Legacies

Previously on Legacies... Penelope is leaving the school.

Oh, yeah. I knew that.

You never consider anybody's feelings but your own.

It's a log of everything

written down at the Salvatore School,

and I want you to read what your dad wrote

about something called the Merge.

What's Malivore?

It's a hell dimension

that consumes creatures and wipes their existence

from the collective conscience.

I don't even know how long I was in Malivore.

And then, one day, I found myself back here.

I was pregnant.

So Landon is the, uh,

supernatural immaculate conception?

You are keeping a secret about my mom?

I can't be here right now. Landon. Landon!

Your asset failed her retrieval mission.

I cleaned up her mess.

Usual debrief before you throw him into the pit.

Find out where he's from. Family.

Any other phoenixes he's willing to give up.

Then ask him about the knife.

As in the knife?

When I was at the school,

I heard he tried to steal it.

And I'd like to know why he wanted

one of the locks to the pit.

Shouldn't be too difficult.

He recorded the voice mail with minimal resistance.

No one's watching us now.

Look,

I already told the other guys I don't know anything.

You can kill me, but I'm part phoenix,

so I'm just gonna come back to life

in a burst of flames, and there's gonna be a lot of ash

to clean up. And after I come back,

I'm not gonna know anything.

I'm not here to interrogate you, Landon.

In fact, I'm here

so you can finally get some answers.

When they created the locks to Malivore,

they also created decoys

so no one would know which three artifacts were the real thing.

I think you might be able to help me with that.

Is one of these artifacts calling to you?

Like a whisper,

an itch?

A) I don't feel anything.

And B) even if I did, I'm not helping

the people who kidnapped me.

Oh, this isn't for Triad.

No, they want these artifacts to stay hidden.

To be clear,

I want to toss them into the pit

and unlock Malivore.

Wow.

Uh...

Thanks for being honest.

That's refreshing.

But now I'm really not going to help you.

I'll tell you a story.

And at the end of it, you can decide whether you want

to help me or not. You think a story

is gonna change my mind? This one will.

Because it's the story of your father.

That almost took your head off.

Yo, how long have I been here?

For an hour. But you've been going through the motions

like a zombie.

You sure you're okay?

Yeah, I'm fine. And, look,

you don't need to pretend like you give a crap about me

just 'cause I'm your alpha.

The game's back on. Come on.

Hey, Ric. Sorry to take off like that,

but I just needed a little time.

So I'm going camping for a while.

Hopefully I can catch up on classwork later.

Tell Raf and Jed hi for me.

Jed?

Why would he say hi to Jed?

You should go after him.

Something doesn't make sense.

Hope... Triad already tried to come

for him once. It's not safe for him out there. We kept

a massive secret from him, and I think he just needs some time

to process that. I think we should respect

his privacy and just wait.

I know that look.

What's wrong?

These kids have been through so much lately.

I've done all I can to help Rafael,

but the side effects of Hope's elixir are getting worse.

He's losing time,

having flashes of aggression.

I think he's still sliding between his wolf mind

and his human mind.

I will-- I'll keep an eye on him.

You've been running on fumes these past few weeks.

It wouldn't hurt to bring in someone else to help,

maybe even assist in researching Rafael's condition.

Dorian is too proud to come back.

You know that. And you know

how much I respect you.

But are you sure it's his pride that's the problem?

Was there a monster attack in here?

There you are.

I got tired of waiting, so I attempted

a banana cream pie by myself.

Where is it?

In the garbage. I said "attempted."

So we're gonna go back to plan A,

and you are gonna make it for me.

Status update: Josie didn't come back last night.

I think she slept in Penelope's old room,

which is a really good way to get hepatitis B.

Have you slept at all? You seem a little...

Focused? Motivated? On point?

Sure. Yeah. Not sleeping in the same bedroom means

that Twin Forgiveness Cuddle is off the table.

But she's been holed up in the library,

so a snack offering should do the trick.

At some point, you might actually have to apologize.

Never apologize.

Okay. Trust me, okay?

This is what we do. I'm selfish,

then she sulks,

and then I offer baked goods.

Someone else's baked goods. It's giving you

something to do with yourself, isn't it?

Your turn for an update.

Any word

from our mop-headed elf?

He says he needs time to think.

Hmm. I don't know. I feel like if I could

figure out the right thing to say, then he'd come back.

So, practice.

Emma has this prism

that simulates a conversation.

She makes me use it

to talk to my mom and my dad when I'm in a state.

I'll trade you one prism

for a banana cream pie.

I brought you some brain food.

I'm not hungry.

It's all your favorite things.

Which I'm sure somebody else had to tell you.

No offense, but I'm not gonna believe anything you say.

I mean, A-plus for manipulation, man.

This is really frightening stuff, but...

Where did you get this?

It's all part of what I'm about to tell you. Look,

I already know about my dad.

My mom got pregnant by one of the monsters in Malivore.

Well,

then he'll be easy to spot in my story.

Around a millennia ago,

in certain parts of the world, there were monsters.

And in one region...

...there was no monster more terrifying

than dragons.

On their own, no faction was any match

for dragons.

So an unholy alliance was formed.

A witch,

a werewolf and a vampire...

Walked into a bar. I think I've heard this one before.

Sorry.

The Triad combined their blood,

using black magic

to create a golem capable of consuming the dragons.

They spelled the creature to have an insatiable hunger.

But their spell also made it unable to harm witches,

werewolves, or vampires.

They named it Eater of the Dark.

When the dragons,

in human form, returned to collect the treasure

from all the villages they had attacked,

it was waiting for them.

It took them,

consumed them.

To their surprise,

the creature was more effective than they could have dreamed.

After the dragons were gone,

it kept eating every monster it could,

swallowing them into an endless space inside itself.