Iris groaned and stretched her back, she was at the carnival helping Elena had given her the job of painting some banners
"Iris you're going out of the lines" Jeremy laughed "seriously you suck at this" he teased
"Well sorry Mister Gilbert" she scoffed "my back hurts" she whined and dropped back down on to the grass
Bonnie chuckled "Seriously Iris, you've been here for ten minutes"
"This is torture" the raven head muttered Jeremy rolled his eyes and fell down next to her,
"Well I'm going to go and actually do some work before Elena comes over" Bonnie informed the lazy duo
"So how you feeling?" she asked since he had told her in more detail what happened
"I'm all good"
She nodded and rolled on to her side so that she was facing him "What about your uncle?"
"He's good, left town"
"Don't blame him" she muttered knowing that the man had his fingers chopped off, who wouldn't leave?
"IRIS, JEREMY"
"Oh bloody hell" Iris muttered hearing Elena shouting
"What do we do?" she hissed at the younger boy
"Erm well-"
"You're supposed to be helping" she snapped hands on her hips, Jeremy sat up and glanced over to Iris who was still on the ground, he snorted amused and gently grabbed her hands pulling her up into a sitting position
"Well?" Elena said looking between the pair, and shook her head wondering how on earth did Iris get green paint on her cheek
"Erm we were just taking a break" Iris grinned whilst Jeremy nodded
"You've been here for ten minutes and yet you already need a break?" she asked in disbelief looking at the raven head
"Exactly look how much I had done, if you wanna yell at someone it should be Jeremy" she tutted "he's been chatting away not doing much"
Jeremy's eyes widened "Aw Iris you totally sold me out"
"I know" she grinned childishly at him, he couldn't help but smile back she just had this lure to her "but consider it as an honour Jeremy you're my scapegoat"
With that both her and Jeremy burst out in laughter
"Ergh I'm too exhausted for this conversation" Elena muttered shaking her head "just get back to work"
"Aye, aye Captain" Iris mocked saluted.
"Jeremy maybe you shouldn't hang around with Iris, she's a bad influence" Elena teased, Iris scoffed
"Me a bad influence?" she uttered and shook her head "Nah ah, I'm a…what's the word…awesome role model" she nodded finding the right words "yes awesome"
"Ok, why you contemplate how awesome you are, some of us have actual work to do" Elena said and walked off
"You know what Jeremy?" Iris said aloud "You're my favourite Gilbert"
"Hey" Elena yelled back laughing quietly
"Iris" Jeremy chuckled "you've got paint on your face"
"No wonder why I was getting funny looks" she muttered under her breath and proceeded to wipe the paint away but ended up smudging it more.
Iris took a chunk out of her candy floss, this sugary treat was delicious she definitely needed to get more of this, she walked around the carnival trying to find a familiar face she spied Damon but he looked broody more than usual so opted to avoid him and headed towards one of the stands.
"Iris?" she heard a familiar voice called, she turned around and spotted Tyler there
"Hi" she smiled forcefully,
"Iris calm down" he chuckled "I won't hit on you, my first attempt to was lame by the way"
"That's the truth" she laughed
"Ouch" he mocked "anyway-"
"Tyler aren't you going to introduce me to your pretty little friend?" a new voice commented, Iris eyes nearly bugged out, she wasn't going to lie this man was good looking
"Oh, Uncle Mason this is Iris Potter" he introduced them to one another
"Haven't seen you around before" holding out his hand for her to shake, she hesitantly took it and noted that his skin was slightly warmer than usual, his large hand dwarfed her much smaller one
"Yeah, new in town" she smiled at him
"English girl, we've haven't had them around for a while" he commented, she blushed slightly and looked away. He chuckled and nodded
"I'll see you later, pleasure meeting you Iris"
She smiled bashfully and nodded and watched him leave, Tyler snorted
"What?" she snapped folding her arms across her chest
"Does, little Miss Potter have a crush?" he teased, Iris huffed and rolled her eyes
"He's nice" she countered "plus good looking"
"Ok, ok, more than enough info that I need" Tyler muttered "I think he's hung up on some woman"
"Really Tyler, just because I said he was pleasing to look at, doesn't mean I'm going to you know-"
"Ok, ok" he shushed her "I'll see you later"
"Bye" she said "oh Tyler?"
He turned around hearing her voice "Yep?"
"Try and not to use your lame pickup lines" with that she flounced away seeking some more cotton candy.
She frowned wondering if the candy floss stand moved,
"Where the hell is it?" she muttered getting frustrated, she was busy looking around not noticing someone in front of her till she slammed into them. "Damon?" she asked startled, he quickly grabbed her shoulders to stop her from falling
"You need to come with me" he stated and without waiting for a reply he grabbed her wrist dragging her away from the crowd
"Damon what's going on?" she asked confused and was slightly growing nervous. He guided her towards an unused classroom; she saw Stefan and Elena already there
"Damon is it wise to bring her?" Stefan frowned at his brother
"Well dear brother of mine" he drawled "we got a raging vampire on the loose do you really want little flower to be out there"
Stefan sighed knowing he was right
"What's going on?" Iris asked looking at the trio,
"Seems like Barbie is transitioning into a vampire" Damon told her, Iris's jaw dropped
"By Barbie, you mean Caroline? How she was-"Iris was stunned at this, she couldn't imagine the blond being a vampire
"Well I gave her my blood" Damon drawled "and Katherine killed her"
"Why would she do that?" Elena asked frowning
"Because Katherine is a nasty little slut" Damon hissed
"Isn't that the truth" Iris muttered "not fan of hers now are you?"
Damon lightly shoved her making Iris roll her eyes "And what's this I hear flower, you going for older men?" Iris blushed and elbowed him in the gut causing him to grunt.
"Enough" Stefan snapped looking between the pair, they were acting rather childishly "she said 'Game on' what does that even mean?"
"That she wants us to know she's playing dirty" Damon sighed leaning on the desk. Iris was wondering why she out of everyone would turn Caroline in to a vampire, she wasn't really paying attention on the conversation since she was trying to recall her and Katherine's encounter, the vampire didn't mention anything to do with the others now she thought of it. Iris was brought back to reality when she heard what Damon said next
"Yep and kill her"
"What the hell? You want to kill her?" she exclaimed "what is wrong with you?" she glared at him
"She knows what we are so-"
"So do I, Alaric, Elena, Jeremy and Bonnie are you going to kill us too?" Iris snapped hands on her hips
"If you push it I might just go for you" he hissed. She bit down on her bottom lip to stop herself from swearing at him. "You're not a liability but she is, hence we've got to get rid of her" he rolled his eyes.
The raven head shook her head "do you have a thing for killing people?"
"Yes" he snapped "in case you haven't notice honey, I'm a vampire"
"Damon" Stefan said seriously "we're not killing her"
"Need I remind you of the tragic little tale of Vicki Donavan? Caroline will not make it as a vampire, her mother is a vampire hunter"
Iris scowled she reluctantly admitted that the vampire was making sense, but she couldn't fathom Caroline not being here anymore, the girl was just so bubbly and on several occasions had come across as rude but was genuinely a nice person.
"We can't kill her" Iris shook her head
"No" Damon mocked, Iris scowled and went to move forward but Elena grabbed her arm pulling her back
"You're such an arse" she spat, she briefly wondered how she was still friend's with elder Salvatore.
"Your silence is deafening Stefan" he taunted his brother "if I recall correctly wasn't there a carnival/party on the night you staked Vicki" Iris paled slightly "hmm talk about history repeating itself"
"Iris is right Damon" Stefan said sharply "we can't kill her" and left with Elena on his heels
Iris made it too the door way but Damon appeared in front of her
"Flower you're one of the smart ones, surely you know that I'm right?" his icy blue eyes met her emerald orbs, she licked her lips and sighed
"It doesn't matter if I think you're right, which I don't by the way" she told him "this is Caroline; she's a person who doesn't deserve this"
Without another word she stepped around him and managed to catch up to Elena and Stefan
"You ok?" Elena asked seeing her face,
Iris gave her a close lipped smile and nodded, Damon's words were ringing around her head
They had just stepped out of the building when Stefan froze
"I can smell blood" he told both girls
"Caroline" Iris muttered, Stephan ran off both Iris and Elena chased after him, they finally caught up to him when he saw Caroline.
Iris frowned when she saw Damon holding a sobbing Caroline, she gasped when she saw Damon raising a stake behind the blond
"NO DAMON DON'T" she shrieked, Stefan tackled Damon away from her whilst Elena and Iris ran towards Caroline
"Are you ok?" Elena asked crouching down next to her but Caroline shoved her away
"Get away from me, you killed me"
Iris knelt down besides Caroline and was about to pull the girl into a hug, in an attempt to sooth her.
"It wasn't me- CAROLINE" Elena screamed when the blond tackled Iris to the ground flashing her fangs at the raven head
"You smell delicious" she growled,
Iris felt the blond girl's hands digging into her shoulders "Caroline-"
But she was saved when Stefan pushed the newly turned vampire off of her and pulled her on to her feet, Elena hurriedly helped Iris up
"You ok?" she asked looking her over
"Yeah fantastic" she muttered
"Come with us" Stefan told her, Iris assumed he was going to take her towards the lavatories to clean her up, since she had dry blood all over her mouth as well getting her far away from her. Iris mused her scent mustn't be helping.
"She will die" Damon added "it's only a matter of time"
"Maybe so" Stefan looked at him in the eyes "but not tonight"
"Oh yeah it is" Iris could tell by his tone that he was about to do something, she rushed forward placing herself in front of Caroline, the makeshift staked prodded her hard causing her to wince, Damon immediately retracted it
"No" she said sternly in a tone which would give McGonagall would be proud of "she isn't going to die, you've already done enough damage Damon" her eyes soften slightly "don't give her a reason to hate you more"
Damon froze knowing who she was exactly referring to, she discreetly nodded towards Elena who looked panicked and at the moment teary eyed
He dropped the stake; Iris rubbed her chest where the wooden stake had prodded attempting to sooth the small ache.
"Whatever happens it's on you" he said fiercely looking at her and then Elena
The brunette glared at him furiously "Like you even care" she hissed with that Elena followed after Stefan and Caroline, leaving behind Iris and Damon
"You know she'-"
"Oh god no" a new voice entered the scene, Iris looked over and saw Bonnie who was staring at the motionless body that was only a couple of feet away from Iris and Damon.
"Bonnie-" Caroline cried seeing her friend causing both Stefan and Elena to stop, the younger Salvatore had a tight grip on Caroline, but Bonnie shook her head looking disgusted Stefan and Elena ushered a crying Caroline away.
Iris looked at the dark skinned teen in disapproval
"I can't believe this, not Caroline" she shook her head, Iris stepped forward so that she was in front of her
"Bonnie, Caroline is our friend she needs us right now" the petite girl informed her.
"No Iris" Bonnie shouted causing Iris to take a step back "this shouldn't be happening"
"That's enough screaming for today" Damon said revealing a shovel "don't pout about it, we've got a body to bury"
Iris sniffed at his callous attitude and frowned at him, she turned her eyes back to Bonnie who was looking at Damon with such hatred that Iris took another step back in haste
"Bonnie what-" she was cut when there was a pained scream from Damon, Iris eyes widened when she saw the vampire on the floor writhing in pain, to her he looked like he was being put under the torture curse. She ran over to him and dropped down on to his side
"Damon, what's going on?" she grabbed on to his arm, he managed to get on to all fours
"It's her" he growled, Iris looked back at Bonnie and saw the teen looking so focus
"Bonnie stop it" Iris shouted getting on to her feet, hearing Damon's scream it was putting her on edge "please Bonnie stop it" she cried
"No, I told you what would happen if someone else got hurt" Iris saw a hose looking as if it was coming to life, it wetted the dry surface around them
"I didn't do this" Damon choked
"He's right, he didn't anything STOP IT" Iris screamed "you're hurting him"
"Everything that happens is his fault" Bonnie spat
"No, Bonnie this isn't you, you're not going to hurt him" Iris said fiercely glaring at the girl, she felt something tingle in the pit of her stomach
"Watch me" just as Bonnie said those words the water turned to fire, Damon used his strength to push Iris out of the ring of fire, she hissed feeling the sting of the flames
"Bonnie" Iris cried out and saw that Damon had caught on fire she heard his screams becoming more intense. "STOP IT, YOU'RE GOING TO KILL HIM"
Something in Iris snapped she felt something shoot through her, Bonnie was sent tumbling backwards abruptly stopping her assault of Damon, Iris gasped as Damon looked at her, he swore he saw a tinge of gold in her emerald eyes, but they were gone before he could blink
Bonnie gaped at Iris
"What did you do?" she snapped stumbling on to her feet, she felt as if all of her magic was drained
"Nothing, you've probably exhausted yourself, but that's what you get for trying to kill someone" Iris brushed her off
"Why do you protect him? Still after everything he's done"?
"Because he's my friend" Iris snapped, Bonnie laughed cruelly
"You're really are naïve" she spat "you think that he's your friend, wake up Iris he's not, he's probably just feeling sorry for you like the rest of us, your parents are lucky that they didn't see how their daughter turned out be a worthless-" she stopped seeing the look on the raven head's face"Iris I-"
But Iris shook her head, she felt a pang go through her chest at the cruel words, she backed away and turned on her heel
"Iris I-" but the raven head ran off disappearing into the mass of people
"And you think I destroy people" Damon sneered at the witch and left, looking for no doubt a distraught teenaged girl
Iris sniffed furiously wiping away her tears, merlin Iris thought ever since she had come to Mystic Falls she found herself crying more, which annoyed her since she was never a crier beforehand, she trudged home walking there as she left her car back at the house. She bumped into someone and uttered an apology but whoever she collided with gripped her wrist.
"Iris?" Matt said looking at the puffy eyed girl
"Hey Matt" she muttered
"What's wrong?" he asked concerned having never witnessed her in tears
"Nothing just a stupid argument" she shook her head clearing it
Matt gave her a hard glare but let it slide he knew she was lying to him
"You want a lift home-"
"I think I'll take it from here" Damon smirked at the blond boy,
"I was asking Iris" he snapped not wanting to leave her with him.
"Its fine" Iris smiled at him "Damon's giving me a ride"
"Ok" Matt looked between the pair and left. When he was gone Damon took hold of her hand and led her towards his car
"Iris what Bonnie said-"
"I just want to go home" she said quickly not wanting to talk about it. Damon frowned and trapped her against his car, she stiffened and he could hear her heart beat speeding up
"Iris you can't keep being closed off"
"So what?" she snapped looking angrily at him "I should share my emotions the way you do" she said sarcastically, he cupped her cheek
"Fine" he pressed his lips against her temple "If you ever need to talk-"
"Go to Stefan" she replied cheekily, he scoffed and lightly cuffed her upside the head
"Brat" he opened the car door for her, she slid in and a split second later he was sitting next to her "So I'm guessing you'll object if I go and pay the witch a visit"
Iris rolled her eyes "How did you know" she said deadpanned "she was angry and-"
"Doesn't excuse what she said" he eyes narrowed on her,
The rest of the ride was filled with a comfortable silence, Iris leant her head against the window panel
"I think I figured out what Lockwoods are?" he commented
Iris cocked an eyebrow; she had heard from Stefan that the mayor was also affected by the device which was weird since it only affected supernatural creatures par her.
"Really?"
"Yep my theory was proven tonight"
"So are you-"
"Meeting at the boarding house at one" he said before she could finish her sentence. She huffed and pouted causing him to smile lightly and shake his head
"Here we are" he pulled up to her driveway, parking his car behind her blue ford "you really need to get a new car"
Iris rolled her eyes "It's a classic" she scoffed "Good night"
Before she could leave but he grabbed her wrist stopping her "Iris if you need to bitch about anything you can come to me, or if you just wanna get hammered –"
Iris laughed "Look at that Damon Salvatore, trying to be nice" he rolled his eyes and tugged her back in the car kissing her cheek, his lips lingered near her ear
"I'm still here if you want Iris, you are my friend"
A soft smile crossed his face which she returned, he let go of her and watched as she entered her house.
Iris sighed she was drained from today's events. She needed a nice long bath Iris headed upstairs and turned the taps on, she stripped out of her clothes and sunk into the hot water sighing as her muscles relaxed; she leant her head back and closed her eyes.
"This is ridiculous" Rebekah spat, Iris giggled seeing the blond glaring at the horse
"Really Rebekah, it's a horse just-"
"Hush you and Nik seem to be the only ones at eased with these beasts"
"Hmm, Finn, Kol as well Elijah are adequate at horse riding" Iris tuck a stray curl behind her ear she was sitting atop a tall stallion that she had borrowed from Niklaus. "I think even little Henrik can do this"
"Don't start" Rebekah scowled and with a grin finally managed to get on to the horse
"Finally at the rate you were going out I thought we'd never make it to the bizarre"
Rebekah giggled and grabbed the reins of her horse. Just as both girls were about to set off Niklaus appeared in front of them he was scowling at Iris
"I believe you have something of mine" he said arms folded Elijah stepped up next to Rebekah, he stroked the horse's mane
"Oh?" Iris asked and grew slightly nervous as she saw the smirk on the blond male's face
"Yes, my horse which you stole from me"
Elijah and Rebekah watched the pair in amusement, Iris huffed
"Excuse me, I didn't steal, I borrowed without permission but having every intention of giving him back" she said
Niklaus cocked an eyebrow "Really? Or would you have simply snuck it back into the stable hoping I wouldn't find out?"
Iris laughed nervously "Oh look" she pointed to something over his shoulder causing Niklaus and Elijah to see what had caught her attention
"Rebekah come on" without another glance she pulled on the reins and shot off through the field, the wind whipped her long dark hair she could hear Rebekah laughing the blond was catching up to her
"He's going to have your head when we return" Rebekah smiled, Iris grinned
"Hmm, I know but I find it fun to tease him so" she admitted her cheeks were flushed from the wind
"IRIS" she heard him shout.
Iris gasped shooting awake, she shivered and realised that she must've fallen asleep in the tub. She clamoured out of the tub and hurriedly grabbed her towel and dried herself off.
She pulled on pair of loose flannel bottoms and an oversize top; she padded barefooted downstairs and decided to make some pizza. Iris chomped down her food and headed to bed.
AN: Apologies for spelling errors and whatnot. Another chapter, thought I wouldn't be able to publish as Fanfic was being very annoy
Anyway just wanted to ask who do you guys picture Iris as? I was thinking Lucy Hale but i'm not to sure,( i usually just picture the character in my head. so there's no specific person really), but if you think something different let me know
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