1.31 - Finale Pt. 2 - A Night to Remember

"Guess it's time to get back out there." Alison shrugged to Hanna and Damon as she left the small classroom off the auditorium, dressed in Hanna's Marilyn Monroe costume, leaving Damon dressed as a 1950's greaser all by his lonesome. He liked to think it was an homage to early Elvis.

"Will you zip me up?" Hanna asked Damon, now that the two of them were alone. She was dressed head to toe in Alison's Juliet costume now, all she needed was the mask to keep her identity a secret. If this plan was going to work, no one could know it was her.

Damon moved towards her, and looked her straight in the eye, "Only if you promise you'll be careful, Hanna. Please don't do anything stupid, for me?"

Hanna laughed, trying to fight the insane nerves that had nestled in the pit of her stomach. "Me? Something stupid? Never." She kissed him lightly before turning around, waiting for him to zip her into the dress.


Hanna made her way out onto the dance floor, searching for a now familiar black or red masked figure. Or, at least something slightly out of the ordinary. Suddenly, she saw exactly what she was looking for. A person in a strange mask, that was significantly odder than the others, stood in the outskirts of the crowd, wearing a long black cloak covering head to toe. -A clearly caught sight of her, and slowly began to make their way to the entrance to the tunnels, just as Spencer had predicted. What she hadn't predicted was -A spotting Damon following protectively close behind Hanna. There was only one blonde Damon cared that closely about, and that was Hanna, not Alison.

Suddenly, A took off in a sprint once reaching the entrance to the underground tunnels. Hanna followed closely in pursuit, though she was fairly sure she lost Damon somewhere along the way. The tunnels were becoming darker and darker as she went on, with a faint musty smell and unpleasantly erie feeling. They weaved in and out, over and under one another, becoming a confusing maze of passageways. Hanna was hot on -A's tail, but in a flash of a moment, she heard the footsteps in front of her stop. It was as if -A had disappeared completely. Pulling out her phone, she dialed each one of her friends frantically, grunting in frustration as they all went to voicemail. She was trying her hardest not to panic, but the darkness seemed to be closing in on her from all sides.


Three loud crashes awoke Emily from her deep, unconscious state. To her surprise, through her blurred vision, she could see the outline of Bonnie, whose eyes had gone completely white as if they were about to roll back into her head. She was now standing over her and mumbling some weird semi-Latin, ancient phrases.

"Per se qui e fracta toi, per se qui e total toi."

Within minutes, the entire classroom slowly began to encircle in flames and Bonnie quickly grabbed Emily's hand and ran out of the door.

When they were more than half way down a desolated school hallway, Emily shouted to Bonnie, "What did you just do?!"

Without looking at Emily, Bonnie screamed back, "I trapped them using a fire spell, Em. But we have to hurry and get out of here because I don't know how long that's going to hold them."

Emily stopped moving, "No! We have to find my friends! -A is after them! We need to find them, Bonnie!" she yelled, her voice began to tremble. Emily didn't know if she should be afraid or angry that Bonnie would just abandon all of their loved ones with out any sort of hesitation.

Bonnie glared at Emily, annoyed that she was not taking their near-death situation seriously enough, but then took her hand and smiled comfortably at the girl who she was once, and still, loved. "I'll come back for your friends, Em, but Klaus and Katherine are after you. They want to access your hidden powers and I can't let that happen. I need to protect you, Em."

Another loud crash from the burning classroom echoed through the hallway, as the red glow began to hurl towards them, Bonnie grabbed Emily's face and kissed her passionately. Emily's hand touched Bonnie's face, she'd been imagining this moment ever since Bonnie left and all she could think about was how she would never let her go again.

"Em! What're you doing?!" Jeremy shouted, as he, Aria, Spencer, Tyler, and Mona ran up towards Emily and Bonnie in a complete frenzy.

Emily and Bonnie both spun their heads around to look at Jeremy. Emily's widened eyes expressed a feeling of both complete terror and embarrassment. She could feel the hurt behind Jeremy's eyes as he stood frozen in front of both of these two girls, trying to put on a brave face in front of the rest of her friends.

"Jer- I..." Emily began to yell back.

However, Jeremy turned towards the rest of the girls and screamed, "I'll get Emily to safety. You guys take Bonnie and try to track down Klaus, Katherine, -A. Just get out of here, guys, the fire's getting close!"

Jeremy took the still feeble Emily by her shoulders and began to lead her back down the darkened hallway, he needed to protect Emily at all cost. He just didn't know who she needed protecting from more now: Bonnie or -A?


Klaus and Katherine escaped their fiery prison and set off in search of the girls, but they were no where to be found. "Check and see if they've gone after Emily already." He ordered Katherine who took off with a nod. Stefan, spotting the two, followed Katherine's trail in hot pursuit. Klaus' phone buzzed in his pocket, and he swiftly answered it. Before he had time to greet his partner, they spoke in a disguised, gravely tone.

"Plans have changed, Klaus. Follow the tunnels and find Alison. She is no longer of any use to us. It's time for her to die." The phone went dead with no words spoken on his part. He knew the plan was far too late into action to go back now, and the cost of not following orders was too great. He stalked his way towards the underground tunnels to find the blonde, and end her.

Following noises of a faint voice in the distance, he made his way through the dismal maze beneath Rosewood Falls. There was hardly any sunlight peaking through here, but there was just enough to see a shimmer of Blonde hair in front of him. He wasted no time, and pinned the blonde against the wall. "Sorry, love, it's been fun." He pulled out a knife, ready to decapitate Alison, the vampire he had created, but split seconds before the knife hit her skin, Hanna cried out, "Klaus, no!" But it was too late. The blade had cut her skin, but luckily, he stopped himself before continuing. "Hanna?!" He screamed in confusion, not comprehending the identity switch, or the idea that he might have just murdered the sister of the love of his life. He gave a panicked glare to the man he knew was looking on behind him at the scene, and sped off at vampire speed, unable to handle what he had just done.

Damon had been hot on Klaus's trail. He had lost Hanna in the -A scuffle, but when he heard Klaus heading down the tunnels, he was immediately able to catch right up again. However, the scene he saw in front of him was one only played out in his worst nightmares. As Klaus sped off into the night, Hanna slumped on the floor, blood starting to gush from the wound in her neck. Damon barely noticed Klaus' exit. He sped over towards Hanna, catching her in his arms as she fell. "No, no, no." He muttered under his breath, tears starting to well up. He frantically bit his arm and forced it into her mouth, praying his vampire blood would heal her. "Hanna, no, you can't leave me," He cried out as he tilted her head forward, placing his hands on the wound and trying to stop the blood while simultaneously getting her to drink his. "You can't leave me, Hanna." He repeated, biting back tears. "I love you."


"This is it?" Vivian looked around the streets of the deserted small town square with a sigh. Everyone was clearly asleep already on a Saturday night, and by her books, that was a very, very bad sign. Although, the fun to be had was of a much different kind, anyway. So, she suspected this was only a slight set back.

"This is it." Rebekah let out a sigh of her own, breathing in the familiar air of Rosewood Falls. It had been years since she had been back home, but now, it was under just the right sort of circumstances. She was ready to finally be back here. And what could possibly be in store ahead of them? She grinned at her friend, and the two headed up the old, beaten path in the dark of the evening towards the looming Mikaelson mansion.


Aria, Emily, and Spencer rushed out of Rosewood Falls high just as the fire alarms started blaring, and a panic crossed the entire student body. Everyone was evacuated, and Katherine and Klaus seemed to have disappeared into the night. The plan for that evening had definitely failed. The girls, Stefan, Bonnie, Jeremy, Mona, and Tyler, all huddled together, watching the fire trucks speed towards the high school. "You guys, where's Hanna?" Aria asked, suddenly worried at the absence of their friend. As if in answer to her question, a text lit up their phones simultaneously.

"Uh oh, looks like I win this round, liars. Wasn't that fun? Hope you're up for another game soon!"

Kisses, -A