Nina Dobrev drops some more hints about season 3

Stefan's decission to leave Mystic Falls with Klaus will spark new intrigue on the upcoming series

Nina and co are still out in force promoting the upcoming third season of The Vampire Diaries, which is perfect for us as it means lots of lush photos of the boys on the red carpet and even more gossip about what we can expect on the next season.

We already know that the story arc of Season 3 will revolve around the relationship between Damon and Elena, but Nina has now dropped some pretty big hints about what's coming next...

"The entire third season is like a blank slate," she said. "I think it's going to feel like a completely new show now that Stefan has gone to the dark side. He will be with Klaus and I think that'll set up a dark shift because when we started Damon was the mysterious one with all the fog following him. Now I think we'll see that come back with Stefan and Elena is turned around because she doesn't know what to do." Will she be by herself?" Will she be with Damon? Will she try to find Stefan? Everything is kind of shifting, so it'll be refreshing and different, which is nice - you never want to fall into a familiar pattern on a show. And I think [executive producers] Kevin [Williamson] and Julie [Plec] found a way to keep it fresh."

We're officially counting down the days until season 3 airs!