Lockwood Mansion 1864
Stefan and Katherine are dancing.
"Look who found his dancing shoes". Katherine said
He tries to kiss her.
"No touching, Mr. Salvatore. Those are the rules".
"I thought you didn't believe in rules". Stefan replied.
Damon is looking at them. Stefan looks at him.
"My brother is still upset that you chose me to escort you".
"Well, Damon needs to concede that his younger brother is a better dancer".
She looks at Damon.
"Looks like he found someone to occupy his time".
Elena is with Damon. She looks at Stefan.
"Elena".
"Stefan don't".
Elena leaves with Damon. Stefan follows them.
"Elena!"
He opens a door and arrives at the Mystic Grill. Elena is at the pool table.
"It's your turn". Elena said.
She holds out the cue stick in Stefan's direction. Stefan smiles and starts towards the table but Damon walks in front of him and joins Elena at the pool table.
"Be prepared to lose". Damon replies.
He kisses Elena. Katherine is there in her 1864 dress.
"It hurts, doesn't it?" Katherine asked.
He looks at Elena and Damon.
"Now you know how I feel. Don't fight it, Stefan. You loved me once. You can love me again".
He is in 1864 again, at the Lockwood Mansion.
"I love you, Stefan. We'll be together again, I promise".
She kisses him.
Salvatore Boarding House
Present day. He wakes up in bed with "Elena" sleeping next to him with her head on his chest.
"Hey, are you okay?" Katherine asked still asleep.
"Yeah. Yes, bad dream. Get back to sleep". Stefan answered.
He gets out of the bed at vamp speed. It was not Elena but Katherine. She sits down on the bed.
"Katherine".
"You have to admit I am getting better at this. It was easy to get inside of your head. Have you completely forsaken your nature?"
He rushes over her but she pushes him and he falls. That had woken Grace up as she got out of her bed rubbing the sleep from her eyes and heading to Stefan's room, both Stefan and Katherine had heard the footsteps heading towards the room. 'No, please go somewhere else Gracie please'. He then heard her going towards the bathroom and he sighed in relief.
"Well looks like little Gracie's awake".
"Katherine I swear if you touch her I will kill you".
"Are we really gonna do this again? You both know I could rip you to shreds and do my nails at the same time".
"What do you want?"
"I wanted to see you. I missed you, Stefan. Indulge me for a little while, please?"
"Why are you back in town?"
"3 reasons: you, you and you".
"You see, I can't quite get that down. Just kind of...gets stuck in my throat".
"Well, you know, it's the truth. Deep down inside that gorgeous body of yours there's the Stefan that fell in love with me too".
The two then heard Grace making her way back to Stefan's room, Stefan looked panicked while Katherine had a smirk on her face. When they heard the door slowly open Katherine was ready to jump out at Grace till Stefan pounced her and held her down but not for long. The door to the room was finally all the way open.
"Uncle Stefan is everything ok?" Grace asked.
"Oh everything's just fine Gracie". Katherine says.
Mystic Grill
Elena is sitting at a table, alone, reading a book. Damon suddenly appears in a chair next to her. Elena is momentarily startled.
"What do you want?" Elena asked annoyed.
"So, this is where you spend your time when you're not stabbing people in the back". Damon replies.
"I tricked you into telling me the truth, that's not stabbing you in the back, it's using your own tactics against you".
She gets up.
"Where are you going?"
"I made myself clear, Damon. I want nothing to do with you".
"Okay. See you at Jenna's barbecue".
"How did you know about Jenna's barbecue?"
"It was my idea. Jenna went to high school with Mason Lockwood so I figured a social gathering would be a good way to get to know the guy. So I told Ric to tell Jenna and..."
"Does Jenna know that you're going to be there because she's not exactly a fan of yours".
A woman arrives and gives him a box with a pie in it.
"Perfect. Thank you. I'm hoping this peach cobbler will pave the way".
"What are you up to?"
"I'm gonna put some silver into Mason Lockwood and prove he is a werewolf. See you at the barbecue".
He leaves.
Lockwood Mansion
"Hey, Mason, got a second?" Tyler asked.
"No, man, barbecue at Jenna Sommers' house". Mason answered.
"Come on man; give me two minutes, alright? You can't keep dodging me. I'm freaking out over here!"
"Tyler, what do you want me to say man? Yes, I turned into wolf. No, it's not gonna happen to you".
"How do you know that?"
"Because you're not gonna trigger the curse. Your dad didn't know anything about any of this neither did I until it happened to me".
"How does it get triggered?"
"Ignorance is bliss, trust me".
"You blow back into town with some supernatural family secret and you expect me not to ask questions?"
"I can't say anything more, I'm sorry, Tyler. It's just better for you if I don't".
"You ever find that moon stone?"
"Do you know where it is?"
"What's so special about it?"
"I told you, it was my mom's. It's sentimental. Look, just don't worry about it. Forget I even brought it up, alright? See you later".
He leaves. Tyler takes the moon stone from his pocket and looks at it.
Salvatore Boarding House
When the ten year old had seen Katherine in her uncle's room she glared over at her sending her to floor holding her head in pain.
"I thought I told you to hit the road and to stay away from both my uncles!". Grace seethed.
Katherine tried to get up but Grace's magic was too strong for her to move, Stefan then seen blood slowly ooze out of Grace's nose he knew he had control over himself but Katherine didn't. Soon everything around had started to shake rapidly almost like an earthquake.
"Gracie, sweetheart I need you to calm down. Focus on the sound of my voice". Stefan said in a calm voice.
The young girl had heard Stefan's voice and she began to calm down, the shaking in the house has slowed down. Katherine slowly started to get up off the floor she seen the little bit of blood on Grace's face she showed her vampire face while showing her fangs she was about to jump on the ten year old till Stefan had jumped in her way and held her throat shoving her into a wall across the room.
"Gracie go to your room and stay there till I say it's ok to come out and wash your face". Stefan told his niece while holding Katherine by her throat.
"Alright".
Once Grace was out of the room Stefan turned his attention back to his ex. "That was a bad move Katherine if you ever try a stunt like that again I'll rip your throat out before you could even blink".
"Well looks like the big and bad Salvatore brothers had gone all soft, it's adorable". Stefan then slammed her back into the wall making it break a little.
"Katherine don't test me and don't make me tell you to stay away from my niece again".
"Stefan I'm the very least of her problems right now, her father is coming to Mystic Falls and chances are he doesn't know about her".
"What's his name?"
"I don't kiss and tell". She then flung him off of her.
Katherine is in the living room, reading Stefan's journal. Stefan arrives. Grace then came down as she glared over at Katherine trying to inflict at least a little bit of pain to her. She began glaring at the woman who started to hold her head.
"Grace". Stefan tells his niece while shaking his head.
The ten year old had stopped and went to stand by her uncle.
"You shouldn't read someone's journal". Stefan said to Katherine.
"I know. I'm sorry. It was just too tempting, all of your inner thoughts and feelings, laying there on your desk for me to read". She replies.
He takes the journal from Katherine's hands and gives her a glass of blood.
"Damon's private stock".
"That's right! You don't do human, I read that. I also read about your recent werewolf sighting. That must have come as a surprise".
"What do you know about werewolves?"
"And my father". Grace said. Stefan then gave her a light tap and she looked at him as he gave her a stern glare to drop the subject.
"I know not to pet one. Their bite kills, Stefan. It's best to stay clear of them during a full moon".
"And...how do you know this?"
"Who do you think was responsible for ridding this town of vampires in 1864?"
"Founding families".
"Spearheaded by?"
"The Lockwoods".
"You remember the Founders' Ball, don't you? The one that you were dreaming about?"
"I was your escort".
Grace let out a fake gag at the thought of Stefan and Katherine together.
"That was before you and Damon knew about my little secret".
*Lockwood Mansion 1864*
It's the Founders' Ball.
"Everyone will you please join me in raising your glasses to my good friend George Lockwood. George, thank you for so bravely defending the south". Damon said.
"My honor Mr. Salvatore. After all, someone had to do it". George replied.
Elena and Stefan are drinking. Henry arrives.
"Can we have a word Miss Katherine?" Henry asked.
"Grab a glass, Henry. It's a celebration". Katherine said.
"Please, Miss Katherine".
They depart together.
"I looked into those attacks from the other night. It wasn't vampires".
"That's good news, Henry. That means we have nothing to worry about".
"I'm afraid you don't understand. Those folks were torn apart in ways I've never seen before".
"Then...it won't be long before the founders drop an investigation".
"We'll leave town immediately. I'll tell the others".
"Relax, Henry. This town is our home and the vampires are my family. I won't let anything happen to us".
She looks at George Lockwood.
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Katherine continues her story.
"From the moment I met George, I knew he'd be a problem".
"So you're saying that all the Lockwoods are werewolves".
"The werewolf gene runs in the Lockwood family. Not that they're all wolves".
"How many werewolves are out there? I mean...is it just limited to the Lockwood's?"
"No, there are others. Not many. They're practically extinct. They mainly exist now in books and really bad movies".
"Am I a werewolf or part werewolf?" Grace asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know".
"Actually I wood".
She drinks and puts the glass on the table.
"My turn to ask a question".
She takes Stefan's journal, takes her picture from it and shows it to Stefan.
"Why did you keep this picture? Why not burn it? Tear it up? You want to know why I came back. Well I have a better question: Why did you? For Elena? No. You came back here to fall in love with me all over again, didn't you?"
He rushes toward her and gently touches her face.
"Ok ew I'm standing right here, I like to keep my innocence intact". Grace said.
"What is it about you that makes me still care?"
She kisses him but he puts a vervain dart in her back. She falls on the couch.
"You know Uncle Stefan I could have done that with my powers if you had let me". Grace said.
"Not happening Gracie".
"You and Uncle Damon never let me have any fun".
Stefan attaches Katherine with chains in a chair, in a cell in the stands outside the door while watching she actually hoped that Stefan would leave the room so she could ask Katherine about her father.
"Now, where were we? That's right; you were going to tell me why you came back to Mystic Falls, weren't you?"
"You don't have to do this".
"Answer the question".
"I came back for you".
"We're gonna play by my rules now".
Stefan puts on gloves, takes some vervain, goes toward Katherine and puts the vervain on her cheek. Her skin burns. She screams.
"Answer the question".
"You're going to torture me now?"
"I'll do whatever it takes to get you to tell me the truth".
"If he won't I will". Grace said.
"Gracie go upstairs". Stefan tells his niece.
"Oh come on".
"Grace I'm not gonna tell you again".
When she heard him use his commanding voice she listened as she bolted up the steps without tripping.
"Later that night at the Founders' Ball..." Katherine went on.
"I don't want to hear any more stories about the past".
"Yes you do, Stefan. That's exactly what you want to hear".
*Lockwood Mansion 1864*
It's the Founders' Ball. Katherine is drinking, alone. George Lockwood rejoins her.
"She's all alone. Does this mean I can finally have you all to myself?" George asked.
"Your father has outdone himself". Katherine replied.
"Knowing father, he will want to throw a Founders' Party every year".
"I must admit, I'm rather surprised that you'd come looking for me".
"Because you are the rope in the Salvatore's brother's tug of war?"
"No, because I'm a vampire who could kill you in your sleep".
"I beg your pardon?"
"Relax, George. I know you know my secret".
"This conversation is over".
He begins to leave but she catches his arm.
"And I know your secret too and I know that you're extra strong, only not as strong".
She releases him and smiles.
"How do you know who I am?"
"You think that I would settle into a town without knowing my enemies?"
"What do you want?"
She smiles.
Salvatore Boarding House
"What did he want?" Stefan asked.
He takes a chair and sits down in front of her. Grace was up in the kitchen grabbing some lunch when she heard the front door open, she got confused because Damon was at Jenna's barbecue and Stefan was downstairs so who would be at the front door?
"Uncle Damon is that you?" Grace called out. Silence. "Elena? Alaric? Caroline? Anybody?" She moved closer to the front door when she got there she peeked her head out to see if anyone was there but nobody was there. She shrugged it off for now but what she didn't know is that Anna had super sped into the house and hid wanting for her chance.
"Soon we'll be together again my sweet girl". Anna whispered.
Gilbert Residence
Elena and Jenna are in the kitchen.
"Thanks for letting me invite Caroline. She could use a day of distraction". Elena said to her aunt.
"Well, she's not the plus one I'm worried about. Why is Damon coming?" Jenna replied.
"Because Alaric is a pity taker. Come on Jenna, be nice".
"I'll be nice when Damon learns to keep his paws off you".
Mason arrives.
"Good news! I found the shot glasses!" Mason said.
"That would be my exit". Elena states.
She leaves.
"You're here for 10 minutes and I'm already back under the bleachers at the pep rally". Jenna says.
"Like old times, huh? Only I didn't swipe this bottle from my old man". Mason replied.
Alaric arrives.
"Oh, the expensive stuff! I like you already". Alaric said.
"Just happy to be invited". Mason said.
"Thank Rick, it was his idea". Jenna said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, you know, I thought it would be nice to meet some of Jenna's high school friends. Dig up a little dirt". Alaric says.
"I've got dirt. I've got dirt".
"I have no secrets. Only dirty shame". Jenna said.
"To dirty shame".
They clink glasses. Damon arrives.
"Hey". Damon greets the trio.
"Damon". Jenna simply says
"We were just doing shots. Let me give you a shot glass, buddy". Alaric said.
"Here. Use mine".
She leaves. Alaric too.
"She doesn't like me very much". Damon said.
"We haven't met. Mason Lockwood". Mason said.
"Oh sure. Damon Salvatore".
"I know. I heard great things about you".
"Really? That's weird. I'm a dick!"
Salvatore Boarding House
"You know, we can sit here as long as you want. And when you start to desiccate, there's a tomb with your name on it". Stefan said.
"I've been doing all the talking, it's your turn. Do you pretend to be human when you're with Elena? Is that the appeal? How about little Gracie? It must have been hard to tell her the truth at just eight years old".
"Actually, I don't pretend to be anything when I'm with her. That's the whole point. I get to just be myself". He then narrowed his eyes as he stifled a growl. "You do not mention Grace's name ever again".
"Does she know that you love me?"
"I don't".
"That's where you're wrong, Stefan. Don't you remember bringing me home that night? Your family had taken me in".
*Salvatore Estate 1864*
"I had a lovely time, Stefan".
"How long do you plan on staying in Mystic Falls?"
"As long as I'm wanted. Your father has been very kind to give me a shelter".
"How could he not? Losing your family in the fire, gratefully you made it to Atlanta".
"So, I gather I'm wanted?"
"Uh, very much so. I know...we've only known each other for a short while and I know I'm in competition for your affections but I've never met a woman quite like you. I look at you and I see an angel. I touch your skin and my entire body ignites. I kiss you and I know that I'm falling in love".
He kisses her.
"I am in love with you".
"There's so much you don't know about me, Stefan".
"More to learn and love".
"I must say good night".
"I have upset you?"
"No, you haven't upset me, you've just surprised me. Until tomorrow".
She goes in her bedroom. Damon is there. He goes toward her and kisses her.
"What are you doing here?" She asked surprised.
"I told you I would come". Damon replied.
"Well, I'm tired, you should go".
"Did my little brother's confession overwhelm you?"
"You shouldn't eavesdrop".
"Is my love not enough?"
"I told you, I'm tired".
She compels him.
"I wish to be alone tonight. Please leave".
"Good night Katherine".
He leaves. She touches her lips.
Salvatore Boarding House
"Go ahead Stefan. Torture me, keep me captive, drain me of my blood until my body turns to dust. It'll never change the truth. I never compelled your love. It was real and so was mine".
Grace was still in the kitchen as she cleaned up her dishes her ears had perked up when she thought she heard talking, she thought it was Stefan but he was down in the basement and the talking came from so close so she threw the rag in the sink and went to go investigate.
"Uncle Damon?" Grace called out. She heard the light talking again. "Uncle Damon if that's you it's not funny anymore". She gulped, Grace realized that it wasn't a man's voice that was talking it was a woman's voice and the only woman that was in the house was Katherine and she's in the basement.
"Elena is that you? Caroline? Bonnie? Whoever you are come out now".
"As you wish". Anna whispered.
Grace stood in the middle of the room waiting for the person to come out instead Anna had snuck up behind Grace and put a cloth over her mouth before she could even scream. Soon Grace had stopped struggling as she slowly blacked out.
"We'll be together now and nothing or no one will get in our way. I'll make sure of it".
Gilbert Residence
They are playing Pictionary. Damon is drawing a wolf with a tutu.
"Dress! Ballerina!" Jenna said excitedly.
"Puppy! Puppy with a tutu!" Caroline said.
"No, no". Damon said.
"A dog! Hound-dog!" Jenna tries again.
"Dances with Wolves". Mason says.
"Mason wins...again". Damon said.
"How is that a wolf?" Jenna asked.
Elena is in the kitchen, taking the pie from the box. Damon rejoins her.
"Aunt Jenna is getting tipsy". Damon comments.
"Will you stop plying her with alcohol?" Elena replied.
"I want her to like me".
"How is operation Lockwood?"
"He's my new BFF".
Jenna arrives.
"There you are. Isn't this fun?" Jenna asked.
"Yes, thank you so much for inviting me". Damon said.
"Did I have a choice?"
"I know what you must think about me".
"No, you don't. You've never dated you; I have dated many you's".
"I'm a work in progress".
Elena gives her a cake knife from a set. Damon sees it.
"These are fancy".
"Thanks. My mother's silver set".
Elena looks at Damon. He takes a knife from the set.
Meanwhile
Anna was driving to the new location while Grace was still passed out in the backseat, she didn't think that it be very easy to kidnap Grace with Stefan in the house but she managed to pull it off. She then went back to the conversation that she and Katherine had the night before.
*Flashback*
Katherine had a smirk on her face, "What your gonna do is compel the little brat and make her think Damon and Stefan are her enemies, they want to kill her".
"Isn't that a bit extreme Katherine?"
"Do you want your kid back or not?"
Anna had stayed quiet for a moment before Katherine spoke again. "That's what I thought besides using the kid we help us against him".
"How do you know?"
"I've known him for many years I know what buttons of his to push plus her magic is more powerful than any witch".
"But she doesn't have control of her powers just yet wouldn't she die?"
"Oh well besides I want Damon and Stefan to suffer, don't you? I mean after all they still have the kid, your kid. Damon wiped her mind of you. If that were me I would so want them to suffer especially if they took my kid's memory about me".
Anna then had felt rage consume her body as she picked up a nearby chair and threw it across the room causing it to shatter breaking into many pieces. Katherine smirked as she watched Anna go off, 'If she only knew the real truth on why I want the kid but that won't matter because after I kill her the kid is all mine then I'll make Damon, Stefan and the kid's father pay'.
*Back to reality*
Anna drove faster because she knew that Grace would be waking up real soon, "We'll be together forever my sweet girl and nobody won't ever take you from me again. Not Damon, not Stefan, and sure as hell not your bastard father".
Salvatore Boarding House
"Hearing the truth after a century and a half of denial must be overwhelming". Katherine said.
"It wasn't real, I remember you compelling me". Stefan replied.
"Only after I showed you who I really was. You were so scared of me; I had to take away your fear".
"Well, whatever feelings I had back then, they all turned to hate".
"Love, hate, such a fine line, I can wait. Anyway, George Lockwood was causing all sorts of trouble. He used the vampires to cover up his own tracks. He told the founding families about us. But he was willing to strike a deal".
"What kind of a deal?"
"A deal to rid the town of vampires".
*Salvatore Estate 1864*
Katherine and George are walking in the grounds of the Salvatore estate.
"I just spoke to Giuseppe Salvatore. The round up happens tonight". George said.
"Good. Insists that they do a body count before the church is set ablaze". Katherine replies.
"I will".
"27 vampires".
"Once the flames create chaos, crawl to the exit under the quire loft. I'll be there to set you free".
"Make sure you're not followed. I need everyone to believe I perished in that fire".
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"You knew that they were gonna burn the vampires in the church?" Stefan asked in disbelief.
"I practically lit the match". She answered.
"They were your friends, they were your family and you just sold them out".
"Without blinking".
Meanwhile
Anna had finally arrived to the new house just as Grace was starting to come too. The ten year old woke up groaning in pain as she held her head.
"What the heck happened?" Grace muttered. She brought her hand to her face to check for any blood from her nose and there wasn't any so she knows she didn't use her magic, it then hit her. Someone was in the house, a woman. The young girl had started to panic which caused the car to shake slightly.
"Gracie it's alright now honey you're safe". Anna said sweetly, as she turned to face her daughter.
"Who are you?" Grace asked.
"My name's Anna, I'm your mother". Anna then gave her a gentle reassuring smile.
"No my mom's name was Jessica she died when I was a baby".
'Damn you Damon, making my little girl forget all about me'. Anna was cursing Damon in her head every which way.
"Look Anna is it, your not my mom so you can just take me back to my uncles".
Anna then started to become outraged so she dilated her pupils as she began compelling the ten year old.
"I'm your mother and you will listen to me. Damon and Stefan don't love or care for you anymore, they aren't you family they are your enemies. You will live with me now".
"You are my mother and I will listen to you. Damon and Stefan don't love or care for me anymore, they aren't my family they are my enemies. I will live with you now".
'Perfect now nothing can go wrong' Anna thought to herself.
But what Anna didn't know is that she's being watched by the same man who was following Grace. "This woman may have made the biggest mistake of her life".