[ And strange comfort officially over. Crossing her arms over her stomach, Elena shifts slightly in her seat before speaking. ]

You have to die with vampire blood in your system to become a vampire. That's the only way to do it, and the blood only stays in your system for about a day. After death, you wake up in transition; it's like you're not dead but you're not alive either. Your senses start to change and your body begins to slowly die, and you will do if you don't complete the transition within a day by consuming human blood.