Uchungechunge olu-3 olubizwa ngokuthi unyaka wobumsulwa ubumsulwa luqala nge-flash elandelayo phambili, okwenzeka lapho kuvela iminyaka engu-3 ngemuva kwemicimbi eyisisekelo ekuweni okuyisimanga. UStefan ubiza uTyler umcele, noma ngabe wakhuluma noCaroline, wabe esebika ukuthi isilo sakhiwe sambulwa futhi futhi akanaso isikhathi esiningi. UStefan ubuza uTyler ukuxwayisa uCaroline. UStephen ushisa imoto yakhe, ebekade ethatha idayari yakhe ngaphambili.
Isenzo siyabuya namhlanje. Imibiko ye-Damon Alarik, ephila okwesikhashana lokho, ngenxa yeDonovan, uhlelo lwayo lokucinga kanye nokushintshana kokulungiswa ku-Elena kungekudala kuzotholwa umqhele ngempumelelo. UBonnie uza ku-Alarik futhi wambuza, kwalunga uma ebhubhisa itshe lasePhoenix - kusukela anomunye umbono. Ngemuva kokubheka izingcingo, lily uthola ukuthi i-Damonu, Alarik noBonnie badinga ukuya ebhishi le-Myrtle.
UStefan uhlanganiswe noCaroline futhi umcela ukuthi ngubani, ngubani, uValerie okhokhayo, lapho uStefan abhalela khona kudayari yakhe. Kodwa-ke, ucingo luphazamisa uValerie.
U-Lily uhlangana noStefanu futhi amtshele ukuthi wacelwa ukuba uStephan Valerie abuyele emuva ngo-1863. I-Flashback iqala, lapho sibona khona, njengoba uStefanu noValerie bahlangana. Lesi senzo siyabuya ngaleso sikhathi samanje, futhi uValerie ubuza uCaroline, lapho kudayari yakhe kaStefanu - uphendula ngokuthi wamnika uNora. UValerie umemezela ukuthi uthando lukaStefanu lokuqala lwalungokokuqala.
E-Flashbeke elandelayo, uJulian uyakhonjiswa - kuvela ukuthi, kanye neValerie Lily ethunyelwe ukulandela uStefanu. U-julian uValerie Lily uStefan ujabule futhi wakhohlwa ngonina. Kepha njengamanje, lily engxoxweni noStefan uthola ukuthi akunjalo.
UBonnie, uDamon no-Alaric bathola ukuhlubuka kokuluya kwe-Oscar, okuvela, uyazi ukuthi i-damon kwathi ngo-1863 yathunyelwa lily ukuthola i-damon. Uthole u-Oscar uzama ukukhipha uBonnie ephazamisa imibono yakhe futhi aqonde ukuthi axhunyiwe neThoenix Stone. Ungena noZiqu-zintathu, uthatha itshe kusuka ku-Alarik agijime.
Lapho esezizele kuye, uBonnie uthola ukuthi kungani u-Alaric engazange abhubhise itshe ambopha. Ngaleso sikhathi, nge-Flashback elandelayo, kuvela ukuthi uValerie wakhulelwa uStefanu phambilini.
UDamon uthola u-Oscar osindile futhi ngosizo lwabangani ekugcineni luyehlula.
ULily, wathintwa iqiniso lokuthi uStefan wamthanda ngempela futhi akazange akhohlwe, wavumela uCaroline.
Ngaphansi kokuphela kochungechunge lweBonnie kanye ne-Alarick balungiselela ukuvuselela uJoe, futhi ama-damon abiza uLily futhi ammeme ukuba ashintshe - u-Oscar ku-Elena. Kodwa-ke, uValerie uthola u-Oscar ngaphambi kokuba uLily athole indawo yakhe, futhi umtshela lokho akwaziyo lapho uJulian ukhona. UValerie ubulala u-Oscar, ukuze akamnikanga lily, lapho uJulian ukhona.