Twilight: I'm glad you loves it! lol Keep reviewing, I love your notes!

Brunette: No, my dear, you are not blind lol. Its so easy to get caught up in the many Newsies fics, its understandable lol. I thought David would make the perfect Brutus so I'm glad you agree! I sort of played off of "Skittery's bad mood" for choosing him as Cassius hehe. Yep, no Cleopatra in this one. The story starts with the conspirators and ends with the war between the triumvirate and the conspirators. OMG my quotes in your profile! That's flippin sweet! Such an honor! No offense taken from Fatally Forbidden; I think I started it because I wanted to see Spot in a different role lol. (It's all about Spot with me haha). I've heard of Dante's Inferno, but I haven't read it. We talked about it briefly at school and I noticed Judas, Brutus, and Cassius at the 2nd-to-last level, then Lucifer. That would suck lol

Buttons: Yes! The redhead is supposed to be the soothsayer! Aw, it's okay lol it's still quite an accomplishment! Hehe.

Chapter Four: The Dreams of Calpurnia

Sarah Jacobs jolted to an upright position suddenly in a cold sweat. The cool bedroom was silent and dark as a breeze whistled through the windows. A chilling shiver passed through her and she clutched her bed sheets tightly in her clammy hands. Her heart pounded rapidly through her chest as she wiped her forehead with the back of her hand. A haunting dream was responsible for her stirring; she could see Jack in her mind standing proudly and smiling. She caught her breath and lay back down. The remnants of the dream repeated in her brain: in an instant Jack wasn't so happy anymore and he was outnumbered. They stood in a circle around him and he was gone. He was betrayed. Screaming…blood…deception. An act of duplicity by those who were loyal.

Sarah sat back up and looked around the room. David was sitting up as well and leaned against the wall. His knees were bent in front of him and his head was buried within his arms. She got up and made her way over to the bed, shaking him out of his sleep. "Come on, David, time to wake up."

David immediately lifted his pale face and looked at her through heavy eyes with dark circles underneath. It seemed as though he had been up all night. "What?"

"We have to leave soon…what's wrong? Are you okay?"

David rubbed his eyes and got to his feet. He didn't respond as he stretched his arms high over his head lazily. Sarah furrowed her eyebrows and looked toward him as he began to fumble around with his shoes and buttoning his blue shirt clumsily.

"Did you sleep at all last night?" she asked curiously.

"Sarah, does it look like I slept at all?" he replied curtly and stomped out of the room.

Taken aback at his response, she quickly dressed herself and followed him out into their house. Les was beginning to awake and get into his clothes for the day.

"I need to talk to Jack, so I'm going with you when you leave," she told her brothers.

David said nothing as he poured a glass of water, downed it fast, and exited the apartment. Sarah and Les looked at one another, unsure of what to make of this. Neither had wanted to question him for fear of some sort of scathing retort. Quickly the two got ready and left to catch up to David down the street.

The distribution place was all a buzz once they arrived. There was a larger turnout than any other day, and newsboys from the other boroughs had begun to trickle into Manhattan for the key ceremony. David instantly marched over to an unpopulated spot of the distribution place and paced up and down hurriedly. Les left Sarah's side to make his way over to him until Skittery appeared in front of David, along with Mush, Kid Blink, Specs, Snoddy, and Boots. Sarah placed a hand on her younger brother's shoulder and shook her head at him knowing Les' appearance would further annoy David. They watched with curiosity as David began talking to the small group of boys with a serious face and animated gestures. All the boys had grim expressions.

"Les, where's Jack?" Sarah inquired, looking around and poking through the crowd. Les simply shrugged and quickly disappeared into the energetic swarm of boys. Sarah rolled her eyes and moved throughout the people in search of Jack. She pushed people aside, shoved her way around, and desperately sought him out.

"Wasn't expectin' you ta be here!" came Jack's voice from behind her. His charming smile was present upon his warm face as she spun around and gave him a thankful hug.

"I've been looking for you everywhere," she told him gratefully.

"You okay?" he asked as he pulled her back to face him.

"Um," Sarah bit her lip. "I really need to talk to you." She took hold of his wrist and led him out of the mess of newsies to a quieter part of street where they could speak at a normal level. They walked far away until the boys were almost out of sight and clearly out of earshot.

"What's goin' on?" Jack asked, concerned. "I can't go too far."

"I know, I know, I'll be quick," she stammered. "Jack I really don't want you to go today. I've got this horrible feeling that something bad is going to happen."

Jack made a face. "What're ya talkin' about?"

"God, this is going to sound so ridiculous," she said under her breath to herself. "Okay, I had this terrible dream that something happened right before you left today. You were surrounded by all these newsies and everything was fine, but then—then you…"

Jack raised an eyebrow, questioning Sarah's credibility. "Yeah?"

Sarah rubbed her forehead. "I sound like an idiot! They killed you."

Jack pressed his lips together and stared at her unblinkingly. He folded his arms over his chest and looked around. "Uh, I ain't scared my boys'll be killin' me," he laughed. "I can trust 'em."

"I know you can, but…Jack, I just have this feeling that something's going to happen. Please don't go today, please. I know it sounds crazy, but please just trust me…"

"Sarah, I ain't missin' this." Jack placed his arms on her shoulders and looked her in the eye, giving her a reassuring smile. "Listen to me, everythin' will be fine. I promise. Nothins gonna happen if there's all these people here."

Her face still didn't change. She was still fearful that her dream could possibly come true. "Jack…"

Jack's smile disappeared and he stared at her upset and worrisome face. "Ya're really scared, arentcha?"

She nodded. Jack drew her into his arms and held her close. "If it means dat much…I won't go…" he said reluctantly.

Sarah closed her eyes and relaxed. She breathed easier and looked up at him, pecking him gratefully on the lips. A corner of Jack's lips curled up into a smile and he laced his fingers into hers as they made their way across the street in search of something else to do. He figured he would just escape the entire ceremony anyway. He saw Spot all the time; he could just get it from him then. As they started to round a corner, Kid Blink sprinted toward them, calling for them to stop.

"Jack! Where ya goin'?" Blink asked, panting and out of breath.

"Well, we got a little hitch in the whole thing," Jack started. "Sarah's not real fond of the whole key thing. If you could just let everyone know…that'd be great."

Blink stared at them. Sarah had an unsure look about her and Jack's face looked utterly reluctant. "Jack, ya gotta come back. Nothin' else is happenin. Ya'll get the key and everything'll be fine."

Jack shook his head. "Nope, got a bad feeling." He nodded in the direction of Sarah to his left. "Afraid this could be dangerous, all these strangers."

"Dangerous? The key ceremony?" Blink looked almost astonished, trying to hide his knowledge. "Jack, listen to me…ain't nothin' is gonna happen to you. I'll make sure of it. You'll be perfectly safe with all 'a us. We ain't gonna let anythin' happen."

Sarah looked up to Jack with less concern. Jack looked back at her, wanting more than ever to go.

"Do you swear everything goes fine?" Sarah inquired directly to Blink.

Blink raised his right hand. "You have my word."