Gilbert Residence
Damon puts the pie on the table, with a cake knife made of Silver.
"Mason, why don't you start us off?" Damon asked.
"Sure". He answered.
He takes it with his hands, not with the knife.
"I apologize, I'm an animal".
"So Mason, you and Jenna never dated?" Ric asked.
"She was always lost in Logan Fell land".
"My first mistake. Mason was a catch; he had girls lining up". Jenna says.
"Really? I always pegged you for a lone wolf". Damon said.
"I'm sure I wasn't half the lady killer you were. How about a toast? To new friends". Mason said.
Salvatore Boarding House
"What did George get in return? For giving you your freedom". Stefan says.
"Something he wanted desperately". Katherine said weakly.
"So you sent 26 of your friends to their death, just to fake your own? No, you were running from something. What was it?"
"Everyone has a past, Stefan. Mine needed to stay far far away but thanks to you my plan nearly failed before it even began. Once George told me that the round up was imminent, I made sure I could see you one last time, but your father used your love for me against you, he poisoned your blood. Then Damon being Damon, nearly ruined everything".
We see a flashback to where Stefan in 1864 runs back to the cart holding the captured vampires, Damon getting shot, and then Stefan being shot.
"We came for you, we tried to save you".
"I didn't want to be saved".
"So then Damon and I died for nothing! For nothing!"
"No, Stefan, you died for love!"
Anna's house
Anna was in the kitchen while Grace was watching tv in the living room, she tried to get the house decent enough for her and Grace to live in for the time being she felt happy that she could have her daughter back, she knew she was always meant to be a mother and know that she had Grace back she thought she be a great mother.
"Gracie! Time for dinner sweetheart". Anna called out.
"Coming mom".
Anna had a smile appear on her face when Grace had called back, the ten year old had sat at the table as she waited for her mother to set her plate down. She then sat a plate of hot steaming pasta down in front of her along with a cup of juice.
"Eat up honey".
The young girl began eating the pasta in front of her while Anna went to the fridge and took a blood bag and poured it in a foam cup and began drinking it as she looked over at her daughter. 'Nothing can ruin this night for me'.
The same man was watching from the window he knew that Grace was compelled from how she was acting, when he looked over at Anna he narrowed his eyes at her as if he were ready to jump in the window and attack her. "You'll pay severely for this nobody hurts my family and gets away with it".
He then super sped away before Anna could catch his scent.
Gilbert Residence
Damon is in the kitchen, Mason arrives.
"Jenna just brought out "Guitar Hero". Might be time to mutiny!" Mason said a bit excitedly.
"Well, I just happen to like "Guitar Hero". So you, my friend, are barking up the wrong tree". Damon replied.
"Okay. Enough with the innuendos, you win, you're hilarious".
"Thank you".
"Come on, man. You don't think I know what this barbecue is about?"
"How do you know about me? Your brother was completely clueless".
"It doesn't matter; I'm not your enemy, Damon".
"You tried to kill my brother and niece. I don't take kindly to people who try to kill my niece".
"That was a mistake".
"Really?"
"There was confusion; I couldn't chain myself up in time. I have no control once I shift".
"What, no obedience school?"
"I'm serious. Let's not spark some age-old feud that doesn't apply to us".
"You expect me to believe that you are in Mystic Falls planting peach trees?"
"I lost my brother, my nephew lost his father. I'm here for my family. Let's be above this".
They shake their hands. Mason leaves and Damon takes a silverware knife from the cutlery box
Meanwhile
Once Grace was finished with her plate she had washed it then went back to watch tv as she sat on the couch with Anna, she curled into the woman's side as sleep started to overcome her so quietly Anna had shut the tv off and gently picked her daughter up bringing her up to the room she had made up for it. She didn't know what Grace had liked so it was a medium sized room with a twin size bed, a tv, computer, the walls were white. Anna decided to let Grace design her room since she knew what she liked.
Anna laid the small girl down on the bed then covered her up. "Sweet dreams my sweet girl I love you". She then kissed Grace's head and went back downstairs to see the man that was outside and she knew the man all too well.
"You". Anna said to the man.
"Surprised to see me?" He asked.
"W-what are you doing here?"
"I've been watching the girl for a while and today I noticed that you compelled her".
"I wanted her back away from her deranged uncles, I know I can keep her safe".
"You mean from him".
"Yes I don't want him to do anything to hurt her or kill her".
"Well you should know that he knows about the child and he's coming. He won't rest until he sees his child".
"So why are you here?"
"I'm here to give the child back to her family and for this". He then super sped over to her and ripped out her heart. "You don't mess with my family".
He then went upstairs to check on Grace he quickly washed his hand to get rid of the blood, up in her room Grace was stirring awake till she bolted awake as she looked around. 'Where am I? How'd I get here? Where's Uncle Stefan and Uncle Damon?' Many things began roaming the young girl's mind she then started going downstairs but had bumped into the same man.
"Sorry". She quickly said.
"It's quite alright. Are you alright?" He asked.
"I don't know where I am. Who are you? Where am I?"
"I can't tell you my name just yet and you were here with your birth mother".
"My birth mother? My mom died when I was a baby".
'She must have been adopted well this will not go well with him'.
"What is your name?"
"Grace Salvatore".
He then dilated his pupils and began compelling her. "You will not remember anything of what happened here. You will not remember me. You will remember escaping and heading back home".
Grace then repeated what he said in a robotic voice and he took a hold of her hand then super speeding her back to the Salvatore house.
Gilbert Residence
"No more takers for drinks at the Grill? It's like I'm with a bunch of adults here!" Mason said.
"I prefer the term "role model". Jenna replied.
"Okay. Well, thanks for having me, it was awesome. Alaric, catch that game next week?"
"Yeah, I look forward to it". Alaric says.
"You know, I should probably head out too. Gotta get home to my niece". Damon said.
Mason leaves.
"Jenna, you are a wonderful hostess".
He kisses her hand.
"And you are a terrible artist". Jenna says.
"Is that the only thing that makes me terrible?"
"I'm still deciding".
"Good enough for me. Alaric, let's not catch that game next week".
He leaves.
Mason parks his car, gets out and is approached by Damon.
"Damon? What? More dog jokes?" Mason asked.
"Nah, those got old". Damon replied.
He stabs Mason with the silver knife and walks over to and drops the tail of Mason's car. Mason struggles and removes the knife from his chest.
"You know, I think it was werewolves who started this whole silver myth. Probably for moments like this".
Mason closes the tail of the car.
"Duly noted".
"I was really looking forward to last call. Now you made an enemy".
Salvatore Boarding House
The man had dropped Grace off outside the house in front of the door she went in and didn't see any signs of her uncles, she then went to the kitchen for some water. She felt as if the whole day was a blur and it went by awful fast.
Katherine is still attached to the chair in the cellar.
"Are you gonna tell me why you came back here or you're just playing another game?" Stefan asked.
"Have you not heard a word that I've said? I've answered that question five times over now". Katherine answered.
"Oh good, make it six".
"I want what I want, Stefan and I don't care what I have to do to get it. My list of victims is a long one, and I have no problem adding two more name to that list".
"Come on Katherine. If you wanted Elena dead, you would have done it by now. And if you even think about touching Grace, Damon will hunt you down to the ends of the earth and rip you apart".
"Still can. If I have to, I will snap her neck like a twig and you know it. Oh Stefan if only you knew the secrets about little Gracie like I do, I might not even kill her if she doesn't control her powers that could kill her".
He rushes over to her with a stake that he pulled from a chair and hovers over her with it but he regains control of his senses and throws it.
"I guess you don't hate me as much as you thought you did. I don't want you seeing Elena anymore. If you don't remove her from your life, I will kill everyone that she loves while she watches and then I will kill her while you watch".
He rushes over her again and strangles her. His face has changed and he has a stake in his hands.
"Don't you ever think for one moment that I will not kill you".
She throws him against the wall and easily snaps the restraints of her arms and legs. She stands up.
"I have been sipping vervain every single day for the last 145 years. You caught me by surprise once, I wasn't gonna let it happen again. It doesn't hurt me, Stefan".
Stefan: What? Why?
"I told you, I missed you Stefan. I just wanted to spend some time with you. And next time you shouldn't leave poor little Gracie by herself something very bad could happen".
Stefan looks terrified, he hadn't heard his niece for hours and if anything happened to her Damon would kill him and whoever is responsible.
"What did you do with her?"
"I had a friend come by earlier".
Elena enters the house. Katherine looks at Stefan, smiles and puts a stake in his leg. She leaves. Grace was in the kitchen when she heard the front door open and Elena was calling out for Stefan.
"Hello? Stefan? Grace?" Elena called out
Elena is in the living room. Grace then emerged from the kitchen with her bottle of water.
"Elena?" Grace said.
"Hey Grace have you seen Stefan I hadn't heard from him all day". Elena said.
"Last I saw he was in the basement".
They then seen some super speed over.
"Stefan?"
She turns around and sees Katherine. Grace then glared over at her trying to inflict some kind of pain but Katherine had sped around and took the ten year old by the shoulders holding onto her tightly. Grace was struggling to get out but she knew one move that would hurt anyone including vampires, she sent a swift kick to Katherine's knee sending her down to the floor which gave Grace a few seconds to get away.
"I'll get you later for that you little brat". 'Why Anna wasn't able to hold you I don't know but soon enough you'll be mine'. She then turned her attention to Elena.
"You must be Elena". Katherine said.
"How is this possible? How do we look exactly alike?" Elena replied.
Katherine doesn't answer but looks at her from top to bottom. She touches her neck with one finger as she speaks and walks behind her.
"You're asking the wrong questions".
Stefan arrives.
"Elena?! Gracie!" Stefan calls out.
"Uncle Stefan". Grace called.
Before Grace knew it Katherine had quickly taken her and sped out of the house. She turns her head. Katherine is not there anymore and neither is Grace.
"Are you okay? Where's Gracie?" Stefan asked.
"Not really. Are you okay? I don't know she was right behind me a moment a go but Katherine must have gotten her. I'm sorry Stefan I couldn't protect Grace".
"Not really. I'll find Gracie and Katherine will pay for what she did".
They embrace each other.
Before Katherine went to go see Caroline she first went to see Anna at the house, when she got there she began to fall to her knees in pain as Grace was glaring at her.
"I thought I told you to hit the road you bitch". Grace sneered.
"W-what happened to your mommy dearest?" Katherine asked.
"My mother died when I was a baby". Grace felt more anger in her body which brought on more pain to Katherine, soon the lights in the house were flickering and the doors began opening then slamming shut.
Katherine then looked over to see Anna's dead body on the floor, there was a few drips of blood on the floor but her heart was missing. 'Somebody was here that's how the brat managed to get away whatever she's mine now'. Somehow Katherine had managed to get up off the floor as she showed her vampire face along with her fangs, by this time Grace had blood oozing down her nose which got the vampire's attention. When Katherine had smelt the young girl's blood it was like inhaling freshly baked sweets she knew she had to get a taste of it.
"Stay back I'm warning you". Grace didn't like how her magic couldn't keep Katherine down anymore she really didn't like how the woman began advancing towards her showing her fangs.
"Just one little taste". Before Grace knew it Katherine had jumped on her and sunk her fangs into her neck and started drinking some of her blood, she was trying to fight against her but the brown haired woman was too strong. She had tears streaming down her cheeks, 'I don't wanna die'. All of a sudden she then threw Katherine across the room as she landed in the kitchen. 'How the heck did I do that?' She put her fingers to her neck and slowly brought them back in front of her face to see the blood.
"Well looks like you're showing more and more of your father everyday, first your magic now then. It'll be a matter of time before he catches wind of you and he probably kills you".
"Nobody is killing me, not you and not him".
"In that case". She then super sped over to the ten year old and began compelling her. "You are to kill Damon and Stefan. They are your enemies".
Lockwood Mansion
Tyler is searching online about the moonstone as Mason arrives.
"How was that barbecue?" Tyler asked.
"Not great. Are you still pissed?" Mason replied.
"Are you still keeping secrets?"
"Yep".
"Then I'm still pissed. Hey, you know I was thinking about that stone you were looking for. I might know a couple places it could be".
"Do you think this is a joke? If you know where it is then tell me".
"Tell me how the curse's trigger".
"If I tell you, you won't be able to think about anything else. I don't want that for you".
"I think I can handle knowing".
"You think that you can handle it, tough guy? You have no idea".
"You want your stupid rock or not?!"
Mason pushes him against the wall.
"Tell me where it is!"
"Tell me what triggers the curse!"
"You have to kill somebody! Human blood! You take another person's life away from them and then the curse is yours forever! Can you handle that?"
Mystic Grill
Elena smiles and rejoins Stefan at a table.
"I'm starving". Stefan said.
"Well, spending the day with your jealous ex will do that to you. Any luck finding Grace?" Elena replies.
"Listen, I know you're upset but we have to take her seriously. Today, was all about the lengths she would go to. No Katherine has her hidden somewhere and I looked everywhere if I don't find her soon Damon will kill both me and Katherine".
"If she was going to hurt me, she would have. I was standing right in front of her".
"Elena, you caught her off guard. It doesn't mean that you're safe"
"I'm not afraid of her".
"Well, you should be".
"If Katherine had her way, we'd be breaking up right now".
"If today taught me anything, is that Katherine is used to getting her way".
"You're not actually saying that we should what she says?"
"Listen, she's sadistic, okay? She threatened you, she threatened everyone. She threatened Grace, I won't let her hurt the most important person in my life".
"Yeah, no, I get it. She's dangerous. But every day that we are together, it's dangerous. Why are you giving her so much power over our relationship?"
"This is the reality of our situation".
"Well, reality sucks".
Caroline is listening to their whole conversation.
"This is what she wants. She wants us to fight. She wants to get between us".
"She already has, Elena".
They look at each other and Elena leaves. Damon is at the bar. He's heard everything too.
Later, Damon is going out of the Mystic Grill. Katherine is waiting for him.
"Bad day?" Katherine asked.
"Bad century. I heard you were on the loose. Where's my niece?" Damon replies.
"What's the matter? Jealous I spent the day with Stefan?"
"I don't do jealous. Not with you, not anymore. I'm only gonna ask you one more time before I rip out your throat, where's my niece?"
"Then why so pouty? Oh Damon temper temper you know that doesn't get you anywhere in life, maybe if you ask nicely I might tell you".
"I tried to kill a werewolf, I failed. Now I feel like I'm not living up to my best self. I don't ask nicely when it comes to Grace now where the hell is she?"
"Well, werewolves aren't easy prey".
"What do you know about werewolves?"
"Why don't you ask your brother and little Gracie? Don't try to be the hero, Damon. You'll end up dead".
"Been there, done that. At least this time it'll be worth it".
"Before you go I made a new friend today, you may know her".
Damon was a bit confused but when he fell to his knees holding his head in pain he looked up to see his niece glaring at him.
"Gracie! What are you doing?" Damon asked his niece.
"I am to kill you and Stefan! You are my enemies!" Grace yelled.
Damon looked over at Katherine. "W-what the hell did you do?"
"Compelling someone is very easy you know how you compelled little Gracie to forget all about Anna. Yeah she wasn't too happy when she came back".
"W-what? That bitch is dead I killed her myself".
"It was a surprise to me too when she came back but now she won't be bothering any of us no more".
"You killed her?"
"For once it wasn't me".
The ten year old then had blood coming out of her nose rapidly, she started to become very dizzy. She couldn't hold Damon for much longer till she passed out and Damon sped right over to her.
"Gracie you'll be ok sweetheart, I promise you'll be just fine".
"Don't worry the compulsion will ware off when she wakes up Anna's compulsion wore off when whoever killed her".
"What is so special about my niece that you keep using her?" Damon was now cradling his young niece in his arms.
"Her father is coming to Mystic Falls, I don't know if he knows about her or not. He is one dangerous bastard".
"What's his name?"
"I can't tell you that just yet".
"Is he the reason that she has all this going on with her?"
"Yes she got everything from his side of the family".
"What else can you tell me?"
"I've already said to much I gotta go now".
Katherine walked away while Damon picked his niece up, when he saw her asleep she looked like a fragile little toddler. Sometimes he wished that they never told her the truth what really set him off was when he saw two little fang holes in her neck he knew that Katherine drank from her.
"You'll be just fine baby I promise nobody won't hurt you again". He whispered.
Stefan then came out to see his brother cradling their niece, he seen the blood on her nose and some coming from her neck.
"Gracie!" Stefan cried out running over.
When Stefan laid eyes on his niece she didn't look hurt other than her neck. "Oh man I screwed up".
Damon then narrowed his eyes over to his brother. "I thought you were watching her, how the hell did this happen?"
"I heard her in the living room because she was with Elena, Katherine must have gotten her before I got there".
"Did you know Anna came back?"
"Anna? I thought you killed her".
"I did and that bitch somehow came back".
"This happened right under my nose and I didn't even know it".
"She must have been very quiet to get past you".
"I don't have an excuse for this Damon, this happened because I sent Gracie up to the living room while I was with Katherine".
"Look we can argue about this later right now we need to get her home and cleaned up".
Damon then picked the young girl up and the brothers had sped home while the man was watching. "At least she's safe with them".
Salvatore Boarding House
They had finally arrive to the house and soon after Grace had started to come around.
"Gracie wake up sweetheart". Stefan said.
The ten year old had awoke with a start as she looked around frantically.
"Gracie hey, hey calm down sweetie it's alright now. Your safe, Stefan and I are here". Damon soothed her.
"What happened? The last thing I remember was Katherine was drinking from me".
"Do you remember anything else from the day?" Stefan asked.
"Not really, it's all kinda fuzzy".
"Go on and get ready for bed we'll be up in a minute".
"Alright".
Once Grace was out of ear shot the brothers began talking again. "Someone compelled her to forget about what happened with Anna". Damon said.
"It would make sense but who would do it?"
"More importantly why".
"Katherine said that Grace's father is coming to Mystic Falls, do you think it could have been him?"
"I don't know all I know is that, she's not ever leaving my side again".
They then head up to their niece's room just as she was crawling into her bed she felt drained both physically and mentally, the brothers then tuck the blanket around her as her eyes began to droop.
"G'night Uncle DaDa...G'night Uncle Stefy". Grace said sleepily.
"Sweet dreams Gracie". Damon whispered.
"Sleep tight honey". Stefan whispered.
They kissed her head and went to their rooms but Damon had a few things on his mind.
'Who helped Grace escape?'
'Why'd they help her?'
'Was it her father?'