Iris P.O.V

I was shook awake by a pair of tender hands "MUM!" I yelled startling her. "Yes dear?" she yawned I smiled "Am I allowed to show this school what I am made of?" I murmur expecting an obvious 'NO' like all the other years ever since year one. My mother's face suddenly lit up "Go get em' girl!" I shrieked and kissed her on the cheek and quickly started pulling things out of the closet leather coat, skull singlet, leather fingerless gloves, black jeans and my trusty combat boots I grinned at my reflection then my mum came in "Oh you forgot one more thing." She murmured holding out my confiscated eyeliner, my heart fluttered this was my pride and joy! I hugged my mum before starting my eye make-up my blue eyes matched so well with the black. I took my black long hair and hitched it up to two nice emo piggy-tails I grinned I looked fantastic I went down to have breakfast only to hear the unmistakable call of my brother "Oh my god the vampire has left her coffin!" I grinned and ate my breakfast before heading off to school.

My books were so heavy to lug to school but I made it I loved the strange stares I got I grinned at them all. I got into what they called admin and gave them this paper "Ah Iris is it?" the lady said before looking up and giving a shudder I almost laughed "Here have fun!" she said shoving another paper in my hand "What's with this school and papers." I muttered walking out of the door and making my way to 'Homeroom' I sighed and finally found a black door I opened it to find 5 giggling girls brunettes and blondes and one boy who I kind of recognise I shrugged. My homeroom teacher is Mrs Lawson so I walked up to her and passed my note to her and all the girls stopped and... Could I see tears in their eyes? "Ok girls and boy this is Iris Manson who is new this year to New Town High be kind to her for she looks... Like a gentle soul" I laughed "Hey everyone!" I said loudly at the homeroom "As Mrs Lawson said I am Iris and there is no shortened version of that I am afraid." Everyone in the room gave a tiny laugh "We used to call you Ris" the boy blurted out I looked at him strangely and the girls all nodded "But I don't know you?" I said he stood up and clicked at the teacher who suddenly fell asleep I shrieked. "Yes you do my name is Walter we were in the orphanage together you were the only one that escaped." He said "alive anyways"

*Flashback*

Annie, Kylie, Charlotte, Stephanie, Ella and I stood in the corner the young boy lifted his knife and plunged it into Stephan all the girls screamed with each merciless stab I just stood there frozen. So the boy I have loved since he came here is a murderer? He never noticed me anyway but now I am going to die because he is so angry at the world no one would ever love him but me, he will never know of my tender feelings for him. He walked up to us girls licking his lips and looked at me "You think this is clever Keeran? You think this is right? This will follow you for all you life!" I screamed at him he laughed and gave me that attractive wicked smile of his I tried to shake away my love for him, my obsession with him. "I like you; I am going to kill you last." I felt anger rising "You wouldn't dare!" I screamed he plunged his knife into my beautiful best friend Charlotte I screamed she looked at me for one last time before she collapsed I chocked on my panicked tears "NO" he went over to Tommy who was his one and only friend and whispered something in his ears but Tommy started to scream and yell so he was stabbed.

The girls formed a body shield around me "We will protect you Iris!" they all screamed in fear I pulled them apart and stood with them "No girls we will die together." Tears fell from my eyes as I held Kylie's hand and Ella's I didn't look as they were killed but I felt the life slipping out of their hands Stephanie tried attacking Keeran from behind while he stabbed the remaining boys except for Walter who was comforting me as I kneeled around my best friends bodies. Stephanie did not give up but he finally threw her off and killed her I hugged Walter my last friend he whispered in my ear "If he offers you to flee you have to go without me ok?" he murmured I cried out I whispered back "I will always love you Walter don't ever forget it." He whispered back "Maybe that will be the only good thing that will accompany me to my creator." I looked into his eyes I could see panic all over his expression an arm grabbed me away from him Keeran's blood lust face replaced Walters begging eyes.

"Run away and never come back don't ever dob and don't ever remember me if you ever see me avoid me." Keeran yelled madness in his beautiful green eyes I turned to Walter "I am so sorry my dearest friend!" I cried out my heart shattered into a million pieces 'my heart will never be tender again' my mind cried 'never again' I looked into Walters eyes "Iris don't leave me!" he yelled I turned away when Keeran sprang I heard the knife pierce Walter's heart. Keeran stood in front of me "Any last words before you flee?" he murmured I stared at him anger rising within me "I hope one day you will be punished for your merciless anger." I screamed he unlocked the door and I ran, I had never ran so fast in all my life I cried and cried I have lost everything in that room including my sanity. I came to a creaky old house in a beautiful forest I knocked on the door tears falling from my eyes I had ran for days never stopping for rest an old hag appeared she looked like a witch of some kind and that she was expected me "Come child we have a lot of work to do." She cackled she whispered a chant about 'a previous life in ashes so let the new life rise anew and the ashes will be remembered when avenged souls will rise back to the land of the living' the world blacked out.

*end of flashback*

I stared at them all with new eyes tears tumbling from my eyes "So my whole life is a lie?" I cried out they all nodded I looked at the girls "Stephanie, Annie, Ella, Kylie and Charlotte" I said remembering each one perfectly they began to cry too "Your past is the only truth you have." I turned to find Stephan, Tommy, Walter and the three other murdered boys. "I am so happy to find you all again my dearest friends." I whispered tears falling from everyone's eyes "but surely you forgive Keeran for his sins? You're the avenged souls the witch talked about?" they all looked at me and nodded in unison "Keeran needs to find his love soon for time is running out but he does not know." Walter said "What do you mean?" Tommy walked up to me "His heart belongs to you and it's only a matter of time before our faceless friend finds his weakness." He whispered Ella came up next to Tommy "A broken heart."

That was really dramatic; I don't even know where that came from!

More feels coming up soon!

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