Reviewing Replies: :P tank you all fer reading! I can personally tell you that these first few chapters are going to suck, so just hang in there... until... the fourth or third chapter... whichever one it is.

Biskuits: Oh, uh, no... There's no dying of Billy in this ficcy! None at all! Nope. No deadness.

P.S.: Please excuse the crappy way I invented for him to die. Er, I mean... it to die. Yeah. No specified gender. :)

Sarah Pixen: Hehe, glad you want more. Too bad this chapter is unfortunately short D: Sorry, I just suck. Well, enjoy the suspense and crap anyway! Mua-ha!


Grim arrived to the front of Mandy's house in haste, wondering what had happened. He found Mandy already there, facing the road where a truck was stopped right in front of her house. He swallowed, view darting to glimpse the small Pat The Baker disc not too far from the scene. If Grim had had a heart, it would've skipped a beat when he saw the limp body lying underneath the truck.

"My fault... was it my fault?" Grim's attention was diverted as the mumbled words reached his ears, gaze dropping to Mandy.

He drifted closer to her, a bony hand placing itself gently on her shoulder. He didn't reply, knowing that it was the thrown disc that had lured Billy into the road; the disc thrown by Mandy.

Why wasn't he happy? Grim had sometimes even wished for the death of Billy and Mandy, in hopes that he would return to the Underworld. Why was he experiencing heart-wrenching emotions, pains? He had spent so much time with the two kids... he almost felt responsible for the poor boy's misfortune.

"Stupid, stupid Billy..." Mandy continued to mumble, glaring at the truck. "Stupid truck... stupid Pat The Baker..." Grim was surprised to feel Mandy shaking underneath his touch, never expecting Mandy to act this way even if someone very close to her were to die. It certainly wasn't like her.

The skeleton felt a twinge of love, a fatherly emotion weaving into him. Grim put his arm around Mandy, pulling her close to him. "It's okay, Mandy... it wasn't your fault." He said softly to calm the girl, hating to see her like this.

Closing her eyes tightly, the girl swallowed. "Bring. Him. Back." She uttered, Grim understanding what she meant instantly.

He hesitated, not wanting to tell her the truth. "I... I can't... once their dead... I really can't do anything about their condition."

Mandy did not respond, only tore herself away from Grim and ran inside her house, slamming the door behind her. Grim sighed, watching her go. He knew he should leave her alone now, she needed time to think. The skeleton kept his view away from the road, drifting down the sidewalk to be alone himself, pretending not to hear the approaching sirens.


Once again, I apologize if anyone is out of character. Grim IS going to be more passionate in this story than he probably really would be in an episode, and if you don't like it... uh... then oh well. Just don't read this then. :)