“ | Dear Diary, today is my first night back from my aunt's and I feel so much better. I want to move on from the girl I was. The drugs. I want to leave it all behind and be the person my family, my friends, need me to be right now. | ” |
— Aurora Gilbert writing in her diary.
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Pilot is the first episode of the first season of The Vampire Diaries and the first episode of the series overall.
Summary[]
DESIRE, HEARTBREAK, ENVY, REDEMPTION, FEAR, AND RAGE, BEGINS NOW — Four months after the car accident that killed their parents, Aurora Gilbert, Elena Gilbert and their younger brother, Jeremy, are still trying to move on with their lives. As the school year begins, Elena Gilbert is intrigued by a handsome and mysterious new student named Stefan Salvatore, who came from another school, and the two are immediately drawn to one another, with Elena not realizing that Stefan is actually a century old vampire. When Stefan's older brother, Damon Salvatore, arrives in Mystic Falls, an old rivalry between the two is awakened that could be the ruin of Aurora, Elena and the town. And Aurora and Damon are quick to flirt with each other. Jenna, Bonnie, Annora, Caroline, Matt, Vicki, and Tyler also appear.