Okay, I got this idea after I got done watching Dead Silence. At first I wanted to a horror story for it but then thought against it so my good buddy Carmelita helped me and we came up with me writing a regular PR story instead of horror PR story. For those who have not seen Dead Silence, it's that killer puppet movie that's really cool and makes you jump out of your seat! Well, it made my friend jump out of her seat and hide her face in my shoulder through half the movie, lol. The Unrated version is better on DVD. So, lets see if I can make up my mind and get this story going.

Italic words means the puppet is talking.

Disclaimer: Do not own PR. Thanks to Dead Silence for the idea for this story.


"Okay class, yesterday I asked you all to bring in something that has been in your family for years," Mrs. Applebee said. "We discussed all last week that no matter what, your family always has something that has been handed down from generation to generation. For example..." she reached over to her desk and lifted a glass vase, "this vase right here might look like a regular vase but when I asked my family about it, they said that my great-great-great grandmother made this vase by hand and wrote the "Love Poem" on it to give to her daughter for her wedding. Since then, it's been handed down to all the women in my family that is getting married. Next week, I will be handing this down to my daughter on her wedding day." She set the vase back down and looked around the classroom, finding her first victim. She saw hands shot up to be picked but she had her eye on someone already. "Adam. Why don't you start us off first."

Adam got out of his seat, holding a large chest, and walked up to the front of the class. He grabbed the stool Mrs. Applebee left for them and placed to chest on the ground. He knelt down and opened the chest, grabbed what was in it, and stood up to show his classmates. He sat down on the stool and placed the object on his lap as the students smiled when they saw he held a puppet. The puppet was dressed in an old fashion tuxedo with a small red rose in it's pocket. On the puppets hand was a wand-like stick.

"This puppet as been in my family for generations. It's called a Ventriloquist Dummy and from what I found out from my dad when I was about five was that, my family are Ventriloquists. My dad's great-great grandfather built this with his own hands and has performed in front of many people. He taught his children ventriloquism. It was said that this dummy was a look a like for a magician that thought he could turn everyone into puppets with the wave of his stick. Jonathon M. Hillard. So the dummy's name is Jonathon. Back then, the people believed Jonathon was built after the magician died and his spirit lives inside this dummy."

"So your family plays with dolls?" a voice asked with amusement.

Everyone turned around to see Bulk and Skull, both leaning back in their seats.

"There not just dolls," Billy said. "In some places, people thought that the dead would communicate through these wooden dummies to send any messages they need."

"Well, it's just a stupid doll and there's no way it can talk."

"Did I just hear that right, Adam? Did that kid say I can't talk?" a strange, young voice said.

Everyone turned around in their seats to face the front but all they saw were Adam and Jonathon. No one else was in the class so who said that?

"Did that dummy just speak?" Skull asked, picking his gum up off the desk where it fell from his mouth.

"Now look who's being a dummy," replied Bulk. "Wooden puppets can't talk. Adam made it talk while everyone had their backs turned to him."

"Did you hear that, Jonathon?" Adam asked, looking down at Jonathon as the puppet's head moved to look up at him. He used to be embarrassed talking to a wooden puppet, but after his dad taught him what to do and with the help of his family, it was second nature to him. That and thanks to helping Rocky at his brother and sister's birthday parties. "Bulk said I'm the one that's making you talk."

"Why would he say something so hurtful?" Jonathon then moved his head in Bulks direction and moved his eyes a little.

"I don't know. Don't let him get to you though."

"But everyone knows I'm real. They all know I can talk and yet, he doesn't?" Jonathon's voice was holding anger instead of that young voice.

"Jonathon, you need to cal...I'm a real person...m down. And let me just say...Jona...that one day I wi...thon, enough...ll show you."

The whole room, including Mrs. Applebee and Bulk, just stared at their classmate and Jonathon. They couldn't believe their ears. Not only was Adam talking to Jonathon, but Jonathon was talking to Bulk at the same time. To them, no one could do that. No one could be able to make two different voices talk at the same time and use different words. Bulk didn't know what to do or say, so he just sat there with Skull, dumbfounded.

Billy and Kim looked at each other and started clapping for their friend. Not only for his talent at ventriloquism but also for making Bulk speechless. Something that doesn't happen often. Soon, the whole class was clapping and cheering for Adam and Jonathon.


"Now isn't that interesting," Lord Zedd said, watching as Adam showed off his puppet. "Who would have thought that Black Ranger had such talent. And a nice toy."

"What are you talking about?" Rita asked, walking up next to her husband.

"I'm talking about what our next monster is going to be."


"I can't believe you never told us you knew ventriloquism," Kim said, playing with Jonathon as they sat at the Juice Center waiting for the rest of the group to show up.

"You never asked."

Kim just looked at him with a lopsided grin. "Is the story true? Does that magician's spirit live in Jonathon?"

"Kim, it's all part of the act," Adam explained when in real life, he had no idea. "It's just a story you tell the people to get them more involved in the act." He watched her move his head from him to her and made the eyes roll all over the place. He showed her how to move the head, eyes, and mouth but he had to wait to teach he how to get Jonathon to talk. He smiled when Kim made Jonathon talk to Billy in a very, bad, high pitch voice.

"You know, he's kinda cute," she said, turning Jonathon's head to look at her . She gave it a kiss on the cheek. "If I break up with Tommy, you go out with me?" She laughed as made Jonathon's head had nod.

"Should I be insulted that you're breaking up with me for a wooden puppet?" an amused voice asked behind her. She turned around and smiled as Aisha, Rocky, and Tommy walked up behind her, looking down at the puppet on her lap. She moved over so Tommy could sit next to her.

"If you asked me, I wouldn't count it as her breaking up," Rocky said, taking a seat next to Adam and Aisha. "I would call it more of her cracking up." He laughed when Kim stuck her tongue out at him and went back playing with Jonathon. "So, Adam. I hear you and Jonathon had good performance."

"You can say that," Billy said with smile. He saw Kim hold Jonathon up higher to Tommy and made his mouth move.

"Hi Tommy. My name is Jonathon. Will you be a doll and go get Kimberly some fries? Get it? Doll? I called you a doll when really I'm the doll." Kim set Jonathon back on her lap and just laughed.

Tommy shook his head and laughed. "Kim, I really think you are cracking up. After your fries I'm taking you home to get some rest."

"Aw Tommy. Let Kimberly have some fun. She's got the hang of me now."

Tommy started at Jonathon in amazement. He didn't hear about what happened in Mrs. Applebee's class since he was showing some new students around. He knew that voice didn't belong to Kim since she moved her lips the last time. It looked like she was going to say something but another voice beat her to it. He looked around the table and saw everyone trying to hold in a laugh and looked at Adam at the same time.

"Did you do that, Adam?"

"Yeah. Guess you didn't hear about today. I'm a Ventriloquist. My whole family is and Jonathon has been in our family for years. I brought him in today for Mrs. Applebee's class."

"And he's not the only one either," Rocky said, taking Jonathon from Kim and placed him on the table.

"There's many things you don't know about us. Now if you excuse us, Rocky is going to take me to get some food since I'm hungry and have been that stupid case all day and hanging around with you losers is boring."

"Very funny, Rocky," Adam said, taking Jonathon from him.

"You can do it too?" Billy asked in amazement. It seems these guys just can't stop surprising them.

"And you didn't tell us?" Tommy added in.

"So am I," Aisha said. "Adam would invite us to his families reunion sometimes and his family taught all three of us. Then sometimes we would go over to Adam's house and take turns with Jonathon as his dad helped us some more."

"I think that's amazing. Hey, my dad and the other Angle Grove police officers are holding a talent show for runaway kids this Saturday. You three should sign up."

"That sounds like fun," Aisha said.

Adam agreed and was getting ready to put Jonathon back in the chest when Bulk and Skull walked up.

"So which dummy is going to be in the talent show?" Bulk asked with a laugh.

"Let it alone, Bulk," Kim said. "Didn't you already learn you lesson for today?"

"Say what you want but Skull and I are going to prove to people that puppet's don't talk." He looked down and saw Jonathon looking up at him, as well as Adam.

"I wouldn't say such hurtful words if I were you. That's not nice."

"Very funny Adam."

"It wasn't me," he said, telling the truth. He was laughing inside because he knew that the voice belonged to Aisha. All three of them had different voices for Jonathon so they knew who was talking.

"Really. This is getting old."

"I already told you I'm a real boy. Why don't you believe me and leave Adam alone."

Bulk just glared at Adam and then Jonathon. He grabbed Skulls arm and dragged him away, but not before Skull got a few words in.

"Bulkie. That dummy had two different voices. Bulkie?"

The whole table laughed as the two left. They then spent most of the time playing with Jonathon, learning how to tell which of the three friends were talking, and just having fun. For now.