Chapter One: The Beginning

"Bahahahaha!" SpongeBob laughed as he was jumping through the pretty flowers. Everything seemed to go smooth - Patrick at his side, along with Squidward, they jumped through the pretty flowers, all with smiles on their faces. The grass was neon green, and a gentle breeze lightly passed them by.

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING!

SpongeBob's alarm clock went off. "Time for another day!" SpongeBob yelled at the sky, not worrying if anybody was listening to him. "Good morning, Gary!" Gary just meowed, and SpongeBob went down the gray circular staircase. SpongeBob got dressed and was heading for work.

Nearby was The TattleTale Strangler, staring at everything around him. The Strangler then spotted the yellow sponge, saying the constant "I'm Ready! I'm Ready" over and over. TTS then RAN in the opposite direction from the "yellow idiot" and then stopped to pant.

Come on, Strangler, you are tougher than this TTS thought in his head. You can easily defeat SpongeBob!

But, TTS just kept on walking. Later on, he went inside The Salty Spittoon, and sat in a corner. He sighed, and drank his daily beer.

Reg, the Salty Spittoon manager, walked up and said, "Hey, Strangler, down in the dumps today?"

"No," TTS replied. Then, he said, "I mean yes. I feel as though something is missing."

"You know that promise we made?" Reg asked, staring into TTS' sad-looking eyes.

"What promise?" TTS asked.

"You know - the promise that no matter what, we would never turn in each other into the authorities."

"Yeah, I remember this."

"Well, here is a new promise. If I help you, you have to help me."

"Okay...erm...I guess?"

"Great! Follow me!" Reg replied, as he took TTS into the employees section, where it was like a ghosttown, and talked to him in private. "So, what's wrong?" Reg asked.

"I don't know - you know how I strangle people?"

"Yeah, it shows off how TUFF you are!"

"Well, I think I love one of the people that I strangled."

"Whom?" Reg asked.