Ava hummed under her breath "Blunt the knives…something something…that's what Bilbo Baggins hate" she sang "God that film is awesome" she muttered. "Come on" she grunted. The resident fairy of Mystic Falls was currently in the hospital. After Meredith's revelation, they had been whisked away to the hospital where Meredith could run some scans on the hunter.

Ava didn't know what the doctor expected to find but she doubted it could be anything medical; after all it was the supernatural ring that was causing the problem. Whilst Elena and Meredith were dealing with a psychotic Ric, Ava was in her own predicament, she had her hand in the soda machine. "Nearly there-"she grunted feeling the tips of her fingers brushing the cold can. "And…the piece of shit won't come out" she snapped.

"Fucking two dollars gone to waste-"Ava swore and went to pull her hand out but couldn't the fairy's eyes bugged out. "Oh shit, oh shit" she whispered and tugged hard. "Fuck-fuck-fuck-"she squeaked as she tried to free her hand. But the limb was really wedged in there. "Stupid shit of a can-"Ava was glad that no one was around to witness this. She knew for a fact that if any of her friends caught her she would never be able to live it down. It would be deemed as an Ava move to get her hand stuck in the soda machine.

Ava puffed out some air and tried a different technique and spun around on her heel. She walked away and just hoped maybe this way her hand would be freed but it didn't work, all she achieved was getting a very sore arm.

"Come on-"she yelled "bloody hell always me" Ava whined and tugged, she had no doubt she would need help.

"Hey-"she heard a pair of thundering footsteps coming towards her "Stop thief-"

"Hey" Ava yelled back "I'm not a thief I would make a better getaway" she snapped.

"Then what the hell are you doing?" she could tell that this man was old from the tone of his voice.

"Oh just chilling-"the petite blond said sarcastically "what's it to you anyway? Ass"

"I'm the security guard-"Ava blushed, ok maybe insulting him wasn't such a good idea "hey aren't you the kid who told Dr Fell that she looked fat in her scrubs-"

"Erm no-"

"Yeah you are-"the guard insisted

"No that was my twin…she's a dipshit honestly. I'm the good one" Ava said seriously. The guard cocked an eyebrow,

"What's her name then?" the man asked, not buying anything that the little blond was saying, he definitely didn't forget the girl who had embarrassed Meredith Fell.

"Erm…Avvanna. Our parents are exotic people-"

"I got you on security yelling at her-"

"Oh damn" Ava pouted.

"So why are you nearly bowed down to the floor?" he asked

Ava sighed, knowing she wouldn't be able to get out of this mess on her own. "This is why" she shifted slightly revealing the soda machine in which her hand was stuck in.

"Oh" the man snorted before bursting out with laughter "damn kid you're stuck-"

"I know" Ava huffed. "You mind helping me out?" she asked him.

"Wait-"her brows furrowed and she groaned hearing a snap "you're taking a picture aren't you?"

"Of course. I saw your YouTube channel, funniest thing ever. This is so going to get posted-"

"Hey" the teen snapped "you mind?"

"Alright…well this will require teamwork" he said. "I'm Floyd by the way-"

Ava snorted "Your parents must have hated you-"

"What?"

"Nothing come on-"she spoke over him, not wanting to get on the wrong side of anyone who could help her. Soon enough Floyd found himself wrapping his arms around the teen's waist

"On the count of three-"

"Just skip to three-"Ava snapped her wrist was getting extremely sore and she would most likely end up with a bruise.

"Fine brat-"

"What'd you call me-"she yelped when Floyd pulled hard with enough force to send her and himself careening backwards. The old guard grunted when Ava landed on him hard, they were both slightly breathless and the fairy clutched her sore

"All for a can-"Floyd broke the silence.

"Yeah…so not worth it" Ava muttered and shifted so that she was sitting on the cool floor. "Such a-"she paused when she felt the cold can nudged her ankle. "Hey I got one" the fairy grinned scooping up the can of soda.

"Wonderful" Floyd grunted "kid you're on my crotch-"

"Eww-nasty-"Ava scrambled off of him.


Elena sighed and folded her arm across her chest as she watched Alaric being put under the MRI machine. "What are you looking for?" she asked Meredith who was standing beside her. Before the doctor could answer they were interrupted.

They could hear a pair of voices "Floyd what-"Meredith questioned as the security guard entered the room.

"I've got something that belongs to you" he muttered and pulled the petite fairy by the scruff of her neck and pushed her forward.

"She caused trouble again didn't she?" Elena sighed rubbing her temples. Ava rolled her milky green orbs and walked forward.

"Hardly trouble. I'm am the complete opposite" Ava said seriously.

Floyd snorted "My ass…-"this caused Meredith's eyes widened, the old security man barely spoke to her. "Anyway your kid-"

"I'm not her kid" Ava huffed and blanched at the thought of Elena being her mother "God knows that'd I'd be deaf by now if Elena was my mother…it's just constant nagging and ow-"she yelped "she pinched me."

Elena rolled her dark brown eyes "Right…thanks for bringing her back" she smiled politely at the man.

"Yeah just check on YouTube for later" he grinned and left.

"YouTube-"Meredith started but the petite fairy cut her off.

"Ignore him…old people they're crazy" Ava uttered and licked her lips, she held out her hand and placed in on the window that Elena and Meredith had been watching Alaric through. "They're not crazy like Ric crazy because that would seriously be fucked up…"she cleared her throat. "Anyway you figured out what was wrong with him yet?" she asked curiously, unknowingly finishing off Elena's earlier question.

"No…I don't know" Meredith sighed coming to stand beside the fairy, whilst the doppelganger stood on her other. "It could be a tumour…a vascular anomaly anything physical that can help explain his behaviour." Ava nodded "If it's medical then I can treat it" the blond felt hope flare in her chest. They could get the hunter back to his usual self, "And if it's not?" Elena asked causing Ava to frown.

"Well we'll do with that too" Meredith assured her and squeezed Ava's shoulder seeing the expression on her face, she knew that the fairy and the history teacher had some special bond you would literally have to be blind not to see it.

"When did you suspect him?" Elena asked breaking the brief moment of silence; Ava rested her temple against the glass and closed her eyes. "That it was Alaric who was killing all those people?"

Ava's brows puckered "Yeah when did you notice that?...Alaric was the last person I pegged to be a complete fruit loop. First I thought you were the killer...-"

"Me?" Meredith asked incredulously.

"Duh…you gave off that crazy bitch vibe" Ava said casually "Rebekah gives those vibes off as well." She added.

"Meredith?" the doppelganger veered the slightly offended doctor back onto the topic at hand.

"It was after he told me about his ring" Meredith explained, Elena quickly slapped her hand over the fairy's mouth seeing the smaller teen about to comment "I remember a story where my grandmother told me about Samantha Gilbert and her journal. I don't know If you know this but we Fells are notorious busybodies-"

Ava snorted "That's a massive understatement, my Gran told me also that the Fells were nosy, conniving…deceitful-"

"Yeah thanks for that" the doctor said in a flat tone, she learnt not to be offended around Ava.

"I've got a question" Ava uttered "why did you protect him?" she asked.

"Because I'm a doctor" Meredith replied simply "I don't like seeing someone being hurt by something they don't have no control over. And when he and I first met I just wanted to help him-"

"Yeah you wanted to strip him and do the dirty though right" Ava wagged her eyebrows up and down suggestively, causing Meredith to balk she went to deny but Ava cut her off. "And don't say you didn't I can read your mind…its full of filth kind of like Elena's-"the doppelganger blushed and shoved Ava with enough force to send her toppling onto to her bottom.

"Ava-"Elena whined the fairy giggled and shook her head.

"No worries we all have dirty thoughts. Even I do" Ava scrambled onto her feet

"You?" Meredith cocked an eyebrow "who would-"

Ava sniffed "Excuse me I can have dirty thoughts you know. My current fix is on Benedict Cumberbatch…his voice-"she fanned herself and pretended to swoon causing Meredith and Elena to exchange amused looks "it oozes sex."

"What the hell? This can't be happening Oh My God-"Ava gasped hearing Alaric's frantic thoughts, she clutched her head

"Ava-"Elena's voice was coated with concern "What-"

"Something is wrong with Ric-"Ava uttered, "His thoughts-they're everywhere-"Meredith frowned and looked over to the machine where the hunter was in. she could see his jerky movements and pressed the intercom button.

"Everything ok in there?" the doctor called out, Elena followed her gaze and swallowed nervously

"Yeah…yeah everything is ok" Alaric replied, Ava relaxed no longer hearing his frantic thoughts, she shook her head causing her blond locks to fly.

"Ava-"

"I…he's fine" Ava murmured and shook her head "I need a drink" she declared and sauntered off. Elena's brows furrowed "Ava-"

"Relax non-alcoholic drink" the fairy yelled back "and I wanna visit Floyd." She uttered.

Elena looked over to Meredith seeing the doctor about to leave as well "Where are you-"

"I have to check YouTube" Meredith said a grin on her face.

"Wait for me" Elena jogged after her, the trio of women completely forgot about a hunter who was at the moment stuck in the MRI machine.

"Hello?" Alaric called and rolled his eyes hearing no reply. "Figures…they'd forget the psycho killer is here."


"Ava would you stop?" Alaric questioned, the fairy had managed to scout his hospital room out as Elena went off to talk to Meredith.

"What?" Ava questioned, jumping up and down on the bed "you know Ricster…this bed sucks" she declared "not bouncy enough-"

Alaric shook his head, he was grateful to have the teen around she distracted him from his morbid thoughts. "Right…well stop before you-Ohh-"he cringed when Ava mistimed her footing and hit the ground hard. She howled in pain and clutched her temple since she had smacked it against the ground. "Hurt yourself" Alaric mumbled and rushed over to her.

"Oh gosh…I think I'm dying" Ava groaned and held her head, the hunter knelt down in front of her.

"No you're not" Alaric gently batted her hand away and just saw that her skin was slightly reddened "No worries anyway Ava. You should technically be brain damaged by the amount of hits to the head you have taken."

Ava's jaw dropped and hit his arm, as he snickered. "Not funny…douche-"he helped her onto her feet as Elena strolled into the room.

"Meredith said everything is normal" Elena informed her guardian, she grabbed onto Ava's wrist pulling the teen to her side.

Alaric started to pocket his personal items "Of course everything is normal. Because there is nothing wrong with me-"he snapped. "I didn't kill Bill Forbes, or Brian Walter. Or shoved a hunting knife into my stomach-"

Ava whistled "Alright Ricster calm it…don't go psycho-"there was a resounding silence, the fairy could feel the heated glares she was receiving and rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly "Too soon? Ok…anyway…Ricster there is something going on. Your mind is murky sometimes…"she uttered.

Alaric sighed in defeat; he trusted the blond and knew that there must be something there. He looked down at the Gilbert ring "Or I did…"he uttered "and I've gone insane, just like your ancestor Elena…who wore that ring"

Ava licked her lips and tucked in a stray curl "I'm gonna to call Bonnie the ring was made by a witch, so maybe a witch could reverse the damage." The doppelganger said earnestly

Alaric stared at the brunette and slid the ring towards her "Take it" he instructed "I don't want it anymore."

Ava frowned and sighed, she heard heavy booted footsteps behind her. "Ava-"Damon appeared behind her and surprised the teen by dropping a kiss onto her cheek "for you-"he shoved a paper bag into her hands and looked over to Alaric, not missing the glare that Elena was shooting him.

The vampire inwardly rolled his eyes knowing that the doppelganger was mad because of the whole Stefan scenario. "Ready to ditch this place?" he asked his friend "you look terrible."

"Lovely Damon" Ava shook her head, shifting the bag from one hand to the other "make him more self-conscious. I'm sure you look great Ric…don't listen to the dick. You're sexy for a teacher-"she blathered on, and blushed realising what came out of her mouth.

Damon smirked and Alaric just shook his head "You really need to keep your filter intact" the vampire murmured into her ear, Ava felt the familiar sparks across her skin whenever Damon was close.

"I'm going to check out of here" Alaric strolled out of the room, Elena grabbed Ava's hand and dragged the teen out.

Ava felt the fresh air hit her as they exited the stuffy room; the doppelganger was going to drop the fairy off at her house since the teen needed to change and freshen up.

"Elena don't worry about him" Damon said as he followed after the pair, he was annoyed by the doppelganger walking off with his girl. "I'll get some martini and whatever else he'll be fine. He didn't kill anyone-"

"What is wrong with you?" Elena snarled, Ava came to a stop when the brunette halted "How can you just go out feeding with Stefan like some vampire pub crawl" the fairy rolled her eyes, thinking here comes another argument between the pair.

"Right-"Elena went ahead and fished her car keys out of her pocket "I thought we was talking about Alaric but of course it's Stefan-"

"And that surprises you?" Ava cocked an eyebrow

"Not really" Damon admitted, itching to hold the fairy in his arms, it felt like too long ago since he held Ava.

"Ava you was there as well" Elena spun around "Damon stood there and let Stefan feed off of an innocent girl-"

"Whoa no I'm staying out of this" Ava declared taking a step back, bumping into Damon, he steadied her and brushed pass her so that he was standing in front of the doppelganger.

"I didn't let him do anything…if you want to get nit-picky about it I made him" he glowered down at the human.

"And why would you do that?" Elena asked in frustration.

Ava sighed and shook her head, she rocked on the balls of her feet and dug into the bag Damon had given her, she smiled realising he had given her a bag of muffins, she pulled one out and took a large chunk out of it.

She tuned back into the conversation "Because Elena we're vampires and we need human blood to survive. We're predators, not puppies." Ava licked her lips and swallowed and raised the muffin back to her lips.

"Well Stefan found a way round it before." Elena stated.

"Erm…no Stefan technically repressed his vampy side and went bat-shit crazy when he had blood. He's got major issues…"Ava piped in.

Damon nodded "Ava's right-"

"Always am" the blond grinned, causing the vampire to smile.

"Don't get cocky-"he countered.

The fairy snorted "That's rich coming from you" she uttered.

"Well I-"

"Damon-"Elena snapped breaking the former couple out of their banter.

Damon shoved the urge to snarl at her "Ava's right, he built himself a delusional wagon in which he repeatedly fall off of. What he needs to learn is control."

Ava agreed with that point whole-heartedly, it was obvious that Stefan's way of coping with his bloodlust wasn't working for him.

"He was able to manage when he was drinking my blood. Every single day" Elena pointed out.

Damon rolled his icy blue orbs, he wasn't in the mood to talk to the doppelganger, he actually arrived to check up on Alaric and of course on Ava. "Ah yes…back when you two was in love, and it was all rainbows and unicorns-"

Ava scoffed "Unicorns really?!" She questioned "lame."

"I'm just saying" Elena bit out "maybe you're not the right person to be teaching Stefan about self-control" with that she climbed into the jeep.

Ava took a step forward and felt her side brush against Damon's/ "You keep doing what you're doing with Stefan, Damon" she murmured pausing "You're his brother you know him better than anyone."

Damon sighed, at least someone believed in him. "And thanks for the muffins-"she added, this time she surprised him by standing on her tippy toes and kissed his jaw. Damon felt his heart warm at that.

"Ava-"

"You should go check on Ric" Ava swallowed and scurried off, she clamoured into Elena's car.

Ava sighed and slammed the door shut as Elena started the car and pulled out of the parking lot. "Ava are you and Damon-"

"Ergh please no" the fairy groaned she wasn't in the mood to discuss hers and Damon's complex relationship especially now since they had to deal with Alaric's issue. She bit her bottom lip and played with the hem of her top; as soon as she got home she was going to take a shower.

"Elena, Damon is right you know." The fairy broke the silence; Elena frowned and glanced over to her before bringing her eyes back onto the road.

"What…-"her eyes widened in realisation the blond was referring to the Stefan situation "Ava Stefan can overcome this and-we can find another way-"

Ava sighed softly and shook her head "Seems like Stefan isn't the only one who built themselves a delusional wagon."

"Ava-"

"Listen" Ava cut her off "I'm your friend Elena and I'm going to tell you the truth. Stefan needs to learn to control his bloodlust…otherwise he's just going to spiral again. Let Damon help him, that's his brother and…you and I both know that family would pull through for one another." She paused for a moment and tucked in a loose curl. "You can help him too…just don't overlook the problem. You can do it. All you have to do is be there for him."

Elena blinked and sighed she gripped onto the steering wheel. "Wow Ava you sure do have wise moments."

Ava grinned "Always am wise…and amazing, and cute, and funny, and-"

"Not modest at all" Elena giggled as she pulled up to the house.

"Catch ya later Elena-"

"Ava, you're staying at mine-"the doppelganger yelled after the blond teen's retreated figure. Ava waved her off

"I know I need to shower and …it's weird to shower in someone else's house…plus I've got clothes there" Ava uttered and skipped off.


Ava huffed "I don't get why I have to be here" she mumbled as Damon lead her, she the vampire, hunter and Meredith were all at the Wickery Bridge site.

"Well" Damon drawled looking down at her and dropped his arm around her shoulders; he didn't miss the way she stiffened slightly, causing him to sigh. He knew that their relationship was iffy at the moment, plus this whole Alaric thing just added more to it. "Would you rather had gone with Elena and hear her talk about Stefan…or come to a party where there's free food?"

Ava grinned "Obvious choice the party right?"

Meredith quirked an eyebrow the building site was hardly a party, she shook her head. Ava swallowed and could hear people chattering; the sound of tools and it was just very noisy. The fairy had a hard time navigating her way through the crowd and was glad that Damon had taken hold of her.

"Rebekah is up to something" Damon said spotting the female Original chatting to the mayor.

"How so?" Ava asked, she was a bit annoyed at Damon for mentioning Rebekah, but the fairy wasn't one to hold grudges…well not for too long.

"She's been snooping on places she shouldn't be" he replied.

Alaric sighed not at all wanting to be here "Tell me again why are we here?" he asked.

Ava sighed "Ric the world can't stop just because you're an accidental psycho killer" Damon uttered.

"Yep…so true. So suck it up Ricster…it doesn't matter if you're a psycho you have to attend this lame party" the fairy announced.

Meredith leant forward and whispered to Alaric "Is it weird how well they go together?" the hunter scoffed, and shook his head.

"Nope…that's how they are" Meredith nodded "So both of you don't have any tact at all?" she asked.

Damon nudged Ava and smirked "We're-"

"Tactless" Alaric uttered "and witty, rude, nightmare….there are more words to describe them."

Ava huffed whilst Damon merely rolled his eyes. "Hey Ricster…be a bit nicer…douche."

"Douche? That's what you come up with?" the vampire snickered and stumbled when Ava shoved him.

"Well you didn't come up with anything" she pointed out, the group had come to a stop, so they were a couple of feet away from Rebekah and the mayor.

"I would have if I know you was going to be insulting him-"Damon exclaimed "by the way that was a sucky insult-"

"Alright-"Ava scowled, her cheeks were growing pink alerting Damon that she was beginning to get mad, he grinned he loved riling up the little spitfire. "I can dish out insults better than you-"

"Really?" Damon cocked an eyebrow.

"Ok enough" Alaric declared loudly interrupting the bickering pair, knowing if he didn't step in soon her and Damon would argue forever. The hunter managed to catch the mayor's attention. Carol hurried over to them.

"Alaric" she greeted him "I'm glad you're here-"

"Oh Mere you might have some competition" Ava said in a sing song voice earning a sharp jab to her side by the history teacher. "Kidding…god you're sure you're not PMS-ing?"

"No I'm not" Meredith hissed her face going red. Ava held up her hands in a sign of surrender.

"So did you bring it?" Carol asked again deciding it was best to ignore Ava, she frowned seeing the confused look on the hunter's face "The restored Wickery bridge sign? The history department promised me that you would have it today."

Ava licked her lips wondering how Ric was going to get out of this. "I-I don't have the sign…it was Ava's fault-"her eyes bugged out "she made me forget. You know how teens are. They keep you busy…this little rascal-"to empathise his point he ruffled Ava's hair "is a-"

"Nightmare-"Carol blurted out.

"Hey-"Ava said slightly offended.

"I was just going to say handful" Alaric piped up, Damon and Meredith both looked away forcing themselves not to laugh.

"Yeah well she's a nightmare" Carol said,

"Is no one going to defend me?" Ava huffed.

"No sweetie…it's the truth" Damon said patronizingly. Ava once again elbowed him causing the vampire to let out a grunt.

"It's not an emergency, we'll just unveil it when the bridge is complete" Carol smiled politely and sauntered off into the crowd.

Alaric sagged and was surprised when Ava shoved him causing him to land on his ass. "What the hell Ava?" he shouted.

"The hell? I'm a handful? Dick…."Ava stalked off causing Alaric to groan. "But it was funny though-"she admitted.

"Get me out of here-"the hunter told Meredith who was helping on to his feet.

"With pleasure-"she smiled at him.

Alaric nodded and looked over to Damon, who he noticed was eyeing a red head woman "Who's that?" he asked curiously.

"A blast from the past. I'm going to be sticking around" Damon uttered and walked off.

"Wait what about Ava or-"

"Take her home with you" the vampire stated, he couldn't trust Sage around Ava so it would be best if the fairy was far away from the nine hundred year old vampire.

"Damon-"Alaric called but the vampire ignored him, causing the hunter to curse under his breath.

"What's wrong?" Meredith asked in confusion, all they had to do was grab Ava and take her back to the Gilbert house.

"We're on Ava watch…-"Alaric said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Meredith pressed her lips together "What's wrong with that?" she asked.

Before Alaric could answer there was a disturbance in the middle of the crowd, "AVA-"Carol shouted "TIKI STOP THIS RIGHT NOW."

"That's what's wrong" Alaric pointed out and Meredith's eyes widened when she saw Ava who was wrestling with a taller dark skinned girl.

"Oh man…"Meredith muttered as Alaric rushed forward and dragged Ava off of Tiki, "this is going to be a long day" she winced when Ava accidentally punched Alaric in the face.


Ava yawned and leant her head back, she was currently sitting on her porch swing, Alaric and Meredith were next door, there was nothing to do and the teen was bored out of her mind. Alaric had told the teen to make sure she'd come over and once again stay there. But at the moment the fairy just wanted some fresh air…she would have settled down on the Gilbert's porch.

But they didn't have a swing. Plus she kind of missed her own house, Ava recalled times when she would simply come out here and think the last time she had done it was with Gran…but it was hardly thinking since they had spent the time pushing each other off of the swing.

She rested her feet that was clad in red shoes against the railing and pushed herself, well attempted to but her balance wasn't all that great.

Ava yelped when she found herself lurching forward on the swing as the whole thing moved. "What the-"

"Careful love" a familiar voice purred into her ear "Wouldn't want to fall would you?"

Ava let out a dramatic groan "Oh bugger…it's you"

"That's the spirit-"

"Quit being sarcastic Klaus" Ava cut him off. "What'd you want?" she felt the porch swing dip down slightly due to added weight, so knew that Klaus had sat down beside her.

"I was passing by and then I saw a lovely creature-"Klaus smirked seeing her scrunching up her nose in disgust.

"Please don't push your charming self on to me…it's weird" Ava muttered.

Klaus grinned "You think I'm charming? Does a little fairy have a crush-"

"Eww no…I didn't say that" the petite blond quickly denied.

"I saw the words leaving your mouth" Klaus drawled resting one arm on the swing, she shifted slightly feeling his fingers graze her jacket covered shoulder.

"No you didn't-"

"Yes I did-"

"No you didn't-"

"Yes I did-"Klaus snapped back,

"Yes I did-"Ava repeated a small smile playing on her lips, maybe this would work.

"No I didn't-"the Originals said without thinking.

"Ha-"Ava declared triumphantly "told ya-"

"What-"Klaus snarled realising that the witty little fairy had tricked him. "You're a minx-"

"Erm…fairy-"Ava frowned "you should get your head check or something" she added as an afterthought.

Klaus rolled his deep blue eyes and stared up at the cloudy sky, a silence settled over the two supernatural beings. They hadn't really spoken since that kiss at the Ball, Ava had pushed it to the back of her mind.

"You know what I realised?" Ava said softly, causing Klaus to turn and face her, he resisted the urge to push aside her stray locks of hair. "I never actually thanked you for all those times you found me. So thank you Klaus"

Klaus smiled "No need to…you could repay me by a kiss-"

Ava rolled her milky green orbs and crossed her arms across her chest. "You ruined a nice moment prick…and there'll be no kissing."

"Well then I should have to steal one then-"

"What-"before the fairy could blink he pressed his lips on her cheek and there was a pulse of air. He was gone. Ava shook her head and was confused; she swore that she made it clear that she didn't want anything to do with him…especially after everything he'd done. But damn when he wanted Klaus could actually be…well human.

"Bloody hell….all sexy men in Mystic Falls are giving me a headache." Ava grumbled, and decided to push it to the back of her mind. There were more pressing matters to sort out first. Namely psycho Ric. So with that thought in mind Ava jumped onto her feet and walked down her pathway heading towards the Gilbert House.


"Hello bitches I'm home" Ava declared slamming the front door shut behind her.

"Language Ava-"Alaric scolded from the kitchen.

"Erm…what?" she questioned and followed the sound of his voice, Alaric looked up from the files he had been reading through and saw the fairy there. He was somewhat relieved to see her here, he was just about to go and fetch her.

"Never mind-"Meredith shook her head, she found their relationship cute especially now that she witness Alaric attempting to scold the blond.

"Ok…well is freaky Mere here? Because-"

"I'm here Ava" Ava blushed

"Oh erm…good…yes very good….hmm-"

"You was about to bitch about me" Meredith stated.

"Of course…I mean no…well yeah-"Ava stammered "ok I was…you're new though. So bitching is the first thing we all do…ya know next time when I enter a room I wouldn't mind if people say their names. It would save me a hell a lot of embarrassment." She huffed.

"Ah but then we wouldn't be able to laugh at you" Alaric chortled, Ava pouted and headed into the pantry deciding now would be ample time to raid their food.

"Ava-"Meredith called and cringed when there was the sound of a glass shattering and then the sound of something being knocked over and then a thud. And finally there was a sudden silence. Alaric was completely unfazed by what was going on in the pantry, Meredith on the other hand wasn't.

"I'm cool" Ava skipped out of the pantry, Meredith's and Alaric's eyes widened seeing the state of the blond. The fairy's face was caked with flower and the top of her head was sprinkled with white powder.

"What-"

"Well this is Ric's fault" Ava simply said and much to Meredith's surprise the fairy pulled out a box of poptarts from behind her back. "Found these, right behind the bag of flour. Must say Ricster you need to find a better hiding place for these" she plopped down on the vacant seat beside him.

"Damn right I do" Alaric muttered and once again started to flicker through the pages again, Ava propped her feet up on the table, once she was sure that the skirt of her dress was smoothed down, "I really don't think you should be looking through that again" Meredith commented placing a bottle of whisky and two glasses on the table. she gently pushed aside Ava's feet causing the blond to stumble. She popped a poptart into her mouth.

"What is it?" Ava asked through a mouthful of the tasty treat.

"Well it's my life in a series of police reports…from restraining orders to everything else" Alaric uttered.

"Oh don't worry Ricster...Gran's life was in a series of police reports…from bar brawls to flashing herself." Ava stated.

Meredith shook her head, wondering how Ava's Gran had been…she vaguely recalled the elderly woman. "You know you don't strike me as an angry guy. Which is weird given everything…you don't" she smiled coyly.

"Well I did stupid stuff when I was younger. Not as bad as Ava though-"

"Oh come on" Ava exclaimed "what is it? Pick on Ava day-"

"Is that every day?" Meredith giggled

"Ok you're new…so no" the fairy commented.

Alaric shook his head "Unlike Ava…all the people I had a fight with had it coming. Like this one guy here-"he picked up a sheet of paper and waved it around in the air "broke a beer bottle over a bartender's head…-"he picked up another one "and this one hit his girlfriend. Ok this guy was a douche-"this caused both Ava and Meredith snicker.

"Ava was yours like this?" Alaric asked, she knew he was referring to whether Ava's or Claudine's bar brawls had a purpose.

"Of course" Ava said airly and then snorted "hell no. Gran got shit-faced."

Alaric laughed at that as well as Meredith. "Well everyone needs to find a way to deal with their dark side…-"

"You're telling me" Ava muttered, when she had her dark period because of Klaus she had gone off the rails…and she wrecked her relationship with Damon. but that was slowly mending itself.

"Some people meditate I became a vampire hunter-"

"Which is awesome by the way" the fairy chipped in, causing the hunter to smile. "Even though you are semi-retired."

"Listen" Alaric cleared his throat looking at Meredith "there's something I need to tell you-"

"Aww" Ava cooed "no Ric I don't fancy you that way…I'm sorry. And-"

"No-"Alaric cut her off and shuddered "Ergh no-"

Ava's milky green orbs narrowed "Ergh?" she mimicked him "what the hell does that mean? Am I not attractive-"

"No you are-"

"Eww-"Ava balked "you're like forty-"

"You went out with a vampire who's over a hundred" Alaric spluttered, Meredith watched the exchange on in amusement

"Yeah…but Damon's hot…so that doesn't count-"Ava uttered "You're sick Ric-"

Alaric looked over to Meredith silently asking the doctor for help, but the brunette merely shrugged her shoulders and sighed. "What were you saying?"

Ava opened her mouth but before she could speak, the hunter shoved a pile of poptarts into the fairy's mouth. "That'd keep her quiet. Well what I was going to say that that there is something in these reports that I need to tell you about."

"Ok" Meredith frowned slightly unnerved at his change of tone. "Ominous so shoot" Ava swallowed and listened.

"Your cousin Logan Fell-"Ava remembered him, he was the creep panting after Jenna after he turned into a vampire "the one who was vampire slayed. I did the slaying-"

Ava's jaw dropped ok she did not know that…hell she didn't even bother to think what happened to him after that night.

There was a moment of silence, Alaric watched as emotions passed across Meredith's face. She shook her head. "The vampire thing…it's not my fight. I used their blood for what I need and leave the judgement for everyone else."

Ava licked her lips "Ok…you sound like a bit of a user…"she said lowly under her breath and tucked in stray curl behind her ear.

"Although I have been kind of wondering why you never staked Damon through the heart." Meredith uttered.

"Ricster and Damon have a bromance going on…sometimes I feel like I'm intruding on their moment." Ava grinned and pouted when Alaric snatched away the box of poptarts off of her.

"Well I did try once to stake him" Alaric said feeling much more relaxed than he had done before "he killed me."

"Oh yeah…"Ava nodded "I heard about that one."

"The thing that started all of this ring stuff is me being angry enough to take down vampires" he said, Meredith clutched his hand.

"God he's got gorgeous eyes…and he's so…drool worthy-"Ava balked at Meredith's thoughts and immediately strengthened the barriers in her mind.

"Ok…well I'm going to root through Jeremy's room. He's always got stuff there…and Meredith keep it in your pants yeah?" Ava turned on her heel and ran off. Alaric cocked eyebrow and looked over the doctor who was blushing furiously, she had forgotten that Ava was able to read her mind.

"Do I-"

"Erm…yeah you're right Ava is crazy." Meredith nodded and started to clean up the mess on the table.

"We should get her tested then yeah?" Alaric asked and shook his head when the doctor didn't meet his gaze.


"AVA" Ava heard Alaric calling her name from downstairs, Meredith had gone to the hospital to make sure her schedule was clear so she could return here. But she didn't leave till Elena had arrived home.

"WHAT?" Ava shouted back, her cheeks were flushed she was attempting to lift some wrights that Jeremy had used. But couldn't she had come to the unsatisfactory conclusion that she had no upper body strength at all.

"COME DOWN STAIRS….NOW-"Alaric frowned when he didn't get a reply, he looked over to Elena who was sitting at the kitchen table waiting.

"Just mention food then she'll come running" Elena advised him.

The hunter sighed and followed through on Elena's advice "I've got food-"there was a flurry of footsteps and Ava came crashing down the stairs bowling Alaric right over. He grunted when the teen landed on him.

"Food?"

"No I need to talk to you and Elena-"

"Ergh that trick always works" Ava muttered and scrambled onto her feet. Alaric shook his head and ushered the teen into the kitchen. The blond sat down beside Elena and the hunter took the seat opposite to them.

He slid a pad of paper over to Elena "This is a list of my bank accounts, passwords and how to find my will and to how to contact my family-"Ava frowned a feeling of dread settled in the pit of her stomach.

"Ric-"

"This is in case things don't go my way-"

"No. no-"Elena shoved the pad back towards Alaric "don't even think like that."

"No Elena, I need to know you, Jeremy and Ava are all going to be ok" Alaric said. Something bloomed in Ava's heart at that. He wanted to make sure she was taken care of?

"Ric" Ava breathed "nothing will happen…plus I kind of don't need your money so your big…gesture doesn't-"

"I want you to have my loft. I heard you like the place-"

Ava's jaw dropped "Oh shit-"she grinned "damn…I get a loft? Ah wicked…it could be a drug den…not that I do drugs…or I can turn it into an art studio…oh fuck it…-"

Alaric's lips twitched "Erm…Ava I have to be dead for you to get that-"

"Oh right…-"

"Are you disappointed?" Elena asked

"No…no…but a loft?" Ava uttered, the doppelganger shook her head, the fairy inhaled a lungful of air attempting to calm herself down. "But we're all going to be ok…so Ric…no loft giving." She said seriously, just then Elena's cell rang, the brunette looked down at the screen and leapt onto her feet seeing Bonnie's name flashing across it. She moved away to answer it.

Ava surprised the hunter be reaching over and hugging him tightly, Alaric smiled and wrapped his arms own around her.

"No offence Ric…but ya know your loft? If I do happen to get it…you wouldn't mind me renovating it? Yours sculputres are ghastly…"she smiled cheekily. Alaric bopped her gently on the back of the head.

"Cheeky brat." He muttered. Ava moved back so she was once again in her seat. Elena returned and shoved the cell back into her pocket. "Good news? Bad news?" he asked seeing the doppelganger's face.

"Bonnie thinks she can help you with a spell" Elena said.

"Oh that's good…great…lovely…you're not going to be a psycho bitch anymore Ricster" Ava grinned feeling much lighter than she had before.

"Well it's worth a try" Alaric nodded.

Elena placed her hands on the back of Ava's chair "But she needs something that you wore before you put on that ring. Something personal…"Meredith re-entered the kitchen.

"Well there's my wedding ring…it's at the loft-"

"The loft I get to inherit-"

"If Ric is dead-"Elena said in a flat tone.

"I know….i know…but a loft? Boarding house? Now a loft…I want a freaking mansion next" Ava muttered under her breath.

Alaric stood up and Elena nodded "Yeah it's worth a shot-"but Meredith pushed him back down on the bench.

"I think it's best if you stay here" the doctor advised.

"You and your damn tranquilisers" Alaric grunted and looked over to Elena "right, it's in a dresser beside the kitchen. Its inside an aspirin bottle probably covered in cobwebs." He informed her.

"Ok Ava?"

"Hmm…gonna sit this one" Ava uttered yawning and stretching her arms above her head.

"But-"

"Elena it's fine. You'll be back in a bit" the fairy waved her off. With one last look Elena left. There was a moment of silence before the blond decided to break it.

"So what should we do now?" Ava asked "Ah…lets have a karoke match-"with that she grabbed Alaric's hand and dragged him into the front room.


"And then Tiki the bitch that she is took my crayons" Ava finished off her tale. "And from that day on we've been mortal enemies…funny Ric?" the fairy and Alaric were lounging on the couch whilst Meredith was milling about in the kitchen. "Ric-"

"Ava he's sleeping" Meredith said managing to catch a brief glance at the hunter's face.

Ava rolled her milky green eyes "He's such a bitch. He's wanted to know why I hated her…ergh-"she got on to her feet and headed into the kitchen. She licked her chest and could hear Meredith rummaging through the fridge. The fairy wanted to get something off of her chest.

"Meredith I need to ask you something" Meredith froze and turned around, she was miffed at the serious expression on Ava's face.

"Oh…erm sure" Meredith sat down at the kitchen table, Ava leant against it.

"I…what's going on with you and Ric?" she asked bluntly not beating around the bush. This startled Meredith, and the doctor blinked for a few seconds.

"Erm…frankly Ava that is none of your business-"

Ava's brows furrowed "Of course it is. Ric is family and he's going through hell….I just want him to be happy…he hasn't been that way for a while-"she was saddened slightly, the only time when she knew Alaric was truly happy was when Jenna was here.

"Ava…"Meredith smiled at the concern that was coming off of the teen. "I like Ric…like really like him-"

"So you're not going to break his heart?" Ava asked softly idly playing with one of the buttons on her dress.

"I won't" Meredith promised a large smile on her face.

Ava nodded "Great" she grinned "because if you do…I will hunt you down and won't hesitate to hurt you." She threatened the doctor. Meredith's eyes widened seeing that the fairy wasn't messing about.

"Yeah…"

"Good. Now what're you doing?" she hopped onto the counter.

Meredith shook her head and boiled some water "Going to make coffee….RIC" she called the hunter causing him to wake up. "You up?"

"Yeah" they heard Alaric grunt, tiredness was laced in his tone.

"I'm half dead too-"

"Me as well" Ava yawned and rubbed her eyes.

"Don't worry I've got some coffee…and Ava you like hot chocolate right?" the fairy nodded.

"Mugs are in the cupboard above the sink" Ava informed the doctor hearing her rooting around.

"How-"

"Mind reading…it's useful ya know" Ava said and blushed when her stomach grumbled loudly causing the brunette to chuckle.

"Don't worry I'm starving as well. How about I make us some sandwiches?" she offered. Ava smiled and nodded

"Cool…I fancy a jam sandwich-"

"This late?" Meredith questioned.

Ava shrugged her shoulders "I like sweet things. Let me grab a jar from the pantry" she slid off of the counter and headed into the pantry just as Alaric waltzed into the kitchen.

Ava held out her hands and brushed her palms across the shelves, feeling the items. She picked up a jar and was about to head back into the kitchen but froze.

"No Ava, stay where you are, Alaric isn't himself." Ava heard Meredith's thoughts ringing around her head.

The fairy's eyes widened and she gripped the door knob, not knowing what to do. She mentally berated herself realising that she had left her cell in the living room.

"Do you ever feel remorse-"Ava heard Alaric's voice. It made her skin crawl…this wasn't Alaric's usual tone…this was much darker.

"Sorry?" she heard Meredith asked. The fairy attempted to penetrate Alaric's mind but it was too murky…she blinked.

"He's got a knife-why does he have a knife-"Ava's heart jolted at that, her hand tightened around the jar of jam. This was scarily like a horror movie.

"Well you are a council member and the council was formed to protect the people of this town from vampires-"Ava could hear Alaric moving around "yet here you all are looking the other way…"Ava tensed up and anxiously licked her lips "ignoring your responsibilities like you and your vampire blood so I'm asking you do you ever feel remorse? Because you should"

With that Alaric lunged at Meredith managing to swipe her with the knife. He was about to run after her but there was an explosion of pain in his head causing him to roar in agnoy.

"RUN MEREDITH" Ava screamed bursting out of the pantry. Her mental hold on the hunter was wavering, ergo her attack wasn't lasting long. Alaric grunted and backhanded the fairy across the face causing her to go skidding across the kitchen floor. Ava felt an explosion of pain.

"I'm not after you fairy-"Alaric snarled and procedded to chase after Meredith. Ava blinked hard and clutched her cheek, it was stinging in pain.

"Oww…fucking Ric-"

"AVA HELP PLEASE-"the fairy clutched her head and scrambled onto her feet, when she realised that Meredith was injured. The teen needed to get Alaric away from the doctor, since she had no doubt he would kill her. The petite blond could hear the screaming coming from upstairs. She sprinted up the staircase and heard the commotion coming from the bathroom that linked Elena's and Jeremy's room.

Alaric shouted out in pain as there was another explosion of pain in his head, this gave Meredith ample timing to slam the door shut,

"Stay in there Meredith-"Ava instructed her. She sagged feeling her energy being sapped she couldn't keep this up any longer. It was her turn to run.

"Second time you stood in my way-"Alaric growled and lunged at her. Bringing Ava down onto the floor, he clutched onto the knife that he was still holding. Ava yelled out feeling something slashing her arm. She slammed her head upwards effectively head-butting the man.

"People like you Ava make me sick-"Alaric sneered. "You accept them…after everything they've done-"he had wrapped his hands around her throat. Her milky orbs bugged out feeling his grip tightening; he was cutting her air supply off.

"Oh god…"Ava whimpered feeling light headed she gasped and tried to get in some more air into her deprived lungs. She couldn't end up being dead…especially by Alaric, she knew when he returned to normal…it would destroy him. "Ric please-"she begged "It's me…Ava-"the man above her snarled.

Ava felt adrenaline shooting through; her need for survival was strong. She felt a power surge forming in the pit of her stomach. Her lips pressed together and she slammed her hand up into his face just as an almighty burst of white light shot through her hand blasting the hunter backwards.

Ava coughed and spluttered for air, she didn't waste any time and stumbled onto her feet. And she ran out of the room.

"AVA-"she cringed hearing his thundering footsteps coming behind her, Ava slipped down the stairs and went crashing down them. She yelped when her head smacked against the wooden floor. She was dazed but was brought crashing back to reality when Alaric grabbed her by her thick hair pulling her onto her feet.

"I am going to have fun teaching you-"

"Shut up. That's the downfall with psychos always blabbing about themselves." Ava slammed her head backwards hitting him in the chin. Her head was throbbing but she ignored that for now and legged it into the kitchen and then the pantry. Ava slammed the door shut and locked it. She braced herself against it when Alaric attempted to smash it open.

"Little Ava…come out come out-"

"Piss off." Ava shouted and swallowed praying for someone to come. She wished for Damon to be here. She was hit with a wave of dizziness overcome her she was oblivious to the door not being attacked by Alaric anymore, Ava slipped down and leant head against the door and closed her eyes.


Ava groaned and slowly blinked, she snuggled into the source of warm. "Morning princess-"

"Morning Benedict-"she murmured.

"Who the fuck is Benedict?" her eyes snapped opened, she was wide awake.

"Damon-"

"Who's Benedict-"

"Someone who I want to be my lover" Ava muttered and winced when she moved her arm. "What happened?" she asked

"Careful princess…Alaric did a number on you." Damon said, as soon as Stefan had found Ava out cold in the pantry he had immediately called his older brother. The raven head vampire had cleaned the fairy up and put her in the guest room where he had stayed with her the whole night.

"Oh right…"she lifted her hand to her head and felt the bandage on it.

"Nothing serious." Damon murmured "so your night was eventful…-"

Ava snorted understatement. She rested her head against his shoulder and Damon's arm came around her shoulder, so that she was snuggled against his side. They both stayed like that. It felt like eons ago since they had a moment like this.

"So who's Benedict? Some new kid-"

"No" Ava smiled and closed her eyes "How's Alaric?"

"He's sleeping and-"he groaned when Ava scrambled out of the bed. "Ava-"

"Come on, we should be there-"without further ado Damon followed after the fairy. They entered Alaric's room, the hunter was still out cold well he was but then Ava jumped onto the bed. Landing on the empty space beside the history teacher whilst the vampire settled down on the vacant chair. When Ava jolted the bed she caused the hunter to wake up, Alaric groaned and blinked he spotted the vampire first and the smirk on his face, Damon placed his boot clad feet on the edge of the bed.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Alaric asked he frowned seeing the state of Ava's face, there was a bruise on her cheek and a plaster on her temple. "What happened?"

"You…plus I wanted to see if the witch didn't turn you into a toad…-"he saw the confused look on the hunter's face, as well as the worry when his eyes flashed back over to Ava. "The witch did a spell on you nothing to worry about. Just something to keep the killer in you at bay."

Alaric was still confused wondering what the hell he had done since his hand was throbbing, he eyed Ava's face. "Something happened….and Ava?"

"Don't worry it's nothing now I think there's some pancake batter-"

"Ava-"Alaric said sternly. The fairy quietened down. She didn't want to tell him that he was responsible for this mess.

"You have an alter ego that is hell bent on killing council members, and aren't friendly towards those who step in your path" Damon uttered.

Alaric's eyes widened "I did that-"he gently ran his finger down her face "And Meredith-"

"She's fine" Ava assured him

"Ava's right, we're just going to pack some of your belongings and head over to the loft. You're on house arrest…sort of." Damon informed him.

"Ava-"Alaric felt awful about what he did. But the fairy smiled at him and brushed it off.

"No worries Ric…you're not the first person who tried to kill me. Plus I think because of that…you owe me a round of karaoke" she grinned, Damon chuckled when Alaric slumped back into his pillows.


Ava sighed, it was about an hour after Alaric had left, and Bonnie had visited briefly and then was gone again. She slumped against the couch…the Gilbert house was so empty. She decided to go and find out what Elena was up to. She licked her lips and trudged up the staircase barefooted. She headed into Elena's room.

"Elena-"

"I'm going to call Jeremy-"

"Oh" Ava grinned excited at the prospect hearing the younger teen's voice. Elena was budged as the fairy plopped down beside her on the window seat. She put the phone on speaker and after a few rings Jeremy answered.

"Hello?" his voice filtered through the phone.

"Hey Stranger-"

"Hey Jere-"Ava yelled causing Elena to wince. The blond was brimming with excitement.

"Hi Ava-"Jeremy laughed "you guys checking up on me?"

"Do you need checking up on?" Elena countered a smile playing on her lips.

"Well I'm not flunking any of my classes-"

"Shocker-"Ava declared

"Funny Ava" Jeremy said deadpanned. "I got a dog Ava…its way better looking than Coco by the way-"

Ava scoffed "Bitch please. Coco is the best."

Jeremy chuckled and Elena smiled, the doppelganger rested her head on Ava's shoulder "Hey have you talk to Alaric?" the brunette asked.

"Erm no, why is everything ok?"

"Yeah-"Elena answered after a moment "He doesn't need to know…not yet Ava. He's happy." Ava nodded in agreement.

"I just wanted to hear your voice-"

"Oh can we talk later?" Jeremy asked "I'm going out with some friends…and yes Ava I do have them."

"Sure they're not made of plastic or anything?" the fairy uttered.

"No they're not, I should go." Jeremy answered.

"Yeah go have fun Jere" Elena urged him "I just miss you" she said tears streaming down her face.

"I miss you guys too" Jeremy said and bid them goodbye before hanging up. Ava sighed and yelped when Elena hugged her tightly; the fairy instinctively wrapped her arms around the taller teen's form.

"I miss him too" Ava whispered. They parted after a moment…"Elena fancy a game of karaoke?" she offered "Ricster bailed on me-"

"Ava-"

"Come on." Ava jumped onto her feet and grabbed Elena's wrist tugging her to her feet.

"Fine-"

"Cool…now wanna be my horse?" she asked. The doppelganger's answer was to walk out "Oh come on.-"the fairy rushed after her. "Jeremy isn't here. Matt sucks at this…and you haven't had a go-"

"Karaoke or piggy back?" Elena bargained.

"Oh…karaoke." Ava declared. Soon enough the Gilbert house was filled with laughter that was coming from the fairy and the doppelganger.


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

I know it's been a while since I've updated but my laptop had broken down.

So on with this Chap-At the beginning Ava gets her hand stuck in the soda machine, we meet Floyd who helps her out but not before taking a pic. Ava, Elena talk to Meredith about Alaric, she hears his thoughts but he relaxes. Elena and Meredith all run off wanting to see the pic leaving Alaric behind. Ava gets dragged to the Wickery Bridge site, where Ava somehow gets into a fight, Alaric and Meredith are on Ava watch. Ava and Klaus talk...well most bicker. Ava crashes into the Gilbert house. Alaric tells her that she'll get the loft. Ava can't help but be excited. We also found out that she fancies Benedict Cumberbatch...his voice,A brief comment on the start of Ava's and Tiki's feud..and what started it. Ava threatens Meredith and gets protective over Alaric. Alaric's alter ego comes out and attacks Ava and Meredith. Ava wakes up with Damon, and talks to Alaric. There's only Elena and Ava left and she gets her to join in on singing.

Next Chap-Murder of One...(I think.) Ava is on a rescue mission.

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