What Was Hope Doing In Your Dreams?

""You know, every culture on Earth has legends about creatures that only appear in dreams. But a woman in a black dress and a veil is pretty specific.""

- - Alaric to Hope and Rafael

What Was Hope Doing In Your Dreams? is the ninth episode of the first season of Legacies and the ninth episode of the series overall.

Summary
YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE – During a stressful week of exams, Hope, Rafael, Landon and MG's attempts to study get thwarted by the arrival of a new monster who feeds off their worst fears. Meanwhile, Hope struggles with a secret she's been keeping from Landon. Julius and Brianna's friendship comes to a head. Alaric also appears.

Plot
At Triad Industries, Ryan Clarke asks the clerk for information about Seylah Chelon. The man is unable to provide anything as the system throws errors, citing that Seylah never worked for Triad. Clarke hands the man a photograph where Seylah is wearing the logo, and asks to check the paper archives. The clerk initially refuses, telling Clarke that access to the archives requires an access code that only those with the highest security clearance know, nevertheless, Clarke provides the access code and the clerk shows him the files. He reads Seylah’s files, and is confused as to how she could be in Mystic Falls the previous day if she had been absorbed years earlier.

At the Salvatore School, Pedro begins experiencing strange nightmares wherein a hooded figure attacks him. He is jolted awake by the nightmare, and the other children tell him to go back to sleep. Meanwhile, Hope and Alaric are debating what to tell the other students about the glowing artefact and the possible monster that could be coming for it. Alaric decides to hold an emergency meeting, calling all of the students to the hall in the middle of the night. He tells the students that the Lockwood Mansion has been evacuated and they are to stay there until things are safe at the school, however Kaleb, Landon and Rafael refuse to leave. Instead, they all leave for different parts of the school, with Landon searching for Hope — with questions over his missing memories — and Rafael hitting the library.

Individually, each of them falls asleep and is haunted by the hooded figure from Pedro’s earlier nightmare. Rafael is affected the most, when he dreams of kissing Hope, but is jolted to a different nightmare by the sound of Kurt’s buckle. The hooded figure questions where “it” (the glowing urn) is, however Rafael is perplexed and unaware of the situation unfolding before him. When he jolts awake, however, he is left with an imprint of the buckle on his arm, showing that what happens in the dream also happens in reality. When Rafael explains his nightmare to Alaric and the others, he deems that the monster they’re currently facing is a night hag. He explains this to the school in a second emergency meeting, telling those who are not evacuating to do whatever they can to stay awake. Landon asks Hope if the two can talk, however she brushes him off, not wanting to reveal anything about Seylah to him.

Each of the students fail in their attempts to stay awake, with MG falling asleep and dreaming about becoming a ripper. Simultaneously, Landon falls asleep in class and dreams of being embarrassed in front of his entire class during an exam. Both are told by the night hag that they know what to do, referencing the return of the urn to Malivore. Landon stabs himself with a pencil in order to wake up, and visits Alaric’s office afterwards whilst Hope cleans him up. Alaric suggests that Landon evacuate with the others, however Landon is adamant that he must stay. Afterwards, Hope visits the gym to find Rafael working out, he reluctantly agrees to be her sparring partner. When they are done, Rafael asks Hope to not hurt Landon, however she tells him that she is still interested in being with him.

Landon calls a meeting with Hope and Alaric. He reveals that the monster probably isn’t a night hag, but an oneri, a monster that poses as other monsters. They formulate a plan to pull the monster into reality, however Hope is weary that she cannot be the one to do it as her falling asleep would compromise the location of the urn. Rafael, Landon, MG and Kaleb volunteer to fall asleep, and each of them are tormented by the oneri in their nightmares. Landon is successful in bringing the oneri into reality, and when they awaken, they find that Hope is already battling it. With Alaric’s help, Hope is able to kill the oneri by stabbing it in the eyes.

Rafael and Hope talk afterwards, and Rafael tells Hope that the two cannot talk as close friends anymore given his recent dreams about Hope. Landon and Hope talk afterwards, and Landon tells Hope that his worse fear is losing what he has with Hope. The two kiss afterwards.

Clarke arrives at Rafael and Landon’s previous foster family, questioning why they are still receiving benefits when the two no longer live at their address. Clarke offers to hold off on reporting if the two give him more information on the whereabouts of Landon. }}

Main Cast

 * Danielle Rose Russell as Hope Mikaelson
 * Aria Shahghasemi as Landon Kirby
 * Kaylee Bryant as Josie Saltzman (credit only)
 * Jenny Boyd as Lizzie Saltzman (credit only)
 * Camila Cabello as Brianna Bellerose
 * Luke Benward as Julius Carter
 * Quincy Fouse as MG
 * Peyton Alex Smith as Rafael Waithe
 * Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman

Recurring Cast

 * Chris Lee as Kaleb

Guest Cast

 * Nick Fink as Ryan Clarke

Co-Starring

 * Reznor Malalik Allen as Pedro
 * Joy Goodman as Night Hag
 * Douglas Tait as Oneiroi
 * Sir Brodie as Triad Guard
 * Stephan Jones as Kurt
 * Sharon Freedman as Teacher
 * Tony Guerrero as Hector Gonzales
 * Lorraine Rodriguez-Reyes as Maria Gonzales

Trivia

 * Antagonists: Night Hag/Oneiroi and Malivore (indirectly)

Body Count

 * Night Hag/Oneiroi - Stabbed in the eyes with an arrow and dissipated into smoke; killed by Hope Mikaelson

Continuity

 * Kaleb, MG, Brianna, Julius and Rafael were last seen in Death Keeps Knocking On My Door.
 * Dorian was mentioned by Alaric. He was last seen in Death Keeps Knocking On My Door.
 * Emma was mentioned by Alaric. She was last seen in Mombie Dearest.
 * Matt was mentioned by Alaric. He was last seen in I Was Feeling Epic on The Vampire Diaries, Behind the Black Horizon on The Originals and Hope is Not the Goal on Legacies.
 * Seylah was mentioned and seen in photos. She was last seen in Maybe I Should Start From The End.
 * Caroline was indirectly mentioned by Alaric. She was last seen in I Was Feeling Epic on The Vampire Diaries and When The Saints Go Marching In on The Originals.
 * Josie and Lizzie were indirectly mentioned by Alaric. They were last seen in Mombie Dearest.
 * Kurt makes his appearance in this episode. He was previously indirectly mentioned by Landon in This is the Part Where You Run.
 * Hector and Maria Gonzales were last seen in This is the Part Where You Run.
 * The Dragon woman was indirectly mentioned by Hope. She was last seen in Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn.
 * Pedro was last seen in We're Being Punked, Pedro.

Locations

 * Mystic Falls
 * Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted
 * Lockwood Mansion (Mentioned)
 * Atlanta, Georgia

Behind the Scenes

 * This is the second episode with the word Hope in the title after "Hope is Not the Goal".
 * This episode's title is a line used by Landon Kirby.