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"After three seasons, Elena Gilbert finally -- and accidentally -- became immortal on The Vampire Diaries&amp;apos; finale Thursday.\r\nWhen Nina Dobrev&amp;apos;s character drowned -- she begged Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) to save Matt Donovan (Zach Roerig) instead -- her friends presumed her to be dead. What they didn&amp;apos;t know, however, was that Elena had vampire blood in her system, and she would soon join Stefan, Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) and Caroline Forbes (Candice Accola) as a vampire.\r\nDobrev, 23, visited Us Weekly&amp;apos;s New York City offices Friday to chat about how her character&amp;apos;s surprising transition will play out during Season 4 of hit series, which returns this fall on The CW.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I liked having one human and one vampire, because then I get the best of worlds and I get to do a variety of things,&amp;quot; said Dobrev, who also plays a vampire named Katherine Pierce. &amp;quot;But, then again, it is going to be different for me and it&amp;apos;s going to be challenge. It&amp;apos;s going to be more fun to sort of explore that world.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re definitely going to see her whole transition into becoming a vampire. We&amp;apos;re not going to skip over it, as we have with others,&amp;quot; Dobrev assured Us. &amp;quot;Becoming a vampire, everything you feel is heightened. . . We know what Elena&amp;apos;s like: She has high morals, she looks out for other people. So what&amp;apos;s Elena going to be like with those things accentuated?&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTeen witch Bonnie Bennett (Kat Graham) won&amp;apos;t likely be pleased to learn Elena is now a vampire. &amp;quot;Their relationship is probably going to be so strained because of that. Her best friend, the one person she&amp;apos;s been fighting to protect, is now what she&amp;apos;s been fighting against all this time,&amp;quot; Dobrev explained. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s going to be interesting.&amp;quot;\r\nPrior to her death, Elena also made a tough decision when she chose to be with Stefan instead of his brother, Damon.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It does kind of feel like you&amp;apos;re disappointing half the people. But you&amp;apos;re always going to disappoint half the people with this kind of storyline,&amp;quot; Dobrev said of the series&amp;apos; central love triangle. &amp;quot;I think we gave them both what they wanted at some point or another during the season, so it&amp;apos;s not like we shunned them or disregarded their wants.&amp;quot;\r\nThe Vampire Diaries airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. EST on The CW. Previous seasons can be streamed via Netflix Instant Watch."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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