Iris groaned waking up to the sound of her alarm clock, she sat up bleary eyed and it took her a moment to comprehend who was still asleep next to her
"Oh come on, that alarm was pretty loud and she still doesn't wake up" Iris muttered underneath her breath "Rebekah wake up" the Original merely groaned and rolled away, a wicked smile made its way across Iris's face. She readied herself and pushed Rebekah off of the bed and ran into the bathroom locking the door behind her
"IRIS" Rebekah screamed, the raven head covered her mouth with her hand to smother her giggles "I can break down the door you do know that?"
"Whoa hold it vampy, don't go breaking any doors I-"
"Fine, but I'll get you back" Iris could tell that she was most likely smirking "get ready, we've got school and I-"
"Have cheer practise" Iris finished off
"Get ready" Rebekah barked
"Merlin it's like she's on her period" Iris huffed under her breath, there was a slam on the door alerting Iris that the Original had heard her.
Iris couldn't help but smile, she stripped out of her shorts and camisole and turned the shower faucet on, she grabbed her was cloth and lathered it up strawberry scented soap and scrubbed the grime off of her from last night and the dry blood she was quiet surprised at how Rebekah didn't even flinch at the scent but then again Iris had noticed that the Originals were much more calmer and collected when it came to her blood, perhaps it was because they were accustomed to it. Now she come to think of it Elijah, Klaus and Rebekah hadn't even flinch or lost control.
Iris quickly washed her hair and exited the bathroom.
She could hear the guest bathroom's water running. She slipped on a pair of royal blue panties and a matching lacy bra. Iris then rummaged through the draw and opted to wear a knee length dress. Iris hurriedly slipped it on and looped a thin brown belt around her waist. She buttoned it up and ran a quick brush through her hair and pulled it into a messy bun.
Iris heard her cell beep and frowned when she saw that it was a text from Alaric, hmm she thought how the hunter got her number.
She opened the message and read it
"Meet us at the old Lockwood's cave, and I know you know where it is
Please come, it's important"
Iris's brows furrowed at that, she decided to go and check it out.
"Who's that on the phone?" Rebekah asked coming into the kitchen startling her
"Oh no one" Iris shoved the cell into the pockets of her dress
"I can always tell when you are lying Iris" Rebekah said casually, Iris's eyes snapped up to meet hers "and I can also tell when you really don't want to divulge something to me"
"Rebekah I-"
"Relax honey" the blond sighed and took Iris's barely touch toast "I don't want to force you into anything"
This made a wide smile come across Iris's face that was a first someone who wasn't demanding something off of her
"Thank you Rebekah"
"No problem , I'll catch you later right?" she asked standing up, Iris nodded
"Sure"
"Great bye" and with that the blond blurred out of the room.
Iris grabbed her messenger bag and locked the house behind her, she climbed into her rusty blue ford as the flashy sports car that Rebekah had given her was sitting at the bottom of the river. She revved the engine and pulled out of her driveway.
Iris caught sight of her house and briefly reminded herself to pick up some paint to freshen up the outside. She turned left at the fork road driving into the direction of the Lockwood's cave. As Iris pulled up she saw Elena's SUV and Damon's car.
Iris locked her car door behind her and walked into the cave she felt shots of warmth going through her as she entered the cavern, it looked oddly familiar, Iris could easily hear Elena and Alaric, she also spotted Damon at the threshold of the cave
"So the Lockwoods really had no clue that these tunnels are underneath their property?" she could hear the brunette asked
Iris snuck up beside a smirking Damon
"Be careful where you shine that thing, bats hate the light"
"Elena" Damon whispered causing both the hunter and the doppelganger to gasp and spun around. Alaric cocked an eyebrow seeing a grinning Iris she raised her finger to her lips
"BOO" she shrieked into the vampire's ear causing him to yelp and jump
"Iris-"he growled, but she was barely listening to him as she was doubled over laughing as was Alaric
"Aw you screamed like a girl" Iris giggled
"That was funny" Alaric grinned, Damon scowled and shoved Iris forward, she tripped over the rock but the hunter easily caught her "No need to be a dick Damon"
"He can't help it Ric, just in his nature" Iris smirked at him
"What are you doing here anyway?" Elena asked a frown marring her face, Iris rolled her eyes
"Come to see the sights" she said sarcasm dripping from her tone
"Iris-"Elena glared the raven head matched it, she was beginning to get fed up of her
"Ric text me ok" she snapped at her
"Why aren't you with Rebekah anyway? Your best friend?" Elena asked, as Iris stepped forward to the walls noticing the carvings in in
"Back off Gilbert" Iris snarled
"Are you switching sides now? After all you're getting cosy with Klaus and now Rebekah-"
"Get lost Elena" Iris scowled at her "you have no idea what you are talking about, I'm not like you, at least I don't lead blokes on-"
"When have I ever done that?" Elena snarled taking a step towards her
"Damon and Stefan duh" Iris rolled her eyes "pick one brother or leave them-"
"You have no right to tell me what to do"
"This works both ways Elena, you have no right at all to tell me what to do, so I suggest you back off" her eyes had darken in anger, Elena's eyes widened seeing the flash of gold emitting from the raven head's orbs. Damon eyes shot around the cave feeling it shaking
"Iris stop" he warned her
Alaric quickly approached the raven head and ran his hand down her back "just calm down Iris" he murmured into her ear, Iris took in a deep breath and all at once the caves had stopped shaking
"See" Elena snapped "how dangerous she is? She's barely got any control-"
"Shut up Elena" Damon barked at her
"Come on" Alaric grabbed hold of Iris's hand and tugged her further into the caves away from the doppelganger.
"Look there" Damon called out
"Why are you out their anyway?" the raven head asked looking over her shoulder
"The Lockwoods were anti-vampire-"
"So you can't come in" Iris finished off, she followed his gaze and spied drawings on the stoned walls, her brows furrowed her nimble fingers traced over some of the carvings
"What is all this?" Elena asked
"As far as I can tell it's a story" Alaric began "In simple archaeological terms, it tells a really, really old story"
Iris canted her head to the side and pressed her palm against it, she gasped as she was pulled into a sudden vision
"Niklaus we should be heading back, the wolves will soon be out" Iris called from the entryway, "Don't worry love, just come here" he smirked
"Come on Iris, we've got plenty of time" Rebekah smiled at the younger girl, Iris sighed and gathered her skirts and hurried over to them
"What are you doing?"
"Writing our family history on the walls"
"Iris" Alaric shook her shoulder, she jumped
"What?" she asked
"You seemed to zone out" the hunter told her "are you ok?"
"Fine" Iris mumbled, her mind went back to that brief vision, she saw Klaus, herself and Rebekah. "So it's a story?"
"Yeah, as far as I can tell, that there is a moon cycle, a man a wolf" Alaric explained
"So a werewolf" Iris stated
"Yeah the Lockwoods diaries, Pictionary style" Damon smirked
"I don't understand" Elena frowned "I thought the Lockwoods, came here with the other founding families in 1860's"
"Well obviously not, but the werewolves seems to be here longer" Iris replied
"How long though?" Elena asked
"Long" Damon responded "but that's not the best part, show them Ric, and Iris you might even find this more interesting"
"What?" Iris frowned
"Names" Alaric said pointing to the wall that held carvings in a different language "They're not native, they're written in runic, Viking script"
Iris eyes widened at that "Rebekah mentioned the Viking explorers"
Alaric nodded "This here translates-"Iris stepped forward reading the script it was familiar
"It reads Niklaus" she breathed
"Klaus?" Elena asked wide eye
"Since when did you know how to read Viking script?" Damon called but she ignored him, and carried on looking at the wall "this is here is Rebekah" she traced her fingers over the carvings "Elijah, Finn and Kol-"
"There's one on the bottom you might find interesting" Damon said, Iris's eyes darted to the bottom of the list, her eyes widened in disbelief
"What is it?" Elena demanded "what does it say?"
"It says Iris"
"So you are part of the Original family" Alaric asked amazed
"This is a list of the names of the Original family?" Elena asked equally as shocked
"Carved into the cave way before the founding of Mystic Falls or even the entire new world for that matter" Alaric explained
"This can't be real" Elena denied and glanced over to Iris who was staring at another name
"It is" she murmured
"She's right, this last name here makes us think otherwise" Alaric said
"What's the name?" Elena asked
"Mikael, it reads Mikael" Iris uttered softly, feeling a sense of dread when she traced that name
"Otherwise known as Papa Original" Damon smirked but it dropped when he saw Iris's face
"Iris-"
"We should drop this" she said backing away
"Iris this is the only way for us to kill Klaus-"
"I don't want him dead" Iris shouted
"Iris-"
"Don't, don't even bring up Mikael, don't ever bring him up" with that Iris fled from the cave leaving behind a trio of baffled looks.
Iris sighed she had finally arrived at the cheerleading practise, her mind wondered back over to what they had found in the cave, she didn't imagine the feeling of dread and horror when she had touched Mikael's name.
"Iris" Rebekah smiled seeing the petite teen; the raven head plastered a smile on to her dace
"Rebekah" she smiled at her "so how are you finding acting like a real teenage girl?"
"Not as boring as I first thought" she replied smiling at her "So homecoming-"
"Never been to one before" Iris interrupted
"Me neither" Rebekah grinned, the raven head didn't miss the look of excitement on the Original's face "it's going to be interesting, I've got the perfect outfit for you-"
"I was thinking of skipping out-"
"Ah, ah no can do we're going both of us"
Iris chuckled "you're not going to let me get out of this are you?"
"Aw so you do know me" Rebekah grinned and tugged one of Iris's curl, but the smile soon dropped off her face
"What's wrong-"
"Bitchy doppelganger coming this way" Rebekah hissed, Iris rolled her eyes
"I want to talk to you" Elena stated
"What do you want to about?" Rebekah drawled "Stefan? Don't worry I'm off him until he starts treating me better, in fact you should probably take a page out of my book if I'm honest"
Iris rolled her eyes knowing that the blond was goading Elena.
"I'd rather talk about this" Elena snapped pulling out a picture of the name Mikael that they had found in the cave earlier "I'm curious as to know why you and Klaus have spent a thousand years running from your own father"
Iris eyes widened at this thinking what on earth was she doing
"I should get back to the girls" Rebekah rushed out "Homecoming's right around the corner"
"Then maybe I should ask Mikael when we wake him" the brunette retorted
"You can't" Iris rushed out
"She's right, you don't know where he is anyway" Rebekah snapped
"So who's that entombed in Charlottesville cemetery?" Elena questioned,
Rebekah snarled and took a threatening step towards Elena, Iris gripped on to her wrist
"Rebekah don't" she warned
"If you wake Mikael we are all dead" she spat
"Why can't you just answer my question" Elena scowled, Iris had the urge to slap that girl
"Back off Elena, she doesn't want to talk about it" Iris glared at her
"I have to get back to the girls" Rebekah quickly left and headed back towards the pitch
"What the hell are you doing?" Iris hissed
"Me?" Elena snapped "we're supposed to be finding a way-"
"To what? Kill Klaus, that's not happening ok? Not the way you want" Iris scowled "I told you before just drop Mikael, Rebekah is right he will kill us all, he won't care about anyone else besides getting Klaus and you make the perfect leverage. So back off" Iris spat and stormed away.
Iris sighed glad that it was the end of the day; she pulled up to her driveway and spotted her living room lights on so immediately knew that Rebekah was home. She slammed her car door behind her and made her way up the gravel path,
As soon as Iris entered her home she could hear soft music playing in the living room, she entered it and saw Rebekah on the couch
"Rebekah?" Iris uttered dropping her bag on to her desk
"Iris, glad that you're home, want one?" she asked offering her a glass of Champaign to the raven head
Iris let out a tired sigh and dropped down beside her "don't mind if I do, it's been a long day" she sipped the bubbly drink and sighed she sunk down next to her
"So what are you up to?" Iris asked spying the smirk in Rebekah's face
"Watch, girls" she called out, Iris spat her drink out when six girls in different dresses came into the living room
"Rebekah what the fu-"
"Hush, dear, they're not dinner" Rebekah assured her
"You're impossible" Iris couldn't help but smile
"Iris?" she heard a familiar call
"Shit, I knew I should have locked my door" Iris's head dropped down on to Rebekah's shoulder
"Hey your door was open" Elena stepped into the room her eyes immediately went to the six compelled girls
"Why are-"
"I called her" Rebekah said and stood up standing in front of the girls "twirl" she ordered and they did without complain, Iris sighed and sipped her drink
"You compelled your own private runway?" Elena inquired
"Least she didn't drain them dry" Iris muttered taking another swig of her drink
"I need a homecoming dress" Rebekah said, Iris rolled her eyes not at all surprised "don't worry Iris your dress is already sorted it's in your closet-"
"You went into my room-"
"Yes" Rebekah cocked an eyebrow, Iris merely sighed
"You and Klaus sure don't do the whole privacy thing do you?" she asked rhetorically, Rebekah merely smirked
"So pick one Iris" she gestured to the group of compelled girls
The raven head canted her head to the side inspecting the dresses "hmm, personally I would say go for the red one, it's screaming your name"
"Aw you know me so well" Rebekah pinched her cheek, Iris swatted at her
"Please no cheek pinching, I get enough of that"
Elena was stunned at the scene, Rebekah and Iris acted more like friends, one could consider them being like sisters the way they treated one another
"What'd you think Elena?" Rebekah asked the brunette as she walked closer to the dress that Iris had picked out
"Unlike Iris I am not here to help you shop" Elena scowled
"Why are you here?" Iris frowned at her the brunette was irking on her nerves.
"I want to know why you don't want us to wake Mikael"
Rebekah vamped out and blurred behind one of the models her fangs elongating
"I said pick one Elena-"
"Hey no bringing food home" Iris snapped
"I agree with Iris the red one" Elena uttered quickly
"Good, go home and remember nothing" Rebekah told the group of girls, they filed out of the house. Iris cocked an eyebrow
"Don't be doing that again Rebekah" Iris frowned at her; Rebekah merely smirked and shrugged her shoulders.
"Look I don't have all night" Elena snapped and dropped down on to one of the couches in Iris's living room "are you going to tell me the story or not"
"I don't like your friend" Rebekah whispered loudly causing the raven head to sigh
"Enough Rebekah, she's right we don't have all night" she leant back into the couch.
"Fine" Rebekah dropped down beside Iris "so what do you want to know?"
"Elijah said your father was a landowner, so how'd you end up here?" Elena asked, Iris leant forward so that her elbows were resting on her knees,
"My parents had just started a family when the plague struck their homeland, they lost a child to it. They wanted to escape and protect their future family from the same fate" Rebekah began, Iris could see that this was a toll on her so poured the blond a glass if Champaign she gave her a brief smile and continued on
"So how did you end up here?" Elena asked "this part of the world hadn't been discovered"
"Not by any of your history books" she replied sipping her drink Iris was watching her carefully "My mother knew a witch, who'd heard from Ayanna a witch of a land where everyone was wealthy, blessed by the gifts of speed and strength. And that there would be a creature there who emitted a bright light" her eyes glanced over to Iris who knew that she was talking about her "That led my family here where we lived here amongst the people"
"The werewolves?" Iris asked quietly
"Quick to figure it out Iris just like always" Rebekah murmured lightly tugging on the petite teen's chaotic curls. "To us they were our neighbours. My family lived in peace with them for over twenty years during the time which my mother had more children including me"
"It all sounds so normal" Elena muttered
"All vampires were human once to Elena, why should they be any different?" Iris questioned
"Iris is right; to us it was normal, once a month our family retreated into the caves beneath our village. The wolves would howl all throughout the night and by morning we'd returned home" she said "But one full moon, Klaus, Iris and my youngest brother-"
"Iris? She-"
"Is a creature of magic, and she was with over a thousand years ago, my mother was a witch and she was magic hence she could detect great power from her, my parents took Iris in when she was an infant, and from then on she was family, and if she wants she still can be" Rebekah uttered, Iris smiled hearing the last sentence
"They snuck out to watch the men turn into beasts. That was forbidden and-"
"Henrik paid the price for it" Iris spoke over her recalling the dream where she had been hit and a woman crying out for her mangled child
"Yes, and that was the beginning of end of the peace we had struck with them, our neighbours, one of the last moments we had together as humans" Rebekah trailed off staring off into space.
Iris hummed and licked her lips, trying to recall those memories she was brought out of her musings when Elena's cell buzzed loudly
"You should get that, it's probably Damon calling to check up on you" Iris murmured. The brunette nodded and walked away so that she was at the doorway, Iris could heard her talking.
"Rebekah what happened that night when you were turned into vampires?" Iris asked her quietly, blue eyes met green
"Something tragic" the blond uttered causing a frown to come onto Iris's face.
"Did you know?" Elena snapped at the raven head
"What?"
"That Damon released Stefan from the cellar"
"Does it look like I know" Iris scowled
"In case you haven't realised Iris, hadn't been near the boarding house, you should keep better track of your men" Rebekah bit out. "You know I don't get you and Stefan as a couple"
"Why would you? You don't know us or anything about who he really is" Elena frowned
Iris rolled her eyes "can we get on with the story?" and quickly got onto her feet when she saw Rebekah taking a step towards the doppelganger
"I know exactly who he is, he is a vampire, we're a predatory species and we don't have time to care for silly little human lives" Rebekah snarled, Iris shifted slightly seeing the dark looks that the Original was throwing Elena's way.
"Is that why you're doing a silly little runway? Because you don't care?" Elena snapped back.
Iris sighed and rubbed her aching temples "I need some aspirins" with that she got off the couch and hurried upstairs raiding her bathroom cabinet, hoping and praying that the vampire didn't rip her head off.
As quick as she left she quickly arrived, Iris dropped down on to one of her cushy armchairs "The necklace that Stefan gave you, he had no right to, it belonged to the Original witch" Rebekah sighed leaning back and inspecting her nails
"The witch that placed the hybrid curse on Klaus?" Elena asked, Iris watched on silently
"Not just the hybrid curse she was the one that turned us into vampires" Iris eyes snapped up to meet Rebekah's blue orbs
"So Vampirism is a protection?" Elena asked stunned
"Well what else would you think it'll be?" Rebekah asked
"A curse" the doppelganger stated
"My parents only saw a way of saving their children was by keeping them alive" Rebekah stood up and walked over to Iris's fully stored bookshelves
"But why stay?" Iris asked "if they were afraid of the wolves why didn't they just leave?"
Rebekah smirked at her "dear Iris, you knew my father so well and I'm sure you'd realised how prideful he was so-"
"So there was no way in hell that he'd actually walk away" she muttered "are you sure that Klaus isn't related they both seem to have similar characteristics" Rebekah chuckled
"You said that once before, but no Mikael isn't Klaus's father" the blond uttered "Mikael my father didn't want to run anymore, he wanted to fight and be superior to the wolves. Where they could bite we had to bite harder. Where they had speed we had to be faster-"
"Agility, strength and senses all had to be superior" Iris commented, Rebekah nodded
"Ayanna refused to help us; she said that there would be consequences so it was all left in my mother's hands"
"Why her?"
"Because she was from the Original family, hence she was the Original witch" Iris answered her eyes widening in realisation "She put a curse on her own son?"
Rebekah nodded grimly
"If your mother was a witch then-"
"Am I a witch? No. a witch is a servant of nature and a vampire is an abomination of nature. You can be one or the other never both" the blond told the doppelganger "my mother did this for us, but she did not turn with us"
"How did she turn you?" Iris asked softly
"She needed the creature of light, you Iris and the sun for life and the ancient white oak tree, three of nature's eternal object for immortality. That night my father offered us wine laced with blood he then drove his sword through our hearts-"
"He killed you?" Elena questioned, the blond nodded
"He wasn't delicate about it either…we had to drink to complete the ritual. It was euphoric, the feeling of power was indescribable but that witch Ayanna was right there was consequences nature fought back. For every strength there was a weakness" she paused
"The sun became our enemy and kept us indoors for weeks, my mother found a solution for us though but there was other problems. Neighbours who had opened there homes to us now could keep us out. Flowers at the base of the white oak tree burned and prevented compulsion, and the spell decreed that the tree that gave us life could also take it away. We burnt it to the ground" she paused "but the darkest consequence was something that my parents didn't anticipate, the hunger, blood had made us reborn so we craved it above all else. We could not control it so-"
"The predatory species was born" Iris finished off; a hundred questions came to her head. If she had known them over a thousand years ago why wasn't she ever turn as well, but then again she was a creature of magic, Iris was utterly confused but something else came to mind
"Why was Mikael hunting Klaus?" she asked tucking in a stray curl.
"Because when Nik made his first human kill it triggered his werewolf side" Rebekah uttered, but her eye flashed over to the raven head, there was something else "and became my father's greatest shame"
"Yes, Elijah told us, your mother had an affair with a werewolf and Klaus isn't his son" Elena said
"She tried to make it right; she placed the hybrid curse on Nik to suppress his werewolf side and then turned her back on him"
Iris felt a bubble of anger at that, so Klaus was right they had more in common then she had first thought, she tuned back into Rebekah's explanation
"Mikael's greatest weakness was his pride, and as a vampire it was magnetised. He went on a rampage killed half the village and then killed her"
"So your farther killed your mother?" Iris gasped
"He said she'd broke his heart, so he would break hers, he torn it out of her chest as Nik watched-"
Iris paled at that and gagged
"Afterwards my father took off on a rampage and my family scattered, Nik remained behind so he could help me bury her, he knew I had to stay goodbye to my mother, as did Elijah, but she wasn't the only one we had to say goodbye too, we buried you Iris" Rebekah uttered looking at her
"Me?" she asked softly
"Yes, the night that we was turned you was killed as my mother needed the creature of magic as she was the saviour hence we needed your blood. Your death broke us, Nik and Elijah was the one who found you-" Iris was stunned at this revelation she had learnt from dark haired Original had told her that she was used "from then on we promised to stick together forever and always" Rebekah finished
"Forever and Always?" Elena scoffed "he locked you in a coffin for ninety years?"
"We vampires, our emotions are heightened, I'm stubborn, Elijah's moral and Niklaus has never had patience for those who disappointed him. Over a thousand years ago we've made that mistake once, and I've made it more"
"You still love him?" Iris asked softly
"He's my brother; you can never turn your back on family right?" Rebekah asked holding her hand out to the raven head
"Right" she murmured and took hold of her hand giving it a brief squeeze
"And we're immortal so should we spend eternity alone instead? I think it's time for you to leave Elena" Rebekah told Elena "I don't know what you're up to but I'm not playing along anymore and don't even think of bringing Iris into this"
"I'm just looking for a reason not to wake Mikael" the brunette said as Iris and Rebekah stood shoulder to shoulder
"Did you listen to her story?" the raven head asked "Rebekah has told you several reasons not to wake him, but knowing you Elena you'll do it anyway"
"It's no secret that I want Klaus dead, he has a hold on mine and Stefan's life" Elena snapped,
Rebekah scowled and took a threatening step towards her "It's not all about you Elena, so stop acting like a whiny selfish bitch. Iris is too soft hearted to say this but she agrees you're are nothing but a cold heartless wretch who is living up to their ancestors"
"Rebekah stop" Iris hissed
"One thing about Iris is that you took advantage of is that Iris is loyal, she was loyal to my brother a thousand years ago and she still is to this day, have you've been listening to her she does not want him dead" the vampire smirked
"It's clear Iris already has chosen her side so if something happens it's on her head" Elena smirked but it wavered when the Original pinned the doppelganger to the wall
"Do what you want, wake Mikael at your own peril but go after my brother or threaten Iris again I will come after you and rip you apart, understand?" the vampire snarled Elena shakily nodded, Iris watched on anxiously now this was new, she idly thought someone was defending her "Now leave" she snapped. Elena left without looking back
Iris groaned and grabbed the whole bottle of Champaign and took a huge gulp of it
"Was that necessary?" she drawled dropping onto the couch Rebekah sat down opposite her
"Yes I don't like her"
Iris couldn't help but snort at that "Yeah you made that more than clear"
"So Iris you want to check out your outfit?" Rebekah asked jumping onto her feet
"Well-ok then" she was literally dragged upstairs into her room. The blond looked through Iris's closet and pulled out one of the most stunning dress the raven head had ever witness and hanged it up on the front of her closet.
"Rebekah that night when you were turned how was I killed?" she asked quietly and knew that the blond heard as a frowned marred her face "If we were as close as you say then-"
"How comes you were used?" Iris nodded "we didn't know till the transition was done, you were led into a trap and your magic was drained if I'm right"
Iris frowned and looked away, she felt a pulse of air and the blond was in front of her
"It was true what I said, your death was the catalyst for our family being broken, it is one of the main reason why Nik turned out to be such a heartless bastard, but since I returned I can see an inkling of who he once was" there was a moment of peaceful silence, Iris's eye travelled over to the dress Rebekah saw this and grabbed the dress
"It'll compliment you so well"
"Thank you Rebekah" she smiled gratefully at the blond
Iris sighed Rebekah had gone out to get something to eat since she was thirsty, the raven head decided to have a quick shower and change into a pair of flannel shorts and a thin camisole, she quickly towel dried her hair and left it out, Iris frowned hearing frantic knocking coming from her front door, she peered through the peep hole and spied Elena holding a folder, Iris pulled open her front door
"What are-"but Elena stormed passed her, Iris rolled her eyes
"Come on in why don't you?" she slammed the door behind her and followed after the brunette "So Elena why are you here?"
"I need to see Rebekah, is she here?"
"No, so-"
"I'm right here, now what are doing here" Rebekah canted her head to the side "I thought I made it clear for you not to return here"
But once again the brunette ignored the questions that was thrown her way
"How did you know that Mikael killed your mother?" Elena asked
"Nik was there he told me, so why-"
"He lied" Elena stated, Iris's eyes widened at this
"What?" she asked utterly confused, and watched as the doppelganger laid down pictures after pictures on Iris's coffee table
"The cave where your family's name was carved is covered in symbols, the story of how you arrived and your family" Iris stood over the pictures her eyes darting to all the images of the carvings "How they made peace, the spell that turned them into vampires and this…this is the symbol for hybrid, it's a combination of the vampire and the werewolf symbol and this is one of your mother"
Iris recognised it as the necklace Elena had once adorned
"Her necklace" Rebekah breathed
"And this is the story of her death, the hybrid killed the Original witch, not Mikael but Klaus"
"He killed her out of revenge?" Iris uttered softly seeing tears well up the in the blond vampire's eyes "she put a spell on him so he'd be the only one of his kind-
"She took you away as well" Rebekah snapped
"With the werewolf gene comes aggression and violence, when he turned all of that heightened! He killed her Rebekah and he made that all up about your father" Elena said "don't you see Iris, Klaus is a liar he doesn't care"
"Go" Iris snapped
"These mean nothing" Rebekah cried grabbing the pictures and ripping them into pieces "just stupid drawings done by stupid people who had no idea who my family was"
"Elena LEAVE" Iris ordered
But the doppelganger didn't listen she went on
"Then why are you so upset?" Elena asked walking closer to Rebekah
"Why are you doing this?" Rebekah cried "I've done nothing to you"
"ELENA STOP" Iris shouted
"Klaus killed your mother, he's got a hold on you, on Iris, on me on everyone he has for a thousand years, he has to be stopped" Elena screamed
"SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP" Rebekah screeched
Iris gasped as Rebekah blurred forwards and pinned Elena to the wall with enough force to knock several books to the ground.
Iris rushed over to them and grabbed Rebekah's arm the vampire was in a state so the raven head could easily shove her back, she stood protectively in front of the doppelganger
"Rebekah calm down" the Original stumbled back and dropped to the ground sobbing
"Iris-"
"Go away Elena"
"No Iris you-"
"I don't need to do anything" the raven head snapped and grabbed Elena by her upper arm and dragged her out into the hallway "I hoped you had your fun. Now get out-"
"Wait- Iris can't you see how much of a liar Klaus is-"
"Just get out" she shoved the brunette out of the door "you just literally destroyed someone's life now GO" Iris slammed the door shut and sighed heavily as she leant against it. Iris closed her eyes so Klaus was a liar then, she groaned and ran a hand through her thick hair but froze hearing sobbing, she locked her lips and walked back into her living room
"Rebekah" she breathed seeing the crying blond she knelt down beside her and pulled her into a hug, which the Original returned
"Ssh" she soothed rocking back and forth
"He killed my mother" Rebekah sobbed clutching onto her and pressed her face into Iris's shoulder
"I know, I know" she murmured placing her chin atop her head. "It'll be ok"
"I want him dead" Rebekah growled
"Rebekah he-"
"He needs to die" the Original blurred out of the room startling the raven head, Iris heard the sound of the bedroom door being slammed and things being thrown around. Iris groaned and sunk down on to her sofa, things were never easy she idly thought.
"Tatia what can I do for you?" Iris asked folding her arms across her chest "got bored of playing your mind games with Kol and Elijah"
"No it's just-"Iris frowned when the brunette let out a sob
"What's wrong?" the raven head asked concerned
"I'm just so confused, I need help Iris and you're the only one who can help me, please-"
"Ok, ok, I'll come to your home tomorrow-"
"No not there, my mother and father are there, can you meet me by the big oak tree after dark"
Iris bit her lip "well-"
"Please Iris" she begged
"Ok, I'll meet you there" Iris assured her
"Iris, come inside" Kol called "Niklaus is getting broody without you"
Iris giggled "coming I'll see you tonight"
Tatia nodded, the raven head went to turn back around but the brunette gripped her arm
"Iris please keep this quiet, if Niklaus or the others found out about this meeting I fear that they will keep you from coming"
"I'll keep quiet" Iris smiled at the girl
"Tatia" Ester appeared from behind Iris "How lovely to see you-"
"You as well" the brunette's eyes dropped to the ground
"Iris, if you could be a dear and help Rebekah with the stew"
"Sure, that girl is useless when it comes to cooking" Iris chuckled "goodbye Tatia" and she walked into the small hut.
"So?" Ester whispered
"She bought it, she'll be there tonight" Tatia murmured "Is this-"
"Necessary, yes her blood is required as is yours for the ritual my husband wants them to become vampires and this is the only way-"
"But will I die?" the brunette asked wide eye
"No, but as soon as this is done you should leave, my sons and daughter will not spare once they had learned of your part in this" Ester murmured she could hear laughter coming from behind her. The witch looked behind her and saw the petite raven head was telling a story to her children unknown to her this would be the last moment of utter happiness in the presence of Iris.
AN: So more of Iris's past was revealed, as well as an Original dream, Iris realised that she doesn't want Klaus dead. And her Elena aren't getting on at all
Next Chap: Homecoming, so the return of Klaus, (there's going to be a few twists along the way) and Iris has a startling discovery
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