I HAVE RETURNED! (unfortunately)
Well, here's my next submission. I got the idea for this story from the episode Grim for a Day, which is the same episode that inspired me to write my first story. Even though Billy was the only one who became a reaper in that episode, the opening credits showed both Billy and Mandy dressed as Grim reapers. I know the concept of those two becoming reapers doesn't sound very original, but as far as I know there aren't any episodes or fan fictions based on that idea. This story will also have lots of HOT BILLY AND MANDY ACTION! Not really, but this one does revolve more around Billy and Mandy, as opposed to my last story, where Billy was with Grim most of the time and Mandy was by herself. Once again, reviews would be great, whether they're good or bad. Hope you enjoy the first chapter.
Disclaimer time: I do not own The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
A Grim Apprenticeship
Chapter 1: Sick Day for the Reaper
Rays of light shown through the window as the morning sun slowly began to rise. Billy's room was lit up with sunlight, and a loud burp could heard coming from the rooster that stood on top of the roof, greeting the new morning. Billy had apparently woken up already as he wasn't in his room.
A loud groan came from underneath a mound of blankets in the middle of Billy's bed. It was the Grim Reaper, who was apparently sick. Most of his body was covered with blankets and he only lifted his head above the covers when he needed to cough or sneeze. Every time he sneezed a strange purple slime oozed out of his nose and eye sockets. When the door flung open and his 'friends', Billy and Mandy walked in, Grim lifted the blankets over his head and groaned in pain again.
"Wake up, Sleepyhead!" Billy yelled as he poked Grim's skull, which was all that was visible above the blankets.
"I don't feel well, Billy. Leave me alone." Grim mumbled from below the bed covers.
"I'm not falling for that crud." Said Mandy as she walked over to Grim, "Alright Bonehead, the dishes are piling up and my room isn't going to clean itself, so get to work." She grabbed one end of the blanket and ripped it off Grim's bony body.
Billy gasped and even Mandy's eyes widened as they looked at Grim's bones, which were cracked and colored yellow. Grim curled up in a ball and shivered uncontrollably.
"What happened to you?" Mandy asked blankly. She really didn't seem to care.
Grim didn't answer, he just sneezed instead, spreading purple ooze all over the bed.
"Awww, Grim doesn't feel good. Don't worry, I got some medicine for you, Grim!" Billy said as he picked up a glass of water.
Billy put the glass under one of his nostrils and shot all the snot he could into the water. Billy's brain came out of his nose by accident, but he quickly snorted it back up. He took his finger and mixed the snot and water together until it became a thick green liquid.
"Here ya go, pal!" Billy said with a smile as he extended the 'medicine' towards him.
"Get that out of my face!" Grim shouted while he pushed Billy's hand out of the way, spilling some of the mixture.
"Maybe Grim would like to try one of my remedies." Mandy said coldly, picking up a sledge hammer.
Grim let out a high-pitched scream and looked frantically from Billy (who was still smiling) to Mandy (who was slowly walking towards him). Grim snatched the glass of sludge from Billy's hand and quickly gulped it down. Tears welled up in his eye sockets and the green liquid dripped out his mouth. When Grim finished drinking he dropped the glass and started to vomit profusely, hitting the wall on the opposite side of the room.
Grim groaned again as he wiped off his mouth, "Crusty yellow bones, projectile vomiting, purple slim dripping out of my face: they're all the symptoms of the Underworld flu." He said as he lay back in bed.
"Well, I can't let you inside my house if you're going to get slime everywhere. I'll give you a break, just this once." Mandy said as she lowered the sledge hammer she was holding (where did she get that thing anyway?).
"Yeah, nobody wants to be around a disgusting freak with slime dripping out of his nose all the time!" Billy added as he stuck his finger up his nostril. Mandy just glared at him.
As Grim lay in bed he noticed a calendar on the wall right next to him. Grim's eyes opened wide and he sat up suddenly.
"TODAY'S JUNE 6TH, 2006!" Grim screamed in dismay.
"What's so great about that?" Mandy asked.
"It's '666', the best day for reaping! I can't be sick today, these things only happen once every century!" Grim quickly explained. In a state of panic, he tried to get out of bed, but a loud cracking noise came from his spine and he fell back down again. "If only there was some creepy little psychopath and her idiot friend who could take my place and be reapers for a day…" He said as he winced in pain.
Grim turned over and looked at Billy and Mandy, who stared back at him. Despite his sickness, an evil grin appeared on Grim's face and he picked up his scythe.
Billy looked excited, but Mandy wore a frown, "Don't even think about it…" She warned.
Before Mandy could say anything else Grim swung his scythe in their direction as he sneezed. A dark shadow appeared and surrounded her and Billy. It wrapped around them, forming reaper's robes for each of them.
"Thanks a lot, Grim…" Mandy said sarcastically as she wiped the purple slime from Grim's sneeze off her robe.
"Yeah, thanks Grim!" Billy shouted as he shoved some of the slime into his pocket, saving it for later.
"Now it's time for your scythes." Grim said in a low voice.
Grim lifted up his own scythe and gazed sadly at it. He brought it up to his face and gently kissed the blade, then he held it up in the air with both hands and started to bend it. Instead of breaking in half, the scythe split into two small identical scythes, which Grim handed to the two reapers. Then he took out a piece of paper, which had a long list of names on it.
"Now, this is very important. On this paper are the names of everyone you have to reap today. Irwin's mother is first on the list because she's thousands of years overdue to be reaped. With your new scythes you now posses all the powers of the Grim Reaper. Remember, with great power comes great…." Grim stopped suddenly, "Oh, who cares, just get out of here." He said in a less serious tone.
Grim extended the list towards Mandy, but Billy grabbed it instead and ran towards the door.
"Come on, Mandy!" He shouted, just before he ran headfirst into the wall.
"See you later, Grim." Mandy said in her usual monotone voice.
Mandy took the reaper list out of Billy outstretched hand as she walked towards the door. Before she left the room she grabbed Billy's robe and pulled him off the wall. There was a series of loud thuds as she dragged him down the stairs.
Grim coughed violently and settled back in bed. He had a bad feeling that he had just made a disastrous mistake. He pulled Billy's pillow over his head and tried not to think about it.
Billy and Mandy looked like crazed trick-or-treaters as they walked towards Irwin's house.
"Isn't this great, Mandy?" Billy asked excitedly, "Me and you get to do Grim's job for a whole day!"
Mandy scowled, "Listen, Billy. If you mess this up, I swear by all that is unholy I'll disembowel you and hang you from a tree."
Billy's expression changed for a moment , then returned to his idiotic smile, "Wow Mandy, that's the nicest thing you've said to me all week!"
They approached Irwin's front door, which was conveniently unlocked. They made sure to be as quit as possible while they stepped inside.
"HI IRWIN!" Billy screamed at the top of his lungs, even though Irwin was nowhere to be seen.
Mandy covered her face and shook her head. It didn't appear that anyone had heard Billy though, so Mandy relaxed.
"Billy, go down to the basement and get Irwin's mom." Mandy ordered as she pointed to the basement door in front of them.
"Why do I have to go down there?" Billy whined.
"Because I said so. Now move it!" Mandy said in a louder voice. She wasn't going to argue with Billy.
"Awww, it's okay, Mandy. You don't have to hide it, I know you're afraid of mummies." Billy said mockingly.
Mandy gritted her teeth as she grabbed Billy by the hood of his robe and threw him down into the basement. Billy hit every stair on the way down and his giant nose was the only thing that cushioned his fall when he hit the dusty floor.
Billy got up slowly from the ground and dusted himself off. The dark room around him was designed like an old Egyptian tomb. Billy left his scythe on the ground and ran over to look at the walls of the basement, which were decorated with hieroglyphics.
An angry, nerdy-sounding voice appeared, "Excuse me Billy, but my wife and I are trying to have a romantic breakfast." The voice belonged to Irwin's dad, who was similar to his son in both looks and personality.
Sitting next to him was Irwin's mom, who actually was a mummy. They both sat at a long table covered with plates of food. The flickering light from the candles in the middle of the table was all that lit up the dark tomb.
Billy walked over to the table and pointed towards one of the plates of food, "Are those waffles?" He asked excitedly while he lifted his nose on top of the table and sniffed the waffles.
"Dude…do you mind?" Said Irwin's dad, already annoyed.
"Waffles!" Billy shouted, ignoring Irwin's parents.
"Dude…"
"Waffles!"
"Dude!"
"WAFFLES!"
"DUDE!"
"Waffles…" Billy said in a lower voice, rubbing the syrupy waffles all over his face.
Finally, Irwin's mom stood up and grunted angrily, revealing her rotten yellow teeth. She started to limp towards Billy with both arms stretched out in front of her. Billy dropped the waffles and slowly walked backwards, than he turned and ran towards the stairs, almost forgetting to grab his scythe on the way. He raced up the stairs and crashed into the living room, where Mandy was still standing.
Mandy looked at the syrup and butter that was dripping from Billy nose and face, "So, what happened?" She asked.
"They wouldn't let me have any waffles…" Billy said, lowering his head in disappointment.
Mandy raised her eyebrow as she stared at Billy. She was wasn't even going to ask.
Mandy started to walk towards the front door, "We better get out of here before-"
Mandy was interrupted by a familiar voice, "Mandy! Oh man, Mandy is in my house yo!" The voice belonged to Irwin of course, "Come on, Mandy! I have to show you something!" Irwin said as he grabbed Mandy's sleeve before she had time to react.
Irwin someone managed to pull Mandy all the way to his bedroom door, where he then pushed her inside his room. Billy followed close behind them. A look of wide-eyed shocked appeared on Mandy's face as she looked around Irwin's room. Even Billy looked a little freaked out when he stepped inside the room. Framed photos of Mandy covered almost every inch of the walls. There were even some paintings of Mandy nailed to the wall, painted by Irwin himself. The entire room was colored in a pink glow because of a nightlight on the wall that had a pink light bulb in it. Mandy continued to stare in shocked silence, until she saw what looked like one of her pink skirts nailed to the wall. Mandy's expression returned to its normal angry look; she clenched her fists and opened her mouth to speak.
Irwin quickly stepped up next to her and put his hand over her mouth, "Shhh…don't talk, it will spoil the moment." Irwin whispered softly. Mandy bit down hard on Irwin's fingers, making him jump back in pain.
"I can't believe this. Come on, Billy. We're outta here." She said in an angry voice. She walked towards the door, smacking Billy (who looked hypnotized) on the way.
"Wait up, guys! I can be in your club, too!" Irwin shouted pathetically. He jumped into his closet and came out seconds later in a hooded pink sweatshirt, "How do you like my reaper cloak, Mandy?" He asked after he jumped in front of the door.
A part of Mandy actually felt a little sorry for Irwin, but that didn't stop her from pulling the pink hood over his eyes and kicking him in the shin. The two reapers walked down the stairs and out of the house while Irwin struggled on the floor.
Irwin's voice could still be heard from outside, "But I haven't even shown you my Mandy shrine, yo!"
"Well, that was a waste of time. Let's go set your dad's hair on fire again." Mandy said as they walked down the street. She was about to go in the direction of Billy's house, but Billy stopped her.
"But Mandy, we can't give up now! What about the reaper list?" Billy asked.
"Forget about that stupid list, all this reaper stuff is getting boring anyway." Mandy said as she continued to walk. She was already tired of being a Grim Reaper.
"What would Grim think?" Billy asked in a sad, weak voice.
Mandy looked over at Billy, who had giant tears in his eyes. His bottom lip was quivering.
Mandy covered her eyes with her hand, then gave a frustrated sigh, "Fine…. we'll go reap the next person on the list." She said in a low voice.
"YAAAAYYYYY!" Billy exclaimed as he skipped down the sidewalk.
"This is going to be a long day…." Mandy said to herself as she reluctantly followed Billy.
REVENGE OF THE REALLY LONG AUTHOR'S NOTES!
There ya go, that's the first chapter. Hopefully this one is shorter than the chapters in my previous story. I want to make the chapters shorter this time around so they areeasier to read. That doesn't mean that the story will be shorter, it just means that there might be 9-10 medium sized chapters instead of 5 really long ones. I'm not really sure how this story will turn out. I'm writing each chapter one at a time, so I'm sort of clueless as to what will happen next. I have a bad feeling that parts of this story are going to seem random, especially since a large part of story involves Billy and Mandy just going from house to house looking for souls to reap. Then again, I had the same feeling about Mandy's Addiction, and that story wasn't nearly as random as I thought it was going to be (believe it or not). I guess I'll just work on the plot one chapter at a time and not worry about later chapters (in case you want to know, I'm just thinking out loud right now, because I doubt anyone is still reading this). Anyways, hopefully I can get the next chapter out soon, reviews would be great, and thanks for reading.
