Title: The Other Jesse
Genre: romance, hurt/comfort, horror
Rating: T for language and mild violence
Pairing: JesseXJaden (spiritshipping)
Summary: Based on the 2009 movie "Coraline". While wandering around Duel Academy, Jaden stumbles into a world that is almost a mirror image of his own. There, he meets the mirror versions of his friends, and a man who looks exactly like his boyfriend Jesse Andersen, only he has dark black buttons for eyes! The Other Jesse, as he calls himself, insists that Jaden stays in the Other World with them, but Jaden refuses, saying that he can't leave the real Jesse. The Other Jesse doesn't like that, and captures the real Jesse, forcing Jaden to play a game to the death with the monster wearing his boyfriend's appearance. But is the Other Jesse exactly who he says he is?
Me: Chapter three of "The Other Jesse"!
Lucy: Jaden has a nightmare in this one, but is it a nightmare, or a warning about things to come in the nearby future?
Me: Read on if you wish to find out!
Lucy: Let the chapter with Jaden's horrifying nightmare commence!
Chapter Three: The Warnings
That night, Jaden was plagued with the worst nightmare he had ever had.
He dreamed that he was pinned down on a bed, which he recognized as the bed that he shared with Jesse in the Obelisk dorms.
It felt so real, so strangely real. He could remember the soft feel of the mattress and comforter underneath his body. Jaden could even remember the exact position of the blankets. The comforter was underneath him, but the blanket that Jesse kept on top of the bed was tangled around near his feet, as if thrown there by force.
Jaden remembered that Jesse was sitting on top of him, straddling his waist, and keeping him pinned down to the bed.
Normally, this would be a good dream. Jaden had often had dreams in which Jesse and he would climb onto bed together, Jesse would come on top of him in a similar position, and the rest is pretty self-explanatory. Jaden use to enjoy these dreams all the time until he and Jesse actually did end up having sex with each other. And that in itself was amazing.
This time, however, Jesse and himself were fully clothed.
And Jesse's hands were wrapped around Jaden's throat, squeezing violently.
Jaden threw his head back against the pillow, gagging as Jesse's hands latched around his neck. He looked to the ceiling and saw that all the lights were off, and it was almost totally dark in the room.
Jesse was straddling Jaden's waist, hovering above him. He was leaning over Jaden as well, one of his knees pressed in between Jaden's legs, pressing hard down on the bed.
Jaden gasped and looked up at his boyfriend with horror-filled eyes.
"J-Jess... S-sto..p..." the brunette breathed. He tried to move his hands up to pry Jesse's back, but the bluenette's hands wouldn't budge from their position.
Jesse's hands seemed to squeeze harder down on the boy's throats. The bluenette's hands seemed to turn colder, and the flesh on them seemed to move back, becoming nothing but bones. Fingers. Bone fingers. A skeleton. It was as if a cold corpse came from the ground, half rotting, and were trying to kill him.
Jaden glanced up and noticed the blue bangs covering Jesses's eyes. Jesse's lips were drawn back in a smirk, and small fangs were visible. Jaden tried to move his head so he could see his eyes.
Jaden gasped when he saw his boyfriend's eyes.
They did not belong to Jesse.
They were two, large, soulless, black, buttons.
Jaden screamed a loud as he could and rocketed into a seated positon. He panted heavily, and glanced around as quickly as he could. The room was dark, but overall, it was normal. The dresser was moved back into position. The moon shone through the pulled back curtain in the window, beaming down on the particular spot.
Jaden felt something shift beside him on the bed. "Mmm, Jay?" a voice with a Texan accent called softly.
Jaden glanced over and spotted his boyfriend sit up in bed, rub the sleep from his eyes, yawn, and then glance over in his direction. The brunette noticed right off that Jesse's eyes were still the same green orbs that he had fallen in love with, not those horrid black buttons that had haunted him in his nightmare.
"J-Jess?" Jaden breathed softly.
Jesse looked confused after he tried to put his arm around Jaden's shoulder and Jaden flinched away. The bluenette noticed the horror in Jaden's bright brown eyes when Jesse moved his hand towards him.
It hurt Jesse to see Jaden so afraid of him.
"Jay?" Jesse whispered after a moment of silence. He gently reached forward and brushed his finger across the brunette's cheek, noticed how Jaden tensed up when he did so, and then gently relaxed after staring into Jesse's eyes for a few minutes.
"J-Jess..." Jaden breathed. He sniffled and threw himself against his boyfriend's chest, shaking in terror. "Jesse!" he cried, latching onto the boy's shirt and starting to cry. "Jesse, it was so horrifying! Y-you were... Jesse, you were... Oh my God, Jesse, I was so scared!" The brunette started crying harder after he finished.
Jesse, who was taken by surprise, wrapped his arms around his boyfriend and said nothing.
Jesse was the type of person who would just hold the person he loved the most and not say anything. It was his way of telling Jaden, the one he loved the most, that it was okay, without using his words.
Jaden eventually calmed and forgot all about his horrible nightmare. He thanked Jesse and whispered that he was okay now. Jesse seemed a bit worried about his boyfriend, but eventually laid im down on the bed and laid beside him, wrapping his arms around the brunette and holding him close.
Jesse never heard the soft, angry growl that came from behind the wall.
Me: Poor Jaden! Such a scary nightmare! He thought it was Jesse, when in reality, it was the Other Jesse who was choking him in his nightmare!
Lucy: But what does this mean?
Me: Will the Other Jesse actually try to kill Jaden? And what of Jesse? He's so confused right now, and if anything, he seems really scared about what is going on with his Jaden!
Lucy: Please review nicely!