The Vampires Below: Ch 2.2 Flames oozed from the pit the dwarves had dug, spreading out in little tendrils over the grass and licking toward the apartment. The dwarves looked at one another and Gimli yelled up to Legolas. "Where's Gandalf?" "At the university!" "Get him. Now." Javert commanded Jareth. "Before the apartment goes up in flames." "I've never met Gandalf, what's he look like?" Jareth asked."Old, white beard, robes, funky hat. You can't miss him!" Jareth nodded, disappearing in a poof of glitter. Sometimes the urgency of the situation outweighed his selfish desires and this was one of those times. "Get the girls out of the building." Javer
The Vampires Below: Ch 2.1"Some people say a man is made outta mudA poor man's made outta muscle and bloodMuscle and blood and skin and bonesA mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong." James Norrington reached over and pulled his alarm clock off the nightstand. "Five thirty? What manner of uncivilized…" He sat up and looked out the window into the almost-dawn. Marching from a trio of vans parked in the street were dwarves with shovels and pick-axes. He threw open the window and stuck his head out. "Shut the bloody %&!# up!" A dwarf with orange hair looked up and yelled in a deep voice. "Would you rather we whistle?" "I'd rather you s
The Vampires Below: Ch 1.2Jareth was watching Erik wash dishes after dinner when a knock came on the door. He'd largely forgotten about the vampires in the basement since they'd moved in three days ago and was mildly surprised to see one of them at the door. "I'm Jean-Claude." The vampire said, "Wicked said that you had a tailor I might borrow?" "I do. Come in." Jareth waved the vampire in and showed him to the living room. "Goblin lackeys!" He clapped his hands trice and four goblins appeared. "These are my tailors." Jean-Claude nodded approvingly as the goblins brought out a measuring tape and started to take his measurements. "I like your pants, by the way
The Vampires Below: Ch 1.3Two weeks prior: Jean-Claude sat curled in the passenger's seat as Asher drove the long road from Olympia to Forks. "Everyone I talked to said to ask Alice." Asher said quietly. "Don't worry, Jean-Claude." "Do I look worried?" "Distraught." Asher was not used to seeing his lover so depressed and it worried him greatly. Jean-Claude shrugged as they entered Forks, pausing only briefly at the town's one stoplight before turning down the long road that led to the Cullen's house. Trees flashed by on either side until the road ended in a clearing in front of a large white Victorian house. Jean-Claude climbed wearily out of the car w
The Vampires Below: Chapter 1 It was one of those nights when the rain came down in torrents. Christmas and New Years had come and gone and it was looking to be a dreary January outside the flat. Jareth sat on the windowsill, looking out into the rain. His great aunt, Yubaba, stood slightly to one side, her nose obscuring half of the view. "There's some scum slinking around out in the rain," Yababa snorted. "Auntie, you always say that." "I'm serious." She poked him with a pointed finger. "Look there." The first of three great moving vans pulled up in front of the flat. There were two Land Rovers and a Porsche already parked there, the occupants climbing ou
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