The Vampire Diaries

Previously on The Vampire Diaries:

- You must be Elena. - How do we look alike?

You're a doppelgänger. You're the key to breaking the curse.

- The sun and moon curse? - Klaus is the real deal.

- From the first generation of vampires. - The oldest vampire is coming after me?

- Elijah? - One of the Originals. A legend.

I'm prepared to offer you a deal.

You and I draw Klaus out, and I shall make certain your friends remain unharmed.

- Then what? - Then I kill him.

- Take me away. Where would you like to go?

These must be the Jonathan Gilbert journals.

I come bearing gifts. This is how you kill an Original.

That ring Isobel gave you? That's mine. I want that back.

Did he tell you what happened to his wife?

- What are you saying? - Ask Ric.

- How will you kill Klaus? - After the sacrifice.

After the sacrifice?

- Elena has to die. - You knew you weren't gonna survive?

If it comes down to people I love getting killed or me, I know what my choice is.

You're being a martyr. That's not heroic. That's tragic.

With the dying embers of the fire at Fell's Church...

...the scourge of the vampires had passed.

And though war raged all around us...

...our town was safe from the demons of the night.

Or so we thought.

The monsters we drove to their fiery deaths had begat new monsters.

Did you hear that?

- Stay here. - No, Thomas.

It's all right. The vampires are dead.

Yes, Honoria, they burned in the church. We're safe now.

Please, Jonathan. I'm worried.

Very well. I shall go too.

I can prove there are no vampires.

See?

Thomas?

Thomas!

- Thomas! - No, stay inside. Get back in the house.

I knew I was about to die.

You cannot run from a vampire.

I saw the vampire who killed me. I recognized him.

It was Stefan Salvatore.

[STEFAN ROARS AND GILBERT GRUNTS]

- What's going on? I showered...

...I shaved...

...had breakfast. I'm very relaxed.

Makes one of us.

I did hear one piece of good news, though.

Tyler Lockwood ran away from home last night.

- Hey. How do you know?

Well, I heard it from Sheriff Forbes who heard it from Carol Lockwood.

Thus ending our werewolf chapter...

...bringing us to... - Killing Elijah.

- Exactly. - It's not gonna be easy. He's crafty.

- I've got a crafty dagger. - He's an Original.

We don't know what that encompasses.

Trust me. I'm gonna dot my T's. I don't want any surprises.

Wow, Damon. You're actually gonna be careful for once?

Yes, Stefan, I've become you. How tragic for both of us.

Gotta run. Have a murder to plan. Busy day.

The old Fell property actually starts just beyond that fence.

Ah, the Fells. One of the founding families.

Why do you say it like that?

My research showed me that this area was actually settled...

...almost two full centuries earlier.

There was a migration of townsfolk from the Northeast.

Um, it was Salem, to be precise.

Massachusetts? As in the witch trials?

Which means the ever-lauded founding families...

...didn't actually found anything.

Well, I bet it was the men who made a big deal...

...about being founders back in 1860.

Men are very territorial.

Yes, they are.

Uh...

Elijah, this is my friend Alaric Saltzman.

I got your, uh, message about walking Elijah through the property lines.

I thought I would, uh, tag along. You know, being a history buff and all.

Where to next?

I'm pretty curious about the freed slave property owners.

Some say the descendents of the slaves are the true keepers of American history.

I only brought the surveys. I've got that list in my car. Just give me a sec.

Alaric Saltzman.

You're one of those people on Elena's list of loved ones to protect.

Yeah, so is Jenna.

You don't have to be jealous. I rarely pursue younger women.

- It's a joke, Ric. Lighten up. - You're funny.

[POP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Hey. What are you doing?

Thinking about last night.

Yeah, yeah, uh, me too.

You know, it was a tough spell. I could feel it draining me.

- I need practice. - Yeah, well, uh, maybe... I don't know.

Maybe you should come over tonight. We could practice, get stronger.

Yeah. Sure.

Thanks.

Ah, incoming.

Wanna tell me what happened yesterday?

- Sorry? - Don't play dumb. You both were here...

- And? - And that's all I remember.

One minute I'm playing pool, the next, I'm waking up in a bathroom stall.

Sorry, Luka, but everything seemed normal yesterday.

I mean, I brought you a coffee and we played pool.

- See, I think you're lying. - And I think you need to back off.

Are you still mad?

- Yeah, I'm still mad. - We have a difference of opinion.

We're not gonna agree on everything.

You agreed to sacrifice yourself to Klaus.

To say we have a difference of opinion is the understatement of the century.

You would know.

What does Jonathan Gilbert have to say?

A lot. It's insane...

...the things he wrote in his journal.

What he kept from the founding families. Stuff that nobody knows.

Stuff that you've never told me.

We were, um...

We were angry at the founding families for what they did to Katherine.

We wanted revenge.

I didn't know about Jonathan Gilbert's ring yet. I didn't know he would...

That he would survive.

He described you as a monster.

That's what I was.

I want you to know the truth.

But I want you to hear it from me.

In the weeks after I became a vampire, I relished in it.

I took it to the darkest place I could.

Ugh, who wants to die next?

- Me. I'm next. - Me. He promised me.

What about you? You know, if you don't pick up the tempo...

...you're gonna lose your head. Snap, snap.

[STEFAN GROWLING AND WOMAN MOANING]

- Company, brother? I brought enough to share.

Are you mad, bringing them here when the town is hunting us?

If you're worried about the founding families, don't be.

They're all dead or about to be.

Huh. Yeah.

Leave this place. Never think of it again. Same for you.

Leave this place. Never think of it again.

Don't be like this. I'm having fun.

Staying alive is more fun, Stefan.

We have to be more careful. More clever.

- Like Katherine was. - Huh. Look where that got her.

I'm done here.

With you. I'm leaving town.

You hate me, I know. I know.

An eternity of misery and on and on. You don't have to leave.

- Damon, I'll do better. I promise. - No. You will get us killed.

I'd rather leave you to do that to yourself.

I wasn't myself then. I was full of guilt.

What I did to my father, to my brother.

I had to turn it off.

It was the only way I could survive.

It sounds like you were Damon.

I was worse.

Other than your lecture on Mystic Falls, get anything out of Elijah?

No, it was boring.

Of course, Jenna thinks he's charming.

- You sound jealous. He sound jealous? - Kind of do.

Maybe we shouldn't talk about this here.

Andie? She's been compelled not to divulge my secrets, haven't you?

- Mm-hm. - Mm.

My lips are sealed.

Mm. - This is too weird.

I just need the right opportunity.

Ah. There's Jenna with her new boyfriend.

- Hi. - Hey, guys.

- Hi. I hear you two had, uh...

...quite a meeting of historical minds. - Yeah. I guess you could say that.

Well, as much as I'd like to continue this, I, uh, I've got papers to grade.

You know what? We should continue this.

Let's have a dinner party.

Ooh, my girl. Full of good ideas. I'll be happy to host.

- Say tonight, maybe? - It's good for me. Jenna?

- No, I don't know if tonight works... - Yeah, I'm free.

It would be a pleasure.

Great.

Drink up. Good girl.

I come bearing gifts.

I didn't have time to properly shop, but I did get a couple things.

Hmm?

Wow, that blood did the trick.

You're almost pretty again.

What is it you want, Damon?

Guess who's back in town.

Your old friend John Gilbert.

- Really? - Mm-hm.

- Why? - Said he loves his daughter.

Wants to protect her from Elijah and Klaus.

- Touching. - Yeah, right?

Told me this old wives' tale about how to kill an Original.

And you wanna know if it's true.

If it was, I wouldn't tell you.

Now, why not? I mean, you want Elijah and Klaus dead as much as I do.

Klaus, yes. Elijah, no.

He's compelled me to stay in here. If he dies, I'm stuck forever.

Sucks for you.

Forget it, Damon. Killing Elijah would be a suicide mission. You can't do it.

- Can so. - Can't.

Even with the dagger and a little white oak ash?

No, Damon.

If you kill Elijah, then I'm stuck in here forever.