Ava groaned feeling the rays of sun hitting her skin; she should really remember to close her curtains before she goes to bed. She sighed, recalling yesterday's event. The whole Original saga, and then the night before was the Ball, she was glad not to cross paths with Damon or Klaus.
"Nope…today will be a new day" Ava said to herself "just chilling and trying not to get killed" she said, she couldn't help but wonder why the hell does everything happened one day after other.
She shook her head and swung her legs out of bed with a big grin on her face. Today would be about her, she wouldn't get dragged into a pile of crap. The smile that was on her face melted as soon as she heard the sound of Coco letting out a squeak.
"Holy shit" Ava exclaimed, she had accidentally kicked the puppy off of the foot of her bed. "Sorry Coco…stupid-"she rolled her eyes when the little puppy let out a low growl. "Kidding" she uttered and scooped the puppy up and hugged him to her chest, she was grateful that she had the dog around, otherwise she knew for a fact that she would be feeling lonely.
"Mommy is sooo sorry" Ava peppered the puppy with kisses. She decided to feed him now before she would go get ready for the day. So she skipped down the stairs and rummaged through the bottom cupboard knowing that's where Stefan kept the dog food. She poured some food in the bowl and walked off, but ended up running back when she remembered that she didn't place it on the floor. "Go on Coco" she patted the puppy's head and headed back upstairs to get ready for the day.
She stripped out of her clothes and stepped under the hot spray of water. Ava turned up the radio shower and bopped her head to the music; it's been ages since she actually sung.
"Shut up and put your money where your mouth is" the fairy sang completely out of tune "that's what you get for waking up in Vegas. Get up and shake the glitter off your clothes now. That's what you get for waking up in Vegas-"she was cut off when Coco howled loudly "That-"the puppy howled again. "OH ALRIGHT EVEN THE FREAKING DOG DOESN'T LIKE MY SINGING.I FEED YOU" she screeched at the top of lungs. She hurriedly finished off her shower and padded barefooted back to her room. She dripped water on her way to her room.
Ava dried herself on and rummaged through her closet, she reminded herself to bring her dirty clothes over to Elena's so she can dump it there to be washed. Ava grabbed the labels and trailed her fingers over the brail. In the end the fairy decided to wear a skirt and a tank top. She pulled on a pair of tights and stretched her arms above her head. Ava tied the laces of her boots before heading downstairs.
"Attempting to make a crappy breakfast?" Ava muttered to herself "Or sponge off of Elena and get something tasty-"when her stomach rumbled loudly she came to her decision. "Sponging off of them it is." She nodded and with that in mind. Ava grabbed her jacket and slammed the front door behind her.
The fairy walked down her pathway and was walking towards the Gilbert place when she bumped into someone, she cringed hearing a thump
"Oops-"
"Oww Ava" Jimmy the paperboy cried out.
"Jimmy?" Ava asked "what the hell? Why are you standing in the middle of the path?"
"I was delivering the papers you blind bint-"the boy spat.
"You really are a little shit aren't you?" the fairy countered and knew that Jimmy was on his bike, without further ado she kicked the tire causing the bike to tilt and fall.
"Oww Ava-"Jimmy yelled. The petite teen grinned
"You'll never get one up on me. Ha" Ava grinned and sauntered off. Jimmy stared after her and picked up a small stone, he threw it and laughed when it hit the back of the fairy's head.
"Jimmy you ass" Ava shouted and picked up a bigger stone, she was oblivious to the squad car that was driving up the road. The fairy threw the rock with enough force to smash the windscreen of the car.
"HEY-"the police officer yelled.
"Shit RUN" Ava yelled and sprinted down the road, the two cops thundered down the sidewalk after the fast fairy.
"She's armed and dangerous" Jimmy shouted hastily pulled out his cell phone "Ava's got a gun-"Ava came to a screeching halt.
"STOP OR WE WILL USE FORCE" one of the cops shouted "PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPON-"
"No I don't have one-"Ava yelled
"Suspect is hostile-"
"Hey…"she yelped when she was tackled down to the ground and landed face fist on the patch of grass. "Fucking Jimmy I don't have a gun-"Ava writhed and squealed when she was cuffed and hauled onto her feet.
"Ava this is so going on YouTube…I got one up on you now Ava" Jimmy grinned watching as Ava was dragged off into a cop car.
"FUCK YOU" Ava shouted.
Ava huffed; she was currently sitting in the cell besides Alaric of all people. The history teacher was still out cold. The fairy was still hungry not having eaten breakfast yet. She swung her legs back and forth over the edge of the hard bed.
"Liz come on woman" Ava shouted "it's all Jimmy's fault" she muttered and leant back against the wall, her ears perked up hearing a startled gasp, looks like the hunter was awake.
Alaric abruptly sat up.
"Ava?" he caught sight of the fairy that was locked up in the cell besides him. "What the hell…wait you're in prison?" he said sternly.
Ava scoffed "Bitch please, you're in prison as well" she muttered. "I have no clue why I'm here anyway" she huffed.
"Because you've done criminal damage-"Liz strolled into the cells, with Damon on her heels.
"Criminal damage?" Damon snorted. The sheriff shot him a glare
"You broke the windscreen of a police car. And you Alaric…well you've been accused of murder." There was a stunned silence, which the fairy broke. "Fuck Ric you're worst off than me" she uttered.
"But I didn't kill anyone" Alaric snapped thinking what the hell was going on? Last thing he remembered was being at Meredith's place.
"Whoa…"Damon was shocked as well as pissed "You're arresting him for what this nut job Dr Fell said?" he asked.
"No" Liz stated "I'm detaining him in the cell for his own good."
Ava frowned "How is that good? An innocent man is behind bars" she uttered.
"He was shot, Dr Fell used vampire blood to heal you-"
"Wait the bitch shot you?" Ava snapped "Oh she's going down…"she scowled.
"Ava is right Dr Fell was the one who shot me-"Alaric nodded leaning against the bars of his cell.
"Because you came out her with a knife-"the sheriff snapped.
"Yeah with the knife that I found in her belongings." Alaric stated
"Ok…she is so the murderer she's framing him" Ava said defending the history teacher, she knew he wouldn't kill anyone much less the members of the founding families.
"Are we forgetting that he's one of the victims?" Damon intervened not wanting things to get too heated. "I mean the guy was practically stabbed to death." Ava hastily nodded, if someone was a murderer she doubted they would nearly kill themselves.
"Dr Fell suggested his wounds could have been self-inflicted" the sheriff said.
"Oh my god you think I stabbed myself?" Alaric said in disbelief, what the hell was happening? He thought.
"I don't know what to think-"the sheriff snapped, there's a tirade of information that all pointed to Alaric being the murderer. "I've got nothing. Except murder weapons were from your stash, and a respected member of a founding family pointing a very long finger."
"Is it me or is this Fell woman the common denominator in all of this?" Ava commented
"She is setting me up I'm being framed here" Alaric glared at the blond woman.
"That may be so-"
"There's no may be so" Ava cut her off "Ric didn't do it-"
"Ava did you do your mind trick?" Damon asked looking over to her.
Ava shook her head "I don't need to I already know. He didn't do it Liz" she said sincerity ringing through her words.
"I don't have any proof of that-"Liz uttered
"We'll find something-"
"No you stay out of this Damon. I don't need you in this-"
"But-"
"Don't make me put you in that cell with him" Liz glared at him "I have things to sort through-"she turned on her heel and left.
"Hey-"Ava yelled after her, jumping onto her feet, and grabbed the bars "Am I-"
"No, you can't be released yet, I have paperwork to deal with….and according to my deputies you're a public menace-"
"I didn't have a gun" Ava called-"
"I know that" Liz shook her head "You vandalised. Sorry Ava you'll be out in no time."
Ava groaned and leant against the bars, Alaric flopped back down onto the hard bed. The fairy wondered if her mind persuasion trick would work on one of the officers. But before she could think too hard about it, she was brought out of her musings.
She felt strong callous fingers against her cheek; she sighed and resisted the urge to lean into Damon's touch.
"Ava that night with Rebekah….we just kissed nothing more. I-"
"Damon-"she caught his hand with hers. "Just drop it.-"
"I can't drop you" Damon growled. Ava scowled
"Tough…I think I should be on my own for now…otherwise we'll drive each other mad. You know what people say, distance makes the heart grow fonder…some bullshit like that." Ava licked her lips. "Just…time apart can be a good thing." She murmured "please"
Damon sighed he owed her that much. "Ok. So Ava…you've been tackled recently-"Ava huffed
"Did the little shit-"
"Posted it on YouTube? Yeah." Damon chuckled "I should get going, you'll both be out soon enough anyway" he added and walked off.
Ava sat back down on the hard bed and sighed. "So YouTube-"
"Oh don't start" the fairy muttered "by the time you get out, I have a feeling it'll be all loaded ready for you to watch" she licked her lips.
"If I get out-"Alaric mumbled and jumped when Ava grabbed his hand.
"When you get out Ric, there's no if…"Ava stated seriously she gave his hand a small squeeze.
"But Dr Fell-"
"That woman is obviously setting you up. You didn't kill anyone Ric" Ava sighed dramatically.
"Ava-"Alaric hesitated.
"Go on" the petite teen urged him.
Alaric let out a breath of air "I've been having these blackouts for the last couple of days…what if…what if-"
Ava frowned and shifted after she let go of the hunter's hand. "Ric you're innocent we all know that. We just have to find proof, plus I think one of us would notice you going around killing people" she uttered.
Alaric chuckled feeling better "But…could you mind zap me…maybe there's something that happened or-"
"Sure" Ava immediately agreed, if this put Alaric at ease she wouldn't hesitate to help him. He watched as the fairy closed her milky green eyes and she concentrated. The fairy couldn't find anything…there was nothing there to indicate that Alaric had any knowledge of these murders.
"No Ric. You have no clue what's going on, or who is doing it" Ava said, causing Alaric to sag in relief, he knew but he just wanted to be reassured.
A comfortable silence settled over the pair, before a deputy entered the cells with a plate of food. Alaric watched as the smiled in amusement as he spotted the little fairy.
"Ava Xenia…what would you gran say about being here?" he chuckled; he was a grey haired man.
"Erm…-"
"Well she would be stuck with you won't she. Here ya go kiddo" he unlocked the cell door and placed the food in front of Ava. "Try not to eat too fast…and it's good to see ya again." He locked the door then much to Alaric's surprise he glared at the hunter before stalking off.
"He seems…friendly?" Alaric muttered as the fairy chewed her toast. She swallowed audibly
"Erm…it's Peter…been around for ages. Can be a bit judgey but he's cool" she nodded.
Alaric cocked an eyebrow "You're on first names basis with the deputies?" he asked incredulously
"More of the oldies…but yeah. This isn't the first time in jail for me Ric. Last time was you know that Founders party with the taser-"
Alaric let out a bark of laughter; yeah he did remember that one. He downloaded that video.
"Alright Ric…have some toast" Ava offered, he took a piece and sighed he went to grab another one but the fairy slapped his hand. "I said some Ric…I mean one."
Alaric rolled his eyes and rubbed his throbbing temples. "Today is going to be a long day." He said to himself.
"Twenty three bottles of beers on the wall" Ava sang at the top of her voice, she was utterly bored out of her mind. "You take one down and now you have…oh come on Ricster we had a good rhythm going on…"
Alaric groaned "Twenty two bottles of beers on the wall" he sang. But immediately stopped when the Sheriff walked into the cell,
Ava listened to the conversation between the pair, once again Alaric was pleaded his innocence knowing he had done nothing wrong. "You have to agree Sheriff there's no motive here."
"Look both the medical examiner and my husband got into altercation with Meredith Fell before their deaths-"
"Well there's your murderer" Ava butted in.
"No listen, she said that Alaric was witness to her fight with Brian Walters-"Ava frowned in confusion not knowing what she was getting at.
"So what? You think I was defending her honour-"
"Aww" Ava gushed "that's creepy but cool at the same time. If that's how you go about defending peoples honour you can defend mine anytime-"she uttered.
Both Alaric and the Sheriff shot her an incredulous look. "Ok…no" the history teacher exclaimed "I barely knew her then, and Ava I'm not that psychotic."
Ava rolled her milky green orbs and shrugged her shoulders. "She also said that she told you Bill would threaten to report her to the medical board for giving him vampire blood-"
"I miss gay Bill" Ava muttered "hey Ric how comes you didn't mention that?" she asked frowning.
"Because she didn't" Alaric exclaimed wondering where the hell did people come up with this type of stuff.
The sheriff rested her hands on her hips "A 2am call the night he was killed? I pulled your records; you spoke for over an hour"
"Damn Ric what the hell?" Ava's eyebrows shot to her hairline, this was completely new.
Alaric was stumped as he tried to recall if he called the doctor in the first place, the fairy decided to see if she could hear anything. So she plunged into his mind and all she got was fog…she couldn't read him clearly. She put it down to herself being tired and drained.
"Ok" Alaric sat back down "yes I….remember calling her that night…I was drinking-"
Ava tutted "Drunk dialling is the worst, I think Gran once crank called the mayor and….told her about lace dollies or something-"
"Ssh Ava-"Liz said sternly and nodded for the hunter to keep going.
"-I don't remember the conversation…"
Ava huffed this was not helping Ric at all, everything was pointing to him being the murderer.
"Do you have an alibi for the night Brian Walters was killed?" she asked.
"He was with me" Ava lied "Yeah…me and the Ricster…nothing inappropriate and-"
"You're lying" Liz cut her off
Ava's jaw dropped "No I'm not…how could you Lizzie? After everything we've been through and-"
"You were at Caroline's party thing, and then you went home" the sheriff cut her off. "Plus your eyebrows move too much when you lie-"this caused the fairy to clap her hand over her eyebrows. Bloody hell was that her tale-tell sign of lying? Eyebrows going up and down? She would have to fix that.
"So Alaric do you have an alibi?" the blond woman repeated her earlier question.
"I was there on the night of the bridge fundraiser you saw me there" Alaric answered.
"Time of death was between 1-3 am-"
"Well then I…I must've been home sleeping. I'm sure of it…I'm sure of it" the history teacher exclaimed, Ava frowned and licked her lips from his tone she thought that even he doubted it.
The fairy stood up attracting both Alaric's and the sheriff's attention "He's not the murderer I am" she declared loudly.
"Ava-"
"Peter join in-"she called one of the older deputies.
"Oh erm…I'm the murderer?" the old man said in confusions, Ava nodded
"Ric-"
"Ava what the hell are you doing?" the sheriff asked she knew for the fact that the small blond wasn't the killer.
"Oh I get it you're acting out that scene from…that Sparta film right?" Peter grinned but a stern look from the sheriff sent him scurrying off.
"Ava sit down, Elena is coming to get you" Liz sighed and turned on her heel.
Ava slumped against the bars and sighed, Alaric smiled he knew in her odd way she was trying to help. He surprised the fairy by grabbing her hand through the bars and engulfing it his own larger one.
"Thanks Ava for that." Alaric uttered "For what it's worth Ava…you're a good actress" he couldn't help but grin seeing the large smile on her face.
"I know Ric…I know" Ava said causing him to laugh.
"So you're not even going ask why I was in jail?" Ava asked, she was currently sitting in the front seat of Elena's car.
"Nope" Elena giggled "It's all over YouTube, you should know you got so many comments saying that you have fantastic aim-"the fairy grinned. "So how is Ric?"
"It's…he didn't do it Elena. This Dr Fell woman is stirring things up. I even read his mind and nothing" Ava said. "We can't just leave him to stew…Damon isn't going to help is he?"
"Afraid not" Elena admitted "Oh and before I forget Bonnie called Caroline, and Abbey is going to go through with the transition" she told her.
"That's something…you know what we should do? Talk to Meredith find out what the bitch's deal is" Ava uttered "And-"
"I agree" Elena said.
"Huh" Ava hummed "I was meant to do more persuading and everything-"she felt the car coming to a stop "And we're at the hospital right?"
"Right" Elena said "We need to be calm and rational…so let me do the talking"
"Fine" Ava agreed, she'll step in if things weren't looking good for them. She climbed out of the jeep and hopped over to the doppelganger's side. It was about ten minutes later and Elena eyed her blond friend from the corner of her eye. "Would you stop jumping? You're making me nervous"
"I can't help it" Ava whined she had to pee so badly.
"She's here" Elena whispered, and sure enough the fairy heard the sound of another car slowing down. "Come-"she grabbed onto Ava's wrist and led her over to Meredith who was heading towards the entrance of the hospital. The smaller brunette sighed seeing Elena there.
"I'm due in surgery" Meredith said brushing them off.
"Well tough luck whore" Ava snapped, she grunted when Elena elbowed her hard in the ribs.
"I'm going to ignore that you must be Ava. I heard so much about you" the doctor said, Elena and Ava kept pace with her "Whatever case you're going to make for Alaric make it quick-"hate rose in Ava for this woman. She opened her mouth about to insult the woman, but a small squeeze on her wrist from Elena told her to keep her mouth shut.
"I don't have to make a case" Elena stated "he didn't do anything."
"How do you know?" Meredith questioned her "Sure you live with him and he takes care of you but do you actually know anything about him?"
"I know enough" Elena said, the doctor came to a stop forcing the teens to stop as well.
"Let me tell you what I know" the doctor said, Ava frowned knowing she wasn't going to like what the woman was about to say "He was arresting for four times for fighting before the age of 21. When he was at Duke his future wife Isobel filed a restraining order against him twice, although that says more about her than him."
Elena shook her head "You're making this up" she denied.
"Am I? How would you know you took pity on a borderline alcoholic vampire hunter and you never thought to look any deeper"
"How could you do this to him?" Elena asked in disbelief, "You know he didn't kill anyone-"
"You date a vampire Elena it shouldn't come to a shock to you that your guardian is a murderer-"Meredith snapped.
"Alright" Ava's lips thinned "step off bitch. Retract your statement or things aren't going to go so well for you-"
"Are you threatening me?" Meredith scowled.
Ava's cheeks flushed in anger "Yeah I am. I know Ric more than you. I know him, I know that he's favourite colour is blue. I know he thinks Elena's cooking is shit which is true-"
"Hey-"Elena said offended but the fairy carried on.
"I know he actually does like Bridget Jones's diaries…and I know he isn't a murderer-"
"How would you know?" Meredith said
"How do you know so much about him in the first place?" Ava countered "What the fuck? Are you stalking him? Alaric isn't a murderer-"
"You don't know that" Meredith snapped, Elena swallowed she could see things were getting heated.
"I do" Ava snarled "I…I read his mind and he isn't a killer" she blurted out. Elena's eyes widened at the fairy's declaration.
"You're insane. And I don't have time for this" Dr Fell said snidely and turned on her heel.
"YEAH WELL…YOUR SCRUBS DO MAKE YOU LOOK FAT. BITCH." Ava shouted the doppelganger grabbed Ava's hand literally shoved in to the car when she saw some of the hospital security guards coming out hearing the commotion. "Drive Elena drive, hospital guards aren't friendly" Ava said loudly.
"I'm not even going to bother ask how you know that" Elena turned the key bringing the car to life and tore out of the parking lot.
"And ta da we're in" Ava exclaimed, "and I can't believe you're condoning this" she added. She, Elena and Matt were all currently in Meredith Fell's apartment.
"And it's worrying that I'm not surprised you can do this" Elena muttered, Ava was able to break into the doctor's flat.
"Ah Gran taught me" Ava grinned tucking the paperclip back into her jacket pocket. "Plus it helps that she's got shitty locks" she added.
"Alright go in" Matt ushered them in. "Why am I here by the way?" he asked.
"Well you're the muscle" Ava said seriously as Elena closed the door behind them, the fairy broke out into giggles "Shit no…I was kidding…if we get in trouble, we'll chuck you at them and then we'll leg it. Right Elena?"
"Right-"Matt looked at his former girlfriend in disbelief.
Elena shrugged a smile played on her lips "It's Ava's plan" she simply said as she flicked the lights on. Matt already started to root around the apartment; they were trying to find information to either show that Alaric was innocent or something that would incriminate Meredith.
"Ok look, we don't know how much longer Meredith will be in surgery so let's see what we can find" Elena said.
"Right" Ava nodded "Where's the kitchen…I'll search her fridge" she added.
Matt snorted and gently pushed Ava towards the fridge, "Just try and not make it obvious that-"
"Chill I steal all the time." Ava uttered. She felt the cool air from the fridge and started to rummage through it. Whilst Elena and Matt started to look for evidence, the fairy was still able to keep track of what was going on.
"Didn't the police comb over this place?" Matt asked, "She handed everything over-"he moved over to the bookshelf.
"Yeah well I'm looking for what she didn't hand over" Elena murmured. Her eyes widened seeing the fairy pulling out numerous food items out of the fridge. "You better out that back Ava-"
"I will" Ava uttered and set about making herself something to eat. "Plus there she should be something here. Meredith knows something" she murmured.
"Are you sure-"
"Yes Matt. God you're meant to be the muscle/distractor. You sure do ask a lot of question" Ava huffed and buttered a piece of bread. "You weren't with Ric today. He is innocent."
"Ava's right, I know him as well" Elena uttered going through some more papers. "She is a Fell which means…"she trailed off and headed towards the closet, Matt followed after her, whilst also keeping an eye on Ava. He was glad to see the blond putting stuff back into the fridge. His attention was brought back to Elena as the doppelganger knocked on the false back of the closet "skeletons in the closet, just like a true Fell" she said opening the back. Ava strolled over to them just as Matt pulled out a box
"Ava you made a sandwich?" Elena asked kneeling down besides the box. The fairy was clutching onto a mound of food. She took a large bite out of it, so her cheeks bulged "What's in it?" she asked.
"Everything" Ava said accidentally spraying Matt. The jock groaned in disgust. "So-"she swallowed down the mulch of food in her mouth "what's in the box?" she asked.
"Files" Elena frowned "Brian Walters? Bill Forbes?"
"Alaric Saltzman" Matt picked up the bigger folder out of the box.
"Fuck" Ava breathed "she…she is totally the murderer" she declared and took another bite out of her sandwich.
Ava licked her fingers; she had finished her sandwich and was sitting down on a wooden chair. Elena and Matt were still going through the boxful of folders.
"She's got everything on him, medical records, and old court documents" Elena said aloud for Ava's benefit.
"Fucking psycho" Ava muttered and cleared her dry throat.
"What's this?" Matt asked pulling out a worn out looking born, he handed it over to the brunette. The fairy heard the sound of Elena flipping through the crinkly pages.
"Oh my god-"she heard, Ava frowned "What?"
"It's an old Gilbert journal" Elena explained
"Ok…she broke in and stole one of your old family journals? She is worse than Tiki." Ava got onto her feet "I need some water" she mumbled and walked over to the kitchen.
"Didn't you say the medical examiner time of death was between 1-3am?" Matt asked looking at the piece of paper in his hands.
"Yeah. I was there when Liz told him" Ava's voice floated over to them, they heard the sound of a tap running. The fairy poured herself a glass of water and took a gulp of the cool liquid and sighed feeling the rest of her sandwich being washed down her throat. She trailed her hand over the countertop. And felt a bowl touch her palm, the curious fairy plunged her hand into the bowl and plucked an apple from the bowl.
"Why are you interested in that?" Elena asked.
"Because the coroner's office said it was wrong" they both froze hearing the sound of keys rattling. Meredith was back.
"Ava hide. She's back" Elena said.
Ava's heart rate spike "Where?"
"Under her bed, next room" the doppelganger ordered "Five steps forward and turn left. And just crawl-"
Ava hastily did as she was ordered, and once Matt and Elena were sure that the fairy was hidden they hastily closed the closet door. The petite teen wriggled underneath the bed and held her breath.
Ava clutched onto the apple and heard the sound of the front door shutting; she waited with baited breath and felt the floor shake with vibration as Meredith walked into the bedroom. The fairy held her breath she relaxed when she heard the sound of the light being switched off and Meredith's heels clacking against the floorboards.
Ava rolled out of the bed hearing the front door closing. Elena and Matt opened the closet door also hearing Meredith leaving. But they both gasped and jumped back when they come face to face with an annoyed looking doctor. Elena cringed when Ava emerged from the bedroom, taking a bite out of the shiny red apple she was oblivious to the scene that was going on in front of her.
"So did the psycho bitch go?" Ava asked swallowing the sweet chunk of apple.
Matt groaned "No psycho bitch is right here" Meredith turned to face the fairy. The petite blond teen's eyes widened comically
"Oh shit. Matt attack come Elena let's run" Ava shouted and chucked her apple in the direction of Meredith's voice, the smaller brunette ducked and Elena called out the fairy's name. They all cringed and winced when Ava ran face first into the front door that Meredith had shut beforehand. Ava yelped in pain and clutched her nose.
"Oww-"she howled.
Meredith shook her head "First time I'm going to be treating someone who broke into my apartment" she muttered and rushed over to the teen.
"I think I'm dying-"Ava groaned,
"No you just got a bloody nose" Meredith muttered and started to clean the fairy up.
Ava pressed the ice pack against her sore nose, and sighed. Second time today she was in the police station and she knew that the sheriff was going to be pissed. Elena and Matt were sitting on either side of her.
Sheriff Forbes stormed into the office "What were you thinking?" she snapped.
"Well-"
"Shut up Ava" Liz snapped "you already got done for vandalising."
Ava poured but nodded, she pressed the cool ice firmer against her throbbing nose. "I know we had no right-"Elena started.
"No right? You broke the law" Liz looked at the three in disbelief
"We found something that clears Alaric-"Elena explained. Ava nervously licked her lips and shifted in her seat. "It gives him an alibi in the Brian Walters murder case."
"You mean this?" Liz picked up the sheet of paper
"What is it?" Ava asked
"It's a letter from the county coroner's office correcting the error in the time of death of the Brian Walters case. Meredith Fell received it today; she brought it to me several hours ago, full of apologies for accusing an innocent man." There was a stunned silence.
"Well…this is awkward" Ava muttered
"No kidding" Matt grumbled. "Why would she have a copy hidden in her closet?" Ava nodded that was a good question.
"I can't ask those questions Matt, because of the very fact that you broke into her home to find it" Liz said curtly "do you know how much I'm already protecting you three? Especially you Ava?" the fairy felt guilt blossom in the pit of her stomach.
"I'm sorry" Elena said.
"Just get out of my office and go home" the sheriff instructed. "Please, Alaric will be released as soon as the letter is authenticated. Go."
The three teens hastily got onto their feet and hurried out of the room but not before Liz called Ava back. "Ava you're let off for what happened in the morning" she told the petite blond.
"Really?" Ava asked that was good.
"Yes…it was funny though" Liz said "now shoo go." When she was sure that the blond had gone she couldn't help but let out a quiet chuckle. She made sure no one was entering the office before she pressed 'play' and watched the clip that Jimmy had uploaded onto YouTube.
"Ok ready?" Ava yelled from the other end of the street, she would be spending the night at Elena's place since there was still a killer at large, plus the doppelganger loved having Ava around, she definitely brightened things up.
"No Ava-"Matt shouted but the fairy didn't listen and sprinted towards him, Elena side stepped just as Ava jumped onto Matt's back.
"Yay, we did it. Now go-"with that she kicked his side "faster-"
The jock didn't have a steady balance, so it was no surprise when he fell face first onto the pavement. "Oww-"
"Oh bitch" Ava grumbled "Jeremy is a way better horse then you" he had broken her fall, the fairy jumped onto her feet, as Elena helped Matt on to his.
"I hate you Ava-"
"I know you love me Matt" Ava grinned, she was feeling much better it was probably down to not constantly thinking about Damon or Klaus. They carried on walking down the street just passing the back alley of the Grill. Ava's brows furrowed hearing a snarling and growling. Elena looked over to where the noise was coming from her eyes widened taking in the scene. There was Stefan drinking from a girl.
"What are you doing?" Elena asked she thought Stefan was coping with his bloodlust, but from what she could see he was still having problems. Turns out Stefan had been lying to her. "Stefan? His face is covered in blood…"
"Elena-"
"What are you two doing?" Elena asked.
"Relax Elena" Damon said alerting Ava that he was there as well. She swallowed wondering what was going on. "Just a little experiment…there's no need to make it into something dramatic-"
"Elena, Ava" Matt murmured "let's go…Ava, Elena-"he snapped hating that the two women he cared about were involved in this vampire mess.
Ava remained rooted to her spot "Ava-"
"Coming" Ava called and walked towards where Stefan's ragged breathing was coming from; she raised her hand and placed it on Stefan's cheek. "You didn't kill her at least" she whispered to Stefan, pulling out a handkerchief and pressed it into his hands.
"Ava-"
"I'll talk to her for ya Stef" Ava assured him and hugged the vampire tightly.
"AVA-"Matt shouted from where he stood beside his car.
"I should go" Ava muttered and turned on her heel but there was a pulse of air, she bumped into Damon.
"Ava I'm trying-"
"You're trying to help your brother" Ava murmured, she breathed in Damon's scent, god she missed smelling his cologne, he smelt of bourbon and mixed spices. "It's a good thing Damon. Concentrate on that we've got all the time in the world"
Damon smiled and gently stroked her cheek "Ok." He pressed a lingering kiss on her temple.
"AVA COME ON" Matt shouted breaking the moment between the pair. Damon gazed after her wanting to make sure she got to the jock's car safe. He was oblivious of Stefan leaving him in the dust. His eyes were only on Ava. He missed her, the Boarding House…was so lifeless, and he felt a little part of him was missing as well.
Ava sighed she was sitting at the Gilbert kitchen table, Matt was making her and Elena mugs of hot chocolate.
"Here ya go Ava, there are those small marshmallows on top" he added setting the piping hot beverage down in front of her.
"Thanks" Ava smiled and plucked the fluffy treat from the cup and popped it into her mouth. Matt said down opposite the doppelganger, the fairy could hear Matt's thoughts clear as day, he wasn't exactly being quiet.
"Elena, Matt is being very, very loud…and judgey" Ava added, Matt rolled his eyes, he was still finding it hard to adjust to the fact his small blond friend could easily read his mind.
"Matt say it" Elena uttered.
"We know you want to" Ava added taking another marshmallow out of her mug; she hummed feeling the hot chocolate against it.
"I just don't get your thing with both of them" Matt admitted.
"I feel safe with Stefan" she said, Ava nodded agreeing with her, Damon made her feel safe, loved and protected "I know it doesn't make sense, but for me at the beginning after my parents died Stefan was there. I just-I mean a part of me felt like he would never stop loving me…like he would never…"
"Die" Ava finished off. That was the one thing that kept her going she lost everyone she loved in her short life and…then Damon came along and she knew he wouldn't die on her. She didn't have a fear of losing him.
"Yeah" Elena looked over to Ava and saw emotions swimming in her milky green orbs. "Like they would never die."
Matt's eyes darted between the pair "Like either of your parents, or you Gran Ava." He said softly.
"Well this is getting mushy" Ava jumped onto her feet, her voice shook "I'm just going to get Coco and some clothes." She told them and scurried off. Elena and Matt knew that the fairy found it hard to express emotions at times.
"Alright Coco you're off" Ava declared having returned to the Gilbert House with some clothes. "Get in-"she lightly pushed the puppy through the door, she heard the sound of its paws scampering across the hallway. "Now let's steal some bourbon and-"
"I don't think so" a familiar voice said "no underage drink-"
"RIC" Ava screeched and jumped on the hunter. Alaric laughed and hugged her hard pressing his cheek on her head. "I missed you so much" she uttered
"I missed you too" Alaric said sincerely.
Some time had passed; Elena and Ava were both on the couch the fairy was munching through a bowl of popcorn whilst the brunette was reading through the Gilbert journal that Matt had stolen back for her.
"Ava your foot is in my ass-"Elena grunted.
"You're in the way-"Ava huffed. The doppelganger attempted to try and free her leg from beneath the fairy, it had gone numb.
"Ava-"she managed to free it, but ended up sending the fairy crashing onto the floor, Alaric had just walked down the stairs, both he and Elena watched as if in slow motion the bowl of popcorn was thrown up in the air, then all to quickly came back down landing right on Ava's head.
Elena and Alaric laughed hard. "Elena-"Ava yelled out jerked the bowl off.
"It was funny-"the fairy rolled her eyes and leant against the bottom of the couch.
"So you two" Alaric strolled over to them "I heard about what you've done today, and whilst I appreciate it I should be the one taking care of you…both of you" he added. "Even if I suck at it-"
"Pfft" Ava snorted "Ricster you're family, we take care of our own" she said. That warmed the hunter's heart.
"How about we agree to take care of each other?" Elena offered
"Right so what are you reading there?" Alaric asked catching sight of the diary.
"Oh a Gilbert journal, his granddaughter's one. She turned out to be just as crazy" Elena sighed and got onto her feet. "I'm going to bed"
The doppelganger left leaving Alaric and Ava behind. "So Ava I think you deserve this" he said with that he gently bopped her on the back of her head.
"Oww" the fairy huffed "What-"
"Vandalising a police car-"
"Accident-"
"Threatening a doctor-"
"She's a bitch-"
"Breaking an entry-"
"Yeah" Ava grinned.
Alaric couldn't help but laugh "You're actually proud of that aren't you?" he asked.
"Hell yeah" she climbed up onto the sofa and snuggled into the cushions. The history teacher pulled the quilt over the fairy and walked off into the kitchen as Coco climbed on top of the fairy and burrowed itself in her warmth.
Ava was brought out of her light doze by voices in the kitchen; she picked up the sleeping puppy and dropped him on the couch.
"What is she doing here?" she recognised Meredith's voice.
"I need to explain" Meredith uttered "Listen like the sheriff said, the victims were killed using your weapons-"
"But I was attacked" Alaric pointed out.
"With your own knife" Meredith countered "a wound that could have been self-inflicted."
"It's impossible-"Ava was trying to link everything together "I would know if I were killing people"
Ava swallowed "But Ric…you've got gaps in your mind-"
"Ava don't listen to her. She's insane" he glared at the doctor.
"No I think you might be" Meredith said. Ava frowned she could tell that the doctor wasn't trying to play with him. "You wear a ring that lets you cheat death. How many times can you die before it changes you?" she asked earnestly. Alaric needed to sit down, Ava felt him brushing pass her, and she placed her hand on his shoulder giving it a small squeeze. "You're sick, I want to help you. This happened a hundred years ago once before."
Elena appeared at the doorway "Ric I think she's right. Ava could you try and see what's going on?"
Ava nodded and placed her cool fingers against Alaric's temple…she plunged into his mind; she sought out the murky parts but couldn't get through.
"It's like…you've got another psyche" Ava murmured "I can't understand it…since that part isn't conscious."
"You're the killer Alaric" Meredith announced.
There was an uneasy silence in the air. "Oh for fuck sake" Ava groaned "There's always some shit."
AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Outfit link on profile. Thanks to those who reviewed.
So in this Chap-At the beginning Ava squashes Coco by accident. We see how she ends up in jail, she breaks a police car's window and is thought to be holding a weapon. Jimmy the paper boy posts it on YouTube. Ava and Ric are in cells, where Damon and her speak for a bit. Ava and Ric bonding, she can't find anything in his mind. Ava attempts to act out a Sparta scene, saying she murdered Brian. Ava is released and she and Elena confront Meredith, Ava says scrubs make her look fat. Ava manages to break in, Gran taught her. We know why Matt is there, he's the muscle. Ava ends up making herself a sandwich whilst Elena and Matt snoop. Ava hides under the bed and runs into the door. Liz watches the YouTube Clip. Ava prefers Jeremy as her horse. Stefan makes a breif appearance. Alaric is the killer Ava is annoyed.
Next Chap-Ava, Meredith and Psycho Ric are in the same house.
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