Title: Dead Souls Author: Tabloid Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Newsies. Raven belongs to Raven, and Jackal belongs to Jackal. I own Oracle.

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The sign above the door reads MacKenna's Brewery, the name unchanged after two-hundred years. The bar used to be a high-strung hang out for the rich, the privileged and the cherished. Now the only people who walk though the doors are the impoverished, the unloved- the dead souls.

You walk in and the bar is directly across from the door. The dark haired girl with the black eyes serving up the drinks is Raven. She's worked here for only a couple of weeks- the new girl on town. She's Jack Kelly's girl, and he's the brewery's best patron so she got hired immediately. No worries, though, she fits in just fine.

To the left is Enchanted. Her bright red hair clashes with the drab, dreary environment, but she's worked here forever, along with Oracle Donovan and Jackal Turner, who are washing the tables on the left, waiting for the evening crowd. Oracle's the easiest girl you'll ever find- more often then not she's out on the floor for only half her shift, the rest of the time's spent in the closet or the back room with one man or another. Jackal's her elusive counterpart and best friend. The girl has issues, but it all falls into the scheme of things in this little corner of the universe.

In the center of the establishment is the piano, and the bar's prize- musician- the only place he's prized- is Snoddy Baxter. Yeah Snoddy. Trust me, you don't want to know.

MacKenna's has two security guards- the one-eyed Kid Blink Ballet and Mush Myers. The blackjack and poker tables in the corner are run by Racetrack Higgins, an esteemed gamblet himself. The bar also houses two chefs known as Dutchy and Specs, who make world-class food in a small, practically unknown bar in New York. Like everyone else here, they deserve to be in a better place, and they could go far. But Fate has a twisted sense of humor- she stuck them all here and will keep them here forever.

The workers and the customers of the Brewery are always the same- rarely does someone new come in. Raven had been a customer long before a worker, so the change was seen ahead of time by the boss, and seen to be inevitable.

But it was time a new person came in.

And this was not a good thing.

MacKenna's Brewery had age-old secrets. Things that no one else could ever know,

But a new perspective, well, that would only ruin things.

You see, the people of MacKenna's Brewery didn't like to see certain things, and new people gave them an eye-opener.

And they don't like that.

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Hmmm.I got SO many good ideas for this-well, okay I've got one, but it's a doozy. Hehe. Well tell me what you think of it and all that good stuff. Don't worry there's gonna be a lot more Newsies in here, just they're customers and, well, I didn't think that would be interesting "You see that guy over there? That's Spot and he comes here a lot. And that guy over there? That's Bumlets and he comes here a lot. And Jack comes here a lot and Pie comes here a lot and Skittery comes here a lot and Jake comes here a lot and-" you see? I just say this caue my friend got mad at me "WHERE'S SPOT??? AHHHH!!" and then she ate my Gobstoppers to get back at me and I was sad. Anyway I'm gonna take somewhere between two and four characters, so send them to me VIA e-mail preferably but whatever. Either Fea Uf Este@aol.com or ARTsyGrlFRotW@aol.com. *looks at screennames* Damn, I gotta change these. Anway send me the characters and I'll love you forever!

Tabloid