"Ava come on"

"Ok, ok" Ava said grabbing her top. She pulled it over her head and flipped her head out. Unlike other wake up calls, Damon didn't need to drag Ava out of bed, she shot up by herself when he mentioned Isobel's name.

"Ava-"

"I'm coming" she snapped "where's my shoes?" she muttered under her breath.

"Damn you take long" the raven head vampire strolled into her room.

"Damon-"she cried out "knock man I could be naked" she uttered.

Damon grinned "And if I did knock I would miss that. Looking cute Miss Fairy" he said giving her a quick once over. She was wearing a skirt and a top. "Wear skirts more-"

Ava snorted "So what? You can look up it"

"Duh why else?" he smirked and headed over to her closet, he pulled out a pair of shoes and her jacket. "These should be good" he dropped the shoes in front of the blond "Go on, did you even brush your hair?" he asked as he canted his head to the side.

"Yes" Ava huffed. Damon scoffed and grabbed the hairbrush, he quickly brushed her hair but unlike Jenna or Elena he didn't tear it through her thick hair. He set it down when she was done "Now put the shoes on"

"Alright. You're so not a morning person" Ava uttered as she held her hand out; he grasped it to help her keep her balance. "Ok how about-"

"You're so chatty today" Damon linked his arm with hers and made sure to grab her jacket before they left the room.

"I only asked a couple of questions" Ava said as they hurried down the corridor, they met Stefan at the staircase. "So did Elena say anything else?" she asked. Her grip tightened on Damon's arm when they trudged down the stairs. Now was so not the time to do a face plant.

"No that only Isobel showed up at the house"

"God now that's a twist" Ava commented skipping down the rest of the stairs. She stumbled but Damon quickly grabbed her arm to steady her. "What's she doing here?" he asked his brother.

"I don't know" Stefan replied heading towards the front door with Ava and Damon on his heels. "But that's what I'm-"Ava cleared her throat "I mean we are going to find out"

"I don't think you should tell her that I'm here" Katherine drawled appearing in front of them

"What? Why?" Stefan frowned

"It's better that John and her not know that I stayed in town after I got out of the tomb" Katherine smirked clasping her hands together.

"What? Aren't you guys like up each other's asses all the time?" Ava scoffed

"She's right" Damon sneered at the other vampire "You made a deal with John to get me killed"

"Oh bitchy move. I can't be asked to wait around-"the fairy grabbed her jacket off of Damon

"Ava-"

"I'm taking the bus" Ava yelled over her shoulder and slammed the front door shut behind her. It would be quicker for her, since she could tell the trio of vampires were most likely end up sending each other dirty looks.

She pulled on her coat and hurried to the bus stop. "Oh crap-"she heard the large vehicle "HEY. HEY" she shouted "DUDE STOP I'M COMING, I'M COMING-"she sprinted towards the bus and panted when she finally got to the door.

"Honey I wasn't going to pull away"

"Earl?" Ava questioned, she had gotten familiar with several of the bus drivers over the years. But since she'd been getting lifts everywhere recently had hardly gotten on a bus.

"Yeah honey it's me. So where ya heading?" the silver haired man asked

"To Elena's" she replied.

"Great I'll call ya name when I'm on their road"

"Thank you" Ava grinned and dropped down in an empty seat near the back of the bus.

"Hey honey—"

"Eww…you smell" the blond blurted out "and you're a-"

"I'll pay ya if you get on your knees-"

"A massive pervert" she declared "EARL YOU GOT A PERVERT ON BOARD"

"What no-"

Ava lurched forward when the bus came to a screeching halt. "Oh Earl is so going to kick your ass" she got onto her feet and meandered over to the front of the bus.


"Here goes" Ava muttered standing on the path that led to the Gilberts house. She swung her cane in a low arch and walked ahead. Before she could even get on the first of the porch the front door was slammed open.

"They lied…everyone lied. They all did-how could they? I'll-I don't-ergh I just need to get out of here" Ava paused hearing Jenna's frantic and upset thoughts.

"Jenna?" she said softly, Jenna wiped away her tears and noticed the blond for the first time

"Did you know?" Jenna asked approaching the fairy. Ava swallowed and nodded "I can't believe this-"

"Listen it…I- I am so sorry" she said sincerely

"Me too. I thought you cared Ava-"

"I do" Ava said earnestly and felt Jenna brushed pass her so she could get to her jeep.

"If you care why didn't you-"

"Because I couldn't" Ava rushed after her, and could hear the trunk slamming shut "How could I? It wasn't up to me Jenna…please don't go" she pleaded "You're like…you've been-"she was struggling to get words out. She knew that Jenna felt betrayed but honestly Ava thought that if Jenna didn't know it will keep her safe and sane.

"Elena's birth mother is alive Ava…I just can't be around her or this town" Jenna sniffed she looked at the blond "I don't blame you. I don't…-"

"You'll come back though right?" Ava asked quietly, Jenna could see that the petite teen was insecure, especially when it came to people leaving, since she didn't know whether they would be coming back. Jenna drew her into a hug and embraced her tightly

"I'll promise to come back Ava" she murmured into her ear as she hugged her "I just need some time alone. Do you understand?" she asked grasping onto Ava's shoulders

"Yeah…have fun" Ava muttered taking a step back. She could hear the older woman's footsteps crunching against the gravel. She could hear Jenna slamming the car door shut and pulling out of the driveway. "Oh man…this is so not good" she muttered and felt a pang of hunger in her stomach. Ava did miss out of breakfast, so without further ado she trotted up to the Gilbert house, and didn't bother knocking.

"Losers I'm here" she declared loudly "And…Alaric is here…so is Elena?" she asked shutting the door behind her.

"Yeah" Alaric replied "She left me…god this is a nightmare"

"Don't worry Ricster, everything will be fine" she assured the history teacher.

"But she went-"

"Let her go" John announced coming into the hallway. Ava grimaced knowing that this was all down to John since the guy had been whispering in Jenna's ear for a while. She unbuttoned her jacket and dropped her cane by the front door. "It's best for her not to be here, not with everything that's going on"

"He's so asking for a smacking" Ava whispered loudly to Elena who was busy glaring at her biological uncle.

"But maybe if you had a little bit more honest with her"

"Oh bad move creepy John" Ava tutted, before John could retort Alaric launched his fist at the other man hitting him in the nose. "Oh shit, oh shit-"the fairy exclaimed literally jumping up and down on the balls of her feet. "Did the Ricster hit him?"

"Yeah" Elena replied shocked at what had taken place.

"Sorry Elena" Alaric breathed he had let his temper get the best of him.

"No don't be sorry" Ava yelled after him, "You're my idol Alaric Saltzman" the hunter's lips twitched the slightest bit into a smile. He shut the door behind him. "You was asking for it creepy John"

"This is your fault you do know that right?" Elena questioned with a frown on her face.

"Right" John said feeling a stinging pain coming from his nose.

"Ava I'm upstairs, come up when you finish raiding the fridge" Elena uttered and headed upstairs to her room, so she could call Stefan.

"Erm are you bleeding?" Ava asked after a moment. John gingerly touched his nose and pulled the tips of his fingers away and saw that they were covered in blood.

"Yes" he grunted and rolled his eyes seeing the massive grin on the fairy's face.

"Oh snap someone take a picture…JEREMY?"

"WHAT?"

"GIVE ME YOUR CAMERA-"

"NO-"

"YOU ASS. Wait there Creepy John and don't wipe your nose" she said seriously and sprinted up the stairs. John rolled his eyes head walked into the kitchen; he could hear Ava and his nephew yelling back and forth about the digital camera.

He winced hearing a thump just above him, a tale tell sign that someone had hit the floor. He didn't have to wait long before Ava sprinted back down the stairs and ran into the kitchen, she ran into the pantry.

"Are you-"

"Yes creepy John I'm hiding" Ava hissed "and if you get the chance take a picture of yourself-"she squeaked hearing Jeremy's heavy footfalls pounding down the stairs, Ava shut the pantry door just as the younger teen entered the kitchen. Jeremy's eyes landed on the pantry door and sighed

"You're so predictable Ava" John leant back against the counter watching on as he nursed his nose. "Out now-"

"I'M NOT HERE" Ava shouted from within the pantry

"YOU JUST SPOKE" he yelled back

"IT'S NOT ME-"

"God help me" John muttered under his breath and decided to leave the pair of teens to their own devices. "Don't break anything" he called over his shoulder, and winced when there was the sound of shattering glass. He turned around just in time to see both Jeremy and Ava running out of the kitchen.


"Ok so I got scones, some chocolate…and guess what? Pop-tarts." Ava uttered as she walked into Elena's bedroom. She dumped her goods on the doppelganger's bed "So what's going on?" she asked plopping down on the bed as she unwrapped a chocolate bar.

"Matt knows about Caroline being a vampire" Stefan replied, the vampire had gotten here when the blond was raiding the fridge. "And this is way too much sugar. You're going to be sick" he frowned.

Ava sighed dramatically "You worry too much Stef but about Matty that's…hmm what? Erm…"

"Bad between Isobel and Jenna and now Matt" Elena shook her head, she was sitting on her window seat besides Stefan "this is a disaster she briefly wondered how the fairy could fit a whole cream cake into her mouth.

"It'll be fine and-"

"And you're spraying" Stefan uttered and grabbed some tissue, he hurriedly wiped her mouth. His heightened hearing picked up the sound of heavy footfalls approaching them. He stood up and saw John entering the room. The older man made sure to keep his thoughts hidden from the fairy so she wouldn't detect anything. He wasn't too sure of the petite teen's control yet so had to be careful.

"Elena could you come downstairs please, you as well Ava" Ava frowned when was John so polite to her? She thought. She dug her hand into a newly opened box of pop-tarts and munched "I need to talk to both of you"

Elena scoffed and shook her head "I have nothing to say to you"

"And how comes you want to talk to me?" Ava attempted to get into John's mind but couldn't make sense of any of his vague thoughts.

"Please I need to talk to you both" John said seriously,

"Ava?" Stefan questioned, she knew what he was asking her to do so pulled up her barriers, she bit her bottom lip

"He's speaking in riddles" she muttered under her breath "whatever he wants to speak about must be important" Ava exclaimed swallowing the last piece of pop tart"

"Come on, you to Stefan"

Ava trudged down the stairs behind Stefan as Elena led the way. The blond was extremely curious as to what John had to say. The older man was behind the fairy, he was finding it tricky to keep his thoughts closed off.

She stumbled into Stefan's back when he came to a sudden stop; he easily reached behind him and gently grasped her wrist. His eyes were focused on the vampire in front of him.

"What? What is it?" Ava asked wondering why they all went silent

"Isobel" Elena breathed eyeing her birthmother.

"I ask John for a do-over" Isobel murmured "nice to see you again Ava" her eyes darted over to the fairy. She didn't miss the way Stefan shifted in front of the blond as if to shield her.

"You invited her in?" Elena turned on John

"Just another bad move you made. Damn creepy John" Ava whistled "do you want everyone to hate you?" she asked

"She has information about Klaus-"

"Yeah well she still sucks. Last time she took my blood" the blond grumbled "she hasn't made a stellar first impression has she?" Ava said.

"Please just hear her out" John pleaded; Elena looked to Stefan silently asking what they should do. The younger Salvatore took charge of the situation "Alright what do you know?" he asked.


They had now moved into the kitchen, Ava was currently sitting on the kitchen island and swung her legs back and forth. Isobel started her story.

"Since I was last here I've been doing everything possible to find Klaus" she explained, Ava could hear Elena pacing up and down in front of her "we knew our best chance to find him before he could find you or the fairy-"

"Name I got a name" Ava huffed

"Or Ava. Better?" Isobel asked

"Coming from you? Hmm…nah" she shook her head.

"Best chance of what?" Stefan brought the topic back on hand.

"To keeping Elena alive and Ava's existence a secret" John said bluntly. Ava wasn't buying it, last time Isobel was here she wasn't exactly pleasant

"You don't get to talk ok?" Elena sniped

"Oh snap Elena I'm rubbing off of you" Ava exclaimed playing with the hem of her skirt. "She's right though, you been a real bitch John" she pointed out. Isobel held in her laughter at that, that was something new, someone describing John as a bitch.

"Were you able to find Klaus?" Stefan looked down at the vampire, his hands on his hips.

"No…nobody knows where he is" Isobel answered "but there are these rumours are flying about that a doppelganger exists…and that the Fae is in Mystic Falls" she revealed. Ava stiffened how the hell did they find out about that? She thought

"It also means if any vampire wants to get in favour with Klaus they'll be lining up to take Ava and capture Elena" John explained, he was sitting on the edge of the table.

Stefan looked stricken he'll be damn if either Elena or Ava get taken, "I'm not buying this" Elena sneered at her birthmother, she folded her arms across her chest. "Last time you were here, you made It perfectly that you didn't give a damn about me. Now you expect to believe that you want to help?" she said in disbelief.

Ava swung her legs back and forth and placed her hands behind her leaning back "Yeah kind of unbelievable" she commented.

"Isobel has been helping all along" John uttered, Ava snorted "Klaus has been obsessed with finding Katherine for centuries. All it would take was only one of those 1864 vampires to spread the word around that Katherine was still alive and it would bring him straight here Mystic Falls, where you'd bound to be discovered"

"And in turn Ava, he would able to sniff her out the minute he stepped foot in Mystic Falls" Isobel added. "So we killed them-"

"Not only then. My Gran and Damon and Stefan" Ava spat

"Claudine was never meant to be down there-"

"Wait" Isobel frowned "Claudine is dead?"

"Oh you probably didn't get the memo, since you were most likely busy ruining someone else's life" the fairy sneered. Stefan placed his hand on her shoulder pulling her back slightly.

"I'm sorry; I didn't want Claudine to die. But let me make it up to you" Isobel looked over to Elena "the both of you. I have a safe house that I can take you two to. The deed is in your name Elena no vampires can get in without your permission. Not even me" Isobel got onto her feet. "Let me help you"

Ava bit her bottom lip knowing Elena wouldn't be too pleasant "You want to help? Then get the hell out of my house" she snapped.

Ava jumped onto her feet she could feel the tension in the air she cleared her throat. "Question…does this safe house have good food?" she asked

"Oh my god" Stefan muttered shaking his breath.

"What?" Isobel questioned looking at the blond incredulously.

"What?" Ava shrugged her shoulders "It's a valid question and-"

"OH MY GOD AVA. YOU ATE MY POP-TARTS" Jeremy shrieked, Ava's milky green orbs widened

"Bye" she said and ran out through the back door. A second later Jeremy sprinted pass the dumbfounded group. They moved over to the window and watched as Jeremy tackled Ava to the ground.

"Should we step in?" Isobel asked.

"No I-ohh that's got to hurt" Stefan winced seeing Ava kneeing the younger teen in the crotch. They saw the blond laughing but she was shoved face first into the ground

"You better be gone before I come back" Elena sniped at Isobel and headed outside. Stefan watched as his girlfriend berated the two teens.


Ava waltzed into the parlour, she returned to the Boarding House with Elena and Stefan.

"Elena did I mention I want to kick Jeremy's ass?" the blond asked, she had spent the last ten minutes getting the leaves out of her hair, the younger teen had pushed her into the pile of leaves after Ava threw a stick at him hitting him in the eye.

"Several times" Damon snorted, he was lounging on the cushy armchair and easily leant forward and grasped her wrist. With a firm tug he pulled her down. She grunted when she landed in his lap

"Ass-"Ava huffed not having the effort to move, she was so comfortable

"You do know you still got a twig in your hair" he murmured, she felt his cologne wash over her as he straightened up. She shifted so that she was in between his legs her back was flushed against his chest. He picked out the twig and threw it into the fire.

"Do you really think that Isobel is telling the truth about word has gotten out about the doppelganger and the Fae?" Elena asked.

Damon's arm clamped around Ava's waist there would be no way in hell he would let her be taken; he would have to be on his deathbed before that to happen. She leant back and rested the side of her temple against his cheek.

"Look I don't trust a word she says but I think we would be stupid to ignore the warning" Stefan shrugged his shoulders. Ava let out a sigh

"Or she could be making this whole thing up" the fairy commented

"You know Elena you could just stay, it'll be easier to keep an eye on you and Ava" Damon said aloud.

"What?" Stefan asked incredulous "with any vampire being able to walking." He mentally slapped himself "and we've been stupid with Ava. She should've stayed somewhere else not here"

"No, I like living here" Ava frowned

"How about Ava stays In Elena's house. It'll be safer-"

"Fine we'll stay there" Damon drawled

"Erm…hello? I am here you know" Ava uttered "and…no I don't want to be stalked everywhere 24/7"

"You won't be" Damon rolled his eyes; he unconsciously brushed his thumb against Ava's lower back, where a sliver of skin was exposed.

"So what? That's the plan? Neither of you will let me or Ava out of your sight" Elena questioned.

"Well it's the best plan. Tell us when you come up with a better one" Damon smirked

"It's not fun, being stalked ya know" Ava uttered slumping her head against his shoulder Elena giggled seeing the look on the fairy's face.

"Well then one of you two bodyguard needs to come with me to the lunch-in at the Lockwood's" Elena said

"That would be me. And Ava-"

"I don't want to go" Ava whined "It's so boring"

"You're coming. You come every year to this" Elena said sternly.

"How about Ava meets you there later?" Damon suggested causing Stefan to frown.

"Huh-"

"Would you want to bring a whining Ava along to the party?" he cocked an eyebrow. "It'll be interesting" he whispered into Ava's ear.

Ava grinned "At least I won't be there for the whole party started"

"Fine" Elena sighed knowing that there was no point of arguing. Truth be told she wouldn't want to drag a bored Ava along with her since knowing the fairy would find or cause trouble.

"Hey" Ava called out "I am not a trouble maker" there was a moment of silence before Elena, Stefan and Damon all laughed. Ava could feel Damon's chest vibrating behind her. "Shut up. All of you are asses" she yelled a pout forming on her lips. Elena broke out in small giggles; her and Stefan were attempting to stifle their laughter but failed miserably

"Sorry, sorry" Elena wiped away a tear

"But that was funny" Stefan chuckled managing to calm himself. Damon looked down at her and grinned

"Oh so cute" he kissed her cheek, she cursed under her breath and tried to wriggle out of his hold but he had a firm grip. She squeaked when he tugged her to his side.

"Dick" she retaliated

"Great, well me and the lovely and polite Ava have witchy stuff to attend to with Bonnie" Damon said.

"Oh sounds much better than a lunch-in" she hummed

"Does that mean you two are going to-"Elena started but Damon raised his finger to his lip silently indicating to her to keep her mouth shut.

"Why are you shushing her?" Ava asked oblivious with the whole secret keeping thing they've got going on. "Is it because you don't want Kit-"she as cut off when the vampire behind her covered her mouth with his large hand.

"Not a word" he breathed into her ear. Her heart skipped a beat when she felt his lips against the shell of her ear. Ava swallowed and nodded well tried to but her movements were restricted.

"Oh no carry on talking Ava" Katherine waltzed into the parlour taking in the scene; she noted how at eased Damon looked with the little fairy beside him "don't get quiet on my account. If you have a plan to combat the impending vampire doom please do tell"

Ava rolled her milky green orbs as the raven head vampire moved his hand off of her mouth "You do realise that we all went quiet when you entered the room. Ergo we won't be saying a word. And people call me oblivious" she scoffed.

Damon grinned "What she said. And Ava you are a bit oblivious-"

"Shove off Damon" she lightly elbowed him in the gut.

"So do you have a plan to get us out of this mess?" Katherine asked leaning against the back of couch behind Elena. "I delivered you a moonstone, a werewolf and a dagger to lure and kill Klaus and right now all you have is a moonstone. Or so you tell me"

"No we have it-"

"Damon definitely does have it. He brags about it" Ava grinned wryly winding up the female vampire

"So where is it?" Katherine asked

"It's in a very safe place" Damon drawled idly playing with a stray blond curl.

"I've been honest with you time to return the favour" Katherine sneered. There was a moment of silence before Ava burst out in laughter

"Oh snap, now that's a funny one" Ava's cheeks were flushed pink. Damon snickered but cleared his throat.

"Let me be honest with you" Damon uttered "don't mistake the fact that we haven't set you on fire in your sleep for trust" he winked at her.

"Fine" Katherine scowled "be that way" she walked out of the parlour.

"Question" Ava said crossing one ankle over the other "can we set-"

"No we're not setting fire to her" Stefan rolled his eyes getting onto his feet.

"Damon was right" the fairy folded her arms across her chest. She could feel the warmth radiating off of the vampire besides her. "You Stefan Salvatore are such a buzz kill. How about we just set her hair-"

"YOU'RE NOT SETTING MY HAIR ON FIRE" Katherine shrieked from the other side of the Boarding House.

"Ok" Ava whistled "Now she is even a bigger buzz kill and-"

"Come on" Damon gently nudged her off of the arm chair "We're leaving"


"Ok you know when you mentioned we would be going to this power hyped up place. You never mentioned anything about trudging through dirt" Ava said,

"Well if I did you would have ended up whining and moaning all the way" Damon said, he was holding on to her hand and leading her, Bonnie and Jeremy to the place where Emily Bennett was murdered.

"And she's not doing that right now?" Jeremy scoffed

"Oh shut up Jere. Or I'll tell everyone what you do on Tuesdays night" she threatened him.

"Ok, ok" Jeremy hastily said, Damon sighed and feeling the blond was beginning to lag, she was having trouble walking across the grassy grounds since the surface was uneven.

"Ava keep up" Jeremy called he and Bonnie were now in front

"Go to hell" Ava yelled back.

"This is way too long" Damon muttered and abruptly stopped causing the blond to stumble, she grabbed on to the back of his leather jacket so she wouldn't lose her balance

"What-"

"Piggy back ride or bridal style?" he asked

"I can walk" Ava huffed and tried to free her hand but he wouldn't let her go

"Ava-"

"Fine. Piggy back" she uttered

"Great so jump on" he crouched in front of her, he grunted when her knee dug into his lower back.

"Sorry sorry" she exclaimed and settled herself on his back. His hands were just underneath her knees. Ava loosely wrapped her arms around his throat

"Ready?"

"Yep" she rested her chin on his shoulders, Damon easily caught up with Bonnie and Jeremy. Ava had left her cane behind she wasn't bothered to carry it around.

"Oh so Ava got a ride-"

"I swear to god Jeremy I will tell if you don't shut up" both Bonnie and Damon exchanged looks wondering what was this big secret that Jeremy didn't want to share, the younger teen cleared his throat as they walked across the grassy grounds.

"So this is the spot where Emily Bennett was killed" Jeremy commented

"The founders thought it was poetic to burn her where the other witches were burned" Damon replied

"How do you know where the witches were burned?" Bonnie asked, Damon shifted Ava higher feeling her slipping slightly she leant forward to get into a more comfortable position.

"Because I tried to save her" Damon said as they carried on walking, from the corner of his eye he noticed a small smile on Ava's face.

"See you're not so bad Demon even though you can be an ass" Ava whispered into his hear, causing Damon to fist his fingers into her legs damn she was unknowingly testing his patience. She winced

"Damon-"

"Sorry you're slipping" Damon said "and Emily was my key to getting Katherine back-"Ava felt a spark or irritation at that "but that was before I knew what a little bitch Katherine was"

Jeremy laughed, Ava let out a giggle. She felt Damon slowing down and knew they were probably around a couple of yards away from the run down looking house. It looked as if one strong wind would knock it down.

"We're here?" Ava asked

"Hmm it is. Come on" Damon said once again leading the way. Ava's grip tightened they must be going up a slight heel she thought.

"Here we go" he set Ava on her feet when they were on the porch. He pushed open the front door. Ava assumed this place must be old since she could hear the door squeaked. Damon stepped into the house and grasped onto the fairy's hand pulling her inside with him. Jeremy and Bonnie were on their heels.

"Smells musty" Ava commented sniffing the air. She slipped her hand from his as Damon walked ahead.

"So…what's Jeremy's secret?" Damon asked. Ava was following the sound of his footsteps and voice

"Well-"she yelped when she stepped on a weak floorboard and fell through the small hole.

"Ha-"Jeremy laughed

"Jeremy fancies Johnny Depp." Ava blurted out "Ha that's what you get for laughing-"both Bonnie's and Damon's eyes landed on the brunette teen. Who was turning bright red

"I do not" he shouted

"You so do" Ava countered,

"No-"

"Yes-"

"Seriously you two" Bonnie cut the pair off "Argue later not here"

"Fine" Ava grumbled whilst Jeremy scowled "Can someone help me?" her foot was stuck. Damon shook his head wondering why on earth it would be a good idea to take the blond with them. He reached down and easily freed the trapped fairy. He ran his thumb across the reddened skin.

"Nothing serious" he commented. "Come on" Damon grabbed her hand again leading her

"I hate you Ava"

"I LOVE YOU TO" Ava shouted into Jeremy's mind. She grinned when she heard him hissing. Bonnie rolled her eyes. "So is there anything here?" she asked.

"Hmm" Damon let go of her hand and walked over to the covered window. He peered through the cracked glass there was a stream of sunlight entered the room. "Do you hear anything?" he asked her.

Ava shook her head; she couldn't hear any extra thoughts besides Jeremy's and Bonnie's. "Nope, but why would I? I can't hear vamps so I doubt I'd be able to hear spirits" she uttered. Damon nodded that did make sense. He took a step forward so that he was standing directly in the stream of sunlight. Ava frowned when he grunted, Damon frowned he couldn't move. He glared at the witch thinking it was her.

"Whatever witchy prank you're playing don't" Damon attempted to move but couldn't "It's not funny.

"I'm not doing anything" Bonnie said with a frown on her face.

"I can't move" Damon said through gritted teeth.

Ava licked her lips "Have you…I don't know lifted one foot and placed it in front of the other?" she suggested.

"I know how to walk Ava" he snapped

"Alright" she held her hands up in a sign of surrender "no need to get your panties in a bunch"

Before he could give a smart ass comment back he felt the stinging of the sun against his skin. She frowned hearing sizzling

"Jeremy are you cooking?" she uttered

"No, it's Damon he's burning" Jeremy gaped at the vampire

"Oh my ring is not working. Do something" Damon clenched his eyes shut in pain. Ava frowned hearing the pain in his voice.

"Bonnie" she said

Bonnie closed her eyes and concentrated, Damon held his hand up to his face to protect it but the sun was burning him. Another cry of pain left his mouth. The fairy hurriedly took her jacket off

"Use it to cover him with" she felt the jacket snatched out of her hands. Jeremy threw it over Damon covering his face so it wouldn't burn.

Bonnie chanted under her breath and all of a sudden he was able to move and the sun wasn't hurting anymore. He pulled Ava's jacket off of his face and stumbled

"I don't think the witches like you that much" Bonnie smirked

"So I guess this is the right place" Jeremy announced

"No shit Sherlock" Ava huffed, Damon glanced down at his watch

"Come on Ava, I should drop you off at the Lockwood's place" Damon said grabbing the blond. "And no pouting if I don't get you there now Stefan is going to call"

"Fine"

"Bye" Ava yelled over her shoulder "Oh and …erm Bonnie be careful, Jeremy might turn gay for Johnny Depp"

The raven head vampire shook his head and dragged the Fairy out. "Arms out, let's get your jacket on" Ava slipped her arms into jacket.

"Piggy back again?"

"Go on" Ava clambered onto Damon's back "So Ava that whole Jeremy thing does-"

"Nope I made it up" she said holding on tightly, Damon laughed and blurred off towards the Lockwood's manor.


"Alright behave and don't piss anyone off" Damon said he and Ava was at the Lockwoods.

"Duh I know." Ava rolled her eyes "anyway shouldn't you be going back to check on Bonnie and Jeremy?"

"Yeah I know" he and Ava strolled up the path of the Lockwoods, where the lunch-in was being held.

"But I know for a fact a party with you would be awesome"

"Oh look at you" Ava grinned "being nice"

"Only to you babe-"

"OK now you've gone perverted slightly" he lightly shoved her and noted Max the busboy coming out of the manor, he smirked seeing the teen spotting how close he and Ava was. So decided to have a bit of fun, he bent down and gave her a lingering kiss on the cheek, her breathed hitched and she blushed.

"Have fun" he smirked and winked at a scowling Max. Without another word he walked away. The blond sighed and was brought back to reality when a hand landed on her shoulder.

"Hey Ava-"

"Hi Damon-"

"I'm Max" Ava's eyes widened

"Oh erm…Max hi. Hi Max. I knew that" she blathered, Max shook his head

"Come on, I swear I saw a plate of pineapple and cheese going around" he said linking his arm with hers.

"Cool, I didn't know you was going to be here" she uttered as they stepped into the manor; the placed was buzzing with conversation, so she knew the place was filling up.

"My mum dragged me here. Hey you want to meet her?" Max asked as they walked through the crowd

"No-"Ava blurted out "I mean…I mean…the thing-"

"It's ok" Max chuckled, leading her over to the large bay windows "too soon to meet the mom right?"

"Something like that" she plastered a smile on her face. Ava cleared her throat "So what you been up to?" she asked him as she unbuttoned her jacket.

"Not much, had a morning shift at the Grill, and came here." Max replied his eyes roamed the blond "So did you come with Damon?" he casually asked

Ava smiled "Yep, he gave me a ride." He didn't miss the way she seems to light up at the mention of the other man.

"Why didn't you get a ride with Stefan? He's around-oh look there he is" he spotted the dark haired male standing with Elena near the entrance.

"Oh well…Damon offered and yeah…"she trailed, what could she say? It wasn't as if the blond could answer back with Damon thought it'd be a good idea to reveal where a whole hoard of witches were killed.

"Are you hiding something Ava?" Max asked quirking an eyebrow;

"What? No of course not…ok the thing is…"she nervously licked her lips "I'm thirsty and-"

"Oh" he grinned "how about I get you a drink?"

"That'd be great. I'm going to go chat to Stefan and Elena…do you know where-"

"Near the entryway" he replied.

Ava gave him a grateful smile and walked off as soon as her back was turned her smile dropped. She massaged her cheeks

"Fake smiling is so not my thing" she muttered. Hopefully for the rest of the event she wouldn't flounder.

"Ava" Stefan grabbed the back of the teen's top to prevent her from walking pass him and Elena. "So did Damon show you…you know?"

"Yes" she replied "It sounds kind of dirty when you put it that way" she murmured.

Stefan lightly slapped the back of her head; Elena sighed and rushed forward to smooth down the petite teen's chaotic curls.

"Ok we need to get your mind out of the gutter" Elena uttered. Ava rolled her milky green orbs

"I'm not in the gutter" she said, she picked up face paced footsteps heading towards them.

"Hey" Stefan greeted Caroline "Have you got any luck finding Matt?"

"None" Caroline replied. "Ava could you-"

"Use my fairy magic?" she asked "sure why not" they watched as the blond closed her eyes in concentration. Ava scoured the room for Matt, but didn't pick up his thought patterns meaning he wasn't here. "No not here Care" she tucked in a stray curl.

"What if he tells somebody?" the blond vampire asked frantically "what if he tells everybody?"

This was certainly turning out to be a nightmare, Ava thought.

"No we just got to find him first. Do you have any idea where he might be?" Stefan asked Elena

"I wish I did, but he wasn't one to run" Elena frowned getting worried for her former boyfriend.

"This wasn't how it was supposed to happen" Caroline cried out "I was supposed to tell him at the right moment in the right way and he was supposed to be ok with it because he loves me"

Ava couldn't help but scoff at that. Elena elbowed her hard in the ribs "Ava-"she said sternly

"What? I'm sorry Care but do you genuinely believe that after telling Matt you and him would go skipping in the garden?" Ava questioned her "you're literally turning his whole world around. There was never going to be a right reaction" both Elena and Stefan was slightly miffed at that. The fairy sounded so wise…but then Ava ruined it.

"Oh there's mini scones here" the petite teen hummed, she was feeling peckish.

"We'll help you find him" Elena assured her "so will Ava, it'll be faster if she comes along. I just have to accept this award for Jenna"

Caroline nodded "So call me when you're done and I'll be out there looking for him" Ava felt the vampire brushing pass her and quickly managed to grasp Caroline's hand.

"Caroline try Vicky's grave he might be there" Ava told her.

"That's a good place to start" Stefan nodded. Caroline bid them goodbye and left. Elena let out a dejected sigh "Maybe he'll come round you both did"

"Yeah only after Elena cried for like a week-"Ava exclaimed

"Hey" the doppelganger frowned "didn't you laugh when Claudine told you?"

Stefan cocked an eyebrow "Wait you laughed?"

"I thought she was messing" Ava huffed and rolled her eyes hearing Stefan snickering.

"Oh your lover-boy is coming" Stefan smirked seeing Max approaching them, holding two cups.

"Shut up Stefan. Ass" Ava hissed

"Oh she's so cute" Elena cooed watching as her friend met Max halfway. "Damon is jealous" she stated.

"I know" Stefan chuckled, "he gets all annoyed"

Elena looked up at her boyfriend "Are you enjoying this?"

"No-"

"You're smiling" that was true a fully fledge grin was on Stefan's face.

"Ok I'm enjoying it. Do you know how many decades it's been since I've seen Damon jealous" Stefan chuckled.

Meanwhile a couple of feet away Max handed Ava a cup of tea "It's your favourite" he explained. "And please if you do spit it out don't do it on my face…because tea burns"

Ava laughed and nodded; she took a small sip and sighed "Oh lemon tea. You remembered" she grinned

"Can't exactly forget" Max said "there's some refreshments over by the tables"

"Then why good sir don't you lead the way?" Ava said in a poorly imitated posh voice.

"Why Milady I shall" he played along.


Ava was leaning against the refreshment table munching away on mini-cream cakes. She could hear Carol's dull voice; the mayor was making a speech.

"Oh cream cakes, Ava honey do-"

"Keep walking Biddy" the fairy shooed the old lady away "I'm not sharing"

Biddy scowled, the elderly woman ran the old book store in the town square. "Honey they're for sharing. It's for guests after all"

Ava smiled sweetly and popped another cream cake in her mouth "And I'm a guest Biddy and I'm enjoying" she said through a mouthful of cake.

"Oh you're a brat-"

"And you're having an affair with your plumber. Which is gross isn't he like…going out with your best friend?" Ava questioned.

Biddy didn't bother asking Ava how she knew that, she had known the teen her whole life and it wasn't a secret that the blond could pick up on stuff that no one else knew.

"Ava just give me one-"

"Nope-"

"Give me a cream cake" the old lady scowled "I'll…I'll slap ya-"

Ava snorted "What and you think I'm not above hitting an old lady. Plus you're a hair puller"

"I'll pull yours"

"Bring it on old lady" the petite teen jaw clenched "Oh-"

"You'll forget about this ever happening. And you filled up on cream cakes" Stefan seem to appear out of nowhere, he compelled the old lady and watched as a serene smile appear on the old lady's face.

"Seriously Ava? Picking a fight with an old lady-"

"She started it" Ava said holding the empty plate out to Stefan. "Did you know her father was a war veteran?"

"No I didn't" Stefan said. He grabbed her hand leading her over to where Elena would be accepting the award; they were near the back of the room. "Where's Max?" he whispered

"He went home. Something to do with his mother" Ava replied "I think he's a mommy's boy Stef" she admitted. Causing Stefan to snort loudly, the guests all looked over to them

"Are they staring?" Ava murmured

"Yep" Stefan shifted slightly

Ava cleared her throat "Carry on, carry on…keep talking Carol. Ben hasn't fallen asleep yet…so you're doing something right-Oww" she yelped when Stefan whacked her on the back of her head.

"Sorry" Stefan apologised to Carol, he saw the grin on Elena's face.

"Right where was I?" the mayor frowned

"You was about to announce that scholarship thingy" Ava called out causing the rest of the guests to snicker when they saw the glare on Carol's face.

"Thank you Ava" she said sarcastically

"You're welcome" Ava quipped

"Just hush" Stefan ordered

Carol cleared her throat and picked up where she left off before the petite teen had interrupted her "Right, well here to accept the donation to the Miranda Gilbert's scholarship fund is Elena Gilbert" she announced

There was a round of applause "Woo you go girl" Ava whistled causing Stefan to shift slightly.

"You've never said that before have you?" the vampire whistled smiling at Elena as she got onto the stage.

"Nope and I don't think I will do it again" Ava hummed; she shifted from one foot to the other.

"Stop moving Ava" he hissed, every time she moved the floorboard would creak beneath them.

"I can't help it I have to pee" Stefan rolled his eyes; he didn't miss the annoyed looks that Ava was getting from the mayor. "Well go" he plastered a smile on his face.

"I'll miss Elena's speech" Ava muttered

"Just go I rather not have you urinating on the floor" he lightly pushed her in the direction of the staircase, knowing that the bathroom was on the second floor.

"Fine" she scurried away.

"Thank god" Carol said into the microphone by mistake, causing the guests to laugh.

Ava headed up the stairs; she had kept the barriers up in her mind, since the whole incident with Biddy. She knew the layout of the Lockwood's manor since there were lots of parties here beforehand. She shut the bathroom door behind her and quickly did her business. She exited the bathroom and walked down the corridor

"AVA" Ava gasped and clutched her head, she really needed to work on her skills again, she had been out of practise since Claudine had died.

Her brows furrowed together, whose voice was that? It sounded so familiar "John" Ava breathed realising it was Elena's biological father.

"Well John has a bit of an accident" Ava spun around hearing the voice behind her "Isobel. I knew I was right you two timing bitch-"

"Language, it's nothing personal" Isobel took a step towards her and the fairy took one back

"Oh fuck you" Ava scowled "STE-"all of a sudden she felt an explosion to the back of her head and then nothing.


Elena groaned and slowly woke up to the sound of Isobel talking; she felt someone slumped against her. Her eyes widened seeing that it was Ava, and the blond was out cold. The doppelganger relaxed somewhat seeing the steady rise and fall of Ava's chest. She perked her head up listening to Isobel's conversation.

"I'm sorry Katherine I had to do what I was told. He wanted the moonstone and he wanted you" Isobel said mournfully she then hanged up on the vampire.

Elena sat up and peered out of the window, all she could make out was rows and rows of trees, as the car sped up. She shook Ava "Ava get up-"

"Fuck sake Elena five more minutes" Ava grumbled and turned away.

"So she's not a morning person?" Isobel's eyes darted up to the mirror, she saw the volatile glare that her daughter was giving her "her mother was the same-"

"Don't speak about Ava as if you know her. You know nothing" Elena snarled sitting up, the blond shifted so that she was leaning against her shoulder.

Ava was just beginning to come round when the car slowed down. She groaned and grabbed the back of her head.

"Oww…why the hell does everyone go for the head"

"I had no chloroform. Plus I doubt Elena would've appreciated me for drugging you" Isobel drawled "We're at Grove Hills cemetery" she replied to Ava's unanswered question. Ava could hear the engine being cut off.

"Oh my god you're going to kill us at the cemetery?" Ava spluttered "talk about ironic. If you're going to kill me can you do it on a clean bit of grass? I don't want to end up dead dirty piece of grass"

Elena gaped at her best friend, was she completely out of her mind? She wondered.

"I'm not going to kill either of you" Isobel rolled her eyes. As her companion got out of the car to open the back door,

"Just because I can't compel you to come with me doesn't mean I can't force you" Isobel called out walking slightly ahead.

"Come on" Elena glared at the blond man who was waiting by the car door.

"But-"

"Now Ava" Ava sighed but climbed out of the car. The doppelganger grasped her hand and followed after the vampire.

"Elena wasn't you wearing a dress?" she felt Elena's denim covered legs brush against her own bare ones.

"Katherine took my dress" Elena muttered hoping that Stefan or Damon will come to their rescue

"Eww…so she saw you naked. I knew she was a lesbian." Ava said, the brunette shook her head, only Ava would be thinking of something like that.

"So were you compelled to betray Katherine?" Elena asked Isobel, who came to a stop. The vampire shoved her hands into her pockets. Ava shivered slightly she had left her jacket downstairs in the Lockwood manor when she went to the bathroom.

"If I was I couldn't tell you" Isobel said and carried on walking. Once again Elena and Ava trailed after her

"So you lied" Elena stated.

"Well she is a liar" Ava drawled feeling the leaves crunching beneath her shoes. "So you obviously found Klaus, since he was the one who probably compelled you"

"He knows where we are now doesn't he?" Elena exclaimed "are you taking us to him?"

Ava came to a stop and could hear something being pushed aside, she assumed it was leaves

"What is this?" Elena asked, her eyes were focused on the graves stone that had the name 'Isobel Flemming' carved in to it.

"My parents" Isobel murmured "your grandparents they put it here-"Ava assumed she was talking about the gravestone, she had managed to catch a snippet of Elena's thoughts "when it became obvious that the police wasn't going to find my body. They visit every week and they bring flowers" she smiled recalling her parents "even though there's no one buried here"

"Well that's they do to cope." Ava murmured she wouldn't mind visiting her grandmother and her parents grave, in fact the next chance she gets she promised herself she would

"The Isobel Flemming they knew is dead, so maybe there's a part of me that is buried here the human part" she clarified "the part that I abandoned when I chose to become a vampire." Ava listened carefully "The part that use to dream of the day she'd know her daughter" Elena turned to look at her biological mother, this was the first meaningful that Isobel had said to her "but instead you got to meet the other part. The part that would betray her own flesh and blood" just then her cell rang,

"Kind of rude to answer your cell in the middle of the conversation" Ava commented, Elena rolled her eyes and nudged the smaller teen.

"Yes" Isobel said into her cell phone "let them go?"

Ava frowned and canted her head to the side, she wasn't expecting that. truth be told the fairy was expecting Klaus to burst out from behind a gravestone or something.

"I'm done?" a smile came onto Isobel's face

"Who was that?" Elena asked when the vampire hanged up.

"I am so sorry Elena" Isobel said sincerely, she looked so human the complete opposite of the woman she had met before "that I was such a disappointment to you. And Ava no matter what comes your way don't lose your light. It's special as are you. Your mother would be so proud"

Ava felt her heart clench at that, without another word Isobel grabbed her daylight necklace and ripped it off making Elena stagger back she watched her biological mother burn in the sun. Ava jumped hearing Isobel screaming. When the vampire erupted in fire Elena grabbed the back of Ava's navy blue top and pulled her back.

"Oh my god, she's dead" Elena said holding onto the blond.

Ava felt a pulse of air in front of her and sighed when she smelt the familiar cologne.

"Elena" Stefan called, the brunette rushed off to her boyfriend wanted to seek comfort. Damon pulled Ava into a tight hug.

"Let's go home" Damon peppered her face kisses "Scared the crap out me" he held her cheeks "next time go to the bathroom before you go out"

Ava rolled her eyes "Yeah that's the reason I got kidnapped. Because I went to the bathroom"

Damon shook his head and noticed that the teen was cold, he shed his leather jacket and placed it on her shoulders. Ava pulled her arms through the sleeves. It dwarfed her frame, "wait there" he ordered.

Ava frowned when she heard the sound of something clicking "What the-?"

"Are you taking pictures of me?" she asked

"What? I need to see my sexy fairy in my clothes" he groaned when the blond kicked him in the shin.


Ava exited the bathroom, she had a quick shower and changed out of her skirt and top so was now sporting her cotton shorts and a camisole, as well as her trademark bear-robe. Ava arrived in the parlour just managing to catch Elena's last few words.

"Why did they let us go?" Elena asked.

"It's because I'm awesome" Ava supplied plopping down on the cushy armchair; she could hear the flames crackling in the fireplace.

"Anything that John says we have to assume that Klaus knows it as well" Stefan said getting onto his feet. "So he knows that Elena's not going to turn herself into a vampire, he knows he got me and Damon to keep you and Ava safe and her being a fairy."

"He knows we're not going to run" Elena added.

"He sounds a bit stalkerish doesn't he?" Ava licked her lips bringing her knees up to her chest and resting her back against the armrest.

"Which is why we're going to take precautions" Damon strolled into the parlour, he placed a pile of papers in Ava's lap "we've got played. "

Ava trailed her fingers over the pages; she didn't feel any brail "What's this?"

"It's the deed to our house. We should've done this as soon as you moved in. Bad move on our part" Damon uttered

"If the house is in Ava's name you get to invite whoever you want in" Ava's lips stretched into an even bigger smile if that was even possible.

"You do realise you're giving Ava your house-"

"Shut up Elena, you got a house already. This is my one" both Damon and Stefan exchanged amused looks.

"Yes, but I'll be super pissed if you locked me out" Damon uttered and rolled his eyes realising what a mistake it was to say that in front of her. Before the fairy could do or say anything there was John gasping his breath. He was back on the land of the living. Ava's blond locks blew forward when Damon blurred pass her and grabbed the human by his throat holding him up.

"I swear I had no idea what she was going to do" John's face was going red, he saw the demonic look on the raven head's face "I am sorry-Ava please I had no clue. Please I am sorry"

"Damon" Ava called out his name "He's telling the truth let him go"

"He and I need to talk" Elena stated.

Damon's grip tightened for a second, he pulled John close "You're so lucky she is still here. If Isobel had taken her away your head wouldn't have been attached to your body" he snarled and abruptly dropped him.

"Come on" Stefan ushered the fairy out of the room. She was clutching on to the deeds of the house.


It was about an hour before John and Elena had gone home, Ava knew that the doppelganger was making some attempt with her biological father. She was sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace; she could feel the heat against her skin. She felt both sides of the couch dip in weight alerting her that she had company

"You know we're just delaying the process. Klaus is coming and he'll probably take me" Damon took the seat on her left, whilst Stefan took the other

"He won't be taking you Ava." Damon said seriously

"We'll protect you" Stefan added. Her heart warmed at that "I guess we should have a toast. Ava Xenia is now the proud owner of the Salvatore Boarding House."

"Oh we're drinking?" she asked excitedly Damon snorted

"No we've got something better" Stefan grinned "marshmallows on a stick"

"Oh you're shitting me" Ava laughed Damon chuckled and handed her a stick

"So any words Ava you'd like to say about being the owner?" he asked

"Oh no I'm so over it" Ava said nonchalantly

"Ava?"

"Ok, ok" she jumped on to her feet. Damon grasped the sash of her robe, to pull her slightly forward so she wasn't so close to the flames. "I'd like to say-"

"Ava this isn't an Oscar-"

"Shut up Stef you're ruining my moment" Stefan laughed "ok well what should I say? It's about time me being the owner and –oh fuck it. I own a bloody Boarding House. Ahhhh-"she squealed and jumped up and down "I own a freaking house-me I'm an owner. An owner-"she was jumping around causing the brothers to laugh at the fairy's antics.

"Hey maybe should give the deeds to Elena. She's more sensible" Damon said and grinned seeing Ava's mood deflate.

"No fuck that bitch. This house is mine-"

"Ava she's your best friend" Stefan said amused

"I can replace her. This house is mine bitches" Ava declared and yelped when Damon tugged her back down, Stefan had just managed to catch her marshmallow before it fell to the ground. Ava giggled when Damon tickled her sides she kicked outhitting Stefan's face.

For the rest of the night the trio spent it in front of the fireplace, toasting marshmallows, talking, joking and laughing. They were genuinely just having a good time.


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

So in this Chap-We see a breif introduction to Earl, Ava takes the bus. She says goodbye to Jenna. Ava wants to take pictures when John gets punched by Alaric and steals Jeremy's camera. She ends up hiding in the pantry. Other vampires know about Ava being a fairy. Once again Ava and Jeremy wrestle because she steals his pop-tarts. Katherine doesn't want Ava to set her hair on fire. Damon gives her a piggy back ride to the witch house. She helps him out when he's burning. Ava made up that Jeremy fancies Johnny Depp. Ava's at the lunch in, Damon makes Max jealous. Ava splutters excuses after excuses. Matt knows about vampires. Ava starts a fight with an old lady. She then has to pee. She just manages to catch John trying to warn her before she is knocked out. Ava points out that Katherine might have seen Elena naked. Isobel dies. Stefan and Damon realised that they should've handed over the owenership of the Boarding House over to Ava as soon as she moved in. She is more than happy. And they spend the night in front of the fireplace.

Next chap-Klaus (Sort of) arrives. The last dance. (One of my faves)...And a huge Dava moment that i think you've guys been waiting for.

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