Iris groaned her eyes fluttered opened and coughed she felt like she was choking it took her a second to realise she had a tube down her throat, Iris spluttered grasping her throat, her arms struck out causing the water jug that was on the nightstand sending it crashing down towards the ground shattering on impact.
But it did its job though since a nurse came rushing in.
"Oh my" she muttered and ran towards her "just relax" she soothed.
Iris resisted the urge to roll her eyes and thought 'how you bloody bint, there's a tube down my throat, choking me'
The nurse pressed the panic button, alerting the doctor.
"Miss Potter this quiet remarkable" Dr Logan said, looking at her chart and was slightly annoyed to see that the raven haired teen and torn out the tubes that had been inserted in her hand
"Yes, well I heal fast" she plastered a smile on to her face
Dr Logan examined her, he had never heard something like this before a couple of hours ago the girl in front of him had no heart beat and was on death's door step but now she was fully functional
"Can I leave?" she asked wanting to leave having spent enough time before hand in hospitals
"I would prefer it if we kept you in for observation" he told her, Iris sighed and bit down on her lip she just really wanted to sleep in her own bed
"I am perfectly fine" she insisted and to prove her point she jumped out of bed "See?"
The doctor shook his head and walked out, leaving a fuming Iris behind
"Bloody hell" she muttered and decided to stretch her legs not wanting to be cooped up all day. She padded barefooted down the hospital ward and spotted Elena coming out of another room
"Elena" Iris called the brunette turned around
"Oh my gosh, Iris" Elena grinned and ran towards the raven head who was swept up in a hug, Iris grunted but responded back "I'm so glad you're ok" she grinned, Iris nodded and looked past her, her eyes widened when she saw a very familiar blond
"What happened to Caroline?"
"Car accident" Elena replied mournfully
"Is she-"
"Damon gave her his blood, she'll be all better" Elena told her "come on you should be resting" she took hold of Iris's hand and dragged her back down the corridor.
"I'm fine" she rolled her eyes "just get me out of here please" she begged
Elena frowned and sighed the raven head looked perfectly healed which was rather odd since she knew that Iris was in critical condition a couple of hours ago, so it take a while for vampire blood to take its full effects but with Iris that wasn't the case
"Please Elena" she pouted, causing the brunette to clench her eyes shut
"Fine" she relented "I'll say I'll drive you home and settle you in-"
"Great" she grinned "let's go"
"Erm Iris you are aware that you're wearing a hospital gown" Elena chuckled, Iris eyes widened she grabbed the back of the gown and saw that it only had two knots tying it together
"Merlin, I've wondering around the hospital with my arse of display" she said mortified and ran ahead holding the back together
Elena laughed hard "If it's any constellation your underwear is cute" she followed after her
Iris dropped face first on to her bed, her underwear she completely forgotten that she wore the pair with pictures of cupcakes all over
"Ergh, life is cruel" she muttered into her pillow, Elena smiled and shook her head
"I'll see if I can find you any clothes" she heard Elena say
"This is the best you could do?" Iris asked looking down at her current outfit, which was a pair of dark blue scrubs; she had to roll the pants up several times
"Well you look adorable-"
"Don't say that" she shook her head "let's go before the trousers fall down" she walked past Elena and an amused Damon who had come by to pick her up. He opened his mouth about to comment but her voice cut him off
"Don't Damon or I'll kick your arse" she yelled so that the whole corridor heard, Damon looked around at the baffled staff and saw them all eyeing him
"She loves me really" he smirked; Elena scoffed and followed after Iris.
Iris finally arrived home and stepped out of Damon's car,
"Iris"
"Stefan" she smiled seeing the vampire, he casually made his way over to her and pulled her into a hug
"Gave us a right scare there" he whispered into her ear, she smiled slightly at having so many that cared for her
"I know, Damon lectured me all the way home" she rolled her eyes
"You're lucky that's all you got, flower" Damon drawled
"Well you should go rest Iris" Elena insisted and lightly pushed Iris towards her house "you need it since you'll be helping at the carnival tomorrow"
Iris sighed and nodded trudging towards her house, she plucked up the key from her matt and glanced over shoulder at Damon, Elena and Stefan who were tense, she shook her head, that love triangle would bite them all in the arse, Iris didn't envy Elena at all about that, she wouldn't want to pit two brothers against one another especially the way Katherine had embroiled the Salvatore boys.
With one last glance Iris unlocked her front door and shut it firmly behind her.
She slipped off the borrowed slippers and immediately walked into her kitchen and rummaged through her cupboards pulling out snacks, she was starving.
Iris grabbed several bowls full on snacks and dropped down on to the couch, she flicked the television on and munched, completely loosing herself in the world of True Blood,
"Ha fairies" she shook her head scoffing at the idea, most of her attention was focused on the blond Viking vampire Eric Northman, she decided that he was drool worthy.
When the show was finished Iris opted to go to bed, thoroughly exhausted from the day. She padded barefooted upstairs and changed out of the pair of oversize scrubs.
She slipped on a pair of loose shorts that rested low on her hips she rummaged through her hamper pulling out a random tank top. Iris slowly crawled into bed and pulled the covers over herself falling asleep fast.
Iris eyes widened as Professor Quirrell ran in to the festive Halloween decorated hall, the chatter immediately died away
"There's a troll in the dungeon" he announced "thought you ought to know" he then proceeded to drop onto the stoned floor in a dead faint. There was an instant uproar, Iris looked around panicked as students began to scream.
"SILENCE" Dumbledore roared shutting the hall up "prefects I want you to escort your houses to their common room, immediately"
Iris stumbled up, Ron grabbed her hand so his smaller friend wouldn't get lost in the crowd
"Come on" he called, they were near the staircase when Iris gasped realisation hitting her
"Iris, what are-"
"I just remembered Hermonie, she doesn't know about the troll" Iris grabbed his hand, Ron looked around unsurely
"Fine but Percy better not find out" Ron reluctantly followed after her
"Good that you got your priorities sorted out" Iris said as they rounded the corner, both first years balked at the disgusting smell
"Ew what's that" she muttered they followed the smell and heard the troll roaring in the girls toilets
"We can lock it in" Ron suggested, both pre-teens ran forward and turned the key in the lock and ran both having a sense of accomplishment. But that plummeted when they heard a terrified scream
"Hermonie!" they said in unison and ran back towards the lavatories, Iris was faster so she in in there first. Chaos met her emerald orbs seeing as she saw a giant troll smashing the basins with its club
"Distract it" Iris ordered, she picked up parts of the smashed basin and lobbed it at the back of its head, "hey ugly" she shouted it turned its head around Iris ducked around it whilst Ron continued to distract it.
"Hermonie, come on" Iris shouted seeing the bushy haired girl there, but she didn't move "Hermonie, now is not the time to freeze up" she yelled but the girl was stock still frozen, Iris jumped when the troll roared dust fell from the ceiling she saw the troll was advancing towards Ron, swinging it's club. Iris did something both that was brave as well as incredibly foolish she ran up to the troll jumping on its back. She hanged on for dear life as the troll tried to throw her off
"Do something" Iris shrieked when the troll swung its bat around, she just managed to dodge a blow
"Wingardium Leviosa" Ron shouted, Iris dropped down to the ground and scuttled backwards as the troll knocked itself out by its own bat.
There was a resounding silence, Iris stood up on her shaky legs and went to stand beside Ron
"Is it dead?" Hermonie's voice quivered
Iris prodded the creature with her foot she jumped and clutched on to Ron's arm when it merely grunted
"No definitely just knocked out" Iris muttered
Just then the door flew open causing all three eleven year olds to jump and looked towards the doorway and saw McGonagall who was pale and thinned lip entering the destroyed lavatory being followed in by Snap and Quirrell, the latter saw the troll and whimpered dropping down on to the toilet seat,
"What do you think-"
Iris frowned McGonagall's words were being drowned out by an incessant buzzing.
Iris groaned her eyelids fluttered open, she rubbed her temple the memories were fast leaving her mind, she looked over to her alarm and saw that it was nearing noon, she yawned and stretched her arms above her head.
She rolled out of bed and walked towards her window and pulled the curtains apart she revelled in the sun light, the weather was beginning to change.
Iris sighed and leant her temple against the panel of her window and looked out overseeing her small empty garden, she really needed to tidy things up there again.
But for now she put that to the back of her mind and headed towards the bathroom, she stripped out of her night clothes and let the warm water wash over her, she was relieved about getting the hospital stench off of her, after thoroughly scrubbing herself clean as well as washing her hair she dried herself off and went back into the bedroom.
Where she slipped on a pair of denim shorts and a floral top, she paired it with a pair of converses and brushed her hair, she braided it since she knew she could have her curls cascading all around her after there was work to be done at the carnival tonight.
The raven head made herself a cup of tea and some buttered toast, she swallowed down her food but paused when she heard her phone buzz. Iris grabbed the muggle device and saw that she had got a text from Elena, stating what time she needed to be at the carnival tonight.
She had just dumped her dirty dishes into the sink when there was a knock on the door, this time she made sure to take her bat with her to the front door, Iris stood on her tip toes and peeked through the peep hole and saw to her surprise Jeremy there. She opened the door to the younger Gilbert
"Hey Jere" she smile unsure
"Hi" he smiled sheepishly, there was an awkward silence, Iris cleared her throat
"Come in" she invited him in, he nodded and stepped over the threshold, she led him into the kitchen "You want a drink or something to eat?"
"No" he said and took a deep breath "Iris I'm really sorry about the other day, it wasn't your fault I just…ergh it frustrated me that Elena thought it was best she never asked-"
"Your free will got taken away Jeremy" she said softly "you have every right to get upset" she understood what he went through, being oblivious to everything and having someone who thought they were doing the best for you and making life alternative decisions without your consent
"Iris-"
"Jeremy trust me we're fine" she reassured him, Jeremy grinned widely at the petite girl and pulled her into a bear hug, which she returned
"Thanks Iris" he muttered into her hair
"No problem" Iris grinned, they sat down at the kitchen table
"So how are you feeling? Elena told me about the animal attack-"
"You know what's lurking in the dark right?" she asked Jeremy nodded
"Yeah so it was a vampire-"
"Specifically Katherine" she cut him off, "heard of her?"
Jeremy snorted "Understatement, but yeah so she attacked you? Why?"
Iris simply shrugged "She's a crazy bitch, isn't that reason enough?"
Jeremy laughed and nodded
"So what's been happening with you?" she asked sipping her now warm tea, she slid the box of pop tarts towards him
"Not much"
Iris narrowed her eyes "uh huh, now tell me the truth"
"I feel like an old lady gossiping" he muttered
"Wonderful" she drawled "now spill" she ordered
"Well you know Katherine is back in town?"
She nodded and gestured for him to carry on
"Well she went around pretending to be Elena, and kissed Damon or something"
Iris ears perked up at this "and?" she was starting to grow impatient
"Well he came around and she obviously denied it, he completely lost it and then ended up killing me"
Iris jaw dropped at this "Damon killed you?"
"Yeah, but I had my ring on so" she nodded knowing that was the reason why he was sitting in front of him
"How's Elena taking this?" she asked
He sighed and shrugged his shoulders "doesn't really want anything to do with him"
"Ouch" Iris muttered that's got to sting she thought.
"Well I got to go, see yah later"
Iris nodded lost in her thoughts, so Katherine was back but why? And also managed to get under Damon's skin, she sighed feeling sorry for the vampire truth be told.
AN: Interesting comments about what Iris is, I think one of you is on the right lines, instead of focusing on what she is, perhaps focus on her characteristics or what happened in the previous chapters (what Death said)...or you could stay tune and watch it unravel.
Still got the flue so feeling crappy, doesn't help that i got an essay to do so wish me luck.
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