Iris crawled into bed later that night and reached out to switch her lamp, but just as she turned it off she let out a gasp, and felt a warmth coming from the necklace, she looked down and saw that it looked perfectly normal, she shook it off and laid down, her emerald orbs drifted shut and soon enough Iris was off to slumber land.
"Come on little one it's not going to bite" a teenaged Elijah was trying to coax a little Iris on to a large stead
"It might eat me" the small raven frowned, fiddling with a necklace that Mikael had given her
Elijah chuckled "I promise it won't come I'll ride with you if you want"
Iris bit her bottom lip and looked unsurely at the massive animal "Will you? And you won't let go?" she asked
Elijah smiled seeing how tiny she was compared to the animal "I won't-"
"Ha brother just leave her" Niklaus called out pulling his own horse by the reins "she's a little baby, being a frightened like that"
"Niklaus-"Elijah warned, seeing Iris's bottom lip trembling, the blond also saw this and snickered
"Look she's going to cry. She'll never get on that horse" Niklaus smirked, Iris glared at him and without further ado approached the horse and climbed on to it
"Ha there you go, brat" she spat at him
"Took you a while to get on though?" Niklaus drawled, Elijah rolled his eyes as his younger brother climbed on to his own horse with much more elegance
"You're being mean" she scowled at him
"And what are you-argh" Iris giggled seeing that Elijah had slapped Niklaus's horse's rear end causing it to shoot off leaving dust covered Niklaus on the floor
"Brother why-"
"You were being mean to a girl" was Elijah's curt reply. "Go on Iris" she nodded and tighten her hands on the reins as the horse began to walk slowly
"Brother-"
"You shouldn't be mean to her Niklaus, you don't know what could happen" the dark haired man uttered softly and followed after Iris who they could see was having problems.
Niklaus frowned watching as his brother made the small girl laugh. She did have a radiant smile, he idly thought.
Iris groaned and woke up, the week had pass in a blur and tonight was senior prank night which Caroline had told her about, the blond had insisted for her to come as it was another tradition in Mystic Falls.
She glanced at the time; the whole senior thing would be starting late, so she had a few more hours to catch up on some sleep. But found that she couldn't Iris heard her cell ringing and glanced at the screen and saw Elena's name flashing, she sighed and sat up
"Hello?" she called
"Iris, fancy going to the grill to have some lunch?" she asked
"Hmm, sure why not? I'll meet you there" she told the brunette,
"Great I'll see you there" Elena replied and hanged up, Iris swung her legs out of bed and dialled Damon's number, she was getting worried for the vampire for the last couple of days he hadn't been answering her calls, the raven head even went to the boarding house but had found it empty, she would've brought the topic up to the others, but Damon had managed to piss everyone off, so they weren't that bothered.
Iris was confused to Elena's intentions, she stood up and padded barefooted into the bathroom and idly brushed her teeth, her mind wondered back over to Elena and Damon, the brunette was happy to use him when the situation called it but she would always go back to Stefan. Iris thought that Damon would be better off with someone else.
She stripped out of her shorts and camisole and stepped into her shower, Iris sighed as the hot water spray over her in soothed her stiff muscles. She grabbed her wash cloth and quickly scrubbed herself and then proceeded to wash her hair, her mind wondered over to Klaus and Stefan and thought what was the hybrid doing, in an odd way she felt something was going to happen tonight something gripping.
Iris dried herself off and rummaged through her dresser pulling out a lacy black bra and matching panties, she hurriedly slipped them on and she looked through her closet and saw that once again the weather was sunny, she opted to wear a floral print skirt and a cap sleeve lace covered cream top, Iris buttoned up the front and slipped on a pair of flats. She grabbed her keys and walked over to her car.
The raven head arrived at the grill and spotted the brunette girl immediately she also spotted Caroline and Bonnie
"Hey Matt" she called passing the blond waiter
"Hey wait I thought you went to England and-"
"Now I'm back, only went there for the summer" she smiled at him and made her way towards the group of girls
"Ladies, and Caroline" she drawled
"Hey" the blond snapped but saw the teasing grin on Iris's face, Elena laughed and shook her head
"So looking forward to tonight?" Bonnie asked
"Hmm, I never done something like this, you American's have so many events and what not" the raven head uttered
"It'll be fantastic" Caroline squealed "you're going to love this, the whole senior class lays pranks out during the night and the next morning we get to see them in action"
"Sounds fun" Iris grinned getting excited about the idea, knowing that this night would definitely be fun
"It is" Bonnie nodded in agreement, she glanced at her watch "got to go, I'll see you guys tonight?"
"Yep" Iris replied popping the 'p'
"So Iris come on" Caroline grabbed the raven head's arm
"What?" she asked confused
"You have to help me get supplies, duh" Caroline replied, Elena laughed seeing Iris's face
"I don't know why you're laughing if I'm going then so are you" Iris smiled wickedly and grabbed the brunette's hand pulling her out of the seat.
"So this is prank night? Laying down mouse traps in the dark?" Iris asked and laid another one down
"Yes, and you're having fun doing it" Caroline hissed back, much to the other's amusement "whoa wait someone's coming" the vampire whispered,
Iris found herself under the desk with several mouse traps, Bonnie, Tyler, Elena and Caroline were all scattered around, they all waited in bated breath, she gasped as all the traps suddenly went off and the light was switched on
"Oh come on" Caroline exclaimed loudly do you know how long it took to set this all up"
"Forgot about senior prank night?" Tyler asked with a smirk on his face, Iris was barely paying attention
"Oww, son of a bitch" Iris screeched, her finger had gotten stuck under a trap
"Iris-"
"Get it off, get it off" she said through gritted teeth
"Here" Bonnie hurried over and saw that she was bleeding
"I hate this night" Iris muttered glaring at the mouse trap "thanks Matt" and groaned when Bonnie managed to wretch the trap open, she held on to her wrist
"Here I can-"
"No, no blood drinking" Iris shook her head "It's not that bad" she inspected her fingers and saw that they were bruised and a little bloody "I can shake it off" Iris had hopped onto the desk beside Elena, and shook her hand but yelped
"No shaking?" Tyler asked amused
"You've got that right" Iris muttered "you forgot it was prank night?" she looked at Matt.
"Clearly" blond retorted, much to the others amusement Caroline screeched
"How could you forget? We've only been waiting for this moment since Freshman year"
"Really?" Iris asked miffed
"Yep, and Matt if I'm doing this then so are you" Elena grinned
"I'm kind of surprise any of you are doing this-"
"Caroline's making us" Bonnie said, Iris grinned seeing the frustrated look on the blond girl's face
"Plus she threatened that if I don't show up, she would drag me here kicking and screaming" Iris added on avoiding the glare from the vampire that was being thrown her way.
"We're about to be seniors" Iris rolled her eyes knowing where this speech was going, it was practically drilled into her head "these are the memories that will stay with us forever and if-"
"And If we don't create these memories now, what's the point of it all" both Iris and Elena said in unison causing the others par Caroline to snicker.
"Go ahead make fun I don't care" Caroline said loudly
"You're all lame and I got two more classrooms to prank" Tyler announced and grabbed hold of his duffle bag and walked out of the classroom
"Wait are we splitting the classrooms?" Iris asked cocking an eyebrow Elena got up then and walked over to the door
"Hey" Bonnie called "where are you going?"
"To superglue Alaric's desk drawer shut, making memories" the brunette grinned and walked out
"I love you" Caroline called
Iris chuckled and hopped off the desk but slipped on a mouse trap
"Oww"
The trio of girls including Matt laughed loudly
"Are you ok?" he asked as he helped Iris onto her feet
"I'm just peachy" Iris rolled her eyes and rubbed her sore bum, "Hmm I'm going to go fix up my hand I'll catch you up"
"Wait do you know what you're be doing?" Caroline called as Iris made her way over to the door
"Something to do with gluing teachers chairs on to the floor" Iris smiled and skipped away
"Who wants to bet that'll she would somehow glue herself to the chair" Matt asked
Iris padded down the empty hallways and spotted Tyler and a group of other jocks heading to the faculty toilers she rounded the corner and made her way towards the nurses office, Iris stepped in and flicked the lights on, she rummaged through the cabinets and managed to find some anti-sceptic wipes and a roll of bandages. What Iris thought would be a simple task turned out to be complicated, she had wiped her hand ad was struggling to bandage it, she pulled the bandage with her teeth and looked at her master piece
"Oh well" she sighed, there wasn't so much she could with one hand. Iris exited the nurses' office and was about to make her way to one of the classroom, but paused when she realised that Elena must have had the glue gun,
The raven head sighed and hurried to history's teacher room "Elena?" she called and frowned seeing that the brunette wasn't there.
Iris bit her bottom lip wondering where the other teen was, she decided to check in the gym knowing that's where the other seniors would be gathering
She pushed open the double doors and stepped "Elena" she grinned seeing the brunette with three other people, the raven head recognised it was Chad and Dana but the last person had their back to her, she frowned recognising it "Hey do you have the glue? Why are you here anyway, it's supposed to be prank night, so why are you here?"
"Because of me love" Iris eyes widened at the sound of the familiar accent.
"Iris RUN" Elena screamed, she turned on her heel and spun around but gasped when Klaus blurred in front of her
"Klaus" she gasped
He canted his head to the side, he eyes held untold anger
"Why hello love, now you told me a lie" he scowled and grabbed a fistful of her hair
"Klaus" Elena shouted as the raven head cried out
"I asked you that night" he hissed dragging her towards the trio of teens in the centre of the room, she gripped onto his hands
"Klaus please, you're hurting me" she whimpered, he growled and threw her towards Elena who catch her. Klaus snapped his hand forward and grabbed her by the chin
"How long have you've known?" he gestured towards Elena "and do not lie"
"Two weeks" she clenched her eyes shut and gasped
"No KLAUS DON'T-" Elena screamed seeing the veins around Klaus's eyes darkening
"Klaus what-" a scream was torn from Iris's throat when the hybrid surged forward and dug his fangs into her throat, Iris vaguely heard Dana scream, Klaus pushed her away and she fell to the floor. Iris clutched her neck tears swimming in her eyes. She was breathing heavily and tensed when his boot clad feet appeared in front of her, Klaus crouched down and tilted her chin up, Elena and the others watched on tensed
"Don't lie to me again love, understand?" he murmured, she nodded she cringed as he lightly cupped her cheek and used the pad of his thumb to wipe away her fallen tear "On your feet sweetheart" he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her up. She felt his grip loosen and Iris ran towards Elena who gripped her hand
"You ok?" she asked, but the raven head's attention was focused on Klaus, he saw the flash of fear in her eyes when he stepped towards them, he regretted what he had done, but she had lied to him for how long he didn't know
"What's going on?" Dana asked scared.
"I want you to lift your foot up" Klaus compelled Dana, the scared teen looked at Iris and Elena in confusion "if she drops her foot, I want you to beat her to death Chad"
Chad nodded unsurely
"Klaus don't do this" Iris pleaded staring at him with wide green eyes
"You don't have to hurt anyone" Elena said as well
"Oh come on love of course I do" Klaus folded his arms in front of his chest, Iris saw Dana wobbling as tears cascaded down her face
"Keep it up" he instructed
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asked
"Stefan's on a time out" Klaus replied
"Klaus why are you-"
"What happened to your hand love" he reached out and grabbed the poorly wrapped hand and inspected it, Iris frowned and attempted to pull it back but his hold on her tighten "tell me"
"Get lost" she spat back defiantly, just then the gym doors were slammed open, Iris saw Bonnie and Matt entering the room
"Bonnie get out of here" Elena shouted the raven head saw the witch looking confused but then panic stricken when Klaus blurred behind her
"I was wondering when you would show up now we can get started. Dana why don't you relax, you just sit tight with Chad" Dana let out a sigh of relief and sat down beside Chad. Iris however wasn't relieved she was getting more panicked "I suppose you're the reason why Elena is still walking around alive"
"That's right" Iris glanced over to Dana and Chad and felt pity for them "If you want to blame someone blame me"
"Well there's no need for blame, it's just that your witchy interference caused some undesirable side effects, since you've caused the problem I'm going to have you find the fix"
Iris frowned as once again the gym doors were slammed open again, the raven head eye's widened seeing a familiar face, and she was dragging Tyler with her
"Get off of me" Tyler grunted
"Hush now" the blond uttered
"I'd like you all to meet my sister-"
"Rebekah" Iris said softly causing the blond girl's eyes to meet hers
"Iris-"
"Word of warning she can be quiet mean" Klaus smirked
"Don't be an arse" Rebekah threw Tyler into her brother's arms
"Leave him alone" Iris said through clench teeth,
"Why should I Iris?" Klaus snapped grabbing the werewolf by the back of his neck and dragged him forwards so that he was standing in front of the, he nodded over to Rebekah who blurred behind Iris, she felt the blond grabbing her arm
"Now I'm going to make this very simple, every time I try to turn a werewolf" he gestured to Tyler "Into a vampire hybrid they die during transition, it's quiet horrible really, isn't Iris after all you witnessed it first-hand"
Iris shakily nodded she gasped when his face transformed and sank his fangs into his wrist and shoved it against Tyler's lips and forced him to drink "I want you to find a way to save my friends Bonnie, and for Tyler's sake you better hurry"
"NOO-" Iris was cut off when Rebekah slammed her hand over her mouth, Klaus snapped his neck, Iris gasped as he dropped Tyler onto the floor and stood there laughing
"You still talk too much" Rebekah commented and idly tugged one of the curls she removed her hand "I think we've got some catching up to do" Klaus saw that Iris's attention however was focused on Tyler
"Rebekah" he called and gestured for her to bring Iris forwards.
"Let go of me" Iris snapped trying to get out of her hold
"Really Iris, still as stubborn as ever" Rebekah commented and without further ado released the petite raven head who rushed forward and crouched down beside Matt. Rebekah waltzed over to Klaus and jumped up onto the bleachers
"I thought I told you to bring her here" he muttered
"She's not mine, now is she?" Rebekah commented and watched as the raven head idly run a finger down his temple "still the same I see, soft hearted"
"You've got no idea" Klaus jumped up off the bleachers
Elena was pacing up and down, Iris was paling further due to the blood loss and, she could feel Tyler's skin going cold
"He killed him" Matt uttered looking up at them
Iris felt queasy she'd been seeing to many dead bodies lately
"He's not dead" Elena told him "Klaus's blood will turn him into a vampire"
Iris gasped as she felt an arm around her waist and gripped on to it feeling her stomach lurch, her top was stained with blood that was dripping down her neck.
"Don't touch me" the raven head hissed,
"Hush love, if Bonnie's successful, he'll live through his transition" he told the group "Well go on then, go and fetch your grimoires and enchantments and what not, I'll hold onto Iris and Elena for safe keeping" he used his other hand to grab onto Elena's upper arm.
Iris saw that Bonnie hadn't moved she was staring at them. Elena nodded towards her silently telling her to leave the witch grabbed Matt and they both ran out of the room, Iris sagged slightly against Klaus's chest, he glanced down at her and saw the blood stained top. He hadn't realised how much he had taken out of her he was just so angry.
"So this is the latest doppelganger" Rebekah whispered "I must say the original one was much prettier"
"They're the same" Iris rolled her eyes, causing Rebekah to giggle, the blond female reached forward and dragged her finger down Iris's throat, she stiffened, "Hmm" Rebekah groaned having a taste of the raven head's blood
"Exactly the same as before, we're going to have so much fun, make sure you don't make the same mistake as you did before, with her" she nodded towards Elena who was confused
Iris glared at her "Look-"
"Enough Rebekah" Klaus hissed at her "go take the wolf boy elsewhere will you" Rebekah sent Iris a look and then proceeded to drag out Tyler by his arm
"What does she mean?" Iris asked turning to look at Klaus who ducked his head so that his pink lips were right by her ear
"Ignore her, petty little thing" he purred in to Iris's ear, she scowled and slammed her hands against his chest
"Piss off" she spat at him, he canted his head to the side a slow smile spread across his face
"So feisty as I recall" Klaus lightly touched her throat, he abruptly let Elena go who staggered backwards. Iris felt his arm wrap around her waist and tugged her forward till she was flushed against him "how about I forgive you for hiding the fact that you've lied to me the whole summer-
"I didn't lie the whole summer" she snapped "I found out about two weeks ago hardly the whole summer" he gritted his teeth
"Very well-"
"And you're not exactly great are you, you bit me"
"YOU LIED" he roared and slammed her against the wall, Iris groaned as he closed in around her "Another thing in common Iris, that we have is that we both despise liars-"
"So you despise me?" she whispered and saw that Elena was comforted Dana who was sobbing, she kept glancing over to her.
Klaus sighed and leant his temple against hers. She closed her eyes feeling his warm breath fan over "I could never despise you Iris but why-"
"Because you would kill her" Iris muttered her eyes watered, "I don't want her dead, she's my friend, and please Klaus don't kill her"
Klaus buried his nose into her hair and inhaled her scent, it calmed him somewhat.
"Iris I should have never have let you go back" he uttered, her brows furrowed
"What?" she snapped
"You're not coming back here again, I'm taking-"
"NO" Iris shouted "you promised me I've got a year here, you said-"
"And you lied to me" he gripped her cheeks "But a kiss would make it all up, like the one we shared in Chicago" he smirked leaning towards her. Iris's eyes darkened at that
"Screw you Niklaus, I would never touch you again, it was a mistake that kiss"
Klaus growled "Don't deny it love, you felt something otherwise you wouldn't have kissed me back"
"I feel regret now" she hissed lying in fact it was the most exhilarating experience she ever had, Klaus snarled and crashed his lips against hers, Iris gasped feeling his teeth nipping her bottom lip, before she could react he plunged his tongue into her mouth, tingles erupted all over her body. Iris's hands clenched her fists into his top. Klaus smirked and pulled back
"Now tell me you don't feel nothing?" he asked her lips were bruised and redden due to the force of his kiss, Iris looked away unable to meet his eyes.
He took a step back giving her a once over "we have to sort this out" he gestured towards her neck and her hand. Iris shook her head and scrambled over to Elena. The brunette gripped her uninjured hand.
"I feel nothing" she murmured
"You're only lying to yourself Iris" he strolled towards them and dropped down on to the bleachers
The back doors open, Iris looked over her shoulder and saw that Stefan had made an appearance, Elena hurriedly got on to her feet whilst Iris casted a worried looked over to Dana and Chad, knowing that neither of them had a clue as to what was going on.
"Stefan "she heard Elena whisper
"Klaus" Stefan greeted barely glancing at the group behind the hybrid, his eyes however darted over Iris smelling her blood. He took in her state and knew that Klaus had found out about her involvement
"Here to save your damsel mate?" Klaus asked
"I came to ask for your forgiveness and pledge my loyalty" Stefan replied
"Well you broke that pledge once already"
"Elena means nothing to me anymore, whatever you ask of me I shall do" the vampire said. Iris saw the broken hearted look pass over Elena's face.
"Fair enough" Klaus got onto his feet and "let's drink on it, kill them" he gestured towards Chad and Dana, causing them and Iris to scramble on to their feet
"No don't" Iris stepped in front of the pair of humans
"No Stefan" Elena begged "he's not going to hurt me he already said-"she was cut off when Klaus flung his arm out and whacked Elena on the face
"ELENA" Iris shouted "you-" she went to hit Klaus but he easily dodge her blow and kicked her off of her feet, Iris went crashing down on to the ground face first, she gasped feeling an immense pain from her nose. Iris head snapped up hearing Stefan snarling and watched as he blurred forward towards Klaus and managed to grab him, but the hybrid was easily stronger and gripped Stefan by the throat
"Iris?" Elena whispered seeing the raven head on the floor a couple of feet away, she gasped seeing her state there was two bloody trails leaking out of her nostrils and bruises forming beneath her eyes.
"Mmm" she groaned and lightly touched her nose at least it wasn't broken,
"Elena means nothing to you? Your lies keep piling up Stefan" Klaus shouted, Iris managed to get onto her knees
"Let her and Iris go" he choked out his air supply cutting off "I do whatever you want just let them go"
"You need not concern yourself with Iris, I can take care of her, and your word doesn't mean much. You haven't lived by your word all summer in which time I never had to resort to this" Iris gasped seeing Klaus's eyes catching Stefan's he was going to compel him she thought
"Don't do this, don't do this" Stefan pleaded
Iris breathed in and her eyes watered feeling the stinging sensation from her nose
"I never wanted to, all I wanted was your allegiance and now I'm going to have to take it"
"Klaus don't" Iris called
"Please don't" Stefan begged
But the hybrid ignored them, Iris hastily wiped her nose smudging blood all over the bottom half of her face
"You'll do exactly as I say when I say it" Klaus compelled "you will not run, you will not hide, you will simply will just obey" Iris managed to get onto her feet her stance still in front of Dana and Chad
"Stefan don't" Elena cried
Klaus smirked ad blurred behind Iris pulling her aside, his arm wrapped around her waist
"Sorry about the push darling, didn't know you were going to go face forwards, I'll heal you up"
"Let go of me" she struggled in his steel like grip
"Don't think so love" he looked over to Stefan "now kill them ripper"
Iris eyes widen seeing Stefan's face transformed, the raven head jumped hearing Dana scream when the vampire lunged at her.
"Dana" Iris clenched her eyes shut, Klaus saw this and spun her around so that her face was buried in his chest not wanting to witness this, Stefan then moved on to Chad she pushed herself away, her blood had stained his top but Klaus didn't care, he let go of her and she ran towards Elena who was watching the scene horrified
"Always nice to see a vampire in their true element" Klaus commented crouching down beside Iris, "some species have become a broody lot"
"This isn't you Stefan" Iris shouted
"You did this" Elena spat at Klaus he laughed as Stefan wiped his mouth
"I invited him to the party; he's the one dancing on the table"
"Terrible analogy" the raven head muttered.
"WHERE IS IT?" Rebekah stormed into the gym slamming the doors open, Klaus stood up and turned around looking at his sister in annoyance
"What are you talking about?" Klaus asked
"My necklace look" she handed what Iris recognised as Caroline a phone and glared at Elena, Iris pulled the brunette on to her feet
"Well, well, well more lies" the hybrid looked over to Stefan
"Where is it?" Rebekah snarled, Iris gripped on to Elena's hand
"Just tell her" the petite teen muttered but the brunette remained silent
"She doesn't have it anymore" Iris said "right?"
"No I don't" Elena hurriedly nodded
"YOU'RE LYING" Rebekah screamed and lunged forward taking a bite out Elena who screamed
"Elena STOP HER KLAUS" she shouted
Klaus rolled his eyes and shoved his sister away "KNOCK IT OFF"
Iris crouched down next to Elena and lightly pulled her hand away to see the wound "It's nothing serious" she rubbed her back soothingly
"Make her tell me where it is NIC" Rebekah screamed, Iris saw tears in the blond girl's eyes. She deduced that the necklace must've meant a lot to Rebekah
Klaus turned around hands clasped together and crouched down in front of the pair of girls
"Where's the necklace and be honest" Klaus told Elena, he noted that the raven head was losing a substantial amount of blood, he'll have to deal with that in a bit.
"Katherine stole it" Iris eyebrows shot to her hairline, wondering when the hell did she come back into town.
"Katerina of course" he stood up and reached down pulling Iris away from the doppelganger
"What are you-"he lightly pushed her into Rebekah's arms
"Of course that's unfortunate, if we had the necklace it would have made things a whole lot easier for your witch, but since we're doing this the hard way, let's put a clock on it" he kicked the paper cups aside and slammed his hand down causing a buzzer to go off, Iris looked up seeing the big read letters reading 20 minutes. "20 minutes, if Bonnie hasn't find a solution by then I want you to feed, but this time I want you to feed off of the doppelganger, you know you want to" he smirked, Iris licked her lips anxiously and tasted blood she hadn't been paying attention to her current state.
"Klaus don't do this to him" Iris pleaded
"Please Klaus" Elena begged, Klaus grabbed the raven head off of his sister
"Let go of me" she struggled against his hold much to Rebekah's amusement,
"Still resisting your charms brother" the blond female smirked. Klaus gritted his teeth and tossed Iris on to his shoulders
"Hey let me go" she kicked but he grabbed the flaying limbs forcing her legs to still.
"If she runs fracture her spine" Klaus called over his shoulder
"I think I'm going to puke" Iris muttered pushing herself up on his shoulder she saw Elena looking panicked stricken her eyes solely focused on Stefan,
"Do it all over his back" Rebekah suggested, Iris snorted at that but then groaned clutching her nose
"Bloody hell"
"Rebekah sweetheart go check on the wolf boy and his girl" Klaus said
"Aw I wanted to chat with Iris-"
"GO" the hybrid and the vampire were walking down the hallway fast
"Fine" she scowled and stormed off in the other direction
"You're even mean to your sister" he heard Iris mutter "can you- where are we going?" she asked
"Nurses office"
And sure enough he slammed open the door and dropped Iris down on the counter
"I don't need your help" she frowned at him and went to jump off of the counter but he placed his hands on her thighs
"Yes you do, you're losing a lot of blood love-"
"It's your freaking fault-what are you doing?" she squeaked when he pulled her legs apart and settled himself in between them
"Getting comfortable" he replied, her breath hitched when one of his hand slid up her thigh, she felt his fingers grazing her inner thigh
"Stop it" she muttered
"Now" he moved his lips beside her ear "you don't really want me to" he kissed the spot just under ear causing her to gasp quietly, one of her hand gripped on to his shoulder, Iris sighed as his tongue darted out and she felt it against her throat
When he moved to her lips Iris was brought back to reality "NO" she shoved him away glaring at him "you can't do this to me, your- you're ruining- you're confusing me" she was having a hard time getting it out.
"Iris-"
"I like you, more than like you" she cried out
"Iris-" Klaus watched her struggling
"No let me talk please" he nodded, she took a deep breath and ran his hand up and down her back "if I like you they would hate me-"
"Who?" Klaus asked his brows furrowing
"Everyone" tears cascaded down her face, she hastily wiped it "I have people I care for here, they care for me. But they would hate me if I…you…know"
He light grasped her face and tilted her it upwards
"Iris, if they're your friends they'll would understand-"
"They doubted my judgement when Elijah first appeared, I can't do this" she breathed.
"Yes you can" he growled "I spent a thousand years waiting for you, you think I'm just going leave you like that? I don't care about a bunch of diluted vampires, and a very irritating doppelganger, I care for you"
Iris stared at him wide eye, there it was he was showing another side of himself just to her where no one else could witness it
"Do you mean it?" she asked softly he tucked in one of her stray curls
"Do I mean what exactly?" he murmured cupping her cheek and brushing his thumb against her redden lip
"That you care?" she slurred slightly the blood loss was making her woozy
"Why wouldn't I?" he asked frowning lightly tapping her cheek to keep her alert, but she was quickly losing adrenaline
"Because it's me" Iris looked at him with hazy eyes "I'm Iris, and no one cares for me, I mean why should they? My own blood relations here hate me, and then apparently a thousand years ago I was betrayed so obviously no one cares, Stefan and the others say they do but I know that I'll always be second to them" she muttered her head resting against his firm chest. Klaus pushed down his anger
"Listen to me Iris, you'll always be my first choice" he murmured, she sighed loudly
"Yeah right, you're obsess with making hybrids" she lifted her shaky hand wiping away a stray tear, Klaus remained silent and knew it was about time for her to be healed, she had no clue what she was saying without further ado he bit down on his wrist and pressed against her lips, Iris slurped down the thick rich liquid, he could see her pallor returning to her normal colour and her cheeks were turning into a rouge colour, Iris pulled back when she had enough
"Now there's my girl" he smirked, Iris frowned and grabbed his hand so she could see his watch and gasped seeing that there was literally two minutes till Stefan would drink from Elena, the raven attempted to get up but once again Klaus grabbed her around the waist and hoisted her up
"Let me go, Stefan's going to kill her" she shouted
"Relax love; I'll get there before the ripper does"
"You're such a dick" she kicked him hard just managing to miss his groin, he let out a growl and blurred towards one of the labs
"Still fighting Iris?" Rebekah drawled
"Yes Rebekah thanks for helping by the way" she said utter sarcasm dripping from her
"Here you are love" and with that he dropped her on to the ground
"PRICK" she shouted as he walked out
"Love you to Iris" he called back, she resisted the urge to give him the one finger salute. Rebekah sighed and much to Iris's surprise helped her up
"Realised that my brother is still quiet the vindictive little bastard?" Rebekah asked
"Honey I realised that a while ago" she drawled, Rebekah smirked yep; she thought the raven head hadn't change. Iris eyes widened seeing Tyler lying on the counter with Caroline hovering over him.
"Care-"
"He'll be fine" the blond uttered, from the corner of her eye she noted Rebekah looking through a cell "He has to be"
Iris smiled reassuringly at her and patted the distraught blond vampire on the back
"Of course he will be" she murmured but jumped when Tyler let out a loud gasped he sat up looking utterly confused, Iris hoped that Bonnie had somehow come up with a way to save the wolf as she knew what would happen if he didn't fully transition.
"What's going on?" he asked looking at Caroline,
She saw the blond was speechless but managed to get a few words out "Klaus is turning you into a vampire, a hybrid"
"You're in transition" Iris added on, she saw his jaw drop
"Don't be shy about it sweets" Rebekah commented "you'll only survive if your witch is successful" she paused "if not you're pretty much dead"
Iris watched as Tyler fully sat up and was beginning to panic
"You're going to be ok" Caroline assured him "It's ok you're going to be ok"
"Tyler listen to her" Iris murmured
"I wonder how she is doing, tick tock the gym clock goes" Rebekah held the phone up, Iris rolled her eyes and dropped down on the stool
"Not exactly helping Rebekah" she drawled
"Are you on first name terms with all the bad guys" Caroline snapped, Iris sighed and dropped her head onto the desk she was worried for Elena. It was about five minutes later when Iris got up and went to run out of the room
Rebekah easily caught her and dragged her back to one of the desk
"And where do you think you're going?" she asked
"To Elena she's-
"Don't bother saving her Iris, sooner or later that girl will stab you in the back" Rebekah whispered into her ear
She frowned in confusion "What do you mean?"
"Tread carefully with the Petrova women Iris, they will always hurt you in the end, you don't want history to repeat itself do you?"
Before she could question her further Tyler let out a scream of pain, she hadn't realised that his condition had deteriorated so quickly, he was pale, shaking and sweating, his eyes latched on to Iris, who took a sudden step back she recognised that crazy eyed look from the previous unsuccessful hybrids
"Iris, your blood I can-"he went to surge forward but Caroline pulled him back and Rebekah stepped in front of her protectively
"Well the verdicts in" Klaus strolled in casually and took in the scene, he frowned and blurred towards Iris keeping close to her "The Original witch said that the doppelganger should be dead-"
"Does that mean we get to kill her?" Rebekah asked excitedly
"No you can't" Iris shouted
"Iris is right, I'm fairly certain it means the opposite" Rebekah grabbed on to Caroline
"Where's Elena?" Iris asked worried for the brunette
"She'll live" he replied as Klaus moved forward till he was leaning over the counter top "Elena's blood" he was holding a test tube of the thick red liquid "drink it"
"No, no, no Tyler don't" Caroline struggled against the Original vampire
"If he doesn't Care he'll die anyway" Iris said as Klaus held out the tube towards Tyler
"She's right, call this an experiment" Klaus murmured, Tyler took a sip but immediately spat it out
Iris gasped "It's not working"
"TYLER" Caroline screamed, Tyler's eyes snapped up to Iris
"I want her blood" he groaned clenching his hands onto the desk, the raven head took a step back shaking her head
"Hmm, I think I've got a hunch" Klaus blurred behind Iris and placed her directly in front of Tyler
"Klaus what are you-"
"You want to save your friend, right love?" he placed his chin on her shoulder, the raven head nodded without hesitation
"Then let's do this" he grabbed a scalpel from one of the drawers and pushed the tube into her other hand. Klaus held her empty hand palm facing upwards and she hissed when sliced into her palm "just a sec love" he murmured into her ear, and the he placed his hand over hers, and fisted it, Iris held up her hand over the tube and watched as she squeezed it.
Where there was a decent amount of blood he held out to Tyler who took it long pull. Klaus bit into his wrist and pressed it against Iris's full lips. She swallowed down a mouthful instantly healing her palm. Iris sagged against him feeling exhausted.
As soon as Tyler downed the blood he went flying off of the table, taking a load of glass test tubes with him
"Tyler" Caroline cried out, Iris went to surge forward but Klaus grabbed the back of her top
"Stay put" he instructed and moved forwards. And crouched down in front of Tyler who was crying out in pain, Iris felt pangs going through her as Tyler let out another shout. His neck snapped upwards revealing amber glowing eyes and veins around his eyes. Iris let out a breath seeing fangs elongating from the newly turned hybrid's mouth.
"Now that's a good sign" Klaus smirked and stood up and grabbed Iris's hand
"Rebekah meet us in the parking lot"
"Whoa wait-"
"No problem" Rebekah nodded,
"Klaus" Iris groaned as he dragged her out of the car,
"Stop struggling love, you'll only hurt yourself" Klaus told her and hoisted her struggling form up into his arms.
"So the doppelganger isn't the problem, in fact her blood as well as Iris's is the solution" Rebekah drawled from sitting atop a car.
"You know that makes me warm and fuzzy inside" Iris uttered causing both sibling to chuckle "OK, ok I'm not going to run so would you put me down please" she told Klaus, gripping onto his shoulder to balance herself.
"How did you know?" Rebekah asked
"Well you know how much the Original witch hated me, you think I'd do anything other than the opposite she says" Klaus replied
"1000 years in the grave and she still is screwing with you" Rebekah laughed
"It makes sense from her perspective, it was her fail safe if I broke the curse, she probably heard of Iris returning, and both her and the doppelganger were needed for me to break the curse for me to become a hybrid, but if the doppelganger was dead…"
"Then you couldn't use her blood to sire yourself a new species" the blond vampire finished off.
"Leaving me alone for all of time"
"That's what this is about? Your obsession with hybrids is all because you don't want to be alone?" Rebekah asked, Iris looked up at him and saw that his eyes were shining with unshed tears
"Is that what this was all about?" the raven head asked softly "you're just lonely?" she straightened up so that her lips were aligned with his ear "You know you wouldn't be this lonely if you hadn't daggered your whole family, and act psycho at times"
He grinned impishly at her "So you're saying if I didn't act all 'psycho' you'd love me?"
Iris rolled her eyes but remained quiet "you have your good moments" she muttered under her breath. Iris looked up and frowned
"Why are we here? At the hospital" she asked
"Is Elena fine-"
"The doppelganger bitch will survive for another day, dear brother here needs the wrench"
"You really do hate her don't you?" Iris muttered,
"You've got no idea how much, and I recall from a different life ago that you hated a Petrova as much as me"
Iris frowned clearly confused at this
"Your doppelganger friend is here making a donation, and so are you" Klaus announced
"No. let me go" she shrieked struggling in his hold "Please don't do this" he ignored her and walked into the hospital and saw Rebekah following behind looking bored.
They had rounded a corner and Iris grabbed on to the fire extinguisher and managed to rip it from the wall and without further ado smashed it on the back of the hybrid's head making her drop to the ground. Iris then ran down the corridor
"I love her" Rebekah grinned
Klaus growled "compel the nurses, you know what to do" and blurred after the petite raven head.
Iris slammed the storage cupboard door behind her and leant against it, where the hell was Damon she wondered if he was here ah who was she kidding the vampire has no chance against a hybrid and an Original.
"Iris" he called her breath hitched, he opened the door and cocked an eyebrow "seriously love, super hearing you don't you think I won't be able to pick you up?"
He didn't wait for an answer and grabbed her by her arm
"Please don't" she cried out trying to wrench his fingers off of her wrist
"It won't hurt love" he hoisted her up in his arms and carried her struggling form into a hospital room
Iris squirmed as Klaus held her down on the bed; her eyes widened seeing a nurse entering the room, with several bags and a large needle
"Klaus-"
"Only a few pints love, I promise it won't her" he soothed her but it wasn't working, he felt he scent ripening "Iris-"he warned but just then the hospital windows shattered
"Sedate her" he snarled and before she could do anything, Iris felt a needle plunge into her neck she gasped and stilled
"Klaus" she whispered softly before her eyelids slid shut, he stayed by her side as the nurse starting to take a few pints of her blood, the hybrid caressed her face
"This place is dull, can't we go to New York" Rebekah strolled in
"No, I need you to keep an eye on the doppelganger-"
"Ergh, that bitch why? She's boring"
"Fine then Iris" Klaus murmured. The blond female stepped forward and smoothed down the chaotic curls
"Her hairs was always impossible"
"It's Iris"
"She's hasn't changed at all, smashing you over the head with a fire extinguisher, one of my high lights"
"Always so pleasant aren't you Rebekah" Klaus drawled "Come I have to make some final arrangements"
"What about Iris?"
"She'll be fine" Klaus gave one last fleeting look back at the unconscious raven head.
Iris groaned her eye lids fluttered open, it took her more than a few moments to get her bearings, she looked down and saw the needle sticking in her hand. She groggily got up and tore it out of her hand. Iris groaned as she stumbled out of bed but much to her surprise the guard rail was up.
Iris managed to get onto her wobbly feet and slowly made her way out of the room. She made out a figure at the end of the hallway and saw another room, Iris blinked hard and saw Elena lying there with a needle in her hand much like the one she had adorned only a few moments ago. She hastened her pace and approached the unconscious brunette
"Elena" she breathed and went to touch the tubes but was slammed back hard into the walls
"What Happened?" Damon glared at her,
"I- Klaus came and-"
"Did you call him?" he snarled "is that why Elena's in this state? Couldn't keep your mouth shut about Elena to your freak of a boyfriend" he shook her causing her to groan, but hearing his words made her eyes hardened
"I never said a word" she hissed at him, Damon growled "and he isn't my boyfriend"
"It's no secret Iris you were getting chummy with him"
"Listen to me-"
Instead he turned away from her and approached Elena, the raven head licked her lips and saw the concerned look on the vampire's face
"Damon- Elena's and my blood are the solution to making Klaus's hybrids, so if you think about it she'll be safe since he needs her alive-"
"You call this safe" he shouted at her causing her to jump "she's about to become a human blood bag to create a pack of freaks and so are you"
"I know that but-"
"NO OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T" he yelled and scooped Elena up in his arms
"Damon please you need to-"
"I don't need or want anything from you Iris, you obviously can't be trusted, I know my brother and he would have never told Klaus about Elena being alive so that leaves you" He went to walk past her but Iris stepped in to his path "Move Iris" he warned
"I would never have told him about Elena" she said desperately
"Iris move" he growled
"Klaus must've figured it out, he's over a thousand years old you don't think he would have figured it out?" she asked
Damon's eyes softened but just then Elena let out a moan
"Damon?" Elena muttered
"Ssh I'm here" he whispered to her
"Damon just-"
"I want to go home" Elena whimpered
"Damon but Klaus would-" Iris spoke once again but the vampire let out a snarl
"Iris MOVE" he snapped and shoved the petite teen aside causing her to fall to the ground
"Please Damon just listen to me" she called hastily wiping away her fallen tears and scrambled on to her feet "Damon!"
"I need to get Elena home, you can get your own ride" he said without looking back.
Iris sniffed feeling a pang go through her heart; she mentally slapped herself of course the vampire wouldn't hear her out not when Elena was there. She knew that she would always come second to the brunette, but then Iris recalled Klaus's words ringing around her head, to him she would always come first.
Iris let out a tired sigh and trudge out of the hospital and managed to make out Damon's car leaving the parking lot. A shiver ran down her spine as she strolled into the parking lot, there was no Stefan, no Klaus come to think of it the hybrid's car was gone.
She felt her eyes well up realising that the hybrid had left. At that moment Iris felt most unwanted. She wrapped her arms around herself not really knowing what to do.
All her time here she hadn't memorised the route home as the last time she came to the hospital was with Jeremy because Jenna had stabbed herself but the younger Gilbert had given her the directions.
"Need a lift?" a familiar voice called, Iris spun around her eyes widened seeing Rebekah
"What are you-"
"Giving you a lift dear, now come on" with that the blond lightly took hold of her hand and pulled her further down the parking lot.
"This is your car?" Iris ask seeing her flashy car
"No of course not, I can't drive-"
"Then-"
"You're driving" without further ado chucked her the keys "and I'm directing"
"I thought you were supposed to be driving me?" the raven head asked
"Do I really want to crash a car with you in it?" she drawled as she opened the car door "Nic would re-dagger me"
Iris climbed into the car and buckled herself in as Rebekah settled beside her
There was a moment of silence as she pulled out of the parking lot,
"So aren't you going to ask yet Iris?" the vampire asked casually
"What?"
"I know it's been over a thousand years Iris, but I do know you so ask already" Rebekah sighed and studied the petite teen she could see that she was exhausted
"Where's Klaus? Has he left?" she asked softly turning the steering wheel
"He had some things to take care of, and left me here to look out for you"
"That makes me feel wonderful" Iris drawled causing the Original to giggle "So how does it feel being out of a box for more than a few decades?"
"Hmm it's different, but not all that bad, Nic told me that you've dreamt of our past together?"
"Not really more like he guessed it" she muttered
Rebekah nodded as she pulled up to her driveway "So you know that-"
"We were friends before? Yes, but tonight you took a chunk out of my friend so-"
"Ergh she was being a whiny bitch" the blond spat, "and lied, that necklace belonged to my mother and she had no right to be wearing it"
Iris eyes met hers, she saw the Original vampire had tears in her eyes without hesitating she reached out and held her hand giving it a light squeeze
"Rebekah-"
"It's fine" she nodded, Iris bit her lower lip and looked at her "So-"
"Iris, don't listen to what Salvatore says, I know you more than he does, and one thing for certain is that you'd never willingly endanger those you care for, and he was being a complete toss suggesting that you was" emeralds orbs met a pair of blue ones
A slow smile spread across Iris's face and she nodded at the blond "So this is your place?" they climbed out of the car
"Yep" she replied
"Ergh is that your car?" Rebekah blanched at the sight of the rusty ford
"Lovely having you here Rebekah" she uttered sarcastically and moved ahead to her porch "So where are you staying?" she asked unlocking her front door
"Well I've been instructed to keep an eye on you and the doppelganger as well, but I actually need a girl to keep me company" Iris burst out laughing causing the blond to frown
"Why are you laughing?" she snapped
"Sorry Rebekah, but you sound like a lesbian then" she sniggered
Rebekah rolled her eyes but her lips twitched in amusement
"So?" the blond asked "Can I stay with you?"
"I might as well rent my home out to the bloody vampires" the raven head muttered
"Wonderful-"
"Ah, ah" Iris wagged her finger "ground rules, don't bring your food home with you, I don't want a mess there and…erm…oh don't bite me-"
Rebekah sighed "Honey did I already mention that I don't want to be re-daggered?"
"Yeah?" Iris's brows furrowed
"Hence I won't harm a hair on your head" she drawled "plus I like you"
"That makes me feel so special" Iris smiled cheekily "Well Rebekah why don't you please come in" and stepped aside allowing the blond in,
Rebekah stepped into the modest house instantly was assaulted by Iris's scent she heard the raven head moving around behind her, she walked into the living room and spotted the walls were aligned with books
"I see that you still have an interest in books" Rebekah commented
"Hmm" Iris mumbled "Come on I'll show you your room"
She led her upstairs and pushed open a decent size room and stepped aside allowing the blond to pass
"It's not much and erm well-"
"It's fine Iris" Rebekah uttered, the raven head smiled at her
"Ok, well I'm off to bed, got school in the morning so…" she trailed off
"Goodnight" the Original called "and if Salvatore shows up, I'll be happy to shove a stake up his arse"
"No, don't do that, no stakes shoved anywhere" Iris told her popping her head back into the room much to Rebekah's amusement
"Fine, but if he pisses me off and hurts you" she threatened, Iris shook her head and shut the door behind her. She headed into her own room and dropped down face first on to her bed. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was out like a light.
A couple of hours later Rebekah passed her room, she entered the bedroom and sighed seeing that the raven head was still wearing her shoes. She quickly slipped off her shoes and pulled the covers over her. What Rebekah had said was true she had missed Iris, the girl who was like a sister to her over a thousand years ago.
AN: There you have it, Klaus and Iris had a small reunion, she has finally seen Rebekah. who clearly doesn't like Elena, and both Iris and Elena's blood is needed for the hybrids to be created. Rebekah will be staying with Iris.
Next Chap- More bonding moments between Iris and Rebekah
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