Nicola "Nikki" Salvatore has had a hard life. She was raised to defend herself against vampires, two of them being her ancestors Stefan and Damon. Her mom had died from a form of cancer. Damon had killed her dad, Zach... and yet, Stefan and Damon have been the ones that have protected her and kept her safe above all. Nicola had gotten sick, like her mother, but she had fought through. And due to her being raised to fight against the vampires, when the Brotherhood of the Five had come around, Nikki was a Potential.  But, when Katherine had been in Elena's body and made Damon think that she wanted nothing to do with him, he lashed out, killing one of her friends, trying to kill her brother... and turning little niece Nikki into a vampire. Even while he tried to convince everyone it was for selfish reasons, they know it was so that she wouldn't get sick again, and she wouldn't have to worry about becoming a Hunter.  But then Damon died, and Stefan fled town.  So who was left to help the newbie vamp with becoming a vampire and helping her control her urges? Tyler Lockwood. But her focus remains Stefan and Damon, especially when Stefan has barely spoken to her all summer, Damon comes back to life, and she finds out about Sarah Salvatore... her long lost sister that she never knew she had. Just when will she find out, and will this be the last thing that she can take from her only family left? Although this is a toxic family, it's one to feel confused and angry and upset about.... If you can't be a fool for family, who can you be a fool for?

Nicola Salvatore has sacrificed everything for her family. Her strength, her happiness, her life, her health, her safety, her human life, her humanity... and even her sanity. But now Nikki is returning who she really is, and she returns to Mystic Falls after leaving with Tyler to discover that her hometown is overrun with Heretics and her ancestor, Lily Salvatore. And she's not just regaining a sense of who she was or where she belonged. She is reconnecting with what she had been capable of, even when she had been human, and a Potential of the Brotherhood of the Five. She is becoming who she wants to become, and all of this is because of what she is willing to do for her family. Even if it destroys her.

Nicola Salvatore played by Zoey Deutch

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Nicola Salvatore is in for the long run to get Stefan, her youngest vampire ancestor, back to the way she was, while even though she finds out something is totally wrong with her, but what is it, and is it something she can fix?

Tara Hale is a lot different from the Tara that we've known. She is not as angry as she used to be. She still has all of the problems that she used to have, but not to that extent. She thinks that she has gone soft, but she can easily become the old Tara that we know if she's pushed too far. She and Scott are stronger than ever. And when Theo Raeken comes to Beacon Hills dead set on tearing the pack apart, Tara seems to be the only one immune to his inner workings, because she has gone through far worse than this before and come out on top. So does that mean she won't fall for Theo's tricks and stay the way she is now?