Spongebob's heroics shine through as the strange man on top of the hill troubles all of Bikini Bottom. Disclaimer: No, I don't own Spongebob Squarepants or any of the characters. You should know that, right?


These were happy, simple times. Everyone at play on a beautiful Saturday morning. Spongebob and the quaint underwater community known as Bikini Bottom were no exception. Spongebob and Patrick were outside playing bubble checkers. Squidward came outside as well to tan and ignore his neighbors.

"Oh, Squidward!", the sponge called cheerfully, "Do you want to play with us today?" Spongebob walked closer to Squidward, with Patrick following closely behind.

Squidward didn't respond. Instead, he tried to block the yellow out of his view.

"Squid? Hello..."

Squidward successfully ignored him.

"Maybe he's dead." Patrick chimed in, unaware that his words would send his best buddy in a state of panic.

"Oh my God, OH MY GOD!! Squiddie? Can you hear me? PLEASE ANSWER!" The sponge cried, shaking Squidward.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

" Oh, thank goodness! I thought you we're dead!"

"Well, I'm not!"

"Are you sure?", inquired Patrick.

"Yes, I'm sure.", he said through gritted teeth, "Now what do you WANT?!"

"We want you to play with us", Spongebob retorted.

"Oh, you want to play? Well, I know a game. It's called get away from me." Squidward walked to his house. He stopped at the doorway, facing the duo outside.

"Wow! How do we play?"

"First, you start by getting AWAY FROM ME!" He slammed the door in their faces.

The two rubbed the door marks as the walk over to Spongebob's pineapple.

"That wasn't a very fun game!", Patrick cried.

"I know! It totally lacked the structure, organization, and intelligence that the games that we play have!"

"You wanna play rock fight? First one to comatose wins!"

"I'm ready!"

Spongebob and Patrick walked to the side of his pineapple. She picked up large, dangerous rock and started to chuck them at each other. Patrick giggled as he picked up one particularly sharp rock. He started to throw at his best friend but, he stopped.

"What's wrong, Pat?"

"Uh, Spongebob, was that always there?" Patrick pointed just behind his friend's house.

Spongebob looked in the direction Pat had pointed to. A large hill, that looked more like a mountain, supported a castle-like structure. It was dark, and thick, gray clouds surrounded the towers.

"That wasn't there before..." ,Spongebob murmured,"I guess someone moved in! Let's go greet them, Pat!"

"Sorry, buddy but I have...a dentist appointment! Bye, Spongebob!" Patrick ran off.

"See you, Buddy-Hey wait, Patrick is afraid of the dentist...Oh well."


That's the first chapter. In the next, our spongy protagonist meet the strange man living in the castle!

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