Following the trailer that debuted last week, The CW Network has unveiled the new poster for Season 6 of The Vampire Diaries, which features the tagline, "All spell breaks loose."

The poster may also have fans scratching their heads a bit, since it features Elena (Nina Dobrev) and her ex Stephan (Paul Wesley) holding hands, while bitter rivals Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Bonnie (Katerina Graham) are also linked arm-in-arm. What does this all mean? Will Mystic Falls plunge into chaos once again? We won't know for sure until the Season 6 premiere, "I'll Remember" airs Thursday, October 2 at 8 PM ET on The CW. You can also take a look below the poster for new images from "I'll Remember", along with a batch of publicity photos.

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Season 5 of The Vampire Diaries began with a sense of hope for Elena (Nina Dobrev). After a passionate summer with Damon (Ian Somerhalder), Elena headed to Whitmore College with Caroline (Candice Accola), not knowing that Bonnie (Katerina Graham) sacrificed her life to save Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen). As Bonnie's friends fought to bring her back to life as the Anchor to the Other Side, Stefan (Paul Wesley) had to face-off with his doppelganger Silas, and a newly human Katherine (Nina Dobrev) struggled with mortality and motherhood. Damon's relationship with Elena was put to the test when Enzo (guest star Michael Malarkey), an old vampire friend from Damon's past, revealed he was still alive and looking for revenge. Stefan and Caroline's friendship deepened as they stood up to the Travelers, a nomadic witch tribe driven to strip Mystic Falls of magic and cast out its supernatural residents. Finally, with time running low until the inevitable collapse of The Other Side, Damon and Bonnie made the ultimate sacrifice in order to bring back their friends.

Now, months after this devastating tragedy, everyone is dealing with the loss of their loved ones in different ways, some more destructively than others. What happened to Bonnie and Damon, and if they can even be saved, remains a mystery. Meanwhile, their beloved hometown of Mystic Falls continues to be a magic-free zone, protected by a mysterious new community watch program. If there's any hope of salvaging their former lives, our heroes must find a way to push through their grief and band together. This season will explore themes of loss, denial and what it means to move on in the face of immortality, ultimately begging the age-old question - can you ever really go home again?

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