NARRATOR: Previously on The Vampire Diaries:
We're bad for each other and we're never gonna get where we need to.
We'll just end up back here, where we started.
LIV: Travelers have the ability to keep living inside someone else's body.
You're a hunter. That officially makes you the only person in this room that I can trust.
You're gonna protect Elena, I'm gonna stop the Travelers.
I'm going to need some help.
LIV: The Travelers are up to something big.
(YELLS)
LIV: Now they're on the move. Next stop: Mystic Falls.
(GASPS)
You lose something?
Uh, yes, it's a...
...particularly mortifying page from my journal.
Oh. You, uh, censor your journal?
Pretty sure that's, uh, against journal rules.
(CHUCKLES)
And I'm pretty sure that you're not the journal police.
Trust me, it's really bad.
I'm officially intrigued.
And I'm officially not kidding.
Thank you.
-I'm Elena. -I'm Stefan.
(CAR HORN HONKING)
(GASPS THEN PANTS)
You okay?
Yeah, I just....
I just had a really crazy dream.
(SIGHS)
So you broke up. That I get.
Then you slept together. Not smart, but again, I get it.
Now, here's where it gets a bit hazy for me.
You went to a parent-teacher conference?
Jeremy was having some trouble at school.
Right. Then the kicker: you offer to drive her back to campus...
...and she says she can't be around you. I'm just confused even thinking about it.
-Can't imagine how you feel. -I'm fine.
-We're taking time apart. -Of course. The friends phase.
Where you, her friend, watch as she moves on with her life.
Finds a new boyfriend, perhaps a nice gentleman from a fraternity.
Chance or Brock.
Does your mysteriously missing girlfriend know how insufferable you are?
-Heh. -Maybe that's why you haven't found her?
She doesn't want to be found.
I haven't found her because the Travelers, i.e. my only lead...
...decided to play a game of spontaneous combustion...
...before giving me what they promised.
Great. Now you're here, annoying me.
We can always go kill people.
But I suppose that's what got you into this problem in the first place.
(SIGHS)
I guess my mom's not here yet.
-I'm going to get us some coffees. -Sure.
ELENA & STEFAN: Oh.
-Here you go. -I'm gonna need these. Heh.
-So clumsy. -So, uh, you hated the movie, huh?
No. Heh. I didn't hate it.
I just wasn't exactly paying attention, either.
-So do you wanna pick up dinner...? -We should, uh, do this again sometime.
Yeah.
-Sure. -Good.
Sorry, that's my dad...
...waiting up for me.
That's so embarrassing.
I'm really looking forward to dinner.
Me too.
-Good night. -Night.
CAROLINE: My mom's five minutes away.... Elena?
Hello? Elena?
(GASPS)
How did I get here?
I was just standing at the doorway.
Uh, you walked?
(CAROLINE CHUCKLES)
Hang on. Did you just have one of those dreams? Like, right here?
It didn't feel like a dream. It felt like it was real. Like I was just there.
Weird.
Caroline, if you bite your tongue any harder, you'll bleed.
Say it.
It's Psych 101. Actually, it's whatever comes before 101.
You told Damon you couldn't see him and now you're dreaming about Stefan?
It's not just about Stefan, okay? My parents were still alive.
It was like a different life.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
-Stefan, hey. -Hey.
-Is everything okay? -You know how sometimes you feel crazy...
...and you call me and I tell you that you're not crazy?
-Even though most of the time I am. -Well, I need you to tell me I'm not crazy.
Uh, no promises. Heh.
I was walking to my car and nearly got plowed over in the street.
I had a vision of Elena.
I take that back. Actually, you're not crazy at all.
Something's going on.
JEREMY (ON RECORDING): Hey, it's Jeremy. Leave a message.
Hey, Jeremy, it's me.
Bonnie Bennett, your girlfriend. Just in case you need reminding.
Which I'm happy to keep doing until you call me back.
So call me.
(WIND WHISTLING)
Hey, Grams.
I heard the Travelers did a number on you last night.
Did you read that in the Other Side newsletter?
-Grams, you don't look right. -Something's wrong over here, Bonnie.
Some of the witches think the Travelers tried to overwhelm you...
...so someone could get through.
-As in come back? -Whoever it is, he's hiding from us.
And now this place is--
(RUMBLING)
That wasn't creepy.
-What's going on over here? -I don't know.
But whatever the Travelers did and whoever managed to get through...
...it's got the witches scared.
The Travelers are here and our goal is to get rid of them.
But before I put my faith in the Three Stooges...
...I need to be sure you aren't harboring a Passenger.
You want us to stab ourselves?
This knife is the only thing that'll get rid of them.
-Again, you want us to stab ourselves. -Just do it so we can get on with this.
Says the hunter with the Traveler-proof head.
-I'll do it. -And the hybrid who heals.
Dude, you have a magic ring that brings you back from the dead. Quit bitching.
(MATT GRUNTS)
(LIV SIGHS)
Shoulder. Shouldn't hurt too much.
Not too deep.
I can help if you....
(MATT GRUNTING)
So much testosterone. So few brain cells.
Okay. We're all in the clear. Wanna tell us exactly what we're doing here?
Easy. You just have to do that about a hundred more times. Only to other people.
Look, the truth is...
...that my coven have been tracking the Travelers for thousands of years.
They're always on the move. But there've been a few times in history...
...when they've stopped to gather.
(SPEAKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
The freaky part is that no one's ever noticed.
Because one by one, they've taken over towns...
...by putting Passengers inside of the townsfolk.
They're doing the same in Mystic Falls.
(GASPS)
(MAN SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Care to lose again or shall we move on to step two of Elenaless Damon?
Bringing up her name defeats the purpose of me trying to forget her.
Bring up who's name?
(WHISPERS) Elena.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Whatever.
Speak of the devil.
(LINE RINGING)
-Hey, have you heard from my mom? -No, why?
She was supposed to meet me here and now she's not texting me.
If you see her, tell her something came up?
-Yeah, of course. -Okay, thanks.
(LINE RINGING)
Damon, one. Temptation, zero.
(SIGHS)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Temptation, one. Enzo....
Hello, gorgeous.
Can you tell Damon that there's something going on with Elena and Stefan?
What?
Well, you know how we all laughed off the notion...
...that the universe was drawing Stefan and Elena together? Heh.
DAMON: Yeah? -Well, that's happening.
-What's happening? -Now that Stefan's doppel-him....
-Tom? -Tom, yes.
Now that Tom is dead, Stefan and Elena are the last pair of doppelgängers.
Which might explain why Stefan and Elena are suddenly having...
...vision-type situations of each other.
Wait, what kind of visions?
You know what she's not telling you. Somebody's having sex dreams.
-They're not sex dreams. -Yeah, they're more like romance dreams.
I don't need to know that. Where's Stefan?
The Traveler camp, to see if anyone can tell him what's going on.
-Yeah, good luck with that. CAROLINE: It's our only lead.
Look, all we know is that Tom is dead...
...the Travelers committed a mass suicide, and Stefan and Elena...
...who are not together anymore, are having visions of each other.
Find a witch, get her here, let's figure out what's going on.
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
-Bonnie. BONNIE: Surprise.
Not really. I left you a voice mail and texted.
Yeah, I know, I know. Sorry, I, um....
I've just been busy moving and stuff.
Right, all your stuff.
Anyway, I need help. Something's going on, on the Other Side.
What do you mean?
My Gram says the witches are worried someone got out.
-And I thought since you could see ghosts-- LIV: Jeremy, come on. Back to work.
Liv's here? Are you kidding me?
It's not what it looks like.
Jeremy hired me to help him with math.
Right, was that before or after you lied to my face and tried to kill his sister?
Tell me what's going on.
I can't. I'm sorry.
We have this handled, I just....
I need you to trust me, okay?
(SIGHS)
Look, I told you I didn't want to keep any secrets.
Nothing personal, Jer.
But sneaking up on the Travelers requires them not to know that we're doing it.
I already broke my rule once for Matt and Tyler.
-I'm not doing it again. -Where are you now?
Checking on the sheriff, but she's not here.
I know it's probably nothing, but if I were going to take over a town....
You'd start at the top. Don't do anything stupid before I get there.
I can't do anything until you bring the Traveler knife, so hurry up.
FORBES: Traveler knife?
Sheriff, hey.
Who you talking to?
Uh, Caroline.
She said you missed lunch so I told her I'd check up on you.
You mentioned a Traveler knife.
Did I? Maybe you misheard.
I didn't.
(GRUNTING)
(CAR ALARM CHIRPS)
Matt?
-What are you doing here? -I'm dead, Bon.
But the sheriff's in trouble.
-What? -Just tell Jeremy. He'll know what I mean.
I'm sorry to do this to you, Bon.
(YELLS)
(VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)
Can you see me?
Are you a witch?
Then how?
It's all topsy-turvy over here, darling.
But I gotta say, it's good to be seen.
Don't tell me you don't remember me?
Kol? Original Vampire?
Murdered pointlessly by Jeremy Gilbert.
Yeah, I know who you are.
I thought the point of this was to live out your afterlife in solitude.
Why can I see you?
Well, apparently, there's trouble in paradise.
The rumblings from the witches is that somebody tore his way out of here...
...and now this place is unraveling.
Not that that matters to you.
You're just on holiday.
Which means, you're going back.
-Vicki.... -Never heard of her.
She's my sister.
She's over here. If I can see you then that means I can see her.
-Thought you were bringing a witch. -I said we'd call her.
Didn't say we'd pick her up.
So where's, uh...?
Where's Damon?
-Hi. -Hi.
-So who could use a drink from the library? -Yes, please.
Well, at least they're not being obvious. Heh.
You got a pool table.
Yeah. I figured pool was a good outlet to put this pent-up energy I seem to now have.
Yeah, I went running today.
ELENA: Ten miles, could've gone 20. DAMON: Yeah.
Ugh, this is so bad.
They're fishing for small talk.
-We should do something. -Or we could stay...
...and let them amuse us as they resist the desire to tear each other's clothes off.
DAMON: Drink? -Probably not a good idea.
-Inhibitions and all. -Well, wouldn't want that.
Can we not do this?
We're not doing anything. But I think that's part of the problem.
We're just standing...
...clothed. Just standing, doing nothing.
I mean, the whole strained...
...awkward, don't-know-how-to-act part.
Oh.
Can't we just be friends and...
...do friendly things...?
Ouch, she used the F-word. Poor bastard.
But I thought that's what this was?
Oh, it is. It was never explicitly stated until now.
And that matters because...?
Because until it's officially out there, there's still hope.
And hope? Well, heh, heh.
Hope can trick you into all sorts of hilariously unrealistic scenarios.
You mean Maggie?
So, what happened?
Well, the Travelers forgot to tell me where Maggie was...
...before they lit themselves on fire.
Talk about a lead going up in smoke.
Yeah, but, and no offense....
But even if she still was alive, wouldn't she be, like, really old?
Seventy years of captivity and she was the face that I clung onto.
Just the notion that one day I'd get out and see her again....
I don't want to date her, Caroline.
I want to thank her.
So....
-Having sex dreams about my brother? -Wow. Okay, yeah, that's...
...definitely one way to change the subject.
-I was trying to skip the uncomfortable part. -Yeah.
Look, I don't know what...
...the visions mean, Damon. It's just...
...random snippets of Stefan and me living in some alternate reality.
I'm gonna regret this, but...
...by any chance are, uh, fantasy Elena and fantasy Stefan really...
...really, really happy?
Um....
Right.
Well, as your friend...
...let me state the obvious...
...that the prophecy says that you two are fated to be together.
You're supposed to be together.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(SIGHS)
We're all good on Bibles, thanks.
I'm Luke Parker, Liv's twin brother.
Liv has a twin?
Is it possible for there to be one of someone around here?
-Where's Liv? -Busy.
Come on in.
Hey, sheriff.
Hey, Tyler.
-Staying out of trouble? -Yeah.
You know me.
I certainly do. And hybrids are not above the law.
So do me a favor, keep the day drinking at the Grill on the DL, please?
It's bad for business.
Right. Will do.
Anyway, I'm running late.
My mom says hi.
Send her my best, okay?
(GRUNTS)
You're okay. You're safe now.
What do you mean you can't stop their visions?
Magic doesn't work like that. We're not bigger than the universe.
-Then why are you in my house? -We need your help.
We think the Travelers are making their move.
-Their leader, Markos, is here. -From where? Chant camp?
The Other Side. He's been dead for centuries and we think...
-...the fire sacrifice allowed him to escape. -Perfect.
A dead old guy with a mysterious evil plan.
I'll take that drink now.
Stefan just called. He said the scrap yard's been completely cleared out.
So let me guess. The witches don't know where Markos is.
You said the visions are trying to draw Elena and Stefan together.
For our doppelgänger blood.
The Travelers need it for some prophecy.
If the Travelers are the ones who need your blood, doesn't it make sense...
...that you're being drawn together, but also....
Being drawn to them.
Well, this just keeps getting better and better.
Wait, I don't get it.
If the visions are a road map...
...then we need more clues.
Break out the popcorn, blondie.
Elena's little sex romp isn't over yet.
What are you doing out here?
Ah, you know, looking at the stars...
...listening to the universe laugh at me.
Damon.
We were doomed from the beginning, Elena.
We were always gonna end up here.
(ELENA SIGHS)
Damon...
...they're just visions.
As soon as we find Markos, they'll stop.
And then what?
We're friends? Can't wait.
(ELENA SIGHS)
Look, I know we're in a little bit of a weird place right now....
Hey.
-Hmm. -Look at me.
The universe doesn't control anything.
It's not real.
(SIGHS)
STEFAN: Hey.
-You're really trying to pull off this chef thing. -Yeah, well...
...it's our, uh, anniversary...
...so no holding back.
Well, if it turns out anything like your last 22 attempts, wine.
Mm. Perfect.
I always forget. Where do we put the opener?
Oh, no, no, no. Not that drawer. Not that one.
(STEFAN SIGHS)
(CHUCKLES)
Yes.
You didn't even open it.
I don't have to.
(ELENA CHUCKLES)
I love you.
I love you too.
Elena. Hey.
(ELENA GASPS)
-Did I just...? -Yep.
ENZO: That good, eh?
He's here.
I know where Markos is.
4620 Walnut Drive.
MATT: Vicki?
Vick?
No.
How am I back here?
VICKI: Matt?
Vick?
Matty.
I'm here.
I'm here now. It's okay.
No, listen to me. It's not okay. Something's wrong.
Look at this place. Matty, you need to get to your body and go back.
(RUMBLING)
I'm not leaving you. We're getting out.
-Take my hand. -Matt, no.
-Take my hand! -Matt.
(VICKI GRUNTS)
-Matt. -Vick.
(WIND WHISTLING)
-Vick. -Matt.
Vicki, I won't let you go.
Matt...
...I love you.
But I'm already dead.
-Vicki. Vicki! -No!
Vicki!
Vick.
Ah. Clear.
I wonder if this is where Stefan and Elena had crazy vision sex.
It was probably the bedroom.
Stefan's pretty vanilla.
But apparently that's Elena's favorite flavor.
I'm gonna staple you tongue to your chin.
MARKOS: Not in my house. Please.
Markos, I take it.
Well, I'm not Stefan, and this is not Elena.
Why are you here?
DAMON: I was about to ask you the same question.
Plus, what do you want...
...and why are the doppelgängers having visions of each other?
First two are complicated.
Last one's easy.
I'm the reason Stefan and Elena are having visions of each other.
You?
Well, would you look at that.
I think we just met the universe.
You mind telling me what the hell is going on?
I'm afraid the doppelgänger lore's been misinterpreted over the ages.
As in, there is no prophecy?
The prophecy is that the doppelgänger blood can help the Travelers.
They're being drawn together because of a spell I cast 1500 years ago.
I had no idea where they were.
And it turns out...
...the best way to get people to go searching for each other...
...is the promise of true love.
Is it stuffy in here?
Why don't we take a walk?
-You stay here. -Not bloody likely.
You want to find Maggie?
You stay here.
Shall we?
Mystic Falls is a beautiful town.
Oh, yeah. Picket fences. Block parties. Uncannily high death rate.
You take your home for granted.
I'm sorry, are we walking so I don't fall asleep?
Two thousand years ago, Silas and Qetsiyah cast the spell for immortality.
Created a schism in the Traveler community...
...giving rise to the witches.
They tried to keep us scattered to make us forget how powerful we can be.
Thus began the war between the Travelers and the witches...
...and it still rages on.
(YAWNS)
Sorry. I just nodded off.
The witches put a curse on us that kept us from settling down as a tribe.
Whenever we've tried to gather, disaster struck.
Plagues. Earthquakes. Fire.
Something inevitably wiped us out.
Let me guess. The doppelgängers can fix this.
So you found them.
Now what?
We simply need their blood.
But we're not your enemy, Damon. And to prove that to you...
...I'm gonna stop their visions.
(ALL SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
MARKOS: The curse might prevent us from gathering in our own bodies.
But we've found ways around that.
Passengers.
So...
...how many of you are there?
A few.
Here and there.
Shall I continue?
(ALL CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
MAN (ON RADIO): --which brings misty winds and cool, low temperatures expected.
Hey.
So I, um....
I got your Aunt Jenna a wine-of-the-month thing.
Think she'll like that?
The only thing I think she would've liked more would've been a wine-of-the-day thing.
Thank you.
Oh. I talked to Jeremy, and he's bringing a girl home this year.
Ooh. So is Damon.
Mm. I'm sure they'll both be lovely.
Liar.
(CHILDREN GIGGLING)
STEFAN: Hey, guys, share. -Hey.
STEFAN: Please.
(STEFAN GROANS)
-You know that she bit him this morning? -Really? Nice.
Stefan, don't encourage that.
What? Everybody loves a biter.
Oh, yeah? I'll bite you.
Good. I'll bite you right back.
(ALL CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
MARKOS: It's done.
(GASPS)
STEFAN: Elena.
(ELENA GASPS)
Did you feel that too?
And then it just ended.
Does that mean that it's over?
Yeah.
It's over.
ELENA: They weren't real.
It was a spell.
Showing us what we wanted to see.
We weren't vampires. My parents were still alive.
It was a fantasy.
Like a movie.
It was a life we never could've had.
-But it still felt-- -Amazing.
Yeah.
(SIGHS)
But, you know, the life that we had...
...I mean, that was amazing too.
And it wasn't...
...a spell or prophecy.
It was real.
We fell in love on our own.
You know, we had ups and downs. We fought.
I died.
Yeah.
We changed. Both of us.
We grew.
We grew apart, but that is real.
I mean, that's life.
(STEFAN SIGHS)
You couldn't cook.
And you could.
Again, a fantasy.
(CHUCKLING)
I'll always love you, Elena.
I will always love you too.
Do you think Damon and I will ever be able to talk like this?
Like friends?
I think you can either be friends with someone or...
...in love with them.
I don't think you can be both.
All right, then.
Mourning time over. Chip chop.
Not to be insensitive, but she was already dead.
Little bit of a grief overkill, don't you think?
MATT: Where did she go?
I mean, did she move on? Did she find peace?
Because it certainly didn't look like that.
I don't know where she went.
And honestly, I would love to never find out.
Which is why I need you back in your body...
...shouting from the rooftops about what happened here.
Doesn't matter. When I go back, I'm not gonna remember this.
You better find a way to remember it.
Look, you might not like me...
...but I'm not the only one over here.
And if this place goes down...
...then, what happened to your sister is going to happen to us all.
Please, mate.
You have to go back.
You have to find a way how to stop this.
(JEREMY CHUCKLES)
What?
I just realized you're the only person in this office the sheriff hasn't killed.
You're making jokes now?
Bonnie, look, I'm sorry. For everything.
This whole thing with Liv, it had nothing to do with her.
I was just trying to protect you.
Okay, here's what's not okay.
Do what you want to protect me. Don't fall off the face of the earth.
Especially with someone who was lying to me and tried to kill Elena.
Don't put me in a position where I have to question you.
-Because-- -I know. Because of Anna.
-Look, I know I messed up-- -Listen.
I was gonna say because I choose to trust you.
And I want to be right.
(GASPS THEN COUGHS)
Matt. Are you okay? Are you okay?
-You died and came back from the Other Side. -I know.
-I remember. BONNIE: You remember?
That doesn't happen.
One second...
...I was holding Vick--
-Wait, you saw Vicki? -Yeah.
She pushed me away.
And then....
And then she just disappeared.
What's going on over there, Bon?
I don't know.
I think we need some rules, here.
Because if I'm not allowed to drive you home, then I...
...definitely don't think you're allowed to ambush me in my bedroom.
ELENA: I just....
I just wanted to say thank you.
Whatever you did, it worked.
Ah.
Well, I'm sorry to tear you away from paradise.
It was paradise, actually.
I told you, I don't want to know.
But you need to know.
(SIGHS)
I saw...
...a perfect life.
Stefan and I were married.
We had kids.
It was everything that we wanted.
Well, we can always ask Markos to put it back.
But it's not real.
You and I...
...we're messy and...
...complicated, but...
...we're real.
And really bad for each other.
Did you forget that part?
Yeah, but I still need you in my life.
As friends, right?
Right.
No, Elena, I can't be your friend. It's too damn hard.
-Damon-- -No, I'm serious, Elena.
I can't see you anymore.
I don't wanna hear your voice. I don't wanna talk to you.
I don't even wanna look at you.
And I sure as hell don't wanna be your friend.
If that's what you want....
That's what I want.
Okay.
Yeah. Okay.
CAROLINE: I gave her my blood.
-What do I do? She's still unconscious. TYLER: For starters...
...relax. Matt said he was out for a while when this happened to him.
(SIGHS)
What are they doing here?
This is our home. We can't let them take over.
They won't. I got it handled. I promise.
Thanks, Tyler.
You're welcome.
I gotta go. She's waking up.
Hey.
What happened?
You missed lunch. Heh.
We're in.
She's oblivious.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
It's not a bad upgrade either.
-This body is incredible. -Don't get used to it.
Once this is over, and the town is ours....
I know. It's gone.
Did you bring it?
This is the only knife left.
Was the only knife left.
(CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) is ours....