TEXT: [Mystic Falls' Hospital] (Elena rejoins Matt] Matt: How's Mr. Saltzman? Elena: Resigned to spending the night in observation, so long as I promise to change the lock on the house. So I talked with Bonnie earlier. Her and her mom are fine (While they wlak, someone is watching them from behind a window) Elena: Have you talked to Caroline? Matt: Yeah. She's holding it together, considering how close she and her dad used to be. Any word on who was behind all these attacks? Elena: No. Sheriff Forbes said that there's no real suspects at all. (Elena and Matt are in the parking lot) Elena: How are you dealing with everything? I mean, you keep getting dragged into all this Matt: Honestly... I'm kind of lucky. The only thing that I have to worry about for tomorrow is showing up for my shift at the Grill Elena: Thank you for everything today. Really Matt: Get home safe Elena: Thanks (He goes to his car and leaves. Elena enters her car and drives but she hits something. She immediately goes out of the car to see what she just hit but there's nothing. When she turns herself she's face to face with Rebekah) Rebekah: What? Drive much? Elena: Rebekah... (Rebekah strangles her and pushes her against the car) Rebekah: Surprised? You drove a dagger through my back, Elena. It hurt (She's about to bite her but Elijah catches her and pushes her against the car, strangling her) Rebekah: Elijah Elijah: Leave (He realeases her. Rebekah looks at him) Elijah: Are you challenging me? Rebekah: You're pathetic (She looks at Elena) Rebekah: Both of you (She leaves. Elijah looks at Elena) Elijah: Well... I believe we have a little catching up to do [Gilbert's House] (Elena is in the kitchen with Stefan and Damon) Elena: It was their mother Esther who was sealed in that coffin Stefan: As in the original witch? Damon
SUMMARY:
Matt and Elena leave the hospital, where Rebekah tries to attack her before Elijah saves her. Elena is surprised to receive an invitation to a formal ball and a meeting with Esther. When Damon and Stefan hear the party is being hosted at Klaus's newly renovated mansion, they both insist on attending the event with her. Tyler calls Caroline and apologizes, saying he is still working on fixing himself. Caroline and Matt also receive invitations to the ball from Klaus and Rebekah, respectively. Despite telling Damon and Stefan she would not go to the ball, Elena shows up anyway. The ball commences with a dance, Elena with Damon, Caroline with Klaus, Matt with Rebekah. Elena then dances with Stefan and then convinces him to help her get to Esther. Elena learns that Esther intents to kill the originals by linking their lives together and then sacrificing Finn by his own will. Then she must decide who she can trust with her new information. Caroline discovers a more sensitive and romantic side of Klaus no one would have suspected. Elena gets all the Originals to drink and link themselves. Elena reaches out to Stefan but he says that if he feels again all he feels is pain. Finally, after an evening of violence and dashed hopes, Damon finds a new way to cope by sleeping with Rebekah.