CHAPTER 8. "Ivy, I wondered if we might. partake in some parlour games!" said Jane, she pulled Ivy into the Drawing room and pulled out a number of the board games they had in there that belonged to Joe. "Joe, we're playing some parlour games in the drawing room, would you and Casper like to join us? Blake?" asked Jareth he was laughing hardily and contented to throw Blake off the scent of some tension. "Sure, come on Casper, lets join them!" said Joe, "Blake, come on mate, join in!" he pulled Casper's sleeve and the two boys ran towards the drawing room, laughing, and Jareth watched as Joe came back to a fun loving nature that he possessed before his arrival in the Underground. "Sure, let's have some fun!" said Blake; he walked with Jareth, as Jareth patted Blake on the back a piercing chill was sent from his hand throughout his whole body. He winced at the sensation, knowing how Jane had felt earlier that day. "What games are we playing?" asked Jareth as he entered the room. He saw Joe and Casper sitting by the Gramophone with a pile of Vinyl's Jane had materialised. She thought it would entice Joe. "Cool, thank you sister, I can't believe you got this for me!" said Joe; it was his favourite album, Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication. "No problems, there's more in my room!" she smiled at Jareth from her place on the floor where she lay with Ivy beside the stack of board games. "Joe, where are the instructions for these games? I thought we might play Cluedo first! And then maybe Monopoly." Said Jane, she glanced up at Jareth, who sat beside her. "I have the board set up, would you like to take your seats." Jareth peered at the board in front of her. "Cluedo's cool, come on, we have to figure out who is the murderer, where the murder will take place and what they will kill the victim with!" said Joe, Jareth looked down into Jane's eyes, knowing this must be some coincidence. A game about what they were trying to do in real life! "Jane, how do you use this? I can't figure it out!" Jane snapped her fingers and it automatically started to play. "Wow, I didn't know things would be so easy as that!" said Joe, he was really looking up to his sister, more than he done so before, and maybe she was far cooler than he thought. "Come on guys, let's get this game started!" said Jareth, he was watching the game for now while Jane, Joe, Casper, Blake and Ivy played on. He held onto Jane's waist to know that he was still there. Every now and then conversing with her through telepathy. "So, how do you like the house so far Joe? I'm sure Casper can join you tomorrow if you go exploring. Ivy, would you like to join me tomorrow, mother is taking me to visit Ava, maybe Jareth and Blake would join us too!" she smiled sweetly and turned to face Jareth. "Of course, we'd love to join you tomorrow, wouldn't we Blake? How will we be travelling?" asked Ivy, she didn't smile, she didn't really ever show any expression on her face. "Coach, Jareth will show me how to change to my animal form. Tonight!" said Jane, she smiled sweetly at Jareth hoping he wouldn't mind, he smiled back knowing it would greatly improve their research when they work on her magick. He began to tickle her, she rolled over they began to play fight. "Sorry, about this, he's always like this, he can't keep his hands to him self!" said Casper, knowing full well the only way Jareth stopped is when his victims gave complete surrender. "Hey, it's not your sister, squealing on the floor with him is it?" said Joe, he sympathised with Casper because they both had immature elder siblings. " Do you guys mind, we're trying to play Cluedo here, and it was your idea to play!" said Casper. "Stop it, Jareth, I mean it, we can carry on with this later. I think our 'audience' are embarrassed!" said Jane, she sat up and straightened her skirt. Jareth held her waist, every now and then he would let a finger slip over one of her ticklish areas. Three hours passed and they had their share of fun, Ivy and Blake had been quiet compared to the other four, gaining more suspicion from Jane and Jareth Not even a smile on their faces passed over the three and half hours they spent in that room. Were they really that cold? "Good evening mother, I hope your day was well." Said Jane, she hadn't spoken with her mother since their brief humiliation earlier that afternoon. "Very well thank you dear, I'm sorry we upset you earlier, we were reliving the events of our childhood, the swamp event grew to be a very humiliating experience for me, and I guess this afternoon proved embarrassing for Jareth too. He never liked it when I sprayed him with Perfume when we were young, I did it rarely and I guess you really gave me a proud moment, you made him feel humiliation which I hadn't done for a very long time!" said Dursey. She kissed her daughter on the forehead and hugged her lightly. "We are still visiting Ava tomorrow, aren't we?" "Yes, is it okay if Ivy, Blake and Jareth join us? I'll speak to you later about this, but for now, I'd like them with me at all times." Said Jane. "Of course, dear, we shall speak after dinner." Said Dursey. "I'd like to stroll with you outside, after dinner. While Ivy and the men are in the Drawing room." Said Jane. "Okay, shall we change for dinner?" asked Dursey as she walked towards the stairwell. Jane walked upstairs with her; Ivy peered at them through the crack of the door. Jareth noticed her strange behaviour, which seemed to concern Blake, Joe and Casper worked out what was going on easily and constructed a plan to find out what they were all up to. "Brother, could I ask you something?" asked Joe. He pulled Jareth out the door and they as they walked outside; Ivy waked towards Casper and sat beside him on the couch. "What is going on? Casper and I notice the distrust you all have against each other, we feel a tension growing inside the both of you, what is it that concerns you about Ivy and Blake?" asked Joe. "They aren't who they seem, they have no warmth, compassion, they have no hearts, they provide me and Jane with such pain every time we are close to Blake, Ivy never smiles. They have no souls!" said Jareth. "What are they then? Are you saying they have daemons?" asked Joe. "Yes! That's what they are, we just have to find out what they are!" said Jareth. He walked into find Ivy nearly biting Casper, Blake showed a pair of elongated teeth that only Vampyrs possessed. "Get away from my brother you beast!" said Jareth, he waved his hand and within a second a small coffee stool broke and two pieces had broken off. "You made a great mistake here, taking advantage of our hospitality!" he pulled Casper away from Ivy's reach and staked her through the heart, and gazed at Blake with a fire only someone who could feel would sense the burning hate he held. "It seems Jane caused you some pain earlier, I can sense it, you feel anger towards me because of something so small as holding her arm." Said Blake. He leered at Jareth and Joe, the two who thought they knew Jane so well and yet, even if they wanted they could not save her soul. "I guess, it seems bigger to me, you looking as handsome as you do!" said Jareth. He had to admit that, he seemed more like Jane than Jareth was the ideal man for her; Blake was too similar to her. "I guess it would seem bigger to you now!" said Blake, he disappeared and immediately Jareth knew where he'd be.