Iris woke up to her alarm blaring, she groaned and reached out slamming her alarm off today would be her second day at Mystic High, she pulled a pillow over her face and waited a few minutes waking herself up. She sighed and sat up the sheets pooling around her small waist.
She rubbed her eyes and climbed out of bed, her slim legs got caught in the sheets sending her crashing to the floor, and she landed with oof and swore under her breath scrambling on to her feet. Iris stretched her stiff muscles and headed into the bathroom.
She washed her face and had a quick body shower but left her hair in a high bun not wanting it to get wet.
She dried herself off and slipped on some underwear and a nude colour bra, she rummaged through her closet and decided to wear a pair of tights and a knee length chocolate brown full sleeve dress Iris looped the thin belt around her waist and brushed her hair and pulled it into a high pony tail she positioned her bangs so that the scar wasn't visible and a few loose curls came out.
She looked through the bottom of her closet and pulled out a pair of brown ankle boots. Iris grabbed her messenger bag and headed downstairs.
She turned the radio on and saw that she had twenty minutes before she had to leave for school. Iris turned the kettle on and put some slices of bread in the toaster, she grabbed a mug and dropped in a tea bag and some sugar, her kitchen was fairly large there was a table on the side where there was a four piece chair set and an island in the centre. She heard the kettle whistling and was brought out of musings she poured the hot water into the mug and stirred the contents.
Iris reached over and popped the bread and grabbed the pieces she buttered it and sat down at the table. She glanced over to Elena's house and saw that the teen was chatting to her aunt she spied Elena's brother running down the stairs.
She shook her head wondering what it would be like if she had someone as well. She pushed down her dark feelings and finished her breakfast. Iris placed the dirty dishes in the sink thinking she would wash up when she got home.
She headed into the living room and saw her books, she piled them into her bag and grabbed a hold of it. Iris grabbed her car keys and headed out locking the door behind her.
Iris could see Elena's SUV down the road
"Hey Iris" Jenna called smiling at the teen
"Morning" she grinned unlocking the door, "You going to work?" she asked
"Yeah" she sighed "but between me and you I would rather stay at home" Iris chuckled and bid her goodbye.
She buckled herself in and carefully backed out of the driveway and drove to school. Iris arrived and parked next to a red car.
She grabbed her timetable and looked at it, she internally groaned when she saw that she had Gym at the end of the day. She headed to her first class which was History, hurrah she thought sarcastically.
Iris strolled down the hallway and mentally wondered why was she tiny compared to everyone else, she finally arrived at the classroom and saw Stephan was already in his seat as were Bonnie, Elena and a fair few amount of other students
"Hey Iris" Elena smiled
"Hi" Iris murmured and sat down next to Stephan who smiled at her, he was slightly relieved that she wasn't within such close proximity, god her scent was intoxicating
"Hey Iris" Stephan greeted her, Bonnie sent the other newcomer a smile
"Hey Stephan" she smiled at him her eyes glanced over to the dark skinned teen, she bit her bottom lip "Erm Bonnie, so is everything alright with your grandmother?" she asked
Bonnie's brows furrowed at this "What?"
"Well you had to leave early yesterday because of her or something-"
"Oh yeah, she's fine" Bonnie cut her off, Iris smiled and nodded and soon her attention was focused on the newly arrived teacher, who was red in the face
"I daresay this lesson is going to be fun" Stephan said quietly causing both Elena and Iris to smile slightly,
Iris had her notepad open and was currently dawdling on the margin, trying to take in what Mr Tanner was saying but it was going in one ear and out of the other, he starting to remind her of Binns, the Hogwarts history teacher.
"Potter" Tanner barked making the petite teenager jump
"Yes sir?" she stammered and blushed when she noticed that everyone was looking at her, Tanner's eyes narrowed
"Tell me what year was the great fire in Mystic Falls" he demanded.
Iris's eyes widened briefly she remembered reading about that yesterday, she spotted the smug smile that was starting to appear on the history teacher's face there was a strong sense of de je vu.
"1864" Iris replied to him, the smirk dropped off of his face Stephan snickered as did a lot of the other students,
"Salvatore" he yelled and then proceeded to question him.
Iris watched on as did the others in disbelief as Tanner and Stephan fired back and forth
"Ha it was 1952" the teacher exclaimed when Stephan answered
"I believe you're mistaken Sir, it was 1953" Stephan said determinedly
"It was 1952-"
"Why doesn't someone check?" Iris suggested cutting the teacher off making him glare at her, she refrained from rolling her oval shaped emerald orbs
"Fine, someone check" Tanner snapped, from the corner of her eye she saw one of the other students pulling out there phone, there was a moment of silence
"He's right, it was 1953"
Iris snorted lightly whilst Stephan held in his smile, the other students including Elena, Caroline and Bonnie was openly smiling at that.
"That was fun" Iris said as she walked out in between Caroline and Bonnie, Stephan and Elena were bringing up the rear "Honestly I thought he was going to slap me, when I suggested for someone to check"
Caroline giggled "me too"
The tension between Iris and Caroline had dramatically lessened, the blond had grown to like the raven head she didn't know but she had some aura surrounding her
"What do you have next?" Bonnie asked as iris tucked in a stray curl
"Hmm English" she said reading her timetable
"Let me see" Caroline peeked over her shoulder and took hold of the sheet of paper "You're in my class, come on" she surprised Iris by grabbing her arm linking her arm with hers
"Ok, see yah guys later" Iris called over her shoulder "Bloody hell Caroline, you're strong"
Caroline giggled "I'm a cheerleader"
Iris nodded she does seem like a cheer leading type. Iris allowed the blond to drag her to their class.
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Iris dropped down besides Stephan as they were outside in the courtyard having lunch
"Ergh" Bonnie groaned "incoming, Iris no matter what do not hit him"
Iris brows furrowed in confusion, she felt the space besides her being taken up she turned to face a handsome dark haired teen, the cocky smirk on his face made her internally cringe
"Welcome to Mystic Falls, I'm Tyler Lockwood" he grinned at her, she forced a smile on her face
"She looks like she's in pain" Bonnie whispered to Elena
"Can you blame her" she murmured back, both teens shared a smile
"Iris" she said pointedly
"Well Iris, pretty name" he said "I was wondering if you're showing up to the party and-"
"Look let me save you the hassle, no I'm not going with you so off you scoot" she waved him away, Caroline, Bonnie and Elena laughed out loud, Stephan chuckled as well as Matt who had accompanied Tyler over. Tyler huffed and stormed off, Matt grinned at Iris
"That was awesome" he commented making her smile, she nodded and watched him leave
"I never thought I would witness a pixie like creature, say to the Tyler Lockwood off you scoot" Caroline laughed loudly making the others break out into chuckles
"Wait did you compared me to a pixie?" Iris asked, but Caroline merely shook her head.
Iris dug into her sandwich and could only it half of it, the starvation she suffered at the Dursleys hand early in her life made her appetite rather small
"You're not going to finish that?" Elena asked concerned at the small raven head, Stephan also grew concern and reached out his hand touched her shoulder, she jumped at his touch
"Sorry" she blushed thinking she should calm down "Appetites not big is all" she shrugged her shoulders.
"So the party this Friday, thinking of coming?" Elena asked looking at Stephan whose eyes were currently focused on Iris, things were slowly started to click in place for him
"Yes I get to meet new people" he nodded
"That's great both you Iris should definitely come" Caroline smiled at them.
Iris finally arrived at home, she turned the key in the ignition turning the car off. She climbed out of the car and headed up to her front door she was standing at the front door and rummaged through her bag looking for her house keys
'Caw"
She jumped and looked over to where the noise had come from and saw the crow there again on her porch swing
"Bloody bird" she muttered "don't you have a nest or something?"
"Caw" it flapped its wings Iris shook her head and pushed her door open she dropped her bag on the couch and took off her thin jacket she looked out of the window to check if the crow was there, much to her digression it was still there
"Wait there Mister Crow" Iris muttered and ran back in, she was an animal person and ever since Hedwig she had warmed to birds.
Iris rummaged through her pantry and pulled out some bread, she made her way back to the porch and tore the loaf of bread into small pieces,
"Here you go" she muttered and placed the pieces besides the crow, Iris hopped on to the banister and watched the bird, something was off with it she thought it was rather oversize
"Funny thing" she commented and noted that the bird was looking at her whilst also picking at the pieces of bread she laid out "don't crows travel in flocks? You must get lonely being all on your own I know I do" she murmured the last sentence; her eyes stared off towards the Gilberts house where the sound of laughter and chatter could be heard.
She sighed and watched as the crow flew over to her, she smiled lightly at it and raised her fingers gently stroking the head of the crow "see yah later" she jumped off of the banister and headed inside gently shutting the front door behind her.
Iris looked at the time and saw that it was now nearing five in the afternoon, hmm she must've stayed out with that bird longer than she thought. Iris made her way into the kitchen to make some dinner, she kicked off her converses and decided to make some pasta, she grabbed the pot and let the meat thaw in it chopped up some tomatoes, one good thing about cooking was that it kept her mind and hands busy.
She left the past in the pot to boil and headed back into the living room she turned the television on and flickered through the channels settling it on some random films.
Iris was currently eating her pasta and watching the television once she was done she slouched in the seat, this was her normal life she had to admit it was peaceful but slightly depressing after all she was on her own in a large four bedroom house where only three of the main rooms were used.
Iris hummed along to music as she listened to her IPod whilst doing her homework, the pen twirled in between her fingers she was already starting on the essay that Tanner had set today it was due in a week.
She groaned and decided to head to bed she walked slowly up the stairs but not before turning the lights off and making sure that both the front and back doors were locked Iris slipped off her dress and chucked in it to her laundry basket that was on the side of her room she pulled on some loose flannel bottoms and an oversized t shirt, she climbed onto her window seat and was about to pull the curtains shut
"Caw" she shrieked and toppled onto the floor landing on her arse
"Oww" she groaned and saw the crow looking at her "Bloody bird, don't you have a home" she scrambled onto her feet and shut the curtains running her small hands down her face, she climbed onto bed and turned the lamp off and pulled her duvet up to her chin. Once again feeling the weight of sadness and loneliness wash over, she shook her head and drifted off to sleep.
"The girl who lived has come to die" Iris stared into a pair of red eyes determinedly this was it, she's been raised like a lamb to a slaughter "Good bye" she closed her eyes and accepted her fate, it was time in Dumbledore's words this was for the greater good
"Arvada Kedarva" she heard the low voice, she could make out a flash of green light and new nothing more.
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