Fans of The Vampire Diaries are spitting blood with the revelation that Elena Gilbert will be leaving Mystic Falls for good. Lead actress Nina Dobrev shared the news on Instagram, stating that her beautiful relaxing weekend away with The Vampire Diaries cast and crew was not just a holiday - it was a goodbye party. Prepare for the YouTube tributes to flow! According to the post, she always knew she wanted Elena’s story to be a six season adventure which ended up being the journey of a lifetime. It’s true, she played a human, a vampire, a doppelganger, a crazy immortal, a doppelganger pretending to be human, a human pretending to be a doppelganger; she’s been kidnapped, killed, resurrected, tortured, cursed, body-snatched, dead, and undead … I mean, that’s a pretty intense run on-set. Alas, the story continues when the next episode of season 6 airs on April 16, as we slowly approach the season finale. A seventh season has been confirmed, and the showrunners assure us our other leads Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, Kat Graham and Candice Accola will stay put. Now to sit back and see how they’re going to write Elena out of this one! Like us on Facebook for more entertainment! / lineuptv