Ava groaned and rolled over, she heard the sound of her alarm blaring loudly, her hand reached out and attempted to shut the shrilling device off, but it proved to be difficult.

"Shut up" she muttered and slammed her hand down on the button but it carried on ringing; Ava swung her hand out causing the alarm clock to crash to the floor. She sighed in relief and was intent on rolling over and pulling her blanket over her but that hope was squashed when her alarm started to shrill again.

"Oh come on" Ava shouted and swung her legs out of her bed

"What's wrong?" Claudette came running into the room waving a spatula around "Is there a murderer here or-"

"No" the teen spoke over her "just this freaking alarm doesn't turn off" she jumped on to her feet but then howled it pain and clutched her foot,

"Now that's one way to shut an alarm clock up" Claudette chuckled and ignored the glare that was on her grand-daughter's face

"Gran it freaking hurts" she whined

"Back on the bed" the older woman gently pushed Ava back down on the bed but not before stepping over the shattered alarm clock, she reminded herself to clear that up.

"So?" Ava asked feeling Claudette touching her foot

"Nothing to worry about, just a few shards of glass. Wait here" she instructed Ava rolled her eyes "and don't roll your eyes at me-"

"How-"

"With you I have eyes in the back of my head" Claudette called from the bathroom, she returned with the first aid box. She then crouched down in front of her; Ava hissed feeling a stinging sensation coming from her foot. "Don't be such a baby"

"Oww, you pinched my toe-"

"Stop whining, just got to get some shards of glass out of ya. So stay still" she said sternly. Ava sighed and did as she was told; she bit down on her bottom lip when Claudette pulled the shards out of her foot.

"There all done" Claudette stood up after putting some bandages on her foot "nothing too serious. Now go get ready for school-"

"Gran-"

"You're going" Claudette uttered "now go and get ready. I'm making pancakes for breakfast"

Ava huffed "You know constant bribery with food isn't going to work" she stumbled into her bathroom

"It always words on you" her Gran called and laughed loudly when Ava slammed the door shut. The blond teen leant against the door and put some of her weight on it, there was a flash of pain but other than that it wasn't bad.

She hurriedly did her morning routine and when she was done Ava exited her room. She made her way towards her closer and felt around for the familiar touch of the labels, she pulled out a grey lace top, and a pair of skinny jeans.

She quickly slipped the clothes on and hurriedly ran a brush through her hair. She grabbed her bag and headed downstairs but not before slipping on her shoes.

"Gran-"

"Breakfast first" Claudette called out, she looked up hearing the sound of footsteps and couldn't help but laugh at the sight of the petite teen.

"What?" Ava asked plopping down at the kitchen table

"Your hair dear, your bangs make you look like a sheepdog" Ava rolled her eyes "Let me fix it" before she could even argue Claudette had hurried around, and used some bobby pins to pin some of Ava's hair away from her face. "Now we can see that pretty little face-"

"No Gran don't-oww" she pouted when Claudette pinched her cheek

"Eat up" she instructed. Soon enough Ava was done and downed the rest of her juice she had just set her cup down when there was a loud beep.

"That's my ride. See ya later Gran" Ava got onto her feet and walked out of the kitchen, she could here Claudette trailing after her.

She opened the door

"Ava take your cane-"

"Gran-"

"Ava take it. Or do you want a spanking?"

"Ergh….fine" Ava muttered and felt the cane being pressed into her hand

"Have fund dear, and don't get into trouble" Claudette kissed her on the temple "Hey Elena-"she called over to the brunette teen who was waiting in the car. Ava swung her cane in a low arch and steadily made her way towards the car

"Hey Claudette. How're you doing?" Elena asked reaching over to unlock the passenger side. Ava slid in and placed her bag by her feet. She buckled herself in

"Fine dear. Got a hot date tonight though-"

"Again?" Ava quirked an eyebrow "Is it with that Craig-"

"Pfft no, he couldn't tame me,-"

"I don't think anyone can" Ava said under her making Elena giggle

"What'd she say-"

"Nothing Gran" Ava yelled out "have fun on your date, are you going to be home when-"

"Not sure but you've got my number." Claudette yelled.


"So how was your morning?" Elena asked as she drove down the road towards the school

"I stepped on my alarm clock" Ava uttered and leant back in the seat, she tapped her fingers against the cane "Yours?"

"Nothing out of the norm" Elena murmured pulling up to the school

"So no word from Stefan yet?" Ava asked quietly she had been thinking about the vampire,

"Nope, he hasn't called or anything" Elena let out a dejected sigh as they got out of the car, she hurried around Ava's side and linked her arm through hers. they walked towards the school.

"Hey" Caroline fell into step beside them

"Hi, have you heard from Bonnie yet?" Ava questioned recalling that both her friends had been arguing last night about some necklace.

"No" Caroline scoffed "I'm mad at her, she needs to make the first move"

"Be the bigger person" Elena stated

"It's impossible in her presence" Caroline muttered.

Ava scoffed "Seriously? You're still pissed?"

"What got you so mad in the first place?" Elena asked shouldering her bag

"She's a thief that's why" Caroline argued "I gave her my necklace and she refuses to give it back, it's a matter of principle"

Ava snorted "Yeah sucky principle. You do realise how childish you sound don't you?"

"Ava give it up, we tried so we're officially out of it" Elena told her

"Good your turn, where's Stefan?" Caroline asked, Ava felt her tense up next to her "have you talked to him?"

"He's avoiding me" Elena uttered

"Why?"

"It's complicated." Before Caroline could further ask questions that bell rang "Come on Ava we've got history"

"Alright talk to you later Care" Ava called over her shoulder, she felt the brush of other students "So it's 'complicated?' that's the best you could come up with?"

"What?" Elena asked as they entered the school

"Well you do know Caroline right? Saying that is like giving her the go ahead to snoop" Ava explained "plus you're a bit of a liar"

"How'd you figure that one out?" Elena looked at her.

"Well we both know we're not going to leave it just like that with Caroline and Bonnie. So what's the master plan? Oh great one"

"Shut up" Elena laughed nudging her shoulder. they arrived at the history classroom "Looks like the teacher isn't here yet"

Ava took her usual seat which was beside Elena's one "Ohh a teacher who's not punctual. Works for me"

Elena shook her head, Ava pulled out the required books for this class "Stefan's not here….oh god I hope he hasn't left" the blond paused hearing her friend's thoughts. She was saddened the notion that perhaps Stefan has already left town, what got her though was the fact that he didn't even say goodbye.

She was brought out of her musings when the bell rang for the last time

"Good morning everyone" she heard a deep friendly tone, this must be there new history teacher she concluded. Ava reached into her bag to pull out her recorder but it slipped from her grasp when she hear Elena's thoughts

"What's wrong with Bonnie? It looks like she hasn't slept in ages-"

Ava the focused her attention on the witch thinking what was wrong with her "I keep having nightmares….Emily is always there… "

"Here ya go" Ava jumped and kicked her leg out, it accidently whacked the new history teacher in the gut

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry" Ava felt her cheeks growing hot and knew she was blushing madly "fuck-I mean are you ok?" she could hear the snickers around the classroom. Trust her to kick the new history teacher right in the gut.

"I'm fine; I'll just won't startle you again. Here's your recorder" as soon as Alaric entered the room he had done a quick once over. He's eyes had immediately stopped on the blond teen, he had noticed the white cane resting by her feet and concluded that this must be the infamous Ava Xenia who had a retort for everything. He had seen her drop her recorder and gave it back to her but certainly hadn't been expecting her to kick him.

"I'm not going to get done for assault am I? Honestly accident it was" Ava uttered tucking in a stray piece of hair

"No, no" he chuckled "you're fine. So now on with the lesson"

Ava slumped back in her seat she already like the new history teacher, one thing was for sure if it had been Tanner she'd kick he would've sent her off to the principal's office

"Alrighty" Alaric called out instantly silencing the quiet chatter from the students, Ava could hear the sound of chalk hitting the board, she didn't zone in on his mind, since she knew it was an invasion of privacy plush she rather learn him about the normal way "Alaric Saltzman, it's a mouthful I know it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue-"Ava snorted at that "something you want to say Ava-"

"You know my name?"

"Who doesn't" he smiled

Ava muttered something under her breath "Nothing, I got nothing to say"

"Right so where was I…?"

"You were talking about your name-"

"Oh my god Ava" Elena hissed "rhetorical question""

"What's the point of them? "She huffed

"Be quiet-"

"Are you guys done?" the teacher called effectively ending Ava's and Elena's bickering

"It's her fault-"

"Ava-"

"What?"

Alaric clapped his hands cutting off Elena's retort "Can I get back to my lesson, thanks for reminding me where I was"

"See I told you he would be grateful-"

"Oh my god Ava shut up" Elena whispered there were various snickers around the classroom

"Ok" Alaric spoke over them, bringing the class's attention back on to him "Saltzman is of German origins my family immigrated here in 1755 to Texas, I however was born in Boston, now name Alaric belongs to a very dead great-grandfather I'll never be to thank enough. You probably want to pronounce it as Ala-ar-ric but its Alaric. Ok? But you can call me Ric. I'm your new history teacher."


"So Bonnie what's got you all twisty?" Ava asked as she swung her leg over the metal bench, it was lunchtime now and since it was sort of sunny they had opted to sit outside,

"What?"

"Please" Ava scoffed "I may not be able to see but it's obvious something's up since you have barely spoke a word" she rummaged through her bag and pulled out the paper bag that her Gran had packed

"She's right what's bugging you?" Elena asked.

Ava felt around in the bag, her hand closed in on around her sandwich and pulled it out, she unwrapped it and took a big bite "So come on, tell us"

"Ergh Ava say it don't spray it" Elena uttered brushing the crumbs off of herself

"Elena you do realise how old that saying is" Ava rolled her eyes "so Bon-"

"Fine." Bonnie uttered knowing that she wasn't going to get out of this so she started to tell the pair her story "then I ended up at the remains of Old Fells church, before I wake up back in the woods"

"And you always see Emily?" Elena asked resting her elbows on the table

"Yeah" Bonnie nodded

"Maybe she's giving you a message?" the blond suggested she had finished her lunch

"Could be, do you believe in ghosts?"

"There are va-"Ava yelped when Elena slammed her foot down on hers "Sure why not" she plastered a smile on to her face, it was strained though since her foot was throbbing, she had forgotten that Bonnie had no clue about other supernatural creatures

"Two weeks ago I'd say not but now…"

"Plus Gran says that anything is possible and I believe her" Ava murmured the pain was easing away

"I think I'm being haunted" Bonnie told them

Ava was miffed at this, thinking why would Bonnie's own family haunt her

"I don't get it, why Emily?" Elena asked

"Gram's said she was a powerful witch back in the civil war days and that this medallion was hers a witch's talisman."

"And all these freaky dreams started when you got the necklace?" Ava sipped her drink

"I think she's trying to communicate with me" Bonnie said softly, Ava could tell that her friend was genuinely frightened

"What about Sheila? Have you gone to her?" Ava asked

"I can't tell she's going to say embrace it" Bonnie shook her head "and I don't want to embrace it, I just want it to stop."

"Maybe there's a way to do that" Ava murmured

"Like what?"

But before she could there was a tap on her shoulder "Ava?"

"Erm…Dana?-"

"Yeah-"

"What's up?"

"Mr Saltzman wants to talk to you. He's in his classroom"

"Oh, ok thanks" Ava smiled and could hear her walking away "Why would he want to talk to me?" she asked as she packed away her things

"Maybe it's about this morning, you was being a smart-ass-"

"Ha, ha so funny" she rolled her eyes and slung her bag over her shoulder and picked up her cane "Catch you guys later, you're my ride home"

"Try and not be yourself, if you are you'll get in more trouble" Elena called and laughed when Ava gave her the one finger salute and marched off.


Ava took a deep breath and knocked on the door

"Ava, come in" Alaric uttered seeing the blond teen there, she followed the sound of his voice and sat down in the seat in front of him

"Is this about this morning? I just wanted to say it was all Elena, that girl natters on and on, but it's cool since I just pretend to listen and then-"

"Stop" Alaric swallowed his sandwich "you're ranting-"

"Yeah I tend to do that when I'm nervous, which isn't all the time but sometimes. Happens when I'm also under stress and-"he cleared his throat "I'm doing it right now aren't I?" she rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly

Alaric smiled in amusement; she was a funny little thing he thought "Did you know that your old teacher had a jackass file no joke?" Ava's eyes bugged out "it says it on the label-"

"Ergh prick-"

"What?"

"Nothing, carry on jackass- I meant with the file. Not you, you're not a jackass-well I don't know but-"

"Relax" Alaric said "it has all the trouble makers in it, you fill out more than half this file" he saw the look on her face so got up, she could hear him dumping something in the bin "Relax, I'm not him," he sat down on the edge of his desk "I get the feeling he hated you-"

"How'd you get that?" Ava asked her fingers tapping against her cane

"Because he wrote it down"

"Oh-well he had issues with me"

"I can tell, you know he called you a smartass?" Alaric quirked an eyebrow seeing the grin on her face, he chuckled "and I get the feeling that you're proud of that"

"Kind of"

"Well it's a clean slate with me, so try and not to mouth off that much, your grades are good though, actually more than good"

Ava smiled history was one of her favourite subjects well besides Art "Thanks"

"You can go now, and try not to get into any trouble" he uttered, Ava scrambled onto her feet

"See ya later Ric" she called over her shoulder walking out of the classroom he went back to his lunch and could still hear her "why does everyone say that-"

"ARGH"

"Oh shit" Alaric jumped onto his feet and jogged out of the classroom

"That's why everyone says that Ava" Alaric helped her onto her feet, she had ran into one of the lab techs and knocked out what appeared to be frog spawn all over the floor

"My clothes" the woman spluttered she was covered in the sticky liquid "I knew I should have gone the other way-"

"Sorry Miranda" Ava apologised recognising the woman's voice "here let me help-" she took one step forward but slipped, Alaric managed to catch her around the waist before she could fall

"Ok, no more" Alaric grabbed her cane and literally hauled her away "If you try to help any more then you'll probably do more damage to yourself"

Ava nodded a blush coloured her cheeks "Yeah, you're not going to hold this against me right?"

"No I won't" he smiled and patted her back "off you go Ava" he watched as the small blond scurried off and shook his head when she had knocked down another student in the process.


It was finally the end of the school day; she had gotten a call from Elena saying that they would be riding home with Bonnie, since Jenna had taken the car.

She yawned and walked towards the parking lot, Ava stumbled when someone crashed into her

"Sorry-"the person yelled and ran off,

Ava sighed having dropped her belongings, she knelt down and began to grab her fallen books. Her hands reached out on the ground to pick them up, she stood up and brushed off her jeans.

"Miss one" she stiffened hearing that familiar voice, she snatched the book and went to walk around but he blocked her path, he grabbed her wrist when she stumbled back "Not going to thank me?" Damon smirked

"I'd rather cut out my tongue before I thank you" she countered

"Oh that's not nice" his tone was mocking

"I don't care, now if you don't mind I got better things to do then talk to you" her breath hitched when he moved even closer to her so that his chest brushed against hers, Ava stiffened and inhaled sharply when his large hand cupped her cheek, Damon bent down slightly so that he could look at her in the face

"Be careful Ava, you never know what's lurking in the dark" he whispered into her ear, she felt his lips against the shell of her ear.

"A psychotic vampire, who should be lucky that his brother didn't have the heart to kill him" she sniped Damon chuckled

"So much fire Ava, but is it always going to be like that?" she felt a pulse of air and knew he was gone. Ava shook off that prickly feeling and hurried towards Bonnie's car, hoping that it was parked in its usual spot.

"Ava" Elena called "get in." she slid into the back seat and dropped her stuff besides her "You ok?"

"Yeah fine just Damon-"

"You too?" Bonnie asked starting the car

"What? He paid me a visit and…he freaks me out" Ava admitted leaning back in her seat

"He didn't hurt you did he?" Elena asked

Ava shook her head "Nope, besides I can handle Damon. So Bon what happened to you?" she asked licking her lips

The witch then went on to explain what happened to her "He's bad news you guys, he really scared me"

"You both need to stay away from him-"

"Hey he's the one who keeps bugging me." Ava crossed her arms in front of her chest

"Tell me about it, I'm trying to but he just keeps showing up" Bonnie huffed

"He's like an annoying uncle that no one wants around" the blond licked her lips, Elena sighed and looked at the pair, she already knew that Claudette was probably going to be staying out all night and that Bonnie's dad was probably busy at work or something

"I don't want either of you two to be alone" Elena said "You're both staying at mine-"

"Elena I can live on my own-"

"Not tonight you aren't. plus I got word from Claudette that you're going to be spending the night again, we can make it a whole night thing" Elena said and ignored the pout coming from the backseat

"Elena-"

"No arguing, your Gran already dropped your things off"

Ava rolled her eyes, she knew that her Gran had hated that she would spend the nights on her own, so this certainly wasn't the first time that she spent at the Gilbert's place

"It's all because of this necklace; I have to get rid of it"

"Bonnie-"

"Whoa" Elena gasped, Ava felt the car swerving and came to an abrupt stop, and she slammed forward and was stopped from hitting the seat in front of her by the belt.

"What's going on?" Ava asked hearing the car door slam shut "Elena-"

"I'm here, and Bonnie just threw that medallion away" Elena said her eyes remained on the witch who got back into the car

"Bonnie you ok?" Ava shifted in her seat placing her bag on her lap.

"Now I am, all my problems were because of that thing" Bonnie replied "I can't believe I didn't do that sooner"

"Shelia is going to be pissed" Ava whistled

"What's she going to say?" Elena asked glancing over her shoulder to check on the blond.

"Gram isn't the one who's being haunted by a hundred and fifty year old ghost"

Ava nodded "You've got a point. Ok so are we getting back on the road? I really have to pee" she added causing both Bonnie and Elena to snort.


"Hmm, if we're having a girls night then-"

"We should watch the notebook-"

"Ergh no why?" Ava cried out pouting "Let's not, I hate romance it's stupid and always complicate things" Bonnie brushed passed her to get a large bowl from one of the cabinets,

"You're a bit young to be this cynical aren't you?" Elena cocked an eyebrow starting to make the popcorn

"Pfft…how about…..we watch Harry Potter in honour of Bonnie-" the blond grinned and popped a grape into her mouth

"And how does that honour me?"

"Oh Bonnie why do you have to egg her on?" Elena muttered seeing Ava opening her mouth

"You are kidding me right?" the blond quirked an eyebrow "Harry Potter, witch's and wizard's and so on…they can-"

"Ok I get it" Bonnie laughed placing her hand over her mouth shutting the chatty blond up "but no we're not watching Harry Potter"

"How about…" Elena called out "a compromise? We can watch Pirates of the Caribbean-"

"That's not a comprise" Bonnie snorted

"Plus no….you know how many times I've watched it a million times. You know Gran fancies Johnny Depp-"

"I thought she fancied Leonardo Di-"

"That ship sailed" Ava snorted leaning against the counter,

"Here"

Bonnie handed her over a box pop-tarts, which the blond ripped open and started to munch on it "She reckons her and Johnny Depp, met in another life where he was Captain Jack Sparrow and she was his wench-" with that the three teens burst out laughing

"God your house must never be boring" Elena chuckled shaking her head.

"For some reason I'm now in the mood to watch that" Bonnie muttered "Lets watch that-"

"No Bon-"Ava stomped her foot on the ground "she left hasn't she?"

Elena smiled "Yep, so I guess we're watching it"

Ava rolled her eyes "Fine, just know that I'm not too thrilled about it"

"Really? I wonder what gave it away" Elena said sarcasm dripping from her tone "from the pout on your face…. and stop eating the pop-tarts, you need some room for the popcorn" she felt the box being taken away from her "anyway….did you call Stefan about-"

"Damon threatening her? I called him"

"So is he coming over-"Elena didn't need to answer Ava's question since the doorbell rang

"Well-"

"Nah ah, I want to hear this" before Elena could blink Ava had already answered the door,

"Ava" Stefan smiled seeing the petite blond

"Hey Stef-now outside-"

"Wait, what?"

"Elena called you didn't she?" Ava questioned

"Yes-"

"Thanks for coming, maybe we should take this outside" Elena appeared behind her, she glanced over her shoulder and saw Bonnie there. They all stepped outside on the porch, Ava hopped onto the railing "I wouldn't have called if it was important"

"I know" Stefan stood beside Ava "what's going on?"

"Damon is threatening Bonnie" Ava answered tucking a stray lock behind her ear

"What would Damon want with Bonnie?" Stefan frowned wondering what his brother was up to, Ava could hear the creaking of the porch floorboards and knew that Elena was pacing up and down

"It's about this necklace, Caroline got it from Damon and she gave it to Bonnie, now he wants it back. He's tormenting her"

"Is it a nice looking necklace?" Ava asked causing both Elena and Stefan to look at her, she could feel their gaze boring into her "What?" she asked "if it's a good looking necklace then I get the fuss but it's some ugly ass thing then why would he want it back?" she scrunched her nose up in disgust.

"It's just a necklace" Stefan murmured.

"It's not just any necklace" Elena said she stopped pacing "it has to do with Bonnie's heritage, it belonged to one of her ancestors who lived here, during the civil war-"

"That's when you was around" Ava uttered "Stefan know anyone by the name of Emily?"

"Yes I did, she was Katherine's handmaid, she was a witch-"

"You know about Bonnie?" Elena asked,

"The first night you invited me over for dinner, I made the connection"

"Whoa, that dinner seemed so long ago" Ava muttered "so Damon knows about Bonnie being a witch and now he wants the necklace back"

"What does it look like?" Stefan asked Elena

"It's an antique iron setting with-"

"An amber crystal" Stefan finished off-

"Huh, sounds nice" Ava drawled hopping on to her feet, so instead of sitting on the railing she was leaning against it

"I know it, it belonged to Katherine, Emily gave it to her which means…" the blond frowned hearing his voice trail off

"What?" Elena asked

"I don't know" Stefan shook his head "I'm going to find out, I need t talk to Damon"

"Is he going to tell you?" Elena asked watching the vampire walking off the porch

"Yeah no offence Stefan but your brother doesn't come across as the sharing and caring type" Ava drawled

"I'll get it out of him somehow" Stefan said

"Don't get yourself killed Stefan" Ava called after him

"And you don't get into any trouble" Stefan yelled back at her.


"Oh pasta" Ava peeled back the lid and sniffed the food, "my favourite-"

"And you should quit sniffing all the food" Caroline snatched the Tupperware off of her,

"So happy that you could come Care" she drawled causing Elena to shake her head, Ava could hear footsteps entering the room , Elena looked at Caroline and nodded towards Bonnie

"I'm sorry" Caroline declared "if you want the ugly ass necklace then keep it it's yours"

Ava snorted "Nice Care" she picked up the fork and hopped onto the stool and started to eat

"Will you hate me if I told you I threw it away?" Bonnie asked, Ava and Elena kept tight lipped

"Ava no more pasta for you-"

"What?"

"Other people here have to eat" Elena uttered taking it off of her, she smiled seeing the pout on her face, their attention was drawn back onto Caroline

"You threw it away?" Caroline asked in disbelief

"I know it sounds crazy but the necklace was giving me nightmares, I just have to get rid of it" Bonnie explained knowing that Caroline probably wouldn't understand

"You could've just given it back to me" Caroline said pointing at herself

"Why so you can give it back to Damon?"

The taller blond let out a sigh "Screw Damon, are we doing manicures or what? who has there kit? Not asking you Ava I don't even think you own one"

Ava rolled her eyes "Charming as always Care,"

"I know"

"Mines in my bag" Bonnie intervened not in the mood to listen to Ava and Caroline going at each other.

"So Elena-"Caroline called unzipping the bag "how long do you think this fight with Stefan is going to last for?"

Ava dug her hand into the popcorn bow and took a few, she popped it into her mouth.

"I don't know Caroline" Elena sighed,

"Liar" Ava paused hearing Caroline's thoughts, she turned slightly

"Care?" Ava called her

"Why are you such a little liar Bonnie?" Caroline snapped

"What?" Bonnie asked in confusion

"Caroline" Elena scolded

"No need to be a bitch Caroline" Ava frowned getting onto her feet, there was a stunned silence, her brows furrowed in confusion

"The necklace? But I chucked it away" Bonnie's thoughts were loud and clear,

"You lied, the necklace is here" Caroline stormed over to them dumping the necklace on the centre of the counter, Ava scooped it up and trailed her fingers around the edges of it "if want to keep it-"

"I'm not lying Caroline" Bonnie snapped "I swear"

"It's true I watched her throw it into a field" Elena said defending the witch

"Well then explain it" Caroline demanded folding her arms in front of her chest, Ava felt the crystal, it was smooth and wasn't overly large nor was it small, it was an average size.

"Emily" Bonnie declared, Ava straightened up at that

"Who's Emily?" Caroline asked

"The ghost-"

"Fuck" Ava swore Bonnie's ancestors were sure persistent

"Oh so what? this ghost has a name now?" Caroline scoffed.

"Caroline please" Elena waved her off as her attention was solely on Bonnie

"I wonder why she won't leave me alone-"

"Maybe she wants to talk to you, or want you to do something" Ava suggested

"Ok" Caroline shouted making Ava jump "what is going on? Why am I not a part of this conversation? You guys do this to me all the time-"

"That's not true-"

"Yes it is" Bonnie sighed "I can't talk to you, you don't listen"

"That;s not true" Caroline denied

"Err, yeah it is" Ava muttered getting a glare from the taller blond

"I'm a witch"

"And don't we all know it" Caroline rolled her eyes

"See" Bonnie snapped much to Elena's surprise Ava went back to eating the popcorn "that's what I'm talking about I tell you something and you don't even hear it"

"Did she walk out?" Ava asked hearing fast footsteps

"Yep" Elena replied

"I listen" Caroline frowned "when do I not listen?"

"Well there was that time when I told you I was-"

"Not now Ava, it was a rhetorical question"

"Ergh I hate them" Ava grumbled. "But you should go and talk to her"

"Ava where are you going?" Elena asked catching Ava sneaking away "you're meant to-oh you're going to eavesdrop on them aren't you?"

"No…?"

"You're blushing so you're lying now-"

"Oh come on, I know you want to know what's going on" Ava smirked at her "come on Elena-"

"Fine but be quiet" Elena whispered, Caroline had gone after Bonnie the brunette tugged Ava so that they were around the corner from the lounge, they could hear Caroline clearly since the door was wide open

"Bonnie?" Caroline said quietly "look it's not just me, ok I don't believe in all that…whoo….ohh-"

"That's her ghost sound? That's cra-humph" the rest of Ava's sentence was cut off when Elena slammed her hand over her mouth shutting her up "shh" she hissed into her ear

"-but if you do then ok, I'm in that's all it takes for me to jump on board, I consider you to be my best friend and I'm saying this knowing that Ava and Elena are in the kitchen listening to my every word."

There was the sound of shuffling Ava assumed that Caroline must've sat down "I didn't know how real this was for you, but I'm listening now, ok?"

"Ok"

Caroline smiled at her "Ava, Elena you guys can come in now we're done"

"Thank god" Ava grinned running into the room and jumped onto the couch causing Caroline and Bonnie to laugh, Elena dropped down on the other side of Ava

"There is way too much drama in this room" Caroline commented "what do you guys want to do?"

"No clue" Ava commented resting her head on Elena's shoulder, she nearly jumped out of her seat when Caroline gasped

"I have an idea" Caroline grinned "let's have a séance" she got off the couch

"I don't think that's a good idea" Bonnie shook her head

"Plus I thought we were going to watch a movie?" Ava commented

"No come on, let's summon some spirits" Caroline said "this Emily chick has some serious explaining to do"

"So I'm guessing by your silence we're going to have a séance?" Ava asked.


Ava sighed, the group had now moved into Elena's room and had lit some candles and were all sitting around them. Ava grasped onto Bonnie's and Elena's hands

"What are we doing?" Bonnie asked

"I don't know-"

"Phew, I thought I was the only one" Ava relaxed a bit "can we eat yet? I'm hungry-"

"Later" Caroline shushed her "be quiet and concentrate. Ok close your eyes-"

"Really-"

"Ava do it"

Ava sighed but did as she was told and closed her eyes "Ok now take a deep breath, not that loud Ava-"

"Oh my god-"

"The sooner we do this, then we can eat" Elena whispered and stifled her laughter Ava mimed zipping her mouth shut

Ava rolled her shoulders and relaxed as did the others

"Bonnie call her" Caroline said softly

Ava licked her lips

"Emily you there?" Bonnie asked, Ava's brows furrowed and bit down on her lower lip to stop herself from laughing

"Really? Emily you there?" Caroline did a poor imitation "is that all you got? Come on-"

"Fine, geeze" Bonnie sighed and closed her eyes again "Emily? I call on you I know you have a message and I'm listening." All of a sudden the flames flared up,

"What-"Ava dropped her hands

"Did that just-"

"Yeah it did"

Ava shuddered feeling chilled all of a sudden she wrapped her arms around herself "what's going on?"

"It's fine Ava" Bonnie assured her seeing that the blond was beginning to panic "It's the air-conditioning-"

"Ava-"Elena grabbed the back of her top and pulled her back when the flames flared even higher

"Ask her to show you a sign or something" Caroline uttered. "Ask her-"when Bonnie didn't she took it upon herself "Emily if you're among us, show us another sign" she commanded

There was a moment of silence "See it's not working"

All of the sudden the windows were slammed open, Ava lurched forward towards the flames but Elena grabbed her and pulled her back

"That's it I'm done" Bonnie stood up pulling off her necklace and threw it to the ground

"Can we stop?" Ava asked "this isn't fun"

"Get the lights" Bonnie shouted "please get the lights"

"I got it" Elena pulled Ava onto her feet and hurried off to switch the lights on "Here"

Ava breathed in "You guys? The necklace is gone" Bonnie told them

"Ava give it back-"

"I didn't take it" Ava shook her head tucking away her wayward curls, Bonnie looked around and shook her head unable to find it

"Alright fun is over Caroline, you made your point. Now give it back" Elena said looking at her

"What? I didn't take it, Ava cou-"

"How the hell could I? I can't exactly see where it is" Ava snapped, she stiffened feeling as if someone strolled behind her.

"What? what happened?" Caroline asked, Elena brushed pass Ava

"Nothing, Jeremy are you home?" Elena called out

"Erm guys?" Bonnie uttered spotting the necklace; Ava frowned and followed the sound of her footsteps

"What-"Ava was cut off by the door slamming shut, she heard Bonnie screaming

"Bonnie" they all shouted, Ava groped around and grabbed the door knob "It's not opening-"she shouted tugging on it

"Let me try" Caroline said and pulled it but like Ava she couldn't open in.

"I'll try the hallway door" Elena ran out of the room.

"Bonnie"? Ava slammed her fist against the door, she attempted to zero in on the witch's mind but found it to be too chaotic to get a reading, all she could hear was screaming

"BONNIE OPEN THE DOOR" Caroline screamed,

"Bonnie" Ava shouted Elena ran back around the lights were blinking. All of a sudden the screaming stopped making them all freeze, the door swung open revealing Bonnie who was covering her face

"What happened?" Ava asked "are you ok?"

"I'm fine"

Ava frowned getting the feeling that something was off

"Unbelievable" Caroline shook her head

"Caroline-"

"No you scared the hell out of me" she walked off leaving Ava and Elena with Bonnie

"Bonnie?" Elena looked at her with a frown on her face.

"I'm fine, I'm fine" Bonnie brushed pass Ava and they both froze, the blond teen's eyes widened feeling a sharp tingle in her gut

"I can't believe I fell for it-"

"Are you ok?" Elena asked as they followed Bonnie out of the room

"I must go-"

"If she's leaving then so am I" Caroline whined "I have had enough of this freaky witchy thing-"

"Thank you for having me" Bonnie uttered

"You're not Bonnie" Ava breathed

"Where are you going?" Elena called out as Bonnie walked down the stairs

"Back to where it all began" she ran down the stairs

"That's not Bonnie" realisation hitting her

"Ava-"

"Elena this is Emily" Ava shouted making the witch turn around

"I won't let him have it, it must be destroyed" she turned on her heel, Ava ran after her

"No wait-"before she could grab the door knob it slammed shut, she tried to open it but it was stuck

"What's happening?" Caroline ran down the stairs joining them Elena was trying to help Ava open the door but it didn't open.

"I don't know the door-"the door was slammed opened making them all scream

"What the hell?" Jeremy frowned looking at all of them and shook his head and carried on walking

"I'm out of here" Caroline said and hurried out of the house

"Caroline" Ava yelled "we need to call Stefan"

"Right" Elena nodded and grabbed the phone she dialled Stefan's number she grasped Ava's hand seeing how worried she was "Ava it-Stefan it's Bonnie" she spoke into the phone and pressed it against Ava's ear so she could hear as well "Emily is possessing her, she said something….something about I won't let him have it, it must be destroyed."

"Where do you think she's gone?" Stefan asked

"I don't know" Elena replied, she looked over to Ava hearing her breathing hitch "Ava-?"

"Fells Church" Ava said "that's where she took Bonnie, all the dreams Bonnie had Emily took her there"

"We have to help her Stefan-"Elena said anxiously

"What do we do-"

"Ava you stay there with Elena, I'll deal with it" before she could argue the vampire hanged up. Ava sighed and grabbed her jacket from the hook by the front door

"Ava-"

"You really think I'm going to wait around?"

"No" Elena admitted

"You coming? Or do I have to hitch a ride-"

"I'm coming" she grabbed Ava's hand and they left the house.


Ava felt the car coming to a stop; she shoved the door open and ran out into the woods. She tripped over a root

"Ava why-"

"You were going to lock me in there."

"How-"

"I know you" Elena pulled her onto her feet truth was she had read her mind,

"Fine" the brunette grasped her wrist "Come on" they ran through the woods, Ava stumbled most of the way and Elena had prevented her from meeting the ground several times, Ava could hear a commotion up ahead

"Bonnie" Elena shouted. Ava felt a waft of heat washing over them she went to run forward thinking that Bonnie was in danger but slammed into something hard

"Wha-"

"Ava-"

Stefan had grabbed both Ava and Elena stopping them in their tracks

"What's going on?" Ava shouted grasping onto Stefan's jacket,

"NO" Damon roared, there was an explosion and then silence.

"Bon-"the witch screamed as Damon plunged his fangs into her neck

"Bonnie" Elena shouted and grabbed Ava's arm when Stefan threw his brother off of her. She wrenched her arm away from Elena's grasp and ran towards Bonnie's scream.

She heard a thump and gingerly reached down and touched something soft it took her a minute to realise it was Bonnie's hair her hand trailed down and she touched something warm and wet "Is…is-"

Stefan dropped to his knees and checked her pulse "She's alive but barely, I can save her" he bit down on to his wrist and pressed it against Bonnie's lips forcing it into her mouth. She slumped when she heard Bonnie gasping and spluttering

"Her neck" Elena said "It's healing"

"Bonnie" Ava smiled in relief "come on. Let's get you back to the car" she uttered holding out her hand, she felt Bonnie's warm hand grasped hers "but I don't know the way so-"

"Come on" Elena grabbed both Ava's and Bonnie's hand leading them back to her car, she glanced over to Stefan who nodded

They came to a stop by the car "I don't understand" Bonnie uttered "he attacked me and his face I just-"

"How do you feel"? Elena asked

"Fine it's just this blood" Bonnie cried, Ava reached out and wiped away her tears

"It's ok Bonnie" she assured her, and felt Bonnie tensing up

"I'm not going to hurt you" Stefan said,

"What's going on?"

"We'll explain, let's just get out of here" Elena said "look at me Bonnie; he's not going to hurt you."

"Come on Bon let's get in the car" Ava took over grasping on to her friend's arm; she opened the door and climbed into the back with Bonnie.

"Ava-"Bonnie whimpered, the blond wrapped her arms around her

"Hey it's ok, I promise we'll explain everything" she felt Bonnie holding onto her and the witch nodded.


That night Elena and Ava explained everything to Bonnie about the vampires including Stefan and Damon, they were perched on Elena's bed,

"And now he's leaving" Elena cried heartbroken, Ava felt a pang in her heart at that and hugged her hard, Bonnie wrapped her arms around them both, encompassing them in the quilt she had thrown over her shoulders

"You'll get through this Elena" Ava said quietly "both of you will get through this" she uttered

"For someone who is such a scatter brain you do have your moments" Bonnie said causing Elena to let out a shaky smile

"Just like my Gran" Ava lips twitched into a smile and soon enough the trio of girls fell asleep on the bed.


AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Outfit link on profile. Thanks to those who reviewed.

So in this chap-Ava wakes up and steps on an alarm clock, her, Elena and Caroline talk. Ava meets Alaric and she accidentally kicks him, Ava ends up back in his classsroom, where he tells her that Tanner called her a smartass. Ava knocks down a lab tech and Alaric saves from her from doing a face plant. Brief encounter with Damon, Ava and Bonnie are going to stay at Elena's place. Caroline argues with Bonnie but makes up, they do a seance, Ava figures out Emily is possessing Bonnie, they end up at the Fell church. Ava and Elena explain everything to Bonnie.

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