What happens in book 1 of The Vampire Diaries?

Answer 1

Elena Gilbert is the most beautiful and popular girl in Robert E. Lee High School. Adamant to triumph over personal tragedy - her parents' death in a car crash - Elena enters into her senior year of high school with the ferocious desire to be best at everything. The moment she spots the handsome new exchange student, Stefan Salvatore, Elena is determined to make him hers. However, for seemingly no reason at all, Stefan avoids Elena like the plague.

And then Stefan rescues Elena from a brutal admirer. Elena realises that Stefan may recipocate her obsessive affection. But as the pair fall in love, their town of Fell's Church is being terrorised by inexplicable, horrifying 'animal attacks'. Too soon, Elena and Stefan's love faces a great peril: everyone thinks Stefan committed the crimes.

When Elena tries to confront Stefan, she discovers his terrible secret. Stefan is a five-hundred year old vampire, born in the Italian Renaissance. But Stefan isn't the one who has been committing the murders, the perpetrator is Stefan's diabolical brother, Damon Salvatore, who lives to wreak misery on Stefan's life. The two brothers were turned vampire by the coquettish German Lady Katherine von Swartzchild, whom they both loved. Katherine killed herself when the brothers refused to make peace with each other. The reason why Stefan initially avoided Elena was because Elena is a doppelganger of Katherine. For this same reason, Damon also chooses to pursue Elena.

Damon's methods of seduction are creepily romantic. He follows her around in the magical disguise of a crow and he invades her dreams. Despite the duress, Elena rejects Damon's advances and remains stoically loyal to Stefan.

Elena's rejection angers Damon. In a fit of rage, he provokes Stefan to fight.

In the aftermath, Stefan disappears. The townspeople of Fell's Church belive Stefan's disappearance cements the truth that Stefan is behind the attacks. However, Elena's sure she knows what's really happened. She thinks Damon is responsible for Stefan's disappearance, and she knows Stefan is in grave danger...