"NOO" Ester screamed as Niklaus carried her youngest son covered in blood into the small village, Iris beside him; both had tears running down their faces. He drop to the ground and lowered Henrik on to ground, the other siblings gathered around
"What happened boy?" Mikael spat glaring at Niklaus, Rebekah had come up behind her brother and placed a comforted hand on his shoulder, whilst Iris gripped his hand "tell me boy"
Iris saw that Niklaus was clearly distraught and not being able to deal with the man he called father
"It wasn't his fault" Iris said standing looking at him in the face
"I wasn't talking to you, NOW ANSWER ME BOY" he shouted, from the corner of Iris's eyes she could see Elijah went to move forward no doubt to pull Mikael back.
"It was the wolves, we went near the woods" Niklaus whispered to Iris he looked so vulnerable, the raven head saw the man move forward no doubt to grab the blond male but Iris stepped in front of him, as if shielding Niklaus
"Can't you see his upset" she scowled tears freely running down her face "your son is dead and your wife needs you, put your petty hatred aside"
There were loud gasps from the small crowd that had gathered, and then there was even louder gasps as Mikael backhanded the small raven across her face sending her crashing down to the ground
"Father" Elijah stepped forward but Finn grabbed him.
Iris clutched her throbbing cheek and groaned when the older man slammed his booted foot down on her hand.
"STOP IT" Niklaus shouted scrambling on to his feet but a hate filled glare stilled him. Rebekah placed her hand over her mouth to stop herself from crying out, Iris eyes clenched shut when he grabbed a fistful of her raven locks and brought her to her knees
"Remember girl you know nothing of me, so don't assume you do. You should be grateful we'd took you in. you worthless wretch" he spat at her. And abruptly let her go "now get out of my sight. GO"
Iris scrambled on to her feet and looked at the people she considered family, she wanted to be there though for them, but Elijah silently conveyed for her to go back inside. She met Niklaus's gaze, she could see that he wanted to go to her but knew he needed to be with his family. With one last glance Iris hurried inside.
Iris sat up breathing heavily, those dreams were getting far more vivid, and she clutched her throbbing cheek where the man had hit her. The only person she'd recognized was Elijah no one else, but the blond man whom she defended for some utter reason stuck in her mind. She glanced over to the time and saw that it was nearing seven in the morning, she was hoping to get the boarding house before eight, to wake a certain someone up.
Iris swung her legs out of bed and had a quick shower, washing off last night's events. She idly thought as she shampooed her hair that there was never a dull moment in Mystic Falls.
Once she had showered she dried herself off, and slipped on a pair of navy blue shorts and a long sleeve grey top. Iris braided her hair and slipped on a pair of grey flats. She filled her stomach with some toast and tea and then proceeded to lock up the house behind her.
Iris slammed her car door shut and buckled herself in before pulling out of the driveway.
Soon enough Iris pulled up to the boarding house, she saw that Elena's SUV was there, the brunette must've spent the night here with Stefan she concluded. Iris quietly shut her car door and approached the boarding house.
Iris for once was grateful that the vampires didn't lock their doors, she gently shut it behind her and literally tip toed towards the basement. She looked around and saw that her presence didn't cause Stefan or Damon to arise.
Iris stepped into the basement and saw Elijah's ashen body, she knelt down beside him and gently touched his face, she gripped the hilt that was embedded in his heart, with a deep breath she pulled it out expecting him to jump up, but that didn't occur, Iris realised that perhaps it would take a while for the vampire to be fully functional.
Her head snapped up when the basement door opened
"Iris-"
"Elena I can explain" she quickly rushed out "I don't want anyone to die for us, including Bonnie"
Elena smiled and nodded "I agree you've pulled it out?" she saw Iris clutching the dagger
"I was just coming down to do the same" Elena admitted as Iris sat down leaning against the wall by Elijah's head, the brunette sat further down closer to the door
"Iris I'm sorry I was just so upset-"
"No it's fine I get it" the raven head brushed her apology off "you was upset I get that, Bonnie's your best friend"
"But you're my friend to Iris, and I- no matter what happens, you need to know how grateful I am to you, for going through with this, I knew you wanted to fight-"
"Elena, I didn't just go along with this for you, I care for people in this small town to" she told her "Elijah will know what to do"
"Hmm" Elena idly thought that the petite teen was putting a lot of faith in the Original "Now what do we do?"
"Nothing, we just have to wait" Iris muttered, leaning her head back twirling the dagger in her hands staring at Elijah, it was him who was in her dreams, she knew that much but she couldn't recall who the others were, the blond male was just stuck in her head.
"How long is this going to take?" Iris asked nervously pacing up and down the cell whilst Elena stood by the door keeping an eye out for Stefan and Damon.
Iris jumped as Elijah let out a loud gasp as his body shot up, she heard the audible cracks
"Elijah" Iris knelt down beside him cupping his face "Ssh, it's ok, it's ok"
"Iris?" he asked she nodded, his eyes moved to Elena "Katerina?"
"No, it's Elena" Iris whispered not wanting to alert the other two vampires what she had done "Elijah-"
"It's really you Iris?" he questioned, the raven head nodded "Oh my god" he uttered before he collapsed back on to the ground
"What happened?" Iris asked frantically reaching out to grab his shoulders, Elena moved forward to stop her but before she could he jumped up, Iris scrambled onto her feet
"Elijah you need to be quiet" Elena hissed
"I-I-I can't breathe" Elijah gasped clutching his chest "I can't be in this house" he stated, Iris eyes widened
"He's not invited in-"she muttered, he nodded and was gone.
Iris quickly ran after him with Elena on her heels. She skidded to a halt as she saw him outside one of the French doors crouching there, she made to move forward but jumped back when he rushed forward he was stop by the invisible barrier
"Elijah please" Iris uttered "I'm sorry I never wanted you to be daggered" Elena grabbed onto the back of the raven head's top as she went to walk forward. Oak brown eyes burned into her emerald green ones,
"Iris no don't-"but the Iris didn't listen as stepped over the threshold, he grabbed hold of her, Iris missed him
"I'm sorry" she whispered
"I meant what I said Iris, it is in your nature to be deceitful" he murmured into her hair,
"Elijah-"but he glared at Elena knowing that this was her plan, she was the one who physically daggered him.
"What happened?" he demanded as his grip on Iris loosened but she remained close, there was just some thread tying them together.
"We'll tell you not just here" Elena whispered "Can we trust you?"
"I already trust him" Iris muttered, causing the Original to smile slightly but he looked towards Elena "Can I trust you?"
Elena held out the dagger to him that Iris had dropped when she had run after him. Elijah took it and looked carefully at them. "Let's get going then shall we? We'll be by your car" much to Elena's shock he grabbed Iris and jumped down over the balcony, Iris had gripped on to his upper arms pressing her face into his chest.
"Merlin a warning would have been nice" she complained as he set her down on to her feet. He grabbed her chin lightly and leant his temple against her "I apologise Iris for that night-"
She frowned at him and lightly brushed some of the dirt of his suit "you have nothing to apologise for"
"No, I recalled you saying that you value your friends and I was going to take you away from them, that was foolish off me"
"I forgive you" she smiled a gesture which he returned
"I've got the keys" Elena called seeing the moment between the pair.
"Why am I in the back?" the raven head huffed, Elijah was in the front with Elena who was driving
"My car so-"
"We could've taken my car you know-"
"It's not a car, it's a rust bucket" Elijah looked over his shoulder and was amused to see Iris's pouting face, the raven head had quickly dashed back inside the boarding house to grab one of Damon's blood bag for him.
"Where did you get the dagger?" Elijah questioned
"Pfft no clue, no one told me anything" she mumbled and looked out of the window, Elijah kept an eye on her, hmm seems Iris wasn't as clued up on the plans that her so called friends created.
"We'll tell you everything Elijah, but we have to work together. We need your word" Elena insisted, Iris thought that was kind of rich coming from the girl, who'd actually went back on the deal that they all had agreed to.
Elijah glared at her, and looked over to Iris whose face was carefully blanked
"Your ability to make demands has long since surpassed" he said
"Ok, no demands" Iris stated leaning forward in her seat resting her arms on the back of Elijah's seat. "But we need your help Elijah" he sighed and fisted the empty blood bag and chucked it onto the dashboard
"We're offering ours" Elena butted in; Iris thumped her head against the back of the Original's head rest, knowing that this would definitely irk him.
"Why should I even consider this?" he asked
"Because you need our help in killing Klaus" Elena replied, Iris bit her bottom lip as there was a moment of silence, which was broken by the sound on Elena's phone ringing
"Crap Iris here" Elena chucked the phone to the raven head who'd managed to catch it
"What-Why? hell no, he called you" Iris said seeing who was calling them
"Because I'm driving" Elena smirked
Iris glared at her "you can stop smiling" she huffed seeing Elijah's lips twitching.
"Let me" Elijah held out his hand
"Yeah right, do I want to purposely piss him off?" she muttered, "it would be fun though" she admitted, she cleared her throat and answered
"Hello?"
"IRIS? WHAT THE HELL HAVE-"
"WRONG NUMBER, WRONG NUMBER" the raven head screamed back improvising on the spot making Elijah laugh loudly which stunned Elena having never seen the Original so at ease before
"IRIS I'M REALLY NOT IN THE MOOD TO BE MESSED WITH" he shouted causing Iris to pull the phone away from her ear
"THEN STOP SHOUTING" she yelled,
"You are in big trouble when I get my hands on you" Damon snarled, Elijah's teeth gritted at that he was able to hear everything.
"Do not threaten her Salvatore" he snapped harshly,
"Elijah" Iris hissed at him he reached forward to grab the phone but she scuttled backwards out of his reach.
"I take it Elijah's with you?" Damon asked she could tell he was angry
"What gave it away?" Iris drawled, causing the Original to smirk
"Iris, where are you and Elena?" he demanded
"Not telling, me, Elena and Elijah just need time alone to talk" Iris told him
"Iris, where are you? I swear if you-"
"What? What are you going to do? Back off Damon, he shouldn't have been daggered in the first place, I told you" the raven head snapped.
"Listen to me Iris, I'm going to repeat what I said on the night he was daggered, he can't be trusted" he warned her "He can't be trusted, he will only use you and Elena to get Klaus"
"Shove off Damon, he isn't the one who broke the deal in the first place, hence we can trust him, he's a noble man, who lives by a code of honour, I'm not going to let him be daggered again" her eyes met his, Elijah could see sincerity in her eyes
"Do you hear yourself? You're being stupid-"
"No I'm not, I'm being smart getting the one person who actually knows Klaus to help us" she frowned and saw Elena nodding in agreement. "We don't want Bonnie to die, I don't want that" she finished off softly "don't do anything stupid" she then hanged up.
Elijah held out his hand for the phone Iris rolled her eyes and handed it over to him, her skin brushed his sending a shot of warmth up spine; he sent her a knowing smirk and slipped the cell into his jacket pocket.
Elena parked the car "He's here"
"Klaus is here?" Elijah questioned, and was slightly miffed that Iris was still here, he'd thought that the other Original would have quickly snapped up the raven head.
"Yes, he's taken over Alaric's body" Iris explained,
"Hmm, of course he did, that's one of his favourite tricks" Elijah commented and glanced back over to Iris so she hadn't physically seen Klaus yet knowing that the raven head would probably recognise him for some unknown reason to her.
"What are his other tricks?" Iris asked interested
"What's he going to do next?" Elena added on "you're the only one who knows him"
Iris frowned seeing his expression, there was something else she thought
"Yes I do" he murmured.
Iris shifted on her feet, she was standing next to Elijah with Elena on her other side, and the vampire rang the doorbell of the Lockwood manor.
"Why are we here?" Iris asked, but Elijah merely cocked an eyebrow at her causing her to sigh.
She went to ask something else when the door opened revealing Carol Lockwood
"Elena, Iris and Elijah? What happened?" she asked seeing the tattered suit
"We had a little incident, we was hoping you could help us out?" Elijah said politely,
"I have to pee as well" Elena clapped her hand over the petite teen's mouth shutting her up
"Yeah that as well" Elena nodded and removed her hand
"It won't take a minute of your time, so please allow us in" the raven head could tell that he was using compulsion
"Right, please come in" Carol gestured for them to come in.
They all stepped inside, Iris looked around the Lockwood home was a grand place she idly thought, and she felt Elijah's hand on the small of her back guiding her slightly forward into the house.
"Well first things first, I need a change of clothes" Iris snorted that was an understatement. "Well you could try one of my husband's suits, I haven't boxed them up yet" Carol replied, Elijah stepped forward so that now he was standing beside Iris,
He nodded "wonderful" they watched as Carol walked
"How'd you know that she wasn't on vervaine?" Elena asked, he looked at her
"I'm the one who got her off of it" he answered "stay here" he told Iris as he followed after Carol.
Iris was currently sitting on a comfortable couch with Elena sitting on the opposite one, she sighed and chewed her bottom lip, Damon was going to lecture her to death she knew that much. But Iris thought this needed to be done as Elijah was the only one who actually knew Klaus, besides Katherine of course but the female vampire was taken.
The raven head was brought out of her musings as Elijah strolled into the room, looking back to his regal self in a change of clothes, he took a seat next to Iris, wanting to be close to her
"So I take it the Martin witches are no longer with us?" he commented, Iris looked away knowing that Lukas as well as his father was dead.
"Yes-"
"We tried to offer them help" Iris quickly explained "sorry"
Elijah sighed and pulled her towards him to console her "And Katerina? She would have been released from my compulsion when I died"
"The bitch got out" Iris scoffed, Elijah's lips twitched in amusement at that
"Klaus took her" Elena answered "we think she might be dead"
Iris saw a smirk appearing on his face "what?"
"I doubt that, that's not Klaus's style, death would be too easy for what she did"
"I don't understand" Iris uttered, dusting some lint off of Elijah's pant leg "you want Klaus dead, yet you still want Katherine to pay for what she'd done" she was confused as well as Elena.
Elijah hummed feeling the warmth radiating off of the raven head "I have my own reasons for wanting Katerina to pay" he paused "there was a time when I would have done anything for Klaus-"
"Why?" Iris asked stunned at that, she couldn't picture Elijah running around after someone, he was just too strong willed for that
"Because he is my brother, Klaus is my brother" both Iris's and Elena's jaw dropped
"Holy crap, you-wow that…whoa" Iris couldn't find the right words but that was definitely not what she was expecting
"Yes, I believe the term you're looking for is OMG" he smirked, as the raven head giggled, "I picked that up from you"
She shook her head a smile on her face; she glanced over to Elena and saw that the brunette was still staring wide eye at the Original. Hmm to Iris it did make sense, since she knew that Elijah was an Original and that Klaus is also one, but she briefly wondered what had happened for Elijah to want to kill his own brother.
"Elena-"Iris asked getting slightly worried for her friend who still hadn't uttered a word
"I'm just still processing this" the brunette said shaking her head.
Elijah paced up and down in front of the two girls
"So there's a whole family of Originals?" Elena questioned
"My father was a wealthy landowner of eastern Europe" he told them and briefly glanced over to Iris was listening intently "my mother bored seven children"
"So your parents were human?" Iris asked, this was fascinating she thought.
"Our whole family was the Origin of vampires it is a very long story, but just know that we are the oldest vampires in the world" he stopped and stood in front of them "we are the Original family of vampires and from us all of them were created" he explained.
"Right but why would you want Klaus dead?" Iris asked "he's after all your brother"
Elijah sighed knowing that Iris would definitely be getting a history lesson.
"I need some air" he said "I'm still feeling a tad…a bit dead" he held out his hand to Iris who immediately took it and led her out of the house into the large gardens, she looked over her shoulder and saw Elena quickly hurrying after them, Iris had to speed up her pace to keep up with him.
Elijah had finally slowed down when they were fairly a safe distance away from the manor, Iris walked beside him as Elena was on the other side of the Original.
"So as you've seen, nothing can kill the Original, not sun, not fire, not even a werewolf bite"
"So what can? Nothing truly immortal can be allowed to walk the earth" Iris murmured, he nodded
"Hmm only the wood from one tree, a tree which my family made sure burnt" Elijah explained, as they walked through the grassy grounds
"That's where the dagger came from" Elena muttered to herself, he nodded
"You're right" he stated looking at Iris "witches won't allow something truly immortal to walk the earth, every creature, and I mean every creature has to have a weakness in order to maintain balance, but there was one exception" he stated, Iris frowned and looked at him confused but before she could speak Elena spoke.
"So if the sun can't kill an Original why is Klaus so obsessed with breaking it?" Elena asked, Iris frowned now that didn't make sense
"That's not the curse is it" Iris muttered putting the pieces together
"What?" Elena asked confused, Elijah merely smirked; Iris was always good at figuring things out before anyone else
"The curse, which he wants to break isn't that one is it?" she asked the Original, stopping still. "Is it even true?" she saw an amused look appear on his face
"The curse of the sun and the moon is all so biblical sounding don't you think?" he asked tucking his hands in to the pockets of his pants.
Iris quirked an eyebrow and Elena was completely confused
"The sun and the moon curse is fake" he revealed
"Hmm" Iris bit her lip "but why though? Was Klaus the one who drew Aztec sketches about the curse?" she could feel the sun warming her skin
"Roman scrolls, African tribal legends and any other continent we felt like planting it in" she shrugged his shoulders.
"Why go through all that effort though?" Iris asked
"Easiest way to find the doppelganger and get your hands on some long lost moonstone, as well as finding Iris if you have every member of a warring species looking for them" he stated. "There's more information and description about Iris as she was the more difficult one to find almost impossible, your blood and magic is rare, and it was very specific to get you in order for the ritual"
Iris shook her head "so there's no Aztec or anything?"
"It just doesn't exist" Elijah said
"Huh?" Elena blurted out
He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair "Klaus and I faked the sun and the moon curse over a thousand years ago"
"But if there's no curse-"
"No there is a curse but that's not it, the real one is much worst. It's placed on Klaus"
"What kind of curse?" Iris asked as he plucked a flower from the ground and much to her surprised tucked it behind her ear. She smiled at him "Elijah the curse-"
"Klaus has been trying to break if for the last 1000 years and you two are his only hope of breaking it"
"Can't you just-"
"Your phone will not stop its incessant buzzing" he pulled out Elena's cell and handed it over to the brunette "answer it"
"Hello?" she heard Elena, there was a moment of silence "ok I'm on my way"
Iris frowned seeing her face "what's wrong?"
"Klaus went after Jenna" Elena said Iris eyes widened
"Is she ok?"
"Stefan saved her, she's at the boarding house and freaking out" Elena explained "I have to go to her"
"That's not part of our arrangement" Elijah stated, Iris reached out and grabbed his forearm
"Just let her go, she needs to. She'll come back right?" Elena nodded
Elijah agreed reluctantly "Iris remains with me though-"
"No I-"
"Elena I'll be fine" the raven head assured her, with one last glance Elena ran off back towards her car.
"So what is Klaus's curse?" Iris asked as he offered his arm, to Elijah this felt like déjà vu as he and Iris walked through the grassy grounds arm in arm.
"My family was quiet close but Klaus and my father did not get on well" he said "but when we became vampires we discovered the truth, Klaus was not my father's son. My mother had been unfaithful many years ago-"
"So you're father hated him, because your mother made a mistake?" Iris questioned "not him"
Elijah sighed, in a way the raven head was unknowingly defending his brother like she'd done so many decades ago
"It was her darkest secret; Klaus was from a completely different bloodline. Of course when my father discovered this, he hunted down and killed my mother's lover and his entire family, not realising that he was igniting a war between two species-"
"Your father hunted Klaus's father down?" Iris asked stunned, the Original father was some piece of work as well "the war between two species? What does that mean?"
"The vampires and the werewolves" Elijah replied
"What does that make Klaus then? A vampire or a werewolf? Or something else entirely different?"
"He's both" he answered they were now by a small bridge, they stopped in the middle of it and leant against the railing "a hybrid would be deadlier than any werewolf or vampire, nature would not stand for such an imbalance of power therefore the witches made sure that my brother's werewolf side became dormant" he explained.
Iris frowned and picked the flower from behind her ear and twirled it in between her fingers, she lightly traced the petals with the pad of her finger.
"So that's the curse he wants to break?" she murmured, he looked down at her their arms brushed against each other,
"He wants to trigger that part of him that's a werewolf" he spoke and gently took the flower off of her and placed it back behind her ear "If allowed Klaus will sire his own bloodline, he'll build his own race endangering not only vampires, but everyone"
"You helped him though?" Iris said looking up at him; he sighed and brushed aside a fallen curl from her face
"I helped him because I loved him because he was my brother, I'd willingly do anything for him"
Iris nodding understanding "don't you love him anymore?" she asked softly, but he remained silent, she could see the conflict in his eyes, whatever Klaus had done must've been terrible if Elijah felt like this.
"It's all changed now, he must be killed"
"I'm assuming the dagger" she nodded towards his jacket pocket knowing that the dagger was stashed there "won't help"
"You'll be right" he murmured "when a werewolf if wounded by silver it heals, and an Original can't be killed by anything other than a white oak ash on a silver dagger"
"So the dagger is rendered useless?"
"That's the whole conundrum the dagger will not work"
"So what are you saying? Klaus can't be killed?" Iris asked, as a breeze passed over them, he inhaled her scent as it waft over to him
"There's only one way to kill any supernatural element at the hand of nature servants themselves"
"Witches" Iris breathed, Bonnie she thought was there answer, but then that meant she could end up dead.
Elijah nodded "If they channel enough power then they can kill him"
"The curse must be broken on a full moon when Klaus is in transition, then he'll be at his most vulnerable and then a witch with enough power can kill him" Elijah told her
There was a brief moment of silence which Iris broke
"What if I told you I know a witch with that sort of power?" she quirked an eyebrow
"Then I would tell you one more thing you need to know, I have a way to save the doppelganger-"
"So Elena would be ok?" she asked with a smile on her face, Elijah frowned, she hadn't asked about herself,
"Iris you though-"
"If I die I die, at least I would go knowing my friends would be saved-"she was surprised when he growled and slammed her against a tree and gripped her chin tightly
"Think about yourself or are that careless?"
She grabbed on to his hand the one holding her chin "Why? You only mentioned that the doppelganger would be saved nothing about me"
Elijah's grip loosened "there's more Iris, just trust me ok?"
"Ok" she nodded, and slumped against him, he held her gently "you cared about Katherine didn't you?"
"Hmm?"
"If you went to the extent of finding something to save her"
"I did, but unfortunately Katerina took matters into her own hands, and I believe you knew how that turned out"
"So you did care for her?" she asked moving back slightly so she could look at him in the face,
"It's a common mistake I'm told, I won't make the same mistake again"
"Showing your compassionate side isn't a mistake" Iris told him as grabbed her hand so they were once again walking down the path "it makes you even greater"
He chuckled and pecked her on the cheek causing her to smile. "Do you know how then I can be saved?"
"Hmm I do" he admitted "but no matter what Iris you'll be fine"
Iris nodded but she doubted him though, Klaus would drink her blood until the point of death and he didn't have a solution to aid her like he had one for Elena. Just then her cell rang, they both stopped walking
"Hello?"
"Iris, its Elena I don't think I can return, Damon and Stefan are having none of it, and Jenna's really-"
"It's fine, we're coming back to the boarding house" she told her then hanged up
She was brought out of her thoughts when he scooped her up bridal style
"What are you doing?" she squeaked
"Well I'm assuming you have no other means of travelling, so we're going a different way" he told her with a smirk on his face,
Iris sighed knowing what he meant "Fine" she wrapped her arms around his neck, he felt her tuck her face in his shoulder and made sure he had a secure grip on her before he zoomed off. Iris felt wind whipping over her skin.
They arrived at the boarding house, Elijah lowered Iris on to her feet, and kept a hold on her till she was steady on her feet, she sent him a grateful smile and walked up to the door with him following after her.
Iris opened the door "Would you like to come in Elijah?" Iris asked
He smiled at her and nodded and stepped over the threshold, he had only stepped in when there was a loud crash in the parlour
"STOP IT" she heard Elena scream. Iris quickly ran towards the noise and was baffled at the sight Damon and Stefan were in the room glaring daggers at one another with Elena on the other side of the room hands on her hips. Iris saw the broken remains of the bookshelf.
"Iris-"
"You invited him in?" Damon shouted, Iris stumble back a step but Elijah quickly placed his hands on her hips to stop her from falling.
"Well-"
"We've renewed the terms of our deal" Elena stepped in, Iris sighed at this thankful that Damon wasn't burning a hole into her face.
"Really?" Damon scoffed and turned back to look at Iris
"Yes" the raven head snapped at him.
"The two of you will not come to any harm by my hands" Elijah nodded "but I ask for one thing in return"
Iris cocked an eyebrow, curious about what the Original would want
"What's that?" Stefan asked
"An apology"
"Really?" Damon smirked, Iris rolled her eyes
"Don't be an arse, you're lucky he didn't rip your heart out" she said to him, and watched as Damon and Stefan shared a baffled look when Elijah didn't say anything more. She saw the younger Salvatore glance over to Elena and then stepped forward towards her and Elijah, Iris moved so that she was now standing beside the Original instead of in front of him
"I'm sorry for the part I played in your death; I was protecting Elena and Iris"
"I understand" Elijah told him, and he didn't he was protecting the ones he cares for and saw the older vampire as a threat.
Eyes turned towards Damon who scoffed loudly Iris narrowed her eyes at him as did Elena
"The sacrifice is going to happen Damon, Bonnie will kill Klaus without getting herself killed, and Elijah has a way to save Elena" Iris explained,
"What?" Elena asked surprised at that, there was a way to save the doppelganger?
"Is this true?" Damon asked
"It is" he nodded
"What about Iris?" Stefan questioned realising that the raven head didn't include herself
"There's a way to save her as well" Elijah nodded, but Iris bit her bottom lip. Whatever way he had to save her he hadn't mentioned it yet.
"You trust him?" Damon snapped
"I am and-"
"So am I" Elena finished off.
"Then you can all go to hell" Damon glared at them all, ignoring the hurt look on Iris's face and stormed off.
She went to follow after him but Elijah grabbed her wrist stopping her
"He needs time to cool off Iris" Stefan told the petite teen, who sighed and nodded.
"We'll return in the morning, so I can fill you in" Elijah told them
"Wait Iris can-"
"Stay with me" the Original insisted "she and I need to talk, and she'll be safe"
Stefan reluctantly nodded as did Elena; Iris sent a small smile to them
"See you tomorrow" she called out and allowed Elijah to lead her out of the boarding house.
Iris sighed and dropped down on the couch she'd changed out of her clothes into more comfortable clothing. Elijah had gone to shower something which she'd been expecting. She was antsy and nervous about this whole ritual thing, Elijah had told her she had nothing to worry about but she couldn't help being worried.
"A penny for your thoughts?" a voice commented behind her, she felt a pulse of air and now Elijah was right beside her, he lightly pulled her lip out from her teeth and idly brushed his thumb against her reddened bottom lip
"Keep gnawing at it and you'll draw blood" she sighed and nodded as he moved slightly back casting her a look "Iris-"
"I'm scared" she admitted, "you won't tell me anything, I- you said I can be saved but I can't be can I? I don't even really know why he wants my blood, yes it has magic but-"
He simply tugged her towards him so that she was resting her head against his shoulder; he idly ran his fingers through her thick air
"You have nothing to fear-"
"You keep telling me that" she snapped sitting up and scowled at him "how can I not?"
"You want to know why Klaus needs you specifically?" she nodded, "your blood is what turned us in to vampires as well as someone else's blood, but they don't matter" she looked at him confused trying to process this information
"My ancestor? Or am I a doppelganger like Elena?"
"No you" he looked deeply "no doppelganger, you're the Original-"
"In case you haven't realised Elijah, I'm turning seventeen this year and not a thousand plus-"he chuckled confusing her even more, he tucked in a stray curl
"Remember the night of the dinner party at the Salvatores?"
"That disaster? Is quiet hard to forget" she murmured
"Hmm, I recall telling you about a creature who nature was brought into the world, to be defend the witches? A saviour"
"Yes" she answered not understanding where this was going "that creature was you, my mother found you when you was a mere child, we took you in and those were the happiest years of our families lives, Klaus and you were close, much closer than you or me-"
She was stunned at this revelation, her head was spinning
"I've been having dreams-"
"There not dreams Iris, lost memories" he told her watching a baffle look on her face
"I don't-"
"Iris you're magic, your blood was also used into binding Klaus's curse. A stab to the heart is what ended you"
"Then how am I here?" she whispered, a smile adorned his face
"You've been brought back, you was a prophesised child Iris, the world would need you one day to be a saviour once again, and you've once again played your part" Elijah said "there was another prophecy made, making me and Klaus aware that once again you were back, and we spent years searching for you"
"To what use me in this ritual, I'll be dead again" Iris frowned
He leant forward and gently caressed her cheek "I told you Iris you will be fine" she leant into his touch "trust me"
"I do" she said at last, it was starting to make sense she thought, those dreams which kept occurring weren't random dreams like she'd thought.
"Iris" he could see that she was lost in her thoughts and settled back into her couch and tugged her towards him so that she was leaning against him, her head resting against his chest. Iris felt at ease perhaps that was why she was so comfortable around the Original because she literally knew him from a different lifetime ago.
Elijah heard her breathing evening out; he looked down and saw that the raven head had fallen asleep on him. He sighed she knew some of the truth at least, he idly thought.
AN: Thanks to all those who reviewed
There we have it, we've got an idea how Iris and the Originals are connected, she was used when they were first turn into vampires.
So now the group know that there's a way for Elena to be saved, but Elijah is still being cryptic about how Iris will survive
Yes, once again Iris was quick to forgive, but that will definitely catch up to them later, there's only so much Iris will take
Next. Chap the Last day-so closer to the ritual, and more info about Iris
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