She's a Goddess

Unwanted Feelings

Song of the Chapter: Strangers by the Jonas brothers.

Iris' P.O.V;

Waking up in the morning, the first thing on my mind is what happened last night, quickly waking up Joy to check my neck. Maybe it was all a dream, a very strange dream. 

It wouldn't be the first time. 

"Sorry to say but it's still there" Joy confirms my worst nightmare. 

"What do we do now?" I start to panic, "I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that this spirit managed to scar you through a dream" Joy is just as stressed. "I am going to need some time before I can come up with anything" I nod, understanding how overwhelming this is. 

"Maybe I should talk to Fabian about it?" I suggest, "and say what?" Jay counters, "do you want to tell the truth about you?" She wonders.

"Of course not" I shake my head.

"Then how are you going to get him to tell you the truth if you won't?" She makes a good point, "I don't know" I shrug, "but what I do know is he knows something that we don't" I continue. "We need to find out now more than ever because I can't not know what this means" I gesture to the mark and Joy agrees. 

We leave it there and begin getting ready for school.

"Iris" Joy breaks the silence.

"Are we ever going to talk about why you ran away?" She brings up, I pause, wondering how to explain it.

"My emotions got the best of me" I slowly turn to her, the look she sends me lets me know she isn't satisfied with my vague answer. Pressing me for more information because she knows that there is more to the story.

Why does she have to know me so well? 

"I found a new power" I confess, Joy's jaw drops in surprise. 

Deciding it's better to show her then tell her, I walk over to our dressing table and grab her brush. Controlling my powers to freeze it before handing the now frozen brush to Joy. She stares at the brush in awe, ignoring how it chills her hands. 

Taking it from her again, controlling my fire power to slowly melt the ice so the brush is back to normal, just wet. 

"Okay" Joy takes a second to process everything, "you have fire and ice, makes sense" she tries to make it sound normal but it isn't. None of this makes sense, I shouldn't be able to do any of this. 

I should be normal.

But I'm not. 

And I don't know why. 

"Is there anything else?" She questions, "no it is the only thing that I discovered and I don't know what it means" I answer. "We will find out what's going on, I promise you" Joy assures me. 

"Thanks Joy" I am really glad that she is by my side.

"I know I already said it but I am truly sorry Iris, I should have been there for you when you needed me but I was selfish and immature" Joy apologises once again, "you don't need to apologise anymore, I already forgave you Joy" I remind her. 

"We can't dwell on it anymore, we need to move on okay" I say, "we can't let this hold us down" Joy nods in agreement.

"You know you were right? The letter was for you" she informs me.