Once Upon The Outsiders (Fairytale Version)

The Headless Horseman

A/N: Not sure if this is a fairy tale, but I'm going with it. -Amanda

Once upon a time in Tulsa, Oklahoma...

Darry flipped on the news channel, and once again the sightings for a serial killer were still  playing. Darry sighed. He wouldn't want any of his brothers or the gang members to get killed by this mysterious killer. It was too unreal. This killer was said to be tall, in a cowboy outfit, and headless. People recalled of hearing a neigh of a horse before a killing was committed. The community referred to this man as "The Headless Horseman".

Darry turned off the TV. He waited for the rest of the gang to enter the household. It was five in the afternoon and Darry left work early. He hoped everybody would show up tonight; the killings were becoming more and more frequent.

"HELLOOO!" shouted a voice from the door, and Darry jumped. Two-Bit came inside as his jolly old self and plopped down on the couch.

"Two-Bit, have you seen the others anywhere?" Darry asked.

"Nope," Two-Bit said popping the "p".

Just then Soda and Steve burst through the door, Soda on Steve's back. As usual it was Piggy-Back Tuesday. "Hiya," Soda said. Steve gave a 'sup'.

And then Dally and Johnny came through the door, but Soda kicked his legs and hit Dally dead in the face. "Damn you, Curtis!" Dally shouted, covering his bleeding eye. He couldn't see and tripped before him, stepping on Steve's shoe and Steve falling forwards into the floor and Soda flung into the air.

Soda suddenly crashed into the far window, the opposite side of where he was, and bounced off and crashed onto the floor. Steve fell on the floor holding his foot and  cried. "No my piggies!" he cried. He then looked at Dally who was in severe pain in his gushing eye. "YOU MONSTER!" Steve roared.

"It's throbbing!" Dally shouted, looking for some bandages. He fell over and onto the couch, got up, and received a Barbie bandage from Darry. Darry put it on Dally's throbbing eye. Dally took a sigh of relief a lit up a cigarette.

"Okay," Darry said, shutting the door after Johnny walked in. "I'm guessing everyone planned to get here before it got dark?"

"Whatever," Dally said. Two-Bit shoved three chocolate cakes into his mouth at once.

"I have a question," Johnny said.

"We're listening," Dally said.

"Has anyone seen Pony?"

The room suddenly got quiet. Soda got up from the floor and held his head. Two-Bit swallowed hard and just stared at everybody. Dally paused in lighting his cigarette. Steve twitched from the floor. And Darry stopped in his movements. Pony was supposed to be with Johnny, who was with Dally, who was picking up girls with Two-Bit, who was at the DX with Steve, who was working with Soda. Darry felt a shiver along his back. Ponyboy's curfew was at five-thirty. It got dark early in the fall. Pony should have been home, he always was. Darry felt nervous. Where the hell was his little brother at this time of murderous affairs?

"OK, speak up, all of ya, before I call the Headless Horseman to slug the fuck outta y'all," Darry demanded.

"He wasn't at the DX," Soda confirmed as he got an icepack for his head. Darry then looked at Steve.

"What he said," Steve responded, petting his toes on which Dally stepped on.

Darry looked at Dally next. Darry had a gut feeling that it's all Dally's fault, because it's always his fault. Darry had first told Dally to keep an eye out for his little brother. And now his little brother was out in the darkening wilderness with a loose serial killer.