A/N- "Aaaall Righty Then!" (couldn't 'elp it mates! Jim Carey is one of me fave actors! 'E's sooo freaken HILARIOUS!) Tis another long Chap for yas! And to answer some confused peeps questions: In this fic, the "uncompleted" characters wear their leather suites fer different reasons. Edward wears his so he wont cut his body with is "hands". And Iris does cause she's not fully complete, eyes and clothing are like the final stage…And fer how Iris will find Edward's castle… You'll just hav ta read ta find out! And I quite understand if yer just reading this but not replin…I used to do the same thing…but I broke that bad habit, for it stimulates the writer to write more! So PLEASE read and REVIEW!
Disclaimer- Edward isn't mine, BUT Iris is MINE and Edward's so BACK OFF!! LOL!
Thankyous-
untouchable1400- Thankye fer once again giving me another great review! #throws confetti# THANKYOU! And I 'ope I answered most of yer questions!
dakotagrl04()- #sticks nasty soap in yer mouth# HA! LOL! Thankye very much fer reviewin! That's what I'm tryin to do. Make it original!! If you'd like, you could give me ideas of what to put in here! But if ye don't, I think my small mind can think of more ideas! Thanks again! And fer replin', I'm updating! Because you all ROCK!!Chapter 3
Iris awoke to the cool early morning. By the slight cold and the small amounts of warm sunlight reaching her pale skin, she could tell it was still early morning. This was the time when Iris would be doing her "routine attack", but she pushed it out of head. She didn't want to cry and prevent herself from doing the task at hand. Iris threw the covers away from her slim body and slinked out of her warm bed, walking unsteadily to her door, flinging it open. She walked down the steps, grumbling profanity as she went (as you can tell she is no longer a morning person). She found the kitchen with ease and made herself some hot black coffee, just the way she liked it, to wake her up, which slightly did, but not enough to wake her fully. "What's on the agenda today?" she asked out loud with her always-present sarcasm. She never really had anything to do, other than the gardening and cleaning of the machines. She hated being bored so she still did her chores that her mother had assigned to her years ago. "And ta think I hated them in the past!" she mumbled to herself. But before she could them pesky chores, her conscience started to talk to her. 'I should be getting ready for my trip,' her conscience reminded her. "Oh ya, THAT," she remembered in dismay. "Well, better get packin." It didn't take long for her, about 6 minutes, since she only had 5 things to pack. She put her favorite book, Book of Poems that was written in brail, in a leather duffle bag. Then she packed one of the many letters from Eddy, to show who she was, as well as some clothes. The last thing she packed were her sunglasses, but placed them on her face so people couldn't see her missing eyeballs through the black lenses. Iris walked to the heavy front door, hesitating for a second before remembering her mother's words, and left the castle. She slowly walked past her garden, feeling the lush bushes and tall flowers with her fingertips while saying a soft goodbye to her old home, and walked past the iron gates. As she walked the dirt path of the forest, she remembered her mother taking her through the woods every morning so that she could be accustomed to them. But even with her knowledge of the forest, sticks and rocks always presented a problem as she stumbled to the edge of the woods. Iris knew she had entered open ground, for she could feel the sun's now-bright rays on her soft skin and the rushing wind in her raven-black hair. 'Oooookay…What now?' she asked herself. 'Well, I could either go strait through town OR I could go around, which is the long way,' it only took her a short 2 seconds for her to come up with an answer. "I hate the long way," she said proudly, feeling her way to a tree where she could change. Iris pulled on a long-sleeved white blouse with a high collar so that you could barely see the leather from underneath and slightly-tight blue jeans, her mother's old clothing, over her suite and stepped once again into the open. 'Now lets see. Mom said that I should go straight ahead from here until I start to hear people. That's good enough for me!' With this in thought, she headed for the small town called Suburbia in a speed-walk pace.
As she approached the town, voices of people and barking dogs could be heard. 'Must be gettin close,' Iris concluded. Soon the voices ands sounds of cars became a little louder, signaling that she had made it to Suburbia. The houses were of pastel colors and each one had it's own theme. It town seemed like a pleasant place to live, but in reality it was just like every other town. Even though Iris couldn't see what that town looked like herself, she knew right away that something wasn't right. She tried to pick out the closest voice to her standing position and walked towards it. 'This is gonna be interesting,' she thought dryly as she came close enough to the person for speaking range. "Excuse me?" Iris asked politely. She could hear the shuffle of feet, but the person didn't say anything, so Iris repeated herself, "Excuse Me? I'm looking for a house?" After a long silence that Iris felt lasted for an eternity, but in reality it was just a couple minutes, the woman finally said something.
"Oh! I'm sorry, how rude of me! My names Kimberly Boggs, and you are?" (Yes, it's the same Kim that was in the movie. I couldn't help myself!) At first Iris had a loss of words, she realized she never talked to people before (other than her mom), but quickly snapped back into reality and tried to act like this wasn't new to her.
"I'm Iris, pleased ta meet ya." Iris put her hand out to shake Kim's hand, not knowing that Kim had already done the same. Kim's hand that was already out to shake was placed at her side again. Kim looked at Iris weird for a while before reaching her hand out once more and shaking her hand.
"I've never seen you around here before. Did you just move here?" Kim asked, looking over Iris quickly before making eye contact again.
"Actually, I'm movin in! I can't seem to find the house though," Iris said, shrugging as she talked.
"Well I can help! What does it look like?" Kim said happily, Iris seemed like an interesting person (If only if she knew how interesting) and she could tell that they could become close friends. Thinking back to how her mother had described the place so she lied.
"It looks like a creepy castle the landlord had said." Kim's face dropped
'Was she talking about Edward's castle?! This can't be possible!' Iris could feel the shock of that statement and tried to get Kim's attention back and laughed silently.
'I guess she knows what I'm talkin about.' Iris loudly cleared her throat, bringing Kim back from her thoughts.
"Um… Why would you be living there?" Kim asked, trying to hide her shock.
"My mom's friend lives there. I'm moving in with them," Iris said with a small smile.
"Oh, well I'll take you there if you want?" Kim suggested, 'Maybe she'll tell me what she's really doing here?' she thought, not believing a word Iris had just said.
"Thanks! That would help a lot!" Iris exclaimed happily, 'Now I wont hav ta worry about me running into anyone!'
"No problem! Lets go then." Kim led the way through the town, ignoring the ever-watchful citizens. "So, where are ya from?" Kim asked, curiosity getting the best of her.
"Um…" Iris thought quickly for a believable lie, but couldn't think of one, so she decided to tell the truth without giving away what she was, "I lived in the forest back with my mother before she died." Kim gasped in shock, and then pity washed over her beautiful features.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean ta pry!" Kim exclaimed, mentally kicking herself for her stupid curiosity.
"Oh, that's ok. I need to talk about it sometime, don't I? But I'm glad that person was you, since I would really like it if we were friends!" Iris smiled warmly, a smile she hadn't done for years now. It felt good to be happy again.
"Of course we can be friends! I'm very glad you said that!" Kim giggled happily, a huge smile ascending on her delicate face. Iris's smile widened into a grin and giggled too. There fit of giggles finally calmed when the reached the gates of the dark castle. "Here we are! Your new home!" Kim said happily, but her face contorting into concern for her friend standing next to her, and the friend inside the castle.
'Finally! If this is a hill, I would hate to walk up a mountain! Mom sure doesn't know geography.' Iris thought with irritation. 'Well, at least I had a friend with me for this hike!.' She couldn't help but smile to herself about having Kim as her first friend.
"Want me to go with you? It can get a little creepy in there," Kim suggested, wanting to be there to comfort Iris when she met Kim's friend in the attic.
"That's ok. I want to see it for myself. But I'll call ya if I need anything. Hey! Maybe we could do something tonight!" Iris said, clasping her hands together in a praying motion and smiling widely in Kim's direction. Kim's face lit up to this suggestion and quickly agreed before leaving Iris at the gates as Kim walked back to town. 'I got a friend! This is gonna be great!' Iris thought excitedly, jumping up and down and giggling loudly. But then her thoughts wondered to the situation at hand. "Ok. I guess it's time to meet my new home," she said after taking a long deep breathe to comfort her nerves, 'Not to mention the people inside,' she reminded herself. With that thought she became self-conscious. 'What if they don't like me? What if they think I'm lying to them?' but she quickly shoved those thoughts away. She walked cautiously past the iron gates and counted how many steps it took her to get to the front steps. 'One, two, three…' she counted until she reached the first step and said out loud, "ten." 'Exactly the same as my castle,' she perked. Iris went up the eight steps and reached for the door handle, realizing that the door was unlocked when it opened slightly when her hand touched it. She poked her head in first and yelled, "Is any one home?" No answer reached her ears, so she decided to invite herself in. After walking in, being greeted by the coolness of the house and the hard stone floor, she shut the door and locked it. 'There's one thing different compared to my house. No carpeting. Oh well, it don't bother me none since the I can't actually get cold even if I can feel it.' (Yes, she can feel the cold and stuff, but it wont make her shiver or anything like that. I guess that's the perks when yer part machine!) She turned, her back at the door, and felt her way to the stairs, that's when she heard something. She stop dead in her tracks and listened for the sound that had caught her ear. Nothing. She started walking again, reaching the staircase in no time, and started climbing the steps. Halfway up, she heard it again. She stopped and listened again, this time she could hear it coming from somewhere upstairs. It was the sound of metal brushing against metal. 'Scissors?' she questioned, as the sound seemed to be joined with more sound, footsteps that seemed to be retreating away from the stairs. "Hello?" Iris asked, her courage still intact. Once again, nothing. She started up again, and after reaching the second floor, she realized where she was. 'The attic! This place is the same!' Iris thought happily, but something didn't feel right. A breeze was coming from the ceiling from outside. 'Must be having a leaking problem,' Iris thought with slight disgust. 'I bet they don't even take care of there house!' she thought angrily, not knowing that a pair of black eyes watch her every move. Suddenly she heard the scissors again, coming from the far corner of the room. "Hello?" Iris asked again, slightly irritated. The person could hear the irritation in her voice and started to fidget more with their hands. Iris heard the increase in pace of the sound and decided to walk toward it. Iris walked cautiously to the sound as it got faster pace and louder. "Excuse me? But are you ok?" Iris asked, trying to hide her increasing irritation without much luck, which made the person fidget even more uncomfortably. Iris stopped about a couple feet, she estimated, in front of the person. "Hello?" Suddenly she heard shuffling of someone moving slowly toward her.
"Hello" a voice whispered softly, so soft that a regular person would not have heard it, but she had very good hearing so she heard it clearly. And then the sound of movement and scissors stopped.
"Hello. Are you Edward?" she asked politely and as sweet as possible. After hearing how scared the person was, she didn't want to scare them any worse with her bad temper.
"Yes," he answered softly. Iris let out a quiet breathe, relief showing on her face.
"My names Iris. My mother knew your father. She's dead now, but before she died she told me to come here…" before she could add on to that, the sound of scissors, she realized with horror, started up again and was getting closer. "What is that sound?" she said in a fear stricken voice, her courage leaving her. As it got closer, Iris felt faint with fear.
"I'm not finished," he said, before all went quite.
A/N- To any confused readers, Iris fainted at that point. And me 'ope
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