Disclaimer: I own.absolutely nothing of L.J Smith's, only Juliana and the
troblins, and anybody else I feel like inventing in the process.
Alex - the troblins are very stranger unfriendly and they would probably rip you apart unless you have powers like Juliana.
Farah - enough said.
Shadow - thanks again for the review, always appreciated, I'm hoping this chapter will be more to your taste.
Lizzie - I know Tom should die, but it's a bit mean to kill him off at this moment in time, maybe I will in the future, you never know.
Author's Note: I am in the middle of a story and so I have lost a lot of my inspiration at the moment, so if this chapter is really bad, please tell me so that I can lay off writing this story until I can get out a better brain and finish writing it, that is if it's any good, and you want me to continue it. I'm thinking maybe I should just give up on this story. Any comments on this would be appreciated, as I generally do this when I'm in the middle of a story and I ruin it by writing something that I don't really like for the latter half.
Wow I wrote an essay about me, that's scary. Here's the next chapter for you guys!
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Chapter 5 - The Forbidden Dance
Jenny was sat down on the soft bed in her room in the Shadow World, exhausted after trying to escape. Her whole body was covered in bruises and sores from where Juliana had cast her unholy magic. She looked into the Shadow mirror she had dreamed about only the night before though it seemed much longer in the Shadow World where the passing of time was not marked by day and night. She rubbed the bare spot on her finger where Julian's ring usually sat, and wished he was there with her. The door swung open suddenly, banging against the wall. Jenny jumped, and for a wild moment thought it might be Julian. Stood there instead was a bored looking troblin, carrying a tray of food. Jenny stared at it, watching it's stumpy movements across the room. Looking indifferently at her, the troblin dumped the tray on her desk and turned to leave. Jenny spoke unexpectedly, her voice cracked and hoarse.
"Where is Juliana?" She twisted the covers around her fingers as she spoke, fidgeting nervously.
The troblin looked down in a superior manner at Jenny (even though it was only four feet tall) and said imperiously,
"Juliana is currently entertaining some guests. I'm sure she will be here shortly."
The troblin had broken into an evil grin at the latter comment, obviously pleased with it's own sadisticness thought Jenny. Sadisticness? That's not even a word thought Jenny. This forced a tired snort out of her, and the troblin raised what passed for an eyebrow in a grotesque parody of what Audrey had done that morning. Jenny feigned disinterest and looked away from the troblin still hovering in her room. A few seconds later she was rewarded by the slam of her door. After going to her desk and examining the contents of her tray, Jenny went back over to the bed and fell asleep.
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Julian heard a door slam somewhere else in the house, but he was too busy dealing with Juliana to notice it properly. Juliana reached out a perfectly manicured hand to Julian, and gestured gracefully for him to sit next to her. His jaw set, he sat next to her with the grace he had possessed when he was a Shadow Man. She flashed him a seductive smile, and edged closer to him. Her intoxicating perfume wafted over Julian, and he had trouble clearing his head.
"I'm glad you're seeing things my way Julian," she said in a satisfied tone. "We can go far together."
Julian looked Juliana in the eye and said in a dangerous tone,
"The only reason I'm anywhere near to you at the moment is because you have Jenny. I am not here for your pleasure or any games that you want to play," said Julian, with emphasis on 'games'.
Juliana laughed in a throaty, sexy way that sounded so like he used to dream about Jenny watched her that he gave an imperceptible start and caught himself. Juliana's eyes, so like his, bored into his and she leant forward in a flash and kissed him, her soft red lips brushing his in an instant. Before he could react, she vanished completely. Julian had to keep reminding himself that she wasn't Jenny; she was a demon. Not Jenny, she's a demon; not Jenny, she's a demon, he kept repeating to himself like a chant. The way her lips had felt, combined with the fact that she looked like Jenny from every point of view was temptation in the flesh. He almost laughed aloud at this, because this was the exact thing that Jenny had thought about him when he was a Shadow Man. Julian rose fluidly for the sofa and exited the room swiftly in hope of finding Jenny. The house was the same as when he first created it, but it had a definite feminine atmosphere, maybe it was something in the smell of it, thought Julian. Looking into the tower room, the More Games store was still there, and the clock was ticking loudly in the deserted room. Julian continued silently throughout the house to try and find Jenny, when he remembered Jenny's friends. She would never forgive him if he let anything happen to them, especially dear Tommy. Julian almost spat when he thought about Tom. That arrogant swine, always assuming that Jenny would follow him docilely everywhere. He still wanted to kill Tom for making Jenny unhappy after the Games. On the lookout for Jenny's friends, Julian had no idea that he was being watched closely by Juliana to make sure that he didn't get anywhere near the bait (Jenny) or her dumbass friends. As he began to draw closer to the room that Jenny's friends were closeted in, Juliana materialized dramatically in front of him, giggling evilly. Julian stopped before he walked into her, and leant against the wallpaper in the corridor, his smooth muscles and lithe body making no sound. Julian tried to ignore the fact that Juliana was wearing a beautiful white floor-length dress that clung to every curve and sparkled with millions of stars in the dim lamplight.
"What now, Juliana?" asked Julian in a voice heavy with sarcasm. "Did you break a nail?"
Juliana frowned for a split second and then turned away from him.
"Every time you hurt me, you'll hurt Jenny," she said quietly. "Be very careful with your temper, Julian."
Julian scowled darkly, looking predatorial and lethal. Juliana looked unperturbed, and she walked up to him silently, her long gauze sleeves wafting in the gentle breeze. She held out her hand, and Julian had no other choice but to take it. As he touched her, a door appeared in the wall and opened in front of them. Juliana clicked her fingers and Julian was dressed in an immaculate tux, looking very handsome. Together they entered through the door to an enormous ballroom, decorated ornately with scrolls and delicate carved flowers. The ceiling started raining red rose petals around them.
"What's going on, Juliana?" demanded Julian angrily.
Juliana stretched up onto tiptoe and whispered to Julian,
"We're going to dance, Julian. I know how much you like to dance."
Julian did not pause to fathom how she knew, but drew back instantly from Juliana.
"What's the real reason Juliana?" he asked, his voice echoing around the otherwise empty ballroom. He knew that Juliana was trying to seduce him, but he couldn't think why she was doing this, other than to play with his heart. Juliana just watched him, rose petals falling on her like drops of blood. Drops of Jenny's blood. She said nothing, but waved her hand in the air. Slow music began to play, and she swept over the now soft red floor and began to dance with him. Julian let the music take him, and in his mind he was dancing with Jenny.
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Jenny woke with a start as she realised the whole room was glowing blue. She looked automatically for the source of the light, all sleep banished. Her eyes fell upon the mirror, the same mirror she had dreamed when she freed Julian, and she saw into it. Instead of the white, swirling objects she had seen before, Jenny saw something in the mirror that struck her heart and twisted into it like a knife of ice.
Juliana and Julian were dancing together in a ballroom. Jenny would have been thrilled to see him, but Julian had his eyes shut, and looked happy and dreamy dancing with her. Juliana looked smug and very sexy in a white prom dress that was shimmering in the light. Jenny felt a rage inside her that was ice cold and boiling hot at the same time, and her fists clenched in the covers. You bitch, thought Jenny furiously.
I am going to kill you.
Jenny got out of her bed and went to the door. It was open. She went out into the hallway, adrenaline flooding her body as she made her way down the corridor towards where slow music was echoing down the whole corridor. An open door cast a rectangular box of light into the dark hallway, illuminating the drab wallpaper. Jenny padded barefoot down the hall until she arrived at the ballroom. She stood in the middle of the doorway, looking inside. In the center of the room, Juliana and Julian were dancing very close together. Jenny's eyes burned and hot tears began to trickle down her face. Juliana drew back slightly and kissed Julian. Julian was lost in his imagination that she was Jenny, and he kissed her passionately. Juliana smirked and looked at Jenny. Julian turned to look and saw Jenny. His face instantly registered shock and guilt. Jenny's heart felt like it had torn in two. All her anger gone, she melted back into the shadows and went back to her room, the tears flowing in rivulets down her face. Juliana smirked.
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Well isn't she a bitch! I like this chapter, so if you guys like it too, you know what to do, R & R please!
Alex - the troblins are very stranger unfriendly and they would probably rip you apart unless you have powers like Juliana.
Farah - enough said.
Shadow - thanks again for the review, always appreciated, I'm hoping this chapter will be more to your taste.
Lizzie - I know Tom should die, but it's a bit mean to kill him off at this moment in time, maybe I will in the future, you never know.
Author's Note: I am in the middle of a story and so I have lost a lot of my inspiration at the moment, so if this chapter is really bad, please tell me so that I can lay off writing this story until I can get out a better brain and finish writing it, that is if it's any good, and you want me to continue it. I'm thinking maybe I should just give up on this story. Any comments on this would be appreciated, as I generally do this when I'm in the middle of a story and I ruin it by writing something that I don't really like for the latter half.
Wow I wrote an essay about me, that's scary. Here's the next chapter for you guys!
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Chapter 5 - The Forbidden Dance
Jenny was sat down on the soft bed in her room in the Shadow World, exhausted after trying to escape. Her whole body was covered in bruises and sores from where Juliana had cast her unholy magic. She looked into the Shadow mirror she had dreamed about only the night before though it seemed much longer in the Shadow World where the passing of time was not marked by day and night. She rubbed the bare spot on her finger where Julian's ring usually sat, and wished he was there with her. The door swung open suddenly, banging against the wall. Jenny jumped, and for a wild moment thought it might be Julian. Stood there instead was a bored looking troblin, carrying a tray of food. Jenny stared at it, watching it's stumpy movements across the room. Looking indifferently at her, the troblin dumped the tray on her desk and turned to leave. Jenny spoke unexpectedly, her voice cracked and hoarse.
"Where is Juliana?" She twisted the covers around her fingers as she spoke, fidgeting nervously.
The troblin looked down in a superior manner at Jenny (even though it was only four feet tall) and said imperiously,
"Juliana is currently entertaining some guests. I'm sure she will be here shortly."
The troblin had broken into an evil grin at the latter comment, obviously pleased with it's own sadisticness thought Jenny. Sadisticness? That's not even a word thought Jenny. This forced a tired snort out of her, and the troblin raised what passed for an eyebrow in a grotesque parody of what Audrey had done that morning. Jenny feigned disinterest and looked away from the troblin still hovering in her room. A few seconds later she was rewarded by the slam of her door. After going to her desk and examining the contents of her tray, Jenny went back over to the bed and fell asleep.
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Julian heard a door slam somewhere else in the house, but he was too busy dealing with Juliana to notice it properly. Juliana reached out a perfectly manicured hand to Julian, and gestured gracefully for him to sit next to her. His jaw set, he sat next to her with the grace he had possessed when he was a Shadow Man. She flashed him a seductive smile, and edged closer to him. Her intoxicating perfume wafted over Julian, and he had trouble clearing his head.
"I'm glad you're seeing things my way Julian," she said in a satisfied tone. "We can go far together."
Julian looked Juliana in the eye and said in a dangerous tone,
"The only reason I'm anywhere near to you at the moment is because you have Jenny. I am not here for your pleasure or any games that you want to play," said Julian, with emphasis on 'games'.
Juliana laughed in a throaty, sexy way that sounded so like he used to dream about Jenny watched her that he gave an imperceptible start and caught himself. Juliana's eyes, so like his, bored into his and she leant forward in a flash and kissed him, her soft red lips brushing his in an instant. Before he could react, she vanished completely. Julian had to keep reminding himself that she wasn't Jenny; she was a demon. Not Jenny, she's a demon; not Jenny, she's a demon, he kept repeating to himself like a chant. The way her lips had felt, combined with the fact that she looked like Jenny from every point of view was temptation in the flesh. He almost laughed aloud at this, because this was the exact thing that Jenny had thought about him when he was a Shadow Man. Julian rose fluidly for the sofa and exited the room swiftly in hope of finding Jenny. The house was the same as when he first created it, but it had a definite feminine atmosphere, maybe it was something in the smell of it, thought Julian. Looking into the tower room, the More Games store was still there, and the clock was ticking loudly in the deserted room. Julian continued silently throughout the house to try and find Jenny, when he remembered Jenny's friends. She would never forgive him if he let anything happen to them, especially dear Tommy. Julian almost spat when he thought about Tom. That arrogant swine, always assuming that Jenny would follow him docilely everywhere. He still wanted to kill Tom for making Jenny unhappy after the Games. On the lookout for Jenny's friends, Julian had no idea that he was being watched closely by Juliana to make sure that he didn't get anywhere near the bait (Jenny) or her dumbass friends. As he began to draw closer to the room that Jenny's friends were closeted in, Juliana materialized dramatically in front of him, giggling evilly. Julian stopped before he walked into her, and leant against the wallpaper in the corridor, his smooth muscles and lithe body making no sound. Julian tried to ignore the fact that Juliana was wearing a beautiful white floor-length dress that clung to every curve and sparkled with millions of stars in the dim lamplight.
"What now, Juliana?" asked Julian in a voice heavy with sarcasm. "Did you break a nail?"
Juliana frowned for a split second and then turned away from him.
"Every time you hurt me, you'll hurt Jenny," she said quietly. "Be very careful with your temper, Julian."
Julian scowled darkly, looking predatorial and lethal. Juliana looked unperturbed, and she walked up to him silently, her long gauze sleeves wafting in the gentle breeze. She held out her hand, and Julian had no other choice but to take it. As he touched her, a door appeared in the wall and opened in front of them. Juliana clicked her fingers and Julian was dressed in an immaculate tux, looking very handsome. Together they entered through the door to an enormous ballroom, decorated ornately with scrolls and delicate carved flowers. The ceiling started raining red rose petals around them.
"What's going on, Juliana?" demanded Julian angrily.
Juliana stretched up onto tiptoe and whispered to Julian,
"We're going to dance, Julian. I know how much you like to dance."
Julian did not pause to fathom how she knew, but drew back instantly from Juliana.
"What's the real reason Juliana?" he asked, his voice echoing around the otherwise empty ballroom. He knew that Juliana was trying to seduce him, but he couldn't think why she was doing this, other than to play with his heart. Juliana just watched him, rose petals falling on her like drops of blood. Drops of Jenny's blood. She said nothing, but waved her hand in the air. Slow music began to play, and she swept over the now soft red floor and began to dance with him. Julian let the music take him, and in his mind he was dancing with Jenny.
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Jenny woke with a start as she realised the whole room was glowing blue. She looked automatically for the source of the light, all sleep banished. Her eyes fell upon the mirror, the same mirror she had dreamed when she freed Julian, and she saw into it. Instead of the white, swirling objects she had seen before, Jenny saw something in the mirror that struck her heart and twisted into it like a knife of ice.
Juliana and Julian were dancing together in a ballroom. Jenny would have been thrilled to see him, but Julian had his eyes shut, and looked happy and dreamy dancing with her. Juliana looked smug and very sexy in a white prom dress that was shimmering in the light. Jenny felt a rage inside her that was ice cold and boiling hot at the same time, and her fists clenched in the covers. You bitch, thought Jenny furiously.
I am going to kill you.
Jenny got out of her bed and went to the door. It was open. She went out into the hallway, adrenaline flooding her body as she made her way down the corridor towards where slow music was echoing down the whole corridor. An open door cast a rectangular box of light into the dark hallway, illuminating the drab wallpaper. Jenny padded barefoot down the hall until she arrived at the ballroom. She stood in the middle of the doorway, looking inside. In the center of the room, Juliana and Julian were dancing very close together. Jenny's eyes burned and hot tears began to trickle down her face. Juliana drew back slightly and kissed Julian. Julian was lost in his imagination that she was Jenny, and he kissed her passionately. Juliana smirked and looked at Jenny. Julian turned to look and saw Jenny. His face instantly registered shock and guilt. Jenny's heart felt like it had torn in two. All her anger gone, she melted back into the shadows and went back to her room, the tears flowing in rivulets down her face. Juliana smirked.
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Well isn't she a bitch! I like this chapter, so if you guys like it too, you know what to do, R & R please!