Alan Wells

While searching for a missing child, Abbie and Ichabod encounter a Pied Piper-like creature, whose connection to the child's family goes back hundreds of years.

Just as Damon thinks he has gained the upper hand in his fight against Lily, an unexpected turn of events leaves him scrambling for a plan B. Damon's actions force Stefan and Caroline to distract girls at a ball at Whitmore College. Enzo is determined to find out what Valerie is hiding.

While Elena lies unconscious in a coffin, Caroline has been writing a journal for her. Stefan tries to deal with Elena's absence from his life while Alaric, Damon and Bonnie are all on holiday to Europe. Back in Mystic Falls, two Heretics brutally kill two teenagers as revenge for running over one of their friends.