EElena (voice over)
Dear Diary, do you ever get sick of me writing about death?
“Monster's Ball” · Season 5, Episode 5
In this episode: Damon Salvatore (4), Elena Gilbert (3), Katherine Pierce (2), Nadia (2), Stefan Salvatore (1), Caroline Forbes (1), Tyler Lockwood (1), Silas (1)
(Elena doesn't pick up)
Busted.
Hey.
Hey, Miss avoiding me for three days.
Avoiding you? What? We've been talking.
Texting one time. "Want to be my plus one at a costume party?" Winky face.
In 1864, there was a vampire roundup in Mystic Falls.
Was there? I'm bad with dates.
Word on the street is that you sold out many vampires, including your best friend Pearl and her daughter Annabelle.
I was running from Klaus. I needed to jet solo. I threw a couple of vampire names on a hit list. Sue me. I also impersonated a teenager to get my ex-boyfriends to make out with me, staged a fake fight to trigger my lover's werewolf curse, ooh, and I chopped off this douchey guy's fingers with a butcher knife once. That was cool.
What about ripping a mother away from her daughter? Having her killed for your own benefit?
What are you getting at?
Now a little bit about me. I had myself turned into a vampire to hunt you, to even the playing field, to track your every move for however long it took me until I found you, and I did this because you killed my mother. It happened in Paris, 1645.
I go to Paris for shoes. The shoes I remember. Everything else requires a few more details.
Her name was Lily Atoma. You were on the run from Klaus. She took you in, but when his minions show up, you pointed at my mom, and you said, "That is Katerina Petrova. She is the one you want." So they took her away.
You were never going to let me go, were you?
No, but I'd hate for you die on an empty stomach.
Did I mention you're the hottest serial killer in here?
Well, considering the crowd, I'll take that as a compliment.
I thought you got Stefan a costume.
He's James Dean. I went easy on him. I figured between the blood lust drama, the Damon-Elena drama, the amnesia drama, he's been through enough.
Lady Ann Boleyn. Now, who in their right mind would cut off a head so gorgeous?
Uh, you, my King, my not-so-loving husband.
Well, maybe I can dance my way out of this doghouse.
Where I come from, open bar meant ceramic jugs of Phoenician wine.
Ok.
You have no idea who I am, do you?
No offense, but actually, I have no idea who a lot of people are.
Tessa, formerly known as Qetsiyah.
The girl who wiped my memories.
Nothing personal, little ex-boyfriend drama. Let me make it up to you, buy you an "I'm sorry" drink.
More like an "I'm sorry" keg. Pardon us.
So you want to explain to me why I just killed my brother?
Well, Tessa's spell mentally linked us. I lost my psychic abilities. Stefan lost his memories.
And this severed the link?
Yes, Damon. I can read your mind again. No. I'm not lying, and maybe you enjoyed breaking your brother's neck just a little bit too much.
I want to know why you made up that fake story about your mom.
It was a test. You failed.
I knew it was a fake story. By 1645, I'd been running from Klaus for a century and a half. There's no way any of his minions would have mistaken anyone for me. But you know how my brain works, right? So you must have known that I wouldn't have fallen for that sob story.
I wanted to get under your skin, and it worked because here you are.
What kind of sick game are you playing?
It's not a game, Katherine. You did kill my mother, but it wasn't Paris. It was in a little cottage in England, and it wasn't 1645. It was April 6, 1492, and she was all alone, exiled by her family two years earlier. You stuck her head in a noose, pushed her off the chair, and snapped her neck.
Who are you?
My name... is Nadia Petrova... and you are my mother.
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