TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] The spell the Travelers cast across Mystic Falls eliminates spirit magic. Aah! Uhh! Uhh! The other side is collapsing and everyone in it is going away. What about you? What happens? Jeremy, I'll be fine. When the Travelers die, Liv will do the spell, and her magic will allow the people on the other side to push their way through. Damon... I know. [Screaming] My God. Alaric, what are you... Come on. You gotta go. What about Damon? You need to go home to your brother. I'll find Damon. I can't find Damon. I'm not leaving without him. I won't let you die for them. Phasmatos fumas extas. We need to start the spell again. We can't. That was our one shot. But Damon's on the other side. Elena. You can say good-bye. Damon finally had everything he wanted. He was happy. He should be here. It was all a lie. You told me you could come back. I love you. Bonnie, don't you dare... Elena: Please don't leave me. I love you, Elena. Bye. Bonnie! Bonnie! Do you think it'll hurt? I don't know. [SCENE_BREAK] [ OUTSIDE OF MYSTIC FALLS ] (On the outskirts of town, a young couple is laying inside of a tent, making out, while the latern outside flickers on and off. Suddenly, they are startled by a loud noise in the woods) Jessie (whispering): What the hell was that? Male Camper: I have no idea. Jessie: Go outside and check it out. Male Camper: You go outside and check it out! Jessie (rolling her eyes): Okay... (She unzips the tent, slowly peeks her head out and eventually approaches the latern, which has gone off completely. After tapping it a few times, it finally comes back on) Jessie (slowly turning around): Hey... I
SUMMARY:
Four months later, Elena is having a horrible time coping with Damon's death as she returns to Whitmore College for her sophomore year. She is taking drugs that Luke has given her in order to see Damon, but she soon develops side effects that make her violent. Caroline has dropped out of college to find a way to reverse the spell that the Travellers had put on the Mystic Falls border. Tyler adjusts to being human as he begins attending Whitmore while his feelings for Liv grow. Matt gets really worried after Jeremy continues to cope with Bonnie's death by having sex with random girls and drinking. Alaric, after returning, is adjusting to his life as a vampire and works as a professor at Whitmore. Stefan has decided to live a normal life and started working as a mechanic after giving up on finding a way to get Bonnie and Damon back. Elena asks Alaric how he copes with being a vampire and asks him to compel her into forgetting about Damon.