The Power of Iris - Part 2
Volume 1, Chapter 2 of Somni Stories - The Amulet Saga: an anthology hypnosis and mind control fiction series
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CW: Accidental hypnosis, hypnotic stare, spirally eyes, light nudity/undressing, filming and rewatching trance
Charlotte woke with a start. Her head was in Heatherâs lap, who in turn was asleep lying on the floor
âŠwhere am I? she thought, why am i lying on Heatherâs lap, andâŠ
âWhy is my shirt off?!â
She looked up and saw that Rachel was looking down at the two of them. Her friend's shirt was on, but her hair was dishevelled, patches of sweat were noticeable on her black rock band t-shirt.
âHey, how are you both doing?â Rachel called from above
Charlotte sat up wearily. âIâm fineâŠâ
She looked down at Heather who was still sleeping on the floor. Heather and Charlotte went wayyy back, they grew up as childhood friends and were super close. Heather was also Deaf and wore a hearing aid. Heather and Charlotte were of course both fluent in sign language, although Rachel being the newest friend in the group was still learning.
Charlotte leant over and gently shook Heather awake. Her eyes flickered open as Charlotte signed âGood morningâ to her
Heather blinked back her sleepiness, before sitting up bolt upright. She looked at Charlotte with and replied âHey, get off my lap Charlotte. Why are you naked.â
She looked down at herself and looked around the room. âWait, whereâs my shirt?â
Charlotte quickly apologised then hastily started buttoning up her shirt from off of the floor. Her shirt was slightly damp from sweat.
Rachel gave her friends a hand up off the floor and the three friends stood by the bed, still a little dazed. A couple of other students from the party had woken up and were gathering themselves to leave She looked at the clock - it was 7am the next morning.
âWhy are we all here?â Heather asked. No one in the room could answer. It was all very embarrassing
âIâm not sure where we areâ. Rachel said âIâll phone my boyfriend to pick us upâ
She got out her phone and paused
âHey⊠thereâs a video on my camera roll from last nightâ
The three friends gathered round the phone. Rachel pressed play
It was of Heather, kneeling down in front of someone who was sat on the bed. They could see Heather rocking back and forth, before slowly taking off her shirt and drooling on the carpet. A crowd of students behind them looked on with shock and awe
ââŠwhat theâŠâ Heather muttered
Charlotteâs eyes darted to the figure on the bed, and caught sight of her eyes. She suddenly felt very strange. Without even thinking, she dropped slowly to her knees, hands moving in slow fluid motion down her shirt buttons- the voices of Rachel and Heather becoming quieter in the distance. In her mind, she could pictures those deep deep blue eyes, swirling and bringing her down further into blissful sleep andâŠ
She snapped awake. She was back on the floor, kneeling, her shirt unbuttoned and on the floor again. She looked up at Rachel and Heather sheepishly.
â..why am I on the floor againâŠâ she whispered to herself. Then, she could remember again. âHeather, Rachel, remember. That girl, what was her name⊠Iris⊠she hypnotised all of us⊠uhh with her eyes, remember?â
Rachel looked shocked âYes, I remember now. Heather⊠you went out like a light. I remember you volunteering and what happened to you after. I guess everyone followed you after that and⊠wait Charlotte you did as well?â
âYes⊠I remember her eyes⊠so prettyâŠâ mused Heather.
Charlotte could still remember just how deeply blue those eyes were. It pushed any other thought out of her mind. It made it difficult to think about anything else
Rachel looked at her phone again, Heather peering over as well . ââŠher deep blue eyesâ
And just like Charlotte did, the two friends fell to their knees, with Rachel dropping her phone onto the carpet, their shirts removed, their arms dropping to their sides, mouths parting open, and eyes rolling up to the top of their heads.
Charlotte shook her friends awake. âSee?â
Heather rubbed her eyes and wiped her mouth of saliva that had gathered âRachel, you need to delete that video. I donât know what happened here but it seems she has a very powerful effect on all three of usâ
Rachel deleted the video off her phone
âLetâs go homeâ Rachel said. Try not to think about herâŠâ she trailed off before collecting herself ââŠahem⊠about what happened last nightâŠâ
For the next week or so, Charlotte tried her best to get on with her day to day responsibilities - attending her lectures, studying, work shifts, band practice. Yet she often found herself daydreaming, losing concentration, fantasising, about the events of that night at the house party. She had found some other footage online that people had recorded from the party before she had arrived, but they were all filmed from behind or side on, obscuring Irisâ face and eyes. She tried to hide these feelings from the people around her - Heather and Rachel hadnât really mentioned it since, though some of her other friends were concerned that she seemed to be âstaring off into the distanceâ quite a lot.
But she couldnât shake the feeling - that she wanted to see Iris again.
She took out her phone and composed a message to Heather and Rachel
âWe need to talk. About Irisâ
Charlotteâs finger hovered over send⊠then she sent it. A few minutes passed, then a reply
ââŠyouâve been thinking about her too Char?â replied Heather
Charlotte gasped. She thought the other two had moved on from that day. Perhaps she was wrong
âIâm going to be real guys⊠I canât get her out my head. What happened on that day was so bizarre and so so weird butâŠâ Charlotte paused before she typed the next bit â⊠I kind of, liked it?â
âRachel, youâve been pretty quiet. I know youâre online rn. How are you feeling about this whole thing?â
Rachel spent a long time composing her reply, very unusual for her considering her impulsive personality
âHeather Iâm so sorry. I couldnât help myself⊠I took that video of you out of my recently deleted folder. I just look at iris, not you. Iâve been watching it every night before I go to sleepâ replied Rachel. âSorryâ
âRachel itâs ok⊠but please next time just be honest with us and share the video?â Heather replied
Charlotteâs heart was pumping. This conversation was going better than she had expected
âAlright, Iâll share it with you both later xxxâ
Charlotte felt emboldened âSay guys, have you thought about trying to track her down. Maybe ask to have her hypnotise us again?â
âWell funny you should say that Charlotte...â replied Rachel
âI have been trying to track her down, but she seems a bit reclusive. I spoke to the orchestra society president - no one knows who invited her to that party, sheâs not a member of the society. No one else at the party wants to talk about it either, they just kind of shrugged. And my friend who studies maths who sent me that video of her with the hockey team? He couldnât tell me a thing about her, not even her surname. No one talks to her. She wears sunglasses and hides her face in public. Barely turns up to lectures. Though somehow she always ends up getting the top marks in the cohort, so she must be pretty smartâ
âRach, dont you think itâs more likely sheâs hypnotising the examiner?â
âOh yeah lol soz xxxâ replied Rachel âWell anyway I got my friend to try and talk to her the next time he saw her in class. But the next time I saw him, he refused to discuss the topic nor give any details about her. Like just couldnât tell me anything, or didnât want to. Oh and none of the hockey team want to discuss it either or even recall the whole shirt thing at the match a few weeks ago, despite video evidence. A bit odd???â
âThatâs very odd. And the fact she seems to be such a recluse is strange, she seemed very confident and outgoing at the party.â replied Charlotte
âPerhaps she doesnât want to be found, maybe she wants to be left alone?â questioned Heather. âMaybe she just likes turning up, hypnotising people either for fun, to get good grades or to get them to stop asking her questionsâŠâ
Charlotte sighed. Perhaps Heather was right. She couldnât assume that Iris would want to see her or her friends again anyway. Charlotte had made a bit of a fool of herself after all, insisting that her hypnosis wasnât real. Though she did still wonder how on earth it all workedâŠ
âThat sucksâŠâ Charlotte replied.
âStill, might not hurt to keep an eye out for her. Sheâs bound to turn up on campus again sooner or later xxxâ chimed in Rachel
âGood idea Rach. But it might be best not to directly engage with her. Especially if it sounds like sheâs memory wiping people who approach her. If anyone sees her, send us all a message and weâll be right overâ replied Heather
âGood plan Heather <3â replied Charlotte. âAnd thank you, both of you. I was worried youâd think I was being weird bringing this up againâ
âNot at all Charlotte! xxxâ replied Rachel. âI think we all feel a similar way. And hey, hereâs that video I promisedâ
The video of Heather began to download onto Charlotteâs phone
âSee you all tomorrow at practice xxxâ
Charlotte desperately hit play as soon as the video had finished downloading, and watched her friend Heather going under Irisâ spell again. Then, Charlotte took a deep breath and turned her attention to Iris and a wash of pleasure and relaxation hit her like a tide wave. She instantly succumbed to her deep deep blue eyes once more, and slid onto the floor, shirtless once again, mirroring her friend on her phone screen...
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