Elena Gilbert

### Title(s)

Pouty, Buffy, Warrior Princess, Scaredy Cat, Judge, Stone Cold Bitch, Baby, Sunshine, Honey, Robert Frost (all by Damon)Love, My Lovelies (by Klaus to Elena, Jules and Jenna)

Cupcake, Dull As Dishwater Doppelganger (by Katherine)

Elena Williams (an alternate identity)

Darling, Darling Former Blood Bag (all by Kol)

Human Blood Bag, Stupid Human Girl (both by Stefan)

Doppelgänger Bitch, Cow, Doppelgänger Wench (all by Rebekah)

### Species

Human/Doppelgänger (Formerly)Human/Phoenix

## Family Information

### Family Members

Amara † (Ancestor)Tatia † (Maternal Ancestor)

Tatia's Child † (Maternal Ancestor)

Mr. Petrov † (Maternal Ancestor)

Mrs. Petrova † (Maternal Ancestor)

Katerina Petrova † (Doppelgänger Of, Maternal Ancestor)

Katerina's Unnamed Sister † (Maternal Ancestor)

Nadia Petrova † (Maternal Ancestor)

Nadia's Child † (Maternal Ancestor)

Johnathan Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)

Christopher Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)

Samantha Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)

Mary † (Adoptive Maternal Ancestor)

Beth † (Adoptive Maternal Great-Grandmother)

John Gilbert †(Biological Father/Adoptive Paternal Uncle)

Mallerie Flemming † (Biological Mother)

Vincent Gilbert † (Paternal Uncle/Adoptive Father)

Andrea Sommers-Gilbert † (Paternal Aunt/Adoptive Mother)

Jenna Sommers † (Adoptive Maternal Aunt)

Jeremy Gilbert (Paternal Cousin/Adoptive Brother)

Alaric Saltzman (Legal Guardian/Step-Father)

Giuseppe Salvatore † (Father-In-Law)

Lillian Salvatore † (Mother-In-Law)

Zachariah Salvatore † (Nephew-In-Law)

Zachariah's Father † (Brother-In-Law)

Stefan Salvatore † (Brother-In-Law)

Caroline Forbes (Sister-In-Law)

Damon Salvatore † (Husband)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

5'6" (Feet)

**Elena Gilbert** is the former main female protagonist of The Vampire Diaries. At the beginning of the series, Elena appears to be a regular human girl, but is then revealed to be a Petrova doppelgänger. It was later revealed that 400 years ago a witch by the name of **Alisha Bennet**t did the *Everlasting Spell* as a way to protect the first *descendant, Unami Avalor,* as well as every female firstborn after another. It was revealed that Elena was the third descendant who is also struggling with her fiery desires and control over her phoenix abilities. Elena had been struggling to live a normal life ever since her adoptive parents, Andrea and Vincent Gilbert, died in a car accident when she was seventeen years old. Her life also changed drastically as she and her friends are caught up in the supernatural world that surrounds them and are forced to face powerful supernatural enemies.Elena was described as a star student. She was popular, sporty, smart, compassionate, empathetic, caring and friendly. She could be very vulnerable and a damsel in distress.

Elena is best friends with Bonnie Bennett, Caroline Forbes, Matt Donovan, Kai Salvatore, and her future-husband, Damon Salvatore. She was also close friends with her ex-boyfriend, Stefan Salvatore. Her actions and beliefs throughout the series have been most influenced by her on-and-off romantic relationships with the Salvatore brothers, as well as by her antagonistic relationship with Katerina Petrova.

In Season One, Elena was still coping with her parents' death when she meets a mysterious new student at Mystic Falls High School, Stefan Salvatore. Elena and Stefan fall in love with each other. However, not long after that, Elena discovers that both Stefan and his brother, Damon, and soon Malachai are vampires. She also becomes aware of the existence of Katherine Pierce, the woman who turned the Salvatore brothers into vampires in 1864, and to whom Elena bears a striking physical resemblance. In the process, Elena discovers a shocking truth - she was adopted, and her real parents are John Gilbert, and Mallerie Flemming, Alaric's wife.

In Season 2, Elena learns that she is Katherine's Doppelgänger, which explains their identical appearance. Because of this, an Original Vampire, Klaus, wants to use her in a sacrifice to break an ancient curse. Despite Elena's and her friends' best efforts, the sacrifice takes place. Her biological father, Lorenzo, sacrificed his own life to protect his own daughter but his sacrifice was interfered as he died without any use and after awoke the phoenix spirit inside of Elena. However, Klaus killed Elena's aunt Jenna, after turning her into a vampire, leaving Jeremy her only blood relative left alive.

After Jeremy's death in Season Four, Elena used the guide of the phoenix stone to release her full potential after to seek the power to revive Jeremy but she had no luck as the Gilbert ring had been used to cheat Jeremy's deaths and neglected the phoenix's powers. So as the power was neglected it tore Elena apart and it fully awoke the angry phoenix causing Elena’s new rampage on humanity and every other supernatural creature that happen to be in the way.

During the events of Season Five, Elena's body was also possessed by Katherine, who was attempting to escape her fate caused by the effects of the cure. It took a while for Elena's friends to discover Katherine's deceit and when she died, she left a 'little present' in the form of infecting Elena's body with a deadly toxin that even could kill a phoenix, permanently, but this was later cured. She and Damon got back together near the end of the season, but it was short-lived. After Stefan's shocking death, in order to bring him and others back from The Other Side, Damon, Elena and Caroline devised a plan, involving Olivia Parker performing a spell that the Travelers had used to bring back their leader, Markos. 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.

During Season Six, Elena decided to cope with Damon's death by using drugs to hallucinate him. However, these drugs enhanced her bloodthirst and she decided to resort to a different mechanism that involves erasing her memories of loving Damon.

After the memories of their relationship were erased, she began to see him as the selfish and arrogant person who killed her brother. Soon after, Damon came back to life and she decided to give him a chance. She began to fall for him again after seeing his acts of attempting to rescue Bonnie from the prison world, and they start their relationship anew. She later learns of the cure that Bonnie brought back from the prison world and takes it, in the hopes of having a family again and a future with Damon to look forward too.

Things go well until Kai ruins Jo and Alaric's wedding and casts a sleeping spell on Elena, linking her life to Bonnie's. She makes a sacrifice to let Bonnie live out her life until it is her turn. She bids goodbye to her friends and loved ones before parting ways but knows that she will see Damon, Stefan, and Caroline again one day.

For most of her life, Elena lived at 2104 Maple Street, in the Gilbert family house. During the fourth season, she briefly moved to the Salvatore Boarding House, when her brother, Jeremy, became a member of The Five and developed an uncontrollable urge to kill vampires, making it impossible for them to live together. Later in the season, after Jeremy’s death, Elena burned down the Gilbert house. After that, she lived in the Salvatore Boarding House for several months, before moving to the Whitmore College dorm.

She attended Mystic Falls High School from Seasons One to Four, where she was a cheerleader, honor student, and one of the most popular girls in the school. Elena wanted to become a great writer and she has a diary in which she writes everything that happens in her life. She was originally turned in this direction by her adoptive mother, who gave Elena her first diary when she was ten. In Season Five, she began attending Whitmore College and in Season Six, she majored in pre-med, wanting to become a doctor.

As Elena was placed in coma by Scarlett Amaran, she would have remained that way until Bonnie died. However, Bonnie later found a way to wake her, and she reunited with her friends. Elena said her goodbye to a dying Stefan, before living a long and happy life with Damon, whom she married. Elena achieved her dream of being a doctor before she died of old age and found peace, reuniting with her adopted parents, Grayson and Andrea, her aunt Jenna and biological father, Lorenzo.

**Elena** is the last living member of the **Petrova Family**, and a member of the **Gilbert Family**.

## Personality

As a human, she's the sociable popular girl in school and the girl next door. She's compassionate, caring, empathetic, kind, intelligent, beautiful, friendly but she can also be pushy, judgmental, selfish, at times prying into other peoples' business, Elena is also athletic and a cheerleader. Her favorite hobby is writing in her journal and says that she's always wanted to be a writer. Elena's "dark side" from the books as a human is never explored because it "didn't ever feel like a characteristic" the show wanted for their heroine. Elena's actual dark side is her "deep, deep connection to other people". Elena's always surrounded by drama. She's always helping around in her community events and Caroline calls her the mothering type.

Like her mother before her, Elena believes in family, honor, loyalty and community. She is shown to be consistently polite, calm and composed, though prone to great anxiety and panic. Despite being something of a skeptic, she has a vivid internal life. She is extremely introverted. She is brave and self-sacrificing, though much of her willingness to save others seems to come from survivor's guilt over her parent's death. She has a strong back bone and never displays a sense of inferiority. However, Elena can also be a hypocrite, and gradually becomes more and more self-absorbed as the seasons continue, but undergoes several huge changes due to trauma, stress, loss and finally healing. She is flawed; not always able to treat her friends with proper respect, and acting in a smothering, if not controlling, manner toward her brother, Jeremy. Elena exalts personal choice and is known for her forgiving nature.

Before her parents' death, Elena used to be "way more fun" and "into everything, very busy".

### **Phoenix**

When Elena died after the ritual that involved Klaus breaking his hybrid curse, Elena had thought to be dead but hours later she started to breathe and her heartbeat was beating again. But soon after, flames started appearing around her, first it started on her body and soon the fire exploded across the Salvatore Boarding School. And as the place was set ablaze it was clearly seen that Elena's flame had burnt off her clothes but not her skin or hair and soon she boosted off into the sky with fire.

When she was found it was seen that she was not Elena, her personality was more joyous and those of a 14 year old rather than Elena's mature self. She was whimsical, optimistic, excited, and wondrous.

It's when the Phoenix Stone was presented to Elena was when she started to regain her memory as well as the knowledge on how she became a phoenix.

As an awakened Phoenix , Elena's personality is amplified. In some ways, Elena is considered to be the opposite of Katherine. In terms of blood consumption, Elena wants to live on a diet of animal blood, like Stefan, in an attempt to avoid hurting someone. 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. It is discovered that her inability to consume other sources of blood was unintentionally due to her sire bond with Damon, and eventually begins to live on a diet of blood bags from a human blood bank. Now that Elena is a vampire, her feelings are magnified, including her feelings for Damon, and they're much harder for her to ignore and push aside.

She also struggles with magnified grief from the loss of so many family members, and anger towards those who put her remaining friends and family in danger. As she's learning to live as a vampire, she begins to learn that she has more in common with Damon than she does with Stefan, and while it scares her, it also makes things more exciting and opens her eyes a bit. These feelings eventually lead to her break up with Stefan as well as the discovery of the sire bond, which pushes everyone to find the cure, hidden with Silas in a tomb. Elena has now accepted being a vampire. With her humanity back, she becomes more determined than she wants, she goes back to being tearful in situations of pain and suffering. And more determined to discover mysterious situations making use of their gifts of compulsion.

Elena had gone through a drastic change after Damon's death.

## Physical Appearance

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. Her height is 5'6"(168 cm), and she has a slim, slightly athletic physique. Elena has an uncanny physical resemblance to her ancestor and doppelgänger, Katerina Petrova, who often poses as Elena in order to trick others. However, even though Elena and Katherine look exactly the same in terms of physical appearance, there are some slight differences between the two in terms of fashion and style, and especially personality.

In terms of fashion sense, while Elena's human, she's much more casual, sporty and "girl next door" and doesn't wear a lot of make up or favor fashionable clothing unless attending a formal event. Elena favors wearing dark blue jeans with t-shirts of various colors and Converse sneakers. Elena primarily wears fashionable clothing or dresses up for special occasions or formal events. Katherine's fashion sense or style, on the other hand, is much more high maintenance, expensive and trendy. Another distinct difference between Elena and Katherine's physical appearance is that Elena always wears her hair straight with a middle part in which Katherine doesn't like, while Katherine wears her hair curly. However, Katherine often straightens her hair in order to fool people when she's posing as Elena. Elena wore a special necklace containing the herb vervain in it as a human, which is really Esther's talisman, which cannot be destroyed; it was given to Elena by Stefan to protect her from compulsion.

Elena as a new Phoenix she wears a pendant that holds the Phoenix Stone made by Alisha Bennett in order to be able to access her power in a more controlling way but also, if she ever needed to, revive someone. Elena has a slightly more sophisticated look and trades her usual jeans and t-shirts to dresses and boots. Since Elena now has the freedom to accessorize, she dips into her jewelry box more often. Elena is seen wearing more chain necklaces in season 4. After she abandons her humanity, she becomes more womanly in the way she looks. She gets red streaks in her hair and curls it. She also begins to wear skirts and belts. When Katherine possessed Elena, she removed the red streaks.

In *American Gothic*, Elena impersonates Katherine for the first time. As she has now changed her style, she's able to temporarily fool Elijah of her identity. As Katherine's wardrobe is much more adult, Elena switches her comfortable boots for high heels, casual denim jacket for slim fitting leather and took Katherine's sparkly eye catching jewelry including earrings, bracelets and her watch. To pass for Katherine, Elena also applies more make up, particularly dark eye shadow and eyeliner to a much more "sluttier" degree, as said by Rebekah. At first glance, Elena and Katherine are identical yet their personalities, mannerisms, style, and makeup differ greatly and are generally aspects which give away their identity.

In Season Five, Elena starts to wear more skinny jeans, low-heeled boots, low heels, combat boots, sleeveless blouses, leather jackets, short skirts and super short shorts, varied dresses, makeup, and plunges more in her jewelry box.

After returning to a human towards the end of Season Six, she stops curling her hair and goes back to her original straight hairstyle.

In Season Eight, after awakening from her magically induced coma, Elena is seen in black floral-print dress, combat boots, and a red sweater as she attends Stefan's Memorial.

## Powers and Abilities

### Human/Doppelganger

* **Doppelganger's Blood**
* **Combat Abilities:** She possesses fighting abilities to defend herself against vampires as she trained under Alaric and Damon. She knows how to stake vampires and also the traits of a vampire hunter.

### Phoenix

* **Phoenix Fire:** Phoenix fire is known to be one of two types of fires that can burn forever and through anything and can be known to be unquenchable as even Bonnie couldn't extinguish the flame so she had to move it.
* **Flight:** Using the Phoenix flames to ascend into the air and gives Elena the ability to fly.
* **Enhanced Strength:** Each time Elena dies her strength is multiplied even more than the last and can be proved to be stronger than a vampire's supernatural strength.
* **Optical Sight:** Being a Phoenix which are related to birds have amazing eye sight that can help see even miles away to search for items, people, or even places.
* **Rebirth:** Being a Phoenix which is a creature known to rise from the ash can come back to life each Elena dies and seems the only way for a Phoenix to truly die is the natural ways of Nature but the most common is old age.
* **Magic Immunity:** Though Elena isn't completely immune to magic she has a strong immunity as each time she dies her immunity starts to build up.

* **Poisonous Blood:** As revealed by the Armory during their experiments on Mary Louise, Elena's blood is poisonous to witches, even those that are immortal such as a vampire-witch hybrid. Pills made from it can block a witch's power and if taken daily for a period of time, the pills will eventually kill the witch in question. This fatal effect on witches probably comes from Elena's immunity to witchcraft.
* **Lineage:** As the spell was intended to, this trait or it is known as the Phoenix Force is hereditary and can be passed down but can only be activated if that daughter/son is chosen by the Phoenix Force when they die.
* **Longevity**: Elena ages, just like an ordinary human, but at a slower rate and therefore has an extended lifespan. (200 Years at most)

## Weaknesses

### Human/Doppelganger

* **Mortality**: Being still a human, Elena is still mortal and can die of anyway and is highly vulnerable to harm.

### Phoenix

* **Mortality:** Though Elena is a Phoenix she is still technically human and can still die deaths of a human.
* **Herbs:** Certain herbs, when applied as a paste on the scars, can mask the signal that allows a Supernatural Huntress to find their marked victims.
* **Link to Phoenix Stone:** If the Phoenix was ever destroyed, not only would the Phoenix at the time would die forever as well as any of those who are the children of the Phoenix would die. This would lead to the end of the Phoenix lineage forever.

## Equipment

* **Phoenix Stone:** Elena possesses a stone that can help Elena control her Phoenix side as well as its abilities. The stone can also be proved, to bring mortals back to life but has its limitations as others who have had cheated death like vampires cannot be brought back to life but their souls can be stored with the use of the Phoenix Blade.
* **Phoenix Blade:** It was also revealed that Elena could summon a Phoenix Blade by will which with the Phoenix Stone can be used for its intended use which is to end the Vampire Lineage once and for all as it is an instinct when the sword is connected with the stone and user.

## Relationships

### Jeremy Gilbert

Jeremy is Elena's biological cousin/adoptive brother. Although Jeremy and Elena are biological first cousins, they've been raised together as siblings. After their parents died, they wanted to help and protect each other. Once the two of them became more aware of the supernatural activities and entities of Mystic Falls, Elena and Jeremy worked to keep each other and their other loved ones safe. Although they sometimes were led apart, they still seemed to retain their closeness as siblings. They love each other and are always willing to risk their lives to save one another. They have a bond that no one could ever break. After becoming a vampire, he still loves her regardless of what she is. They continue to protect each other seeing that they are what they have left each other. Losing her younger brother crushes her and causes her to turn her emotions off. But thanks to Bonnie, he was brought back to life.

### Damon Salvatore

Damon Salvatore is Elena's best friend, husband, soulmate and Stefan's impulsive older brother. Elena met Damon at the Salvatore Boarding House when she went to look for Stefan. 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. Originally, Damon disliked Elena and was rather apathetic about whether Elena lived or died. Damon was drawn to Elena, mostly due to the fact that Elena bears an uncanny resemblance to the object of his obsession for over a century, Katherine. Although Damon and Elena often bicker and don't get along, Elena began to slowly warm up to him as she got to know him, befriending him in the process. But she still kept her distance due to Damon's constant immoral and impulsive behavior. Damon and Elena's friendship deepens with time and the two become closer, Damon fallen for Elena and Elena developing feelings for Damon. As opposed to Stefan, Damon is seen to be extremely selfish when it comes to Elena, willing to put the life of Elena's before anyone else's, including Elena's loved ones. But throughout the series, he has grown and changed, protecting not only Elena, but her family and friends as well. Elena and Damon became closer than ever, and the sexual tension between them increased as Elena's emotions were heightened. During Season Four, Stefan ends his relationship with Elena because of her no longer fighting the feelings she has for Damon. Elena admitted to Damon that he was the reason for her breakup with Stefan and with Jeremy trying to kill her, Elena was forced to move into the boarding house with Damon. Stefan moved out when she moved in because of the awkward situation and relationship between her and Damon. Damon and Elena made love for the first time and became a real couple the night she moved in with him. During their romance, Damon has never given any indication that Elena would “lose” him, under any circumstances really. Quite the opposite, he promised never to leave her again. The passion they share is hard to define. Damon once again had the opportunity to prove his worth and show Elena his humanity. She brings out the good side of him — that he doesn't have to kill for fun and drink blood from innocent people. This humanity makes it only harder for Elena to hide her true feelings for Damon. She cares very much about him. Throughout, she maintains a rocky relationship with him but they manage to overcome anything. She once again confessed her love for him after the sire bond was broken in the season finale. At the start of Season Five, having had the perfect summer together they were determined to make their long distance relationship work while she attended college. Their happiness was short-lived, however, as Elena and Damon's relationship was repeatedly assailed by a seemingly endless number of difficulties. They had to come to terms with Stefan's summer-long imprisonment and the revelation of Bonnie's death, all the while having to deal with Silas and Qetsiyah's struggle for dominance. Things were further complicated by the Augustine Society and a vengeful Katherine Pierce's machinations as well as the threat posed by the Travelers and their leader, Markos. These events among others had devastating emotional impacts on Damon and Elena and led them to question the wisdom of their relationship. Despite all this and having numerous arguments, separations, breakups and reconciliations, they never denied their love for each other. Ultimately, their love and the notable support of Stefan allowed them to come back together once again before the season's end. After losing her soulmate, Elena has currently been struggling with the empty void in her life that Damon should fill. Resorting to drug induced hypnotism and selective memory loss has proved to be a dangerous and heartbreaking coping mechanism for Elena. She later compels away all the good memories of Damon through Alaric. To her surprise, Damon is brought back to life and she felt nothing towards him, not believing she was ever in love with him. However, Damon's efforts to bring back Bonnie impress her and they rekindle their love for each other.

### Stefan Salvatore

Stefan Salvatore is Elena's close friend and ex-boyfriend, as well as Damon's younger brother. Stefan is a 168 year old immortal who is described as handsome, athletic, mysterious, brooding, kind, compassionate and thoughtful. After returning home to Mystic Falls after years of being gone, Stefan unexpectedly "met" Elena on May 23, 2009, after he heard Elena and her parents' car accident while he was out at Wickery Bridge. The Gilbert's car had submerged deep into the water under the bridge, where Elena and her parents were facing death by drowning. It was then that Stefan miraculously saved Elena's life, although unfortunately, Elena's parents, Grayson and Miranda, didn't survive the tragedy. After the accident, Elena spent months wondering how she made it out of the accident and believed that her survival was a "miracle". For the next four months, Stefan remained in Mystic Falls, while studying Elena's background from afar. Stefan investigated Elena's background in order to find out whether or not Elena was really Katherine Pierce due to Elena's uncanny physical resemblance to her. Stefan eventually discovers through the info that he has researched and gained, that Elena is not Katherine and Stefan is relieved by this. He slowly starts to fall for her from afar and he stays in Mystic Falls because he has to know her. Elena fatefully and unexpectedly meets Stefan for the first time at the beginning of the new school year outside of the Men's washroom. Elena is undeniably drawn to Stefan and the two have an instant, deep and indescribable connection. Stefan and Elena begin to bond and slowly start to develop a romantic relationship. They both realize that they share many qualities, hobbies, traits, values and beliefs in common. As Elena and Stefan start falling deeper in love with each other, Elena unexpectedly discovers Stefan's deep, dark secret: Stefan is a century old vampire with a mysterious past. Although Elena is at first scared of Stefan and what he is, Elena eventually accepts Stefan's vampire-ism. As opposed to Damon, Stefan is known to respect Elena and honor her choices and wishes, even if he doesn't agree with them. Stefan and Elena no longer have a strong love and connection. There have been many different obstacles over the course of the series that have tried to come between them. Some of these obstacles include Stefan's brother, Damon, Stefan's blood addiction issues, the unexpectedly events in Mystic Falls, Klaus, Rebekah, the Originals, Katherine Pierce, John Gilbert, Stefan's Ripper phase and most recently, Elena's new found vampirism. When she reveals she is in love with Damon. After her transition, Elena admitted she was no longer in love with Stefan because of she felt he treated her like a project and looks at her like a broken toy and that she can't be with someone like that. Later on, they are able to establish a good friendship and have claimed that they will always love each other. Stefan and Elena both struggle during the months after losing Damon. However, after Damon is ressurected, these two continue to help each other until Elena is forced into a coma, due to Kai Parker's revenge against Bonnie. They shared a heartfelt goodbye before the Salvatore brothers placed her body in a coffin to rest until Bonnie died and Elena woke up. They shared a brief heartfelt reunion as Stefan passed away and found peace in*I Was Feeling Epic*, after sacrificing his life.

### Alaric Saltzman

Alaric is Elena's step father and guardian. They became close when Alaric started dating her aunt Jenna. Alaric was also her history tutor. Alaric taught Elena how to protect herself from vampires and how to fight. Alaric became the legal guardian of Elena when her aunt Jenna was killed by Klaus. As Elena didn't have much family left, Alaric was there for her and Jeremy. Alaric along with Damon, protected Elena from the dangers that surrounded them. Elena was devastated when Esther turned Alaric into an Original resulting into him not completing the transition. But Esther took control of Bonnie and made her feed him her blood so that the transition would complete. Alaric then took Elena hostage so he could lead Klaus there to kill him. Elena realized that their lives are connected meaning if she dies, he dies. The moment Elena had died, Alaric died in Damon's arms and Elena came back as a vampire. During season four, she had mourned him and amends were then made. She was reunited with him when he was brought back to life in the Season Five finale, due to Damon and Bonnie's sacrifices.

### Bonnie Bennett

Bonnie Bennett has been best friends with Elena since childhood. Bonnie is also a close friend of Caroline Forbes. Bonnie has mentioned that she and Elena are so close they're like sisters, and she would die for Elena in an instant without hesitation. Throughout the series, Bonnie is protective of Elena, even risking her life to ensure Elena's safety and protection. Elena used to joke about Bonnie's "supernatural" or psychic powers until Bonnie eventually discovered she is descended from a long line of powerful witches, inheriting the gifts herself. Although Bonnie has always been supportive of Elena, after Elena began a relationship with Stefan Salvatore, a vampire, Bonnie and Elena begin drifting apart. 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. From the episode "Isobel" and onward, their friendship has remained relatively consistent and the two remain best friends. Ever since Jeremy died and Elena turned off her humanity, Elena ruined her friendship with Bonnie by almost trying to kill her. When Elena got her humanity back, she and Bonnie are now back to being best friends and have a strong friendship. They are also roommates with Caroline in college. However, the Other Side began collapsing which to its destruction and taking down Bonnie as well. Bonnie died with Damon who was still trapped on the Other Side and Elena was greatly devastated. They are reunited in I Was Feeling Epic.

### Caroline Forbes

Although Elena and Caroline had been friends since childhood, Caroline's constant insecurities as a human, which made her jealous of Elena at times, had created and maintained a friendly rivalry between the two. When Caroline became a vampire, her insecurities went away, and their relationship improved a lot as a result. When Elena became a vampire herself, however, she broke up with Stefan and started dating Damon instead. And because Caroline could never accept this, as she never liked Damon and always saw Stefan as the better brother, their friendship degraded considerably. Later, it further degraded after Elena turned her humanity off, to the point that they are were enemies: Elena tried to stake Caroline, and will do everything that she can to ruin the prom dance that she carefully planned.She also almost killed Caroline's mother, Liz. That problem seems to be fixed in the latest episode. Now they are back to being best friends and has upgraded tremendously. They were roommates in college.

### Other Relationships

* Elena and Jenna (Adoptive Maternal Aunt/Good Friends)
* John, Isobel and Elena (Parents and Daughter/Frenemies)
* Elena and John (Biological Father and Daughter)
* Elena and Isobel (Biological Mother and Daughter/Frenemies)
* Elena and Katherine (Maternal Ancestor/Enemies)
* Stefan, Elena, and Damon (Former Love Triangle)
* Elena, Caroline and Bonnie (Best Friends)
* Damon, Elena and Alaric (Best Friends)
* Elena and Matt (Ex-Boyfriend/Best Friends)
* Elena and Tyler (Friends/Former Allies)
* Elena and Vicki (Former Enemies)
* (Friends/Former Allies)
* Elena and Klaus (Enemies)
* Elena and Rebekah (Enemies/Ex-Friends)
* Elena and April (Ex-Friends)
* Elena and Silas (Enemies)
* Elena and Aaron (Former Friends)
* Elena and Liv (Former Allies/Frenemies)
* Elena and Luke (Friends/Former Allies)
* Elena and Jo (Friends/Former Allies)
* Elena and Kai (Enemies/Former Allies)
* Elena and Liam (Friends/Exes)