To everyone who responded yesterday I just want to say, thank you so much for that. My email was all wonky yesterday and I couldn't send out any replies, but I was trying, so I'm sorry if you didn't get anything from me. Know that I am always grateful.

I also got more pictures done, I've got John, Kiera, Gwen and Bella on my Deviant Art. If you'd like to go check them out. I think they've turned out really well, but you can see for yourself.

Anyway Kiera takes her first trip to the Neitherworld so Enjoy and Review!


Bella disappeared before Adam and Barbara's eyes to return back to her brother's home to see if she could do anything. She liked going there because she felt so alone when she was by herself. Not that she didn't like solitude, but ever since Lydia had found her and reunited her with her brother she found that having a family was so much more rewarding than being by herself.

When she came back to Beetlejuice and Lydia's house Gwen was still crying against her mother's shoulder, but it had softened up, more of a gentle and tired cry than the full out sobbing.

"She feels responsible for it all Aunt Bella." Kiera whispered when she saw her aunt appear. "She's not, it was an accident." Kiera said looking back over at her sister. She knew it hadn't been Gwen's fault about what happened, but it didn't mean that she didn't feel a little spiteful towards her as well. If her sister had just told her that they were going out with a few guys she could have called Tristan to come with them. Tristan would have made sure that nothing would have happened to both her and Gwen and she would still be alive. She suddenly thought about the fact that the one person who she had always counted on besides her family was now going to be shut out of another part of her life. She hadn't told a single soul about her parents secret, but now she had another one. How was she going to be able to hide her powers when just getting angry at her Aunt Barbara made a picture shatter?

"She's not responsible you know, but she'll be feeling guilty for a long time." Bella said shaking her niece back from her thoughts.

"Do you think so?" Kiera asked looking up. Bella looked down at her niece and gave her a soft smile.

"B, Lyds, I'm going to take Kiera into the Neitherworld for the first time. She needs to find out how to do that and the sooner the better. You need to have some time with Gwen." She called out. Beetlejuice just looked at his sister and nodded. He had wanted all of them to go together, but he understood Bella's reasoning behind it. She could explain a lot of things there and get Kiera started on how to control the new powers she received.

Bella led Kiera up to her room and sat her down on the bed. She snapped her fingers and a large black, wrought iron mirror appeared in front of her.

"Now, just look into the mirror Kiera, keep staring until you no longer see your reflection. You will begin to see another world, when that happens the mirror becomes a door and you are able to push past that and into the Neitherworld as you named it." Bella said standing behind her. Kiera nodded and looked into the mirror, she kept staring into her soft green eyes until they disappeared. Just like her aunt said, another world appeared and she gently put her fingers on the mirror and found it liquid. She took a deep breath and pushed in, feeling herself fall into another place. She landed with a thud on her feet and looked around. The landscaped seemed so barren and desolate that she shivered.

"Where are we?" She asked when her aunt appeared next to her.

"We are in the desert part of the Neitherworld." Bella said, it was scary how easily the name came to her now. She didn't have to struggle with what she was going to call it, it was simply the Neitherworld now. "Everyone comes to a different place the first time. Your mother came into the middle of downtown and I think your sister came into a part of the jungle. Now that we are here and you will see my house you will be able to picture that place in your mind and go directly there the next time." She explained. She held out her hand for Kiera to take and they appeared in front of Bella's cottage in the middle of the thick woods.

"It's so pretty, kind of like a place out of Grimm's Fairy Tales or something." Kiera said. Bella nodded and smiled down at her.

"Now you asked me if I thought that Gwen would feel guilty for a long time. I didn't answer because I didn't want her to overhear, but I wanted to explain something to you." Bella said as they walked into the house and Kiera sat down on the cushy sofa.

"Okay."

"Your sister feels things on an extremely deep level. That is why it is so hard for her to control her powers. I have a feeling that you will get it in no time just like your mother did."

"Why does it take her so long?"

"Gwen is exactly like B and me. She gets angry very easily and sad, but she also feels happiness and joy just as strongly. It is a wonderful thing to have, but it also takes a monumental amount of control as well. It took me ages to figure out how to use my powers correctly and B even longer than that. He still doesn't abide by all of the rules, but most of them."

"Why do you think I will catch on quicker?"

"I think that you control yourself on a deep level and you might now even realize that you are doing it. I think that somewhere in you, you tend to block things off. You haven't said anything about your real father and we've known each other for seven years Kiera. I know it isn't because you don't trust me, but I think there is something deep in you that's hurting you and you don't want to remember it." Bella said and watched as Kiera's face fell and she looked around to avoid her aunt.

"It's nothing much, really." She started, but Bella wouldn't budge on it.

"Yes it is Kier, I know it is." Bella said gently.

"He just, he..." She started but shook her head.

"Go on." Bella urged.

"He hated me, hates me. He just used me to get to Mom and Dad." She said and felt the tears in her eyes, stupid tears. She watched as a vase full of fresh flowers began to shake and Bella smiled.

"Good, getting emotions out is a good thing to do. I won't push you now Kiera, but you need to confront those things, you really do. Now enough of that." She said and handed Kiera a handkerchief to blot her eyes. "Would you like to see some more of the Neitherworld? I have something I need to do while I'm here." She said and Kiera smiled through her tears to look at her aunt.

"Sure." Kiera said brightening. She had always been interested in what it looked like. When Gwen was younger she couldn't describe things very well, now that she was older she just said it was weird. Kiera never knew what it looked like and could only imagine. Now that she was here she wanted to know and she was getting a chance with her aunt. "Where are we going?" She asked when they walked out the door. Bella held out her hand for Kiera to grab and smiled.

"You'll see." She said and they disappeared.

"An adoption agency?" Kiera asked when they arrived.

"Yup." Bella said smiling.

"Why? You want to adopt a baby. I didn't even know you could do that when you're dead." Kiera said.

"A lot of ghosts don't, it's sad because a lot of them need care." She said as they walked in. Kiera was shocked when a man with a large gapping hole on the side of his face smiled at them. Kiera shrunk back into her aunt and squeezed her hand.

"Can I help you?" He asked in a happy tone. Bella smiled and squeezed Kiera's hand back to reassure her.

"I'm looking for an infant to adopt for a few friends of mine." Bella explained. The ghost just nodded and all Kiera could do was stare at the gapping hole in his head. She knew somewhere in her mind that it was rude, but how could she not?

"Little nervous are we? Newly deceased?" He asked and Kiera realized that he was talking to her.

"No, I mean yes." Kiera stammered. Bella chuckled at her niece.

"This is her first trip here and she's just getting used to things."

"I see, you'll get used to it in no time. You see everyone here looks how the died. By the looks of you I'd say, frozen, drowning?"

"Drowned." Kiera whispered.

"Ah, you're one of the lucky ones, no marks on ya. See here?" He asked pointing to the hole. Kiera nodded shyly at him and he smiled.

"Got this from a slug that went straight into my head. Can't fix that after your dead." He said. Kiera nodded, it made sense. "Now you're aunt over there," He started and Bella smiled. "Same thing?"

"Nope, plague."

"No marks?"

"Nope, I got the respiratory first and my lungs filled up." Bella said, not ashamed of what happened to her.

"Ahh, so drowning, but more painful." He said and nodded to her. "So, baby? Any particular gender?"

"No, I'm pretty sure that they'll be happy with a boy or a girl. They are such a loving couple that any child will be privileged to have as parents." She said easily. He just nodded and gave her a monumental amount of paperwork.

"Have them fill all these out and get them back to me. I take it you're the go-between since they still must be haunting."

"Have another hundred or so years to go."

"About ten then, if you count as human years for a child. That's not bad. It's always good to have a good, solid place for a child to start growing up in." He said and nodded. Bella took the paperwork and smiled at him. They got up to leave and Kiera looked at her aunt.

"It's for Aunt Barbara and Uncle Adam right?"

"Yup, they need a family." Bella said. Kiera nodded as they made their way back through to the other side, the real world.

"You do too Aunt Bella." She said and smiled. Bella laughed at her niece.

"Never found Mr. Right did I?" She said.

"You never know." Kiera said and shrugged. Bella shook her head and sighed. No, you never did know, but she gave up trying long ago and wasn't about to start looking again."Aren't we going to get started on my powers?" Kiera asked when they returned to her room.

"Not today. We'll get started on Monday with Gwen. I think that she could benefit a lot with you there with her. The mirror is yours, use it to get here, it's big enough for the both of you to use." Bella said as they walked down the stairs to see Beetlejuice and Lydia sitting on the couch together.

"Gwen cried herself to sleep." Lydia said before Bella and Kiera could ask."

"I bet, she cried hard." Bella said.

"Did you go to Bell's house?" Beetlejuice asked.

"Yup and the adoption agency." Kiera said smiling. Lydia and Beetlejuice looked up at Bella in question.

"You want to adopt Bell?" He asked. Bella let out a laugh and shook her head.

"It's for Adam and Barbara, they can't leave the house so I said I'd help them." She explained.

"I hadn't even thought of that. It's perfect for them." Lydia said.

"Speaking of, I better get all this paperwork over to them to get started. They'll want a baby as soon as possible I'm sure. I'll see you on Monday Kiera." Bella said and disappeared. Kiera nodded and turned to her parents.

"You said that you put my body in the Neitherworld ocean, can we go there?" She asked. Beetlejuice and Lydia looked at each other.

"I think we could do that, but as a family all right?" Beetlejuice said. Kiera nodded and smiled at him. She walked over and gave her father a big hug.

"What's that for?" He asked, squeezing her back.

"For loving me." She said and walked back up to her room after giving her mother a hug too. She thought about her father, real father and shuddered. She didn't want to, but he always seemed to be there in her mind.