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We Have History Together
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Previously on The Vampire Diaries

DAMON: You left your son. You abandoned your family.

PETER: I was ashamed! I had to get out.

SYBIL: It's beautiful.

ELENA: My necklace. I thought I'd never see it again. Thank you.

CADE: You want your freedom in exchange for these two girls.

STEFAN: I'll do it. Just let the girls go. I could become the Ripper that you want.

CADE: You'd turn your humanity off?

STEFAN: For a short time, yes.

CADE: I predict that, after a year with me, you won't want to leave.

STEFAN: When it's over, you let me and my brother go. I made a deal. I serve him for a year and then I'm done.

CAROLINE: What are you going to do?

DAMON: You're gonna want to get under the hood and flip that humanity switch, Stefan. Won't be so painful.

Anger Management Group

DAMON: Hi. I'm Damon. And I have anger issues.

GROUP: Hi, Damon.

GROUP : Why don't you tell us about what brought you to the meeting today?

DAMON: Well, I got my brother this job...

STEFAN: Actually, I asked for the job.

DAMON: Yeah. Through my connections. Anyway, our boss gave Stefan new orders. And now, we're supposed to push people to make evil choices, and only then do we kill them and send their souls to the devil.

STEFAN: I thought we were going for like, a... a veiled analogy.

DAMON: Oh, they're all compelled. Clarity over cleverness. That's what I always say.

STEFAN: You've literally never said that before.

DAMON: Anyway, since he got this new job, he's been difficult. Full of himself.

STEFAN: Okay. He's just jealous because I'm better at finding new clients. For instance. Who would you say is the worst person in this room? Huh? Meg or Elizabeth? You both have said some pretty awful things. I'm sure that, given the right opportunity, one of them would make an evil choice.

DAMON: Small potatoes. I don't even think they make the cut.

ELIZABETH: Uh...

DAMON: Uh! Elizabeth. Quiet. You too, Meg.

STEFAN: What about you? What if you had to pick one person to die? Who would it be? Meg or Elizabeth?

GROUP LEADER: Wait, stop right there.

STEFAN: What if it was between you and Meg? Would you want Meg to die?

[Stefan compels the group leader.]

STEFAN: Answer the question honestly.

GROUP LEADER: Yes... I would want her to die instead of me.

DAMON: Whoa.

STEFAN: What if both Meg and Elizabeth had to die, in order for you to live?

GROUP LEADER: Then I'd want them both to die.

DAMON: Whoa. What if we threw in everybody? Choose between yourself and these people.

GROUP LEADER: I want to live. I don't care about any of them.

STEFAN: Wow. I think I've heard enough.

DAMON: Yeah. Me, too.

[Damon attacks and kills the Group Leader, while Stefan kills the other group members. He's feeding on the group member Meg.]

DAMON: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I thought we were only giving Cade the worst of the worst, like this guy.

STEFAN: Cade can have him. These are mine.

DAMON: What are you doing? Meditating?

STEFAN: It's called self-control, Damon. No dripping blood equals no temptation. I'm doing it right this time. Heads will remain intact.

DAMON: That's a very fine line. Or a very fine neck membrane.

STEFAN: You know, your lack of faith in me is really starting to get on my nerves.

DAMON: I'm just saying, you have a Ripper history. Are you sure you want to keep testing the blood-soaked waters?

STEFAN: That's why it's called history. It won't repeat. I'm all good.

[Stefan goes back to feeding on Meg]

DAMON: Well, I can see that.

Mystic Falls High School

CAROLINE: (voiceover) Dear Elena, Sorry it's been a while. Three weeks, to be exact. By now Bonnie's probably filled pages and pages about how amazing Paris is. And Ric promised he'd write to you from his self-imposed witness protection with our kids. That leaves me, catching up on work projects and trying not to think about the past. Which is ironic, considering where my boss sent me today. By the way, Mystic Falls High School looks exactly the same as when you last saw it. I'm sure you've noticed there's someone missing from this entry. Stefan is with Damon now. I don't know where he is, or what he's doing, but I know it isn't good. So I'm doing everything I can to think about other things instead. Like I said, there's always work.

[Caroline is on the phone with Matt.]

CAROLINE: Yeah. I'm, like, an embedded journalist, only in history class.

MATT: Slow news day?

CAROLINE: Yeah. The school's doing a big ramp-up for Founder's Day. They specifically requested me, for the alumni angle. But I was just calling to see what you were doing for lunch. You know? I could save you a seat in the cafeteria.

MATT: Raincheck. I'm on my way out to the Armory to deliver the St. John box that Tyler left behind. Just doing Ric a favor. You doing okay?

CAROLINE: I'm... fine. You know, this is only temporary. All of this is... temporary.

MATT: I'll tell you what. If you sneak into Coach Lyman's office and write something really rude in his playbook, drinks are on me tonight at the Grill.

CAROLINE: "Something rude" like impolite, or "something rude" like really disgusting?

MATT: Dealer's choice.

CAROLINE: You're on.

[The school bell rings]

MATT: Ugh! I do not miss that sound.

CAROLINE: Yeah. Me neither.

MATT: Happy embedding.

CAROLINE: (chuckling) Thanks. Talk to you later.

The Armory

Matt: Anybody here? Hello?

DORIAN: You must be Matt. I'm Dorian.

MATT: Yeah. Ric said you'd be in charge while he was on his sabbatical.

DAORIAN: You mean while he's hiding his kids from the sirens. He told me what really happened to Georgie. Said he wanted to give me fair warning about who I'd be fighting against if I stayed.

MATT: Welcome to the circle of trust.

DORIAN: Seline murdered my friend. I mean to figure out how to get payback. And since our only weapon is currently traveling through Paris...

MATT: You mean the tuning fork?

DORIAN: Actually, it's called the staff of Arcadius. Cade's enemies forged it in the fire that killed him.

MATT: If you say so.

DORIAN: Wasn't me that said so. It was Harvey. In his journal. Georgie had it in her car. Seems our dead guy, Harvey, was friends with the sirens, back in 1790. They lured him into the Armory tunnels, and he starved to death down there. We found his bones a couple months ago. DNA results got back yesterday.

MATT: Oh! Awesome.

DORIAN: Yeah. Turns out, he was related to a family from Mystic Falls. And through the magic that is the Internet, I've tracked down a living descendant. He's here to claim the remains. Hey, Mr. Maxwell. Did you finish signing those forms?

[Peter walks out from another room, both Matt and Peter surprised to see each other.]

DORIAN: You... you two know each other?

Mystic Falls High School

VIOLET: And on top of everything she does, she even volunteered to organize Miss Mystic Falls.

CAROLINE: Wow! Your teacher sure does have a lot on her plate.

VIOLET: Yeah, but I help her out with projects. We all do. Everyone loves her.

SYBIL: Good morning, everyone. Students: Good morning, Miss Sybil.

CAROLINE: What are you doing here?

[Sybil uses her mind control and makes the students sit and quite down.]

SYBIL: Well, yesterday, we finished the Revolutionary War so today we're gonna start on the 1800s.

CAROLINE: No. I mean, why are you masquerading as a history teacher?

SYBIL: I'm not masquerading. I give a lot of homework. And pop quizzes, right?

VIOLET: You're the best teacher at this school.

CAROLINE: (annoyed) Are you mind-controlling these kids?

SYBIL: I made them love history. Is that a crime?

[Caroline takes a couple steps towards Sybil.]

SYBIL: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Before you try to attack me, or call the police, or ask anyone for help, just know that if you do, none of these kids are gonna make it to their next class.

CAROLINE: Can we just skip to the part where you tell me what you want?

SYBIL: Sure. If we skip to the part where you admit that you would rather be doing anything except think about what Stefan's doing right now. Who he's murdering while his emotions are off. And in answer to your question, I want to teach you history. Why else would I have told your boss to send you here on an assignment?

CAROLINE: The news assignment came from you.

SYBIL: I just said that. You mustn't have been a very good student. We're gonna have to try to remedy that. Students, please turn to chapter three: "Antebellum Virginia." Ms. Forbes? You can take a seat.

[Caroline regrettably takes her seat.]

Café

[A women hands a waitress some money. Damon and Stefan are having coffee and talking.]

STEFAN: What about her? Over there.

DAMON: That rich lady? Nah. If we sent people to Cade just for being bad tippers, there'd be no room left in hell.

STEFAN: All right, fine. Let's just go with the server then. She looks angry already.

DAMON: We just did anger. Besides, judging by the pool of candidates we have here, she's probably the only one that already worships the devil. She's hardly a challenge, Stefan.

STEFAN: You want a challenge, huh? Yeah. Hmm. Let's go with that woman, right there.

DAMON: The old woman? Spilling stuff everywhere? What are we doing, mercy killings?

STEFAN: No. The doctor helping her.

[Damon is shocked at the appearance of the women. It reminds him of Elena. He reaches for his coat pocket, something clinking inside it -Esther's Talisman; a reminder of Elena.]

DAMON: Well, how do you know she's a doctor and not some orderly?

STEFAN: Manicured nails... Means she doesn't work with her hands. Medical pager means she's on call. Only in her 20s and already a doctor? Huh. Must have graduated early. Really thrown herself into her work. Why do you think that is, Damon?

DAMON: I don't know, Stefan. Maybe she had a brother that bored the crap out of her?

STEFAN: Or maybe, she's driven by something dark. Some sort of pain in her past.

DAMON: Not everybody 's a big ball of angst like you. Maybe she's driven by something good.

STEFAN: Those sound like some bettin' words to me, Damon.

DAMON: Oh, really? Sounds like some winnin' words to me.

STEFAN: Well... Only one way to find out, right?

[Stefan stabs Damon in the leg with a vervain needle. Damon grunts and groans has it instantly takes affect.]

STEFAN: Shh. Oh, my God. Is there a doctor here?

St Armis Medical Center

[Stefan is eating a pudding snack as Damon wakes up.]

DAMON: (groaning) Vervain? Come on, man. Don't you trust me to play along with your attempt to corrupt the good doctor?

STEFAN: Well, I got to sell your hospital stay with a little bit of actual weakness, right? I did some Internet stalking. So, it turns out that Tara's mom and dad were both killed in a car accident ten years ago. It was a hit-and-run. They never found the driver. I told you she was driven by something dark.

DAMON: All I've heard is sad, Stefan. I haven't heard dark. Maybe your spidey-sense is wrong about her, pal.

STEFAN: Oh, my spidey-sense is doing just fine, thank you. Listen to this. Her parents were both organ donors and their untimely passing saved other people's lives. That's why Tara went into medicine.

DAMON: Really?

STEFAN: She even volunteers her time at an organ-transplant support group. That's a little morbid, if you ask me. Although actually, it's, uh... it's perfect.

The Armory

DORIAN: I can't believe Ric agreed to let her go. And you guys haven't seen her since Christmas?

MATT: No.

PETER: Yeah, I was out of town.

MATT: That's his specialty.

DORIAN: Here's another artifact that could help. Mr. Skeleton Maxwell was a metalsmith, circa 1790. In his journal, he made sketches of something that he smithyed-up before he died. Now, according to Dalton St. John, the surviving Maxwells made a family heirloom out of it. That look familiar?

[Dorian shows the sketches to Peter.]

PETER: No, not really. But it could have been inside the family storage box that Damon came looking for.

DORIAN: Yeah. Meanwhile, the rest of Dalton's writings from 1883 were about Seline. "What Seline wants." He lists precise measurements from neck, shoulder, lip, tongue...

MATT: Yeah, I'd say he was obsessed with her. He even measured her for a crown.

PETER: Wait, hang on. Let me see that list. These are all parts of a bell. Neck, shoulder, lip, crown... They're metalworking terms. The measurements make sense.

DORIAN: Really?

PETER: Yeah. The Maxwells used to be in the business of making church bells. That's how our family metalworks started, back in the day.

DORIAN: That's cool.

PETER: Yeah.

MATT: You got a really low bar for "cool."

St Armis Medical Center

TARA: Well, no diagnosis yet. His blood work came back completely normal.

STEFA: Well, I guess I always knew something like this would happen.

TARA: Why do you say that?

STEFAN: It's just karma. He's made a lot of dark choices in his life. Hurt a lot of people along the way.

TARA: I don't think you should be telling me this.

STEFAN: You know, I can't help but think that maybe this is all happening for a reason. I was on an organ donor Web site today, and I saw a list of all these people... these really deserving people... just waiting in line for a transplant.

TARA: Mm. And your brother is an organ donor. Yes, I saw that on his intake form. Look, it doesn't do any good to speculate.

STEFAN: Why not? I mean, I-I saw this one girl, she's all the way at the top of the list. Her name is Kassie Fowler.

TARA: Yeah, I know her. She's a patient of mine. She's a really good kid.

STEFAN: Her profile says she wants to go to developing countries and-and build wells and get clean water. It's not her fault that her kidneys are failing. So, what, Damon gets to waste his life and she's not able to live hers?

TARA: I can't think like that, sadly. As a doctor, every life has to be as important as the next.

STEFAN: Hmm. Even after everything that he's done?

TARA: Well, whatever you feel about your brother's past...

STEFAN: What if I told you that he caused your parents' death?

TARA: What? My parents were killed by a drunk driver. Why would you say that?

STEFAN: Because you... need an opportunity. Here's what you believe.

[Stefan compels Tara.]

STEFAN: Damon is a drunk driver. Damon is the one who killed your parents.

[Stefan goes back into Damon's room.]

DAMON: Stack the deck, why don't you?

STEFAM: Cade never said I couldn't take a shortcut.

DAMON: I told you she'd be a challenge. Hmm.

STEFAN: What are you so pleased about? You're supposed to be on task.

DAMON: All I'm saying is maybe some people can't be corrupted. Maybe she's just plain good.

STEFAN: Mm. No one is just plain good.

DAMON: You'll see. Hey, what are you doing?

STEFAN: Oh, just upping your vervain intake.

DAMON: What? No.

STEFAN:I need to create a medical emergency in order for the rest of the game to play out.

DAMON: Can you stop cheating for just one second?

STEFAN: Damon, I work for the devil. I don't have to play fair.

DAMON: Mmm...

[Damon grumbles and his heart monitor begins beeping rapidly.]

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