Complete story — includes the ending
In the present (7 years after the events of season 4): Freya and Vincent have become good friends, Hayley is the alpha of the Crescents and Josh is leading the vampires. They meet to plan a festival called Mardi Gras but are interrupted by texts from Marcel, and a phone call from Mystic Falls. Hope has been suspended from the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted for turning a Crescent wolf, Henry, into a hybrid. Freya is continuing to search for a way to bring the family together. Kol and Davina are married and living in Belize. In New York, Marcel proposes to Rebekah. Elijah is playing the piano in a bar in France, but has no recollection of Klaus when he enters the bar. Each time the siblings come into contact, dark magic occurs. Rumors have spread that Klaus has gone mad, now spending his days killing enemies that may harm his family. Caroline Forbes tracks down Klaus to get him to return to New Orleans to help search for a missing Hayley. Tensions are rising between the factions in New Orleans and Henry kills a popular vampire. The vampires led by Greta storm the compound calling for his death. Klaus is not coping without Elijah, feels Hope is better off without him, and Rebekah realises that Elijah is lost to them. Marcel returns to New Orleans.
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