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((back from my reading I suppose to post. I've realized that Iz isn't as crazy as she once was...need to fix that up a bit.__

Izzy made a face. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I told you I'm fine. Just not used to crying is all..." And that's the truth. What happened to the great and tough Izzy? Well whatever was happening was going to have to stop. Izzy was not about to ruin her reputation by having everyone thing she'd become some sort of a wussy.

((Sure but we still need to have a list...))
Ace smiled. "Well Ly most definatly has to be there and he's been hanging out with Alice and Mark lately so we should invite them.

((Ok I have to make a list...
Josh, Jesta, Ace, Izzy, Twins, Hoot and Zack, Ly, Alice, Mark, Cheshire?, Anna, Azazell, Reino (The three are already there...), ummm...Who else?))

Mark slipped on the ice and slid after Alice. If he landed right then he would run right into her (or a tree...). There was no why that he could loose this.

((Idril, it's kind of just on the back burner. As is my delayng of night time. Haha. Enough plot lines going on as it is. I figure I'll let it be night after the wedding.

@Krazy: The King is very distracted. He'll notice it eventually....I think. That or his short term memory loss is geting to him. Haha.

Okay Cheshire is stepping into this. We have four characters that are lying around.))

Cheshire noticed the stragglers and sent the shadows to get Mayura, Renka, Cecelia, Farkle, and Missy and take them to the Forest near the Lake of Te-....Lake of Happiness. The shadows would shortly devour them, only to spit them out there. He figured Mel and Kori needed it anyway.

The King of Diamonds glanced about his servants, wanting some grapes. He saw what seemed to be a new one. No doubt one that had bet her freedom and lost it as well in one of his many casino's(Jeanie, just to clarify). He smiled at her. "Come up here sweetheart, I haven't seen you before. I want to get a slightly closer look," he stated to Jeanie. He also waved one of his other slaves to get grapes and then opened a pathway from her to himself. The slaves seemed to willingly follow every twitch of his finger.

Gale led them about the city. "Just watch the people around you. Most people don't carry around crystals. So when you go to a famous Diamond Casino.... you bet your emotions," he explained to the small group. He didn't want them lost about the city of bi-polar's and insane people, just to be dazzled by the lights and turn into one of them. The streets were littered with people stuck smiling because they'd lost their negative emotions. People that talked to themselves because they'd won someone else's opinion. As well as other weird creeps that were just plain insane. In a crowd in this town, anyone could hide and be alone. No matter how big the crowd was.

((Finally back fom the woods, though not a single deer.))

Shadow looked around him, but all he saw was darkness. "Where am I? Last thing I remember was being in the ruins and then looking at the sky, and then...AHHH!!" His head suddenly felt like it was being split open. He grabbed his head and fell to his knees. The pain was excruciating. Just as he started to tear up, the pain vanished. It was like it had never been there. Shadow shook his head and got up, and almost fell back down in surprise.

He was in London again. More specifically, an old shop wher he had grown up. His old hiding place. He looked around and everything was the same. The shelf with his "collection", his tools, the old cracked mirror in the corner. "Bloody hell, I'm home." "Not exactly." Shadow jumped as he heard a deep, gravely voice. He looked around for the source. "Who's there, and what do you mean?"

"You're not exactly home. This is a memory. A fragment from you past." Shadow continued to look around, tossing over old crates and tables. "Okay....I'll buy that, but you still haven't said who you are." The voice laughed. "Let's just say that we're old friends." Shadow continued to look around. "Your getting warmer." Finally Shadow stopped in front of the old mirror. "Ah. Finally." Shadow looked at the mirror carefully and noticed that there was no reflection, just darkness.

"Look closer Shadow." Shadow did so and noticed something coming closer to him from deep within the mirror. The shape finally formed itself into Comedy & Tragedy, but something was wrong. His clothes were ragged, and his face scratched. Shadow put his hands up to the glass. "Guys! What happened to you?" Comedy laughed. "Like you don't know!" Tragedy wailed. Shadow was confused. "What? What are you talking about?" Comedy laughed a high-pitched giggle that pierced Shadow to the bone. " He says he doesn't know? HEHEHE! How could he not? Shadow shook his head. "Comedy? What do you mean? Who did this to you?" Comedy started laughing again and Tragedy started a high moaning wail. "You did this to us!" They said together, thier voices hurting Shadow's ears like nails on a chalkboard. "You! You killed us! Killed us!" Shadow's jaw dropped. "No! I did this? I couldn't! I would never kill anyone!" Their wailing and laughing suddenly grew louder and louder, becomeing unbearable. Shadow covered his eyes, and suddenly the wailing stopped and Comedy & Tragedy was gone. In their place was a dark silhouette with red glowing eyes. The voice laughed. "But you are wrong Shadow. You are a killer." Shadow slammed his fists into the glass. "Who are you! Show yourself." The silhouette laughed and then stepped forward. Shadow gasped.

It was him! It was him, but it wasn't. This him had glowing red eyes and a dark complexion made of scales. His hands were claws and his wings were much longer. "That's right. I'm you, or rather the other side of you. When you grew up alone on the streets, I grew in your haert. I am the loneliness and despiar and anger. And when the Cat brought you here, I came alive. I'm the reason you have your "curse". And when you looked up at the sky in the ruins, the magic of the place started to drain you of your life, and I filled the emptiness. I am you, and you are me, but I am slowly gaining control." Shadow backed away from the mirror. "No. You aren't me. I'm me, and I would never kill." The silhouette laughed again. "You're right. I'm stronger than you. I deserve to be in control, not you. ANd trust me. I will take control!" Dark Shadow lept froward and broke the glass. He flew straight towards Shadow. "NOOOO!"

Shadow sat straight up, gasping. He looked around and saw he was still in the ruins. He was drenched from head to toe in sweat, and was lying on a bed. He relaxed. "It was just a dreamed." He sighed. He saw Comedy & Tragedy sitting a little way away. They looked up. "Ah! You are awake! We thought we had lost you. You were asleep for a long time." Shadow shook his head. A long time? Couldn't he be a little more specific? "I'm fine, CT." He got slowly out of the bed and stood on wabbly legs, strechting.

((oops. forgot about that. I'll fix it. Thanks Idril))

((Only reached page 20, and now being sent off of comp. will read more when I can))

((September the 5th! I found the original idea of the Wedding! I'm an amazing person...))

((Wow...Izzy's first kiss with Josh and it wasn't even Josh...I'm still looking for when Iz and Josh actually kiss...I found where Alice got an outfit from Iz...but not Jesta...not yet anyway...(page like 108ish...)

As for the wedding...Ace asked Jesta to marry him and we're just starting to plan it out... It should be played out soon enough. Pretty sure all the serious weddingy stuff will be done by Idril and me. i wouldn't worry a whole lot about your character and the wedding...unless you would like some cake and tea^^))