Mystic Grill
Caroline and Stefan are sitting at a table. Caroline is eating.
"Sorry to drag you here but if I don't eat, I get those kill innocent people urges. Tyler totally has those too by the way". Caroline said.
"Yeah, what else did you say to him?" Stefan asked.
"Not much. I was trying to keep the questions to a minimum. Are you mad?"
"Yes Caroline. As a matter of fact, I am a little mad. I mean, you put yourself a risk. If Damon finds out..."
"But you're not gonna tell him, are you?"
"No, of course not. He would kill you".
"Always looking out for me".
"Yeah. Well, you don't exactly make it very easy on me".
"Then why do you do it? Why are you such a good friend to me?"
"I don't know. I guess you...you remind me of someone. My best friend, Lexi".
"I...you have a friend?"
"You say that with such a discouraging amount of surprise, Caroline. She watched Grace for us till she was old enough to understand everything".
"No I just...sorry. I just...tell me about her".
"I will, some other time. I got to go. I gotta pick Gracie up from school soon".
"Wait! No! What do we do about Tyler? I don't want Damon to kill him 'cause there's a full moon coming up and Tyler is totally freaking out about it. I'm sure Grace will be fine walking home by herself".
Luka is sitting at a table with his father. Bonnie passes next to him.
"Hey Bonnie". Luka says to the teen girl.
"Hey, Luka. How was your first day?" Bonnie replies with a smile.
"It was great. I would like to introduce you to my dad".
"Hi, I'm Bonnie Bennett". She introduced herself to the man.
"Doctor Martin, Jonas Martin. It's nice to meet you Bonnie Bennett. Would you like to join us?" Jonas replied politely.
"Oh, I'm meeting a friend but he's not here yet so...sure".
"Oh yes, please have a seat". Luka said, offering her a seat.
She sits down next to him.
"So, where did you move from?" She asked.
"Louisiana". Jonas answered.
"That's a big change".
"I'll say". Luka responds.
"It's not so bad here".
"It's looking up".
"Bennett, huh? I knew some Bennett's when I did my residency in Massachusetts. Do you have any family from Salem?" Jonas asked.
"Actually I do".
"What do you know? Small world, right?"
Jeremy arrives.
" Oh, there's my friend. It was nice to meet you, Doctor Martin". She excused herself.
"I will see you at school". Luka said.
"Yeah".
She touches his shoulder and feels something. She leaves with Jeremy and turns her head to look at them.
"Sorry I was late, are you okay?" Jeremy asked.
"Yeah". She answered.
Coffee Shop
"And you're sure Elijah's dead?" Slater asked.
"Beyond dead".
"Trevor was a good man; he helped me with my dissertation on sexual deviance in the Baroque period. I was schooling for my Psych PhD".
"Slater's been in college since '74". Rose said.
"When I was turned. I have 18 degrees, 3 master's and 4 PhDs".
"The point?" Damon asked.
"Exactly, I mean, what is the point? What should I be doing with my eternity? If you have an answer, please enlighten me". Slater replied.
"We need your help. If someone wanted to get in touch with Klaus, how would you hook him up?" Rose asked.
"Craigslist".
"Really?" Damon asked in disbelief.
"Seriously. I respond to a personal ad to get sent to somebody who knows somebody who knows Elijah, who's dead and that's where my connection ends".
In front of the coffee shop, a man stops in front of a man who's playing guitar. He gives him $100 and takes some of his coins. He decants the coins into his other hand which is wearing a ring. It's Elijah. He looks at Slater, Damon and Rose.
Mystic Grill
Bonnie and Jeremy are playing pool. Bonnie tries to shoot but she hits the side of the cue ball, causing it to barely roll to the side.
"You are bad". Jeremy said.
"I told you". Bonnie replied.
"Well, feel free to cheat if you need your dignity back".
"Come on, hit the ball".
Luka rejoins them.
"Alright, I got a winner guys. I got a winner". Luka said.
"Get ready, this slaughter is almost over". Jeremy responds.
Jeremy shoots the ball. Luka watches.
"So where's your dad?" Bonnie asked.
Luka commenting on the shot, "Nice". He then turned to answer Bonnie. "Um, I'll see him back home".
Stefan and Caroline are still talking.
"Okay, now I'm leaving. I have to get Grace soon". Stefan said.
"Wait...!" The blonde said quickly.
"No, no, no, Caroline, you have two seconds to come clean".
"What do you mean?"
"I'd believe the whole innocent act a little bit better if I didn't know how good you were at providing a distraction on demand. Where is Elena?"
"I can't tell you".
"You can't tell me? Are you kidding me?"
"I'm sorry but I...I can't tell you".
"Caroline! Elena was kidnapped, she could have been killed and you're seriously not gonna tell me where she is?"
"She's not in any danger. I would not have let her put herself in danger. She wouldn't put Grace in danger either". The Blonde stopped after realizing her last sentence.
"Put herself in danger where? What do you...? She's with Damon, isn't she?" Stefan then looked the the blonde wide eyed. "Grace is with Elena? Where are they?"
"Ew, no!"
"Then where...where are they? Listen, if you're my friend like you've been pretending to be all day, then you'll tell me where they are".
"Stefan, I am your friend but I'm also Elena's friend and I'm sorry but I'm not going to tell you where she is".
He looks at her and leaves.
Fell's Church Ruins
Elena still with Grace after she had a vision.
"Are you alright now Grace?" Elena asked.
"I'm fine that usually happens after I have a vision". Grace answered.
"You're a witch? I thought you were only part wolf".
"So little Gracie didn't tell everybody about her secret yet it was bound to come out sooner or later". Katherine said.
"Shut your trap before I make you shut it". Grace threatened.
"Grace what is she talking about?" Elena asked.
"The night you went missing I got taken too by Elijah, he told me what I am. I'm a tribrid it's a cross between three supernatural creatures. I'm part witch because Klaus' mother was a witch, I'm part wolf because Klaus is a wolf, and I'm part vampire because my birth mother drank Isobel's blood when she was in labor with me".
"Wait I thought Klaus was a vampire".
"He was born a wolf but magic made him a vampire. I need to know more about him".
"You are a smart kid Grace I should have used you from the beginning, after all it is because of me you found out about Damon and Stefan being vampires". Katherine said.
Grace narrowed her eyes trying to inflict pain on Katherine but Elena stopped her. "Grace no more magic I don't want anything to happen to you".
"You should listen to her Grace, Elena knows best".
Elena then turned towards Katherine. "Enough Katherine". Elena's tone was demanding.
"Let her keep going I'll show her what I'm capable of I have all day". Grace said.
"Alright that's enough out of the both of you!"
"She killed my parents it's only fair if I kill her!"
"You're still going on about them? Here's a tip Gracie: Move on, they're not coming back and there's no way of making them come back". Katherine said.
"You evil witch bitch!" Grace then lunged for Katherine but Elena grabbed a hold of her.
"Grace! Stop she's not worth it! Don't stoop to her level, don't become what she is".
Grace stopped fighting Elena then went outside of the ruins to get some air, once she was by herself she had let all of her emotions that were bottled up from the day release. The young girl then had an idea. 'I'll find a way to bring my parents back then we'll be a family again'.
"So how much of your little story is true?" Elena asked.
"I have no reason to lie, Elena. I have no reason to do anything but sit here and read and rot". Katherine replied.
"Okay, assuming it's even partially true, that's the reason why you came back isn't it? Because you wanted to be the one to hand me over to Klaus".
"500 years on the run, I figured maybe he'd be willing to strike a deal".
"So you got Mason Lockwood to find you the moonstone".
"Right again".
"What else do you need to break the curse?"
"Hmm, look who is getting smarter".
"It's not just me or the stone, is it? Otherwise there would be no reason to trigger Tyler Lockwood's werewolf curse".
"Witches and their spells: so many ingredients, so many people to sacrifice".
"So you need a werewolf?"
"Believe it or not, they're hard to come by".
"What else?"
"A witch to do the spell. Mine bailed but Bonnie will do just fine".
"What else?"
"A vampire".
"Caroline".
"It could have been anyone I suppose but I like the poetry of Caroline".
"So you were gonna just hand us all over to be killed?"
"Better you die than I".
She goes back into the tomb. Elena is alone. Elena went to go check on Grace who was sitting outside the tomb.
"Are you alright?" Elena asked.
"I will be once I get rid of that evil bitch". Grace said.
"Language".
"Sorry but it's true, she ruins lives. She ruined your life, Damon and Stefan's lives, and my life".
"Is what she said true?"
"About what?"
"She really told you about Damon and Stefan?"
"Yeah I was eight when she told me, I was still living with Lexi at the time. She told me that she was their friend and dummy me I believed her, she wanted to take me to them because Lexi couldn't do it I asked where she was but I didn't get an answer. When we got to where Damon and Stefan were...their faces were covered in blood and their fangs were out, I have never been so scared in my life before".
"What happened when Damon and Stefan saw you with Katherine?"
"Damon was ready to kill her for exposing that side of them, they wanted to wait till I was old enough to understand".
"But Lexi was a vampire and you lived with her".
"Lexi never showed that side of her around me, when she drank her blood she waited till I was asleep or I was with Damon or Stefan".
"I'm so sorry about everything Grace".
"It's not your fault it's her fault she ruined all of our lives and she will get what's coming to her. Sooner or later".
Coffee Shop
"Here's what I don't get: Elijah moved around during the day, which means the originals knew the secret of the day ring. Now why would Klaus want to lift the curse of the sun and the moon?" Damon asked.
"To keep the werewolves from lifting it. If a vampire breaks the sun curse then the werewolves are stuck with the curse of the moon forever and vice versa". Slater answered.
"But werewolves are extinct". Rose said.
"True. I've never seen one but rumor has it..."
"Not such a rumor". Damon said.
"Mystic Falls? God, I've got to visit this place. It sounds awesome".
Elijah is still in front of the coffee shop. He's listening to them.
"Awesome doesn't even begin to describe it. Can we stop the curse from being broken at all?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, if we make the moonstone useless, would it stop the curse from being broken?"
"Well, yeah, probably, but why would you want to do that?"
"Tell me how".
"You think I'm gonna help you figure out how to do something that will piss off an original? And keeping them from walking in the sun?"
"You want to walk in the sun? I can make that happen if you help us".
Elijah is still listening to them. He throws the coins at the window. All the windows break. Slater and Rose's skin starts burning. Rose is screaming. Damon looks outside but Elijah is gone. Slater runs. Rose's face is burned. Damon puts a jacket on Rose's face and helps her get out the back of the coffee shop. The other customers are also rushing out the back door into the parking lot. He carries her to the car and puts her in the back of the car.
"You're gonna be okay". Damon said.
"I know". Rose replies.
"Who's behind that?"
"I don't know. Where is Slater?"
"Iowa by now. Who the hell knows?"
"He's not behind this, he's a good guy, he wouldn't betray me".
"Who did it?"
"It's Klaus, don't you understand? You don't know this man, we're dead, we're all dead".
She cries. Her face is healed.
Mystic Grill
Bonnie is alone, she looks at Jeremy. He looks at her and they both smile. Luka rejoins her.
"Hey Bonnie. I'm sorry about earlier, my dad is not very subtle with the whole Bennett/Salem question. He picked up on you, he was just fishing around, he didn't mean any harm". Luka says.
"I felt something too". Bonnie replied.
"I know. That's why we're having this conversation right now. He uh...doesn't like for anyone to know."
He unscrews the lid on the salt shaker and pours some salt on the table.
"But we were both worry that you would bail us".
He looks around and puts his hand above the salt. The salt floats up.
"He just wants us to fit in here for once. It's tough Bonnie, being different".
Bonnie: You're a witch?
Luka: Well, we prefer the term warlock.
Fell's Church Ruins
Elena and Grace went back down they look at the tomb. She grabs the bottle of blood and her bag and goes to leave. Stefan arrives though.
"Crap". Grace said.
"Elena. Grace". Stefan said.
"Hi Uncle Stefan".
"I will deal with you later Grace". The young girl then went to stand beside her uncle, he took a firm grip on her shoulder.
"Stefan, what are you doing here?" Elena asked.
"I could ask you the same question". Stefan answered.
"Caroline told you".
"No, she kept your secret but it didn't take long for me to figure out what was the important that you'd have to keep it from me".
"I knew that you'd stop me".
"Listen to me, whatever she said to you is a lie. Do not listen to her. She's a liar, Elena".
"What if she isn't? You didn't hear what she said".
"You don't have to worry, I'm not gonna let anything happen to either of you".
"That's the problem, you won't but you'll die trying. How's that any better?"
Katherine arrives.
"There's nothing you can do, Stefan. I haven't even told you the best part of the story". Katherine said.
Bulgaria 1492
Katherine arrives at her parents' home. She finds dead people outside. She runs and enters the home. She finds her father dead and sees her mother. She's dead. She rushes over to her. She cries over her mother's body.
"No, no, no, mama. No!" Katherine cried.
Fell's Church Ruins
"He killed them, my entire family, just to get back at me for running. Whatever you do to escape Klaus, he will get his vengeance on your friends, your family and anyone that you've ever loved".
"Well at least you know how I feel but it still doesn't make us even". Grace said.
"Grace". Stefan said in a warning tone.
Stefan looks at Elena.
"No, look at me. No, do not listen to her, okay?" Stefan says to Elena.
"Always the protector but even you must realize that she's doomed. There's nothing you can do to stop it unless of course you have this". Katherine said.
She shows him the moonstone.
"What?" Elena asked.
"Oh no, there it is. It's the ultimate lie, isn't it? You spun this whole thing so that we would have to get the stone from you, didn't you?" Stefan asked.
"I didn't spin anything, Stefan. It's the truth".
"No, let me guess. You want to trade that stone for your freedom, you manipulative, psychotic bitch".
"My freedom? That's where you're wrong, Stefan. I don't want my freedom because when Klaus shows up to kill us all and he will, I'll be in the tomb, where no vampire will enter because they can't get out. I'll be the safest psychotic bitch in town".
"Oh that can easily be fixed". Grace said.
She looks at Elena and retreats back into the tomb. Stefan looks at Elena.
Salvatore Boarding House
Damon is drinking in the living room. Rose rejoins him.
"I'm sorry about today. I didn't know that was gonna happen". Rose said
"I believe you". Damon responded.
"I wish we could save Elena. I know that you want to".
"And I will".
"You remind me of Trevor".
"Why? Why him?"
"Because he always talked a big game, he was always working on an angle but underneath it all, he was the best friend anyone could hope for".
"And where did that get him?"
"Dead and my loyalty to him almost got me dead too".
He gives her a glass of scotch.
"To friendship".
"You're right to fight it, the way you feel about her".
"And why's that?"
"Because if you want to survive, you need to not care about anyone".
"Caring gets you dead, huh?"
"It might just be time to turn the switch off on your emotions".
"I will if you will".
They look at each other and then kiss.
Mystic Grill
Jeremy is playing pool. He turns around to look at Bonnie but she's not looking at him; she's talking with Luka. He looks at them, smiles and leaves.
Gilbert Residence
Elena and Stefan are on the porch. Grace is still by her uncle's side and she stayed quiet the whole time not wanting to get into more trouble.
"Elena". Stefan says.
"I can't talk about it, Stefan". Elena replied.
"You have to. Don't shut me out. Elena, please".
She's crying.
"I wanted to know the truth and I got it. It's not just me that's in danger. It's Caroline and it's Tyler and it's Bonnie. They're all part of breaking the curse. I can't blame anyone else anymore because it's not because you came into town or because you and I fell in love. That's not why everyone that I love is in danger. It's because of me, everything is because of me".
He embraces her. She's crying. He kisses her on the top of her head.
Fell's Church Ruins
Katherine is reading her family book. She finds a portrait of her with her parents. Tears well up in her eyes.
Salvatore Boarding House
Damon and Rose are curled up by the fireplace, under a blanket. Damon is shirtless. Rose is in her lingerie.
"It's a lie, you know. There's no switch you can turn off. Sure when you're a newbie but after a couple of hundred years...you just have to pretend".
Rose's phone ring. She answers. It's Slater.
-Hello? Rose answers.
-Rose? Slater responds.
-Slater? Are you okay?
-Yes, I took off, I'm sorry, I was frigging freaked.
-No, I'm sorry to involved you.
-Look, I want no part in any of this but I did some digging.
-Okay, what did you find?
-You can destroy the curse but you need the moonstone.
-How? What do you mean? I don't follow.
-Can your friend get the moonstone? You need it.
She looks at Damon. He nods his head affirmatively.
-Yes, he can get it. What next?
-You need a witch. Get the moonstone, a witch should be able to figure out the rest. Good luck, Rose.
He hangs up. Damon and Rose look at each other.
Slater's Residence
Slater has just hung up.
"Very nicely done". Elijah said.
"Thanks, I have a degree in theater. How can you compel me? A vampire can't compel another vampire". Slater said.
"I'm a special vampire".
"What, because you're an Original?"
"Hmm, now I want you take this and drive it through your heart".
He gives him a stake. Slater takes it.
"But that would kill me forever".
"I know".
He's compelling him.
"But it's necessary".
Slater drives the stake through his heart. He falls on the floor, dead. Jonas can be seen behind Elijah.
"Was it, really?" Jonas asked.
"It had to be done. He delivered his message. Won't be long now". Elijah answered.
They look at each other.
"What about the child?"
"She is to not be involved with any of this, I will handle the child".
Salvatore Boarding House
Damon was fully clothed by this point and so was Rose just then the front door opened with Stefan and Grace coming in, Grace was still a little drained after using her spell and from the visions. Damon emerged from the room to see his brother and niece.
"I was wondering where you two were". Damon said. He saw the looks on their faces. "What happened".
"Grace you wanna tell him or should I?" Stefan asked the ten year old.
"Tell me what".
"Grace didn't go to school today instead she went to go see Katherine in the tomb".
"Grace Marie Salvatore, what were you thinking?"
"I wanted answers on Klaus and the only way to do that was to talk to her". Grace answered.
"Answer this how did you manage to be at two places at once?" Stefan asked.
"I brought a spell book I found and did a replication spell".
"So let me get this straight you went to see Katherine and you used your powers, did anybody else know about this?" Damon asked.
"No".
"Grace your grounded for 3 weeks, no tv, no phone, no magic, no nothing, you will go straight to school and come back here. Do you understand me".
"Yes Uncle Damon".
"Good now go to your room".
The young girl ran up to her room when she entered her room she shut her door and quickly changed for bed, she got into her bed and brought the spell book out she was skimming it over when she heard someone at her door.
"Gracie?" Stefan called.
She put the book under her pillow then responded to her uncle, "Come in".
Stefan entered his niece's room and went to her side. "I'm sorry for ratting you out but what you did today was dangerous, dumb and stupid, you know you are to never go anywhere near Katherine".
"I'm sorry too Uncle Stefan I just wanted information on Klaus and she was the only person who could tell me".
"Not to mention you used your powers, Grace we talked about this your not to use them until you learn how to control them. What would Elena have done if something happened to you?"
"I don't know".
"That's the point you don't know we tell you these things for your safety sweetheart, Damon and I don't want nothing bad to happen to you".
"I understand Uncle Stefan".
"Good now get some rest". He kissed her head. "Good night Gracie".
"Good night Uncle Stefan".
He then left her room closing the door behind him, once he was gone from the room Grace pulled the spell book back out and began reading till she found the Resurrection Spells. 'I'll bring you back mom and dad then we'll be a family again. I promise'.