"Why do you have a bruise on your neck?"
Ava's brows knitted together, she mumbled something under her breath and snuggled further into Damon's side. The vampire rolled his eyes and wrapped his arms around Ava's waist and rolled them over so that she was pinned beneath him.
"Damon-"she grunted and felt her heart skip a beat when she felt his fingers stroke her throat. "What are you doing?" she asked sleepily, Damon looked down at her, his eyes roamed her face. Even in her sleepy state he found her more than attractive. He smirked devishly when he saw that she was drifting off back to sleep.
He reached down and laid a soft kiss on her neck, causing Ava to sigh loudly, his lips travelled upwards till they reached her earlobe. Ava felt a tingle erupt in her body and was beginning to slowly wake up. She felt a shot or something travelling through her when he nipped her ear.
"What the hell?" Ava came crashing back to reality jolting upwards. She swore when her head smacked against something hard.
"Oww" Damon grunted but he's pain quickly diminish seeing the completely confused look on Ava's face. "So I should wake you up more often like this, you're very agreeable." He watched as her eyes widened
"Damon you dick-"
"Did you know you were moaning my name?" he smirked it morphed into a massive grin seeing the blush on her cheeks
"Shut up I wasn't" she snapped
"No you-AVA-"he yelled when she shoved him off of the bed making him crash to the ground. Ava heard the sound of something shattering against the wooden floor. "Another bloody vase-"
"Hey you started it-"Ava retorted backing away
"You better start running-"Damon uttered. Ava narrowed her eyes and smirked
"Maybe I don't have to…STEFAN-"
"He's not here" Damon replied "I'll count to a hundred. One-"
"Oh shit" Ava muttered and sprinted out of the room causing Damon to laugh, Ava always seem to lighten up his mood. He hadn't even got to fifteen before there was a loud thump and an 'Ow'
"Ava?" he walked out of the bedroom. And bit down hard on his lower lip to stop himself from bursting out from laughter. Ava was sprawled out on the ground.
"You can laugh" she grumbled and managed to get onto her knees, Damon canted his to the side seeing Ava's firm behind "But don't stare at my ass" she snapped
"How did you know-"
"I didn't till now, dick" Ava uttered she raised her hand and felt the side of her hand brushed against the table. She reached up and pulled herself up, completely oblivious to the vintage vase set precariously on the edge of the table
"NO AVA" Damon shouted.
There was a deafening silence which was broken by the sound of glass shattering.
"Oops" Ava smiled sheepishly and slowly backed away "You should clean that up" she uttered and sprinted away.
"Ava" Damon growled and blurred after her.
Stefan silently entered the large boarding house and frowned it was eerily quiet, he was expecting a racket. "Ava? Damon?" he called "so quiet" he muttered under his breath.
He shed off his jacket he had just been at Elena's house and was hoping to get back before either Ava or Damon had woken up. But from the lack of noise he assumed that the pair was still sleeping.
Stefan was set on making himself a mug of coffee before waking up the other two. But before he could even enter the kitchen he could hear screaming.
"DAMON LET GO. NOW" Ava shrieked "I SAID SORRY-"Stefan spun around and saw Damon storming down the corridor with a yelling blond flung onto his shoulder.
"Damon what the hell are you doing?" Stefan asked his eyes wide.
"Stefan?" Ava stopped struggling for a second a frown marred her pale face "you're here? Where were you before?"
"Oh I went to get some air. Needed some space"
"Really?" Damon questioned as he walked pass his brother with Ava still on his shoulder
"You ok?" Ava asked softly shifting slightly so she was more comfortable
"Yeah fine" Stefan felt a swell of guilt forming in his gut seeing her concern face.
"Well if you ever want to talk Stef" she smiled
"Thanks Ava-"
"Good now tell your dick of a brother to put me-wait what-"
"Damon what are you doing?" Stefan asked just as Damon opened the front door and dropped Ava on the front porch and slammed the door in her face.
"HEY" both vampires could hear her outraged cry from the other side of the door "I'm not even fucking dressed" she screeched.
"Damon" Stefan snapped
"What?" Damon asked a mischievous twinkle appeared in his eye "she broke another vase-"
"ACCIDENT" Ava shouted and banged her fist against the door "LET ME IN"
"Nope" Damon yelled back, he saw the look on Stefan's face and rolled his eyes. "What? She was bad so I put her outside" he shrugged his shoulders.
"She's not a dog" Stefan snapped pushing pass him and opened the door to a glaring Ava.
"Jerk" she stormed into the house
"Well she-NO DON'T-"Damon groaned when she knocked over a candle holder "you are so taking her today" he grumbled under his breath to Stefan, as he once again followed the petite blond.
"Stefan why?" Ava whined "I hate these types-"
"Ava volunteering isn't a bad thing" Stefan cut her off mid rant, once Ava had made breakfast the younger Salvatore had dragged Ava off to the Lockwood manor so they could help out with the masquerade ball. Plus it was an excuse for Stefan to get Ava out of the boarding house. She felt the car coming to a stop
"Is it too late for me to leg it?" she asked. Ava pulled up the barriers in her mind, one thing she definitely had more control over was blocking people off.
"Yes" he chuckled and clamoured out of the car. Stefan groaned as he stretched his arms, he inhaled deeply and sighed. "So Ava-"he paused realising that he never actually heard the passenger seat, he turned around and rolled his eyes seeing that Ava was still in the car. "Out now Ava-"
"But-"
"Now" his lips twitched slightly seeing the pout on her face. She very reluctantly got out of the car grabbing her cane as she did so. Stefan shut the door behind her and linked his arm with hers.
"This'll be fun and-"
"Is Tiki here?" Ava asked as they walked up the pathway, she could hear other volunteers' marauding around. She swung her cane in a low arch to make sure she wouldn't trip or slip over anything.
"Nope apparently her mother grounded her for the fight. And for slapping her sister in the face I think" Stefan replied, he noticed the smug grin on her face "Ava don't laugh, you're lucky you didn't ended up in jail-"
"Been there done that Stef" she rolled her eyes as they entered the manor, like everywhere else Ava had a mental map of the area. This masquerade wasn't the only party that had been staged here, there were tons before.
Stefan cocked an eyebrow "How many times have you been in jail?"
Ava grinned "Way too much" they walked further down the carpeted hallways; the pair had just rounded the corner when they were intercepted.
"Stefan" Carol Lockwood greeted the vampire "You're a strapping young man-"
"He's not into old chicks-"Ava blurted out but before she could get all of her sentence out Stefan slammed his hand over his mouth.
"What can I help you with Mrs Lockwood?" Stefan uttered he saw that the smile on the woman's face was strained
Carol shifted the clipboard into her other hand "I was hoping you'd be able to help set up the outside area"
"Sure" Stefan nodded
"And Ava there's a box of candles needing to be set up outside" without another word she turned on her heel and left.
Ava groaned "Did you notice that she asked for your help whereas with me she didn't"
"Because you would-unzip your jacket" he instructed it was more than warm enough "have refused, then I would have lectured you, and then you would have given in just to shut me up" he took her red leather jacket and hanged it up on a hook. "Easier for everyone"
Ava rolled her eyes "Not for me" she muttered under her breath.
"Come on. This could be fun" Stefan uttered
"Yeah fun" she drawled, Ava could hear various going-ons happening around. She and Stefan entered one of the many rooms,
"Here. These are the candles" he picked up a cardboard box and dropped them into Ava's waiting hands. She slipped the strap of her cane onto her wrist so she hold the box.
"Let me get this-"he had just picked up a chair when Jenna spotted the duo. She smiled and walked over to them
"Hey Ava, Stefan" Jenna greeted them. Ava smiled and shifted the box so it was easier to hold "looks like you got stuck on Ava watch-"
"Hey" Ava exclaimed affronted
"Is she a pain in the ass yet?"
"I am here ya know" Ava gestured to herself, and elbowed Stefan hearing the vampire sniggering.
"And you're looking very pretty" Jenna giggled seeing the pout forming on her face. "Anyway I'm cooking dinner tonight and Ric will be there. You should come and you as well Ava, otherwise who else would finish off all the left overs?"
Ava rolled her milky orbs, Stefan frowned he cleared his throat "Oh erm-"
"This is awkward" the petite teen muttered under her breath rolling back onto the balls of her feet
"You know Elena and I we're kind of taking a pause-"
"They've broken up" Ava commented shifting the box into her other arm, she heard the candles rattling as she did this.
"Really?" Jenna exclaimed Stefan nodded "but that's not what it sounded like this morning" a smile appeared on her face.
Ava frowned her brows knitted together; Stefan had claimed he went to get some air? She thought. Ava shook her head
"I'm a light sleeper…you know what I heard nothing" Jenna smirked and left. Ava rounded on Stefan
"You big fat vampire. You lied. Are you and Elena together? What the hell man and-"she grunted when Stefan grabbed her by her upper arm and dragged her over to the side of the room, away from the other people who were helping out with this ball.
"Ok Ava listen-"
"Liar-"she hissed one thing she hated was when people lied to her. And it seems that she's been lied to twice by her two closest friends.
"Ssh-"Stefan placed his large over her mouth. He towered over the blond "listen" he whispered "we only did this because it's what Katherine wanted. She will willingly hurt Elena just because I'm with her. This is for the best ok? So you need to keep it to yourself"
Ava's mind was working a mile a minute, she understood what they were doing but she didn't really like it.
"Ava?" Stefan muttered. He relaxed when she nodded against his hand; he removed it and groaned when she poked him hard in the chest. "What the-"
"Lying"
"Fine"
Ava sighed and tucked in a stray curl "So Damon doesn't know-"
"No one besides you"
Ava grinned causing the vampire to cock an eyebrow "What?"
"I feel so special" Stefan chuckled and gently pushed Ava towards the double doors which would lead her outside to the large courtyards that the Lockwood manor.
"Good to know, now go set up, the candles should be on the last table down the path" he told her. Ava nodded and headed off in that direction.
Ava sighed as she pulled another candle out of the box; she shoved it into the holder and swore when it didn't seem to fit.
"Bloody hell get in you fucking-"
"Oh my god Ava" Elena breathed taking in the sight of the whole scene. The brunette was walking down the pathway and she noticed that the other volunteers had all whispered about steering clear of the whole Ava Xenia area. Now she was here she could see why. There were various candles strewn around and more than half of them were mutilated.
"You know why they don't fit?" Elena asked snatching the candle and the holder out of her hands "Because you're putting the wrong of the candle into the holder"
"Oops" Ava smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of her neck, "Erm…"there was a pile of useless candles lying at her feet.
"Oh the mayor is coming-"Ava's eyes widened she quickly kicked the candles underneath the table. Carol walked over to the pair of teens and looked around "You didn't seem to do very much-"
"Oh erm…I was…in the bathroom-"
"For over half an hour?" Carol questioned
"Yeah…and erm…I then…-"
"She went to get me so I could help" Elena stepped in seeing the flustered blond.
"Good, good, another box of candles should be coming over soon, so I'll let you get on with it" Caroline uttered and waltzed away.
Ava canted her head to the side "She has a thing for walking around doesn't she?" she commented
"You're lucky I kept your secret-"
"You're lucky I'm keeping yours" Ava smirked knowingly
"Ava?"
"I know" she said in a sing song voice, Elena let out a sigh, it was only a matter of time before Ava would find out. The brunette had noticed Ava had a weird for knowing stuff she shouldn't have. Soon enough the pair had started to get on with their jobs.
"Is Caroline?..."
"Hmm she came to the Boarding House in the morning to see the Sheriff" Ava uttered, she was sitting on the ground shoving the candles into the holders in the correct away.
"Oh right...so have you spoken to Bonnie yet?" Elena asked, it was no secret that the witch and the telepath hadn't been seen together for a while.
"No" Ava replied curtly,
Elena frowned "Don't you think you're taking this a bit too far?"
Ava scowled "No I'm not. I don't hate her I just don't like her. Because of her prejudice my Gran isn't here anymore-"
"But she saved the town from the tomb vampires-"
"Just drop it Elena. I don't hate her I just don't think we'll be best friends ever again" she murmured.
"Well be civil she's here" Elena told her seeing the witch walking over towards them with a boxful of candles. She smiled at Bonnie whilst Ava chose to ignore her "You're here" Elena uttered taking a candle out of the box.
"I'm here" Bonnie said glancing around "Caroline? No she isn't here. Thank god" Ava frowned hearing her thoughts, it wasn't even a minute in to Bonnie being here and the blond already found herself annoyed.
"Caroline isn't coming" Ava pointed out,
"I just wanted to make sure" Bonnie said, Elena didn't miss the fact that Ava's shoulders tensing up.
"You know eventually you're going to have to talk to her" Elena said
"Could you make it a little less obvious that you're on her side" Bonnie snapped. Ava's eyes hardened at that
"There are no sides-"Elena started but Ava abruptly stood up
"Yes there is. There's Bonnie's side and then the other. I think you're forgetting Bonnie that Caroline didn't want this. So shove your bitchy prejudices down your freaking throat." Ava sneered, she wasn't happy at all the way the witch was acting towards Caroline, especially knowing that the taller blond didn't have a say in this. "Don't act all high and mighty when you're not" she scowled
"Ava-"Elena scolded but the petite teen stormed off.
Ava sighed and milled around, she rubbed her temple and leant against a random table.
"Why do you look so upset?" Stefan asked setting the box full of Champaign glasses on the table,
"It's nothing" Ava muttered, the vampire didn't believe her for a second, he stopped setting the glasses out and wrapped an arm around her shoulders and hugged her close
"You know I don't believe that" Stefan murmured "Now Ava-"he tugged one of her curls "tell me"
Ava sighed and bowed her head; the vampire frowned and tilted her head up. "Ava?"
"It's Bonnie she's being a total bitch about Caroline" Ava admitted "and she…it's like she's making Elena chose who to be friends with"
Stefan sighed and pulled her close, she rested her head against his shoulder. "Ava, Bonnie is a witch and everything that bad has happened to her is because of vampires one way or another-"
"She has no right to condemn them all"
Stefan smiled "Ava you're a wonderful person. You don't judge in fact you are one of the most perceptual person I've come across in my life span. Which is ironic. You see that there is no black and white and that they are layers" he murmured "Sometimes…when bad things happened to people, they feel…they just feel so much hate Ava. Bonnie is going through that. Because of vampires….she lost her Grams and she feels like she is losing her friends-"
"She's not though" Ava shook her head.
Stefan twisted the petite teen around so that he was looking at her straight in the face. "Ava to her it feels like she has. Elena became involved with me, a vampire. Caroline turned into a vampire. And you Ava have moved in with a pair of vampires. Just let her be…things will be ok Ava. just…if you don't want to talk to her it's fine…just don't hate her. She is your friend-" he saw her opening her mouth "she is Ava, sixteen to seventeen years' worth of friendship isn't worth throwing away. Ok?"
Ava sighed "Ok. So glasses?"
"Glasses" Stefan grinned and they started to set up the table. Mason walked pass the pair, he swallowed seeing the vampire. The vampire grinned
"Hey Stefan-"
"He's shitting himself" Ava whispered to Stefan "Jerk" she yelled at the werewolf and picked up a glass. Which Stefan snatched out of her hand
"No chucking glasses" he scolded her. Ava frowned and sighed
"Fine" she muttered.
"Hey Mason" Stefan greeted the werewolf
"Wasn't expecting you here-You should be dead-"
"Well he's not dead" Ava commented, Mason narrowed his eyes on her and hummed quietly seems like Katherine said about her was true.
"Ava here set the rest out" Stefan pushed the box of glasses over to her, so it would keep her busy.
"Or anywhere" Mason carried on,
"Yeah I had this little accident but I'm fine now" Stefan assured him, a smirk on his lips. Ava stiffened when she heard Mason's large footsteps heading towards them, she took a hasty step back, and the vampire frowned and shifted slightly so that he was in front of her.
He knew what Mason had done; he could still make out the bruise beneath the collar of her shirt.
"What have you done with Sheriff Forbes?" Mason hissed.
"Oh she's fine too, but from now on you have to do your own dirty work" Stefan said casually
"Not a problem" Mason glanced over to Ava "oh and Ava maybe you pushed the collar up higher" without another word he turned on his heel and left. Stefan looked over to the blond and saw her self- consciously touching her bruised throat. He gently pushed aside her hand
"Its fine Ava, it's not sore is it?"
"No, no…just I don't feel there's something right with Mason" she told him. Stefan frowned
"You got that right. Just stay away from him. He was willing to kill you before so-"
"Yeah yeah I know" Ava waved him off, "I'm going to the ladies and see if I can find Jenna and annoy her"
Stefan shook his head and watched as she weaved her way through the crowd.
Ava exited the bathroom and walked down the corridor, she was going to head back outside to the grounds, and she frowned noticing that the corridor was eerily quiet.
The bathroom downstairs and been busy and she was desperate so she opted to go upstairs.
She had just walked passed a room when an arm wrap around her waist and pulled her into the room. "OWW" Ava yelped when she was slammed face first into the wall her cane clattered to the ground. She felt someone heavy pressing against her back.
"Listen Ava" a familiar voice growled.
"Fuck you Mason, get off" she hissed struggling against him. She whimpered when he painfully pressed her face into the wall, she could feel something cutting into her skin.
"I know what you are Ava" Mason hissed into her ear, she was becoming more and more panicked
"Please get off. You're hurting me" she whimpered her fists balling up.
"Don't act tough Ava you're world is going to be ripped from your feet." she swallowed her eyes welled up
"Get off, you're-"
"Katherine wants you, she will get you Ava." Ava's breath hitched. He knew Katherine? "you know it's not just vampires who can sniff you out" she felt his breath on the shell of her ear. "Werewolves can as well, I can hear your blood pumping Ava, and your blood isn't just for vampires to consume. My kind can as well-"she felt his thumb brush against her throat "if I just knick it right here I can have a drop-"
Ava attempted to push herself backwards but he just slammed her harder against the wall making her whimper "But the thing is Ava, vampires seem to have more control compared to the wolves, we are animals after all-"he smirked. Her heart felt like it would jump out of her chest when he pushed aside her blond locks "Just one sip-"she squeaked when he dug his thumbnail into her skin. With enough force to cause her to bleed "one sip-"
"Fuck you" Ava scowled and felt a hoard of panic, fright, and anger coursing through her when she felt lips on the cut, without any thought she tore into his mind.
Mason clutched his head in pain and dropped to his knees.
As soon as she felt herself being freed and without another thought she sprinted out of the room. She clutched onto the cut and ran down the stairs.
"Shit" Mason swore and ran after her.
Ava rounded the corner and slammed into something hard. "Whoa Ava-"Damon grabbed onto her upper arms to stop her from falling "I know I'm hot and-" he stopped seeing her frazzled state "Ava?" she looked scared Damon frowned smelling blood. He pushed aside her hair so he could see the cut "What happened?-"
"Hey" Stefan jogged over to them "Ava you were meant to come back and-what's wrong?"
Ava shook her head and hastily wiped her face and sniffed
"Ava tell us now" Damon demanded
"It…Mason" Ava uttered, and then she told them both what happened. Damon was fuming by the end and paced on the veranda, Stefan had ushered the blond onto a chair and was currently pressing a cloth napkin against the cut. It wasn't deep but just a lot of blood; Stefan inserted some self-control whilst doing this.
"He's dead pure dead, dead, dead and did I mention dead?" Damon scowled "I'm going to kill him-"
"Would you stop?" Stefan snapped, Damon glowered at him
"I swear to god Stefan, he hurt Ava so I'm going t hurt him-"Damon promised. Ava swallowed
"That's not the important issue. It's that Katherine and Mason are working together" she explained, and dropped the blood splatter cloth onto the table.
"We missed it, he got into town right as she did" Stefan revealed
"I know but Mason Lockwood?" Damon questioned
"The werewolf thing aside he's a surfer-"
"But he's hot-"
"Ava the guy threatened to drain you dry which is gross-"
"Says the vampire" Ava drawled "but he must be here for a reason."
"You're right" Damon nodded "she's using him she got to be using him"
Ava licked her lips and tucked into a stray curl "Using him for what though?" Stefan asked. This was all just so twisted to Ava; there must be a reason for the female vampire to waltz back into town after all of this time.
"Mason Lockwood is looking for a moonstone that can allegedly break the full moon curse" Damon said "maybe Katherine wants it as well"
"Why?"
"Well no idea" Damon once again started to pace again, Ava chewed her bottom lip thoughtfully
"A werewolf is a vampire's enemy. No way would she want to break the curse" she murmured under her breath.
"This is Katherine she's always up to something" Damon muttered walking back over to Ava, he gently brushed aside her curls to see the cut, it was nothing serious which was a good thing.
"So how are we going to get the moonstone?" Stefan asked folding his arms across his chest.
"Jeremy is going to get it from Tyler" Damon replied.
Ava stood up "Jeremy gets a job?"
"You got Jeremy involved?" Stefan snapped "What is wrong with you? And Ava you're sitting out of this"
"What?" Ava whined but Stefan walked off. Damon went to leave but he turned back to the blond
"Ava?"
"What's our secret mission?" she asked thinking Damon wouldn't let her sit out.
"I got one and you're not in this." Damon said "What else did Mason say to you?"
"Noting"
"Ava you're a shitty liar now tell me" Ava sighed loudly
"Fine he said he know what I am" she told him
"Good to know, give me more incentive to get information out of him, so you go back to putting glasses away or something-"
"No Damon-"
"Keep safe Ava" he dropped a kiss onto her temple and she felt a pulse of air, making her realise that he was gone. She swore under her breath and went back to work.
"Ava what's going on?" Elea asked appearing beside Ava who had just finished putting the last of the glasses in their rightful places.
"What?"
"Stefan is with Bonnie and Damon. What is going on?" she demanded.
The blond busied herself by shoving the cardboard boxes underneath the table "No clue" she hastily cleared her throat. Elena narrowed her eyes, seeing that Ava wasn't even facing her.
"I know you know, so spill-"
But before Ava could make anything up Carol Lockwood interrupted the pair, she could honestly say that she was glad for the interruption.
"Hi, I was hoping that you two would start helping out inside-"
"Sure" Ava exclaimed and hurried off
"Ava wrong direction" Carol yelled after her.
Now Ava found herself idly going through boxes, retrieving items from the boxes and handed them over to Matt or Elena so they could deal with it. The blond had to strengthen the barriers in her mind since she didn't want to listen to Elena's questioning thoughts.
"Where's Caroline?" Matt said breaking the silence "this is usually her thing"
"Got that right" Ava scoffed "She would've got high over this"
Matt snickered and took the offered feather mask off of her, Elena cleared her throat "She had something else to do" she folded the napkins.
"Is she seeing someone?" Matt asked, Ava's eyebrows shot to her hairline
"You are joking right?" she questioned the jock, "Caroline is like completely in love with you. In fact its quiet scary how much she is in love with you" she handed him another item.
"No she's not" Elena reassured him just as Stefan walked over with another box, he dumped it beside Ava who let out a pitiful groan
"This is boring" she huffed "can we leave?" she asked, Stefan tugged a curl
"Soon." Elena watched the exchange; she felt a pang of something go through her heart perhaps a bout of jealousy. She had just noticed how close Ava and Stefan were.
"Has anyone seen Mason?" Tyler asked the room aloud walking into it
"Erm…"Stefan looked around "he took off, he didn't say when he would be back"
Tyler shook his head a small frown on his face "So weird" he muttered and walked off. Just then Stefan's cell beeped alerting him that he had a message, his eyes skimmed over the screen "Stay here Ava, I'll take you home later"
"Stef-"
"I'll be back" he squeezed her shoulder and left before Elena could talk to him. Ava sighed and Elena shoved the folded napkins into the box. The blond could tell that the taller girl was annoyed.
"I'm not even going to ask" Matty shook his head.
"Well you kind of made it awkward" Ava pointed out, and yelped when the jock lightly slapped him upside the head. Elena glanced over to where Stefan and disappeared to and decided to follow.
"I'll be right back. Come on Ava-"before the blond could argue Elena dragged her onto her feet and they both left the room leaving a somewhat confused Matt behind.
"This is so wrong" Ava whispered, she and Elena were currently jogging after Stefan in the woods "and somewhat stalkerish-"
"Do you want to go back to folding napkins?" Elena sniped
"No-"
"So shush" she murmured, "a well? Why is he there for?" she muttered under her breath.
"Well how about-"Ava heard the sounds of footsteps and swore under her breath "and she runs off. So much for being sneaky" she ran off after Elena and Stefan. And yelped when she tripped over a root and landed on her knees
"Ava-"
"Ok" Ava scrambled onto her feet.
"Ava Elena-"Stefan growled
"Don't' blame me" Ava put her hands up in the sign of surrender "this was all her" she said referring to Elena.
"What are you doing?" Elena asked bluntly
Stefan sighed and leant against the well, "You both shouldn't be here"
"I know" Elena walked over to him "but I am. What's going on?"
Ava followed their voices and held her hands out, her soft palms grazed against the stoned texture. "The Well huh?" she murmured and leant over it. Stefan grabbed the back of her top and pulled her away from the edge.
"Bonnie thinks the moonstone is down here" Stefan uttered and broke the lock off of the lid, he threw it aside. He lifted the grate off of the well and grabbed the torch where he looked down.
"What do you see?" Ava asked curiously
"Nothing, just blackness" the vampire replied. He jumped on the edge "Stay here Ava-"
"Be careful" Elena uttered
"I'll be down there for a second" he assured the females. Elena handed the torch back over and watched as Stefan jumped into the well.
Ava swallowed "He'll be fine Ava" Elena squeezed her hand. Ava could hear a splash and a sudden silence; she bit her lip and jumped when there was a cry of pain from the bottom of the well
"ELENA-"the vampire screamed "AVA-"
"STEFAN?" Elena shouted
"He's in trouble" Ava uttered leaning over the edge "STEFAN? Elena what do we do?" she could hear Stefan cries of pain and felt her heart clench at the noise.
"What's going on down there?" Elena shouted "STEFAN?"
"VERVAINE-"he yelled breathing and swallowing loudly. Ava felt the side of her leg hit something hard she reached down.
"Chains-Elena we need to get him out of here" Ava said grabbing the top of the chains.
"Ava what-?" Elena saw Ava throwing one end of the chain down the well
"STEFAN GRAB ON THE END WE'LL PULL YOU UP." she shouted thinking straight, she could already feel the onslaught of thoughts coming from the brunette beside her.
"STEFAN DO YOU HAVE IT?" Elena yelled she along with Ava grabbed the other end
"Yeah" he croaked.
"Pull" Ava uttered and grunted "Fuck he's heavy" she swore and dug her heels into the ground. Elena inhaled and pulled as well, this was much harder than she thought. They needed someone stronger.
Just then Ava felt a pulse of air beside her "Ava, Elena" Caroline could hear the pair screaming from the other side of woods "What? What are you doing-"
"Grab the chain" Ava said "and pull."
"Stefan is down there and it's filled with vervaine. The female vampire grabbed the chains and easily pulled Stefan up. Elena gasped at the sight of her boyfriend he looked like a rotting corpse. Ava leant against the well
"Stefan-"Elena rushed over to his side
"The moonstone-"Stefan groaned in pain, he needed blood.
"I'll get it" Ava said determinedly
"What? No-"Elena started
"Well Caroline can't do it." Ava reasoned "plus its pitch black down there so you won't be able to see anyway. And-"she further added on "you need to help Stefan"
"Ava-"
"I'm doing it. Now come on Caroline strap the chain around me please" there was really no other choice, so without further ado the taller blond securely wrapped the chains around Ava's waist.
Ava sat on the edge of the well, with Caroline beside her. Elena watched on worriedly from Stefan's side, the brunette was slowly feeding him her blood.
"What's going on?" Bonnie finally arrived on the scene "you just took off in a blur"
"I heard Ava and Elena screaming" Caroline said holding onto the chains,
"What? Oh my god" the witch caught sight of the charred vampire "Ava what-"
"Moonstone is down there and we need it. So come on Caroline-"
"Maybe I should go-"
"I'm strapped in, now come on"
"Help her" Caroline instructed Bonnie. Ava felt her grab onto her arm; she held onto the chains and felt herself slowly being lowered into the well. It was damp, cold and she felt her back brush against the well's walls, it was wet.
Ava gasped when she felt herself falling fast. Caroline's grasp on the chains slip she quickly tightened them causing the chains around Ava's waist to jerk upwards.
"Sorry" Caroline called out.
"Oh my god" breathed Bonnie and swallowed worried for her friend.
"It's ok" they heard Ava's voice "keep going. But don't drop me because I think Damon's cooking and-"
"Ava the moonstone" Bonnie shouted making sure that the teen was focused, she could only make out the blond teen's face; the rest of her was shrouded in darkness. Neither Caroline nor Bonnie could see the bottom of the well.
Ava once again felt herself being lowered but much more slowly, she felt her lower half being encompassed by ice cold water. She hissed and dragged her hands over the walls.
"Where would Mason hide it?" she muttered, "not in the walls to easy." She concluded that it was definitely in the water.
With that thought Ava plunged her hands into the water and felt around. She was obliviously to the various snakes draped against the walls.
She shoved aside the vervaine plants and closed her hand around something. She tugged hard, her feet slipped beneath her causing Ava to go splashing backwards.
The blond coughed loudly she was soaked to the bone already.
"AVA?" Caroline called
"One bloody minute" she shouted "this isn't easy" she pushed herself up and felt around. She felt something plastic and knew it was the torch, she held onto it
"AVA" Bonnie shouted, she glanced over her shoulder and saw that Stefan was slowly healing from the blood he was consuming.
"HOLD ON-"
"HURRY UP! DAMON IS GOING TO MURDER ALL OF US" Caroline screeched.
Ava's hand closed in on something wooden. She felt the string "I found it" she yelled and pulled on the string till she was holding onto a wooden box.
Ava trailed the tips of her fingers over the lid and felt the engravings. "Hmm" she was tempted to open it right there and then.
Stefan groaned and sat up, he looked around and frowned seeing Caroline and Bonnie leaning over the well,
"What's going on?" he asked.
Elena swallowed "Ava found the moonstone" she uttered.
Stefan brows knitted together "Moonstone? But that's down the-"his eyes widened in realisation "She's in the well" he snarled and stormed over to the well "AVA-"
"Hi Stef. You can't yell at me since I found it-"just then she felt something cold, wet and slimy on her arm. Ava screamed hearing hissing and threw what she knew was a snake across the well
"AVA?" Elena shouted as there was another scream of panic and the sound of splashing.
Ava floundered in the water and just managed to stop herself from dropping the wooden box that held the moonstone. She screamed again feeling something wriggling across her neck and slammed herself backwards.
"Fuck the moonstone" Stefan at the moment didn't care if she got it or not. He snatched the chains out of Caroline's hands and pulled hard. Ava found herself flying upwards, she felt an arm wrap around her waist and was pulled off of the edge of the stone ledge,
"Get it off" Ava shouted dropping the box,
"What? holy crap" Caroline immediately backed off seeing the large black snake on Ava's back,
"GET IT OFF"
Stefan grabbed the snake and pulled it off and threw it back into the well. "You are in serious trouble" Stefan uttered as Bonnie picked up the box. Whilst Elena draped her jacket over a soaking wet Ava.
"I got the moonstone though" Ava pouted.
"Here. This'll warm you up" Stefan and Ava were finally home, Caroline had also gone with them since she wanted to see her mother.
Ava had showered and was dressed in her cosy pyjamas. "What is it?" she asked, the blond and the vampire were currently in the kitchen, whilst Damon was clearing up the mess he made.
"Taste it" he intructed. Ava sipped the hot drink and sighed feeling the shot of warmth go through her
"Hmm" she smiled "hot chocolate-"
"With added marshmallows" Stefan dropped a few in there
"You're seriously giving me sugar?" she quirked an eyebrow, Stefan leant against the counter so that he was next to her.
"And you're seriously questioning me?" he countered.
"Right I won't be doing that"
Stefan chuckled "Trust me I think you deserve this" he kissed her cheek "after this go to bed though. You look exhausted" it was true she had bags beneath her eyes and the small cut on her neck looked like it was beginning to get an infection. So he had applied some cream to hopefully curb the idea of Ava getting ill. She was also wrapped up in her teddy bear robe since it was thick and cosy.
"I'm going to go help Damon. You finish this" Stefan said and left Ava on her own.
Ava drank the rest of her chocolaty drink and munched on the marshmallows. When she was done she dropped her dirty dishes into the sink and padded barefooted towards the parlour.
"What you guys up to?" Ava uttered appearing in the doorway.
"Not much" Damon replied, Stefan discreetly nodded towards the body and mouthed to his brother 'Don't tell her about this'
The raven head vampire rolled his eyes and waltzed over to Ava and tugged the hood of her robe up so that the pointed ears were upwards "Not much, but Stefan did tell me about your little venture in the woods"
Ava groaned loudly and shuffled over to the couch unknowingly just missing stepping on the sheet that held a very dead Mason Lockwood "Don't start"
"I won't Stefan lectured you already" Damon drawled and picked up the deceased werewolf's cell phone.
"Oh look I wonder who the last number he dialled was." Damon smirked
"Wait is Mason-"
"He won't be coming back" Stefan informed her.
Ava's eyes widened "Whoa, you….actually-"
"It needed to be done. And he didn't mention what exactly you are which is also very annoying" Damon uttered and glanced back over to the cell.
"Ava you ok?" Stefan asked seeing the look on the teen's face.
"Yeah" her mind was still trying to wrap around the idea of Mason being dead.
"Let's call her" Damon waved the cell phone and dialled, causing Stefan to jump up from his crouching position
"Don't provoke her" Stefan hissed but Damon shoved him away, the younger Salvatore glowered at him and dropped down beside Ava placing his arm around her shoulders.
"Katherine? That's the call duh-"
"Ava he was being sarcastic" Stefan chuckled under his breath, his attention was snapped towards Damon when the other vampire started to speak
"Wrong boy toy" Damon declared, Ava grunted when Stefan once again jumped off of the couch and tried to grab the cell again. But the raven head vampire swatted him away. Stefan slapped his hand and dropped down beside the blond.
Ava listened to Damon's side of the conversation "He's right beside me….but he's heart is across the room."
"Eww" Ava cringed causing Damon's smirk to widen.
"I had a very busy day today" Damon sat down on Ava's other side, so that the petite teen was squished in between them "killed a werewolf got a moonstone, did you know he hid the moon stone in a well filled with vervaine-"Stefan shook his head.
"Damon stop" Ava hissed "someone is going to get hurt"
But Damon ignored the pair and carried on goading the female vampire "Guess he didn't trust you very much. But he did love you, poor guy" he tutted and idly twirled his index finger around one of Ava's curl "hey where are you? I can bring him over. You know last goodbyes and all of that"
Ava sighed and shook her head; she could tell that Katherine would retaliate.
"Aww" he cooed mockingly whilst Stefan watched on with a frown on his face, Ava listened and could hear the fire crackling in the background "did I put a kink in your master plan? Sorry-"he didn't sound sorry at all. Stefan saw the smile sliding off of Damon's face and quietly sighed; he could hear both sides of the conversation.
"What happened?" Ava asked hearing the phone snapping shut
"No clue-"
"You pissed her off" Stefan uttered shaking his head.
Ava paced up and down in the parlour and could hear the front door slam shut, word had gotten to her and the Salvatores that Jenna had stabbed herself because Katherine compelled her to do so. The blond wanted to rush to the hospital but both Stefan and Damon didn't agree.
"Elena?" Ava rushed into the corridor "Is Jenna-"
"She's ok" Elena managed to choke out, Ava pulled the taller girl into a hug knowing that she probably blamed herself for this whole fiasco.
Elena hugged her tightly and inhaled Ava's familiar aroma "It'll be ok Elena" Ava whispered. They parted "Stefan is in the parlour" she told her.
"Thanks" Elena replied and headed into the spacious room. The blond bit her lip she quietly trailed behind and was about to go towards the kitchen but her curiosity got the best of her. She pressed her back against the wall and could hear Elena and Stefan in the other room.
"I'm so sorry" she could hear Stefan's voice.
"We were stupid" Elena said tearfully, Ava bit her bottom lip hard "sneaking around. Thinking we weren't going to get caught."
"I know" Stefan swallowed finding it hard to talk
"We did this" Elena exclaimed, Ava could hear the heels clicking against the floor alerting her that the brunette was probably moving towards Stefan "Jenna is in the hospital, Jeremy or Ava could be next."
It was no secret that the blond was like a little sister to Elena, and the brunette wouldn't put it pass Katherine just hurt Ava since the petite teen was also dear to the Salvatore brothers. "All because we didn't listen to her, because we're together."
Ava's balled her hands into fists and leant harder against the wall. "Stefan" Elena uttered.
"I know what you're going to say to me" Ava could hear the vampire to control his voice but he was having a hard time doing it.
"Then let me say it" Elena murmured tears were streaming down her face "I've been so selfish because I love you so much. And I know how much you love me. But its over" Ava felt her heart lurch at that.
"No Elena-"
"It has to be" Elena cried cupping the vampire's face "it has to be"
Ava could hear a moment of silence which was broken by the sound of kissing and then nothing. She heard the front door slam shut. She licked her lips and entered the parlour "Stefan?" Ava called softly making the vampire look at her.
"Ava just-"
But he didn't get the chance to finish his sentence since Ava launched herself into his arms. Stefan stumbled back but held on to her.
"It's ok. Stefan" Ava said softly hugging the vampire hard "It will be" the vampire finally let his walls down and shed a few tears. The pair stood like that, Damon walked passed and stopped, and he could see Ava comforting his brother and leant against the door watching them. Stefan's green orbs met Damon's icy ones.
"It'll be ok" Ava said aloud "You're going to be ok Stefan-"
"She's right" Damon nodded "Katherine will pay"
Stefan shook his head and just held onto Ava even tighter, he felt her warm comforting body against his lean one. "It won't-"
"It will" Ava assured him she raised her hands and traced it across Stefan's face she wiped away his tears "It will be Stefan"
AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Thanks to those who reviewed. Outfit link on profile.
So in this Chap-The beginning, Damon gives Ava a wake up call, which ends her breaking a vase. Stefan comes just in time to see Damon dumping Ava on the doorstep. Ava is dragged along to the volunteer for the ball. Where Carol entrusts her with putting candles in to the holders. where she mutilates them. She finds out about Stefan and Elena pretending to break up. She tries to chuck a glass at Mason but Stefan stops her. We learn that Mason knows what Ava is she uses her mind power against the werewolf also we learn that his kind can smell her too. Elena and Ava follow Stefan into the woods. Ava dives into the well to get the moonstone. Where Stefan ends up yelling at her. There are more Stefan and Ava moments in this chap. Ava comforts Stefan in the end.
Next chap-The Masqurade Ball. Ava pisses Katherine off.
Coming soon-Ava meets an Original and she finally is told the truth.
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