"Iris" the younger Gilbert grinned and the launched himself towards her hugging her tight, Iris was stunned
"Jeremy what are you-"
"Is Elena here?" he cut her off pulling back, the raven head's eyes darted over the younger Gilbert, and saw that he had a duffle bag
"Why are you here Jeremy? And how-"
"Seems like Damon's compulsion didn't last as long as he thought" Jeremy scowled "and I know they're here, both of-"
"Fine, fine I don't need to hear about how you're going to execute revenge on them for that-"
"Not just that" Jeremy snapped as he and Iris walked down the street, she quirked an eyebrow at him "fine, I just really need to talk to them"
"If you're going to scream, please do it in front of everyone" she drawled, Iris led him down the empty street, "so I also gather you don't have a place to stay?"
He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly making the raven head smile
"Ah, I get it you were so angry about the whole thing and you didn't really think things through did you?" she asked smiling wryly at him
Jeremy sighed and nodded
"I get that you're angry about the whole compulsion-" they walked passed number 9 Grimmauld Place,
"It's not just that" Jeremy barked, they had stopped in between numbers 11 and 13, she turned to face him
"Jere-"
"I know what Elena did, I know what she did" he scowled
"Jere-"
"It's wrong Iris, I hope you haven't forgiven her, she wanted you dead" he scowled
"She's your sister Jere" Iris rolled her emerald orbs "I doubt you can stay mad at her-"
"I don't know who she is anymore, she's changed, Elena is selfish and that's not the person I grew up with" the younger Gilbert shook his head
"So how- wait let's get inside" Iris murmured "You've got-"
"Why are we just standing here?" Jeremy asked confusion written across his face, Iris smiled
"Whatever you do, do not freak out ok?" she asked him
He nodded "You got a piece of paper and pen?"
He pulled out said items and handed it over to her, she scribbled something down and handed it over to him
"What am I-"
"Just memorise it and rip it up" she told him, he did as she said and then looked at him
"And now?"
"Concentrate, just on the address" she explained, he nodded Iris did the same and heard him gasp as numbers 13 and 11 were pushed apart to make room for number 12 Grimmauld place
"What the? How did-"
"It's magic" she grinned and skipped up the stone steps and turned around when she saw that he wasn't following her, the raven head witnessed the shock look on his face "Really Jere? Don't act surprised, this isn't as shocking as you think, there's a whole different world out there"
Jeremy shook his head and grinned running after her, Iris opened the door and stepped into the house, as soon as she did, there was a pulse of air and a very annoyed hybrid was in front her
"Where the hell have you been?" he scowled
"To the shops" she uttered and went to walk around him but a strong arm grabbed her around the waist
"Anything else love?"
"Erm…we've got a new lodger?" she grinned when she said that Klaus caught sight of the younger Gilbert
"Well, well, well I haven't seen you for a while, figured out why?" Klaus smirked Iris rolled her eyes and leant against his firm chest
"Elena" he frowned
"Ding, dong and the boy gets it" Klaus smirked, Iris slapped his chest and pulled herself free from Klaus's hold
"Come on Jere, you've got some explaining to do, I think everyone is in the kitchen" Iris saw his duffle bag that he was still clutching, "You can freshen up first if you want" she offered him
"Yeah thanks" Jeremy nodded
"Kreacher" Iris called and there was a loud crack, the raven head nor the hybrid was disappointed with the human's reaction, he let out a loud yelp and jumped at the sight of the small creature
"What is-"
"House-elf" Klaus smirked leaning against the wall "Servants to witches and wizards of this world"
"Klaus I don't think he knows-"
"No I know that you were a witch" Jeremy cut her off and was eyeing the little creature
"How-"
"He can explain later love" Klaus uttered, Iris hummed
"Mistress Potter what can Kreacher do for you?" he asked not looking at the human or the hybrid just at his Mistress
"I want you to take Jeremy's things to a spare room form me, and lead him there" she said firmly
"Right away Mistress" he bowed he clicked his fingers and the bag disappeared "Follow me…you ungrateful brat-"
"Kreacher we can hear you" Iris called watching as the pair went up the stairs
"He just called me a brat" Jeremy frowned
"Be grateful he uses more foul language" Iris shook her head, Klaus spun her around and pressed his body against hers
"So how did you come across the Gilbert boy?" he asked, she had a hard time concentrating since he was kissing her throat, she gasped and wrapped her arms around his neck pulling herself closer to him
"I bumped into him whilst coming back" she murmured and her jaw clench when she felt his teeth nibble her skin, she caught his lips with hers, and moaned when he plunged his tongue into her mouth, it invaded the warm cavern of her mouth, Klaus groaned feeling her slide her tongue over his
She jumped when someone cleared her throat, Iris attempted to push the hybrid back but he didn't budge
"Klaus" she hissed he rolled his eyes and stepped back and saw a sheepish looking Jeremy
"You was quick" she muttered "Come on" she grabbed his hand and led him down to the basement based kitchen
"Hey Iris what took you do long?" Caroline asked "Elena's been waiting-"
"Oh right here" she threw the plastic bag over to the blond vampire "but before you go, we've got a visitor" she grinned and tugged Jeremy into the room
"Jeremy?" Damon eyes widened in surprised, the Originals watched on, Klaus gently grasped Iris's hand and led her over to the table whilst Damon blurred in front of Jeremy
"What the hell are you doing here?" he asked
"I was asked to come, and I got you something for compelling me" with that he punched Damon hard and fast in the face
The vampire grunted and snarled he went to lunge at the human teen, but Stefan grabbed him around the waist and threw him back, whilst Alaric stood protectively in front of Jeremy
"Now that was quiet entertaining" Rebekah smirked sitting down beside Iris
"Really? You find that entertaining, I much prefer a drunk Iris now that is hilarious" Kol chuckled, Iris threw a cup at him which he easily dodge
"Miss me sweet-pea" he smirked
"Why is your brother such a dick?" the raven head whispered loudly to Klaus causing Rebekah to giggle, Elijah slapped Kol upside the head
"Elena's going to get a shock" Stefan muttered
"Damn right she is" Jeremy scowled
"Jeremy? Oh my god Jeremy" Elena cried out running into the room, she went to hug him but Jeremy stepped back shaking his head
"Don't' touch me" he spat at her, Iris eyes widened her and the others watched on
"Jeremy-"
"If you had your way I wouldn't even be here" Jeremy glared at her,
"Totally true" Caroline commented
"Not helping" Elena said through gritted teeth
"I don't care if I'm not helping" Caroline snapped
"I was only –"
"Doing it to protect me?" he shouted "You had no right, no right, I forgave you the first time but not again Elena-"
"Jeremy please listen, I just wanted to protect us all" Elena pleaded, Iris watched with utmost concentration and jumped when she felt a hand on her thigh, she glanced down and recognised it was Klaus who was idly stroking the tops of her thigh, she placed her hand over his and lightly ran the pads of her fingers over his strong looking hand
"How the fuck was you protecting anyone?" Jeremy shouted at Elena causing the teenage girl to stumble back, Alaric grabbed the back of his shirt
"Jeremy wait-"
"No Iris don't even think about defending her" he snapped at the raven head "You literally signed her death warrant, what the fuck is wrong with you?"
"I just wanted to make sure our family is safe-"
"Safe?" he uttered in disbelief "she is part of the family, hell whoever is in this room are family, Damon, Stefan Ric and Iris and her family are them, the Originals- you're not part of this family any more-"
"Please just listen-"
"I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO YOU" Jeremy shouted, there was a moment of silence which was broken by Kol who started clapping, Iris kicked him hard under the table
"What? He's not a complete wimp like I thought" Kol smirked, Jeremy rolled his eyes and sat down, Iris discreetly glanced at Elena and saw the girl was very tearful, but she didn't blame Jeremy for his outburst after all the doppelganger once again took away his free will
"Help yourself Jere, to the food" Iris uttered licking her lips
"Thanks" Jeremy muttered grabbing some toast
"Question" Elijah commented "How'd you find out we were here-"
"Better how did my compulsion wear off?" Damon asked earning a glare from Jeremy
"I got a visit" Jeremy announced, Iris felt Klaus tugging one of her curls
"Visit? From who?"
"A Lily and James Potter" he smiled at her
"You met my mum and dad?" she asked in disbelief "what- why-"
"No clue what they did, they clicked their fingers and I could remember everything" Jeremy explained, the others listened "You totally look like your mum by the way"
Iris couldn't help but smile at that "did they say anything or-"
"Erm...they said that you'd probably would need your friends around you, when you go back to Hogwarts"
Iris brows furrowed "they know-"
"They're watching over you" Elijah murmured
"Why would I need friends when-"
"They said something about you needing to share your story to make us understand and that it could help Elena to understand-"
"They want to help Elena as well?" Caroline asked
"Not really, I think James's words were that she could rot or something….but they wanted to make sure you get closure" Jeremy explained
Iris nodded and licked her lips, thinking was it a good idea to take Minerva up on her offer? She would be getting closure if she did, but was she ready to be facing the horrors of her past, if she did though perhaps she could see where it went wrong with Ron and Hermonie, she had been so blinded by the war that she couldn't even detect the meltdown of their friendship.
"You alright love?" Klaus asked quietly Iris had been lost in thought for the last twenty minutes
"Yeah I'm fine" she smiled shaking her head "What's the time?" she asked seeing that the others were scattered around the large room
"It's 10.30" Stefan replied
"Oh we can leave, come on I wanna show you Hogsmeade" she grinned jumping on to her feet
"What's Hogsmeade"? Jeremy asked still eating
"Wizarding village, it's awesome you so got to check out Honeydukes" Klaus could see that his little raven was excited as she practically ran out of the room
"Must be some place" Kol laughed as she skipped back into her room with her jacket
"Ready?" she asked grabbing a handful of floo powder
"Whoa" Klaus blurred behind her and grabbed the powder "give us a chance love we need to get our things"
"Right" she blushed, he chuckled and stroked the back of his neck
"Go on get your jackets or whatever you need" Klaus told the rest of the room, soon enough they were all gathered around the fireplace
"Why are we standing around a fireplace?" Jeremy asked
"Right I forgot you was a flooing virgin" Caroline uttered, causing Iris and the others to snicker
"You can come with me" Iris smiled at him, she heard Klaus growling and sent him a look "He's never done this before so-"
"Look at this brother, seems your little Iris is going to break the Gilbert's boy virginity-"
"Shut up Kol" Iris snapped, Klaus's jaw clench and easily broke his younger brother hand,
"Enough, can we get a move on" Elijah said loudly
Iris turned to face them "It's easy enough, you know how to floo, but shout out Hogsmeade station and then we can walk to the village on the way to the school" she explained "ok? Come on Jeremy" the raven head grabbed his hand and led him over to the large fireplace, she stepped over the small step and grabbed a fistful of the powder
"Wait for us there" Klaus said,
"Duh" Iris rolled her eyes "Ready?" she looked at Jeremy's face, she could see that he had no clue what he was about to embark on "Hold on tight" he squeezed her hand tight as she threw the powder down on to the floor
"Hogsmeade Station" she said clearly, green flames burst around them
"HOLY SHIT" she heard Jeremy yell as they were sent tumbling into the fireplace, throughout the ride Iris felt Jeremy's iron grip on her hand.
They both were sent spiralling out of the fireplace, the raven head grunted when she landed face first
"Oof" Jeremy grunted landing on top of something soft "whoa that was something-"
"Jere? Mind getting off of me? You're heavy" he looked down and jumped onto his feet
"Oh my god, sorry Iris" Jeremy hurriedly helped her onto her feet "are you ok?" he asked giving her a once over
"I'm fine" she assured him smoothing down her dress, "that was something though ey?"
"It was awesome" Jeremy laughed "I had no clue magic was like this"
"You're in a world of surprise" Iris laughed and saw the flames flaring up, Klaus landed on his feet with Rebekah
"Iris" the hybrid blurred towards her
"Hey whose next?"
"The bitch and Caroline" Rebekah drawled, Jeremy snorted at that "I think I like the angry type" she smiled seductively at the younger Gilbert
"Ok ew…no Rebekah" Iris told her and sure enough Elena and Caroline emerged, the brunette landed on the floor, they were followed by Elijah and Alaric
"No offence Iris, but I hate your way of transportation" the hunter uttered clutching his stomach
"None taken" Iris chuckled feeling Klaus wrap his arm around her waist, just then Damon and Stefan emerged landing on their feet much to her annoyance, merlin she thought how comes they were so graceful she had used the floo network much more then them but never managed to land on her feet
"Great everyone's here let's go" Iris declared
"Kol isn't-"
"And? Lets run before- oh crap" she muttered as Kol appeared
"Really Sweets it's almost as if you don't want me here" he smirked throwing an arm around her small shoulders
"What gave me away?" she drawled shrugging him off, and pouted when he kissed her cheek
"Not cool dude" she uttered
"Cheer up love" Klaus chuckled "go on then let's explore this little village you're so fond of" he uttered
"Great where to first?" she asked
"Honeydukes, I wanna check that out" Jeremy exclaimed, Iris nodded and if Klaus wasn't holding her she would've ran off leaving them all behind.
"Here it is" Iris grinned as they arrived at a fairly large store, she saw that it wasn't that busy which was surprising, the kids must've been off or something
"This is what got you so excited?" Rebekah asked cocking an eyebrow
"Ok may not look that impressive on the outside but it's unbelievable on the inside" she grinned and led them over to the store, as soon as they entered they were accosted by a few teens who were already there
"Oh my god, id this a blood pop?" Caroline said picking up a red lollypop
"Yep, and look a cockroach cluster" Iris grinned the others scattered to check out the store, Jeremy had stayed with Iris since she was literally an expert in this
"Ew no get it away" the blond vampire shrieked slapped Iris's hand away making it fly out of her hand. It landed on top of a girl's head
"Argh" the girls shrieked
"Holy Merlin, pretend it wasn't us" Iris hissed at them "let's go to the other aisle" she muttered, they nodded but Caroline shrieked when a chocolate spider landed in front of her and jumped back causing Jeremy to stumble back and in turn sending Iris flying back, her back hit the shelves and with wide eyes the three teens watched the large shelf tilted over and crash against the others causing a domino effect
"Uh oh" Caroline uttered
"What the Iris, Jeremy are you ok?" Alaric asked rushing over to them, the vampires blurred over to them
"Yeah…erm that-"
"WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE" the store owner shrieked causing Iris, Caroline and Jeremy to jump. "YOU LITTLE BRATS HOW-"
Klaus pushed Iris behind him, whilst Stefan stood in front of Jeremy
"Steady on their mate" Kol eyed him his eyes darkening
"Steady on you-"
"It was an accident, we can pay for the damage-"
"Wait what? He can just magic it clean" Damon scoffed
"Yeah that bloody simple is it? That's this month's stock and-"
"I am so sorry" Iris said stepping out from behind the hybrid she felt Elijah and Kol behind her whilst Klaus gripped her wrist
"Yeah well sorry isn't going…holy Merlin, Iris Potter?" he asked eyes wide, the raven head nodded "Oh merlin I'm sorry, I…I can't believe you're in my store…here take anything you want free of charge-"
"No, there's no need" Iris attempted but the man waved her off and with a flick of his wand the store had returned to its previous state
"Nonsense you and your companions help yourself to whatever they want-"
"No-"
"Oh yay" Caroline grinned and blurred off,
"Miss Potter I was wondering if you can sign this" a little boy ran over to her he had overhead the store owner
"Erm sure" she smiled and bent down in front of the kid, the others scattered Jeremy had walked off with Alaric, Klaus stayed with Iris and watched as the petite raven head interacted with the small human
"There you go sweetie" she pecked his cheek causing the little boy to blush and run off.
They were now in the pub, Iris had ordered a round of drinks from Madam Rosettie
"Iris love when did you get back in town?" the older barmaid asked getting the raven head's order together
"A couple of days ago" she smiled hanging a couple of gold coins "Thanks" she grabbed the tray and pushed her way through the crowd heading towards the back she set the tray of butter beers on the table, they all grabbed one
"So what'd you think so far?" she asked
"Not too bad-" Stefan smiled at her
She settled down beside Klaus who placed his arm over her shoulder
"It has that witchy vibe, Bonnie would've loved it" Caroline grinned sucking on a blood-pop, the raven head could see that the blond had become an addict, but she herself was a chocoholic
"How is Bonnie?" she asked curiously sipping her drink
"She's good" Caroline uttered they spent about half an hour sitting and chatting,
"We should get going" Elijah declared "otherwise we'll be late"
They got up and left, Iris and Klaus was in the lead as they walked down the dirt-path towards the school
"What's that?" Kol asked stopping, Iris followed his gaze and saw him staring at the Shrieking Shack
"Shrieking Shack" the raven head uttered, they moved towards the small plaque that was sitting on the wooden fence
"Is it really haunted?" Alaric asked reading it
"No" Iris smiled "trust me it definitely wasn't haunted"
"How can you be so sure?" Rebekah asked
"Trust me, despite what it says it isn't haunted" the raven head told them "come on"
Klaus glanced down at her and could see that she was getting nervous, she kept biting her lower lip a clear sign that she was growing anxious
"It'll be fine love" he kissed her temple, she gave him a small smile and nodded.
They approached a large steel gate,
"How are we meant to get in there?" Caroline asked
And much to their surprise the eagle handle came to life, Jeremy let out a gasp
"Really Jere?" Alaric questioned "still surprise-?"
"What so you're not?" the teen scoffed, he had ignored Elena for most of the day
"Nope, we're in magic land" he laughed
"Name?" the eagle squawked sounding oddly like Minerva McGonagall
"Iris Potter"
"Business?"
"Here to see headmistress McGonagall she's expecting me" Iris stated, there was a moment of silence
"It'll be a bitch if we have to turn back" Damon whispered to Stefan who snorted
"Damn right" but the gates opened, they stepped through, Iris felt the nostalgia wash over her seeing her old school
"Wow" Caroline whistled, Elena was looking around in awe "You wasn't kidding it's a castle"
"There's a forest in the back, hold magical creatures" Iris said, as she interwince her fingers with her hybrids
"What kind of creatures?" Elijah asked falling in step with them, the others were just behind them
"Centaurs, unicorns and anything really"
"Amazing" Caroline uttered, they stepped up large stoned steps and the grand double doors opened revealing an even grander entrance hall
"She should be arriving" Iris murmured as they walked into the middle
"OH my god, are the portraits moving ?" Jeremy asked baffled
"You bet sonny boy" a large man yelled out from a portrait causing the teen to jump
"Oh visitors" a familiar voice cackled, Iris grinned and looked up "Potty, you're finally here"
"Peeves" she greeted the poltergeist and didn't miss the looks he was sending her companions
"Don't even think about it" she snapped "otherwise I'll set the Bloody Baron on you"
"Always ruining the fun aren't you" he shrieked "You're so not like your father, he was a fun one" they watched as the poltergeist stormed off
"So that was un-real" Damon shook his head walking further into the room, he paused and felt a coldness spread through him, it took him a minute to realise that a ghost had stepped through him
"Iris-"
"Nick" she grinned greeting her former house ghost
"You never guess what? I finally been eligible to join the headless hunt" the ghost laughed
"What's your name?" Jeremy asked
"Why young sir, I am Nearly Headless Nick" he declared and bowed
"How can you be nearly headless?" Elena asked frowning, the ghost glanced over to Iris she knew what he was up to, he sent her a wink
"Like this" with that he grabbed a fistful of his hair and literally pulled off his head so that it was hanging off
"So whoever tried to axe you did a poor job" Kol uttered, the ghost grinned and nodded
"That's enough Nik" McGonagall declared coming down the stairs
"Bye Nik" Iris called out to the ghost who waved and left
"Well let's not dilly dally, come on" the formidable witch claim, she led them up the spiral staircase
"Where are we going?" Iris asked
"My office Potter" McGonagall uttered and sure enough they arrived at a large stone gargoyle, "Lemon drops-"
"Such an original password" Iris muttered causing the older woman to chuckle, the staircase revealed itself and she led them up the flight of stairs, they were ushered into the room, Iris saw that there was large armchairs surrounding the desk and behind it was a large portrait of Dumbledore the former headmaster
"Well first things first, welcome to Hogwarts" McGonagall uttered "anything you would like to know?" she asked, Elijah immediately started asking questions while the others listened , Iris felt a tug in the back of her mind and also felt a pull of magic, she glanced over her shoulder and saw a glow coming from an wooden draw
"Iris you ok?" Klaus asked lightly running his fingers down her throat
"Yeah I-"
"Potter you're not a good liar, I see that the pensive has gotten your attention" they watched as McGonagall stood up and walked over the draw, Iris got on to her feet as the older witch placed the bowl on the round table in the middle of the room
"That's a pensive?" Stefan asked studying the object
"What's that?" Jeremy asked
"Something to show your memories" McGonagall explained
"So that's what your parents were on about" Jeremy muttered,
"Iris, do you want to show them?" she asked "Your memories, don't you think they should know the whole story?"
Iris bit her lower lip "Will it show everything?" she asked
"Yes, and perhaps even more" McGonagall uttered
"I-"
"Iris love" Klaus turned her towards him, and lightly grasped her chin "It's ok if you don't, you do not owe us anything"
"He's right, don't do anything you don't want to" Elijah added, Iris eyes darted to them both she licked them both
"You can finally get closure Iris" Jeremy murmured "no loose ends, and everything will be explained about your past-"
"And perhaps it's help Miss Gilbert" McGonagall said "Do you want to do this?"
"I want them to know" Iris said determinedly "I want them to know my whole story"
AN: Took me a while to get this chap out, was meant to post it last night but stupid sister had to mess up the net
Anyway- Jeremy appeared and we know why, he's pissed at Elena as well, Iris broke his flooing virginity and led the group to Hogsmeade, where her, Caroline and Jermey trashed Honeydukes, they met Nearly Headless Nick and Peeves, and now Iris wants to show them her past.
Next chap (coming soon)- Explanations on the pensive are needed, and the group gets sucked into Iris's Past
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