"ROSE LET GO" Iris managed to scream her eyes were clenched shut but then snapped open revealing brilliant golden orbs.
The vampire let out an agonised scream and was sent flying backwards consequentially dropping Iris who landed on her knees,
"Iris?" the raven head looked up holding her throat rubbing it
"Yeah it's me" she croaked that would definitely be leaving a bruise she thought
"Oh my god I'm so sorry, I didn't know what happened" Rose pleaded, Iris shook her head
"Doesn't matter, you went psycho but its ok" she uttered and got back on to her feet. She approached Rose and held out her hand "come on let's get you into bed" she smiled warmly at the vampire ignoring the ache around her throat
"It's in my mind" Rose cried "I'm sorry…please don't be scared of me"
Iris felt a pang go through "It's ok" she reassured her
"I'm scared"
"I know" Iris murmured "you're not alone Rose, I'm here" she guided the vampire over to the bed and managed to lay her down.
"Here?" Rose's head snapped up and looked around frantically "where's here?"
"Damon's room" Iris told her biting her lower lip worryingly.
"I wanna go home"
"So do I, I am so not cut out for babysitting" Iris muttered under her breath.
Rose smiled and snuggled back in to the pillows, Iris pulled the covers over her "you might know where it is. You're from London right?"
"Born and bred" Iris stood up and took a step back,
"St Athol, 30 kilometres south of London, all trees and horses and fields"
"Sounds beautiful" Iris admitted knowing that in her time in England she hadn't even come across that place. Soon enough she was asleep, Iris grabbed the dirtied sheets and headed into the bathroom to put them in the hamper, she briefly wondered if Damon did his laundry for some reason she couldn't picture the cocky vampire doing that, Iris then proceeded to scout around the house to see if she could find where the clean sheets and blankets were kept, after what happened earlier it wouldn't hurt to have several clean sets.
"Bloody hell, where are they?" Iris muttered having trouble finding them, after about twenty minutes she managed to locate them, her footsteps echoed down the empty hallway as she made her way back to Damon's room. Iris felt something in the air move and spun around, she shook her head and hurried back to Rose,
"Oh no" she uttered when she saw that the vampire wasn't there "screw it, I'm calling Damon" she fished around in her pocket and pulled out her cell, she looked down her contact list, her eyes briefly widened when she saw that Elijah's number was in there "you've got to be kidding me" she contemplated for a moment to call the original after all maybe he had an idea on how to help Rose, but quickly brushed it off knowing that the female vampire terrified of the older vampire.
She dialled Damon and paced the room as it rang
"What's up flower?"
"Damon, you've got come back it's Rose" she rushed out but stopped pacing when she heard a crash, she walked out of the room
"Ok I'm on my way" she heard him, but wasn't really paying attention as there was more crashing noises "Rose?" Iris called before hanging up, she followed the sounds and found it to be coming from the basement, she licked her lips and lightly shoved the door open
"Rose?" she called and headed downstairs, her eyes widened at the sight she saw that the freezer's lid was ripped open, she looked down and saw several empty blood bags on the ground. Iris peered around and let out a quiet gasp seeing the state of Rose, she was sucking on the blood bag the vampire's nose twitched and her eyes snapped up to meet Iris's emerald orbs "Your blood…..I want it"
"No, Rose back off" Iris quickly backed up and turned on her heel running out of the basement, she stumbled up the stairs and slammed the basement door shut "fucks sake they all want my blood" she muttered leaning heavily against the door and squeaked when the door was being slammed, she knew that she wouldn't be able to hold her off Iris took a deep breath and ran as fast as she could throwing various things behind her in a poor attempt to slow her down.
Iris could hear her growling she turned around and saw that Rose was coming towards her, she back peddled into the parlour.
"Rose stop, it's me Iris"
"Where is she? She ruined everything?" she snarled "Katerina tell ME!"
"No please listen Katherine's not here" Iris pleaded holding her hands up in the air, she let out a relived sigh when Rose stopped advancing towards her but that was short lived when the vampire pounce, Iris grunted hitting the floor and attempted to push the hungry vampire off of her,
"Rose" Iris said through clench teeth
"Your blood" Rose's fangs were out "It sings to me" and slammed Iris's head against the wooden floor, she groaned in pain and felt Rose's sharp nails dig into her cheek as she pinned Iris's head to the ground, she gripped hard on Rose's wrist and try to buck her off
"No…don't" Iris gasped when she felt Rose's fangs on her throat, the vampire inhaled and groaned
"Delicious" Iris blindly reached out and could see from the corner of her eye the curtains, she reached out and with all her might tore it from the rail illuminating the room in sunlight, Rose shrieked and threw herself into the shadows.
Iris hurriedly got up onto her feet and clutched her cheek that and her head was throbbing, she could hear Rose snarling on the other side and could tell that the vampire was trying to figure out a way to get her, iris wasn't going to risk it and ran from the room, she could hear Rose's footsteps pounding behind her, Iris threw herself into a random room and slammed the doors shut behind her. She looked around and saw that these windows were much larger and quickly threw the curtains open bathing the room in sunlight. Iris frantically looked around and spotted the wooden chair, she grabbed it and bashed it against the wall breaking one of the legs off creating a makeshift stake
"Do what Ric says, always be prepared" she muttered under her breath, she was literally panting, damn she would definitely be having a back ache later.
Her head snapped up when the door knob turned, she wetted her lips and her grip on the make shift stake tightened, she took a step towards the door and jumped when Rose spoke
"Iris, Iris I'm sorry" Rose called through the door "I know Katherine's not here, Iris please I need help" the raven bit down on her bottom lip hard she moved towards the door and frown when now there was only silence, she slowly reached out towards the door knob she pulled the door open and peeked out into the hallway and was met with nothing.
Iris took small steps out and slowly made her way down the hall wondering where on earth was Rose, she tensed feeling a presence behind her and screamed when she felt someone grab her shoulder, she spun around and thrust the stake forward and gasped at who she exactly stabbed
"Damon" Iris breathed frantically, she saw his face contorting in pain "Oh merlin, I'm sorry" he grunted and pulled out the stake dropping it to the ground "Are you ok?"
"Fine, what about you? What happened here?" he asked holding her chin, Damon saw crescent shape cuts in her porcelain cheek
"Rose, she's out of control, I don't know where she is" Iris shook her head , Damon nodded afraid this would've happened, his eyes narrowed seeing the bruise forming on her neck, it looked like Iris took quiet a battering today
"We have to find her" Iris stated
"I have to find her you-"but he was cut off when she slapped his chest
"Seriously?" she cocked an eyebrow "you're asking me to stay on the side-lines? Do you know me at all?" Iris rolled her eyes
"Fine" Damon agreed reluctantly, Iris curls blew forward she looked over to where she felt the breeze coming from and saw that the door was wide open.
"Why the hell does Mystic Falls have so many parties?" Iris muttered under her breath, she and Damon had arrived at the school where it was brimming with teenagers with loud pounding music there were screaming teenagers which was perfect for Rose as no one would hear the teens crying out for help.
Damon had gone off to talk to Sheriff Forbes giving Iris the job to warn Elena since Rose wasn't in her right mind and would definitely attack the brunette thinking that she was Katherine, she groaned in frustration when all she got was Elena's voicemail. She called Jeremy next
"Hello?"
"Jeremy it's me Iris-"
"I know" he chuckled "I do have caller ID-"
"Ok whatever" she brushed him off "listen, take Elena and go straight home ok? And if you see Rose do not approach her" she ordered
"Iris-"
"No time" Iris interrupted and spotted Damon coming towards her "Ok? Got to go" without another word she hanged up
"Here" Damon shoved a stake into her hands, Iris gripped tightly onto stake and followed after Damon, she peered through the crowd but didn't catch sight of a blood sucking vampire, she let out a small 'oomph' when she collided into Damon's back "what is it?"
"I smell blood" Damon murmured and quickly walked off following the scent with Iris on his heels.
They arrived at the parking lot, Iris's eyes widened seeing the scene "ROSE STOP" she shouted seeing the female vampire literally sucking a woman dry. Damon blurred forward and grabbed her "STOP" but she flipped him over on to his back.
Iris gasped and went to move forward but decided to hung back since there wasn't much she could do she could see that Damon was faring well as he had tackled Rose onto the floor since she was much weaker than him but she still struggle against him
"Stop, Rose it's me Damon, it's Damon Rose" Iris heard him whisper, it seemed to have work as Rose's face returned to normal and her struggling stop
"Did I do this?" Rose cried, Iris felt her heart go out to the poor vampire when she saw tears pouring down her cheek "Oh my god, I didn't want to hurt anyone I didn't" she sobbed, Damon held her "I know" he whispered rubbing her back up and down to sooth her "I know"
Rose looked up catching sight of Iris; she saw the small cuts on her skin
"Iris, I'm sorry"
"Don't be, it wasn't your fault" Iris gently smiled at her kneeling down besides the pair of vampires
"Come on, let's get you home" Damon said softly and picked her up bridal style
"I haven't had a home in so long" Rose whimpered, Iris fell silent following after them, knowing how Rose felt. "I just want it to end, please make it end"
Iris pushed her tears away not wanting to cry, merlin she had no idea how close she'd gotten to the female vampire in the last couple of days, but she was immensely saddened at her state.
The trio arrived back in the boarding house, Iris watched as Damon gently laid Rose down on the bed the raven head knew where this was going and headed downstairs into the parlour, Iris cleared up the mess that was created earlier and looked up when she a shadow fell over her, Iris stood up seeing Damon's face
"You're going to kill her aren't you?" Iris whispered he merely nodded "you know she said she wanted to go home, St Athol or something" she chuckled weakly "you know it's close by near London, I've never been there when I was in England" she paused and let out a shuddering breath "She's scared Damon, she's scared of death make it…just make it less-" her voice trailed off, it was shaking so hard, Iris held back a sob and felt a tear slide down her face, she furiously wiped it away and winced slightly when the cuts on her cheeks stung slightly "sorry" she muttered, Damon understood what she was trying to say so nodded.
"Iris? I'm sorry" iris jumped and saw Rose coming into the parlour "about today I'm sorry"
"I know you should be resting" Iris said
"I've never taken a human life I never wanted to" Rose carried on as if Iris hadn't said anything
"You need to go" Damon said sending the raven head a knowing look.
Iris knew that once she left the room she wouldn't be seeing the female vampire again. She felt pity for her, Rose had kept running in order to protect Trevor and now she was all alone and this was it, after five hundred years this was the way Rose was going to go.
"That's the worst part about it, the hunt" Rose uttered, Iris stood still she couldn't bring herself to leave "the need, the kill the thirst. The pleasure it brings you afterwards. I wasn't meant to be here, it hurts"
"Then stop talking about it" Damon snapped
"Damon's a lot like me, he wants to care but when he does he runs, he needs for someone to care for him back"
"I know" Iris breathed glancing over to Damon but then brought her gaze back to Rose
"You're a fighter Iris, never lose that never give up" Rose murmured "You have a light never let anyone put that out"
"I won't" Iris said tears swimming in her emerald orbs, Rose started coughing again causing Iris to rush over to her and rub her back
"Hmm, why are you so nice to me?" Rose asked her curiously, the raven head teen puzzled her
"Because I – you're not a bad person Rose, just a person who bad things happened to" Iris murmured brushing aside the vampire's sweat slick hair away from her face.
"Never forget what it's like to be human Iris, the feeling of your humanity is gift. That's what kept me going" Iris hummed and nodded, she tensed when Rose started to cough and whither in pain
"Iris you should go" Damon ordered, Iris looked up at him and nodded
Iris leant over Rose and lightly touched her cheek "Rose?" she called softly, the writhing vampire seem to still for a second her eyes met a pair of stunning emerald orbs "remember that death is the next great adventure"
Damon was surprised at her words, how could someone so young be so wise he pulled Rose on to his lap
"Go" he ordered her, Iris bit her bottom lip
"Damon-"
"Go, I got it from here" he said sternly.
Iris stood up and backed away with one last fleeting glance she left, she slammed the front door behind her and leant heavily against it.
She couldn't find herself to leave since she was worried for Damon; she decided to stay in her Ford for about an hour.
Iris sighed and leant her head against the window and felt her cell yet again ringing, she had been ignoring it for the last twenty minutes since she was definitely not in the mood to talk right now, she plucked it up from the dashboard and saw that Elijah was calling her, making her frown why would he be calling her? She thought, Iris sighed and answered
"Iris where are you?" he demanded
"What?" Iris asked confused "what business is it of yours where I am?" she snapped
"It is my business, now where are you?"
"God I'm so not in the mood" she muttered "I repeat none of your business, goodbye-"
"If you hang up you're going to-"she didn't bother to listen to the rest of what he said and ended the call, knowing that she was probably going to regret that certain action.
Iris looked at the time it was nearing eight, damn she had been out the whole day, she took a deep breath and decided now perhaps would be a good time to go back into the boarding house, she made her way towards the front door and lightly shoved it so that it opened. Iris entered the boarding house, it was eerily quiet, she entered the parlour and saw that it was Damon, she sighed and dropped down on the armchair and waited.
"You was supposed to leave" Damon stated, causing Iris to jump she had been occupying her time in reading one of Stefan's classic novel
She placed the novel down on that table and stood up hugging herself
"I did leave…well I felt the house and ergh, anyway I came to see if you was ok" she stammered out smiling weakly at him. Damon brushed past her heading towards his liquor cabinet and poured himself a drink,
"I appreciate the gesture but I'm glad it's over" he replied, Iris sighed and shook her head
"You know that I know you Damon" Iris moved towards him so that she was standing beside him "and I know that you don't think that"
"Go home Iris" he snapped "tomorrow is a new day"
"Damon I can't leave you like this I am your friend" she placed her hand over his "and friends know when their friends are hurting" he scowled and pulled his hand away.
She jumped when he slammed his glass down "What do you want me to say? That I cared about Rose and that I'm upset, well I didn't and I'm not"
Iris frowned "Damon don't lie to yourself, I didn't know Rose till a couple of days ago, and I care and I'm upset that she's gone, don't lie, it's not the worst thing in the world showing emotions you know" he shrugged and poured himself another drink Iris groaned in frustration and snatched the drink away from him "there you go pretending again. Why can't you-"
"What?" he roared causing her to jump, she took a step back as he grabbed the drink from her and threw it against the wall causing it to smash
"Damon-" her eyes were wide,
"What do you want me to say? That I do feel Iris and it sucks" she took another step back as he took one towards her "you know what's worst Iris? It was supposed to be me, Jules was after me"
"You feel guilty, Damon this isn't your fault" he growled and in a flash he had pinned her against the wall, she shook when his hand shot out and grasped her chin, she winced at his grip
"That would be human of me wouldn't it?" he snarled at her
"Damon" she said through gritted teeth
"Is that what you wanted to here?" he spat "that would be human of me to admit that wouldn't it? But see the thing is Iris. I'm not" he flashed his fangs, she saw his morphing but he saw the slight look of fear in her eyes he immediately backed away "Go" he snapped
"Damon you-"
"I said GO" he shouted,
Iris sent him a sad look "You told me once before if I ever needed someone to talk to I could come to you, well it works the other way to"
"LEAVE" he roared with that she fled from the room.
Iris pulled up to her driveway, and looked at herself in the mirror, she wiped away the fallen tears and saw that her eyes were slightly puffy but other than that she looked completely fine. She unbuckled herself and exited the car door; she walked down her gravel her shoes making a crunching sound. She fished around in her bag looking for her key, and was disgruntled when an errant tear ran down her face.
Iris turned the key and unlocked her door she slammed it shut behind her and headed into the kitchen. She flicked the light switch on and jumped out of skin when she caught sight of Elijah sitting casually at the breakfast bar.
"I think we-"but he stopped talking when he saw the sight of her, his eyes narrowed on the bruise around her throat and the small cuts scattered around her face "what happened?"
"Nothing" Iris snapped she was getting frustrated
He growled and appeared in front of her "Do not lie and explain"
She scowled at him her frustration was mounting up "as I said before it is none of your business so leave me alone" she went to duck under his arm but he wrapped his arm around her waist preventing her from doing so which angered her even more
"Let go of me" she snapped struggling in his iron hold, Elijah stiffened slightly her scent was ripening he could feel the power, it was as if there was magic in the air
"Iris calm down" he ordered
"NO, I am sick and tired of being told what to do, you, Damon, Stefan and Elena think you can order me around be deceitful" she felt her skin tingle "not anymore I said let go" she shouted Elijah saw her emeralds orbs transformed into a pair golden ones "Let go" with that the windows in the kitchen shattered into a dozen pieces, he protected her from the shards of glass by covering her petite frame with his body.
Iris gasped "I'm sorry I wasn't supposed to do that my magic isn't supposed to work anymore" she muttered "I'm sorry, I'm sorry-"
"Ssh" he pulled her into his arms, she snuggled into his chest "that was just a small bout of the power you possess Iris, don't be afraid" he murmured into her hair inhaling her scent, it was decades ago since he last held her and he wasn't letting his chance go to waste.
Iris found herself on the couch her head resting on his chest, he lightly ran his fingers through her hair this was the most relaxed either of them had been. She found herself quiet frightened at how at ease she was with the Original.
"Now are you going to explain what had got you so upset in the first place? And how this happened?" he gently stroked her neck
Iris sighed and sat up "It was Rose" she paused, she wetted her lips "she was bitten by a werewolf and-"
"No need to explain the rest" Elijah cut across seeing that she was finding it hard to explain what had happened
"Damon had to kill her in the end" she muttered looking down "his hurt…he cared for her but he doesn't want anyone to know"
"It's his problem he has to deal with it"
"No you don't understand" she snapped glaring at him fiercely her emerald orbs were shining with unshed tears "he's my friend and I value those, it's rare to come by true friends"
He smiled gently at her and brushed aside a fallen curl "I know a true friend is rare" she surprised him by taking hold of his hand
"I know you that I am sure of" she murmured looking deeply into his eyes "were we friends?"
"The closest of friends" he moved forward and pressed a light kiss on her temple "do not fear Iris you will soon remember"
She nodded since there wasn't much she could do, Elijah raised his hand and felt her smooth skin, and he brushed his thumb against the apple of her cheek
"We should get this healed" he raised his other wrist, Iris saw his fangs and vehemently shook her head
"No, I don't want your blood"
"You'd feel better" he countered, damn he thought she was still as stubborn as ever
"I don't want it, it's gross" she shuddered causing him to chuckle
"Very well" he conceded knowing that she wasn't in the mood for him to be pushing her "well I'll get started on dinner"
Iris eyebrows shot to her hair line "you cook?"
"No need to sound so surprised" he drawled and was amused when he saw her blushing
"No that's not what I mean, I mean-"she trailed off when she saw the look on his face "You're teasing me aren't you?"
"Hard not to dear" he smirked and left the room leaving a content Iris behind.
"Seriously Rebekah? I don't think Mikael or Ester would approve" Iris muttered following after the blond, both girl's arms held wicker baskets
"Nonsense, mother insisted for us to go to the bizarre" Rebekah said casually, Iris cocked an inky eyebrow
"Yes to gather supplies not to spend hours on looking at jewellery" Iris muttered, Rebekah giggled
"Well, we're here now, what do you think? Suits me?" Rebekah asked turning to face the petite girl showing her the necklace that she had plucked up from the stall
"Lovely" Iris smiled at her, her eyes landed on a threaded bracelet, the simplicity of it drew her in, and she reached out and lightly touched it
"That's a bit simple for a beautiful girl like you" a voice murmured into her ear, Iris jumped and saw that it was Thomas a young man from the village that had spoken to her, it wasn't a secret that he had affections for the raven head
"Oh, well I prefer understated" she smiled politely and looked around and saw that Rebekah had conveniently disappeared,
"Hmm but there's nothing understated about you" he smirked seeing her blush
"Well that's nice and all but I should be leaving"
"Wait, here let me get this for you" Thomas called
"No I-"
"What's the harm?" he uttered, Iris bit her bottom lip and shook her head
"I-"
"The harm would come to you Tom" a familiar voice spat, Iris eyes widened and saw that Niklaus had arrived he was barely looking at her, no he was glaring daggers at Thomas
"Niklaus let's leave" Iris whispered not wanting to create a scene, she could feel the tension in the air
"Iris what about-"
"Listen if anyone would be giving her gifts it'd be me" Niklaus snarled and before Thomas could utter a rebuttal he grabbed her wrist and literally dragged Iris away.
She had to jog to keep up with his long furious strides; they had been walking down the dirt path
"Niklaus would you stop" Iris snapped managing to wrestle out of his grip
"Well forgive me" he drawled a scowl firmly on his face "what's this about you receiving gifts from men that-"
"Excuse me, I did no such thing" Iris spat glaring at him "and frankly I do not see what any business of it is of yours"
He growled and gripped her chin "It has everything to do with me, I think you're forgetting my love, that you're mine"
Before she could blink he crushed his lips against her, his mouth was hard and demanding, Iris had to grip on to his biceps to stop herself from falling.
AN: I actually don't know where Rose was originally from i just made it up. Lots happened here in this chap, some more magic from Iris, an insight into
Elijah and Iris's relationship, and finally another Original dream.
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