TEXT: [Gilbert's House] (There is a lot of noise, coming from the neighborhood and the city. Elena wakes up. She sits down, panicked, looking around her. Stefan is sitting on the bed) Elena: Stefan? Stefan: Hey. I'm right here. You've been in and out for hours Elena: Wh... what happened? Stefan: You were in an accident Elena: Oh my god. Matt, is he... Damon: Alive? Ask Stefan, the hero Stefan: He's fine Elena: Thank you. I thought that I... How did you... Damon: Save you? He didn't (She looks at him) Stefan: When Jeremy brought you to the hospital before all of this happened, your injuries were worse than anyone knew. Meredith Fell made a choice. She used Damon's blood to heal you Damon: And when Rebecca ran Matt's truck off the road, you had vampire blood in your system, Elena Elena: Oh my god. Does... does that mean that I... Am I dead? (None of them answer) Elena: No. No, no, no! That... that wasn't supposed to happen! Stefan: Maybe it doesn't have to. I talked to Bonnie. She said she's stronger than ever. There might be something she can do to help you Damon: No, the only thing that's going to help is for you to feed and complete the transition Stefan: We have all day before she has to feed, Damon. That's a day to exhaust every possible way out of this Damon: There is no way out of it! We all know the drill... You feed or you die. There is no door number three Elena: I was ready to die. I was supposed to die, I don't... I don't want... I can't be a vampire! (She's crying) Elena: If there's something that Bonnie can do, we have to try it Stefan: We will. We'll try everything Damon: Your choice, Elena. As always (He gets up and leaves) (He's searching for alcohol in one of the cupboard. He finds a bottle and pours himself a glass. Stefan enters) Damon: Way to get her hopes up for something that
SUMMARY:
Picking up where the third season left off, Elena awakens and finds herself in transition to becoming a vampire. Damon insists she feeds on human blood as soon as possible while Stefan insists they try to find another way to keep Elena alive. Unbeknownst to the vampires, Pastor Young takes over the Founders Council, excommunicating Sheriff Forbes. He, along with a team of police officers, arrives at Caroline's house and kidnaps her and then Rebekah, but Klaus, still possessing Tyler's body, rescues Caroline, and purposely leaves Rebekah behind. It's revealed that she is taken to Pastor Young's farm. Thinking Tyler was dead, Caroline kisses "Tyler" but soon discovers Tyler is possessed by Klaus. Later Klaus, upon finding his body wasn't completely destroyed, forces Bonnie to tap into dark magic to make the body switch by threatening to kill Tyler. This results in the spirits punishing the ghost of Grams in front of Bonnie. By now, Stefan and Elena have been taken to Pastor Young's farm. Captured within the cages, Stefan realizes Elena is dying because she hasn't fed so, with Rebekah's help, he kills one of the guards and Elena is barely able to reach the blood in time. Meanwhile, Damon and Matt are outside of Pastor Young's farm to rescue them. After Matt lets them out, Damon tries to kill Matt (because Elena told Stefan to save Matt from the sunken car first, leading to Elena her new predicament). Elena stops him and they argue. During this argument she mentions to him that the memories he compelled her to forget are coming back. Meanwhile Klaus, now in his own body, is confronted by a hurt Rebekah, who destroys the bags of Elena's blood, making it impossible for Klaus to make more hybrids. Back at the Salvatore's house, Stefan gives Elena a daylight ring created by Bonnie. Pastor Young calls a meeting of the secret council on his farm and intentionally starts a gas leak in his kitchen and says "we are the beginning" before striking his lighter in the air and blowing everyone up.