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Chapter 15

"Hey." Damon said to me, as I pulled up to the high school.
"Hey." I said back. Damon opened up my door for me, taking my hand helping me out of the car. "Well you've changed from 1864." I said laughing. Damon rolled his eyes at me.
"Haha very funny." He said to me. I smiled walking with him up to Sheriff Forbes.
"Damon! Thanks for coming so quickly." She said. She looks at me. "I'm sorry, I don't know your name."
"I'm Iris. Iris Mikaelson." I said to her. I shook her hand.
"I was close by Liz, what happened?" Damon said after our little introduction.
"A vampire. Luckily one of my deputies discovered the body before anyone else saw him." Liz whispers to Damon. I obviously heard.
"We need to clear the area." I said to Damon. He nodded, agreeing with me. Liz told one of her deputies to calmly take everyone to the cafeteria. The deputy nodded.
"I take the east side of the building, you two go west?" Liz asked. Damon and I nodded, heading to the west side of the building, searching for a hungry Rose. I pull out my phone, dialing Stefans number. It goes straight to voicemail.
"Hey, Stefan, it's me. I don't know where you are but please call me. It's important." I said, hanging up the call hoping he opens his inbox sometime soon.
"It's me?" Damon asked. "Must be pretty serious."
"Shut up." I said, trying to hide the fact that I'm blushing.
"You blushing is a dead giveaway Iris." Damon said to me.
"We've kissed a few times. But he hasn't asked me out or anything." I said, kicking a rock that was in front of me.
"I can see how disappointed you are." Damon said. I nodded, in fact I am quite disappointed, but I also happen to understand.
"I'm a Mikaelson. It makes sense that Stefan could be a little hesitant. Hell, my brothers are trying to kill you guys." I never took my eyes on the ground.
"Your last name does not define you, Iris. Just because you're related to Klaus and Elijah doesn't mean you're them. You don't go killing people just because they wrong you, or they cross your path and you don't like them. You don't manipulate people. You turned on your own flesh and blood, just to save those you love." Damon said. "To save me. And that means so much to Stefan. He knows how much you risked. He loves you just as much, maybe more, then 1864. I know my brother."
"Thank Damon. You're the best friend I could ever ask for." The second I said this, a high pitch scream disrupts the silent air. Damon and I make eye contact, panic erupting in both of our faces.
"Rose." We both say together. Running , at normal speed, to the screaming woman. We see rose feeding on a innocent teenager.
"Rose, stop!" Damon yelled, but it was already too late. The fighting girls body has gone limp. Damon speeds over to her, throwing rose off of the teen, pinning her to a tree. "Rose, Rose! It's me, it's Damon. It's Damon." Rose snapped out of it when Damon said his name. Her face went normal, and she looked around, looking at the two dead bodies. She immediately starts to sob.
"Did I do this? I never meant to hurt anyone. I never wanted to hurt anyone." Rose continues to sob, and Damon picks her up, trying to calm her by whispering soothing things.

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It's late at night and lets just say that today was eventful. To make matters worse, Damon just killed a good friend of his. Well, he staked her because she was in pain, so it was more like putting her out of her misery. Now I know he will never admit it, but rose meant a lot to Damon. I heard a light knock on my door.
"Come in." I said. In walks Stefan. "Stefan! You're home." I get up off my bed, pulling Stefan into a hug. Even though I put rose through hell, I still knew her back in 1537. She was a good friend of mine, and her death is hard on me too.
"Rose?" Stefan asked. I shook my head. I heard him sigh, as he pulled away. I looked into his green eyes that were filled with empathy. "I'm so sorry." He said, kissing me. I think back to what Damon said, deepening the kiss.
"Your brother is having a harder time with it." I said. Stefan brought his hand up to my face, gently wiping underneath my eye. I didn't even realize the fact that I'm crying. I turn around, because I am a very ugly cryer.
"Don't turn on me." Stefan said. I don't turn around. I start to sob.
"Before rose turned on me, leading me straight to Klaus, we had an amazing relationship. We were like sisters. The sister I never had." I said.
"Rebekah?" Stefan asked.
"Black sheep remember?" Stefan nodded and laughed. "As much as I'd like to sit here with you, I'm exhausted. I think I'm gonna sleep." I said.
"Come on." He said to me. He took my hand.
"I'm confused." I said as Stefan dragged me out of my warm room. I was only in a tank top and short shorts, obviously not dressed to go anywhere. "Stefan my bed is in the opposite direction."
"Yes but mine is this way." Stefan said. I blushed.
"I'm sorry, what?" I asked. Stefan opened his bedroom door.
"I'm not letting you sleep alone tonight. You lost someone. You don't need to be alone."
"What about Damon?" I asked Stefan. The last thing I'd want is for him to be alone.
"Damon is with Elena." I nodded. Stefan picked me up bridal style, and walked literally two feet, placing me down in his bed. He covered me up in his warm blankets.
"Thanks for tucking me in, Mother." Stefan laughed, giving me a kiss on the forehead. He went into his bathroom. I felt my eyelids grow heavy, falling into the calming darkness.

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1000 years ago
I opened my eyes to a very familiar place, home. I lifted my head off of my pillow, standing up, fixing my dress. Father always says to look nice. Mother says to look proper, but I don't get the whole having to wear a dress.
"Hello Sister." A male voice said to me. I turned around to see my brother Elijah.
"Eli!" I said running into his arms.
"Sister, I saw you one moon ago! You act as if it's been forever!" Elijah said to me.
"One moon is too long my brother!" I said to him. He smiled at me. "Where are Niklaus, Finn, and Kol? Surly they are not out with father."
"Ah but indeed they are." Elijah said to me.
"Why would father take skinny Kol, when he could take you? You're so much stronger then our brother."
"I slept over dawn. They should be back very soon though." Elijah said to me. I was hugging my brother when I heard the sound of flesh ripping. I look up yo see my brothers eyes go cloudy, feeling his blood drip onto my feet.
"You're next, Little Sister." Niklaus' voice said.

I woke up in a frenzy, screaming and thrashing, when a felt someone grab me. I pushed them off of me, running to the far corner of the room.
"Iris! It's me." Stefans voice shouted. I snapped back into reality, realizing that that was only a dream. Elijah isn't dead, and Niklaus isn't here. He's okay, and I'm okay. "Its me." Stefan said, pulling me into a hug.
"I'm so sorry." I said.
"It's okay. But your safe. I'd never let anything happen. I promise."