A/N: Ok, Christmas break means update time. Sorry for all the people I've kept waiting, I found a border that works, and I'm using it from now on! Now, Review Answers:
Zyalea: Thanks for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one :)
WaffleCat: Um… Ok…
MoonLightPawz: Sorry it took me so long to update…Yes. Dominatrix is an excellent word.
M: Thanks!
Wolf-babe: Sorry, I got caught up with school… Swim team consumes my time like my brother does snickers bars!
Velvet Panther: Mandy was destined to be supreme ruler. She's awesome and a good idol for any girl.
E.R.M. Griffin: Thanks!
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Billy ran out of the house and down the street with the most basic of all feelings in his heart. Fear. He turned a corner, and fell back.
"Mindy?" He asked, standing. The girl in front of him giggled in a shrill, peppy voice.
"You are?" She asked. Billy did a double take. She had moved away the year before, and obviously didn't remember him.
"I'm Billy! Mandy's friend?"
She shook her head.
"Nope. Don't know him. Well, I'll see you later, Tommy, I have things to do." She sent out another shrill giggle, and walked away. Billy's eyebrow furrowed, and he followed her down the street. Every so often she would look back, and he would duck behind a trash can or something, but other than that, things went well. He managed not to get caught all the way to…
Mandy's house?!
She moved up, and knocked on the door. Grim answered.
"I thought you were back here." She said in a ridiculously peppy sing song way. Billy held his breath. She had done things like this before, but how the hell had she found out about Grim? "How have you been lately, friend?"
She said friend in a funny way. Billy wasn't quite sure what she meant, but he knew she didn't mean friend by friend. She had to mean something more or less than friend, but not friend, and that sure wasn't very friendly. He put a hand to his temple. All this thinking was giving him a headache.
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Grim's mood was damper as he opened the door. Mindy beamed up at him from her still tiny frame. It was like she hadn't aged at all…
"I thought you were back here!" She grinned. "How have you been lately, friend?"
Friend? Grim wondered. What is she talking about?
"I've been slightly under the ground--I mean, under the weather lately. Now if you'll excuse me I was in the middle of my soaps and--"
"Oh! Soaps! I'd be glad to stay and watch!"
She tried to get into the house, but Grim blocked her.
"I don't think so, little girl. I'm in the middle of--"
"Uncle Larry!" She shrieked. "Don't you like me anymore?!"
He was about to tell her exactly where she could put that sentiment when…
"Molly, that's not you're Uncle Larry, that's Mandy's stupid friend Grimey. Now get over here so we can find mom!" A voice yelled. He looked up. That had to be Mindy…she was about Mandy's age, and the little girl didn't really look EXACTLY like her now that he got a good look. "Oh, Grimey! Tell Mandy she's a dork, would ya?"
Grim felt a surge of anger at that statement. He glanced at his scythe, and thought about using it, but before he could take further action, Mindy was knocked back.
"Wet cat…" A girl said from behind him. He turned around. It was Mandy. "Stay away from my house."
Mindy stood up, and wiped a wet strand of hair out of her face. She twitched, and grabbed the girl's hand, storming away.
Mandy scrawled something on the notebook, and looked at Grim.
"What's got you worked up?" She asked incredulously. He blinked, and suddenly felt very tired.
"Nothing. Sorry."
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Mandy smirked. She was taking steps to even the odds, and that one wasn't even planned. Fate was on her side…and to think once she didn't believe in it! She set the notebook on the table.
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Billy took a glance at the notebook. Written in Mandy's handwriting, at the bottom of the page, was "Score 3: Violence"