Ava groaned and rolled over she snuggled into something warm.

"Wake up little fairy"

"Bite me Damon" she mimicked his sing-song voice and pressed her face into his shoulder, Damon rolled his eyes, they were currently laid out on his bed Ava had ended up falling asleep after her fifth marshmallow and Damon opted to lay her down in his room. Since he remembered that the fairy said his bed was way more comfortable

"Ava come on, you've got school today" Damon gently shook her shoulder. But the petite teen merely grumbled something under her breath and tucked her face into the crook of his neck. "As much as I love the idea of you and me spending the day in bed-"he yelped when he felt her dig her nails into his stomach "Ok too much"

"Way too much. Pervert" Ava muttered, "Now shoo sleep, sleep is good…sleep is what makes the world go round"

Damon sighed "Fine, fine we're here all day the." Ava hummed "so I'll guess we have to get Elena to sign the deeds of the house"

"Hmm-WHAT?" Ava abruptly sat up, "No I'm signing it-"Damon grinned as he watched the blond scrambling out of bed "Oh Ava your leg is-"he winced when she fell off the bed face down. "Ava?" he called out, he sniffed the air and relaxed somewhat when he couldn't smell blood

"I'm good" she called out and placed her elbows on the edge of the bed pulling herself up.

"You're crying" he frowned

"My nose stings. Dick" Ava gingerly touched the tip of her nose and winced. Damon moved forward till he was face to face with the fairy. Goose-bumps arose on her flesh when she felt his large callous hand cup her cheek.

"It's nothing serious" he murmured, her nose was pink and nothing was broken. He used his thumb to wipe a stray tear.

"Good now servant go make my breakfast" Ava scrambled onto her feet and could hear Damon getting out of the bed, she took a step back

"Did you just call me servant?" he cocked an eyebrow

"Oh apologies I meant slave. Make me breakfast slave"

"Oh you cheeky vixen-"

"I know" Ava backed up into his desk and cringed when she accidentally bumped into it and managed to knock down a lamp.

"Ava that was the good lamp" he growled. She smiled sheepishly

"It's probably ugly and just expensive-"she babbled inching towards the door

"No it's a family heirloom-"

"Oh well-"

"Run"

"OK" without further ado Ava sprinted out of the room, Damon chased after her, in a human pace.

"You know this is your fault for-"

"How-Ava stop" Damon shouted but it was too late, the fairy ploughed straight into her bedroom door.

"Ava-"

"Ok yeah there's blood this time" the raven head vampire shook his head and approached the blond that was flat on her back on the floor.


Ava dried herself off and hurried back into her bedroom. Stefan had told her that the lawyer would be here in twenty minutes; Elena and Bonnie were currently downstairs, since today they would all be going to school together. She pulled out the first drawer of her dresser and splayed her hand out and grabbed her bra and panties, she could feel the lace material and hurriedly put it on.

Ava then moved over to her closet and grabbed the labels; she decided to wear a pair of jeans and a long sleeve top. When she had done that, Ava set out to brush her hair; she tied the blond locks in a ponytail, and grabbed her school bag before skipping down the stairs and headed into the kitchen where Elena and Bonnie were as well as Stefan and Damon.

"Morning bitches-"

"You know I'm trying to remember a morning where you didn't insult us" Elena said sipping her mug of coffee.

"Oh erm…that happened about seventeen days ago, I was so not in the mood to be peppy" Ava grinned and plopped down on a stool. "So slave what's for breakfast?"

"Call me slave again, and Elena is the owner" Damon smirked; Stefan stifled his laughter as he leant against the kitchen island.

"Alright, alright. I'll be good" Ava nodded

"Thank you" with that Damon set the plate of food down in front of her. "It's chocolate chip pancakes and there's a glass of orange on your left"

"Thanks…slave-"he lightly cuffed the back of her head, causing her to roll her milky green orbs.

"And no maple syrup. You had plenty of sugar last night" Stefan added.

"Alright" Ava huffed and dug into her breakfast. "So is creepy John still hanging around?" she asked

"Ava have you ever learnt not to talk with your mouth full?" Elena said brushing the stray crumbs off of her top.

"Yeah…just haven't been practising" Ava grinned. "Now slave-"

"Ava-"

"Kidding, kidding" she raised her hands in a sign of surrender. "So juice is on the right yeah?"

"No your left-"Stefan groaned when the fairy elbowed her glass of juice off of the table. "I'll get a cloth" he muttered.

"Oops" Ava blushed rubbing the back of her neck sheepishly.


Soon enough, Ava, Elena and Bonnie were all sitting in the parlour. The lawyer was going through the deeds with the fairy, but she had zoned out of the conversation.

"Understand?" Mr Henry asked

"Yes, yes" Ava grinned "now where do I sign?" she asked eagerly.

Bonnie snorted "Is it me or is Ava excited?" she whispered to Elena, they were watching the proceedings going on. Whilst Damon and Stefan were waiting outside.

"Eager aren't you?" Mr Henry chuckled pressing the fountain pen into her hand "Reminds me or Miriam…god I miss her"

Ava swallowed "Just never ever owned a Boarding House before." She grinned "so where?"

"Ah…here-"he took her hand and placed it over the dotted line. With a flourish Ava signed on the dotted line.

"Voila and I am now the proud owner. You lot can go to hell….and get out of my house-"

"Wait so you would chuck us now because you've got a house?" Bonnie grinned

"Duh" the fairy uttered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Ava you're not getting any money or-"

"Ah but I got a plan" she smirked she made a 'come here' motion causing her best friends to move even Mr Henry was intrigued and also inched forward "to make some money I'll just rent out the rooms. Viola a couple of hundred bucks a week"

Elena snorted "No way that would happen" she shook her head. "You've forgotten the fact, that you'll get boarders who would most likely end up being drained by…Damon?"

"Oh bloody vampires ruining everything for me" Ava said casually. Bonnie and Elena both exchanged panicked looks and were somewhat relieved to see that Mr Henry didn't seem to have heard her. "Anyway can I go? I need to gloat about owning this awesome place" she jumped onto her feet.

"Hold on Missy, you need to sign one more page then it would officially be yours" the older man chuckled, and Bonnie grabbed her by her sleeve and pulled her back down on to the chair.

"Right here" once again Mr Henry grasped her hand "and sign" he instructed when the tip of the fountain pen touched the dotted line. Ava signed it and grinned

"I can't believe they gave you their house" the witch admitted "It's really yours huh?"

"Yeah great in it?" Ava nodded

"It's meant to be a safe house for both of us. But since Ava lives here anyway it would make sense if her name was in the deed" Elena commented "but it's only for the time being"

Ava snorted "I'm not giving it back. I'm in charge-"Elena cleared her throat "shush Elena. Anyway I get to invite whoever I want in. Meaning no visitors with these-"

"Teeth?" Bonnie cocked an eyebrow as the blond gashed her teeth

"Well very sharp teeth" Ava rolled her milky green orbs "Vampires" the witch jumped at that. She had hardly gotten the chance to get use to the fairy being able to do that. Bonnie knew she had to be careful with her thoughts.

"I wouldn't want to clean it" Bonnie uttered looking around the large parlour,

"That's the point of Elena here. She'll come over and clean when she's not sexing it up with Stefan" Ava said, Mr Henry choked on a laugh and hastily cleared his throat. "Damn that girl is funny"

"Thank you" the petite teen grinned, Mr Henry frowned he didn't say anything he shook it off and ordered the piles of papers.

"All done" he slammed his briefcase shut. Ava and Elena walked the lawyer to the door. The doppelganger opened it for the man

"Thank you Mr Henry" the brunette smiled politely and shook the man's hand, as Damon and Stefan approached the doorway. She cleared her throat "Ava you want to say anything?"

"No-"

"Thank him" Elena thought sternly

"Oh I mean…thank you…for doing your job. So do I need to thank you? Or are you cool? Shake hands or hug-"

"Hug, reminds me of my kid-"

"Ava you're babbling" Damon drawled he cut the blond off mid-rant. "She does that a lot" he whispered loudly to the silver haired man.

"Oh I noticed-"he grunted when the petite teenager in front of him launched herself at him. He looked over to the others and saw the amused smiles. This was a first, never on a case he was thanked with a hug.

"Erm" Stefan cleared his throat "she's a hugger"

"I can tell" Mr Henry said and patted her on the back. "Erm…kid you mind?"

Ava blushed and quickly pulled back and rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly "I went with the hug-"

"Yeah we saw" Damon snorted

"Shut up Damon. He's staff…." Stefan and Elena swallowed their laughter when they saw the affronted look on the raven head's face.

"I am-"

"Don't worry about Miriam she'll come round. Trust me family arguments tend to get forgotten about and-"

"Excuse me?" the old man frowned, he hadn't mentioned a word about his daughter.

"Oh erm…well-"Ava spluttered "Hi-"

"Wait what do you mean by my Miriam?" he asked

Damon cleared his throat attracting the man's attention he caught the man's gaze "You'll forget this ever happened, and she did sign the deeds" he compelled the man.

"Ava what was that?" Stefan demanded once he was sure the lawyer was out of earshot

"What?" she snapped

"Don't take that tone with me" he said sternly "What was that?"

"I-I lost control ok" Ava muttered

"That can't happen Ava. You need to be practising your control" Stefan said "How about you placing the barriers in your mind?" he saw her opening her mouth about to protest but he spoke over her "No Ava self-control is the key. So no mind reading or letting anyone in. see if you can keep in control."

Ava nodded, she felt like a five year old getting a telling off, but she knew that the vampire did have a point, she'd been letting peoples dark secrets slip from her mouth without even thinking so she did as she was instructed, she strengthened the barriers with enough force so she couldn't hear the doppelganger's or the witch's thoughts..

"Ok" Ava nodded and turned on her heel, Elena cocked an eyebrow knowing that the fairy probably forgot about having to invite the vampires in.

"Ava you forgetting something?" she asked

"Oh right shit…erm Stefan come into my house" Ava playfully bowed causing the vampire to laugh

"Why thank you Ava" he stepped into the Boarding house. "Now Damon-"she was cut off when Elena quickly covered her mouth with the palm of her hand.

"If Ava lets you in" Elena started "don't bite" she hissed when the blond nipped her "will you promise to obey…the people of this house?" she worded it carefully.

"No" Damon snorted

"Seriously Damon-"Ava finally managed to shove the taller girl away "You promised you'll do it mine and Elena's way. We…well Elena what did you tell him? I wasn't exactly listening to you" she trailed off.

Elena rolled her eyes "I said no secrets and no hidden agendas. Remember?"

"Oh" Ava smiled recalling her saying that "yeah…yeah I do. So ass you ok with that?" she asked him.

Damon leant against the doorframe, he couldn't get in till he agreed and he knew neither Ava nor Elena would be budging till that happens.

"Yes. Now can I come in?" Damon shot them a strain smile

"Hmm…"Ava said thoughtfully "well-"she was directly in front of the barrier, the invisible barrier was all that separated them from each other "I'll let you in if you get me…a puppy?"

"Puppy?" Damon asked incredulous

"Yes" Ava said seriously "I want a puppy-"

"Eww no" the vampire balked "It'll leave all its mess behind and ruined the rug"

"I want a puppy" she demanded

"Nope-"

"You're not coming in then" Ava folded her arms across her chest and shook her head.

"Fuck-"

"Stefan he swore" she called out

"She wants a puppy" Damon said incredulously

"Hmm" Stefan said thoughtfully "I wouldn't mind a puppy around here" he shrugged his shoulders.

Ava bit her lip "Oh…no you might eat it. You eat deer's and other cute stuff…so let's get a…snake" she grinned

"No" Damon said bluntly "no snakes"

"What you scared?" Ava teased

"Yes-"Stefan coughed

"No they're just gross and ergh. Now let me in…or who else would make you your favourite pancakes?"

Ava huffed "Fair point. Damon come in" she invited him she shrieked when she thrown in the air. Damon caught her before she could hit the ground "DAMON" she shouted and was once again thrown in the air

"Damon stop you're going to drop her" Elena said sternly.

"As if I will" the raven head scoffed and threw her high in the air, "plus she does seem to be enjoying this"

"I am not" Ava gripped on to his shoulder; he wrapped an arm around her waist.

"Then what's with the grin on your face?" he asked and tweaked her nose and laid a sloppy kiss on her cheek causing her to squeak.

"You spat-"

"Kiss-"

"Spat" Ava countered and felt his grip loosened. "Now if ya don't mind" she headed towards the front door

"Here ya go" Bonnie said shoving the blond teen's messenger bag into her hands as well as giving Elena her jacket.

"Where you going?" Stefan asked noticing all three females pulling their jackets on.

"We're going to go do drugs" Ava replied and yelped when Bonnie smacked her upside of the head.

"We're going to school" Elena said picking up Ava's cane and snapping it so it was in its smaller form.

"No, we didn't create a safe house so you can leave it" Damon shook his head, not at all liking the idea of letting the fairy out of his sight.

"Pfft…I need to go school. I'm going to slap Jeremy down" Ava cleared her throat

Stefan frowned "Guys Klaus is out there and we know that"

"You're stating the obvious Stef" the blond pointed out "but do we know where he is? Plus a badass Original wouldn't be hanging around in a high school. Kind of lame" she finished off in a sing song voice shouldering her bag.

"Look" Elena said calmly "we really appreciate everything you're doing. And I'm glad to be staying here knowing that I'll be safe, but I'm not and I don't think Ava are going to be staying here like prisoners"

"Pfft hell no" Ava shook her head, "I'm going it's my choice"

Stefan's jaw clenched he looked over to his brother who merely shrugged his shoulders "Fine your way, Ava and Elena"

"I wish you would say that more" the petite teen muttered under her breath,

"Look I'm ready to go, if he shows his face I can take him" Bonnie uttered "I know how"

"See we got an almighty witch on our side" Ava declared feeling her cane being press into her hands "What could happen?"

"The way I see it, next to Bonnie is the safest place me and Ava could be" Elena grinned. She grabbed the fairy's hand "Come on"

"I'm riding shot gun" Ava shouted running down the path leaving Bonnie and Elena behind

"Wait" Stefan said loudly "I'm coming" he shut the door behind them but stopped on the porch with a frown on his face as he stood in between his girlfriend and the witch. "You know she's running the wrong way" he commented. The car was parked on the left side of the driveway but the fairy was going right. "And…she's got the wrong car"

"We know" Bonnie and Elena said in unison and giggled when they saw a clearly annoyed Ava trying to get into Damon's car

"AVA WRONG CAR-"Stefan shouted hurrying after her knowing that the blond possibly would throw a brick through the window.


"I yelled shot gun and-"

"And you're still whining about it" Bonnie sighed, they had taken Stefan's car. Elena had sat in the front whilst the fairy and the witch were in the back. Ava had been grumbling the whole way to school.

"What it's true" she pouted feeling the car coming to a stop. She picked up her messenger bag that she dropped at her feet and heard Stefan and Elena climbing out of the car.

"Come on Ava" Stefan pushed his car seat forward and gently grasped the petite teen's hand and pulled her out of the car. "So we've got History first."

"Wonderful-"

"And you need to keep this-"he gently tapped the side of her temple "front wondering off-"

"My head? That don't make sense" Ava said, Elena linked arms with her and the quartet approached the school entrance

"Oh Ava your boyfriend is coming over" Bonnie grinned seeing Max walking over to them.

"Shut up he's not my boyfriend" Ava snapped.

"Ava-"

"Please don't tell me he heard that" she whispered.

"He didn't" Stefan said quietly he cleared his throat and greeted the other male with a smile "Morning"

"Hey" Max smiled there was a moment of silence

"Well I-"

"Should-"

"Go-"Bonnie, Elena and Stefan said all out the same time, there was an awkward silence that hanged in the air. Ava shifted from foot to foot

"Erm you guys can go" she said

"Right-"Stefan, Elena and Bonnie scurried off.

"They're-"

"Weird" Ava finished off; she had to go to her locker to pick up some of her books. So she set off in that direction "But they need me-"

"Oh how so?" he grinned, he enjoyed talking to the blond as they walked down the corridor

"Well I'm the glue that holds the group together" Ava whispered loudly and shook her head. She turn the dial of her locker "so Max what can I do for ya?" she asked running the tips of her fingers against the spines of the books. She grabbed the one that was labelled "American History"

"Well I have a proposition-"

"I'm not sleeping with you" she blurted out.

Max gaped at her wide eye "Erm Ava I wasn't-"

"Ok…so you know" Ava slammed her locker door shut, the bell rang signalling that class was about to start. "Well now I've made things even more awkward…don't know how to make it better" she muttered.

"I know a way, would you be my date to the 60's dance?" he asked her. Ava's mind froze, how the hell could she forget about the decade dance? It happens every year.

Max cleared his throat "Ava I kind of need an answer"

"Right" she blushed, the hallways were emptying since class has just started "Well sure…I'd love to go with you" she plastered a smile onto her face. The brunette haired teen wasn't convinced, she looked forced but he took what he was given.

"Great…I'll meet you here at seven when the dance starts"

"Yeah" Ava smiled "I should go" without another word she hurried off, it was only a couple of seconds later when she pass Max again "wrong way LOL-you know what the means right and-"

"Ava you're late" Max smiled in amusement.

"Oh shoot" with that sprinted off towards the History classroom


"Hello class" the possessed teacher called out entering the room and dumped his briefcase on the desk, he flipped through the book, and Klaus wasn't at all interested in this. It was all just a façade but he had to keep it up "What are we learning today?" he asked aloud.

"With the decade dance tonight, we've been covering the 60s" Dana replied helping the man out.

"Right" Klaus clicked his tongue, "the 60s" he waltzed over to the classroom door and was about to shut it when a mass of blond came barrelling into him. Knocking him off his feet, he was hit in the face with an intoxicating scent. His eyes widened in realisation this is what or rather who he has been waiting for. A true Fae at last

"I'm not late-"Ava shouted her chest heave "I'm not late…if this jackass wasn't in the way I'd be here" she sat up.

"You're straddling me"

Ava's eyes bugged out "Ricster-?"she scrambled off of him. "Sorry, sorry-"and rushed off towards her seat which was besides a giggling Bonnie. Klaus cleared his throat and jumped onto his feet he leant against the desk, eyeing the little fairy. He knew it was her the moment he inhaled her scent.

"Ava is use to straddling, that's how she gets her payments" Tiki snickered causing her friends to also laugh at the blond.

"Tiki I'm really curious about this-"Stefan palmed his face knowing that the blond would no doubt say something very insulting

"What is it" the whole class waited wondering what Ava would say next.

"Did it hurt when you fell from the top of the whore tree and banged every guy on the way down?" Ava smiled sweetly

"You bitch-"Tiki sneered

"Whore-"

The whole class erupted in laughter.

Klaus turned his back and grinned, oh damn his fairy was a firecracker. "OK" the teacher cleared his throat and calmed the class; he paused for a second as his eyes landed on the doppelganger, who was a seat away from the fairy. Seems like all the ingredients for the sacrifice was right here. "Settle down" he instructed and picked up the chalk.

Ava dug through her bag and accidentally knocked several of her books onto the floor. Breaking the brief silence of the room "Sorry" she said sheepishly. Stefan shook his head and picked them up for her

"What are you looking for?" he whispered

"My recorder" she replied, the vampire grasped the strap of her bag and rummaged through her bag

"It'll be easier to find if you didn't have this many candy wrappers in there" Stefan murmured

"What? I need a stash of candy where you and Damon don't know" Ava said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Now that you do I have to find a new place"

"Ok" the teacher managed to gain their attention "we're on the 60s'"he wrote that on the board.

Ava pressed record and leant back in her seat. She tucked in a stray curl behind her ear, and felt the slight buzzing of her peers' thoughts creeping into the back of her mind. She strengthened the barriers. And listened to Alaric. "I wish there was something good I can say about the 60s but it kind of sucked-"

"What about the Beatles? They were good" Ava called out.

"True, they made it bearable" he nodded "what else was there?" the blond frowned, wondering when did Alaric get so disorganised, she put it down to Jenna walking out on him. "There was the Cuban missile thing…we walked on the moon, and then there was the Watergate thing-"

"Watergate was in the 70s Ric" Elena corrected him, seeing the looks she was getting she quickly added "I mean Mr Saltzman-"

"Good cover" Ava whispered sarcastically

"Shut up-"

"You shut up-"

"Miss Xenia" 'Alaric' snapped "Would you please your mouth shut?"

"Is this a rhetorical question or do you want me to answer?" Ava asked. She heard a thump beside her and knew that Stefan must've banged his head on the table. "I could-"

"Just shut up" 'Alaric' snapped

"Rude much?" Ava muttered loudly

"Out-"

"What?"

"Out. Go wait for me outside"

Ava sighed loudly and made a racket as she walked out of the classroom. Klaus gaped after her, seems like Miss Xenia would be a handful. He grinned inwardly, he loved a challenge.


"And then we have meatloaf" the lunch lady read out the menu to Ava, it was lunch time and the fairy was lining up for some lunch. Elena sighed and clutched her tray. Feeling like she was going to be here sometime.

"You say that's meatloaf. But is it really meatloaf?" Ava countered "How do I know it's not just some nasty hunk of meat?" she quirked an eyebrow. Elena could hear the grumbles behind her coming from the other students.

"Listen sweetie it's meatloaf. Either you want it or not?" the lunch lady's name was Dorris, and she was getting more than annoyed at the exuberant blond.

"Fine, I'll have it-"there was a sigh of relief coming from the line of students behind her and Elena. Dorris was just about to place it on the plate but the petite teen pulled back "Wait-"there was the collective sound of groans "What type of meat is it?"

"Beef. Now give me your damn plate-"

Ava shook her head "Now that changes everything-"

"Oh my god Ava" Elena muttered, she looked over to Bonnie who was sitting with Jeremy. The pair looked like they were having an intense conversation

"Hurry up Xenia-"Joey a senior shouted

"Shut up Joey, you could do with losing a few pounds so I'm doing you a favour" Ava called out causing the line of students to titter. "Now can we go through the sandwiches again-"

"Ok that's it she wants tuna" Elena stepped in, this was going on for more than ten minutes

"But-"

"There-"Elena grasped her hand and dragged her over to the round table. "Hey Jere, how you doing?" she asked holding on to her own tray.

"Here-"Bonnie grabbed Ava's hand and tugged her down so she was sitting the vacant seat besides the witch.

"How's it going with being on your own with creepy John?" Ava asked, heading straight towards her desert instead of the main meal.

"It's not ideal" Jeremy replied

"You haven't heard from Jenna have you?" Elena questioned as the blond peeled the top off of her chocolate pudding.

"She's staying on campus. Look I'm late for class I got to go" Jeremy said, he made sure to keep his mind clear of anything witch related since he knew how important it was to Bonnie to keep it a secret. Ava poised her spoon and was about to dive it into the chocolaty goodness when it was snatched out of her hand "I'll take this. See ya later" Jeremy called over his shoulder and scurried off.

"BITCH" Ava shouted seeing the pout on her face; Elena placed her own chocolate pudding in front of the teen

"Have mine."

"Thanks" she grinned and once again peeled the top off; she wasted no time and took mouthful, after mouthful of the pudding.

"Ease up" Elena took the seat opposite to Bonne

"So good" Ava said through a mouthful of pudding causing Elena to chuckle

The doppelganger looked over to the witch "What's going on?" she asked

Bonnie forced a smile onto her face, not at all comfortable of the notion of deceiving her friends. But it was for the best.

"He's upset that he has to dress up tonight" Bonnie replied.

Ava scraped the last piece of pudding out "Do you want me to go bitch slap him?" she offered.

"No" Bonnie laughed.

"The offers open so whenever he does piss you off I'd bitch slap him" Ava uttered taking a bite out of her sandwich, both Bonnie and Elena giggled.

"Hey Ava" Dana jogged over to the table.

"Hi…girl…-"

"Dana" Elena whispered

"Dana" Ava exclaimed "Lovely to hear your voice-"she frowned "ok that sounds creepy. Anyway what can I do for you?"

"Ok-"Ava bit into her sandwich "this is going to sound weird but this totally hot guy asked me if you were going to the dance tonight" her milky green orbs widened

"Erm…-"

"Tell him that she's going with her boyfriend" Bonnie uttered.

"Max isn't my boyfriend" Ava muttered "He-"

"Is your boyfriend" Elena cut her off "but tell this hot guy that she's not interested" she told Dana.

"You could at least meet him Ava" Dana tried to sway her "he'll be at the dance tonight; you guys can look for him. But I'm sure he'll find you Ava. He's name is Klaus-"Ava spluttered and choked on her sandwich when she heard what Dana had just said. Elena slapped her back and started to worry, Klaus was here?

"I'm sorry" the doppelganger uttered "but what did you just say?"

"His name is Klaus" Dana frowned "I know the name is stupid but I swear he's hot" Ava paled

Bonnie looked around "Where is he? Is he here?" she asked

"I don't know" Dana replied

"She's been compelled" Bonnie informed the two

"But he wanted to know Ava if you would save him the last dance? How cute is that?" Dana grinned

Ava cleared her throat "Adorable. I think I'm going to puke"

"We need to get back to the Boarding House" Bonnie stated she was taking charge, "I'll call Stefan"


Ava chewed her bottom lip and tapped her foot against the floor. They were all having a meeting at the Boarding House. Elena had told Damon and Stefanwhat happened at school

"So we go to the dance and we find him" the raven head vampire said easily, and walked over to the blond. He could see how anxious she was. He sighed and dropped his arm around her shoulders, he could feel her relaxing somewhat.

"Really?" Stefan scoffed "How are we going to do that? we don't even know what he looks like" he pointed out.

"This is a nightmare. I think we're jinxed ya know" Ava commented "every dance we end up going to turns into a disaster"

"Maybe you're just jinxed" Damon countered

"And you're just an ass. There's no maybe to that" she retorted, causing Damon to nip her ear. She squeaked and attempted to wriggle away but held on to her. Elena didn't miss their interaction and wondered when the both of them would get together.

"Well something tells me he's not going to be sixteen and pimply" Damon murmured

"He could be anywhere at any time. He compelled somebody at school" Stefan announced "Guess it's not as safe as you guys thought huh?"

"Oh…shut up Stefan. Smart ass" Ava rolled her eyes, there was a knock on the front door "Oh come in-my house I get to say that-"

"You don't even know who you just invited in" Damon uttered

"Damn if you're Klaus don't come in please. is that better?" Ava yelped when Damon lightly pinched her. 'Alaric' entered the boarding house,

"There ya are" Damon was oblivious when 'Alaric' narrowed his eyes at him and Ava "I need you to put me down as chaperone to the dance-"

"You're chaperoning-"

"Yep more quality time Ava-"

"Ass" she yelped when he slapped her bottom

"There you keep mentioning it" Damon grinned seeing the scowl on her face

"Would you stop behaving like children" Stefan said sternly, Damon rolled his eyes a

"Klaus has made his first move" he informed the history teacher.

"So we find him and then what?" Elena asked

"Invite him for a tea party-"Ava pitched in causing 'Alaric' to snicker "See he Ricster gets my humour"

"No seriously what's our plan of attack?" the doppelganger questioned

"Me" Bonnie announced "I'm the plan. He has no idea how much power I can channel. If you find him I can kill him"

"Whoa" Ava whistled "good plan. There aren't any repercussions or whatever? Right? You can do this without hurting yourself?" she cleared her throat

"That's not going to be that easy" 'Alaric' chuckled "I mean his the biggest baddest vampire around"

"Careful Ricster sounds like you got a crush on him" Ava drawled

"Alaric has a point I mean what if he-"Ava's blond locks flew forward as Damon blurred towards the witch. Bonnie flung her hand out and sent the vampire across the room. The fairy heard the sound of or something shattering

"Well I was impressed" Stefan smirked

"It doesn't matter if he's an Original, I can take down anyone who comes at me. I can kill him Elena, Ava. I know I can"

"Awesome" Ava breathed "Question. Did anyone film Damon getting his ass kicked?"

Stefan snorted "and I think you broke a vase-"

"Ok, we need to get ready" Bonnie stepped in not wanting to listen to another bickering match between the fairy and the vampire.

"Bloody hell" Ava huffed, she was getting for the dance in her room. Bonnie had dropped off her outfit before she left to go get ready herself. The blond was we wearing a 60s mini-dress and white go-go boots, but she was having trouble putting the headband in place. "Ok…fiftieth time's the charm" she muttered and smoothed down her hair. She groaned in frustration when she couldn't get the ribbons right "this shit—"

"Seriously Ava talking to yourself is the first sign of madness" Damon drawled from the doorway. His eyes wondered over her frame, they lingered on her legs "You look like a super sexy hippy"

She smiled "Nice compliment, in a pervy way" Ava uttered.

"Thanks so what's the problem?" he asked walking into her bedroom, coming up behind her "the hair?"

"Duh. I can't put this in" Ava held up the headband.

"Let me try" his fingers lingered against her palm; she nervously licked her lips when she felt his warm breath against the nape of her neck. Damon was itching to feel her smooth skin. But he pushed that urge away and brushed his fingers through her hair.

"Is it weird that you know how to do a girl's hair?" Ava questioned, her skin was tingling and felt her gut clench.

"Not weird at all. So tonight I heard you've got a date" he said casually but on the inside he was irritated and slightly pissed off.

"Yeah with Max" she forced a smile on her face and missed the warmth of Damon's body when he took a step back

"You don't sound too happy about that"

"No I am" she said quickly,

"Hmm…well when you get bored of him. I'll be around. Come on and I'm guessing you're not taking your cane"

"Hmm no" he took her hand in his larger one and led her out of the room. Ava's mind was going a mile a minute, as she wondered what he meant. Did he mean that he would be there in the dance to keep her company? Or did he mean-oh god she really needed help.

"Wow Ava you're looking great" Elena complimented her. "So should we get a move on?"

"I'm not moving" Ava shouted, she was in Damon's car

"Come on-"

"You're such an ass"

"I know now can you get your sexy ass out please" the vampire sighed. Without bothering to persuade her, he grasped her wrists and pulled her out of the car.

Damon spotted Bonnie and with his heightened hearing he could hear the last snippets of hers and Jeremy's conversation.

"Damon" Bonnie spotted the tale-tell smirk on the vampire's face and she knew that he heard them

"Hi Ava you're looking nice" Jeremy complimented her

"I've got no money on me Jere-"

"Damn" he muttered. Ava snorted licked her lips

"Hey Bonnie, I'm guessing you're looking good and if you are yay. If not nay-"

"Ok" the witch chuckled nervously "how's the no mind reading thing going?" she asked the fairy quietly.

"Seems alright, all I can hear is a low buzzing" Ava shrugged her shoulders.

"Great"

She frowned "Great that I'm hearing a buzzing? Or great that I've got control?" she questioned

"The control" Bonnie clarified, she and Jeremy spoke beforehand and they made sure that they would keep their mind clear when the fairy was around. Since the witch didn't want Ava to stop her in her plan.

"Hey" Elena approached them "You're looking nice" she smiled at Bonnie and hugged her.

"Thanks" the dark skinned teen forced a smile onto her face

"We're ready to do this?" Stefan asked

"Yep" Elena nodded

"Hey" Max jogged over to Ava "Hi, Ava you're looking great. So you wanna go on in?" he linked his arm with hers

"Thanks" she grinned and attempted to pull her hand out of Damon's but the vampire wasn't letting go. Max cleared his throat and tugged a bit harder. To Stefan it looked like the human and his brother was having a 'tug of Ava competition'

"Ok. Let's make a move" Stefan said "let go before you break her hand" he said quietly so Damon would hear.

Damon very reluctantly let go of Ava and watched on as Max led her away from them. The group followed after them.

As soon as they stepped into the gymnasium, Ava was greeted with the sound of laughter, chatter the floor was vibrating due to the loud music.

"It looks so good" Max said over to the music. "Oh Dana looks like she's going to say a speech"

Ava could hear the music quietening down and Dana's voice.

"Thanks for being here everybody" Dana said into the microphone there were cheers and clapped from the teens. Damon sidled up on Ava's other side, and smirked at Max who sent him a glare "We have a special shout out tonight. This is for Ava and Elena." Ava frowned at that, Damon and the others stiffened "From Klaus"

"Oh wow" Max chuckled "seems like I've got completion" he clapped along with the crowd, completely oblivious to the look on Ava's face. She heard the song 'Dedicated To The One I love'

"I'll go get us some drinks" Max grinned and walked off.

Ava sagged, Damon grabbed her arm "Don't worry, that's a lame cheap shot" he assured her "he's just trying to bait us. It's ok Ava" he squeezed her hand

"I know everyone here" Elena said loudly so she could be heard over the music

"Maybe he's not here. Maybe he wants us to believe he is here" Stefan suggested

"Asshole" Ava huffed she couldn't even open her mind up to get anything since there was so many people

"This is a party people, blend. Let him come to us" Damon sighed

"Good idea" with that Bonnie dragged Jeremy off onto the dance floor.

"There's Ric I'm going to speak to him, Ava-"his eyes landed on Max who was coming back "try and have fun"

Ava nodded, "Here ya are" Max handed her a cup of punch as Stefan led over to the dance floor.

"So this is fun huh?"

Ava sipped her drink and nodded "Yeah so…hmm-"she didn't know what to say.

"Want to dance?" he offered.

"Sure" he placed their cups on the table and grasped her hand, she could only feel his clammy palm. It was nothing like holding Damon's hand.

"It's a slow dance" Ava brows knitted together "I don't-"

"I can help with that" Max smiled and placed one of her hands on his shoulder whilst he placed one on her hip, the other grasped onto his hand. "So this is-oh my mum wants to meet you"

Ava hummed "Erm…I swear she saw me around. Kind of hard to miss the only blind person in Mystic Falls"

"I kind of never told her you was blind" Max said sheepishly. She stopped

"Excuse me?" she took a step back "Are you ashamed or-"

"No" Max said hurriedly "oh my god no…it's just that my mom would freak…if this-"

"If she finds out you're with a blind chick?" Ava shook her head "Unbelievable-"

"No Ava. This is all going horrible….I like you Ava. A lot. I just wanted to give you a heads up. Now can we get back to dancing?"

"Sure" Ava plastered a smile onto her face, not at all feeling comfortable. After a couple of minutes neither of them was talking and truth be told Ava wasn't having fun with him.

"I'm going to go to the toilets, seems like that punch went down quickly" Max uttered and kissed her on the cheek, the smile slid off her face.

"Someone is looking like they could kill themself" Damon grabbed her hand and twirled her around, causing a bright smile to come onto her face

"Nah…I'm not into suicides" Ava called out and laughed when he dipped her low to the ground, she gripped onto his shoulders as he swung her around, causing her hair to go flying.

"Good to know. I'd hate for you to be on suicide watch" he twisted her around, so that her back was flushed against his front "So not enjoying yourself huh? I'm guessing it has something to do with that scrawny guy-"

"Max isn't scrawny his got muscles…I think"

"I've got abs" Damon gloated and kissed the shell of her ear and chuckled when she blushed "Anyway I know you and I know that you my dear little fairy-"he grasped her hand and twirled around, so that now they were face to face. "Are bored to death of him. He is so not your type" he murmured

"So what?" Ava scoffed not moving an inch; he leant down so that the tip of her nose brushed against his "You know my type…"

"Of course I know your type" he smirked and spun her out

"You sure do have a lot of dance moves-"

"Oh honey I've got moves you haven't seen before" he purred and dipped her.

"Do you mind if I can have my date back?" Max approached the duo, he didn't miss the large grin on her face when she was dancing with the vampire, nor the flushed looks to her cheek.

"Right" Damon stated and once again he was forced to let Ava go.


"So you and Max look like you're having fun" Elena said seeing Ava walking over to them. The blond was parched from all the dancing she was doing

"Yeah" she nodded and felt a paper cup being handed over to her. Ava tucked in an errant curl. And sipped her drink, feeling refreshed, Max had gone off to speak to his other friends "Have you guys seen Damon?" she asked

"Yeah he's dancing with Bonnie" Elena replied "I wonder what they're up to"

"Maybe…nah I've got nothing" Ava shrugged her shoulders.

"Hmm" Jeremy uttered and turned back to the table to look down at the small nibbles, Ava canted her head to the side she got the feeling that something was going on.

Elena also got the same feeling "Is there something going on Jeremy? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine-"

Ava snorted "Yeah and I'm Harry Potter. What are you hiding dude?" she uttered

"Nothing-"Jeremy snapped causing Ava to blink, and Elena to stare, never once the teen had been so rude to the fairy. "Sorry"

"It's ok" Ava reached out but he shuffled back not wanting her to make skin to skin contact with her. After all Bonnie revealed that the fairy's gift worked better when she touched someone.

"I'm fine" he said gazing over to a dancing Bonnie, he turned on his heel and left. Stefan walked over to them and frowned seeing the looks on Ava's and Elena's face

"What's wrong?" he asked

"Jeremy's hiding something" Ava said bluntly. Stefan nodded he told them that he'll check on the teen.

"Ava could you-"

"Hey mind if I borrow this one?" Damon popped up behind the fairy, not bothering to wait for a reply he towed Ava over onto the dance floor. Where 'Alaric' was standing near, his eyes were focused on the fairy; he forced a smile onto his lips when Damon waved at him.

"Damon I'm not in the mood-"

"You have to dance to this song" Damon shook his head he said just as 'I think we're alone now' blasted through the speakers.

"Damon I don't know-"

"Easy enough" they were in the middle of the crowd of students, he tugged the back of her dress and placed her in front of him. Ava felt his hands closed around her wrists "and now we do this-"she laughed when he moved her hands in sync with the music "and wave-"he grinned "Oh yeah you got moves Ava" she giggled.

"Come here" Stefan grabbed Damon by the arm.

"Stef-"Ava's tone was laced in confusion "What's going on? If Damon is a dick he's just being himself-"

"Bonnie is on a suicide mission"

"What?" Damon glared at his brother shoving him

"Back off-"he snarled

"She needs to know" Stefan growled "Ava listen to me. If Bonnie kills Klaus she dies as well" he informed her.

"What?" Ava asked her eyes wide

"If Bonnie harnesses that much power she is dead"

"Oh my god. I need to find her-"before she could run off, Damon grabbed her hand

"You're staying here-"

"I'm going to look for Jeremy" Stefan rushed off

"I need to find Bonnie Damon" Ava snapped, but the vampire didn't listen and dragged her over to 'Alaric'

"No you need to stay here. Ric" he called the history teacher "make sure Ava stays with you"

"My pleasure" 'Alaric' smirked

"Where are you going?" she gripped onto his hand when she felt him leaving.

"I'll be back" he assured her and left.

Ava wasn't in the partying mood anymore, Bonnie would die? Why does everyone want to sacrifice themselves? She thought. She didn't want Elena dead or the witch after all they were her best friends.

"Ava you ok?" 'Alaric' asked

"Yeah just…teen drama" Ava murmured. The Original besides her was completely relaxed knowing that the fairy wasn't at all suspicious.

"So, how you finding this whole Klaus situation?" he questioned wanting to know what she thought of him.

"Daunting" Ava admitted "hmm I wonder if he's got an accent. Elijah did and they said he was an Original"

'Alaric' smirked "Have a thing for accent?"

"Duh" the fairy hummed. 'Alaric' opened his mouth about ask something else but he saw her date walking over to her.

"Hey Ava can we talk?"

"Sure. Catch ya later Ricster" Ava said and felt Max's hand clamping around her wrist. He took them to back of the gymnasium.

"Ava do you have feelings for Damon?" he asked not beating around the bush. Ava gaped at him

"What?" she spluttered "No. ha you're funny. Do you have feelings for him? He's not gay I-"

"Ava" Max said seriously "I think you're in denial." She frowned "you're meant to be my date, but you're enjoying yourself with someone else" he sighed and took a step forward. "Ava whenever I saw you dancing with Damon, you seem to light up"

"I…I-"she didn't know what to say, what could she say to him? Oh yeah I find you a bit boring. No that didn't work.

"I think I've got a way to prove whether you have feelings for me." Max murmured and surprised the fairy by cupping her face "just don't punch me" with that he pressed his lips against hers. Ava hummed when he moved his lips against hers. After a second he pulled back "What did you feel Ava?"

Ava's eyes were wide, what did she feel? Did she feel the fireworks that Elena claimed she felt when she kissed Stefan for the first time? Or did she feel the tingles that Bonnie had once described to her.

"I feel…nothing" Ava admitted and closed her eyes when he took a step back. "Max-"

"No it's ok Ava" for him it wasn't, he actually did have feelings for her "It's ok…now you know that-that…I liked you more than you liked me." He uttered and kissed her on the cheek. "I think you've got feelings for someone else. It's been fun Ava whilst it lasted" he left her.

Ava slumped against the wall that was something she wasn't expecting. He hit the nail on the head; she did have feelings for someone else.

"Oh that is such an Ava move" Tiki drawled, she was dressed in a pair of hot pants and a bikini style top.

"What is?" the fairy asked

"Hanging in dark corners and making out with guys" the taller girl exclaimed

"Oh Tiki, Tiki, Tiki. That's your name right?" Ava cocked an eyebrow "got to make sure you know that. I think everyone knows you're the school slut. I won't be poaching your job"

"Did you just call me a slut?" Tiki asked they were attracting a few stares. Some of the party-goers were actually anticipating an argument between the petite teen, and the dark skinned female.

"I'm not calling you a slut, I think you're a penny" Ava shifted from one foot to the other "because you're two faced, worthless and in everybody's pants" she grinned.

"You're such a fucking bitch. No wonder you can't keep a man-"Tiki sneered

"Hey you're the one who spreads your legs for anyone. If dicks could fly Tiki, your mouth would be an airport-"Ava staggered back when she was hit in the face.

"You're-"Tiki screamed when the fairy tackled her to the ground. They rolled around on the floor, the other students were chanting 'fight, fight' fight' a crowd gathered around them. Ava grunted when she was hit in her side. Tiki pushed her over and now straddled the blond.

"Bitch. Bitch. Bitch" she shouted

Ava managed to get the upper hand "Whore. Whore. Whore" she pulled her hair "and your mum is fucking your new boyfriend-"she shouted.

"That's enough" 'Alaric' appeared and grabbed the fuming fairy around the waist and lifted her off of the other girl

"You're dead Ava-"Tiki screamed about to launch herself at the fairy but Mr Grant, the Geography teacher grabbed her before she could.

"Nothing to see here. Get back to you dance" 'Alaric' called out "Ava what-you're bleeding" he uttered. There was blood staining her lips, she had a cut on the corner of her mouth, Tiki's ring must've done the damage.

"Wonderful" Ava muttered.

"Come on. We should clean you up" 'Alaric' grabbed her wrist and dragged her out of the gymnasium

"But Damon and Stefan said to stay here-"

"Ava you're with me what could happen?"

"You're right."

"Plus I've got a first aid box in my classroom." He added, she was completely oblivious to the large smirk on his face.


He opened the door and lightly pushed her inside. "Hop on the desk" he instructed. Ava did just that and swung her legs back and forth. She could hear the teacher rummaging through his drawer

"So what's that about?" he asked breaking the silence, coming to stand around the desk so he was right in front of the fairy.

"What?"

"The fight love-"

"Did you just call me love?" she frowned

"No, no so the fight" he mentally berated himself, he needed to stay in character, just a bit longer.

"It's Tiki" Ava said like that was reason enough. Which it was "every other day we do this"

"Oh. Don't move or speak" he ordered and grabbed the cotton wall. He gently dabbed away the blood, his eyes darkened smelling the intoxicating scent.

"Ricster?" Ava murmured quietly, she was getting uncomfortable, he was way too close "what-"

"I never had a taste before" his façade dropping seeing the confused expression on her face only made him want to taste her more. "Of Fairy blood, but from rumours it tastes like….like nothing else" her heart skipped a beat and a shudder ran down her spine, when she felt his fingers grazed her bottom lip. He pulled his hand back and stared at the scarlet liquid, she felt disgust crawl over her skin when she heard the sound of sucking. "Tastes addictive" he purred. "You're addictive sweetheart-"

"Ric-"Ava gulped and tried to shuffle backwards but his hands slammed down on her shoulder, keeping her in place.

"Try again my ickle little fairy-"he pushed her back and clutched the bottom half of her hair tilting it backwards. Ava was scared this…this-she had no clue what was going on. "I so want a taste-"she cringed when she felt his lips on her throat.

"Stop it-"Ava said through gritted teeth.

"Thank god, for a minute I thought cat got your tongue-"he chuckled darkly. "Now sweetheart I've been waiting for one of your kind to cross into our world. I must say I'm not disappointed-"he could hear her heart pumping a mile a minute. She was scared of him; he couldn't help but smile at that.

"Ric-"

"Not him" he said in a sing-song voice, "How about me and you practise your part in the ritual? Where I take you blood. But then again I'm stuck in a human body so that-ARGH-"Ava ripped into his mind, her barriers were up and she tore through his mind. Her leg struck out and she kicked him hard in the gut. This wasn't Alaric. This wasn't the man who saved her from getting hit by an ambulance. No this was Klaus.

Klaus snarled he was weak due to him being in this body. Ava jumped off of the desk and sprinted out of the room to go get some help.

He staggered onto his feet, now he just had to get rid of witch-bitch. 'Alaric' smirked he knew that the fairy would challenge him. He couldn't wait to have his fun.


Ava panted for breath; she had hidden in the girls toilets. Klaus was here and he'd take Alaric, she swallowed and wiped her tears

"Oh god, oh god" she muttered pressing her palms against her eyes. She was scared. There was nothing pleasant about this Original; he was l the complete opposite of Elijah. "Suck it up Ava…why is he here?" she muttered. "Stupid, stupid" she scolded herself. She wasn't the one here who was in the most danger, no he wanted to kill Elena and in turn Bonnie since the witch was all juiced up to kill him.

Ava violently shook her head; she needed to find out where they were. Her mind was too frantic at the moment, she could hear other teens' thoughts but none of them were Bonnie or Elena. She needed to narrow it down.

"Concentrate. Concentrate" Ava pepped herself up and gripped onto the basin of the sink and clenched her eyes shut. A second later they flew open. She knew where they were. Without further ado she ran in their direction. Ava's shoes echoed around the empty hallways. She could hear voices right at the end, and rounded the corner

"Ava" Elena exclaimed seeing the fairy by the trophy case "Stay there, Ric's been compelled"

"Nope try again" he taunted "I'll speak to you later sweetheart" he smirked at the blond

"What's going on?" Bonnie stepped in between the hunter and the doppelganger, he was getting close.

"That's not Ric" Ava shouted "That's...that's Klaus. I can't hear anything" she tapped her temple.

"Oh you ruined all my fun. I really need to teach you a lesson sweetheart-"

"Oh fuck off" Ava exclaimed, he narrowed his eyes at her his attention was brought back to the doppelganger, she was in denial

"It's not possible-"

"For Christ sake we're in a world of vampys, witches and other beings this is possible" Ava snapped where the hell were Stefan and Damon? She thought.

"Relax you two, neither of you are on my hit list tonight. But you are" he said looking at Bonnie and ran forwards but like what she did with Damon earlier she threw him into the lockers. Ava jumped hearing the sound. 'Alaric' chuckled and got onto his feet

"Did I mention that I know a witch-"

"Not surprising I think everyone met one"

"Shut up-""

"You shut up"

"Ava don't" Elena glared at the fairy; she didn't want her to bait him.

"You're going to have to hit me a lot harder than that" he jeered and ran at the witch.

"AVA HIT THE FLOOR!" Bonnie shouted throwing her hand out. Ava dropped to the ground on her knees; she used her arms to cover her head, as 'Alaric' hit the trophy case. The blond didn't waste any time and stumbled onto her feet. The witch ran forward and grabbed her wrist pushing Ava into Elena's arms.

"By all means fire away" 'Alaric' chuckled "if you kill this body, I'll just get a new one. Maybe Jeremy-"he taunted.

"Go" Bonnie ordered "Go-Run" she shouted. And pushed Ava forward, Elena gripped onto her hand as they ran down the hallway. They ran through the double doors and Bonnie spun back and used her witchy powers to slam it shut.

Elena pushed Ava ahead seeing the teen lagging behind. Damon ran into the hallway and petite teen crashed into him. He grasped her shoulders and frowned seeing the look on her face. She looked frightened

"What's wrong?" he asked looking over to the doppelganger and the witch.

"Klaus is in Alaric's body" Elena said her voice shook as the words came out of her mouth. Ava swallowed and pressed her face

"What?" Damon asked baffled, he wasn't expecting that at all

"He's possessing him" Ava cleared her throat.

"Elena take Ava and go find Stefan" Damon ordered the doppelganger, gently pushing the fairy towards the brunette, but Ava grabbed his arm

"No I want to stay with you-"she uttered.

"It's ok. Go and get Stefan" he kissed her temple and with a bit more force pushed her towards Elena. Ava gripped onto her hand and they both sprinted towards the gymnasium.


Ava's heart was pumping so hard in her chest she thought it would jump out of her chest. Elena pushed her way through the dancing crowd keeping a tight hold on Ava. Ava knocked into several people but didn't care. They needed to find Stefan.

"Do you see him?" the petite teen shouted over the music.

"No" Elena looked frantically around, Caroline spotted the troubled looking pair and rushed over to them with Matt on her heels

"Hey is everything ok?" the vampire asked "did Ava do something bad?"

"No" Ava snapped "why does everyone blame me?"

"Because it's you" Matt chuckled

Ava cleared her throat, Elena looked around "Just stay with Matt" she plastered a smile onto her face. And was relieved when she spotted Stefan in the crowd, she clutched the blond teen's hand and once again Ava was dragged across the room.

"Ava, Elena what's going on?" Stefan rushed over to them meeting the pair halfway. Elena quickly explained what had happened, and for what felt like the third time Ava found herself running down the corridor. Stefan was holding on to both hers and Elena's hand, they skidded round the corner where at the end of the hallway Damon appeared.

"What are you doing? Where's Bonnie?" Elena asked beginning to panic

"She's doing what she has to do" he replied

Ava shook her head "What the hell?"

"Damon where is she?"

"Let her do this" Damon snapped

"If she does she dies" Elena sneered.

"Where is she?" Stefan demanded. Ava swallowed and pulled all the barriers in her mind, she was swamped with thoughts of others. And staggered

"Ava-"Damon reached out but she took a step back "don't do this-"

"Find her. Find her. Find her" the fairy muttered and pressed both of her hands against her head. She skimmed the surface of everyone's thoughts. Her eyes snapped opened "I know where she is" Ava breathed

"NO AVA-"Damon shouted but she sprinted off. Elena and Stefan ran after her leaving behind a very annoyed vampire. God he knew Ava was going to find this part of the night hard.

Ava's pace sped up; she could hear the sound of shattering glass and cries of pain. She rounded the corner

"The cafeteria" Elena panted realising where Ava was taking them. She could see the lights flickering it was definitely coming from the cafeteria they were getting closer

"I got to do this. I got to do this. I got to do this" Ava could hear Bonnie chanting, she came to a skidding halt and turned left

"BONNIE NO" Ava screamed and ran forward, but the doors were sealed shut. Stefan managed to pull Ava back before she got hit in the face.

"BONNIE" Elena shouted and banged her fist against the double doors; she could see the blood pouring down the witch's face and the tears. The cafeteria was a mess, the overhead lights were shattered and the papers that were pinned to the notice boards were flying around. Ava slammed her hands against the doors. Stefan launched himself at the door but he couldn't get through.

"No, no, no" Ava breathed "Open. Open-BONNIE" she shouted. She could hear 'Alaric' or should she say Klaus screaming in pain.

"Bonnie please" Ava begged her voice was loud in the witch's mind "BONNIE PLEASE-"

"It's ok Ava…it's ok" Ava drew in a deep breath hearing the witch's voice, "I'm sorry…so sorry. I love you all-"the fairy felt a surge of power, her gut clenched, Stefan stiffened smelling Ava's scent ripening it was almost overpowering.

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS BONNIE" Elena shouted

"STOP THIS-"Ava felt something coming to the surface, both hands were splayed out on the doors. "BONNIE" she screamed. Stefan and Elena staggered backwards when they saw a bright white light coming from Ava's hands. The doors were blasted off of its hinges just as Bonnie dropped to the floor.

"NOO" Elena screamed running into the room with Ava on her heels. The doppelganger dropped to the floor. Ava came to a stop and swallowed, she felt tired so tired.

"Is she breathing?" Ava asked softly

"Bonnie" Elena sobbed; the vampire saw that there was no sign of the Original "she's not breathing"

Ava's heart clenched "No. Stefan do something give her blood" tears welled up in her eyes

"There's no pulse" Stefan said mournfully.

Ava vehemently shook her head "You're wrong" she shouted "Bring her back. Bring her back" she dropped down on to her knees.

"It's too late" Stefan bit his lips; he hated seeing both Ava and Elena in this state. It tugged on his un-beating heart.

"NO we can do something. There must be a spell" the fairy scowled and reached out. Her hand landed on Bonnie's arm, she could feel that the witch's skin was warm. She clenched her eyes trying to seek out Bonnie's voice. "Come on, come on" she muttered but it was no use "I can't hear her." Ava cried and used the back of her hand to wipe her eyes, she didn't care that the make-up Bonnie applied earlier was smudge.

"No you can't do this Bonnie. No, no, no" Elena sobbed

"Wake up BONNIE" Ava shouted tears streamed down her face "Please just wake up" she pressed her temple into the witch's stomach, even though they had their ups and downs, Ava still viewed her as one of her best friends. Stefan swallowed painfully and rubbed her back.

"Stefan get them out of here" Damon ordered, his heart clenching at the sight of Ava "I'll deal with the body"

Elena abruptly looked up at him "What do you mean deal with it?" she snapped

"The sheriff can't know about this" Damon hurried towards them "the last thing we need is another mysterious death."

"THIS IS BONNIE" Elena shouted.

"Get them home now" Damon snarled, Stefan reluctantly pulled the doppelganger onto her feet

"Oh my god Jeremy what about Jeremy-"Elena cried

"I'll find him. Ava you need to move princess" Damon swallowed and pulled her away from Bonnie.

"I'll try again. I can hear I know I can" Ava said, her face was pink and blotchy.

"She's gone-"

"No please-"Stefan wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled Ava away. "I can try-"Damon kept his gaze down and licked his lips. It felt like something was going through his heart when he heard Ava's pleads and cries. He gently closed Bonnie's eyelids.


Ava bit her bottom lip; she was leaning against the basin in the bathroom and harshly wiped her face with a washcloth. As soon as they returned home the fairy sprinted up into her room.

"Stupid Bonnie" she muttered and slid down against the wall. Ava couldn't keep it in and sobbed, she couldn't believe that Bonnie was gone. She had grown up with her and she couldn't comprehend the world without a Bonnie Bennett.

She sniffed and just wanted to get out of this outfit, just get out of it. She tugged the zips of her boots down and pulled them off, in a bout of anger and frustration she threw them across the room, she tore the earrings out of her ears.

And staggered on to her feet, she padded barefooted down the stairs and knew Elena and Stefan were in the parlour, she heard the front door slam shut and paused on the staircase. She could hear Elena shouting

"You knew, you that she harness that much power she would die?" the doppelganger shouted

"Yes I did"

Ava's heart skipped a beat "You knew?" she breathed appearing in the doorway

"Ava-"she could hear him coming towards her, but she stumbled back "Listen-"

"How could you do this?" Ava shouted, anger and hurt was written all over her face. "She was my friend and you knew-"

"You need to calm down" Damon ordered

"NO-"he cried out in pain when he felt as if his mind was ripping in two. He squinted his eyes god he was in a lot of pain. Neither Stefan or Elena stepped in. the younger Salvatore was perturbed slightly realising that Ava may be more powerful than any of them first thought.

"Ava stop-"Damon groaned "Bonnie is alive" he shouted. The assault immediately stopped and she collapsed onto her knees in front of the vampire. Damon panted, the blond looked sickly pale

"Damon-"

"She's alive" he assured her, wrapping his arms around the fairy. "She's ok"

Elena and Stefan exchanged confused looks.


Ava and Elena were now sitting at the desk in front of the laptop; Elena smiled seeing her friend on screen

"Bonnie-"

"Bonnie you bitch" Ava shouted her cheeks were flushed pink "what the hell woman? Giving me a heart attack…and can you see me?" she rushed out.

"Yes Ava I can see you" Bonnie laughed, Ava felt her heart lift when she heard the witch's voice

"And we can hear-"

"Shove off Jeremy. We don't care about you at the moment" Ava snapped, Jeremy couldn't help but laugh.

"Elena, Ava I am so sorry" Bonnie cried.

"You better be" Ava wiped a stray tear.

"It's ok, it's ok" Elena assured "I just need to see your face."

"There wasn't enough time for me to tell you" Bonnie's face was covered in tears.

"I am so going to beat yours and Jeremy's asses the next time we meet. And Jeremy I'm going to go through all of your pop-tarts"

"Oh NO"


Ava pepped herself up; she hadn't faced Damon since she lashed out on him. She was standing outside his bedroom "Ok, ok-"

"Ava you've been out there talking to yourself. I know you've got something to say so can you come in here and say it" Damon called out. And looked up seeing the fairy walking in to the room, he could tell she was nervous she was currently biting her lower lip.

"I only put you through that because Klaus had to think your reaction had to be real" Damon said "Otherwise I wouldn't ever do that to you"

"No I get why you did it. And I'm sorry I kicked your ass back there" Ava added

"That's your apology?" he scoffed walking over to her, she could smell his cologne and noted he was wearing her favourite one.

"What? The word sorry did leave my mouth" Ava muttered "and…well Klaus was fooled. But I think you should know Damon…Bonnie is not going to die. And I doubt Elena would agree to that. I am not losing someone else" she said seriously.

"We need to kill Klaus Ava." Damon stated "the real Klaus, who probably would be paying you and Elena a visit now that he thinks Bonnie is dead. She is the only one who can do it."

"We can find a different way" she uttered

"I hope so Ava"

Ava cleared her throat "Well I'm going to go and…find something to eat" she went to walk off but Damon gently grasped her hand pulling her back to him, she stumbled into his chest, she felt one of his hands that wasn't holding her hand clamping down on her hip.

"Let me make one thing clear Ava" Damon said seriously, she could feel his gaze on her "when it comes to you or anyone else, included witchy I will gladly let Bonnie die. I will always chose you"

Ava swallowed "Why? Why would you do that?" Damon cupped her face and brushed his thumb across the apple of her cheek.

"Ava I have feelings for you. Strong feelings. You're always going to be my number one" his minty breath washed over her, it was tinged with Bourbon making her sigh.

"But what-"she was cut off when he tentatively pressed his lips against hers. It took her a second for her brain to catch up on what was going on. Damon was about to pull back but he felt her kissing him back.

The kiss started out gentle and soft, she gasped when she felt his teeth nip her bottom lip. Damon plunged his tongue into her mouth. This is what he wanted, this is want he needed. Tingles and ripples of pleasure flew all over her skin, when her tongue brushed against his. For Ava the world felt as if slowed down, all she could feel was Damon. Her knees turned to jelly if it weren't for him holding her she would've been on the floor.

He set Ava down on the bed, and knew that she definitely wasn't ready for that part. Damon pulled back knowing she needed to breathe; he knelt down in front of her.

"You're not going to faint on me are you?"

"Shut up-I need to-hmm…"she trailed off.

"You' didn't hit me. That's a good thing."

"Yeah" realisation was hitting her. She liked him, well more than liked him.

"So you have feelings for me?"

"Yes" Ava smiled, a large grin made its way onto his face at that. He pressed his temple against hers.

"I want you Ava" Damon admitted feeling as if a huge burden was being lifted off of his shoulders. She surprised the vampire when she launched herself at him, and hugged him. Damon's arms came around her; he kissed the side of her temple. Now he felt complete.

"What did you feel when you kissed me?" Ava asked curiously, they were now laid out on the bed. The fairy was resting her head against his shoulder; his arm was outstretched and acted like a pillow for her.

"Seriously? Are you getting sappy-"

"Fuck no. just answer the question" she ordered. He laughed and nuzzled his nose into her mass of golden blond.

"Ok what did I feel when I kissed the sexy ass pixie-"she cleared her throat "I mean fairy….it felt…right. Just right and something that was meant to happen and-you're going to laugh now aren't you?"

"What you sappy ass vampy" she laughed even louder when he rolled her over so that he was pinning her to the bed.

"I'm being very out there-"

"Out there?" she cocked an eyebrow, he shifted so that he wasn't pressing any of his weight against her "you're not gay are you? It'd be so typical if I kissed a dude and made him gay. That's not possible not when-"she was cut off when he kissed her on the lips, he'll never get use to that. This was nothing like the way he felt when he had kissed Katherine. This was million times better. He could tell that the fairy was inexperienced but that only made him want her more.

Ava smiled serenely up at him; "Now I've got a way to shut you up" he chuckled, resting his temple against hers. Damon peppered her face with kisses. "What did you feel when I kissed you?" he repeated her words back to the blond.

"Fireworks" Ava smiled. They were one step closer, she finally acknowledged her feelings for him and she was happy, more than happy in fact. Ava yawned and soon enough she was beginning to drift off. Damon had already fallen asleep next to her. Ava's last thought was the pieces were slowly falling into place for her, her eyes drifted close and she snuggled into Damon's warmth.


AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Outfit link on profile. A huge thank to you to those who reviewed.

So in this chap-Damon gives Ava a wake up call. Ava ends up bleeding on the floor. Elena and Bonnie come round for breakfast where Ava breaks a plate. She finally sign the deeds and would toss Bonnie and Elena out. Ava invites Stefan in and demands a puppy if Damon wants to come on. She finally lets him after a debate. Ava gets the wrong car. She and Max talk and his her date to the dance. Ava knocks down Alaric/Klaus. she then gets sent out. Ava argues with a dinner lady. Dana mentions Klaus is going to be at the dance. Fights between Ava and TikiAva gets ready with Damon's help. They arrive at the dance, Klaus dedicates a song to Ava. She ends up having more fun with Damon then Max. He breaks it off saying that she would be happier with Damon. Some Klaus/Ava time, she sends him onto his knees, but this excites him. Ava runs off and gets to Elena and Bonnie. Damon sends them back. We see a bit more of Ava's power. Ava lashes out at Damon. Then finally the big DAVA moment. She feels fireworks.

Next Chap-Elijah returns and Ava...gets carried away with a lie.

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