The Vampire Diaries: Trinity

Chapter Thirty Seven: The Dinner Party

At the lake house, Elena is sitting on the sofa, reading one of Jonathan Gilbert's journals. "With the dying embers of the fire at Fell's Church, the scourge of the vampires had passed. And though war raged all around us, our town was safe from the demons of the night...or so we thought." She read. "For the monsters we drove to their fiery deaths had begat new monsters."

Flashback: Gilbert House, 1864

Outside of the house, the Fells and Jonathan hear a creaking board being unsettled by footsteps. They look over at the window.

"Did you hear that?" Honoria asks.

Thomas walks over to the window and peers out. There is no one in sight. He picks up a knife from the table. "Stay here."

"No, Thomas."

"It's all right, dear, the vampires are all dead."

"Yes, Honoria...they burned in the church. We're safe now." Jonathan tells her.

Thomas walks out of the house, leaving the front door open behind him.

Honoria still looks worried. "Please, Jonathan. I'm worried."

"Very well. I shall go too." He gets up from the table and walks outside. Thomas is in the yard, searching around, with the knife pointed out in defense. Jonathan walks towards him. "I can prove there are no vampires." Thomas looks at him. Jonathan pulls out the vampire compass and holds it out. Nothing happens. "See?" For a moment, Thomas looks relieved. But, the arrow of the compass starts spinning around and around at an incredible speed. Jonathan looks down at it and tries to follow the direction the arrow is pointing. When he turns back around, Thomas has disappeared. "Thomas? Thomas?!" He walks down from the porch and looks around. His eyes are wide with fear. Suddenly, behind Jonathan, Thomas' body falls from the sky. Jonathan turns around and looks down at the body.

Honoria comes out onto the porch and runs towards Thomas. "Thomas!"

"No, stay inside! Get back in the house!"

The vampire rushes onto the porch and grabs Honoria. He bites into her throat and drains her of her blood. She falls down on the floor, dead. Jonathan watches as the vampire slowly turns to look at him.

"I knew I was about to die. You cannot run from a vampire. I saw the vampire who killed me. I recognized him. It was Stefan Salvatore."

Stefan walks over to Jonathan, blood running down his chin, bites him and kills him.

Present

Elena looks up from the journal with a shocked expression. She looks out the window at Stefan who is on the dock.

Stefan skips stones across the lake. His phone rings and he answers it. Damon is on the other end. "What's going on?"

"Well, I showered. I shaved. Had breakfast. Very relaxed."

"That makes one of us."

"I did hear one piece of good news though. Tyler Lockwood ran away from home last night."

"How do you know?"

"Well, I heard it from Sheriff Forbes, who heard it from a very distraught Carol Lockwood, thus, ending our werewolf chapter, bringing us to..."

"...killing Elijah." Stefan finishes.

"Exactly."

"Well, it's not going to be easy. He's crafty."