TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] This town was my home. I want it back. All of your scheming, the enemies that you have made every single day of your miserable life, what results did you expect, that your child would be born into a happy life? This was our family's hope. We need to regain control of the city. You want allies, right? This is ground zero for a new vampire community. You may think that you're better than us. We're all you got. Hayley: We made a deal. He'll pledge his loyalty to Cassie, report back, and tell me everything that he learns. Marcel: Her name is Gia. She's the first one that I turned. She's gonna need a mentor. We should've known our mother would not be bound by anything as obvious as death. Where is she? Finn, Kol, we have a family reunion to plan. [ COVEN HOUSE ] ( Esther (still in Cassie's body) lights candles while she prepares a breakfast. A starling chirps in a cage nearby while Cassie begins cracking eggs into a bowl, mixing berries and herbs, and writing an invitation in fine calligraphy. She smiles as she looks at her work, and puts the invitation onto a silver platter with a lid ) [SCENE_BREAK] [ MIKAELSON COMPOUND ] [In the courtyard, Hayley is munching on an array of fruit and other breakfast food when Klaus comes down the stairs to join her] Hayley: So, which restaurant's missing a compelled chef? Klaus: [approaches her] It's certainly a card I've played in the past, but I had no hand in this... [gestures to the food on the table] Hayley: Hmm. Well, then, I guess we have Elijah to thank. ( Elijah joins them in the courtyard ) Elijah: [confused] This wasn't my doing... Hayley: [frowns] Then, where did this all come from? ( The silver lid on the platter starts to rattle, startling Hayley and Elijah. Klaus looks uneasy when he
SUMMARY:
Klaus and Elijah receive a dinner invitation from their mother. Elijah visits Marcel to find a witch named Lenora who can help them identify into whose body Esther jumps next, unfortunately, Vincent/Finn has her abducted. Vincent/Finn arrives the dinner and tries to know why his younger siblings had him daggered in a coffin for 900 years. It is revealed in the course of their meal that the necklace which Esther gifted Klaus wasn't meant to protect him but to weaken him in order not break his werewolf curse. After this revelation, Esther jumps out of teenaged Cassie and the spell Lenora casts falls on her and she is Identified as Esther through a mark. She tells her sons she wants to heal and not to harm, and give them a new life and she vanishes in a mysterious way. Haley admits later on that she is tempted by the offer and accuses Elijah of not being caring. Elijah agrees to help Gia which is a big advantage to the other vampires including Marcel. Esther and Finn discuss plans to make their family whole again.