Alaric write on a paper that if he uses the dagger, he'll die with Elijah)
(Andie and Elijah rejoin Jenna and John)
Jenna: Sorry, guys, dessert is taking longer than I thought. But when we love...
Nowadays
[Gilbert's lake house]
Stefan: Lexi showed me that there was another way. Damon rejoins them)
Jenna: Who invited him? Drink up. Elijah, no. Elijah: I need you to find Elena. He takes her in his arms but she kills him with the dagger. He was trying to figure out how to kill an Original
(She reads out loud again)
Elena: "But the ash from the tree was saved and witches forged a dagger to which the ash could be bonded. His phone rings. I guess that's what happens when you spend your life obsessed with vampires
(She takes another journal and starts reading)
Elena: He researched the Originals
Stefan: You're kidding
(He rejoins her on the couch)
Elena: Later in life, Look
(She shows him the journal)
Elena: Pages and pages of questions and scribbles. I know Klaus has her and I want to help you get her back. I'm going to have to call your bluff
(She stabs herself in the stomach. It was forbidden for a vampire to kill another vampire. Katherine: I knew that if I begged you not to kill Elijah, that's exactly what you'd do. Let's have a dinner party
Damon: Ooh, my girl. Say tonight. So, the dagger would take both lives. Stefan: Damon is planning on killing Elijah. This one? [Gilbert's lake house]
(Elena is reading Jonathan Gilbert's journal)
[SCENE_BREAK]
[Gilbert's house]
(Jonathan is eating with Honoria Fell and a man)
Jonathan: With the dying embers of the fire at Fell's church, the scourge of the vampires had passed. but she turns herself above him.
Plan: A: Elena; Q: Who reads one of Jonathan Gilbert's journals? A: Jonathan Gilbert's; Q: Whose journal does Elena read? A: two; Q: How many Fells did Stefan kill? A: Lexi; Q: Who showed Stefan the path of love and humanity? A: Damon; Q: Who invites Elijah to the boarding house for a dinner party? A: a vampire; Q: What does Elena threaten to become? A: the dagger; Q: What weapon can kill an Original? A: a warning; Q: What does Stefan send to the boarding house? A: Alaric stabs; Q: Who kills Elijah? A: the body; Q: What disappears after Elijah is killed? A: John blackmails; Q: Who blackmails Alaric? A: his ring; Q: What does John want back? A: the lake house; Q: Where does Elijah show up? A: the deal; Q: What is off? A: a bluff; Q: What does Elijah call Elena's threat to kill herself? A: Katherine; Q: Who does Damon find at home? A: Elijah's compulsion; Q: What has worn off with Elijah's death? Summary: Elena reads one of Jonathan Gilbert's journals about a night when Stefan attacked him and killed two of the Fells. Stefan admits that he had been brutal and inhuman until Lexi showed him the path of love and humanity. Damon invites Elijah to the boarding house for a dinner party, intending to kill him. Jonathan Gilbert's journal reveals that if a vampire uses the dagger to kill an Original, both will die. After Stefan sends a warning, Alaric stabs and kills Elijah, but the body later disappears. Elena reads in the journal that if the dagger is removed, the Original will come back to life. John blackmails Alaric into returning his ring. Elijah shows up at the lake house telling Elena that the deal is off, but Elena threatens to kill herself and become a vampire so that she will no longer be useful to him. Elijah calls her out on a bluff, but Elena stabs herself. Elijah begs Elena to let him heal her, and she agrees, but then stabs him with the dagger, killing him again. Damon returns home to find Katherine there. Elijah's compulsion on her has worn off with his death, and she says she intends to help them.