Ghostly Family

Chapter 1

Rating: General Audiences

Fandom: Beetlejuice the Musical

Characters: Beetlejuice, Lydia Deetz, Charles Deetz, Delia Deetz, Barbara Maitland, Adam Maitland, and Michael Peterson (Original Character I guess?)

Relationships: Beetlejuice/Adam Maitland/Barbara Maitland, Charles Deetz/Delia Deetz, Beetlejuice and Lydia (PLATONIC), Michael and Lydia (Platonic), Tbh Michael is just friends with Lydia and Beetlejuice (maybe he sees him as a father figure idk) and is like an adopted son to the Maitlands and Deetz’s.

Trigger Warnings: Gore, mentions of bullying and murder, discussion of depression and anxiety, and self loathing.

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Clouds formed overhead, and the trees began to sway with the wind. The promise of rain growing ever stronger.  Because of this, the Deetz stayed inside, while Lydia and Beetlejuice went out to look for bugs. It didn't matter which kind, they just wanted to get some bugs for a bug casserole that Beetlejuice wanted to make.

"So Beetlejuice, what kind of bugs are you going to put in the casserole? Is it going to be black widows or some wasps?!" Lydia asked excitedly as they walked down the hill.

"I was thinking more like ladybugs, some cockroaches...  Ooh! Maybe some grasshoppers!" Beetlejuice answered, equally as excited as Lydia. When they got to the bottom of the hill, Beetlejuice found a log. He lifted it up and started putting various bugs into his pockets, snacking on a few as he did so.  "So do you want to go to the graveyard to take pictures, or do you want to go into the forest and prank people?"

"Let's go to the graveyard. Maybe there's some more ghosts or creepy looking cats!" Lydia chuckled and ran to the graveyard with Beetlejuice floating right beside her. After they reached the front of the old cemetery, Lydia jumped the fence and walked around the graves for a little bit, she took a few photos of the creepy scenery. Beetlejuice explored the cemetery, eating a few of the bugs that were on the graves when he saw something sitting on a gravestone.

Upon closer inspection, it was a ghost. It looked like a typical boy ghost, he had chin-length brown hair, green eyes, he was pretty pale, and he had a standard band t-shirt and black pants on. He also had two piercings on both ears. He had a melancholy look on his face as he stared at the ground. Thing that would be considered odd was that he was covered in bruises, cuts, and he had a black eye if you looked close enough.

Beetlejuice decided to go talk to him since he figured that this ghost didn't get a manual and couldn't figure out how to pass on, "Hey kid, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," The ghost mumbled as tears slowly fell down his face.

"You're not, but that's alright. Honestly, you don't have to tell me about how you died-" Beetlejuice was caught off by the ghost kid yelling.

"Wait?! What do you mean I'm dead?! I thought I survived that!" The kid sobbed and looked back down at the ground. "I'm so freaking stupid! Of course, I wouldn't have been able to survive that attack!"

"Hey kid, it's okay. It's common for the recently deceased to not know that they're dead- wait, did you just say you were attacked?" Beetlejuice grew even more concerned. He sat beside the kid and offered him a tissue, which the kid took.