Following Founder's Day, everything seemed to calm down, despite the tragedy. The graduating class of 2010 went back to school and everyone pulled themselves back together. But as summer drew near, strange occurrences began to happen. First it was blamed on weather, but the Council was soon on the case. Was it more vampires?
Searching for a powerful item that was stolen from her, a witch from a neighboring county comes to Mystic Falls after the vampire who stole it from her, Katherine. Katherine could care less, more interested in seeing how her one time home has changed. That and she was just bored so she decided to return to Mystic Falls, unaware and uncaring of the danger she is bringing with her.