Iris, Caroline and Bonnie all arrived at the ball together, just then Bonnie's cell beeped she had received a text message, Iris slipped on her mask

"It's Jeremy he's here, I'm going to set the room up with him, and you guys remember what you have to do?" Bonnie asked

Iris rolled her eyes "Yes we do, we've only been over it a gazillion times"

Bonnie lightly elbowed her making Iris smile,

"We'll be fine" Iris assured her, she walked away with Caroline trailing after her.

Iris helped herself to a drink

"What are you planning to do after this whole mess is sorted out?" Caroline asked sipping her drink

"Hmm, I'm going to eat that tray full of chocolate covered strawberries" Iris grinned her eyes were bright.

"Iris, you scrub up well" she turned around smiling

"Tyler, how'd you know it was me?" she asked, he chuckled

"I heard you speak, and you're the only one here with a British accent" Tyler said he looked over to Caroline who sent him a small smile, Iris could tell that the blond was getting infatuated by the jock

"I'm going to go and see if I could find-" she trailed off seeing both teens weren't paying attention causing her to huff and shake her head.

Iris milled around the edge of the party and managed to locate the food table, there was a vast assortment of tiny starters,

"Hmm the dog was right you do scrub up well" a voice whispered into her ear causing her to jump

"Damon-"she stopped when she saw the vampire; damn she thought he did look good in a suit

"I see I made you speechless" he smirked cockily causing her to roll her eyes

"You look good Damon"

"So do you" he grinned, her emerald orbs popped out with the help of the smoky silvery grey eye shadow, her full lips were deliciously softer and plumped with a light coat of gloss.

"Any sign?" she asked quietly

"Nope" he murmured and smiled at her "I believe Miss Potter you promised me a dance if I'm correct" he held out his hand towards her

Iris rolled her eyes at his playful tone and slid her smaller hand into his larger one.

"I'm not surprised Mister Salvatore, you're a good dancer" she said as he twirled her around

"I had a lot of practice, and to be fair you're not bad either" he lightly gripped on to her waist pulling her closer, his nose twitched at her scent he could hear her heart pounding and the rush of blood through her veins, he inwardly groaned god he wanted to taste her.

"Thanks" Iris smiled oblivious to Damon's internal war. "Uh oh" seeing who was approaching them it definitely wasn't Elena

"Aw you both look cosy" Katherine smirked

"And the bitch is here" Iris muttered, Damon smirked at that.

Katherine scowled "Has she let you have a taste yet? She's delicious must have something to do with what are you"

Iris paled, Katherine knew? Iris swallowed down the lump in her throat

"You know you sound like a lesbian?" she blurted it out, god Stefan thought this girl didn't have a filter for her mouth,

Katherine smiled nastily at the raven haired beauty "You know I know some people who are going to be very happy to see you"

Iris frowned not knowing what she meant,

"Back off" Damon snarled stepping on front of Iris protectively,

"Aw Damon aren't you cute being all protective that won't help her when they come for her, sooner or later they will mark my words"

Iris scowled "You're really a cryptic cow aren't you" she spat at her

Katherine hissed and flashed her fangs at her "you won't be saying that when I rip your throat out again"

"That won't be happening" Damon growled, Stefan grabbed a hold of the female vampire's arm but Katherine merely yanked it away and smirked at Iris

"Good luck, when they find you, you're going to need it" Katherine threaded her arm through Stefan's and led him away.

Damon frowned and turned to face Iris, he could see the worry in her emerald orbs.

"Hey" he placed his hands on her shoulders bringing her back to reality "She's just trying to freak you out, don't listen to her, no one is coming after you"

"I know" she smiled "she doesn't scare me"

Damon nodded and kissed her temple "I got to go"

Iris nodded "Ok I'm going to go find Caroline, be careful"

He smiled and lightly brushed aside one of her stray curls "You too" he smiled and left.


Iris finally managed to locate Caroline leaning against the wall looking somewhat saddened, she frowned and glanced over to where the blond was staring at she saw that both Caroline and Matt giving each other longing looks, Iris didn't understand why they just won't talk to each other, if they did it would save a hell of a lot of time.

"Caroline just go talk to him" Iris murmured softly standing beside her

"It's not that simple"

"Care if you need someone to talk to you can come to me" Iris said, Caroline smiled at her and squeezed her hand

"Thanks Iris"

Just then both of their cells beeped, Iris opened up her new message and saw that it was from Jeremy

"Your turn" it read, both Iris and Caroline exchanged determined looks and nodded to one another

"Ready?"

"Definitely" Iris smirked she couldn't argue that her new life wasn't exciting. Iris knew that Katherine would want the moonstone by now and would most likely go after Caroline since the blond vampire was easy to scare, they both headed upstairs away from the crowd.

They had reached a doorway Iris went to open it when all of sudden Caroline was slammed against the wall. Iris cringed seeing that and saw that Katherine had her hand wrapped around the blond vampire's neck.

"What are Stefan and Damon up to?" she hissed, Iris felt her heart rate go back to its normal rhythm, she just need to be calm and collected everything was going according to plan.

"What do you mean?" Caroline snapped glaring at the older vampire

"I've got Jeremy Gilbert trying to lure me out towards the lake" Iris could see that Katherine's grip tightened on the blond. She heard Caroline whimper and decided to intervene not wanting her friend to get hurt

"She doesn't know" Iris said loudly causing the brunette vampire to look at her, Iris inwardly shuddered seeing the snarl on Katherine's face, one of her closest friends were an exact replica of this psychotic cow, even for Iris this was slightly weird.

"What do you know?"

Iris held her hands up in a surrender motion "Nothing"

Katherine sneered at her "Yeah right, you and both Salvatore brothers are best buddies"

Iris squared her shoulders, "We are" she wouldn't be afraid of her, she had faced far worse than the vampire in front of her, Katherine sense that Iris wouldn't say anything so turned back to the blond vampire

Iris saw Katherine's fingers digging into Caroline's fair neck

"No don't hurt-"Iris didn't get the chance to finish her sentence when Katherine growled and slammed the petite girl against the wall beside Caroline

"Shit" Iris cursed and groaned when her feet dangled in the air, she dug her nails into Katherine's olive skin toned hand

"Now tell me" Katherine hissed looking at the blond since she knew that compulsion wouldn't work on Iris. "They're up to something, tell what is it"

"I-"Caroline gasped when she felt her grip tighten on her, "no, no wait ok-"

Iris knew that this was all part of the plan, so she played along

"No. Caroline don't" Iris groaned and let out a cry of pain when Katherine slammed her into the wall again with enough force so that the paintings on the wall came off.

"Caroline" Katherine growled,

Iris knew that her back would most likely bruise, she was glad that her spine hadn't cracked from the force, and the raven head hadn't anticipated Katherine being so forceful

"Ok, ok, they're planning to kill you" Caroline chocked out, she glance at Iris from the corner of her eye and saw the English girl biting her bottom lip.

"I figured as much-"

"Can you blame them" Iris said through gritted teeth trying to get some oxygen into her lungs, Katherine ignored her and let go of Caroline, but still had a hold of Iris "Where's the moonstone?"

"With Bonnie" Caroline answered

"Where's Bonnie?"

"You really are a bitter bitch aren't you?" Iris snarled not wanting the vampire to go after her. In response to her snarky comment, Katherine grabbed a fist full of Iris's hair and slammed her head against the wall causing her shout out in pain, Caroline snarled her fangs coming out and went forward to presumably attack the older vampire but the brunette slapped her hard across the face "Don't"

Iris saw stars and groaned she felt Katherine's talon like nails dig into her upper arm and gripped onto her tightly.

"Iris-"

"I'm fine" Iris assured her glaring at Katherine.

"Cute you're tough, well?"

"I-"but Katherine grabbed Caroline by the back of her neck hauling her to her feet "ok, ok she's upstairs"

"Great let's go" she dragged Iris by her arm and shoved Caroline in front of her but kept a grip on the blond by her hair. "You know what?" she whispered to Iris so that Caroline couldn't hear "once I hand you over I'll be completely free no more running"

Iris frowned looking at her "What do you-"

"Aw you don't know?" Katherine smirked "well then that makes this far more fun, that's all I'm going to stay"

Iris took in her words, thinking what was she on about

"Why do you keep dragging me into this? I don't want to be part of this" Caroline sobbed, Iris had to hand it to her, the girl can act.

"Shut up" she snapped "which room is she in?"

Iris nodded to the room in front of them whilst Caroline said "that one" Katherine released the blond but dragged Iris into the room, the raven head's eyes widened at this, she wasn't supposed to be here when the vampires fought, her job was like Caroline just lure Katherine into the room.

Iris hissed feeling Katherine digging her fingers into her arm, that was definitely leave a bruise.

"Where is she?" Katherine demanded

Caroline giggled a triumphant smile came across her pretty face "I did it, I didn't think I'll be able to fool you but I did"

Katherine's face morphed into one of pure anger, Iris staggered slightly when she released her, the brunette vampire charged at Caroline but found that she couldn't leave the room, there was an invisible barrier stopping her.

"What the-?" but Iris saw a look of realisation come across her face she turned around "Stefan?" she then went back to Iris again grabbing the raven head's arm

"Hello Katherine" Stefan smirked but it faltered slightly when he saw Iris in the room as well she wasn't supposed to be here she could get hurt. His eyes darkened seeing the forming bruises on her arm and throat.

Caroline looked at Iris who gave her a reassuring nod silently telling her she'll be fine.

"Goodbye Katherine" with one last glance to Iris, the blond vampire strolled away.

Iris saw the stake in Stefan's hand as did Katherine

"You don't think you can kill me with that? Do you?" she asked a smug smile on her lips

"No, but he can" he nodded towards Damon who'd just entered the room Katherine didn't have a chance and hissed in pain when she got stabbed in the back by a stake, her grip on Iris immediately loosened, Stefan saw this

"Iris RUN NOW" he shouted, she didn't need telling twice and ran for the door

"She's not going anywhere" Katherine hissed through clenched teeth and blurred in front of Iris and threw her against the wall causing the petite girl to let out a short scream as she hit the desk and tumbled down onto the other side.

Stefan shot a stake into Katherine's arm and in retaliation she threw one straight at Stefan who ducked and tackled her to the ground.

Iris slowly blinked her head was killing her, shards of sharp woods were digging into her skin cutting into her soft flesh, she managed to sit up but abruptly stopped the world moved. She grabbed her throbbing temples and heard growling and hissed she peeked around the desk and was momentarily stunned when she saw Stefan clutching Katherine to him while Damon was hovering above preparing to stab her through the heart when Jeremy ran into the room; Iris leant heavily against the desk and staggered on to her feet

"Stop" Jeremy shouted "whatever you're doing to Katherine its hurting Elena"

This immediately stopped Damon and looked over at the younger teen; Stefan looked at Katherine in confusion

"You think you're the only one with a witch on your side? You'll be wrong in that, I bet my witch is better than yours" Iris could hear the smug tone in her voice she snatched the stake from Damon's hands

"Jeremy go check on Elena, go"

But Jeremy's eyes found Iris who shook her head; he nodded and ran back out

"Iris get out of here" Damon ordered

"Well I didn't get in here voluntarily" she snapped at him wanting to go home since she definitely wasn't in the partying mood, plus she wanted to check on Elena.

"Yes let's all go check on poor Elena, we all want to make sure she's alright, but a little more pressure" she pressed the stake against her palm and cut in to the skin, Stefan quickly smacked the stake away from her,

"Someone sounds a little jealous" Iris muttered causing the female vampire to snarl

"Iris get OUT" Damon shouted the last part not wanting her to get seriously hurt

Iris went to move towards the door intent on getting out, but Katherine's voice stopped her.

"I don't think so" Katherine wagged her finger at her mockingly, causing Iris to face her "Otherwise poor Elena would be a goner" she went to raise the stake and was about stab herself but Iris and Damon both shouted out stopping her

"Fine I'll stay, no clue why the hell you want me to" Iris glared at her

Katherine smirked "brilliant"

"Why do you want Iris to stay?" Stefan asked and moved towards the smaller girl, giving her a quick once over

"Stefan I'm fine" Iris huffed and folded her arms in front of her chest

"Well?" Damon asked harshly

"Sweet that you care so much for her" Katherine said sarcastically "she's my safety net if things go awry"

Iris frowned at that "What?"

"What the hell does that mean?" Damon asked his eyes narrowing

"Just what I said" she smirked, Iris sighed and hopped up onto the desk "You really are a cryptic bitch"

Katherine snarled at her, not liking the idea that Iris could stand up to her. Damon smirked and lightly tugged one of her raven curls

"You got told" he grinned, Iris rolled her eyes Damon was sure childish at times, Iris picked out some of the wooden shards causing a dribble blood to run down her right leg,

"Hmm you do smell delicious, mind letting me have another bite?" Katherine smirked viciously, Damon snarled and Stefan growled

"Back off bitch" Iris spat and attempted to wipe the blood away but it merely smudged.

"Oh you're feisty, he'll be pleased to know you're still the same" Katherine sneered, Iris sighed getting fed up with these cryptic messages and decided to ignore her the brunette dropped on to the sofa.

"Just like old times" Katherine sighed leaning back onto the sofa "the three of us together, except for the plus one" she glanced over at Iris who merely quirked an eyebrow at her, Iris saw her glancing at both Damon and Stefan "the brother who loved me too much, and the brother didn't love me enough"

"And the evil vampire slut who only loved herself" Damon said, Iris snorted at that causing the elder Salvatore to chuckle

"You so deserved that" Iris said to Katherine who flashed her fangs at her. The raven head rolled her eyes knowing if the vampire had seriously wanted to hurt her she would have by now.

"What happened to you Damon? You use to so sweet and polite?"

Iris eyes widened briefly she couldn't imagine Damon not being his sarcastic cock sure person he was.

"That Damon died a long time ago" he said

"Good he was a bore"

Iris groaned and flopped backwards on the desk so that she was laying on top it, the way Katherine and Damon were going on at one another this would definitely be a long night.

"Stop bickering" Stefan snapped

"Where's the moonstone?" Iris heard Katherine asked.

"Why do you want it?" he shot back, Iris felt someone grab her arm and pulled her into a sitting position, she saw that it was Damon who was holding a glass of water out towards her

"Here, might help with a headache" he said, she smiled gratefully at him

"Seriously, Damon Salvatore suggesting that water will help numb the pain in my head?" she asked, he chuckled and lightly flicked her forehead

"Cheeky brat" and then ruffled her hair causing her to groan

"No, don't not the hair" she batted his hands away, Katherine watched the scene in utmost loathing

"Tell me" Katherine said loudly causing all eyes to focus back on to her; Iris took a gulp of water feeling the cool liquid sliding down her dry throat. "Do Iris and Elena enjoy having each of you worship at their alters?"

Iris spat out her second gulp of water "Alters? Seriously? Woman you're really bitter aren't you?"

Katherine ignored her; Damon lightly tugged her curl silently telling her to shut up

"That was seriously desperate Katherine; don't you think we can see right through you?" Stefan asked a slight smile coming across his face,

"So it doesn't bother you that Damon could be in love with your girlfriend?"

Iris bit her bottom lip, here comes the whole love triangle fiasco she knew sooner or later it would come back to bite them all on their arses.

"Stop it" Iris snapped glaring at Katherine seeing that she had silenced both brothers

Katherine smiled lecherously and zoomed over to the raven head but Damon shoved her back

"Back off" Damon scowled

"Honestly Damon you shouldn't care for her" Katherine gestured towards Iris, "she won't be around with you for long"

"Would you stop with the fucking death threats" Damon snarled furious that yet again Katherine was threatening Iris,

"Whatever" Katherine rolled her eyes and sat back down on the couch, Damon lightly squeezed Iris's hand who returned the gesture; he definitely wouldn't be listening to Katherine any time soon.

"You know this whole Mason thing had me confused, why a werewolf? The moonstone can break a curse, which would help destroy all vampires, so what's in it for you?" Stefan asked

Iris saw her open her mouth about to answer but Damon interrupted her

"Sorry about your pet wolf, you should've kept him on a tight leash"

Iris felt slightly irritated by that but kept quiet she watched the vampire stood up and twirled around

"He's not the only werewolf in town"

Iris eyes widened slightly "Tyler" she said softly

"Ding dong and the girl gets it" Katherine smiled mockingly; Iris had the urge to whack her across the face. Iris sighed and saw that Katherine went back to walking around the room

Iris rubbed her face just managing to miss smudging her makeup, and tucked in a couple of her stray curls

"Where's the witch?" Damon demanded

"We can play charades" Katherine uttered sarcastically

"I hate charades" Iris muttered shaking her head

"You bargained the moonstone" Stefan commented making everyone look at him, Iris frowned at this

"What are you babbling on about?" Damon rolled his eyes turning around so that he was facing his brother

"When you struck a deal with George Lockwood to fake your death you told me that you gave George something he needed" Stefan explained

Iris eyes widened in realisation figuring out what Katherine had done "you bargained the moonstone didn't you?"

"Good for you Iris and Stefan managed to work it out" she sneered at them "and it would have worked but people found out that I wasn't in the tomb thanks to you by the way" she said looking at Damon and moved towards him. "Have I mentioned that how inconvenient your obsession has been to me?"

"You and me both honey" Damon replied, Iris grinned now this was the Damon she knew the one who didn't take any crap

"But why do you need it back?" Stefan asked, Iris saw a sultry look come over on the female vampire's face

"I love you in a suit, so dashing" she purred

"You're so desperate" Iris muttered causing Katherine to scowl at her, Iris mockingly smiled at her and waved her hand,

"Cut it out" Damon hissed quietly Iris rolled her eyes "got to hand it to you flower, you sure are feisty"

"Is that a compliment?" she asked a small smile on her face, he scoffed but nodded

"Unless it wasn't yours to begin with" Katherine remained silent, "In 1864 you faked your death, who were you running from?"

Iris licked her lips now things were getting interesting, Katherine is roughly a five hundred year old vampire was on the run, so that must mean someone more older and powerful was after her.

"In 1987 you were in Chicago" Iris could recognise Katherine's attempt to change the subject which meant that Stefan had hit the nail on the head "a concert of all places, with that wench Lexi, come on Stefan. Don't look so surprised, of course I checked up on you over the years" she went silent, Iris leant back on her hands "You was in the front row dancing all night watching Bon Jovi and I was watching you"

Iris eyebrows shot up to her hairline "vampire, you're really disturbed, nowadays you would have got done for stalking" Damon snorted but he did felt a pang of jealousy why did Katherine only watch after Stefan. He looked down feeling a soft hand gripping his own and saw that Iris was looking at him with imploring eyes

"You can do so much better than her" she whispered so low so that the other vampires couldn't hear what she said,

Damon gave her a genuine smile "I know, how you feeling?" he asked

"Fine" she sighed when she saw the look he was giving her "ok not so fine, I've got a headache, my leg stings and my back hurts"

Damon frowned "what's wrong with your back?" but instead of waiting for a reply he light shoved her so that her chest met her knees

"What the hell are you doing?" she squeaked when she felt his fingers on the back of her dress

"Relax" he ordered and was glad when he did, he pulled the back of her dress away from her body so he could peek down her back, "shit" he muttered

"What?" Iris asked her she hissed when she felt him prodding her sore back

"You've got bruises all down your back" he frowned and let go allowing her to move back into her sitting position "how'd you managed that?"

"The bitch over there did it" Iris muttered

"I heard that" Katherine called

"I said it aloud so you were meant to" she replied back

"Hmm I'm actually beginning to like you" Katherine smirked at her

"Well sorry to disappoint you but the feeling isn't mutual"

Stefan's lips twitched at that, Iris was sure a blunt exquisite little creature. The raven head sighed and swung her lags back and forth and saw Damon walked over to the liquor cabinet

"We're missing the party" Katherine pouted as Damon poured himself a drink "I'll have one of those"

"Right away Miss Katherine" Damon said in high girly voice, causing Iris to snort lightly

"You'd make a wonderful drag act Damon" the petite girl murmured, Katherine went to take a sip of her drink but before she could she was slammed against the wall by Damon who held a stake above her.

Iris immediately jumped off of the desk

"No, no Damon" Stefan said trying to pull him off of her

"Yes Damon please" Katherine smirked, Iris appeared by his side and gripped his wrist

"No Damon don't you'll hurt Elena" she said knowing that would definitely stop him. Damon pushed both Stefan and Iris away from him; Stefan quickly grabbed hold of the raven head's shoulders so she wouldn't tumble down towards the ground

"The second this spell is lifted, I am going to drive a stake right through your heart" he spat at Katherine's face, but the female vampire merely grinned and ran a hand down his chest

"You're hot when you're mad, when did you get so hot?"

Iris scowled furious that the bitch was messing with Damon's head, she went to move forward to give her a piece of her mind but Stefan tugged her back

"Don't" he whispered into her ear, "Damon can look after himself"

Iris reluctantly nodded and Damon took a few steps back till he was standing next to Iris, Katherine gave the trio a distasteful look

"You earlier asked why I'm here, and here's the answer" she lightly ran her fingers over the shelves stacked with books "I want the moonstone, but also you" she looked at Iris

"Why would you want me?" she asked confused

"Well who wouldn't, a being that can't be compelled and with a scent far different from any human" she smirked "but you're my bargaining chip, I know someone who has been looking for you for a long time-"

"The person who've you stolen the moonstone off of?" Iris said softly

"And you got it right again" she leant against the wall "I got lucky that you showed up in Mystic Falls, I would've thought that it would take me a couple of more years to track you down, you should abandon her now" Katherine said to Damon and Stefan

"That's not going to happen" Stefan said firmly grabbing hold of Iris's hand, Katherine's words were ringing around the teenager's head

"She's just messing with your head" Damon assured her seeing the look on Iris's face, she nodded and gave him a shaky smile.

Katherine scoffed "Fine don't believe me"

Their attention turned towards the doorway, a dark skinned woman entered the room Iris deduced that this must be Katherine's witch.

"Katherine" she called "the spell in this room has been lifted, you're free to leave"

"Thank god" she breathed a sigh of relief

Iris saw the witch holding out the moonstone towards the vampire, but as Katherine went to reach for it the witch pulled it back "When I hand this over to you, my debt to you is also over"

"Done" Katherine said holding out her hand, Iris could see anticipation rising within her

"I owe you nothing" she reiterated

"Done, now give it to me" she demanded her voice coming out hard

"I wouldn't do that if I was you" Damon warned, all three of them tensed up, the witch glanced at them but handed the moonstone over to Katherine, Iris grew frustrated things were getting more complex.

Iris was confused when Katherine started to choke, she watched the vampire clutch her throat gasping for air and fell down on to her knees,

"You should have told me another witch is involved" the witch said to Katherine "she's a Bennett witch, Katherine but I'm sure you knew that"

Iris eyes widened realising something "what about Elena?" she asked knowing that her friend was linked to the vampire.

"Elena's fine" the witch told them, her eyes lingered momentarily on Iris, she petite teen felt like she was being examined, Katherine was now on her back "the spell is broken, Bonnie's with her so she'll heal quickly"

Iris let out a sigh of relief when she heard that.

"I apologise for my involvement" the witch said and then walked away.

Iris looked down at Katherine

"What are we going to do with her?" Stefan asked

"Stuff her in the tomb, the cow deserves it" Iris huffed

Damon smirked

"What?" Iris and Stefan asked in unison

"That's actually a good idea flower"

"I do come up with them occasionally" she grinned back, Damon lifted up Katherine's body

"I'll deal with her" he stated

"You sure?" Stefan asked Iris didn't blame him being with weary, Damon had spent more than a hundred years looking for this woman and now he was going to lock her away

"Yes I need to do this" he said firmly

"Ok" Stefan said, Iris sent him a smile and they both left the room. Iris knew that Damon was finally letting go of Katherine, which was a good thing.

They were at the top of the stair case Stefan glanced at Iris who was stiff

"Iris take my blood you'll feel better" he insisted

Iris rolled her eyes "No thank you, I'll be fine, go and check on Elena" she said knowing the he desperately wanted to see the doppelganger

"What are you going to do?" he asked

"First I'm going to find the ladies room and clean myself up then I'm going to find some chocolate covered strawberries" she smiled and strolled away leaving behind an amused Stefan.


Iris had just finished sorting out her hair and managed to properly wipe away the dry blood from her leg, she gave herself a final once over in the mirror and mentally swore at Katherine seeing the deep purple bruise around her neck and the one on her arm.

"Damn bitch" she muttered, and wetted her lips.

Iris exited the bathroom and went downstairs where the party was still going on, she spotted Matt and Caroline dancing together, and saw Jeremy and Bonnie with each other, she sighed seems like everyone's got someone, her mind didn't linger too long on that when she saw a tray full of strawberries

"For you my lady" she looked up and saw that it was Tyler

"Tyler what-"

"Caroline let it slip that you've been looking for this so voila" he grinned at her and chuckled when she practically launched herself into his arms "Careful" he warned her as the tray tipped precariously

"You're the best" she took the tray off of him and swallowed a strawberry. And groaned when she felt the burst of flavour in her mouth

"Wait" Tyler said an amused look on his face "I could've got a date from you if I gave you food?"

"Yep" she replied popping the 'p'

"Unbelievable" he muttered, Iris smiled and reached up patting his cheek, she yawned her back was still paining her so Iris decided that it would be best if she went home, hopefully there'll be a bottle aspirin there.

"I'll see you later" she smiled and placed the tray down on the table

Tyler rolled his eyes and lightly gripped her wrist when she went to walk away

"Iris, take the tray" he said

"Really?" she asked her cheeks were blooming pink

"Yep, I think no one's going to miss them" he smiled as she stood on the tip of her toes and pecked him on the cheek.

Iris headed outside towards where she had parked her car, the gravel beneath her heels crunched as she walked towards her car, she held on to the tray with one hand trying to fish through her small beaded bag for her keys, she was glad that she had stored it away before the whole Katherine incident

"Come on" she muttered and sighed in frustration when she couldn't find her keys.

Iris placed the tray of treats on the roof of her small car and tipped her bag upside down and was confused when there was no signs of her keys, she froze hearing a snap of a twig, the hairs on the back of her neck stood up, she looked over her shoulder but saw no one there.

Iris bit her bottom lip and was starting to grow panicked, she looked back towards her car and frowned when she saw the keys on the dash board and tested her door, it was unlocked she placed the tray in the passenger seat wondering who had got her keys but she figured it out when she saw her mask laid down on the passenger seat

"Bloody Damon" she went to get into the car but something slammed open her mouth, she was wretched away from her blue car.

Iris attempted to scream but couldn't as a white cloth covered her mouth, she smelt the disgusting smell of chemicals she fought against the steel like grip but whoever grabbed her was much taller.

"HMM" she grunted and squirmed flailing her legs

"What the hell? Why is it taking her…so…long-" Iris limbs grew weaker till she couldn't feel them anymore, her world grew dark as her attacker opened the boot of a car Iris swore she saw Elena but before she could contemplate it further her eyes drifted shut.


AN: Another chapter, this one full action...i left it on a cliffie, but to be fare this chap was fairly long.

So Elijah's appearence is coming so stay tuned, Thanks for the alerts faves and reviews, I wasn't going to put this chap up today, but the reviews swayed me.

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