Klaus Mikaelson had made a lot of enemies over the centuries. Because of this, his daughter, the 17 year old tribrid named Hope, had to move from place to place. Now, she moved to Mystic Falls and started attending Mystic Falls High, where she meets an attractive Landon Kirby who was assigned to be her tour guide. She had sworn to herself not to make connections, but that seems to be easier said than done

Hope Mikaelson made the ultimate sacrifice when she jumped into Malivore. Because of this, no one at the emembers her... not even Landon Kirby. Except in the moments when Landon's life hung by a thread, when flashes of Hope broke through the fog of oblivion, a reminder of what's been lost. Though his memories fail him, an aching void remains, pulling at his heart. After trying to find a desperate way to escape Malivore, Hope finally returned home, only to discover everyone she ever loved has indeed forgotten she exists. Her best friend Lizzie and her boyfriend Landon. she was merely a stranger to them. And to her family. She had no one. When she discovered the monsters were back and after the man she loves, everything in her wants to protect him. And she would. But a bigger test remains. Does she have the strength to tell him and everyone else who she really is when there's no way to bring back the memories? Could she stand to be by them and be a stranger to them? Meanwhile, after a summer with her mom, Lizzie Saltzman's mental health was improving, but as the world seems to get brighter in one area, it falls in another. Over the summer, Josie had been keeping secrets from everyone she knew, not even confiding in her twin sister or her girlfriend Finch. She knew it was only a matter of time before things started to fall apart, but she couldn't find it in herself to tell them the truth. But what happens when that truth starts to unravel?