Chapter Text
INT. SALVATORE BOARDING SCHOOL - DAY
It’s been weeks since HOPE MIKAELSON has gotten her humanity back and Caroline took over being headmistress. Everything felt...fine? Except, something is still felt off. A little too off for Hope’s own comfort. It’s like a piece of her is missing. Not just figuratively, either. A piece of her is literally missing.
INT. LIZZIE SALTZMAN’S DORM - CONTINUOUS
Hope knocks on LIZZIE SALTZMAN’S door.
HOPE
Hey, Lizzie. Can I talk to you?
LIZZIE
If you want to talk about how much
you miss Frodo, I don’t want to
hear it.
HOPE
(laughs)
It’s not that this time. Please?
LIZZIE
Alright, have a seat.
Hope sits down on Lizzie’s bed, brushing her hands against her jeans.
HOPE
I
Lizzie cuts Hope off.
LIZZIE
You’ve been feeling empty, haven’t
you? Like a piece of you is missing and now you want my help figuring
out what that missing part is.
HOPE
How did
Lizzie cuts her off again.
2.
LIZZIE
It’s written all over your face.
HOPE
Look. Can you help me?
LIZZIE
I can. But the answer is already
obvious.
HOPE
What?
LIZZIE
You miss your...ex?
HOPE
I’d call him my ex at this point.
LIZZIE
There. That emptiness you feel is
Frodo....I mean, Landon.
HOPE
(shakes head)
No, it isn’t Landon this time.
LIZZIE
What is it then?
HOPE
If I knew, don’t you think I wouldn’t have asked?
LIZZIE
Well I’m not a mind reader, Hope.
Hope sighs.
HOPE
Look. When I say I feel “empty,” I
don’t mean sad or lonely. It’s like a piece of me is actively missing.
Like.
LIZZIE
It sounds like you’re saying a
a piece of your soul is missing.
HOPE
Do you know the red string theory?
LIZZIE
Of course
3.
HOPE
It’s like someone severed the
string.
LIZZIE
What?
HOPE
I’ve also been having these dreams.
And they really freak me out.
LIZZIE
What kind of dreams?
HOPE
A faceless woman wearing a yellow dress falling off of a hilltop nto a bush of....
Lizzie pauses before cutting Hope off.
LIZZIE
White roses?
HOPE
How did you know?
LIZZIE
Because Josie called me and said She's been having the same dreams.
Lizzie grabs her phone and dials JOSIE SALTZMAN.
INT. JOSIE SALTZMAN’S DORM - CONTINUOUS - NIGHT Josie is sound asleep when her phone rings.
JOSIE
(sleepily)
Hello?
LIZZIE (O.S.)
Hey, Josie. Sorry to wake you.
JOSIE
Lizzie, I was sleeping.
LIZZIE (O.S)
Yeah I know, but Hope needs to tell
you something.
HOPE (O.S.)
What!?
4.
Josie can hear Lizzie shove the phone into Hope’s hand.
INT. LIZZIE SALTZMAN'S DORM - CONTINUOUS
HOPE
Ummm hello.
JOSIE (O.S.)
Hope, what’s wrong?
HOPE
Sorry Lizzie bothered you, it’s
nothing.
JOSIE (O.S.)
It’s obviously not nothing. What is it? Do you miss Landon?
HOPE
It isn’t about Landon.
JOSIE (O.S.)
You’ve been having them too, haven’t you? The dreams.
HOPE
How did you know?
JOSIE (O.S.)
It’s why I haven’t been getting
much sleep. I’ve been having them too.
HOPE
How often?
JOSIE (O.S.)
Every night. I was hoping tonight would be different.
HOPE
I’ve also been feeling
JOSIE (O.S.)
Empty?
HOPE
(sighs)
Yeah, empty..
JOSIE (O.S.)
Well, maybe you miss Landon.
5.
HOPE
No, like I said, it has nothing to do with Landon this time. I loved
him, truly and wholeheartedly. But, this is different. It’s like my the soul is missing.
JOSIE (O.S.)
Well, you’d be dead wouldn’t you? If your soul was missing.
Hope laughs and her body starts to relax as she leans against Lizzie’s bed.
HOPE
Okay now, smart ass.
JOSIE (O.S.)
That sounds like the first time
you’ve laughed in a while.
HOPE
Yeah, well, you made me laugh.
JOSIE (O.S.)
I’m happy to be the one to make you
laugh, Hope.
HOPE
These dreams, they don’t mean
anything, right?
JOSIE (O.S.)
I mean. I don’t know..
HOPE
They’re just dreams, aren’t they?
JOSIE (O.S.)
Sometimes things that seem like
they’re “just dreams,” are more
than that.
HOPE
They feel like a warning.
JOSIE (O.S.)
Yeah, like who’s in the yellow
dress?
HOPE
Why is she faceless?
6.
JOSIE (O.S.)
Why white roses?
HOPE
And what caused all of this to
happen?
JOSIE (O.S.)
I’m flying back to Mystic Falls
tomorrow morning.
HOPE
Wait, what?
JOSIE (O.S.)
Look, we both know these dreams
aren’t normal. We’re both feeling
empty. There is something linking
us and I want to know what it is.
HOPE
Do you think your mom might have
answers?
JOSIE (O.S.)
I don’t know, Hope. I don’t know if
I have an answer for that. But what
we can do is try to figure it out.
Okay?
HOPE
Okay.
FADE OUT.
7.
ACT I: SCENE II
FADE IN:
INT. MYSTIC FALLS AIRPORT - AFTERNOON
Hope is at the baggage claim waiting for Josie to return from Belgium. She taps her feet and looks around. And suddenly, she sees Josie coming down the escalator.
HOPE
Josie!
Hope runs over and practically tackles Josie, the two nearly falling.
JOSIE
(laughs)
Whoa! Hey there! Did you miss me
that badly?
Hope laughs and sighs as she pulls away. The two of them making intense eye contact.
HOPE
Sorry, I don’t know what came over
JOSIE
It’s okay, Hope. Help me get my
bags and we can talk on the drive
to the school.
Hope and Josie head to the moving baggage claim and grab Josie’s bags. The two leave the airport and head into Hope’s car.
INT. HOPE’S CAR - CONTINUOUS
HOPE
How was your flight?
JOSIE
It was good, I am a bit tired
though.
HOPE
I can make you some of my mom’s
soup if you want.
8.
JOSIE
No, it’s okay. I want to jump into
solving this link.
Hope nods and is driving when her brain starts to fuzz and a vision of Josie on the ground dying appears in her brain, sounds of herself screaming in the background. The sound of a car horn pulls her back to reality.
JOSIE (CONT’D)
Hope!
Hope gasps and blinks, pulling to the curb of a nearby gas station.
JOSIE (CONT’D)
Hey, are you okay? What happened?
Hope turns her head and gently cups Josie’s face with her hands.
JOSIE (CONT’D)
Whoa, what’s wrong?
HOPE
Are you alive?
JOSIE
What? Yes, of course I am.
HOPE
(sighs)
Sorry, Jo. I just had this weird
vision in my head.
JOSIE
Was it me dying?
Hope becomes quiet.
JOSIE (CONT’D)
I know, Hope. I’ve been having
those visions too.
HOPE
Come on, we need to talk to your
mom.
JOSIE
Wait. You need to get your mind
clear before you drive again, okay?
Let me drive.
9.
HOPE
Are you sure?
JOSIE
You’re clearly shaken up. Let me
drive and when we get to the
school, we can talk to my mom. It
won’t be safe if you’re so shaken
up and something happens.
HOPE
You’re right.
INT. SALVATORE BOARDING SCHOOL - CONTINUOUS-EVENING
Josie pulls up to Salvatore Boarding School and unloads all of her bags. She enters the school and is greeted by Lizzie.
LIZZIE
Hey, Josie!
JOSIE
Hi Lizzie, I’ve missed you.
CAROLINE FORBES-SALVATORE, the twins mother, greets Josie as well.
CAROLINE
Hi baby.
JOSIE
Hi mom.
HOPE
Headmistress Forbes-Salvatore, we need your help.
CAROLINE
What’s the matter?
HOPE
Josie and I. We keep having these dreams and these visions. It’s like we’re connected in some way.
CAROLINE
Really? That’s rather odd. Perhaps Freya can be of more help though.
HOPE
I’ll call my aunt Freya.
10.
END OF ACT I