I can't see my friends story on messenger,or Facebook on iPad

hi Vicki.
have you tried to restart your iPad and see if it clears?

Double click the home screen and kill the facebook app and the facebook messenger app

Then try reopening both applications.

1. First of all, you must have messenger app to open your messages
2. try closing the app, restarting your ipad & re-open the FB app again.
3. Uninstall app & install a clean version again
4. if above didn't work; you can use safari to open your FB account as if you are opening it from a desktop/laptop

Go to Settings: Notifications (left column), then look for the messenger selection on the right. Turn notifications off.

Please view this article in the link below. This is a tutorial on how to install a Facebook messenger on your Ipad Download free Facebook Messenger app for iOS devices

To import all apps and settings from your older iPad, first sync your old iPad with iTunes on the computer. Then when setting up the new iPad Air, connect it to the computer and start iTunes. It will You then can choose to restore the old iPad complete to the new one. It won't copy apps that won't work on the new one.
If it is only he FaceBook settings, you can install the FaceBook app, from the App Store and then log in with your own account. (The same as you used on the old iPad) that should give the same friends also.

Messenger is a Facebook product. They will regularly update it and those updates will be available and installed on your iPad. You will always receive the latest version of the app that's compatible with your iPad 2. You can try contacting Facebook, but it's unlikely they're going to support the older version of their software when there are always going to be newer (and improved?) versions available. If you can be specific about what you don't like (rather than "I hate this awful new version" which does nothing for anyone), telling Facebook about it might give them something to think about.

There ARE other nice messaging apps, including Apple's own Messages, used by millions of users successfully. You have options.

Search the app Facebook on ipad, delete the old app if there is one.
Reinstall a new Facebook app on your ipad via app store.