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Candyratt: Thanks for the tip! I'll try to finish it soon. It's not really too long of a fan fic, anyway… well, it's not SUPPOSED to be… heh heh…

Gabby: Yep, keepin' your reviews short and sweet; to the point. Heh heh :P Thanks for readin'!

In this chapter, which will hopefully be longer than the last, is when things start gettin' good. Find out what I mean and read! Mua-ha.

Mandy did not dwell on Junior's odd expression for long. She was much too busy with… staring at the blackboard.

The teacher was explaining something to Billy and the rest of the idiots in the class how twelve squared did not mean the same thing as a dozen donuts. Mandy wished that maybe she would learn something worth it once in a while.

Brring!

Fortunately for Mandy, the bell signifying the start of lunch time rang at that moment. Upon the sounding of it, the kids hastily and noisily packed their things and filed in an unorderly fashion out of the room.

Mandy walked through the hall by herself, heading towards the lunchroom along with everyone else. Usually Billy would be seen jabbering on about something beside her, but Mandy had taken a different route in order to avoid the blubbering oaf this time. She was too deeply in though about Junior's unusual behavior to be bothered by Billy.

Suddenly, as the morbid girl was walking unsuspecting, a long, black and purple tentacle coiled itself around Mandy before she even knew what was happening, lifting her up into the air and bringing her swiftly out of sight of the rest of the students. Although it was quite startling, she was not surprised to see Junior at the end of the hideous limb.

"Junior, what are you doing?" Mandy asked, aggravated. "And why are we in the BOYS bathroom?" She was still held in the tentacle, which reached out from Junior's sleeve. The shape-shifter was watching Mandy smugly, a smile occupying his façade.

"Well Mandy," he began, ignoring her second question, "you realize my power… strong enough to hold YOU captive…"

"What was that?" Mandy said bluntly, Junior blinking in surprise to see that she was no longer held in his tentacle.

"Erm… well…" He cleared his throat, trying to regain his stance. "I'd like to make a preposition…" Junior was back into his more dominant attitude.

Junior paused, watching Mandy. She crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow at him. The kid was acting very strange opposed to his usual friendly self. He continued after he knew she was listening.

"A proposal… to take over the world."

The portal opened up into the school, Grim drifting out onto the tiled floor. Once he was out, the portal disappeared.

The Grim Reaper floated down the hall, his scythe in his right hand and Billy's book in the other.

"Hmm…" Grim muttered to himself, clueless as to where he would find Billy. That is, until he heard the riot coming from the lunchroom. Cautiously, he opened the large doors into the cafeteria, and was relieved to find that it was only many voices of students that caused the loud noise. At least Billy wasn't perched up on a table making a fool of himself or something.

Grim peered around the room, searching for a boy with a big-nose and a small brain. He smiled, finding Billy seated next to Irwin.

"Billy, I-"

"GRIIIM!" Billy interrupted the skeleton, jumping onto the table and jabbing a finger into Grim's eye socket. All the voices stopped immediately to stare at the two.

"Yes, it's me," Grim grunted, pulling Billy's finger out of his eye. "I'm only here to give you your stupid book." He extended the book clutched in his hand, his other hand on his hip.

"Thanks pal!" Billy squealed, taking the book then crushing Grim in a hug. A tiny smile revealed itself on Grim's face, feeling appreciated; however, it's vanished as fast as it came as the skeleton peeled Billy off of him.

"Now if you don't mind, I'll be going back home." He brushed himself off with importance, turning his back on the child.

"WAIT!" The shout made Grim flinch, "I don't need this book 'til AFTER next class!" Billy explained, holding the book out. "Could you put it in my locker?" The boy asked sweetly, displaying a toothy grin.

Grim snatched the book from Billy's hand with a look of reluctance and exasperation. "Fine." With that final word, Grim stomped out of the cafeteria, upon exiting the voices starting up again.

Grim grumbled as he started towards Billy's locker, suddenly in a bad mood. It might've been on account of Billy drooling all over his skull last night and then using his finger as a toothbrush that morning, on top of Mandy requesting an omelet and then, after an hour of fussing and preparing, throwing it in the trash and saying she wasn't hungry after all.

He was passing a bathroom when he realized that he didn't even know where Billy's locker was. Grim snorted, about to turn back- however, a long appendage wrapped itself around Grim's boney body and dragged him through the air into the bathroom.

Before anyone starts flaming me, I DO realize that Junior is acting out of character. Mandy's thoughts pointed that out :D Besides, you will all find out why he has such an odd thought of taking over the world soon… hopefully it will satisfy anyone who thinks this idea questionable.

Bwa-ha.

By the way, what would you prefer: Mandy/Junior pairing, or Mandy/Billy pairing? Just a poll thingy; there will be no pairings in this story.

... or will there?

... anyone for the Grim/Billy pairing? HAH. Just joking. That would be... very... awkward. Okay, I'm just going on and on here. I'm just bored and I don't want to go to bed yet, so I'm stalling on the computer. Because my mom has the sixth Harry Potter book in her room and I can't go in there to get it so I'm mad 'cause I want to read it! Hmpf.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO READ THE GRAPES OF WRATH!