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After six years, Nina's decided that her journey with the show (and Elena's, too) has come to an end. In a super sweet message posted on her Instagram, Nina explained that she always saw Elena's story as a six season one and talks about all the awesome and scary things she's gotten to experience through her time with TVD. Check out this excerpt from her post.

"I've just spent the most beautiful weekend on Lake Lanier in Georgia with my own TVD Family, the cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries. I want to be the first to tell you that it wasn't just a holiday celebration, it was a goodbye party. I always knew I wanted Elena's story to be a six season adventure, and within those six years I got the journey of a lifetime. I was a human, a vampire, a doppelganger, a crazy immortal, a doppelganger pretending to be human, a human pretending to be a doppelganger. I got kidnapped, killed, resurrected, tortured, cursed, body-snatched, was dead and undead, and there's still so much more to come before the season finale in May. Elena fell in love not once, but twice, with two epic soulmates, and I myself made some of the best friends I'll ever know and built an extended family I will love forever."

Though we're sad to see Nina go, we know the show is going to continue on and stay just as awesome. Julie Plec, the executive producer for the show, promised even more crazy stories to come in her statement, saying, "We will miss Nina and the four hundred characters she played, but we look forward to the insane and exciting challenge of continuing to tell stories of our Salvatore Brothers and our much-loved and gifted ensemble."

Though we're excited to see what Nina does next – and what stories TVD still has to tell – we are a little bummed (and pretty surprised) by the news.

What do you think about Nina's decision to leave the show? Will TVD be the same (or at least just as good) without her? Weigh in below in the comments.

Photo credit to: instagram.com/ninadobrev

by Chelsea Duff | 2/1/2016