Iris groaned and attempted to roll over but there was a firm grip around her waist, she blinked away her blurry vision and it took her a moment to realise that she was snuggled into Klaus's side, she let out a yawn and hovered over the sleeping Hybrid, Iris ran her finger down his strong jaw and couldn't help but smile when he grunted
"Klaus" she whispered into his ear and pressed a light kiss on his stubble cheek "I know you're awake so-"he yelped when he flipped them over so that now he was hovering above her instead, the sheet around them loosened, "No fair, you used vamp speed" she muttered and arched her back when she felt his tongue dart out against her bare breast. Iris fisted her hands into the sheets and bit her bottom lip hard to stop herself from crying out,
"Klaus" she murmured as he pressed his kisses up and down her stomach, she raised herself and slammed her lips against his, and she could feel him smirking against her lips and dug her nails in
There was knocking on the door, causing the hybrid to groan in frustration
"What?" Klaus shouted not taking his eyes off of the smirking raven head
"We've got half-an hour before we have to go back in the pensive" she recognised it was Elena who was talking
"Alright" Iris called back "I guess we better get a move on-" and let out a small gasp feeling his hands travelling down her naked back
"Still thinking we-"
"Klaus you kept me up half the night, and I really am hungry" she frowned, he laughed and kissed her on the lips
"Go ahead love, I know you get cranky if you don't eat" she rolled her eyes and slid from his grasp, she tugged on the sheet and went to take it with her but Klaus grabbed the end and pulled hard causing her to let go
"Klaus" she scowled at him and jumped when he slapped her bottom,
"Very perky" he grinned and laugh when she practically ran into the bathroom,
"Stupid hybrid" the raven head muttered under her breath and glanced down to see various love bite scattered all over her, a small smile made its way across her face seeing them though, she brushed her teeth and turned the shower faucet, Iris would have taken a bath but knew she wouldn't have enough time, she let the hot water wash over and nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt a body against hers
"Relax love" Klaus pressed a kiss on her wet shoulder
"What are you-"
"If we shower together we save some time" Iris snorted at that
"Yeah right, since when did you become so considerate?" she asked turning her head so that she could face him
"That's me love" he smirked
Iris scoured through the wardrobe trying to find something to wear, she was only clad in a navy blue lacy bra and matching panties
"Really love, take your time I am loving the view" she looked over her shoulder and rolled her eyes seeing that Klaus was sprawled on the bed his arms behind his head, the raven head opted to wear a pair of skinny black jeans and emerald green top, she slipped on a pair of flats,
Klaus watched lazily as Iris brushed her hair and braided it, he could watch her all day, when he saw that she was done he appeared behind her and wrapped his arms around from behind her.
"Ready?" he asked pressing his lips against her cheeks
"Yep let's go" she smiled they left the room and headed into the kitchen, Iris saw that Elena, Caroline, Stefan, Damon and Elijah was there
"Morning Iris" Caroline grinned at her
"Morning" Iris sat down beside Damon whilst Klaus took the vacant seat next to her, "so the food how-"
"Well did you know that Elijah is an excellent cook?" Caroline asked
"Yep" Iris grinned and tucked into the pancakes, "Where's the others?"
"Alaric is showering, Kol is most likely-"
"Staring at himself in the mirror" Iris commented, causing both Elijah and Klaus to chuckle
"Not right about that Sweet" Kol smirked appearing behind her and tugged her braid
"Kol" Iris snapped, the vampire merely chuckled and waltzed over to the freezer pulling out a blood bag, he threw one over to Klaus and hopped on to the counter,
"Morning Alaric, looking great as always" Caroline said, Iris watched as the hunter entered the room and made a bee-line towards the coffee pot, she still didn't get what was so great about that.
Soon enough Rebekah entered the room dressed and also grabbed a blood-bag,
"So Iris are we going to actually get a tour of the school?" Stefan asked, the raven head swallowed her pancakes
"You'll probably see everything in the memories" she told him
"Speaking of memories we should go back in" Elijah commented seeing that everyone had eaten there breakfast
"Ready for this love?" Klaus asked quietly as they led the way back into the office where the pensive was
She licked her lips but nodded "Yeah I am" she took her place around the pensive, Klaus once again stood next to her
"Ready?" Elijah asked the group and received various nods, "on the count of three, one, and two-"
Iris took a deep breath and grasped tightly onto Klaus's hand "three" they plunged into the pensive, Iris felt the familiar feeling of falling
They landed in the entryway of Privet Drive; Iris inwardly groaned wondering were her memories of this place going to keep re-occurring,
"Get the post Dudley" they heard Vernon say
"Whoa he actually told his fat kid to do something" Kol uttered,
"Wait for it" the raven head uttered, the vampires as well as the others could easily here what was going on in the kitchen
"Make Iris get it"
"Ah the fat kid is so lazy" Caroline shook her head, Iris was amused to hear that they were now referring to her cousin as the 'fat kid'
"Get the post girl-"
"Make Dudley get it" they heard the past Iris's soft voice
"You think that'd would work?" Rebekah drawled, the raven head merely shrugged, Elijah's attention was focused on the thick cream coloured envelope on the mat.
"Poke her with your Smelting stick, Dudley-"
"What?" Klaus gritted his teeth, Iris squeezed his hand, they watched as little Iris emerged from the kitchen,
"Holy shit is that what your uncle did?" Jeremy asked miffed at the sight of the little girl, there was a large bruise on her cheek and a gash to her temple which was covered by her bangs
"Yeah" Iris murmured softly,
"Dick, I'm so getting my hands on him" Klaus snarled, placing his arm around her shoulders, they watched as Iris bent down and the shock look on her face when she saw the envelope
"I was so stupid" the raven head muttered as her past self walked through heading into the kitchen with the thick envelope
"How old was you Iris?" Elijah asked as they followed they stood by the wall
"I was about to turn eleven in a couple of days-"
"Meaning this was your Hogwarts letter" the dark haired Original deduced, Iris nodded
They saw the past raven head handing the other letters over to her uncle while she clutched on to the cream colour envelope,
"Dad" said Dudley "Dad, Iris has got something-"
"Fat dick" Damon growled
"Such a asshole" Caroline scoffed and frowned when Iris's uncle snatched the letter out of the small girl's hands
"That's mine" little Iris attempted to snatch it back
"Who'd be writing to you?" sneered Vernon
"I imagine quiet a lot of people she is famous after all" Rebekah drawled
"He knows" Klaus muttered seeing the man's face, it paled when he saw the envelope, he was proven right when the man sputtered out the next words "P-P-Petunia"
They watched as the horse like woman red the first line of the letter, she then gasped
"Vernon! Oh my goodness-Vernon-"
"She's a crazy bitch as well" Kol muttered, causing Iris to giggle
"Got that right" she nodded
"You said she was your mother's sister?" Stefan said "so shouldn't she know that there was a high chance that you'll be heading to Hogwarts?"
"You'd think-"
"But she's a dumb bitch" Rebekah stated bluntly
"Tut, that's not how a boy should treat his father" Elijah frowned seeing the chubby blond boy trying to grab the letter from his father,
"I want to read the letter" Dudley cried
"It's not even his" Alaric snapped hating the kid even more
"I want to read it" scowled little Iris "and its mine"
"Damn right it is" Klaus said his jaw clench, he inhaled the raven head's scent to calm himself, she hummed lightly and pressed herself closer into his embrace
"Get out both of you" croaked Vernon
"I WANT MY LETTER" shouted little Iris
"Good stand your ground" nodded Rebekah
"Let me see it" Dudley demanded
"Little fat prick, I'll show him something alright" Damon glared at the boy, the raven head rolled her eyes
"He can't see you, you know" she drawled
"Yeah but I can still glare" Damon muttered
"OUT" roared Vernon, and much to the groups anger he grabbed both little Iris's and the chubby boy's collar and threw them out of the room, little Iris had landed in front of Elijah's feet, the door was slammed shut, the group watched as both children struggled to fight for the key hole
"Tough luck Iris, but there was no chance you were going win that fight" Alaric muttered seeing the past Iris dropping to the ground to peer under the door,
Kol snorted "Have you seen the size of him sweets?"
Iris shook her head she and the others could hear the conversation taking place in the next room, "Vernon" they could hear Petunia "look at the address, how could they possibly know where she sleeps-"
"Wait they knew you slept in the cupboard?" Klaus growled
"Not sure, but I don't think so" Iris muttered
"You don't think they're watching us do you?" the shrill woman asked
"Watching-spying might be following us-" they heard Vernon muttered,
"Pfft they have better things to do" Kol snorted
"But what should we do Vernon? Should we write back? Tell them we don't want-"
"As if that would stop them, they'd show up if Iris wasn't there" Elena muttered watching the scene carefully
"No-we ignore it, if they don't get an answer-yes that's the best…we won't do anything-"
"That's their mistake" Iris chuckled shaking her head recalling the incident.
The scene shifted
"Are we in a lighthouse?" Rebekah asked looking around
"Yep, the letters kept coming, it came down the chimney and filled the house, Vernon thought that if we ignored them it'll go away but yeah it didn't work-"
"So what? He thought that you'd guys running would work? That's a ludicrous idea" Elijah shook her head
"There's your fat cousin, where are you?" Klaus frowned
"There-are you on the floor?" Jeremy frowned, they saw a small figure huddled on the floor wrapped in a raggedy blanket, Damon could see that little Iris was twisting and turning sleep was clearing not finding her, some of it was down to the raging storm going on outside,
"Are you drawing a cake?" Elena frowned seeing the little raven head propped up on her elbows
"It was nearing midnight, my birthday" Iris murmured and smiled recalling who was about to come through those very doors
"What's that?" Caroline frowned her heightened hearing could pick up heavy foot-falls
"You'll see" just as those words left Iris's mouth there was a loud BOOM the whole shack shivered, little Iris sat up bolt upright
"Is that a knock?" Jeremy asked as there was another BOOM, and saw Iris's cousin sitting up "Where's the cannon?" Dudley asked stupidly
"Your cousin is so-"
"Yeah dumb I get it" Iris cut Stefan off they watched as Vernon and Petunia came skidding into the room much to the groups surprise he had bought a gun with him
"Surprise the whale can move that fast" Klaus muttered, Iris was leaning back against his firm chest he rested his chin on the top of her head,
"Whose there?" Vernon shouted "I'm warning you I'm armed-"
"Pfft, as if that would work" Iris muttered there was a pause and then a loud SMASH and the door was thrown open revealing a giant of a man
"Hagrid?" Caroline asked recognising the man seeing him putting the door back in its place
"Couldn't make us a cup of tea could ya? It's not been an easy journey"
Iris laughed at that, now she looked back at this scene it was amusing, Jeremy snorted
"He's brilliant" the teen uttered as they watched the half-giant strode over to the couch where Dudley still sat
"Budge up yeh great big lump" said Hagrid
"That's a nice way to say fat" Damon snickered seeing the chubby blond boy squeaks and ran over to his mother who was crouching behind her husband
"An here ya are Iris"
"You look even smaller next to him" Elena muttered she could see that the little girl was clearly stunned
"Last time I saw you, you was only a baby" said the giant "yeh look lot like yer mum and have her eyes, but yer hair is your dad's"
"Was that the first time you heard that?" Klaus murmured dragging his fingers through her thick lots
"I heard it loads of time, but that was the first" Iris nodded
"Didn't you hear anything about your parents before?" Caroline asked her
"No, I wasn't allowed to ask questions" the raven head muttered focusing back on the scene seeing Vernon threatening the half giant
"I demand that you leave at once sir, you are breaking an entering-"
"Now we can see where his son gets his brain from" Elijah shook his head
"Ah, shut up Durseley yeh great prune" said Hagrid and jerked the gun out of Vernon's hands and bent it into a knot easily
"Ok, I totally love him" Caroline grinned
"You see how they react to a half-giant, how would they react to several vampires and a hybrid-"
"And hunter" Alaric pitched in, Kol smirked darkly
"Can we not focus on the Dursleys?" Iris asked
"We can focus on them once we get out of this whole memory state" Klaus smirked his eyes darkening, Iris bit her lip at that
She looked back at the scene "Anyway Iris-" said Hagrid facing the little girl "a very happy birthday to yeh, i got something for yeh, might have sat on it at one point" he handed her a small squashed box they watched as she opened it revealing a cake
"That was my first birthday present" the raven head commented a wide smile on her face. Elijah saw the expression on the young girl's face, he was relieved when the bruises on her face weren't there anymore
"Who are you?" little Iris asked dumbfounded
Alaric snorted at that as did Damon "Lovely manners Iris" the vampire drawled, they could see that the half-giant was just as amused
"True, I haven't introduced meself- Rubeus Hagrid. Keeper of the Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts" he held out his hand to her and shook past Iris's whole arm
"You can tell she hasn't got a clue about what he is saying" Rebekah smirked
"What about that tea eh-?" Hagrid asked rubbing his hands together
"What's with the British and tea?" Damon muttered watching the scene
They watched as the giant eyed the empty grate and crouched down in front of it, they couldn't see what he was doing but when he stepped back there was a huge roaring fire
"How'd he do that?" Elena asked
"Magic" Caroline grinned, Iris could see that the blond vampire was proper getting into this "Damn he has everything in that coat of his"
They watched as the half-giant pulled out a packet of sausages and a pan, he began to cook the meat, Kol noted the blond boy fidgeting and eyeing the food
"Don't touch anything he gives you Dudley" Vernon barked
"Yer great pudding of a son don't need fattenin anymore"
"Ha" Alaric chuckled "Understatement"
"That's good, he's giving you food, you need it more" Elijah commented seeing the half-giant passing the plate of food over to Iris, who was staring wide eye at the man before her, Hagrid took a gulp of his tea and wiped his mouth by the back of his hand
"Call me Hagrid" he stated
"Iris looks like a-"she cut Kol off by slapping the back of his head
"Everyone else does, an like I said I'm the Keeper of the Keys at Hogwarts, yeh know all about Hogwarts I expect-"
"Er…no"
"Eleqount as always Iris" Klaus chuckled
"Give me a break, I thought he was a mad man" Iris said and didn't miss the shock look on the half giant's face
"Sorry" little Iris blurted out
"Why'd you apologise for?" Rebekah frowned
"I just thought it was something I did, it was an automatic response" the raven head uttered and felt the hybrid kiss her cheek focusing back on the scene
"Sorry?" barked Hagrid he was staring at the Dursleys, much to Klaus's and the others satisfaction the family backed away into the shadows, fear clearly written on their faces
"it's them who should be sorry! I knew yer weren't getting yer letters but I never thought that yer wouldn't know about Hogwarts, for crying out loud, did yeh ever wonder where yer parents learnt it all?"
"Now we can see that you're clearly confused" Stefan commented watching little Iris's face
"Learnt all of what?" the small raven head asked eagerly
"ALL OF WHAT?" the half giant roared
"He's not happy" Kol uttered
"Do you have a thing for pointing at the obvious?" Iris asked
"Just for you Sweets" the Original smirked
Iris shook her head and focused back on the scene and saw Hagrid leaping on to his feet, glaring furiously at the cowering Dursleys
Klaus couldn't help but grin at the sight of the frightened family, he couldn't wait to get his hands on them
"Do you mean ter tell me" the half giant growled "that- that this girl knows nothing about anything?"
They watched an affronted look on the small girl's face
"Iris, I don't think he meant it like that" Klaus smirked, Iris pouted and crossed her arms in front of her chest
"He made me sound stupid" the hybrid chuckled and pecked her cheek
"Looks like little Iris isn't happy" Damon commented
"Aw she's so cute" Caroline cooed desperately wanted to pinch the girl's cheeks
"I know some things, I can do maths-"
"That's your argument?" Alaric snorted, Iris rolled her eyes and focused back on the scene where Hagrid waved his hand "About our world, I mean your world, my world, yer parents world"
"What world?" little Iris asked
"It looks like he is going to explode" Jeremy commented watching the half giant
"DURSELEY Hagrid's thunderous voice roared, Elijah smirked seeing the Dursleys expression, the half giant was staring wildly at little Iris
"But yer must know about yer mum and dad" he said "I mean they're famous, yer famous"
Kol whistled seeing past Iris's face
"What my mum and dad? They weren't famous were they?" little Iris asked
"Yer don't know yer don't know" Hagrid muttered
"He'll have to tell you about your parents death doesn't he?" Elena asked, Iris nodded
"Yer don't know what you are"
"Stop-"
"The whale found his voice" Damon scoffed
"Stop right there, I demand you not to tell the girl anything" Vernon commanded
"Dick" Alaric uttered "is he that stupid, the dude literally knotted his gun"
The watched as the half giant rounded on the man "You never told her? Never told her what was in the letter Dumbledore left for her, I was there, I saw Dumbledore leave it, and you kept it from her these years-"
"The man was foolish to leave the letter in the first place, did he really think that a letter would it?" Elijah frowned
"Keep what from me?" little Iris exclaimed
"Your curiosity is resurfacing love" Klaus murmured into her ear he saw that the Dursleys didn't look too happy
"STOP I FORBID YOU" Vernon bellowed
"As if that would work" Jeremy shook his head wondering how on earth could people be this stupid
"Ah go boil yer heads the both of yeh, Iris yer a witch-"
"And there you have it my big reveal-"Iris uttered the group laughed
"Serious that's how you found out?" Kol chuckled "damn Sweets"
"I'm a what?" little Iris gasped causing the group to focus back on to the scene
"A witch of course" Hagrid said sitting back down "an a thumpin good' un I'd say once yeh've been trained up a bit. With mum an dad like yours what else would yeh be? I think it's time yeh read yer letter" with that the half giant reached out and handed little Iris a letter
"Finally" Caroline exclaimed "I thought you'd never get it" Iris smiled and shook her head, they witness the past raven head read it
"What does it mean they await my owl?" little Iris asked
"Holy crap that's the first thing you ask?" Jeremy asked laughing loudly, Iris groaned and pressed her face against Klaus's chest
"Ok I get it" she muttered, the hybrid chuckled and rubbed her back up and down
"Oh Galopin Gargoyles" the half giant jumped on to his feet and pulled out a piece of parchment from one of the many pockets on his coat and scribbled something down
"He's informing Dumbledore that I've got my letter" Iris explained and saw Hagrid pulling out a ruffled owl
"He kept that in there?" Elena asked her eyebrows shooting to her hairline
"Yep" Iris grinned seeing the half giant throwing the owl into the storm and casually took residence up on the couch again
"Look at little Iris's face" Damon smirked seeing the baffled look on the little girl's face
"Where was I?" they heard Hagrid asked and saw Vernon moving into the firelight looking very angry
"She's not going" he grunted
"I'd like ter see a great Muggle like you stop her" he said
"What's a muggle?" little Iris asked interested
"A Muggle is what we call non-magical folks, like them" the half giant explained "it's bad luck yer ended up with them"
"We swore when we took her in, we'd put a stop to that rubbish-"
"Rubbish? Magic isn't rubbish" Rebekah scowled
"Swore we'd stamp it out of her!"
"Fucking bastard" Klaus snarled causing Iris to jump
"It's dangerous to try and stamp out magic" Elijah hissed
"Witch indeed" the man scowled
"You knew?" little Iris narrowed her eyes on her uncle "that I was a witch?"
"Knew?" Petunia shrieked
"Looks like she's going to get a few things off of her chest" Caroline muttered seeing the woman literally explode
"Knew? of course I knew! how could you not be, my dratted sister being what she was? Oh, she got a letter just like that and disappeared off to that- that school- and came home every holiday with her pockets full of frog spawn-"
"She sounds jealous" Stefan commented
"She was" Iris said licking her lips, she looked back at the scene where Petunia was still talking
"I was the only one who saw her for what she was- a freak-" Iris felt a pang in her gut that, that word still irked her "but for my mother and father it was Lily this and Lily that- they were proud of having a witch in the family"
"As they should be" Elijah uttered, Klaus wrapped his arms around Iris's waist knowing that the raven head was growing anxious
They watched as Petunia took in a deep breath "then she met that Potter at school and they left and got married and had you, and of course I knew you'd be just the same just as strange, just as-as abnormal and then if you please she got herself blown up and we got landed with you" little Iris paled at that,
"That's how you found out?" Caroline asked horrified
"That's messed up" Alaric shook his head
"I swear I'm going to throttle and her disgusting husband" Rebekah hissed, Klaus jaw clenched he literally had the urge to rip something apart, Iris stroked the back of his hands, her touch soothed him somewhat
"Blown up?" Jeremy could hear little Iris's voice shaking "you told me that they died in a car crash-"
"CAR CRASH!" Hagrid roared
"Yes, I knew I like him" Damon grinned seeing the enraged look the half giant was shooting the Dursleys making Iris snort
"He loved my mum and dad, couldn't believe that they would sully their memory like that" Iris commented
"How could a car crash kill Lily and James Potter? It's an outrage! A Scandal! Iris Potter not knowing own story-"
"That is scandalous" Elijah commented, enraged by the scene
"Every kid in our world knows her story" the half giant finished off
"Wow, you're really that famous?" Elena questioned
"You're really have no clue doppelganger do you?" Rebekah drawled "I'm surprised they didn't go through with that Iris Potter day"
"You've no idea how relieved I am at that" Iris snorted
They saw an intrigue looking coming on to little Iris's face "But why? what happened?"
"Poor guy doesn't know what he let himself in for" Stefan muttered seeing the look of anger on Hagrid's face fade and looked now anxious
"I never expected this, I had no idea when Dumbledore told me there might be trouble getting hold of yeh, how much yeh didn't know. Ah, Iris I don't know if I'm the right person ter tell yeh-but someone's got to tell yeh- yer can't go off to Hogwarts not knowin-"
"Too right, imagine if that did happen" Damon shook his head
"I would've been in for a surprise" Iris muttered she had been grateful to Hagrid
"Well I might as well tell yer everything- but some parts are a mystery" the half giant threw the Dursleys dirty looks" little Iris dropped down on the couch besides Hagrid, Klaus tugged one of her curls
"This is where you learned your history" Jeremy commented watching the scene
"It begins, I suppose with- with a person called- but it's incredible yer don't know his name-"
"How could she, those scums didn't tell her anything" Kol scowled
"Everyone in our world knows" Hagrid uttered
"Who?" little Iris asked
"Well- I don't like sayin the name if I can help it. No one doe-"
"Wait hold the phone, no said his name?" Caroline asked in disbelief
"Well people were scared to say it" Iris commented
"That's stupid, being scared of a name?" Jeremy scoffed
"Yeah, but watch later on everyone had to censor themselves when…."
"When what?" Damon asked as she trailed off
"You'll see" Iris smirked
"You're being cryptic" Elijah uttered, Iris grinned
"Not fun is it? The amount of times you've been cryptic to me over the last year"
"She's got you there brother" Klaus smirked, Iris shook her head and focused back on the scene
"Could you right his name down?" little Iris asked
"Determined to get him out of him Iris?" Elena said
"You'd be curious to know the most feared wizard name's" the raven head offered
"Nah- can't spell it. All right- Voldemort" the half giant shuddered "Don't make me say it again-Anyway this wizard about twenty years ago started to look for followers, got em too he got himself power, dark days Iris, didn't know who ter trust, didn't dare get friendly with strange wizards or witches, terrible things happened. He was taken over, course only safe place left was Hogwarts, reckon Dumbledore was the only one You-Know-Who was afraid of-"
"Was he?" Stefan asked curiously
"He was afraid of him" Iris nodded
"Now yer mum and dad were as good as a witch an wizard as everyone knew. Head boy an Girl in their day! Suppose the mystery is why You-Know-Who never tried to get em on his side before….probably knew they were too close to Dumbledore, maybe he thought he could persuade em…maybe he just wanted em outta the way. All anyone knows is, he turned up in the village where you was living , on Halloween ten years ago-"
"No wonder you was iffy about Halloween" Caroline muttered recalling the raven head's sombre mood
"Yer was just a year old, he came to yer house and-"they watched as the half giant pulled out a hanky
"Is that the same one we saw before?" Rebekah had a look of disgust on her face; Iris rolled her eyes and looked back at the scene
"Sorry, but it's that sad, knew yer mum and dad, and nicer people yer couldn't find-"
"That's true" Jeremy said "they were nice" Iris smiled at that
They all focused back on the scene "You-Know-Who killed em, an then-an this is the real mystery of the thing, he tried to kill you too-" Klaus let out a low growl at that "Wanted ter make a clean job of ir, I suppose, or maybe he just liked killin by then. But he couldn't do it, never wondered how you got that marked-"little Iris unconsciously touched the scar "on your forehead? The was now ordinary cut, that's what yeh get when a powerful evil curse touches yeh-took care of yer mum and dad and yer house even- but it didn't work on you, and that's why yer famous Iris. No one ever lived after he decided ter kill em, no one except you, he'd killed some of the best wizards and witches of the age-and yer were a baby and yer lived-"
"So that's it" Elena said looking at a grim face Iris
"That's it, I was famous because I couldn't die, truth be told that was even worthy for the fame, I'd rather have had my mum and dad and be a nobody" Iris uttered, Elena bit her lip, realising how selfish she had been, she had her whole family and friends and yet Iris had no one, a hateful family who abused, god she thought what was she thinking.
The scene in front of them shifted
"We're in Diaggon Alley" Caroline declared glad to be out of that morbid shack
"Why are we here?" Alaric asked
"School shopping" Iris grinned "there I am" she spotted her past self standing in front 'Madame Malkin"
"Come on, this is where I meet Draco" Iris grabbed Klaus's hand and led the group into the store they saw little Iris in the store
"Where's the half giant?" Klaus asked with a frown
"He's gone for a drink" Iris replied focusing on the scene where Madame Malkin emerged
"Hogwarts dear?" the woman asked
"AS if there would be any other reason" Damon scoffed
"Got the lot here, a young man being fitted up just now in fact-"
"Your friend?" Alaric said as little Iris was led over to the stool and he recognised the platinum blond boy
"Not friend yet" the raven head commented
They watched as robes were being fitted
"Hullo" said the blond boy "Hogwarts too-"
"Yes" little Iris said
"My father's next door buying my books and mother's up the street looking at wands-"
"Was there any point for that?" Iris muttered
"Damn he sounds like a complete dick here-"
"He was" Iris laughed
"Then I'm going to drag them all off to look at racing brooms, I don't see ehy first years can't have there own, I think I'll bully my father into getting me one and smuggle it in somehow-"
"How did you ever become friends with him?" Elena asked stunned
"Long story" Iris shook her head
She saw Draco open his mouth once again "Have you got your own broom?"
"No" little Iris frowned
"Play Quidditch at all?"
"What's Quidditch?" Jeremy asked
"Wizarding sport" Iris answered
"No" little Iris answered
"I do- father says it's a crime if I'm not picked to play for my house and I must say I agree, know what house you'll be in yet?" the boy asked
"You can so tell by her face she's got no clue what's he on about" Kol smirked seeing the stunned look on little Iris's face
"Well no one really knows until they get there, do they, but I know I'll be in Slytherine, all our family have been-imagine being in a hufflepuff?"
"How the hell did you become friends with him?" Caroline asked shaking her head, little Iris sent him a frown
"Hmm"
"Oh look little Iris is stumped for words" Kol teased, the raven head slapped him upside the head
"I say look at that man" said the boy suddenly causing the group to follow his gaze they saw Hagrid was standing there holding two giant cones of ice-cream
"That's Hagrid" little Iris said smiling at the giant and waving back "He works out Hogwarts"
"Oh" said the boy "I've heard of him, he's sort of servant, isn't he?"
"He's the gamekeeper" said little Iris
"You could see the look on your face, you're liking him less and less" Klaus smirked, Iris smiled wryly
"Yes, exactly I heard he's a sort of savage-lives in a hut in the school grounds and every now and then he gets drunk, tries to do magic and ends up setting fire to his bed" the boy drawled
"I think he's brilliant" little Iris snapped glaring at the boy
"Aw look how cute you two look" Caroline cooed, Iris felt her cheeks heat up
"Do you?" the boy sneered, "Why is he with you? Where are your parents?"
"They're dead" little Iris snapped
"Oh sorry" the boy drawled, Elena could tell that the boy wasn't sorry at all
The scene shifted so now the group was standing in an old store
"Where are we now?" Rebekah asked, Iris looked around immediately recognising the store
"Wand shop" she uttered, they were just standing behind her past self, and Stefan noted that Hagrid was now sitting in a chair
"Good afternoon" said a soft voice, making little Iris jump as well as the half giant
"Hello" little Iris uttered awkwardly
"Nervous?" Alaric questioned
"Can you blame me?" Iris muttered focusing on the scene
"Ah yes" they heard the man say "Yes, yes, I thought I'd be seeing you soon Iris Potter-"
"Creepy" Damon commented "old men have a thing for you-"
"Shut up Demon" Iris snapped making him laugh, Klaus sent the younger vampire a glare and tugged Iris back slightly so that her back was flushed against his front
"You have you mother's eyes, it only seems yesterday she was here herself, buying her first wand. Ten and a quarter inches long, swishy, made of willow, nice wand for charm work"
"Don't even ask" Iris declared "that man can remember anything"
"Your father on the other hand, favoured a mahogany wand, eleven inches, pliable a little more power and excellent for transfiguration, well I say your father favoured it, the wand choose the wizard of course let's begin shall we?" he asked and with that the group watched as little Iris try out numerous wands
"How long-"
"It took a while, but you can see that he was actually excited" Iris commented
"Tricky customer eh? Not to worry we'll find the perfect match here somewhere- I wonder, now-yes why not- unusual combination, holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple" they watched as the old man hand little Iris the wand, she raised it above her head and brought it swishing down through the dusty air and a stream of red and gold sparks shot from the end like a firework
"Finally" Caroline sighed "thought we were never getting there"
They saw that the old man was happy since he was clapping loudly "Oh, bravo, bravo curious curious="
"What's curious?" little Iris asked
"Yeah what's so curious?" Damon frowned
"Listen" Iris told him
"I remember every want I've ever sold, Miss Potter, every wand, it so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand. Gave another feather, just one other, it is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this when its bother- gave you that scar"
"What?" Stefan eyes were wide
"Yep, mine and Voldemort's wands were brothers, saved me" Iris uttered, she felt a pull in her naval, Klaus grasped her hand and soon they were ally gliding upwards,
Iris let out a breath as they landed back in the office
"That was some trip" Alaric shook his head,
"Hmm, we should be going to Hogwarts soon" Iris muttered as they headed back into the drawing room, she was glad for that, since she didn't want to see herself with the Dursleys any longer,
The group dispersed, she glanced out of the window and saw that it was dark, since they were in a place where time didn't move on, the day would just go in a loop
"So what now?" Iris asked and narrowed her eyes on the hybrid
"Hmm since we've got more than enough time, why don't we christen that tub?" Klaus smirked a mischievous smile came across Iris's face
"Well then you better catch me" with that she ran off, Klaus grinned and shot after her.
AN: There you have it, so the group see Iris and Hagrid's meeting, her visit to Diaggon Alley, and her meeting with Draco
Next Chap- a train ride and Iris's sorting
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