30 Years Ago

Anabella was walking in the city, is rare that Ireth and Eloril let her go without Drakken or Levar. She know her frailty, but they should have more faith in her abilities. Beside they trained her, Ireth in the history of the human, the elves and the mysteries of the realm. Ireth an Eloril are elves that were in entrusted the care of her by her mother. Her mother, Gabriella, one of the important people in her life and she doesn't know nothing about her. She even took to the grave the identity of her father, she only knew for Ireth account that she was one of the few humans that lived in the Avalon territory and that she died giving birth to her.

Suddenly sees in an alley a gate that says "Netherworld," the curiosity of going to such a place overcame her, that she know that is the land of the dead. She venture and see the building all distortionated, some about to fall and creatures that habit this place, the skeleton, monsters and people who by looking at them know the way that they died. To be place full of dead people is very colorful. She was on the edge of a cliff, taking advantage of the view of this city. Wondering if the day that she died how she would look like and how she would die. That feeling of mortality was uneasy but she have to remember that her godparents were elves that aging for them was very slow and Levar and Drakken have their couple of centuries on the belt.

Suddenly a guy bump into her and they fell down the cliff. The guy was running away from some people, have badges and same blue uniform, an authority of this place she presume. What could he have done to be chase like that? Did he steal or killed someone? Kill? In the land of the dead is impossible to kill someone who is already dead.

Anabel was trying to get up and she was held by the guards, as she was protesting of that unjust arrest, the guy came back and knock off the guard that was holding her down, grab her hand. She punch a third guard that came down that was behind that guy. "Come with me!" tell her and she comply, even against her better judgment. They ran until they got to a house that have a huge neon sign that read "BJ! Roadhouse"

"What just happened back there?" as she is trying to caught her breath.

"Well, a prank that went bad." Ben said it with a smear in the face.

"Wait! You're trying to tell me, that you where chase down and I got involve in a fight with the authority because of a prank."

"But should have seen the face of Mayor Maynot, when the sandworm came out of his ceremonial cake." laughing at the thought of the Mayor screaming and running away from the sandworm.

"Sandworm? So all this for simply a worm in a cake."

"Your not from around here, right? You have no idea that sandworm are huge ghost eating creatures."

"Sorry to be out of information over the sandworm, but I think that information is not available in the turist center of this place." Anabella can be sarcatic, when the ocassion calls for it and a ghost getting her in trouble for a stupid prank can be one of them.

" By the way my name is Ben Juice."

"Anabella."

A ghost that look like Ben came toward them, and next to him is a pale skin, with raven dark hair woman, both in pajama, by the face expression look mad.

"What did you do this time, Ben? I have the Mayor Maynot calling and screaming hysterical about of sending ya to the dungeons." The woman with her hand folded in her chest and looking at her son, his in a age that have to much energy and nothing to do in this place.

"Babes, take it easy on the kid, he was having fun. Mayor Maynot is a stuck up sap that was begging to be prank. Remember all the prank that I used to pull on him."

"Beej, stop encouraging him, your supposed to be the father." Lydia thinking that he was impossible at the moment of being the parental figure.

"Mom, Dad! Is nothing really? I thought I planted a rotten egg in the ceremonial cake and I didn't knew that was really a sandworm egg and it hatch. That's all." Ben told them in a way to try to explain the event that took place.

"Sandworm, you know I hate sandworm." Beetlejuice screech at the simple mention of that word.

"Now we could be in red alert until they find and deal with the baby sandworm and hopefully the mother didn't come looking for the egg." Lydia start to say to her son. She normally would be more lenient to those type of thing, but she need to teach Ben some responsibilities. Something that is not easy having a husband as the King of Prankter and a mentally a kid himself.

Seeing that family moment, make Anabella realize that Ireth and Eloril would have their field day on her because she left the place that she was supposed to be and now she got lost in the Netherworld, need help getting to the gate, only hope that she be back in time so they don't notice her absence.

"Excuse me." Trying to break this tense moment, that by the look in Ben face was embarassed. "Hi, sorry to interrupt this moment, but I need to find my way back."

"Ben, who is she?" Ask Lydia

"This is Anabella, and is someone who I crash into while running away from the NPD (Netherworld Police Department). They were arresting her and needed my help."

"Where are you from?" Beetlejuice looking at her. Her clothing is not from the human world and either from the Netherworld, she's not dead. She's dress with a long green leaf design in the sides and her hair fix with flowers.

"I live with my godparents and friend in the city of Avalon." She reply to the question, knowing that is their house and need to know about the stranger that is in there.

"Well, help her go back to her place and come back, we have still much to talk about."

"Yes, mother."

They move in the darkness of the Netheworld street toward the destination. Hoping that the police don't catch them. Anabella has been very quiet in the process, trying to keep vigilant of her whereabout and thinking that she have been in here for 2 hours and by now Levar and Drakken would be looking for her in the city of Avalon and probably finding out that she's not there. Oh, man I'm in deep one.


Present

Ben look at the police department building and wonder the best way to aproach her. After a while he thought of a thig, it may be crazy, but when his idea weren't. He juice himself a black jeans, white shirt and running sneakers, also juice some bogus papers and walk to the place.

"Yes, I'm here to apply for the Police Officer examination."