Iris groaned and rolled over, she was having an actual nice sleep and wondered what on earth had woken her up, she was dreaming not sure of what, but all she could recall was a pair of blue/green eyes.
It took her a moment of realisation that it was her cell which had woken her up.
"Hello?" she croaked into the phone sitting up and cleared her throat
"Iris, where the hell are you?" Damon snapped
"Huh?" she groaned and flopped down on to her bed
"The lawyer is here to sort out the deed of the house" he paced up and down on the driveway
"Oh crap, I'm coming" she hastily got out of bed and stumbled when her legs got tangled in the sheets "son of a bitch" she muttered having hit the floor, Iris scrambled up onto her feet and rushed towards the bathroom and quickly started the shower faucet.
The raven head stripped out of her night clothes and stepped under the spray hot water, she hurriedly showered and reached out to dry herself off. Iris rummaged through her dresser and slipped on a dark burgundy lace bra and matching panties.
She then looked through her closet and opted to wear a floral skirt and a lace coloured top. Iris then brushed her hair and braided it. Iris didn't bother with breakfast since she'd most likely end up having breakfast at the boarding house. She grabbed her school bag and keys and left.
"You're late" Stefan stated seeing Iris getting out of her rusty blue car
"I know" she panted "well-"
"In, no time for pleasantries" Damon ordered "dick" he heard her mutter and before he could do anything she ran into the house
"Did she just-"
"Yep" Stefan snickered, leaning against the porch railings.
Iris entered the parlour
"Sorry for being late" she muttered seeing an old man, Elena and Bonnie all sitting around a table
"No problem" the man replied. Iris smiled and dumped her bag on the side inn table, but winced when there was a smashing sound, she shut her eyes "please tell me that-"
"It was the priceless vase Damon owns?" Elena chuckled as Bonnie giggled and shook her head, Iris looked over and saw her bag in the middle of shattered pieces of the vase "at least it didn't belong to Stefan, he's not as annoying" she huffed and plopped down besides Elena
"He's so going skin you alive" the brunette muttered, Iris rolled her eyes
"I know" she hissed
"Can we carry on?" the old lawyer asked. Iris blushed and nodded.
Once he went through the paper work, during which the raven head founding herself dozing but a light elbow from Elena brought her back to reality.
"Please sign here, and here" the man instructed handing a pen over to Elena, Iris watched as she signed her name in several places then handed the pen over to her, Iris signed it and handed the deeds over to the lawyer
"So this place is yours? They just gave it you guys?" Bonnie asked cocking an eyebrow
"For now" Elena nodded
"Hmm, my place would've done find but they got better food according to Damon-"
"Which is true" Elena smiled, Iris pouted and slumped in her seat
"Whatever, you just watch, I'm going to eat them out of their home, and then they'll regret not using my place as a safe house" Iris huffed.
"Do you want your place as a safe house?" Bonnie asked as they stood, Iris hummed and shook her head
"Nah" with that the three girls burst out laughing.
"We're sole owners so we're the only ones that get to invite a certain type of person in" Elena said
"Hmm well I wouldn't want to clean it" Bonnie murmured, Iris chuckled as they all walked towards the front door.
"It's all done" the man declared. Iris pulled the door open for him and leant against it
"Ah thank you" the man fumbled with his brief case "it's rare to see such a young girl with manners, refreshing almost" Iris nodded unsurely, she could see the others holding in their laughter
"Thank you Mr Henry" Elena shook his hand, and Iris did the same and tugged her hand back when she felt he held it for too long, as soon as he was out of earshot they all laughed
"What?" Iris asked confused
"I don't know whether it creepy or cute" Bonnie smothered her laughter
"Definitely creepy, he's a creeper" Damon nodded
"What are you on about?" Iris frowned getting annoyed
"Mr Henry has a crush on you" Elena said loudly, there was a moment of silence and then a loud
"EWWW" from Iris "ergh" she shuddered "gross, gross, gross, just my luck to attract an older bloke, ergh"
Stefan and Damon snickered as they stepped up to the threshold.
Iris leant her head against the door and watched as a smile played on the brunette's lips
"Stefan would you like to come inside our house?" Elena asked
"I would love to" he replied and stepped over threshold
"Great" with that Iris shut the door on Damon's face. And laughed when she heard him swearing
"Come on what are we 12?" he yelled,
"Told you, you was evil" Bonnie asked laughing
"Iris if you don't open this door, I won't ever cook for you" he shouted,
"Crap" Iris muttered and much to the others amusement she opened the door, revealing a smirking Damon
"I knew food would get you to-"
"Shut up and come in" Iris groaned and grabbed his hand pulling him into the house
"Stefan got a much warmer reception than me, but I know a way you can make it up to me" he wagged his eyebrows up and down suggestively, causing Iris to slap his arm.
"Ok once you finished shamelessly flirting with Iris, we should get going" Bonnie interrupted handed Elena her jacket and Iris her messenger bag, she shouldered it and went to walk past Damon but he placed his hand on her shoulder preventing the petite raven head from leaving
"Stefan-"
"Where are you going?" he cut her off.
"To school" Elena answered
"Duh" Iris rolled her eyes and winced as Damon's grip tightened
"No, no, no" he shook his head "we didn't create a safe house so you can leave it"
"Yeah, Klaus is out there we know that" Stefan added
"We know that" Iris said looking at the two vampires "but where? I know you guys are trying to protect us, but I'm not staying locked up" she said
Both Damon and Stefan knew what she was hinting at, "I'm not staying locked up, and I'm not going to be a prisoner" Iris then pulled the door opened
"Don't worry if he shows up I can take him" Bonnie nodded followed after the raven head.
"The way I see it, we'll be safest with Bonnie" Elena said
"She has the power of a hundred dead witches, so I think we're good" Iris commented patting down her pockets for her car keys and triumphantly plucked them up
"Wait I'm coming, Iris-"
"Got my own car Stef" she informed the vampire
"More like rust bucket" Bonnie muttered
"Hey" Iris shouted "my car is epic" she defended the piece of junk, Elena and Bonnie shared a look and laughed loudly, Stefan ushered the teen girls away, Iris went to follow but then there was a firm grip on her upper arm
"Damon what-"
"Make sure you go to school, I told Ric to keep an eye on you" he said seriously
Iris sighed "I don't need to be under constant guard, I'm not crazy enough to do something stupid
Damon nodded "Iris, don't do anything stupid, I don't want you to get hurt" she smiled and stood on her tip toes, and kissed him on the cheek
"Noted" she whispered and with a grin she headed towards her car.
Iris pulled up to her usual spot in the car park and turned the engine off, she saw students beginning to file into the school, she grabbed her messenger car and exited it. She saw Bonnie and Elena up ahead, walking with Stefan, Iris mentally cursed them for having such long legs, she hurried inside recalling she needed to get some books from her locker, she groaned when she was having trouble with her locker,
"Come on, damn it" she slammed her hand against the door and trying to pull it open
"Son of a gun" she snapped and thumped her head against the locker when her bag fell and onto the ground causing her books to fall out, she crouched down to pick up her scatter belongings and looked up when someone knelt down beside her picking up some of the books
"Thanks Jere" Iris smiled at the younger Gilbert
"No problem, having problems with your locker again?" he asked smiling, they both stood
"Yep" she answered popping the 'p' "the universe hates me" he chuckled and with a fist slammed it against her locker, her jaw dropped when it popped open
"Merlin I-ergh" she kicked it causing Jeremy to laugh,
"Well I see you at the dance Iris, see yah" he ran off,
Iris frowned "dance?" she mumbled under breath and groaned when she recalled Caroline babbling something about a 60's dance, the blond had insisted that she'd go, she had even gone to the trouble of sorting her outfit out for her. Iris remembered the blond vampire's face when she said she wasn't sure she'd go but agreed in the end.
Then Iris remembered zoning out when Caroline started talking about Matt. Iris grabbed her books, and slammed the locker door shut, she frowned as she walked down the empty corridors wondering where everyone was, but then glanced at the time, and damn she thought she was late. With that Iris ran towards the history classroom.
"Where's Iris?" Caroline hissed as the class settled down "If she'd done a bunk-"
"Why would she do that?" Elena asked frowning and noted that Alaric would probably be late
"I kind of blackmailed her into coming to the dance" the blond muttered sheepishly, just the Alaric burst into the room his eyes rested on the doppelganger, she was here he thought, now where was his little Iris.
"So-" he cleared his throat
Just then Iris burst into the room, her cheeks flushed pink and she was panting
"Sorry Ric, I mean Alaric, no Mr Saltzman" Iris huffed hearing the class snickering, she could see Stefan's grinning face,
"That's quiet alright Iris" her brows furrowed and she glanced back over to Alaric "are you ok Mr Saltzman?" she asked seeing that he was looking intensely at her
"Yes, yes I am….I'm feeling grand" he declared grinning wildly, Iris nodded and gave him a small smile, "so go get yourself seated, then we can start" she thought nothing of it as he placed his hands on her shoulders, but stiffened slightly when his grip tightened and then he released her.
The raven head sat down next to Stefan and dug through her bag pulling out her pen and notepad,
"What happened to you?" Stefan whispered
"Ergh, my locker is what happened" she muttered
"Miss Potter, Mr Salvatore" Alaric barked , causing Iris to jump, Stefan frowned seeing that the easy going hunter was glaring harshly at him "If you'd be kind enough to pay attention, then we can start"
"Right, sorry" Iris blushed hotly wondering what was up with the hunter. But that went to the back of her mind when he smiled at her
"So anyway, the 60's" Alaric said writing on the chalk board, Iris sat up now beginning to pay attention "I wish there was something good I could say about the 60's…but it actually kind of sucked" Iris scoffed loudly at that, earning amused looks from her classmates
She tutted "Stefan" she admonished
"Why me?" the vampire grunted "you always pick on me"
"We talked about this, it's because I like you" she sighed in mock exasperation, with that the rest of the class broke out in loud guffaws; she looked at Alaric and saw him glaring
"Can we get back to paying attention" the class went silent after that, Iris looked down and twirled her pen with her fingers, Alaric would've laughed and then got back into the lesson, maybe he was feeling irritant with Jenna not being around the raven head thought.
"So as I was saying the 60's, the Beatles of course made it bearable." Iris nodded she liked their music "hmm what else was there? There was the Cuban missile thing, we walked on the moon, there was Watergate thing-"
"That was the 70's" Iris called out causing Alaric to look at her, she shifted feeling as if he was seeing into her soul with his penetrating eyes.
"Right" Alaric nodded and smiled "it just kind of mushes together up in here" he pointed to his temple, "but thank you Iris" his eyes flicked over to Elena but then travelled over to Iris, staring at her a little longer.
The bell rang and everyone started to leave
"Iris, I got to pick up my English book, I'll meet you there" Caroline called, the raven head nodded and quickly shoved the rest of the books into her bag, she looked over to Alaric and walked over to him
"Ric" she smiled at him
"Iris, it's been a while" he looked at her closely, he'd found her finally, and she hadn't changed at all
"Huh, so did you read the book I leant you at the beginning at the year?" she asked shouldering her bag,
"Some of it-"
"Well you better hurry and finish it, Rose wants it back I think" she nodded and stiffened when he reached out and toyed with one of her errant curls "Ric?"
Iris found herself staring into his blue orbs; she felt there was something different there. He tucked it behind her ear his hand lingered slightly longer on her warm skin then deemed appropriate
"You should leave, don't want to be late again do you?" Iris shook her head; something was going on with Alaric
"How are with the whole Jenna thing?" she asked concerned for him
"I'll live" he nodded,
"Ok" Iris uttered and turned on her heel and left, she quickly walked down towards her English class, but paused for a moment, she reached up and touch her skin where Alaric had, she had felt a shudder down her spine at that, something warm.
Iris settled down besides Bonnie, it was lunch time so they were all in the cafeteria meaning, she, Bonnie and Elena
"You are coming to the dance tonight?" Elena asked with a smile on her face
Iris quirked an eyebrow "if I don't I risk the wrath of Caroline, plus I think I'm going to be wearing an extremely short dress and go-go boots" she munched into her sandwich "you?" she questioned through a mouthful of lettuce
"Ew nice Iris" Bonnie chuckled
"You're welcome" she swallowed down her sandwich
"Stefan's sorting me out some clothes" Elena said
"I got something as well" Bonnie sipped her drink,
"Iris, Elena" Iris looked up and saw a girl she recognised from one of her classes,
"Dana" the raven head greeted her smiling as she did so
"This is going to sound crazy but this totally hot guy asked me if you two are going to the dance tonight?"
"Erm-"
"I'm flattered but I can't, what do we say?" Elena asked
Iris sighed "Tell him, that she" she pointed at the doppelganger "has a boyfriend and that I'm not interested" she said
"You guys could at least meet him" Dana insisted "he'll be at the dance tonight-" Iris went to take another bite out of her sandwich but choked when she heard what Dana said next "look out for him, he's name is Klaus" Iris felt Bonnie rubbing her back up and down soothing her coughing fit
"What did you just say?" the raven head asked her voice shook, she saw that the other two girls were looking equally as alarmed.
"His name is Klaus" Dana repeated in confusion, realisation hit Iris
"She's been compelled" she whispered to the other two girls who nodded.
"I know the name is stupid, but he is hot" the other girl grinned
"Where is he? Is he here?" Bonnie asked looking around, as if Klaus would jump out at them.
"Iris" Dana called, "he wants to let you know that he wants the last dance with you, how cute is that?"
"That's nice of him" Iris bit her lip,
"Come on" Bonnie grabbed the raven head's arm hauling her on to her feet and practically dragged the petite teen off.
"Sorry Dana but we got to go" Elena told the confused girl and ran after her friends.
They were back at the boarding house with Stefan and Damon, the raven head vampire waltzed over to Iris wrapping an arm around her shoulders, they had told them what had happened, and the elder Salvatore could see how spooked Iris was
"We go to the dance, and we find him" Damon said "everything is going to be alright"
"No it's not" she snapped, "sorry" she said softly seeing his face "it's just it's getting too much, we should wake Elijah up he could-"
"No" Damon snarled spinning her around so that they were chest to chest "you're not going near that basement"
Iris's eyes narrowed in anger and her jaw clenched "Damon-"
"Am I making myself clear?"
"Fine" she hissed and shook him off,
"Iris, we can't risk it" Stefan told her she looked at him with her emerald orbs
"I- he will help us, he's the only one who actually knows Klaus and what he looks like"
"Sorry Iris we can't-"
"And if even think about near the basement you'll be stuck in this house for a long time" Damon said seriously. Iris huffed and nodded she really wanted to wake the Original knowing that he was a moral man and didn't deserve what they did to him, but once again Iris knew that they couldn't risk it since the last time Elijah was adamant about taking her and Elena away.
"Something tells me he's not going to be pimply and 16" Damon snorted
"He could be anywhere at any time. He compelled someone at school; I guess it's not as safe as you thought huh?" Stefan commented
Iris sighed "Don't be an arse" she uttered
"Aww you got told" Damon chuckled his arm still around Iris.
"Shut it Damon, you're just as much as an arse as him, maybe even more so" before he could retort there was a knock on the door and Alaric walked in.
"Ric" Iris grinned at him, "tell Damon he's an arse and-"
"Keep your hands to yourself Salvatore" Damon snorted oblivious to the glare he was receiving. But Iris saw it and discreetly edged away from the vampire, again she wondered what was up with the history teacher.
"Sorry I'm late" Alaric smiled now.
"Hey, I need for you to put me down as chaperone tonight" Damon told him
"Why what happened?" Alaric asked
"Klaus made his first move" Iris explained, "arrogant prat he referred to himself as hot" she muttered
"Ok so we find him and then what? What's our plan?" Elena asked looking around at them. Iris bit her bottom lip, oblivious to a pair of eyes burning into her.
"Me" Bonnie answered
"Huh?" Iris asked confused
"Me" she explained "I know the plan. He has no idea how much power I can channel, if you find him, I can kill him"
"Can you though? That much power Bonnie won't there be repercussions?"
"Iris's got a point" Alaric nodded, she sent him a grateful look "he's the biggest baddest vampire around"
"Steady on Ric" Iris shook her head
"They're right" Damon said walking around "What if he…" he then suddenly charged out Bonnie causing Iris to gasp, but the witch was prepared and sent him flying back making him it the bookshelves and flying over a table
"That was awesome" Iris laughed
"I was impressed" Stefan stated as Damon pulled himself on to his feet
"Laugh it up flower" he scowled
"I am, honey" she teased back, he zoomed over to her and mocked bit her neck causing to squeak
"Would you stop, with this annoying incessant behaviour" Alaric snapped
"Alright teach" Damon rolled his eyes
"Merlin what's got his knickers into a twist?" the raven head muttered under her breath.
"It doesn't matter if he's an Original, I can take him and anyone else down who comes out at me" Bonnie said with confidence. "I can kill him I know I can"
Iris sighed as she pulled up to her driveway; she just climbed out of her vehicle and saw that there was a white box on her porch swing. She slammed the car door shut behind her and walked up to the porch and saw a small white envelop on the top, she tore it open and read it.
"You're not going to get out of it, Hope you like your outfit, you're going to look super cute Love Caroline"
Iris smiled wildly at that, she really did care for the blond vampire, she was such a genuine person, and Iris hadn't had that type of person in her life for a long time.
She picked up the box and unlocked her front door and kicked it shut behind her, Iris knew she should be worried about tonight but she was sort of looking forward to, a chance to let her hair down. Since that was exactly what she needed.
Iris kicked off her shoes and padded barefooted upstairs she had a quick shower and dried herself off. She then wrapped a towel around herself and rummaged through her dresser and opted to wear a midnight blue lace covered bra and matching panties, the raven head then opened the box and couldn't help but smile at the outfit, she lifted it out of the box and saw that Caroline once again had outdone herself.
The dress she concluded would reach mid-thigh, it had bold colours and billowy sleeves. Iris slipped on the dress and was marvelled that the blond vampire had her size down to a tee. She brushed her hair and pinned half of it up letting the rest of her curls fall down her back. Iris saw that Caroline also had provided white go-go boots. She pulled them on and stood up stumbling slightly due to the heels but then found her balance, the raven head glanced at the time and saw that the dance would be starting soon, she grabbed her keys and exited the house.
Iris locked the door behind her and made her way towards her car, she was just about to pull the handle to open it but paused, the hairs on the back of her neck stood up, it felt as if she was being watched, and Iris looked around and saw that no one was there. She climbed in and buckled herself up and pulled out of her driveway, as she drove Iris felt that something was definitely going to happen tonight.
She pulled up into the car park and saw that there were students already entering the school. Iris got out of the car and walked towards the entrance and spotted Bonnie and Jeremy hugging one another
"Flower" she jumped and smiled seeing it was Damon
"Damon, you could've dressed for the occasion" she commented seeing that he was in his usual black attire
"Nah the 60's don't do it for me, but I must say you do look sexy" he smirked seeing her blush, he'd never would get tired of that he thought.
"Behave" she scolded but a smile marred her face, Damon offered her his arm
"Allow me to escort you inside" he bowed
Iris giggled "trying to be a gentleman now? Doesn't work" she said but took his arm nonetheless. They walked past Bonnie and Jeremy; Iris noticed that the witch was looking wide eye at the vampire
"What-"but before she could finish her question Damon tugged her away "what's up with Bonnie?"
"Nothing" he said curtly, causing Iris to frown.
They entered the school and Iris saw everyone was there, she spotted Elena and Stefan on the side, she was grateful that Damon was there to help her push through the crowd
"Iris" Elena smiled "You're looking great"
She smiled at the compliment "Thanks so do you" Iris thought this was the first time that she'd seen the brunette with her hair up, "You're looking good Stefan" she told the vampire who smiled at her
"Thanks"
Just then the music stopped,
"Thanks for being here everyone" Dana shouted out into the microphone Iris clapped along with everyone else "we have a special shout out tonight this is for Elena and Iris" Iris's head snapped up and she looked through the crowd attempting to see if there was anyone here who was acting suspiciously but got nothing
"He's here" Iris mumbled, Damon wrapped an arm around her shoulders trying to comfort her
"It was a lame shot" he assured her, Iris bit her bottom lip as the others all exchanged worried looks "he's just trying to bate us"
"And warn us" Iris muttered leaning slightly against Damon
"I know everyone here" Elena commented looking through the crowd
"He's not stupid enough to let himself be seen, if he's going through all this trouble" Iris sighed and licked her lips
"True, maybe he's not even here, just wants us to think he is" Stefan said holding Elena's hand.
"It's a party people blend" Damon smirked "let him come to us"
"That's a good idea" Iris watched as Bonnie grabbed Jeremy's hand and dragged him onto the dance floor, Elena did the same to Stefan. Leaving behind Iris and Damon
"Dance?" he offered
Iris quirked an eyebrow a smile played on her lips "not much of a dancer, look there's Ric" she spotted the history teacher.
"Great" he grabbed her hand and dragged her towards the hunter, who was by the drinks and refreshment table.
"Ric" Iris smiled "thanks" he handed her a drink
"No problem" Alaric smiled, his gaze lingering on her
"What?" she asked seeing that he was watching her
"You're looking good, in that outfit" he commented a smirk on his face, Damon cocked an eyebrow
"Erm…thanks it's a bit short though" she muttered.
"So special dedication" Alaric said sipping his drink "the guy is a little twisted"
"A little twisted? Try psychotic" Iris snorted and took a few gulps of her drink
"I'm not impressed" Damon shook his head, Iris saw Alaric's expression turn into one of surprise
"No?" he asked
"Nope, will you let us know if there's anything out of whack?" Damon asked
"Sure thing" Alaric replied
"Great come on flower, I'm going to get you on the dance floor" the vampire smirked
"Oh no I-"
"She could stay with me, I'll keep an eye on her" Alaric stated his eyes narrowed on Damon's hand which was wrapped around Iris's dainty wrist
"Thanks for the offer Ric, but if I don't Damon will go on about it all night" Iris smiled shaking her head
"Iris?" the history teacher called causing her to look at him over the shoulder "save me a dance will you?"
"Wouldn't have it any other way Ric" she grinned and allowed Damon to tug her on to the dance floor, oblivious to the looks she was getting from 'Alaric'
Iris giggled as Damon twirled her around and pulled her towards him so that she was flushed against his chest
"You're really good" she commented as he spun her out and pulled her back again so that her back was now pressed against his front
"Well I've got moves you haven't seen before" he whispered into her causing her to smile and then once again spun her out again
"You're such a flirt" she chuckled as they swayed to the music, she noticed him looking over her shoulder, she turned her head slightly and saw that he was looking at Stefan
"Go stay with Elena, Stefan's dancing with Caroline" he gently shoved her towards the brunette, Iris nodded and walked over to Elena
"Hey Iris" Elena smiled
"Hi"
"I saw you dancing with Damon" she commented "are you and Damon you know-"
"What?" Iris asked confused looking at her
"Together? I mean you guys flirt and-"
"It's harmless Elena" Iris rolled her eyes "me and Damon are just friends, I'm not in love with him or anything"
"Oh that's good"
Iris quirked an eyebrow "why do you like-"
"No, not like that" she said hurriedly, Iris nodded and saw Damon was now dancing with Bonnie "hmm seems like everyone has a partner, so how are you doing with everything?"
"A little freaked out" Elena admitted
"Don't blame you" Iris nodded she then spotted Jeremy standing to the side looking up at Bonnie and Damon and then went to glaring at the floor, she nudged Elena and pointed to Jeremy, both girls made their way towards the younger teen
"What are those two up to?" Elena asked nodding towards the witch and the vampire
"Who knows" he muttered, Iris frowned and reached out grabbing his hand
"Are you ok Jeremy?" Iris asked concerned seeping through her. But he abruptly pulled his hand away from hers
"I'm fine" he muttered "I'm fine" and then proceeded to storm off
"Something's up" Iris muttered looking at Elena
"Hmm, that was weird" the brunette said "Maybe I should-"
"No you stay here, I'll go and check on him" Iris said Elena nodded and walked off towards Bonnie and Caroline. She could tell that Jeremy was hiding something,
Iris exited the gym and ran down one of the empty corridors
"Jeremy?" she called, and jumped when someone grabbed her wrist "Bloody hell Stefan, trying to give me heart failure" she gasped
"What are you thinking? You can't go running around by yourself" he snapped, she bit her lip
"I know but Jeremy" Stefan sighed and grabbed her hand pulling her down one of the many empty corridors, she was relieved to see the younger Gilbert "Jeremy" she called again stopping him, and quickly approached him
"Iris-"
"What's going on?" she demanded seeing the look on his face "you can't go off like that, anything can happened"
"I've got my ring" he countered, Iris shook her head
"Even so" he looked down at the ground not being able to meet their gazes "what's going on Jeremy?" she asked her eyes softening.
"It's…it's Bonnie" he stammered out, Iris licked her lips
"What about Bonnie?" Stefan asked when he spoke no more; Iris lightly squeezed Jeremy's hand
"You can tell us"
"If Bonnie takes on Klaus…channelling all that energy will kill her" he revealed, Iris gasped a look of horror appeared on her face, she had gotten the feeling that they might be some consequences for the witch but not this.
"She can't do it, she can't take him on" Iris said frantically Stefan grabbed her around waist seeing that the raven head was going to rush off
"She didn't want you and Elena to know because she knew that you two would stop her-"
"Damn right" Iris huffed "I'm only going along with this crap so no one else has to die"
"What am I supposed to do?" Jeremy asked brokenly
"Nothing, she's not going to die, she's not taking on Klaus" she said determinedly
"But then you and Elena will die" Jeremy snapped running his fingers through his hair
"We both knew what we was getting into" Iris shook her head "I'm not going to let anyone die for me" she wrenched herself out of Stefan's grip and stormed back towards the dance, she spotted the witch standing beside Elena, she quickly made her way over to them and tapped Bonnie on the shoulder
"Iris what-"
"We need to talk" and then she proceeded to drag her out of the school with Elena on their heels.
Iris told Elena what Bonnie had planned and wasn't at all surprised when the brunette shrieked
"How could you not tell us Bonnie?" Iris remained quiet glaring at the witch
"Because I know you both would react like this" she replied
"Can you blame us?" Iris snapped "this isn't an option Bonnie"
"It's our only option" Bonnie hissed
"Then we'll find another way" Elena pleaded not wanting to lose her best friend.
"Bonnie we went through this, because we didn't want no one to die, you can't do this" Iris commented sighing "you can't die to save us"
"I have the power to save both of you" Bonnie said softly "If I don't use it and something happens then that would kill me more"
Iris sighed knowing what she was getting; the witch would feel incredibly guilty
"We can't let you do this Bonnie" Elena said
"Tell me something, if the situation was reversed would you do it for me?" she asked looking at both teen girls
"Within a heartbeat" Iris replied softly, Bonnie smiled at that, the raven head was sure loyal she idly thought Elena nodded
"Then you know what I have to do" Bonnie said sadly, Iris bit her bottom lip as tears appeared in Elena's eyes
"No" the brunette shook her head "No, you can't" she said more firmly.
"What's the whole point of playing by the rules if you're going to end up dead, you got your whole life ahead, you have Jeremy who loves you can you do that to him Bonnie?" Iris asked looking at her "he's been through so much"
"So what yours and Elena's death won't affect him-"
"Elena's definitely will, I'm sure though that she'll be ok in the end, Stefan nor Damon will let her die. But my death? You guys known each other your whole lives, I'm just an outsider really" Iris said, Bonnie shook her head and grabbed the raven head by her hand
"You're much more Iris, and I'd die happily for you if it means you get to live" Bonnie said sincerely causing tears to well up in Iris's eyes. Before anymore words could be exchanged Alaric came running out of the school doors
"Elena, Bonnie, Iris" Alaric shouted running up to the trio of girls "he has Jeremy"
"What?" Elena gasped
"Klaus has Jeremy" he said "Come on" he jogged over to the side door with the trio of girls running after him, he opened the door and ushered them in, Iris felt Alaric's hand on the small of her back
"Crap-" Iris stumbled, Alaric grabbed her wrist dragging her forwards, "Ric your grip, it's too tight" she winced feeling his grip tightening further "Ric" she snapped something was off, she could feel it "Where are we going?" she asked and looked over her shoulder towards Elena and Bonnie
"Just a little bit further" Alaric said, Iris saw the smirk on his face
"You don't know where you're going do you?" Iris said stopping walking altogether
"Something's not right" Elena paused as well
"Where's Jeremy?" Bonnie demanded, Iris was relieved when he let go of her, she took a step back as Alaric walked forward and turned around laughing
"What's going on?" Iris asked
"I just have to get out of that dance the 60's ergh" Alaric smirked "not my decade, I mean whose call was that anyway. I much preferred that 20's and the Viking era" he paused looking at all three teens "the 20's though the parties, the style, and the Jazz, you would have loved it" he looked pointedly at Iris she stiffened as Alaric stepped forward.
"Alaric are you on vervaine?" Elena asked her voice shook as he took another step forward, getting closer to Iris who remained tensed.
"Now why would you ask me that question?" he asked smirking, his eyes strayed on to Iris, god he thought, she looked exactly the same, he'd found her and he definitely wouldn't be letting her go.
"He's been compelled" Elena stated as Bonnie took a step in front of Elena.
"Nope" he answered "try again, come on now Iris, you're the smart one"
"What's going on?" Bonnie demanded, seeing that her raven head friend's brows furrowed. Iris gasped realisation hitting her "You're not Alaric"
"Go on my sweet, you're so close" he took another step forward, Iris could feel his body heat rolling off him in waves "You're Klaus" she breathed she said it clear enough for the two girls behind her to hear.
A big Cheshire grin appeared on his face "Surprise, I always knew my girl was smart, you hadn't changed at all" she watched wide eye as he reached out and softly caressed her cheek, both Bonnie and Elena was baffled at the scene. Alaric's eyes met Iris's
"You always did have stunning eyes" he murmured she felt his index finger run down the column of her throat leaving behind a trail of goose bumps. Iris was rooted to the spot, not entirely sure what to do.
But when he went to pull her towards him she hurriedly took a step back, she saw the brief flash of disappointment pass in his eyes, but it was gone as quick as it came.
"No it's not possible" Elena denied shaking her head.
"Just relax Elena" then his gaze flickered over to Iris "you or you love-"Iris was slightly irked at the pet names he was giving her "are on my hit list tonight" he then looked at Bonnie who was standing beside Iris "but you are" he informed her, Iris gasped as he went to charge at the witch, but the raven head witnessed Bonnie flinging her hand out sending him crashing backwards into the lockers. She was miffed when he merely laughed as he stood up, she saw that he was unharmed "did I mention that I know a witch?-"
"Everyone seems to know a bloody witch" Iris muttered
"You're right my dear, but your friend is going to have to hit me a lot harder than that" he then rushed forward again but this time Bonnie sent him flying back into the trophy cabinet the glass shattered around him but once again he stood up unfazed and was chuckling "by all means fire away, if you kill this body I'll just find a new one. Maybe Jeremy" he smirked at them
"No" Iris shouted "you-"but Bonnie grabbed her hand and linked her other one with Elena
"GO" the witch ordered "RUN"
"You can't run from me Iris, not after how long I've been looking for you" she heard him call.
"Crap, we're in so much trouble" Iris muttered as they ran down the empty corridors, Iris was slightly fast then the other two girls and flung the double doors open and literally rammed into Damon, who grabbed her shoulders to steady her
"What's wrong?" he asked seriously looking at the three girls, he saw Iris's cheeks were flushed pink
"Klaus is in Alaric's body" Elena said as they got their breath back
"What?"
"He's possessing Ric" Iris explained
"You two go find Stefan now" he lightly shoved Iris towards Elena who grabbed the raven head's hand "What are-"
"Go now" he ordered before the petite teen could finish her question, Iris once again found herself running down the corridors, merlin her feet were killing her. She swore if she gets out of this night unharmed she'd never wear high heels again. She looked over her shoulder she felt a pull in a gut, she stopped running causing Elena to halt in her tracks as well
"Iris what-"
"You go find Stefan, I'm going to find Damon and Bonnie" she took a step back
"Iris-"
"No go find Stefan" she ordered, the brunette nodded and ran.
Iris turned on her heel and ran back in to the direction they had come from; she was looking for Bonnie but found the vampire first
"Damon" she called and ran up to him
"I told you to-"
"Where is Bonnie?" she demanded and was beginning to panic when there was no sight of the witch, she didn't want her to do anything stupid, including channelling the witches powers to kill Klaus "Damon where is she?"
"She's doing what she needs to do" he replied, his face void of emotion
"Damon-"
"Iris let her do this" he grabbed her by her upper arm
"Oh my god" Iris gasped "she's going to get herself killed, how could you?" she glared furiously at the vampire "
"You get to live-"
"SHE DIES THOUGH" Iris shouted and wrenched free from his grip "How could you? Does she mean nothing to you?"
"You mean more" he bellowed, Iris gave him a disgusted look and before he could grab her Iris ran screaming out the witch's name. Damon let her go hating himself for what he was about to put the two closest girls in his life through.
"BONNIE" Iris shouted and saw the cafeteria that they all were earlier that same day the lights were flickering, she ran towards it and was horrified at the sight, bits of paper were flying everywhere "BONNIE, BONNIE" she screamed and banged her hands against the door, tears clouded her eyes seeing her friend in the middle of the room hunched over with her arms outstretched, Iris could see blood trickling out of her nose
"BONNIE, PLEASE BONNIE" she again tried to open the doors but they wouldn't budge, the raven head realised that the witch had spelled them shut "BONNIE" she screamed tears were running down her face, Bonnie turned around and smiled weakly at Iris who looked completely heart broken, the witch hadn't realised how much the smaller girl cared for her "Bonnie" she whispered "please don't" she shook her head frantically
"I'm sorry" she saw the witched mouth and then turned back to face Klaus, several things happened at once, Bonnie let out a bloodcurdling scream and Iris felt the familiar tingling sensation "NOO BONNIE" she screamed her eyes flashed gold and the cafeteria doors were ripped from there hinges. Iris stepped in just as the lights shattered; she felt the stinging sensation as the shards fell on her.
Iris gasped as Bonnie dropped to the ground and ran forward to her fallen friend but before she could reach her she was grabbed around the waist
"Don't cry" Alaric or Klaus or whatever wiped away her tears, her eyes were focused on Bonnie's still form, he saw this and gripped her chin "until we meet again" he kissed her temple and was gone. Iris dropped down beside Bonnie, and placed her head in her lap
"Bonnie" she cried "Bonnie, please wake up" she whispered brokenly "please, I don't want to lose another person, please"
She tapped her cheeks but got nothing, her head snapped up hearing footsteps, she saw Elena standing in the doorway with tears in her eyes Stefan was behind her
"She won't wake up" Iris cried "Elena she won't wake up"
The tall brunette ran forward and fell down beside Iris as Stefan knelt down opposite them
"Oh god no, why didn't you stop her?" Elena shouted at Iris, who looked up she was trembling
"I-I-"
"Stefan give her your blood" Elena said running her fingers through her best friend's air, Stefan reached out and felt no pulse
"She's gone" Stefan said mournfully
"No she can't be we-"
"Why couldn't you save her, why couldn't you Iris?" Elena screamed pulling Bonnie's head off of Iris's lap
"I- I it's my fault" Iris cried this was exactly what happened in England, she couldn't save some of the people she loved there, and she came here to have a fresh start but yet again similarities were occurring
"Iris it's not" Stefan consoled the small raven head, but Iris violently shook her head and cried scuttling backwards
"It is, it is" Iris wiped her face, Stefan saw that her eyes had darkened and wanted to comfort her but he had to deal with Elena who was sobbing loudly, Iris's cries had quietened down just as Damon entered the room
"You need to get them out of here" Damon ordered and glanced at the raven head who was breathing heavily "I'll deal with the body"
"What do you mean 'the body"? Iris stumbled on to her feet
"The sheriff can't know about this, we don't need another mysterious death" Damon stepped forward and went to grab Iris but she'd managed to dodge him
"THIS IS BONNIE" she shouted "not just another random person"
"Iris go home" he said through gritted teeth shoving her towards the door
"No I can't this-"
"Is Bonnie" Elena snapped directing her anger to the wrong person "she's my best friend not yours. Go away Iris" she spat
"Elena-"Stefan warned, Damon immediately looked at the raven head who had fresh tears running down her face
"Elena-"her voice shook "please you-"
"GO AWAY" Elena screamed, Iris felt a pang go through her heart with the feeling of rejection coursing through her and without another word she ran from the room.
Iris cried as she stormed down the corridor and bumped into Jeremy
"Iris" he was startled at the sight of her, there was several small cuts on her arms "Iris-"he could see that the girl was distraught "hey-"
"Leave me alone" she shook her head and instead of walking she ran down the corridor. Iris now was out of the school and standing in the parking lot, she felt the breeze hit her full force, she fumbled around for her keys and recalled that she'd put it in her boot since this dress had no pockets.
Iris shoved it in and pulled the door open. She clamoured in she couldn't take it, watching Bonnie die was horrific, and Elena now had wanted nothing to do with her. She didn't blame her, if only she'd managed to get in quicker, Iris didn't bother with her seatbelt and simply slammed her heeled foot down and tore down the road.
She parked haphazardly in her driveway and exited the car, Iris was no longer crying she headed inside and kicked off her boots and ran upstairs and glopped down face first on to her bed, she just needed a moment, Iris was adamant no one else would die because of her and knew what she should do, wake Elijah, they should have done that as soon. Iris thought it was foolish of Elena, Stefan and Damon daggering the one person who could have helped them from the beginning. She made up her mind.
Iris stripped out of clothes and pulled on a pair of loose flannel shorts and a camisole and washed her face. She sighed and knew that she wouldn't be able to sleep since she kept replaying that scene with Bonnie in her head. Iris sat down on her vanity seat feeling dejected and saddened, she jumped when her cell beeped loudly and grabbed it. She saw that she had a message from Elena it was only two words, but it had somewhat lightened the heavy feeling in Iris's gut it read
"I'm Sorry"
Iris knew she couldn't stay mad after all she was right Bonnie was her best friend.
The raven head sighed and decided to make tea to calm her somewhat rattled nerves, she padded barefooted downstairs and made herself the hot beverage, once she was done she stepped out onto her porch and sat down on the swing, she rested her feet on the railing and sipped it, she idly thought that Elijah made it much better.
"You shouldn't be out here on your own" a voice commented, she looked up seeing the familiar face
"Hmm, didn't you hear I'm not on Klaus's hit list tonight" she muttered, Damon sighed and settled down beside her, he wrapped an arm around her shoulders but frowned when he felt her tense "you knew Bonnie was going to die from the beginning didn't you?"
Damon looked at her; he saw that her face was blank
"Yes, I knew" he admitted but he wasn't met by a slap like Elena had given him, no instead his was met by imploring emerald orbs
"Then why? Why'd you let her do it?" she whispered placing both hands around her mug
"You need to listen Iris" he took in an unneeded breath of air "Bonnie had to die, Klaus using Alaric's body was a total surprise-"
"That's an understatement, now I know why he was acting weird-"
"How'd you mean?" Damon frowned
"He kept giving me odd looks- I don't know" she huffed and sipped her tea,
Damon nodded, come to think of it all throughout tonight he'd noted how 'Alaric' had been hyper aware of Iris, wanting to keep the petite raven head in sight.
"Go on Damon" she gestured for him to carry on
"She wasn't prepared for that and he wasn't going to stop and we weren't going to be able to stop him, until he knew that she was dead…he had to believe it"
Iris eyes widened she precariously placed her cup on the thin rail and sat up and turned her body so that she was facing Damon more
"What does that mean?" she asked, he could see her eyes had brightened slightly gone was the defeated and despaired look
"It means Bonnie cast a spell on herself, she's ok"
A wide grin appeared on Iris's face, relieve and other emotions soared through her at that
"She's ok?"
"She's ok, just in hiding but she is fine" Damon assured her and wasn't at all surprised when the petite raven head and launched herself into his arms and hugged him tightly
Iris pulled back "but why go to that length? Why couldn't you say anything before?"
"Because Iris yours and Elena's reaction had to be real, you weren't meant to actually see it but-"
"I get it" Iris shook head "but Bonnie will not die for me, I won't let that happen and I bet Elena said the same thing"
His jaw clenched and pulled her towards him
"We need to kill Klaus Iris, the real Klaus. Who will come and pay you and Elena a visit-"Damon knew for a fact he'd come, but he was unsure of the relationship the petite raven head had to the Original, he knew that Elijah was protective of her and thought Klaus would most likely be the same, but perhaps something more "for now Klaus thinks Bonnie's dead, she's the only one who can kill him"
"We'll find another way, a way so that no one ends up dead" Iris said determinedly
"Fine, go to sleep, it's been a long day" he kissed her temple and was gone.
Iris chewed her bottom lip, she knew someone who would most likely have a solution and tomorrow she'd wake him. Not caring anymore for the consequences as long as everyone she cares for here would remain alive.
AN: Iris and Klaus have finally met, well not in person but you get the idea.
Next Chap Iris and Elijah meet again, and he tells her more truths about herself
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