Ava's brows scrunched together in confusion, feeling something wet on her cheek. She groaned and shoved the fuzzy thing away. She swore when she felt the little thing plopped down on her chest, Ava groaned and rolled over, she was still half asleep, but shot awake when there was a loud squeak.
"Oh shit-"the fairy exclaimed, realising that she had rolled onto Coco. "Oh my god…Coco? Coco you breathing?" Ava patted the area frantically attempting to find her puppy. "Oh come on-"she groaned when she whacked the puppy on the head. "Oops…"the fuzzy little creature growled at her "alright…gosh sorry" she yawned and dropped back down; Coco just managed to dodge out of the way of the oncoming fairy.
"So…Coco, just us now" Ava murmured wiping the sleep away from her eyes. Her mind wondered back to the events of last night. Truth was Ava was surprised at Klaus's tenderness, he had dropped her off home, and of course being the mischievous hybrid that he was he attempted to persuade the petite teen to let him in. But Ava wasn't a fool, and flat out refused to grant him access. Instead of pushing her he said ok and bid her goodnight. And then later on in the night, Ava snuck into the Gilbert household wanting to speak to Jeremy and say her goodbye.
She saw no reason not to say goodbye to one of her oldest friend. Her plan would have gone perfectly well, if Ava had snuck into the room, instead of ending up in the brunette teen's room, she was in Alaric's. That had to be one of the most awkward moments in her existence…since Ava found out that the teacher preferred to sleep naked. Ava shuddered at that thought, and snorted when Coco snuggled into the crook of her neck, she hugged the puppy to her chest as her thoughts drifted off to Damon, and she couldn't help but feel a surge of anger at him.
Giving her an ultimatum? Who the hell did he think he was? Ava decided to get up with a renewed strength she wasn't going to let this whole Damon thing get her down. Ava will tough it out. So with that thought in mind she swung her legs out of her cocoon of blankets and quilts.
"Oh no way in hell…I can be renewed from my bed" the fairy muttered and hastily dove back into her bed. Coco snorted and flopped down on her fairy's chest and soon drifted off. Ava yawned and placed her arm over her milky green orbs.
The fairy succumbs to sleep but was soon prodded awake. She grunted and rolled over she heard an exasperated sigh and was poked again.
"What?" she groaned
"Get up-"
"No-"
"Up-"
Ava stiffened "Who the hell-"
"Whoa" the other teen exclaimed "Ava it's me Bonnie-" the witch sighed seeing Ava relaxing.
"Good to hear from ya…now go away" her voice came out muffled from the piles of blanket. Bonnie sighed and slipped into the bed beside her. The witch realised that perhaps that she hadn't been there for Ava as much as she should have.
"I'm not going-"Bonnie announced, this surprised the teen, Ava shifted so that she was facing in Bonnie's direction.
"Bon what's up? Just spill because I so do not have the energy to read your mind" Ava muttered.
"And you shouldn't" Bonnie said sternly, "look I've known things been tough…and I also you're hating Elena at the moment for what she did to Jeremy…she felt like there was no other choice-"
Ava scoffed "There's always a choice-"
"Ava" Bonnie sighed "I know that. But she didn't see a way out…and did I mention again how sorry I am. I shouldn't have sat back the way I did before, and just so you know I trust you a hundred per cent."
Ava could hear the sincerity in her tone and sighed she couldn't stay mad at the witch, since Bonnie showed her how sorry she actually was. "Fine…"
"So friends-"
"No-"
"Ava-"
"Kidding, kidding" the fairy laughed and patted Bonnie on the shoulder; however she used too much force and sent the other girl over the edge. Ava winced hearing a thump "Bon? You alive?"
"Yeah. I'll give you that one" Bonnie huffed and sat up, she looked around the bedroom, it seemed to be a mess…actually come to think of it now she realised that the whole house seem to be quiet a mess. "Ava where's Damon?"
"Rotting somewhere for all I know" Ava yawned and sat up, Bonnie frowned but decided to question her later. They needed to get a move on. She was hoping that the fairy would be able to help her.
"Ava…I need your help" Bonnie uttered; now this caught the fairy's attention. "Actually I need yours and Elena's help-no wait" she called out seeing the expression on her face. "I think I know how to open that locked coffin. But I need your help…and Elena's"
Ava huffed "You're lucky that I'm so nice…fine I'll get ready-"
"And I'll make you some breakfast" the witch flounced out of the room. Ava was about to flop down onto the bed but was stopped "NO AVA UP, GET UP-"
"Fuck sake" Ava said sulkily and stalked off to her bathroom. She had a quick shower and stumbled back into the room, "BONNIE? BON? BON?"
"WHAT?" she heard the witch yell back from downstairs
"BON? BON? BON-"
"OH MY GOD AVA. WHAT IS IT?" the fairy grinned, she loved causing mischief…and annoying the crap out of others.
"LOVE YOU-"
"AVA-"
"OK….IS IT SUNNY?"
"YES-"Bonnie shrieked
"OK NO NEED TO SCREAM" she giggled hearing the witch swearing.
"JUST GET READY!" Bonnie ordered and shook her head, as she started to make some breakfast. She could hear Ava moving about upstairs. Soon enough the fairy skipped downstairs, dressed for the day.
"Here ya go" Bonnie placed a plate in front of her and took a sip of her coffee. "No hurry, we've got to get a move on."
"Hmm" Ava inhaled and patted the space beside her plate and picked up the fork "smells great" she dug in, but as soon as she tasted her food…her face dropped. "Yeah it doesn't taste great…did you put salt in it or something?" the food dribbled out of Bonnie's mouth, making the witch cringed.
"No…I…oh oops" Bonnie said sheepishly and handed the blond a tall glass of water. "Yeah…ok we pick up something on the way. Grab a sweater and let's go"
Bonnie ushered her out of the house, Ava had opted to take her cane for this trip.
"Hey there you guys are-"
"I call shot gun" the petite blond ran pass Elena who was just coming up the pathway. The doppelganger looked at Bonnie but the witch shrugged her shoulders.
Ava pulled her sweater tighter around herself; she could almost feel the witchy presence here. They were at the old witch's house basement. Where the coffins had been hidden, Elena glanced over to Ava, the fairy barely acknowledged her for the whole morning. She sighed. She hated it when Ava was mad at her…it was like having her own sister hating her. Ava cleared her throat, Bonnie had told them both of the dreams that she had been having for the last couple of nights.
"So I've been having these dreams, it's like the witches are trying to tell me something" Bonnie told them
"I just can't believe you kept this from me the whole time" Elena uttered folding her arms across her chest.
Ava rolled her milky green orbs "Oh…look I managed to keep myself from blabbing shocking right?" the fairy sniped.
Elena sighed she knew that Ava was still mad about the whole Jeremy thing. "Stefan thought that if you knew where the coffin was, Klaus would threaten people to get the information out of you." Bonnie said, trying to clear the awkward air between her two friends.
"So these are the rest of his family?" Elena asked
"Yeah Elijah and two others" Bonnie nodded.
Ava's eyebrows shot up to her hairline "Wait is…Elijah here? Question…erm which coffin is he in?" she asked inching forward, she pulled out her cane and tapped it forward…the cane knocked against one of the coffins. "Can I-"
"No" Bonnie shook her head "you can't grope a dead man-"Elena sniggered at that.
"Ok eww…where the hell did you get that idea from?" Ava balked "I just wanted to-never mind. So there's another coffin right?" she asked, recalling about it being mentioned.
"Yeah" Bonnie moved towards the back of the room, where one of the coffins were set aside from the others "this one is the one we can't open"
Ava hummed and plopped down on the Iid of one of the coffins. "Ava-"Elena said sternly
"What?" she snapped "It's not as if it's bothering them right? Plus I wanted to sit down" she muttered the rest of her sentence. Ava folded the cane away and stored it in her bag. "Carry on Bon"
"Right" Bonnie turned to face them "we don't know what or who is in it. Only that my dream is telling me that it'll help kill Klaus"
Ava blinked at that…killing Klaus? Right he was the enemy, but then he was nice to her. When did things get so complicated she thought. She was brought out of her musings when she heard heavy footfalls coming into the room.
"What the hell are you doing?" Stefan questioned.
"Hiding out and smoking weed…you whore" she muttered the last words. The vampire glanced over to her he really needed to speak with her. Last time he had clapped eyes on the fairy he had said horrible things to her. He needed to make things right.
"I needed for Elena to know about the coffins Stefan" Bonnie said, Ava leant back and swung her feet back and forth over the edge.
"And I needed you keep her out of it Bonnie" Stefan's eyes landed on the witch.
"So what are you going to do Stefan? Are you going to kidnapped me so I won't tell anyone?" Elena questioned.
Ava sighed loudly "Oh my god…seriously? Elena it's not all about you. Bonnie needs us here" she uttered. Bonnie smiled glad that the fairy was here; otherwise she could just picture a confrontation between Elena and Stefan. "Bon? How can we help?"
"I think I know who can help us with the coffin Stefan….and I need hers and Ava's help" Bonnie declared causing the vampire to rip his eyes away from the doppelganger
"Find who?" he asked the question that the fairy was thinking. "What are you talking about?"
Bonnie walked over to them and stood beside Ava, she pulled something out from her pocket "I couldn't place her face at first, and then I realise-"
"What?" Ava asked in confusion
"Oh my god Bonnie" Elena breathed taking a look at the picture
"Who is this?" Stefan asked
"My mom" Bonnie answered. The tense silence was broken by the petite blond who whistled
"Shit now this is a twist" Ava announced causing Stefan to snort. "Right…so we're going to try and find her right? How about you lot go and do that…and I'll stay here. Make sure everything is cool" she nodded.
Bonnie, Elena and Stefan all exchanged looks, the witch shook her head "What? And leave you alone with Elijah's body-"
"What?" Ava said innocently, that look was shot to hell by the smile on her face "he does have a fine body."
"Ok no. you're coming end of" Bonnie then proceeded to drag a whining fairy out of the old creaky house.
Ava sighed, she was currently sitting in the Gilbert kitchen at the table. Elena and Bonnie were going through files, whilst the fairy had nibbled on a pop tart.
"Are we done yet?" the petite teen asked, she was face down on the table a pop-tart was crushed against her cheek and the table
"Nope" Elena replied, she was trying to get the fairy to warm up to her. "This one?" she shoved a piece of paper under Bonnie's nose.
"Erm…too bold" Bonnie shook her head. And resisted the urge to prod the dozing fairy, the doppelganger handed her another piece of paper
"Honolulu?" Elena uttered
"I wish" Bonnie smiled and shook her head.
"Me too…I could so do with just lying on a beach somewhere" Ava said quietly, the pair still could only see one side of her face. Her blond mane was sprawled out onto the table. "And drinking those icy drinks…ya know the ones with the umbrellas…oh I feel thirsty now" Bonnie giggled and Elena smiled. Ava was being slightly more civil towards the brunette but still not completely herself.
"How many of these are there?" Bonnie asked she like Ava was getting tired of going through all these files.
"A lot" Elena announced "I ask the Sherriff's office to pull up every file they had on Abbey Bennett in the country. It's better than Ava's plan-"
"What?" Ava asked affronted "my plan wouldn't have been boring."
"No your plan would have been crazy. Going around different cities…and mind reading-"
"Least it would have been excited…you're boring" Ava sniffed; Elena shook her head and rooted through the files once more.
"Look, I know we all haven't been able to talk…things have been weird because of Jeremy…and the homecoming thing. So thanks to both of you for helping me out. You both have had a lot to deal with" Bonnie murmured.
"There's nothing more important Bonnie" Elena said, causing the witch to smile but it grew wider by Ava's comment.
"Plus even though you are bitchy to me…you're my friend" Ava uttered. It was true; the fairy knew these girls throughout her whole life. They had been with her through her darkest times…and that sort of friendship didn't just vanish.
"It's surreal you know…"Bonnie admitted "trying to track down a woman who bailed out on her own kid.-"
"If you want Bon I can mess her up" Ava sat up and cracked her fits. The tough moment failed epically when it had emerged that Ava's cheek was stained with pop-tarts.
"Yeah no not going to happen" Bonnie shook her head. "it's weird though"
"You know you don't have to do all of this right?" Elena pointed out "Let's Stefan obsess opening up the coffin it doesn't have to fall onto you."
"The coffin is spelled shut-"Bonnie said
Ava tutted "Hence it is a witchy problem" she scratched her cheek feeling something on it. And rolled her milky green orbs when she had pieces of pop-tarts on her face. "You guys weren't going to tell me were you?"
"Nope" Bonnie said and saw the jam stain on Ava's cheek. She decided to keep that one quiet "I was bound to see my mother sooner or later" she added.
The front door slammed shut, "Sooner" Damon's voice filtered through the quiet atmosphere. Both Bonnie and Elena exchanged looks seeing the fairy tensing. "Abbey Bennett Wilson…"Ava barely paid attention to what Damon reeled off from the fire. She could do this…just act nonchalance she told herself. Oh gosh she thought.
He held out the file to Bonnie and his eyes landed on Ava, he needed to talk to her. He realised he was a huge dick, giving her an ultimatum? What the hell was he thinking? It didn't help that he was drinking.
"This is here" Bonnie said gazing down at the picture of her mom.
"Yep road trip-"Damon smirked moving around and inching closer to a still sitting Ava "I call shot gun"
Elena frowned seeing the look on Ava's face. She didn't want the vampire to accompany them…and Elena thought this was for Bonnie.
"Yeah…not happening" Ava cleared her throat; she could hear Bonnie's thoughts. The witch needed to do this and he wasn't exactly going to be helpful. The fairy stood up and fixed the sash of her shorts.
"Want me to hang out in the back with you?" Damon smirked; perhaps he could win her over with his charms. He tugged her curl, and the other two females were surprised when Ava slapped his hand away.
"No" she snapped harshly
"Why?" he snapped back "I found her-"
"And?" Ava glowered in his direction "Bon is going to meet her mom after fifteen years….no one needs a prick of a vampire lingering around" the fairy went to shove pass him, but Damon's hand clamped down on her hip.
"Ava we need to talk-"
"There is nothing to say" Ava bit out, her heart jumped when she felt his fingers brushing away the jam from her cheek.
"You don't need to say anything…I'll do the talking" Damon wanted to apologise, Ava shook her head
"No…not now" Ava uttered "just please leave me alone" she whispered. Damon frowned and nodded
"Ok."
Bonnie and Elena looked at the couple in confusion "What's going on?" the witch asked
"Nothing-"Ava rushed out, the pair could see that whatever happened between Damon and her she wasn't ready to talk about it yet.
"Nothing" Damon nodded deciding to let Ava lead on this one. "Have a great trip and keep safe" he pressed a lingering kiss on her cheek and walked off.
"Ava really?" Bonnie asked, they were on the road and like before the fairy had called shot gun. Ava had her feet perched up on the dashboard and was leaning back
"What? I like stretching out" Ava argued playing with the locket Damon had given her for her birthday.
"You remind me of a cat" Elena said from the back seat as she gazed out of the window. The fairy had been silent for most of the car ride, which unnerved both of her friends.
There was another moment of silence, which was broken this time by Bonnie "I just can't believe I'm going to see her" she was referring to her mother "or meet her…sort of. Since I don't really remember her."
"You don't really talk about her" Elena commented
"What's to say? She never wrote never called, not even when Grams died" Bonnie shrugged her shoulders. "Is it bad…that I hardly thought about her?" the questioned was aimed more at Ava, since she knew that the fairy had lost her parents at a very young age.
"No" Ava replied simply "how can you think or speak about someone you don't really remember?"
Bonnie nodded "True…can we ask-"she and Elena were curious about the goings on in the fairy's and the eldest Salvatore's relationship. "What's going on with you and Damon?"
Ava sighed it was only a matter of time "And how comes you're not back at the Boarding House?"
The fairy cleared her throat and idly played with the end of one of her curls "We broke up" she revealed startling the pair.
"What?" Elena burst out. That was…crazy, she couldn't imagine one without the other "Why?"
"Is that any of your business?" Ava asked
"Ava we're your friends you can talk to us" Bonnie said softly. She never thought she would be discussing Ava's love life.
"I know…it's complicated. He-he thinks I like Klaus-"
"Do you?" Elena asked "I promise we won't judge" she added.
Ava shrugged her shoulders "I don't know. Last night me and Damon had a fight…he doesn't trust me and after Jeremy's thing…I don't think I trust him. He says I'm-it just got out of hand and I ended up at Gran's grave" Bonnie glanced over to the blond before her eyes focused back on the road. Elena reached forward and placed her hand on the fairy's shoulder giving it a small squeeze.
"Then?" she urged
"Klaus came…-he didn't do anything. He spoke to me…he was-he wasn't his usual psycho self. He made me think about life…and everything really" Ava confided in them. "He listened to me. Something I felt like Damon doesn't do sometimes."
Elena nodded; she could understand Ava's point of view she knew that the fairy sometimes may have felt trapped. God knows she had experience the same thing with Stefan when it came to the sacrifice that happened. "You feel suffocated right?"
Ava licked her lips and nodded "Does that make me bad?"
"No sweetie" Elena assured her "It doesn't…just think really hard. About what you-"she put empathises on this word "want."
"Ok" Ava nodded "I'm still pissed at you…you nice bitch"
Elena chuckled; at least things were less frostier than before. There was the sound of the cell ringing; it was the witch's cell.
"Who is it?" Ava asked putting her feet down and leaning forward to stretch her back.
"Stefan" Bonnie replied "I told him I'd call him as soon as I got the address."
Ava rolled her milky green orbs and licked her lips, "Leave it" the doppelganger murmured,
"Is she looking at her cell?" the fairy asked
"Yep-"
"Whoa-"
"Ava-"Bonnie shouted when the fairy managed to snatch it out of hands and threw it in the back of the car "What the-"
"What?" the petite teen exclaimed "You're getting the chance to see your mom….I wouldn't want anything or anyone to ruin the moment. Ergo bitchy Stefan won't be doing that to you."
"She's got a point" Elena answered the cell "What?" she snapped into the phone. "Bonnie, Ava and I are going to spend the night in the lake house-"
"We-humph-"the fairy was cut off when Elena placed her hand over her mouth effectively shutting the blond up. Bonnie shook her head and kept her eyes on the road.
"…while we wait for Sherriff Forbes to give us some more addresses. No we need a night off from your insanity…well we're doing everything we can…so maybe can you not call us every five minutes….done" she hanged up but shrieked when Ava licked her hand forcing her to let go of her.
"Ava-"
"You can't touch what you can't afford" Ava declared attempting to be dignified.
They finally pulled up to a two story house; Ava felt the car slowing down till it came to a stop on the driveway.
"Cute house" Elena commented seeing the maroon house.
"Yeah" Bonnie nodded. "In the middle of nowhere"
Ava sighed "It'll just be our luck to end up in a torture place or something. You think mom is a murderer or-"
"No Ava" Elena cut her off. "You ready?" she asked leaning forwards so she could look at the witch's face.
"You can do this" Ava grinned
"Ok" Bonnie took a deep breath, and they all unbuckled themselves before climbing out of the car. Ava gripped onto her cane; it felt odd having to use it again. She hardly did nowadays; after all she did know Mystic Falls like the back of her hand. But since she was somewhere knew she was forced to use her cane.
"Come on" Bonnie came around and grabbed Ava's hand; she swung it in a low arch to make sure the path she was stepping on was clear.
"Smells kind of musty" Ava commented as she stepped on the porch, the creaky wood squeaked under their weight. Elena moved further ahead and pressed the bell. There was no answer.
"Ava?"
"No I don't hear any thoughts" Ava shook her head…"we came all this way why don't we just wait inside?" she asked
"We can't" Bonnie said she was getting anxious about this whole affair
"Of course we can. We came all this way" Ava uttered "now someone check. See if there's a key hidden under a pot plant or something" she said.
"Are you-"Bonnie saw Elena looking under the pot plants.
"What? Ava's got a point. We came all this way" Elena sighed in frustration "there's no key-"
"Then that's a sign-"
"Alright Bon don't get witchy" Ava drawled "there's an easy way to get in" both the witch and the doppelganger as Ava used her cane to locate something, their eyes widened in unison when the fairy picked up a rock
"Ava don't you dare" Elena warned.
"Oh…chill we'll just explain later" she shrugged it off. And without another thought she threw the heavy rock. Instead of hitting glass the fairy had hit dead centre on the door. She made a dent
"Ava" Bonnie hissed "what are we going to say?"
"Erm…it's an ice breaker-"
"Hey there" a voice shouted causing the three females to jump "Did you just throw a rock at the door-"
"Yeah" Ava cleared her throat, she could easily get them out of this "well you see my friend-"Elena palmed face and Bonnie sighed. She had the urge to run "I locked myself out of my house-"
"Your house?" the green eyed man asked
"Yeah…I live here. And I thought that since I don't have a way to get in I'll make a way to get in…"she trailed off.
"This isn't your house" the man uttered.
"Yes it is" Ava argued holding onto her cane
"No it isn't-"
"Yes it is-"
"How can this be your house when I live here?" the man.
Ava's eyes bugged out "Oh…well you're trespassing-"the man looked at the blond in disbelief "you're lucky I don't call the cops. Since you're staying in my house."
"Why don't I just call the cops? I'm sure they'll be interested why someone is vandalising my house-"
"Well call them buddy" Ava egged him on.
Things were definitely getting out of hand so Elena decided to step in "Look we'll pay for the damages, but we're here looking for Abbey Wilson" she explained.
"Well she's not home. Is there anything I can do for you?" he asked looking at the trio,
"It's ok we can come back-"Bonnie rushed out and was about to run off but Elena grabbed her arm stopping her.
"I'm sorry but you look so familiar-"
"Really? Well-"Ava started
"No not you, your friend" he was looking at Bonnie, he felt like he saw her face somewhere before but couldn't quiet put his finger on it.
"Erm…Abbey is my mom" Bonnie said.
"Oh…"there was a moment of awkward silence "Well I'm Jamie erm…you guys want to come inside?"
"Nah you don't say" Ava said sarcastically
"Play nice" Elena hissed, as Jamie opened the door for them. Ava was ushered into the cosy home and they settled down at the table.
"You guys sure you don't want anything?" he offered "we've got coconut water, some fresh oj and some guava juice" he peered into his fridge.
"Water is fine" Bonnie said.
"Hmm…I could go for guava juice" Ava called out
"Cool-"
"And something to snack on…I don't mind that" she added. Jamie shook his head and tried to dig something out. There was a moment of silence; Ava nudged the witch that was sitting beside her. "Speak to him" she whispered.
"So what? Are we related?" Bonnie finally managed to get out as Jamie set a plate of biscuits down as well as their drinks; he pushed the guava juice towards the fairy.
"It's there" he informed her "Abbey is not my mom" he uttered.
Ava cocked an eyebrow "Are you her toy-boy oww" she yelped when Elena hit her on the back of the head. As Jamie shook his head.
"No god no-"
"Alright…bitch" Ava hissed at Elena. She took a sip of the guava juice and immediately spat it back out into the cup that was gross.
"She dated my old man back in the day" Jamie informed them "he's kind of a deadbeat, so when they broke up she took me in, didn't freak out when I got her car towed…"Ava frowned at that and ate a chocolate biscuit. So Abbey was around for a person who wasn't even her kid but when it came to her own one she ran off.
"She sounds great" Bonnie smiled
"It's ok to be pissed off…."
"I know" the witch thought back, just as the front door was opened. And someone else entered the house.
"Jamie?" a woman's voice called out. "Whose car is out front? And who damaged the front door?" Abbey froze seeing who was sitting there. She reminded herself to keep her thoughts locked up.
"That's mine" Bonnie answered and stood up to greet her. Ava and Elena remained quiet "I'm Bonnie…your daughter."
"Hello Bonnie-"Abbey murmured.
Ava licked her lips "This is like a soap opera" she murmured to Elena. "Hey Jamie fancy getting us some mango juice?" she broke the awkward silence.
Ava sighed and moved around the room, she couldn't sit still for another second. Abbey and Jamie had gone into the kitchen to rustle up some food.
"So how are you holding up?" Elena asked.
"I'm not here to get my mom back…I just need her help" Bonnie said.
"Yeah…so what it doesn't bother you that she's taking care of someone else? Not her own kid?" Ava asked. Elena crossed her arms in front of her chest, knowing that she did have a point.
"So I hope you're hungry" Abbey emerged from the kitchen with a tray full of food. "Food has always been my go-to for an ice breaker."
Elena smiled and sat down, "You've got a beautiful home." The fairy couldn't help but be irritated slightly.
"You're so sweet, just like your mom" Abbey smiled
Ava licked her lips and perched down on the edge of the chair she had been previously sitting on. Now this was new. She didn't know that Bonnie's mom knew Elena's mom.
"You knew my mom?" Elena looked up at her.
"Yes, not just yours…Ava's mom as well. Faith and Miranda were my best friends" Abbey revealed "I have to say Ava…you look so much like your mom. And I'm guessing that you and her share something else besides looks." She could just tell that the petite blond was one of a kind, just as Faith had been.
"So you had a daughter…and two best friends and you left?" Bonnie asked, she would have to be forced away to be parted with Elena, Ava and Caroline.
"My best friends were the reason why I left" Abbey admitted. "Fifteen years ago a vampire came to town. Looking for you Elena and Ava, he was looking for the doppelganger and the fae. No one could manage to kill him so I lured him out of town…and cast a spell to desiccate him in a crypt in Charlotte."
"Wait…papa Original?" Ava questioned
"Mikael?" Elena clarified seeing the look on Abbey's face. "He was an Original vampire."
"It took every ounce of power I had" she informed them "almost killed me. I recovered but my magic didn't. My powers never came back"
"And neither did you" Bonnie uttered.
"It wasn't that simple…-"
"Wasn't that simple? What? You cast a spell…and then what? Taught Jamie how to drive-"
"Bonnie-"
"Erm…no Elena you keep your nose out" Ava cut the doppelganger off. "She needs to get this off of her chest"
"She can't help us…she has no magic" Bonnie shrugged her shoulders. She was about to walk off but Abbey jumped onto her feet
"No wait…talk to me. Please" she pleaded.
"We'll wait outside" Elena said grabbing Ava's wrist. "Come on-"
"Ergh but I wanted to know what's going on" the fairy was dragged from the room.
"Ava I think we need to talk" Elena said, and shut the door behind them.
Ava walked down the gravelled pathway, her cane was held out in front of her. Elena fell in pace beside her.
"Ava-"
"What is it you wanted to say?" she asked.
Elena sighed she needed and wanted to clear the air between them. "Ava…I know what I did with Jeremy was wrong…-"
"You took his choice away and you won't believe me-"
"I am so sorry Ava. I was harsh and…I just Klaus wanted gone so bad that I didn't even think of any other reason for you to-"
"Save Damon" Ava finished off.
"Right-"she pulled Ava to a stop, and stood in front of her blond friend. "Ava…you seem sad…and I hate the reason that it's because of me-"
"Not just you" Ava muttered
"I know" Elena licked her lips "but part of it is because of me. Ava…can I ask you something. If you were in my shoes what would have done? If the one remaining person that's your family was in danger what would you have done?" she murmured.
"I wouldn't have made a selfish decision…"she started; it was easy for her to say. But then Ava put herself in Elena's position. If Gran was around and she was in danger…and she had a chance to save her. Get her out of harm's way…she would. The fairy came to a startling conclusion. She would have sent Gran away, the same way Elena sent Jeremy away. "Yes…I understand…just I don't what any more secrets between us. We're meant to be in this together"
Elena grinned, her heart felt lighter she hugged her friend tightly "Ok…I promise no more secrets" she said sincerely. Ava's resolve cracked and she hugged the taller girl back harder.
"Great-"
"So you owe me some dinner and other things" she declared, Ava spun around "So where are we head-oww-"she grunted when she smashed into something hard.
Elena gasped seeing Stefan there, "Ava-"
"Fuck" the fairy clutched her pink nose. "Who's the bitch-"
"Hello Elena, Ava. Nice lake house" Stefan drawled.
Ava groaned "Oh…damn" she huffed "This day has got shittier" she mumbled.
They had now moved further in the back yard, Ava dropped into the wooden chair. She leant on the back legs. She could hear Stefan pacing in front of her.
"So what do you think I wouldn't find out?" Stefan asked
Ava rolled her milky green orbs, this was boring. "Honestly I didn't care" Elena said.
"This is exactly why I didn't want you in the loop Elena-"Stefan snapped.
"I'm a lesbian-"the fairy declared loudly.
"Yeah only because you can't do whatever the hell you want" the doppelganger argued.
"I've been having homosexual feelings for Caroline and Bonnie I'm so confused" the fairy carried on. She jumped when Stefan kicked aside the chair beside Ava, causing the fairy to jump onto her feet. Ok now she definitely knew that neither one of them had paid attention to her. "Steady on Stef-"Ava uttered.
"Hey-"Jamie leap down from the top of the barn "is everything ok here?" he asked
"Jamie go back inside ok? Please trust me its better off for you there" Elena said looking at him.
"Yeah Elena is totally right…she's a bitch sometimes but she does have her moments" Ava hastily added on.
"I don't think so" the fairy felt Jamie's shoulder brushing pass her, stating that he had in fact move passed her towards Stefan.
"I'd listen to them get back inside" Stefan warned him.
"I don't think so" Jamie growled causing the vampire to grab him by the throat.
"Get back inside before I tear your damn throat out. Do you understand me?" Stefan compelled him and shoved Jamie back into Ava, Elena grabbed onto the petite teen's upper-arms to steady her.
"I don't think you realise how bad you've gotten" the doppelganger snapped, Ava was vaguely reminded of a mother scolding a child.
"Bloody hell Stef…that was mean" the blond shook her head.
"It's the way it's got to be" Stefan uttered, no emotion passing through his features.
"Oh right…out-villain the villain-"Elena sniped.
Ava licked her lips "That concept isn't really valid is it?" the fairy questioned. Before the vampire could retort, Jamie once again emerged from the back but this time with a shot gun.
"You're not supposed to be here" Jamie said.
"Jamie what are you doing?" Elena cried out. "Ava-"
Ava pulled up her barriers and threw herself into Jamie's mind 'I have to do this. I have to do this. Stop anyone who's in the way. Stop anyone who's in the way-"Ava's eyes snapped opened "He's compelled-"she shouted just as Jamie fired at Stefan causing him to land several step backs.
"AVA-"Elena shouted. The fairy tore into Jamie's mind causing him to cry out in pain, the doppelganger rushed towards the fallen vampire. Ava was struggling to keep her hold on Stefan. Her power was wavering…the compelled human staggered onto his feet, Stefan blinked and groaned
"Elena…Ava-"the doppelganger spun around just in time to see Jamie using the butt of the gun and hit the fairy over the head not enough force to do permanent damage but to knock her out. Ava fell into a dark abyss.
Ava groaned and rolled her head "What-"she realised that she was being tied to a pole. Elena looked over to the blond, and frowned seeing the trickle of scarlet liquid coming down the side of her temple.
"What's going on?" her voice was slurred "Hey-"
"Ava-"Elena called out seeing that the fairy was beginning to panic. Jamie grunted he was struggling to tie the wriggling blond up. "Jamie why are you doing this?" the brunette shouted.
Ava could hear Stefan groaning in pain, her own head was throbbing. She could barely keep her eyes open, but the mind-reader wasn't going to go down without a fight. She struggled even more
"Stop moving" Jamie snapped. He was under orders to stop the teens from fleeing.
"Jamie let us go…Stefan needs help-"Elena said her eyes hadn't moved off her former boyfriend.
Before he could give her an answer he was called elsewhere "JAMIE!" Abbey shouted. Elena gasped seeing Bonnie being dragged away. Jamie tightened the ropes around Ava's wrists and ran off to help the older Bennett.
"Ava they took her. Ava they've got Bonnie" Elena stammered.
"BONNIE" Ava shouted. But it was useless.
Night had now set in, since Jamie had rush off to help Abbey he hadn't secured Ava's bound wrists unlike Elena's one. The doppelganger leant back, and saw that Ava was almost free.
"Keep going"
Ava heard Elena's encouraging thought. She grunted and pulled the ropes hard stretching it out so she could scrape it against the nail that was sticking out. Elena looked up seeing Jamie returning.
"Jamie please-"Elena begged "just let us go!"
"Don't" Jamie shouted holding up the shot gun "don't do anything I don't know why I shot him. But I did. I don't know why I'm holding this gun but if you move or do anything I will shoot him" he roared. Ava let out a puff of air, Jamie was too distracted by Elena to notice the fairy who had freed herself.
"I'm out" she mentally told Elena.
"Who gave you that gun?" the brunette asked. She was glad that one of them was free.
"A man came by earlier and said if anyone got in the way I'm supposed to shoot them" Jamie said, tears were in his eyes.
"What else did he say?" Ava called out into the night air.
"If Abbey didn't find out the location of some coffins I'm supposed to shoot myself" Jamie told her.
"Oh well…that's shitty" the blond didn't know what to say, Elena swallowed that was what Ava could come up with? "Erm…well I'm free…"the fairy said. Taking a step from the pole "Now…I hope this works…"
"How did-"
"You need to untie Elena and let us go-"she ordered trying to use her fairy magic, but like always Ava found that actually channelling was really difficult. She wasn't like Bonnie, whose abilities come to her naturally.
"No-"Jamie shouted, it wasn't working "You need to stop moving-"
"Ava stop-"Elena yelled seeing the fairy taking another step towards a frantic Jamie, he was waving his gun around
"Jamie untie Elena-"Ava tried again,
"I said STOP-"she jumped when he fired the gun up in the air.
"Ava-"Elena shouted her heart was jumping up a mile a minute in her chest. "Stop-"
"Jamie-"
"I SAID STOP-"it was getting too much the shouting. Her fairy magic wasn't working properly, but then she felt a surge of power coursing through her. Elena's jaw dropped when a blast of white light shot out of Ava's hand. The force sent Jamie back into the wooden beam.
"Ava-"
"Oh snap…well it felt epic did it look epic?" Ava asked. Stefan's reply was too let out a pained groaned. "Oh right bitch…-"
"Ava untie me" Elena called out. The fairy rushed towards her and groped around for the ropes. Her hands clumsily untied the knots. The doppelganger winced "It's too tight-"
"Oops-"
"And by your smarmy voice you did it on purpose" Elena uttered. She didn't miss the small grin on her face
"Yeah-"with that the fairy managed to free Elena. The doppelganger rushed towards Stefan and fell onto her knees beside him.
Ava was anxious to go and find Bonnie, "What can I do to help?" Elena asked looking down at him.
"Every time I move I can feel the wood chips scraping against my heart. You need to get it out" Stefan groaned.
Ava tutted and was beginning to get impatient about waiting "Ok Elena you do that and I'll go and find Bonnie o-"
"No-"Elena yelled as she started to dig her fingers into Stefan's wound. The vampire looked over to the fairy and saw that she was ignoring the brunette.
"I swear to god Ava if you go after them Bonnie you are in serious trouble" Stefan growled "I mean it."
Ava swore and kicked a rock over "Where are you going?" Elena called seeing that the blond was heading out the barn.
"Abbey stole Bonnie from us…I'll steal her freaking food…and someone makes sure that Jamie is alive" Ava called over her shoulder and then proceeded to head back to the house.
"Ta da…and I'm done" Ava declared and took a huge chunk out of the sandwich she had made. "Hmm" she hummed.
"Really? I leave for a bit and you're eating all of my food?"
"Oh my god the bitch is here the bitch-"the fairy spluttered spraying Abbey with a face-full of crumbs "Someone bitch-"
"Ava-"Bonnie entered the scene. "It's ok, Abbey brought me back"
Ava's jaw dropped "What the-I was gone for twenty minutes" she exclaimed "what the hell man?"
"You spent twenty minutes making a sandwich" Bonnie giggled at the bewildered expression on the fairy's face.
"And a mess" Abbey looked around at her kitchen; the one tidy place was in a complete mess. "Look Bonnie I need to talk to you"
"Sure…"
"Alone-"the elder Bennett wasn't too surprised when the petite teen didn't take the hint "Ava do you mind-"
"Of course not go ahead chat. I am perfectly at home" Ava grinned and took another chunk out of her sandwich.
Abbey couldn't help but smile "Would you mind waiting outside?"
"Oh...Oh" Ava uttered realisation hitting; she blushed and scurried out but returned a second later to grab the jar full of pickles. Abbey laughed and thought that Ava was literally image of her mother.
Ava felt the night air against her skin, Elena and Stefan glanced over to the fairy who had to step out onto the porch. They had just finished their heart to heart, and the doppelganger was jubilant that she and Stefan would get back together.
"You should talk to Ava" Elena whispered to him and pressed a kiss on to his cheek. She walked pass the fairy telling her that she'll be back in a bit, since she had to go wash her hands.
Ava leant against the porch railing and took another chunk out of the sandwich. "So Ava-"
"What'd you want Stef?"
The vampire could see the change in Ava's demeanour at one. "I wanted to say sorry…you mean the world to Mystic Falls and I-"
"Was chatting out of your ass" she finished off.
"Ok…I wanted a more eloquent way to put it but yeah" Stefan chuckled and dropped his arm around her shoulders.
"It's ok…you're screwed up in the head so I forgive you…plus you're my Steffie-"
"And you're my Ava" Stefan held her close. He missed her "So what's with you and Damon? I thought you'd be moving back into the boarding house?"
Ava frowned "I…I…well we're not together…its just-"
"Ava you don't need to explain yourself to me. Damon has a lot of issues…you do what you feel is right" Stefan said wisely.
Ava smiled, she really needed that a gentle push. Throughout the day she had been getting asked a lot of questions and…now she was getting just want she needed.
Soon enough Elena, Bonnie and Abbey emerged from the house; the doppelganger would be getting a ride off of Stefan, since she and he needed some time alone to talk properly.
"Ava I'm staying at yours tonight-"Stefan called over to her, as he opened the car door for Elena.
"Wait what?" Ava asked with a frown on her face.
"Someone has got to make sure you don't burn your house down" he chuckled; Ava mockingly laughed along causing the other females to laugh.
"Come on Ava" Bonnie yelled walking over to her own car.
"Wait Ava can I have a moment-with you" Abbey added seeing the fairy about to walk away. The elder Bennett looked over to her daughter who seems to have got the silent message and waited in the car.
"Is this about your kitchen? I would offer to clean it…but I really don't want to" Ava said. Abbey smiled and gently brushed aside Ava's fallen curls…god she reminded her so much of Faith. She missed her best friend.
"I just wanted to tell you something…something I think you need to know" Abbey murmured "After I had left Mystic Falls, mom-"she was referring to Sheila "helped me keep tabs. The night of your parents' death they were running Ava." Ava blinked she wasn't expecting this
"What?" she had those weird dreams. But that's what the teen always thought they were.
"Your parents were running because word got out to Mikael's men…they were after you Ava." Ava's heart hammered and swallowed. Tears welled up in her eyes.
"My parents died because of me-?"
"No, no honey" Abbey shook her head cupping the fairy's face. "Your parents did what any parents would have done. They wanted to protect you…they wanted to flee from Mystic Falls. But it was a trap Ava…their deaths were planned. Do not blame yourself Ava-"she thought that the fairy deserved to know.
Ava nodded and Abbey guided her to Bonnie's car. The witch looked at her friend in concern. "Ava?"
"Can we go home?" Ava asked her voice shook. Her parents death weren't an accident…it was a murder.
"Yeah-"with one final goodbye to Abbey they were off down the road.
Ava sighed and held her head in her hands. She had just managed to get rid of Bonnie; her head was swimming with Abbey's words. Well that was something she wasn't expecting. She groaned hearing the floorboards creaking, alerting the fairy that someone was here.
"Look Bon-"
"Whoa I'm not witchy" Damon called out "I haven't got breasts…or magic. So Ava-"
"Can you leave me alone Damon?" Ava snapped she was already running on high emotions and he wasn't helping.
"Look Ava you need to understand…that the ultimatum I gave you meant nothing-"
"No" Ava's cheek flushed "You need to understand Damon…you're right those words meant shit. After everything we've been through the things you did for me you still are a dick. I went hell for you" she burst out jumping onto her feet "I gave everything up…you thought I went off to play house with Klaus? If so you really are messed up in the head." She snapped, she was getting everything literally everything off her chest.
"I'm not the one with the major issues here. It's you…sort yourself out Damon." without another word she turned on her heel and slammed the front door shut. Damon closed his eyes and sighed…he came to a conclusion she was right. She was absolutely right. But he vowed to get her back so with that thought in mind he blurred off of the porch.
Ava leant heavily against her front door, she clutched her aching heart. She felt hot tears spill down her face. The fairy just wanted to get in her fuzzy pyjamas and snuggle up with Coco. The petite blond and jogged upstairs, Ava changed out of her clothes and padded barefooted downstairs.
"There you are" Stefan declared as she entered the living room.
Ava sighed "Stef I really don't want to talk" she muttered and flopped down on the couch. Stefan frowned and sat down beside her
"Well we can just sit and eat marshmallows" he offered.
Ava sniffed "I don't have a fireplace"
"Well I've got a Bunsen burner." Stefan offered causing Ava to giggle. He handed her a stick and the house was filled up with the smell of toasted marshmallows. She bit into the chewy treat and leant against his shoulder, Stefan wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"So how are you and Elena doing?" Ava asked
"We're getting there" Stefan murmured taking a bite out of the sticky treat. "And you and Damon?"
Ava grunted "I told him basically he was a massive dick…and yeah I told him he needs to sort himself out" she trailed off "we're in a mess Stefan" she whispered.
Stefan frowned "Ava you'll get through this. Truth is I think you're too good for my brother. For all of this" he kissed her head. First time in a while Ava felt safe, who would have thought it would be with a ripper? For the rest of the night they spent on the couch, toasting marshmallows using a Bunsen burner. Until both Ava and Stefan had fallen asleep.
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So in this chap-Ava's wake up call is Bonnie. We learn that Ava snuck into the Gilberts house to say goodbye to Jeremy. But ends up in Alaric's room. Ava squashes Coco. Bonnie can't cook. Things are hostile between Ava and Elena but they pushed it aside to help Bonnie. They find out Ava would rather stay with Elijah's body than help but she gets dragged away. Ava and Damon snap at each other. Elena, Bonnie and Ava end up on a road trip where she tells them that her and Damon might have broken up. They arrive at Abbey's, and Ava ends up vandalising the house and gets into an argument with Jamie. Ava gets dragged out of the house where she and Elena talk. Ava knows that she would most likely have done the same...plus they've been freinds forever. Stefan comes and he gets shot by Jamie. Ava knocks him out. She makes a sandwich whilst everything goes down. Ava gets told some truths by Abbey. Ava tells Damon to sort himself out. And a moment between Stefan and Ava (They haven't had many of them)and they toast marshmallow.
Next Chap-Elijah and Ava reunion.
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