'The Vampire Diaries' Season Premiere Pics!

Candice Accola gets close with Michael Trevino in this new still from season premiere of The Vampire Diaries.

In “Growing Pains,” Elena (Nina Dobrev) awakens on the morning after the accident to find the thing she dreaded most has come true � she died with vampire blood in her system and now must go through the terrible transition to become a vampire…or face certain death.

Stefan (Paul Wesley) promises Elena that he and Bonnie (Kat Graham) will exhaust every possible way out of the situation, but Damon (Ian Somerhalder) is furious with his brother for letting Elena die in the first place.

“Growing Pains” airs Thursday, October 11th @ 9PM ET/PT on The CW. 15+ pics inside…