A tragic head-on collision during a storm occurs on Wickery Bridge in Mystic Falls, Virginia. Leaving a set of fraternal twins without their parents. As well as, Miranda and Grayson Gilbert losing their adopted daughter Elena Gilbert. They are faced with the choice to take in the two girls who were family friends. It's been nearly three months since the accident and only a month since Amy and Emma Fell was officially adopted by the Gilbert family. They attempt to maneuver their way through Mystic Falls High as new students while a strange boy seems to be intrigued by the youngest of the twins.