Summery: Um, yeah, this is just something kinda random I came up with…it takes place after book 12, waaay up in Paradise. Anyway, this is what happens when Darren and the one who took his place finally meet face-to-face…or rather, soul-to-soul! Hahah! Yeah, I know that was corny, but what're YOU gonna do about it!

Disclaimer: You know the drill, don't own anything, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Trouble In Paradise

Darren (spotting lone soul up ahead): Hey! How's it goin'?

(Insert name here): Good. How are you?

Darren: Fine 'n dandy. You new here?

(Insert name here): Yep. Just died, like, a few minutes ago.

Darren: Wow, touch call. Well, at least you don't have to worry about dying anymore!

(Insert name here): Yeah, that's a relief.

Darren: My name's Darren Shan. What's yours?

(Insert name here): I'm (insert name here). Can you show me around? I don't really know anything about paradise yet.

Darren: Sure, come on! I'll introduce you to some souls I know, too.

(Darren and (insert name here) begin walking-floating-whatever through paradise)

Darren:...And over there are the Teddy Bear trees, if you ever feel the need to hug something-

Mr. Rogers: Hello, Darren!

Darren: Hi, Mr. Rogers! Beautiful day in the neighborhood, isn't it? Anyway, like I was saying, there's the Endless Waterfall, where you can just jump and slide down for however long you want-

Elvis: Darren Shan! How ya doin'?

Darren: Elvis! Hey! Lookin' good!

Elvis: Thank you, thank you very much,

Darren: Now, where were we? Oh, right, and on that bush grows paradise's signiture flower who's scent give's a feeling of extreme calm-Hey, there's the voice of Tony the Tiger!

Voice of Tony the Tiger (I don't know his name): Showing around a new one, Darren?

Darren: Uh-huh,

Voice of Tony the Tiger: That's g-g-r-r-r-eat!

Darren: Do you have to do that every time?

Voice of Tony the Tiger: Yes!

Darren: Whatever.

(Insert name here): Hey, Tony! I like the things you do! Hey Tony-

Darren: Don't start, please.

(Insert name here): Sorry.

(Later on in the tour, Darren and (Insert name here) come across some of Darren's old friends)

Darren: Oh, look, there's some of the people I knew when I was alive. Hey, guys!

Shancus, Larten, Kurda, Arra, Gavner, Sam, Hibernious, and Tommy: Hi, Darren!

(Insert name here): Wait-you knew them, too?

Darren: Wha...?

(Insert name here): These are the people I knew when I was alive!

Darren: Oh, no...

Kurda: (smirking) Busted...

Arra and Gavner: (snicker snicker)

Shancus and Sam (both in Nelson-from-The-Simpsons-voice): Ha-ha!

Hibernious, Larten, and Tommy: (smirk)

(Insert name here): What? What's going on?

Larten: (steps forward and clears throat) You see, young one, your life never really should have turned out this way. What happened was...(goes on to explain all that happened in part 2 of Sons of Destiny)

(Insert name here): WHAT! YOU'RE SAYING THAT MY WHOLE LIFE WAS ALL JUST A FLUKE!

Kurda: Yeah, that's pretty much it.

Darren: Kurda!

Kurda: Well, you bailed out on me, so I'm just returning the favor!

(Insert name here): (whirls on Darren says and says an incredibly rude word) YOU F! DO YOU REALIZE THE PAIN AND TRIALS I HAD TO GO THROUGH! OD YOU!

Darren: (in really tiny voice) ...The same ones I did?

(Insert name here): EXACTLY! YOU LAZY, DISPICABLE, PERSON, DUMPING ALL YOUR WORRIES ON ME! I AM UTTERLY DISGUSTED! (turns bright red in the face then storms off in a huff)

Larten: Do not worry Darren, (insert gender pronoun here) will calm down soon enough. This is paradise after all.

Darren: Yeah, I guess so...

(Long, edgy silence)

Gavner: So who's up for a round of Atari?

Darren, Larten, Hibernius, Shancus, Tommy, Arra, Kurda, and Sam: YEAH!

END