The Vampire Diaries
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County Road -late at night
it's late at night a young couple drives in the woods both siting in the front sits Darren who is 24 years old and beside him is Brooke also 24 . MUSIC PLAYS IN THE CAR.
Through the front windshield - headlights pierce darkness
Darren
An hour drive to hear that crap, wasn't even a band;guy with a guitar. An hour each way.
Brooke
He wasn't that bad.
Darren
He sounded like James blunt.
Brooke
What's wrong with that?
Darren
We already have a James blunt one's all we need
Through the windshield.... A misty fog start's rolling by.
Darren
You owe me so much sex for this night.
The fog grows thicker and thicker. It becomes difficult to see the road in front of them.
Brooke
What's with the fog?
Darren
It'll clear..... Give it a sec.
Brooke
You could slow down.
There's nothing but white all around them. The road's almost completely gone from view. Then, all of a sudden..... the fog lifts. They can see again.
Windshield -pov-a man stands in the middle of the road.
Darren hits the brakes. Not fast enough..... They crash into the man.
His body goes up and over the jeep, rolling off the top, hitting the ground behind them
Darren yanks the wheel , sending the jeep into a tailspin across the road. It comes to a screeching Halt. Everything goes silet. Darren turns to Brooke.
Brooke
We hit someone, oh god.....
She's in full panic. Starts crying. Darren reaches for his cellphone. Starts dialing. Opens the door.
Darren
Jesus. Shit. Stay here, okay?
Brooke
Please let him be all right.
Darren hops out of the car, leaving Brooke shaking. She peers out the window, but she can't see anything. The headlights are pointed to the woods.
Brooke
Please, please, please.......
She turns to look out her side window when..... A face appears. Brooke leaps out of her skin. It's Darren.
Darren
I can't get reception. Try your phone. And he's gone
Darren races across the road, where the man lies. Still.
Slowly, he approaches the man , kneels down.... Beside the body, it's not moving, Darren knows this isn't good, he finds his hand..... lifts it.
We glimpse a ring on the dead man's finger. It's unusual, antique. A lapis stone.
He peers down to the man's face. Unable to see him at all. It's pitch black.
He flips his cellphone around and Hits the touch pad, it lights up his led screen. Use's it as a light when....
In a flash --- hands reach out.
In a flash --- the man rises up
In a flash--- Darren's head yanks back, neck exposed.
In a flash --- Sharp. Gleaming. Fangs.
Rip into Darren's throat. He's dead in an instant no scream. no noise at all. A vicious, silent death.
EXT. Car- night
Brooke gets out the car with her cell, having no idea what's happening just yard's away. She's having trouble getting reception as well. she walks around to the front of the car. Calls out
Brooke
Mine doesn't work either.
Her eyes search the darkness. There's no Darren. No man either for the matter, Brooke looks around.
She turns back to the car. Frightened, terrified, a noise behind her . She turns. Just as....
Darren's body falls onto the car's hood. from above out of nowhere, it land's with a resounding thud. Sprawled across the hood his neck a raw and bloody mess.
Brooke is paralyzed in horror. A figure emerges behind her. A man silhouette In the headlights. His fare shadowed.
She sense's his presence. She spins around. No one's there because, now he's on the other side of her. How did he get there? Impossible.
She spins around again. He's gone again.
Brooke turns and begins to run . Down the center of the road. Screaming hysterically. Trying to put distance between her and whoever is out there ...
she keeps running and running..... directly into the fog.
Everything becomes blurry real fast. Brooke keeps moving, not looking back, disappearing further into the hazy mist.
A pov tracking shot behind her..... travelling lightning fast. it catches up with her
Suddenly, Brooke's feet leave the ground as here entire body takes flight. Her scream echoes through the night as something much faster and stranger yanks her entire body our of sight. Then, her scream is cut short. A deadly silence.
Swirling for fills the frame....
From it, appear the following words....
episode 2
EXT. Elana's house -day
Morning bird's chirp. Sun shines down an a big family home.A veranda wraps around the front.all charm.No sense of last night's horror.
Elana Gilbert
Dear diary...... Today will be hell.
Elana Gilbert 17,faces herself In the mirror. a silent assessment. Fresh-faced, perfect features.
Elana Gilbert
But, I'm ready.I can deal.I have a plan.I will smile. It will be believable. Genuine. My smile will say, "I'm fine, thank you". "yes,much better. "time heals everything".
Elana is now at her desk writing in her journal.
Elana Gilbert
They will see that Elana is alive and well.
As she writes, the camera moves around her room. Taking inventory of her life. Items of an over-achiever, awards, certificates, ribbons, ECT.
Elana Gilbert
And if I can convince them, then Maybe, just maybe, I can believe it myself.
Snapshots and frame photos. Friends in funny, happy poses, reflecting the life of a popular and well-adjusted girl.these are person photos...they mean something. Her parents, brother obligatory family photo. Linger on it for a beat. There's a story there.
Int. Elana's house -kitchen
The morning news is muted on a small tv in the background. Photos of Darren and Brooke flash on screen. Missing couple. Jenna mayer (29) stands at the fridge. Grad school sweat. A little scattered in a brainy way. A thinker in sweats. Which works for her. it's sexy.
She opens the fridge door. Studies it's contents. Jenna is not domestic. she never will be.
Jenna sommers
Toast. I can make toast.
she's taking to Elana who just walked in. Goes straight for the coffee pot pours a cup. Elana drinks it black
Elana Gilbert
It's all about the coffee, aut jenna
Jeremy Gilbert
is there coffee?
Jeremy (15) enters the kitchen. Cool look, has original take on grunge punk, nothing extreme. Tinkere with the nail polish and eye-liner but won't commit. A bit of a mess. Outcast cute.
Jenna sommers
Your first day of school and I'm totally unprepared.
She grabs two power bars. Hands 'em out'. Reaches for her purse finds some cash. Elana declines. Jeremy takes it.
Jenna sommers
Lunch Money. Anything else? A no. 2 pencil? what am I missing?
She's trying to get it right.
Elana Gilbert
Don't you have a big presentation today?
Jenna sommers
I'm meeting with my thesis advisor at......(checks her watch, realizing) now. Crap.
Jenna disappears in a flash. Elana turns to Jeremy.
Jeremy Gilbert
Don't start.
Jeremy exits the back door. uninterested and annoyed. Left alone in the kitchen, Elana sighs. Steeling herself for the day.
"best friends"
Ext. Mystic falls/ morning
A small Virginia town. Quant, picturesque. A place you'd like to raise a family. Southern in it's hospitality, northern in it's attitude.
a Prius makes its way past main street. Man and pop. A couple restaurants. A hardware store. A church.
Elana rides beside Bonnie (17). Light, bubbly, and adorable. A loyal friend with a big heart. she's in chatty catty mode.
Bonnie Bennett
Did I tell you about the argy? I had the football team over. Threw a blindfold on. I still don't know who took my virginity..... Elana! Back in the car!!!
Elana jumps when she hears Bonnie yell her name. Quickly snaps out of her doze.
Elana Gilbert
I didn't again, I didn't I? I'm sorry, Bonnie. You were saying.......
Bonnie Bennett
What? C'mon, you can do it.....
Elana Gilbert
(thinking hard) something about being psychic.
Bonnie toots the horn. They both laugh.
Elana Gilbert
Okay, then, predict, what's in store for me? Give it up.
Bonnie is turning a corner. She holds one hand out, waving it like a magic wand. In complete goof mode.
Bonnie Bennett
I see puppies and daffodils and a naked Ryan gosling.....
Suddenly, something flies into the windshield. Bonnie jerks the steering wheel. The car goes skidding
She slam's on the brakes.
Bonnie Bennett
What was that? oh god......
Bonnie Bennett
Elana? Are you okay? I'm so sorry.
Elana sits frozen in the front seat.
Elana Gilbert
I'm okay. It happens.
Bonnie Bennett
no I'm so sorry, it was like a bird or something. It came out of nowhere.
Elana Gilbert
It's okay. I can't let care freak me out for the rest of my life.
She shake's it off. Determined not to let it cloud her day. Bonnie gets it. Appreciates it.
Bonnie Bennett
I predict this year is gonna be kick ass. And I predict all the sad and dark times are over. And you're going to be happier than happy. With some that sex too.
Elana smiles. Touched by all Bonnie says.
Elana Gilbert
That's all good. Just one thing. If you're psychic, how come you didn't predict the bird?
Bonnie grins. Hits the gas and they're off.
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