Niklaus and Elijah Mikaelson stared at each other as the life drained from each other's eyes. Their bodies flaked away into dust that was taken by the cool winds of New Orleans.
The brothers opened their eyes once more and saw that they were still in the city they loved. Standing side by side. They smiled and hugged it out. They walked down Bourbon Street side by side and found the people they lost.
Camille, Josh, Hayley, Jackson, Aiden, the Wolves, the Vampires, and even the Witches were waiting for them with open arms. Haylie and Cami smiled.
This was their new Always and Forever: Everyone they love and have loved, together once more.
While the brothers are at peace they couldn't help but still watch over their remaining siblings and daughter/niece. They watched Marcel and Rebekah get married and live a fruitful life. Rebekah joined her brothers after 100 years as a human.
Kol and Davina remained as strong as ever though Davina aged and eventually left the world.
Freya and Keelin started a family of their own with Vincent. They lived a beautiful human life and had plenty of grandchildren to entertain. Though the never did return to New Orleans.
Caroline, well she still runs the Salvatore School and helps each new generation of supernaturals. She became her own legacy much like the Original family. She's considered a myth to most, but those few who have met her from going to the Salvatore school, know that she is very much real and very much a person to look up to.
And Hope.
Hope, after much grieving returned to The Salvatore School and continued her studies. She continued her family's legacy but also changed the narrative. She would not repeat the same cycle as her family before because she wasn't bound to the same silly promise of Always and Forever. She didn't have to try to be everyone's hope anymore and even though she was forced to grow up too soon she did manage to figure out who she was and not who everyone wanted her to be.
It did sadden her for a while knowing her family was never going to be the same as it once was. But that's okay because she knew that she'd someday return to her parents, aunts, and uncles.
And she did.
The Original family was finally whole again for the rest of eternity, Always and Forever.
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