Iris groaned and sat up bleary eyed it was the next morning; she yawned and stretched her arms above her head and stood up. She went into her kitchen to put the kettle, she sighed finding that it was empty, she turned the tap on and glanced up and could see Jenna through her netted curtains.

A frowned marred her face when she saw the blond looking like she was leaving, Iris left the kettle in the sink and grabbed her jacket and keys and hurriedly pulled on a pair of flats, she jogged over to the Gilberts she reached their porch just as the door slammed open, she saw Jenna with several bags

"Jenna?" Iris called "Where- what's wrong?" she asked and was on her heels

"Isobel" she spat, realisation hit Iris she'd found out

"What about her?" Iris asked as Jenna frantically shoved her bags into her trunk

"She's alive, and everyone knew" she froze, Iris felt guilt bloom up inside her as Jenna looked at her "you knew as well-"

"I- I-"

"I can't believe this" Jenna shouted she went to storm over to the car door and wretched it open

"Jenna I'm sorry, I really am" Iris called out her voice shaking "I am, I-I know what it's like to be not told anything. I am sorry"

Jenna clenched her eyes shut and turned around to face her, she saw the look on the teen's face she couldn't stay mad at her. She sighed and pulled her into a hug

"It's ok-"

"I-are you going to come back?" she asked and pulled back

Jenna smiled at her "I will I'm going to college, I need to finish up my thesis, I can't do it here not with everything going on, I just-"

"Need some time on your own?" Iris offered, smiling slightly

"Yes, see you soon Iris" Jenna said and climbed into her car

"Bye, and good luck with your thesis" she called as Jenna pulled out of the driveway.

Iris looked over her shoulder and saw that the Gilbert's front door was wide open, she knew that Elena was probably upset and in need of a friend. She walked up to the house just as she reached the door Alaric stormed out

"Ric" she called,

"Iris, I guess you saw Jenna-"

"Yeah" she saw the disheartened look on his face; she reached and out squeezed his hand

"Look at it this way, Jenna's gone, but at least she's not in any danger"

Alaric smiled and nodded "thanks Iris, I'll see you later"

Iris walked into the Gilbert's house "Elena?" she called and much to her displeasure John greeted her in the hallway

"Don't you knock?" he asked,

"Aren't you ever nice?" she countered, he couldn't help but let out a small smile

"Touché, Elena's upstairs"

"She's blaming you I gather about the whole Jenna thing, isn't she?"

John sighed and nodded "Hmm, it was my fault" he revealed, he felt her eyes burning into him like she could see right through him.

"You did one thing right though" she murmured causing him to look back at her "Jenna left town, so she isn't any danger hopefully"

John nodded "Hmm, hardly anyone told me I was right before"

"Uh huh, because probably most of the time you're wrong" she answered and bounded up the stairs towards Elena's room, she knocked on the door and pushed it open, and saw the brunette lying on the bed on her bed

"Iris" Elena sat up confused

"Hey" she uttered softly

"You saw Jenna leaving didn't you?" she asked, Iris nodded and dropped down on the bed, her head resting on the pillow

"Yep" she answered popping the 'p' "so what happened anyway?"

"Isobel showed up unannounced" Elena dropped back down beside her

"Really? What did she want?"

"I slammed the door in her face" was her reply, Iris snorted at that earning a light shove from her, "thanks for coming over Iris"

"No problem" she sighed just then Stefan entered the room he was on his cell, he cocked an eyebrow seeing Iris's attire

"Crap I forgot I was dressed like this" she sat up her ears perked up hearing him talking

"Ok, you need to talk to him, and if that doesn't work you'll have to compel him" he said and hanged up, Iris cocked an eyebrow

"What's going on?"

"Caroline told Matt she's a vampire, and he's freaking out" Stefan answered

Iris groaned and dropped back onto the bed "that's what we all just need"

"This is bad" Elena muttered and started her annoying habit of pacing "between this whole thing with Isobel and Jenna, and now Matt this is a disaster"

Iris sighed and rubbed her temples,

"Iris you ok?" Stefan asked she was looking paler then her normal complexion

"I'm fine-"

"When you say your 'fine' you're not" Stefan zoomed over to her so that their faces were more than a couple of inches away from each other

"I've got a head ache and I just feel off" Iris admitted "and-"

"What you need is a day off, no drama or anything" Elena said as Stefan pulled the raven head on to her feet

"Really I think you guys might need me, I can-"

"Go rest" Stefan ordered and before she could blink she was in front of her door

"Stefan-"

"Iris" Stefan said sternly wanting the raven head in her home, where it was safe, since she hadn't invited any unwanted vampire in. "if you don't I'll get Damon on your ass"

Iris huffed "no fair, fine I'll have a quiet day in" she muttered, he saw her pouting lips and chuckled

"Just spend a day in, please Iris" he pleaded

"Ok" he smiled and leant down kissing her temple and watched as she entered her house.


Iris sighed and was about to drop down on to the couch when her cell beeped, she saw that she had a message from Damon

"Boarding house at noon"

"So much for a day of rest" Iris muttered and hurried upstairs to get changed, she slipped on a pair of buttoned shorts and a cap sleeve top. She pulled on her converses and ran a brush through her hair and decided to put it up in a high pony tail

Iris grabbed her keys and climbed into her rusty blue ford and buckled herself in, she licked her lips and turned the key in the ignition and revved the engine before pulling out of her driveway.

Soon enough she pulled up to the Salvatore boarding house and parked up in the front. Iris slammed her door shut behind her and didn't bother knocking since she already knew that neither Stefan nor Damon bothered locking their door. Iris entered the house and walked down the hallway. She felt a pull as she did so, Iris stopped for a moment and walked back and saw the it was strongest when she was at this particular door, realisation hit her as she pushed the door open, and saw Elijah there, she felt her gut clench.

Iris hadn't stopped thinking about the original he's always been at the back of her mind, she looked around and entered the room, Iris crouched down and ran the tip of her finger down his cheek, much like he'd done the first time she'd met him

"I know you" she murmured scrounging her mind for an answer but whatever she was looking for she couldn't. Her emeralds orbs darted down to the dagger that was embedded in Elijah's heart she reached out towards it but paused, thinking if she does awaken him there's no telling what he would, he'll most likely take her and Elena away, and she couldn't do that to the others, Iris pulled her hand back and was about to stand up when she was pinned to the wall

"What do you think you're playing at?" Damon snapped he was holding on to her upper arms

"Nothing, Damon-"

"You were going to wake him-"

"I was but I couldn't" she said the last part softly causing his grip to loosen "I couldn't" she repeated, Damon frowned and placed his index finger on her chin tilting her face upwards

"Iris-"

"Because if I did" she spoke over him "he would have taken me and Elena away, and Jeremy he would've lost her and-"

"And we would have lost you" Damon cut her off "you matter just as much as Elena"

"Not really, you'll always choose her Damon I know that" Iris smiled at him, he looked at her in confusion "you love her-"

"I love you" a wide spread across her face

"Hmm but you're actually in love with her, but thank you, I love you too" he sighed and buried his nose in to her mass of raven curls, she was the only one who truly knew him that was for certain

"Let's go" Iris muttered Damon grabbed her hand and led her out of the basement; she looked over her shoulder and felt a massive amount of regret leaving Elijah there. Like Iris knew Damon, she got the feeling that Elijah knew her just as well, maybe even more so than anyone else, they were connected somehow.

"I thought you were supposed to be resting?" Stefan frowned seeing Iris coming into the parlour

"Damon" was all she said

"Why'd-"

"Relax, flower would've somehow got involved anyway" Damon rolled his eyes walking over to his drink cabinet, Iris dropped down besides Stefan on the couch, Elena was on the opposite one "Plus she's in this as well"

"So what's going on?"

"Isobel said that words gotten out that the doppelganger is here, as well as Iris being here" Elena said

"You think we can trust her? She did lie about the whole Jeremy thing" Iris frowned leaning back against the couch

"I know she's not trustful-"

Iris snorted "understatement," Stefan nudged her

"But we'll be stupid to ignore it" he finished off, Iris nodded he did have a valid point

"So are we going to go and-"

"Maybe you both should just stay here" Damon commented sipping his drink "it's easier for us to keep an eye on you, make sure you don't go on any crazy suicide missions"

"Hey" Iris snapped folding her arms in front of her chest "the last so called suicide mission was Elena's idea, plus why the hell would we off all places stay here? Where any vampire could enter?" she quirked an eyebrow and Damon

"Fine" he grunted

"It's best if they go back to their own houses, they'll be safest there"

"Isobel can get in to my house thought" Elena said

"Iris's place" Stefan said looking at the raven head "she's got no unwanted vampires going into her place"

"Hmm that would work" she muttered there was a moment of silence "wait so that's the plan, neither of you will let us out of your sight?"

"That's a rubbish idea" Elena nodded

"Well when you got a better one flower, let me know" Damon retorted, Iris rolled her eyes and picked at the stray thread off of her top

"My plans are always better than yours" she huffed, the raven head vampire snorted at that

"Fine" Elena sighed knowing that neither she nor Iris had come up with an alternative "but one of you two have to accompany me to the Lockwoods lunch with me"

"Not it" Damon called out earning an amused look from Iris whilst Stefan and Elena gave him incredulous looks

"How old are you?" Iris asked shaking her head

"What? It'll be boring" he rolled his eyes

"I'll come with you" Stefan smiled at Elena

"Plus I got other places to be" Damon smirked "witch stuff to attend to with Bonnie"

Iris frowned thinking what witchy thing was Damon interested in, but then recalled he was talking about the place where the witches were massacred

"Do you mean the place where-"but Damon motioned for her to be silent, her brows furrowed in confusion but nodded nonetheless and then understood why he had wanted her to be quiet

"Oh no fair, and I was all ears" Katherine smirked, Iris rolled her eyes

"Lovely to see you again Katerina" the raven head drawled and cocked an eyebrow

"You have no filter to be quiet do you" the female vampire snapped

"For you?" she questioned "no"

Katherine rolled her eyes, she was growing to like the raven head she thought that she was entertaining "If you have a plan to stop the incoming vampire doom then I'm all ears" there was a moment of silence "Seriously what is the plan to get us out of this mess?"

"Us? More likely you just want to save your own skin" Iris muttered

Katherine smirked "You know me so well" she drawled "I delivered you the moonstone, a werewolf-" Iris opened her mouth but Stefan placed his hand over her mouth "and a dagger to lure and kill Klaus and right now all you have is the moonstone apparently"

"We do have it" Damon said

"Where?" Katherine demanded

"It's in a safe place" he smirked tauntingly at her

"I've been honest with you, now it's the time to return the favour" she snapped in frustration

"My arse you've been honest, you've been a scheming manipulative cow the whole time" Iris snapped

"Why you-"she went to lunge at the raven head but Stefan pushed her back and stood in front of Iris defensively

"Back off Katherine" Stefan snarled, Katherine hissed and stormed off

"Do you enjoy riling her up?" Damon asked amused

"Eh, it's kind of a cool past time" Iris grinned causing both vampire to snicker

"Ok, enough" Elena stood up "we have to go to Stefan or we'll be late"

"Don't get into any trouble Iris" Stefan called over his trouble, Iris rolled her eyes.

"So-"

"I'm coming with you Damon" she cut him off, he sighed and nodded

"Fine, I got make sure you don't piss off any other vamps"

"Me? That's you" Iris elbowed him, he chuckled

"Come on flower, we got a meeting with a witch" he led her out of the boarding house.

"Yay, for us-oww" she whined as Damon poked her hard in the ribs.


"Jere" Iris grinned seeing the younger Gilbert

"I thought she was on house arrest" Jeremy frowned seeing the petite raven head. Iris, Jeremy, Damon and Bonnie started to walk into the woods

"Love you too" she drawled rolling her eyes, he nudged her

"You know I didn't mean it like that" he huffed, but she remained silence "oh come on Iris-"

"Relax Jere, you have to do much more than say that to upset me" she giggled,

"You're evil" the younger teen muttered

"Iris evil?" Bonnie snorted

"You don't know her Bonnie" Damon commented "she may look sweet as sugar-"

"That's a terrible expression" the raven head muttered

"She's pure evil inside" he teased

"Totally" Jeremy added

Iris pouted "no fair, Bonnie they're being mean"

But the witch merely chuckled and shrugged her shoulders "Iris I'm with them" the trio were all amused seeing the petite raven head's face

"Ergh, you're supposed to be on my side" Iris folded her arms "watch, I'll set Ric on you all"

"The big bad ass vampire hunter" Damon scoffed

"Who could shove a stake up your arse" Iris smirked "and give Jeremy extra homework"

"Fine, fine, no more being mean to Iris" Jeremy declared loudly. "So is this where Emily Bennett was killed?"

They stepped into a clearing Iris spotted an old run down house further back of the clearing.

"The founders thought it was poetic burning her where all the others witches were burnt"

Iris frowned at that, "what a bunch of arseholes, but how did you know where all the witches were burnt?" she asked Damon stumbling over a rock, his hand snapped out to steady her

"You trip over thin air" he smirked

"There was a rock" she defended herself "you didn't answer the question"

"I know because I tried to save her" Damon revealed, Iris cocked and eyebrow at that "she was my key to getting Katherine back-"

"Before you realised how much of a bitch she was" Iris finished off, Damon chuckled

"Couldn't put it in better words myself" he nodded.

They finally arrived at a big old creepy house. Iris looked at it up and down in awe

"Are you sure this is the right place?" Jeremy asked as they stepped over the threshold, as soon as Iris entered she felt a rush of power and warmth shoot through her.

She lagged behind as the others stepped forward, Iris clenched her fists she felt them, she felt it, she could all the magic, it was humming throughout her entire being. She opened her eyes and caught her reflection in a dusty mirror, Iris held in a gasp seeing her emerald orbs were no longer there, instead her eyes was bright with a golden hue, Iris pushed down the magic and blinked and was relieved to see her eyes had returned back to its normal colour.

"Flower you just going to hang there all day? You're-"

"I'm coming, I'm coming" she walked further in the room, Damon glanced over to her as a breeze shifted through the room, he tensed Iris's scent was far more pronounced than usual and recalled that she was literally made of magic and being in a house full of dead witch spirits most likely highlighted that.

Iris attention was snapped towards Jeremy and couldn't help but laugh loudly when she saw the situation he had gotten himself into, he had somehow broke a floorboard

"I'm not even going to ask" Iris muttered, ignoring the intense buzzing going on in her head.

She looked around as did the others, from the corner of her eye she saw Damon moving towards a boarded up window

"Damon why are you just standing there?" she asked seeing he hadn't moved she walked further and saw that his expression was one of annoyance

"Whatever witchy tricks you're playing with me stop it" he was glaring at Bonnie who had a look of confusion on her face

"I'm not doing anything" she snapped back at the irritated vampire

"You can't move" the raven head muttered, realising what was going "it's not her, it's the witches" just then there was a sizzling sound she jumped when Damon let out a shout of pain and gasped when saw that the sun light filtering through the boarded windows were burning his skin

"My ring isn't working" he groaned in pain

"Well bloody move into the shadows" Iris shouted, he blurred into the shadows she sighed in relief seeing him healing.

"Seems the witches don't like you" Bonnie smirked; Iris rolled her eyes knowing that the witch found this funny.

"So I guess this is the right place" Jeremy grinned

"I'm going to wait outside" Damon muttered and with a flash he was gone

"So what are we going to do?" Iris asked walking around she wiped her finger over the mantel piece and scrunched up her nose in disgust seeing how grimy and dirty the place was.

"I need the grimoires" Bonnie looked over to Jeremy but snuck a glance over to Iris, she felt something being emitted from the raven head, it was some sort of light or something,

"Here" Jeremy brought out off her brief musings handing the heavy thick book over to her.

Iris moved over so that she was standing next to Jeremy, as Bonnie stepped into the centre of the room opening the book, she whispered softly and closed her eyes. Iris was fascinated by this kind of magic; it was of a wandless type she mused.

Both Jeremy and Iris jumped as a wind whipped past them and heard whispering

"What's that?" Jeremy asked

Iris felt a soft smile come across her face "the spirits of witches" she uttered

"I can feel them" Bonnie said aloud, Iris could too feel the magic

"What are they saying?" Jeremy asked, Iris remained quiet knowing that neither Jeremy nor Bonnie knew that Iris was a former witch and she wanted to keep it that way, since that part of her was in the past. But she still had bouts of magic emerging, which Elijah had cleared up for her.

"I can't tell" Bonnie replied and walked off, Iris and Jeremy exchanged confused looks before hurrying after her.

"Oh no stairs" Iris muttered seeing where the witch had gone off to, Jeremy looked over her shoulder as Iris was behind him

"What's wrong with stairs?" but before she could reply Iris stepped on a weak step causing her leg to go through the stair case "bloody hell, that's why I hate stairs, they freaking hate me" she yelled Jeremy snorted and grabbed her wrist and easily pulled her up

"Ok, I get your point" he laughed, she huffed and walked ahead of him till they arrived at another room

"This is it" Bonnie said, Iris went to step forward further into the room but her phone rang

"Oops, sorry" she muttered seeing the glare Bonnie was giving. Iris scuttled in the corner and frowned seeing that she didn't recognised the number

"Hello?" she murmured

"Meet me at the cemetery in 10 minutes-"

"I would but I don't know who you are?" she drawled

"It's Isobel-"

"Then why the hell should I meet you? I hardly know- wait how the hell did you get my number?" her brows furrowed in confusion she'd turned her back on Jeremy and Bonnie, so they couldn't see her face

"Why I got it off of Elena" Iris eyes widened "and if you don't come Elena will pay the price"

"What?" she gasped "How-"

"I have her with me right now, she's unconscious-"

"Bloody hell why does she always managed to get knocked out" Iris huffed running her hand through her hair

"So you better hurry and don't tell anyone, or you won't be seeing her again soon"

"Fine, you crazy cow, I'm coming" Iris hissed and hanged up; she took a deep breath and looked back at towards Jeremy and Bonnie who were talking quietly to one another.

"Erm do you mind if I leave, I've got a headache" Iris told them

"Sure do you want us to drop you off-"?

"No it's fine Bonnie" Iris shook her head "You guys keep working here" and without another word Iris hurried out of the room.

Iris just exited the house and crashed into Damon who knocked her, he reached out and grabbed her steadying her

"Iris you ok?" he asked concern marring his face.

"Yeah" she mustered up a smile "I…I got a headache and…going to sleep it off"

"You want me to take you home?" he asked frowning, he could tell something was up,

"No, I got my car" Iris slipped out of his grip and moved towards her car.

"Well I'm going to head off anyway" Damon nodded towards the house "Jeremy and Bonnie can handle it"

"Oh ok" she waved him goodbye and slowly moved towards her car watching Damon from the corner of her eye wishing he would hurry and leave. Iris climbed into her car and buckled herself in, she waited till Damon drove away, Iris stepped on the accelerator and sped towards the cemetery, and unknown to her Damon was tailing her.


Iris finally arrived at the cemetery; she parked her rusty car and slid out of it. She entered the cemetery and felt a shudder go down her spine graveyards always freaked her out. Since the place wasn't large Iris found them both easily enough.

"Iris" Elena called spotting the raven head, the petite teen was relieved to see that the brunette didn't look as if she'd been harmed.

"Elena" she rushed towards Elena and hugged her "are you ok? You're not hurt are you? How about a concussion do-"

"I'm fine" Elena assured her hugging her back.

"I was never going to hurt her" Isobel snapped defensively

Iris snorted "You can't blame me for asking? You haven't exactly been trustworthy have you?"

"Just because I can't compel you doesn't mean I can't force you to come" Isobel said looking at Iris and then turned her attention towards Elena

"So that's what happened? You were compelled to betray Katherine?" Elena asked, Iris frowned

"Now I'm lost" she mumbled

"I'll explain later" Elena whispered she nodded.

"If I was I couldn't tell you" Isobel revealing further confusing Iris

"So you lied?" Elena asked, Iris licked her lips anxiously "you found Klaus didn't you?-"

"He knows where we are doesn't he?" Iris asked eyes wide "he-you're going to take us to him?" she didn't want to die, but she definitely wouldn't run. One thing for sure for about Iris Potter was that she wasn't a coward. But much to the raven head's annoyance Isobel ignored her. Iris watched as the vampire bent down and wiped away the leaves and mud from a gravestone

"What's this?" Elena asked they both read 'In loving memory of Isobel Flemming'

"You've got your own gravestone?" Iris asked softly

"My parents-"she looked at Elena "you're grandparents they put it here when it became clear that the police wasn't going to find my body. They'd visit it every week, and brought flowers here, even though no one was buried there-"

"They must've really loved you" Iris murmured, Isobel looked over her carefully, she was a compassionate person

"That they did" Isobel uttered "the Isobel they knew was dead, so maybe some part of me is buried there, the human part. The part that I abandoned when I chose to become a vampire" she took in an unneeded breath of air "the part that used to dream of the day that she would meet her daughter"

Iris felt her heart go out to the vampire; she was truly regretted being turned the raven head could see that.

"What?" Elena asked softly

Isobel shrugged and sighed "but instead you got to meet the other part, the part that would happily betray their own flesh and blood" just then the vampire's phone rang, Iris looked over to Elena who looked like she was deep in thought but was brought out of it when Isobel spoke

"Yes" Iris heard Isobel replied "let them go? Even her?" she nodded "I'm done?" there was a soft smile on her face "Ok, I will"

Iris frowned something felt off, and watched as Isobel placed her phone back into her pocket "I've got a message for you" she was speaking to Iris "you've been missed"

Iris frowned at that not understanding her "Who was that?"

"I'm sorry I've been such a disappointment to you Elena" the brunette gave her a nod, both Iris and Elena gaped at what the vampire did next, she reached up and gripped her necklace

"NO don't-" Iris shout was cut short as Isobel ripped the chain away from her and screamed in agony as the sun burned her skin, Iris gasped as Isobel's skin sizzle and then she caught alight, Iris shielded her eyes as flames engulfed the vampire. Then there was silence.

"Elena-" Iris breathed seeing that the brunette had tears running down her face, she was about to pull her into a hug, but someone already beaten her to the punch, Iris saw that it was Stefan , the raven head felt strong hands land on her shoulders. She turned around and faced Damon

"You're a terrible liar" he scowled, Iris sighed as he embraced her

"You should go to Elena, I think she needs you more" she muttered, Damon laid kiss on her temple and walked over to Elena, Iris watched as Elena being embraced, by people who truly loved her, Iris got the feeling that Elena truly didn't know how far everyone was willing to go for her.

Iris sighed and glanced back over Isobel's headstone and felt pity for the vampire, in the end it did turn out she did love Elena but couldn't show it well. She glanced over to Elena and saw regret there.

The petite teen leant down and plucked up a flower from the grassy ground and dropped it on the ashes that use to be Isobel.

Stefan looked over to Iris and saw sadness on her face; he walked over to her leaving Elena to be consoled by Damon and lightly gripped Iris's hand

"You ok?"

"Sure you should be asking me that?"

"Yeah I am so?"

"I'm fine Stef, I-Isobel did care in the end, she regretted the things she'd done-"

"She told you?" he asked in surprise

Iris shook her head and shrugged her shoulders "she didn't need to, her eyes said it all"


They were all now in the boarding house, Iris was sitting beside Damon they had gathered in the parlour, Elena and Stefan were on the opposite couch

"Why did they let us go?" Elena asked, Iris nodded she would've thought Klaus would've took them having known where both of them was.

"I don't know, but whatever Isobel told John, we have to presume Klaus knows, so he knows that neither of you are going to turn into vampires, and he knows that he has us keeping you safe" Stefan answered glancing over to Iris, Elena followed his gaze and frowned

"How is Iris being the key tied into this, I know I'm the doppelganger but she-"

"I was a witch" Iris stated bluntly

"What?" Elena asked stunned "like Bonnie-"

"No a different kind, but I'm not anymore, Elijah told me that my blood is what it required since it has magic in it"

Elena shook her head "You're a witch? How could you not say anything? For months-"

"Because it's my secret to divulge" Iris snapped "it was a part of me I was hoping to leave behind. I just didn't want to bring it up"

Elena nodded and sighed "I can't believe you're a witch-"

"Was a witch" Iris interrupted "I don't know what I am anymore" she said the last part so that only Stefan and Damon only hear, the raven head vampire wrapped an arm around Iris

"You're a one in a million" he smirked

She couldn't help but giggle and lightly shove him "you're so cheesy"

"I know" he then stood up and left but returned a second later with a booklet in his hands "we need to take precautions, we got played all of us" he placed the booklet on the coffee table, Iris leant forward and frowned

"What's this?" she asked

"The deed to our house" Stefan replied "It's in Zach's name but as soon as you both sign it then it's yours"

Iris shook heard "whoa, wait up, I got a perfectly good house so I don't need to sign it"

Damon scoffed "you hang out more than enough, plus it's a safe house Iris"

"You're going to make me sign it aren't you?" she asked

He smirked wildly "why yes dear I will"

"Fine" she huffed "I'll just lock you out in return"

Damon scoffed at that "you're such a-"

"Wonderful person I know" she grinned cheekily up at him. Iris jumped when there was a loud gasp, she'd forgotten about John being there. She had no clue how'd he ended up here, she watched as Damon zoomed over to him and gripped the other man by his neck hauling him on to his feet.

"Damon let him go" Elena shouted,

"Squeeze his neck-"

"Iris" Elena hissed,

"Kidding, I was kidding" the raven head help up her hands in surrender "you and him should talk" Iris muttered and stood up, Damon and Stefan nodded, the trio left the parlor till they were in the kitchen

"So Damon you fancy cooking?" she asked hopping on to the stool

"Right away madam" he mockingly bowed

"Aw I trained him so well" Iris giggled, and yelped when he ruffled her hair "not the hair" she groaned, Stefan laughed and smoothed it down for her

"Damon's going to make his famous bolognaise, aren't you?" Stefan inquired, and forced himself to stop from laughing when he saw the puppy dog look the little raven head was giving his brother, and sure enough Damon folded

"Fine" he grunted and moved around the kitchen.


AN: Thanks for the reviews. So Iris and the others found the witches house, Isobel's gone

Next chap is 'The Last Dance' so meaning dun, dun, dun Klaus will show up

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