It's been 5 years since Klaus Mikaelson himself saved the world from the devastating effects of the Hollow. The grief has consumed those closest to him. Especially Caroline, she was determined to bring him back. And she finally has the means to do it.
The phone rings.
Hope Mikaelsons' name reads on the caller ID, As Caroline picks up the phone, she glances at the gold vase full of ashes,
"Hope?" sounding desperate,
"Is it really you?" Caroline asks,
"Caroline, I'm sorry it's taken so long to return your call, I just, I haven't been myself, since my dad—well you know,"
Hopes voice trails off,
"Look I get it, It's okay, It's been really hard. But...I have it. I have everything we need. It's all ready." Caroline explains to her excitedly,
"Are you serious? How—Where are you?"
Hope's breathing accelerates,
"I'm at the school." Caroline answers,
"I'll be there soon." Hope quickly hangs up.
Caroline's rummaging through a box full of letters she exchanged with Klaus when she grabs the one that has the four words she's held on to after all these years,
However long it takes, Caroline remembers the first time Klaus said those words to her, before she knew what she wanted out of life. She grins widely thinking of what she'll say to him when she sees him again. She hears a sound behind her, it's been less then a half hour since she spoke with Hope. Who could possibly be here right now.
As Caroline turns around she sees Hope, who is much older and taller then she remembers. Standing right beside Hope is a girl who looks astonishingly like Rebekah, Caroline notices.
"Hope, wow, how did you get here so fast?" Caroline asks her,
"I know you weren't expecting me till at least tomorrow," Hope explains to her,
"My aunt Freya and I did a spell that casts us both here, we aren't here-here per-say, but when you called we agreed we would do anything, and as quickly as possible to bring my dad back!" Hope looks at Caroline more serious now,
"But In order for this to work, Caroline—you know they have to be involved.
Are you sure you're okay with them doing this?" Hope asks,
"Of course, whatever it takes...I've been feeling just as low as you, maybe even worse. His loss made me come this close to shutting off my humanity.."
A teardrop falls down her cheek,
"But—seeing him, this, moment...it's what's kept me going,"
Caroline looks at Hope eagerly,
"I'm ready, and the girls are in the next room, I have his ashes, the vile of his blood, and the stake he and Elijah used to kill themselves." Caroline tells her,
"Okay, say no more. Let's get on it. Go get Josie and Lizzie." Hope adds,
Just as Caroline is about to grab them,
Freya chimes in
"Hi Caroline, I'm Freya, Klaus's sister. I-I wanted to say thank you, for getting all of the stuff we needed for this, I've been so consumed with grief after the loss of my brothers I..."
Caroline puts her hand up,
"Freya, don't mention it, seriously. You're welcome, I did what I had to do. I just really hope it works." Caroline smiles to her and then exits the room to grab the twins.
Lizzie and Josie come waltzing into the room, in perfect synchronization. Josie gazes at Hope in disbelief, and right before Hope can say anything Josie runs to her to hug her, but quickly realizes hopes body is a mere reflection, a ghost even. she looks up at her confused
"Hope, what..." Josies arms are crossed across her chest.
Hope stops her before she can ask,
"Josie, don't worry, I'm not a ghost or anything, it's a spell that puts me there temporarily." She reassures her,
Josie looks at her for what seems like lifetimes to Hope
"Oh...well I haven't seen you since your dad passed and you never even bothered to reach out,"
tears well up in Josies eyes,
"Josie, I'm sorry. I just haven't been myself."
Hope stops and looks at Josie more intensely
"But I'm telling you, I didn't go one day without thinking about you, I missed you more than you can imagine, Josie.
"It's okay," Josies smiling gently,
"I'm going to help you bring your dad back, I just hope you come here, when he returns so I can give you a proper hello," they both laugh, Hopes laugh more knowing.
"Oh I'm not coming there, but you guys however, you'll be here before you know it." Hope says boldly,
everyone looks at Hope wondrous and before anyone can ask her she answers their question.
"Okay, enough with the stares, as soon as Caroline called me I called Rebekah, she compelled you a jet that will grabbing you from the Virginia airport and you'll be flying to us,"
Caroline starts clapping "Wait...what? Where are you guys?" She asks,
Freya smiles "Well— Paris of course,"
Lizzie looks at Josie,
"Don't look so excited, dad is not going to let us go, no way," Lizzie states,
"Oh I can get your dad to agree to a trip to Europe with me before you can say the words Paris, honey." Caroline adds,
"Okay enough chitchat, let's get on with bringing back the love of my life, where do we need to be?" she asks Freya,
"Somewhere with enough space so we can draw a pentagram," Freya replies,
"Right over there works," she points to the area in the living room next to the infamous Salvatore fireplace. Josie and Lizzie start drawing the pentagram while Caroline grabs the ashes, blood, and stake.
"Alright, what next?" Caroline asks as she walks back in the living room, Freya starts explaining how the spell will work,
"I will channel the stake to the exact time that Klaus was killed by it, I'll place his body in the middle of the pentagram where you'll have his ashes spread out here," Freya points to Caroline where the ashes go and Caroline starts to disperse them, she continues,
"As soon as the stake enters his heart your twins will come in and syphon the magic of the stake, then his body will take form where these ashes lie." Freya says, looking extremely confident,
"Then, viola! He's back—" Caroline says sounding concerned,
"Not to be a pessimist—you make it sound so easy."
"Well the hard part is over, all the ingredients you got...Plus, we have 4 powerful witches, I wouldn't be surprised if we could resurrect more then one person right now." Freya says,
"Don't joke around," Hope says
