NARRATOR: Previously on The Vampire Diaries:
ELENA: I'm Elena. STEFAN: I'm Stefan.
Love brought me to Mystic Falls. Love drove me away.
-I love you, Damon. -Silas.
Hello, my shadow self.
(GRUNTS)
STEFAN: Even though we've lost almost everything...
Bonnie's dead, Elena.
I have no idea who you people are.
People are watching you and your friends. Drop out, move back to Mystic Falls.
STEFAN: ...our hope is not lost.
Silas' whole bad-guy plan was to kill himself, reunite with his dead girlfriend, Amara.
I wanna use his death to bring Bonnie back to life.
Silas was my true love, I never said I was his.
He wanted to be with Amara.
Silas needs every last drop of your blood to cure himself, Katherine.
(SCREAMING)
KATHERINE: No, Damon, I don't wanna die.
Am I in hell?
Sure a little thing like you can eat all that?
I'm celebrating. I thought I was gonna die.
I didn't. So now I'm free to be whatever I wanna be.
(CHUCKLES)
It's a good day.
Love the hair, by the way. Bold choice.
This is nice.
It is nice.
Quiet. Still. Peaceful.
I like our life when it's like this.
But it is our life.
Which probably means something's gonna walk through that door and shatter it.
-Mm. Don't say that. -In 10, nine....
Just let me enjoy the moment.
Six, five....
Damon, today is the day that we're gonna bring Bonnie back.
It's a good day.
-Three, two.... -Damon, it's a good day.
(DOOR OPENS)
SILAS: Greetings. -One.
Good morning, frenemies.
Ah.
You know, I'm only a few hours into my old life as a witch...
...but somehow the sun feels warmer.
Probably because I'm not cursed with having to outlive it anymore. Ha, ha.
What's with the home invasion, Silas?
Well, Damon, after 2000 years of a miserable existence...
...I finally get to die.
Morning, sleepy head.
Sleep well?
Oh.
Tessa. Hi. Ahem.
You're confused. Is that the amnesia or the tequila?
Um, I think both. I'm still trying to piece together last night.
We bonded over our misery.
There were body shots.
The misery lifted.
-Here. Berries. -Thank you.
What's got you in such a good mood?
I happened to see a text message pop up on your phone after you crashed last night.
A warning from your friends.
Silas took the cure. He's a witch.
He's mortal. And now I can kill him.
Get up, gorgeous. Your doppelgänger dies today.
We all know that Tessa was a real vengeful bitch.
Your doppelgänger, Amara, died at her hands.
But today, after 2000 years, Amara and I will finally reunite.
All right, skip the mushy parts.
Look, my girl here is just trying to have a good day.
There are promises she's expecting you to keep.
Oh, you don't think I keep my promises?
You said now that you're a witch, you would bring Bonnie back.
-I did and I can. -And you promised Damon...
-...that you would do that if he helped you. -Yeah.
-But you're kind of evil, no offense. -None taken.
So I'm just trying to figure out how I can trust...
...that one of your last acts in this world will be to bring my best friend back?
Did you want me to pinky-swear?
She's trying to have a good day. Just tell her how it's gonna go down.
I just want to destroy the Other Side so I don't get stuck in purgatory when I kill myself.
Before I do that, I'll bring Bonnie back.
And being the amazing and incredible and all-powerful witch that I am...
...I can totally do both.
I just have to find the Anchor first and destroy it.
The Anchor?
Silas is looking for the Anchor.
The object I used to bind the spell when I created the Other Side.
Destroy it, the spell's broken.
No more supernatural limbo.
Then Silas can die and find peace.
I'd rather his lying, cheating ass not have that.
Great. Fine. I approve. Where is it?
New Jersey? The supernatural other world is bound by an object in Snooki's backyard?
It's in a stockyard, and it's being shipped out, so we really need to--
Hello, hunter.
Banner day for you, huh?
Didn't you and the Bennett witch used to, uh:
(CLICKS THEN WHISTLES)
Hey, knock it off. Okay?
It's okay, Jer. We all want the same thing today.
Silas dead, Bonnie alive.
A.k.a. put the damn crossbow down, Pocahontas.
We're to believe he's gonna bring Bonnie back out of the goodness of his heart?
I hope not. I mean, I am kind of a monster.
You know, guys, I'm feeling really ganged up on right now.
Okay? I would hate to lose my temper and do something...
...crazy.
(CHUCKLES)
Ah. Man, I really love being a witch again.
I feel like I'm constantly reinventing myself.
I'm like a supernatural Madonna, don't you think?
So Silas read your mind and figured out where the Anchor is.
-Now what? -You know that story about the Travelers?
Wait, you don't. I fried your brain and took your memories. Sorry.
Well, the Travelers--
You know how Silas wants to destroy the Other Side so he can be at peace...
...with that slut Amara that he calls his one true love?
The Travelers don't want that.
-Why not? -Not important.
Scratch that. Very important, I'm just not gonna answer it.
Um, you know what? I think I still need to be drunk to understand this story.
The Travelers have been in possession of the Anchor for 2000 years.
They constantly move it so it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
And they're not gonna let him get near it.
At least not before I kill him.
Well, what if they fail?
He won't destroy it. He won't be able to.
Why not?
Let's just file that under the "not gonna answer it" category.
All right, we gotta get going. You, grab a crowbar or four from the garage.
-What for? -Does it matter?
You. You're not going. Men only.
-Are you serious? He's not serious. -No, he's not serious.
Actually, I'm 100 percent serious.
She's the carbon copy of my true love Amara.
You understand why I don't want to stare at her imposter face all day.
That makes no sense.
It would make sense if you were ever in love with anybody who looked exactly like her.
This is ridiculous. We're bringing my best friend back from the dead.
-I'm going. -Ugh.
(SHOUTING)
Hey.
Next one goes in the heart. Hurry.
I only have until sundown before Tessa tries to stop me.
The one good thing about having amnesia...
...is I don't remember how I got in the middle of all this.
-Ha, ha. -Mm.
Rest easy, sweet pea.
Don't you worry about the details.
Silas is going to die today.
And he will spend eternity on the Other Side...
...as far away from Amara, and peace, as possible.
I have it all covered.
You don't scheme as long as I have without considering every possibility.
(GRUNTS)
What's wrong?
Silas put a spell on this cabin.
We're stuck here until sundown.
How do you know that?
Because I taught him the damn spell.
I don't want to know if Tyler called, so don't even tell me.
Do you wanna do small appliances or toiletries?
I'd compel a cute boy to pack for us, but I don't think I wanna see a cute boy ever again.
Except for Jesse who's conveniently not answering his phone.
Um, we're moving out?
Hello? Dr. Maxfield thinks we're vampires.
Threatened to expose us. Told us to drop out.
That sucks.
(CLEARS THROAT)
What the hell are you doing in my dorm, Katherine?
I just need a place to crash.
-What? I loathe you. -I'm desperate, okay?
Damon kicked me out. Stefan doesn't remember me.
I just spent my last $20 on a meal that I didn't even get to enjoy.
Aw. How is any of this my problem?
Look at you.
Moving out? Giving up?
That's very un-Caroline of you.
You need me, bad.
(COUGHS)
In exchange for a place to stay and Elena's meal card...
...I will help you deal with Dr. Whoever.
Dr. Maxfield. He teaches bio.
Heh. I'm sorry, what? You're scared of a teacher?
Oh, honey, you really need to take a crash course on Villain 101.
Luckily for you, I have an honorary doctorate.
What do you say, roomie?
(BUZZING)
TESSA (OVER PHONE): Stefan's phone. -Who's this?
Uncanny. Your doppelgänger voice is exactly like Amara's.
So whiny.
-Tessa. Where's Stefan? -He's here. Well, not "here" here.
He hopped in the shower. Between us girls, he works up quite the sweat.
But I guess you know that. May I leave him a message?
Yeah. Remind him that you're a crazy bitch.
I would, but I think that's maybe his type.
(SIGHS)
(DELTA RIGGS "STARS" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)
ELENA (OVER PHONE): He's with Tessa. Why does he keep going back to her?
Look, who knows? Amnesia-Stef is a fickle little --
Wait. You didn't tell Elena what you did to Stefan?
Tell me what?
Silas needed his psychic juju to get into Tessa's head.
The only way to temporarily reactivate his abilities was to break Stefan's neck...
-...a couple times. -As if he didn't hate us enough.
-Damon, I'm going over there. -She should, really.
-Tessa's bad business. DAMON: No.
Just let Stefan have his space.
Just like you said, he's already mad enough.
Sounds like he's more mad at you.
Maybe he and I can find some common ground.
(CELL PHONE BEEPS)
Knock-knock.
Knock-knock. Who's there? The mayor. The mayor who?
Well, who?
No one. That's the joke. No one's there because I killed the mayor.
And I still got something to say
You're a dick.
Subject 62547. Blood film analysis.
(DOOR CREAKS)
Cellular growth rate is phenomenal, as expected.
(WHOOSHING SOUND NEARBY)
What are you doing here?
Well, if it isn't Stefan's fated love.
Where is he?
Come on in. Who am I to stand in the way of destiny?
Elena, you shouldn't have walked through that door.
I'm really sorry. I wouldn't have let Damon do what he did to you--
Sure you would have.
You have this annoying tendency to do anything he tells you.
I'm no shrink, but I think it's called co-dependence.
Look, I get that you're upset with us for pretty much everything.
But do you really think that sleeping with Tessa is gonna solve anything?
Who said I was sleeping with Tessa?
I am so bad with messages.
Oh, look. Elena called. She's wondering why you're here.
I may have embellished for effect.
ELENA: Okay.
I just came by to make sure she hadn't done some Fatal Attraction spell on you.
But now that I know that you're good, I'm gonna go.
Yeah, you really shouldn't have come inside.
Thank God.
How do you do it, Damon?
How can you stand being here while your girlfriend's at home...
...worrying about her doppelgänger soul mate?
It's called being secure. I'm assuming you know about that by the way you wear your hair.
Don't tell me you believe in this doppelgänger prophecy crap.
Crap? What do you mean crap?
Do you not notice the universe trying to mirror my love for Amara...
...by bringing our doppelgängers together?
You do realize that by destroying the Other Side...
...you are personally moving heaven and earth to be together.
That's not fate, you idiot.
It's you being a crazy person.
Okay. Where is this stupid Anchor thing?
I have no idea.
-What do you mean you have no idea? -Give me some credit, man.
I did psychically dive into Tessa's mind to see this specific warehouse.
-What does it look like? -Again, I have no idea.
Tessa created it after she locked me away in a tomb for 2000 years...
...and left me to starve. Remember? Remote island, creepy hallucinations?
Wait, you don't know where it is or what it looks like?
It binds the spell to a supernatural hell dimension.
It's not gonna look like an IKEA sink.
What did you inject him with?
I don't know. It just said "avoid contact with eyes."
And "do not ingest. "
-It's etorphine. -There you go.
What are you doing, Elena?
Draining your vervained blood...
...so I can compel you to forget Elena and I are vampires.
-Wait, what? You'll kill me-- -Shh. I'm trying to do some math. Okay.
So if the average male has five liters of blood in his system--
-That's not right. -Then carry the one.
-Just round up. -Perfect, four-point-seven pints.
-Use the right or left arm? -Untie me. I'll find the vein. You'll kill me.
Give me. It's not my first rodeo.
Could you get me one of those tube-y things and, uh, tape?
Oh, my God. It's totally working.
Ta-da.
So...
...doctor...
...you tell me, who else knows about us?
If you were willing to kill me, you wouldn't have gone through all this trouble.
You should've left when I told you to.
-They're onto you. CAROLINE: Who's "they"?
The people you want to expose us to? That secret society thing-y that you belong to?
There's a gathering today at Whitmore House.
The society's using it to suss out potential candidates.
They were going to invite you until they started suspecting you were a vampire.
So all I have to do is convince them that Elena Gilbert isn't a vampire?
Heh. Done.
They'll never let you in. A vampire can never get past the threshold.
(GRUNTING)
What did that crate do to you?
Bonnie. What are you doing here?
Didn't wanna miss the excitement.
Not every day a girl comes back from the dead.
Don't jinx it.
I'm not jinxing it, I'm being realistic. It's not a dime-store spell, Jer.
When I brought you back it killed me, remember?
What I meant was it's just not something I'm going to count on, okay?
Not okay. Have some faith.
If you believe that it can work, and I believe it can work, then it will work.
Just say it. You need to say it.
-It will work. -Heh. Thank you.
Jer, just so we're clear...
...I would die 100 times over to have you standing here alive in front of me.
Before today is over...
...we're going to know what that feels like.
Heh.
Quit dawdling. We need to find this thing before the Travelers show up.
Why are they interested in this Anchor?
They hate me for creating the immortality spell.
They know the Anchor's the only thing standing between me and my soul mate.
And every love story needs that one thing that just keeps getting in the way.
Kind of like you, Damon.
You might be an all-powerful witch, is that what you called it?
-Yeah. -But I will happily kill you if you keep that up.
Oh, no, you won't. Not until I bring your girlfriend's bestie back.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
-Isn't this a pleasant surprise. -You ain't seen nothing yet.
Since I'm occupied at the moment, I need you to go ahead and kill Silas for me.
Gladly, but he's such a control freak that he wants to off himself himself.
After he destroys the Other Side? That's not gonna happen.
Plus, I want him dead before he has the pleasure of finding the Anchor.
-Yeah, I'm not following. -Kill him, now.
-Damon-- -Did I mention I lured your girlfriend to me?
I used the oldest trick in the book. Jealousy. Of Stefan.
Thought you should know.
-Aah! -Tessa!
Just stop. Stop it!
(ELENA SHOUTING)
I can't kill him yet. He has to do something for me first.
Is that something more important than Elena?
Because Silas put a spell on this house and bound it to the sun...
...which means we're trapped here until sundown.
Which means you have until then to kill Silas or I kill Elena.
With a face like Amara's, it might be cathartic.
-Bye, now. -Wait.
(CELL PHONE BEEPING)
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)
-Ms. Gilbert. -You know me?
I'm Diane Freeman. We met the night your roommate died.
Of course.
Crazy night. Anyway, I am here for the shindig.
I didn't realize you'd be joining us.
Did I forget to RSVP?
Sorry, I've just been so busy with my studies.
We just started the tea.
Got any food?
(GROANING)
(CLEARS THROAT)
What?
Are you the sandwich police?
(CHUCKLES)
Just, uh, trying to figure out why Wes told me to stay away from you.
-Do I know you? -Aaron.
We met yesterday. You changed your hair. It's....
Aaron. Duh. Hi.
So, what are you doing here?
Are you part of the secret society?
The what?
You know.
The society.
I still have no idea.
(CHUCKLES)
Either you're genuinely clueless or you're very good at keeping secrets.
(CHUCKLES THEN TOOTH CRACKS THEN COUGHS)
-Is that your tooth? -No.
What is happening to me?
-Is that your tooth? Are you--? -Ahem.
Look at all the incredible things they've dreamt up to do with food.
-Pineapple on pizza? Mm. -Heh.
So sad. Let me guess. Gluten-free?
How did you get here?
-Excuse me? -Here. Alive. From the Other Side.
How did you come back to life?
Oh, yeah, that. You can blame your friend Bonnie for that.
She opened the door, distracted herself when she brought your brother back to life.
So I just walked right through when she died.
Well, today, Silas was going to bring her back to life after he got the Anchor.
But you told my boyfriend, who has never put anyone's life before mine...
...including his own, to kill Silas before he could do that.
So no, I'm not sad about the pizza.
Look, why don't we forget about the pizza?
What do you say I make something?
-Okay. -Heh.
TESSA: Roasted duck? STEFAN: Oh.
-Wait. Do you have a duck? -Oh-- No.
But maybe I could lure one inside.
I got Elena in.
How much smarter could a duck be?
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
-Go for it. STEFAN: All right.
We can't kill Silas.
Silas is the only one that can bring Bonnie back.
And he's not going to until right before he destroys the Other Side.
Tessa wants to do it now. Something tells me patience isn't her strong suit.
Damon, you promised. You promised Elena that she would see Bonnie again.
You don't think I'm aware of that?
But if Tessa kills Elena, guess who's not gonna make it to Bonnie's welcome-home party.
Plan's off, Jeremy.
Bonnie's not coming back.
Sorry.
It's okay, Jeremy.
Bonnie, she's my sister.
Jeremy Gilbert. Do you not know me at all?
Is there a part of you that thinks for one minute I'd let my friends die...
...just so I could come back to life?
I'm dead, Jer.
And as much as I want to come back...
...maybe I'm just supposed to accept that.
We were so close.
I know we were.
Now go help him kill Silas.
(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
I've met a lot of witches in my day, never quite heard that one before.
Let me guess. Travelers.
(TRAVELERS CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
(SCREAMING)
Why do witches always go for the daylight ring?
I was about to do your Euro-tribe a favor. I want to kill Silas too.
KRISTOF: That's the problem.
-We don't want him dead yet. -Well, that's not gonna work for me.
WES: You're oddly calm.
Which only adds to my complete and utter terror.
Sorry. I spaced.
You spaced?
Caroline, I would've bled to death.
Know what? I just broke up with my boyfriend.
For good.
My heart is in pieces.
Sue me for having a moment.
My apologies. Is the moment over?
Yes, it is.
Now, answer my questions truthfully.
What is the secret society?
-It's called Augustine. -Augustine?
-I've never heard of it. -Well, that's the whole point.
-How do you become a member? -Most recruits are legacies.
But some were chosen for our extraordinary talents.
And what is your extraordinary talent?
Being brilliant.
Not to mention that you're willing to lie on autopsy reports. Like my roommate's.
You knew she was killed by a vampire. Is that why you covered up her death?
No. I covered up her death because it wasn't just any vampire.
It was the Augustine vampire.
Wha--? Hang on.
Okay, so your creepy elitist society also has their own vampire?
Who is it?
DIANE: Wes, you in there? It's Diane Freeman.
You were wrong. Elena Gilbert and I aren't vampires.
We're just regular freshman. You're lightheaded because you gave blood this morning.
Forget everything that happened here.
DIANE: Wes?
-So you are here. -Of course I'm here. Why?
Because it's 5:00. You missed the Whitmore party.
What?
I was working.
The day must've gotten away from me.
That's not all you missed. Guess who I watched strut right through the front door.
Elena Gilbert, clearly not a vampire.
What made you so convinced she was?
I have no idea.
Guess I was wrong.
-Try this and let me know what you think. -Okay.
TESSA: All right.
-Mm. It's good. -Yeah?
-Yeah. STEFAN: All right.
Okay, I get it. You hate me.
You may not have any memories, Stefan, but I do.
This person, she's not the type of person that you would like.
That's not very nice, especially considering I've allowed you to remain alive until sundown.
Oh. Almost sundown.
Elena. Don't say a word.
I got this.
I know you think that I hate you, but I don't. I won't let her hurt you. I promise.
Why isn't he picking up?
-What? -Is he dead yet?
There you are. Man up, we're under attack.
No, he's not dead yet. I was just ambushed by some of your inbred cousins.
Any idea why Travelers who hate Silas would wanna stop me from killing him?
-They probably want his blood. -For what?
Silas drank the cure from Katherine. Now his blood is the cure.
But they're not immortal. So who do they want it for?
Think about it, Damon.
The Travelers aren't fans of immortality.
And I had to bind the Other Side to something. Something that would last forever.
Something that Silas couldn't destroy.
DAMON: What, his favorite childhood sled?
TESSA: Something a little closer to his heart.
Two thousand years old. Immortal.
Indestructible.
You're a quick boy, Damon, figure it out.
(GRUNTS)
Elena, run!
-No way. -What?
Not possible.
What?
DAMON: Tessa may be insane, but she's a bona fide genius.
Two thousand years old? Immortal? Indestructible?
The anchor isn't a thing, it's a person.
Amara.
She never killed Amara.
You're still alive.
Amara.
It's me.
-You're okay. -Go away. Go away.
-Leave me alone. -No, no, no, it's okay.
Who are you talking to? It's me. It's me.
Silas.
-It's me. -How is it possible?
How are you here, after all this time?
I thought you were dead.
Tessa said she killed you. She held your heart in her hands.
She lied. She couldn't kill me. There was only one cure.
She wanted it for you.
I took it. I'm sorry.
I wanted to be with you, I wanted to be at peace with you.
The cure runs in your veins?
I was ready to die for you.
AMARA: I love you, Silas.
I'm so sorry.
But I have to be cured.
(GASPING)
I can't live another day.
Elena Gilbert. What brings you by?
-How'd you get this? -Mystery.
I listened to about half before I nearly blew my brains out from boredom.
Except for the part about your subject's blood being abnormal.
That part was mildly interesting.
Well, thanks for returning it.
Now, that subject, 62547, right?
Is that the Augustine vampire?
-I think you should go. -Heh.
And do what? Sprinkle all of your dirty little secrets across campus?
Like Augustine?
And all the vampire experiments that you've been doing?
Come on, Dr. Wes. Aren't you supposed to be some sort of genius?
I'm sure we can come up with some creative solution for our little predicament.
I have to say, if I wasn't such a genius...
...I might actually think you were blackmailing me, Elena.
Actually, my name's Katherine. Elena's my doppelgänger.
And while I let you chew on that, unh...
...I'll admit there is something that I can't solve on my own.
-Is that a tooth? -It's my tooth.
I think I'm dying, and I need you to save my life.
(AMARA PANTING)
Stop talking.
It's not up to you.
Leave me alone!
Leave me alone, leave me alone, leave me alone.
Leave me alone!
Please leave me alone. Leave me alone.
Are you real?
Are you?
(DUM DUM GIRLS "COMING DOWN" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)
Well, uh, have a good night.
Yeah.
It's weird.
Even with no memory, you're still you.
Well, Tessa was going to kill you. And you don't seem like you deserve that.
So I was just going on instinct. That's all.
Exactly.
That's what I'm saying.
Your instincts were always to protect me.
So thank you for just being you.
I think I'm comin' down
Have a good night.
Stefan Salvatore sleeps in his own bed tonight. Does that mean he stopped hating us?
Or did the power of the doppelgänger universe push him into the car with you?
Well, he, uh, saved my life, so I'll take that as not-hate.
Victory in a day otherwise marred by failure.
We couldn't get Bonnie back. I get a pass.
-Did I say anything? -Tell her it's for the best, Jer.
No. No, I won't. Because it's not.
What?
Bonnie's here.
She wants us not to worry.
We're gonna keep trying, Bonnie. Okay? It's not over.
-We've dealt with much worse. -Well, Silas is MIA and out and about.
Which is pretty bad.
And Amara has been cured, which is even worse...
...because now she's easy to kill.
So the fate of the Other Side, where Bonnie currently resides...
...rests on a living, breathing human being that we now need to protect.
We need to protect?
(GRUNTING)
Elena, meet Crazy Pants.
Crazy Pants, meet Elena.
(SCREAMING)
What are you doing here?
Do you have any idea what it's like watching history repeat itself?
You're hurt.
-I can heal you. -No. No.
I want this wound. It's a reminder of what you really are.
See, memories are important.
I made a mistake when I found you.
I eased your pain.
You used to have a lot of pain.
Remember?
(GASPING)
You killed your own father, and then forced your brother to become a vampire.
STEFAN: Don't fight it.
That was just the start of your reign of terror.
You hated yourself for a century. But then you found her.
ELENA: I'm Elena. -I'm Stefan.
-Didn't last very long, did it? -Stop it. Stop it, please.
But the ending's the best part.
Because you actually felt real pain.
Physical pain. Torture. Remember?
STEFAN: Hello, my shadow self.
TESSA: You were trapped in the safe. Tossed in the quarry.
Water flooded in. You tried to scream, you tried to escape.
But all you could do was drown. Over. And over. And over again.
The only thing keeping you sane was the hope that one day...
...one of the two people you loved...
...they'd come rescue you.
But they didn't. I did.
Always remember that.
(BREATHING HEAVILY) .