"Iris, Iris" she heard a voice shout, Iris groaned and clutched her throbbing head, and she managed to scramble on to her knees and pressed her temple against the dirt covered ground "oh thank god you're ok"
Iris blearily sat up she was a couple of feet away from Elena
"Elena, why'd you call?" Iris asked confused
But the brunette shook her head "I didn't call" the raven head frowned and precariously sat up
"Yes you did, Jenna-"Iris eyes widened "where's Jenna?"
Tears ran down Elena's face and nodded a couple of feet away; Iris gasped at the sight and saw Jenna lying on the ground not moving
"Is, she dead?" she whispered
Elena shook her head "She's not breathing, I checked"
"Why?" Iris managed to stumble on to her feet and spotted a woman striding towards them with a grin on her face "You killed her, why? We did everything that was asked" she shouted, but jumped out of her skin when Jenna let out a loud gasp and shot up
"She's not dead, she's in transition" the woman told them.
"Jenna" Iris whispered and watched as Elena rushed forward, the raven head however was looking at the dark skinned woman who was smirking at her.
"Ergh my head, what's wrong with me?" Jenna uttered causing Iris's attention to travel back over to her; the woman was literally rocking back and forth on her knees
"Do you remember what happened?" Elena asked
"You called, I ran out and Iris followed, you sounded so scared" Jenna answered.
"I didn't call you Jenna"
"Katherine" Iris hissed realising that the female vampire had tricked Jenna
"I should have realised that it wasn't you" Jenna groaned "I don't know, some vampire grabbed me"
"It was Klaus, wasn't it?" Iris asked
Elena nodded knowing that the Original had been prowling around.
"He made me drink his blood, and I don't remember anything after that" Jenna shook her head, Iris bit her bottom lip, hoping that Elijah and the others would show up soon, she wanted this whole thing to be over. "Where are we?"
"We're at the quarry" Elena answered and looked over to Iris.
"Why can't I remember anything?"
Iris licked her lips "Jenna do you remember how Elena told you how someone becomes a vampire?" she asked not knowing how to ask the woman gently
"Yes, if you have vampire blood in your system…" the teens remained silent, Iris was waiting for realisation to dawn on the other woman, and sure enough it did "oh my god, he killed me"
"Look Jenna, everything's going to be ok, we'll get you out of here" Elena reassured her, Iris nodded as well
"I'm a vampire" Jenna said completely distraught
"And I bet you're hungry" the witch smirked approaching the trio, Iris saw her going for the sharp rock,
"NO" Iris shouted and went to ran towards her as Elena ran to get the rock, but they were both flung backwards. Iris groaned landing on her back she was slightly further away from the pair, she scrambled on to her feet but with another flick of the witch's hand a circle of fire erupted around them, Iris saw that Elena was in the same position, neither of them had a chance to get Jenna.
Iris went to move forward but the flames flared up, she hissed feeling there searing heat
"I wouldn't bother trying to get through I spelled it. You're trapped no matter what you do"
"Greta" Elena shouted "please just let her go" but Iris saw the witch ignore her and grabbed the rock and slashed her wrist
"Your father would be disappointed, he went through a lot to try and get you back" Iris yelled "and your brother didn't you care about them at all?"
The witch let out a hiss and glared at her, Iris groaned and clutched her head feeling a fiery pain inside.
"Stop" Elena shouted seeing Iris fall onto her knees "Greta, please" Iris was abruptly released from the witch's hold
"You don't know anything about me or those people" Greta spat
"Those people were your family, they wouldn't want you to do this" Iris got back on to her feet "they wouldn't want you to do this" she repeated meeting the witch's dark eyes "just please let Jenna go, she has nothing to do with this"
She saw Greta contemplating her words but it seem to have no effect on her "Klaus chose her"
"Well you didn't" Iris shouted seeing that Elena was crying
"Drink it" Greta ordered Jenna
"NO" Elena screamed as Jenna bit down on Greta's wrist and slurped her blood, she had completed the transition, Iris dropped to her knees staring
"Jenna" the raven head whispered not at all wanting her to be used in this ritual, Greta yanked her wrist away and took a step back and with a flick of her hand a circle of fire surrounded the newly turned vampire.
"You're going to be ok" Elena assured her
"I'm sorry" Jenna cried out sobbing, Iris felt her heart churn
"You've nothing to be sorry for Jenna, this is not your fault" Iris said sternly, she could feel the heat of the flames. The raven head could see Elena pacing up and down in her circle of fire deep in thought, Iris turned her gaze on to Jenna
"How are you feeling?" she asked the wind was whipping through her curls blowing them forward
"I feel like myself…but everything is brighter and the fire is hotter, part of me is terrified but another part of me just don't want to feel anything at all" Iris listened in silence and was staring at the ground, not really knowing how to comfort the older woman
"Vampire can turn it off" Elena explained, still pacing up and down
"They can turn that part that's human, the part that feels" Iris finished off
Jenna looked up her bottom lip tremble "I'm going to die aren't I?" Iris felt a wave of emotion hit her, she knew that the others would arrive too late to save Jenna, she felt tears well up and look down and saw the droplets landing on the floor, she took a deep breath in, she needed to stay calm.
"No" Elena snapped "because I'm not going to let that happen"
Iris had to admire Elena's determination, her head snapped up hearing a woman shout "Who is that?" Jenna asked panicked, Iris scrambled on to her
"That must be the werewolf" she answered as Greta dragged the woman forward and flung her towards the ground and like them she was also trapped in a circle of fire, Iris gasped recognising her
"Jules?" she called out the blond was writhing in pain "what did you do to her?" the raven head shouted
"I used a spell to slow down her transformation" Greta answered looking pleased with herself, Iris wanted to slap her across the face "her insides are tearing themselves apart, that's got to be painful"
Iris scowled her blood pumping faster "You really are a bitch aren't you?" in response Greta flung her hand out, Iris let out a scream of pain and crumpled to the ground clutching her head
"STOP IT" Elena screamed, Jenna watched on terrified, Iris fisted her hands into the dirt just as quick as the assault started it was gone, Iris gasped and was panting,
"Iris?" Jenna called having now realise how alluring the petite teen's scent was, god she wanted a taste of it. Iris abruptly bolted up and much to Jenna and Elena shock they were met by golden eyes "Iris, Iris"
Iris groaned and blinked hard causing her emerald orbs to appear
"What was that?" Jenna asked transfixed at what she had seen,
"It's a sign when she's about to use her magic" Greta announced "pity I thought you'd have more fight, we witches are after all feisty creatures, but then again you're not exactly the usual kind are you"
"No I'm not" Iris breathed and sat on her feet wiping away the sweat on her brow "but I was a witch, and witches are meant to be servants of nature, it's your duty to help people as well as make sure this curse is remain sealed"
"My duty is to Klaus, one would think yours would be the same" Great answered, "the new order"
Iris felt a shudder go down her spine, he was here.
"Glad to know I still have a dance partner" an eerily familiar voice announced, all the females froze, Iris looked up and saw a blond man, she gasped he was familiar, she recognized him from her dream, no Elijah had called them lost memories "hello my lovelies, and my little Iris" he blurred forward till he was right against the ring of fire that surrounded the raven head, who stumbled back
"Klaus?" she breathed, he smiled
"Hmm you haven't changed at all" he commented, there was no denying it, he was incredibly handsome, and like with Elijah, Iris felt a pull towards him but this one was much stronger which frightened her. "You'll soon remember" he turned his back to her and walked forward so he could see the quartet of women "Are we ready?"
Iris was staring at him and canted her head to the side, surely this couldn't be the same man that Elijah had claimed she'd been close to in the past.
Just then a scream was torn from Jules; Iris jumped and saw the woman in pain
"Iris" she screamed her eyes met a pair of emerald orbs "everything I did I was just trying to help Tyler, I didn't want him to be alone anymore" she let out another cry of pain "Iris I'm sorry for what I've put you through, I am"
Iris wrapped her arms around herself "It's ok, I understand" she called back ignoring the looks she was getting.
"Enough of all that" Klaus smirked and handed the moonstone over to Greta who was standing at a stone alter and threw it into a bowl of some sort that was resting on a fire, she saw the pot on fire "shall we?" the fire around Jules vanished.
"Jules I'm sorry about Mason" Iris shouted, causing the werewolf to look at her, she gave her a final nod and then her eyes turned amber which Iris had witnessed the night where Remus had transformed, the female werewolf launched herself at Klaus but the Original saw it coming.
And threw her to the ground and ripped her heart out. She saw a triumphant smile on his face as he stood over Jules's body, Iris felt her stomach jolt and stumbled back not caring that the flames around her flared. Klaus walked over to Greta and held the heart over the ball and squeezed it as Greta chanted. Iris gasped she could feel the magic thrumming in the air, her whole body was tingling
"Iris" Elena called and like before she was met with golden eyes but they were brighter
"What's happening to her?" Jenna asked
"It's the magic" Iris replied "I can feel it in the air, so much magic" she whispered the last part and dropped to her knees.
"Are you ok?" Elena asked
"Yes" Iris replied, she was still there with them. And both Elena and Jenna saw that, the raven head could still see everything thought, it was just like an extra buzz. She could hear them conversing Iris blinked her golden hues away but still felt the magic she listened to the other two women.
"The day the lawyers called and told me I was going to be your guardian; do you know what I thought?" Jenna asked, Iris saw Elena shaking her head "Is there someone else who can do this?"
"Jenna there was no one else who could have gotten me and Jeremy through that" Elena said, Iris bit her bottom lip her eyes travelled back over to Klaus and Greta, he seem to have felt her eyes as his head snapped up her eyes met his. He sent her wink; Iris felt sickened and looked away
"Just the thought that I almost passed up taking care of you and Jeremy" she whispered looking ashamed
"But you didn't" Iris cut in "you were there for them Jenna"
"She's right" Elena added "You put your whole life on hold for us"
"Look around you" Jenna snapped "I failed you, Elena you retreated into a shell of your normal self and Jeremy turned to drugs" tears rand freely down her face
"You didn't fail Jenna" Iris told her
"I failed you" Elena cried "you did everything you could to try and help in more ways than I can count, but it was thrown back in your face; I got us into this mess"
"Jenna" Iris whispered "being a vampire intensifies your feelings, the guilt the sadness the regret but it also makes you stronger and faster than either of us, you can fight back don't give up, Elena and I will be fine, and I need you to believe that. So when you get the chance, you need to-"she mouthed the last word "run"
"Ok?" Elena asked Jenna nodded.
"Your turn" Klaus announced moving towards Jenna who like the other two girls were standing
"No" Iris cried out "Klaus please don't do this" she pleaded with him, his eyes instantly went over to her "we can make a deal, just don't kill her"
"Your ability to make demands hasn't changed at all Iris" he smirked, "you have nothing to negotiate with"
"We did everything" Iris shouted causing the flames to flare up her eyes tinged gold "everything, neither of us ran. LET HER GO" just then the flames around extinguished, Elena gasped and saw Greta wearing a wicked smirk
He growled and blurred forward and grabbed her chin "Do. Not. Speak. To. Me. Like. That"
Iris quivered as he leant forward she felt the tip of his nose against her throat
"Ok" she murmured and gulped feeling his lips on her throat "just please let her go"
He moved back and brushed aside a fallen curl and nodded over to Greta and before Iris could react the flames surrounded her again
"Klaus, please" Elena pleaded seeing him moving towards her aunt.
"I didn't listen to her, what makes you think you've got a better chance?" he asked
"WE DID'T RUN" Iris shouted furious, his eyes hardened and looked over to Iris who was meeting his glare full on she moved forward and hissed when the flames stung her
"Careful" he warned
"Please just let her go" Elena cried "I understand that I and Iris have to die-"
"Who says she has to die?" Klaus questioned a knowing smirk appeared on his face
"Klaus please-"
"Elena don't-" Jenna shook her head
"No Jenna we can't leave Jeremy without family, he needs you, and please we did everything you asked"
"Please" Iris begged not wanting Jenna to die, she was the first adult that Iris had met in Mystic Falls and had been so welcoming, once again Klaus eyes met hers, he looked as if he was reconsidering using Jenna for a moment, but then his eyes hardened
"I don't recall you being on the guest list" he bit out; Iris frowned confused and followed his gaze she could spot Stefan at the edge of the cliff looking down at them all.
"I've come to talk" he called loudly,
"Don't do anything stupid, like jumping through the flames" Klaus ordered Iris and with one last glance he was gone,
"What where-"
"There" Elena pointed at the edge of the cliff where they could see Klaus and Stefan talking.
The pair of vampire was too far away from them to hear.
"What's going on?" Jenna questioned after a few minutes
"We can't hear them" Elena sighed looking hopeless
"You can though" Iris told Jenna "you're a vampire; you can hear anything, just focus on them"
"What are they saying?" Elena asked
Jenna shook her head "I can't make it out"
"Try and relax" Iris advised "and focus" she nodded, the raven head watched as Jenna moved her hair away from her ear and closed her eyes
"I can make out Stefan" she murmured
"Good" Iris encouraged "what's he saying?"
"Oh my god" Jenna breathed opening her eyes "he wants to take my place"
Iris gasped at that, no everything was getting out of control; she didn't want either Stefan or Jenna to die.
"What do we do?" Iris asked, thinking when Elijah and the others were going to show up, this wasn't part of the plan
"I have to do something" Elena muttered "none of this can happen"
Iris chewed her bottom lip and looked up seeing Klaus and Stefan had dropped back down to their level
"Quiet the predicament you have here Elena?" the Original smirked "It's funny all this talk about preserving family and here's Stefan to grant you your wish"
"Stefan" Elena whispered, Iris watched on tearfully
"You can't" she breathed the younger Salvatore had been like a brother to her
"It's ok" he assured both girls, Iris swallowed down the lump in her throat.
"Well who's it going to be?" Klaus asked pointing his stake at Stefan and then Jenna "your boyfriend, or your aunt?"
"No" Elena spat defiantly
"Well don't worry, there's no choice to actually make" Klaus smirked and blurred behind Stefan and staked him in the back, and flipped him over breaking his neck
"STEFAN" Iris screamed holding her hands to her mouth
"I have other plans for your boyfriend but for now…-" he broke Stefan's neck causing the younger vampire to go unconscious then looked over to Jenna
"NO, don't" Iris cried out as the flames around Jenna died out,
"I know what I have to do Elena, Iris" Jenna said and before she could blink the newly turned vampire zoomed over towards Greta and bit down hard on her neck causing the witch to cry out
"NO, JENNA" Elena shouted as Klaus blurred behind her and stabbed her in the side causing her to scream, she was pushed to the ground
"Jenna" Iris cried tears blurring her vision she could hear Elena sobbing "turn it off, then you won't be scared anymore" she whispered, and clenched her eyes shut as Jenna was flipped onto her back, the buzzing and the tingling was intensifying. Iris eyes snapped opened and saw Klaus hovering above Jenna
"JENNA" Elena screamed as the Original stabbed Jenna straight through the heart, Iris cried as her skin turned ashen grey she felt anger welling up within her
"HOW COULD YOU?" Iris screamed her eyes burning a furious gold colour her magic lashed out, Klaus turned and Elena jumped as Greta let out an agonised scream and dropped to the ground causing the bowl to fall but Klaus managed to catch it before the contents were spilled
"It's her magic" Greta screamed, the flames flared higher than before. "I-stop her, I won't be able to do the ritual"
Stefan's eyelids fluttered opened he let out a groan of pain feeling the stake in his back positioned in a way so he couldn't reach it. He leant up on his forearms and took in the scene, he saw Jenna's ashen greyed corpse and felt pity.
"STOP" Klaus roared grabbing the other vampire's attention, he saw Greta screaming in pain and realised that it was Iris who was doing the damage, Stefan let out a strangled yelp as Klaus blurred behind him and dug the stake in further "Iris if you don't I will rip Stefan's heart out right now"
Iris heard what he said and gasped letting her hold over to witch go, she dropped onto her knees breathing heavily. Her eyes had returned back to their natural colour.
"You've gotten stronger" he commented moving forward and knelt down in front of Iris, the flames in between them "Greta" he called out "it's your turn"
Iris eyes widened she was meant to be last wasn't she?
"What?" Elena asked shocked, no if this happened then the others wouldn't come in time
"Hmm and I was hoping you'd know how the ritual work, didn't my brother tell you anything?" he smirked Iris scrambled on to her feet as the flames around her died out, she stumbled back but he blurred forward wrapping an arm around her to trap her.
"I…I was meant to be last-"
Klaus chuckled and lightly ran his index finger down her cheek "Well then my brother hasn't been entirely truthful to you, my love, unless he wanted this, turns out he wants you back as well"
Iris looked at him wide eye "I don't understand" she muttered as Elena and Stefan watched on thinking the same thing, Elijah had deliberately lied to them, about Iris's part in the ritual; he wanted her to be dead?
"You will soon enough" he smirked, she gasped as he grabbed her and blurred them towards the stone alter, Iris's body shook as Klaus stood behind her, she could see Elena and Stefan watching. She felt a shudder ran down her spine as his fingers grazed the side of her neck
"It's been far too long Iris" he purred into her ear, he could hear her heart pounding, she felt his lips on the shell of her ear, Klaus gently gripped her chin forcing her to look at him "It's been far too long since I've done this as well" and then smashed his lips against hers, Iris gasped feeling his lips moving against hers, she felt a fire erupt in her belly.
There was something there. Iris tried to wriggle out of his grasp but he was too strong. Iris's struggled even more when she felt his tongue sliding into her mouth and felt him pulling her flush against his body. When his grip loosened she pushed herself away wiping away her mouth glaring at him
"Don't pretend you didn't enjoy sweetheart" he smirked; Iris gritted her teeth and slapped him hard across the face, causing Elena, Greta and Stefan to gasp. He growled and grabbed the hand she used to slap him with
"Do, Not, Do, That, Again" he snarled
"Fuck you" she spat trying to wrench her hand away, he chuckled darkly
"I'd prefer you doing that to me later love" and tugged her towards her, he held her face in his large hands "I'll be seeing you later love" she felt fear seep into her as his face morphed and showed his fangs, he moved her so that her back was flushed against his front,
"Iris" Elena whimpered and Stefan growled as they watched Klaus sink in his fangs into Iris's neck, the raven head gasped as he started lapping up her blood, she vaguely felt him pulling her even closer
"Goodbye Stefan and Elena….. tell Damon he's not such an arse…." her voice trailed off as the blackness started to cloud the edge of her vision.
Stefan heard her and felt tears well up as Iris slumped against Klaus, he heard no heartbeat, she was gone. The original gently lowered Iris to the ground and left her there.
Elena cried seeing all the people she cared for was being taken away in front of her own eyes, she thought Iris would be saved, that there would be a chance, but Elijah had deceived them.
Klaus smirked as the flames around Elena died out, he held out his hand towards her but she got up on her own and walked past him towards the alter, he followed after her, Stefan let out a groan
"No" he whispered
Klaus stood behind Elena and pushed her hair away from her throat, she could hear Greta chanting
"Thank you Elena" he told her, but the brunette's eyes were on her aunt's ashen form and then travelled over to Iris's still form, her eyes were wide open but there was no spark there, there was nothing
"Go to hell" she hissed as Greta chanted louder, his fangs extended and sunk into the doppelganger's throat and he took pulls of her blood, and gripped her as she swayed. He then dropped her to the ground as his eyes tinged amber
"I can feel it" he yelled triumphant, Greta grinned but it slid off her face as he let out a loud cry of pain and was thrown off of the alter, Stefan looked up and saw Bonnie with her hand outstretched chanting loudly.
"You were meant to be dead" he said through gritted teeth and another cry of pain was emitted to him he was pushed towards the edge of the rocks. Before Greta could do anything Damon appeared behind her and snapped her neck instantly killing her. The vampire spotted Elena and scooped her up and zoomed over to Stefan and lowered her to the ground beside him
"Elena" Stefan let out a groan as Damon pulled the dagger out
"Where's Iris?" Damon asked not seeing her. "Where is she?" he yelled out when Stefan didn't reply,
"There" Damon followed his gaze and saw the petite raven head still and un unmoving "oh my god is she-"
"You need to get Elena out of here" Stefan shouted "NOW" when Damon didn't move he shoved him "go"
Damon looked down and scooped Elena up and was gone, but not before spotting Elijah. Stefan stood and blurred towards Iris and fell down beside her. Bonnie released her hold over Klaus knowing that Elijah could take over from here.
"Stefan what-oh my god" Bonnie cried and ran over to Stefan who was crouched over Iris, the vampire gently lowered her eyelids and stroked her hair
"She was what-"
"She wasn't last in the ritual" he said "Elijah lied" they both stood up and moved over to the rocks wanting to witness the end of the hybrid
"Elijah" Klaus groaned in pain as Elijah bared down over him
"Hello brother" he smirked darkly and then plunged his hand into his chest and gripped on to his heart, his eyes flashed over to Iris's form "You finally found her, and yet you're going to be taken away from her"
Klaus's eyes darkened "you lied to her"
"It was for the best" he replied as his hand tightened over the organ
"So what? You take her away and live happily ever after?" he groaned "she doesn't love you"
"You know nothing of the meaning of love" Elijah spat "in the name of our family Niklaus-" he went to rip out Klaus's heart but his next words stopped him
"Our family is safe, if you kill me you'll never find them" he shouted
Elijah froze "you're lying"
"I'm not, and I can reunite you with them" he bargained
"No don't believe him" Stefan shouted as he and Bonnie ran forward
"If you don't kill him I'll end you both" Bonnie yelled
"That would kill you" the original told her
"I don't care" she spat
"Please brother" Klaus pleaded Elijah met his eyes, seeing his resole crumble he whispered low enough for only Elijah to hear "she's coming with us"
Unknown to Stefan or Bonnie, there was another vampire there, prowling the area for Klaus, he had been watching from afar the whole scene and knew it was his time to do as instructed which was to wait till the doppelganger was dead, and then grabbed the raven head.
"Sorry" Elijah told them and before Stefan and Bonnie could react, Elijah grabbed Niklaus, the felt a pulse of air behind them
"NO" Stefan shouted as they fled and stared at the place they were only seconds ago was, Bonnie gasped causing Stefan to turn around
"They took Iris" Bonnie uttered the place where the raven head was, was now empty.
AN: So the ritual finally happened, Klaus and Iris met properly, and she recognised him.
So Iris can be considered dead (or is she?)
Elijah lied to everyone about her role in the sacrifice
So please REVIEW