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Hope?
Landon? Landon!
I've been trapped in an alternate dimension
for what feels like forever, and I have no idea
how to get out.
You cannot move on from grief
if you are still holding onto it.
Give him life again with your art.
Monster problems multiplying.
Why do you think he'd run away? I don't know.
Something about it felt familiar.
I guess I figured out who the monster is after all.
I am merely forcing you to live up to your potential.
Seda...
Landon?
No, it's not serious.
I just need the artifact back for a little bit.
Yeah, I'll send somebody to come pick it up right away.
All right, yeah. Thanks, Dorian.
Uh-huh. Bye.
You're gonna put Cleo back in there, aren't you?
Yeah, next time you're planning something shady,
you should remember that there are vampires here
that can hear you.
I haven't decided
what to do with Cleo yet, okay?
Not in the long term, but for now,
it might be best for everyone's safety
if she's returned to the artifact
while I figure things out.
Look, I know you guys are close,
and you're probably here to tell me I'm wrong.
But I am this school's headmaster,
and I have the burden of making these tough decisions.
I get it.
I'm Team Shade, too.
Well, that's not the way things usually go around here.
Cleo manipulated Hope by creating a fake Landon,
and then tried to kill her.
Cleo's gotta go.
So I don't need to hear more from you, Doc.
But from Cleo, before you put her on ice, that's...
that's a whole other story.
That's between me and her.
Sorry.
Instinct.
I didn't hear you come in.
I got pretty good at being quiet.
And not half bad at haircuts.
You're pretty jumpy about people touching your weapons.
I guess I spent more time in the prison world than I thought.
Well, I will let you get dressed.
Um, do you...
maybe want to grab breakfast after?
Was there something you wanted to ask me?
It can wait.
Meet you in dining hall?
You know, you can relax.
Nobody here bites.
That was a marginal-at-best werewolf pun.
I was expecting some sort of sarcastic response.
Sorry, I'm a little overwhelmed.
Werewolves, vampires, witches.
There's a lot going on at this school.
Isn't it great?
I'll let you know how I feel about it
as soon as I figure that out.
Ignore them.
But speaking for this witch,
I'm really glad that you decided to come.
For breakfast.
We'll see about the rest.
I'm still not sure this is the right fit.
This place was literally built for people like us.
Jo, let's be real.
It was built for you and your sister.
Fair point, but I'm just a student here like anybody else.
No... you're the headmaster's daughter
who fits in here.
I'm a loner from Mystic Falls High
who hates group activities.
Those two things aren't the same.
Please, just give it a chance.
You gave me a school tour once.
It's time for me to return the favor.
I'll try to keep an open mind.
I thought I'd find you here.
You missed breakfast, so I brought you this.
I haven't really been around people in a while.
It's a lot right now.
I have a confession to make.
I used a locator spell to find you.
I just needed to make sure...
I'm really me?
Smart.
I mean, I know that, you know, this should be
enough proof, but--
I mean, I keep telling myself, like, it's actually you--
but, you know, I just...
after everything that's happened,
I just want to make sure.
Like "dig through all my stuff when I'm not there" sure?
I was about to confess that, too.
We've both been through so much, and...
I'm trying to be patient, but, I mean,
I have a lot of questions.
And I don't want to overwhelm you, but...
Help a girl out. I mean, I'm at a loss here.
I guess I'm still kind of processing everything.
Can't really put it into words yet.
I could really use something to take my mind off it all.
I might have just the thing.
Dr. Saltzman sent Hope and Landon
to go get the artifact.
Aren't you gonna say anything? 'Cause spoiler alert,
he plans on stuffing your ass back in it.
So be it.
That's it? That's all you got for me?
You are the one that insisted I be honest and real.
And now you're gonna be tight-lipped about things?
If that ain't hypocritical, I don't know what is.
I am not a hypocrite,
and I am not the villain everyone at this school
thinks I am.
I will prove it.
Well, go on and prove it, then, Cleo.
I can no longer hide from my past.
It always has a way of catching up with me.
So I will share my story.
What-what are you doing?
What is about to happen will feel strange,
but you will be safe.
And do not worry, I will make sure
you can understand the language.
No, I don't like the sound of that. Let-let go.
You came here for answers.
This is how I choose to give them to you.
Then do the damn thing.
Stop.
Cleo? W-Wait. Where you going?
Hey, what-- And where the hell am I?
Grandma, what is happening?
Where are the warriors going?
Good question, grasshopper. Come, come.
Don't worry, my dear.
Let me tell you a story.
A long time ago,
there was a monster that lived in the woods.
One day it sought out a happy and magical village.
It was searching for something special there.
The monster wanted that thing so badly
that it threatened to destroy the village to get it.
So the warriors gathered to defend their home.
But before they set out to battle,
a muse used her powerful magic
to get the warriors to fight
with their words instead of their weapons.
So the warriors went into the woods
to talk with the monster.
And the monster agreed to spare the village
in exchange for what it wanted.
What did the monster want?
It is agreed.
I got a bad feeling about this.
I, uh... I can't go in there with you.
Are you sure?
I bet Mr. Williams would love to see you.
When I was in the prison world, I hid out here one night.
I had a run-in with a monster who makes you see things
that aren't really there.
I kept hallucinating I was being rescued,
over and over.
Land, it's all right.
Of course you can wait out here.
I want to hear the good and the bad.
We can talk more on the walk back, okay? Okay.
Hey, Kirby.
It's been a while.
Miss getting stuffed in your locker?
Why do you have to go?
To keep the village safe.
Look, I wanted to wait to tell you this,
but you must know it now.
You're not just a witch, like your sisters.
You are special, as am I.
You are the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter.
You are a muse.
Like from the story? Yes.
What does a muse do?
A muse inspires people.
I use my magic to help the villagers
because I care about them.
And some day, you'll become
very powerful, and they'll need you, too.
That is why I must leave you.
Let me come with you.
No, you cannot. Because such power
comes with an obligation.
So I will use it to protect our home and most of all, you.
Tell your sisters I love them.
I do not want you to go.
Dide ko fo lo.
We have to make big sacrifices
to keep the people we care about safe.
What about what you want?
You may not like it,
but I am choosing to do this.
One day you will understand.
I love you, my granddaughter.
Grandma, no! Grandma!
You know, you're a total badass in the future.
It's gonna be okay.
Uh-uh. Oh, damn. I know that look.
Hey. Where are you...
Cleo, where are y...
Malivore?
This bitch is everywhere.
My Cleo, you must not be here.
Hurry home. No.
You need to protect our village,
and I will protect you.
I am a muse, too.
Take me instead.
No! Cleo!
And now you see
we must make big sacrifices
to keep the people we care about safe.
You understand that, right?
Landon!
What is wrong with you?
Oh, you're coming in hot.
So I'm guessing that means Cleo didn't give you
the answers you were looking for.
No. She gave me a lot more than that,
a-and you can't go through with this.
This is your feelings for her talking right now.
Okay? And with all due respect, it's not your decision to make.
No, she opened up to me.
She showed me her story. I-I...
I saw her as a little kid.
And Malivore was there.
There doing what?
I-I don't know, but I-I'm telling you,
we got it all wrong about Cleo.
S-She's not a villain.
Okay? Back in ancient times,
or whenever the hell she's from,
s-she was a hero.
She sacrificed herself to save her grandma
and the entire village.
Of course that's what she wants you to think.
But whatever she showed you, however she did it, just know
that she's the one controlling the narrative.
And if what happened to Hope is any proof, that's not good.
I was there, Doc.
It was real. I believe her.
And what if she teamed up with Malivore?
I need more information.
Not a problem. I'm on it.
No, you're not, because you've already made up your mind.
Hold up, if those are the rules, then it can't be you, either.
Excuse me? Oh, come on.
Your mind's been made up from the jump, Doc.
You're sitting up in here reading a book about da Vinci,
trying to figure out how the artifact works
so that you can lock Cleo away again.
And your track record of sending problem kids
to prison worlds proves that.
That's a low blow.
But you're not wrong.
I have sent kids away
before I had the whole story,
so like I said, we need more information.
Okay? Which means that
neither one of us is qualified to get it.
So, we need to find
an impartial party.
I know that you haven't really
been around other werewolves,
but this is where they like to hang out.
Cool.
Hey, Jo. What's up?
Hey, Jed. This is my g...
Finch.
Finch, this is Jed,
the Salvatore School's alpha.
New wolf. Nice.
How much can you bench?
What's the next stop on the tour?
I've seen enough of this one.
Josie.
I need your help.
Same. Hi. Hi.
Dad, this is my...
friend Finch.
Finch. Yes.
The transfer.
Potential transfer.
Uh, yeah, cool. It's so nice to meet you.
I'm sorry for interrupting what I'm sure
is a phenomenal tour because of your guide,
but, uh, something urgent has come up.
You're being vague,
and you're embarrassing me.
Okay, well, then, maybe we can talk in private,
because it's only gonna get worse from here.
Nice to meet you.
But you promised.
I know, and I'll be back before you know it.
Plus, I mean, you're in good...
...good-ish hands.
Okay?
Be back really quick, really quick. Here we go!
Landon!
Landon.
Are you okay?
I'm assuming that's rhetorical.
Why won't you just ask me the question you've been working
so hard to avoid? What happened to you?
You are acting like a completely different person.
You couldn't possibly understand what I've been through.
How can I understand if you haven't told me what's happened?
You want to know what happened?
After we had sex, I was trapped in Malivore
for what felt like years, and I kept telling myself
that any minute now, Hope will show up and save me.
I had to fight the Necromancer to escape.
I had to fight my way out of the darkness,
only to be stuck in a prison world full of monsters
with no one to help me.
It wasn't about waiting for you
to rescue me anymore, it was about surviving.
So I learned how to fight.
And kill.
And every day I woke up to do it all over again.
But you found a way out.
No.
You did.
What do you mean?
I saw these black tendrils,
like a rift opening up.
You, Josie and Lizzie created it.
Sangiema Meam Et...
That's how I got back.
That was weeks ago.
Are you telling me that you've been back this whole time?
Hi.
Sorry to interrupt.
Where is Kaleb?
My dad actually thought that I should talk to you instead.
And Kaleb thought that it was cool, too.
I cannot imagine why. We do not even know each other.
That's actually why they both thought it should be me.
Kaleb told me what happened.
Um, I had a run-in with black magic not too long ago.
I did terrible things to the people that I love.
I am not the villain here.
I was told that Malivore took you as a child.
What did he want?
For me to create.
This is how I learned to make friends.
That's great.
Isn't that great?
If you have been sent here to judge me,
that is a decision you must make for yourself.
Mo gba yin niyanju lati gbe.
Hmm?
Hello, friend.
He's so cute.
Look what I made from your mud.
It pains me to relive these moments.
I never thought I would find myself in that cave again.
So, Malivore
forced you to create monsters
just so he could eat them?
He was hungry and desperate by design,
in accordance with the spell that had created him.
He so acutely wanted to escape his imprisonment
that he imprisoned me,
believing that I would be his salvation.
How?
I spent many years alone.
I longed for my family, but my only choice
was to make friends.
Monsters, some would call them.
But Malivore continued to consume each one,
until one day, inspiration returned the favor
and smiled upon me.
I would create a vessel for Malivore.
It would not only be
his salvation, but mine, too.
You inspired Malivore to want a vessel.
I am the one who gave him the solution to his hunger problems.
The idea that he has obsessed over for centuries.
And what he still wants today.
You have done well, Cleo.
Given me a voice.
This form is perfect.
Watching you force yourself into it was not.
My hunger is finally sated.
I have given you your vessel.
So you are finally free from the confines
of the spell that spawned you.
I want my freedom in return.
You belong to me, forever.
I cannot let such power go now that I am free.
Never make a deal with the bad guy.
I will rid this world of the creatures that created me.
Vampires, witches, werewolves,
then I will create a superior species of my own making
to take their place.
This is just the beginning of our story.
No. It is the end.
For you are more a prisoner now
than you ever were before.
You just do not know it yet.
Your new form is indeed perfect,
but I am the one who controls it.
O le so.
You may speak.
Correction, only make a deal with the bad guy
when you know how to screw him over.
You are making
a fatal mistake.
Or I have finally been inspired to be something
greater than your servant.
In time, this vessel will fail to hold me.
I can feel its weak points as we speak.
If you do not starve first.
However long it lasts, this vessel will be
the last comfort my gifts will ever bring you.
I will break free
and I will find you, Cleo Sowande.
This I swear!
So, you made it back to this world and thought
that it would be cool to start cosplaying in the woods?
I was watching the school from a distance.
I wanted to make sure everyone was safe.
That nothing came through the rift with me.
You tried to kidnap Cleo and then attacked me.
No, I was fighting a wolf that ambushed me.
The moment I realized it was you, I...
You ran away.
I didn't want to hurt you. I was trying to protect you.
I needed to know why Malivore was after Cleo.
Just like I needed to know why there was a faux-Landon
running around, so I took a strand of his hair to test it.
So you knew the truth, that that thing was an imposter?
Why would you let me be with him?
The same reason you let me be with Josie
last year.
You looked happy, I was a mess.
It seemed like the better option for you.
He was a golem.
If Cleo hadn't forced your hand,
would you even be here with me right now?
Something's out there.
If you don't want to answer the question,
don't pretend that th...
There's...
A monster?
Put the salt down. We won't need any of it.
I see Cleo has convinced you, too.
She was on her own, imprisoned by Malivore for years.
And I sympathize.
I chose to do black magic.
I was manipulated, sure,
but Cleo was torn from her family and forced to.
Before I knew her story, I thought that our experiences
were similar, too, but I was wrong.
Right or wrong, that was in the past,
Dad, because you put it there.
I almost killed MG
and then I actually killed Alyssa.
You just let me back into this school
like nothing happened. I'm your father.
What was I supposed to do?
If Cleo was your daughter, would you be doing this to her?
You're the headmaster. You're in charge.
But you can't play judge, jury and executioner
with Cleo's life.
You and Mom built this school to help supernaturals,
not condemn them to an eternity of loneliness.
So how are you proving that that's true?
Corporis impetus.
I feel like that spell never works.
Or he's immune to magic.
Take this and run.
No.
Landon, we can go back
to being pissed at each other.
I need to kill him first.
He wants this.
There's no talking to them, you just got to fight.
I guess we'll have to do this the old-fashioned way.
You must be lost.
Or have you come to send me away yourself?
I spoke with Kaleb and Josie,
and they have very strong feelings about you
after seeing what you've been through.
They shed some light on who you are,
but there's a piece missing.
Why?
Why did you make a golem of Landon?
And more importantly, why did you try and kill Hope?
You already know that answer.
You have known it for quite some time,
you just refuse to accept it.
Then please, enlighten me.
There is no need for me to inspire
the solution that will destroy Malivore.
You already have it.
Hope Mikaelson must die.
Hey... No! Stay away.
Our blood can't mix.
Fugere.
You dropped this.
I go low. You go high.
I think we make a pretty good team.
Good teams don't fail their mission.
Do not look at me like that.
Deep down, you know that I am right.
Even if you are, what you're suggesting isn't an option.
It is the only option.
Since I arrived at your school, I have hoped
to find a different way.
Then show me.
Why should I even bother?
Because I need to see it.
And I think that's something you know.
So, please, if you will.
Please.
I was sealed in the artifact for centuries.
It could only be opened by the one capable
Hope.
But I had to learn more about her and her powers,
so I followed you here, to the Salvatore School.
Your school seemed like an ideal place.
One of acceptance.
so when I learned that it was in need of financial assistance
and that there was a supply of Malivore mud at hand,
I helped.
Wait, so Malivore didn't send the leprechaun?
No.
And I did not summon the Ferryman, either.
I made him.
I made him as I have made so many monsters
from the mud of Malivore.
But my most important creation
was only necessary because Hope refused to let Landon go.
I could not have her open up a portal to the prison world
and risk Malivore's escape.
I made the Ferryman so that Hope would believe
he had granted her fervent wish.
But the story changed when Malivore learned
I was still alive.
The monsters that came after the Ferryman
and Landon's golem were his doing.
Malivore promised me freedom from the darkness
in exchange for bringing him that girl.
And those monsters were meant to find me,
as he once swore he would.
I did not want to be his prisoner again,
so I was forced to switch tactics.
But of course I had to prevent you
from discovering my true origins.
I tried to keep you all safe.
The parchment!
But when that proved impossible,
I had to make a terrible choice.
There's nothing I wish to see more than Malivore destroyed.
That's why you tried to kill Hope.
She would become a true Tribrid-- the chosen one
who can defeat Malivore for good.
But, again, you know that.
Hope has already lost so much in her life.
Her father, mother,
uncle.
And I won't watch her lose her human life, too.
Family means everything to her.
And maybe someday she'll want one of her own,
which would be impossible if she becomes a full Tribrid.
I understand loss all too well.
After I escaped from Malivore,
I yearned to return to my village, but I was afraid
Malivore would follow me there.
Torture my family and friends.
So you ended up in Italy.
It was there that I met a brilliant young man,
Leonardo da Vinci.
So I told Leonardo
about the friends Malivore had murdered.
He sketched them in an effort to help me heal.
Some of those sketches I have heard are famous now.
But back then, they meant he cared for me.
Leonardo had cared for many men
and women before me, but he was
my first and only love.
I should've known it would not last.
Yeah.
I've learned that the hard way, too.
My grandmother's precious granddaughters.
She at least was safe from Malivore.
Having ascended into the heavens.
I believe she still watches over me as ancestor.
It was her power running through my veins that helped me infuse
the artifact I inspired Leonardo to create
with magic that could shield me
from Malivore.
We agreed to keep my existence a secret.
So I parted ways with Leonardo
hoping that one day, Malivore would be gone,
and I could return to the world.
It wasn't a true life, but...
at least it was painless.
Until you found me, and, well,
now you finally know my full story.
I'm...
sorry your time with...
da Vinci was cut short.
And I am sorry for everything that has happened to you.
But...
I need to know that you won't try and kill Hope again.
In my desperation to do what I believed was right,
I did not see that history was repeating itself.
But I will not keep losing the people I care about.
So as my grandmother taught me...
that sacrifice is Hope's to make.
As it should have been from the start.
Mm-hmm.
But...
what is my fate?
Your fate...
is for you to decide.
Josie and Kaleb were right.
This school was created
for students just like you.
And rest assured, you will always have a place here.
That is...
if you choose to stay.
Finch! It's okay, Jo, I got this.
Nice move, runt.
Same time tomorrow?
You bet your ass.
Which I will kick again.
We'll see about that.
Go on.
Thanks.
Did... you just make a friend?
A couple, actually.
The pack's pretty cool.
Everything on your end go okay?
Uh, yeah... yeah,
if by okay, you mean me realizing
that I am a spoiled princess, flitting about a castle
that my daddy built for me...
yeah, yeah, it went awesome.
This place isn't what I've always thought it was.
I mean, at least, not for everyone.
So I am so sorry...
that I pressured you.
You do not have to go here
if you don't want to.
Actually... I do.
On one condition.
When you introduced me earlier, it was pretty obvious
you didn't know what to call me.
So I was thinking...
girlfriend?
Really?
Yeah.
Yes! Yes!
I know a healing spell for that.
Can you hold that there?
Yeah, wrap that around my arm.
Thanks.
♪ The final song... ♪
Look.
I know I've been rushing things,
but...
it's honestly just because I'm a little scared
because Cleo told me
that I'm gonna have to become a fully activated Tribrid
in order to defeat Malivore.
And I don't like being told what to do.
And I don't want to do that to you.
So you take as much time as you need
to tell me what happened to you.
It doesn't matter what it is or if anything's changed.
You are still the person I love.
That's the problem.
Nothing has changed.
What are you talking about?
You asked me if I would be here
with you right now if things had been different.
And how-- We will get through this, okay?
We always do.
So there's really no need to say it.
I have to say it.
I went through hell in that prison world to stay alive,
only to find you happy with a perfect version of me.
At first I was angry,
but then I realized the truth.
The one we can't avoid.
We're doomed.
Anyone else can believe that,
but not us, because I went through hell to find you.
And I would do it all over again if I needed to.
I can't let you do that.
I am the son of Malivore.
You are the loophole who defeats him.
We exist to destroy each other.
And I want with all of my heart for it to be different,
but...
Are you breaking up with me?
We should probably stay far away from each other.
I mean, where are you gonna go?
I don't know.
I don't belong at this school without you.
Goodbye, Hope.
How'd it go with Cleo?
Well, you and Josie were right-- I was more
concerned with being the voice of authority
than in seeing Cleo for who she really was.
I told her she was welcome
to stay at the school.
Good.
Um, thanks, Doc.
Uh, you know where I can find her so I can apologize, too?
I have no idea.
She chose to leave.
I think telling us her story
brought up a lot of past pain.
She's looking for a fresh start.
New beginnings of sorts.
But there was one more thing I needed to know.
If...
if her being into me
was just part of her cover story, too.
Doc, we-we got to go find her.
We got to convince her to stay.
Actually, I think she's the one who's convinced us
that we need to respect her wishes.
Look, uh... you know,
I really am sorry things didn't work out the way you
wanted them to, Kaleb.
Where do you think she's going?
Hey.
This seat taken?
Landon Kirby.
You kidnapped me. Yeah.
You tried to murder my...
ex-girlfriend.
Big day for you, too?
I heard you're not the bad guy everyone thought you were.
I am not.
But I have decided to leave Mystic Falls.
Where are you headed?
To find another way to kill Malivore.
Need a hand?