The Vampire Diaries

Stefan: Mystic Falls... I was born here.

This is my home.

Damon: And mine. Elena: And mine.

For centuries, supernatural creatures have lived among us.

Bonnie: They were vampires, werewolves,

doppelgangers, witches. And even hybrids.

There are those who protect them...

What's going on? We just need

to ask you a few questions about your son.

You have no idea what you're up against.

Stefan: And those who want them dead.

Friends, we are the beginning.

Elena: They are the ones we love...

Stefan: And the ones we've lost.

This magic is dark.

You made your choice.

Now they're taking it out on me.

I'm sorry, grams! No, no!

Stefan: Then there's Elena. She's one of us now.

A vampire.

And I'll do anything to help her survive.

Hi. Hi.

Damon: You're making a big mistake.

No, I'm not. If I can get Elena used to animal blood right out the gate...

You're reaching. Maybe she'll be able

to bypass all the things that we went through.

Delusional.

Maybe she actually has a shot at this.

Wrong. You're just wrong, Stefan.

She won't be able to handle it

if she hurts someone, Damon.

Her compassion is her Achilles' heel

and everything is magnified right now.

Then you better hope she's not a fan of Bambi.

Stefan: Close your eyes.

She needs human blood, Stefan.

From the vein.

Oh, come on, you know what happens.

You name me a vampire

who didn't kill at least one person when they were new.

You name me one who went on the bunny diet

and didn't kill dozens.

If she kills someone, she will crumble.

How much pain do you think she can take

before she shuts off her humanity switch?

It happens to the best of us at least once.

We get over it, Stefan. A hundred years or so.

Yeah, well, I think I'd like her to skip that part.

She can't learn to control the blood lust

if she's never actually experienced the blood lust.

What are you doing? Knock it off.

It's like a cheat. Like giving a kid

a calculator before they know math.

I said stop.

Don't worry, he'll heel.

Bigger animals are more resilient.

Hey.

You did it.

I know it's hard.

But you can do this.

Whoa.

What's going on?

Oh, we're just having a little disagreement about process, right?

You're still not on board with the animal plan.

Nope. I say rip off

the proverbial band-aid and let it bleed.

You're a vampire, Elena. Be a vampire.

You ready to go?

Vampires eat people.

It's part of the natural food pyramid.

Trust me.

You're going to be miserable.

Elena: I can't do it.

All right, it's like the starting line of a race, right?

So you just push off with every ounce

of strength that you have, ok?

I was a cheerleader. I sucked at track.

Just concentrate, ok?

You can do it.

I can't.

All I can think about is your hands on my body.

Oh. No, no, no, I didn't--

I didn't say take them off.

It feels good.

Yeah? Mm-hmm.

What does it feel like?

It feels like

you're touching every nerve on my body.

Hmm.

Everything is heightened.

Taste.

The smell.

Sight. Touch.

This seat's taken.

"Faulty gas line leads to tragic explosion at Young farm".

Really?

Better than "Town council blown up, police have no suspects".

Unless the perpetrator's right next to me.

Well, don't look at me. I always take credit for killing people.

Seriously, stop looking at me like that, Liz.

If I was going to kill ten people, I wouldn't blow 'em up.

I'd have a dinner party.

The explosion was sparked from inside. This wasn't an accident.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

The council's dead, Liz. I see that as a win.

I've known some of the council since I was a kid.

They were my friends.

Well, your friends tried to kill your daughter.

Who's the new guy?

Excuse me, sheriff. Hi. I was wondering if I could speak

to you for a minute. It's about the explosion at the Young farm.

I'm sorry, mister... Oh, Connor Jordan.

Are you with the insurance investigators?

No, no, I'm more of an independent contractor.

Can we speak in private?

Sure.

Thanks.

Nice to meet you, too,

Mr. Busybody Guy.

So what are these again?

They're paper lanterns.

Student council made them for after the memorial.

You line them up in honor of all the dead.

Nobody thought fire might be a little inappropriate?

Yeah, I wouldn't make that crack in front of Elena.

How is she?

I guess she's fine... considering.

If there's anything I can do, you know,

short of giving her a ride, you'll let me know, right?

I'm only alive because she told Stefan to save me first.

She's a vampire because of me,

so I'd like to pay it back or forward or whatever.

Yeah.

Jeremy?

Picture an emo pixie cut and braces.

April? Yeah.

Oh, you look great. Do you remember April? Elena used to--

Elena used to baby-sit you, yeah, I remember.

Yeah, before I got shipped off to boarding school by my dad.

Your dad. Oh, my God,

I am so sorry about your dad.

Thank you.

I guess. I sort of don't know how to answer

when people say that.

Your dad was Pastor Young, right?

He of the faulty gas line.

Sorry. I haven't figured out

what to say about that yet, either.

Wow, I am being a freak.

I'm just, you know,

not much for grief, I guess.

I have to go register... Or something.

I think.

Hey, care, it's me.

I'm back. I, um...

Can you call me? I've been having some...

adjustment issues.

Hey. Hi.

Well, what's that for?

This is from the year you were born.

I think we should celebrate.

Celebrate what?

Your first feed.

I know it was disgusting

and traumatic and it was horrible.

But you did it anyway.

You survived it. Well, um...

I wouldn't say I survived it.

It actually kind of made me sick.

Listen, I choked it down for a month

before I could stomach the taste. It gets easier.

This, on the other hand,

will go down like silk.

You're so cheery.

Yeah, because you're here.

You're...alive. Ish. And, uh, you're going--

you're going to get through this.

So, would you like to do the honors?

Ok.

Oh!

Oh, my God.

Cheers.

Ah, perfect timing, Damon.

Yeah, we just got back.

What?

Did you do it? That seat's taken.

But there's no one here.

Did you do it? Well, I'm'st going to pretend like there's someone there.

Because the alternative's just too damn depressing.

Did you set off the explosion that killed the town council?

Am I wearing my "I blew up the council" t-shirt?

Why does everybody keep asking me that?

Did you? No.

Anything else?

Yes.

Something's wrong.

I can't keep any of the animal blood down.