"this isn't you. this is not the man that i fell in love with. you used to be kind, gentle, funny. no, no, you... you're still in shock from the hell that you've been trapped in for so long." lily said to julian.
"hell didn't turn him evil, lily. he was born this way." valerie said.
"okay, this vervain stings like a bitch, and your family drama makes the prospect of hell look like disneyland. so, please, one swift stab straight through the heart. let's get this over with. you chose your heretics over stefan and me, over enzo, every chance you had. why stop now?" damon said to her.
"please, don't do this." may said looking at lily.
"lily, please." valerie said as lily approached her.
"you are such a strong girl. i am so sorry i didn't see it sooner." lily said before she walked over to may.
"seeing you make lorenzo happy has been such a gift, thank you." lily said before walking over to damon.
"my son... please forgive me." lily said lifting his chin so he'd look at her.
"kill me! come on. do it, lily." damon said as lily turned to face julian.
"you're wrong about so many things. i never had the courage to tell you before... but i do now. you... are wrong, julian. i can choose them all." lily said before she staked herself in the heart.
"no! lily! lily." julian said before he pulled the stake out of her.
"oh, my god." may said.
"my sweet, foolish girl. i've already unlinked us." julian said.
stefan, beau and nora ran into the room and julian quickly took off.
"no!" stefan said rushing over to his mother.
"lily!" nora said in an upset tone.
stefan helped damon, may and valerie out of their chains and nora went to get the splinters out of lily.
"the splinters must be inside your heart. i can't... i can't get them out." nora said in a panic.
"nora... it's all right." lily told her.
"what do i do? tell me what to do!" nora said as she turned to stefan.
"you say goodbye." stefan told her as she stared to cry.
"we wouldn't be a family without you, lily. i love you. i am so sorry this happened. goodbye." nora said before she walked out of the room.
beau sat with lily for a moment and he kissed her forehead before walking away.
may walked over to lily and she gave her a warm smile.
"thank you, for saving my life." may said before she went to stand beside damon.
stefan walked over to his mother and held her hand.
"i guess... only one of us gets the luxury of time. promise me you'll use yours to the fullest." lily said to stefan and he nodded his head.
valerie went over to lily and covered her with a blanket. they could see her skin starting to turn grey.
"i forgive you for loving him, lily. you just wanted to love us all. there's no sin in that." valerie said before kissing her forehead.
she turned to damon who had a bottle in his hand.
"she only has moments left. make the most of them." valerie told him before he took another swig of the bottle and went over to his mother.
"damon. i'm truly sorry." lily said weakly.
"say something." stefan said to damon.
damon passed his bottle to stefan and looked down at lily.
"you made your bed. have a nice nap." damon said before lily's face turned grey.
she was dead.
-
after lily's death, stefan and damon tried to go after julian.
during their fight, julian ended up stabbing damon with the sword that had the phenix stone in it. his soul was trapped inside the stone.
damon was living in his own hell.
and as stefan was being comforted by caroline, nora appeared out of nowhere and stabbed stefan with the sword.
both of them were now trapped in their own hell.
-
bonnie had successfully gotten stefan out of the stone but they were having a hard time getting damon back.
matt, caroline, stefan and may were standing around the room while bonnie did the spell to try and bring damon back.
may and caroline exchanged a look and may noticed how pregnant she was now.
caroline ended up being pregnant with alaric and jo's babies. before the gemini coven died, they did a spell to protect the babies by putting them inside of caroline.
"the spells not working. i don't understand. it's like the stone is hiding his spirit." bonnie said.
"then maybe you should take a break, all right? you been trying all day." matt said.
"she can't. the longer he stays in there, the more damaged he'll be when he gets out." stefan said.
"and whose fault is that? you, of all people, don't get to lecture me." bonnie told stefan.
"she's trying her best." may said, defending bonnie.
"hey, hey. it's okay. we're all just a little bit stressed right now. let's take a deep breath, and we can start again when bonnie's ready." caroline told everyone.
"i don't get it. we pulled stefan out no problem. what's different now?" matt asked them.
"because he's not ready yet. when i was in there, i could barely remember who i was, and then i was hit with visions and tests, but the worst part of hell isn't what you're going though. it's the sliver of hope that you can actually get out on your own." stefan explained.
may felt for stefan. she couldn't imagine what he had gone through.
"how come we had no trouble reuniting your soul with your body?" bonnie asked him.
"because eventually i submitted to the kind of suffering that just breaks you. knowing damon, he'll do anything he can to avoid that kind of pain, which means we may never be able to get him out." stefan said in a sad tone.
may looked at damon who was laying on the table, she didn't wanna deal with what would happen if he didn't come back.
