Dead Shadow: Beetlejuice Fanfiction Story

Chapter 18: The Groom To Be

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Lydia's Eternity

She felt the gag around her mouth. Of course she'd be at this part. I should have said it faster, Miss Second Chance warned me!

She tried to say it in her own way. A way without as much words. Beetlejuice didn't like to get too mushy anyway, so just outright. In a rose. His whole magic was seeping with negative energy, as soon as he touched it, it would wither and reveal the option.

Half his friendly smile had fangs. One of his eyes had a strange green, red, and purple flame changing inside of his pupil. One of his hands had become like claws. He was already starting to transform past the point of no return.

Idiot! I messed this up. If he kills the last one, then I go somewhere better, but he goes to hell! It's not fair! I'd rather be stuck here! I'd rather be stuck and let him have his afterlife!

Lydia saw the gun already in her hands again. I can't change anything. She heard her father giving her advice, and telling her it wasn't her fault again. Beetlejuice. I'm so sorry. Beetlejuice. I wish I could have said it faster. Beetlejuice. She raised her gun.

She fired the shot.

It hit the rope? Her father was freed.

"Nice shot, Pumpkin!" he congratulated her.

She hit the rope? How did she hit the rope?

"Babes."

Lydia turned around and saw - "BJ!" She hugged him as she started to hear screams and the sound of people running. She wasn't the only dead shadow that had been freed.

"Lyds." Beetlejuice pulled her away just enough to see her. He gave her a ring. "Not the best and charming, but neither am I," he reminded her. "Ha! I just broke your eternity using your little ring trick." He showed off the ring he found. He took the ring off and rolled it around his fingers before putting it back on. "Follow through won't be fun, but we are desperate. Those other dead shadows were freed with you."

"I don't care," Lydia assured him. "The Neitherworld is huge. I'll probably never see them. They aren't worth losing you."

"No foolin, Lyds," he said, his tone holding a degree of warning. "Other choice is me go to hell or you stay here. Willing to work things out for it." He looked a little strangely at her. "I already used my last resort of Doomie, and I gotta tell ya?" He gestured toward his head. "I used to think of pranks all the time and I'm just constantly thinking of torture and killing, and that's gotta change."

He looked desperate. He wanted to stop everything. I don't know how he feels. I'm sorry, Miss Second Chance, but going from friends to Mrs. Beetle Juice is just too much without something between! "I just want out too, Beetlejuice." He gestured for her to continue. "Beetlejuice."

"One more time, Babe," he insisted as he made sure the cheap rings were on, "and we'll go home together."

Together. "Beetlejuice."

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Neitherworld.

"Pa-pow!" As soon as BJ got back to the Roadhouse, Mayor Maynot was there. He held out her hand and his to show off the rings. "Nothing doing. This beats dating by miles, so no more yanking her out of here!" he yelled at him.

Mayor Maynot just shook his head and glared at Lydia. "You made so many people sad tonight."

"Yeah? Well, I'm happy, Mayor." They survived.