Ava yawned loudly smothered her face into something hard, but soft at the same time.
"You know it's becoming a hassle that you drool a lot" a snarky voice murmured, the petite teen merely grumbled under her breath. "Come on Ava wake up" he looked down at the dozing blond; the side of Ava's face was pressed against Damon's chest.
"No, I'm tired….just five more minutes" her voice was laced with sleep and tiredness. Damon didn't blame her, truth be told he could spend all day like this with Ava. His arms wrapped around her resting form.
"Ava-"
"No Ssh-"she clumsily slapped her hand over his mouth.
"Fuck-"he swore when Ava poked his eye. She managed to locate his lips
"Ssh-sleep….when you talk you're annoying" Ava muttered slowly drifting off. Damon rolled his eyes and managed to pull himself away from Ava's tight grip. "Come one wakey wakey-"
"No-"she whined and snuggled into her blankets.
"Ava-"he strode over to her curtains and pulled them apart allowing the sun light to enter
"I'm blind Damon that doesn't work-"
"God you're a grumpy fairy. I thought they were all happy, cheerful and I dunno….giggling-"he uttered, Ava scoffed the vampire gripped onto her covers and tore it from her
"Fuck you" She snapped curled up into a ball.
"Up-"
"No-"
"Up-"
"Ava now" Damon ordered he knew one way to get her up and that was to make the little fairy curious, Ava's curiosity was to a default "Me and Stefan went to see Katherine earlier-"
"Good for you-"
"To get information-"
"Lovely-"Ava rolled over so that her back was to him.
"We know she-"
"Good-good-"Damon gritted his teeth, this approach wasn't working so he retorted to another method.
Stefan was just pouring a glass of juice for Ava, they all needed to go and see Elena, so he and Damon could both inform the doppelganger and Ava of what happened in the tomb. The elder Salvatore was given the job of waking Ava up. His heightened hearing could pick up their conversation; he frowned when there was a moment of silence.
Maybe he should've been the one to rouse Ava from her slumber he thought; it was sort of eerie that there was no sound. Stefan had gotten accustomed to the sound of silence not since Ava had started to live here. Stefan couldn't deny it this place was livelier with her in it.
"Morning" Rose walked into the kitchen "It's quiet-"
"Yeah I don't think it'll last" Stefan uttered, just as those words left his mouth he could hear a commotion coming from Ava's room.
Both vampires could hear shouting "DAMON FUCK OFF. LET GO-"the fairy screamed
"NO-"
"Should we step in?" Rose asked worriedly, but Stefan shook his head and carried on making breakfast.
"Nope…I know when to step in-"he murmured setting the toast onto the table.
"And when is that?" Rose asked a frown on her face, she helped herself to a mug of coffee,
"Right about now-"he said just as they heard the shower faucet being turned on.
"STEFAN-"Ava screamed.
"That's my cue" Stefan hurriedly left. Rose shook her head and sat herself on the stool
"This is a crazy house" she mused hearing Stefan scolding Damon for dumping Ava in the bathtub and then turning the shower faucet on.
Ava sighed loudly and clutched her cane with one hand whilst the other fiddled with the buttons of her denim waist coat.
"Would you stop-"Damon growled, she, him and Stefan were currently standing on the Gilbert porch and were waiting for Elena or someone to answer the door.
"Would you stop-"she mimicked him.
"Ava-"
"Ava-"
"I swear to god-"Damon growled "You're so annoying-"
"And you're-"
"Ok" Stefan stepped in between the pair, the raven head vampire and the fairy were at odds with each other. "I told you not to dump her in there" he said knowing the vampire would hear him. Damon shot his brother a dirt look. Before he could respond the door was flung open revealing a very confused looking Elena.
"What are you doing here?" the doppelganger asked, she was confused seeing Ava literally hopping on one foot to the other.
"We need to talk" Stefan said.
"I need a wee-and I want some pop tarts as well" Ava rushed passed dumping her cane by the front door and sprinted up the stairs. Elena was use to the blond teen's antics so didn't bat an eyelash.
"So that's why she was jumping" Damon muttered under his breath.
Elena cleared her throat "What about?"
"We went to see Katherine" the older Salvatore replied, Elena hastily nodded and stepped aside allowing both vampires into her home.
Soon enough they were gathered around in the kitchen. Damon and Stefan were leaning against the counter whilst Ava was rummaging through the fridge
"Ava you had breakfast-"
"I'm peckish" she snapped and pulled out a whole bowl full of jelly. "Elena-"
"It's Jeremy's" Elena sat down on the kitchen stool.
"That's alright then" Ava grinned and sat down beside her, Stefan shook his and handed the teen a spoon, "so come on then, what'd you find out?" she asked through a mouthful of jelly, now this was tasty Ava mused.
"Well" Stefan cleared his throat and inwardly groaned when Damon snatched Ava's spoon out of her hands, he took a spoonful of the bright red jelly
"Damon-"Ava snapped
"Hmm tasty. I might just eat it all-"Damon goaded.
"Bloody hell you're annoying today" she huffed "you know what take it" she shoved the bowl towards him but missed entirely and instead set the sweet dish over the edge of the counter which resulted in the bowl of jelly being shattered onto the ground.
"Now look what you've done Ava-"Damon uttered.
Ava scowled "Me? You did this-"she shouted.
"Can we just get through this?" Stefan snapped, Ava's lips thinned and she folded her arms across her chest. They were bickering like children, "I and Damon went to see Katherine, and she said if we get her out of the tomb then she would give us the moonstone"
Ava fiddled with her beaded bracelet and frowned, it was no secret that Katherine was a well renowned liar. She could just be manipulating this whole situation to get her way.
"You don't believe her do you?" Elena asked
"Of course not we just want the moonstone" Damon scoffed chucking an apple in the air and catching it with his other hand,
"According to Rose's friend Slater, there's a way to destroy the spell that Klaus wants to break" Stefan said seriously looking at Elena straight in the face. Ava licked her lips and tucked her stray curl behind her ear.
"No spell, no doppelganger sacrifice, and no chance of Ava getting taken away or her blood being drained" Damon uttered, his jaw clenching at the mere thought of the fairy being taken away. "Ergo both of live and are happy" he finished off.
Ava licked her lips she leant forward and rested her elbows on the counter "How do you destroy the spell?" she asked
Stefan leant forward "By releasing it from the moonstone" Ava could hear the drip drop of the tap and idly rubbed her ear, Damon canted his head to the side and saw the her gaze was off, usually the blond was good at following the voice of someone who was speaking. But at the moment she looked as if she was being distracted. He followed her gaze and saw that her attention was on the tap. He realised what was going on and turned the faucet off all the way.
"Thank god" Ava declared shaking her head.
Elena was brought of her musings by the fairy. "How do you even know this is going to work?" she asked seriously.
"Because we have a crafty witch on our side" Damon commented.
Ava frowned "You got Bonnie to help?" she asked she hadn't spoken to the Bennett teen for a while. She hadn't seek her out truth be told.
"Yep-"
"And you didn't bother telling me?" the blond scowled.
Damon rolled his icy eyes "Boo hoo Ava, let the grownups handle it"
"I am not a child" Ava hissed finding it infuriating the way he was speaking to her.
"Listen" Stefan cleared his throat "she made it clear that she's willing to help us"
"It's Katherine who's got the moonstone, she's not going to give it" Elena pointed out
"We're going to get it from her" Stefan replied briskly
"How?" Ava questioned "That cow returned like a hundred or so years later to get it back. She's not going to give it up…"
"Well what he means is that we'll pry it from her cold dead fingers" Damon said stiffly
Ava snorted "Are you seriously laughing-damn she's gone crazy-"
"Ok I haven't got crazy" the blond scoffed "plus I find it ironic that Damon is now so willing to kill Kitty Kat-"she shrugged her shoulders "It's ironic"
"Bonnie just needs to find a way to release the seal long enough for us to get in and get out with the moonstone-"Stefan said confidentially
"It's risky" Ava shook her head "you guys could get in trouble or something-"
"Ava seriously don't worry" Damon scoffed; he didn't at all ease her nerves. She was just put more on edge.
"It's a plan-"
"Yeah" Elena said annoyed by the fact that neither vampires had discussed it with her, and from what she could see from Ava the telepath was feeling the same "seems like you got it all planned out."
"Yep we're awesome" Damon exclaimed.
Ava shook her head "Now you said that you're awesome it highlights how you're not awesome" she said dryly.
"Except for one thing, I don't want you to do it" Elena stated, Ava frowned "don't Ava-"knowing that the blond was going to probe her mind
"What are you talking about? Elena we don't have a choice." Stefan said
"And there's no way Ava is going-"
"But you guys can get her out of that. What about Klaus?" Elena uttered.
Ava didn't think of that, she had no clue how the Original would react when he found out that the curse he wanted to break won't be happening.
"We'll find him after we do this" Stefan answered.
"Is that before or after he kills everyone I care about including the two of you" the doppelganger snarled
"If we can dispel the moonstone we can save your life" Stefan explained
"I know everyone keeps saying that" Elena stalked off.
Ava frowned after a moment of silence "Did she walk out?"
"Yes" Damon shook his head placing the apple back in the bowl. "It was dramatic-"he said sarcastically causing Stefan to shook him a dirty look.
"Damn I wanted to have a dramatic exit" Ava muttered "I'm going to talk to her. She might be on her period-"
"Ava-"
"What?" Ava said "I can be sensitive and mature-"
This caused both vampires burst out with laughter "Oh shit" Damon wiped the tears from his face "Ava-"
"And mature-"Stefan slapped his knee doubled over in mirth.
"Ass" she huffed and jumped off of the stool, she took one step before she found herself on the ground "Oww-"she slipped on the jelly.
"You ok?" Stefan asked.
"Yeah" Ava groaned and slowly got on to her feet.
"Good-"and once again Damon and Stefan roared with laughter.
"You're both dicks" she shouted and stormed out of the kitchen. "I'm not going school with you anymore" she yelled
"Now that was dramatic" Damon chuckled "since Elena is taking Ava to school brother, how about we get on with our plan?"
Stefan nodded and he bid the two teens goodbye, he wasn't too surprised when neither Elena nor Ava retuned it.
"AVA SAY BYE-"Damon shouted.
"NO-"she shouted from the top of the staircase. He was at the bottom so could see the flushed blond, Stefan was leaning against the door way shaking his head
"Damon we're meant to go-"
"In a minute" Damon grinned, Stefan could tell he was having fun. "AVA BYE-"
"FUCK YOU-"
"BYE-"
"GO TO HELL-"
"BYE—"
"YOU SUCK-"
"BYE-"
"SCREW YOU" Ava stomped her foot, the raven head vampire chuckled under his breath he loved the fairy's reaction; it was unlike anyone else he has seen. She jumped when she felt a pulse of air in front of her. Damon was standing one step below her.
"I'm only messing Ava" he surprised her when he gently caressed her smooth cheek. "Stay safe and out of trouble" he kissed her cheek tenderly. Ava felt something warm and tingly in her gut when she felt his lips against her skin. There was another pulse of air alerting her that Damon was gone.
Ava shook her head and hurried off to find Elena. Who she found in the bedroom.
"Elena what's up" Ava asked, Elena looked up
"Ava-"
"Spill, I know it's something so just tell me" the petite demanded and folded her arms across her chest.
"I-I don't want to be saved Ava" Ava's heart stopped at that, Elena didn't miss the look of pure confusion on her friend's face. "Ava you read my mind. I asked you not to-"
"What do you mean you don't want to be saved?" she asked "do you know how much Damon and Stefan are going-"
"To end up dead" Elena snarled.
Ava paled "What? Elena there's a way out-"the brunette shook her head and grabbed her hand and tugged her onto the bed forcing the blond to sit down.
"Don't you get it Ava, Damon and Stefan will try and stop Klaus. But-"Elena swallowed "Ava didn't you think what would happen after?"
Ava frowned "Elena utter garbage is leaving your mouth now-"
"Klaus killed Katherine's whole family because she ran" Elena said harshly she didn't see another way for her to get Ava to realise what the risks were "If Damon and Stefan dispel the moonstone, he'll kill them and everyone else Ava. If not that and the ritual is carried out-"
"You'd be dead" Ava uttered
"If I'm not everyone else will be." Elena grasped her hands "Ava listen to me. If the ritual is carried out and Klaus does try and take you…who will end up dead?"
"Who?" Ava asked quietly
"Damon will" Elena replied, she could see that the vampire was head over heels in love with her friend, but knew that Ava probably had no clue.
"Elena-"
"Ava if…we everyone we love and care for if they keep trying to save us" Elena said, Ava frowned she didn't want to be taken away but she didn't want no one to end up dead for her. Especially Damon, he'd done so much for her, so much….he was special, when he was around Ava felt safe, secure and something else she couldn't describe. She lost her Gran and she didn't want to lose Damon or Stefan and everyone else. They've practically taken care of her and protected her. Ava didn't want to put anyone at risk. "Elena but-"
"I -it's ok Ava-"
"We need to surrender don't we?" Ava said realisation hitting her.
"We do" Elena nodded sadly. "But-"
"We got to do some trickery. And I know one person who has already got a contact" Ava murmured, she was going to do this. Along with Elena the telepath she wanted to save the people who have been there for her through the good and the bad. She was brought out of her musings by someone yelling.
"WHO ATE MY JELLY?" Jeremy shouted
"Oh I think we should go" Ava jumped "Out of the window?"
"AVA-"
"Shit he knows it's me how-"
"Erm Ava he's coming up the stairs. No don't climb out of the window" Elena scolded, but the blond didn't listen and unlatched Elena's bedroom window.
"Elena you sure?" Ava asked she felt the car coming to a stop
"I am, you? I wouldn't think any less of you if you bailed" Elena said seriously, they had pulled up to the boarding house. So they could talk to Rose and persuade the vampire to take them to her contact.
"No" Ava said being utterly serious "we're doing this together or not at all-"
"Damon will go mental-"Elena muttered.
Ava snorted "He's not in charge of me. Plus he'll never know" she said determinedly "Ready?"
"Ready" Elena nodded and they unbuckled the seatbelts. She was about to open the car door and get out but saw the grin on Ava's face "Ava?"
"Oh right, it…kind of exciting" Ava muttered and scrambled out of the car, she left her cane in the car and scurried ahead
"Ava wait up" Elena said running around the car
"Elena I'm home relax. I don't need to wait up on this-"
"There's a rock-"she was cut off when Ava yelped "I told you there was a rock" she muttered. The blond had landed face down on the gravel ground. Elena hurriedly knelt down beside her "Ava-"
"Fine, blood?" Ava groaned she got onto her knees.
Elena's eyes roamed the fairy's face "Nothing serious-"
"Good now I'll race ya to the door" Ava grinned and tore off down the pathway and up to the porch.
"Damn" Elena muttered "It's like looking over an excited child" she huffed and shouldered her bag just as Ava pulled the keys out of her pocket, Stefan had given her the keys to the boarding house after the day she moved in. By the time Elena was on the porch Ava had opened the door.
"Dun dun dun-"she slammed the door open, straight into Rose's face.
"Son of a bitch" Rose hiss grabbing her nose which was spurting blood
"Ohh…Rosie no swearing-"
"You broke my nose" Rose's voice came out muffled, Elena cringed seeing the vampire cracking it into place "What are you doing here anyway?" she asked knowing that both teens should be at school.
"Well" Ava started "I live here….so I can-"
"Elena can you tell me?" Rose shook her head, glancing over to the doppelganger. "If I let her explain we're going to be here all day"
Ava rolled her eyes "We came to talk to you" Elena replied. The vampire nodded
"Well I guess I should get cleaned up" Rose uttered, the bottom half of her face was covered in blood. Elena nodded and watched as the vampire strolled off.
"Come on, for someone who claims to be good at persuading people-"
"Never said that" Ava shook her head heading towards the parlour, Elena followed close behind her
"We're meant to be convincing her to help-"
"Which I will be doing" the fairy dropped down on to the cushy sofa, the brunette who had a bit more social etiquette than the blond.
"You broke her nose" Elena said looking at her friend in disbelief.
Ava casually shrugged her shoulders "She'll be fine"
"Unbelievable-"Elena muttered setting her bag down on the coffee table.
"Thank you" Ava grinned setting her feet up on the coffee table which Elena knocked off "Hey-"
"Manners" the brunette scolded she rolled her eyes "Ava you're glare might make more of an impact if you're doing it in the right direction-"
"Shut up" Ava huffed folding her arms across her chest.
"Oh that's mature-"Elena shook her head. Ava's ears perked up she could hear a pair of heels coming towards them. Rose entered the parlour
"So what do you want?" she asked
"Charming" Ava scoffed "Ya know…if you-"
"No Ava. Listen" Elena then went on to explain hers and Ava's plan, she told the vampire what they wanted to do but obviously hid the actual agenda.
The blond felt a swell of guilt; she didn't like deceiving people that's what she just didn't do. But she carried on with a façade. She didn't want no one to end up dead because of her she went through that already and there was no way in hell was she going to through that again. So Ava opted to let Elena do all the talking.
"So what do you think Rosie?" Ava asked once Elena had finished talking. Rose was standing in front of the fire place, with her back turned to the pair of teens.
"It's a bad idea" Rose replied turning to face them.
"No it's not" Ava sighed loudly and jumped onto her feet, she was pacing the rug.
"From what Stefan told me your friend Slater has more information about Klaus" Elena reasoned. "You and Damon just gave up before you got it"
Ava bit her bottom lip, she scolded herself she needed to act calm to let her and Elena's plan come into motion.
"Because somebody blew up the coffee shop" Rose said "with us in it-"
"There's more to learn Rosie" Ava sighed dropping her hands onto her hips, "we just have to find a way to learn it. so can you help us?" she said.
Rose let out a loud sigh "Why are you coming to me with this-"
"Well I thought since we live together we've bonded?" Ava said meekly.
"That's not going to work-"
"I'll try something else" Ava's thoughts responded to the doppelganger's causing the brunette to jump.
"We don't bond-"
"Hey I let you take my last juice box" Ava pouted
"No-"
"Fine. I didn't want to do this Rosie" the blond said dramatically causing Elena to shake her head, she wondered how the blond would get them out of this rut. "You owe me" she declared
"What the hell?" Elena muttered "Ava-"
"Shut up….wait can you hear me?" Ava thought she just noticed that the brunette seemed to respond to her thoughts.
"Yes has that never-"
"I don't think so. I never spoke to anyone before" Elena didn't miss the grin on Ava's face
"Well would you start talking? Rose is giving you a strange look-"
"Oh shit-"
Elena shook her head, that was weird really weird.
"How do I owe you?" Rose scoffed glowering at the fairy.
"Well" Ava cleared her throat she was just making this up on the spot "because one word from me and Damon and Stefan would've killed you for kidnapping us-"
"Or" Rose smirked "maybe because you know that neither one ofthem wanted you doing this" she countered. "And their moonstone escapade gives you a chance to get away"
"Oh damn" Ava pouted "You're good-"
"Thank you-"
"Wasn't meant as a compliment Rosie" she held her hand out and felt the armchair, she dropped down onto it.
"It was-"Rose grinned
"Fine it was" Ava declared, causing the vampire to chuckle.
"Look" Elena brought the topic back on hand "We're having a disagreement they're willing to risk everyone we love to save us. We're not-"
"I don't want them dead Rose" Ava murmured
Rose frowned "They're just trying to protect you" she uttered.
"And you've proven that you couldn't care less whether we're protected or not" Elena stated.
"That's not true" Rose murmured, the doppelganger didn't miss the way her eyes darted over to Ava who was currently spinning around on the chair
"So we're back on to the part where you take us to Slater" Elena finished off. Rose sat down beside her
"What do you hope to achieve by doing this?" the vampire asked.
"Ava what do I say? She-"
"I got it" Ava replied, finding it cool that she could communicate to Elena like this. Maybe because the doppelganger already knew what she was. She slammed her foot down onto the floor. "How would you like to be able to walk in the sun?" she bargained.
"I've been a slave to the shadows for over a five hundred years-"Rose said, she wanted to walk in the daylight. "What do you think?"
"I think we both know a witch who is willing to do anything to help" Ava cleared her throat, Elena was impressed "If you're willing to make a deal" she murmured. "We're on our way"
"Ten bottles of beer on the wall, you take one down and knock it down so you've got-"
"Will you shut up?" Rose snapped, Ava had been singing Ninety Nine bottles of beer on the wall, since they were on the highway.
"Nearly there Rosie-"Ava chirped from the back "Now where was I? oh damn I can't remember, I'll start again-"
"Please don't" Rose begged. The teen had restarted a total of five times; she never thought she'd be driven mad by a children's song.
"It's alright you can join in" Ava grinned idly tapping her fingers against the cane. "Ninety-"
"AVA SHUT UP" both Elena and Rose shouted in unison.
"Now that's mean" Ava muttered "alright what about a different song? Hmm…old McDonald had a farm…eei-"
"We're here" Elena said silencing the teen.
"Are you lying?" Ava quirked an eyebrow "ok you're not" she could feel the car coming to a stop. She hastily unbuckled herself and grabbed her cane, jumping out of the car. "So what if you two suggest a song?...then-"
"Ava you can't sing" Elena stated.
Ava scoffed "You don't think I know that? I'm not that deluded" she huffed and walked off
"Ava-"
"Trying to make a dramatic exit Rosie. Now if-"
"You're going to the wrong way" Rose grabbed the exuberant teen's had and dragged her in the opposite direction of which Ava was going in.
They walked down the hall and finally arrived at the staircase.
"Steps" Rose said to Ava who was using her cane to help her. They were nearing the top and Ava was out of breath
"God how many more?" she panted, even Elena was having trouble climbing anymore she was clutching onto the banister. Rose was literally dragging Ava up the stairs.
"Nearly there. Want to sing-"Rose laughed seeing the dirty look on Ava's face. "You run around the Boarding House-"
"This is stairs they're different-"Ava panted they were finally at the top. "Oh god I think I'm dying-"she exclaimed.
"You're not dying" Rose shook her head and let go of Ava's hand. The blond was leaning her hands on her knees.
"I think I am" Ava groaned, the vampire ignored her and knocked on the door. Elena came to a stop besides the blond.
"Slater" Rose yelled "Slater it's Rose open up" she commanded. Ava straightened up and leant against her cane. There was no answer "He's not home sorry"
Ava rolled her milky green orbs "A) we just knocked, and B) you give up way to easy."
Elena frowned "We didn't come all the way out here for nothing" she shook her head. Rose's scowl deepened, she could see that neither Ava nor Elena would move.
"Fine" the vampire said through gritted teeth, without further ado she flung the double doors open breaking the chains. "After you" she gestured for Elena and Ava to go ahead. Elena grasped the fairy's hand and tugged her into the apartment. Ava's nose twitched she could feel the dust in the air.
"Slater?" Rose called, their footsteps echoed around the empty hallways.
"Stop Ava-"Elena pulled the teen to a stop, as the vampire went ahead to check out the rest of the apartment,
"I don't think he's going to be much help" Rose called. Elena frowned and hurried forward taking Ava with her. The brunette gasped
"What? What happened?" Ava asked
"Slater has been killed" Rose replied, there in the middle of the room was Slater with a chair leg sticking out of his heart.
"Now that has put a kink in the plan" Ava commented.
"You've been hanging around with Damon way too long" Elena muttered shaking her head.
Rose went ahead to clear the mess up, Ava could hear Elena stomping off. She could hear papers being shuffled around, the blond slowly approached using her cane and her outstretched hand, she came to a stop when she bumped into a table.
"Desk?" Ava questioned
"Yep" Elena replied lifting the papers up "whoever blew up the coffee shop found him and killed him for his information."
"This is turning into something impossible" Ava muttered running her fingers through her hair, she had opted to leave her hair out and the majority of it was pushed back by a red headband.
"Yeah probably to stop him from helping people like us" Rose tucked her hands into the back pockets of her jeans. "The guy knew way too much information just bit him in the arse" she muttered.
Ava frowned "Sorry Rose" she said sincerely knowing that the female vampire most likely had lost another friend
"It's fine" Rose smiled "no don't-"she snapped when the blond was about to reach out, she knew that the telepath was curious so would probably leave every nook and cranny untouched. But Ava was about to knock off one of the monitors off of the desk.
Rose pulled apart the curtains starling Elena "What are you-"
"Tempered glass" Rose cut off "UV rays can't penetrate" she uttered. Ava moved ahead hearing the vampire and placed her hand on the window she felt the cool glass against the palm of her hand.
"I use to come here and watch the day" Rose murmured
"Was it amazing?" Ava asked softly making the vampire look at her. Rose realised that it wasn't only her who was just living in a world of darkness but Ava was as well. Like her Ava simply just adjusted.
"It is amazing Ava" Rose smiled she looked over her shoulder and saw Elena was watching her. "Any luck?"
"Erm…"she set down the picture frame, Ava leant her temple against the window "It's password protected I can't get in"
"Well this is pointless let's just go" Rose was anxious to get Ava and Elena back to Mystic Falls. Before Elena or Ava could say a word there was a commotion in the other room. Causing the blond to jump.
"Stay here both of you" Rose instructed and went to investigate the source of noise. She opened the doors to the bedroom, Ava didn't miss the tension in the air, she waited with baited breath.
"Alice?" Rose exclaimed as a dark haired woman flew out of the room into her arms.
"He's dead-"
"Is she talking about Slater?" Ava asked "if not is there another dead-"
"Ssh" Elena hissed seeing the distraught woman.
"Right sad moment I'll be quiet" Ava nodded taking a step back, unknown to her she stepped on the bottom of the curtain pulling the whole rod that was holding the curtains down. There was a loud clatter and a sudden silence.
"Now I understand why they say you can't be taken anywhere nice" Rose muttered seeing the sheepish looking fairy.
Ava found herself sitting next to Alice, Rose had calmed the hysterical woman somewhat and Elena was in the kitchen making tea.
"Stay here Ava" Rose said briskly and whispered "don't make her cry"
Ava rolled her eyes and nodded "I can be good ya know"
Rose snorted "Yeah right" she muttered under her breath and went to check on the doppelganger. There was another moment of silence which as always Ava broke.
"So he's dead." Ava cleared her throat she couldn't sit in a silence, she found it odd but she just made the whole situation even more awkward "Your boyfriend I mean…unless there's another random bloke-"
"I know he's dead" Alice snapped,
"I know that" Ava nodded "So…-"
"And he's gone-"she said her voice breaking. The petite teen's eyes widened realising what was going on.
"Oh shit she's crying" Ava jumped onto her feet, her converse clad feet squeaked onto hardwood floor. "Someone-"
"He's gone" Alice cried
"Help-Elena get your ass in here" Ava yelled "There's a woman crying and-"
"I'll never see him again and….now I won't ever be a vampire-"Ava frowned as Rose and Elena rushed into the room. Rose made a beeline towards the once again hysterical Alice.
"I told you not to make her cry-"
"Hey-I…got no excuses" Ava muttered shaking her head
"Sit here" Rose lightly pushed her towards one of the armchairs as Elena set the tray of tea down on the table. The vampire headed back to the kitchen leaving the duo to deal with the woman.
"Thank you" Alice said taking the offered tea from Elena.
Alice eyed the brunette teen "You look really familiar…do you know Slater?" she asked.
"She might recognise you because of Katherine-"Ava thought our loud. Elena cleared her throat alerting the fairy that she had heard her.
"No" Elena replied to Alice's question "I just knew that he kept detailed records of all of his vampire contacts we were hoping-"she gestured to herself and Ava "that you could point us to Klaus" Elena said looking at Alice.
"Doubtful" Alice scoffed "Klaus doesn't want to be pointed out"
"Ava we're not getting anywhere-"
"I know…let me deal with this-"
"NO-"
"Shut up too loud" Ava clutched her head
"What?" Alice asked in an offended tone
"Nothing. Elena is being silly-"she waved her off "Anyway do you know Slater's computer password?" she asked
"So much for handling this" Elena shook her head, Ava went straight to the point.
Alice glared at the blond who rolled her eyes "Glares don't work" she drawled "So-"
"Are you seriously asking me that?" the dark haired woman snapped. "I just saw my boyfriend with a stake through his heart-"
"Oh cut the crap" Ava snapped
"Ava-"Elena hissed
"We both know that you were only with him so he would turn you" she pointed out. Elena's eyes widened she looked over to Rose who was leaning against the doorway the vampire nodded. "So Alice do you know his password?" the blond asked.
"Who do you think are?" Alice hissed,
"Erm…Ava…oh we didn't introduce ourselves did we? I'm Ava and this is Elena hi…nice to meet you?" she trailed off when there was another bout of awkward silence. "Right…well this is awkward and I made it more awkward by saying that…now-"
"God" Rose shook her head "Ava focus-"she instructed
Ava cleared her throat she had gotten side-tracked "Right what if I can convince Rose to turn you? Would you show the files then?" she asked.
"What-"
"Ssh" Elena glowered at Rose seeing the look of disbelief on the vampire's face.
"Can you do that?" Alice asked
Ava grinned "I can be very persuasive" she snatched the cup of tea out of the woman's hand and took a sip. She balked and spat it back out "Yeah Elena you can't make tea" she huffed. Elena rolled her eyes she saw some brief moments of brilliance from Ava and in the next second Ava would do something to make her re-think that concept again.
They were now gathered around the computer; Elena was leaning over Alice's shoulder so she could see the screen. Meanwhile Ava and Rose were behind the doppelganger.
"Someone's been here. His hard-drives are completely wiped out" Alice shook her head.
"Yeah probably by whoever killed him" Rose stated. Elena sighed and Ava frowned every time she thought they were a step closer there would be a bump.
"Lucky for you Slater was paranoid" Alice said "he backs everything up on our remote server"
Ava could hear fingers tapping against the keyboard and the sound of clicking, Rose turned to the fairy "You know she's not going near my blood-"
"Duh" the blond rolled her eyes "I know that but she doesn't" she uttered.
Rose smirked "You are a devious little fairy-"
"Thank you Rose, and you're not a total bitch" Ava grinned back, Elena shook her head hearing the pair.
"Kirsten Stewart" Alice drawled "god he was obvious-"
"Was that his password?" Ava snorted "She's not a very good actress. I reckon I could've been casted in the role of Bella….yeah but in that film I heard that the vampires sparkled. Lame-"she sang.
Elena's eyes skimmed the computer screen "Are these all leads to vampires?" she asked
"Slater was obsessed" Alice smirked "almost as much as me"
Ava cocked an eyebrow and whispered to Rose "You make friends with weirdoes" she muttered.
"You are unbelievable" Rose muttered a name caught her eye on the screen "What about that one? Cody Webber? They've exchanged dozens of emails about Elijah" she leant forward.
"I could call him" Alice nodded.
Elena plucked up the phone and held it out to Alice "Good tell him we're trying to send a message to Klaus, the doppelganger and the fairy are alive. And they're ready to surrender"
Ava swallowed when Elena said it out loud like that it made it more real for her. "What?" Rose snapped.
Ava cringed "Well-"
"Oh my god" Alice's eyes lit up "I knew I recognised you. And you? You're the fairy?" she said looking at Ava. "Wow, can I like take a picture of you? I never saw a fairy before. It's…there's stories-"
"Well-"Ava started
"No pictures" Rose snapped
"Get him the message please" Elena uttered and walked off. Ava bit her lip and hurried after the brunette. So they were in the kitchen,
"Rose is pissed" Ava muttered managing to locate a stool.
"You're damn right I'm pissed" the vampire snarled "what are you doing?" she snapped
Elena licked her lips as Ava clutched onto her cane, the blond hadn't let it go since they had arrived.
"We're getting Klaus's attention" Elena replied
"If Klaus finds out you're and Ava are alive he will find you and kill you Elena and Ava he will take you" Rose breathed. She didn't miss the guilty look on Ava's face. "Which is exactly what you wanted all along?"
"It's either us or our families." Elena bit out
"So this is some suicide mission, where you" Rose glared at Elena "sacrifice yourself and you…Klaus will want you."
Before either Ava or Elena could say anything Alice walked into the kitchen "Cody is on his way and he really wants to meet you Ava. A real life fairy unbelievable" she grinned.
"Awesome-"Ava uttered not knowing what else to say.
Ava sighed she was on the couch hanging upside down, so that her blond locks skimmed the floor, she was thinking…was this the right thing to do? She wanted to save Damon and Stefan…if they rendered the stone useless Klaus would be after them and everyone else. She was brought out of her musings when Elena let out a gasp
"Elena? What's wrong?" she frowned leaning on her elbows so that her head was propped up.
"Nothing…I thought I saw something" Elena breathed.
Ava frowned "Ok" she muttered. And rested her head back down.
"I'm going to get a drink" Elena said.
Ava hummed and very slowly got back onto her feet; she reached out and grabbed her cane "I'm going to go pee. Yo Alice-"
"Go to the left and it's the first door on the right" Alice called.
Ava thanked her and hurried towards the bathroom. When she was done she washed her hands and dried them off. She walked out into the hallway
"Ava we're in trouble-"bot Elena and Alice were in the living room and swallowed nervously.
Ava shook her head "What?" she felt someone behind her and spun around. She bumped into someone hard and would have fallen if strong hands clamped down on her shoulders.
"Ava-"
"Damon?" Ava's eyes widened how the hell did he find out? She thought.
"What are you doing here?" Damon growled
"Erm…"blood rushed to Ava's cheeks "I'm catching up with my old friend Annie-"
"My name is Alice" the human yelled
"Shut up Annie" the blond laughed nervously "What are you doing here?" she asked a frown forming on her face.
"Rose called him" Elea replied still annoyed at the vampire.
"Rosie" Ava scowled she could hear a pair of heels clicking towards her, alerting the blond that she was near "I thought you got what this was about"
"I'm sorry" Rose uttered. "But-"
"She lied" Damon snapped, he was beyond angry.
"We are no longer…you're not having any pop-tarts anymore" Ava snapped glaring in Rose's direction. Just then Alice appeared a look of excitement on her face
"Damon Salvatore? No way-"
"Get rid of her" Damon growled. Rose grabbed Alice by her shoulders and ushered her into the other room. She could tell that the male vampire was itching to rip someone's head off.
Damon glanced over to Elena who was only a couple of feet behind Ava. "Come on. We're leaving" he said
Ava shook her head "Nope…not moving at all" she folded her arms across her chest.
"I said we're leaving" he snarled.
"We're not going-"Elena snapped, she jolted seeing the vampire's eyes darkening in anger
"Ava move your ass" he growled
Ava licked her lips "Have you got wax in your ears? I am not going with you and Elena won't be either" she said through gritted teeth.
"You don't get to make decisions anymore" Damon snapped.
Ava scoffed "When have I ever get to make decisions? You've been doing that for me. Ever since I moved in. you and Stefan. You're not doing that anymore" she scowled she felt annoyed, frustrated but also angry. "I-this is my decision Damon" she said determinedly.
Elena had to hand it to Ava the blond was stubborn and she wasn't about to go without a fight.
"Who's going to be out there saving your life whilst you're making decisions?" Damon asked.
"You're not listening Damon. I do not want to be saved. Not anymore" Ava said seriously "Not if it means that everyone, everyone I care about will end up dead. You're going to end up dead if you try and help me. I don't want that" she said quietly. "You saved me once Damon now I'm going to be doing that for you"
Damon's eyes roamed her face "Get your ass out the door" he wasn't going to lie he felt somewhat warm at the idea of her caring this much about him. "Or I will throw you over my shoulder and drag you out myself"
Ava scowled "Noooo….nope….no" she sang loudly "I'm not leaving, I'm not going. I-ow" she yelped when he grabbed her arm "No-let go-"she struggled against him. "Damon-"she went to throw a punch but he grabbed her fist. Ava winced when she felt his hand closed around her balled up fist. Damon tugged her hard so that her face hit his chest.
"I will drag you kicking and screaming" he pressed his lips against her ear; Ava felt a flutter in her stomach and swallowed. He angled his face so that his lips were hovering above hers. He was more than tempted to kiss the fairy. "Don't ever do that again Ava"
She swallowed and gasped when he let go. "Fucking Rose had to spill her guts" she scowled.
Rose sighed and looked at the pair of fuming teens. "Look-"
"Save it Rosie" Ava shook heard "You're just…traitor. That's what you are" she muttered.
"Elena-"
"No for once I agree with Ava" Elena looked away. The bedroom doors of the bedroom flew over.
"Ha-wait so you don't agree with me on other times?" she asked
"Time to go" Damon declared storming towards Ava and Elena. The blond placed her hands on the armrests of the chair. "Alice won't remember any part of this horribly stupid day. Get up Ava-"
"No" Ava shook her head
"Up" he scowled, she scowled and swore when Damon grabbed her around the waist and literally picked her up and flung her over his shoulder.
"Damon" Elena cried out jumping onto her feet.
"I told her I would do this" Damon drawled,
"Let go…oh god whiplash-"Ava groaned and grabbed on to his shoulders and pushed herself up "Let go-"
"No…nope and no-"he sang mockingly.
Ava swore and punched him in the back "Let go now-"he grabbed her ankle when she tried to kick him.
"Stop-"
"Fuck you" the fairy snarled and yelped when Damon slapped her bum.
"Language-"he scolded
"Fuck-"just then the front doors burst open. Three men walked it, the raven head vampire set Ava onto her feet and shoved the teen behind him. She grabbed onto the back of his shirt so she wouldn't land on her ass.
Ava swallowed and licked her lips. Both hands clutched Damon's shirt. The three thugs like men stood in a triangle formation, the leader who Ava was assumed Cody took charge.
"We're here to meet the doppelganger and the fairy-"
"Oh that's me" Ava waved "Fairy right over here-"she went to move pass Damon but the male vampire grabbed her arm and shoved her back.
"Move another step Ava and you will regret it I promise" he growled.
"She's the fairy-"Cody frowned.
Damon shook his head "There's nothing here for you" he stated. One of Cody's companions let out a garbled sound and his neck was snapped. Causing Elena to jump. Ava frowned what the hell was going on? She thought.
The man dropped to the ground revealing a very familiar Original standing behind him.
"What? What's going on?" Ava asked
Elijah blurred into the room so he was standing in between Cody and the other man. The blond felt a pulse of air behind her. "Did Rose run off?" she questioned.
"Forget that. I killed you" Damon frowned glaring at the other vampire. "You were dead"
"For centauries' now" Ava's eyed widened recognising that accent.
"Oh snap you got burned Damon. Is it Elijah?" the fairy asked quietly she could recognise that sexy voice anywhere.
"Yes it is Miss Xenia" Elijah said calmly making the blond jump "Who are you?" he asked the two men.
"Who are you?" Cody countered.
"I'm Elijah" he stated clearly, causing the two men to stare at him awe.
"We're were going to bring them to you" Cody stuttered
"They're lying" Ava said loudly "We were being taken to Klaus-"
"Would you shut up, you brat" the man glared at the blond. Damon bared his teeth and forced himself not to attack the man yet. He wanted to see how this would work out.
"She's the doppelganger-"he pointed towards Elena who shuffled back seeing the Original vampire glancing at her. "And this is the fairy. I don't know how they exist but they do"
"Does anyone know you are here?" Elijah asked. Damon was silently praying that Ava would keep her mouth shut.
"No" Cody replied thinking this was what the man wanted to hear.
"Well then you have been incredibly helpful" Elijah smiled politely.
"He's charming-"Ava whispered loudly. Causing the Original's lips twitch in amusement
"Ava shut up" Damon said pointedly just then Elijah plunged both of his hands into the men's chest cavity, and rip their hearts out. "He just pulled out a pair of hearts. Still think he's charming?"
"Yes" Ava muttered.
Elena rolled her eyes as Damon took a protective stance in front of Ava when he saw the Original was now looking at them. Ava's grip on Damon's shirt tightened both he and Elena were surprised when Elijah turned on his heel and blurred out of the room.
"Is he gone?"
"Yeah and you're in so much trouble" Damon scowled and without further ado he flung Ava onto his shoulder and marched out. Elena followed close on his heels not wanting to further anger the vampire. She could hear Ava shouting from down the hall.
"Don't be too hard on Ava. it was my idea" Elena said she and Damon were standing outside the car. Ava was currently locked in the vampire's car.
"But she went along with it" Damon shook his head "See ya later Elena" he climbed back into the car as the doppelganger headed towards her house. "Ava. what do you-"
"Don't lecture me Damon" Ava snapped she hadn't said a word to him the whole ride home, in fact the car ride back was utterly silent.
"I can and will" Damon snarled.
Ava's fists clenched "Would you stop! Damon you're not my guardian or anyone like that to me- and-"she abruptly stopped talking when she heard frantic thoughts
"STEFAN IS STUCK IN THE TOMB. I NEED TO BE THERE-"
"Elena's running-"
"No AVA-"Damon shouted when the fairy unlocked the car door ad ran after the brunette "Fuck sake" he muttered getting out of the car and ran after them.
"ELENA-BLOODY HELL SLOW DOWN-"she shouted as they ran through the woods. She left her cane back in the car she yelped when she tripped over a rock she landed on her knees. She groaned out loud.
"Let me-"Damon grasped her arm and hauled her onto her feet. "This would be quicker"
They finally arrived at the tomb where Damon just managed to see Elena running down the stone steps.
Damon flew down the stairs leaving Ava to follow behind
"STEFAN- STEFAN-"Elena screamed about to run into the tomb but Damon grabbed her by her arms and pinned her against the wall, the pair were too preoccupied to notice Ava slipping into the tomb. The blond could hear the pair and ran into the tomb.
"AVA-"Damon yelled just managing to catch the flash of blond hair.
"Stefan? Stefan-"Ava slammed into something hard. "Stefan?"
"No-"
"Ergh Katherine" she groaned realising that she had bumped into the female vampire. "Well Stef-"
"Right here" Stefan appeared behind her he scowled and grabbed her by the scruff of her neck and dragged her towards the exit. He could hear Elena storming off.
"What the hell Ava?" he snapped
"What?" she frowned "I…you're stuck and-"
Stefan took in a deep breath and slowed down when they got to the exit, he saw an already annoyed vampire waiting there. "Keep safe Ava and don't go on any missions."
"But-"
"I'll be ok. You look after yourself" the younger Salvatore pulled her into a tight hug which Ava returned.
"I will. Don't let Kitty Kat drive you mental" she smothered her face into his chest. Stefan kissed the crown of her head.
"And don't let Damon drive you crazy" he kissed her cheek and gently pushed Ava towards his brother.
"Go wait outside." Damon snapped he was still pissed off.
"Damon-"
"Now Ava" he growled. Ava scowled and stalked off. Once he was sure the blond was out of the tomb he turned to Stefan "Of all the idiot plans Stefan?"
"I know" Stefan shook his head sadly
Damon sighed "I find a way to get you out" he promised.
"No it's alright, I can handle myself. Bonnie has the moonstone work with her" Stefan murmured looking at his brother "Figure out how to dispel it"
Damon's lips thinned "You martyred yourself into a tomb and I get partnered with a semi-competent witch" he scoffed "Wonderful" he said the last word sarcastically.
"Keep Elena and Ava away from here"
"Yeah…have you met Ava? She is one determined woman" Damon shook his head
"Promise me…no matter what protect Elena and Ava."
"Always" the elder Salvatore nodded determinedly "I should go I think Ava is trying to sneak down-"
"I am not" Ava shouted
"Ava I can see you" Damon stalked towards her. Stefan shook his head yeah he hoped they wouldn't murder each other in the end.
"Ava why-"
"I said don't lecture me" Ava snapped she and Damon were back at the boarding house.
"Are you dumb?" the vampire growled surprising the fairy when he grabbed her chin in a tight hold
"Are you Ava? I am trying to protect you. Save you. I thought you didn't want Klaus to-"
"SHUT UP" Ava screamed and surprised the vampire by shoving him away enough force to send him stumbling into the table,
"Ava-"Damon warned he could see her whole body tensing and she clutched her head "Don't-"
"STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO" her fury and anger was building up the whole day. One of her main faults were that at times she had an incredibly short-temper and that she was reckless. "YOU'RE NOT MY GUARDIAN-"
"WHAT AM I TO YOU THEN?" Damon roared back
"YOU'RE-"
"I AM TRYING TO SAVE YOU-"
"DON'T SAVE ME. I DON'T WANT TO BE SAVE. EVERYONE IS TRYING TO SAVE ME" she shrieked and picked up any random object which turned out to be a vase and threw it against the wall.
"Ava I am going to save you" Damon attempted to calm the frantic teen but he was just adding fuel to her fire.
"You're going to end up dead" she breathed heavily "Because of me you're going to die. Just let me go-"
Damon snarled and grabbed her by her shoulders "You're not going anywhere Ava I am-"
"You're always trying to save me. Let me save you please-"Ava begged trying calm down but her mind was swimming, she could just feel something brimming within her.
"I SAID NO" he shouted his eyes widened when she grabbed her temples
"Stop saving me. Stop saving me. Stop saving ME-"she screamed and clutched her temples, Damon grabbed his own head and yelled in pain it felt like his brain was going to explode
"AVA STOP PLEASE-"
Ava gasped and took a step back; she felt all that excess energy and power leaving her. Her mind felt clear "Damon?" she whispered
"Ava it's ok-"he winced and let out a groan causing her to take a another step back,
"It's not…I hurt you" Ava shook her head
"Ava-"he could only watch as she fled to her room. unknown to Ava she had rendered the male vampire onto his knees.
Ava slammed her bedroom door shut and slid down. She pulled her knees up to her chest and buried her face in her arms.
"God what did I do?" she muttered. Ava could feel something build up in her, her emotions were going wild and he wasn't helping. He wanted to save her but she wasn't in need of rescuing. He would just get himself killed in the end.
The blond hastily wiped her face which was covered in tears. She needed to make sure he was ok.
Damon was sitting in the parlour nursing a glass of bourbon that was something he definitely wasn't expecting. Ava's attack just came out of the blue.
"Don't be angry at her" Rose said softly from the doorway. He rolled his eyes seeing the female vampire there. "It…it's not her fault….she just doesn't know how to control herself sometimes"
"She got me on my knees" Damon frowned.
"From what I can gather Fairies are powerful creatures." Rose murmured coming into the room. "She doesn't want you to die Damon-"
"Why? I-"
Rose snorted "Seriously? You're asking me that?" unknown to the pair Ava was eavesdropping on the conversation, she used her hand to cover her mouth and the loud crackling fire helped her from being discovered by the vampires. "Ava Xenia is in love with you" her eyes widened hearing that. Was she in love with him? She never thought about it like that. She did feel something for him and she was desperate for him not to be killed. "Are you…?"
"I'm in love with her" Damon said quietly but Ava heard anyway. "I-I can't do anything about it."
The petite teen's heart hammered in her chest she slowly backed away. Just as quietly as she arrived Ava fled back to her room.
She closed the door behind. Damon was in love with her? She didn't know what to feel. Truth be told Ava didn't even want to think about this. So she opted to keep her mind busy so decided to get ready for bed. She was exhausted from what happened earlier.
Once Ava was change she crawled into her bed and pulled the covers over her bed. her back face the bedroom door. It wasn't long before Damon was peering into her room, he could tell that she was still awake and knocked on the door
"Can I come in?" he didn't receive a reply but decided to come in anyway. "Ava I shouldn't have shouted." He kicked off of his boots and laid down beside her, he was on top of the covers. "I'm sorry."
"Me too" her voice came out small. He smiled wryly hearing her, and placed his arm around her waist pulling her close. "You told me you do anything to protect me-"
"And I meant it Ava" Damon's brows furrowed, pulling the covers down so he could see her face.
"It works both ways Damon. I would do anything for you as well." Ava said "If you ever try and tell me what to do again-"
"You'll rip my balls off-"
"And shove it down your throat" Ava finished off.
"Oh" Damon grimaced at the thought. "Ok….I am so not going to piss you off again" he chuckled. "Go to sleep Ava"
"Are you-"
"Going to stay right here" Ava rolled over and snuggled into his chest, he kissed the crown of her head. She was drifting off to sleep. One thought however was still ringing around her head. Did she love Damon? He loved her but….Ava was too scared to act on it. Whatever they had going on between them right now was working and she didn't want to mess it up.
Damon glanced down at her and saw her eyes drooping shut. He sighed and rested his cheek on the crown of her head and followed her off into slumber land.
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So in this Chap-Once again Damon wakes Ava up. Stefan knows when to step in. They arrive at the Gilberts. Where Damon and Stefan explain what had gone on with Katherine in the tomb. Damon annoys Ava. She drops the jelly. Throughout the chap Ava attempts to make a dramatic exit. Elena makes her realise that if Stefan and Damon are successful in releasing the curse everyone who they care for will end up dead. Jeremy finds out about his jelly.Ava concots a plan. She breaks Rose's nose. They convince her to take them to Slater. Ava annoys them both by singing. She meets Alice. And makes her cry. Ava and Elena want to surrender themselves. Damon appears. He is pissed off and tries to drag her away. Elijah appears. Ava has a crush on the Original. Brief Ava and Stefan moment. Damon and Ava argue. We see Ava lose control (she has faults) And she hears that Damon is in love with her. But she doesn't want to mess anything up.
I know readers want Damon and Ava to get together already...but Ava needs to work through her emotions for him. Their situation isn't ideal. But don't worry soon enough they will be having a serious talk.
Next Chap-Ava and Alaric team up...and once again she starts a fight.
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