Beyond the screen: Vampire Diaries

Founder's party

Elena woke up in the middle of the night, she goes down to check if someone's in her house. When she gets down the stairs, she goes to the living room where the TV has been turned on, the news is about her being found dead after an "animal attack". Damon then chases her around the house until he attacks her and bites her on the neck. Stefan then wakes up and realize that it was just a dream/nightmare. Damon was actually playing with Stefan's head when he mockingly asks, "bad dream?". After deciding to stay in Mystic Falls for a while, Damon gleefully tells Stefan that the officials have announced the capture of the "animal" responsible for the recent attacks in town.

As Stefan writes an entry in his journal 'The real animal is still out there. Waiting for me. Challenging me to fight back, to stop him. But how do I stop him without becoming a monster myself. ' At Elena's home where Jenna is watching TV, while mocking the reporter, Logan Fell. Logan apparently is the reason why Jenna moved away from Mystic Falls in the past. A dispute occurs between Jeremy and Elena regarding some family antiques, including a pocket watch that Elena polishes for the Founders Council heritage display. Jeremy started think about how if Ally was here, she would've threaten to kick Elena's behind. He truly misses his best friend.
Stefan then arrives at Elena's home. In Elena's room where she and Stefan are hooking up, Stefan's face flares from bloodlust and he backs off. Elena then asks Stefan to escort her to the Founder's Ball. Stefan then says "do they still do that" which makes Elena ask if he's been before. Though he says that the Salvatore's don't get invited anymore. Begrudgingly, Stefan then agrees to escort Elena to the ball. Bonnie and Dana arrive at Mystic Grill, Bonnie is worried about Dana seeing Damon, but Dana assures Bonnie that Damon is safe and that he just has lots of issues with his brother Stefan. Bonnie encourages Dana to give away the secret that Damon revealed to her about Stefan.

Allison was at her house playing on her guitar and writing some songs. She truly began to accept her new life. She enjoys being a wolf and using her magic, but a part of her missed Kai. She barely remembered him, but she knew he was part of her life.

At the Salvatore boarding house, Zach angers Damon by asking why he has returned to Mystic Falls. Damon then chokes Zach, but Stefan intervenes between the two, Zach encourages him to get rid of Damon by using vervain on him, which he has secretly been growing in the basement of the boarding house.
Tyler comes to the Gilbert home to retrieve a box of donated items for the heritage display at the Founder's Ball. Tyler decided to be the bigger man and apologizes for being an ass when he was with Vicky. Jeremy was jealous because of Allison and Tyler hanging out together and replied that he shouldn't drop anything. While helping Elena ready herself for the party, Bonnie shares Dana's secret, which is that Katherine picked Damon over Stefan and that Stefan did everything to break them up. Although Elena thinks that it's only Damon's side of the story. Back at the boarding house Stefan and Damon prepare for the Founder's Ball. Back to Elena. When Mrs. Lockwood phones to say that the pocket watch was not among the items that Tyler picked up for the display, Elena goes to Jeremy's room and accuses him of taking it. Jeremy then takes it out of its hiding place, claims that it is supposed to be his as an heirloom handed down to the first-born son in the Gilbert Family. Back to Stefan. Damon blames Stefan for spiking his Scotch with vervain. On his way out the door, Zach hands Stefan a small vial of vervain, telling him that this time it is twice as strong. Feeling badly, Elena decides to leave the pocket watch on Jeremy's desk.

At the Founder's Ball, Damon and Dana arrive and so do Elena and Stefan. Caroline confronts her mom for working to much and not spending time with her daughters.  Tyler and Caroline were there as friends while Ally had a mission to do. With the magic, Ally can compel people. Ally went to the Salvatore's boarding house and compelled Zach to leave Mystic Falls and to find his daughter Sarah Nelson, his and Gail's daughter. She reversed only some of his compulsion from Stefan. She made him forget about her being there and she started going to the Founders party. A former boyfriend of Jenna's, Logan Fell, makes an attempt at reconciliation. At the display room the first guest registry where Elena sees Stefan and Damon's name on the list. Just in time Damon walks in and claims that they were the "original Salvatore brothers, their ancestors". Dana asks Stefan for a dance, leaving Damon alone with Elena at the Heritage Display.
Damon apologizes for his forward behavior at the game and explains that the Salvatore brothers are cursed with sibling rivalry.

Stefan toasts to Dana and watches her sip from the glass that he obtained for her. Elena listens as Damon shares the ‘first' Salvatore brothers' history, involving the woman that they both loved being killed with 26 others inside a church fire, and that the brothers were shot, murdered in cold blood. Bonnie alone at a table relights a candle just by staring at it. Elena asks Stefan for a dance. Jenna and Logan though the conversation was sharp and short. Elena asking about Katherine though he doesn't tell her. Frustrated, Elena leaves Stefan alone on the dance floor.

Allison came to the party a little late, but saw Tyler and Care so they started dancing and eating, just enjoying the party.
Carol Lockwood pressures Elena to locate the pocket watch after she makes excuses for its absence. Damon reveals the true motive for attending the Founder's Ball when he retrieves a crystal hidden in a wooden box in the Heritage Display. Logan wins over Jenna when she finally agrees to a date. Bonnie amazes herself when she is able to light every candle in the dining room using her powers. In the comfort room Elena questions Dana about the bite marks that Damon has left on her body.
Elena threatens Damon to stay away from Dana otherwise she would go to the Sheriff. When Elena tells Stefan about the marks, Stefan maintains his secrecy and rushes to deal with Damon. Vicki appears on Jeremy's doorstep, and they kiss. Having removed Dana from view, Damon sinks his teeth into her neck, then collapses on to the grass in pain. Stefan confesses to Damon that he couldn't spike his drink, so he spiked Dana's drink with vervain. After awakening, Dana grabs the crystal and conceals it within her purse. Elena then comforts Dana.
As Stefan's voiceover begins, "I did what I had to do. To protect Elena. To protect everyone. Yes Damon, the headline reads ".  "Deadly beast captured. All is well in Mystic Falls. "Stefan lock Damon into a cell in the basement of the boardinghouse, he realised that Zach is gone. Maybe Damon killed him .Later that evening, the mayor, his wife, Sheriff Forbes, and Logan Fell meet to discuss how to retrieve the pocket watch, saying, "They've come back."