[Old Lockwood Cellar]
(Elena and Alaric are in the hidden tunnels of the old Lockwood Cellar. She has a flashlight in her hand)
Elena: So the Lockwood's really have no idea that these tunnels are underneath their property?
Alaric: Yeah. Careful where you shine that thing. Bats hate the light
Elena: Wait. What?
Alaric: Elena
(She turns herself and Damon is behind her)
Damon: Boo!
Elena: God, Damon
(She hits him)
Damon: Scaredy-cat
Alaric: Just ignore him. That's what I do
Elena: So you really can't get in?
Damon: No. Seems even the ancient Lockwood's were anti-vampire
Elena: What do you mean ancient?
Damon: See for yourself. This is as far as I get to go)
(He stops. Elena and Alaric keep walking and stops in front of the wall. She looks at it with her flashlight)
Elena: What is all this?
Alaric: Well, as far as I can tell, it's a story. In simple archaeological terms, it's a really, really old story
(He shows her various drawings)
Alaric: That right there is a moon cycle. A man. A wolf. A werewolf
Damon: Yeah. It's the Lockwood diaries, Pictionary style
Elena: I don't understand. I thought the Lockwood's came here with the original founders in the 1860s
Alaric: Ah, maybe the Lockwood's did, but according to this wall, these werewolves have been here a lot longer than that
Elena: How long?
Damon: Long. Gets better. Show her, Ric
(Alaric shows her other drawing)
Alaric: Names, and they're not native. They're written in runic, a Viking script
Elena: Viking?
Alaric: This name here, when translated, it reads... Niklaus
Elena: Klaus
Alaric: And Elijah... And Rebekah
Flashback
(Rebekah is writing something on the wall with a Kn*fe Klaus is here)
Klaus: Rebekah let me have at it
Rebekah: Quiet, Niklaus. I have to have my concentration if I'm not to slice off a finger
Klaus: Father will not like you handling the blade
Rebekah: If I want to wield a blade, I shall wield a blade. Father need not know
Klaus: He will find out. He always does
Rebekah: That is because you always tell him
Klaus: I cannot help it. He frightens me
Rebekah: He frightens us all. That is why we stick together as one, always and forever. Right, traitor?
Klaus: Right
(She gives him the Kn*fe)
Rebekah: Here. You finish. I'm to help mother with the meal
Klaus: Yes. Go tend to dinner. Leave the blades to the men, little sister
(She gives the Kn*fe on the blade's side, cutting his hand)
Klaus: Ahh. Bekka
Rebekah: It's just a little blood. Be a man about it
(She lives. He looks at his wound)
Nowadays
[Old Lockwood Cellar]
Elena: These are the names of the original family?
Alaric: Carved into a cave that's… That's been here since way before the founding of Mystic Falls or even the entire new world, for that matter
Elena: Ok, this has gotta be one of Klaus' fakes
Damon: That's what I said
Alaric: That could be true, except the last name up here made us think otherwise
Elena: What's the name?
Alaric: Mikael
Elena: Mikael? Mikael, as in the vampire hunter who knows how to k*ll Klaus?
Damon: Yep. And I now like to call him papa original
[Old Lockwood Cellar]
(Alaric is taking pictures of all the drawings of the wall)
[Alaric's apartment]
(Alaric is looking at the pictures and talking while Damon and Elena are fighting. She has a stake in her hand)
Alaric: These images tell a story to learn the story, I have to decipher these images
(Damon catches Elena and takes the stake)
Damon: Sloppy
Elena: Shut up. I'm new at this
(Elena fights Damon while he talks)
Damon: The ghost of Christmas past, Mason Lockwood, said that the cave would lead us to a w*apon that could k*ll Klaus
Elena: Yeah, but doesn't Mikael have a w*apon?
(She keeps fighting but Damon's too strong)
Damon: Yes, which probably means the wall will lead us to Mikael, who we've already found and lost
(He takes the stake from her hands again and catches her)
Damon: Bang. You're dead
(He pretends to bite her neck. Alaric is still looking at the pictures)
Alaric: These images, at the very least, might tell us what that w*apon is
(Elena rejoins him)
Elena: Then all we have to do is find out what they mean
Damon: Well, fine. Fine. If I'm being irritatingly optimistic like you two. How do you suppose we do that?
Elena: Well, if the story's about the original family living here, then we go straight to the source
[Mystic Falls' High School]
(Rebekah is stretching with the cheerleading squad and then she makes some gymnastics moves. When she's done she's face to face with Elena.)
Rebekah: You. Goody
Elena: I was hoping we could talk
Rebekah: About what? Stefan? Don't worry. I'm off him until he starts treating me better. In fact, you should probably take a page out of my book, if I'm being honest
Elena: Actually, I'd rather talk about this
(She shows her the drawing of her name. Rebekah is surprised)
Elena: I'm curious why you and Klaus have spent a thousand years running from your father
Rebekah: I should get back to the girls. Homecoming's right around the corner
Elena: Well, then maybe I'll ask Mikael when we wake him
Rebekah: You're bluffing. You don't know where he is. No one does
Elena: So then who's rotting in that old cemetery in Charlotte?
Rebekah: If you wake Mikael, we are all doomed
Elena: So then tell me
Rebekah: Why do you want to know?
Elena: Why don't you want me to wake him?
Rebekah: I need to get back to the girls
(She turns around to go back to the girls but seems thoughtful)
Flashback
(Rebekah is with her brother Henrik)
Rebekah: Come on, Henrik. Our brothers are fighting again
(They run to rejoin Klaus and Elijah, who are fighting with swords)
Elijah: Oh, look. Sister's arrived to watch my fast-approaching victory
Klaus: On the contrary, Elijah
(They keep fighting and he breaks Elijah's belt. Everyone laughs. Michael and Esther are watching)
Esther: Relax, Mikael. Niklaus means well
Mikael: That is precisely my problem
(He rejoins Klaus and Elijah and takes Elijah's sword)
Mikael: So... Why don't you teach me that trick, young warrior?
Klaus: Father, we were just having fun
Mikael: We fight for our survival. And you find time for fun?! I want to have fun! Teach me. Come on!
Klaus: Father, it was nothing
(They fight. Mikael removes Klaus' sword with his and then pushes him on the ground and raises the sword above him. Everyone is watching)
Mikael: You are foolish and impulsive, my boy. What? No more laughter?
Esther: You've made your point, Mikael
(He puts he sword next to Klaus' face)
Mikael: Some days, it's a miracle you're still alive... Boy
(He gets up and leaves)
Nowadays
[Alaric's Apartment]
(Alaric is watching at the pictures. He puts post- it on each picture to know what each symbol means. Elena arrives; she's on the phone with Damon)
Elena: She's going to tell me. She's scared of him, Damon. I saw her face. I just have to engage in a little mean-girl power struggle first
Damon: Make sure she doesn't power struggle you into a wheelchair
Elena: I've got this, Damon. If we can figure out a way to k*ll Klaus, Stefan will be free of his compulsion. So how does he look?
Damon: Mmm. Pasty and pouty
Elena: He'll have to get over it. Call me later
(She hangs up and looks at Alaric)
Elena: Rebekah will come around
Alaric: You sure about that? I mean, a thousand-year-old vampire, I'm sure, has learned the art of patience
(She's receives a text from Rebekah asking her to come over for a chat)
Elena: She's a thousand-year-old vampire who's joined the cheerleading squad. There's a whole different set of rules in play here, Ric. I've got this
(She show's him her phone)
[City Jail]
(Damon enters Stefan's cell, who's still tied to the chair)
Stefan: You know, if you two are gonna keep me locked in here for the next decade, I think we can skip the routine visits
Damon: You know I'm not a big champion of this whole Lexi recovery plan. But Elena thinks this place is gonna... Weaken you out, break you down, and make you feel again
Stefan: We should all listen to Elena, right? I mean, her plans always work out so well, don't they? Why are you here?
Damon: What are you talking about? It's family day at vampire rehab. Just paying a visit to my baby brother
Stefan: Go away
Damon: Nah. Nah, I thought we could hang out. Little brother bonding. How you been, Stef? Huh?
Stefan: You know, Klaus may want to keep Elena alive, but that doesn't mean she's safe with Rebekah
Damon: Liar, liar, pants on fire, brother. Klaus compelled you to protect Elena, and if you thought for even a second that she was in danger, you'd be working a lot harder
Stefan: You got me
Damon: Yep
Stefan: You got me. You're good. Congratulations. You can go now
Damon: You really have given up
Stefan: Actually, this is my happy face
(Damon breaks his chains)
Stefan: What are you doing?
Damon: Screw this Lexi plan. I think we could both use a drink
[Salvatore's House]
(Elena enters. There's music. Rebekah seems happy and has a glass of champagne in her hand)
Rebekah: Hey, what's up?
Elena: You invited me over to talk
Rebekah: All right, girls. Have at it
(6 girls arrive, wearing formal dresses)
Rebekah: Okay, now twirl, please
(They turn around)
Elena: You've compelled your own private runway show?
Rebekah: I need a homecoming dress. So what do you think? Pick one
Elena: Heh. I'm not here to help you shop. I'm here to talk about why you don't want me to wake up Mikael
(Rebekah rushes over one of the girls, her fangs out)
Rebekah: I said pick one, Elena
Elena: The red one!
Rebekah: There. That wasn't so hard, was it?
(She compels the girls)
Rebekah: Go away. Remember nothing
(They leave. Rebekah looks at Elena, takes her glass of champagne and gets closer to her)
Rebekah: You do not thr*aten me. You will learn what I allow you to learn. Is that clear?
(Elena nods)
[Alaric's apartment]
(Bonnie knocks on the door and enters)
Bonnie: Hey there
Alaric: Bonnie. Come on in
Bonnie: Got your message
Alaric: Yeah, great. Uh... I'm sorry the place is such a mess. I'm obsessed
Bonnie: Brought you the necklace that wouldn't die
(She gives him the necklace)
Alaric: That's great. Are you ok?
Bonnie: Been better
Alaric: Listen, Jeremy is an idiot, and I know this with certainty because I was once a Jeremy. Trust me. We learn eventually
(He shows her a picture)
Alaric: So I've been staring at this image all day, wondering why it looked so familiar...
(He puts the necklace next the picture)
Alaric: And I was right.
Bonnie: It's the same design.
Alaric: So your grandmother said this necklace belonged to the witch that put the hybrid curse on Klaus, right? This symbol is repeated all across the wall, and I've been trying to figure out what it meant. Now I know
(He writes something on a post-it and puts it on the picture. He shows it to Bonnie. He's written witch on the post-it)
[Salvatore's House]
(Rebekah and Elena enters Stefan's bedroom)
Rebekah: How fun is this?
Elena: We shouldn't be here
Rebekah: Of course we should. Come on. Like you've never wanted to snoop
(She Goes through his underwear and takes a boxer)
Rebekah: Boxer briefs. Now, that's a change from the twenties
Elena: Are you gonna root through his stuff all night, or are you gonna start to tell me your story?
Rebekah: You really are no fun. What do you want to know?
Elena: Well, Elijah said that your father was a landowner in Europe. How did you guys end up here?
Rebekah: My parents had just started a family when a plague struck their homeland. They lost a child to it. They wanted to escape and protect their future family from the same fate
Elena: So how did you end up here? This part of the world hadn't even been discovered yet
Rebekah: Not by anyone in your history books. But my mother knew the witch Ayana, who heard from the spirits of a mystical land where everyone was healthy... Blessed by the gifts of speed and strength. That led my family here, where we lived amongst those people
Elena: The werewolves?
Rebekah: To us, they were just our neighbors. My family lived in peace with them for over 20 years, during which time my family had more children, including me
Elena: You make it sound so normal
Rebekah: It was. Once a month, our family retreated to the caves beneath our village. The wolves would howl through the night, and by morning, we'd return home
Flashback
(Rebekah looks at necklaces hanging on the window. She touches one, the one Elena has now. A woman watches her and Rebekah's hand burns at the contact with the necklace)
Rebekah: Ayana, you b*rned me
Ayana: That is not yours to touch
(They hear someone screaming. It's Klaus)
Klaus: Mother!
Rebekah: Is that Niklaus? Something is wrong
(She sees Klaus arriving with Henrik in his arms. She goes outside to rejoin them)
Rebekah: Henrik!
Klaus: Mother!
Rebekah: One full moon, Klaus and my youngest brother Henrik snuck out to watch the men turn into beasts. That was forbidden. Henrik paid the price
(Elijah and Esther rushes over them)
Esther: Henrik, no. No. What happened?
Klaus: The wolves. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry
(He cries)
Esther: We must save him
(She looks at Ayana)
Esther: Please, there must be a way
Ayana: The spirits will not give us a way, Esther. Your boy is gone
Esther: No, no!
(They're all crying. Rebekah is touching Klaus' hair)
Nowadays
[Salvatore's House]
Rebekah: And that was the beginning of the end of peace with our neighbors. And one of the last moments my family had together as humans
(Elena's phone rings)
Rebekah: You better get that. That'll be Damon checking up on you
(Elena answers. There's a lot of noise on the phone)
Elena: Hello? Damon, where are you?
Damon: No idea, but I'm pretty sure I'm overdressed. Still standing?
Elena: Yes. I'm fine, but I can't talk right now
(She hears Stefan talking to Damon)
Elena: Was that Stefan?
Damon: Yeah. I kind of went off-book, but don't worry. I know what I'm doing
Elena: Damon, how could you let him out?
Damon: I've got this, Elena
(He hangs up)
[A bar]
(Stefan and Damon sit at the bar)
Damon: What are we drinking?
Stefan: Hopefully something a little bit warmer, a little blonder
(He calls the waitress. Damon smiles)
Callie: Hi
Damon: Hello, Callie. I would love a sh*t of your best whiskey, and my brother here would love a sh*t of you
(He compels her and takes her arm)
Stefan: What's the catch, Damon?
Damon: No catch, brother. Drink up. It's on me
(Stefan vamps out and bites her arm. Damon looks at the waitress)
Damon: Hi Callie
(They're now sitting on a table, playing with coins. Callie is on Damon's legs)
Stefan: Drink up, brother
(Damon looks at Callie)
Damon: Will you get us another bottle of this, hmm?
(She leaves)
Damon: You been on this bunny diet for the better part of 50 years, so how is it that Saint Stefan, of all people, gets good at a drinking game?
Stefan: Well, the bunny diet gave me a lot of time to practice. Wallow in despair. Drown in guilt. Regret my existence. It's precision born out of tragic boredom
(He puts the coin on the glass)
Stefan: Drink up, brother
Damon: All that effort wasted trying to tell you how boring you were, and now you finally agree with me?
Stefan: Damon, you are worse than Elena. Getting me drunk. Brotherly bonding. What, you think I'll break down, and you can pull me back from the edge? Is that it?
Damon: I happen to like the edge, Stefan. Your problem is your inability to resist falling over it. You're all or nothing, man. You can't just be. Although... Who am I to judge?
(Callie comes back on Damon's legs and he puts a coin on the glass)
Damon: Drink up, brother
(He reaches Callie's arm out to Stefan)
[Salvatore's House]
(Rebekah is on Stefan's bed, reading one of Stefan's journals)
Elena: Did you get your fill of snooping yet? Can we get on with the story?
(Rebekah gets up and finds a picture of Elena and Stefan)
Rebekah: Honestly, I don't get you two as a couple
Elena: Why would you? You don't know anything about who he really is
Rebekah: I know exactly who he is. He's a vampire. We're a predatory species. We don't have time to care about humans and their silly little lives
Elena: Is that why you did that runway show earlier? Because you don't care about the homecoming dance?
(Rebekah doesn't answer)
Elena: You know what? I'm just gonna go
(She gets up)
Rebekah: You haven't even heard half the story
Elena: And you're not going to tell it. You're just bored and looking for someone to push around. Find someone else to play with. Maybe you can compel yourself a friend
Rebekah: The necklace wasn't Stefan's to give. It belonged to the original witch
Elena: The one who put the hybrid curse on Klaus?
Rebekah: Not just the hybrid curse. She's the one who turned us into vampires
Flashback
(Mikael and Esther are talking with Ayana)
Mikael: Please, Ayana, I implore you. You must call upon the spirits before the next full moon
Ayana: I will not. It is a crime against nature
Esther: Ayana, we have already lost too much. We cannot lose any more. The spirits can help us find a way to protect our children
(Rebekah is outside, listening)
Nowadays
[Salvatore's House]
Rebekah: I'm thirsty. Do you want a drink?
(They go down the stairs)
Elena: So vampirism was a form of protection?
Rebekah: What else would it be?
Elena: A curse
Rebekah: My parents only saw a way of keeping their children alive
Elena: Yeah, but why stay? If they were so afraid of the werewolves, why not leave?
Rebekah: Pride. My father didn't want to run anymore. He wanted to fight and be superior to the wolves. Where they could bite, we had to bite harder. Where they had speed, we had to be faster. Agility, strength, senses.
Flashback
(Mikael is talking with Esther and Ayana)
Mikael: Everything could be heightened. Our family could live forever
Ayana: At what cost? This magic you speak of breed's consequence. This is the makings of a plague, Esther. The spirits will turn on you
Esther: Please, Ayana
Ayana: I will have no part in it
(She leaves. Mikael looks at Esther)
Mikael: If she will not protect our family... Then it is in your hands alone, my love
Nowadays
[Salvatore's House]
Elena: In her hands? How could she do anything?
Rebekah: Because my mother was also a witch
Elena: What?
Rebekah: The witch of the original family, the original witch
(Elena is surprised. They enter the library)
Rebekah: Where do they keep their best vintage?
Elena: But if your mother was a witch, then...
Rebekah: Am I? No. A witch is nature's servant. A vampire is an abomination of nature. You can either be one or the other, never both. My mother did this for us. She did not turn
(She finds a bottle of wine)
Elena: How did you turn?
Rebekah: She called upon the sun for life and the ancient white oak tree, one of nature's eternal objects, for immortality. That night, my father offered us wine laced with blood. And then he drove his sword through our hearts
Elena: He k*lled you
Rebekah: And he wasn't delicate about it either
(She opens the bottle)
Flashback
(Rebekah wakes up, ha has a big blood stain on her shirt. Klaus wakes up too)
Klaus: Rebekah
(She looks at the blood stain)
Rebekah: Blood. What happened?
(He gets closer to her)
Klaus: It'll be all right. We will be all right
(Mikael enters with a girl)
Klaus: What are you doing?
Mikael: We must finish what we started. You have to drink if you want to live
(He gets the girl closer to them and cut her arm with a Kn*fe)
Rebekah: We had to drink more blood to complete the ritual
Mikael: Drink!
(Klaus fights but Mikael pushes him and looks at Rebekah)
Mikael: Drink!
(He takes her head and makes her drink. Klaus looks at her)
Rebekah: It was euphoric. The feeling of power was indescribable. But the witch Ayana was right about
the consequences. The spirits turned on us, and nature fought back. For every strength, there would be a weakness
(Rebekah pass in a sunlight but her skin burns)
Rebekah: The sun became our enemy. It kept us indoors for weeks
(Rebekah is walking on the daylight, looking at her ring)
Rebekah: And then my mother found a solution
(Two girls look at her and run, afraid)
Rebekah: There were other problems
(She sees a man and a woman, afraid, they enter their house)
Rebekah: Neighbors who had opened to their homes to us could now keep us out
(She is next to a tree and touches flowers but her skin burns)
Rebekah: Flowers at the base of the white oak b*rned and prevented compulsion. And the spell decreed that the tree that gave us life could also take it away. So we b*rned it to the ground
(Mikael, Klaus and Elijah watch the tree burn. Rebekah looks at it from a distance and then turns her head, looking at two men)
Rebekah: But the darkest consequence was something my parents never anticipated... The hunger
(She follows them)
Rebekah: Blood had made us reborn, and it was blood that we craved above all else. We could not control it
(She vamps out, rushes over one of the men, bites him and drinks his blood)
Nowadays
[Salvatore's House]
Rebekah: And with that... The predatory species was born
[A bar]
(Damon is dancing on the bar with two women. Stefan is drinking from Callie, the waitress. A woman gets closer and watches them but Damon arrives and compels her)
Damon: Nothing to see here. Just run along. Okay?
(She leaves. He catches Stefan and removes him from Callie)
Damon: Hey, hey, hey. Ease up. Ease up. She's giving us her employee discount
(He puts a scarf around her neck and compels her)
Damon: Now just run along
(She leaves. They go at the bar)
Stefan: All right, time to fess up. What's the point of the jailbreak?
Damon: I thought you could use a hug, Stefan
Stefan: Come on, Damon. You know Elena's gonna hate you for letting me out, and we both know that you care about what she thinks
Damon: Maybe I wanted to remind you what freedom was like before Klaus took it from you
Stefan: As long as Klaus is alive, I do what he says
Damon: That's my point, Stefan. You've given up. Now, you can sit around and be his little bitch, or you can get mad enough, and you can do something about it
Stefan: Damon, he can't be k*lled
(Mikael arrives)
Mikael: Maybe I can help with that. The Salvatore boys, I presume
Stefan: Mikael
[Salvatore's House]
Elena: Why did Mikael start hunting Klaus?
Rebekah: When Nik made his first human k*ll, it triggered his werewolf gene. With that, he became my father's greatest shame
Elena: Yeah. Elijah told me this part of the story. Your mother had had an affair with one of the werewolf villagers. Klaus wasn't his son
Rebekah: She tried to make it right. She put the hybrid curse on Nik to suppress his werewolf side, and then she turned her back on him, but Mikael's greatest weakness as a human was his pride. As a vampire, that was magnified. He went on a rampage and k*lled half the village. Then he came home and k*lled her
Elena: Mikael k*lled your mother?
Rebekah: He said she broke his heart so he would break hers. He tore it from her chest as Nik watched. Afterwards, my father took off in a rage, and the rest of my family scattered
Flashback
(Klaus is digging with a shovel. Rebekah is with him)
Rebekah: Nik stayed so he could help me bury her. He knew I had to say good-bye to my mother
Rebekah: I know you think she hated you, Niklaus, but she did not. She was just afraid. I'm sorry she turned her back on you. I will never do that
(Elijah rejoins them)
Elijah: Nor will I
Rebekah: We stick together as one. Always and forever
(They take each other hands. Rebekah cries)
Nowadays
[Salvatore's House]
Elena: Always and forever. Even though he locked you in a coffin for 90 years
Rebekah: We're vampires. Our emotions are heightened. I'm stubborn, Elijah moral, and Nik... Nik has no tolerance for those who disappoint him. Over a thousand years as a family, we've all made that mistake at least once. I've made it several times
Elena: But you still love him?
Rebekah: He's my brother, and I am immortal. Should I spend an eternity alone instead? You've heard the story. It's time to go. I said leave, Elena. I don't know what you're up to, but I am no longer playing along
Elena: I'm just looking for one good reason why we shouldn't wake Mikael
Rebekah: And I've given you a thousand. But you will anyway. I know you want him to help you k*ll my brother. I'm not stupid
Elena: It's no secret that I want Klaus dead. He has a hold over Stefan's life and over mine
Rebekah: Do what you need. Wake Mikael at your own peril. But make no mistake. If you come after my brother, I will rip you apart. And I get my temper from my father. Now leave
(Elena leaves)
[A bar]
Mikael: Has Klaus entered the country?
Stefan: I can't tell you
Mikael: Has he spoken to you since he left?
Stefan: I can't tell you
Mikael: All right. Can you tell me the last time you spoke to Niklaus?
Stefan: I am compelled to do what he says, and he says to keep my damn mouth shut
Damon: I really hope this game of 20 questions isn't your secret w*apon
Mikael: You see, Damon, I've been a vampire Hunter longer than you've been alive. It's why I found you here. It's why I'm gonna find Niklaus. Well, Klaus has been running for about a thousand years, so if you think you're gonna get a workaround he...
(Mikael puts his fist in Damon's chest)
Mikael: Careful, Stefan. One move, and his heart's gone. Now... Where is Klaus? Come on. What's the trick question, Stefan? One twist and he's dead. Unless you don't care, of course
Damon: His emotions have been shut off. He can't care
Mikael: Really? His link to Klaus is so strong that... He would let his own brother die? No ideas? Hmm? Think, Stefan
(Stefan doesn't answer. Mikael looks at Damon)
Mikael: I guess you're right. He's a dead end. And so are you, Damon
Stefan: Wait. I can bring him back. I can lure Klaus back to Mystic Falls
(Mikael removes his fist from Stefan's chest and takes a tissue)
Mikael: And there is our loophole. Just had to rile him up a bit. Get Klaus back to Mystic Falls, and I will gladly drive a stake through his heart. Fail... I'll drive it through yours
(He leaves. Damon looks at Stefan)
[Old Lockwood Cellar]
(Alaric shows Elena what he and Bonnie have put together. Bonnie's here too)
Alaric: Yeah. Filled in what we could. Got vampire, werewolf, slaughter, mayhem, et cetera, et cetera
(At the same time he puts a post it with the word on each matching symbol. Elena looks at one of the symbols)
Elena: That's the white oak tree that was used in the spell to create the vampires. Which means that was when they b*rned down the tree, destroying the only way that they could be k*lled
Alaric: Okay, so tree equals w*apon, sort of, but we already knew that. What we're not sure about is this. We've got the witch symbol and what looks like a bleeding heart. Upside-down figures usually signify death of some kind
Elena: Mikael k*lled the witch by ripping out her heart. But why is that one connected to the witch's death?
Bonnie: I don't know. We haven't gotten that far
Elena: Oh, my God. Rebekah doesn't know the real story
[Salvatore's House]
(Rebekah is pouring herself a glass of scotch. Elena comes back)
Rebekah: I thought I told you to leave twice
Elena: How do you know that Mikael k*lled your mother?
Rebekah: Nik was there. He told me
Elena: He lied to you
Rebekah: And how do you know that?
Elena: The cave where you carved your family's names is covered in symbols, the story of your family...
(She puts the pictures of the symbols on the table)
Elena: How your parents arrived, how they made peace, the spell that turned them into vampires, and this. This is the symbol for hybrid. It's the combination of the werewolf and the vampire symbol. And this is the one for your mother
(She shows the picture with the necklace symbol)
Rebekah: Her necklace
Elena: And this is the story of her death
(She shows her another picture)
Elena: The hybrid k*lled the original witch. Not Mikael, Klaus
Rebekah: No. No, he wouldn't
Elena: She put the curse on him, made it so that he would be the only one of his kind, and then she rejected him. With the werewolf gene comes aggression and v*olence. When he turned, all of that was heightened. He k*lled her, Rebekah, and then he made up this entire lie about your father so that he wouldn't lose you
Rebekah: These mean nothing. They're just stupid drawings. Done by stupid people who had no idea who my family was!
(She takes the pictures and puts them in the fireplace)
Elena: Then why are you so upset?
Rebekah: Why are you doing this to me? I've done nothing to you
Elena: Klaus k*lled your mother. He has a hold on you, on me, on everyone. He has for a thousand years. We have to make it stop
Rebekah: Shut up! Just shut up!
(She grabs her neck and pushes her against the wall)
Rebekah: Don't talk anymore! Nothing!
(She finally releases her and cries while she goes on her knees on the ground. Elena looks at her)
[The street]
(Damon and Stefan go to the car)
Damon: Well, I give you 10 points for flair
Stefan: At least now we know where Klaus and Elijah learned their tricks from
Damon: Don't think you had to wait till the last second to have your breakthrough, though
Stefan: Didn't have a breakthrough, Damon
(Damon imitates him)
Damon: "Ooh. Ooh, my brother's about to die, and I just had to save his life for the billionth time." Careful, Stefan. Your humanity's showing
Stefan: Actually, you know what? You're right, Damon. You're right. You reminded me what my freedom felt like. Ah. And when we k*ll Klaus, I'll be free, free to leave. See, I didn't do this for you, Damon. I did it for myself
Damon: Sure, Stefan. Whatever you say
Stefan: Why are you doing this, huh? What do you want from me? Why is everybody trying to save me?
Damon: Because I have to, Stefan. Because you're in this mess with Klaus because you saved my life, because I owe you. And I can't just leave you in a cell to rot
Stefan: Aww. Better be careful, brother. Your humanity's showing
(Damon punches him. Stefan rushes over him but Damon's faster and throws him on the ground. The, he kicks him. Stefan laughs)
[Salvatore's House]
(Rebekah is still crying but she's alone. Elena's not here anymore)
[Gilbert's House]
(Elena goes out of her bathroom and goes on her bedroom. Damon is waiting for her on her bed)
Elena: Damon, seriously?
Damon: We got Mikael
Elena: What? How?
Damon: No idea. I guess Katherine came through. The plan's in motion. See? Told you I had it. Go ahead. Kick, yell, scream. I'm sure you've been planning your rant all day
Elena: I'm not gonna yell at you
Damon: Why not? I went behind your back, freed Stefan. And you know what? It backfired. He's an even bigger d*ck than ever. It's just now he's a d*ck that's on our side
Elena: I'm not mad. I'm tired. I just... I want to go to bed
(She pulls on the duvet to make Damon moves from the bed but he doesn't move)
Damon: No, I think Mikael's w*apon is a stake, because he mentioned something about it
Elena: Well, then they must have carved it from the white oak tree before they b*rned it down
Damon: So I was right. After all that, the wall led us to Mikael
(She finally lies on her bed besides Damon. But she goes under the duvet while Damon is above)
Elena: It led us to more than just that. I think I got Rebekah on our side, too
Damon: Really? What'd you learn from her?
Elena: I learned that she's just a girl, that she lost her mom too young, and she loves blindly and recklessly, even if it consumes her
(She then goes on her side so she can look at Damon)
Elena: You know, when all is said and done, there's nothing more important than the bond of family
Damon: You should tell that to my brother
Elena: I'm not mad at you for letting him out, Damon
(She switches off the light)
Elena: I think that you're gonna be the one to save him from himself. It won't be because he loves me. It'll be because he loves you. Can I tell you the rest tomorrow?
Damon: Sure
(She closes the eyes. He stays next to her and looks at her while she falls asleep)
03x08 - Ordinary People
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