Iris's eyes abruptly shot open, she was literally panting merlin she remembered that particular venture she was scared that the snatchers and Greyback would violate her body but they didn't since she was valuable.
Iris's breathing calm down she pushed that horrid memory away and thought back to the last couple of days she hadn't seen Damon since the night of the tomb, and Elena had told her last night that Bonnie's grandmother had died that night as well, her heart went out to the new witch and she knew that Bonnie wouldn't be too happy with any of them especially the vampires.
Today would be her funeral and Iris rolled out of bed knowing that the young girl would need all the support she could get. She had a quick shower and pulled on a simple black knee length dress on and put on a pair of thick tights and slipped on a pair of flats and pulled her hair into a pony tail.
She had a quick breakfast and headed out towards the cemetery.
"How do you think she's holding up?" Iris asked her and Elena were sitting on Iris's porch swing
"I'm not too sure" Elena admitted "this reminded me of my parents funeral" she muttered and looked at the raven head "What about you?"
"I was a baby when my parents were murdered and their bodies were destroyed but they do have plots" Iris said
Elena frowned at that but decided not to push it
Iris bit her lip and glanced at Elena from the corner of her eye "I bet this has got you thinking about your birth mother am I right?"
Elena sighed and nodded "I just want to know her" she said "and Mr Saltzman knows who she is"
Iris cocked an eyebrow and Elena merely shook her head "Don't ask, but he's got information about her"
"Why don't you just ask him?" Iris asked but before Elena could reply Jenna's car drove into the Gilbert's driveway, she spotted the two teens on the porch
"What are you two doing out here?" she asked "It's cold"
"We were talking about Bonnie's grandmother's funeral, it brought back a lot of memories" Elena said "I know you've been digging around about the adoption and I was wondering if you know anything"
Jenna smiled and nodded "I do" she said and heading back towards her house "come inside"
Elena frowned as she walked several steps down Iris's driveway but noticed that someone wasn't with her. She turned around and saw that Iris was still sitting on her porch swing
"Aren't you coming?"
Iris frowned "It's a private thing, I'm sure-"
Elena rolled her eyes "Nope, you're coming"
Iris rolled her eyes but jumped off of her porch falling in step beside Elena.
Iris followed Elena into the Gilbert's house and spotted Jenna by her laptop, she gave the raven head a smile and gestured towards the computer
"Your dad" she told Elena as Iris leant against the counter "kept everything from his medical notes, blogs and old appointment books in here, I found an entry from the night you were born" she said it in all one breath, this vaguely reminded Iris of Hermonie's and hers first meeting.
Iris could see that Elena was nervous and she had every right to be, this was a big thing
"Patient number and birth certificate, Isobel Peterson"
Elena took a deep breath, Iris licked her lips and asked "do you think that's her real name?"
"Probably not" Jenna shook her head "she's a teenage runaway her first name is probably real, but Peterson? No I doubt it, friend? Classmate not sure, so I searched and found several Petersons born in the same area and in the same year"
Iris tapped her fingers against the table top "two men and a woman named Trudy, watch this"
Iris and Elena leant slightly further and saw a picture pop up, there was two women and a man, there was a caption that read 'Isobel"
"She was a cheerleader" Elena said with a small smile, Iris had learned beforehand that the brunette was a cheerleader and now her biological mother was one as well.
"Trudy still lives there still" Jenna informed them
"What about her?" Iris asked
"I've got nothing" Jenna shrugged her shoulders "But that's not all I found" Iris was growing confused at this
"What else?"
"You know Ric?"
"Mr Saltzman?" Iris asked,
"I think you're the only one who calls him that" Jenna muttered but nodded to Iris's question "anyway his wife was also from around their and her name was also Isobel"
"That's too much of a coincidence" Iris muttered but frowned realising something "Was?"
"She died" Jenna said, Iris glanced over at Elena who looked sad
"I'm going to get change, I'll give you two sometime alone" Iris uttered standing up, she smiled at both of them and was about to leave but Elena called out to her
"Iris, thank you for being there" Elena said sincerely
"You're my friend Elena" she simply said and turned on her heel leaving.
Iris decided to change wanting to get out of this itchy dress, she slipped on a pair of jeans and a light purple v neck sweater. Iris traded her flats for a pair of converses and heard her cell buzzing, she found the device on her desk she saw that she had a message from Elena
'At the grill, see if you can come by, Elena"
"Well that settles dinner then" Iris muttered and grabbed her jacket and keys, she locked the front door behind her and climbed into her car, she buckled herself up and pulled out of the driveway.
Iris arrived at the grill and saw that it was busier than usual she stood on her tip toes trying to spot Elena or Stephan, she frowned when she couldn't and pushed her way towards the bar sitting down on a stool beside her history teacher
"Hey Mr Saltzman" she smiled
"Iris we're not in class you can call me Alaric, or better yet Ric" he chuckled she blushed and nodded
"Sorry habit, so what's going on here?" she asked ordering a soda
"A fundraiser" he informed her
"Another one? This town is full of them" she muttered causing him to chuckle "So what's this one about?"
"Carole Lockwood is auctioning off bachelors, she got me in it as well-" Iris spat out her drink laughing hard, Ric rolled his eyes but rubbed her back noting that If she carried on she would have trouble breathing
"It's that funny?" he asked
"Sorry" she sniffed and closed her eyes taking a deep breath. "So…I gather that you would want Jenna to win you" she commented slyly
Now it was Ric's turn to cough up his drink and cleared his throat
"Cheeky brat" he commented, making Iris giggle she heard a squeal and saw Elena coming in and was greeting a woman who was with Jenna
"Ric it looks like Jenna's got competition" she muttered seeing the unknown woman eyeing the history teacher
"Ok off you go, I think Elena wants you" Ric lightly shoved off the cheeky teen who grinned and skipped away.
"Elena" she smiled approaching them
"Oh who's this doll?" the woman asked "Aw she's absolutely adorable"
Elena could see Iris cheeks were flushing pink and hid a smile
"Kelly this is Iris Potter, and Iris this is Kelly Donavan, Matt's mother" she introduced them
"Nice to meet you" she said politely
"Aw" she cooed "she's so cute"
"Please make her stop or I will smash her head against the wall" she muttered to Elena who looked amused, she grabbed Iris's arm and pulled her slightly away
"I found out something, Mr Saltzman was married to my mother" she whispered
Iris eyes widened and looked over shoulder towards the history who glanced at both her and Elena and looked away "and that's not all, he thinks that she was killed by a vampire"
"Wow" Iris muttered not expecting that
"I also want to go see Trudy Peterson, but Stefan wouldn't let me" she added on
"Maybe that's a good idea Elena" Iris uttered and quickly added on when she saw the angered look on Elena's face "I just mean Elena I don't want you to get your hopes up and then be disappointed when you find something out you don't like"
Elena smiled softly "I know you're just looking out for me"
Iris smiled at her
"It's starting" Jenna said and literally dragged Iris over to her table, she saw Ric and Damon both standing on the stage. She could see that he was clearly drunk and not at all doing well.
"This is boring" Iris muttered holding her head in her hands
"Oh hush this is fun, I don't get why you didn't by any tickets" Jenna said her hands clenching around her own tickets
"Erm probably because there's no one there my type?" she said comically
Jenna snorted "Damon's up there and his looking at you"
Iris shook her head and looked back towards the stage
"And what do you do bachelor number three?" Carol Lockwood asked
"I'm a plumber" the man stated into the microphone
"Well isn't that wonderful" Carole said "we could always do with more plumbers" she then moved on to Alaric "Number 4 Alaric Saltzman" Iris nudged Jenna who rolled her eyes but couldn't help but grin "What do you do Alaric?"
"I'm a teacher at Mystic High school" he replied
"Oh ladies, beauty and brains" Carole called into the mike.
"And last but not least Damon Salvatore" she said, Iris looked over to him "hmm we don't have a lot on you"
"I'm tough to fit onto a small card" he smirked
"Do you have any hobbies? Travels?" Carole asked
"Oh yes" Damon smiled evilly causing Iris to tense feeling he was about to do something stupid "LA, New York well hell a couple of years ago I was in North Carolina near the Duke campus, I think Alaric went to school there?"
Iris mouth went dry at this, was Damon that far gone to realize that he was goading the man?
"I know your wife went there"
Iris looked over to Elena who looked confused
"I had a drink with her once" he paused "she was…delicious"
Iris heard a scuffle and saw Elena running out past a concerned Carole , Iris ran after her
"Elena" she called seeing the brunette heaving by the road she ran over to her, placing her hand on her arm
Stefan appeared behind them "Elena"
"Was Damon the one that killed her?" Elena asked tearfully, Iris bit her lip feeling saddened for the girl
"I don't know, they never found her body" Stefan said, Iris took a step back knowing that the couple needed a moment
"Oh my god" Elena uttered "I felt sorry for him, I feel like an idiot"
"He doesn't know about the connection" Stefan said
Iris went back inside and saw that the men were being auctioned off, she sighed and went to grab the jacket. She walked over to the door and saw Elena storming out leaving behind a confused looking Damon
"Whoa, what's with her?" he asked her,
Iris's eyes narrowed "Did it make you feel better?" she demanded pulling her jacket on, glaring up at him
"Have you been drinking shorty?" he asked
"Did it make you feel better, rubbing Alaric's dead wife in his face" she snapped
His eyes narrowed at her "Iris-"
"You've ruined any chance so far of getting Elena to at least befriend you" she muttered "Alaric's wife? Well she was her biological mother" she dodged out of the way when she saw him attempting to grab her hand, Iris shook her head the hard edge of her eyes softened slightly at the sight of him
"Don't make people hate you Damon, you'll only feel lonely in the end" she murmured and headed back over to the bar.
Iris sighed and decided to drive to the boarding house to see if Elena was there. She parked out front and frowned when she saw their front door was opened, curiosity got the best of her and stepped inside she walked down the hall and frowned hearing groaning.
Iris stepped into the drawing and gasped at the sight
"What did you do?" she asked horrified seeing her history teacher on the floor dead, she rushed over to him and fell on to her knees, she placed her cool hand on his cold cheek
"Why do you bring death everywhere with you"? Iris snapped "does human life mean nothing to you?"
"He attacked me" Damon snapped downing his glass of whisky "I defended myself"
Iris shook her head disgusted at his behaviour, Stefan frowned and stepped into the room he saw
"What did you do?" Stefan demanded sitting down beside Iris who gently closed the history teacher's eyelids
"I was defending myself"
"From what?" Iris shouted glaring at him "a human, you're being pathetic"
Damon ignored her stinging comment "You know what?" he said lounging in the arm chair taking a sip of his drink "If Isobel is related to Elena, and Elena is related to Katherine, maybe Katherine sent her to me"
Iris shook her head at this wondering if he was serious
"You've got to stop Damon" Stefan snapped "You don't have to look anymore"
"Your obsession with her will hurt you in the end" Iris said softly he looked at her, his words ringing in his head
"I assume you're going to clean this up?" he finished his drink and left.
"Another death" Iris muttered looking at the lifeless history teacher
Stefan sighed as Iris rested her head again his shoulder, Iris was staring off into space and failed to notice Alaric's hand twitching. She frowned when she felt Stefan tense she gasped and scrambled backwards as Alaric shot up.
"What the?" she asked
Alaric looked around frantically
"He must've turned you" Stefan moved forward "How do you feel?"
"No, I went to stake him and he stabbed me" he grasped his chest, Iris frowned
"Then how?" she shook her head and saw him looking down at a gaudy ring that was on his finger
"Isobel gave this, saying that it would protect me" Alaric said staring off lost in a memory.
"Impossible" Stefan muttered, they all stood up, Iris scoffed
"They're vampires, and witches roaming around I think there can be a magical ring" she said and stretched her arms above her head
"I'm heading home, see you later" Iris called, Stefan made sure she got to her car safe not trusting Damon with her at the moment.
Iris arrived at home and was glad that it was the weekend she needed that time to relax, she locked the door behind her and turned the light on and headed inside, she kicked her shoes off and padded sock clad feet into the kitchen,
"Hmm what to cook?" she muttered to herself and rummaged through the pantry she opted to make some Shepard pie, once the food was in the oven Iris quickly made her way upstairs and changed clothes, she pulled on a pair of loose bottoms and a random top.
She brushed her hair into a messy bun, and smelt the aroma of food.
Iris plopped down on her couch and turned the television on and watched a movie.
She ended up dozing on the sofa she decided to head to bed.
Iris strolled through the gardens bored out of her mind, Nicklaus was busy with work she assumed she picked a rose from the bush and twirled it in between her fingers. She walked further out into the garden completely disregarding his rule of not wondering too far out. She was soon in the woods and groaned wanting to mentally slap herself when she saw that she was lost. Iris picked up her skirts slightly and stepped over a fallen branch
Her breath hitched when she heard a twig snapped, she looked over her shoulder and felt as if someone was watching her, Iris sped up she could see a slight break in the trees she headed towards there, but then there was another snap near the front causing her to freeze she abruptly stopped and felt a cold sweat come across her.
She back pedalled but bumped into something, Iris screamed when she felt someone grab her waist, a large dirty hand slammed against her mouth causing her screams to come out as grunts
"Hmm, is that virgin blood I smell" a low voice hissed, she trembled when he moved aside her dark hair revealing the pale column of her throat "It is, you're special you've got his scent all over you" she already knew who he was talking about
"Shame he isn't going to be your first or even your last" he snarled, Iris felt anger shoot through her, no she wasn't weak Rebecca would've scolded her for acting so weak, she slammed her heeled foot down on his foot causing his grip to loosen, she took that chance and fled, this was a nightmare, she was running from a vampire and when Nicklaus found her he would be furious.
She gasped when the vampire appeared in front of her, she saw that he was built and muscled
"Really darling" he drawled and smirked at her flashing her fangs, iris tumbled backwards and scrambled backwards when he stalked towards her, he leapt towards her she kicked her foot out causing him to growl "Enough playing games" he growled and flipped her over so that she was on her stomach
"NO!" she screamed her fingers dug into dirt "Please, no" she felt his hands pawing at her and cried when she felt his hands ripping her skirt. The side of her face was pressed against the dirt and screamed when she felt his hands on her behind, she felt his fingers graze her underwear, all of a sudden he was gone, Iris sat up and turned around she could see a blur of movement and then Nicklaus stopped. Iris watched wide eyed as she saw that the man was missing his arms
"Do Not Touch What Is Mine" Nicklaus growled looking more menacing then ever
"Forgive… me… my Lord, I-" the vampire spluttered blood dribbling down his chin
"Apology not necessary" he smirked devishly and proceeded to rip his head, splattering blood on to his face.
Iris jumped slightly when he appeared in front of her his eyes dark
"Nicklaus-"
"Do not speak" he hissed and grabbed her chin "what did I tell you about wondering off into the woods?"
She was shaking slightly and leant in closer to him for his heat "I- not to" she gasped as he tugged her towards him
"I can smell him on you" he growled, and grabbed a fistful of her hair and lightly pulled her head back revealing her throat, she was now positioned in his lap, she felt his body vibrate slightly his vampire possessiveness overcoming him "You're mine" he growled, she felt a shiver of delight travel through her.
Iris gripped on to his broad shoulders and wasn't frightened when she saw his fangs unsheathe.
She groaned when he sunk his fangs into her neck and moaned when his tongue dart out and pressed her closer to his body, one hand was splayed against her hip whilst the other travelled under her ripped skirt and caressed her smooth skin.
AN: Thanks for the reviews, and here was some of Iris's past, thanks for the feedback about the Elijah situation, I've got an idea now.
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