AN: It is way too early to share this. But I'm doing it anyway. It blends movie Dark Shadows with original Dark Shadows when you see what Josette has to suggest. But I'm sharing it now to help others in this movie fandom to understand how much I desperately support you.

For right now consider this either an epilogue or the beginning of a new film. I am happy to consider it both. I read it to my Mum over the phone and she was so happy to hear me read it. I hope you are happy with it as well.

We begin as was left off in the movie. Again, all I asked them was, "What if?" and they gave it to me. :)


Dark Shadows II: Rebuilding Collinwood

The thrushing waves lapped over the couple in their gorging of mouths and souls. Victoria Winters, once known as Maggie Evans, recalling her life as Josette duPres, released her kiss and asked, "May we go home now?"

Barnabas blinked the sea water from his lashes and admitted to her, "We cannot, my love."

"Why not?" his beloved asked, soaked with love and sea water.

"Because it is burning to the ground."

Their eyes were locked but her questioning gaze came with Barnabas' response, "As we all fought her, our nemesis, Angelique, began destroying it, even as David's mother was destroying her in return."

Josette, now assenting her old persona into her modern body, quipped, "Well? Why don't we retire to The Old House?"

The sea sounded as if it were ready to take a nap in response to such a casual question.

"The Old House?' Barnabas asked his newly found bride, "How did you know about that?"

"I remember, my dearest. Don't you?" she answered.

Barnabas smiled widely, without any grievance to unmasking the fangs he was once ashamed of, "I do remember. I remember so much better now… to have someone to remember The Old House with."

And he proceeded to passionately kiss Josette again.

Of course, lying on the beach and making out for the rest of the night would never do. They had all the time in the world now, as it was.

With Josette's new found powers she surveyed her territory, and Barnabas was happily a part of that. The wide Atlantic she had fallen to her death in was now all hers as this new life unfolded before her in 1972. The rocky shores welcomed her sight, the cliffs beckoned her to adore them and in the sharpened claws she shared with her lover, she took his hand and ascended the climb to where their Heaven might lay once again: Together.

As they climbed, hand in hand, up the precipice to the top of Widows Hill, Josette surveyed the tragedy from afar. Collinwood was in ruins and the flames were spiraling out of control. She took a deep inhale of breath, clutching Barnabas' hand in the fear of what would come.

"Is it too much, my darling?" he asked.

She turned to him and answered, "No. We will make it right."

"How?" he inquired.

"There is The Old House beyond, with the columns of our previous world lost in the darkness of the woods. That part of the estate they won't recognize. We'll lead our family there. The riches hidden will keep us well taken care of and fed. The walls contain what we need…" and then Josette smiled, a glint of fang shimmering in the moonlight, "We will be all right."


AN: This is all I have for now. I'm sorry it's not more, but, as I say, I am sharing it to help support "Jailbreak" and "Josette Reborn". Please keep going! If anyone would like to review this I welcome that but I am looking for support in how to go about it via direct communication.

As some of you might be aware "Dark Shadows 2012" helped to encourage me to keep "The Pit of Ultimate Dark Shadows" going when I saw what they were doing that fit in with all my studies… things they decided that I didn't expect.

For right now this is possibly a movie epilogue, or the beginning of a grand sequel, but please support "Jailbreak" and "Josette Reborn". Thank you, DS kids! PLEASE, KEEP GOING!

Love,

Daryl Wor


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