Chapter 2 : Settling in and discovering Familly.

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Flashback

Spell

-change of settings-

A.N. If I don't write a scene assume it went like canon, this chapter takes place during the first three episodes.

Previously

She then prepared their move by calling some muggle companies that specialized in moving furniture in order for them to move her bike, or the bike Sirius left her to her new house.

She didn't have other special furniture to move as the house was fully stocked and she didn't need anything for them.

A week after they left for Salem, by muggle plane and then took a bus to Mystic Falls and their new lives.

Now

-End of August 2008-

It was now close to two weeks since Iris and Teddy moved from London, Britain to Mystic Falls United States of America.

The house was everything the pictures promised so the mother and son duo were delighted of their new house.

Iris got an offer for the new position of high school counselor; it seemed the false résumé she gave them was quite good. The 21 year old mother had to meet with the School Principal to visit the school before the start of first term and to meet with the professors. Because she still had no one to watch Teddy, as she didn't interact much with her neighbors she had to bring her son with her to meet her future boss.

-Mystic Falls High school Principal's office-

"Welcome Miss..." started the principal who looked to be in his mid fifties.

"Salvatore, or you can call me Potter-Black if you want, it is my official title back in Britain." said an obvious nervous Iris.

"Ok...So why apply as a high school counselor Miss Salvatore?" asked the principal his eyes drifting over Teddy suddenly fearing the worse.

"Ah I like working with student and besides after my old school was attacked by a terrorist I was the one the survivor went to talk so the job grew on me...Don't worry I adopted him as his godmother after his parents and grandmother passed away." explained the mother catching the principal's look at her son.

"Your school was attacked by a terrorist?!" asked the surprised man.

"Yes didn't you hear about the terrorist attack in Britain four years ago?" asked Iris curious.

"Yes but I didn't think a school was targeted..." said the principal thinking "Ok, I made my mind. If your school was attacked and you came out mentally alright you will survive anything these demonic teenagers could throw at you. You are hired you can call me Mr. Snyder."

"Thank you Mr. Snyder you won't regret it, but could you tell me who could watch Teddy when I am working since I can't left him at the daycare since he won't deal well with stranger?" asked the mother.

"Why not leave him with your family in the boarding house?" said Mr. Snyder standing up from his desk and escorting the mother and son duo out of his office for the visit.

After the tour of the school where Iris and Teddy met every Teacher, the principal had a few words to say to the young vampire. "Now you can start the day after the start of the school year, and you'll mostly have to deal with anger issues, drug problem, heartache and people who lost a parent, not survival guilt like you had to deal with at your previous school."

Now that she found a job the vampire/witch hybrid went over the Salvatore Boarding house to meet with her uncle Zacharie and to hopefully con him into watching Teddy while she worked.

-Salvatore Boarding House-

Zacharie 'Zach' Salvatore was taking care of his Family's Vervain supply in the house basement when he heard the doorbell, puzzled the middle aged man climbed the stairs wondering who could pay him a visit, it couldn't be his 'uncle' Stefan since the vampire wasn't scheduled until the day after tomorrow.

Zach opened the door and stilled looking at a young woman and a boy who could only be her son, wondering why the hell a woman and a boy could be at his house he first started to panic thinking that a woman he slept with became pregnant and tracked him down but then he looked at the boy and since he couldn't be older than five it didn't add up since the last time he slept with someone was at least eight years ago. Then the man looked real good at the girl taking in her auburn colored hair and bright blue eyes.

"Who...Lily?!" stuttered Zach at the resemblance between this young lady and his half sister who he didn't saw for twenty years.

"Do I look so much like my mother?" asked the young woman who had changed appearance since her 21 birthday.

"Oh my god Iris?!" asked the man still standing behind the opened door in disbelief as he finally recognized the person before him.

"Please come in, Let me look at you, you look so much like your mother, how is she by the way, I didn't see her since your first birthday?" asked her uncle unknowingly allowing the vampire to enter his home.

"You don't know? My mother and her husband died 20 years ago on Halloween." said Iris still sad at her mother and adoptive father deaths.

"I...I didn't know, I just thought she forgot about me, Oh my god Jenna she was your mother's best friend, I must warn her." said Zach in shock at hearing that his sister died and he got no notice of it.

"No don't. I'll tell her myself." said the young woman as she was lead by her uncle in the living room.

Then the young mother explained the heavily edited story of her life, how no one knew of the fact that her mother had any sibling other than her sister Petunia, wich explained the fact that no one in Mystic Falls heard about her death. How her life was being raised by her aunt who resented her mother and her, how she inherited money and titles from her adopted father and uncle who weren't ever related to her in any way and finally how she came to adopt Teddy and prepared to live her whole life in London only to receive a letter on her Birthday telling her the truth about her origins.

Her uncle let her speak and then hugged her and her son, after spending some time with the man she grew to like him and Teddy to leading her to believe he was a good man, since her son was a good judge of character.

They spend the whole afternoon with her uncle getting to know him and how things worked within Mystic Falls but they had to leave since Iris had to prepare for work soon and she preferred sleeping in her own bed.

"Ha wait during September, there will be a council meeting and though normally I don't attend those I'll have to formally introduce you." stated her Uncle just as they were about to leave.

"Why for?" asked Teddy wondering why his mama had to go see this council.

"Well since the Salvatore are descended from the original settlers that founded the city we hold an hereditary seat on the town council, it's a tradition so we have no choice but to introduce to since I don't attend the meeting thy will likely ask you to." explained Zach looking sorry.

"Ok If the meeting is outside my hours I will attend it, but you will have to look after my son while I work deal?" asked Iris in a very Slytherin way.

"Don't worry about my grand nephew I'll look after him, but what will you do?" asked Zach thinking she would work at the grill.

"I was hired as the high school counselor." replied the woman before she left leaving her uncle shocked.

'I'll have to remind Stefan to remain extremely careful and I'll have to warn him about Iris somehow I don't think either of them like surprises.'

-Early September Start of the school year-

The first Day of school proceeded normally for all the student of Mystic Falls high school with the exception of the coming of a new guy Stefan Salvatore.

The class he was in had History with Mr. Tanner at the moment and the lesson neared its end.

The bell rang signaling the end of the lesson, but Mr. Tanner held his student inside the classroom.

"Now before I let you go there is something that I must tell you, starting tomorrow there will be an high school counselor working in the school so you will have to see her at least once by term, but Elena please tell your brother that you and him have the luck to see her first because of you know what, it don't have to be tomorrow but it must be in the week."

-That night, Mystic Grill-

"How do you feel being one of the first having to see the new counselor?" asked Caroline one of Elena Gilbert's friend trying to gossip about this mysterious new counselor.

"Me fine I am more worried about Jeremy." replied Elena looking at her blond haired friend, it was true that both Gilberts took the death of their parents last spring extremely hard , but Elena's little brother had an harder time adjusting, he had since then turned to drugs.

It was then that a young boy voice coming from just outside the grill interrupted all discussion "Mama let's eat meat tonight?"

"Yes sweetie." replied a young feminine sounding voice.

Then a young woman and what could only be her son, due to their resemblance entered the grill, and went to sit at a table not too far from where Tyler and Matt were sitting.

Even the two boys looked at the newcomer before shrugging and resuming their talk, the same happened with everyone in the restaurant.

"So what can I get you?" asked a waitress.

"Steak and Fries!" exclaimed Teddy.

"Just a salad for me please." replied Iris chuckling at her child antics.

As the waitress went away to transmit their orders, the vampire looked around and saw that most of the customers were probably high schoolers and as such she would need to see them once per terms to discuss things like how they were and what did they intend to do after high school.

Elena and her friend were curious about who that woman was even the new guy Stefan was curious about her.

Stefan looked at the woman and felt a strange sense of kinship towards her. 'Why do I feel like I should know her' thought the vampire before shaking his head and resuming his staring.

-The following day-

The students were once more in History with Mr. Tanner who tried to question them upon the number of casualty of the battle of Willow Creek.

"So Miss Bennet why don't you tell us the number of casualties of this battle?" asked the teacher having caught Elena's dark skinned friend not paying attention in class.

"I don't know... a lot?" stammered Bonnie not knowing the answer.

"What about you Mr. Donnovan why won't you be the one going against the cliché of the dumb sportsman?" tried the teacher.

"Nah I like being the cliché." replied the young man feeling proud of himself.

"Elena what about you?" tried the teacher however the young girl shook her head indicating that she too didn't have the answer "I was willing to be lenient last year Elena for obvious reasons but those ended over summer break. Did you go see our new counselor?" asked Mr. Tanner apparently harassing Elena since Stefan jumped at her rescue.

"There were 326 killed at the battle of Willow Creek unless of course you count the civilian casualties." said the vampire.

"Correct but there were no civilian casualties..." started the teacher having gotten his answer.

However the seventeen year old vampire thought he went too far when dealing with Elena so he decided to humiliate the teacher with his historical knowledge.

"Actually there were 27 civilian killed when the confederates fired upon the old church believing it to be a weapon's cache of course there were mistaken, of course the facts are written in the town's archives if you would like to check yourself sir." said the vampire a little smugly.

"Right Mr..." started he Teacher.

"Salvatore."

"Salvatore any relations to the original settlers?" asked the history teacher.

"Distant."

"And what of the dear Miss Salvatore our new counselor?" wondered the curious teacher.

"I...I wouldn't know..." said Stefan with seemingly no expression but a person with good eyes would see the slight widening of his eyes in surprise. 'What?! A miss Salvatore is Zach married?! I will have to talk with him just before the party.'

-Later in the day Iris' office-

*Knock Knock*

"Enter!" said the young woman once she heard someone knock to her office's doors.

"You wanted to see me Miss Salvatore?" asked Elena trying her best not to sound like a grieving girl.

"Actually your principal and homeroom teacher both felt that I should talk to you and your brother regarding what happened last spring, but first call me Iris Miss Salvatore make me older than I am." said Iris kindly.

Elena was grateful that he counselor didn't mention her parents death "Okay Iris are you related to Stefan?" asked a very curious student.

"Stefan?" asked Iris not familiar with the name.

"Salvatore."

"I...I don't know the only one I know I am related to is Zach my uncle but let's make a deal you are curious about me so I will answer your question but you will have to answer mine without lying all right?"

"All right."

"So How are you dealing with...let's call it the spring event." said Iris in true counselor fashion.

Despite herself Elena giggled hearing that "Not so well, I mean Aunt Jenna is great but she isn't mom and I think everyone forgot about them. And Jeremy, my brother, isn't helping with the drugs and all this." said the young girl as she burst into tears at the end.

Iris hugged the sobbing girl and shushed her, then she talked about her own parents deaths (mother and adoptive parent really but Elena didn't need to know that) when she was just one.

The two young women bonded talking about life, boys and so on, it seemed a friendship was born on this day.

After a while off talking Elena had to return to class but Iris promised her she would talk to Jeremy even if she had to drag him into her office to do so making the other girl laugh at the idea.

The counselor then called her Uncle telling him she would go talk to Jenna before heading to this back to school party since she was volunteered to act as chaperon (in reality she would go there to make sure the youngest children didn't drink anything to strong, it seemed she was victim of a little hazing as the new girl amongst the staff.) so she would pick Teddy before bringing him to Jenna.

-Salvatore boarding house after school end-

Iris left not ten minutes ago when Stefan came into the house looking a little pissed off.

"So ''Uncle Zach'' why didn't I receive any invitation for the wedding?" asked Stefan.

"Huh?!"

"You see while I was at school some teacher asked if I was related to the new counselor Miss Salvatore, so some warnings would have been nice since I ended making a fool out of myself." ranted the vampire.

"Ah Shit I knew I had forgotten something." muttered Zach.

The man then told his ''nephew'' the whole story.

"You see it seems that roughly forty years ago dear old dad cheated on mom with some British woman resulting in me getting an half sister, something I didn't know until after dad's death when she tracked me down to search for her father or any relatives he might had. She stayed for roughly two years during wich she had a one night spend with some man she couldn't recall the name of, then she received news of Britain and left and days ago her daughter came knocking at my door telling me my sister and her husband where dead."

"So now there is another Salvatore, your niece living here?"

"And her adoptive son yes but they don't live here they live in town."

"I just hope Damon will take the news well." sighed Stefan thinking of his estranged brother before getting ready for the party.

-Gilberts house same time as above-

"So how was school?" asked Jenna trying to act like a parent to her niece and nephew.

"Good." grumbled Jeremy obviously not in the mood before going up into his room to prepare for the party held tonight.

Jenna sighed not knowing what to do about Jeremy's attitude.

"He will come around, but you know the new counselor seems she is related to the Salvatore apparently Zach Salvatore is her uncle." said Elena speaking about her new friend or at least someone who understood her pain.

Elena was shell shocked since as far as she knew Zach only had one sister who befriended her all those years ago after her problems with boys and to think that her daughter came back in Mystic Falls meaning she would have to get to know her godchild soon.

Then the doorbell rang, Elena was surprised to see Iris and a young child who couldn't be more than 5 standing outside her house.

"Iris, what are you doing here? Are you here for Jeremy and who is that?" asked the young girl.

"No I am not here for Jeremy I'll see him at school and this is Teddy my adoptive son, and actually I am here to see your aunt." said the young woman chuckling at Elena's expense.

"Come in, may I hold him? He is just too cute." asked the young brunette looking at a sleepy Teddy.

"Sure I have to talk to your aunt anyway." stated Iris.

With that Iris and Jenna spoke about Lily's fate and what happened to Iris.

"I am sorry I wasn't there for you, if I knew I would have asked for you to stay with me." said Jenna looking very sorry.

"Mah You didn't know and neither did my uncle by the way." said Iris waving off her godmother's apology.

"Could you watch Teddy tonight it seems I have to act as chaperon on the students little party?" asked the vampire.

"Yes of course." replied the older woman.

With that said Iris went back home to prepare for the party meaning drinking a bag of blood in order to prevent any problem with the students and of course a sense blocking potion since she couldn't control those as well though she knew she would have to train herself soon since she slowly started to become resistant to the potion.

-The evening at the party location near the woods-

Iris was bored out of her mind as no one wanted to talk to her since she represented the authority, though she could feel Stefan Salvatore's eyes on her when he wasn't looking at Elena. She would have to talk to him about their possible blood link when he would come to see her as it was mandatory.

Later Iris was suddenly starting to feel the bloodlust rise inside her as she smelt blood, she looked around and saw Elena and her brother carrying a body.

She quickly took charge urging someone to call 911 while she got closer fighting the bloodlust that would change her face into one of a vampire, from the corner of her eyes she saw Stefan quietly getting away and as she looked closer at the wound, she thought she knew why, this wasn't an animal attack it was a vampire attack.

And here she thought Mystic Falls was a quiet little town with no sign of supernatural of any kind.

-The day after, At school-

After the attack the whole school seemed a little shocked that one of their own was so grievously wounded, already talk of animal attack were heard through the school.

Matt whose sister was the victim went to see this new counselor to talk about this attack and her growing reputation.

"Miss Salvatore?" asked the young man standing on the threshold of the counselor office.

"I should put a sign that spell Call me Iris." sighed the young woman waving at him to come in.

The football player came in and sat on the chair facing the woman and strangely he didn't know what to say anymore.

"You are Matt..Donovan right?" asked the counselor looking at some files on her desk not letting him speak she continued "I won't lie to you, I know you are here about yesterday and first I would like to say that I am sorry that I should have done my job better and noticed someone went away, second I know you must feel lost and that you don't know what to do about your sister but you have to be strong for her, we don't know what she will remember when she will wake up but she might be in a state of shock."

"What?!" asked the shocked teen, he was surprised that the counselor read him so easily almost as if she read his mind, and that Vicky could go into shock once she will wake.

"Yes Shock, M...God only knows what attacked her but if she remembers it, it won't be easy for her and for you to live through this so you will have to be strong for her." said the counselor cursing herself at her almost slip of the tongue that would have been very awkward.

"I didn't think of that thank you." said Matt before leaving not noticing her near slip of the tongue.

Once he left Iris sighed, she would have to go searching for a source of blood or she won't be able to handle to bloodlust and once more she was glad to have learned the craft of passive legilimency as it was how she was so good at her job, being able to enter the mind of teenagers oh joy!

The day continued normally after that soon it was the parent teacher conference for Jeremy's year so Jenna came and brought Iris' son with her.

The young boy was delighted to go see his mother at work and so he ran to her office, leaving Jenna free to go about her meetings.

The last teacher she had to see was Mr. Tanner and she wasn't looking forward to it.

Meanwhile Iris and Teddy were near the classroom when the mother grabbed her head in pain as her brain was assaulted by her new senses since she wasn't protected by the potion anymore.

"...Are you aware that Elena's and Jeremy's parents died last spring?" said the voice of Jenna.

"Yes I know it was awful, a car accident on the bridge? I believe, but that was last spring and now Jeremy turned to drugs to deal with it and it isn't healthy. He still didn't go to see our counselor when he was told to do so...Are there any other guardian?" asked the voice of Tanner.

"I am their sole guardian." firmly said Jenna.

"How is it to deal with two teenagers? It must be difficult."

"Yes it is. It is tough but we...I manage."

"No you aren't it is impossible to deal with teenagers especially a drugged one."

Sensing Jenna was going to be held responsible for Jeremy by this teacher Iris decided to intervene so she knocked at the door.

"Yes?" asked the very irritated voice of Tanner.

"Mr. Tanner I would like to talk to you about what you said about visits being mandatory." said Iris thinking of an excuse to be there, she smiled at seeing Jenna's relieved look.

A while later.

Iris had to comfort her Godmother as she was shaken by Tanner dragging her into the mud like that, the young vampire decided that she would talk to Jeremy Gilbert at school even if she had to drag him into her office herself.

-That night-

The young vampire took her bike out for a spin and to go to another town to steal some blood bags.

She easily broke into the room where they kept the blood and stole enough to not miss any for a little while, however as she went to leave she was surprised by a security guard, by instinct the vampire knew what to do, she flashed next to the guard grabbed his head and looked deep into his eyes.

"You went on your tour and never saw something out of the ordinary." said the vampire compelling the man.

"I went on my tour and never saw something out of the ordinary." said the man in a monotone voice before resuming his tour.

Managing to leave without encountering any other guards the young vampire made a hasty return home, she never saw the crow that watched her curiously, almost too curiously.

-The day after-

Iris was surprised when Elena invited her and Teddy for a dinner at her house, she gladly accepted the invitation and said that she would bring dessert.

The counselor spend most of her work day trying to track Jeremy Gilbert wich was surprisingly hard, it seemed the teenager didn't want to be found, However Iris wasn't an ordinary human she was a witch/vampire hybrid for Merlin's sake, so making sure no one was watching she took out the Elder Wand and did a silent Point Me spell and finally found Jeremy at the grill watching the girl that was attacked Vicky Donovan.

"Jeremy Gilbert, It seem you have to talk to me." said Iris surprising the teen.

Jeremy turned around a saw a very beautiful woman looking at him at first he didn't recognize him but soon he recognized the high school counselor and the good mood he was in darkened considerably still he let a "Your hot!" escape underneath his breath.

It took Iris a lot of effort to not show reaction at Jeremy's comment and she still blushed a little at the praise "Hum You have a choice either you follow me to my office at the school or I drag you to my office kicking and screaming." said the counselor.

The teen grumbled but followed her to her office where the woman told him that personally she didn't care that he took drugs to deal with the pain of losing his parents something that she did when her uncle Sirius was killed when she was his age but unlike her he still had a sister and an aunt who cared about him and him doing this hurt them, so for their sake he had to stop.

It looked like her speech made him think something Iris was grateful for as she didn't expect that to work.

-That evening in Elena's house-

Iris and Teddy came, with the mother hoping to convert other to the greatness that is homemade Treacle Tart, so they bring the one Iris made eelier.

Iris was surprised to see Bonnie Bennet and someone who could only be the infamous Stefan Salvatore. She thought that it would be a family dinner and it seemed she was wrong.

It seemed to Iris that Elena and Stefan were interested in each other and she could also sense tension coming from the dark skinned girl as she looked at Stefan, strangely the mistress of death could also sense power in the girl.

"So Iris did you talk with your uncle about how you were related to Stefan?" asked Elena curious to know more about the two new habitants of Mystic Falls and member of the same family though they didn't know about each other.

"No Sorry but I don't recall my mother's letter mentioning other Family member besides her brother." said a confused Iris.

"I spoke to Uncle Zach and I may have Information on the subject. We aren't closely related we are closer to cousin fourth removed than cousin though I call Zach my uncle." explained the Salvatore younger brother just as they finished the meal.

Iris simply nodded and looked at her son who was too quiet but she guessed because they were a lot of new people around him and he was kind of shy.

"So guys this is Damon Stefan's older brother." said Elena introducing the newcomer as Caroline didn't need to be introduced since everyone knew her.

Seeing Iris about to introduce herself Stefan got a strange smirk a=on his face and beat her to the punch. "Damon this is Iris Salvatore she is Uncle Zach's niece, Iris as Elena said this is my brother Damon." said Stefan relishing in the fact that his brother was stunned by this revelation that the family line wasn't over since apparently a Salvatore reproduced to produce Iris and seeing the boy she seemed to have given life too.

Damon got over his shock and took a seat beside Iris and tried to smooth talk her.

"So this is quite a nice back you have." said the older Salvatore brother trying (and failing) to sound uninterested and nonchalant.

"Bike?" coughed Stefan and Elena stunned that a delicate looking girl could own something as tough sounding than a bike.

"Yes a bike left to me by an adoptive uncle of mine." said Iris sounding hurt.

"Adoptive?" asked Damon.

"Yes since I am the product of a one night stand my mother never knew my father's name ad so I was adopted by her husband, and it was his brother's bike that I now own." explained Iris.

After that Iris excused herself as she had to put her son to bed. She bid them goodnight unaware that Damon followed her with a huge amount of curiosity as he felt something strange about the woman.

To be Continued...

Next Time : Iris will meet the council and Damon will try to discover Iris' secrets.