The countdown to Nina Dobrev's departure from The Vampire Diaries [1] is on, and after last week's wedding day massacre [2], it's looking like Elena may be killed off. In these season finale pictures from this Thursday's episode, the group is shown grieving, but then Elena appears. Does she not die after all? Or does she, and these are all flashbacks? Or perhaps she just leaves town? Either way, the other characters are looking quite forlorn in these pictures, so check out all the pics from the season finale episode, and then jump to conclusions with us.

Things were going so well . . .

So well.

Ugh, Kai.

The worst.

Poor Damon.

And her poor friends.

Damon (Ian Somerhalder [3]) does not look happy.

Here are the boys, also not looking happy.

And here's more of the gang — something is definitely upsetting them.

Caroline (Candice Accola) and Bonnie (Kat Graham) look way too sad for Elena to just have skipped town.

Lily looks hungry.

There's Elena! But why is she talking to Tyler?

Is she OK?

Is she just going to say goodbye?