1Day One
Morning - Mystic Falls High School - Outside - Football Field
The Mystic Falls High School football field was all decked out for the commencement ceremony.
It was deserted, except for Kol, who stood at the podium, the dead hybrid and witches from the Expression Triangle sacrifices, who approached him, led by Adrian, Kim and Aja.
Kol tapped the microphone before speaking. "Welcome back. It was our deaths that allowed this day to come to pass. Massacres performed in the name of resurrecting the immortal, Silas. Twelve hybrids, twelve witches, the slaughter of innocents by mind control of a psychotic maniac named Esmeralda. She controlled the so-called hero protectors of Mystic Falls into risking unleashing Hell on Earth for their own selfish gains. And today, that's exactly what they're going to get."
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Living Room
Lexi and Isabella were dancing to the Bon Jovi song.
Isabella rotated her hips, smiling, having a bottle in her hand, laughing.
Lexi tilted her head back and forth, raising an arm in the air.
Stefan sat on the couch, nodding to the song, having a bottle in his hand.
Lexi and Isabella danced further. Lexi raised both arms in the air. Isabella raised on, fist bumping, turning around, tossing the bottle to Lexi.
Lexi caught the bottle, smiling, taking a drink.
Isabella looked toward the door. "Em!" Emma was standing in the doorway, watching with a small smile.
"Dance with us." Lexi told her.
Damon walked into the room, looking skeptical. "Or how about not?"
"Damon!" Stefan said. "Help me celebrate my 17th high school graduation."
Damon turned off the music.
(Song Ends)
Isabella stopped dancing, giving him a mock pouty face.
"Hey, Damon, you remember my friend, Lexi, of course?" Stefan asked.
Lexi glared at Damon, licking her lips.
"Lexi, back from the dead." Damon told her. "Goody."
Lexi rushed toward Damon, grabbing his throat, pushing him against the wall. "What's up, buzzkill?"
"Stefan, Isabella, you're just gonna sit or stand there and let her enact her ghostly revenge?" Damon asked.
"You reap what you sow, buddy." Isabella told him.
"Em?" Damon asked.
Emma sat on the arm of the couch, taking the bottle out of Isabella's hand. "Don't look at me."
Emma took a sip of bourbon.
"Let's be very clear." Lexi told him. "Whatever time I have left here, I sure as hell don't plan on wasting on you. You got me?"
"Yeah." Damon answered. "Got ya." Lexi released him, walking toward Stefan and Emma and the couch. Damon gasped. Isabella propped herself up against the back of the couch, taking the bottle from Stefan. "So if you and Alaric Saltzman, Derek Jackson and Jeremy Gilbert are all flesh-like and real-seeming, that means something went horribly wrong when Bonnie Bennett, Rosie Lockwood and Sally Davidsons tried to put that Veil up. And here you three are, having dance party USA."
"You're right." Stefan told him. "How selfish of us to be indulging in these precious moments with our formerly dead friend. I should be sacrificing my own happiness for the good of others, right?"
Isabella pointed at Stefan. "You should be upstairs grooming your hero-hair."
Damon walked closer. "Are you two drunk?"
"I don't know, Mom, are we?" Isabella asked.
Lexi chuckled, taking the bottle from Emma.
Damon snatched the bottle from Lexi, taking a drink.
"Okay." Lexi told him.
Emma took the bottle from Isabella , chuckling. "Well, I guess that's one way to celebrate our supernatural apocalypse." She took a drink. "Now, care to hazard any guesses on what the hell went wrong?"
...
Mystic Falls High School - Underground Chamber
Rosie and Sally were looking at their bodies.
Bonnie was on the phone. "We hit kind of a snag."
Liam was at school, manning the yearbook table. "A snag? A snag is a bad yearbook picture. You hit a tsunami. Where are you?"
"We're trying to fix it, but we're running into some trouble." Bonnie told him. "We need to wait until the full moon tonight to have enough power to put the Veil back up."
"Are you telling me that you guys might graduate right smack in the middle of a ghost-filled Expression Triangle?" Liam asked.
Bonnie was working on a spell in front of her, using the ground as a table. "Maybe we should just cancel."
Bonnie took off her glass-like bracelet, holding it over a flame, focusing on it.
Sally knelt in front of Bonnie, using a knife to cut her palm, letting the blood trickle down onto the bracelet.
"No, we are not going to cancel." Liam told her. "You guys are graduating today. Graduation is the most important even of our lives, the last ceremony of our youth. It is our rite of freaking passage. Caroline is still organizing, and she says that Hell will freeze over before she lets anyone cancel graduation."
Bonnie's hand already had a wound like Sally's. She let the blood trickle down onto the bracelet. "Can you guys not make jokes about Hell freezing over? We're not that far off from that already."
"Just promise me that today is a friend day." Liam told her.
Bonnie took a man's bracelet, holding it over the open flame. "Okay, I promise." She set the man's bracelet aside, holding the one that was glass-like. It was glowing blue. "Evelyn, there's something I have to tell you."
"Okay, shoot." Liam told her.
"I did a spell last night to bring Jeremy back to life." Bonnie told him.
Liam looked around in shock, stepping to the side of the hallway so no one could overhear. "You what?"
"It's not completed yet, but I need you to know." Bonnie told him.
"You know what happened last time." Liam told her. "And now you're trying to bring back Jeremy back? Why would you risk it?"
"I did it for Evelyn." Bonnie told him. "I brought Jeremy back for Evelyn. Evelyn Zhu, has felt more pain than a 100 people, and I know that she needed him back. Emma and Elena need Jeremy. There's too many people here that need him. I don't care about the consequences."
Liam smiled widely. "Bonnie Bennett, I love you."
Bonnie smiled a small smile. "I love you, too."
Liam leaned against the wall. "So how do you finish the spell?"
Later, Bonnie hung up.
Grams looked at the three witches. "Go. I'll make sure no one finds your bodies. But girls-"
"We know." Rosie told her. "We have to find a way to bring me back before we put the Veil back up, or everyone on the Other Side will be coming back for good." She looked at Bonnie and Sally. "And I'm hoping that the link will bring them back with me."
"And if it doesn't..." Sally trailed off. "We know we need to tell them. We just can't. They've been through too much already."
"I know, child." Grams told her. "I was just going to say that... You will have to bring Rosie back. And if the link doesn't bring the two of you back with her, like we're hoping... Make sure you say your goodbyes."
Sally looked at Bonnie.
Bonnie smiled sadly at Sally.
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Outside - Garden
(Song:) Dance in the Graveyards - Delta Rae
Alaric, Jeremy, Elena, Emma and Morgana were all sitting around a stone table, eating takeout.
Alaric, Jeremy and Emma were eating hungrily and messily.
"Mm." Emma hummed through a full mouth. "Oh, my God."
Morgana laughed.
"Mm." Jeremy hummed.
"No grease on the Other Side, huh?" Elena asked.
"You have no idea how much I've missed this." Alaric told them, holding up a bottle of bourbon. "And this." Morgana took the bottle with a smile. "No, hey. Hey."
Morgana took a drink from the bottle.
"She just got her humanity back." Jeremy told him. "Let her live a little."
"Her?" Emma repeated. "She's the Mikealson Girl that can't die. I'm the Gilbert Girl who's going to become a huntress."
Emma reached for the bottle.
Morgana pulled it away. "Hey, you wish."
"I'm happy." Emma told them. "What are they gonna do, throw me in juvie?"
"Well, at least you'd have a place to live." Alaric told her.
Morgana smiled, throwing food at them. "You all suck!"
Elena smiled, giggling.
Alaric smiled. "Hey. Now there they are. Those smiles. I wasn't sure we were gonna see those again."
(Song Ends)
Elena had tears in her eyes. "We did some pretty terrible things."
Morgana took a deep breath, nodding, tears in her own eyes.
"Hey, no." Jeremy told them. "No tears. If Eliza was right, we only have until tonight. We need a no-crying rule."
Morgana looked up. "But the crying's good. It means that we're finally feeling something, and right now, I..." She took Alaric's and Elena's hands. "I feel happy."
Elena nodded, taking Jeremy's hand.
They all smiled.
Elena's phone rang. She took it out. "It's the Grill. It must be Matt." She answered. "Hey, you went AWOL this morning. What happened?"
Connor's voice was on the other line. "Hello, Elena." He was sitting in the Grill at the bar. "It's your dead friend, Connor. You remember me?"
Elena and Morgana exchanged a confused look.
...
Parking Lot
Evelyn woke up to see that she was completely healed.
Matt was standing on a mat attached to a bomb.
Evelyn stood, looking at Alexander.
Alexander was unloading weapons out of a trailer. "A hidden compartment filled with advanced weaponry. Man has evolved from his days of throwing stones."
"There is nothing we can do for you, Alexander." Evelyn told him. "Please, let us go."
"I'm not holding you here." Alexander told her. "Although, I have a feeling that exploding contraption will have a hard time parting with your handsome friend intact."
"Just go, Eve." Matt told her. "I'll be fine."
"I'm not leaving you." Evelyn told him.
Alexander examined a bottle of werewolf venom in awe. "The solider, Conner, found a way to siphon venom from a werewolf."
"What do you want from us?" Evelyn asked.
"To fulfill my destiny." Alexander answered. "The brotherhood of the Hunters was created for one reason, and one reason alone."
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Foyer
Damon opened the door to find an unexpected visitor. "Vaughn?"
Vaughn raised a gun, shooting Damon in the shoulder. The force of it caused Damon to step back, making him groan in pain.
"Got a little message for you, laddie." Vaughn told him. "Straight from the mouth of the witch Qetsiyah."
...
Outside - Garden/Mystic Grill (Phone Call)
Connor was sitting at the bar. "We want Silas, and we want the Cure."
"I don't know where they are, so I guess I can't help you." Elena told him.
"Huh." Connor told her, turning around to look at the busy Grill. "Well, you know who's gonna need some help? Grandma and Grandpa Jones, in town for the big high school graduation, along with Auntie Sue and Uncle Mark..." Scott and Derek were sitting together in the very back of the Grill. Derek had the hood of his hoodie pulled over his head. Scott looked toward Connor, recognizing him, listening in. "Matter of fact, everybody here at the Mystic Grill for graduation brunch." Connor looked over the bar. "You either give me what I want, or they die."
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Salvatore Boarding House - Living Room
Damon groaned, pulling the bullet out of his shoulder.
Vaughn checked his gun. "Yeah, borrowed it from my jarhead friend, Connor. Shoots wood like lead."
"Come on, man." Damon told him. "I didn't kill you."
Isabella and Stefan were standing in the room with them, arms crossed over their chests.
"No, but you left me in that well on that island, where I starved to death." Vaughn told him. "There I was, all alone on the Other Side, till Qetsiyah found me and reminded me of my supernatural destiny. To cure Silas, and then kill Silas. Just as how your ex girlfriend Emma was supposed to activate it."
"You make it sound like you don't think she's capable of killing." Stefan told him.
"She's a woman." Vaughn told him. "There's no way that she could handle what we do."
Isabella snickered. "You obviously don't know Emma."
"Doesn't matter." Vaughn told them. "If any of you get in the way, you're dead along with-"
The blade of the sword pierced through his chest. Vaughn gagged, nearly falling, blood trailing from his mouth.
Emma looked over his shoulder to look at Vaughn. "You were saying?" She pulled the sword out of Vaughn's back, making him fall to the floor, dead. Isabella, Damon and Stefan looked at Emma in shock. Emma gave them a look, nodding. "Uh, you're welcome."
Emma put the tip of the sword on the floor so she could lean against it.
...
Mystic Grill
Connor was still on the phone.
"Please, don't hurt anyone." Elena told him. "I'll find Silas, and I'll get the Cure."
"Good." Connor told her. "Get it done."
Connor hung up.
Scott stood next to him. "So, you get off on terrorizing innocent people?"
Connor looked at Scott, sizing him up. "I remember you. You're one of Klaus Mikaelson's hybrids."
"Was one of Klaus' hybrids." Scott corrected. "He doesn't have anymore hybrids. Mainly because most of them are dead. But the three of us still left alive are unsired, and we know how to put up a damn good fight."
Connor chuckled. "That's ironic. You must not know a damn thing about fighting if you're trying to intimidate a dead guy packing C4."
Connor opened his jacket slightly to reveal he was strapped with explosives.
"And you must not know a damn thing about hybrids if you're trying to intimidate one with explosives." Scott replied.
Connor grinned, lifting a detonator in his hand, pressing the button.
Scott rushed toward Connor, grabbing him, rushing out of the Grill.
The bombs exploded, causing some damage to the edge of the restaurant.
The Grill's patrons screamed in fright.
Derek looked toward the door, keeping his head down, his hoodie hood still pulled up, smirking.
...
Parking Lot
Matt was careful not to move a muscle.
Evelyn stood by his side, watching him worriedly, just itching to find a way for them to get out of here.
Alexander sat in the doorway of the trailer. "Go ahead, sweet Evelyn. Use your vampire powers to swift him away. I'm sure you can survive the blast of six of these... automobiles. Can he?"
Evelyn glared toward him.
"Just ignore him." Matt told her. Evelyn looked at him. "All right? Let's think about something else. Like graduation. What are your plans? College, travel? You told me you were planning on an extended getaway. Just because I'm never getting out of this town doesn't mean you shouldn't see the world."
Evelyn watched the mat nervously as Matt's weight shifted on top, looking at him. "It's just been settled. You're going with me. We're gonna see life as we've only dreamt it. We'll start in Italy." She looked at Alexander. "Klaus, Morgana and Rebekah told me about this little church outside San Vittore in Brienno."
Alexander nodded. "Romantic spot. Popular for weddings."
Evelyn looked at Matt. "And then we'll get to see the Northern Lights, in the springtime, the Simatai Gorge from on top of the Great Wall of China, every inch of the Louvre."
Matt smiled. "China, Paris, Northern Lights... It's a date."
"We'll see it all when we're done here because we can." Evelyn told him, looking defiantly at Alexander. "We're alive. We're not gonna be stuck as ghosts in misery on the Other Side."
Alexander angrily stood. "All right, we're done here."
Alexander threw a dagger toward Matt.
Evelyn caught the dagger.
Matt nearly fell off the mat, teetering on top.
Evelyn turned to Matt, throwing the knife aside, holding Matt by his shoulders, keeping him standing. "I got you."
Matt laughed nervously at the close call. "You really know what to say to piss someone off."
Evelyn smiled. "I was being serious."
Matt nodded. "I know."
Evelyn looked up at Matt.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Hallway
Rosie, Bonnie and Sally walked down a deserted hallway. Bonnie was wearing her graduation gown and holding her cap.
Katherine joined them smoothly from a side corridor, standing next to Tory. "I don't think red's really your color, Bon-Bon."
"And here I was hoping the ghost of anyone would've killed you already." Bonnie told her. "Didn't Morgana get the memo that she can kill again?"
"Funny you should mention death, because I'm here to collect that immortality you've promised me." Katherine told them.
"Funny you still think you're going to get it." Sally told her.
"We told you, Qetsiyah's the only witch who knows the immortality spell." Bonnie told her.
"She was a no-show." Rosie told her.
Rosie, Bonnie and Sally finished together. "You're out of luck."
Rosie, Bonnie and Sally exchanged a look, obviously wondering if they were still linked.
Katherine turned to face them, standing in front of Bonnie to stop all three of them. "See, here's the thing. I can't disagree with you, because I have been feeling out of luck lately. But you know who has been getting all of my luck? My beloved Doppelganger, Emma. My shadow self is living a better life than I am, so if I don't get that immortality, I may just have to get rid of her altogether."
"Did you just threaten my best friend?" Bonnie asked.
Katherine made a face as if to say, maybe I did. "And if that's not motivation enough for the three of you to behave, why don't I go see if Matty Blue and Scott are willing to die for you being stubborn."
Rosie looked at her very angrily. "Tonight's a full moon, Katherine. Do you really want to piss me off? I could crush your skull without even flinching."
Katherine looked behind them as they heard a door opening. "Go ahead. Make your move."
A group of students entered the hallways.
Rosie, Bonnie and Sally turned to look at them.
Katherine disappeared.
Rosie, Bonnie and Sally turned to see that she was gone.
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Damon's Room
Damon was rubbing his shoulder uncomfortably, checking himself in the mirror.
Elena walked toward him. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, never better." Damon told her.
Emma knocked on the door frame.
They looked toward her.
"Hey." Emma told them.
"Hey." Damon told her.
"So, I think there's some stuff you and I need to talk about." Emma told him.
"Yes, we do." Damon agreed. "Mainly because we never actually talked about what happened between me and Elena, the way we hurt you. But first..." He walked over to a bedside table, pulling out a chest, walking toward Emma, handing her the Cure. "Consider it a graduation present."
Emma shook her head. "Damon, I can't take that."
"Sure you can." Damon told her. "Looks like it might be cherry-flavored."
Emma laughed. 'I'm not saying I don't want it. Obviously I want it. But... that's the only one. There's only one Cure. And the Hunters have made it pretty clear that they're willing to kill everyone in Mystic Falls until they get it."
"Emma..." Damon trailed off, putting the Cure into her hand, folding her fingers over it. "Take the damn thing. Not only will it turn Morgana human, but it will turn Klaus human, and end his reign of terror once and for all. I want you to take it."
Emma hesitated, looking at the Cure in her hand, putting it into Damon's hand. "I can't."
"Well, I guess that answers the sire bond question." Elena told them.
The floor creaked.
Damon looked over Emma's shoulder. "You gonna help a brother out, or are you just gonna lurk?"
Alex and Elena turned around to see Jeremy and Morgana leaning against the door frame.
"Look, Emma." Jeremy told her. "You're my sister and I love you, no matter what you choose."
"And it gives us an even better feeling if it royally pisses Damon off." Morgana told them.
Damon gave Morgana a look. "How is it even when you're dead, you're the bane of my existence?"
Morgana smiled smugly in amusement.
Emma walked out.
...
Living Room
Isabella was pouring four glasses of blood, and one glass of bourbon.
Emma knelt next to Vaughn's body. The sword was lying on the floor next to her.
Stefan and Lexi stood next to each other, looking at Vaughn and Emma.
"So, the Veil's down until tonight, he dies and goes to the Other Side, and what?" Lexi asked. "Comes back all over again? How long does that take?"
Isabella handed a glass of blood to Lexi. "What, they don't give you a rule book over there?" She handed Stefan a glass of blood. She handed the glass of bourbon to Emma. She turned to hold one glass of blood toward someone, smiling. "It's really good to have you back, Cris."
Emma took a sip of bourbon.
Lexi laughed, pointing at Stefan. "You know, you're missing your chance to weigh in on the Great Morgana Mikealson Cure Debate."
"What is he supposed to do, tell her it's her choice?" Isabella asked. "Because that worked out so well."
"Isabella..." Stefan trailed off in warning.
"What?" Isabella asked. "Her and Elena's choices suck and you know it."
"You know, it's funny, those three are in there arguing about how to protect the world, and they have yet to address their biggest issue." Stefan told them.
"Enlighten me." Emma told him.
"The sire bond's gone," Stefan told them. "Morgana and Elena's emotions are back. They finally know exactly how they feel."
"And what if whatever Elena feels is for you?" Emma asked.
Stefan considered the question for a moment. "I love her, but I'm not in love with her anymore. I'll always protect her. But after everything that happened, I can't go back to that."
"And Morgana?" Emma asked.
"I'm in love with her." Stefan told them. "There's a handful of epic loves for everyone in this world, and they're both one for me, but I'm done with Elena. Morgana is the one that has never hurt me intentionally when she was herself. I'd go back to her in a heartbeat. But, if that's not how either of them feel, then maybe that's exactly what I need to hear to get my ass out the door. Maybe I will move to Australia. I can live in a yurt."
Lexi laughed. "Cheers to that."
Isabella, Stefan, Lexi and Emma clinked their glasses together.
Vaughn suddenly revived, standing.
...
Damon's Room
Elena, Damon, Jeremy and Morgana were talking.
"Come on, we don't need the Cure for Silas, he's a calcified statue." Damon told them.
Damon groaned uncomfortably.
Elena gave Damon a look. "What was that?"
"Nothing." Damon told her.
Morgana looked at the spot where Vaughn had shot him. "Take off your shirt."
"Morgana, there are children present." Damon told her.
"Fine." Elena told him, pulling the collar of Damon's shirt down to reveal the wound in his shoulder. Damon cringed in pain. "Damon, why isn't this healed?"
"Because the bullet was laced with werewolf venom, okay?" Damon asked. "The Hunters are dicks."
Elena turned worried within the blink of an eye.
Morgana turned away, starting to pace. "We need Klaus. We need his blood."
"Klaus would rather see me die." Damon told her. "Plus, Klaus is a thousand miles away sipping Hurricanes on Bourbon Street with Elizabeth."
"That wound will kill you." Morgana told him. "And, wow, I just sounded actually worried about your life, didn't I?"
"Yes, you did." Damon answered. "It was very sweet."
"Don't make me take it back." Morgana told him.
"Too late." Damon told her.
Morgana gave Damon an annoyed look.
"What about the Cure?" Jeremy asked.
Morgana looked from Jeremy to Damon. "Jeremy's right. If you're human, the werewolf venom won't hurt you."
"And here I was, so moved by your speech to save mankind." Damon told her. He faked listening downstairs. "Sounds like Vaughn's awake."
Damon walked past Morgana and Elena.
Elena turned after him. "Damon, wait."
...
Living Room
Isabella, Stefan, Lexi and Emma watched Vaughn.
Damon walked in.
Vaughn turned around.
"Here." Damon told him, tossing the Cure to him.
Vaughn caught it.
"What the hell are you doing?" Emma asked.
"Digging up Silas." Damon told them, turning around, walking to the front door. "You coming, Vaughn, or not?"
Vaughn followed Damon out the front door.
Morgana and Elena arrived just as the door closed. They turned to Emma, Lexi, Stefan and Isabella, speechless.
...
Steven's Quarry
Damon led Vaughn to the edge of a cliff overlooking the quarry.
"Here we are." Damon told him.
"What is it?" Vaughn asked.
"It's where I dumped Silas." Damon told him. "Closed off to hikers, no food for animals, endlessly deep water."
"I'm not following you, Damon." Vaughn told him. "Where exactly did you put the body?"
Damon humorously explained each step to Vaughn, indicating direction as necessary. "Well, um... well, let me see. So I dragged his stone ass through here, I flung him in that general direction, then he tumbled down into those weeds... I kind of lost him in the rocks. The thing about physics... wait, what is it? It's, ah, distance equals velocity times time? Guess I should've told you to bring some scuba gear, huh?"
Vaughn gave him an unamused look.
...
Parking Lot
Evelyn held Matt's arms to keep him up. Matt held her arms to keep standing, his legs too tired to stand in one place for too long.
Alexander circled around them. "Don't you two look cozy?"
Evelyn glared toward him.
Alexander walked into the trailer.
"So..." Matt trailed off. "He seems nice."
Evelyn started to laugh, but stopped herself. "Don't make jokes. I'll laugh, and you'll fall."
Matt spoke lowly. "I'm wearing the Gilbert ring. I can't be killed by anything supernatural, so maybe if you're the one who detonates the bomb, then maybe I won't die."
"Absolutely not." Evelyn told him. "You'll blow into a billion pieces, the ring with it."
"There's only one way to find out." Matt told her.
"No, screw your plan, I've got my own." Evelyn told him. She smiled a small smile. "You asked me when I have ever been subtle for what I want. I've tried being subtle. I'm not good at it." Matt chuckled. "I'm better at being blunt. I always have been. And I've never been afraid of anything, but when I was, I did the thing I was most afraid of. And that's what I'm doing now."
Evelyn kissed Matt passionately, surprising him. Matt kissed her back awkwardly. The shot panned around them. Evelyn finally pulled away carefully, breathing deeply.
Evelyn was standing on the bomb, and Matt was on the pavement.
Matt looked down, realizing what she had done. "What are you doing?"
"This can't kill me, and you can't miss graduation." Evelyn told him. "I'll catch up after I get cleaned up so I can actually graduate, but, please, just go."
"No." Matt told her.
"Go!" Evelyn told him. "How long has it been since you've taken vervain? Don't make me compel you."
Matt gave Evelyn a look, looking at the trailer, looking at her.
Evelyn nodded.
Matt ran away as fast as he could.
Evelyn smiled, biting her lip.
Alexander ran out of the trailer, glaring at Evelyn angrily. "What have you done?"
Evelyn looked over her shoulder to make sure Matt was far enough away, smiling. "I finally chose a good friend."
Evelyn looked forward, giving Alexander a smirk, rushing off of the mat, out of the parking lot.
The bomb worth of six cars went off, exploding.
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Living Room
Isabella had her phone to her ear, walking into the room where Stefan, Morgana, Emma and Elena stood. "Elizabeth, now is not the time to decide that you are over Mystic Falls. I'm gonna call you every 10 minutes until you get your ass here to save my brother's life."
Isabella hung up.
Elena was pacing, discussing what to do next. "We have to do something. If those Hunters give the Cure to Silas–-"
"They're not giving it to Silas." Emma told her. "Wherever Damon is taking Vaughn right now, it's to stall, because Damon hasn't had time to bury Silas' body yet." Elena stopped pacing. "And that's all you need to know right now."
"Okay, fine." Morgana told them. "We're stalling the Hunters, but Damon is still dying."
"It was one bullet, and it was only laced." Isabella told her. "We still have a little bit of time. Elizabeth isn't answering, but I will go to New Orleans myself and I will beg Klaus if I have to."
"Then it's settled." Jeremy told them. "You're going to your graduation."
Jeremy walked closer, carrying, Emma and Elena's caps and gowns.
"Gradua–-" Emma started. "No, Jer, we never even sent in our college applications."
"I don't care." Jeremy told them. "Mom and Dad would kill you if there wasn't a photo of you in your graduation getup."
"Jer, no." Elena told her. "Not if you can't be there."
"Lexi and Derek'll keep me company." Jeremy told her. "You're going."
Emma and Elena finally relented, walking over to them to take their caps and gowns.
Emma looked at Elena. "Let's go graduate."
They smiled at each other.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Outside - Football Field
Rosie was standing alone, looking around.
She heard Connor's voice behind her. "Rosie Lockwood." Rosie turned to face Connor. "Nice to meet you."
"Connor Jordan." Rosie replied. "I thought Scott got rid of you."
"He did, and then I shot him." Connor told her.
"You really think you intimidate me?" Rosie asked.
"No, I think that I need your blood to wake Silas." Connor answered.
Rosie raised her arm toward him. "Go ahead."
Connor gave her a confused look, taking her wrist, trying to cut it with a knife.
Rosie reacted quickly, taking the knife, stabbing Connor in the neck, letting his temporarily dead body fall to the ground.
Scott was standing behind him. "You don't know what subtlety is, do you?" Rosie smirked. "And, lucky for you, he was a ghost, and as of right now, so are you, so you won't turn."
"Let's hope that never happens, even when they bring me back to life." Rosie told him.
Scott nodded thoughtfully.
...
Elsewhere
Caroline and Bonnie stood alone in their graduation gowns and hats.
Caroline sighed, looking at Bonnie. "Where is everyone?"
Matt walked toward them. "I'm here."
"Where have you been?" Caroline asked.
"Oh, you know, making plans for the summer, dodging death by vampire Hunter." Matt answered. "Evelyn saved my life by blowing herself up twice, so I'd say we're even."
"What?" Caroline asked.
"Where are Evelyn, Morgana, Emma and Elena?" Bonnie asked. "We can't do this without them."
Elena, Stefan, Morgana and Emma walked toward them.
"We're here." Elena told them, hugging Bonnie. "Thank you for today."
Evelyn walked toward them. "Got here as fast as I could."
Matt smiled.
(Song:) Gone - Olivia Broadfield
"I can't believe it." Caroline told them happily. "We're actually all here. We are all here together." Morgana smiled. Bonnie had tears in her eyes. "Bonnie Bennett, are you crying?"
"It's our last hurrah before you guys go off to college." Bonnie told them.
"Before we go off to college." Caroline corrected.
"We... kinda sorta missed the deadline." Morgana told them. "You know, being emotionless bitches."
"Well, the perks of being vampires." Caroline told them. "We can go wherever we wanna go. We can choose our own roommates."
Everyone chuckled at her enthusiasm.
Bonnie smiled with tears in her eyes. "I'm happy we're all here."
"Aw, group hug." Caroline cheered.
"Ah, I don't-I don't hug..." Stefan trailed off.
"Oh, get over yourself." Emma told him, pulling Stefan in with them.
The group were all hugging and smiling.
Rudy opened the ceremony. "Welcome parents, family, and friends. What a beautiful day for a graduation. Thank you for joining us today on this special day, as we celebrate our graduates. So let's get started. John Albrecht. David Bance. Sarah Beasley. Um, not to play favorites, but I am especially proud of this next graduate, my lovely daughter. Bonnie Bennett." Bonnie walked toward Rudy, wrapping her arms around her father. "Congratulations. I'm so proud of you, sweetie."
"Thanks, Dad." Bonnie told him.
"You're welcome." Rudy told her.
Bonnie smiled. "For everything."
Rudy noticed something wrong.
Bonnie smiled, walking off stage.
Rudy went on with the ceremony. "Matt Donovan." Matt went up with a smile. "William Duncan. Caroline Forbes." Caroline practically skipped up there. "Congratulations."
"Thank you." Caroline told him.
Rudy went on. "Matt Freeman. Emma Gilbert." Emma went up, waving, taking her diploma. "Congratulations."
Emma smiled. "Thank you."
Rudy went on. "Elena Gilbert. Congratulations."
"Thank you." Elena told him, walking away.
Rudy went on.
...
Seats
Bonnie sat next to Evelyn, Sally and Rosie.
"Shouldn't you be sitting with the graduates?" Evelyn asked.
"I'm breaking a lot of rules lately." Bonnie told her.
"So how do we..." Evelyn trailed off.
Sally grabbed Evelyn's hand, wrapping the glass-like bracelet around her wrist.
(Song Ends)
Evelyn felt magic affect her, looking light-headed, breathing deeply, everything sounding distant a far away.
Sally clasped the bracelet, taking her hands away.
Everything felt normal.
Evelyn could hear the applause for another graduate.
Evelyn looked at Sally. "What was that?"
"Me tying the spell to you." Sally answered. "The bracelet ties the spell to you. And even if it doesn't work, it will allow you to see him on the Other Side."
"So if the spell doesn't work, if I wear the bracelet, it'll let me see him?" Evelyn asked.
Rosie nodded. "And if any other ghosts are around, it'll glow, even when the Veil is up. For the spell to work, all you have to do is touch, make contact to Jeremy and..."
Kol suddenly leaned forward from the row behind them to speak to them. "Greetings."
Evelyn didn't look at him. "I thought Stefan got rid of you."
"He did, and I spent the night crawling out of a cement grave." Kol told her. He looked at Bonnie, Sally and Rosie. "Does that spell work for any ghost, then?"
Kol touched Evelyn's shoulder, but nothing happened. Evelyn looked at his hand on her shoulder, turning her head to look at Kol from over her shoulder.
"The spell will only work right when the Veil is being brought up, so that no one else does steal it." Bonnie told him.
Evelyn smiled, looking from Bonnie to Sally and Rosie on either side of her. "You thought about just almost everything, didn't you?"
Bonnie smiled.
Kol looked from them to behind his row. "Isn't that the witch your friend Elisaveta killed?" Bonnie, Evelyn, Sally and Rosie turned, surprised to see Aja sitting a few rows back. "And over there, that's my hybrid friend, Adrian. Also dead. In fact, these seats are scattered with two dozen supernatural faces, all of whom have reason to lash out since their lives were sacrificed in order to make your Expression Triangle. All they're waiting on is word from me."
"The Veil goes back up tonight." Rosie told him. "Don't you have anything better to do than harass us and our friends?"
Kol laughed. "Well, that's the thing. I don't want the Veil to go back up. In fact, I want you to drop it completely, so I and my fallen friends can live, witches. Or I could just steal the spell you meant for Jeremy. It's time to pay the piper."
Bonnie looked at Evelyn. "Trust me."
Evelyn nodded slightly.
Bonnie stood, leading the way toward the school.
Sally and Rosie stood, following her.
Kol smirked at Evelyn, standing, following the witches.
Evelyn watched them go.
...
Inside - Boiler Room
Bonnie led them into the boiler room.
"The Kol I remember was adamantly against Hell on Earth." Bonnie told him.
"I was, till I was in Hell." Kol told them. "And it was there that I realized all of my crazy actions trying to put a stop to all of you was a figment of Esmeralda's mind control on me."
"So much for loving my Doppelganger, huh?" Rosie asked tauntingly.
"You're quite right." Kol told her. "I used to want to do anything to make her happy. Now I would very much like to destroy everything she built as revenge." He finally noticed Bonnie, Rosie, and Sally's bodies lying on the ground. "What's this?"
"It's us." Bonnie answered. "We died last night. We're ghosts, and we know that we have to bring Rosie back to life before we put the Veil up, and we don't know if the link is broken or not, so we don't know if it'll bring Sally and me back or not."
"We want the same thing you want." Sally told him. "We don't want to be on the Other Side with unfinished business. I wanted to stay with my best friends, and have the guy that I love back."
"I want my parents to see me off to college, I want to decorate my dorm room with my best friends." Bonnie told him. "We want to stay here, Kol. More than anything."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Kol asked. "Let's do it together." He started walking toward them, but was stopped suddenly, as though an invisible wall stood between them. "What have you done?"
Kol tried to leave through the door they had came in, but again was blocked by the magical barrier.
"This will hold you till dark." Rosie told him. "Then, when I'm alive and the Veil is back up, this town will be rid of you for good."
Kol looked from Bonnie to Sally. "But everything you just said–-"
"It was true." Sally told him. "But we don't always get what we want, do we?"
...
Steven's Quarry
Damon and Vaughn were still at the edge of the cliff.
Vaughn looked down into the quarry while holding a gun aimed at Damon.
Damon was imitating Vaughn's accent. "What's wrong, laddie? Can't swim?"
Vaughn looked at Damon, noticing his wound creeping up his neck. "The hell happened to you?"
Damon looked down. "Oh. Well, would you look at that. That is nasty."
"Connor..." Vaughn trailed off, laughing, looking at his gun. "He must've laced these bullets with Rosie Lockwood's werewolf venom."
"Ding-ding-ding." Damon told him. "Not as dumb as you sound. Having Rosie in my veins hurts more than I would've expected."
Vaughn suddenly shot Damon in the leg.
Damon groaned in pain, clutching at the new wound.
"This was all a lie, eh?" Vaughn asked. "You knew you were a dead man." He pulled the Cure, which was on a string about his neck, out from under his shirt. "Well, you don't get this back. Where'd you put Silas?" Damon laughed softly. Vaughn shot him square in the chest. Damon fell to his knees. "One more jolt of werewolf toxin, and you'll be dead within minutes. Where's Silas?"
Vaughn had his gun aimed at Damon's head.
Damon didn't respond.
Vaughn was about to pull the trigger.
Derek appeared behind Vaughn, snapping his neck, swinging him swiftly into the quarry. He turned to Damon. "Oops."
"One slight problem." Damon told him weakly.
Derek held up the Cure, dangling on the string. "You mean this?"
"Yes." Damon answered. "Yes, that."
...
Mystic Falls High School - Outside
Stefan, Morgana, Emma, Elena and Isabella stood alone.
Emma was on the phone.
Derek's voice was on the other line. "I would love nothing more than to get out of here before Vaughn comes back to life, but Damon won't take the Cure. He wants it for Morgana."
"Okay, just hang on a little longer." Emma told him. "Isabella's calling Elizabeth again."
Isabella got her voicemail again, hanging up in annoyance, shaking her head.
"Emma, we are past the point of Hail Mary phone calls." Derek told her. "What do you want me to do, stand here and watch him die, or force-feed him the Cure?" Stefan gave her a significant look. Emma remained silent. "Emma?"
Suddenly, a high-pitched noise caused Stefan, Elena, Morgana and Isabella to clutch at their heads in pain.
Emma lowered her phone to her side in confusion. "Guys?"
Aja and the other dead witches approached them.
"Remember us, Emma?" Aja asked, holding her arm out, casting whatever spell was hurting them.
Emma stepped toward her angrily.
Aja held her arm toward Emma, casting whatever spell was hurting the vampires on Emma.
Emma couldn't heal like they could. Feeling the same pain they did, Emma lowered to her knees, blood trailing from her nose and the corner of her mouth, making her scream.
Klaus and Elizabeth arrived, throwing a cap like a disk at Aja and beheading her.
Aja's headless body fell to the ground.
The noise stopped, the pain going away.
"There are plenty more of these to go around." Klaus told them. "Who's next? I can do this all day."
Stefan turned to Emma, biting his wrist, feeding her vampire blood to heal her.
Isabella stood, turning to Elizabeth.
Elizabeth and Klaus looked at each other, smiling small smiles.
...
Night - Salvatore Boarding House - Damon's Room
Damon, all healed up, strode across his room bare-chested. He was starting to put a shirt on.
Elena walked in.
"Hi." Damon told her.
"Are you feeling better?" Elena asked.
"Yeah." Damon answered.
"So it's all healed up?" Elena asked.
"Fresh as a daisy." Damon answered.
"Good." Elena told him.
Elena slapped Damon in the face harshly.
...
Living Room
Lexi, Emma, Alaric, Stefan and Morgana were settled down, drinking.
"Ouch." Lexi told them.
"Yeah, I taught her that swing." Alaric told her.
Morgana laughed.
"You know it's not polite to eavesdrop, right?" Stefan asked.
"Hey, I'm short on time here." Lexi told him. "Don't rob me of what little joy I have." She looked at Morgana. "And it's practically wasting your breathe telling Morgana not to eavesdrop on people."
Morgana smiled, holding her fist out to Lexi.
Lexi smiled, touching her own fist against Morgana's.
Elena walked in. "Anyone seen Jeremy?"
"Oh, Jer went to see Evelyn." Morgana answered. "He'll be back later. You know, before... " She looked sadly from Alaric to Lexi. "Well, you know."
"Yeah." Elena agreed. She looked at Morgana. "Morgana, can I, um... can I have a moment?"
"Sure." Morgana answered.
They left the room together.
Lexi turned to Alaric, Stefan and Emma. "This could get interesting."
"Usually does." Stefan told her.
Emma looked from Lexi to Alaric. "So, the Other Side... Not exactly a party, is it?"
"I've lived... better." Alaric told her.
"You know there's something else out there, right?" Emma asked. "There has to be. Silas' whole agenda was to find peace with his one true love, and whatever 'peace' is... it's out there. I figure once you've served our time for all the bad things you've done, then it's just about letting go, moving on."
"And how are we supposed to do that when the knuckleheads we care about can't seem to keep their lives straight?" Alaric asked.
Emma looked away. "Yeah..."
...
Parlor
Morgana and Elena were talking.
"So, what's up?" Morgana asked.
"Honestly, Morgana, I just wanted to thank you." Elena told her. "For sticking by me when we were at our worst, for never leaving me alone. Even after everything I put you through, you... you never gave up on me."
"I, uh... I kind of couldn't turn my back on you." Morgana told her. "Look, whatever happened happened, and it'll keep happening. But, Elena, you are still my friend. I can't hate you. Forever, anyway."
Elena and Morgana smiled.
Elena held out her hand, closed-fisted. "Here." Morgana held out a hand. Elena put the Cure into it. "It's yours. I want you to have it."
"No, Elena, I'm not gonna–-" Morgana started.
"Gana." Elena told her. "The only person worse at being a vampire than me is you. Human blood is your downfall. You got the raw end of the vampire deal. The rest of us will be fine. We'll survive. I mean, you deserve whatever you want out of life." She folded Morgana's fingers over the Cure. "You deserve this."
Elena stood holding Morgana's closed fist in her hands.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Outside
(Song:) Belong - Cary Brothers
Isabella stood on the football field in front of the commencement stage.
Elizabeth approached her.
"How'd you get here so fast?" Isabella asked.
"Klaus and I were already on our way." Elizabeth told her. Isabella raised her eyebrows. "I might be leaving Mystic Falls for good, Isabella, but I never meant to go without saying goodbye."
"You don't owe me anything." Isabella told her. "You're moving on. By all means."
"Well, that's just is, isn't?" Elizabeth asked. "I never had any intention of moving on. Truth is, I'm terrified about what's happening to me."
Isabella looked surprised by the admission, but not by the fact that she was scared.. "So why are you here now? To say goodbye, forever?"
Elizabeth chuckled. "Well, I had considered offering Emma a first class ticket to join me in New Orleans... but I knew what her answer would be."
Isabella tilted her head, sighing. "Lizzie..."
"She has a home here." Elizabeth told her. "I understand that. But once she changes her mind, or the choice is taken from her... she'll know where I'll be. I know that I'm trying to be good, to live a good life now, Izzy. That I want to be better than I was when Klaus and I were together in the 20's. And I know that I'm afraid of going to that dark place again, to give in to my darkest desires that still care for Klaus because look where it's got me now, pregnant. Klaus is willing to wait until I realize that I don't want to fight what I feel anymore. He intends to be my last love. However long it takes." Isabella couldn't help a smile wishing she had a love like Klaus and Elizabeth. "Let's get out of here, before 12 angry hybrids decide to pick a fight."
Isabella smiled, walking away with her.
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Damon's Room
Damon watched the fire burn in the fireplace.
Elena walked in, striding toward him with purpose.
"I wanted to apologize." Damon told her.
Elena crossed her arms over her chest. "Good."
"Let me finish." Damon told her. "I said I wanted to. And then I realized, I'm not sorry."
"You would rather die than be human, and you expect me to be okay with that?" Elena asked.
"I didn't say you were supposed to be okay with it, I just said I'm not sorry." Damon told her. "But you know what I really am? Selfish, because I make bad choices that hurt you. Yes, I would rather have died than be human. I'd rather die right now than spend a handful of years with you, only to lose you when I'm too old and sick and miserable and you're still you. I'd rather die right now than spend my last final years remembering how good I had it and how happy I was, because that's who I am, Elena, and I'm not gonna change. And there's no apology in the world that encompasses all the reasons that I'm wrong for you."
Elena looked at Damon for a long moment. "Fine, then I'm not sorry either. I'm not sorry that I met you. I'm not sorry that knowing you has made me question everything, that in death you're the one that made me feel most alive. You've been a terrible person, you've made all the wrong choices, and of all the choices that I've made this will prove to be the worst one. But I am not sorry that I'm in love with you." Damon looked at her in surprised happiness. "I love you, Damon. I love you."
Damon walked toward Elena, kissing her passionately. The kiss continued for several moments.
...
Stefan's Room
Stefan was packing his bags.
Morgana walked in. "Hey."
"Hey." Stefan told her.
"So you're really leaving after you deal with Silas, getting rid of him?" Morgana asked.
"If there's no one left to care or want me, then yeah." Stefan answered. "I mean, I know you just got your emotions back on, and it's too much right now, so... I don't know what you want."
"You don't know what I want?" Morgana repeated, chuckling. "I, uh, I just wanted to say that I didn't want you to go." Stefan opened his mouth to speak. Alex cut him off. "Then I realized that I didn't want to be here, either. I mean, after all of the horrible things that have happened, and losing Jer, Kol and Ric again, and everything that happened with Elena and Damon... I just need a break from this town. We both need a break from this town, more than anyone, Stefan. And I didn't get college applications done, so I was gonna put it off until, I don't know... when we get back."
"We?" Stefan repeated.
Morgana nodded. "Yes. We." She took a deep breath. "That is, unless you don't want me to go with you."
Stefan inhaled, taking three steps toward her, pointing at Morgana. "Explain something to me."
"Anything." Morgana told him instantly.
"Why do you care about me?" Stefan asked.
"What kind of question is that?" Morgana asked.
"A very good one." Stefan answered. "After all of the horrible things I did to especially you, bringing all of this into your life again. You told me that you never wanted to be a vampire." Morgana almost laughed, shaking her head, opening her mouth to speak. Stefan cut her off. "Everything in your lives went down hill the second that we all met in the 20's."
Morgana scoffed. "Are you kidding me?" Stefan gave her a confused look. Morgana smiled. "None of this was your fault. It's my fault. I was born into a cursed family that drew bad luck or bad supernatural or bad everything into our lives. It wasn't because that we met. We met because of the curse. And it doesn't matter."
Stefan took two steps toward Morgana. "Why doesn't it matter?"
Morgana took two steps toward Stefan. "Why doesn't it matter? You really want to know?" Stefan nodded, looking at her expectantly. "Okay, fine, I'll tell you why. It doesn't matter because no matter what happens, it won't change the way that I have been feeling for what feels like forever ago, when everything changed in our lives for the both of us. And I know that you've been feeling it too. I denied it, pushing it away because of them, but I don't want to deny it or push it away anymore, because despite everything that's happened to us, you're the one that's made me the happiest, the one that made everything seem like it would go away, because you were the one that never turned your back on me. We were always in it together, and I don't want that to change."
"Then say it." Stefan told her, standing in front of her. "Morgana, say it."
"I love you, Stefan." Morgana told him.
Stefan smiled a small, happy smile, holding either of his hands on either of Morgana's cheeks, kissing her passionately. Morgana deepened it, pulling him closer. The kiss went on for several moments.
(Song Ends)
...
Outside
Stefan was loading the car with Silas' body.
Isabella and Emma were standing next to him.
Damon walked out.
"Stefan?" Isabella asked.
"Think the quarry will be deep enough to bury Silas?" Stefan asked.
"Yeah, I don't think anyone's gonna stumble on him there." Damon told them.
"Yeah." Stefan agreed, continuing to load the car.
"You want me to, uh..." Isabella trailed off.
"No, it's all right." Stefan answered. "I got Morgana and Lexi coming with me."
"Yeah." Damon told him, starting to walk back inside.
"Hey, Damon." Stefan told him.
Damon turned to face him. "Yeah?"
(Song:) When I Was Younger - Liz Lawrence
"I'm not happy about what happened between us and Morgana and Elena... but I'm not not-happy for you, either." Stefan told him. "I just want you to know that."
"Thanks, brother." Damon told him. "You, too."
Stefan smiled a small smile.
Damon turned around, walking inside.
Stefan closed the trunk.
Emma turned to face Stefan. "So you're really leaving?"
Stefan nodded. "Yeah, I think I am."
"Stefan, I don't really want you to go, but I understand if you have to." Emma told him. "Just... Don't be a stranger, please."
Stefan smiled.
"Call us, text us, just check in once in awhile." Isabella told him. "Come back and visit, or I will find you and kick your ass."
Stefan smiled. "I got it."
Emma smiled a small smile. "We've been through to much together just to throw it all away."
Stefan nodded. "Yeah, we have."
Emma wrapped her arms around Stefan. "Bye, Stefan."
"Don't worry, Em." Stefan told her, pulling away. "You'll see me again."
Emma smiled a small smile, backing away from the car.
Isabella wrapped her arms around Stefan. "Be happy, brother."
"I will." Stefan told her.
Isabella smiled, turning around, walking inside.
Stefan gave Emma a smile, opening the car door, getting inside, slowly driving away.
Emma smiled, watching it go until it pulled out into the night, letting the smile fade. "I'll see you again."
Emma slowly backed away, turning around, walking inside, turning back to the doorway to look outside, closing the door.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Underground Chamber
Sally, Rosie and Bonnie stood in a circle with a torch behind each.
Scott, Liam and Derek stood next to the entrance.
"Are you ready?" Derek asked.
The witches nodded.
Rosie walked toward Liam. "You have to do it now."
"You three told me to make contact." Liam told them, stepping closer to Rosie, kissing her passionately. Rosie was surprised at first, but started to kiss back instantly. The torches flared up around them. Sally and Bonnie smiled. Derek rolled his eyes, smirking. After a moment, Scott pulled away. "I call that making contact."
Rosie smiled for a moment. She gasped, suddenly in pain, taking a step back, holding her chest.
Everyone watched.
Rosie breathed deeply, looking around. "It worked." She coughed softly, turning to Sally and Bonnie. "Did you..."
Sally shook her head sadly. "I'm sorry, Rose. It didn't work for us."
Sally took a deep breath, shaking her head in denial. "No. We're supposed to be linked. It should've brought you both back."
"The link broke when we died, Rose." Sally told her. "I'm sorry."
"It doesn't matter." Bonnie told her. "We still have to put the Veil up. Now."
Rosie looked at Liam, Scott and Derek sadly.
Derek nodded. "I'm ready."
"So are we." Sally told her.
Rosie exhaled, crying silently, walking closer, standing in the circle.
The three witches took each other's hands, closing their eyes in concentration.
The flames in the torches flared up.
...
Outside - Football Field
The stadium's lights were on.
Evelyn stood alone, looking around.
Jeremy walked toward her. "Hey."
"Hey." Evelyn told him.
"I got your message." Jeremy told her.
"I needed to see you." Evelyn told him. "They need to close the Veil, Jer. The hybrids, and the Hunters–-"
"I get it." Jeremy told her. "I'm ready. I just... wanted to be with you when it happened."
Evelyn looked around. "You see the lights? They spelled them to go out when the Veil starts to go up. It's like our own personal timer. It tells us when to say goodbye or when to..." She didn't finish, looking at Jeremy. "Did you, Emma and Elena...?"
"I can't." Jeremy told her. "I can't say goodbye to them. We said 'no tears' and... I left Emma and Elena a letter. They'll find it when all this is over. I'm ready."
Evelyn gave him a small smile, looking toward the lights.
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Parlor
Alaric was gazing out the window when Damon returned.
Damon walked straight for the decanter of bourbon and poured a couple drinks.
"Moon's full." Alaric told him.
"Yeah." Damon told him.
"Where's Elena?" Alaric asked.
"She's trying to find the witches and Jeremy." Damon answered. "She's worried about the time." Alaric smiled. "What?"
"You got the girl, man." Alaric told him.
Damon looked as if he still couldn't quite believe it. "I got the girl."
"Now don't screw it up." Alaric told him.
Damon looked down at the drinks. "Well, with you looking over my shoulder, how can I?"
Damon looked back up to see that Alaric had disappeared.
...
On the Road - Stefan's Car
Stefan was in the driver's seat.
Morgana was in the passenger seat.
Lexi was in the backseat. "So where are you guys gonna go? New York?"
"Too close." Morgana told her.
"Vegas?" Lexi asked.
Stefa groaned. "Ugh, no. Too touristy."
"Look, I know you two think I'm joking, but you are leaving." Lexi told them. She looked at Stefan. "You just graduated for the millionth time." She looked at Morgana. "And you just got your emotions back from the worst time of your life, and you need to break away from all of the painful memories. You both do. It's time to start living your lives."
Morgana smiled. "Thanks, Lexi."
Stefan watched the road. "I've never been to Portland." He looked at Morgana. "You?"
Morgana smiled widely. "What do you think...?"
Morgana looked in the backseat.
Lexi was gone.
Stefan sighed. "See ya, Lexi."
Morgana took Stefan by the hand sympathetically.
Stefan looked at Morgana, smiling a sad smile.
Morgana gave him a sad smile.
(Song Ends)
...
Mystic Falls High School - Boiler Room
Elena opened the door to the boiler room, walking in. "Jer, are you here?"
Kol appeared behind Elena. "Well, well. Speaking of unfinished business."
Kol attacked Elena, throwing her to the ground.
Elena braced herself but just as suddenly as the attack started, Kol had vanished.
Elena stood, realizing what must had happened, but didn't have more than a moment to let it sink in. She heard a noise nearby. She turned around.
Katherine was there. "Happy graduation, cupcake."
Katherine slammed Elena against a wall.
...
Underground Chamber
(Song:) In the Stream - S. Carey
The witches were still doing the spell.
Scott looked at Derek. "I'm gonna miss you, Derek."
"I'll be around." Sally told him. He didn't know how to say goodbye, looking emotional. "Scott..."
Scott nodded, just as emotional but still staying strong. "I know... Derek. I know. Der."
Scott and Derek hugged brotherly.
...
Outside - Football Field
The first light turned off by itself.
"So this is it?" Jeremy asked. Another light turned off. "'Cause there were a million things I wanted to say to you, but now nothing seems quite right."
Another light turned off.
Evelyn walked toward Jeremy. "Then don't say anything."
Evelyn kissed Jeremy passionately. Her bracelet started to glow blue, pulsing lights.
...
Underground Chambers
The torch standing behind Sally extinguished.
...
Football Field
Another light turned off.
Jeremy pulled Evelyn closer, continuing to kiss her passionately.
...
Underground Chambers
The torch behind Bonnie extinguished, leaving them in darkness.
...
Football Field
The last light turned off, leaving Jeremy and Evelyn in darkness.
The bracelet's blue light faded into darkness.
...
Evelyn pulled away from Jeremy, pressing her lips together.
Jeremy gasped, backing away, clutching at his chest. "What's happening?"
Evelyn smiled. "Oh, my God."
Evelyn was in shock, laughing a small, triumphant laugh.
"What is it?" Jeremy asked.
Evelyn smiled.
...
Jeremy and Evelyn were talking.
"It worked, Jer." Evelyn told him. "Bonnie, Tory and Lindsey did a spell that brought you and Liv back. I didn't think it would work, but they-they closed the Veil and you're still... here."
"I'm alive?" Jeremy asked.
Evelyn nodded.
Jeremy struggled for words, walking closer, wrapping his arms around Evelyn.
Evelyn smiled happily, holding Jeremy just as tightly.
...
Underground Chambers
Rosie opened her eyes, standing alone.
Bonnie, Sally and Derek were gone.
Rosie seemed angry yet in despair, closing her eyes and starting to cry. "Liam..."
Liam walked toward Rosie, wrapping his arms around her, tears in his own eyes.
Sally, Scott and Derek watched them sadly, unseen from Sally and Derek's point of view.
Sally looked at Derek , sighing. "The Other Side was created to isolate the supernatural creatures, but witches have free reign. We can see who we want." She slid her hand along his shoulder. "Feel who we want."
"I told you we'd see each other again." Derek told her.
Sally had tears in her eyes, smiling though she was crying. "Take me to the Other Side."
Derek smiled a small smile, pulling Sally in for a hug.
...
Football Field
Jeremy and Evelyn were still in each other's arms.
Evelyn opened her eyes, seeing Bonnie and Sally over his shoulder. "Bonnie. Sally." Jeremy pulled away, turning to face them. Evelyn walked toward them. "Thank you, guys, so much."
"You're welcome, Evelyn." Bonnie told her. "Seeing you happy like that is worth any consequence, no matter how bad it is."
Evelyn felt a vibration from the bracelet they had given her, looking down at it.
It was glowing, pulsing, a blue, dark tint.
Evelyn looked at Bonnie and Sally in confused suspicion. "When you gave me this, you said once the Veil was up, it would glow if a ghost was nearby, and that I would be able to see two of them." Bonnie closed her eyes in guilt, letting a tear fall. Evelyn shook her head in denial. "What did you do?"
"We have the witches, and Bonnie's Grams, Derek..." Sally trailed off. "We gave you that bracelet so that you can see us, we can talk whenever we want."
Evelyn had tears in her eyes. "No... No! No, you can't be dead."
"Do me this one favor." Bonnie told her. "You tell Morgana, Elena, Emma and Caroline that we're spending the summer with my mom."
Evelyn shook her head. "I can't. They need to know."
"For the first time in forever, our friends are okay." Sally told her. "We don't want to take that from them."
Bonnie walked past Evelyn. Sally followed her.
Evelyn turned to watch them go.
Bonnie turned to Evelyn. "We're gonna be okay, I promise."
Bonnie walked over to her Grams, taking her hand.
Sally walked over to Derek, wrapping her arms around him.
They walked away together.
The glow from Evelyn's bracelet faded into darkness.
Evelyn turned to Jeremy with tears in her eyes.
Jeremy walked closer, wrapping his arms around Evelyn, this time to comfort her, watching the ghosts walk away.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Hallway
Katherine threw Elena against a door, making her fall to the floor.
"What are you doing?" Elena asked.
"Would you believe I'm having a bad day?" Katherine asked, picking Elena up, throwing her against a wall of lockers, making her fall to the floor. Elena stood. Katherine rushed closer, kicking up her leg to press her booted foot over Elena's neck, pinning her against the lockers. "It started when those witches denied me my Silas and Rosalita-like immortality."
"Of course, because Katherine Pierce can't be happy with good old vampire-caliber immortality." Elena told her, pushing her leg away, using it to slam Katherine to the floor.
Katherine immediately slammed Elena against another wall of lockers. Elena ripped off one of the locker doors, swinging it at Katherine's face.
Katherine caught the door. "I deserved it. I never had a graduation, or a prom, or, you know, a life. But Emma did." She swung the door into Elena's face, sending her back a pace. "She has everything, and it's not because she's a good little girl who deserves happiness. It's because she stole mine."
Katherine threw the door at Elena.
Elena ducked.
The door lodged into the other lockers.
Elena turned to face Katherine. "I stole her happiness? You killed my brother."
Katherine rushed toward Elena. Elena blocked Katherine, throwing her down the hall.
Katherine stood. "I'll admit, that was nasty."
Elena yelled in fury, rushing toward Katherine. Katherine twisted Elena's arm, throwing her at a fire emergency case, making the glass shatter and Elena fall to the floor. Elena struggled on the floor.
Katherine walked over, seeing a janitor's mop propped against the wall, breaking off the wooden handle. "I have nothing." She hit Elena with the stick. "But I'm about to change that."
Elena tried to crawl away.
Katherine kicked Elena in the side, making her roll onto her back.
"Kicking someone while they're down..." Elena trailed off. "Classy till the end, Katherine."
Katherine chuckled. "Your end."
Katherine stabbed the broken end of the stick into Elena's throat.
Elena gulped, struggling against it.
Katherine dug it in deeper.
...
Flashback - Earlier That Night
Salvatore Boarding House - Parlor
Elena was trying to give the cure to Morgana. "You deserve whatever you want out of life. You deserve this."
"Listen..." Morgana trailed off. "I'm glad you're okay with who you are now. But I'm actually okay with being a vampire now."
Elena looked at Morgana in realization. "Elizabeth told you, you where going to be an aunt?"
Morgana changed the subject. "Every single thing I did to get this, I did for you, so that the choice of whether you wanted to be a vampire or not would always be yours. If I can't be human again, then you should."
Morgana placed the Cure in Elena's palm.
...
Now
Night - Mystic Falls High School - Hallway
Katherine pulled the stick out of Elena's throat, thrusting her hand into Elena's chest, grabbing hold of her heart.
Elena frantically reached into a pocket in her jacket.
"Bye-bye, little girl," Katherine told her.
Elena finally pulled the Cure out of her pocket, shoving it into Katherine's mouth, forcing her jaw to close around it.
Katherine's eyes widened as the Cure dissolved in her mouth. She to the floor beside Elena, unconscious.
"Have a nice human life, Katherine," Elena told her.
As Katherine, unconscious, and Elena, weak, laid on the floor side-by-side, Elena looked at the ceiling in relief.
...
Underground Chambers
Rosie and Liam stood alone in the dark chamber.
"Rose..." Liam trailed off. "We don't have to be here, not if you don't want to." Rosie nodded slowly, looking more numb and cold than we had seen her before, thoughtful. Liam walked closer to her. "Come on."
Rosie nodded, letting Liam lead her out of the chamber, into the tunnels.
They walked along for moments.
...
Boiler Room
Rosie and Liam walked upstairs, into the boiler room, seeing their bodies.
Rosie looked at them for a moment. She turned to Liam. "I want to bring them back."
"What?" Liam asked.
"I can bring them back." Rosie told him. "They brought me and Jeremy back. I can bring them back."
Liam shook his head, surprise and confusion and worry all over his face as he let the words sink in. "Rosie, that spell killed all of you the first time. You can't do it."
"I can." Rosie told him. "We can still bring them back."
"It'll kill you, Rose." Liam told her. "Again." He shook his head. "And then you'll go on the Other Side, and once you are, it gets destroyed, and everybody will be back. All of the ones that shouldn't be back."
Rosie looked at Liam levelly. "I'll gain strength. I might not be able to do it today or tomorrow or even a month from now, but I will find a way to bring them back without killing myself." Liam looked at her seriously. Rosie looked at him with a glazed over look. "And I won't stop until I do."
...
Steven's Quarry
At the quarry, above the water fall, Stefan and Morgana carried the bags toward the water.
"So you're ready for this?" Stefan asked. "Leaving your life back here behind?"
"I just need some distance." Morgana told him.
Stefan nodded. "Yeah, I know the feeling."
Morgana smiled. "But the best thing is that I'll be with you."
Stefan walked closer to Morgana with a small, teasing smile. "Whoever knew that Morgana Mikealson could be the sweetest, corniest girl on top of all the rebelliousness?" Morgana smiled in mock shock, hitting his chest. Stefan wrapped his arms around Morgana's waist, lifting her above the ground, spinning around. Morgana laughed, giggling. Stefan put her down again. Morgana smiled, hugging him tightly. Stefan sighed. "Despite the big, great admission, we still have to get rid of Silas."
Morgana sighed in disappointment. "Oh, yeah." Stefan smiled at her reaction, unloading the canvas bag, containing Silas' remains. Morgana grabbed his arm, pulling him closer. "Just one kiss before we hit the road."
Stefan smiled, kissing Morgana passionately, dropping the bag to the ground.
The bag made a lot of loose noises, making them stop in confusion.
Stefan and Morgana looked at the bag, looking down at all of the loose pieces.
Morgana kicked it.
Stefan reached inside to find shards of ordinary stone.
Silas was in Elena's form, walking toward them. "Don't bother. I'm not there."
"Silas." Morgana realized. "You were stone. They saw you. The spell worked."
"That's the funny thing about spells." Elena/Silas told them. "They're bound by Nature. Nature demands balance, so every spell has a loophole. The spell that turned me into stone was bound by three witches. Living witches. So when those witches died, the spell broke."
"Bonnie?" Morgana asked, shaking her head. "Rosie? Sally? They're not dead."
"One of them is not dead, because of the spell, but it doesn't matter, does it?" Elena/Silas asked. "And here's where the mystery of me comes full circle. I created the immortality spell two thousand years ago. I can never die, so Nature needed to find a balance. A version of me that could die. A shadow-self. A Doppelganger."
"So, this is finally your real face?" Morgana asked. "You're another one of them?"
"Not exactly." Elena/Silas told them. The shot panned to the car window, revealing Stefan's face instead of Elena's. Silas looked at Stefan. "Hello, my shadow-self." Morgana transformed, going to attack. Silas merely looked at Morgana, making it seem like her world shook as she just stopped moving. "Don't fight. Don't even move."
Morgana stopped fighting. She didn't move.
Silas approached Stefan, stabbing him in the stomach with a stake.
Stefan groaned, looking toward Morgana. "Just let her go."
"Why would I do that?" Silas asked. "Doppelgangers make it a point to destroy each other's lives. And the quickest way to destroy yours is through her."
"This has nothing to do with her." Stefan told him angrily. "Just us."
"Oh, believe me, I'm dealing with you right now." Silas told him. "Do you have any idea what it's like to starve for two thousand years?"
Silas let go.
Stefan fell to his knees.
Morgana cried out in shock and confusion, trying to move, but she couldn't take a step, and she couldn't move a muscle.
Silas put Stefan into the safe that they had Alex put in.
"No!" Morgana told him. Silas smirked, locking Stefan inside, tipping it over the edge. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Somebody! Please help!" The safe fell over the edge of the water fall, sinking into the quarry. Morgana screamed the next word as loud as she could in anger, pain and denial. "No! Stefan!" She glared at Silas, tears streaming down her face. "Let him go!"
"No." Silas told her, stepping closer, placing a hand on Morgana's cheek. Morgana turned her head away in anger and disgust, looking at the water in pain. "Now, what do I do about you?"
Morgana fell to her knees as Silas took the mind control away. She crawled toward the cliff edge, looking over it to the water below, her voice a scream. "Stefan!"
...
Safe
Stefan hit against the safe as it started to sink underwater. "Morgana!"
Water engulfed his face before he could finish.