office was a disaster.
Shane and Kol were already gone.
Bonnie, Sally and Elizabeth exchanged a look.
...
Lockwood Mansion - Living Room
Tyler was sitting on the couch. His phone rang. He stood, walking toward the phone, seeing it was Caroline calling. He answered. "I told you, I don't wanna talk."
Rebekah's voice was on the other line. "I heard, and you're keeping all that rage bottled up inside. Caroline's worried sick about you."
"Rebekah?" Tyler asked.
At the school, Rebekah smiled. "Hello, Tyler. I heard my brother made a real mess of your life. Believe me, I can relate. You have my condolences. In fact, why don't you come down to the high school so you can accept them in person?"
"And why would I do that?" Tyler asked.
"Because I have your girlfriend." Rebekah answered. "Maybe you have a better shot saving her than you did your mother. I have another hybrid in grief to call. Bye now."
Tyler hung up, throwing the phone at the hall in anger, making it shatter.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Hallway
Rebekah hung up on Caroline's phone, setting it down. She picked up Evelyn's phone, calling another number, waiting for an answer. She smiled. "Scott. Hi."
...
Library
Rebekah still had the others under compulsion.
Kol walked in. "Sisters... " Everyone looked at him. "Look at this. You're even worse than Klaus."
"Kol, finally." Rebekah told him.
Rebekah looked at Evelyn significantly.
Evelyn didn't react.
Kol looked from Morgana to Rebekah. "Why didn't either of you tell me Esmeralda was in town?"
"Oh, I see you've seen Rosie Lockwood." Rebekah told him. "Don't worry. Not Esmeralda. And I'll tell you all about it. Did you bring what I asked for?" Kol shoved Shane into the room. "You must be Shane."
Kol pushed him further into the room, noticing Evelyn.
Evelyn looked away.
Kol looked at Rebekah, raising his eyebrows.
Rebekah smiled, tilting her head, grabbing Shane, leading the way out of the room, pulling Shane with her.
Kol started to walk past them, his hand barely trailing along Evelyn's back. "You helped kill my mother. While some men would hate you, I thank you. Maybe there's a time to do that properly."
Evelyn shifted uncomfortably.
Caroline gave him a look. "Leave her alone."
Kol chuckled, smiling, winking at Evelyn tauntingly, following Rebekah and Shane out of the room.
Evelyn sighed, lying her head on her arms.
Caroline rubbed her arm sympathetically.
...
Night - Gilbert Lake House - Outside
(Song:) If You Were Here - Cary Brothers
Rosie was sitting on the dock of the lake, looking over the water in numb anger and sadness.
Matt walked up to her. "That was quite the show earlier, Rose."
"Don't tell me that you think he didn't deserve that." Rosie told him, standing, turning to face him.
"No, I absolutely think he deserved that, and he deserves a lot more." Matt answered. "I just... I hate seeing you like this."
Rosie nodded. "So do I." She sighed, turning to look over the lake. "Tell Jeremy to never invite me in. No matter what."
"What?" Matt asked. "Do you know something we don't?"
Rosie shook her head. "No, but I don't trust Klaus not to use me to get to any of you." She barely turned her head toward him. "Do you understand that?"
Matt nodded hesitantly. "Yeah, I understand."
Rosie took a deep breath. "You know, I looked for the herbs Bonnie gave me to fight against the sire bond, at least for a little while. They seem to have magically disappeared."
"You think Klaus took them?" Matt asked.
Rosie nodded. "He would be the only person who'd want to take them away from me. Everybody else would want me to keep taking them as much as possible."
"So ask Bonnie or Sally or Elizabeth for some more." Matt told her.
"When I have some time to, I will." Rosie told him. "They're not answering their phones, and we're stuck here for who knows how long."
Matt hesitated a long time. "I'm sorry." Rosie turned to face him. "For your aunt, for your friends. How's Tyler taking it?"
Rosie shook her head, tears in her eyes. "A lot better than I am." She kept shaking her head, tears starting to fall. "I have been trying to be strong and fight through this for so long, and my mom told me to stay strong and find my freedom, but I... I don't know if I can do it anymore."
"Hey, hey, come here, come here." Matt told her, wrapping his arms around her. "It's gonna be fine."
"No, it's not." Rosie told him, her voice breaking. "It's my fault."
"No, no, no." Matt told her. "It's not."
"Yes, it is." Rosie told him. "Tyler got this whole thing started so I would be free from Klaus' control. It is my fault."
"He got this whole thing started because he loves you and he would do anything for you." Matt told her. "That's not your fault."
Rosie pulled away, her breath shaky. "I just really wanna be alone right now."
Matt nodded sadly. "Yeah. Of course. Take all the time you need."
Rosie nodded.
Matt backed away, turning around, walking away.
Rosie turned around to face the lake.
(Song Ends)
The shot panned toward Klaus, several yards away, who had been watching and listening to the whole thing with a smirk.
Several yards away, Damon and Isabella sat across from each other at the fire, sharpening wooden bullets.
Klaus sat down to the left of them. "You know, if you adjust your angles a little bit, you'll find a sharper edge."
Isabella looked at Klaus. "I know how to whittle, thanks. Now I know why Rosie hates you other than the obvious friend-frenzying, mother-murdering events, taking her freedom without a way to get it back. You are annoying."
"Actually, I'm just perplexed as to why Jeremy hasn't killed any vampires." Klaus told them.
"Darwinism, Klaus." Damon told him. "He needs to be able to protect himself before we hunt down his first vampire nest."
"And here was I, thinking you were the fun brother." Klaus told him. "Let's play a little game, shall we? Jeremy needs more victims, and there's a whole town of people down the road, just waiting to be turned into vampires for the slaughter."
"You don't think that occurred to me, Klaus?" Damon asked.
"Tragedy is, Damon, it did occur to you, and yet you chose to ignore it." Klaus told him. "My guess is you did it to impress Elena. Somehow, to honor her, you will find a way to spare innocent lives and walk Jeremy down the moral high road."
Damon smirked.
"I'm the one who said no." Isabella told him.
"To honor Alaric, right?" Klaus asked.
"Or maybe, for once, something I did had nothing to do with anyone." Isabella told him sarcastically. "Maybe I said no because I didn't want to do that to innocent people. Did you think of that?"
"Yes, I have." Klaus answered. Isabella went back to sharpening the wooden bullets. "That's why I've already made the necessary corrections."
Damon and Isabella looked up, exchanging a look. They looked at Klaus. "What did you do?"
...
Inside - Foyer
The pizza girl showed up at the Gilbert Lake House front door.
Matt walked over, opening the door. "Don't tell me we ordered another pizza."
"No, I'm just an idiot." The pizza girl told him. "I ran out of gas, and my phone's dead. You think I could use yours?"
"Yeah, come in." Matt told her. "I'll run upstairs and grab my cell."
Matt walked upstairs.
The pizza girl tried to walk into the house, but couldn't. "What the hell?"
Jeremy walked closer. "Hey, what are you doing here?"
"Car drama." The pizza girl explained. "Your friend just went to go get his phone."
"Well, I'm about to go take a shower, but you're more than welcome to wait inside." Jeremy told her, starting to walk upstairs.
The pizza girl stepped into the house, looking surprised that she could. "Thanks."
...
Mystic Falls High School - Storage Closet
Kol shoved Shane into a closet. Morgana followed them inside.
"Kol and Morgana Mikaelson... two members of the Original vampire family." Shane told them. "And that was Rebekah in the library." Kol and Morgana exchanged weird looks. "This is such a trip."
Morgana compelled him. "Where's the Cure?"
Shane smirked. "Compulsion won't work. It's a little trick I picked up in Tibet."
Morgana sighed in disappointment. "Right. Well, we'll just have to do this the old-fashioned way." Kol smiled. "Beat him until he tells you where to find it."
Kol smirked at Shane, stepping closer.
Morgana turned around, leaving the room.
...
Library
Morgana walked into the library to see everything just as it had been, looking at Rebekah. "Still torturing them mentally and emotionally?"
Rebekah smiled. "I wouldn't have it any other way." She looked at the others. "Ah, it's thick with tension in here. Let's spice things up a bit. Elena, truth or dare?"
"We're done playing your stupid games, Rebekah." Evelyn told her.
"Truth or dare, Elena." Rebekah told her. "You're compelled to answer."
"Dare." Elena answered.
"I dare you to tell Morgana, Emma and Stefan the truth about Damon." Rebekah told her.
Emma let her hands hit the table in annoyance. "Seriously?"
Rebekah looked at Elena.
"Being with Damon makes me happy." Elena told them.
"Makes you happy?" Rebekah repeated. "Clowns make you happy, Elena. Dig a little deeper."
"When I'm with him, it feels... unpredictable." Elena told them. "Like... Like I'm free."
"And how do you feel when you're with Stefan?" Rebekah asked.
Liam closed his eyes, shaking his head, his voice nearly a whisper. "Stop."
"She can't, she's compelled." Rebekah told him.
"Lately, I feel like I'm a project." Elena told them. "Like I'm a problem that needs to be fixed. I think I make him sad, and I can't be with someone like that, because when he looks at me, all he sees is a broken toy."
"And what do you think of your sister Emma?" Rebekah asked.
"I know I'm hurting her." Elena told them. "I know that she still cares about Damon. But... I can't help it." Emma looked down. "I feel like she thinks that if she can turn me human, that everything will go back to the way it was. But I know it won't. Nothing will change now. Nothing. She left Damon and told him it was because he needed to make a choice. He did make a choice. He chose me. She needs to learn how to accept that."
Emma pushed tears back.
Stefan and Emma were both hurt.
Rebekah smiled. "Do you still love Stefan?"
"Yes." Elena answered.
"Are you still in love with Stefan?" Rebekah asked.
"No" Elena answered.
"Are you doing this to purposely hurt Emma, being with Damon?" Rebekah asked.
"No." Elena answered.
"Do you care if it hurts Emma?" Rebekah asked.
"Yes." Elena answered.
"Are you willing to stop seeing Damon to stop Stefan and Emma's pain?" Rebekah asked.
"No." Elena answered.
Emma looked away, wiping her cheek.
Rebekah looked at Emma. "Your turn."
"No, enough." Caroline told her.
Rebekah ignored her, looking at Emma. "What do you think of all the things that Elena just said? You have to answer."
"I don't know what to think about her and Damon, other than the pain." Emma told them. "About Stefan... I've seen the way he looks at her. He doesn't look at her like she's a problem or a toy waiting to be fixed. I've never seen that kind of love. He looks at her like a guy wanting to help the girl he loves get the life she never wanted to give up back."
"And about what she said about you?" Rebekah asked.
Emma looked down. "It's the truth." She raised her gaze to look at Elena sitting across from her. "Everything except the part where she said that I think everything will go back to the way it was. I just wanted to help her the way I've always helped her and the way she's always helped me."
"And in return, she declares she's in love with the man you once loved." Rebekah told her. "Did that hurt? Having someone you love drive a dagger through your heart?"
Emma looked at Rebekah, using anger to cover the pain she felt. "Go to hell."
"Did. That. Hurt?" Rebekah asked.
"Yes." Emma answered.
"Welcome to the last 900 years of my life." Rebekah told her.
Emma looked at Rebekah with hate.
Tyler and Scott suddenly ran inside.
"Ah, good, you're here." Morgana told them. "It was just getting depressing."
"What the hell is going on?" Scott asked.
"Listen to the rules carefully." Rebekah told them, walking closer to Tyler and Scott. "Stay in the building, no vamp-running in the halls."
"Vamp-running from what?" Emma asked.
Rebekah compelled Tyler. "Turn."
"What?" Liam asked.
"They can't, they'll lose control." Caroline told her.
"That's the whole point." Rebekah told them. "We've exhausted all your knowledge. Now we have the professor to help us find the Cure. You're just competition. Whoever finds it first gets to decide what to do with it. Use it, share it, destroy it, save it. I want that to be us."
"But if we turn, we'll kill them." Tyler told her.
"You'll kill most of them, yes, you will." Rebekah agreed. "Thanks to being an original, Morgana can only be killed by the white oak stake, which is in my possession. I'll deal with her shortly." She compelled Tyler and Scott. "Turn."
Rebekah walked out.
Tyler and Scott looked at the others.
...
Gilbert Lake House - Inside
Matt grabbed his phone.
Suddenly, the pizza girl appeared.
"Did you find your phone?" The pizza girl asked, rushing toward Matt, pushing him to the floor, trying to bite him.
Jeremy heard the commotion, running in, pulling the girl off of Matt, staking her.
Isabella and Damon walked in and saw what had happened.
Jeremy watched the Hunter's Mark grow on his arm.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Science Lab
Elizabeth, Sally and Bonnie walked into the lab.
April was there. "How did you know everyone was here?"
"Who's everyone?" Sally asked. "We came to find Shane."
"Did you guys do a GPS magic locator spell or something?" April asked. The witches looked shocked. "Rebekah told me that you're all witches."
"What the hell is going on?" Elizabeth asked.
"Rebekah has Stefan, Elena, Morgana, Evelyn, Emma, Caroline and Liam compelled." April explained. "They're getting them to actually tell the truth for a change."
"So you don't care that your best friend could get hurt?" Elizabeth asked.
"Rebekah said they wouldn't hurt them." April told them.
Sally scoffed. "You obviously don't know the Originals."
Bonnie walked over to the counter.
"What?" April asked.
"Shane can't be compelled." Bonnie told her. "Okay? They'll happily torture him to find out what he knows."
Bonnie was searching for something on the counter.
"What are you looking for?" April asked.
"We need salt." Bonnie told her.
"I think I just saw some." April told them, walking toward a shelf, pulling down a jar of salt. She opened the container. Bonnie took it, pouring it into three beakers, sliding one in front of Sally, one in front of Elizabeth. She left the third one in front of her. "What are you doing?"
"If these pendants will connect us to Shane, then we can do a protection spell." Bonnie explained. April backed away. Bonnie pulled out her necklace, looking at the pendant. She looked from Sally on one side of the table to Elizabeth across from Sally. "Trust me."
Sally nodded, pulling out her necklace, looking at the pendant.
Elizabeth took a breath, pulling out her necklace, looking at the pendant.
They each clutched them against their chests, closing their eyes in concentration. A moment later, the salt in each beaker in front of each of them ignited with fire.
April looked startled.
...
Storage Closet
Kol tortured Shane. "Where is the Cure?" He shoved Shane's head into a sink filled with water, holding him there for several seconds. Kol pulled Shane's head back up. Shane gasped for air. "Where is the Cure?"
Shane was breathing heavily and didn't reply.
Rebekah walked in.
Kol smirked, pushing Shane's head under the water.
...
Science Lab
April began to cough.
Sally, Bonnie and Elizabeth stopped their spell, looking at April in confusion.
...
Storage Closet
Shane was drowning.
...
Science Lab
April was coughing.
...
Storage Closet
Kol pulled Shane up.
Shane gasped for air.
"You're human." Rebekah told him. "Why do you want it anyway?"
"That's the beauty of this." Shane told them. "You can have it. I just want Silas."
Kol held Shane up by his shirt. "No. What do you know about Silas?"
"He's the world's first immortal being, who just happens to be imprisoned with the Cure..." Shane trailed off. "And I want to free him."
"No!" Kol told him.
Kol pushed Shane's head under the water.
...
Science Lab
April's cough worsened.
"April?" Sally asked. April grabbed her throat, trying to breathe. "What's happening?"
They walked over to April.
Water poured from April's mouth.
...
Storage Closet
Rebekah looked at Kol. "Stop!"
Kol pulled Shane back up for air, letting him go.
...
Science Lab
April stopped coughing, kneeling to the floor, breathing heavily.
They helped her to her feet.
...
Storage Closet
Rebekah looked at Kol. "He's of no use dead."
"Did you not just hear what he said?" Kol asked. "Silas will kill us all, sister."
"Silas does not exist." Rebekah told him. "He is a—a fairytale made up to scare children into eating their vegetables."
"Silas is very real." Shane told them. "I know where he's buried, and soon I will have the spell that wakes him."
"Wait a second, you're lying." Kol told him. "You can't get to him."
"Without his tombstone?" Shane asked. "Dozens to die in a blood sacrifice? Believe me, I know. I've done it. With the help of your dear old friend Esmeralda."
Kol and Rebekah looked at him in shock.
"Esmeralda's here?" Rebekah asked.
"She is." Shane answered. "She's been here for a while now, manipulating everyone around her, most of them not knowing that they're being manipulated."
"She's the one who orchestrated the massacres, aren't they?" Rebekah asked. "She mind controlled the pastor into blowing up the Council, and mind controlled our brother to kill the 12 hybrids."
"And Carol Lockwood and Derek Jackson." Shane added. "Just like she got your brother Finn killed by way of mind control." Kol and Rebekah were completely stunned and angry with this revelation. "Those sacrifices are temporary, because once we raise Silas, Silas will raise the dead. He will bring back every last soul who died on his behalf."
Kol picked up a stick, impaling Shane. "No!"
...
Science Lab
April was bleeding where Shane had been stabbed. She and Shane were linked from the spell.
"Oh, my God." Elizabeth told them.
No one else spoke.
...
Storage Closet
Kol let Shane fall to the floor.
...
Science Lab
April fell to the floor, dying.
...
Storage Closet
Shane closed his eyes, seemingly dead.
...
Science Lab
Sally, Elizabeth and Bonnie each knelt around April, looking up at each other in realization and horror of what they had done.
...
Library
Scott slammed against a shelf, making the books fall. "We can fight this!"
Scott fell to the floor, breathing heavily.
Tyler stood at a table. He grunted as his bones broke.
Liam, Caroline, Emma, Stefan, Elena, Evelyn and Morgana watched them in the distance.
Tyler slammed his arms on the table, breaking it. "Get out of here!"
"Go." Stefan told them. "Go!"
They ran into the hallway.
...
Hallway
Stefan and Morgana closed the door.
They could hear Scott and Tyler's screams.
Evelyn pointed at the door. "That's not gonna hold them!"
...
Library
Tyler transformed, his face turning black with fur, his eyes glowing gold.
Scott transformed, his face turning brown with fur, his eyes glowing gold.
...
Hallway
They rammed into the door, forcing it open.
Liam backed away out of instinct, screaming once in surprise.
Caroline and Evelyn grabbed Liam and Emma both by the wrists. They ran down the hallway in one direction.
Stefan, Elena and Morgana ran the hallway in another direction.
Tyler the black wolf followed Evelyn, Emma, Caroline and Liam.
Scott the brown wolf followed Stefan, Morgana and Elena, rushing into a leap.
Morgana turned toward Wolf!Luke, standing in the way of Stefan and Elena. Wolf!Scott fell on top of her, making her fall to the floor.
Morgana held him away from Stefan and Elena with all the strength she had. "Go!" Elena turned, running away. Stefan hesitated. "Go!"
Wolf!Scott bit Morgana on her shoulder, making her groan a scream.
Stefan ran closer, pushing Wolf!Luke off with vampire strength.
Wolf!Scott flew into the wall on the other side of the hallway, falling to the floor, seemingly unconscious.
Stefan helped Morgana to her feet. Morgana held the hybrid bite on her shoulder in pain. They turned around, running away as fast as they could.
...
Hallway
Emma and Liam ran through a pair of double doors. Evelyn and Caroline followed them.
Evelyn and Caroline turned, closing the hall's double doors, trying to get away from Wolf!Tyler.
Emma took the fire ax, sticking it in the door handles.
Wolf!Tyler growled, ramming into the doors.
The doors dented, starting to open.
Evelyn and Caroline tried to hold them closed.
Evelyn ripped off a locker door, sticking it through the door handles.
Evelyn and Caroline backed away, standing on either side of Emma and Liam. The group were looking at each other.
The doors started to open.
The group ran toward them, pushing them closed.
The growls stopped.
Wolf!Tyler was gone.
Evelyn, Emma, Liam and Caroline looked at each other, breathing heavily.
...
Storage Closet
Kol and Rebekah were talking.
"You should be thanking me." Kol told her.
"You killed my only chance at finding the Cure, destroying it and making sure Nik never get what he wants." Rebekah told him.
"Silas on the loose would be hell on Earth." Kol told her. "Frankly, sister, I don't think you could handle it."
Kol pulled out the white oak stake.
"I hid that." Rebekah told him. "How did you get that?"
"Way too easily." Kol told her, using the stake to point at Rebekah. "Maybe you could handle the end of the world if you don't leave precious valuables."
Kol walked out of the the closet, leaving.
Rebekah sighed, looking at Shane's body, turning around, walking out of the closet, leaving.
Shane opened his eyes, looking surprised. He looked at the pole in his stomach, struggling to take it out, putting it on the floor. He pulled himself to an upright sitting position, looking up in relief and realization.
...
Science Lab
Sally, Bonnie and Elizabeth were still kneeling next to April's body.
"Okay, what the hell did we just do?" Elizabeth asked worriedly.
"We accidentally linked Shane to April." Bonnie answered.
"And we couldn't control it." Sally told them.
"I didn't know we were doing it." Elizabeth told them.
"Usually, I feel pain, or I bleed, but this time I just felt more power." Bonnie told them. "Did... Did you guys feel more power?"
Sally and Elizabeth nodded.
Sally looked from Elizabeth to Bonnie. "We can still save her."
"How?" Elizabeth asked.
"Healing." Sally answered, pulling her necklace out. "Control." Elizabeth pulled her necklace out. "Strength."
Bonnie pulled her necklace out.
Bonnie, Sally and Elizabeth formed a circle around April's dying body, holding hands, closing their eyes in concentration.
The salt in the three beakers on the lab table ignited once more.
Their eyes still closed, they all seemed to know what to do. As one, they let go of the other's hands, pulling their necklaces on around their necks.
Wind started to blow around them fiercely, making the flames in the beakers dance.
They took each other's hands again, their hair blowing around them, but they seemed unfazed by the winds.
Beams of light started to leave each of their necklaces. They were linking them together in a shape of a Triqetra, meaning trinity, or eternity.
They seemed taken by dark magic, looking as if they wanted more.
April's wound on her stomach started to heal.
A glass beaker with salt and a flame inside shattered.
The beams of light from Elizabeth's necklace faded into nothing.
April started to breathe again.
A glass beaker with salt and a flame inside shattered.
The beams of light from Bonnie's necklace faded into nothing.
April could begin to move again.
A glass beaker with salt and a flame inside shattered.
The beams of light from Sally's necklace faded into nothing.
April opened her eyes, gasping, sitting up.
The witches released their hands.
The wind faded into nothing.
April looked around in absolute terror.
Everything seemed normal.
"It's okay, it's okay." Bonnie told her, wrapping her arms around her, comforting her. "You're okay, you're okay."
Sally, Bonnie and Elizabeth exchanged a look, knowing what happened but didn't know how to explain it.
...
Alaric's Old Classroom
Elena was in the room alone, pacing nervously.
The door opened from behind her.
Elena turned toward it.
Stefan and Morgana walked in, closing the door behind them.
"Oh, thank God." Elena told them. She looked at the bite mark on Morgana's shoulder, walking closer. "You let yourself get bit. Why would you do that?"
"Because it can't kill me when it could kill all of you." Morgana answered. "And don't act all surprised and concerned."
"At least I had the sense to stay back with her instead of taking off." Stefan told her. "You know, I had to push Scott off of her. Threw him down the hallway. I could've seriously hurt him. Where were you?"
Elena sighed. "Stefan, Morgana..."
"No." Stefan told her.
"Guys, we have to talk about this." Elena told them. "Please."
"Talk about what, huh?" Morgana asked, turning to face Elena, walking closer. "How many more ways are there for you to rip Stefan and Emma's hearts out?"
"I'm sorry." Elena told them.
"You're sorry that it happened or that you told me or that Stefan found out?" Morgana asked.
"I'm sorry about all of it." Elena told her. "I'm really sorry, Morgana. I didn't mean to hurt either of you. I didn't want that."
The door opened.
They looked at the door.
Rebekah walked in. "Why are my least favorite people always the most durable?"
...
Gym
Caroline, Evelyn, Emma and Liam walked into the gym.
Liam had the emergency ax from earlier, holding it close and ready to use.
"If we see them, you don't kill them." Evelyn told them.
"I don't think I could." Liam told her.
Tyler was lying on the floor of the gym next to Carol's shrine, naked from the transformation.
Emma saw him. "Tyler."
Caroline ran toward him, grabbing a table cloth.
Liam turned around to look away, still holding the ax close to her.
Caroline wrapped the table cloth around Tyler's body.
Tyler looked around the memorial shrine for his mother, beginning to cry.
Liam turned to face them.
Evelyn and Emma looked at them sadly.
"I'm so sorry." Tyler told them.
"What?" Emma asked. "No, it's not your fault."
"Yes, it was." Tyler told them. "This whole thing... it's all my fault."
"No..." Caroline trailed off.
"I should have saved her." Tyler told them.
Liam still held the ax. Evelyn slowly took it from her, as if silently telling her it was okay now, leaning it against the wall.
Liam, Evelyn and Emma looked toward Caroline and Tyler sadly.
They both sat there, crying, as Caroline consoled Tyler.
...
Alaric's Old Classroom
Stefan, Morgana and Elena were facing Rebekah.
Stefan looked at Rebekah. "Leave them out of this. This is between me and you."
"You're still protecting them." Rebekah told him. "I know you and Morgana feel something for the other. It's so plain to see. But if either of you even think for one second that you can have a moment of happiness, you're wrong. Damon and Elena will resent you for it just as you resent them, because that is the way hypocrites are. Must I rip your bleeding hearts from your chests and show you the scar tissues that are Elena Gilbert and Damon Salvatore?" She looked at Elena. "There's a solution to all your problems, you know? I could compel one or both of them. Erase Stefan's every memory of you. Every day you spent together, every kiss, every lie, every ounce of pain. I could take away every bit of love he has for you. Give you all a clean slate. Just say the word, and I'll make you and all that misery you caused them disappear."
"I won't." Stefan told them. "Do it."
Elena looked at him in shock.
Morgana looked at him in confusion.
Rebekah turned to face him. "Excuse me?"
"Erase it all, every memory." Stefan told her.
"Stefan?" Elena asked. "No!"
"I said, 'do it'." Stefan told them.
Rebekah laughed. "No. That would be far too easy. I refuse to make you forget her the way Klaus made you forget Morgana, the way that he made Elisaveta forget him." She looked at Elena. "But at least you know how they both really feel." She looked at Stefan and Morgana. "Consider your eternity of pain my revenge. I've used you for all you're worth, so now, you're free to go."
Rebekah walked out, leaving.
Elena was clearly upset.
Morgana looked at Elena, turning to leave.
...
Hallway
Elena started to follow Morgana. "Morgana... wait." She stopped, turning to look behind her. Stefan walked out of the classroom, looking at Elena, turning around, walking away. "Stefan..."
Elena let them go, sighing.
...
Another Hallway
Emma was walking alone, on the phone. "Thanks for looking out for him."
Isabella was in the Gilbert Lake House, looking at the pizza girl's body. "Yeah, well, I told them if they were good, I'd buy them both ice cream, so..."
Jeremy and Matt were both in the room with him.
"Yeah, Isabella's the nice teacher." Jeremy told them loud enough for Emma to hear.
Isabella smirked. "You hear that?"
Emma managed a small smile. "Oh, yeah."
Isabella frowned in concern. "Are you okay?"
"I will be." Emma answered. "Don't worry about me." Bonnie, Sally, Elizabeth and April walked out of the lab into the hall. Emma saw them, looking at them in confusion. Bonnie and April continued to walk away. Sally slowed to a stop when she saw Derek's shrine at his locker. Emma spoke into her phone. "Look, I gotta go."
"All right." Isabella told her.
Emma hung up, jogging down the hall, stopping next to Sally and Elizabeth. "What are you guys doing here?"
"It's a long story." Sally told her.
"What are you doing here?" Elizabeth asked.
"It's a long story." Emma told them.
Elizabeth stopped next to them sadly.
Emma, Sally and Elizabeth looked at the shrine of a picture of Derek. Unlit candles and a small, thin blanket were strewn in front of his old locker. Emma and Elizabeth each wrapped an arm around Sally.
Sally closed her eyes, focusing.
Each of the candles were immediately lit.
Sally opened her eyes, crying silently.
Elizabeth looked at Emma. "I gotta go talk to Shane."
Emma nodded. "I'll get her home." She looked down the hallway. "You might want to go check on Scott."
Elizabeth nodded. "Yeah."
Elizabeth let Sally go, walking toward the shrine, pulling a blanket off of the floor, walking quickly down the hall.
Scott was lying where Stefan and Morgana had left him, unconscious.
Elizabeth knelt next to him, wrapping the blanket around him. She put her hand on his bare chest as if to make sure he was still alive by the movement of his breathing.
Elizabeth looked over her shoulder to look at Emma.
Emma nodded sadly. "I'll get him home."
Sally looked toward them. "Is he okay?"
Elizabeth exhaled sadly, looking down to Scott. "He's alive."
...
Whitmore College - Shane's Office
Shane was changing his shirt.
Bonnie and Elizabeth stormed in.
"Turns out I miscalculated." Shane told them. "Kol's gonna be a problem."
"Sally , Bonnie and I almost killed someone, and that's what you miscalculated?" Elizabeth asked angrily. "April could have died today."
The tea cup on the desk shattered.
Elizabeth jumped.
"And that's only because you didn't know the extent of your abilities." Shane told her.
"My father just became Mayor." Bonnie told him. "I can't be out doing black magic."
Bonnie started to leave.
"That's not what Expression is." Shane told them.
"Then what is it?" Elizabeth asked incredulously.
"It's a way of doing magic that isn't monitored by Nature or the spirits." Shane told them. "It isn't good or bad, but it also has no limits. So how you use it is up to you. That's what I'm here for. To help you."
"What else are you not telling us?" Bonnie asked. "Because while Sally is grieving Derek's death and is trying to get and Scott through it, we nearly killed someone. We had to do this spell. And there were these winds, and lights and..."
"And the beams formed that?" Shane suggested, pointing to the Triquetra of the Hunter's tattoo in the picture frame of the wall. "It connected the three of you together? Congratulations. You finished completing the link on your own."
"What link?" Elizabeth asked expressively. "What are you talking about?"
"Elizabeth, listen to me." Shane told her. "I will explain everything when the time comes. But the three of you are the keys to everything. I'm not going to let anything bad happen to any of you."
...
Gilbert Lake House - Outside - Woods
(Song:) New York - Snow Patrol
Damon was burying the pizza girl's body. His phone rang. He answered it. "Hope your day's going better than mine. Gotta say, I'm liking the odds."
Elena was at the Gilbert House, on the front porch. "Stefan knows about us."
"Oh..." Damon trailed off. "How'd he take it?"
"How do you think?" Elena asked.
"Well, I'm thinking, for the first time all week, I'm happy to be at Camp Nowhere." Damon told her.
"How's Jeremy?" Elena asked.
"That depends on how much you trust me." Damon told her.
"You know that I trust you." Elena told him.
"Then I think he's going to get through this just fine." Damon told her. "Look, I gotta go."
"Not yet." Elena told him. "Something happened today. I realized something about you... about us. And you can say that it's the sire bond. And you know what? Maybe-maybe, it is. But I'm telling you, it's the most real thing that I have ever felt in my entire life. I love you, Damon. I love you."
Damon looked happily shocked. "Look. I'm going to get this Cure for you... and I'm going to have to do things you're not gonna like."
"Damon—" Elena started.
"Listen carefully." Damon told her. "Get in your car, right now. Come to me."
Elena smiled. "I'll be there soon."
Elena hung up, smiling.
Damon lowered the phone slowly, still reeling. He looked up at the sky, smiling.
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Living Room
Stefan was pouring a glass of bourbon.
Morgana walked in, closing the door behind her, walking toward Stefan.
"Please, let yourself in." Stefan told her sarcastically.
"You called me." Morgana replied.
"You still wanna find the Cure?" Stefan asked.
"More than anything." Morgana answered. "Not for Elena. Not anymore. It's gonna be for me. If I take the Cure and become human, I'll have Elizabeth connect me and Klaus and then so does Klaus, and we don't have to worry about him ever killing any of us again. Plus, the look in his eyes when he realizes that he's mortal again will be priceless."
Stefan poured another glass of bourbon. "You're right. And Rebekah was right. We're here for eternity, and we'll both go insane if we don't know how you or Elena truly feel about me or my brother. Or anyone else, for that matter. All we need is Shane's help."
"You might not have been listening in on Rebekah and Kol torturing Shane earlier, but I was." Morgana told him. "He lied to us before. He said Esmeralda organized dozens of people to die in sacrifice. He admitted that Esmeralda is in town, and that she created the Council explosion where twelve people died. And that she mind controlled Klaus to kill the twelve hybrids, Carol Lockwood and Derek Jackson."
"Twelve..." Stefan trailed off. "Channeling the energy from mass death is used in witchcraft to perform dark spells. It's called Expression."
"And Sally, Elizabeth and Bonnie told us that Shane was teaching them a new form of magic with having to access the spirits, called..." Morgana trailed off. "Take a wild guess."
"You overheard Shane admit all this to Kol and Rebekah?" Stefan asked.
"Proudly." Morgana answered.
"Well, I guess we'll have to figure out a way to manage him while we find the Cure for ourselves." Stefan told her.
"We?" Morgana repeated.
"Yeah." Stefan answered in a way so simple it almost made her smile. "Listen, I hate my brother, you hate your sister, and we both hate Klaus. But Damon has the Hunter, Klaus has the sword and the hybrid who will listen to every single command, willingly not an option, and Shane has the witches. You and I are the only ones left with nothing."
"There's Emma Gilbert." Morgana told him. "But I'm pretty sure that you don't want to put her in the kind of danger that Jeremy is in right now."
"I never wanted to put Jeremy in that kind of position." Stefan told her. "I didn't know that all of this was going to happen."
"I know." Morgana told him. "It's okay. Besides, Jeremy has Evelyn as an emotional touch zone to stop himself from killing everyone he loves. Emma doesn't have someone like that, because the only ones that she really cares about is her vampire family."
Stefan nodded. "But we can change everything. So, what do you say? You wanna be partners?"
Morgana smiled, taking one of the glasses of bourbon.
Stefan smiled, clinking their glasses together.
Stefan and Morgana took a drink, looking at each other, smiling small smiles.
(Song Ends)
...
Mystic Grill
April was sitting at a table. "My father had no reason to kill eleven people. He had no reason to kill himself. He loved me. He loved Mystic Falls. He was brainwashed into sparking that fire. Professor Shane organized his death and the eleven others who died with him." It was revealed that she was talking to Liz and Rudy. Liz and Rudy glanced at each other. "It's time this entire town started telling the truth."
Esmeralda was watching from the side of the room, having mind controlled April to tell them that Shane was behind the explosion, smirking, turning to leave.
...
Somewhere Unknown - Bar
(Song:) Nothing Will Ever Change (This Love of Mine) - Jimmy Jules
Rosie led Damon, Isabella, Jeremy and Matt inside.
Rosie looked around at all of the dead bodies in disbelief.
Klaus was sitting at the bar, pouring himself a drink. "I was beginning to worry you wouldn't find this place."
"What the hell?" Rosie asked incredulously.
"Did you kill all these people?" Matt asked.
"Not exactly." Klaus answered, standing, walking closer. "They're in transition." He looked at Jeremy. "Killing them is your job."
Jeremy, Matt, Isabella and Rosie looked at Damon.
"I said we were going to do this another way." Isabella told him.
"Well, I thought about it about doing it your way, and then I realized his idea was better." Damon told her.
The people started to wake, in transition.
Klaus smiled.
(Song Ends)
...
Street
Kol was walking along, alone, sensing someone behind him, coming to a stop, sighing. "Esmeralda. Well, at least I know that I won't be able to confuse you with another of your Doppelgangers ever again." He turned around to see Esmeralda standing behind him. Esmeralda smiled. "What are you doing here, Esmeralda?"
"Aren't you even going to pretend to be happy to see me?" Esmeralda asked.
"After how many times you mind controlled my siblings to dagger me when we were together, and after you mind controlled the Mystic Falls gang to try to kill my entire family, no." Kol answered, rushing angrily toward Esmeralda.
Esmeralda easily used mind control to stop Kol, making him freeze. "You may be angry and bloodthirsty Kol, but that is the way that I needed you to be. I just don't need you to hurt me. I know that I told you that I never wanted anyone to wake my brother Silas or free him from the tomb, but that has changed. I met with a group of wannabe witches that actually need him awake, and I made a deal with them to make their wish come true."
"What witches?" Kol asked.
"Not really witches, since they can be compelled, but they do possess power." Esmeralda told him. "But I do need you to continue down your path of self-destruction. Enough to kill the Hunter, or have someone else do it for you."
"And why would you want that if you want this group to free your brother?" Kol asked.
"Because I need them to kill you." Esmeralda answered. "I need them desperate enough to kill you, and I need you to let them. And your siblings, they won't be able to seek retribution for your death anymore than they could seek revenge for Finn's. I will not allow Klaus, Morgana, Rebekah or Elijah kill anyone in revenge for you, and once they know that I am behind your death like I was behind Finn's, they won't want to kill anyone but me either way." She stepped closer, smiling smugly, tracing her finger along Kol's jaw. "You won't remember this conversation, or that I'm back in Mystic Falls at all. Do you understand me, my love?"
Kol was so deep under her mind control that he couldn't help but smile. "Yes, darling."
Esmeralda smiled.