All Is Not As It Seems (2/3)

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Title: All Is Not As It Seems (2/3)
Fandom: Torchwood/Harry Potter
Characters: Ianto Jones, Captain Jack Harknes, Toshiko Sato, Owen Harper, Gwen Cooper, Albus Dumbledore, and a few more....

Rating: Not really sure - PG/PG-13
Disclaimer: The BBC and RTD own Torchwood. Harry Potter belongs to JK and Warner Brothers
Spoilers: A lot of Torchwood and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Summery: The Torchwood team find themselves as children on a train in the middle of nowhere. when they arrive to their mystery destination, they find themselves and their true friends.
Warning: Gwen-bashing

A/N: This is for a project for my Creative Writing class, and I'd thought I'd share it with you....please let me know it there are any typo's and/or grammatical errors.

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Leaving their mysterious belongings on the train, only carrying the wooden sticks that seemed to pull at them, the Torchwood team exited their compartment to be thrown about by the throng of children that seemed to be the only occupants of the steam locomotive. From the collective haircuts of the other children, Ianto conducted that they were transported back to the early nineties.

 Following the children that had the same crest on their robes and ties, the team came face to face with a seemingly ten foot tall man with hair all over his face except for his eyes. The giant man kept repeating, “Firs’ years! Firs’ years over here! C’mon, follow me! Firs’ years follow me!”

Doing as the strange man said, the team followed the hoard of children through the wood that where nearby down a steep, narrow path. Owen complained the entire walk about the nature around them.

“What is that smell?” he asked, his nose wrinkled in disgust.

“That would be grass,” Gwen shot at him.

“Well it’s disgusting,” Owen shot back.

Tosh clutched Ianto’s hand for dear life as they followed Jack. Shivers ran down the duo’s backs as they remembered the similar exchange between the hot-headed Welshwoman and the brash doctor the day they narrowly escaped the cannibals.

Gwen marched on Jack’s right, trying to be discrete about brushing her hand against the immortals. Jack kept moving left, shuffling away from Gwen’s not-so-subtle advances. Each time that Gwen brushed against the immortal man, Ianto bristled on the inside but smiled with glee that Jack was dismissing her, even if her small mind didn’t see his actions as such.

The narrow path opened suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers. Everyone stood stunned and a few hand their mouths hung open. Ianto stood there, his mouth, like others, hung to the floor in awe.

“It’s beautiful,” Ianto breathed. “It looks just like the castle my grandfather told me about growing up. Every summer he’d tell bedtime stories about a magical castle and the learning and mischief that goes on. I loved my grandfather. He died when I was fourteen…”

Jack wrapped an arm around Ianto’s shoulders, pulling the young man/boy close to him. Tosh squeezed his hand in comfort before letting go so Jack can give him a proper hug. Ianto would have gladly stayed in Jack’s arms forever, but the booming voice of the large man broke them apart as he called over the crowed of young boys and girls as he climbed into one of the little boats that suddenly appeared to form a fleet. “No more’n four to a boat!”

The five members of Torchwood look at each other, silently trying to figure out who will not be in their boat. Ianto knows that he will be the one, but lets the others figure it out first. Ianto’s only the general support, nothing special to the team.

Tosh is their shy genius technician. Jack’s the leaders of their marry band of misfits alien catchers and Ianto’s lover, though that doesn’t really mean anything outside the bedroom – as Owen so nicely pointed out, Ianto was only the Captain’s ‘part tie shag.’ Owen’s the medical officer he makes sure they’re all physically fit and healthy in between his snark and looking up porn on his computer to avoid paperwork. Gwen’s the team lesion to the police, coordinating with the Cardiff PD over crimes scenes with alien involvement (though, coincidentally, relations between Torchwood and the police have gotten worse since Gwen joined the team).

Why would they want to sit with the lowly office boy that only cleans up after them, makes sure their kits are fully equip, hands files they need before they need them and hand out the coffee ten times a day since he’s the only one who can work the coffee machine? It’s not like he saves the world everyday like Jack, or can hack into the governments computer mainframe while running equations and such for extra security in theirs like Tosh, or dissect an alien and know what each gland and organ’s function like Owen, or release an alien sex gas that possesses an unsuspecting young woman that then shags part of Cardiff’s male population, turning the men into piles of dust like Gwen.

He’s just Ianto Jones, the office boy that shags the boss and wishes the love he feels for the immortal man to be returned.

“Ianto, you wouldn’t mind sitting in another boat, would you?” Gwen’s sickeningly sweat voice nearly made his ears bleed. But, being the polite person he was, Ianto just grinned and bared it.

Just as Owen stepped into an available boat, quickly followed by Gwen, Ianto felt like his heart was about to break. He knew the others really didn’t notice or care about him, but he thought someone might stick up for the Welshman. As his heart was about to crack, Jack turned to the others with his mega watt smile and told them, “You guys stay together, I’ll stick with Ianto.”

Gwen visibly bristled, but her obviously fake smile was still plastered on her face as she said, “Ianto will be alright by himself. He can make new friends in another boat. Come sit next to me, Jack.”

“Nah, go on ahead,” Jack encouraged. “We’ll be fine together and you guys can make a new friend.”

Steam seamed to pool out of the Welshwoman’s ears. “Why do you want to sit with him? He’s nothing special; he just cleans up after us and gets us food. He nearly got us killed, if you remember. Sit with me, Jack. It’s safer.”

Ianto’s shoulders sagged as his anger began to build. She just had to bring up Lisa! He was trying to save Lisa and was too blinded by love to see that the Cyberman implants had taken over and used him to rebuild its army. Jack had given him a second chance instead of killing him like protocol states, and Ianto had intended to use that second chance to show everyone that he wasn’t a bad guy, just a human blinded by love. In that second chance, Jack and Ianto became to reform their tattered friendship and eventually started a relationship based on need, and they needed each other, body and mind…but jack has Ianto’s soul, and the Welshman isn’t sure he’ll ever have the immortals.

“At least he did it out of love,” the usually quiet and reserved Tosh spat at the Welshwoman. “You got twenty men killed on your first day! I’d say you going into another boat is a whole lot safer for us.”

Owen smirked and nodded in agreement. “Honey, it’d be safer for the boat if you just swam.”

Gwen glared at the medic and stopped out of the boat, flaring her arms wildly. “Fine, if you want to sit with him, that’s fine by me. I’ll go into another boat where I’ll be safe.”

As Gwen stomped off and the others stepped into the boat, Ianto watched her jump into another boat with three boys and sulk. He had to wonder why she hated him so much, he was nothing but nice to her.

“Coming, Ianto?” Tosh called to him.

Ianto stepped into the boat and sat next to Jack as the large man called out “Everyone in? Right then – FORWARD!”

The fleet of little boats moved off all at once gliding across the lake, which was a smooth as glass.

“Why did you stick up for me?” Ianto asked, quietly.

Tosh looked confused at him. “You’re our friend, Ianto and Gwen was being an arse.”

“Got to agree, mate,” Owen said. “You may be the tea boy and I may make fun of you, but I still like you better than that cow.”

“Then why did you shag her?” Ianto asked.

“Don’t remind me,” Owen groaned, making them giggle.

In all seriousness Ianto said, “But she’s your friend, too. Sometimes, I think you guys don’t even notice I’m around and would prefer if I wasn’t, just to hang out with her.”

Jack placed a quick kiss on Ianto’s cheek. “Ianto, if I had to choose who I’d rather hang out with, I’d choose you in a heartbeat.”

Ianto practically beamed at Jack as Owen made over dramatic gagging noises at the sappiness of it all. The two were stopped from sharing a kiss by the large man shouting for everyone to duck as the first boats reached the cliff; they all bent their heads and the little boats carried them through a curtain of ivy that hid a wide opening in the cliff face. They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles. They clambered up a passageway in the rock after the large man’s lamp, coming out at last onto smooth, damp grass right in the shadow of the castle. They walked up a flight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, oak front door.

Comments

[sammydragoncat]

Great update

[vengeful-owl.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

[jsks.livejournal.com]

bless the boy's sappy hearts, glad to see gwen put in her place. how did ianto's grandfather know of the rumors of hogwarts?

[vengeful-owl.livejournal.com]

Oh, just wait and see in the next part. It might be up later tonight or tomorrow, and then you'll beat yourself for not seeing it. :)

[sandysan2013.livejournal.com]

Here are some grammar/spelling issues you should review:

Gwen brushed her "hand against the immortals." Should be "immortal's."

"crowed of young boys," should be "crowd of young boys"

"marry band of misfits" should be "merry band of misfits"

"part tie shag." should read "part time shag"

"Gwen’s sickeningly sweat" should read "Gwen’s sickeningly sweet"

"Gwen’s the team lesion" should be "Gwen’s the team liaison"

There are other instances like this, "Ianto just grinned and bared it,' where you have used the wrong word - bared. I'm not a teacher so I don't have any advice on getting this sort of thing right, except to say that if you pay attention to how words are used when you read, you will tend to get it right when you write. Using the right word will be almost an instinct, even though it is more a matter of practice.

You're very brave to share your stories with us and I don't want to put you off writing. However, your mistakes can take away from your story and you asked for help. As you grow and learn your craft you will make fewer mistakes. In the interim, I suggest frequent use of spell and grammar check. Spell check in livejournal still allows mistakes, but I use it anyway because I know I'm not perfect. Keep writing! You have wonderful potential and a good imagination.

[hydrojen90.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure 'bared' is the right word. You know, like the phrase, 'grin and bare it'.

[sandysan2013.livejournal.com]

That phrase is more likley "grin and bear" it. Grin and bear it suggests that one should just go along with whatever uncomfortable or unpleasant situation one is in. Bear isn't just the animal; it is also used to describe a difficult thing. For example, "The consequences of his crime were his burden to bear." Bare suggests naked, lacking decoration, vegetation, etc.

Bear and bare are homophones, words that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning. Some homophones are spelled the same. Wikepedia gives the example of rose (flower) and rose (past tense of rise.) Other homophones are spelled differently, as in bare and bear. Both are great words, but they're not used identically.

[vengeful-owl.livejournal.com]

thanks, believe me this is a big help.

[blucougar.livejournal.com]

Oh, please let Gwen fall in the lake, like Colin and his little brother...