The Shadows Hide All

Jet was in s wood of some kind, the trees were bare, the wind was cold and forbidden and the only animals she heard was the sound of a crow. She looked around, the trees seemed to go on forever. She looked up at the sky, but it was night, and the moon and stars were covered by a thick layer of cloud, black like midnight. The ground was hard and rocky, the trees cave her the creeps. She heard a twig snap somewhere behind her, she snapped round to find the source of the noise. She saw nothing. Again, she heard something, the rocks hitting each other, she turned round again and saw nothing. Then she saw a flash of someone black, she saw a hint of white there too.

"Who's there!" Jet demanded, she had no reply, she look behind her and came face to face with a clocked figure, a little bigger than herself, about the same size as the monkey team. The person was about a centimetre away from her, the clocked person raised it's hand under her chin and raised it to look at her face.

"What do you want?" Jet asked, hoping not to sound scared,

"I want you," a deep voice replied, a bit like Antauri's only a little higher. Jet started to shake.

"Wh-why?" Jet asked again, anyone would now know she was scared.

"That is for me to know, and for you to find out," the voice replied, it brought it's face closer to hers.

"Why are you so familiar?" Jet asked, barely above a whisper.

"I know you, but you don't remember me," the person replied, he kissed her on the lips, slowly and passionately, Jet tried to fight it, but she was paralysed, she couldn't move at all. It seemed like an eternity, but when the figure broke the kiss, they disappeared.

"Who was that?" Jet asked,

Jet woke with a start, she looked around her room and saw Otto with his arm on her wast.

Otto... Jet thought, then she remembered the clocked figure, she lay back down into bed and snuggled tightly up to Otto, waking him up. He looked at her and knew she had a nightmare or something and hugged her close.

Jet, I don't know what happened but I know you will tell me...sooner or later, Otto thought, he looked at the clock and it was 3 in the morning. He went back to sleep. Jet wanted to find out who that clocked figure was, but she wanted Otto by her side when she did. She didn't know what could happen if she went alone. She buried herself in Otto's fur and went to sleep, hoping that that would never happen when she was awake. Meanwhile on the Citidal of Bone, that was not pinkified, the clocked figure approached Skeleton King. He bowed down to him.

"Did you do it?" Skeleton King asked.

"Yes my lord, I entered her dream and I did my duty," the figure replied to him.

"Very good, I knew you would be better that Mandarin. Now, you job has become much more important, my apprentice," Skeleton King replied, he had an evil smile on his face.

"What should I do now, my lord?" the figure asked.

"Watch her, confuse her and if you must, woo her, just make sure she doesn't know who you are or that you are my apprentice, is that clear?" Skeleton King demanded

"Crystal," the figure replied

"Now be gone, I need to finish my invention," Skeleton King said.

"Of course my liege," the figure replied, bowing once more and leaving the room

"Soon Jet, you will be mine," Skeleton King laughed. "Mandarin!" Mandarin entered the room.

"Yes my lord?" he asked

" I want you to prepare a cage for our shape shifting friend, she will be here soon," Skeleton King replied. He called the clocked Figure back in. "How long until she is here?"

"She will be here in five days, my lord," the figure replied

"Very good, Mandarin I want that cage ready by then, is that clear?" Skeleton King asked

"Yes my lord, I will have it ready by them," Mandarin replied

"Good, be gone, both of you, I need to speck to my formless minions," Skeleton King ordered. They bowed and left.

"My formless minions hear me, the shape shifter will be here in five days, I want security tightened up when she does, I will not accept failure!" Skeleton King shouted. The formless nodded and continued with their work.

"Jet, you will be mine," Skeleton King laughed again. Someone knocked at the throne room door. "Who is it!"

"It's me my liege. I've come to ask what you want with the shape shifter?" it was the clocked figure again.

"Of course, I need her, with her in my army, I will be un-matched in the universe!" skeleton King shouted

"Yes my lord," the clocks hood was removed, revealing a monkey like Jet "Shuggazoom will soon be yours," he laughed.

Jet:A Cliffie! Are you still evil?

Me:No, but I wanted to end it there.

Jet:So who is this?

Me:You won't find out till later, R&R people!

Jet:See you soon, finish reading Double Trouble first though.