Disclaimer: I own none of these characters or places, they are L.J Smith's
and I hope that she will not sue me.
This story is set a few weeks after the end of the Forbidden Game 3, and is
part of a full sequel (that is if you guys like it). If you haven't read
the last book, I would recommend that you do not read this as it contains
spoilers from that book, which are necessary to this story. Also, although
I have checked this story for typos, there may still be some, so excuse
them please.
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The Forbidden Dance 1 - The Return
Chapter 1 - The Surprise
It was late twilight, and Jenny was sitting in her bedroom looking out of her window at the slowly darkening sky. Everything lately had been reminding her of Julian, the devilishly handsome Shadow Man who had whisked her and her friends away to the shadow world to try to make Jenny his Queen. The sky at dawn turned the startling blue that was the exact colour of Julian's deep eyes, the whisper of the trees and the tinkling of the small stream near Jenny's house sounded like his elemental voice that could send shivers down your spine. Again and again Jenny saw the look in Julian's eyes in her mind as he died in her arms. He had asked her to dream him to a better place. Even in death, Jenny would honour her promise to Julian and she would dream him to a beautiful place. For the fist time since his death a few weeks ago, she was going to let herself dream about Julian. Jenny curled up on her bed, clutched the ring Julian had given her, and went to sleep.
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Jenny was standing in the Shadow house. It was quiet, without any noises at all. She walked along the dark hallway she had scrambled down so long ago to get to the top of the house to free Tom. All of that seemed so distant and half remembered that she almost laughed. As the house creaked suddenly, she sobered and looked warily around, remembering in a flash the horrors that were in this house. As she approached the door that had contained the replica of Dee's room, it swung open slowly to reveal Jenny's room instead. Jenny approached cautiously. Peering inside, she saw that the room was just like her room in every detail, except that there was an old fashioned mirror that wasn't in her room that was nestling in the corner of her Shadow room, and it was glowing with a pulsing blue-white light. As she drew nearer, Jenny saw that the mirror had runes carved into the highly polished mahogany frame. As she looked with gradually widening eyes into the mirror, she saw a mass of swirling white mist on the other side of the glass. Without really knowing why, she placed her hand onto the glass, and as the slim circle of metal around her finger came into contact with the glass, another hand from inside the mirror closed around her own, and Julian stepped out of the mirror. He was just how she remembered him; shining hair the colour of moonlight falling over a face so perfect it seemed sculpted by a master sculptor, eyes that were penetrating and predatory and a body that was lithe and muscled. Jenny gasped involuntarily. As always, seeing Julian was a shock to the senses, and this was no exception. Julian said nothing, just holding onto her hand.
~I thought I was supposed to dream him to a better place, ~ thought Jenny, slightly bewildered.
~This is where I want to be~ said Julian in her mind. ~You set me free; I was trapped in the mirror, where all the Shadow men are trapped when their names are struck from the rune stave. ~
Jenny felt peculiar. All of her emotions and feelings were saying she should be happy, but she knew there was something.. a reason why she couldn't be happy.she struggled to remember.
Julian looked grave. ~Go back Jenny~ he whispered in her mind. ~You are needed there~.
Jenny looked down at their intertwined hands, and before she let go, Julian kissed her softly on her lips and let her go. There was a blinding flash and Jenny threw up her hands to protect her eyes. When she lowered them again, she was in her room again, out of the Shadow world. She blinked and stared as Audrey tutted disapprovingly at the rumpled covers and the open curtains.
"You've been doing it again haven't you, " said Audrey with a sniff.
"Doing what, Audrey?" mumbled Jenny sleepily, rubbing her eyes with her hands. Audrey gave Jenny a Don't-pretend-to-not-know-what-I-mean look, and sat down on the bed.
"Thinking about a certain good looking evil Shadow guy who kidnapped us all and tried to kill us, " she said, fluffing her bangs and arching an elegant eyebrow in Jenny's direction. Jenny sighed and started to protest but Audrey cut her off with uncharacteristic sharpness.
"Don't try to say that you haven't, Jenny, it's obvious that you have. Just remember that you have a life to lead though, a boyfriend to love and friends to be with. Julian is dead, Jenny, and there is nothing you can do to bring him back, but don't sacrifice your life too."
Audrey smoothed her skirt back to perfection and left the room without looking back. Jenny was amazed, and, after thinking about Audrey's words, sighed and dressed in a beautiful forest green top and a pair of tight-fitting black jeans that accentuated her slimness. She put on a pair of black sneakers, and after a moment of thinking, took off the ring that Julian had given her. She kissed it, left it on her bed and went to join her friends downstairs. As she went down, all of the gang looked up as she entered her living room. Jenny looked around, surprised that they were all staring at her.
"What?" she said, shifting uncomfortably under the scrutiny. Still they all stared at her. Then Dee spoke.
"Jenny, " she said, gesticulating gracefully with her athletic arms, "we know how difficult things have been since.well.since the whole Shadow Game thing. But, we think." she paused, a grim expression on her face, "it's time for a HOLIDAY!!!" All the gang cheered and waved their cans of coke around. Jenny smiled with relief that it wasn't anything serious, and everybody cheered some more. Michael's sarcastic spaniel eyes were glittering with mirth, and he said to Jenny, " I won a holiday to Deutschland!" showing off the German he had learnt from Audrey. Even the normally cool and calm Zach was looking mildly excited, and the bubbly Summer was virtually bouncing up and down next to him. Zach's eyes softened a bit as he looked at Summer, and Jenny felt a twinge of surprise that her cousin obviously felt for her friend. "Well, Thorny?" asked Tom, giving a rakish grin. "We sorted it all out, and the rest of us are pretty much sorted, the parents seem to think that after our 'mass hallucinations' we need to have some rest and relaxation!" He wrapped his arm around her and squeezed her once, a trademark Tom thing to do. Jenny couldn't help wishing for the moment that it was Julian's arm around her instead. Horrified, she crammed the thought straight to the back of her mind and swallowed nervously. These were her friends, and they had obviously made an effort to cheer her up and Michael had won a holiday for them all to go on. She looked round at all the faces looking at her, waiting for her to say that she would go. There was Zach's solemn one, Summer's eager one, Audrey's calm one, Michael's grinning one, Dee's cheerful one, and Tom's patient one. How could she say no to them after they had gone to so much trouble? "Yeah, ok, this is great!" she said, mustering as much enthusiasm as she could. "I don't know what my parents will say though," she said after a moment. "Please, Jenny, " said Dee, "we sorted all this already. We were just waiting for you." Jenny smiled, the infectiously happy mood of her friends affecting her at last, all thoughts of Julian pushed away for later. It was time to get on with her life.at least for the moment, anyway. She left the house with the gang and felt happier than she had done for ages.
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In the upstairs bedroom of a pretty ranch-style house on Mariposa Street, a small ring with the inscription "I am my only master" on it lay innocently on a blue patterned duvet on the bed. Suddenly it started to glow, and within seconds, a gorgeous boy appeared next to the ring. He looked around the room, then at himself, and wondered who and where he was. Instead of looking hungry and dangerous, his eyes were confused and bewildered. Julian was back.
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Right then people, if you liked it then please tell me, and if not, tell me why. It's the first chapter of a few to come, so feel free to tell me any constructive criticism. This is my first fanfic so I don't know if I'm doing it right or not. Chapter 2 will be soon, but it would be nice to have a review.
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The Forbidden Dance 1 - The Return
Chapter 1 - The Surprise
It was late twilight, and Jenny was sitting in her bedroom looking out of her window at the slowly darkening sky. Everything lately had been reminding her of Julian, the devilishly handsome Shadow Man who had whisked her and her friends away to the shadow world to try to make Jenny his Queen. The sky at dawn turned the startling blue that was the exact colour of Julian's deep eyes, the whisper of the trees and the tinkling of the small stream near Jenny's house sounded like his elemental voice that could send shivers down your spine. Again and again Jenny saw the look in Julian's eyes in her mind as he died in her arms. He had asked her to dream him to a better place. Even in death, Jenny would honour her promise to Julian and she would dream him to a beautiful place. For the fist time since his death a few weeks ago, she was going to let herself dream about Julian. Jenny curled up on her bed, clutched the ring Julian had given her, and went to sleep.
* * * * *
Jenny was standing in the Shadow house. It was quiet, without any noises at all. She walked along the dark hallway she had scrambled down so long ago to get to the top of the house to free Tom. All of that seemed so distant and half remembered that she almost laughed. As the house creaked suddenly, she sobered and looked warily around, remembering in a flash the horrors that were in this house. As she approached the door that had contained the replica of Dee's room, it swung open slowly to reveal Jenny's room instead. Jenny approached cautiously. Peering inside, she saw that the room was just like her room in every detail, except that there was an old fashioned mirror that wasn't in her room that was nestling in the corner of her Shadow room, and it was glowing with a pulsing blue-white light. As she drew nearer, Jenny saw that the mirror had runes carved into the highly polished mahogany frame. As she looked with gradually widening eyes into the mirror, she saw a mass of swirling white mist on the other side of the glass. Without really knowing why, she placed her hand onto the glass, and as the slim circle of metal around her finger came into contact with the glass, another hand from inside the mirror closed around her own, and Julian stepped out of the mirror. He was just how she remembered him; shining hair the colour of moonlight falling over a face so perfect it seemed sculpted by a master sculptor, eyes that were penetrating and predatory and a body that was lithe and muscled. Jenny gasped involuntarily. As always, seeing Julian was a shock to the senses, and this was no exception. Julian said nothing, just holding onto her hand.
~I thought I was supposed to dream him to a better place, ~ thought Jenny, slightly bewildered.
~This is where I want to be~ said Julian in her mind. ~You set me free; I was trapped in the mirror, where all the Shadow men are trapped when their names are struck from the rune stave. ~
Jenny felt peculiar. All of her emotions and feelings were saying she should be happy, but she knew there was something.. a reason why she couldn't be happy.she struggled to remember.
Julian looked grave. ~Go back Jenny~ he whispered in her mind. ~You are needed there~.
Jenny looked down at their intertwined hands, and before she let go, Julian kissed her softly on her lips and let her go. There was a blinding flash and Jenny threw up her hands to protect her eyes. When she lowered them again, she was in her room again, out of the Shadow world. She blinked and stared as Audrey tutted disapprovingly at the rumpled covers and the open curtains.
"You've been doing it again haven't you, " said Audrey with a sniff.
"Doing what, Audrey?" mumbled Jenny sleepily, rubbing her eyes with her hands. Audrey gave Jenny a Don't-pretend-to-not-know-what-I-mean look, and sat down on the bed.
"Thinking about a certain good looking evil Shadow guy who kidnapped us all and tried to kill us, " she said, fluffing her bangs and arching an elegant eyebrow in Jenny's direction. Jenny sighed and started to protest but Audrey cut her off with uncharacteristic sharpness.
"Don't try to say that you haven't, Jenny, it's obvious that you have. Just remember that you have a life to lead though, a boyfriend to love and friends to be with. Julian is dead, Jenny, and there is nothing you can do to bring him back, but don't sacrifice your life too."
Audrey smoothed her skirt back to perfection and left the room without looking back. Jenny was amazed, and, after thinking about Audrey's words, sighed and dressed in a beautiful forest green top and a pair of tight-fitting black jeans that accentuated her slimness. She put on a pair of black sneakers, and after a moment of thinking, took off the ring that Julian had given her. She kissed it, left it on her bed and went to join her friends downstairs. As she went down, all of the gang looked up as she entered her living room. Jenny looked around, surprised that they were all staring at her.
"What?" she said, shifting uncomfortably under the scrutiny. Still they all stared at her. Then Dee spoke.
"Jenny, " she said, gesticulating gracefully with her athletic arms, "we know how difficult things have been since.well.since the whole Shadow Game thing. But, we think." she paused, a grim expression on her face, "it's time for a HOLIDAY!!!" All the gang cheered and waved their cans of coke around. Jenny smiled with relief that it wasn't anything serious, and everybody cheered some more. Michael's sarcastic spaniel eyes were glittering with mirth, and he said to Jenny, " I won a holiday to Deutschland!" showing off the German he had learnt from Audrey. Even the normally cool and calm Zach was looking mildly excited, and the bubbly Summer was virtually bouncing up and down next to him. Zach's eyes softened a bit as he looked at Summer, and Jenny felt a twinge of surprise that her cousin obviously felt for her friend. "Well, Thorny?" asked Tom, giving a rakish grin. "We sorted it all out, and the rest of us are pretty much sorted, the parents seem to think that after our 'mass hallucinations' we need to have some rest and relaxation!" He wrapped his arm around her and squeezed her once, a trademark Tom thing to do. Jenny couldn't help wishing for the moment that it was Julian's arm around her instead. Horrified, she crammed the thought straight to the back of her mind and swallowed nervously. These were her friends, and they had obviously made an effort to cheer her up and Michael had won a holiday for them all to go on. She looked round at all the faces looking at her, waiting for her to say that she would go. There was Zach's solemn one, Summer's eager one, Audrey's calm one, Michael's grinning one, Dee's cheerful one, and Tom's patient one. How could she say no to them after they had gone to so much trouble? "Yeah, ok, this is great!" she said, mustering as much enthusiasm as she could. "I don't know what my parents will say though," she said after a moment. "Please, Jenny, " said Dee, "we sorted all this already. We were just waiting for you." Jenny smiled, the infectiously happy mood of her friends affecting her at last, all thoughts of Julian pushed away for later. It was time to get on with her life.at least for the moment, anyway. She left the house with the gang and felt happier than she had done for ages.
* * * * *
In the upstairs bedroom of a pretty ranch-style house on Mariposa Street, a small ring with the inscription "I am my only master" on it lay innocently on a blue patterned duvet on the bed. Suddenly it started to glow, and within seconds, a gorgeous boy appeared next to the ring. He looked around the room, then at himself, and wondered who and where he was. Instead of looking hungry and dangerous, his eyes were confused and bewildered. Julian was back.
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Right then people, if you liked it then please tell me, and if not, tell me why. It's the first chapter of a few to come, so feel free to tell me any constructive criticism. This is my first fanfic so I don't know if I'm doing it right or not. Chapter 2 will be soon, but it would be nice to have a review.