Because of that, fans quickly split into teams, each choosing who they thought Elena should be with. In the end, Damon was the Salvatore brother who stood by her, after they both went through so much.

The Vampire Diaries ran for two more seasons after Dobrev's departure, during which her character was under a Sleeping Beauty ...

Author LJ Smith, whose best-selling Vampire Diaries novels were turned into a hit TV show ... prizes for best fantasy/sci-fi ...

The novels were adapted into a hit CW show of the same name starring Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley and more ...