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Best Epic Vampire Diaries Fanfics

Vampire Diaries fanfics over 100,000 words — the reader-favorite epics that define the fandom. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.

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Top 17 Epic Vampire Diaries Fanfics

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1

you know I will adore you ('til eternity)

by sarcastic_fina

"Run all you want, but it won't change anything, Bonnie. It doesn't matter what world we're in, you'll always be my wife."  After being sucked up into what they assumed would be oblivion, Damon and Bonnie soon find themselves in an idyllic little town where they're free to find peace. Which is exac

3,155 kudos 221,899 words 20/? chapters Explicit
2

Chaotic Solutions

by 10ellie10

"Being reborn into a fictional universe is dope. If you can cause a little chaos, of course." A doppelganger self-insert written by someone who is sick of the same stories and would just like to mess around a bit. Written completely for myself. Might not follow any plot, probably have plenty of inco

2,195 kudos 148,478 words 55/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
3

Dís

by DisneyKd4

Caroline has worn a mask so long that she doesn't know who she is under it. The Mikaelsons have been playing at being a family for centuries but haven’t a clue what that truly means.*"A coven. A pack. A cult! Something! I want to be a part of something."*The family closed ranks around her.**When th

1,561 kudos 192,776 words 58/? chapters Explicit
4

Until the End of Time

by MellifluousMagpie

To save him, to get her life back, she would do whatever it took. Even if that meant traveling through time and space. Even if that meant having to relive the past. But the burden of knowledge is a heavy one, and things prove difficult when she’s drawn to her future husband like a moth to a flame...

1,372 kudos 116,777 words 23/? chapters Mature
5

Bloodstone

by cactusfinch

A post-S1 AU. Guilt-ridden and in shock over causing Caroline's accident, without any magical way to heal her friend, Bonnie turns to magic for another solution. She finds it: time travel. But why jump back one night, when she could go back a couple of months and save everyone-including her Grams? B

1,018 kudos 123,736 words 27/27 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
6

Queen of the Highway

by sevensistersofsussex

A father's love is complicated and sometimes it isn't enough, but even so, John Gilbert knows his own daughter. So, when Katherine Pierce slinks into the family kitchen, he knows she isn't his daughter. With Katherine out of the way, the Gilberts leave Mystic Falls forever to run from the threat of

891 kudos 227,317 words 81/81 chapters Explicit Complete
7

The Ocean Always Lies

by 0racle_of_bast

“All women are angry. The least we can do for our grandmothers is not pretend that we aren’t,” she told Caroline. "So let's get angry,"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sabrina Forbes returns to Mystic Falls with two goals: to keep her cousin Caroline safe an

861 kudos 132,710 words 50/75 chapters Mature
8

Metanoia

by Wanda_galathynius

Metanoia - A journey of changing one's heart, mind, or way of life.Emalyn Gilbert never knew what her purpose was, all she knew was that someday she would find it. A journey full of doppelgangers, vampires, witches, and death was not what she had in mind. Oh well, what're you going to do?

854 kudos 165,453 words 60/? chapters Not Rated
9

All Warfare Is Based On Deception

by CarlyCo

Bonnie Bennett has been in love with unrepentant playboy Damon Salvatore for as long as she can remember. On the worst day of her life, the young woman learned that she was going to be his wife. At first, it felt like a dream come true. The merger of their powerful families increased their wealth an

846 kudos 416,432 words 79/? chapters Mature
10

Bloodspell

by esm3rald

Blair Gilbert is Elena's older sister and a witch—a siphoner, really, but Damon Salvatore doesn't know that. Damon needs her help with opening the tomb and so they strike a deal: he stops killing locals, fakes being her boyfriend, teaches her all he knows about vampires, and she helps him get what h

695 kudos 134,237 words 17/? chapters Explicit
11

Promise of Eternity

by 25lilshifter

When Eve Frost Salvatore abandoned her peaceful life in Paris to save her brothers' lives, she never expected to be dragged into the mess that was Mystic Falls. Nor did she want the near-death experiences that seemed to occur every day, testing her immortal nature. Eve thought she'd seen everything

577 kudos 517,230 words 61/? chapters Mature
12

𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲|ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴀᴍᴘɪʀᴇ ᴅɪᴀʀɪᴇꜱ

by NebulaVoyager

Sam never imagined his death; the thought never even brushed his mind. But fate had something extraordinary in store for him when it finally happened. He awoke, reborn not as himself but as a character he had once watched from the sidelines-a plain human in a world teeming with vampires, werewolves,

484 kudos 184,670 words 41/? chapters Mature
13

In Our Own Time

by dreamsaslightasfeathers

Falling in love is never easy. Choosing to love is even harder. Being in love doesn't mean you let go. Feeling in love doesn't earn your trust. We had to find out if our love was real. We had to believe we were enough. Looking back on it, it was inevitable. We just had to figure it out in our own t

349 kudos 193,643 words 22/28 chapters Mature
14

The Weight of Hope

by Dallasgurl85

Imagine a different path for Hayley—never kidnapped, never caught in New Orleans' power struggles. Instead, she appears after Hope' s birth, infant in arms, pointing a finger at Klaus Mikaelson. "Your daughter," she insists, while Klaus denies it with suspicious vehemence, guarding secrets of his

335 kudos 107,434 words 20/? chapters Explicit
15

Blood and Brambles

by Gwenaria1

A lot happened in Alice's life - being orphaned and being adopted by her uncle, watching her sister fall in love to a member of a Founding Family, to them dying and having to suddenly look after her niece and nephew with her sister Jenna. Surely nothing else could happen?   X post on Wattpad and FF.

297 kudos 229,303 words 45/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
16

Viajeras del Tiempo en Mystic Falls

by Darleny062001

Un hechizo fuera de control. Tres jóvenes atrapadas en el pasado. Un futuro que pende de un hilo.En medio de una acalorada discusión, Hope Mikaelson, Lizzie y Josie Saltzman activan accidentalmente un hechizo que las transporta al año 2009, una época en la que el mundo era muy diferente: Caroline Fo

189 kudos 324,730 words 51/? chapters General Audiences
17

Contrasting Elements

by RianaSalvatore

Instead of finding Rafael, Hope and the gang went to New York where they found the powerful Clary Fairchild. What will happen when the two young artists with daddy issues get to meet and how will they deal with the coming threat?

21 kudos 101,708 words 28/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences

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184,670
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3,155
top kudos
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This list of 17epic Vampire Diaries fanfics spans 3,538,533 total words. Kudos range from 21 on the newest entries to 3,155 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Mature (6 of 17 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Slow Burn · Time Travel · Family · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Soulmates.

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