Hello all! I found the second Chapter! Hope you enjoy it! I'd really
enjoy feedback though.. For those of you who like it (and just haven't let
me know yet () I hope that I continue to please you with this story. If
some inconsistencies emerge, please tell me. My mother decided to clean
off the computer desk, and most of the information was lost. So, I'm
writing this off the top of my head from what I remember of the characters.
As I said, hope you enjoy!
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Chapter 2: The Guardian Approaches?
There hadn't been anymore strange dreams or odd occurrences for about a month after that dream. She and Sam decided that it must have been something she ate earlier that day, or maybe a stray bad thought from someone walking by. Either way, Jenny was not plagued by that dream again. She returned to her normal school life; hanging out with her friends, passing intimate notes with her boyfriend between classes, and swapping data-chips with her cohorts about the best hang-out spots, the coolest outfits now to wear, the latest cybertronic gear, and where to buy the neatest accessories for everyday school life. It could be told that Jenny had forgotten all about the dream.
She had just had the most perfect day in her life. She had aced her complicated micro-physiology class, had passed her hover-scooter speed dilation repair test, and had managed to start a food fight in the cafeteria without anyone realizing it was her (or maybe they didn't have enough guts to). She thought nothing could hamper her day, until a rude voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Morning Sugar. Have a good day at school?" There was only one person who would taunt her, and that would be Jacks friend, Frankie Vertie. He was the school bully, and he only teased her when Jack was not anywhere near to hear him. Sticking her nose up, she strolled by him. "Ooh. The 'Cat' has an attitude this morning eh? Woohoo! Wag that tail for me precious!" Jenny turned towards him, glaring at him with her piercing eyes.
"Keep it up Frankie, and you'll have another broken nose," she retorted, placing both hands on her hips. All he did was grin, then light up another stick of Verruki. Blowing the smoke her direction, he winked.
"I'd do anything to have you hit me baby." Letting out a frustrated growl, she stalked off; leaving him to smoke. He smiled as he watched her stalk off. Setting himself atop one of the bordering patio walls, he waited for Jack to come. About 5 minutes later, Jack swaggered over to his friend.
"Hey Frankie," he greeted, turning to lean his elbows and back against the waist-high wall.
"Jack," acknowledged his friend, taking another long draw from his rolled stick. Jack gave him a sidelong look, then turned back to look at the front of the school.
"Jenny was in a tiff when I last saw her."
"Girls are like that," Frankie remarked with a shrug.
"She was coming from this direction." Frankie tried to hide his smile, but he couldn't. His favorite sport was teasing her. He, however, never did it in front of Jack.
"Yeah. She was." Jack smiled, and shook his head.
"She's going to take you out one of these days, you know that, right?" Frankie made a disbelieving noise.
"Your girl, hit me? Aw please! Jenny wouldn't hit anythin'! She's too prim, too proper, and too........."
"Much like Sam when she's mad," Jack reminded him. Frankie just shrugged, and offered him a stick. Jack glanced over his shoulder, then took it.
"It's been a while since you've had one buddy. For someone who is just pretending to date a girl, you sure come to her beck-and-call, and follow everything she tells you." Jack shrugged.
"Well, I gotta keep her happy. If she is, her friends are." Frankie gave him a mischievous side-long look.
"Mainly, you mean Sam." Jack pushed himself off the wall, turned, and glared at his friend.
"Hush. You're the only one that knows that Frankie, and I better not find that it's leaked out." Frankie put up both his hands.
"Naw man. I know. I know. That's between you an' me. We two are the only ones that will know............" He then winked at him. "...........until you win Sam, and she finds out." Jack laughed, and drew a deep breath from the stick.
"No, she never would. If she found out, she would beat me senseless, and I would never be able to straighten myself out again." Frankie nodded and smiled, then turned back to watch the front of the school.
When Jenny got home that day, she ordered the computer to leave the lights at a dim glow, and she went into her room. It was neat and tidy, with pictures of the most popular boys and bands on the walls. A small, inlayed lamp was the only thing lighting her room at this point.
"Bed," she ordered, and the panel in the floor slid apart and her foam bed emerged, fully made, from the floor. Placing her bag on the bookshelf near the rising bed, she flopped onto the rising surface, and growled into one of her pillows.
"Oooh! That Frankie!" She rolled onto her backside and huffed. "Why, out of all the annoying bullies in school, does *that* one have to be a friend of Jack!" Sighing, she reaches under her other pillow, and pulled out her data pad. Thinking that it would be better to write instead of have it record what she spoke, she grabbed the graphic pen, and began to write.
*Diary........
Well, today started out great. I was sitting on cloud nine! I passed! I passed! Well, I can say, only the brainiac boys did too. I was the only girl who passed, and I still bested their scores! (
I've had an odd feeling today, as if someone has been watching me. I don't know who it is, or where they where watching from, but they were there all day. I guess I'll have to look for them. I don't like anyone watching me as closely as the one that was watching me today.
Oh, and that slime Frankie was after me again! I don't know why, but he boils my blood! Oh well, I guess I'll live with him as long as he's best friends with Jack. I'll tell you what I'm planning tomorrow later. Remember, it's our secret. *
Setting the pen and pad to the side, Jenny decided she would catch a quick nap. After all the excitement, and it being such a good day, she was just a little bit tired. Closing her eyes and snuggling into her pillow, she soon drifted off into a light slumber. Instead of being in that black terrain of normal sleep, she found herself in a plain of swirling mist both above and below. She was oddly reminded of that dream she had had a month ago when Sam had spent the night. Thinking of nothing better to do, she started to walk forward. The faint sound of wind rushing through a narrow canyon could be heard all around her, but she was never touched by a breath of it.
The roiling mist continued around her, and she began to wonder what sort of dream this was, when she heard a strange voice behind her.
"/Who are you/?" The very voice echoed throughout the expanse around her, and she could not pinpoint its original location. Twisting around, she tried to find even the slightest ripple in the swirling mist, but found none.
"/I ask you again/," the voice stated. "/Who are you/?"
"I'm Jenny Mills from Truuell High School. Now I ask, who are you?"
"/I do not need to answer that!/" the voice responded angrily, making the mist around her take on an agitated quality. "/You have trespassed into My domain! I demand answers on how you found it!/" By this point, Jenny had just about had enough.
"Listen you! I have no idea where I am, and I didn't mean to enter your territory! All I did was take a nap! Stop talking to me like I committed some hanus crime or something!"
"/My territory is that of Dreams child. You have somehow broken past the barrier of normal dreamers, and have found me here./" In front of her, a large pair of black, starbright eyes appeared. "/If you wish to know, my name is Toby. However, since you are not supposed to be here, you must pardon me, as I must send you back./" The eyes shown a brilliant white, and the mist around her swallowed her whole, and engulfed her before she could even scream.
Gasping, she shot up to her elbows. Looking around frantically, she saw that she was in her room again. Everything had been as it was before she had lain down. Placing a hand upon her forehead, she realized that she had been sweating. Shaking her head, she tried to dispel the memory of that dream, but they lodged themselves deeply into her mind like crystal shards. Shakily getting to her feet, she walked over to the window and looked out. The sun was just setting. The sky was filled with beautiful stripes of crimson and gold, and she tried to calm herself with the comfort of the colors glow. After all, it was only a dream.........wasn't it? Shuddering, she removed herself from the window, unaware that a small shadow-colored figured watched her from the tree outside.
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Chapter 2: The Guardian Approaches?
There hadn't been anymore strange dreams or odd occurrences for about a month after that dream. She and Sam decided that it must have been something she ate earlier that day, or maybe a stray bad thought from someone walking by. Either way, Jenny was not plagued by that dream again. She returned to her normal school life; hanging out with her friends, passing intimate notes with her boyfriend between classes, and swapping data-chips with her cohorts about the best hang-out spots, the coolest outfits now to wear, the latest cybertronic gear, and where to buy the neatest accessories for everyday school life. It could be told that Jenny had forgotten all about the dream.
She had just had the most perfect day in her life. She had aced her complicated micro-physiology class, had passed her hover-scooter speed dilation repair test, and had managed to start a food fight in the cafeteria without anyone realizing it was her (or maybe they didn't have enough guts to). She thought nothing could hamper her day, until a rude voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Morning Sugar. Have a good day at school?" There was only one person who would taunt her, and that would be Jacks friend, Frankie Vertie. He was the school bully, and he only teased her when Jack was not anywhere near to hear him. Sticking her nose up, she strolled by him. "Ooh. The 'Cat' has an attitude this morning eh? Woohoo! Wag that tail for me precious!" Jenny turned towards him, glaring at him with her piercing eyes.
"Keep it up Frankie, and you'll have another broken nose," she retorted, placing both hands on her hips. All he did was grin, then light up another stick of Verruki. Blowing the smoke her direction, he winked.
"I'd do anything to have you hit me baby." Letting out a frustrated growl, she stalked off; leaving him to smoke. He smiled as he watched her stalk off. Setting himself atop one of the bordering patio walls, he waited for Jack to come. About 5 minutes later, Jack swaggered over to his friend.
"Hey Frankie," he greeted, turning to lean his elbows and back against the waist-high wall.
"Jack," acknowledged his friend, taking another long draw from his rolled stick. Jack gave him a sidelong look, then turned back to look at the front of the school.
"Jenny was in a tiff when I last saw her."
"Girls are like that," Frankie remarked with a shrug.
"She was coming from this direction." Frankie tried to hide his smile, but he couldn't. His favorite sport was teasing her. He, however, never did it in front of Jack.
"Yeah. She was." Jack smiled, and shook his head.
"She's going to take you out one of these days, you know that, right?" Frankie made a disbelieving noise.
"Your girl, hit me? Aw please! Jenny wouldn't hit anythin'! She's too prim, too proper, and too........."
"Much like Sam when she's mad," Jack reminded him. Frankie just shrugged, and offered him a stick. Jack glanced over his shoulder, then took it.
"It's been a while since you've had one buddy. For someone who is just pretending to date a girl, you sure come to her beck-and-call, and follow everything she tells you." Jack shrugged.
"Well, I gotta keep her happy. If she is, her friends are." Frankie gave him a mischievous side-long look.
"Mainly, you mean Sam." Jack pushed himself off the wall, turned, and glared at his friend.
"Hush. You're the only one that knows that Frankie, and I better not find that it's leaked out." Frankie put up both his hands.
"Naw man. I know. I know. That's between you an' me. We two are the only ones that will know............" He then winked at him. "...........until you win Sam, and she finds out." Jack laughed, and drew a deep breath from the stick.
"No, she never would. If she found out, she would beat me senseless, and I would never be able to straighten myself out again." Frankie nodded and smiled, then turned back to watch the front of the school.
When Jenny got home that day, she ordered the computer to leave the lights at a dim glow, and she went into her room. It was neat and tidy, with pictures of the most popular boys and bands on the walls. A small, inlayed lamp was the only thing lighting her room at this point.
"Bed," she ordered, and the panel in the floor slid apart and her foam bed emerged, fully made, from the floor. Placing her bag on the bookshelf near the rising bed, she flopped onto the rising surface, and growled into one of her pillows.
"Oooh! That Frankie!" She rolled onto her backside and huffed. "Why, out of all the annoying bullies in school, does *that* one have to be a friend of Jack!" Sighing, she reaches under her other pillow, and pulled out her data pad. Thinking that it would be better to write instead of have it record what she spoke, she grabbed the graphic pen, and began to write.
*Diary........
Well, today started out great. I was sitting on cloud nine! I passed! I passed! Well, I can say, only the brainiac boys did too. I was the only girl who passed, and I still bested their scores! (
I've had an odd feeling today, as if someone has been watching me. I don't know who it is, or where they where watching from, but they were there all day. I guess I'll have to look for them. I don't like anyone watching me as closely as the one that was watching me today.
Oh, and that slime Frankie was after me again! I don't know why, but he boils my blood! Oh well, I guess I'll live with him as long as he's best friends with Jack. I'll tell you what I'm planning tomorrow later. Remember, it's our secret. *
Setting the pen and pad to the side, Jenny decided she would catch a quick nap. After all the excitement, and it being such a good day, she was just a little bit tired. Closing her eyes and snuggling into her pillow, she soon drifted off into a light slumber. Instead of being in that black terrain of normal sleep, she found herself in a plain of swirling mist both above and below. She was oddly reminded of that dream she had had a month ago when Sam had spent the night. Thinking of nothing better to do, she started to walk forward. The faint sound of wind rushing through a narrow canyon could be heard all around her, but she was never touched by a breath of it.
The roiling mist continued around her, and she began to wonder what sort of dream this was, when she heard a strange voice behind her.
"/Who are you/?" The very voice echoed throughout the expanse around her, and she could not pinpoint its original location. Twisting around, she tried to find even the slightest ripple in the swirling mist, but found none.
"/I ask you again/," the voice stated. "/Who are you/?"
"I'm Jenny Mills from Truuell High School. Now I ask, who are you?"
"/I do not need to answer that!/" the voice responded angrily, making the mist around her take on an agitated quality. "/You have trespassed into My domain! I demand answers on how you found it!/" By this point, Jenny had just about had enough.
"Listen you! I have no idea where I am, and I didn't mean to enter your territory! All I did was take a nap! Stop talking to me like I committed some hanus crime or something!"
"/My territory is that of Dreams child. You have somehow broken past the barrier of normal dreamers, and have found me here./" In front of her, a large pair of black, starbright eyes appeared. "/If you wish to know, my name is Toby. However, since you are not supposed to be here, you must pardon me, as I must send you back./" The eyes shown a brilliant white, and the mist around her swallowed her whole, and engulfed her before she could even scream.
Gasping, she shot up to her elbows. Looking around frantically, she saw that she was in her room again. Everything had been as it was before she had lain down. Placing a hand upon her forehead, she realized that she had been sweating. Shaking her head, she tried to dispel the memory of that dream, but they lodged themselves deeply into her mind like crystal shards. Shakily getting to her feet, she walked over to the window and looked out. The sun was just setting. The sky was filled with beautiful stripes of crimson and gold, and she tried to calm herself with the comfort of the colors glow. After all, it was only a dream.........wasn't it? Shuddering, she removed herself from the window, unaware that a small shadow-colored figured watched her from the tree outside.