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There's a plagiarize yourself party going on at [livejournal.com profile] fiercelydreamed's LJ. Here's my contribution. I don't know why this is the first thing I thought of!



Mary-Kate hates few things more than being chased through a cemetery, the choppy ground, the possibility always in the back of her head that the dead might rise up and join the fight against her. Stranger things have happened.

"Come on!" she shouts to Ashley, leading her toward the church.

They dart inside, greeted by the scent of candle wax, the cloy of flowers and incense, a relief. The studio exec that's after them stinks of sulfur and decomposing flesh, and if Mary-Kate weren't so concerned about dying, she'd surely be throwing up. They jam into a confessional and listen, barely daring to breathe. It's a myth that holy ground repels all evil. If a studio exec is strong enough, the Lord's house will simply slow it down a little.

Mary-Kate sits on the bench, her legs folded up, starting to cramp. Ashley looms over her, hands braced against the wall to keep her balance. Mary-Kate thinks randomly about the one semester she spent in Catholic school. They'd study math and spelling in the mornings, but in the afternoons, the bibles would come out and they'd talk about sin and hell and redemption. Mary-Kate had always been so confused. Hell, she knew, happened on earth everyday, and the only kind of salvation she could imagine was an end, not a beginning.

In the close space, Mary-Kate can feel every rise and fall of Ashley's chest, can smell the damp of sweat-soaked clothes. Their eyes collide in the dark, and the look that passes between them is fraught with wordless heresy.

The first lumbering footfall out in the sanctuary makes Mary-Kate jump, and she automatically grabs for her sister's arm. She's been holding on to Ashley all her life, and if they're going to die, that's how she wants to go. They listen and wait. The confessional fills with the stench of fear and a coiled energy, both of them ready to fight.

There's the familiar thud-drag as the studio exec moves in their direction, and Mary-Kate's fingers curve tighter into her sister's arm. Maybe if she throws herself at the thing, Ashley can get away.

But then the steps just…stop. She and Ashley remain perfectly motionless, ears straining. After an eternity of silence, the thud-drag slowly recedes, more labored now, as if the studio exec's power is being drained at last. They wait for the sound to disappear entirely, and then wait some more just to be safe.

Date: 2007-10-14 04:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] barely-bean.livejournal.com
I said this to [livejournal.com profile] scrunchy and I say it to you. I have never loved you more.

Date: 2007-10-14 04:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
Hee! I suspect you're the only one who loves me for this, baby.

Date: 2007-10-14 04:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lallybroch.livejournal.com
OMG, I'm dying!

Date: 2007-10-14 04:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
This challenge made me laugh so. A great way to get over the whole plagiarism thing!

Date: 2007-10-14 04:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lallybroch.livejournal.com
I was feeling a little guilty for the Smurf thing, but only a *little*. Hee!

Date: 2007-10-14 05:15 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] celli
*dies*

Date: 2007-10-14 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
Hee! This idea of [livejournal.com profile] fiercelydreamed's was a thing of brilliance.

Date: 2007-10-14 05:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emrinalexander.livejournal.com
I...well...what can I say? This is a masterpiece.

Date: 2007-10-14 04:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
You know, when you start with the Olsen twins, it's really hard to go wrong. *bg*

Date: 2007-10-14 05:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] norwich36.livejournal.com
ROFL. My sides actually hurt from laughing.

I looked at some of the others for this challenge, but it just works better if you know the original story and fandom.

I love that the demons became studio execs--that's even better than the sisters Olsen. (Who you *know* someone has already written Olsencest about).

[Now the sequel: Dean and Sam actually switch places universes with Mary Kate and Ashley just long enough for the crossroad demon to drag Mary Kate off to hell. And then they switch back, and the crossroad demon in this universe just takes Ashley since you can't really tell the difference between them.]

Date: 2007-10-14 04:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
LOL! I love your solution for saving Dean--and ridding the world of the Olsen twins in one fell swoop. That's what I like to call win-win!

Date: 2007-10-14 05:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hyperfocused.livejournal.com
I swear to god, I almost turned Dan and Casey into Mary Kate and Ashley. But this works so much better!

hahahaha

Date: 2007-10-14 04:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
*laughs, cries* The Olsen twins as Dan and Casey is inspired! I really think Mary-Kate and Ashley are just funny, period. No matter who you cross them with.

Date: 2007-10-14 06:56 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] trascendenza
This is of the awesome.

Date: 2007-10-14 04:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
This challenge was so much fun! Reading all the entries has had me clutching my side.

Date: 2007-10-14 07:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fiercelydreamed.livejournal.com
Oh my god. Oh my god. People should do this to SPN fics all the time.

Seriously, that's funny enough that it was worth being plagiarized to get to read it. *g*

Thanks for playing along!

Date: 2007-10-14 04:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
Thank you for the wonderful idea! Reading all the entries has had me clutching my side with laughter.

Date: 2007-10-14 08:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] llaras.livejournal.com
Hee! Awesome!

Date: 2007-10-14 04:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
The Olsen twins are just funny, no matter the context, I think. *g*

Date: 2007-10-14 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] catmoran.livejournal.com
This is freaking *brilliant*.

Date: 2007-10-14 04:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
The Olsen twins = Instant laughter

*g*

Date: 2007-10-14 01:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] isagel.livejournal.com
Ooooh, hilarious! It's the perfect, perfect fandom switch. \o/

You know, last night I was thinking I would do this thing with one of my House fics, because it might be funny, given the distinctiveness of House and Wilson's voices. Then this morning, I'm informed about this (http://isagel.livejournal.com/111851.html). The madness, it is never-ending. *shakes head*

Date: 2007-10-14 04:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
Oh, the irony. *hugs you* The worst part of uncovering plagiarism is that it really makes you wonder what you don't know about. Blah!

Date: 2007-10-14 11:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] astrothsknot.livejournal.com
Oh my GOD!! That was cruel!! I've just skaled chicken soup all over ma knee!!

could have snorted it, I suppose

Date: 2007-10-18 01:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
Sorry about the scalding, babe! Mary-Kate and Ashley will do that to a person. *g*

Date: 2007-10-15 01:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pun.livejournal.com
Haha! This is actually too funny and clever to resemble real plagiarism, but it sure did make me laugh!

Date: 2007-10-18 01:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com
I'm glad you got a chuckle out of it. I had fun imagining Mary-Kate and Ashley sneaking around the church yard. *g*

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