IN A LAND, FAR AWAY FROM HERE
A/N: Okay, this is the chapter 9 of this story
Thanks for the reviews of the last chapter…Sorry for the lack of updates…I know it's been some time…I hope this one is as good as the last one…Just read it and tell me!
Whoa, I finally got Star Wars Revenge of the Sith DVD! I already watched it a few times and I'm planning on watching it again whenever I'll have the time. Also Harry Potter's new movie is out. Tell me what you thought of it, because I still didn't see it…some of my friends went to see it and told me it was very good but hey! I need more opinions. I'm only planning on going to see it if I find the time. So if it's not worth it (thing I seriously doubt, seeing as how great were the previous…), tell me!
Time and Place: Another time, another world.
Summary: Scott and Juliet are respectively prince and princess and are forced by their parents to marry each other. But they aren't in love with each other…
Rating: T/M. It depends of the chapters. It will probably have some violence and sexual content in some chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my mind! Also, this story is completely AU.
Characters: All of the cliffhangers and their family, Peter and Sophie, maybe some OC. Elaine is still evil but in another style…means no raping or seducing Scott. Walt is just as disgusting as in the show… Oh, and Susan, Scott's mother was nearly killed several years ago… Also in this chapter, another character is appearing…Shelby's father.
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Thanks to FrostySnake, Melms213, 2008ccampbell, Queen of Shadows and Ghostwriter for their reviews of the last chapter… They helped me to write this chapter…believe it or not.
Here is the new chap, for you…
Chapter Nine: Force Sensitive
Shelby stood in the center of Scott's bedroom, trying to concentrate and do the exercises Daisy had given her. She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply, feeling the Force entering her body and liberating her spirit from all negative thoughts. Daisy had advised to try levitating herself, since she had no major difficulties with lifting objects. She sat down, hands on her knees and crossed her legs, sitting in Indian style. She soon felt herself beginning to be lifted up in the air. She allowed herself a content smile, proud of her accomplishments and began to concentrate in staying where she was.
Scott and Juliet entered the living room, chatting passionately about the reform law they had just voted. The majority of the Council members had accepted, as well as every wise man they had asked. They were now in the right to divorce whenever they wanted. Auggie smiled at them and went over to hug Juliet. Scott smiled at the couple and asked Auggie about where he could find Shelby. This one said she was probably meditating in their bedroom. Scott nodded and quickly disappeared. He entered the room quietly, hoping he wasn't disturbing her. His mouth hung open as he saw her flying in the air.
"Oh My Gods, Shelby!" He exclaimed with a small laugh wrenching her out of her reverie. Shelby opened her eyes startled, and fell on the floor in less than one second. Before Scott knew what had happened, he heard a loud thump and Shelby saying 'Ow' along with another word that will not go into print -- he looked away so he wouldn't laugh or see the look of utter anger mixed with loathing in Shelby's eyes. "Are you okay, love?" He asked concealing a smile.
"Um…yeah, I think." She said dryly, rubbing her butt softly. She put her hands on her hips and waited for him to apologize. Scott noticed and closed the door behind him.
"I am so sorry, I was just so surprised! Your skills are really amazing!"
"Uh…thanks I guess." She flashed him a small modest smile and walked to the door where he was still standing. "Scott, uh, I know I shouldn't ask you that but do you really have nothing else to do today?" She asked him, taking both his hands in hers.
"What? What do you mean?" He asked her deeply confused, softly rubbing her cold fingers with his own.
"Well, I'd like to have the room for myself to continue my training…" She said biting her bottom lip, a bit embarrassed.
"Oh…so you want me to leave you alone?" He asked a bit surprised by her request. He didn't understand why she couldn't do that with him there.
"Yeah, that'll be better. I just can't concentrate when you're close."
"Why did you not go to Daisy's?"
"I don't want to bother her. Besides, she has better things to do than dealing with me today."
"All right. I will leave then. I just came here to tell you the council has voted in favor of the divorce. That means I am not bind with Juliet anymore." He said with a small smile.
"You're serious?" Scott only nodded, turning to leave. "Wait!"
"What is it?"
"I can't have a kiss?" She asked with an adorable pout that made his heart melt. She was so cute, you see.
"Oh, gods Shelby…" He muttered with a small smile playing on his lips, and then went over to hug her tightly. "I love you. Be careful, I do not want to lose you or our baby." He gave her a small kiss and watched her face grow with concern as she looked up at him seriously.
"You know I wouldn't do anything to hurt our baby…it's a blessing from Gods. I'll be careful, I promise you." She assured him, giving him another kiss.
"All right." He said simply, releasing her from his embrace. "I will come back in two hours. I think I am going to ask David and Ezra if they want to do a horse race." He said, going over to the closet and taking his horses clothes in his hands.
"Okay…just a thing?"
"What?"
"Why do you keep doing races with them? You always win."
"That's where the fun does begin!" He answered her with a big grin, just like a child would…But after all; he's still a child, right?
6 months later… Time's passed but not Elaine's anger…
Elaine watched as Scott enveloped Shelby in a hug as he came back from visiting the King William III. Those two disgusted her…how could someone as noble as Scott was, be with trash…she didn't understand and would never. Attempting to find a solution to live in peace with King William Kingdom, Scott had worked out pretty well. She couldn't believe he had succeeded where she hadn't. She was mad. Mad to be forced to admit his work was amazing. Mad that she couldn't deny the obvious fact. Hell! He was only a child. He wasn't supposed to be so strong and perfect in his role of monarch. Things needed to change and quick. Elaine turned her back to the window and crossed her arms in front of her chest. She wasn't going to let him win. She couldn't let him. She began to think, to think of the best solution to push him aside for ever. She needed him to lose something, something important…Shelby and their unborn baby. Elaine sighed contently, thinking of the perfect way to kill the girl. Of course she could poison her food; it would be too simple…Elaine wasn't one of those who liked to choose the easy way. She loved seeing people dying in pain, like she had seen Martin. She could always make her die by giving birth to her bastard…it would be painful for Scott to lose both people he loved most…Yes, that was it! Now all she needed was to find the perfect formula. She began searching in her secret library and found her favorite magic book. She sat on her desk and turned the pages, searching for the words 'birth' and 'death'. It took her a while to find the page. First, she had not seen it. That is when she went to see the index in last resort. That was it, she had found it: To Give death during a birth… for a double murder…invocating Kalaheo, the God of Death
You'll need: A piece of hair of the victim,
Two red crystals of Symposia,
An eye and a nose of flying lizard,
A majestic caldron,
A black papyrus,
And two liters of lava…
Elaine smiled as she finished reading the page. She already had every ingredient …being provident, she already had a piece of hair of every person of the Castle. That means she had no time to lose…She began to work immediately on her new job.
"Shelby, baby, are you okay? You are trembling?" Scott asked, pulling away slightly to see Shelby's white face looking up at him, searching for comfort. The two had gone to a small garden party organized in favor of Scott for his great accomplishments.
"I…I don't know…Oh Gods…Scott." Shelby fell out of his arms and sat in a fetal position. Scott knelt in front of her and took her face between his hands forcing her to look into his eyes.
"Shelby…what-what is it?" He asked deeply concerned by her state. People stopped dancing or eating and came closer, to have a better look at the situation.
"It hurts Scott, it hurts badly." She said wincing putting her hands on her stomach and rubbing it softly to calm the baby that was agitating violently. Scott closed his eyes during a second, trying to thing and turned to Jess who he could tell was very concerned.
"Call Daisy, quick!" Jess nodded fearfully and ran to Daisy's tower. Daisy had been invited but had declined the offer, pretending a headache. Jess knocked on Daisy's door and waited nervously for her to answer.
"Miss Lipenowski? Miss Lipenowski please, it's really important." Jess called desperately and soon she found herself in front of David Ruxton, half-clothed and hair mused.
"What is it?" He asked with a menacing voice. But Jess wasn't one to be impressed by his act. She looked inside to see if Daisy was somewhere to be seen. What she found would have amused her at any other time. Daisy was trying to hide behind the dresser, a sheet enveloped around her naked pale body. Daisy shook her head as she noticed she was busted and did a formula to dress in one second.
"It's Shelby, I think it's the baby. She's suffering a lot." Daisy pushed David aside, running outside where the screams were coming from, closely followed by Jess.
"Oh Shelby please, stay with me…please honey, don't leave me, not you!" Scott said taking a hold of her sweaty hand.
"Scott…" She began to cry softly, as she felt another contraction hit her. "The baby…it's coming!" She said squeezing his hand tightly. "Ah!"
"Wha-t are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Shelby, look at me." Scott said gently, kissing her hand. "Daisy's here." Daisy gave him a small compassionating smile and knelt next to him.
"Shelby, can you hear me?" Daisy began, softly whispering. Shelby opened her eyes, moaning a faint 'yes'. "Good. You need to focus Shel, for the baby."
"What? What should I do?" She whimpered, tears flowing from her eyes.
"This isn't a normal way of contractions. I am almost sure someone bewitched you." Daisy said and some gasps were heard in the crowd.
"What!" Scott exclaimed very mad… Elaine… He thought, fuming inside. Shelby began to move violently as she felt an intense pain traveling through her body. Scott motioned for General Ruxton and a guard to hold her and prevent her from moving too much. "What can we do?" Scott asked Daisy as they both got up, taking her elbow and leading her away from Shelby's figure and people standing watching.
"I will not lie to you. I am not sure if there is a way to save her. Nevertheless, I think we can always try exorcizing her. There might be a slight chance. But do not be to optimistic, she could always lose the baby, since it's still so small and fragile. Come on, we have to find a safe place."
Scott carried Shelby all the way up to Daisy's mansion in the woods and settled her onto the bed, once there. He watched her as she was unconscious, probably being worse than before. "Daisy please, be quick."
"I am doing the best I can Scott. I just need to find out where I put the amulet of exorcizing.
"Shelby…Shelby please wake up, I need you." Scott's voice
"Do not Shelby…you're safe here. Nothing will happen to Scott and the baby if you stay here. I swear it." Elaine's voice
"Shelby, baby listen. We need you. You need to pull through" Scott's sweet voice, whispering into Shelby's ear.
"Save your child…let go of your body…this is the only way to save it. It is you or Scott and it." Elaine's menacing voice
"Zwentla Exorcizum Patrocius Fantasia!" Daisy's voice, reciting the formula of exorcizing.
"Love…it's me. Wake up, please." Scott's voice, his hand encircling Shelby's.
"Zwentla Exorcizum Patrocius Fantasia!" Daisy's voice, again reciting the formula, the amulet in her left hand, hanging above Shelby's large tummy…
"Shelby…do not forget…you or it…make the good choice…" Elaine's voice
"Shelby, this is dangerous. But I always knew this would happen…let me explain everything to you…" Alice's voice
6 Months Earlier.
"Mom! What are you doing here?" Shelby asked surprised as her mother went to visit her, a few after Scott had. She knew she wouldn't be able to train any more today. She just knew it.
"Hello honey. I'm sorry to bother you." Alice said with a small smile. Her daughter was in full bloom, she was radiant from happiness.
"You're not bothering me Mom, come on please." Shelby said taking her mother's hand and leading her to the living room.
"This is nice here." Alice stated, sitting on the couch next to her daughter.
"Yeah, Scott didn't want to change anything. I like it in here. It's soothing and so peaceful."
"Um…um, I agree."
"Do you want anything to drink?" Shelby asked very politely.
"No thank you." Comfortable silence went on as mother scrutinized daughter. "I saw you Shelby. I saw you flying."
"Oh…yeah. I guess I owe you the truth, then?" She said with some fear…she didn't know how her mother would take the news of her being trained to fight Elaine after all.
"No, look, I already knew of your skills."
"You did?" Shelby said very surprised, and confused all the same.
"Yeah."
"Oh…so I'm busted. Mom, I don't want you to be afraid."
"Afraid? I'm not afraid Shelby I know you wouldn't do anything to me or the people you love."
"Thank you." Shelby got up and went to hug her mother. "I love you Mom." Came out a muffled sound. Shelby released her grip and looked into her mother's eyes. "Mom…there's more…a great danger is coming. And I'm the one to face it."
"What danger?"
"A black witch."
"Is she very dangerous?"
"Very dangerous and skilled…I may not be able to stop her. She already killed a lot of people here."
"You mean…she's the murderer without shadow?"
"Yes mom."
"Shelby, this is dangerous. But I always knew this would happen…let me explain everything to you…"
"At your birth, someone visited me…the Queen Susan. Shelby, she told me everything I needed to know about magic."
"Why me?"
"What?"
"Why am I what I am?"
"This is coming from your father Shelby…you know, family skills and everything…"
"Dad was…like me?" Shelby said, surprised again. Certainly, her mother had hidden a lot of things from her… How come this was only now that she was telling her?
"Yeah. That's why he was one of the most powerful knights of the Kingdom. And that's why everyone wanted him dead. Some people thought he was dangerous. That's why we moved out of the castle soon after I found out I was pregnant with you. We didn't want to risk anything."
"What do you mean by 'moved out of the castle'?"
"Shelby…our family hadn't always being poor. I, myself, am coming of a noble family." Alice said afraid Shelby would react badly.
"What?" Shelby asked, surprised once more...and she always believed that her ancestors were all domestics...
"Yes. Your grandfather was a High General of the Castle and your grandmother a Lady."
"But how come anyone recognized you here?"
"Shelby, look at our house! Who would think I was a Lady? And besides, people in the village did not know at all who I was."
"Yeah, I guess…but…"
"Susan did a trick, honey. She made every memory of your father and I disappear from people's head."
"That is…amazing mom! So what about Jess? Is she…like dad and I?"
"No, I don't think so. Yet I'm not sure."
"So did you know Susan was our cat?"
"Yes, I found out two years earlier and promised to keep my mouth shut."
Back to the Present
"Shelby, please wake up! I love you." Scott's voice
"You won't be alone in this battle. We'll face her together. All together." Alice's voice
"Let go Shelby. Let…" Elaine's voice, fading away…
"Mommy, save us both…" Scott and Shelby's baby
"Zwentla Exorcizum Patrocius Fantasia!" Daisy's voice, reciting the formula of exorcizing for the last time.
"I love you Shelby…I am proud of you and always be. You need to pull through for your family. Do not listen to the Black Witch's voice…it is only a trap." Shelby's father, appearing in her dreams as she was about to let go…
"Oh can I be sure?" Shelby asking her father and taking his hand as he leads her to the yellow light.
"Listen to your heart…" Her father answering her, then his image fading away… "Goodbye my beautiful daughter…goodbye until the next time…
To Be Continued…
Next: Find out if Shelby and the baby are fine…And an angry Scott is going to face Elaine…
Ah, finally an update… Sorry for the wait…but I have explanations:
Firstly, I have a lot of school work…and exams coming soon and others just done.
Secondly, I have been sick lately.
Thirdly, I had no inspiration until this week end…so sorry again. Besides, I tried to update yesterday but there were problems on the site...
Please R&R! I don't know if I did well with the flashbacks and the voices in Shelby's unconscious state…so tell me if it was or not too confusing…
Now, I don't know when my next update of this story will be up…Hopefully before the New Year…but I can't promise anything. See my profile page for more info about my updates.
See you soon. With much Love.
Linkie.