♪ Right ♪ ( Lizzie screaming ) ♪ Why is everything so stupid now? ♪ ♪ I've been drinking my delusions down ♪ ♪ I've been so blind ♪ ( Screams ) ♪ The kids ain't all right ♪ ♪ The kids ain't all right ♪
(Lizzie throws knife)

Alaric:  Eliz...(Knife stops in front of his face) ( Lizzie grunts )

Lizzie: (winces)sorry dad
Bonnie:oh jeeezzz
Alaric: oh my gosh. Oh I mean it's fine we're just gonna have to work at this😬
Caroline:(covers her eyes)🫣
Kol:aww man I was really hoping it would land😔
(Some light laughs can be heard)
Davina: kol! No
Enzo: mate a little closer and bye bye to you
Elena: it's like she's having a magical panic attack
Hope: yup
Bonnie: I'd say yeah something similar but she acts out in aggression
Freya: mhm you definitely need a better outlet
Lizzie: I know I did eventually get better
Hayley: have you and henrik had one of those(she says to hope)
Klaus looks at her to and so do the others
Hope: no not like that don't worry
(Btw she still worries)

♪ The kids ain't all right. ♪

Lizzie:Hi, Daddy.
Alaric:  Hey, baby. ♪ ♪

Caroline:so sweet🥹

[In the Werewolf transitioning space]

Hope: Hey.
Landon :Hope.

Klaus: noooo get out of there
(Laughs from others)
Kol:no he is absolutely right why are you there
Elijah: I do agree. Hmf I don't like this.
(More laughs)

Hope: ( Sighs ) Can't sleep either?
Landon : Yeah, small spaces. You?
Hope: Sometimes I get restless.
Landon : Busy brain?
Hope: ( Chuckles ) Busy everything. My body has a lot going on inside of it.
Landon: Which is an awesome segue into you telling me how you can move things with your mind.

Hope:You ask a lot of questions.
Landon:Wouldn't you?
Hope:Hmm. Why are you smiling?
Landon:I'm remembering the day we danced in the town square. Your brother just sat at the bench and glared at me the entire time while eating ice cream with a spork, it was a very intimidating.

Klaus: as he SHOULD. Should of scared the tosser away.(Folds his hands childishly)
Hope laughs at him
Hope: he wanted to
Klaus:hmf good.
Kol: why didn't he?
Hope: complicated reasons that will be explained later

Rebekah: aww
Hayley: how cute
(The other girls coo at them too)
(Hope blushes as her friends teese her and laugh at henriks face)
Klaus: ELIJAHH you traitor!
Kol laughing in the background
Elijah:(looks shocked) well I don't understand either
Matt: mini Klaus looked like he ate a lemon
Rebekah: let the poor girl be
Hope: (laughs) really under normal circumstances he more than likely wouldn't have let it happen. Henrik definitely wouldn't but yk like I said before it's complicated.
(Mikealsons and co looking worried)
Hayley: were you ok?
Hope: (sadly) yeah eventually thanks to dad I was.

Landon: This guy who used to mess with me in school finally got what was coming to him. I'd had a good day.
Just like me to crush on the girl with the most baggage.
Hope:I'm gonna try that sleep thing again. Landon:You know, you do that a lot.
Hope:Do what?
Landon:Leave.
Hope: I can be dangerous to people. It's better if I keep my distance.

(Looks of worry are thrown her way. She ignores them)

Landon:Better for who?
Hope: Again with the questions.

[Time later]
( Door unlocks )
Landon:Couldn't stay away, huh?

Kol: oh this tosser thinks he's SOOOO important
Klaus: I'll break his knees
Elijah: children do please calm down

[Proceeds to get dragged by something invisible all the way to the party in the woods]

Kol: HAHAHAAAA😭
Damon: ok but like why did he fall that way
Jeremy: like dragging a garbage bag

( Indistinct chatter )

Landon:Raf?
( Loud party music playing )
What the hell, man?
Rafael:Y-You all right? They helped me get you out.
Josie:Summoning spell. Did I bruise you? I'm really still working out the kinks. Rafael: Summoning spell. Let's get you a drink, bro.

Stefan: Bonnie you gotta learn this spell!
Caroline: omg literally this one and the ones she used at the very beginning to silence and knock out those people but on Damon 😂
Elena: definitely useful😭
(Damon just looks at them with his mouth open while the rest of the Scooby gang laughs)

♪ ♪ ♪ I can't believe what I'm saying ♪ ♪ I don't want to give up ♪ ♪ I'm just upset and lazy, baby don't give up... ♪

Rafael:Watch this. They teach it in PE.
Landon;You seem good.
Rafael: I was... I was worried. I was talking to these wolf dudes back here... All that stuff I've been feeling, everything that gets me into trouble? It's normal. I want you to meet them.

Landon: Uh, honestly, I think it's best if I just take this opportunity to jump the fence and disappear.
Rafael: I'll go with you.
Landon:Raf, no...
Rafael: Lan, it's you and me. So whatever we do, we do it together.

Elijah: very admirable
Klaus: for once I agree
Kol: I still think we should kill him
Davina:KOL!
(Others laugh)

Landon:Yeah, we'll talk about it over a drink? Want anything?
Rafael: I'm good.

Elena: he's going to leave without telling him

( Crowd chattering, music playing ) ( Bell tone sounds )

Alaric: Breathe...
Lizzie:Dad, this is lame.
Bonnie: your seriously doing meditation
Enzo:(laughs)
Damon: jeez Rick dad life really has got you beat
(Alaric blushes)
Lizzie: hey! It was a bit useful at times
(Laughs from the super squad)

Alaric:You nearly gave me a tracheotomy with a bread knife. Humor me.
( Bell tone sounds, inhales loudly through nose )
Hmm.
Lizzie:You know, I could just whip up a remedy with some herbs from the bio lab. Alaric:No. No. No magic. Your magic gets you into these states, and I want your mind... to get you out of them. ( Exhales ) ( Inhales )

Freya: that's actually really good

Lizzie: Dad? Do you think I'm broken?

Caroline: ( looks at Lizzie) oh no my love you are perfect just the way you are. Sometimes we as people just still have things to learn.

Alaric:Of course not. I think your biological mother's crazy-ass witch ancestors left you with a legacy of darkness that you have to work through.
Lizzie:But Josie doesn't have freak-outs. Alaric:Josie spends a lot of time worrying about other people's happiness. It's a supernatural phenomenon called co-dependency, and I'm pretty sure she got it from my side of the family.

Alaric:true

Lizzie:I just... I don't ever want to hurt anybody.

Caroline: oh my love🥺(gets up and gives Lizzie a hug)

Alaric:I know that, honey. That's why we opened this school, to learn control, which is why I'm here now to help, okay?
Lizzie: I'm surprised that you have time, what with all of the private training sessions you've been doing with Hope Mikaelson.

Jeremy:ouhhh
Damon: jealousy jealousy
Elena: guys shit it

Alaric: Maybe if you made friends, we could do group training.
Lizzie: I've tried to be her friend when I was five and when I was nine and when I was 13. She never makes any effort. I get better along with Henrik.
Alaric: She and her brother have lost a lot, and you know that. She's just afraid to let herself care.
(Mikealsons and Co look worried)

Lizzie: Boo-hoo. Everyone in here has lost something. She doesn't hold the patent on it.
Caroline:Lizzie!!!
(Lizzie looks at hope sheepishly): I'm sorry about how incentive that sounded
Hope: it's fine it was a long time ago

Alaric:Breathe. Breathe. ( Inhales loudly ) ( Exhales loudly )
( Knocking at door )
Alaric: ( Sighs ) Come in.
( Door opens )
Lizzie: Speak of the actual devil.
Hope:Sorry to bother. Um... I'm feeling kind of restless. I kind of need a release.

Hayley:(looks worried)
Klaus: What does that mean

Alaric: Uh... back acres. But stay away from the Old Mill. Heathens are having a secret party I'm gonna break up in ten minutes. Hope:Thanks.
Lizzie:I'm missing a party?

Damon: yeah Blondy that's all you
Stefan: Damon shut up
Enzo: he's not wrong

( Crowd chattering ) ♪ Been sailing the seas of the spoiled and rotten ♪ ♪ Been throwing overboard the once forgotten ♪ ♪ Things you never think about... ♪

MG: No. Like, Twilight ruined all vampire mythos. Okay, y'all want reality, y'all got to go old-school. Okay, my man Blade... He is the GOAT. His crazy moms was all, "You wouldn't kill me." And then, he's all, "I must release you." And he's... bam, stab! Dude kills his crazy-ass mom! I'm not saying that y'all should kill your mom, 'cause that's-that's messed up.

Caroline: I like twilight

Rafael:Thanks for your help with Landon. Josie: Oh, yeah, of course. ( Laughs ) I know that my sister kind of put her foot in it earlier. I just... I really wanted you to know that we really are sorry about what happened to you.
Rafael: Thanks. I had gotten a... a track scholarship to UVA. She was gonna follow me after graduation. ( Sighs )She was the best person I knew. Pretty much loved her in that way that they say only exists in movies.
Josie: People who say that are the people who have never had their hearts crushed.

Caroline: oh my stars (hugs Josie)

Rafael:You, too?
Josie:  On the regular. ( Chuckles ) I care too much. It's kind of a problem.
Stefan: that is not a problem
Caroline: he's right
Alaric: exactly there is nothing wrong with caring

Rafael: I don't think that's a problem at all.

Elena: he's sweet
Bonnie: yeah

Josie: You should give Lizzie a second chance. Lizzie is the best person that I know.

Bonnie: I really hope you stopped acting like that yk putting everyone but yourself first. It's a problem I had too.
Josie: I did eventually.

( Insects trilling ) ( Growling ) ( Growling ) ( Grunts ) (brought to you by hope chasing Landon in her werewolf form)

Rebekah: ok but I still absolutely adore how your wolf looks.
Hayley: agreed
Klaus: their right
Hope: (laughs) thank you!

Hope:Are you crazy?! I almost killed you!

[In the Stefan Salvatore memorial Library]

Hope: Don't touch that.
Landon:Sorry. I didn't. I-I mean, I wasn't... Where are we?
Hope: Uh, the Stefan Salvatore Memorial Library. All the artifacts in here have a supernatural history.

Damon: NO! absolutely the hell not
Stefan:shit
Caroline:oh my gosh
Elena: hey calm down we will figure out how to stop it.
Bonnie: we can stop it can we?
Lizzie: uhh it's a lot complicated but we can discuss it later and help you try and prevent it.
Jeremy: this is insane
Tyler: tell me about it
Matt: I swear something tells me things will just get crazier

Landon: What's the story on this one?
Hope: No idea, but in my experience, your safest bet is to not touch it.
Landon: Noted.
Hope: I'm sorry about earlier. You shouldn't have been out there.

Kol: don't bloody apologize
Klaus: he's right
(Hope just rolls her eyes)

Landon:Yeah. I'll file that under the things that seem really obvious after the fact. So... I guess this means you're a werewolf. He said, casually.

Hope:I'm a lot of things.
Landon:Care to elaborate?

Klaus: how bout you mind your bloody business
Hayley: cut it out
Kol: I don't like him. Yeah I don't think I ever will.
Freya: you guys are impossible
Rebekah: leave the boy be omg
Elijah: do please calm your anger and do remember you are speaking to a screen

Hope:They're just gonna make you forget tomorrow.
Landon: Come on. Humor me.

[In the kitchen]( Soft music playing )

MG: This isn't much of an after-party, Penelope. There aren't any snacks. I need food. I got the munchies.
Penelope:I can help you with that.

Caroline and bex: ugh her

♪ I'm okay... ♪

MG:Oh. We'll get in trouble.
Penelope: I know. Seriously? I'm offering to rock your world right now.

Matt: OH jeez
Davina: well that's unexpected
Kol: eyy nik who'd of bloody thought a witch offering herself to vampire like that
Klaus: not me right now something like this wouldn't be bloody likely
Freya: yeah your right

MG:Okay, well, for one, we're not supposed to. For two, last I checked, you were more into girls, and for three...
Penelope:No one asked you to bring math into this conversation.
MG:You know what I mean.
Penelope:For one, rules are meant to be broken. For two, I am an equal opportunity evil temptress, and your binary assumptions about sexuality... they're dated. And for three... I don't really care what your three was, but are you gonna suck me dry... or not?

Alaric: you little shit
Lizzie: (looks at MG) you really were an idiot back then
MG: yeah ik. I'm still really sorry about that Jo
Josie: it's ok

( Both panting loudly ) ( Hissing )
(Josie comes into the kitchen)
Josie: MG?

Jeremy: that's just sad

SALVATORE SCHOOL - LIBRARY - NIGHT

Hope has a stack of bound books out.

HOPE:The blood that runs through me and  my brothers veins isn’t human. My dad was oneof the earth’s Original Vampires.

Rebekah: was?(Silently cries)

LANDON:Was?

HOPE:Was. Turns out even immortal beings
can find a way to die eventually.
(Klaus looks shocked)
Kol: what bullshit is this
Elijah: absolutely not. I will not allow it.
Hayley:oh my gosh
Damon: must be Christmas
(Literally almost everyone)
SHUT UP DAMON!
(Freya gives him a migraine)
Damon: AHH!
(Elijah silently gets up runs to Damon and snaps his neck then sits back down)
You can see the silent fury in his eyes and face.
Stefan: I'm not even gonna say anything he kinda deserved it. Literally not the time.
Elena: (looks on worried)
Freya: your little boyfriend is fine, do be thankful I didn't melt him.
Hope: guys please just calm down and let's continue.

She pushes aside a sad memory. Points to a book.

HISTORY OF
MYSTIC FALLS, VOLUME 3: THE ORIGINALS.

LANDON:
(reads a chapter heading)
Klaus Mikaelson: The Great Evil.
HOPE:He wasn’t very popular around here.My brother didn't take it very well when he first saw this book, umm I'm pretty sure he got suspended for a week for punching the headmaster. And then he tested out early cause he got into a couple of fights and beat up whoever commented anything bad of our family when people first discovered who we really were two years ago.(Winces) My brother for complicated reasons lived with our father while I lived with our mother, so you know he took things a lot more to heart. But then he also had a pending career so you know.

Kol: AS HE SHOULD!THATS MY NEPHEW👏
Hayley: WHY THELL WOULD YOU HAVE THAT AROUND THEM!
Caroline: Rick!!!
Klaus: I am SOOO not wanting to send my children there if all their going to be shown and told are bad things about us!
Davina: now I don't like him but thats just foul to have around children especially when two of them are his
Kol: bloody bastard
Elijah: I am personally glad our nephew did what we could not.
Alaric: (winces)
Hope: it's ok. I mean it wasn't always but That is something we have changed and more books have been added since then showing there's more to the story. I and especially Henrik was not gonna continue to let me people always think of you guys as the villains because of a one sided story.
Freya: I really Want to know the reasons for you guys living situation.
Hope: it'll be shown later
(The super squad looks at her sadly)

LANDON:One of my foster dads used to burnus with a hot poker. Evil is
relative.
HOPE:My mom...was a werewolf alpha.
LANDON:There’s that ‘was’ again.
HOPE:
(simple)
The people I care about have a
tendency to die on me.

Hayley:(teary eyed) oh my gosh! I am so sorry(she says looking at hope and getting up to hug her)
Hope: (she cries a bit) it's ok. You had no choice.
( The rest of the mikealsons especially Klaus and Elijah are just staring steely eyed at the screen. Their anger radiates off of them in waves)

He meets her eyes. Takes a step towards her. Wanting to provide comfort. Understanding. Anything.

Landon:Your life’s almost worse than mine.
HOPE:(an understatement)
It’s had its ups and downs.
(finding her words)
I try not to get close to anyone
anymore.
LANDON:
I can see that. You’ve managed to
back yourself into a corner.

She realizes she’s been slowly distancing herself. This
flusters her a little. He flusters her. She continues...

HOPE:
Our grandmother was a witch. A lot
of that stuff is passed down, so
We are...
LANDON
unicorns?
HOPE
Were hybrids of three different
creatures. Tri-brids. We can
control when we turn. That’s what I
was doing tonight. Sometimes, all
the magic coursing through our bodies
can take a bad turn and cloud our
head. So we embrace the other side
of us as a way to let it out.

Bonnie: oh my gosh
Jeremy: holy shit

LANDON:
I’ve been here too long. This is
starting to sound weirdly normal.
HOPE:
Me and Finn are the only ones of our kind.
LANDON:
See? Unicorns.

She finally smiles. Relieved to have it all off her chest.
HOPE:
Can I...show you something?

He nods. She gently puts her hands on the side of his face.

HOPE:
Earlier, you mentioned the jock who
had been messing with you that day
we danced...
She meets his eyes, as WHOOSH --
FLASHBACK: THE MYSTIC GRILL.

Landon serves Hope a milkshake.
She notices a table of Mystic Falls High School JOCKS nearby chucking ice cubes at Landon as he clears a table nearby.
One jock, CONNOR, jumps into a cherry vintage CAR parked out front, peeling out. Landon locks eyes with Hope, just for a
second, before he heads inside the restaurant. Deflated.

BACK WITH HOPE AND LANDON -
LANDON

Landon: That’s the guy. You can just dial
up one of my memories like that?
HOPE:
It’s not your memory. It’s mine.
She closes her eyes, and WHOOSH --

FLASHBACK: A fundraiser CAR WASH in the parking lot. Connor
and the jocks flirt with GIRLS. Assholes in training.
She closes her eyes and CHANTS, Henrik stands at her side smirking. Suddenly, strangely, all the water starts to FORM INTO SOLID ICE. The kids react, stunned.
Ice forms like a thick pane on the windows of Connor’s VINTAGE CAR. Hope gestures, and --BOOM! All the car’s windows SHATTER into icy shards.

(Watch from 2:20 forward)

BACK WITH HOPE AND LANDON as he draws a breath, opening his eyes. Delighted.

LANDON:
You did that for me...
HOPE:
He had it coming.

They’re still standing very close. Her hands on his face. She doesn't want to let go. And yet, she does.

Klaus: Oi! you bloody separate right now. ( Looks at hope)
Absolutely not no boys!
You are much too young!
Kol: he's Right
Elijah: mhm
(All the girls just roll their eyes)

HOPE:
We’re not supposed to be in here
after curfew. We should get you
back before they know you’re gone.

Moment broken, he follows her out.

SALVATORE SCHOOL - LIZZIE AND JOSIE'S ROOM - NIGHT3131
Lizzie lies in her bed as the door opens and Josie pads in.

LIZZIE:(sleepy)
Hey, Jo.
Josie crawls into bed with her, curling up beside her. The twin bond in full effect.

Bonnie: how cute

JOSIE:
I just saw MG with his tongue down
you-know-who’s throat.
LIZZIE:
Gross. He should know better than
to make out with the Dark Lord. Bad
friend move.

Tyler: what's with the harry Potter references
Josie: its one of our favorites
Lizzie:(Thoughtfully)You know that's prob one of the few things we have in common with henrik, he's a total potter head.
Kaleb:OH that's so true, when he lived at the school his entire room was filled with something marvel or harry Potter themed. Yet it still strangely looked very masculine.
Hope: And his insistent debate about how misunderstood Slytherins are.
Jed: And Everytime he got really pissed when one of the Hogwarts house tests would result him in griffindor when he's so obviously a Slytherin
(Some laugh)
MG:that's so true. He would swear up and down it was rigged because it would give him every house at some point but Slytherin😂
(This makes the mikealsons and Co smile and anticipate his appearance more so)

JOSIE:(still bruised)
Yeah.
LIZZIE:
Forget about her. Focus on someone
new. A good crush’ll even you out.
I’m setting my sites on Rafael. If
he ever talks to me again after I
was such a freak show...

As they snuggle up together, linger on Josie’s face -- and
the burden of being the one who cares too much and never gets what she wants...

Lizzie:(whispers to Josie) I wish you'd told me
Josie:(gives her sad smile)
Caroline:my babies🥺

SALVATORE SCHOOL - WEREWOLF BUNKER - NIGHT3232
As Hope and Landon enter, he looks around the cellar nervously. Hope picks up on it.
HOPE:
Give me your hand.
LANDON:
I thought we’d established I’m a
terrible dancer.

She smiles at him. Cups his hand in hers. She quietly chants -
HOPE: Preitori Speculo.

He looks around, his jaw dropping in astonishment as he sees -
The tiny room now seems to go on INFINITELY. No end in sight.

Enzo:that's pretty cool
Bonnie: it's beautiful
Elena: it looks so real
Freya: good work

HOPE:
Thought that might help you sleep.
LANDON:
This is...
(a smile)
You are a really nice person, Hope
Mikaelson.

They grin at each other, enjoying the flirt for a moment.

Klaus: UH UH I don't like where this is going

LANDON:
This is the part where you run.
HOPE:
I know.
But she doesn’t. She can’t this time.
LANDON:
I won’t remember any of this, will
I?
HOPE:
(truth and regret)
Probably not, no.
LANDON:
In that case --

He steps in and KISSES her gently. A sweet, simple kiss
filled with chapters of longing.
When they part, she smiles. Touched. Something beautiful
awakening in her eyes.

Klaus: HOPE ANDREA MIKEALSON
what the bloody hell is this. Oh I'm going to kill him. Oh that weasel will see!
Kol:I'll get my bat
Elijah: I will drive
(Hope just sinking down in her thinking things are only gonna get worse from here)
Hayley: you will let her be or we will be killing all of you
(Points at Rebekah, Freya and Davina)( They stare at them with serious looks)
All three: fine
Klaus: (mumbles) still don't like this
( Then a thought occurred. Henrik will do what he cannot. And it makes him smirk)

SALVATORE SCHOOL - DAY3333
The sun shines on a new day.

ALARIC (PRELAP)
Ready for round two?
SALVATORE SCHOOL - HEADMASTER’S OFFICE - DAY3434

Landon is back seated across from Alaric.
LANDON:
Actually...I was wondering if I
could stay.
ALARIC:
I can put you in touch with someone
who can help you out with problems
at home, but --
LANDON:
I don’t have a home. Not anymore.
(then)I can work -- I can do dishes, and
help with janitorial stuff. I can
cook --

Jeremy: that's just depressing
Tyler: tell me about it

ALARIC:
I’m sorry, Landon. But you don’t
belong here.
LANDON:
Then where do I belong? Tell me
where I should go. I don’t want to
cause trouble. I just want a way
out of my own life.

Freya: he wouldn't be safe there as a human student
( Hums of agreement go around)

ALARIC:
I know it seems cruel, but please
understand...this school was
created so that we could shape the
minds of young supernatural beings.
Protect their secret and then send
them into the human world fully
equipped to handle it. We’re here
to prevent these great kids from
indulging in their darkest
impulses. But make no mistake,
these are predatory creatures.
Vampires are driven by the feed and
the kill. Wolves can’t control
themselves in their primal state.
Witches, when provoked, are
responsible for some of the worst
atrocities in history. It’s simply
not safe here for you. I’m sorry.

Kol: well he's not wrong
Freya: I mean we're all quite literally living proof
Bonnie: agreed

This quiets Landon.
LANDON:
I understand.

Alaric nods. His compassion for this kid is evident. He hits a button on his phone.
ALARIC:
Have MG come on in.

The door opens and MG walks in.
MG:
Hey, man...Sorry about yesterday.
Your buddy’s gonna be okay here.
We’ll look out for him. Now you
just need to go home.

And as he starts COMPELLING Landon, we hear Hope --
HOPE (v.o):
That’s the last any of us thought
we’d see of Landon Kirby. The human
in the wrong place at the right
time who needed a place to belong,
just like all of us.

CLOSE ON LANDON as his eyes glaze over from the compulsion.
He nods. Cooperative.

Kol: you know what. I'm not convinced.seems to early and he seems to important in this story for it to be a departure already.
Elijah: agreed. I'm certain he plays a much bigg role.
(Super squad silently wince)

EXT. SALVATORE SCHOOL - DAY3535
Landon and Rafael say goodbye.

RAFAEL:
Are you sure?
LANDON:
I’ll be fine. I promise.
HOPE (V.O.)
We thought he’d head back out into
the world, and leave us with our
secrets.

From the shadows inside, Hope watches Landon hug it out with Rafael and then leave. Her fingers brush her lips where he
kissed her. She smiles.

Klaus:(scowls)

HOPE (V.O.)
But we were wrong. Because Landon
Kirby was full of surprises.

Kol: HAHA I was right
Davina: we didn't disagree
(Kol just pouts)

SALVATORE SCHOOL - LIBRARY - DAY3636
Alaric enters to find an agitated Dorian by the glass cases.
ALARIC:
What’s wrong?
DORIAN:
The alarm didn’t trigger. I don’t
know why.

Alaric looks to see the glass is broken and the case empty.

ALARIC:
What was in there?
DORIAN:
(checking a list)
Knife. Dated circa the 12th
century. Supernatural origins
unknown.

As they study the empty glass case...

HOPE (PRELAP):
How do you know it was him?

EXT.SALVATORE SCHOOL - GROUNDS - DAY

Hope has it out with Alaric in a private area.
ALARIC:
Ancient artifact goes missing along
with too-good-to-be-true hapless
human? Do the math, Hope.
HOPE:
That would make him a liar. I’ve
known my fair share of those. There
was nothing about him that --
ALARIC:
Hope --

HOPE:
No. You don’t understand. There’s
no way that the one time I break my
rule about getting close to
someone, he turns out to be a liar.
It’s not possible. I’m not that
stupid.

Hayley:(looks at the mikealsons and co) were gonna kill him!
Kol and Klaus: Absolutely!
Hope:omg chill out it's a lot more complicated and I took care of it.
Hayley:(looks unsure) fine
Kol: (looks at hope) your such a buzzkill mini wolf
MG:(to hope) dude Henrik is scary alike to both of them when mad especially your dad
Hope:(sheepishly shrugs her shoulders)

ALARIC:
Hope. When Landon walked out that
door today, we had compelled him to
go home.
HOPE:
So?
ALARIC:
So he didn’t. It was the first
place we checked. And if he didn’t
go home, it means his memory wasn’t
erased...
He doesn’t know how to tell her this...
ALARIC:
He was just pretending it was.

Shock splashes across Hope’s face as we flash to --

INT. BUS -
Landon is on a bus, writing in his journal. Scrambling to write down everything he remembered. School for supernaturals...Alaric Saltzman, Headmaster...Mind control...Witches...Hope Mikaelson...

Kol: I KNEW IT
Klaus: kol stop bloody screaming
Kol: (looks at him with a fake offended face) your one to talk you banshee
(Klaus just glares at him while some others laugh)

ALARIC (PRELAP):
If his mind can’t be controlled by
a supernatural being, then that
only means one thing.

(Landon) Careful no one’s watching, he reaches into his jacket and pulls out the mysterious Dagger. Studying it with curiosity.

Freya: (whispers) what is with that knife

RESUME WITH HOPE AND ALARIC
ALARIC:
It means he is a supernatural
being.
As Hope’s eyes and heart turn to steel...
Damon: ouhh she's giving me total Klaus vibes
Stefan: that's his I'm plotting to kill you look
Caroline: true
(Looks at them offended)
Kol: hahaha their right. I still bloody hate them but their right.
Mikealsons: we know

ACT SIX
INT. SALVATORE SCHOOL - GREAT HALL - NIGHT
FACULTY and students are gathered in the Great Hall as Alaric
addresses them. Hope is there. Anger simmering.
ALARIC:
For ten years, we’ve gone
undetected. Protecting you,
protecting our secret, has been our
singular mission. Today, we need
all hands on deck to find Landon
Kirby before he exposes us.

Rafael sits in shock. Numb and confused.

Matt: feel bad for him
Enzo: mhm

Both Lizzie and Josie eye him. Each holding him in special interest.

INT. SALVATORE SCHOOL - HALLWAY - NIGHT
MG tries to catch Josie as she moves down the hall.
MG:
Hey. Jo --
JOSIE:
I’m not talking to you.
MG:
I know. I’m an ass. You-know-who --
she puts those sex spell herbs in
her weed. I had a momentary lapse
in judgment.
JOSIE:(genuinely upset)
Why does everyone find her so
special?
MG:
She’s not special. She’s
just...available.

(Most of the females in the room give him a look)
MG:(winces) ok listening to myself say it I hear how bad it sounds. I really didn't mean it in a disrespectful way towards other women just saying.

He gives her a quick hug as he peels off.
MG:Don’t hate me.

Down the hall, Penelope Park puts on a show. Annoyed, Josie mutters a spell under her breath and suddenly Penelope’s
clothes light on fire. As her friends help extinguish her...
Alaric: JO!
You know what I'm not even gonna be to mad about the fire. But I am about using black magic.(He says while looking at her)
Kol: should of set all of her on fire
(Davina just face palms)
(Marcel chuckles)

Josie walks away. Eyes dark. Not the only Saltzman Twin battling a darkness inside.
CAMERA FINDS HOPE, who’s seen all of this.

(Carolines looks worried)

INT. SALVATORE SCHOOL - LIZZIE AND JOSIE’S ROOM - NIGHT
Josie enters her room. Surprised when Hope stops at her door.
HOPE:
I need your help.
JOSIE:
Three more words to me than your
annual average. Find someone else.

Undeterred, Hope enters, shutting the door behind her.
HOPE:
This stuff with Landon is my fault.
I can fix it. I know how to track
him, but it involves a dark magic.

Hayley: you cannot be putting that all on yourself. It's not your responsibility.( She said looking at hope)
Hope:( just smiles at her)

JOSIE:
We’re not allowed to use black
magic here.
HOPE:
Says the girl who just lit her ex
on fire.
JOSIE:
What, are you blackmailing me? Why don't you ask your brother to come and help you?
HOPE:
No. I’m looking for a kindred
spirit in revenge. And Henrik is busy right now, I didn't want to disturb him.

SMASH CUT TO:
INT. SALVATORE SCHOOL - LIZZIE AND JOSIE’S ROOM - NIGHT
In a SERIES OF CUTS, Hope and Josie pull together ingredients. Grimoires. Herbs. Candles. Grimacing, Hope pulls
a WRIGGLING RAT from a small bag.

Alaric: JOSETTE OLIVIA
Josie: I know I know sorry
Hayley: ( looks at Alaric and Caroline) I am so sorry she dragged her into that.
Caroline: it's ok. Their teenagers they somehow always do what they want. (Looks at hope and Jo) Bit it won't be repeating!
(They nod)
(Alaric agrees)

She takes a blade and SLICES INTO THE RAT. As blood drips on
her spell, they CHANT. It GROWS in intensity, as an inexplicable WIND whips up, blowing things off her walls.
JOSIE:
(a little spooked)
You sure about this?

HOPE
Absolutely.
Hope doesn’t lose focus. She closes her eyes. FLASH -- She
sees Landon’s face. Shadows. Light flickering over him. More
FLASHES of Landon. A bus. People asleep on it.
JOSIE:
Do you see anything?
HOPE:
Just flashes. She doubles down her chanting. Watching Landon as he TOSSES
AND TURNS. Inside his jacket, something starts to GLOW.
HOPE:
C’mon...give me something.
In her vision, Landon JOLTS awake suddenly, in a panic. He looks around. The dark road. The sleeping passengers.
A glimpse of a highway sign. Route 81. NOW ENTERING GEORGIA.
JOSIE:
I got it. Route 81.
HOPE:
Georgia...
Still in the vision, Landon feels heat inside his jacket
pocket. He withdraws the DAGGER. It’s GLOWING ORANGE HOT.
JOSIE:
Is that the knife?
HOPE:
Yeah.
JOSIE:
What’s it doing?
HOPE:
I have no idea.
The knife starts to glow brighter and brighter until --
JOSIE:
AHHH --
A MASSIVE FLASH OF LIGHT CONSUMES THE BUS. The power KNOCKS
HOPE AND JOSIE ACROSS THE DORM ROOM as everything goes BLACK.

Josie: before you say anything we were ok.

MORNING-
FADE IN AS WE PAN DOWN from the trees, to the rural highway, to where a BUS is parked on the road. Quiet. Seemingly empty. Alaric and Hope stand with a SHERIFF. His badge reads Mystic
Falls Sheriff’s Department. This is SHERIFF MATT DONOVAN.

Elena: oh my gosh Matt congratulations😁
Tyler: yeah buddy
(Rest of the scoobys congratulate him)

SHERIFF DONOVAN:
Picked it up from the scanner late
last night. Called in a favor with
my buddy at Georgia State Patrol
and asked him to lock down the
scene until we got here. Local PD
thinks it’s a chemical spill.
ALARIC:
What’s the actual story?
SHERIFF DONOVAN:
I’ll leave that to you to figure
out.
ALARIC:
Thanks, Matt.
Matt indicates that they’re clear to enter the bus. Alaric and Hope exchange a look. Unsure of what they’ll find.
HOPE (V.O.):
Remember what I said about how the
difference between good guys and
bad is in who’s telling the story?
Turns out supernatural mystery boy
Landon Kirby isn’t the hero of my
tale at all...
INT. BUS - EARLY MORNING-
Hope and Alaric enter, taking it in. Shocked and horrified.
THE INSIDES OF THE BUS HAVE BEEN BURNED TO A CRISP. ALONG
WITH EVERY PASSENGER INSIDE. Only burnt husks remain.

Jeremy: HOLY SHIT
Bonnie: ( covers her eyes)
(Most people grimace)
Hope: just btw this is one of those situations where it's not everything it seems
Kol: it seems pretty bloody clear to me

It’s carnage. Death everywhere. A bus full of innocents, lost to a gruesome end. Hope’s eyes go steely.
HOPE (V.O.):
But when I hunt him down, I’m gonna
be the villain of his.

Damon: she's totally summoning her inner Klaus
(Stefan smacks his head)

SMASH TO BLACK.

Y'all ok you guys are gonna notice my writing style changed. It did. It's cause I found better online scripts that describe and write things in a deeper extent sooo yk just letting y'all know. Cause I'm too lazy to go over the entire thing again and change it but yall should understand what I'm trying to say if you have seen the show. Okkk anyways toodles biatches👋✌️😁remember it's my first time writing a fic so welppp🤷‍♀️