The Vampire Diaries

The Original Arc, The Return Trilogy, The Hunters Trilogy, The Salvation Trilogy

The Original Arc High school golden girl Elena caught in a dark and dangerous love triangle between two centuries-old vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon. Follows Elena as she wakes up transformed into a vampire, deals with overwhelming bloodlust, and ultimately sacrifices herself to defeat an ancient evil. The Return Trilogy Focus primarily to Bonnie as a new, deeply malevolent supernatural threat terrorizes Fell's Church. Elena returns from the dead with strange new powers and irresistible blood. Following Elena as she ventures into a dangerous supernatural realm to rescue Stefan. Stefan dangerously weak and Damon turned completely human. The Hunters Trilogy Elena and her friends try to settle into a normal life, a slightly altered reality where past traumas seem smoothed over. Elena, Stefan, and her friends move away to attend Dalcrest College, where Elena's parents first met. Elena chooses Stefan, leaving Damon heartbroken. He becomes dark, angry, and feeds wildly on humans. Elena tries to balance her love for Stefan with her deep, lingering tie to Damon and her wish to save his soul. Klaus comes back from the dead. His followers overrun the campus to help him destroy Elena and everyone she loves. The Salvation Trilogy Elena and Stefan have built a stable life together at Dalcrest College, and their friends are happy and settled. Meanwhile, Damon is traveling through Europe and shockingly finds himself traveling alongside Katherine. The Guardians offer Elena a single chance to live, and to save Damon, by going back in time to right before she ever met the Salvatore brothers. She successfully alters the timeline, mends the brothers' relationship, and stops a major school catastrophe. She wakes up seven years later in a safer, altered world where her friends live happy, independent lives like Matt succeeding in football and Bonnie marrying Zander. Leaving the past behind, Elena heads to an airport in France where she runs into Damon, cementing her final destiny.

Story added by lovebuckley on October 5, 2026