by Matt
This round robin was written by members of the Barnabas-Quentin Onelist who were unable to attend the 1999 Dark Shadows Fest in New York.
Standing in the middle of a narrow, two-way road that seemed to cut through a large forest, Matt muttered sarcastically to himself. "No, no, I'm sure not a tourist."
He looked back down at his map, then turned it around 90 degrees. "Maybe I was looking at it the wrong way..." He sighed and, after struggling to fold the map back, looked around him. "How did I even get here? I know this isn't New York. New York doesn't even HAVE trees!"
He started to walk up the street, figuring it had to take him somewhere. After what seemed like half an hour, he found the edge of the forest and walked out to find a large gothic mansion looming before him.
His brown eyes grew wide. "Well slap me around and call me Susie. It's Collinwood!" He started to run toward it, then stopped. "Wait a minute," he said to himself. "Collinwood was in Maryland in 1971. I'm... somewhere in 1999. And it was on a TV SHOW!! You know if you go up there those people are gonna think you're some kind of freak and kick you off their all too large property. So, you just turn around and walk right back down that road. Don't even think about knocking on that door!"
Cheri, Beverly, and Chris were broken from their stupor by a loud knock at the door.
Barnabas smiled. "I'll get that, ladies. You just get to know each other. Help yourself to some brandy."
Susie crossed over to the other three women. "Do any of you have any idea what's going on here?"
"I need some brandy," Cheri said.
The four of them walked into the all-too-familair drawing room, then turned around to see a fifteen-year-old boy wearing a hawaiin shirt with far too many colors walk in the door and drop his bags as he stared about.
Barnabas greeted him. "Hello, and welcome to Collinwood. I'd like you to meet my friends Beverly, Susie, Cheri, and Christine."
The boy walked into the drawing room, his eyes narrow. "Is this another trick? 'Cuz LAST time I thought I was at Collinwood, it was actually just--"
"If it's a trick," Chris said, "I sure wish someone would let me in on it."
"All right, just making sure I hadn't finally snapped. Again. Anyways, I'm Matt."
The women introduced themselves, and Beverly remarked, "You know, you all seem awfully familiar." Then she turned her gaze to Barnabas and said, "And I KNOW I've seen him before. Mmmmmmm...." She trailed off, gazing at Barnabas.
"Uh, Bev, hon," Cheri said, "I think you might have some competition."
They all followed Cheri's eyes and saw Angelique Bouchard descend the stairs, blonde hair flying behind her, a fire in her eyes as she flew down the stairs toward Barnabas.
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