The.Vampire.Diaries.Script.VO.S01E01

MAN: For over a century, I have lived in secret; hiding in the shadows, alone in the world. Until now. I am a vampire. And this is my story.A man and a girl in a car, on the road.MAN: An hours drive to hear that crap. You know, it wasnt even a band. A guy with a guitar. An hour each way.GIRL: He wasnt that bad.MAN: He sounded like James Blunt.GIRL: Whats wrong with that?MAN: We already have a James Blunt. Ones all we need.GIRL: So why did you come?MAN: Because I love you.GIRL: Nicely done. Whats with all the fog?MAN: Itll clear in a second.GIRL: Watch out!They collide a man.MAN: Are you ok?!GIRL: We just hit someone! Oh, my god!MAN: Call for help.GIRL: Come on, come on! MAN: Please be alive! Oh, my god.The man wakes up and bites him into the neck.GIRL: Theres no signal! Darren! Darren?New scene. Morning. A Man.STEFAN: I shouldnt have come home. I know the risk. But I had no choice. I have to know her.Other scene. A girl writes in her diarie.ELENA: Dear diary, today will be different. It has to be. I will smile, and it will be believable. My smile was saying Im fine, thank you. Yes, I feel much better. I will no longer be the sad little girl who lost her parents. I will start fresh, be someone new. Its the only way Ill make it through.In the kitchen.JENNA: Toast. I can make toast.ELENA: Its all about the coffee, aunt Jenna.JEREMY: Is there coffee?JENNA: Your first day of school and Im totally unprepared. Lunch money?ELENA: Im good.JENNA: Anything else? A number two pencil? What am I missing?ELENA: Dont you have a big presentation today?JENNA: Im meeting with my thesis advisor at.now. Crap!ELENA: Then go. Well be fine. You ok?JEREMY: Dont start.In Bonnies car.BONNIE: So grams is telling me Im psychic. Our ancestors were from salem, which isnt all that, I know, crazy, but shes going on and on about it, and Im like, put this woman in a home already! But then I started thinking, I predicted Obama and I predicted Heath Ledger, and I still think Florida will break off and turn into little resort islands. Elena! Back in the car.ELENA: I did it again, didnt I? I-Im sorry, Bonnie. You were telling me that.BONNIE: That Im psychic now.ELENA: Right. Ok, then predict something. About me.BONNIE: I see.They collide a black bird.BONNIE: What was that?! Oh, my god! Elena, are you ok?ELENA: Its ok. Im fine.BONNIE: It was like a bird or something. It came out of nowhere.ELENA: Really, I cant be freaked out by cars for the rest of my life.BONNIE: I predict this year is going to be kick ass. And I predict all the sad and dark times are over and you are going to be beyond happy.At the school.BONNIE: Major lack of male real estate. Look at the shower curtain on Kelly bitch. She looks a hot- Can I still say tranny mess?ELENA: No, thats over.BONNIE: Ahh, find a man, coin a phrase. Its a busy year.They look at Matt.ELENA: He hates me.BONNIE: Thats not hate. Thats you dumped me, but Im too cool to show it, but secretly Im listening to air supplys greatest hits.CAROLINE: Elena. Oh, my god. How are you? Oh, its so good to see you. How is she? Is she good?ELENA : Caroline, Im right here. And Im fine. Thank you.CAROLINE: Really?ELENA: Yes. Much better.CAROLINE: Oh, you poor thing.ELENA: Ok, Caroline.CAROLINE: Oh! Ok, see you guys later?BONNIE: Ok! Bye.ELENA: No comment.BONNIE: Im not going to say anything.Jeremy and Vicki.JEREMY: Dont take more than two in a six-Hour window.TYLER: Hey, Vicki. I knew Id find you here with the crackheads.VICKI: Hey.TYLER: Hey, Pete Wentz called. He wants his nail polish back.JEREMY: Pete Wentz, huh? How old school T.R.L. of you. Carson Daly fan?VICKI: Oh, Ty, be nice. Be nice. Thats Elenas little brother.TYLER: I know who he is. Ill still kick his ass.Bonnie and Elena behind the office.BONNIE: Hold up. Whos this?ELENA: All I see is back.BONNIE: Its a hot back.In the office.SECRETARY: your records are incomplete. Youre missing immunization records, and we do insist on transcripts.STEFAN: Please look again. Im sure everything you need is there.SECRETARY: Well, youre right. So it is.BONNIE: Im sensing seattle, and he plays the guitar.ELENA: Youre really going to run this whole psychic thing into the ground, huh?BONNIE: Pretty much.MAN: Jeremy, good batch, man.ELENA: Ill be right back.BONNIE: Please be hot.Elena in the boys toilets.BOY: Whoa! Pants down, chick!ELENA: Great. Its the first day of school and youre stoned.JEREMY: No, Im not. ELENA: Where is it? Is it on you?JEREMY: Stop, all right?! You need to chill yourself, all right?ELENA: Chill myself? What is that, Stoner talk? Dude, you are so cool.JEREMY: Look, stop! I dont have anything on me. Are you crazy?ELENA: You havent seen crazy, Jeremy! I gave you a summer pass, but I am done watching you destroy yourself. No, no, no, you know what? Go ahead. Keep it up. But just know that I am going to be there to ruin your buzz every time, you got it? Jeremy, I know who you are. And its not this person. So dont be this person.JEREMY: I dont need this.Bonnie looks Stefan.STEFAN: Thank you.SECRETARY: Youre welcome.Elena goes out and meets Stefan.STEFAN: Uh, pardon me. Um. Is this the mens room?ELENA: Yes. Um, I was just, Um-I was just- Its a long story. Just. Thank you.Historys class.TEACHER: Once our home state of virginia joined confederacy in 1861, it created a tremendous amount of tension within the state. People in virginias northwest region Had different ideals than those from the traditional deep south. Then Virginia divided in 1863 with the northwest region joining the union.Texto to Bonnie from Elena : HAWT-E. STARING U.On a cemetery.ELENA: Dear diary, I made it through the day. I must have said, Im fine, thanks, at least 37 times. And I didnt mean it once. But no one noticed. When someone asks, how are you? They really dont want an answer.A bird is on the tomb.ELENA: Ok. Hi, bird. Thats not creepy or anything. Shoo! Thats what I thought.Bird is always here. The mist is all around her.ELENA: Ahh!She runs and falls . She sees Stefan.STEFAN: You ok?ELENA: Were you following me?STEFAN: No, I, uh, I just- I saw you fall.ELENA: Uh-Huh, and you just happened to be hanging out in a cemetery.STEFAN: Im visiting. I have family here.ELENA: Oh. Wow. Tactless. Im sorry. Its the fog, Its making me foggy. And then back there, there was this bird, and it was all very hitchcock for a second. That is the bird movie, right, the hitchcock? Im Elena.STEFAN: Im Stefan.ELENA: I know. We have history together.STEFAN: And english and french.ELENA: Right.STEFAN: Oh.ELENA: Thanks. Nice ring.STEFAN: Oh. Um, Its a family ring, yeah. Im kinda stuck with it. Its weird, huh?ELENA: No, no. Its just, I mean, there are rings and then theres that.STEFAN: Did you hurt yourself?ELENA: Hmm? STEFAN: Did you hurt yourself?ELENA: Oh, uh, I dont know. Oh! Look at that. That is not pretty. You ok?STEFAN: You should go. Take care of that.ELENA: Really, its nothing.She turns around but Stefan disappeared.Stefans home. He writes on a diarie.STEFAN: I lost control today. Everything Ive kept buried inside came rushing to the surface. Im simply not able to resist her.Mystic Grill. Vicki works as a waitress.JEREMY: Hey.VICKI: Working.She arrives at Matt and Tylers table.MATT: Thanks, vick.VICKI: Do you need another refill?TYLER: Id love one.MATT: Please tell me youre not hooking up with my sister.TYLER: Im not hooking up with your sister.MATT: Youre such a dick.JEREMY: Hey, whats your deal? I mean, summer you act one way and then school starts and you cant be bothered.VICKI: Look, Jeremy, I really appreciate all the pharmaceuticals, but you cant keep following me around like a lost puppy.JEREMY: Whens the last time you had sex with a puppy?VICKI: Hey, keep it down. I dont want to tell the whole world I deflowered Elenas kid brother.JEREMY: Yeah, and deflowered and deflowered.VICKI: We hooked up a few times in a drug haze. Its over. You gotta back off between you ruin things between me and Tyler.JEREMY: Oh, come on, the guys a total douche. He only wants you for your ass.VICKI: Yeah? What do you want me for?Caroline and Bonnie enter.CAROLINE: His name is Stefan Salvatore. He lives with uncle up at the old Salvatore boarding house. He hasnt lived here since he was a kid. Military family, so they moved around a lot. Hes a gemini, and his favorite color is blue.BONNIE: You got all of that in one day?CAROLINE: Oh, please, I got all that between third and fourth period. Were planning a june wedding.Elenas home.ELENA: Im meeting Bonnie at the grill.JENNA: Ok, have fun. Wait, I got this. Dont stay out late, its a school night.ELENA: Well done, aunt Jenna.She oppens the door.ELENA: Oh.STEFAN: Sorry, I was about to knock. I wanted to apologize for my disappearing act earlier. I know it was. Strange.ELENA: No worries. I get it, blood makes you squeamish.STEFAN: Um, something like that. Hows your leg?ELENA: Oh, its fine. Just a scratch, barely. How did you know where I lived?STEFAN: Its a small town. I asked the first person I saw. Um, I thought you might want this back.ELENA: Oh, I must have dropped it. I- Thank you.STEFAN: Dont worry, I didnt.read it.ELENA: No? Why not? Most people would have.STEFAN: Well, I wouldnt want anyone to read mine.ELENA: You keep a journal?STEFAN: Yeah, if I dont write it down, I forget it. Memories are too important.ELENA: Yeah. Im just gonna, Um, you dont have to stay out there.STEFAN: Im fine. Sorry, were you going somewhere?ELENA: Yeah, Im meeting a friend. Do you want to come?Mystic Grill.MATTt:Hows Elena doing?BONNIE: Her mom and dad died. How do you think? Shes putting on a good face, but its only been four months.MATT: Has she said anything about me?BONNIE: Oh, no. So not getting in the middle. You pick up the phone and call her.MATT: I feel weird calling her. She broke up with me.BONNIE: Give it more time, Matt.Elena enters, with Stefan.MATT: More time, huh?MATT: Hey, Im Matt, nice to meet you.STEFAN: Hi. Stefan.ELENA: Hey.MATT: Hey.Later.CAROLINE: So, you were born in mystic falls?STEFAN: Mm-Hmm. And moved when I was still young.BONNIE: Parents?STEFAN: My parents passed away.ELENA: Im sorry. Any siblings?STEFAN: None that I talk to. I live with my uncle.CAROLINE: So, Stefan, if youre new, then you dont know about the party tomorrow. BONNIE: Its a back to school thing at the falls.STEFAN (to Elena): Are you going?BONNIE: Of course she is.Stefans home.ZACH: You promised. STEFAN: This was an animal attack. ZACH: Dont give me that. I know the game. You tear them up enough, they always suspect an animal attack. You said you had it under control.STEFAN: And I do.ZACH: Please, uncle Stefan. Mystic Falls is a different place now. Its been quiet for years, but there are people who still remember. And you being here, Its just going to stir things up.STEFAN: Its not my intention.ZACH: Then what is? Why did you come back? After all this time, why now?STEFAN: I dont have to explain myself.ZACH: I know that you cant change what you are. But you dont belong here anymore.STEFAN: Where do I belong?ZACH: I cant tell you what to do. But coming back here was a mistake.Historys class.TEACHER: The battle of willow creek took place right at the end of the war in our very own Mystic Falls. How many casualties resulted in this battle? Ms. Bennett?BONNIE: Um.a lot? Im not sure. Like a whole lot.TEACHER: Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Ms. Bennett. Mr. Donovan. Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded jock stereotype?MATT: Its ok, Mr Tanner, Im cool with it.TANNER: Hmm. Elena? Surely you can enlighten us about one of the towns most significantly historical events?ELENA: Im sorry, I- I dont know.TANNER:I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons, Elena. But the personal excuses ended with summer break.STEFAN: There were 346 casualties, Unless youre counting local civilians.TANNER: Thats correct. Mister. STEFAN: Salvatore.TANNER: Salvatore. Any relation to the original settlers here at mystic falls?STEFAN: Distant.TANNER: Well, very good. Except, of course, there were no civilian casualties in this battle.STEFAN: Actually, there were 27, sir. Confederate soldiers, they fired on the church, believing it to be housing weapons. They were wrong. It was a night of great loss. The founders archives are, uh, stored in civil hall if youd like to brush up on your facts. Mr. Tanner.TANNER: hmm.Stefan arrives to the party.ELENA: People look up to me. I have to set an example.BONNIE: Just admit it, Elena.ELENA: Oh, ok, so hes a little pretty.BONNIE: He has that romance novel stare. ELENA: Stefan looked deep into her eyes, piercing her very soul.CAROLINE: Hey! You made it!STEFAN: I did.CAROLINE: Well, lets get you a drink.STEFAN: Well, Im-CAROLINE: Oh, come on.BONNIE: So where is he?ELENA: I dont know. You tell me, youre the psychic one.BONNIE: Right, I forgot. Ok, so give me a sec. Grams says I have to concentrate.ELENA: Wait, you need a crystal ball.She gives her a bottle. Bonnie takes it and touches Elenas hand.BONNIE: Ahh.ELENA: What?BONNIE: That was weird. When I touched you, I saw a crow.ELENA: What?BONNIE: A crow. There was fog, a man. Im drunk. Its the drinking. Theres nothing psychic about it. Yeah? Ok, Im gonna get a refill.Bonnie leaves Elena alone.ELENA: Ok. Bonnie!STEFAN: Hi.ELENA: Hi.STEFAN: I did it again, didnt it?ELENA: Yeah.STEFAN: Im sorry. Youre upset about something.ELENA: Oh, uh, no, its Bonnie. Shes. You know what? Never mind. Youre.here.STEFAN: Im here.ELENA: You know, youre kind of the talk of the town.STEFAN: Am I?ELENA: Mm-Hmm. Mysterious new guy, oh, yeah.STEFAN: Well, you have the mysterious thing going, too. Twinged in sadness.ELENA: What makes you think that Im sad?STEFAN: Well, we did meet in a graveyard.ELENA: Right. Well, no, technically we met in the mens room. You dont want to know, its. Its not exactly party chit-Chat.STEFAN: Well, Ive never really been very good at, uh, Chit-chat.ELENA: Last spring. My parents car drove off of a bridge into the lake. And I was in the backseat and I survived, but. They didnt. So thats my story.STEFAN: You wont be sad forever, Elena.Vicki and Tyler in the forest.VICKI: No, Ty. Im not having sex against a tree.TYLER: Oh, come on, it would be hot.VICKI: For who? No, its not going to happen. Its not going to happen, not here, not like this. No. I said no. I said no! Ow, that hurts!JEREMY: Hey, leave her alone.TYLER: You know, youre starting to get on my nerves, Gilbert.VICKI: Just go, Tyler, get the hell away from me.TYLER: Wow. Vicki donovan says no. Thats a first.VICKI: I didnt need your help.JEREMY: It seems like you did.VICKI: He was just drunk. JEREMY: Im drunk. Am I throwing myself at you?VICKI: No, youre worse. You want to talk to me, get to know me, see into my soul and screw and screw and screw until youre done with me.JEREMY: Is that what you think?VICKI: Thats what I know.Elena and Stefan, on a little bridge.STEFAN: I like Bonnie, she seems like a good friend.ELENA: Best friend in the world.STEFAN: And Matt, he cant seem to, uh, take his eyes off of us.ELENA: Matts that friend since childhood that you start dating because you owe it to yourselves to see if you can be more.STEFAN: And?ELENA: And then my parents died, and everything changes. Anyway, Matt and I, together we just, I dont know, It wasnt, um. It wasnt.STEFAN: Passionate.ELENA: No. No, it wasnt passionate. Hey, um, are you ok? Um, Your eye, it just, its-STEFAN: Oh, um. Yeah, no. Its, um, its nothing. Um, are you thirsty? Im gonna get us a drink.Vicki is alone in the forest. She hears a noise.VICKI: Jeremy? Is that you? Jeremy? The fog is everywhere around her. Someone attack her.Elena waits Stefan.MATT: Looking for someone?ELENA: Hey. MATT: When you broke up with me, you said it was because you needed some time alone. You dont look so alone to me.ELENA: Matt, you dont understand. Its-MATT: Thats ok, Elena. You do what you have to do. I just want to let you know that. I still believe in us. And Im not giving up on that.ELENA: Matt.Stefan comes back.CAROLINE: Hey! There you are. Have you been down to the falls yet? Because they are really cool at night. And I can show you. If you want.STEFAN: I think youve had too much to drink.CAROLINE: Well, of course I have. So-STEFAN: Caroline. You and me, its not gonna happen. Sorry.ELENA: I was wondering who abducted you, but now I know.STEFAN: Is she like that with, uh, all the guys?ELENA: No. Youre fresh meat. Shell back off eventually. Hmm. God, you gotta be kidding me!STEFAN: What is it?ELENA: My brother.STEFAN: The drunk one?ELENA: That would be the one. Excuse me.STEFAN: Need some help?ELENA: Trust me, youre not going to want to witness this. Jeremy! Jeremy!She follows Jeremy in the forest.ELENA: Jeremy, where the hell are you going?JEREMY: I dont want to hear it!