when does elena become a vampire
The minute she sees her friend sitting in a pool of blood, however, her fangs pop out and she goes in for the kill. Plec said Elena becoming a vampire is "an awakening of a person who is about to go through a lot of changes", and "she is going to evolve as a person and her relationships are going to evolve accordingly". She tries to make him take the cure because in a human state, the werewolf venom can't kill him. She picks to say goodbye to Stefan. After a brief time, she was finally able to regain her humanity after a surprising plan was carried out by Damon and Matt. Shane told Bonnie she would do this. Damon encourages Elena to quit the cheer squad as she no longer loves it and she convinces Stefan to try out for the football team. Liz says that she knows she should have brought this up sooner but post her parents' death, she was busy looking after her and Jeremy. Megan says she's being chased, and moments later her body falls next to them. Matt and Damon were working together all along. He smiles and say they will make new ones and touches her face gently. He said they should not be there. Damon is surprised since this is the first time that Elena has talked about her future after her memory loss. A dead old guy with a mysterious evil plan," Elena says. She went downstairs and asked for Bonnie. In The Originals, Damon brought a thirsty Elena a blood bag. While waiting for Alaric and Stefan to save Damon from Tripp, Elena confesses to Caroline that she wants her memories back. [2] She was the second cast member to be announced following Steven R. McQueen, who plays Elena's brother Jeremy Gilbert. Damon had fished it out of the river. Physically, Elena is a very beautiful and attractive young woman with an oval face, light olive complexion, almond-shaped brown eyes which are sometimes described as doe-eyes, and long dark brown hair. Elena bolted. While in class, Rebekah sees this as the perfect excuse to throw a housewarming/curfew-ditch party. Jo points out she saw her react to how she felt about the pregnancy and asks if she and Damon have talked about it. "Sorry, Elena," he said and continued the chase. Caroline interrupts them and becomes suspicious of them hiding something. Elena told Damon she was prepared to fight him on this, but suddenly, every part of her body was telling her she needs to get in the car and leave him. Elena, Caroline and Bonnie arrive at the Salvatore house and join the drinking game of toasting to all of Katherine's bad deeds with Damon, Matt and Jeremy. She said she'd give Jeremy and Elena as much time as she could, but she was going to have to put up the veil. Damon does some first aid on Elena before Alaric prepares to take her home. Elena goes to see Stefan and breaks up with him, realizing that she has been selfish. This is what will make me happy," he said. But while resting she keeps hallucinating and "seeing" Damon. Elena and Stefan were talking about it when they climbed to the top of the fountain thing. Actress Nina Dobrev was only 20 years old when she signed on to the show as Elena Gilbert but six seasons later, she surprised fans when she opted not to sign on for Season 7. Klaus is intent on killing Elena by draining her of blood. "As I Lay Dying". Basically, Dr. Fell pumped our girl full of vamp blood (but who's her sire?!) Choose the right path," Shane said, as Jeremy walked toward Elena with a wooden stake in his hand. They are interrupted by Liv's brother Luke who happens to be a witch as well. Elena agreed with Damon and he replied "And my work here is done", then walked out of the room. In I Would for You, Elena's boyfriend Damon after having to stop from killing Rayna Cruz for good and who bears a resemblance to her without killing Stefan whose mark with an X from her sword as his life is linked to hers. Alaric Saltzman (5th time/Revived by Gilbert Ring and 8th time, indirectly)Connor JordanJeremy Gilbert (4th time/Revived by Gilbert Ring)JoleneJesse (As a vampire)Katherine Pierce (Indirectly/Post-Cure Effects/2nd Time as a Traveler Witch)The Travelers (including Markos) with Damon That night, Elena moved out of the Gilbert's House and moved into the Salvatore Boarding House. Then Elena throws a pencil at Rebekah. He begs Elena to keep this between them and not tell Damon and she agrees reluctantly. Elena realized that their lives are connected meaning if she dies, he dies. She also begins to wear skirts and belts. They then reminisce about the that time. Elena always lived by her set of rules, what she thought was right and wrong, and now it's like she's thrown all the rules to the wind and she just does whatever she wants to do. In Disturbing Behavior, Damon helps Elena prepare for the Lockwood party. Elena has a slightly more sophisticated look and trades her usual jeans and t-shirts to dresses and boots. Caroline's the captain, so she said yes. Angry, she goes to the Salvatore boarding house and sees Damon and Rebekah together, she gets upset knowing that they slept together. She thinks he wants to talk about last night. Katherine vamp speeds out of nowhere and attacks Elena. Damon rightfully thought that was a stupid idea because she's not ready to go up against a professional killer. He confesses that Katherine was the one who turned them both in 1864 and tells her that Damon has turned Vicki Donovan into a vampire. Now it's Elena's turn to repay the favor. Damon starts panicking but then she starts laughing, revealing that she was tricking him. However, the spell was interrupted before Damon could pass through the Anchor, Bonnie, and as the Other Side began to disintegrate, Elena and her friends were left heartbroken by their impending deaths. Katherine dropped to the floor. Elena and Damon confront John. Bonnie attacks Klaus to the point of death at which point, Elijah intervenes and goes to finish Klaus but he betrays everyone when Klaus tells him that he can help him find his siblings that Klaus had killed and supposedly buried at sea. Elena tells Lily her sons were trying to help, but Lily is angry and notices Elena's blood on her finger. Rebekah had sent Elena jumping first off a cliff so she could tell Stefan there was only one dose of the cure. She accidentally mentions something she compelled out of him before and has to do it again, but makes him agree to come to the party. [4], Dobrev said that after reading the script, she was drawn to Elena because she was "this average girl who was damaged in many ways". Damon emotionally tells her how he won't let a stupid idea of destiny stop him from loving Elena or being with her or building a future with her because she is his life. Damon mocks Stefan for being so easy on her after one night of passion. While waiting to be picked up, she meets Damon Salvatore who originally confuses her with Katherine. Their moment is interrupted by Nadia who explains she has found a way to save her mother. Elena is seen wearing more chain necklaces in season 4. She tries to ask the truth but then the phone rings. After that, Elena awakens as a vampire in transition. But he trusts Bonnie, and she said they're there to help him. Discovering that Slater's dead, they instead enlist his girlfriend Alice's help. However, the Other Side began collapsing which to its destruction and taking down Bonnie as well. In Stay, Elena and Damon meet Jeremy's Principal to try to convince him to let him graduate early to go to art school. Damon knows she's in a shame spiral filled with newbie vampire remorse, but Elena still wouldn't admit it to anyone but her diary. He could say it's the sire bond, and maybe it is, but it's the most real thing she's ever felt: "I love you, Damon," she said. He tells how he still can't really believe she sacrificed herself so he could come back, but knows it was because of how much he talked about Elena. He said it would all go away. [1] Dobrev was happy that she wasn't, because she felt "it would have been too soon", and also didn't think it was something Elena or she wanted. Elena has now accepted being a vampire. Silas' hand came up to her head. Season 6 of The Vampire Diaries drew to a close Thursday by saying goodbye to the series' lead character, Elena Gilbert. He stabbed her in the neck using his stake rail-gun. "No way, you are not cheering," Caroline told Elena, trying to punish her. Stefan eventually discovers through the info that he has researched and gained, that Elena is not Katherine and Stefan is relieved by this. She told them Stefan's eternity of pain was her revenge, and they were free to go. She'd wanted to dance with him again. When her hand bursts into flames, she lights a nearby gas burner and uses the impromptu flame thrower to burn Kai and runs. Elena realizes that Stefan has shut off his humanity and Caroline confirms it for her. Damon explains that with Enzo dead, he had to carry out his revenge plan himself. They asked Caroline to get Klaus' sword so they could translate Jeremy's tattoos via the photos Bonnie took and send them a map and directions. Elena asked Klaus how he made the torment stop. They go back to the club where Damon tells her that Lexi used to torture him every night. She told him the truth that while he was drowning she was happy, she got everything she wanted, she got to be in love and had the summer of her dreams, she even got Bonnie back and she needs to know that he is going to be okay too. As Klaus starts to turn, Bonnie arrives and starts attacking him with her witchcraft. After Damon calls Elena to inform her about Liz's worsen situation, Elena sees Jeremy in the living room of the house with his bags. She told him how when their parents died, Jenna brought them to that lake house and it was like her parents were there with them. In The Killer, at home, Elena is narrating a diary entry she first wrote since her change into a vampire. Then, just as she's about to over eat in a way that she will forever regret, Damon vamps in and pushes her off Matt. Elena also possesses the abilities of the doppelgängers, meaning her blood can be used for various spells, particularly the magic stripping spell. Then, she backed off. Elena then is extremely heartbroken and hurt when Stefan tells her he doesn't want to see her again and no longer cares for her. After discovering what had happened, Elena returns to the cave with Alaric and Bonnie. At a bonfire, the two of them get into an argument where, afterwards, she calls her parents to pick her up. He calls the ambulance but Tony, who stands in the door, compelled them to leave. I called Stefan," Damon said. I love you so much"., she says. Elena wants to find out what Esther wants so she tries to go to the ball, but Damon refuses by saying that it was a bit too dangerous for her to go. Katherine had tortured Elena by saying she'd end up being as bad as her. After a while, she started to view Damon as self-centered, violent, sociopathic and cruel, especially when she found out that he continuously abused and used her close friend, Caroline Forbes against her will. Elena goes searching for Bonnie in the boiler room, runs into Kol, and then is forced to fight Katherine after Kol vanishes. Stefan advises her to find the thing inside of her that makes her want to live. Finally, Liv tells them that Elena is the last female doppelgänger and that Stefan might soon be the last male and if that happens, the Travelers will come to use Elena. He starts undressing in front of her (which she doesn't seem bothered by) and then asking her if she'd like to stay for the show and she walks out. She promises him that he'll beat it and they hug each other goodbye. Damon forbids anyone to help, which Nadia expected, which is why she buried Matt in the safe somewhere on the property, without his ring. But we always knew that her journey would take her there eventually". [17] The Hollywood Reporter interviewed Plec, and described her transition as "monumental changes" which would have Elena in for a "wild ride". Within in the house, is revealed that Elena and Stefan are needed to perform the spell for their doppelgänger's blood, they are surrounded by many Travelers that begin to perform the spell, they are stuck unable to leave because their rings of light stopped working. She asks where her shirt is and Damon tells her to wear one of his until she heads towards his dresser where the cure is. She is extremely introverted. "Because you don't want to be like me," Damon finishes. When he found Jeremy, Damon again did the most decent thing he could. Later, at the swimming hole, Elena apologizes to Liam that he didn't meet Caroline, but he's fine with it. They saw signs of a struggle, so they assumed Damon has been taken and wasn't just off brooding. She wanted Caroline to turn off her humanity, too, because then she'd stop whining about Tyler leaving her and she wouldn't have to feel guilty for having dirty Klaus thoughts. He first sacrificed the werewolf Jules; then the vampire Jenna Sommers, who was turned into a vampire especially for the sacrifice; and then finally he killed Elena Gilbert, the third Petrova doppelgänger, by draining her of blood to the point of her death. Damon tells her to not be negative but Elena finds Bonnie's blood on the cushion. Elena's always surrounded by drama. And this is where the rendezvous with Matt comes in. She got a new haircut which Damon thought was hot. In Meredith's box, they find an old Gilbert journal. Damon woke up, and she wanted him to go to the Grill, but Stefan had taken his day ring, so he couldn't. Elena sees the news story about Kai's murderous rampage and wonders why Jo would hand over the ascendant. Elena can't have Alaric and Jeremy coming back and trying to make her flip her humanity switch. Elena decides to make the deal, on the conditions that Elijah frees Stefan from the tomb. Lily tells them how a group of witches trapped her here. "Erase it all, every memory." They ask for Alaric's help. Elena later tells Bonnie all about vampires. Plec said: "That felt obviously too soon, and rushed, and we didn’t want to make a show about a teenage girl who instantly becomes a vampire. Elena helps Damon in finishing up the eulogy. Stefan takes her to a bar and asks for Elena's daylight ring. [16] Elena's transition into a vampire was planned for two years. However, when she tries to steal the information Damon got about Katherine out of his pocket, he catches on. She then says goodbye to Caroline whom she'll see again and thanks Bonnie for every time she's made a sacrifice for her. Elena tells him that he will be okay, that she loves him and that he needs to hold onto that and never let that go. With the impact being so bad, Elena falls to the ground and when she makes contact, she hits her head and is knocked unconscious. At the beginning of the series, Elena appears to be a regular human girl, but is then revealed to be a Petrova doppelgänger. When she reached out to touch him, she began to cry and hugged him. Later on, Elena takes more of the herbs to have a final talk with 'Damon' and tells him that she has to let go but he he makes her angry and she throws everything temple about and eventually breaks down but is comforted by 'Damon'. Elena is more direct about getting exactly what it is that she wants. Elena whispers what was that for and he mentions how he had a really bad day and he needed it. He tells her he is not Stefan and that she should stop trying to turn him into him. Elena gets very happy but then Stefan tells her that Caroline left which makes Elena think that now Caroline will retaliate against them. Since they both take the cure and become human, they are able to have children. In While You Were Sleeping, Elena is informed by Stefan of her current Augustine situation and that she has been sealed in her room by a spell so that she doesn't feed on anyone. He tells her that he saved her from the crash, learned she was adopted, and that he loves her. She encounters Esther at the dance, and tells Jeremy to warn Stefan and Damon. She just kept repeating it. They got interrupted by Professor Shane, who's judging the pageant and they thinks it might be creepy that Bonnie is as obsessed with Shane-approved magic as she is. Gender They then kiss and Damon gets a call from Stefan. Jeremy tells Caroline and Elena that compulsion is magic and doesn't work inside Mystic Falls which means Sarah knows what Elena is and has been lying this whole time. Elena asks Damon to take the cure with her. Elena pushes "Damon" off of her and Stefan is bewildered and confused, wondering what is wrong. Eventually, Stefan finds her in the boiler room at the school and tries to take her body out of the room but finds she's spelled in there. Elena goes to meet Meredith at the hospital, but Meredith doesn't want to listen to her. In his thoughts, Elena meets with Damon to where they first met and she asks him how bad it is. Elena returns home to discover that Damon is already there. He asks her if he's lost her forever, but she just thanks him. She meets Caroline in the hospital, visiting her father. And because Caroline could never accept this, as she never liked Damon and always saw Stefan as the better brother, their friendship degraded considerably. She knew how much it hurt him as he loved her but he still gave her a thing that represented hope for her and Stefan. After becoming a vampire, he still loves her regardless of what she is. Caroline tells her about having breakfast with Enzo and Elena asks her to invite him as well. But he ends up injuring several people at the Maize. He doesn't care now. When the vampires capture Stefan as revenge for being the reason they were locked away, Elena, Damon and Alaric help to save him. While trying to bring him back, they almost kiss meaning that she still feels something for him. Damon declined to tell Elena if he'd take the cure when it's found. They share their "I love you's" one last time and he dips her, having one last kiss. Stefan tells Elena that he's leaving town to protect her. Elena assumed Rebekah was daggered so they just needed to get Professor Shane and they'd be set -- but Stefan said he did not dagger Rebekah because she's on their side. In The End of the Affair, Elena and Damon go to Chicago where they find Stefan and Klaus. Now they are back to being best friends and has upgraded tremendously. THE VAMPIRE DIARIES recently made a comeback to Netflix UK after it was removed in 2020 before an outcry seems to have brought it back to the platform. As she hangs up, Damon starts to worry that Kai might be already out. Stefan calls Damon to inform him that he has kidnapped Elena. "She won, Katherine won," Elena said. Damon tries to talk to Elena about the kiss. Klaus then arrives and kills Jules as the first part before adding her blood to the moonstone that has been set ablaze. Go ahead," she said. Elena and Damon became closer than ever, and the sexual tension between them increased as Elena's emotions were heightened. She thinks it's a red flag given that she's trying to set him up with her friend, but he has a sneaking suspicion that's her type. Damon thanks Elena for being the reason Bonnie decided to save him and they end up kissing only to be caught by Jenna. Elena, it turns out, had a plan. She then contacts Stefan to get find solace from him but he tells her that there she should move on, this makes Elena very upset. She asks him if there was anything unusual about the night. She then becomes emotional and he comforts her. As she, Lily and Damon eat breakfast, she is asked if she ever misses being human and Elena replies she sometimes does. Their friendship was strained when her Grams died after being weakened by a preforming a powerful spell to help the Salvatore brothers release Katherine Pierce. Elena wants to know how he escaped, but Damon is not forthcoming with the details, saying only that it wasn't pretty. They take them to Pastor's house, after Pastor tells her about his and the council's plan, she starts to leave the house when Pastor thinks she's one of them. Damon then begins to undress her and pushes her on the bed. She wasn't happy to see Damon either when he told her they were going to make sure she didn't eat the prom queen. "You know, it makes sense. She told Damon she realized something about him today. She wakes up as a ghost and finds her body, sending her to Bonnie, where she passes to the Other Side, and she and many others are able to pass back to the land of the living afterwards. That way, he only has one lifespan to kill the other Originals. Minutes after she arrives at Rebekah's bastion of under-aged drinking, Elena again gets the rage and obsesses over Klaus' sister. "Of course. Elena then tells him that this is not about Liz or Damon himself but about Caroline and what she needs to hear. Damon gives Elena the chance to attend the dance as bait, and she accepts. When Elena's brother Jeremy dies during their failed attempt at obtaining the cure, Elena's in denial that he's dead, believing the Gilbert rings will bring him back to life and rejecting anyone who says otherwise. Elena saw that she was meeting someone at 2 p.m. named "em". She is angry because Stefan didn't realize that it wasn't her. After a number of failed attempts, Alaric successfully compels her to forget her love for Damon. Elena finds them together and Vicki, furious, bites her so Stefan stakes her. When the teacher realizes that Damon and Elena have broken up, she tells them that Jeremy needs a stable living situation. They find Elena's casket empty, but then Elena comes around the corner. The Vampire Diaries revolves around Elena, a young girl who loses both her parents in a tragic accident and eventually falls in love with a 162-year-old vampire called Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley). Preparing lunch with Alaric, Jeremy comes home and tells them he was hanging out with Tyler. She sobs about the waitress that she killed. Damon tells Elena he plans to stay out of it. Elena asks Damon on a dinner but Damon tries to tease her saying that every time they try to go on a date, something bad happens like him being sent to a prison world or Elena's feelings getting compelled. She sees sunlight streaming through the windows then sticks her hand in it. he asked. The last time she saw him he had just learned she was a vampire and thought she wanted to kill him. She then meets Bonnie at the Grill and Bonnie tells her about her weird dreams. They both felt it just end. Tyler calls Elena and tells her he was driving. Later, Damon gets an idea of making Kai take away all the magic inside Liz which will stop her accelerating cancer. Elena was on her own -- except for whoever jumped out and attacked her. She rants about nearly killing Liv and killing Aaron Whitmore. In season three, Elena does everything in her power to make Stefan get his humanity back, which was turned off by Klaus as payment for saving Damon from a werewolf bite in the latter part of season two. He remembered she'd worn blue to last year's pageant—which was sweet. However, after she is unable to keep down animal blood, human blood from a blood bag or vampire blood, she begins to feed from Matt. Elena, who'd heard from Jeremy that Kol had Damon. Rebekah needed a quick update on what she's missed. Elena asks Caroline if she has feelings for him. Kol likes the earth as is. He holds witches in high regard. Elena and Caroline learn that Megan's death is being ruled off as a suicide.