Ava now sat at the kitchen table with Jenna sitting beside her, she was in shock... she pulled a letter out of the box that had her dad's name on it in unfamiliar handwriting. She pulled it out of the envelope and the teenager read through it... Jenna noticed the look on her face as she finished reading the letter, "what the fuck..."

"what is it, Ava?" the strawberry blonde questioned her niece curiously.

She looked at her aunt, "Well according to this letter I just read, addressed to Dad, Grayson was actually my father, but Miranda wasn't my mother, so apparently I'm a fucking affair baby... Jesus Christ."

Jenna looked at her surprised, "What the fuck indeed, can I see that letter?" Ava nodded and slid it over to her.

The brunette went back to going through the box, she found another letter Little Bird, written on the front which meant that it was to her from her dad, because that's what he called her. She opened the letter.

Ava,

My little bird, if you are reading this now, that means that something happened to me before I got to tell you the truth. I am sorry for not telling you sooner but I didn't know how to bring it up, this is a lot to take in but, you deserve to know the truth and I hoped to be able to tell you this face to face but sometimes things don't always go the way we want them to.

I found you on our doorstep ten days after you were born, but you are my daughter, Ava, a letter that was left with you, said that you were and then I had a DNA test done just to be sure and it said you were mine, I never meant for any of it to happen but I can't bring myself to regret my decisions because it gave me you Little Bird.

Your mother, the one who gave birth to you, was something I never expected, she wasn't from around here, she blew into town, and for some reason, I was drawn to her, I can't explain it, because of this I avoided her for as long as I could but eventually that wasn't working and I know that it wasn't right but I couldn't fight it anymore and our little affair started.

But she loves you so much Ava, and the only reason that she left you with me was to protect you from her crazy family as she explained in the letter she left me... I could never bring myself to tell Miranda the truth so she is still none the wiser of you being biologically mine, it would have ruined everything and I didn't want that.

Your birth mother left you a letter as well that I was going to give to you after I told you the truth it should be somewhere in the box with this letter.

I am so sorry I didn't tell you sooner little bird.

I love you so much Ava, remember that no matter what.
Love, Dad.

She sat that letter down, and sighed, "Well Dad just fully confirmed in this letter that I am a fucking affair baby and Miranda had no idea about the affair... shit man this is kind of fucked up..."

Jenna nodded, "Yeah just a little bit."

Ava let the woman read the letter, "Apparently my bio mom left me a letter and it's in this box as well." Ava once again was going through the box and she came across another letter that had 𝒜𝓋𝒶𝓁𝓎𝓃 𝒦𝒶𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑒  (Avalyn Kailie) written on the front in the same handwriting as the one to her dad. "This must be the letter then because the handwriting is the same as the one addressed to Dad."

"Damn," was all Jenna said as she finished reading the letter.

Ava nodded as she opened the letter from her birth mother.

My little darling Ava,

I am watching you sleep right now in the little crib provided by the hospital, as you were born only two days ago... this is one of the hardest decisions I've ever made, my little love, but I know that it's the right choice.

You see my family, they're crazy, especially my father, your grandfather, he would come after you if they knew of your existence which is why they must never know about you, and why I have to do what I'm doing now, I am leaving you in the care of your father and you might never actually get to meet me, when you're older but do know that I will always love you more than anything else in this world.

And because of that, I have to do what's best for you, which is why I'm writing this letter for you to read one day if your father ever decides to tell you the truth, and if not that's fine, it's completely up to him whatever he wants to do. But I do hope that he will and I'll be able to see you again my love.

Love always,

Mom.

Attached to the letter was a Polaroid, Ava picked it up and saw herself as a newborn in the arms of a woman with dark hair and green eyes. Ava blinked, "what?"

Jenna looked at her, "what is it?"

"A photo of my bio mom holding me after I was born... but I saw her tonight at the party... just a glimpse but I got the feeling that I had seen her before so I went after her, just to see... her eyes were what stood out to me as familiar and now I know it's because I see them whenever I look in the mirror... she didn't say anything about it then."

Jenna looked at the photo, "Wait I've seen her around town before... your dad had spoken to her a few times, but they never gave anything away, always just normal friendly chatter... damn, but you do have her eyes though as you said, I never noticed it before."

Ava sighed, "This is so not how I thought my night was going to end... shit... what am I supposed to do now? I can't tell Jer or Lena, I just can't at least not right now..." Ava looked at her aunt, "is it bad that I want to know more about her? Like I love mom, she raised me for sixteen years even if she didn't know the truth and loved me as if I were her own... but now knowing that I have a parent still out there? I'm curious."

Jenna smiled at the girl it wasn't her fault any of this happened, "You can do whatever you feel is right Ava... and no it's normal to be curious about things like this, especially when they're dropped on you unexpectedly like this... so no I don't think it's bad that you want to know more... and yes Miranda did love you very much kiddo and I believe she still would have loved you as her own even if she had known because that's just how my sister was..."

Ava nodded because she knew that Miranda was one of the sweetest people... after going through everything in the box, Ava put everything back inside and locked up to keep anyone she didn't want to know about this from opening the box.

"Are you okay after everything we just learned Ava?"

She sighed, "I don't know Aunt J... I think I just just need to go to bed and think about everything... so uhh ask me that again tomorrow for a more definitive answer."

Jenna nodded, "That is understandable Ava... okay then just go get some rest and think about everything." Ava hugged her.

"Thank you for telling me about this Aunt J."

Jenna hugged her back, "Of course Ava." then Ava gathered everything up and headed up to her room.

She put the box under her bed and the key in her nightstand drawer. Then she got some pajamas and took a shower and got ready for bed, her mind was reeling from everything that she had discovered that night.

She massaged her temple as she climbed into bed that night.

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Ava noticed that she was in a dark room once again, and she smiled hoping that it meant that she would get to see the man from before again, the one that made her feel safe if that made sense. 

The scene started to fade in around her, as she noticed that there was some kind of party going on and the room was decorated for Christmas. She smiled as she walked towards a door, seeing a pretty blonde in a gorgeous red dress, was standing outside of it, before she opened the door. 

" Do you insist on pilfering before cocktails?" the blonde spoke to someone in the room. 

Ava smiled as she heard his voice again, it sounded exactly the same as it had in the last dream thing that she had, " Nik stole something that belongs to me. I'm simply taking it back."  Ava sidestepped the blonde into the room wanting to see him again. 

She felt her breath catch in her throat again he looked, even better this time around if that was even possible. 

The blonde smiled at Kol, "And I'm simply going to tell Nik!" She turns to leave, but Kol rushes after her to stop her. 

"Wait!" the blonde turns toward him, and Kol sighs, as he speaks again a little nervously, "What if I said I'm close to finishing a dagger that would work on him?" Ava had no idea what was going on but she did know that she had a bad feeling about whatever this was. 

The blonde looked at him, "You wouldn't dare use it."

Kol shrugged, "Why? It's no more than he's done to us. And you've suffered at his hands more than anyone! And, it's not like we'd be killing him. Just giving you some time to be with Marcel."

Ava noticed the stunned look on the blonde's face, "You're entirely serious." 

Kol looked very serious, "Haven't we both earned the right to live out of his shadow? Are you with me, sister?" 

Ava watched as the blonde silently considered this offer for a moment, " You can count me in. But, do hurry downstairs, and throw on one of Nik's jackets. He'll notice your absence if you're late."  Then she walked out of the room.

Ava for some reason did not like this one bit while Kol looked thrilled that she had agreed to be on his side.  "I don't like this..." Ava muttered to herself since no one else could hear her.  

The scenery changed it was later in the evening now and Ava was back in the middle of the party, her eyes glued to Kol, she really did not like the feeling that she was getting right now. 

Rebekah walks up the stairs, where Klaus, Elijah, Kol, and Marcel are all drinking champagne and posing for a family photograph. Ava's eyes were still glued to Kol as she fidgeted nervously, she knew that she couldn't actually do anything about whatever was going to happen. 

After the photo has been taken, Klaus taps on his glass with a knife to get the party's attention "As you know, when the Mikaelsons arrived in Louisiana, we brought with us the tradition of holiday bonfire season. Now, we invite you chosen few to join us in our family's own tradition of writing wishes for each other and burning them for luck. The holidays are a time for celebrating family, and friends." 

Ava was wringing her fingers together, her bad feeling returning, as she saw the man she knows is called Niklaus, look at one of the other men, up there, before he looked at Kol who she could tell looked suspicious. 

"It is especially gratifying in times when treachery runs deep. To know you have someone you can trust. A toast, to you, my sister." 

Rebekah smiles up at Klaus, who returns it. "To Rebekah!" the crowd cheered. 

"Well at least I know her name now, and who she is kind of..." 

Kol, now very worried, starts to head up the stairs to get away from his brothers, but Elijah quickly vamp-speeds after him. When he blocks Kol's path, Kol turns around to find Klaus blocking the exit behind him. Elijah grabs him by the arms and pulls his jacket off, as Klaus calls out to the crowd below.  Ava glared at Elijah as well not liking the way he was holding Kol. 

Ava furrowed her brow realizing that Rebekah had snitched on him... "why would she do that? he was trying to help her, in his own way...." Ava muttered to herself, she was confused as to why Rebekah would betray him to their brother, he just wanted Nikluas to feel his pain, their pain because apparently, the daggers are a common thing with him.  

"Ladies and gentlemen, I apologize for the disturbance! But, what's a Mikaelson party without a little squabble?" Klaus pulls out a silver dagger and stabs Kol in the heart with it. Rebekah, who's watching from the stairs, smiles devilishly. 

Ava glared at the blonde not liking the way she snitched on Kol to their brother, before she gasped, feeling the same pain as before when Kol got daggered, Ava shot up in her bed, rubbing her chest over her heart. 

"what the hell is wrong with me?" She muttered before she glanced over at her clock and saw that it was 6 AM and she knew that she had to get up and get ready for school. 

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So Ava knows part of the truth now XD She will find out about the supernatural part later, and she had another 'dream' where she saw Kol's memories (: but I hope that you guys enjoy the chapter :) 

I am debating bashing a few more people in this book, Rebekah is one of them and maybe Elijah as well, what do you guys think? Elena for sure later on in the book. No Damon bashing for once, who else should I bash?