Morgana's Mind Space
Day - Mystic Falls High School
Morgana walked onto the courtyard at school, walking among a crowd of students outside.
Caroline, Bonnie, Elena, Liam and Rosie walked toward her.
"Morgana, you're here." Elena told her. "I got valedictorian. You can help me write my speech."
"Pass." Morgana told her.
"Come on, you guys are graduating this year." Liam told them. "This is it. You need to soak up every second before—"
Morgana slowed to a stop. "Wait. Something's not right. I don't want to be here." She pointed at Caroline, Liam and Bonnie. "I tried to kill you all. You should hate me." She pointed at Elena. "And you're just as emotionless as I am." She pointed at Rosie. "And you're trying to break the sire bond."
Damon appeared behind Morgana. "What is wrong with you? Don't you wanna be with your friends and the old version of your friend? Graduation parties, caps, gowns, you know the drill."
Morgana rolled her eyes. "What is this..." She looked around. All of the students had disappeared. Morgana looked at her bag on her arm. "We're not really here, are we? We're in my head."
"Relax." Damon told her. "I just wanted to show you all of the things that you've been missing out on since you took the giant leap over the cuckoo's nest."
Morgana dropped her bag in confusion. "The last thing I remember..."
"Let me guess." Damon told her. "Prom? Beautiful dress, gorgeous hair, you and Elena both trying to murder your three witchy best friends and then the only one out of your friends who is still an innocent human being? It's a good thing I was there to take care of you."
"You starved us." Morgana told him. "You tortured me while you kept Elena locked away in a safe so she wouldn't get in the way or try to get out. You, Isabella and Stefan—"
"Yeah, well, we had to keep you weak so I could bring you here." Damon told her. "See, the way I figure it is, if I can make you nostalgic, then you're already halfway to getting your humanity back."
"It's not gonna work, Damon." Morgana told him.
Damon sighed. "Well, there are other ways to provoke an emotional response."
...
Reality
Day One
Morning - Salvatore Boarding House - Cell
Damon was standing next to the safe in the cell, in Morgana's head.
Elena was sitting weakly on the floor, hardly able to move, barely conscious.
Stefan stood behind him. "You still have her locked in the safe? You've been in her head for an hour. What, still nothing?"
Damon didn't answer, walking closer to the safe. "How you doing in there?" He unlocked the safe, opening the door, revealing Morgana inside, weak, barely conscious. Damon pulled her out. "Come on." Morgana fell to the ground. Damon knelt in front of her. "Is the old yous ready to come out and play?"
"Go to hell." Morgana told him.
Damon made a face, smiling tightly. "Okay. Back you go." He put Morgana back into the safe, locking it, looking from Elena to the safe with Morgana inside. "We can do this the nice way, or we can do it the other way... but either way, we're not stopping until both of you turn your humanity switches back on. So I'm gonna let you think about that, and I'm gonna come back for you in a couple hours, or a couple years... because all we have is time."
Damon patted the safe twice.
Stefan seemed troubled.
...
Upstairs - Living Room
Evelyn walked inside, looking at Emma. "Where are they? I wanna see them."
Caroline followed Evelyn into the house.
"We're not letting anyone see them." Emma told them. "That's the whole point. Isolation leads to misery leads to emotion."
"They've been here for days." Liam told her. "They haven't improved at all?"
"Look, they don't want to, Evelyn, not yet." Emma told her. "They're devastated. They lost their brothers. When they had their humanity on, they hated each other. They-they attacked all of their friends. They've killed innocent people."
"You said that you knew how to help them." Caroline told her.
"I did say that." Emma agreed. "We are."
"What, how?" Caroline asked. "By torturing them?"
"It's not torture, it's an intervention." Emma told them. "The only chance we have with them is to provoke them, to trigger something. Fear, anger, self-pity, anything."
"Let me talk to them." Evelyn told her. "Before any more interventioning. If they're weak, they can't hurt me. Please, just let me try to do something now that I can't be emotionless."
"I'll go, just to make sure that she has back up." Caroline told her.
"Please, Emma." Evelyn told her.
Emma still looked reluctant.
...
Cell
Emma led the way down to the cell, opening the door. "Good luck."
Evelyn looked at Morgana and Elena for a few moments, hating to see them weak and hungry and in pain.
Caroline withdrew two bottles of blood from her pockets. "I brought you guys something. They don't have any vervain in them, I swear. I just figured a little blood might help you think straight."
Caroline approached Morgana and Elena, holding out the bottles.
Elena paused for a moment, seizing on the bottle, drinking it desperately.
Morgana took her bottle, drinking quickly but calmly.
"For the record, I don't agree with what they're doing." Evelyn told them, kneeling in front of them. "I mean, I agree that you two need to turn your humanity back on, but I don't think that making you suffer is the way to do it. That's not who you are."
Morgana spun her empty bottle on the stone floor. "What makes you such an expert on who we are?"
"Because we've been friends for awhile." Evelyn answered.
"We tried to kill Liam, Evelyn, and Caroline, and Bonnie, and Sally, and Rosie." Elena told her. "We're not exactly BFF-material anymore. You should move on."
Morgana continued to spin the bottle on the floor.
Evelyn put her hand on Morgana's to stop her. "I am not going to give up on you."
"This annoying, clingy thing that you're both doing..." Morgana trailed off, looking at Caroline. "Did it ever occur to you maybe that's why your boyfriend skipped town? I mean, I know that Tyler said he was running for his life, but maybe he was running from you. I mean, why else stay on the mountains when he knows that he can come home? Because he's being a selfless martyr for the werewolves? Maybe. To stay away from you? More than likely."
Elena looked at Evelyn. "Or maybe why Jeremy cheated on you with a ghost? Then Kol, your other boyfriend that died... Tsk. You say that you weren't effected, but anyone could see it. Still, you drove a dagger through his heart. Now they're both dead. That makes you sort of like the kiss of death. Wait, did you kiss Kol?" Evelyn rolled her eyes, sighing in exasperation. "Hey, I'm not judging. Might be nice to have a bad boy ruffle those perfect feathers."
Evelyn tried to keep it together. "You're in pain, you're lashing out, I get it. But you can't stay this way forever."
"We're about to graduate, and start new lives." Caroline told them. "And you deserve—"
"Are you seriously talking about high school graduation?" Elena asked. "Caroline, do you realize how pathetic you're gonna look in that cap and gown, pretending to be human while your mom fake-smiles and just counts down the minutes until you leave town so that you can stop being a reminder that her oldest daughter is a repulsive, blood-sucking control freak monster?" Caroline was losing her patience, turning away from them. Elena looked from Evelyn to Caroline. "It's really too bad Matt got Rebekah to heal you and Isabella stopped me before I put you out of your misery, but hey, here's to second chances."
Morgana grabbed Evelyn, transforming, growling, trying to bite Evelyn.
Evelyn held her away at arm's length. "Morgana, stop."
Elena transformed, leaning forward to drink from the other side of Evelyn's neck.
Caroline appeared behind them, grabbing each of their chins, twisting back, snapping both of their necks, letting them fall.
Evelyn looked at Morgana and Elena's temporarily dead body.
Emma walked toward them, standing in the doorway behind Eliza.
Caroline was looking at Evelyn but speaking to Emma. "Do whatever you have to do." She looked at Emma. "We're gonna be upstairs."
Caroline held her hand toward Evelyn. Evelyn took it, letting her help her up, walking past Emma and going upstairs. Caroline slowly followed.
...
Mystic Grill
(Song:) Bitter - Benny Marchant
Rosie stood at the bar, drinking shots for celebratory drinking, stacking the empty shot glasses happily.
Matt and Liam walked toward her.
"I was wondering if you both were going to say hello or keep ignoring me." Rosie told them teasingly.
"We were working." Matt told her. Rosie smiled, tilting her head at him. Matt nodded. "And you were joking. I see you compelled the bartender again."
"I'm celebrating." Rosie told them. "The Originals have departed with Mystic Falls for good, searching for God knows what in New Orleans with Elizabeth. I spent the entirety of the past week and a half transforming into a wolf to break the sire bond, I have my humanity back..." She smiled widely. "And I am finally free." She looked to the ceiling, closing her eyes, raising her arms in the air. "This is the first and the last time I'm ever gonna say this. Thank you, Rebekah Mikaelson!"
Liam smiled. "Yeah, I heard about that." He wrapped his arms around Rosie. "Congratulations."
Rosie smiled, pulling away, letting the smile fade, hesitating, shaking her head in guilt. "Matt, look, about the time in the woods, when Klaus told me to kill you, and I came so close to actually killing you... I'm so sorry."
"It's okay, Rosie." Matt told her. "Because I know that it wasn't you. I know that you didn't have a choice. It wasn't your fault."
Rosie raised her eyebrows, looking down. "Yeah, well, it still feels like it is."
Matt shook his head. "It's not."
Matt stood, starting to walk away.
Rosie turned after him. "Why don't you stay and have a drink?"
"We can't, We've gotta go meet Caroline and Evelyn." Liam told her.
"Are they still keeping Morgana and Elena trapped in the Salvatore mansion?" Rosie asked. "Trying to get their emotions back on?"
Matt nodded. "Yeah, they are."
Rosie nodded, looking down. "Probably for the best." She looked toward the ceiling, tilting her head. "Actually, very much for the best." She tossed back another shot, stacking it onto the tower. "Actually, I was planning on having an extended getaway soon. After all of the hell we've all been through lately, we could all use a vacation."
"Yeah, well, some of us would love to have that extended getaway, but we can't." Liam told her. "Some of us don't have the option of leaving. Some of us are broke, and failing all of our classes, and stuck here. But I think you should take your freedom and take that vacation. I would."
Rosie nodded, pressing her lips together.
Matt and Liam turned around, walking away.
Rosie sighed, looking down.
(Song Ends)
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Outside - Porch
Evelyn was talking to Bonnie on the phone. "Bonnie. Where have you been? I've left, like, 90 million messages."
Bonnie was sitting in a diner at a table. "Studying French. Us seniors still have final exams, remember?"
"Look, this whole thing with Morgana and Elena... it's about to get brutal, and I know that they're not your favorite people right now, but we could really use you over here." Evelyn told her. "And maybe Sally."
"For what, moral support?" Bonnie asked. "Or so you can check up on us?"
"Moral support." Evelyn answered. "And maybe just a tiny check-in to make sure that Silas isn't playing any more pesky little mind games with you guys."
"We're fine, okay?" Bonnie asked. "Silas doesn't control us anymore. And I think I'll pass on the invite. I—Morgana and Elena tried to kill us. I'm not quite ready to forgive and forget. I'm gonna call you later, okay? I gotta go."
...
Diner
Bonnie hung up, looking at the square-like table in front of her.
Sally was sitting on the other, across from Bonnie. She looked at Bonnie, shaking her head. "I can't believe you talked me into this."
"Remember, we need her," Bonnie told her.
"But after that, can we kill her?" Sally asked.
Katherine sat across from Bonnie, next to Sally. "Not likely." She picked up a menu. "Lying, scheming, and a secret rendezvous with moi? Not very Bonnie Bennett, Sally Davidsons-y, especially when Morgana and Elena need their favorite witches."
"This has nothing to do with them." Sally told her. "This is between you and us."
"All right, well, luckily for you, I've got some spare time on my hands." Katherine told them. "You said you have an offer that I can't refuse? Well, by all means. What do you have in mind?"
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Parlor
Elena and Morgana were sitting next to each other, unconscious, tied to their chairs.
Damon noisily set down a fire extinguisher.
Elena and Morgana startled awake.
Stefan walked around the room, which was dimly lit.
"Good, you're awake." Isabella told them. "Thought you could use a little sunshine."
Isabella pulled the curtain back a little, allowing a ray of light to creep closer to Elena and Morgana.
Elena looked at her hand.
"Looking for these?" Damon asked, holding their daylight rings in front of them. Morgana reached for it as much as the binds on her wrist would allow. Damon pulled it away. "Oh, you know the rules. Bad girls don't get nice jewelry."
Stefan nodded to Isabella to let the curtain go.
Isabella let it go, letting it close.
Morgana spoke impassively. "You took my ring. I'm devastated. And bored. Can I go back to solitary now?"
"No." Damon answered. "I kinda like you in the hot seat. Whenever you're ready, sister."
Isabella took hold of the curtain without hesitation.
"Are we supposed to be scared?" Elena asked.
"You will be." Isabella told them. "And when you are, focus on that fear. It's the key to getting your humanity back. And if for some reason this doesn't work, even if Stefan and Damon say no, we're gonna resort to my methods." Elena and Alex kept their expression clear of any reaction. Isabella smiled sweetly. "Yeah. So while you're thinking about that... I'm gonna do this."
"You're not gonna burn us." Elena told her.
"You don't think so?" Isabella asked.
"No." Elena answered. "And even if you do manage to get our emotions back, we'll remember all this, and we'll hate all of you for it."
Damon and Stefan exchanged a look.
Isabella tilted her head. "Tsk. Worth the risk."
Isabella pulled the curtain wide.
The sunlight started to burn Elena and Morgana, making them scream in pain.
...
Morgana and Elena's arms ignited into flames for a few seconds.
Stefan and Damon put the flames out with the fire extinguishers.
Isabella let go of the curtain.
"Bet that feels better, huh?" Damon asked. "How about a little gratitude, or any human emotion whatsoever, and we can stop this?" Morgana, still gasping and straining against her bonds, mumbled something under her breath. "I didn't quite catch that."
"I said, I'm gonna kill you." Morgana told him.
"Bingo." Damon told her. "See? There's a little rage. I should've figured that'd be the first emotion that came out of you. I tend to pull that out of people."
Stefan knelt down in front of Morgana and Elena. "Elena, Morgana, look at me. We don't wanna do this, okay? You can stop this right now. It's your choice."
Morgana laughed. "It's kind of funny, actually. You guys being the ones to try to bring us back in the worst ways possible I bet part of you enjoys it, since, you know, we ruined you and all."
Damon knelt next to Stefan. "Wow. That was downright vindictive. See? I think now we're breaking through that tough candy shell and getting into the ooey-gooey rich center of your humanity. This is good."
"I think we should shine some light on the subject." Isabella told them.
"Let me guess..." Elena trailed off. "This is gonna hurt you a lot more than it hurts us?"
Isabella shook her head, curiosity in her voice. "No. I'm gonna enjoy this."
"Why?" Elena asked. "Because we were tearing your perfect family apart? It was broken before we walked into your lives, but there you were, trying to bring it together." She chuckled. "You know, if you had just left it alone, they wouldn't have paid so much attention to Elizabeth and Klaus, or Emma and Elijah." Isabella scoffed, looking away. "Maybe Elizabeth has actually let yourself fall in love with Klaus again without her big brothers and sister getting in the way of her Romeo and Juliet love story, and Emma wouldn't have been so hard on herself for actually caring about Elijah. But Elizabeth left without saying goodbye, didn't she? Do you want to know why?"
"If you don't know the full story..." Isabella trailed off, leaning forward. "Keep your mouth shut."
Elena looked from Isabella to Stefan and Damon. "Is falling in love with siblings from the same family a family thing? The Salvatore Brothers and the Gilbert sisters. The Petrova girls and the Original brothers." She looked at Isabella. "Just let Emma stay far away from New Orleans. You don't want her to fall in love with Elizabeth's man and her to fall in love with Emma's, do you?" She looked from Stefan and Damon to Morgana. "Take it from us..." She looked at Isabella . "It'll ruin her."
Isabella pushed the curtain open nonchalantly.
Morgana and Elena's faces started to burn, making them scream in pain.
...
Outside - Porch
Matt and Liam was there with Caroline and Evelyn now.
"We have to keep talking." Evelyn told them. "If we don't keep talking, then I won't be able to stop myself from listening in, and I can't stand to hear Morgana and Elena in pain."
Caroline sat in a chair.
Matt leaned against a half wall. "Well, what do you wanna talk about?"
"I don't know." Evelyn told them. "Anything."
Caroline looked at Matt. "I ordered you a cap and gown."
"You did?" Matt asked.
"I just figured that you'd forget, so I ordered yours when I ordered mine." Caroline told him. "And I got one for Morgana, Rosie and Elena, too."
Evelyn sat next to her. "It's gonna work. We're gonna get them back. All of them."
Liam smiled a small smile, looking past them, above their heads. "I think we already got one of them back."
Caroline and Evelyn looked at him in confusion.
They heard a door open across the way.
Evelyn and Caroline stood, turning to see Rosie inside through some glass doors.
Rosie smiled, waving, walking out of view.
Evelyn smiled. "Rosie's here." She let her smile fall, looking at Matt and Liam. "It's really Rosie, right?"
Matt and Liam smiled.
...
Inside - Living Room
Caroline, Evelyn, Liam and Matt walked into the living room.
Rosie took out two boxes of take out food from a brown paper bag, stacking one on the other, turning to face them. "Hi. If you guys want me gone after all the horrible things I did, and if you guys hate me, understood. I'll leave. But rumor has it that all they have in this place is blood and booze, other than Emma's food, who would kill you if you touched it, so I brought a peace offering." She held the boxes toward Matt and Evelyn. "Burgers?"
Matt walked closer with a smile, taking it. "Thanks."
Evelyn walked closer. "And what the hell do you mean about hating you?" She wrapped her arms around Rosie tightly in relief and happiness. "We could never hate you!"
Rosie smiled, returning the embrace. "Eve, blocking the airways."
Evelyn pulled away. "Sorry. I'm just so glad you're back."
"Me, too." Rosie told them.
Evelyn took the last burger. "And please keep me distracted because they're torturing Morgana and Elena, and we can hear them screaming, and I can't stand the sound of them screaming."
Rosie looked at Matt. "Okay. I think I have an idea to keep you distracted."
Matt looked at her in realization. "Rosie, don't you dare."
Rosie smiled. "Liam mentioned Matt was failing classes and needed a study buddy."
Matt tilted his head at Rosie.
Caroline looked at Matt. "You're failing? Wh-why didn't you ask me to help you study?"
"Well, I didn't exactly ask her." Matt told her, sending Liam a look. Liam shrugged. "But if she's getting me into trouble, she really is back."
Rosie smiled.
"Don't try to change the subject." Caroline told him. "What classes are you failing?"
"I'm not failing." Matt told them. "I'm just... really, really behind in History. And Italian, and math..."
"Matt!" Caroline chastised.
"This year's been a little distracting." Matt told her.
Rosie smiled. "With the way my school year's gone, I'd be lucky to even graduate."
"Then I'll help both of you." Caroline told them. "Look, if you guys need to study, we're gonna study. I'm gonna go home and get my flash cards, and my study guides, and some energy bars. This is gonna be good."
Caroline gave them two thumbs up, turning around, walking out, leaving the house.
Rosie smiled, shaking her head, looking at Matt. "I still can't believe you dated that."
"I still can't believe you are her friend after years of hating her." Matt replied.
Rosie shrugged one shoulder, falling back down into the couch behind her.
Liam stood next to her, shrugging. "She likes projects."
Evelyn fell down into the couch next to Rosie.
...
Diner
(Song:) Blue - Israel Cannan
Bonnie, Sally and Katherine were still sitting at their table.
A waitress stopped to refill their coffees, walking away.
"Okay, let me get this straight." Katherine told them. "You want me to hand over Silas' tombstone? What makes you think I even have it?"
"I know you took it from the island." Bonnie told her. "You're a scavenger. You'd never leave it behind."
"So, the two of you're working for Silas now, huh?" Katherine asked. "Running errands for the big, bad immortal?"
"We didn't switch sides." Sally told her. "In two days, there'll be a full moon. Silas wants us to harness its power to drop the Veil between our side and the Other Side. But to do so, Rosie has to die. Because of the link, Bonnie and I will die too."
"If I have to sit through a story, you'll all die now." Katherine told them.
Sally looked at Katherine with a glare.
Katherine seemed to feel pain, slowly raising her hand to her head, groaning.
"You were saying?" Sally asked.
"Sally..." Bonnie trailed off in warning.
Sally looked away from Katherine.
Katherine's pain ceased. She sighed, relaxing.
Sally raised her eyebrows, going on as if nothing happened. "After, Silas wants to take the Cure, and then he wants to die. Bonnie said we'd help him and we've been hiding from him ever since, buying time."
"Time for what?" Katherine asked.
"You don't need to worry about it." Sally told her. "You just need to bring us the tombstone."
"It's a hunk of rock." Katherine told them. "What do you even want with it?"
"The less you know, the better." Bonnie told her. "Silas is psychic; he can get into people's heads, read their minds, make them see things that aren't really there. We're taking a big enough risk just talking to you."
"Okay then." Katherine told them. "How do I know that you're not him?"
"Because he can only appear in one form at a time." Sally answered. "He can change forms at the drop of a dime to torment you, to make you lose your mind, but he can't be in three places at once."
"And what makes you so sure that I'm not him?" Katherine asked.
"Because he can't get into our heads anymore, because we are the only ones who can see his true face." Bonnie told her.
"What's in it for me?" Katherine asked.
"Bring us the tombstone, help us stop Silas from unleashing Hell on Earth." Sally told her. "Believe me, we'll make it worth your while."
(Song Ends)
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Parlor
Elena and Morgana were still shouting in pain from the sun burning their skin.
Isabella left the curtain open for a few more seconds.
"Isabella." Stefan told her in warning.
Isabella rolled her eyes, closing the curtain.
Elena and Morgana gasped in relief as their wounds healed.
"You're gonna thank me for this." Damon told them. "After you turn it back on, you'll realize life with no emotions blew."
"You know what else blew?" Morgana asked. "All of the fighting, all of the times Stefan left me for her." She looked at Elena. "I remember every horrible moment of it."
Elena smirked. "I'm sure I was never in love with you. And you, so scared that it wasn't real. Well, guess what? It wasn't. You were right. So, go ahead, keep trying to get the old us back. Who knows? Maybe Stefan and I will give it another go." Stefan and Damon hesitated, effected by their cruelty, wearing indulgent, hurt expressions. Elena looked at Isabella. "And we will see to it that it has the worse possible affect on you and Emma. Maybe even enough for all of you to hate each other. You'll kill each other. One of you will die."
Isabella pushed the curtain back open, as far as it would go, leaving it open, walking away.
"Isabella!" Stefan told her.
Elena and Morgana bursted into flames, screaming.
Stefan and Damon grabbed the fire extinguishers and put them out.
Elena coughed, laughing while her skin healed.
Morgana laughed, leaning her head against the back of the chair while her skin healed. "We are the girls that you love. You would never let anything to actually hurt us. Not even your torture-happy big sister. You just proved that. So what do we really have to be afraid of?"
Stefan and Damon exchanged a look.
Morgana smiled, chuckling, leaning her head to the side.
...
Outside - Lawn
Emma was sitting alone on the grass-covered ground, looking toward the pond.
Isabella walked toward her, on the phone. "Why do you immediately assume me?" The next time she spoke, it was hesitant and resigned. "Yes. But, here's the loophole. Morgana can't die even if she's burned alive. I don't care if Klaus felt it. She pissed me off, and she deserved it. They both did. Well, then I guess it's a good thing you took the white oak stake with you, isn't it? Oh and congratulations. Goodbye."
Isabella hung up, sitting next to Emma.
"Elizabeth?" Emma asked.
"Yeah." Isabella answered. "I'll explain here in a second. For right now, all you need to know is that you need to be ready to activate your Hunter side."
Emma looked at her in confused suspicion. "Why?"
Stefan and Damon walked out of the house, walking toward them.
Damon had an alcohol decanter, angry.
"Stefan and Damon are gonna kill me." Isabella told her.
Emma looked to the side, still confused and suspicious. "Why?"
Stefan and Damon walked closer.
"Three..." Isabella t trailed off. "Two... One..." Stefan and Damon were behind them now. "So, that went well."
Damon grabbed Isabella by the arm, pulling her up, turning her to face him forcefully, hurting her.
Emma stood in shock.
"What the hell was that?" Damon asked angrily.
"They knew that you two would never actually let anything or anyone hurt them, including your sister." Isabella told them. "Well, guess what? They were right."
"Damon." Emma told him.
Damon let Isabella go, turning toward the house. "Every other vampire turns it on, no problem. You kill, you feed, you do all the awful things that a vampire does, and then when you're done you turn it back on. Why are they being so stubborn?"
Damon punctuated the end of his sentence by throwing the glass decanter at the front of the house angrily, making it shatter.
"Because they have nothing to come back to." Emma answered. "Their home's gone, their family's gone, they alienated their friends, they destroyed their relationships-"
"No, they want to come back." Damon told them. "Scaring the hell out of them should've worked. They're smart. They know we're not gonna hurt them."
"Let me deal with it." Isabella told them.
Stefan and Damon spoke together. "No."
Isabella raised her eyebrows and her arms in a what the hell gesture.
Stefan pointed at her. "Not after what you just did. You think we would risk you having weapons or torturing them?"
"You're being melodramatic." Isabella told them. They gave her a look. Isabella tilted her head. "Okay, maybe you're not being melodramatic."
Stefan looked at Damon. "All right, so we get somebody else. Somebody who really will hurt them, but doesn't want to kill them. Right now, anyway."
"Who?" Damon asked. Stefan tilted his head, hinting tacitly at who he was thinking of. "Katherine?"
"Think about it." Stefan told them. "She's the reason Jeremy's dead, right? So if anybody's gonna provoke an emotion, it's her."
"So, we call her and then what, beg her to help us out of the kindness of her own heart?" Emma asked. "Are you kidding me? She'd be more likely to torture me after Willoughby, and especially after she was just abandoned by Elijah. She has nothing, she has no one."
"Exactly." Stefan told her. "We invite her into our house to come torture Morgana and Elena? There's no way she's gonna turn that down."
"You're gonna trust Katherine around Morgana and Elena?" Isabella asked.
"After your little stunt, I trust you as much as I trust Katherine around Morgana and Elena." Stefan replied.
Isabella tilted her head, looking away.
...
Porch
Evelyn was dozing off in a chair when she heard someone, looking around. "Who's there?" She stood, looking around. "Who's there?" She heard someone behind her, turning around, inhaling in shock at the person she saw there. "This is a dream. This isn't real."
Jeremy walked closer. "Does it matter if it is or if it isn't?"
"What are you doing here?" Evelyn asked.
"If it's your dream, then you wanted to see me as much as I wanted to see you." Jeremy told her, placing a hand on her cheek. Evelyn smiled in awe and shock when she could feel his touch, holding his hand. "What if I told you that this wasn't a dream?"
Evelyn looked at him, shaking her head. "There'd be no other way that you're..." She looked at him, seeing the different glint in his eyes. "This isn't a dream, is it?"
"But it felt like it, didn't it?" Jeremy asked.
Evelyn pulled his hand away, pushing it away from her, backing away. "If this isn't a dream, then you're not Jeremy. You're Silas." Jeremy/Silas didn't answer, stepping closer. Evelyn stepped back. "No. Stay away from me."
"Why?" Jeremy/Silas asked. "You know the one thing that I need. Where are Lindsey, Tory and Bonnie?"
Evelyn shook her head. "I-I don't know. If I knew that, you'd know that."
"I do have very impressive means to motivate you to find your friends." Jeremy/Silas told her. "Have you been missing something?"
Evelyn took a breath of realization. "Caroline."
Evelyn looked behind her, but she saw her car right there. She looked at Jeremy/Silas.
Jeremy/Silas pushed Evelyn into the brick wall behind her. "Where are they?" Evelyn cried out in pain. "They're not at home, they're not anywhere. They're playing games with me, and I don't like it." He leaned in close to speak into Evelyn's ear. "Tell them I'm looking for them. Tell them to come out of the shadows. Tell them that this is only the beginning."
Evelyn closed her eyes in fear. After a moment, she opened her eyes.
Jeremy/Silas was gone.
Evelyn turned, running off the porch, trying to look for Caroline.
...
Inside - Living Room
Rosie was pouring herself a drink.
Matt was using a translator app on his phone, speaking precisely. "What time will Caroline return from the train station?"
Matt tapped a button, and the phone repeated it back to him, only in Italian.
"Well, that's handy." Liam told him, sitting across from him. "Sort of a cheat, though, isn't it? I actually want to learn it." Matt looked at her with raised eyebrows. "What, is it so hard to believe that I actually wanna learn something?"
"Not everyone will have an eternity to learn everything." Matt replied. "And, yeah, kind of." Rosie gave him a sarcastic look, taking his phone to look at it. "You wanna help?"
"Oh, yeah." Rosie answered.
"I just don't wanna get left behind while all my friends go to college and I'm the only repeat-senior." Matt told her.
"The only reason that you are failing is because you're preoccupied with training Hunters and dealing with vampire drama." Liam told him. "You need better friends than us, Matt, because you're nearly killed even when all you're trying to do is help. You know, to make it up to you, Rosie could compel you good grades and a scholarship."
"I don't wanna do that." Matt told him.
"Why not?" Rosie asked. "Everyone needs an advantage in life. I could be yours. So let me give you some advice. Take advantage of what I'm offering you. Make something of yourself. And for the record, anybody who leaves you behind is an idiot. I wouldn't."
Matt smiled.
There was a knock on the door.
They looked toward it.
Stefan, Damon, Isabella and Emma walked in.
Stefan opened the door to reveal Katherine outside.
Katherine looked at Rosie, Liam and Matt, obviously having been listening to them.. "What a beautiful sentiment."
Rosie stood in shock, suspicion and confusion. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"You didn't get the memo?" Katherine asked. "I'm here to talk some sense into poor, emotionless Morgana and Elena."
Matt looked at Stefan and Damon. "Are you out of your minds?"
"You got a better idea, prom king?" Damon asked. He looked from Rosie to Liam to Matt. "Unless you three want me to lock you in there with them, I suggest you shut up. Let the adults handle this."
"I'll only do this if I can have a few minutes to talk to little Doppelgänger Emma." Katherine told them.
Emma scoffed, smiling dryly. "I knew this would come around to that."
Stefan looked at Katherine. "After you deal with Morgana and Elena, and you will not hurt her."
Katherine looked toward Emma. "Deal."
Emma looked at Isabella.
Isabella nodded.
Emma sighed, looking at Katherine. "Fine. Come in."
Katherine smirked, walking inside now that she had an invitation. "Great."
Damon led her to the basement.
Stefan, Isabella and Emma walked out of the room.
Matt stood, walking toward the door.
"Well, it looks like the lunatics have taken over the asylum." Rosie told him. She looked at Liam. "Where are you going?"
"I'm calling Caroline and Evelyn." Liam answered. "There's no way we're letting that psycho in there with Morgana and Elena."
...
Night - Woods
Caroline was lying on the forest floor, a blood stain on her shirt, unconscious. Her phone vibrated, waking her. Caroline looked around. "Silas."
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Outside
Evelyn made her way toward the house, seeing Caroline there, running up to her.
"Evelyn." Caroline told her. "Where've you been?"
"Caroline, we have to get out of here." Evelyn told her.
"No, wait." Caroline told her. "Evelyn. It's okay."
"No, it's not okay." Evelyn told her. "Silas is out there, and he made me think that it was Jeremy, that I was dreaming, but I wasn't dreaming. He said that he would use you to get to me."
"What are you talking about?" Caroline asked. "What's Silas want with you?"
"He's trying to get to Bonnie, Sally and Rosie." Evelyn answered. "Do you know where they are?"
Caroline turned cold. "If I knew where they were, I wouldn't bother with you." Caroline/Silas grabbed Evelyn by the throat. "Now get me those witches, or I'm going to kill someone. Maybe I'll start with Caroline's mother."
Caroline/Silas let Evelyn go.
Evelyn ran away, up the stairs toward the house, seeing Jeremy/Silas standing in front of her, stopping in surprise and fear.
"No one in the house can help you." Jeremy/Silas told her. Eliza took a step back. Jeremy/Silas grabbed her arms. "I just want you to find your friends. Find them or I'll kill the person you love the most."
Jeremy/Silas pushed Evelyn down the stairs, making her scream.
Evelyn stood, looking up the stairs.
Jeremy/Silas was gone.
Evelyn ran toward the car.
Caroline stopped in front of her, grabbing her arms. "Evelyn!"
"No, let go of me!" Evelyn told her, trying to pull away.
"It's me, I swear." Caroline told her. "I swear, I swear. Evelyn... I know what's going on."
"How do I know it's really you?" Evelyn asked, shaken up.
"Who helped me celebrate my 17th birthday at a graveyard?" Caroline asked.
Evelyn exhaled in relief, holding Caroline tightly. "He won't leave me alone."
"I know." Caroline told her, looking around.
"He threatened Liz." Evelyn told her.
Caroline led Evelyn toward the car. "Come on, let's go."
Caroline pulled out her phone, calling someone.
Liz's voice was on the other line. "I know, I promised I wouldn't work too late—"
...
Caroline's Car
Caroline and Evelyn hurried into the car.
Caroline was in the driver's seat.
Evelyn was in the passenger seat.
"Mom, I need you to get home and lock all the doors right now." Caroline told her.
"What?" Liz asked.
"Don't let anyone inside." Caroline told her. "Not even me or Liam, because we have a key so we can let ourselves in. Do you understand?"
"What-what's going on?" Liz asked.
"Just do it, okay?" Caroline asked. "We're on our way."
Caroline hung up, putting the car in reverse, starting to back up.
Her car's review camera showed a figure standing behind them.
"Caroline!" Evelyn told her.
Caroline slammed on the brakes, looking over her shoulder to look out of the back windshield.
Evelyn followed her gaze.
No one was there.
A shadow passed over Evelyn and Caroline.
Caroline turned forward to look at the still-personless screen of the review camera.
Silas appeared as the deformed, monstrous creature next to Evelyn's window.
Evelyn turned forward, seeing him, screaming.
Caroline threw the car into drive, speeding out of the driveway.
...
Inside - Cell
Katherine opened the door to the safe. "Oh, honey, you look awful."
Katherine pulled Morgana roughly out of the safe.
Morgana fell weakly to the floor next to Elena. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Your boyfriends invited me." Katherine answered. "They wanna know if you both still have a heart." She grabbed Morgana and Elena, pushing them up against the wall, plunging her hands into their chests, grabbing their hearts. "There they are. Your bodyguards won't let me kill you, but I can rip your throat out so I don't have to listen to you whine."
Katherine lifted Morgana up from the floor, her hand still gripping her heart. She slowly lowered her back to the floor. She let go of their hearts, walking away, wiping her hand with a towel.
"They think just because you killed Jeremy, that this is going to provoke a response?" Elena asked. "They're wrong. It wasn't the first horrible thing, and it certainly won't be the last."
"Yeah, I've done some pretty horrible things to survive." Katherine told them. "But unlike you—" She walked closer, pinning Morgana and Elena to the wall by their throats. "Poor, delicate girls, I don't turn it off. I deal with it. You wouldn't last a week as vampires without everyone fawning over you." She walked toward the cell door, closing it, locking. "But I'd love to see you both try."
Katherine unlocked the door, walking away, leaving.
Morgana looked at Elena.
Elena looked at Morgana.
...
Library
Emma was pouring herself a drink.
Katherine walked in. "Deal's a deal. I did my part, now it's time for yours. Satisfy my curiosity. What did you tell Elijah back in Willoughby?"
"I didn't have to say anything." Emma told her. "Look at you. Self-obsessed egomaniac on the run for five centuries." She turned to face Katherine. "What good would you be to anyone? You're the definition of damaged goods. No wonder Elijah left you."
Katherine didn't answer, looking at the drink in her hand. "All that pain and torture, I've worked up quite a thirst." Emma sat down on the couch. Katherine poured herself a drink. "Did you ever think you would've been better off if you'd never met him?"
"Are you trying to get a rise out of me because Elijah left you?" Emma asked.
Katherine sat next to Emma. "But he didn't just leave me, did he? Despite the fact that you say that you hate him, you can't help but care, can you? Mm, so romantic, so doomed to fail. That's the tragedy of you. You never get any happiness whatsoever."
"Katherine, Elijah is gone." Emma told her. "You can stop competing me over him."
"Oh, I'm done competing, Em." Katherine told her, taking a drink. "I'm just speaking the truth, and you know it."
Emma didn't answer.
Stefan, Isabella and Damon walked into the room.
Damon looked at Emma. "They're gone."
"What?" Emma asked.
"Morgana and Elena are not in their cell." Stefan told her. "We're gonna check the grounds. Find out what she did."
Stefan and Damon walked out, leaving.
"Oops." Katherine told them. "Did I forget to lock them in? Let's just say I've lost interest in Morgana and Elena's recovery. I'd rather watch them tear through an orphanage. Imagine trying to come back from a spiral like that."
Liam and Rosie walked in.
"Morgana and Elena are gone?" Liam asked. "What happened?"
Isabella tossed Liam an object that he caught. "Liam, you're coming with us."
"Why should he?" Rosie asked.
"Because Morgana and Elena are hungry and missing." Isabella told them. "He's the one that's gonna save them."
Isabella summoned Liam with a beck of her finger.
Liam followed Isabella out of the room.
...
Forbes House - Foyer
Caroline was unlocking the door to let her and Evelyn in.
Evelyn was on the phone. "Bonnie, why aren't you guys answering? Silas isn't going to just give up. You're the only ones that can stop him. Call me."
Evelyn hung up, following Caroline inside.
Liz stepped into the dark foyer. "What's going on?"
"Mom, don't come any closer." Caroline told her. "Stop."
"What's wrong?" Liz asked.
"I don't know how to tell if it's really you." Caroline told her. "What if this is another trick? He can get in our heads, and he would've known that I called you..."
"Okay... it's me, it's your mother." Liz told her. "I don't know what's happening, but everything's gonna be okay, all right? You just need to talk to me." Evelyn didn't answer, pulling out her phone, dialing a number, letting it ring. A moment later, the phone on Liz's belt started ringing. She answered. "Hi, how's it going?"
Evelyn sighed in relief, running into Liz's arms. Caroline wrapped an arm around either of them.
...
Road
Morgana stumbled down the road weakly.
A car drove toward her.
Morgana gave them a thumbs up, trying to get their attention.
The woman pulled over, looking her over. "Oh, my God, you look terrible, are you okay?"
Morgana sighed shakily, shaking her head. "I'm so far from being okay."
Morgana fell to the road.
The woman stepped out of her car. "Oh, my God. How-How can I help you?"
Morgana looked up at her hungrily. "Come closer."
"What?" The woman asked.
Morgana looked into her eyes weakly, compelling her. "Come closer." The woman slowly knelt on the road in front of Morgana, sitting the way she was sitting opposite of her. Morgana breathed heavily in relief and hunger, transforming, snarling, grabbing her shoulders, biting into her neck, feeding heavily, quickly, unable to stop. She fed so hard the girl's head fell off, rolling under the car next to her. Morgana looked at her dead, headless body in her hands. "Oh, my God."
...
Woods
Elena shuffled weakly through the woods until she heard a car approaching behind her. She turned around, waving her arms at it, losing her balance, falling to the ground as the headlights of the truck blinded her. She shielded her eyes.
The driver got out, walking toward her.
"Please, help." Elena told them. Liam knelt in front of her. "Liam. Thank God you found me."
Elena transformed, standing, walking toward him.
Liam stood, backing away. "Elena, stop. I know you don't wanna do this. I know you don't wanna hurt me."
"I'm a vampire, Liam." Elena told him. "The thing about vampires is that we need to feed."
Elena walked aggressively toward him.
Liam raised his arms to keep her back, backing away. "No, but you're more than that. You're my friend. You're my oldest friend. Whatever wall you wanna put up, I know that still means something to you."
Elena returned to normal. She placed a hand on his cheek. "Deep down, it probably does mean something. But I'm really hungry."
Elena transformed, biting Liam's neck.
...
Forbes House - Living Room
Caroline, Liz and Evelyn were sitting in the living room.
"Bonnie hasn't called back yet." Evelyn told them. "Neither have Sally or Rosie. I just don't understand why they haven't called."
Someone rattled the front door handle, startling them.
Caroline and Evelyn stood, walking out of the room.
...
Foyer
Bonnie stood on the other side, visible through the glass. "Caroline! Evelyn!"
"There you are." Caroline told her.
"What's going on?" Bonnie asked. Caroline held her arm in front of Evelyn in case it wasn't Bonnie. "Are you all right?"
"I've been calling you for hours." Evelyn told her.
"I'm sorry." Bonnie told them. "I came as soon as I got the message." She continued to rattle the door handle. "Guys, let me in. Let me help."
"How do we know it's you?" Caroline asked. "Silas keeps getting in our heads, attacking us. He says he wants to know where you three are. He threatened my mother."
Liz walked in. "Girls?"
"Liz, just stay there." Evelyn told her.
Bonnie looked at Liz.
She saw a hooded figure instead of Liz.
Bonnie started rattling the handle more urgently. "That is not your mother."
"What's going on?" Liz/Silas asked.
Bonnie used magic to open the door forcefully.
Caroline and Evelyn looked at Liz, seeing that it was actually a hooded figure.
"Oh, my God." Evelyn told them.
"Did you really think you girls could hide from me, Bonnie?" Silas asked.
"I'm here now." Bonnie told him. "What did you do to her mother?"
"She's right where you left her." Silas told them.
Evelyn ran from the hall, to the living room.
Caroline followed her.
...
Living Room
Evelyn and Caroline ran inside.
"Mom?" Evelyn asked. They saw her lying on the floor, her head bashed in and bleeding. "Mom!"
Evelyn and Caroline instantly knelt next to her.
...
Foyer
Bonnie and Silas were talking.
"I thought you and I were on the same side." Silas told her.
"The full moon isn't for two more days." Bonnie told him. "I've convinced Sally and Rosie to help. We've been gathering our strength, preparing ourselves."
"You're the only ones who can do the spell, so I can't hurt you, but I can hurt the people you love." Silas told her. "You do understand that, right?"
"I understand." Bonnie told him. "We will do your spell, we will drop the Veil, we will die only to be brought back, and we will help you die. I promise. Just don't hurt our friends."
...
Living Room
Evelyn felt for a pulse in Liz's neck, which was covered in blood.
Caroline bit her wrist, feeding Liz her blood. "Oh, God. Please."
"Please, please, please..." Evelyn trailed off in a whisper. "Mom."
...
Foyer
Bonnie and Silas were talking.
"Your promise is binding, Bonnie." Silas told her. "If you break it, you have to answer to me."
"We won't break it." Bonnie told him.
"Then you should leave this house right now." Silas told her. "Join the other two. And the next time I come looking for you, I expect all three of you to be waiting."
...
Living Room
Evelyn and Caroline were still kneeling on either side of Liz.
"Come on." Caroline told her. "Come on, open your eyes, Mom. You need my blood in your system, come on, Mom!"
"Please, Mom, wake up!" Evelyn begged. "Mommy! Mom!" She looked up at Caroline, crying. "Care..."
...
Foyer
Silas walked out of the house.
Bonnie listened to her friends' crying pleas in absolute guilt, turning to leave.
...
Road
Morgana was feeding on another person in the middle of the road, ravaging his neck, feeding hungrily.
Isabella pulled Morgana back. "Hey, hey, you're cut off."
Morgana struggled, trying to get free. "Let go of me!"
"Gladly." Isabella replied, pushing her into Stefan's arms.
They rushed away from the car and the two bodies.
...
Woods
Liam was lying on the ground.
Elena gave Liam a light kick. "Oh, come on. I barely drained an artery." Liam opened his eyes, looking up at her blearily. "Come on! Get up. I'm hungry. My head's fuzzy. I can't think straight. I need more."
"Elena, stop." Liam told her weakly.
"But you're so good." Elena told him, pulling Liam up off the ground with vampire speed.
Damon rushed toward them, grabbing Elena, restraining her. "Stop it."
Liam sank to the ground against the truck.
Stefan appeared, still restraining Morgana.
Isabella stood next to Liam, looking at Morgana and Elena. "You two are acting like little spoiled brats. You know that?" She pulled Liam up off the ground. "You think that we can't punish you. Maybe not. But I can sure punish him."
"Elena." Liam told her weakly. "Morgana."
"Seriously?" Elena asked. "You think this—"
"Shut up!" Isabella told her. "I'm done playing nice. Both of you turn your emotions back on right now, or so help me God, I will give you something to be sad about. I will kill him right here in front of you."
"Isabella..." Damon trailed off in warning.
"Don't 'Isabella' me." Isabella told him, pushing Liam to his knees. "That's all I've been hearing today. 'Isabella, Isabella, Isabella'. They don't love anyone? Fine. Prove it. And if I'm wrong, what difference does it make? One less friend."
"Morgana." Liam told her weakly. "Elena."
Morgana, Elena and Isabella stared each other down.
"You're bluffing." Morgana told her.
Isabella snapped Liam's neck violently.
Elena gasped loudly, her mouth hanging open in shock.
Morgana walked closer, her eyes glistening.
"How about now?" Isabella asked. "You feel anything now? You angry I just turned your buddy into roadkill? Or are you sad that the guy that everybody loves is just a bag of bones? Remember when he was a little kid, huh? Warm heart, big goofy smile, his whole life ahead of him." She knelt next to Liam's body, taking his hand. "I guess it was a good idea that he was wearing this."
Isabella showed the Gilbert Ring to Morgana and Elena.
Elena fell to her knees, taking Liam's hand into her own, crying. "Oh, my God, Liam."
Morgana knelt next to them in relief, crying silently.
"You feel that weight lifting off your chest?" Isabella asked. "That's joy, because your friend isn't dead. That's emotion. That's humanity."
Elena was openly sobbing, tears streaming down her face, wrapping her arms around Morgana in relief and joy.
Morgana breathed deeply, looking up.
...
Morgana and Elena were still kneeling on the ground.
Stefan, Damon and Isabella were still standing nearby.
"You're gonna be okay." Damon told them.
Morgana shook her head, pulling away from Elena, standing, turning away from them. "No..."
"Look at me." Damon told her.
"No, no, no." Morgana told them. "It's not okay."
"Morgana." Damon told her.
"What have I done?" Elena asked, sobbing, standing.
Damon stood with Elena. "Hey, it's okay."
Elena sobbed into Damon's chest, holding onto his shoulders. "I almost killed him. Liam. Evelyn."
Morgana paced, grabbing at her head. "No, no. What did I do? And Bonnie, Sally, Rosie and Caroline, I just—" Damon tried to put an arm around Morgana. Morgana pushed him away. "No, no, I mean, that woman, the waitress, I actually killed Kol-" Morgana looked down the road to the woman in the middle of the street, her dead body headless. Stefan walked toward Morgana. Morgana resisted. "No, I killed that woman, her head. I-I-I killed those people!"
Morgana punched through the window of the truck next to them, shattering it.
Stefan restrained Morgana, turning her to face him, holding her arms in front of her. "Hey, hey, look at me, look at me. I know this stage, okay? The emotions are overwhelming you. You just have to focus on one thing, okay?"
Morgana cried, shaking her head. "No, I can't, I can't-"
"You just find that one thing inside of you that makes you strong." Stefan told her. "It's in there, just latch onto it. Channel everything you're feeling into that one emotion. Find the thing inside of you that makes you wanna live. Morgana, let it in. Let it in."
(Song:) Found - Christel Alsos
Morgana calmed down, no longer crying or sobbing, finding one thing to focus on.
"That's good." Stefan told her. "That's it. That's it. Just breathe it in. Blow everything else out. That's good, that's good."
Morgana yelled in pain, clutching at her head.
Elena reached a hand toward Morgana, wrapping her arms around her, crying. Morgana tilted her head against her shoulder, but she didn't cry anymore. Elena was sobbing quietly, but not the way she had been earlier.
Damon looked at them, smiling tightly. "You okay?"
"No." Elena answered. "We're not okay." They let go of each other. "But we'll get better."
Elena and Morgana walked away.
Stefan, Damon and Isabella watched them go.
...
Forbes House - Living Room
Evelyn was unpacking supplies from the emergency medical kit, pulling out a syringe. "Okay, this will work."
Evelyn handed the syringe to Caroline.
Caroline took it, jabbing it into her own neck, withdrawing blood, taking the needle out, plunging it through Liz's chest into her heart. "Mom? Mom? Open your eyes. Come on, wake up. You have to wake up! You have to see me graduate."
Evelyn checked her pulse. "I swear, we could just—I swear I'll get you out of this town, and find you a nice man, and..." She sobbed, breaking down over her body. Caroline cried, wrapping her arms around Evelyn's shoulders, sobbing. Evelyn leaned her head against her shoulder. Suddenly, Liz opened her eyes and started coughing. Evelyn tilted her head up in shock and relief. "Mom! Are you okay?"
Caroline pulled Liz into a sitting position.
Caroline and Evelyn were laughing with relief tinged with hysteria.
Caroline wrapped an arm around either Liz and Evelyn, keeping them together.
(Song Ends)
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Living Room
Rosie sat on the couch opposite of Liam's dead body, watching him, waiting for him to wake up.
Liam gasped, coming back to life, coughing, rubbing his neck, sitting up.
"I've never actually seen that ring in action before." Rosie told him. "Does it hurt?"
"You mean getting my neck snapped by my friend or coming back from the dead?" Liam asked. "'Cause they both hurt like hell. Did it work?"
"Well, it looks like Morgana and Elena's emotional floodgates have been burst wide open, so Elena'll be back to her boring, sympathetic self, and Morgana'll be back to her fun, laid-back self in no time." Rosie answered. She smiled. "Looks like we're all back for good. Here." She handed him a glass of water. "It was a brave thing to do."
"Elena saved Matt from drowning at the bottom of that river." Liam told her. "Morgana saved my life, too. I'm just doing what I can to pay them back."
Rosie exhaled. "Looks like we both of to apologize for things that we've done or things that people have done for us. I know you think what I tried to do to you wasn't my fault, but I can still feel it, and I still feel guilty about it. If you don't want me to cheat you into college, fine. We'll do it the hard way. But, only on one condition. You help me, too, so I don't have to cheat into college."
Liam smiled, chuckling, looking down. He looked up. "You've got a deal."
Rosie slowly shook her head. "Liam... I will spend every day until graduation trying to find a way to pay you back but I actually have to meet someone write now."
Liam and Rosie looked at each other, smiling before Rosie sped away.
...
Diner
(Song:) Open Mind - Wilco
Katherine walked to a booth where Rosie was sitting, sitting across from her. "Where are the other two?"
"Bonnie's with Silas playing things off, and then getting the hell away from him, and after hearing about Sally's wonderful display of anger earlier, I thought it'd be best she wasn't here." Rosie answered.
"Why?" Katherine asked. "You have more anger issues than Sally Davidsons does."
"Because you killed Jeremy Gilbert." Rosie answered. "You're lucky I don't kill you myself." Katherine raised her eyebrows. "But, like Bonnie said... We need you."
"Because of that tombstone." Katherine finished. Tory nodded. "I am perfectly aware that it isn't just a hunk of rock."
"No kidding." Rosie told her.
"And it got me thinking, all big spells require a source of power, a recurring element, like... a full moon, a comet." Katherine told her. "But that tombstone is filled with the blood of your ancient relative Esmeralda, Morgana's ancient relative Pandora Sally's ancient relative Oc-a-via, and her sister, Bonnie's ancestor Ket-soo-yay or whatever."
"Octavia and Qetsiyah." Rosie corrected as if it didn't matter.
"They were powerful enough to create the Other Side, using Esmeralda and Morgana's blood to do so while the other two did the spell." Katherine told her. "That's why you or Morgana are the ones who have to die for it. They were linked at the time, so that's why the link is necessary now. So maybe if you have all of blood, you don't need a full moon to drop the Veil." Rosie smirked. "Maybe you can do it whenever you want. The thing I can't figure out is, why do you wanna drop the Veil at all? You'll all die."
"There's a way to do it without dying." Rosie told her. "And we have our reasons."
"And again I ask, what's in it for me?" Katherine asked.
"You'll get the one thing you want most in this world." Rosie told her. "Freedom. Survival. Never having to run from anyone again. Once we drop the Veil, we can speak to Qetsiyah. She created the spell that made Silas and Esmeralda truly immortal, invulnerable to any weapon. You'd like that for yourself, wouldn't you? We can give it to you."
"What about Sally?" Katherine asked. "She already said she wanted to kill me."
"She doesn't have to know." Rosie told her.
"You'd keep a secret from your best friend?" Katherine asked.
Rosie leaned forward against the table. "I'm already keeping a secret from everyone. Do we have a deal?"
Katherine smiled. "Yes. Rosie Lockwood, we have a deal."
Rosie smirked.
(Song Ends)
Salvatore Boarding House - Library
Elena and Morgana sat near the fire.
Damon and Stefan approached, wrapping a blanket around either of them.
"Hey." Damon told them. "Here you go."
Isabella and Emma sat across from them.
"Sorry I tried to kill you." Isabella told them. Elena shook her head like she thought it didn't matter. "If it helps, I knew they would save you."
"Yeah, that makes everything so much better." Emma told her sarcastically.
Isabella smiled.
Damon looked at Elena and Morgana. "How you feeling?"
"The pain's still there... the grief and the shame." Elena answered. "But I get it now. Shutting it off... it's a cheat. I mean, you put up this wall and shut out everything that makes you who you are. Nothing affects you, nothing matters. But things do matter. Things that happen that can't be undone."
"And now I know that there's something I need to do about that." Morgana told them, looking forward in numb anger.
"Morgana, what you need to do is rest." Stefan told her. "Take it easy for a couple of days. Maybe even a couple of years."
Emma held out a bottle of whiskey. "Here."
Morgana refused, folding up the blanket. "I-I'm done resting. I have to get ready. There's so much that I have to do."
Morgana started to get up.
Elena put out a hand to stop her. "Whoa, hey. What are you talking about?"
"Think about it." Morgana told them. "It's so obvious. Go back far enough, there's one person who brought us to this, who ruined our lives." She looked at Stefan, Damon, Isabella and Emma. "Look at you four. Everything that's happened to you? She did that." She looked at Elena. "All of the pain between us, she did that too. She brought Klaus to Mystic Falls, she turned Caroline into a vampire, she triggered Tyler and Rosie's werewolf curses. It all comes down to her. Katherine. Okay? Stefan said to focus on one thing, so I did. I focused on hate. And I hate her so much."
"I don't think that's what he meant..." Emma trailed off.
"Morgana, Katherine's not worth your time." Stefan told her. "Even if you spend ten minutes of your life hating her, she wins."
Morgana looked angry and hurt, determined to do as she said. "Not if I kill her."
