Lockwood Mansion
Elena and Bonnie are walking across the yard. By this time Stefan had left the two girls leaving them to talk.
"I can't believe this". Bonnie said.
"It's a lot, I know. Katherine's doing everything that she can to drive me and Stefan apart and Caroline just got trapped in the middle". Elena said.
They both sit down on a bench.
"It's not that you and Stefan are pretending to fight. It's that I didn't even know you guys were fighting at all".
"I'm sorry, I don't want to keep things from you but you've made it pretty clear where you stand with the whole vampire thing".
"So that makes me the odd man out".
"No - no, Bonnie, of course not".
"I know where I stand, Elena. And I know where you stand. But where do we stand?"
"You're my best friend, Bonnie. I didn't mean to let this craziness with Caroline get in the way of that. But, she needs you too".
"Not yet, I just...she's a vampire, I can't. I think we should get back".
Bonnie gets up and leaves. Elena sighs.
Mason is carrying a box. He sees Stefan, helping set up for the ball.
"Hey, Stefan". Mason greets the teen vampire.
"Hey, Mason". Stefan simply says.
Mason places the box down on a table. He is shocked to see Stefan alive.
"Wasn't expecting you here. Or anywhere".
"Yeah, I had this little accident. But I'm fine now".
"What did you do to Sheriff Forbes?"
"Oh, she's fine too, but from now on, you'll have to do your own dirty work".
"Not a problem".
"And next time don't you ever touch my niece again or I'll be the very least of your problems".
"Got it".
He walks away and accidentally runs into Bonnie.
"Excuse me". He says to her.
Bonnie continues to watch Mason as he looks away. A strange look spreads across her face, which Stefan notices. Stefan walks over to her.
"What's the matter? Are you okay?" Stefan asked.
"When I touched him, I saw something". Bonnie replies.
"What do you mean? Like a vision?"
"I saw Elena".
"You saw Elena?"
"He was kissing her".
"No, Bonnie, Elena wouldn't kiss..." Stefan considers this for a minute, and his face changes from confused to understanding. "You didn't see Elena, you saw...Katherine".
Elena is sorting out masks. She sees Stefan and Bonnie talking. Damon walks over to her. Grace had held onto Damon's hand the whole time, even though she was angry she some how managed to keep her powers in control. She still had an icy look on her face.
"Damon, what are you doing here?" Elena asked.
"Looking for my baby bro. Speaking of, would you tell yours to stop following me around?" Damon replies. Grace then glued herself to Damon's hip trying to keep calm he then stroked her hair back.
"What's going on?"
"Ask eager beaver".
Damon and Grace walk away as Jeremy arrives.
"Jeremy, what is he making you do?" Elena asked her brother.
"He's not making me do anything, Damon and I..." Jeremy started but was cut off.
"Uh, no. No way. No, no, no, no. There is no "Damon and you". There's Damon and whoever Damon is using, and those people, they end up dead. Whatever is going on Jeremy, I want you to stay out of it".
"I don't really care what you want, Elena. It's because of you that I'm in this mess in the first place, so I'm sorry, but you really don't get to tell me what I'm gonna do".
He leaves. Damon and Grace had went to go find Stefan, the whole time the ten year old was fighting her emotions hard she's trying hard to keep the tears at bay.
"Gracie you alright sweetheart?" Damon asked gently.
"I want her dead Uncle Damon, I want that evil little witch bitch dead forever". Grace replies in a cold tone.
"Language young lady".
"Sorry it's just...I don't know how to feel right now. Part of me wants to cry, the other part is so angry that I could kill her. When I was with her in the dream I actually wanted to kill her Uncle Damon and I was so close until I stopped because I know that I'm not a killer. That's one thing I'll never be is a killer and I would never stoop to her level".
"I'm proud of you Gracie, for you to be just ten you are the strongest, bravest kid I know".
"Thanks Uncle Damon".
Grace then had seen Stefan so she let go of Damon's hand and went to her other uncle hugging his torso tightly, Stefan then wrapped his arms around his young niece.
"Hey Gracie". Stefan said.
"Hi Uncle Stefan". Grace says, she then hugs him tighter as she buried her face into his shirt.
The young girl felt her bottom lip tremble but she wouldn't let the tears fall instead she whimpered.
"Gracie? Sweetheart what's wrong?" He had gotten concerned when she gripped his shirt even more.
"I don't wanna talk about it just yet".
"Alright".
"We need to talk". Damon tells his brother.
Stefan is talking with Damon. Grace stayed by her uncles the whole time she stayed leaned into Stefan's side.
"Katherine's with Mason Lockwood". Damon states.
"We missed it. He got into town right after she did. It makes perfect sense". Stefan replies.
"I know, but Mason Lockwood?! Werewolf thing aside, the guy is a surfer. She's got to be using him. She has to be".
"Using him for what?"
"Mason Lockwood's looking for a moonstone that allegedly can break the full moon werewolf curse. Maybe Katherine wants it as well".
"Why?"
"Well...no idea. That's the beauty of Katherine; she's always up to something".
"I do she says its suppose to break the curse to the vampire and werewolves. She also mentioned it has something to do with my father coming to Mystic Falls". Grace chimes in.
"So, how are we gonna find this moonstone?"
"Jeremy is getting it from Tyler".
"Why would you involve Jeremy? More importantly why the hell did you involve Gracie?"
"Because I asked him too". Grace said.
"What? What are you talking about Grace?" Stefan looked down at his niece, the ten year old felt her anger grow more but her powers were at bay for the moment.
"I had a dream Katherine came to me, she wants me to help her find the moonstone, she said if I helped her she'd give me whatever I wanted then she told me something and now I'm not gonna help her I wanna drive a stake right through her heart".
"Sweetheart what did she tell you?"
"I don't wanna say it yet, I don't want to lose control in public". Grace then went back to Damon's side and wrapped her arms around his side.
Stefan walks past Damon and slaps him on the arm. He continues to walk away.
"He's playing Indiana Jones. He involved himself". Damon called out.
Stefan looks back at him and shakes his head. Damon scoffs.
"Is he mad that I'm involved?" Grace asked.
"A little but he'll be fine besides you won't be leaving my side for a second". Damon replies.
"I wanna tell him Uncle Damon, I need to tell him I just don't know how". Her voice began cracking.
"I know sweetie I know, you tell him when you're ready to tell him".
Matt is hanging up lanterns, outside. Tyler is standing next to him, holding the ladder.
"She's this amazing girl one minute and then this raging, jealous freak the next". Matt said.
"Look, you know what I think of Caroline Forbes. She's an insecure, neurotic, bitchy little twit". Tyler replies.
"Hey!"
"But the girl's got heart. She means well. You just gotta take the good with the bad sometimes".
"Yeah. I'm gonna go get an extension cord. I'll be right back".
He leaves. Jeremy walks over to Tyler.
"Hey man". Jeremy greets Tyler.
"Hey!" Tyler said in return.
"Hey, so I did a little research on that stone you showed me".
"What? Why?"
"I don't know. Curiosity, boredom".
"What did it say?"
"Well, it turns out that it's part of this Aztec legend but I want to make sure it's the same kind of stone. You think I could check it out again?"
"Nope. I gave it to my uncle".
"Why did you do that?"
"Because I'm done with legends and curses. I don't want anything to do with it, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah sure. It's probably...Just, uh, stupid folklore anyways. Forget it".
Stefan and Damon have been listening to the entire conversation. They look at each other. Damon is pissed, but Stefan just shrugs it off. They walk away. Grace was thinking to herself, 'Maybe I could get Mason to give me the moonstone'.
Elena walks down the stone steps at the Lockwood Manor. She sits down as she continues to text Stefan.
Elena texting, "Everything OK?"
Stefan texting, "With Damon, Grace, and Bonnie. Fill you in later".
Stefan is walking behind Damon, who has Bonnie's arm in his grasp. Stefan had kept one of Grace's hands in a firm old keeping her a few feet back from Damon.
"Okay. This is as far as I go". Bonnie says.
They stop. Damon lets go of her.
"Okay". Damon simply says.
"What do you want?"
"A favor".
"Like that's gonna happen".
"So predictable".
He looks at Stefan.
"That's why I brought him".
Meanwhile, Elena receives Stefan's text.
Elena texting. "Damon and Bonnie? Fill me in now".
She waits for him to text her back.
"I know how you feel about helping us out, but since you're the one that linked Mason with Katherine, we finally have an opportunity to get an upper hand on both of them so, just hear us out". Stefan said to Bonnie.
"Pretty please". Damon says innocently.
Elena looks at her phone. She still hasn't received a text. She grows impatient and ends up calling Stefan.
"I'm listening". Bonnie said.
Stefan's phone starts to ring.
"I have to fill Elena in on what's going on". Stefan said.
He looks at Damon.
"Can you play nice, please?"
"I guess".
"I'll watch him to make sure he plays nice Uncle Stefan". Grace said.
"Thanks sweetheart". He then kissed her head.
He walks aside and answers his phone.
-Hey, what are you doing? You shouldn't be calling me. Stefan answers
-I know, but I have no idea what's happening. Damon's got Jeremy into something and you've got Bonnie with you and I'm sorting stupid masquerade masks for Mrs Lockwood. Elena replies.
-Alright, it's okay. Hold on.
He walks away. Damon is talking to Bonnie.
"All you have to do is touch Mason Lockwood again to see if he gave Katherine the moonstone". Damon said.
"My visions don't work like that. I don't get to ask questions". Bonnie replies.
"How inconvenient. Although, let's talk about that little witchy juju thing you do with me. You know, the fun one where my brain bursts into flames? What is that?"
"That's me giving you an aneurysm. Your blood vessels go pop, but you heal quickly; so, I do it over and over again".
"Please don't mention anything about that". Grace said.
"Is it vampire specific?"
"It'd work on anyone with a supernatural healing ability".
"Good. Good, good".
"Damon, I'm not gonna help you hurt him".
"Mason Lockwood's a werewolf, Katherine's evil. They're the bad guys. Really? You're gonna play morality police with me right now? Let me put it to you another way: they're a threat to Elena and Grace. So you, witch, are gonna get over yourself and help us".
"Uncle Damon play nice remember". Grace reminded her uncle.
Stefan walks back over to them.
"Yeah, he meant that as a question with a "please" on the end". Stefan said.
"Absolutely". Damon said backing up his brother.
"I also would like your help with something". Grace said.
Mason walks down the front steps and towards his jeep.
"Hey, can you move your van? I'm blocked in". Mason says.
He sees Bonnie trying to remove a table from the back of the truck and runs over to help her.
"Hey, how did you get stuck doing that by yourself?"
"All the guys bailed. Something about draft picks. I don't know, I don't speak that language". Bonnie replies.
"Here, let me give you a hand".
He grabs the table and starts to pull it out. Bonnie looks around and then at Mason. She uses her aneurysm spell on him. He grabs his head and yells in pain and falls down onto his knees.
"I'm sorry".
Damon walks past Bonnie and knees Mason in the face. Mason falls to the ground, unconscious.
"That was for Grace you dick". Damon said.
"Really Damon". Stefan said to his brother.
"You thought I was gonna let him get away with that, I don't think so".
Damon opens the passenger door and signals for Grace and Bonnie to get in. Stefan takes Mason's keys out of his pockets and throws them to Damon. Bonnie and Grace gets in Mason's jeep. Damon and Stefan put Mason in the trunk of the jeep. Damon gets in and drives off with Bonnie in the passenger seat and Grace in the back.
"So Grace what did you need my help with?" Bonnie asked the ten year old.
"I wanna make Katherine pay for what she did". Grace replied as she looked out the window.
"What did she do?"
Grace had stayed quiet for a minute as she swallowed the lump in her throat.
"Gracie it's alright you don't have to say". Damon said.
"No it's ok I want to". She then took a deep breath and continued. "When I mentioned that Katherine wanted me to help her find the moonstone she said she'd give me whatever I want, she would tell me a secret or keep my father off my tail. I didn't even tell her that I would help her or anything when she told me the secret". The young girl began to get emotional but her powers stayed in control. "Katherine told me that she...she's the one who killed my parents and for that I want her to pay for what she did".
Salvatore Boarding House
Caroline is in the basement cell, talking with her mother.
"So, I mainly drink from blood bags. It's not as good as the fresh stuff but it beats the animal blood that Stefan's been trying to get me to drink". Caroline tells her mother.
"So, you steal the blood from the hospital?" Liz asked.
"Damon does. I've been pilfering his supply, so..."
"And as long as you have blood, you don't need to kill?"
"I want to. It's my basic nature now. But, on a healthy diet, I can control it. I'm getting better at it. I'm better than Stefan. He's a bit of a problem drinker. A blood-aholic".
"I don't want this for you".
"I know. But when life gives you lemons..."
She giggles weakly and hears Damon and Grace enter the house.
"Damon and Grace are home".
"You could hear that?"
Damon is carrying Mason over his shoulder. Bonnie drops his bag in a chair. Damon places Mason into a chair. The young girl had stayed by Bonnie so they could finish talking.
"Here's his bag. As requested". Bonnie said.
"Okay, grab that corner".
"Why are we doing this?"
"Because I don't want to stain the carpet".
"I knew you were gonna say something like that".
"Typical Uncle Damon". Grace chuckled a bit.
"Judging again". He then looked over and gave his niece a small smile.
They pull a blanket over the rug. Damon walks over to Mason's bag.
"He's not gonna be out much longer".
Damon takes chains from Mason's bag.
"Whoa. Looks like this guy's used to being tied up".
Bonnie takes Mason's head in her hands.
"What are you doing?"
"You're looking for a moonstone. I'm trying to help you find it".
"Can I help?" Grace asked.
"Sorry Grace not at the moment". Bonnie tells the ten year old.
"Oh, good, yeah. Find out if he gave it to Katherine, and find out where she is. And find out what they're gonna do with it once they get it".
"Oh and if you do find her you should let me take her out". Grace said.
Damon is tying Mason down into the chair. Bonnie closes her eyes and concentrates while she touches Mason's head.
"Somewhere small. dark. There's water".
"Like a sewer?"
"No. Like a well? That can't be right. Yeah. It's a well".
"Why would it be in a well?"
Bonnie lowers her hands and opens her eyes.
"I told you, I only get what I get".
"Maybe it would be a place nobody would think to check". Grace said.
Mason grunts and grabs Bonnie by the wrist. She gasps. Damon pulls Mason's hand off of her and Bonnie starts to walk away. Grace then shot up ready to take Mason down.
"That's it. That's all I got".
"Hey, judgey!"
Bonnie turns around and looks at him.
"Thank you".
She walks out of the room, leaving Damon alone with Mason. Grace then went after the teen girl.
"Come on. Wake up, wolf boy". Damon says to Mason.
He punches him in the face.
Bonnie is quickly walking to the front door just as Grace is trying to keep up with her.
"Bonnie would you help me with Katherine? I still don't have control of my powers just yet". Grace said.
"Grace what would you hope to accomplish from doing whatever to Katherine?" Bonnie asked.
"I want revenge, she killed my parents all to get to me and I wanna know what for. I wanna know what so special about me that has her so interested in me she said she knew what I was. I'm not gonna kill her because that's not who I am, Bonnie if you help me I give you my word I won't kill her I'm not like her and I would never in my life stoop to her level. Please I don't want my parents death to be in vain".
"First things first is we need to get your powers in control first then we'll go from there".
"Thank you Bonnie, I can get justice for my parents now".
Caroline comes up from the basement.
"Hey!" Caroline says happily.
Bonnie stops and looks at her.
"Hi. How's your mom? Elena filled me in on everything". Bonnie replied.
"I'm gonna take her home tonight".
"Caroline...Uh...Never mind, I've got to go".
Bonnie starts to leave again.
"Did you find the moonstone thing?"
"Not yet. Hey, do you remember that old well where we used to play when we were kids?"
"Yeah".
"It's in the woods. Do you remember where?"
"On the edge of the old Lockwood property. Why?"
Bonnie pulls out her phone and texts Stefan.
"I think that's where Mason is keeping the moonstone. I got to go".
"Well, I can come with you".
"No, it's okay".
She looks at Caroline who is hurt and disappointed.
"Sure".
"Okay".
"I'm coming too because I don't wanna know what Damon is gonna do to Mason". Grace said.
"Make sure Damon knows first, I don't want him freaking out". Bonnie tells her.
The ten year old then quickly went back and peeked her head in to see Damon still trying to wake Mason.
"Uncle Damon, I'm going with Caroline and Bonnie". Grace tells her uncle.
"Gracie you stay by them, you do whatever they tell you. Understand me". He replies in a stern voice.
"Yes sir".
"Alright keep your phone on you, go on".
"Ok bye Uncle Damon, I love you".
"Love you too sweetheart".
Grace then got back to the teen girls in time. "Let's go".
Caroline smiles and they walk out of the house together.
Lockwood Mansion
Matt and Elena are inside the house, sorting through costumes and masks.
"So, where's Caroline? This is like her thing. I can't believe she's not here". Matt said.
"She had something else to do". Elena responds.
"Is she seeing someone?"
"Matt, come on. No, she's not".
Stefan walks in with a box of masks. Elena looks at him. Tyler walks in the room.
"Anyone seen Mason?" Tyler asked.
"He, uh, he took off. He said he wasn't sure when he'd be back". Stefan answers.
"So weird".
Tyler walks out of the room. Stefan's phone goes off, he received a text from Bonnie: "Look in well. Old Lockwood property." Stefan looks at Elena. She walks towards him, but Stefan shakes his head and walks away. She sighs and goes back to sorting the costumes with a bit more furiousity. Matt looks at her.
"I'm not even gonna ask". Matt said.
"I'll be right back". Elena says in return.
She runs out of the house.
Salvatore Boarding House
Mason is chained down to the chair. Damon is heating up an iron poker in the fireplace. Mason struggles to get out of the chair. Damon looks at him.
"Someone's feisty". Damon comments.
Damon gets up. Mason continues to struggle and thrusts the chair backwards, falling onto the floor. Damon walks over to him.
"What?!" Mason screams.
Damon sticks the iron poker into Mason's chest. Mason screams.
"You can hurt - good to know. I was afraid you were gonna be some beast mass with no affinity for pain".
Damon pulls Mason's collar down and looks at his wound.
"Oh, but you heal quickly. Not good. Guess I'll just have to keep applying pain".
Damon grabs Mason and pulls him back up with the chair. He walks back over to the fireplace and heats up the poker again.
"So...Katherine. How do you know her? What is she up to? Is she giving you information on my niece?"
Mason spits on the floor but says nothing.
"I have all day".
He thrusts the white hot iron poker into Mason's stomach. Mason grits his teeth and screams.
Woods
Stefan walks over to the well and looks down into it. Elena runs up behind him.
"What's going on?" Elena asked.
"You shouldn't be here". Stefan responded.
"I know, but I am. What's going on?"
"Bonnie thinks the moonstone is down here".
Stefan pulls the lock off the iron grating. He then takes the grating off the top of the well. He turns on the flashlight. He and Elena look down the well. He sighs and looks at Elena. He jumps onto the edge of the well and Elena hands him the flashlight.
"Hey. Be careful".
"I'll only be down there for a minute".
Stefan jumps into the well. Elena holds her breath, but when she hears Stefan safely splash at the bottom she breathes out. Stefan looks down at his arm and sees vapor rising around where the water touched him, his hands and arms burning. He presses himself up against the stone wall and shouts in pain.
"Elena!"
"Stefan?!"
"Elena!"
"Stefan, what's happening?!"
Stefan attempts to climb out, but cannot.
"What's going on in there?!"
"Vervain. Oh, God! Help!"
"Stefan!"
Elena jumps off the from the edge of the well and tries to pick up the heavy chain on the ground. She isn't strong enough.
"Stefan!"
Caroline rushes over to Elena.
"Elena!" The blonde called out.
"Caroline, Stefan's down there and the chain is rusted". Elena says panicked.
Caroline starts to climb into the well, but Elena stops her.
"No, no, no! You can't, it's filled with vervain. Caroline, we've got to get him out. Now!"
Caroline tries to process and grabs the chain from the ground while Elena climbs on the edge of the well.
Salvatore Boarding House
Damon continues to heat the poker in the fire.
"When did you two meet? Did she seduce you, tell you she loved you? You're supernatural so she can't compel you. I'm sure she used her other charms. Katherine's good that way". Damon said.
Jeremy walks in the room with a box. He sets it down on a table.
"I thought I told you to leave". Damon says to the teen boy.
"I found something in Ric's box of stuff". Jeremy said.
"Ooh. What is it?"
Damon walks over to him. Jeremy takes out a plant.
"I did a search on my phone. It's a plant. Aconitum Vulparia. It grows in the mountainous areas of the northern hemisphere. Commonly known as aconite, blue rocket, and wolfsbane".
Damon opens the cloth and looks at the wolfsbane.
"What else did you read?"
As he talks, Jeremy shows Damon his phone.
"Well, every source says something different. One myth says it causes lycanthropy, which sounds bogus. Another one says that it protects people and another one says, well, it's toxic".
Mason groans. Damon looks over at him.
"I'm guessing toxic".
He takes the plant and goes toward Mason.
"What's Katherine doing in Mystic Falls?"
Mason doesn't answer. Damon brushes the end of the wolfsbane across Mason's cheek. It begins to burn and Mason screams. Jeremy looks uncomfortable by this method of torture. Damon pulls the wolfsbane away.
"Why is she here?"
"She's here with me. Why do you ask, you jealous?"
"How rude of me. You know, I just realized, I didn't offer you anything to eat".
Damon shoves the wolfsbane into Mason's mouth. Mason grunts and groans in pain.
"Yummy!"
Damon stops. Mason spits up the wolfsbane and coughs.
Woods
Elena wraps the chain around herself and hooks it against one of the links. She looks at Caroline.
"I got you, okay?" Caroline says.
Elena nods, "Yeah".
Bonnie and Grace runs up to them.
"What's going on? You just took off in a blur". Bonnie said.
"Where's Stefan?" Grace asked, she didn't know how or why but she had picked up Stefan's scent.
"I heard Elena screaming. Help her, now!" Caroline exclaimed.
Bonnie grabs Elena's hand and helps lower her into the well.
"Are you ready?" The blonde asked her friend.
"Yeah". Elena responded.
Elena is lowered into the well with the help of Caroline. Caroline slowly reels her down. Caroline loses hold of the chain for a second but grabs it just in time.
"Sorry!"
"It's okay, keep going. Come on!"
Caroline continues to lower Elena down into the well. Elena finds Stefan, he's unconscious. She unhooks the chain from around herself and puts it around Stefan.
"Hey! Oh, Oh my God". Elena says scared.
"Elena, what's going on down there?" The blonde calls out.
"Pull him up!"
"Uncle Stefan? Are you alright?" Grace called out to her uncle.
Caroline starts to pull the chain up from the well. Bonnie unties Stefan and, with the help of Caroline, places him on the ground. Elena turns the flashlight on. When Stefan was untied Grace went straight for him hugging him, he weakly brought his arms up and wrapped them around her.
"I'm alright sweetheart". He whispered.
"I can't lose anyone else Uncle Stefan I just can't". Grace replied back.
"Elena? Ready for you!" Caroline calls.
"Hold on! I need to find the stone". Elena calls back.
Elena gropes around the cracks in the well for the stone.
"Hurry!"
Elena continues searching in the vervain-filled water. She finds a wooden box and picks it up.
"Hold on! I think I found it!"
Elena grabs the box and a snake inches towards her. It wraps onto her. Elena screams and throws the snake off of her. Another snake has crawled up her arm. She backs up against the wall and pulls the box out its hiding spot. She ties the chain around herself again.
"Elena! What's going on?!"
"I got it. Come on! Bring me up!"
Caroline reels Elena up. In the process Elena leaves the flashlight in the well. Bonnie helps Elena when she finally gets out of the well. Elena looks down at Stefan. She jumps off the well and down to him. Grace then backed away for a minute as she began getting confused.
"Oh, god! Stefan!" Elena cried.
She cradles his head under her arm. Bonnie and Caroline rush over to her.
"Stefan! Stefan".
Elena sees a rock nearby and grabs it. She cuts her hand with it. Caroline turns away. Elena places her wrist to Stefan's mouth. He opens his eyes and drinks from her.
"I've got the stone, Stefan. Stefan, it's gonna be okay, everything's gonna be okay".
Grace then got angry at the scene in front of her. "What do you think you're doing?! Do you not remember what happened the last time you did that?"
"Grace he's learning to control it alright".
"I don't believe you". Everything around began shaking like an earthquake, the wind began picking up just as dirt, leaves, began flying around.
Once Stefan had enough blood he slowly got up and went towards his niece. "Grace I need you to calm down now". He said.
"She's lying Uncle Stefan, you wouldn't do that. You wouldn't go back to human blood after finally getting off of it".
"Elena's not lying honey, I'm learning to control it all I need is a little everyday then soon enough I won't lose control over it again".
Soon everything stopped shaking, the fast blowing winds have died down, Grace felt blood coming out of her nose when Caroline smelt it she was ready to go for the young girl till Stefan stopped her.
"Caroline don't you're stronger than this besides you don't want to hurt Grace". Stefan says to the blonde.
"Stefan her blood smells so sweet I need a taste". Caroline said.
"No you don't get as far away from here as you can".
She then ran off just as Grace was getting dizzy. "Uncle Stefan everything's spinning". Soon after the young girl fell but Stefan ran over and caught her head in time before it hit the ground.
"Bonnie she needs to start learning to control her powers now". Stefan tells the witch.
"I'm gonna start as soon as you and Damon talk it over".
'I never wanted this for you Gracie but Damon might be right' He thought to himself.
Salvatore Boarding House
"Why do you want the moonstone?" Damon asked.
"Screw you!" Mason yelled.
"Ahhh! Wrong answer!"
"If he was gonna say anything, he would have already!" Jeremy said.
"I'm taking your eyes now".
"The well! You can find it there".
Damon threateningly holds the wolfsbane up to Mason.
"I know where it is. I want to know what it does and why you want it".
"I'm getting it for Katherine".
"Why?"
"She's gonna use it to lift the curse".
"Of the moon? Now, why would a vampire help a werewolf break a curse that keeps them from turning whenever they want?"
"So I wouldn't have to turn anymore".
"Why?"
"Because she loves me".
Damon laughs.
"Now - now I get it. You're just stupid. Katherine doesn't love you. She's using you, you moron. Dude my niece is ten and knows that Katherine was using you that is how stupid you are".
"I'm done talking".
"Yes, you are".
Damon hands Jeremy the wolfsbane. Jeremy grabs it.
"It's time to take a walk, Jeremy". Damon tells the teen.
"I'm staying". Jeremy responds.
"No, you should go".
"I'm staying, Damon. He's had enough".
Mason looks at Jeremy.
"Just help Tyler. Don't let this happen to him". Mason says to the teen.
"Damon..."
Damon superspeeds over to Jeremy and grabs him by the throat.
"You wanted to be a part of this? Well, here it is! Kill or be killed! The guy is a werewolf; he'd kill me the first chance he got! So, you suck it up or leave".
Damon lets go of Jeremy. Jeremy coughs.
"He wants me to kill him, anyway. Don't you, Mason? It really is a curse, isn't it?"
Jeremy gets up and leaves.
"You know, I look at you I see myself. A less dashing, less intelligent version".
"I love her!"
"Oh, I know! I've been where you are. But Katherine will only rip your heart out. Let me do it for her".
Damon thrusts his hand into Mason's chest while looking him in the eyes. Mason groans. Damon removes his heart from his chest. Mason's eyes go lifeless and his head falls down to his chest.
Caroline and Liz are sitting on the cot together, still in the cell.
"So I pulled Stefan out of this well and he's all vervained and just rotted, but Bonnie wasn't mean to me once and I just - I really think it's progress, you know? I just...what? I'm freaking you out". Caroline tells her mother.
"It's just that you've become this person..." Liz starts.
"Don't. Don't. We...We're just starting to get along..."
"This strong, this confident person".
"Oh. Thank you".
"You don't have to take my memories away. I'll keep your secret. Look, if you're worried about them, just say you compelled me. I won't tell. I cannot do anything to hurt you".
"We never talk like this. Ever. And today meant so much to me".
"Me too".
"I know".
Caroline grabs Liz's hands in her own.
"I know I can trust you, but you're never going to trust them".
She cries and compels her.
"I'm going to take you home. You're going to forget that I'm a vampire".
"I'm going to forget that you're a vampire".
"You'll remember you got sick with the flu. You had a fever, chills and ickiness, but I made you soup and it was really salty. We bickered. You got better and then your selfish little daughter, who loves you no matter what, went right back to ignoring you and all is right in the world".
Damon rolls up Mason's body in a blanket. Stefan arrives carrying in an unconscious Grace then lays her on the couch and shows the moonstone to Damon.
"All this for that?" Damon asked. He then went to his niece's side and checked on her, he noticed the dried blood under her nose. "When was she using her powers and why?"
"Yep". He sighed and went to reply to his brother. "She used them in the woods she got mad at Elena for helping me".
Stefan tosses Damon the moonstone.
"I see you've exercised your usual restraint".
"Had to be done".
He takes Mason's phone and texts Carol on behalf of Mason.
"Carol, big opportunity in Florida, I'm gonna be gone for a long time. Will send for my things once I get settled. Much love, Mason"
"Let's get rid of the body".
"Oh, last number dialed. I wonder who that could possibly be?"
Damon pushes redial. Stefan tries to stop him.
"No, no, no! Don't provoke her!" Stefan tried to keep his voice down so he wouldn't disturb his niece.
Katherine answers her phone, thinking its Mason calling.
-Mason, you should have been here an hour ago. Katherine answered.
Stefan continues to try to get Damon off the phone, but Damon pushes him back. Stefan slaps his hand and walks away in frustration.
-Wrong boy toy. Damon replied.
-Damon. For once you've surprised me. I assume Mason is with you?
-He's right beside me! Although, his heart's across the room.
-You shouldn't have.
-I've had a very busy day today. I killed a werewolf, found a moonstone. Hey, did you know that he hid the moonstone in the bottom of a well full of vervain? I guess he didn't trust you very much. Although, he did love you. Poor guy. Hey, where are you? Because, you know, I could bring him over. Last goodbyes and all that.
-You have no idea what you've just done.
-Aww, did I put a kink in your master plan? I'm so sorry. And by the way I'm going to drive a stake through your heart for killing my family that's the line nobody crosses with me.
-Do you honestly believe that I don't have a plan B? And if that fails, a plan C, then a plan D, and...you know how the alphabet works, don't you? That little brat learns to keep her mouth shut sometimes oh well I guess the cat's out of the bag. Send my love to Stefan.
She hangs up. Damon looks up at Stefan.
"Did you know?" Stefan asked.
"Know what?" Damon replies.
"That Katherine killed Max and Jess?"
"I found out when Gracie told me believe me if I had known she wouldn't be walking around right now".
Stefan had stayed quiet for a minute before speaking again. "Your right".
"Of course I'm right. What am I right about?"
"Giving Gracie back to Lexi, we wanted her back for so long and now that she's here it's like we can't seem to keep her safe".
"She's not going back to Lexi. Not now, not ever".
Stefan then looked at his brother with a confused look. "I don't understand at first you wanted to give Gracie back to Lexi now you don't? What changed your mind?"
"Grace is the closest thing we have to our humanity, if we give her back we might as well shut off that switch and you don't want me to be like that again. When I think about it every night all I can think is that Grace is the reason we wake up everyday, we have a purpose in life. For the last one hundred and forty five years were a living hell but as soon as we met Grace and I turned my humanity back on, I found my purpose in life". He then went over to the couch and gently caressed her cheek. "I'd give up my life for her".
Stefan had let what his brother said sink in. "When you first said it I was against it but when I thought about all about what happened and my only thought was that I want to keep her safe".
"We will keep her safe at all times".
Grace then started to stir and groan in pain as she started to come around. "Gracie? Open your eyes sweetheart you can do it". Damon said.
When her eyes began fluttering open she was blinded by the light. "Light to bright" She got out in a weak voice.
Damon then went to turn the light down as she slowly got up with Stefan's help. "Easy Gracie take it easy".
"My head, what happened?"
"You, young lady used your powers in public". Damon said.
"I didn't mean too".
"Then why did you?"
Grace looked at Stefan deciding if they should tell Damon the truth. "Damon she used them because she was angry at me and Elena".
Damon then looked between his brother and niece. "Go on".
"When I was finding the stone in the well it was filled with vervain so Elena let me drink from her wrist". Stefan explains.
"And I just got angry and lost control".
"I'll let this pass one time but next time you're grounded".
"Yes sir". She stayed quiet for a minute before speaking again. "Would you guys have any pictures of me and my parents?"
"I think so let me check". Stefan said, he went to the shelf where the books are and looked through them till he found a small picture album. "I found one here you go sweetheart". He then handed her the album.
"Thanks Uncle Stefan". She then opened the album and began looking at the pictures.
As the young girl was looking at the pictures her eyes were glistening with tears. "M-mommy. D-daddy". Her bottom lip trembled as all her emotions from the day overtook her and she let it out.
"Shh sweetheart it's alright, shh it's ok". Damon soothed her.
"I-I want my m-mom and d-daddy".
The brothers engulfed their niece and held her until she stopped crying, after five minutes of crying Grace fell asleep so Damon carried her to her room and laid her in the bed covering her up with the blanket. They then kissed her head.
"Sleep tight sweetheart". Damon whispered.
"Sweet dreams honey". Stefan whispered.
The brothers left her room quietly then Damon turned to his brother. "Katherine's gonna pay for what she did".
"And what do you suppose we do?"
"I have a few ideas".