"Gran where are you?" Ava asked running down the corridor of the old Grayson building "GRAN-"she grabbed the door knob and yelped in pain when she felt the searing heat radiating of the metal

"GRAN?" she cried and pulled it open ignoring the burning pain coming off of her hand.

"AVA PLEASE HELP-"she heard Claudine scream. Ava took one step forward and tumbled down the stairs flames licked at her legs, but instead she hit a hard gravel ground.

"Gran?" she called scrambling onto her legs, she shivered as a cold wind hit her, Ava stumbled forward it was bucketing down with rain "GRAN?"

"Ava" she spun around that was Claudine's voice she knew that "Ava?"

"Gran-"

"Run AVA" another voice screamed. The petite teen spun around voices were coming from everywhere

"Momma?"

"What's going on?" Ava stumbled back hearing the voice of her younger self crying, she could hear a clap of thunder causing her to jump. This whole thing felt oddly familiar, it was as if she had been here before

"Honey listen to me you have to run…"

"Daddy"

Ava's heart dropped what the hell? This was the night of her parents' deaths. "Run Ava Run. Don't look back…they're coming-"

"AVA-"Claudine screamed. She felt herself falling once again. The small blond crashed to the ground. She coughed and sat up "GRAN?" hacking coughs came from her.

"Ava?"

She was back in the old Grayson building and could hear cries and grunts of pain. A bead of seat rolled down from her temple "Gran? please" she sobbed.

"Why couldn't you save me Ava? Why couldn't you save me?" she could hear her grandmother cry and then let out pain screamed "AVA-"

Ava gasped and abruptly sat up, she leant forward breathing heavily, "Nightmare, nightmare" she muttered and wiped her eyes but the tears kept coming. She felt suffocated here, the room was stifling, she needed to get out. She wanted to get out. Ava groaned and managed to pull herself out of her tangled sheets.

Damon must've left during the night sometime. She swallowed she wanted to visit her gran. She needed to. That was the only person who could make her feel safe at this very moment. She didn't think, her mind was a mess. Ava slipped on any random shoes and quietly made her way down the corridor, leaving here for some time she had managed to memorise the layout of the boarding house.

Ava sniffed hastily wiped her tears but they kept on falling. She snuck down stairs and knew it was probably still the middle of the nights. She closed the front door behind her and sprinted down the dark street heading towards the cemetery.


"Hey Gran" Ava whispered dropping to her knees, she shivered even though the day was warm it still did get chilly in the night. She swallowed and leant forward on her knees. She held out her hand and felt the cool marble against the tips of her fingers. She bit down on her lip hard trying to swallow a sob but she wasn't successful "Sorry I haven't visited you…I miss you so much. Damon and Stefan been great but-"

"We can't replace her Ava" a voice murmured behind her. Ava jumped out of her skin letting out a squeak. "You ran out"

"I'm sorry Stefan" Ava's voice was muffled. She could hear the vampire kneeling down beside her. Stefan dropped his thick coat around her shoulders, it swamped her.

"Ava why? Why would you do that?" he asked

"I had a nightmare" Ava cried "My gran…my mom and dad…it…I'm all alone Stef-"

"Listen to me" Stefan growled tugging her hard so that she was in his lap. He positioned himself so that his back was resting against the grave stone. "We've been through this before" Ava pressed her face into the crook of his neck. "You are not alone Ava, you got me and Damon and everyone else. We won't leave you" he said sincerely

"You promise?" Ava whispered pulling back slightly; Stefan gently grasped her chin and used his thumb to brush away her tears

"I promise" he murmured and kissed the crown of her head. Ava sighed and dropped her head onto his shoulder

"God you must think I'm a baby" she muttered. Stefan chuckled

"Ava…it's not childish for you to miss your gran. You can come here anytime" Stefan uttered feeling her small warm body against her own. Ava felt so much better now. That nightmare had been of the scariest things she had dreamt of.

"Not really brother. She would have at least tell one of us if she's going. Better yet she shouldn't even be out this late at night" Damon drawled.

He had woken up to the sound of the front door slamming shut. The raven head vampire went to check on Ava and nearly went into a panic attack seeing the messy empty bed. he had smelt the tears in the air. But he somewhat relaxed when he saw that Stefan was nowhere in sight. He had followed his nose and came to a stop seeing Stefan comforting a distraught blond.

"Damon don't-"Stefan warned

"I'm not going to lose it" Damon rolled his eyes and crouched down beside Ava, he brushed asides her blond locks away from her face "but ever run out of the house in the middle of the night you will regret it" he snarled.

Ava swallowed and nodded, she could tell that he wasn't messing about.

"Good now let's get you home" Damon uttered scooping Ava up into his arms. She squealed

"Damon what-"

"You're wearing a pair of slippers. Plus we're going to at vamp speed. It'll be faster" he drawled and without further ado he blurred off. Stefan could hear his brother laughter and Ava's screams for him to slow down.


Ava groaned and rolled over,

"Damon go away" she mumbled

"How the hell? I didn't even say anything" Damon muttered,

"The only reason I wake up on weekends is because of you" the blond huffed and smothered her face into the pillow. She yawned and didn't even move when she felt Damon climbing into bed beside her. She was beginning to doze off again and yelped when she was poked in the side

"Damon-"

"Wake up-"

"No-"

"We got a picnic to go to-"

"I don't want to go" she whined and swatted him away

"No" Damon grinned seeing a pout forming on her lips. "Get up"

"No" Ava rolled away and ended up falling face first on to the floor. There was a moment of silence which was broken by Damon who laughed loudly "DAMON YOU DICK-"she shouted

"You're the one who fell-"

"You could've caught me" Ava uttered she was tangled in her sheets and sat up with a scowl on her face

"Ava you're glaring in the wrong direction. Oh and your top is very love. Pink lace? Yum" Damon smirked. a blush rose on Ava's pale cheeks she hurriedly pulled her thin camisole up

"GO AWAY DAMON" Ava shrieked and threw a shoe at him.

"Miss me" Damon chuckled

"STEFAN" Ava screamed

"DAMON LEAVE HER ALONE" the younger Salvatore shouted from the kitchen

"You told on me-"

"Yeah to Stefan. Now go away-"

"How about-"

"DAMON" Stefan yelled.

Damon rolled his eyes and quick as a flash he dropped a kiss onto Ava's temple; she felt a pulse of air and knew that the vampire was gone.

After a couple of minutes the blond finally managed to free herself from the mess of sheets. She was tired from last night fiasco. In some weird way Ava felt more soothed and her heart wasn't as heavy. She stumbled onto her feet and idly touched the skin of her temple. It tingled slightly from Damon's lips.

"Is it cold outside?" Ava yelled as she made her way towards her bathroom. She scratched the back of her head, her hair was a mess and she had dry drool on the side of her face.

"It's warm out. Wear hot-pants Ava" Damon shouted.

"No" Stefan snapped cutting his brother off "no hot pants"

Ava rolled her eyes and shook her head; she shut and locked the bathroom door behind her. She hurriedly brushed her teeth and did her usual morning routine. The petite teen did her usual morning routine and had a quick shower. Once she was done Ava padded barefooted back to her room, she wiggled her toes in the fluffy rug and plugged in the blow dryer. She quickly dried her hair and brushed it out. She opted to leave it loose.

Ava slipped on her underwear and then moved onto the closet. She held out her hand and grasped the labels and decided to wear a floral skirt and a light blouse. She got dressed and slipped on her shoes.

She hurried downstairs and could smell the aroma of food coming from the kitchen.

"What's cooking?" Ava asked taking her usual seat which was on the stool at the breakfast bar her nose twitched "hmm…I smell chocolate…so pancakes?"

"Damn you sure you're not a sniffer dog?" Stefan chuckled as he placed a plate of food in front of Ava, "Fork and knife are your right" he told her "and-"he set a glass of juice down in front of her "juice is on your left"

"Thanks Stef" Ava grinned she dug into her breakfast, whilst the vampire chose to just have coffee "So" she swallowed a mouthful of pancakes "you and Elena?"

"What about us?" he frowned, he felt somewhat uncomfortable with the notion of lying to Ava, since he considered her as one of his closest friends, well she was more like a sister than anything.

"Well…are you guys actually broken up? And what for? Katherine? Please" Ava scoffed as she carried on eating "the skank just wants attention, nothing more. So are you actually broken up? because you guys are like the one solid couple around here. even though you did get together quickly, but that was because Elena was depressed and she didn't know you was a vampire. And-"

"Ok" Stefan cut off her rambles, "Damn you can talk Ava can't you?" he shook his head.

"Of course I can talk" she gave him an exaggerated eye roll "I have a mouth Stefan. And a tongue which is the muscle you use to actually help make you talk. Because-"

"Ok enough" Damon waltzed into the kitchen as Ava was about to take a sip of her juice, he swiped it off of her.

"Hey" Ava cried out

"Hi" the raven head vampire countered

"That's my juice-"

"I paid for it-"

"Stefan-"

"Stop it. You two are like children" Stefan grumbled underneath his breath and poured another glass of juice for Ava.

"So you and Elena are-"

"I really don't want to talk about it" with that he turned on his heel and left.

Ava thoughtfully chewed her pancakes "He's hiding something" she murmured.

"You got that right" Damon snatched her fork out of her hand and took the last remnants of her pancakes

"Damon-"

"Share Ava, did you know sharing is caring and-"

"Fuck you" Ava jumped off of the stool, "I'm going to dump all your bourbon in the fire" she stormed out of the kitchen

Meanwhile at the front door Alaric climbed up the stairs, he was meant to come here to see if Damon had managed to get any information about Mason. He raised his fist and was about to knock but froze hearing the commotion on the other side.

"Shit-NO AVA-"Damon shouted

"BAD AVA" Stefan yelled.

"IT'S HIS FAULT-"

"Yeah I am so not going in here" Alaric muttered to himself and turned on his heel and left.


Ava hummed under her breath, she was at the volunteer picnic and at the moment she was incredibly bored.

Stefan had dropped her off by the refreshments table which was in the large wooden gazebo. He had given her specific instructions not to get into trouble. Ava didn't have no clue where Damon was. She sipped her lemonade and scrunched up her nose

"Too sour" she muttered under her breath, she upturned the cup intending it to be poured into the grass or whatever, but yeah that didn't work out.

"FUCKING HELL WHO POURED LEMONADE OVER ME?" Tiki screamed and wildly spun around. Ava's eyes widened and she ducked behind a potted plant.

"It came from over there" she heard one of the teen's friend's exclaimed.

"Holy shit" Ava muttered and crawled towards the exit. "Oww"

"Ava?"

"Fuck off Jeremy"

"What-"before he could comprehend anything she had pushed off of the steps and made him land in the bushes "What the hell Ava?"

"Pond" was her response; Jeremy groaned and flopped down onto the ground.

Ava stood up and wiped the dirt off her of her knees. She ended lounging on a bench and could hear Carol Lockwood beginning her opening speech for the day.

"This is all part of the historical society continuing efforts to give back to the community-"

"It'd be better if there was a decent glass of lemonade" Ava called out earning sniggers from the crowd. The acting Mayor closed her eyes in annoyance, but carried on anyway

"Thanks to the generous donation from the Fell family we are now standing on the sight of our newest public park. Thank you to everyone who has shown up to lend a helping hand." There were cheers and claps.

Ava sighed and was about to turn on her heel to go back to the refreshment stand but before she could Carol Lockwood called her name out "Ava Xenia stop in your tracks."

"If it's about that sign I did not graffiti it.-"

"No, wait what?"

"Nothing. What's up Mayor lady?" Ava asked clearing her throat,

"You young lady are going to be staying out of trouble, and for that to happen I am going to give you a very important job-"

"Oh what?" Ava asked excitedly she was bored out of her mind, and she still couldn't find Elena or Caroline.

"Racking leaves" Carol declared with a smug smirk on her face, Ava's smile dropped off of her face

"No-"

"Yes-"

"No I don't want to do it" Ava whined but the older woman didn't relent and grasped her wrist dragging her off to the leaf covered area "this is abuse…someone help…ABUSE-"she yelled

"Just rake the leaves" Alaric yelled seeing the petite teen being dragged off.

"You rake the fucking leaves-"

"Did you just swear at me?" the hunter shouted

"No" Ava huffed. "I hate you all" she yelled at the party goers who had watched the whole scene in amusement.


Ava found herself racking leaves much to her annoyance "Slave labour this is slave labour" she muttered to herself and swiped the leaves away. She didn't really know where she was sweeping them too but she didn't care.

She yelped when she felt a smattering of leaves hit her legs "Hey-"

"That's for the lemonade"

"Oh my god Tiki, you're like an annoying fly constantly buzzing around" Ava huffed "Sorry for the lemonade complete accident by the way" she informed the other girl.

"You are a complete accident" Tiki sneered

"Oh piss off. I said sorry. Now go away" she went back to racking the leaves but the device that she was using was snatched out of her hands.

"Hey, give it back" Ava demanded her hands on her hips

"Make me or better yet I'll give it back if you tell me what colour my top is-"

"You really are a bitch aren't you" she scowled in Tiki's direction. "Give. It. Back-"

"Make Me. You got no crazy gran to help you-"

"Oh fuck yourself, did you know Shiki" she was referring to the dark skin girl's older sister "Is shacking up with your new boyfriend" there was a small crowd gathering around the bickering pair

"You are so old Ava you're fart dust-"

Ava snorted "That's the shittiest insult ever, did you know your birth certificate is an apology letter from the condom factory?" she countered sending those around her into a snickering mess

"You little bitch" Tiki scowled knowing that Ava was embarrassing her "You're so fat that when you get on the scale it says to be continued" she uttered a triumphant smirk on her lips but it was soon wiped off

"Well you must be born on the highway because that's where most accidents occur" Ava declared "there ya go bitch I smacked ya down" she grinned

"You know your family should be grateful to be dead because…" Tiki smirked but it was wiped off of her face when Ava tackled her to the ground.

"Bitch don't bring up dead parents-"

"You're a whore Ava-"they rolled on the ground, Ava yelped when Tiki grabbed her hair and gave it a hard pull, but the blond managed to elbow her

"Oh my boob and I think you broke my nose-"

"Good" Ava shouted the crowd spread further out wanting to avoid being knocked down by the pair "now you got an excuse to get a nose job-ARGH" she shouted when she got a smack in the face.

"You're skank-"

"I'm a skank, those shorts are underwear and-"

"What the hell is going on?" Carol Lockwood shrieked running towards the scene.

Meanwhile on the other side of the park, Alaric had just picked up the beer he was looking forward and was about to take a sip when he heard shouting

"So Mason-"

"Ssh-"Damon hissed and groaned; the hunter followed his gaze and saw a crowd

"What's going on?"

"Ava" without another word Damon jogged over to the fight.

Alaric was right on his heels and groaned seeing it was Tiki and Ava, damn can they ever get along? He thought.

"Stop this right now" Carol shouted stomping her foot, she didn't want to be caught up in this mess.

"You're a bitch Ava-"

"Use a fucking different insult cow-"she felt an arm wrap around her waist and she was pulled away from the other teen

"You really create trouble everywhere don't you?" Damon muttered whilst Alaric grabbed Tiki

"She started it-"

"Oh shut up Ava, you did" Tiki yelled

"Make me-"

"Would you two stop?" Carol screamed, Damon's arms were still around the petite teen's waist "and shake on it. This is meant to be about community spirit"

Ava was breathing heavily and licked her lips; she could taste blood and knew that Tiki had most likely split her lip.

"Can you now shake hands and act like civilise humans?"

"She's not human" Ava muttered but stopped when Damon pinched her

"Just shake her hand" he ordered.

Ava frowned and the pair approached each other, both Alaric and Damon were very reluctant in letting the teens go but they did. The blond grasped the other girl's hand and they shook

"There all done now every—"

"Cow" Tiki yelled tackled Ava to the ground.

"Fucking hell-"Damon muttered and he and Alaric set about pulling the teens apart,

"They should never be allowed out in public" the history teacher grunted as he was elbowed in the gut by Tiki.


"I can't believe you got into a fight with Tiki again" Elena shook her head, Ava was specifically told by Stefan and Alaric that she was to stay away from the other girl. Caroline assured them that Ava would be sticking like glue to her side for the rest of the day.

"Do you have to start?" Ava rolled her milky green orbs, she was juggling holding the paint brushes as well as her cane. "Alaric already lectured me, and I reckon Jenna is going to as well"

Elena snorted "You got that right" she muttered,

"So can we get back to my problem?" Caroline asked, "So suddenly she's in running of mother of the year. Just when I'm trying to avoid her the most-"

"Oh horror family issues" Ava drawled

"Funny Ava" the vampire said deadpanned "I'm babbling aren't I? you don't want to hear this"

"You're right-"Ava squeaked when she was elbowed in the ribs. They had come to a stop at the fences that they were going to paint,

"Then what happened?" Elena asked as Ava handed out the brushes "Ava front of you there's a fence post you can start with that"

Ava hummed not in the mood for anymore arguing, she kneeled down and felt cool wood against her knees.

"Well I was a bitch-"

"Nothing new-"

"Ava" Elena scolded the younger girl, Ava huffed and dip the brush into the pot of paint, she had set her cane on her other side.

"Carry on Care" Ava hummed as she started to paint.

"That was it…so how are things with you and Stefan?" the taller blond asked, Ava shifted slightly so that she was more comfortable "Anything?"

Elena let out a sigh "No not since the fight" Ava didn't have the energy to prowl in the brunette's mind plus with this whole fiasco it'll be definitely invading Elena's privacy. "He's been pushing me away because he thinks Katherine might get jealous enough to hurt me. He doesn't want to change his mind." Ava heard Caroline's footsteps on her other side

"You said Katherine was dangerous, maybe he's got a point." Caroline pointed out.

"I know that she's dangerous and I know that he's trying to protect me but it feels like giving up and I just…"she trailed off.

Ava cocked an eyebrow "Just what?" she asked wanting to know.

"I just thought we were stronger than that" Elena shrugged her shoulders

"You are, you'll be able to move pass this trust me" Ava assured her with a bright smile on her lips

"And you're so sure about this because?" Elena asked

Ava grinned "It's obvious isn't? He's like the milk to your cereal…or if you eat your cereal dry he could be the….erm…."she fumbled with the brush "pfft…nut to your ella? You know nutella? That chocolate spread and-"

"Ok Ava" Caroline giggled "We get what you mean"

"Good, didn't want to embarrass myself there" Ava grinned completely oblivious to the incredulous looks that Elena and Caroline exchanged.


"Ava you're spilling" Caroline squealed when Ava accidently splattered the brown paint on the vampire's shoe.

"Oops sorry" Ava apologised "here-"

"No Ava, you're taking my brush" Elena uttered and pressed the paint brush into Ava's hand

"Thanks-"

"Ava wrong post" Caroline commented seeing the teen was just going over the fence post that Elena had painted

"Ergh-"

"I don't get why you're letting her do this" Tiki drawled, Elena sighed and looked over her shoulder. She snorted but covered it with a laugh Caroline followed her gaze and also smothered a giggle. Tiki had a thick white bandage across the bridge of her nose. Damn seems like Ava did more damage than she had thought.

"Go away Tiki" Ava shouted

"Why you-"

"Shoo go away" the petite teen even clapped her hands.

"Ergh-"

"Tiki over here" Alaric shouted dragging the troublesome female away. Ava once again picked up the brush.

She hummed in content feeling the refreshing breeze passing over her; it was getting warmer as the day went on. She was glad that she had opted to wear a skirt.

She was brought of her musings by Caroline. "Uh oh, longing looks are being exchange" the taller blond commented.

"I'm going to go talk to him" Elena dumped her paint brush in the bucket and stood up. Ava groaned and also dropped her own brush "Ava you still-"

"Nope, you're not painting so why should I?" Ava asked getting onto her feet "plus I need to stretch my legs. I think I'm getting a cramp" she muttered "anyway go talk to Stefan" she urged her friend.

"No, no Elena I thinks it's a bad idea" Caroline started but Elena ignored her and headed towards the other vampire.

"Did she leave?" Ava asked as Caroline stood beside her.

"Yep" she replied tersely causing Ava to frown

"What's got your panties in a bunch?" she questioned

"What? Nothing" she uttered.

Ava nodded still not completely believing her; she knew that there was something up with her newly transitioned friend.

"What's her problem?" Damon asked appearing behind Ava making the teen jump

"Jeez" she gasped "wear a bell" she grunted when he wrapped his arms around her waist tugging her close. He rested his chin on her shoulder "Damon let go. It's warm and-"she whined

"Nope, and stop wiggling it's annoying" he smirked hearing her heart beat even faster.

"Yeah but—"

"Do you want Stefan to lecture you?" he countered. Now that made Ava shut up, she knew she was going to get a telling off from the younger Salvatore "BTW Ava when you fight you look incredibly sexy"

Ava balked and Caroline frowned "You're disgusting" she muttered

"I know and sexy, hot, fine piece of ass-"

"You are an ass" Ava cut him off; she giggled when he nipped her earlobe "so is Elena talking to Stefan yet?"

"What is her problem?" Damon repeated his earlier question "she's got her moody face on her"

"Don't worry about it" Caroline replied.

"Why are you being such a bitch to your mom?" Damon asked looking the female vampire. He removed his chin from Ava's shoulder but kept his hold on her

"Don't worry about it" Caroline turned on her heel and picked up the paint-brush

"Yeah Damon, it's kind of a family problem" Ava added brushing aside a stray curl; she picked up her own one and started to paint whatever fence there was. She didn't really care

"Ava that's a flower pot-"

"Don't care" Ava cut him off and started to paint, it was a minute into her painting when she noticed that neither Damon nor Caroline had spoken. She stopped painting and froze "Oh my god" Ava said realisation hitting her "You're both eavesdropping and-"she was cut off when Damon quickly grabbed her around the waist and slammed his hand over her mouth instantly shutting her up.

"Humph-"her voice came out muffled; Damon turned his back so that Stefan couldn't see him or Ava

"Hush up princess" he murmured into her ear "trying to listen-"she grumbled and spouted muffled swear words at him. "Now because of that I'm just going to keep you like this"

Ava reached up and pulled his hand away from her lips "What's happening?" her curiosity got the best of her.

"Ssh-oh shit they know we're listening" Damon muttered and straightened up "And Stefan just told her that he can't do this anymore. And Elena walked off"

"Wow" Ava muttered

"Relationships are about communication" Damon drawled, his comment was aimed at Caroline who shot him a dirty look and stormed off.

"Now you pissed her off" Ava commented

"Seriously Ava the flower pot-"

"Shut up Tiki no one cares" the petite teen screeched causing the vampire beside her to jump

"Make me" Tiki screamed, her eyes widened at what happened next

"NO AVA" Alaric yelled as Ava threw the bucket of paint towards Tiki, but it missed and ended up hitting someone else

"OWW MY FACE" Jeremy shrieked

"I think you should run Ava" Damon advised, she didn't need to be told twice and sprinted off "Go LEFT-"

Ava crashed into something hard making her crash on the floor, "Oww-"

"Oww is right. Come one we need to have a chat" Stefan grabbed her by the collar of top and dragged her away from the other volunteers.

"Shame Ava" Damon cackled

"Screw you Salvatore" Ava shrieked and yelped when Stefan swatted her bottom "Oww…Stefan"


"And what's the message?" Stefan asked, he was currently standing in front of Ava with his arms cross. The petite was kicking at the ground with a pout on her lips; he had lectured her for the last ten minutes, much to her mortification in front of the other volunteers.

"Not to do something bad whilst you're around" Ava muttered glaring at the ground

"Ava" the vampire said sternly

"Fine, not to throw stuff at people" Ava mumbled "or laugh when something hits Jeremy" she added on.

"Well done, so you was actually listening" he chuckled and dropped his arm around her shoulders, "come on let's get you a drink. And take this" he pressed her cane into her hand. Stefan guided her towards the decking area where the refreshments were.

"Here this is much better than lemonade that you wasn't too fond of" Damon uttered "plus it's something to cheer you up with for the telling off-"

Ava scowled "You were listening" she accused him "and it's your fault and you think giving me a cup of-"he tilted the cup gently to her lips, forcing her to swallow the liquid, when he pulled the cup back her frown morphed into a grin

"Oh…Coke, I love that" she snatched the soda out of his hand and carried on sipping away.

"Please tell me that you were just bonding" Stefan said staring after Mason's retreating figure.

"Hmm" Damon tugged one of Ava's curls, "so what's with this faux drama in yours and Elena's relationship?"

"What are you talking about?" Stefan played dumb. Ava cocked an eyebrow as Damon handed her a plate of finger sandwiches. She picked at one and chewed when she didn't like one she spat it back out much to Stefan's disgust

"He's got a point Stef, you and Elena don't fight" Ava uttered managing to actually eat a finger sandwich

"Drop it" Stefan snapped

"Ok relax" Damon glared at his brother, he turned back to the table "and Ava stop spitting on the plate people are going to think you've got some sort of disorder-"he growled when she shoved the plate of mulch into his shirt "You litt-"

"Ava behave" Stefan scolded the teen and tugged her towards him "just keep drinking. Non-alcoholic drinks-"he added.

Ava rolled her milky green orbs and finished the rest of her soda. "Would you like some lemonade?" she heard a younger girl ask

"Thank you sweetie" Damon smiled. Ava cringed "What?"

"That was way too nice for you" she smirked causing Stefan to snigger. Damon rolled his eyes ad lifted the cup up to his lips and took a large gulp, Ava squeaked when he spat it out all over her

"Eww Damon you bitch" Ava shouted hastily wiping off the lemonade "such a whore and-"

"What's wrong?" Stefan asked grabbing Damon who was coughing loudly and was groaning in pain.

"It's the lemonade I told ya it was-"

"No vervaine" Damon groaned his voice was hoarse and sore "vervaine-"

"Someone spiked the lemonade?" Ava asked baffled at this, she grabbed the bottles of water and rushed over to the vampires "here-"it was snatched out of her hand and Damon downed the contents.

He stormed towards the edge of the decking and leant against the railing, where he gurgled and spat out the water.

"I'm going to kill him…he's dead" Damon snarled

"What's going on?" Ava asked as Stefan grabbed her wrist making sure that she followed. Damon went to push pass Stefan but the younger brother shoved him down

"I'm not listening to your give peace a chance crap" the raven head snapped

"No listen" Stefan attempted to reason with him "listen-"

"He's dead"

"Who?" Ava snapped not following,

"Mason Lockwood-"

"What? why? you can't kill him" she shook her head her hands were on her hips

"No Ava he's right" Stefan uttered causing Ava to pause "I don't like it, he's making threats and is threatening to expose us. He needs to be put down" he explained

"Alright let's do it" Damon nodded

"No Damon Stefan you can't" Ava uttered "we'll just talk and-"

"No Ava it's gone too far" Stefan murmured "I'm sorry but this is the only way. Go and stay with Caroline and Elena-"

"No you guys-"

"Damn it Ava you better stay out of this" Damon snarled at her.

Ava chewed on her bottom lip "Caroline and Elena are near the edge of the tree line. Go there." Stefan instructed.

"But-"

"Now" Stefan ordered. Ava scowled and did as she was told for once; she could tell that there would be no chance of her winning an argument.


"Ava" Elena called and spotted the blond "there ya are. Come on we've got to-wait why is Caroline over there"

"What?" Ava frowned in confusion she was gripping on to her cane

"Come on." Elena grabbed her hand and pulled Ava over to Caroline, the vampire was walking further and further away from the picnic "Caroline where are you going?"

Ava was having trouble with getting up a slight ledge; she stumbled and swore where she hit her knee on the rock. "Oww-"

"You ok?" Elena asked concern laced in her tone, she helped Ava up till they were beside Caroline. "It's only a graze" she told Ava "Caroline?"

"I need to be able to hear better" Caroline said

"Hear what?" Elena asked as Ava clutched her side, damn she thought she was so out of shape.

"Something is wrong Elena, Ava" the vampire uttered pressing the tips of her fingers against her temple. She closed her eyes and concentrated on the surrounding areas.

"Care-"Ava started but the blond shushed her. Caroline spun around

"Oh god" she breathed

"What is it?" Ava asked starting to worry even more,

"It's Stefan and Damon" Caroline replied and grabbed Ava by her wrist pulling the younger girl with her. Elena followed hot on their heels

"They went after Mason" Ava sputtered as she held tighter onto her cane. They ran through the woods.

Ava lurched forward as Caroline abruptly stopped "What is it?" Elena asked skidding to a stop.

"They've been here" Caroline answered and knelt down, spotting a scarlet trail. Ava caught her breath and lightly stretched her legs by walking forwards, she was in front of Elena and opened her barriers up hoping to catch Stefan's or Damon's name.

"What is it?" Ava asked

"Blood"

"Fuck" the petite teen swore

"What are you three doing out here?" Ava's breath hitched Mason was here. She swallowed

"We're hiding our stash of drugs" she blurted out thinking on the spot "don't tell Jere, he's a junkie and well…drugs are bad…leads to addiction and well…-"

"Have you seen Stefan and Damon?" Elena spoke over the rambling teen.

"Yeah Elena I've seen them-"

"Good for you Mason" Ava cheered lamely she was nervous as hell, she knew that he knew about Stefan and Damon being vampires. Now they were missing and Mason was here, technically he wasn't meant to be alive. "Erm…where are they?" Ava asked breaking the tense silence.

"You don't need me for that" Mason walked towards the trio of girls, Elena had the urge to pull Ava back but she didn't want to make any sudden movements "does your mother know what you are?"

Ava frowned "It's frankly none of your business" she countered.

"I'm happy to tell her-"

Caroline growled and went to take a step forward but Mason was faster, Ava gasped when she felt thick arms arm wrap around her throat. Her cane slipped out of her hand

"Oww…."she cried out thrashing in his hold.

"AVA" Elena shouted she glared at Mason "let her go" she scowled

"Don't be stupid. Necks snap easy around here" Mason uttered, Ava groaned her throat would definitely be bruised after this.

"I can take you" Caroline snarled

"Wanna bet?" Mason said

"Yeah I do" with that the vampire blurred forwards, Ava was thrown forward and she landed face down on the ground. Elena rushed to her side and knelt down

"I'm good" she mumbled, as Caroline kicked Mason into a tree. She picked up her cane

"Come on" Caroline called

"Ava-"

"Yeah wait" Ava said and swung her cane back and managed to hit the werewolf hard in the back "Bitch it's always the hot ones who are bloody psycho. I thought we had something special Mason and-"

"No time" Elena rolled her eyes and grabbed Ava's hand, the pair sprinted after the vampire.


"Here" Caroline came to a stop,

"What is that?" Elena asked but the vampire raised her finger silencing her. Ava sighed when she dropped her cane, she picked it up and frowned hearing the sheriff's thoughts

"Vampires….got to kill them…..they walk in the sun….kill"

"Holy shit" Ava muttered the sheriff was going to kill Stefan and Damon, and no way in hell she was going to let that happen.

"Caroline? Caroline what is it?" Elena asked seeing the look on the taller girl's face

"It's my mom she's going to kill them" Caroline choked out.

"No way" Ava said and went to run down the steps but Elena grabbed her wrist

"Ava you stay up here it's too dangerous-"

"No" Ava wrenched her arm away from hers "this is Stefan and Damon, I'm not going to let them end up dead" without another word she sprinted down the stairs.

"I'm going" Elena uttered

"No you can't-"Caroline shook her head

"No I'm going, Ava might end up hurt as well" Elena said running after Ava.

The petite teen swallowed she could hear voices, and splayed her hand out so that it was against the wall, she could feel the rocky texture.

"Let's do this each to a stake through the heart and burn them both" Liz told her deputies, Ava pushed the creaky black gate open and cringed hearing the noise, she pushed herself into the wall, "Check it out" Liz said, Ava could hear the deputy coming closer

"What the-"she smacked her cane down hard causing the man to stumble. She pushed pass him and slammed the cell door open

"Ava-"Liz shouted in outrage "what-"

"I'm not going to let you kill them" Ava yelled, she was pushed forward with enough force to send her sprawling to the ground. She whimpered when her nose smacked the concrete floor. She landed beside a still semi-coconscious Damon.

"Ava?" he groaned

"We found this one-"

"Hey" Elena snapped as she was also shoved forward. But before anything else could happen the cellar door slammed shut. There was a loud growl. Ava swallowed; Damon could see the scared expression on her face and gently grasped her hand and laid a kiss on her knuckles.

"Ssh" he soothed her.

"Who else is with you?" Liz uttered her gun was pointed at Ava.

"I-"there was a blur of blond air causing the deputies to jump, Caroline grabbed one of the deputy by the back of his throat and plunged her fangs into his neck instantly killing him. Damon pulled Ava down so that her head was pressed against his stomach, she could hear gun shots going off. Caroline blurred towards the other deputy and knocked him out.

"Caroline is a….monster-"

"Hi mom" Caroline said quietly coming out of her blood induce state.


"This the only time I'm doing this" Ava muttered and held out her wrist towards Damon,

"I saved your life plenty of times and you're having a go-"

"Just bloody suck" she snapped, Damon managed to sit up and held Ava close to him. He gently took her wrist, Ava stiffened as he brushed his large thumb on the inside of her wrist.

"It won't hurt" he murmured and raised her wrist to his lips, his fangs lengthen she hissed feeling his fangs sinking into her wrist.

Damon groaned in pleasure as he slurped down her blood. He managed to pull himself away; wow he thought that was amazing. This by far was the most exquisite blood he ever had. Damon looked down at his torso and saw that his wounds were healing much faster.

He helped Ava on to her feet and checked her nose "Nothing broken" he informed her, she could hear Stefan groaning in pain

"You need to drink some blood Stefan" Damon gasped for breath.

"No I'll be fine it'll just take a bit longer" Stefan muttered. Ava frowned

"Stefan you can take some of mine I-"

"He said he didn't want any" Elena snapped,

"Ok, sheesh are you on your period or something" Ava muttered and licked her lips. Damon straightened up

"This is the most unfortunate situation" Damon started as Ava leant against the wall "two deputies dead and you" he rounded on Liz "What am I going to do with you?"

"Let her go" Ava said meekly she could feel the glare that she was getting and decided to be quiet

"You won't tell anyone will you?" Caroline asked looking at her mother "mom? Mom? Please look I know we don't get along and you hate me but I'm your daughter and you'd do this for me right?"

Ava chewed her bottom lip anxiously, her heart went out to Caroline she had no clue what the vampire was going through. "Mom please. He will kill you"

"Then kill me" Liz said tearfully

"No-"Caroline cried.

"Damon" Ava uttered grabbing the back of his shirt "don't" she pleaded "don't kill her"

"Kill me"

Ava was forced to let go as Damon approached the sheriff "But you was going to drag it out so painfully-"he grabbed her by her shoulders and hauled her onto her feet

"NO, NO NO" Caroline shrieked

"Damon don't" Stefan yelled

"Damon don't do this" Ava said softly, Damon paused and looked over towards the petite blond, Stefan witnessed this and swore he saw his brother's eyes softening.

"Relax guys no one is killing anyone" Damon assured them. Ava sagged in relief. "You're my friend" Ava couldn't help but smile at that "but we've got to clean this up-"

"Not it" Ava shouted and ran out of the cellar, they heard a thump and an 'ow'

"Yeah she fell over" Elena muttered shaking her head.


Ava heard a knock on the front door, they had taken Liz to the boarding house where she would stay till the vervaine would leave her system and then Damon would compel her. she padded barefooted over to the door, Ava had shed her shoes and opened it.

"Hey" Caroline greeted her

"Hi" Ava smiled stepping aside allowing her in.

"Sorry it took forever I just didn't know how long she would be here for" the vampire uttered walking into the boarding house with her mother's suitcase.

"It's cool" Ava shut the door and followed "Damon said it would take three days tops for the vervaine to leave her system. Maybe even sooner"

Just then Elena and Stefan walked down the corridor

"Ava I told you not to leave your shoes lying around" Stefan said

"Chill. Come on" Ava grasped Caroline's hand leading her down the hall. She could feel the carpet beneath her bare feet.

"So did you get some bunny in you?" she asked

"Yeah I'm feeling much better thanks" Stefan replied as they headed down to the cellar

"Step" Elena said to Ava as they trudged down the stairs.

Ava nodded and could hear Damon talking to Caroline "It'll be over-"

"Could you keep Caroline away from me?" she heard Liz asked Ava felt Caroline stiffen "I don't want to see her."

"She's your daughter Liz" Damon drawled fiddling with his cell phone.

"Not anymore, my daughter is gone" Liz said.

Ava scowled a surge of anger tingled in her gut "You don't know how wrong you are Liz" Damon told her.

Caroline dropped the case and turned on her leaving, Elena ran after her. Ava however didn't follow instead she headed into the cellar.

"Liz you are her mom. Did you know for someone to become a vampire they would need to be killed. Your daughter died Liz. So would rather have her dead or be a vampire?" Ava uttered giving the woman something to think about. "Don't be a disappointment Liz. Be there for your daughter" she turned on her heel and left.


Ava entered the parlour and could hear the fire crackling, Elena had gone home since Jenna had called and Stefan was in his room, well she thought that was the case. She wasn't sure where Damon was.

"Hey I got some blankets" Ava uttered, before Elena left she had told the telepath that Caroline would be staying here for the night. Since the newly transitioned vampire didn't want to go home, she mentioned something about Katherine threatening Caroline.

"Thanks Ava" Caroline smiled

"No problem" Ava walked towards her hand dropped the blanket by the vampire's feet. "Are the clothes-"

"Everything is fine" Caroline said pulling the covers over herself, Ava had leant her some night clothes to sleep in. "I just want to go to sleep"

"No problem, I'll talk to you in the morning" she smiled and bid her goodnight, she had just gotten to the doorway before Caroline called her name.

"Yeah?"

"You seem happier Ava. Stay like that"

"Yep" Ava smiled and headed towards her bedroom, she bumped into someone and stumbled but strong hands gripped her by her upper arms. "Caroline is sleeping on the couch-"

"I know" Damon murmured, brushing aside Ava's stray curls. "You should go sleep-"

"I know" Ava bit her bottom lip and grasped his wrist "Damon what you did for Caroline's mom, well it shows you're more than a good guy. You aren't all bad" she surprised the vampire by getting onto the tips of her toes and laid a tender kiss on his cheek. Damon closed his eyes feeling her warmth washing over him. "Goodnight Damon" she whispered

"Goodnight" Damon murmured opening his eyes and watched as Ava walked away from him.


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

So in this Chap-The beginning-We get to see a brief flash of Ava's past. She wakes up and runs to the cemetery, where Damon and Stefan find her. Stefan, Damon and Ava moments in the beginning. Alaric ends up running away hearing the goes to the picnic where she knocks Jeremy into the bushes and spills lemonade. Carol forces Ava to rake leaves, where surprise surprise Ava and Tiki end up fighting. They insult each other. Ava ends up painting and then chucking a bucket of paint at Tiki but it hits Jeremy. Stefan lectures her. Mason ends up putting Ava in a choke hold. She hits him and then goes and tries to rescue Damon and Stefan. A Dava moment in the end.

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