Jenny was running. She could see Julian ahead of her. His white hair was glowing; his black coat flowed behind him. They were in the house and he was running away from her down corridor after corridor. No matter how fast she ran she couldn't catch him up, just as she thought she had, he would speed up and gain on her again. She kept shouting his name over and over again; hoping he would hear her and stop, but he kept running as if something he had no control over was pulling him along. Suddenly Julian was gone. One minute he was there, the next he had disappeared. As she stopped running a figure appeared in front of her. He looked very similar to Julian, had the same white hair and blue eyes. But it wasn't Julian; she could see that. She stared at the person.
"You must come back to the shadow world," he said.
"No. I can't!" Jenny replied.
"You must!" the figure shouted…
Jenny sat up suddenly. She looked around, expecting to see the painted walls of the house in the shadow world. Instead, she saw her bedroom. She breathed a sigh of relief and then remembered her dream. Who was the person who had appeared? The person who looked so much like Julian. The person who had told her she had to return to the shadow world. She tried to tell herself it was just a dream. But somehow she couldn't shake off the feeling that the message she had received in the dream was something she had to do…
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Sebastian sat in the house - the house he had managed to save from being destroyed. He frowned. He had scared her. He hadn't meant to do that. He had meant to let her get to know him in her dreams, so when he appeared in the real world she wouldn't be afraid. But he had blown it. Why had he shouted? Desperation maybe? Was it that he knew how important his mission was and that he couldn't afford to fail? It wasn't real anger. He knew that. He couldn't be angry with Jenny. How could he be angry with someone his brother had loved so much? He knew he had to appear to Jenny soon. There was only one way his brother Julian could be reborn - and that was through her…
"You must come back to the shadow world," he said.
"No. I can't!" Jenny replied.
"You must!" the figure shouted…
Jenny sat up suddenly. She looked around, expecting to see the painted walls of the house in the shadow world. Instead, she saw her bedroom. She breathed a sigh of relief and then remembered her dream. Who was the person who had appeared? The person who looked so much like Julian. The person who had told her she had to return to the shadow world. She tried to tell herself it was just a dream. But somehow she couldn't shake off the feeling that the message she had received in the dream was something she had to do…
* * *
Sebastian sat in the house - the house he had managed to save from being destroyed. He frowned. He had scared her. He hadn't meant to do that. He had meant to let her get to know him in her dreams, so when he appeared in the real world she wouldn't be afraid. But he had blown it. Why had he shouted? Desperation maybe? Was it that he knew how important his mission was and that he couldn't afford to fail? It wasn't real anger. He knew that. He couldn't be angry with Jenny. How could he be angry with someone his brother had loved so much? He knew he had to appear to Jenny soon. There was only one way his brother Julian could be reborn - and that was through her…