Ava jumped hearing a roar of thunder; she abruptly sat up hearing a slam. She felt the rain splash her against her skin. She was scared of thunderstorms, in fact she hated them. They were loud and seeped into her bones.
Ava stumbled out of her bed and managed to shut the window and was tempted to go to her Gran but pushed that feeling down. She climbed back into bed when she had just pulled the covers over and was about to doze off again when there was just another roar of thunder
"Fuck this" she muttered and jumped out of her bed, she ran down the corridors and squealed when she stubbed her toe "Ow, ow, ow" she clutched her foot and hobbled into the directions of her grandmother's room.
Ava turned the doorknob and quietly snuck into the master bedroom. She padded barefooted towards the bed with her hands out and felt the edge of the bed. Ava quietly climbed in to the empty space and rolled over.
She sighed and closed her eyes feeling much better now. Claudine groaned and felt something leaning against her, she screamed making Ava scream and shoved the teen out of the bed
"WHO THE FUCK IS THERE? HUH I'M ARMED YOU-AVA-"
Ava groaned "Gran it's me what the hell?" she sat up rubbing the back of her head she had hit it on the polished ground.
"What do you mean what the hell? I-"
"Hey you're the one who sneaks into peoples room when they're sleeping, that's creepy btw. That stands for by-"
"I know what it stands for" Ava rolled her eyes
"So why are you here?" Claudine asked climbing into bed. the petite teen got onto her feet and stood at the side of the bed
"I was cold?" Ava said meekly biting her bottom lip
"Ava? You can't lie for shit" Claudine rolled her eyes "Now what's up?"
"There's thunder and lightening and…well-" she trailed off and swallowed
"You scared?"
Ava nodded, Claudine shook her head and lightly grasped her wrist pulling her to the bed. "Sleep here Ava, it wouldn't be a thunderstorm if you didn't"
Ava sighed as her grandmother pulled the covers over them, it was no secret between the pair that some reason unknown to Ava she was completely petrified of thunderstorms. Claudine reached over and turned her lamp off, she looked down at a sleeping Ava and lightly brushed away her blond locks.
She cupped Ava's cheek and dropped a kiss on her temple and laid down beside her granddaughter. Claudine knew why Ava was scared of thunderstorms, it was on a night like this where Ava had lost her parents, and Claudine had lost her daughter.
Ava groaned feeling someone shaking her
"Ava wake up-"
"Go away"
"Elena?" she felt the covers being pulled from her being
"Yes now get up-"
"Am I in the wrong house?" Ava asked sleepily, she shuddered one thing she despised about her Gran's room was at times there was a draft coming through.
"No now listen-"
"Good, now go away" the blond mumbled
"No get up-"
"You get up-"
"That makes no sense. I'm already up" Elena snapped in frustration
"You don't make sense-"
"Ava" the brunette growled
"I wanna sleep" Ava whined like a five year old
"Fine" Elena said casually hopping off the bed "Well I guess you won't be interested in what I found out-"
"Ok"
Elena frowned at that one thing she knows about Ava was that the teen was incredibly "Ava-"
"Go away-Oww!" she yelped when Elena tore the covers off of her making the blond curl up into a ball
"Ava-"
"Elena-"
"Ava-"
"Elena, you know I can do all this day."
"I know" Elena rolled her eyes and grabbed her by her arms and hauled her into a sitting position "now, up and up. if you don't get up you won't be able to come to the Boarding House-"
Ava frowned and scratched the back of her head "Why are-…"
"Stefan's got something to tell us. So you coming or am I just going to leave you behind or-" Ava leapt off of the bed running into her room, leaving behind a bemused Elena. Those were the magic words.
"Ava-"
"Ten minutes." Ava shouted brushing her teeth and rinsed out her mouth. "Where's Gran?" Elena walked down the corridor and dropped down on Ava's double bed
"She's got a date with Greg, well more like a whole day with him."
"He's name is Greg?" Ava uttered turning the shower faucet on "that's boring-"
"Well what name according to you would sound great?" Elena asked picking up the picture frame from Ava's nightstand, she smiled seeing the photograph. It was a group pick of all of them on their last day.
Elena had noticed that dotted around the house there were framed pictures but most of them were of baby Ava and Claudine, there was only one picture that was framed of Ava and her parents and Claudine and that was in the living room. "Ava I'll make you some breakfast-"
"You don't-"
"Yes I do" Elena sped downstairs hearing Ava turn the shower faucet on.
Ava had a quick shower and reached out, her hand came into contact with a fuzzy material. She used the towel to dry herself off and wrapped it around her body. She stepped out of her bathroom and quickly got dressed into a pair of jeans and a camisole.
Ava brushed her hair and left it out. She pulled on her socks and then proceeded to pull on her knee length boots. Ava grabbed her jacket and skipped down the stairs
"Elena?"
"Yeah in the kitchen" she heard her friend call. Ava walked in the kitchen and sniffed the air
"Whatever you made is burnt-"
"How the hell-you know you're like a sniffer dog when you do that"
"Well-"
"Just eat Ava, I told Claudine I'll make sure you're fed before we leave" Elena rolled her eyes and placed the plate of food was in front of her. "Now sit-"
"You're making me sound like a dog-"
"Sit-"
"Bitch-"
"What?"
"Nothing" Ava covered and took a big bite out of the toast, she chewed and scrunched her nose up in disgust
"Don't make faces-"
"But this is gross" she pouted and to empathise her point she spat out the mulch of burnt toast
"We're not leaving till you eat-"
"Elena"
"Fine" Elena huffed "we're going to the Boarding House-"
"Thank god, they've got decent food" Ava literally jumped out of her chair and hurried towards the front door, Elena followed after her
"Ava you're cane-"
"I so don't need it" Ava opened the door and stepped out and abruptly slip down the steps. Elena watched on from the doorway as the blond landed in the mud with rain pelting down
"I told-"
"Elena it's raining" Ava shouted
"Yeah I got that. If you'd listen to me you wouldn't be sitting there right now" Elena made sure that the front door was locked and held the umbrella over her head. She helped Ava onto her feet and saw that her backside was covered in mud
"Yeah you're-"
"Shut up Lena" Ava muttered rubbing her hand across her face to get rid of the rain water but only smudge some of the mud on her cheek. Elena shook her head
"Come on, you need to get cleaned up at the Boarding House. We're already late"
Stefan opened the front door and grinned seeing his girlfriend standing there
"Elena" he kissed her and stepped aside allowing her to enter the house, his jaw literally dropped seeing the state Ava was in
"Ava? What happened?"
"Elena-"
"Hey-"
"Come on" Stefan tugged her into the house and helped her out of her jacket "At least you're not soaked to the bone. Come on" he placed his hand on her back lightly pushing her forward
"So what happened?" Ava asked as they walked into the parlour, she could hear banging.
Soon enough Damon had filled both Ava and Elena in on what happened
"I say-Ava don't sit on the couch" Damon snapped
"Ergh why?"
"You're dirty-"
"You-"
"Wait there" the raven head vampire blurred off and returned soon enough with a towel and dropped it on the couch, "Here" he lightly grasped her shoulders and gently pushed her down on the couch "Now where were we?"
"You was bitching about Pearl" Ava said nodded, her face was still streaked with mud
"I don't bitch-"Damon frowned
"Er…yeah you do" Ava scoffed she could feel the heat from the fire, which warmed her
"No I don't-"
"Damon you do so bitch-"
"I do not-"
"Yeah you do-"
"Could you to stop-"
"Shut up Stefan" both Ava and Damon snapped in unison. Elena giggled but immediately stopped seeing the look Stefan was shooting her
"What?" the brunette asked quietly "they're funny-"
Stefan rolled his eyes "Damon so-"
"You know-"
"Ava just two minutes with no words coming out of your mouth, can you do that?" Stefan uttered
"Fine" Ava mimed zipping her mouth shut and slumped back in to the couch.
Damon shook his head and placed the hammer down on the table
"I say we go to Pearl's and annihilate the idiot that attacked us" Damon drawled
"Yeah and then what? We turned to the rest of the house and say to the vampires 'oops sorry-"
"Yeah lame plan Damy" Ava uttered
"Did you call me Damy-"
"Yep"
"Oh you're lucky you're hot-"he smirked seeing the look on her face and lightly tapped her nose she swatted his hand away "Ava you're dirtying the couch, don't lean back-" Ava smirked and rubbed her back against the couch causing the vampire to groan. Damon dropped down onto the couch beside her and placed his arm behind her shoulders
"I can't believe you made a deal with her" Elena uttered
"Ah it was more like a helpful exchange of information" Damon muttered
"Yeah and nothing to do with the fact that she nearly gouged your eyes out?" Ava said shifting; she felt Damon's warm body beside hers.
"She's scary-"
"Aww is Damy Wamy scared of a big mean-humph-"Damon slammed his hand over her mouth effectively shutting the petite teen up
"Besides she's going to help me get Katherine back-ARGH" he pulled his hand back "You licked me-"
"Get over it" Ava snapped "Seriously? Katherine again? Man you really need to move on. She's been out of that tomb for over a hundred years and never came looking for you Damon. What does that tell you?"
Damon didn't know what to say
"So Pearl's helping you? As long as Damon get what he wants no matter who he hurts in the process" Elena sneered at the vampire
"No need to get snarky-"
"No need to be a dick, but yet you are." Ava huffed "Elena woke up in the morning to learn all the vampire in the tomb has been awaken, and I woke up to her giving me crap for breakfast, we earned the right to be snarky"
"Ergh really?" Damon slumped against Ava dropping his head on her shoulder "I know why Elena's mad." He looked at the brunette "so how long are you going to blame me for turning your birth mother into a vampire?"
"I'm not blaming you Damon" Elena chortled crossing her arms in front of her chest "I come to terms with the fact that you're a self-serving psychopath. With no redeeming qualities"
Ava winced at that, and leant her head back. The nape of her neck rested on his leather clad arm.
"Ouch-"
"A big ouch, but kind of true" Ava commented
"This isn't productive at all" Stefan intervened calming the tension down "we're going to figure out how to deal with Pearl and the vampires' right?"
"Fine- Ava come-"
"What? No-"
"Wasn't a suggestion" Damon got onto his feet
"I'm not moving-"she squealed when he scooped her up and threw her over his shoulder "DAMON. PUT ME DOWN" she shrieked pounding her fists against his back "STEFAN!-
"Damon put her down-"
"Relax" Damon drawled and spun around causing her to clutch onto his side "princess mentioned that she was hungry. Plus we can't have a dirty Ava in the house; otherwise we have to put her outside"
"Does everyone like to compare me to a dog?"
"A sexy dog" Damon uttered his boot clad feet echoed down the hallway. Both Elena and Stefan could hear Ava and the vampire from the parlour
"That's gross Damon, I had no clue you was into bestiality" Ava commented "you're a sick-"she yelped when he slapped her bum.
"Oh that's good" Ava grinned "much better than Elena's burnt toast" she finished off the scrumptious breakfast and pushed the empty plate away
"Yeah I can see that you like it. You licked the plate off-"
"Did not" Ava pouted, Damon chuckled
"Now we got you fed we should clean you up-"
"Whoa hold on buddy what-"the vampire ignored her and pulled the stool she was sitting on closer, he positioned himself so that Ava was in between his long legs. Damon leant forward and wetted a towel; he gently cupped her cheek and wiped the smeared mud off of her cheek. Damon closed his eyes and inhaled her scent.
God she had no clue how alluring she was to him. He licked his lips, Ava gasped quietly feeling his breath wash over her, she could feel how close he was, one of his large hands had dropped to her thigh. Ava swallowed she hasn't ever been this close to a guy like this before.
"There back to your beautiful yourself"
Ava smiled and cleared her throat she backed away but nearly slipped. Damon grabbed the front of her camisole pulling her close, so that her chest brushed against his
"Ava-"
"Damon-" his eyes darted down to her full pink lips, Ava could feel goose-bumps arising on her flesh, the vampire's eyes darkened in lust
"Ava" Elena called. Ava stumbled back "We're leaving-"
"Coming" Ava yelled back "erm….bye" she practically ran from the kitchen. Leaving behind a very confused Damon. What was he doing? He thought.
"Elena is it still raining?" Ava shouted from the couch, she had spent most of the day at the Gilbert place, since Gran wasn't home for the day.
"Ava for the last time it is. You asked me ten minutes ago" Elena rolled her eyes
"Well it could change in ten minutes"
"No it can't-"
"Ergh yeah, and can we change this shitty movie-"
"How can you call Titanic shitty?" Elena gasped coming to sit down besides her "It's an epic romance-"
"Blah blah blah. If you know how many times Gran plays it you wouldn't be calling it an epic romance" Ava uttered digging her hand in to the bowlful of popcorn, she grabbed a handful and shoved it into her mouth
"It is an epic romance-"
"Oh god, for me it turned into a hate fest" Ava said through a mouthful of popcorn, "every time me and Gran watch this she bitches at what's her name…-"
"Kate Winslet?"
"Yeah her. And ask me why is Rose such a bitch-"she was cut off when the phone rang, but Elena hanged up "hmm someone is avoiding-"
"Damon"
"Ah, gotcha" Ava nodded "I need to pee" she got onto her feet sending popcorn after popcorn onto the floor
"Ava" Elena groaned seeing the mess she made
"What?"
"You know what"
"Oops" she smiled sheepishly and hurried away. Ava just passed the front door when there was a knock, she frowned and opened it
"Seriously? You let Ava answer the door" Damon scoffed coming into the house slamming it shut behind her "here-"he grasped her wrist "you're both ignoring me"
"How?" Ava asked pulling away from him
"I've been calling and you haven't picked up. ergo you're ignoring-"
"Ohh, I left my phone at home" Ava mumbled Gran would be pissed when she found out
"And six missed calls?" Elena uttered coming towards him "my phone was dead-"
"Oh Elena your bitchy side is catty" Ava grinned earning a light swat from the taller teen.
"Oh you keep quiet" Ava pouted "is Stefan here?"
"No"
"Why?" Ava asked
"He went out into the woods, and hasn't come back" Damon told them. Ava's concern grew hearing this, was the vampire in trouble? "I can't get him on his phone and I figured he would've been with you two" Damon pulled out his cell and redialled his brother's number. But shook his head
Elena then tried, Ava shifted from one foot to the other "It's going straight to voicemail, where could he be?"
"You're not going to like what I'm thinking" Damon frowned "come on, Ava you stay-"
"Go to hell I'm coming-"
"Ava-"
"Damon I can take care of myself" she snapped
"No you can't-"
"Yes-"
"Let her come" Elena stepped in not wanting to be delayed any longer "otherwise we'll never leave"
"Fine" Damon growled "Let's go-"he grabbed Ava's jacket and literally shoved it on her and zipped it up for her, Elena grabbed her own jacket
"Come-"
"Wait"
"What now Ava?" Damon snapped, Ava rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly
"I have to pee first" there was a resounding silence
"You've got be kidding me" Elena muttered
"What? When I get anxious I have to pee" the blond defended herself
"Alright just hurry up-"
"Now that's not going-"
"AVA"
Ava shivered she was currently sitting next to Elena in Damon's car,
"Bloody hell it's cold" Ava muttered
Elena glanced over to her "Here" she tightened the scarf around her "oh my god I hope he's ok, what's going to happen? I don't know what I'd do if he's hurt and-"
"Elena Stefan is going to be fine" Ava gently squeezed her hand tight
"How can you know that?" Elena snapped, Ava didn't take it personally she knew that the other teen was just worried
"Because this is Stefan, he'll always make it out" she simply uttered, Elena couldn't help but feel comforted by the small teen. Ava always had a magical way of making her feel better, the blond fiddled with the strap of her messenger bag; it was strapped over her body
"Is he back yet?" Ava asked
"I can't see him" Elena murmured peering through the foggy glass, it was pelting down with rain "there he is"
"Wait Elena" she called and swore realising that Elena had gotten out of the car. Ava followed after her but tripped over a branch. Damn maybe everyone was right about her needing the cane. Her hand brushed against what felt like a brick, she paused for a second maybe this'll come in use. Ava stored it away in her bag. And scrambled on to her feet
"Where is he?" Elena asked as Damon grabbed Ava and pulled her beneath the umbrella
"They have him I can't get in" Damon shook his head
"Why not?" Ava yelled over the howling wind
"Because the woman who owns the house has been compelled not to let me in"
Ava frowned her mind was working a mile a minute; she knew that they were on the edge of town at the large farmhouse.
"I can go in-"Elena went to push pass him but Damon shoved her back
"You're not going in-"
"I can-"
"No Elena he's right, you look like Katherine to them. I can get in. they don't know me" it was Ava's attempt to push pass him. Damon growled and wrapped an arm around her waist stopping her easily
"No. you are not going in" he snarled
Ava scowled "Damon" she attempted to wriggled away from him but he wasn't letting go of her
"Why are they doing this?" Elena asked worry was etched in her tone "what do they want with him?"
"Revenge" Damon replied curtly and hoisted a struggling Ava up; he was carrying her like a log. "They want revenge-"
"We've got to help him. We can't let them hurt him Damon-"Elena cried
"I know-"
"Let's go kick their asses" Ava snapped "you mind?" Damon placed her on her feet and grabbed her by the back of her jacket just as she was about to run off
"Damon what the hell this is Stefan" the blond spat,
"Ava-"
"No I'm not going to let him get hurt, he's….he's my friend" he was more like a brother to her than anything else
"I know" Damon held her face calming her down "I got a plan"
"You think he'll help?" Elena whispered, she Ava and Damon were around the corner waiting for Alaric,
"If we beg he might and if Damon doesn't talk then yah he should" Ava muttered she left her cane in the car, she knew the layout of the town like the back of her hand. But it's been a while since she was independent from it.
"You stay here both of you" Damon instructed her and Elena, Ava opened her mouth about to protest "Stay"
Ava scowled, she and Elena waited by the door
"Well don't you look alive?" Damon smirked at the history teacher, Ava rolled her eyes
"You can't hurt me" Alaric scowled at the vampire, the school as deserted so it was only just them.
"Oh I can hurt you right-"
"Oh for god's sake" Ava stepped out
"Ava-"
"No Elena, Damon totally sucks, you're shit at persuading people vampire" she told Damon
"I thought I told you to stay-"
"Pfft, you can't tell me what to do" Ava rolled her eyes
"What the hell is going on?" she heard Alaric's thoughts "Mr Saltzman…can I call you Alaric or Ric….well I think the last one's better since…,me and gran cheered you on….and-"
"Ava-"Elena cut her off mid rant
"Right we need help" Ava said earnestly.
They were all now gathered in the history classroom, Ava was sitting on one of the desk and swung her legs back and forth, Damon was a couple of feet away whilst Elena stood in front of the teacher's desk. She was just finished explaining to the hunter what the situation was.
"Stefan's in the house and Damon's a vampire. So he can't get in" the brunette explained
"So we need you" Ava uttered jumping on to her feet walking over to the teacher's desk, she leant forward "I would go since I'm epic-"
"Yours and Elena's lives are more valuable. Yours on the other hand-"
"Damon shut up, and people say I got problems" Ava scowled
"He told us about your ring-"
"What about it?"
Ava snorted "Seriously playing dumb? We know it's magical-"
"Let me recap. I killed you, according to my brother your ring brought you back to life. So am I missing anything?"
"Yeah the part where I tried to kill you again but this time I don't miss"
"Did that happen?" Ava frowned, Damon rolled his eyes.
"Listen please this is Stefan" Elena pleaded
Alaric shook his head "I'm sorry Elena not my problem"
Ava scowled "Well fat load of help you are. We'll just get him out" the blond stormed out before she could even get near the door way Damon blurred in front of her making her slam in to him
"Damon-"
"No" Damon snarled "You're not going in there"
Ava scowled "Dick I can do what I like-"
"Not when it risks your life-"
"Why the hell do you care?" Ava uttered
"Because….because you're Ava" the vampire simply stated
Ava's annoyance at him dropped "But….he's not going to help" she said the last part quietly enough so the others couldn't hear
"We'll see about that" Damon muttered and placed his hand on the small of her back pushing her forward "that's a shame" he told Alaric casually "the woman who runs the crowd could tell you where your wife is"
Ava's eyes bugged out, she didn't know whether he was bluffing or telling the truth
"You're lying" Alaric stated
"Am I? why don't you ask her for yourself?" Damon baited the man. "Coward. Come on Ava, Elena" he pushed Elena forward and kept a hold of Ava guiding her out
"What are you doing?" Elena hissed
"Relax" the vampire hissed
"For Isobel-"Alaric sighed "alright wait. I'll go"
Ava smiled and surprised the hunter by hugging him hard "Thanks" Alaric looked over to Elena and Damon who mere shrugged. The brunette mouthed 'Ava's a hugger'
"There" Alaric declared showing them his stash of weapons; Ava reached forward and let her hand trail over the various carved daggers
"Teacher by day, vampire hunter by night"
"I have you to thank for that" Alaric uttered looking up at the vampire.
"You are by the coolest teacher ever" Ava uttered picking up a stake she thrust it and just managed to avoid hitting Damon, who snatched it away from her
"No touchy" he scolded her. Ava pinched him she knew that he was next to her
"You're like a male version of Buffy, hey can I call you-"
"No"
"But you-"
"No" Alaric uttered his lips twitched in amusement seeing the look on her face
"What's this?" Elena asked pointing at what looked like darts
"These are vervaine filled darts" he explained to the pair, Ava discreetly snuck one of them into her pockets.
"Get me in I'll get Stefan out" Damon said
"That's your plan?" Elena scoffed "you're just going to take them all on by yourself?"
"Well I'll be stealthier than that-"
"That's a crap plan. I have a better one. Why don't I go up to the house and-"
"No you're not leaving the car" Damon snapped at her. Ava's jaw clenched in annoyance, Elena sighed and took a dart
"Whoa what are you doing?" Alaric asked taking it off of her
"I'm going with you" Elena said like it was the most obvious thing in the world
"Hey if she's going in then so am I" Ava sniped "I'm going-"
"NO" Damon shouted at her making her jump, a burst of anger tore through Ava and she booted a chair aside
"Ava you're having a tantrum-"
"Shut up Damon, you suck" Ava spat. The vampire took a deep breath
"Ava-"
"No you need us, you do the distracting and me and Elena can get Stefan out-"
"You're going to get yourself killed, no way" Damon uttered. Ava bit down hard on her lip, the vampire surprised both Elena and Alaric by cupping the petite teen's face "Ava breath and calm down. I am not going to let you get hurt"
Elena was shocked, she knew Ava her whole life and knew that at times the blond had an incredibly short tempered it took her a while to calm down, but here Damon had managed just that.
"I'm going-"
"So when you get me in" Damon completely ignored Elena "get out, I know where to sneak around where they can't hear. You'll basically just be in the way"
Ava sighed and folded her arms across her chest
"Damon's now is not the time to be the lone ranger" Elena interrupted him
"Fine Elena you can drive the getaway car? Hmm and Ava you can be the hot side kick-"
"Prick" Ava scowled she wanted to help get Stefan out but the way things were going all she was going to be doing is be sitting in a car.
"You can't stop me-"
"Me as well-"
"Ava I can easily stop you, we can just ditch you in the woods somewhere and come back for you later-"
"Damon-"
"You don't understand-"
"Oh I understand" Damon was getting fed up "He's the love of your life; he's the reason you live. His loves lifts you up where you belong"
Ava rolled her eyes and slumped against the desk "You're not great at poetry-"
"I'll say" Alaric snorted "he sucks-"
"Finally someone who knows how I feel" Ava grinned in the direction of where the history teacher's voice came from
"Can you just not joke around for two seconds?" Elena snapped
"I can't protect you Elena or Ava; I don't know how many vampires there are." He clicked his fingers right beside Ava's ear making her jump, Alaric grabbed her arm to steady her "that's how long till a vampire to rip your head off." Ava lowered her eyes realising how right he was "I can't be distracted by either of yours safety or this'll end up in a bloodbath that none of us gets to walk away from, including Stefan"
Ava licked her lips and tucked in a stray curl "I know, I get it" Damon grasped Ava's hand
"If we're going to go let's" Alaric uttered, the raven head vampire led Ava out of the classroom.
"Ok wait here both of you" Damon had pulled up to the farmhouse but hidden away.
"Wait what-"
"Stay here" Alaric got out of the car "Elena you're in charge-"
"Why?" Ava scowled as she climbed into the front passenger seat, Damon saw her struggling and easily pulled her forward
"Because she's not as reckless so stay-"
"Damon-" Ava grabbed his hand
"What?"
Ava bit her lip "Be safe"
"I will be" he tapped her nose and kissed her temple he could see the worry and nerves reeking off her "I will be as long as you stay in the car"
Ava reluctantly nodded, with a few parting words he slammed the door shut. Leaving Ava and Elena on their own
"What's going in with you and Damon?" Elena asked curiously
"Nothing-"
"Ava you and Damon are-"
"There's nothing-"
"You're close-"
Ava shrugged her shoulder and leant her head against the cool glass, Elena frowned she saw the way the raven head vampire acted around her friend. He was incredibly protective of her and somehow calmed her down "Ava-"
"Damon's Damon, nothing else, he can be ok"
Ava impatiently tapped her foot, the more minutes ticked by the more anxious she was getting.
"I can't sit here and wait-"
"Elena what are you doing?" Ava asked
"I-" they both jumped when a tree slammed down on the hood of the car, Ava clutched her chest, her heart was racing.
"Elena-"
"Sorry Ava" before Ava could comprehend anything Elena slammed the car door shut behind her, Ava heard a click
"What the-" she grabbed the door handle "fuck no" she rattled it "Elena you're so dead" she shouted the brunette had locked the car from the outside, Ava scowled and slammed her elbow against the window in a poor attempt to smash the window but it didn't work.
One thing was for certain Ava was going on this rescue mission whether Damon liked it or not, she wasn't one to wait idly and twiddle her thumbs. She pillaged her mind thinking what could she use as a weapon, her eyes lit up as an idea hit her.
Damon was so going to be mad at her but at the moment she didn't really care. Ava got onto her knees and leant over the front seat to grab her bag, she rummaged through it, her hand came into contact with her cane and finally the brick she had picked up.
Ava pulled it out and took a deep breath, without another thought she threw the brick with all her strength at the driver's side window shattering the window. She used the brick to clear excess pieces of the glass away; Ava grabbed the door handle from the outside and twisted it.
"Ta da" she muttered when the door swung open, the blond hastily got out of the car but not before pillaging Alaric's weapons bag she took several vervaine laced darts. Ava shoved them in her bag and closed her eyes in concentration; she needed to get to Elena. So opted to locate the teen through her thoughts.
"He's there in the cellar, god I hope I get to him"
The rain soaked her to the bone and she ran towards the large farm house.
Ava panted she arrived at the house, thinking how the hell was she going to get through this. she attempted to tap into Elena's mind but her own was too frazzled.
"Fuck" she muttered "here comes the blond girl" she pulled out her cane and shook her sopping wet hair. Ava took a deep breath and tapped her cane, there was four steps towards the front door. she climbed up the stairs and raised her fist and knocked three times on the door. here goes her acting skills, the door flew open
"Hi" Ava grinned using her hand to shield her face from the rain
"Hi" she recognised that as the voice who had spoken to Jenna, so this was the vampire who most likely attacked Damon and Stefan
"Can you help me?" she uttered raising her voice an octave higher
"With?"
"I'm sorry but you sound so familiar do I know you?" Ava asked as the rain pelted her
"I don't-"
"Oh you're the guy from the Grill right?"
"Yeah I believe so. So what's a pretty girl like you doing out in weather like this?"
"I'll tell you if you give me a name, from our past encounters I haven't gotten that priveliedge yet" she batted her eyelashes hoping that this would work
"Frederick, come inside"
Ava stepped over the threshold glad to be out of the rain "Thank you, and as for what I'm doing out here. My boyfriend and I got into a fight left me here in the middle of nowhere"
"He sounds-"
"He sucks I know" Frederick studied the girl; she was a Xenia he knew that. He could smell it in her blood that there was something special about her "Anyway I called my Gran and she's on her way. Can I wait here for her please?"
"Sure" Frederick smirked as the other vampires came out and licked their lips; he shook his head and mouthed 'not now'
"Great thanks" Ava nodded there was music in the background blaring she deduced it must be coming from the living room "You don't mind if I use your bathroom do you? Need to dry myself off"
"No go ahead, Logan show our guest where the bathroom is"
Ava cringed feeling a hand clamp down her wrist,
"This way" a deeper voice than Frederick uttered, Ava climbed up several steps till they got to the next level of the house, her bag constantly bumped into her hip, she used the hand that wasn't grasping onto the vampire to discreetly plunge into her bag, her hand closed in on around the dart. They walked down a hall
"Right here-"she could feel the shift in the air and hissed when her back collided with the wall
"Sure Frederick won't mind this" he grabbed a fistful of her hair and pulled it hard so she was showing him her creamy throat "I can smell you-"
"Go to hell" Ava slammed the dart into his neck causing the vampire to drop to his knees; it felt like his insides were burning "Bitch" she slammed her knee up managing to hit him square in the face. Ava froze the music it was off, shit she thought the vampires knew something was up.
She grabbed the unconscious vampires arm and dragged him into the bathroom and locked the door, she used him as a human barriers and held her hands out, she felt the countertop.
Ava prayed and hoped that whoever owned this house was a woman if it was there was more of a chance that that they would own a own a hairdryer. "Yes" she muttered triumphantly feeling the handle on it, she turned it up onto to full blast and then managed to turn the taps off, this would somewhat muffle the sounds.
Now she needed to get out of here, she couldn't exactly go out the way she came there has to be another way. Ava felt the wind ruffle her hair, her eyes widened the window.
She rushed over there and snapped her cane back into its smaller position. Ava got one leg over the ledge and felt the porch roof, she was about to swing her other leg out but her heart seized up when she heard the vampire stirring. Ava closed her eyes shut and jumped onto the porch roof, she turned back to slam the window close.
"Crap" the rain had made the roof slippery, Ava had only taken one step before she slipped. She gasped and clutched onto the guttering "fuck fuck fuck" the rain was soaking her and she was dangling on to the gutter by the back of the house. This was turning out to be some rescue mission. Ava's eyes widened in horror when she felt herself slipping, she dropped and landed hard on her bum. "Huh wasn't that high up" she got onto her knees and could hear shouting.
Ava crawled forward if she was in the back of the house then hopefully the entrance of the cellar was bye, she paused and picked up the sound of running up some steps about two feet away from her. Ava dashed towards the sound and ran down the steps, she held out her hands and felt a metal gate, yep this was the cellar. Ava opened it and ran down the dark narrow hallway.
Both her hands were splayed outwards to her sides so she could feel the rocky walls. Ava hissed feeling a shard of glass, she stopped and lightly prodded the area, and Elena must've been here there was a hole punched into the glass.
Meaning this was the way they came. Ava pushed the door open and could hear groaning coming from down the hall to her right. She followed the sound and could hear it coming from a room. Ava stepped in
"Stefan-?"
"You shouldn't be here" a voice groaned from behind her, she jump and spun around
"Yeah well I'm on a rescue mission. Where's Stefan?"
"He's gone, they managed to get him out" Harper replied gasping for breath
"That's bloody brilliant finally managed to get here, turns out I'm too late" she muttered under her breath "well I appreciate the fact you didn't kill me so-"
"Leave now"
Ava frowned and inched closer to the vampire and canted her head to the side "Are you hurt?" she asked softly he was about to snap at her but saw the milky layer over her eyes. Harper froze realising that she was blind "Are you hurt?" Ava repeated her question
"No you should go-"she didn't believe him for a second and dropped to her knees
"You're lying" her hand came to rest on his knees "stakes?" she felt it stuck into him. "I'm going to pull-"Harper cried out when she pulled them both out. "At least my rescue mission wasn't a complete waste-"
"Ssh" he hissed his heightened hearing picked up the sound of several people coming towards them "Go they're coming for you-"
"I am not leaving you." Ava scowled "behind your back?"
"Yes" he knew she was referring to the ropes. Ava sprung on to her feet and hastily began to unknot them. The vampire could hear her heart hammering in her chest
"Why are-"
"Doing this? I'll rather have a vamp on my side then try and take them on alone" Ava managed to loosen his bound wrist, she moved on to his legs but before she could even touch the ropes she was thrown backwards
"NO" Harper roared seeing the small teen crashing into several shelves. Ava tumbled forwards onto her stomach and gasped for breath. "Leave her"
"I don't think so Harper. This one is trouble" Mark a tall lanky vampire smiled maliciously, he crouched down in front of Ava who hand managed to get onto her knees
"You going to kill me?"
Harper eyes hardened seeing the other vampire running his finger down her throat and stopped just above her heart, Mark leant forward till his lips were right beside her ear, Ava swallowed terror welled up in her, she knew she was no match for a vampire but it didn't stop her "This will stop beating" he tapped her skin "when I'm done having fun with you-"
"Well then you're going to get very bored, and do vampires have no sense of personal space?" Ava asked
"Well-"
"Rhetorical question, it's nothing too difficult to grasp" Ava uttered "I mean have you learn anything about this new world yet or….?"
"Well not really, I mean I learnt what a stereo is and-"
"How about an iPod?"
"What's that?"
Harper watched on stunned did she really just distract a vampire with her talking skills? damn he thought.
"Well it's a small device, here let me show ya" Ava uttered keeping her cool, she may not be able fight a vampire but she could outsmart them. She pulled out her iPod from her bag and handed it over to Mark, the vampire was too busy gazing at the small device in awe so didn't see her hand coming up behind him grasping onto a vervaine filled dart, without further ado she slammed it into his neck.
"Argh-"he groaned collapsing on to the floor
"Damn he's really dumb" Ava muttered getting onto her feet; she rushed towards Harper and managed to untie his other leg "Now I think you can-"she screamed when someone grabbed her by the throat
"Neat little trick" another vampire appeared pinning Ava face forward against the wall, "But I'm not as stupid as him-"with that he slammed her head against the concreted wall. A flash of pain hit her, Ava gasped and wriggled against him
"Now let's see what's the fuss about" Ava struggle strengthened feeling his cold hand grabbed the back of her top and he shoved the material down, she cringed hearing a rip, the top half of her back was exposed to him "just a taste-"he never got the chance, he groaned and fell to the floor, Ava's knees buckled but Harper caught her
"You ok?" he had broken free and stabbed the other vampire with the chair leg through the heart "Listen to me" he cupped her face and saw the gash on her head and the bruises that was forming "can you walk?"
"Yeah" she groaned
"Come one" he wrapped an arm around her waist and led he down the hall
"So do you have a name?" Ava asked wanting to take her mind off of the pain that was coming from her head
"Harper and you?"
"Ava" she simply stated "what's wrong?" she felt him tense up beside her
"There's more coming, I can hold them off you go-"
"I'm not-"
"Go now"
She reluctantly agreed knowing that he had a better chance on his own
"Ok go straight up the stairs and turn left, you should arrive in the kitchen. Go straight down the corridor the house should be empty since they're all running around. Do you understand?"
"Yes" Ava breathed
"Good luck-"
"You too Harper" Ava jogged forward following his instructions
"Wait" Harper called her, making her pause as she was about to go up the stairs "thank you Ava"
Ava smiled at him and ran up the stairs.
She finally managed to arrive in the kitchen, Ava walked forward and trip but caught herself against the table, and she bent down and felt a body
"Vampire" she muttered feeling the stake protruding from him. Ava gripped it and pulled it out and winced at the squelching sound. She slowly stood up and slipped the stake up her sleeve, Ava opened the kitchen door and swallowed according to Harper the house shoulder be empty. Her boot clad feet echoed down the hall and had just walked pass the staircase but froze
"I thought you'd just came here to dry off" Frederick smirked
"Well I-"Ava turned around
He tutted when he saw the state of her "Now you wasn't just here for that was you?"
"Why ask questions you already know the answer to?" Ava backpedalled
"Because it's fun" she yelped when he grabbed her by the front of the jacket and flung her forwards, Ava skittered to a stop and grunted and was on her knees
"Now Xenia let's see if it's true"
Ava sung her hand out but he easily caught her wrist "You really are stupid aren't you?"
"Not really" with her free hand she slammed the stake against him. Frederick swore feeling the wooden weapon pierce his neck, Ava head-butted him sending him backwards. She used the wall to aid her into getting up. The blond ran forward Frederick growled and grabbed her by her hair causing her to cry out. All of a sudden she felt him gone.
"Son of a bitch" Damon threw the vampire away and repeatedly punched him in the face
"Damon?"
"Hide now-"
"Damon-" she backed in to a wall there were too many grunts and shouting, Ava could heard Damon fighting Frederick, she tensed up hearing two more people coming onto the scene, she felt a pulse of air and knew that Frederick had most likely fled. Ava groped around and felt a heavy lamp she picked it up and slammed it down onto a vampire's head.
"Oww fuck Ava-"
"Shit sorry wrong vampire" Ava yelped when she was thrown on her back the breath was knocked from her. Damon kicked the vampire away from her and fought off another one
"Ava RUN"
"Where?" she shouted as a vampire came up behind her
"Ava-"she tensed up all of a sudden there was a bang. The vampire dropped down dead beside her.
"Ava stay with Ric, I'm going after Frederick" Damon helped her onto her feet, his eyes darkened seeing her bloodied temple "stay here"
Ava swallowed as Alaric grasped her hand "Shit" he swore "what happened? You were meant to stay in the car"
"Elena ran off so I ran off after her-"
"You broke the window-"
"Ssh" Ava hissed "he doesn't need to know"
"So what happened?" Alaric asked looking around; he gently pushed her behind him
"I got into the house like I said I can…."
"And?"
"Got there late, so didn't rescue Stefan" she admitted, the hunter shook his head and chuckled quietly
"So you got to rescue someone finally and it's the wrong person?" Alaric asked looking up the staircase
"One mistake-"
"Ava-"
"Ah at least I saved someone" Ava jumped hearing something upstairs clattering to the ground. She grabbed onto the back of Alaric's jacket as he cocked his weapon,
"Ava-"Alaric shouted as he was thrown aside, Ava screamed when she was slammed down on to the ground, she swore and kicked wriggling beneath the vampire,
"RIC-"
She shouted as the vampire pinned her head to the ground,
"Argh my head-AVA-"there was a resounding bang she gasped when the vampire slumped against her. "Ava talk to me, Ava-"Alaric pushed the vampire off of her, he saw the shaken teen and helped her onto her feet, Ava staggered against him he caught her around the waist "You hurt?"
Ava shook her head but groaned, Alaric frowned "Let's go"
"Frederick's gone" Damon appeared in front of them, he made a beeline towards Ava and wrapped an arm around her "you're bleeding" he frowned she winced when he prodded the gash "what happened-"
"Can we get out of here first?" Ava cut him off, she wasn't in the mood to be lectured.
"Right" Damon literally held her as they exited the house, Ava walked ahead and felt the night air on her skin
"What-"Damon grabbed the back of her jacket and pushed her behind him so he was shielding her from the oncoming vampires
Ava gripped onto the back of his jacket "How many of the vervaine darts do you have?" Damon asked lightly grasped her wrists
"One" Alaric replied, Damon shook his head and pushed Ava back into the house
"That's not going to be enough" Alaric followed after them and slammed the door behind him
"What are we going to do?" Ava asked, Damon could see that she was scared.
"Ava run"
"What?" she asked confusion in her tone, "I-"
The vampire looked over to Alaric and glanced at his ring, the history teacher knew what he was trying to convey and tugged the ring off and handed it over to Damon.
"Ava listen-"
"Damon-"Ava felt a ring being shoved onto her thumb "this is Ric's no I'm not-"
"Listen to me" Damon held her chin "when they come run-"
"Damon" Ava shook her head and tried to take the ring off but he grasped her wrist "But Ric-"
"Ava I'll be fine" Alaric peered out of the window and saw the vampires were closer.
"Damon I'm not going to leave-"
"Yes you are" he said firmly "you haven't listened to me the whole day and look where it's got you. Now we'll cause a distraction and you run as far as you don't stop-"
"But what about-"
"Don't stop" Damon growled, there was a bang on the door. Ava clutched onto his sleeve as they all took a step back. Alaric joined him on the front line
"So what you said to get me to do this?" Alaric uttered "it was a lie wasn't it?"
Ava jumped when there was another bang. Damon dropped his hand to grasp hers and laced their fingers together.
"Yep-"
"Damon, bad move-"
"Ava not now" Damon muttered, she cringed when there was another bang. "Remember to run-"
"Damon-"
"Do it Ava"
"STOP" a new voice shouted. The banging all stopped "what's going on here?"
Damon took another step back and blocked Ava, as Pearl entered the house she took in the sight of the various dead bodies. "What did you do?"
Ava scoffed "You're having a laugh aren't you? We didn't do anything. You're freaky vamp buddies-"
"Spent the day torturing my brother" Damon finished off
"Trust me the parties responsible for this will be dealt with" Pearl said
"Our little arrangement won't work if you can't control them" Damon sneered at her
"This wasn't supposed to happen-"
"Well it did" he led Ava passed the vampires "If I had a good side not a way to get on it" Damon spat at her. Ava followed on his heels, Damon was refusing to let go of her. He glared at the vampires who were waiting outside.
"Where's your first aid kit?" Damon called from Ava's kitchen; he had dropped her home and wouldn't leave till he was sure she was fine.
"Damon I can-"
"Found it" Ava slumped against the couch and felt a pulse of air in front of her. "You know you pout a lot-"
"Yeah and you piss a lot of people off" she countered, Damon smirked and opened up the white box
"I do and you know why I do it?" he asked pulling out an anti-septic wipe, she hissed and was about to move back but Damon placed his hand on the nape of her neck stilling her.
"Oww" Ava whined as he wiped the blood off of her face, he rolled his eyes. She felt his warm hand sliding up her throat till it cupped her cheek
"You're like a child-"
"Really? You're a vampire yet you still act so mature" she scoffed
Damon grinned "Ah huh, it entices the ladies."
"Do you have any other tricks?" Ava smiled at him,
"Tonnes" he kissed her cheek "sneaky kisses-"
"You could get done for sexual harassment-"
"Pick-up lines-"
"Which are cheesy-"
"Poetry?"
"Lame" Ava drawled
"I have that smouldering look" Damon uttered and saw that the gash on her head wasn't so bad, it was a shallow cut nothing she needed stiches for. Ava had refused to take his blood; she didn't want to go through what she did before.
"You got that from zoolander" Ava stated as he bandaged her cut he lightly stroked her bangs and pushed them forward
"That shitty film with Ben Stiller-"
"Ha you watched it" Ava guffawed, Damon rolled his icy blue eyes
"Did not-"
"You so did, how else you would know about that?" she grinned, Damon lunged forward making her shriek
"Ah so you're ticklish?"
"No Damon don-"she couldn't get the rest of her sentence out as the vampire tickled her sides Ava giggled and attempted to squirm away but he had a firm grip. He laughed seeing her face
"Damon-"when he saw her gasping for breath he stopped, Damon rested his temple against hers, she managed to catch her breath "You were wrong Damon" he pulled back into a sitting position
"About?"
"You do have a good side.-"
"Ava-"
"You're a good man Damon, it's all in here" Ava lightly patted his chest where his unbeating heart resides.
"You think so?" he leant forward his eyes roamed her face
"I know so" Ava held up her hand and patted his cheek
"Am I interrupting something?" Claudine had arrived a couple of minutes ago. She was shocked to see the tender look on the vampire's face but when she announced her presence Damon's cocky demeanour came back
"Well princess if you need a bed buddy let me-"
"Get out Damon" Ava laughed, Damon smirked and walked out he nodded at Claudine who shot him a smile. When the door shut Gran dropped down beside Ava
"So Ava-what the hell happened?" she asked seeing the bandage on her temple "did Damon-"
"No, he helped patch me up. Rescue mission went awry-"
"Right"
Claudine slipped off her shoes and leant back in her seat "So how was your day?"
"Busy, that man has a stamina of a-"
"I'm not listening" Ava plunged her fingers into her ears "Gran I don't need to know about your sex life"
"Alright" Claudine laughed, the phone rang and she got up to answer it "we're on our way-"
"Gran what's going on?" Ava said feeling her jacket being dropped into her lap.
"They found Vicki Donavan's body"
Ava felt her heart drop to her stomach hearing that "Oh god"
The Xenia's arrived at the Donavan's Caroline let them in. Ava found herself sitting on one side of Kelly whilst Claudine sat on the other
"Why are you here?" Kelly asked "I've been horrible-"
"Kelly you're a bitch but you don't deserve this" Claudine murmured "I'm sorry-"
"No-"
"I can mean it" Claudine surprised the woman by pulling her in a tight hug "I can mean it. I know what you're feeling Kelly, I lost my daughter to a long time ago. That pain will never go away but you learn to live with it" Ava felt a pang go through her heart, god all these deaths made her ache for her parent's
"Ava get Kelly some water" Ava nodded and got off the couch she was about to walk out but paused and once again Kelly was surprised when the teen and hugged her tight, Kelly wrapped her arms around the petite teen, Ava could feel the woman's tears seeping into her shirt
"I'm sorry Kelly" Ava whispered
"I know, and Ava I was wrong you're not a freak" Kelly kissed her cheek and gently wiped away the teen's tears.
Ava let out a breath and closed her eyes, her stomach churned.
"Ava?"
"Matt"
"I-I…."he couldn't say anything so he just hugged her, Ava held him as he cried,
"Ssh, it's going to be ok" she murmured.
Ava sighed they had finally arrived home, Claudine locked the front door behind them
"Ava-"
"I just want to go sleep"
"Ok, night honey." She watched as Ava climbed up the stairs and disappeared down the corridor.
AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Outfit link on profile. Thanks to those who reviewed.
So in this chap-In the beginning Ava climbs into her Gran's bed she's scared of thunderstorms. Elena attempts to cook her breakfast. Ava falls in the mud. Meeting at the Boarding House. Damon cooks her breakfast. There's several Ava and Damon moments. Ava and Elena find out about Damon. Ava attempts to get in to the farmhouse but Damon stopped her. They all go to Alaric. Damon shouts at Ava she kicks a chair over. Elena runs out of the car locking Ava in, she breaks the window and manages to get into the House. Ava knocks out a vamp and climbs out of a window. She goes into rescues Stefan but gets the wrong Vamp. Damon saves her and forces Ava to take Alaric's ring. Damon bandages Ava and everyone finds out about Vicky.
I need your input-Do you think Ava should be part of the Miss Mystic Falls court as in a contestant or just be a bystander ?
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