You play Elena Gilbert, a popular Robert E. Lee High School teen who lives with her Aunt Judith and younger sister, Margaret, in Fells Church, Virginia.

After the introduction, the game begins during a party at the Romanoff Gallery. Suddenly someone screams, and Margaret is found lying on the floor, with a wispy figure floating away from her comatose body.

Determined to find who or what attacked her sister, Elena investigates on her own. She soon discovers that the entire town of Fells Church is in fear for their lives, and that vampires are there, with everyone suspect.