The vampire diaries is an American supernatural drama television series based on the popular book series of the same name written by L.J.Smith.The series takes place Mystic falls,Virginia, a fictional small town haunted by the supernatural beings like vampires,werewolves and witches.The narrative of the series follows the protagonist Elena gilbert as she falls in love with the vampire stefan salvatore.As the sereis progresses elena finds herself drawn to stefan's brother Damon resulting in a horrible sereis of events.As the series progresses,the focal point shifts on the mysterious past of the town involving Elena's malevolent doppelganger Katerina petrova.Katerina was the love of Damon and Stefan many years ago.her return along with the family of Original vampires,have all led to many plots against Elena and Mystic falls