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: Hello, everyone! Just so no one's confused, we decided to rewrite a few of the chapters in Jesse's POV, so we could see how he felt during all these scenes!

Lucy: We're not gonna do every scene in his POV, but we're going to start with "The Truth" and go on from there!

Me: We hope everyone will get at least some enjoyment out of this, and we'll start other fics and finish other ones as soon as we can, so just be patient a bit longer, okay?

Lucy: Enjoy Jesse's POV on "The Truth"!

The Truth (JESSE)

While Jaden was trapped in the Other World, Jesse slept. But even as he slept, he couldn't shake the feeling that Jaden was in danger. He didn't know what type of danger, but he knew his boyfriend was in trouble.

He'd been asleep this whole time, unaware when Jaden slipped away into the Other World. Though he had felt a strange tingling sensation at the base of his throat the moment the door closed. But what the sensation had meant, he didn't know. Part of him knew he had to wake up. But the other part of his mind, the one that kept him trapped in a dream, refused.

In his dream, Jesse was in a large ballroom, surrounded by people dressed in fancy clothes. He glanced around, trying to spot Jaden. He could feel his boyfriend's presence. So why can't I see him? he wondered.

"Looking for someone?" said Jim, standing in front of him. In the dream, his eyes were as black as buttons, and just as lifeless. It was a bit scary to keep looking at him, but Jim didn't look at all like a doll. He looked as human as ever. That's what scared Jesse even more. How could someone with such fake eyes look human?

"Jaden," he answered. "I can't find him."

Jim led him by a procession of strange people, each with black button eyes. Jesse thought for a moment that he saw Jaden standing next to a boy with dark blue hair, but when he looked again, they were gone.

"Welcome to my world, Andersen," said a new voice.

Jesse looked to see himself. Or rather, someone who looked exactly like him.

The boy was a mirror image of him with black eyes, just like Jim's and everyone else's had been. He was dressed in Jesse's North Academy uniform, but there was something off about his eyes. Other than the doll-effect, the creepy way he stared, there seemed to be an evil glint in the never-ending blackness. The boy smirked, adding to the evil aura.

Jesse narrowed his eyes. "Where's Jim?"

"This place is for the living," shrugged his mirror-image. "The dead don't belong here."

"The... dead?" Jesse glanced around again. This time, he spotted Jaden standing next to Alexis, both of them dressed in royal blue, standing hand-in-hand, just like Hansel and Gretel in the dark woods. "Jaden!"

The brunette glanced up and over. Jesse caught his breath. His boyfriend's eyes were black.

The mirror image caught his hand before Jesse could dash over. "Listen, and listen well, Andersen." The boy's voice was evil. "Jaden is mine. I called claim to him. He's my prey. Don't you ever think you can fight a beldam, 'cause you can't." He scoffed at Jesse's confused look. "Oh, don't gimme that. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Jaden is mine. I stole him away from you, and I'm protecting him from the other beldams that would devour him instantly. You should thank me for allowing him to live such a peaceful life before his end comes. He'll enjoy it here with me, far better than he enjoys life with you."

"That's a lie!" Jesse snapped.

"Is it?" challenged the mirror-image.

Jesse ignored him and tried to go to Jaden. The brunette took Alexis' hand and dragged her deeper into the crowd, never looking back at Jesse with those vicious black eyes, so full of death and fear.

Jesse felt the mirror-image catch his hand again and yell, "Wake up, Andersen! Let Jaden stay with us!"

He turned-

"No!"

-and woke up.

He was drenched in cold sweat, that's how he knew he was awake. In the dream, he hadn't been aware of any of the functions of feels of his body that one would usually be aware of. He sighed and covered his eyes. The room was as dark as he left it, darker even, and it took him mere moments to realize that Jaden wasn't sleeping at his side.

"Oh no," he whispered. "Jay?"

Silence bounced back and answered him.

A shadow detached itself from the wall and sauntered before him. Jesse caught his breath as the figure stepped into the moonlight eking from the window, grinning at him with a monstrous pale face and black button eyes.

The mirror image of himself had changed. He was a monster, tall and thin and malnourished in Jesse's school uniform. He was taller than Jesse was by a few inches, maybe a foot. His face was pale and he gave off the very aura of evil. The grin on his face rivaled any evil creature Jesse had seen in his entire life.

Jesse froze. "You-"

The Other Jesse grinned from ear to ear. "Jesse." He was smiling, but his voice was bitter and wicked. "Let's have a little chat, shall we?"

Me: Ad we all know what happens after that! Jesse is taken by the Other Jesse just as Jaden returns from the Other World, thus forcing Jaden back into the Other World where... well, you know.

Lucy: We shall now write the scene where Jesse is forced to watch what becomes of Jaden, if that scene is what people want to see!

Me: It'll be Jesse's threat to the Other Jesse!

Lucy: Please review and we shall update this and our other stories as soon as possible!