READER'S HINT It's another great reader's hint! Most of you readers by now know about my upcoming stories. After RAN2 I will do Sickness. Second is I Scream for Ice Cream. Third is Dreams. Fourth is Perfect Pet. Fifth is Good and Bad. Sixth is New Neighbours. Seventh is Robin Hood. I'm still looking for a title for the Robin Hood one so if anyone has any ideas please review and tell me. I have one new idea. I will give you the summary, but so far I don't have a title. Squidward's dream has come true. Spongebob has finally left 124 Conch Street and is now living far away. At first Squidward thinks he will finally be able to relax, but over time he grows weary and starts to be thinking things that don't make sense. In the end he doesn't know what to do and if he'll ever be normal again. That's the summary. The story itself still needs a lot of work but so far I think it will make a pretty good story. If you do not know what one of these stories are about, then previous Reader's Hints will inform you.

Author's Note: I just want to tell all of you readers out there that if you haven't already read Return Address: None, then you should before you read the sequel! You can find it in my profile. Anyway, time for credit! P.S. THE HARRY POTTER BOOK IS OUT! I am reading it like crazy! In fact, by the time I post this, I will probably be done reading it. Oh well… 

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot and Harry.

WoRdLiFeCeNa4: WOW! SUPER NICE! You gave me the longest review I have ever had! 3KB! WOW! Anyway, I'm glad you like the word choice and the humour. I know that there are spelling differences between us and you. Not only is there favourite, but we also spell colour different. I know you aren't trying to be mean!  It sucks that you haven't updated in a while, but I'm really looking forward to when you do! Thanks for the anti-writer's block! It put a smile on my face… (Gosh that was corny). Thanks for reviewing!

Experimental Fairimental: Thanks for saying that my stories are so good! I'm glad you took my advice and read Return Address: None first. Thanks also for the review for Reversed Mirror. Thanks!

flaming-1251: Don't get over-exited about the fourth season. I'm not 100 percent sure that it is coming out in the fall. It's just that all new seasons start in the fall so it would only make sense. Anyway, I'm glad you like the story so far. Thanks for reviewing!

AMX: Who knows what we would do without Harry? Anyway, thanks for reviewing!

venusgal100: Thanks for reviewing!

A. Nonymous: Wow! Another super long review! 3KBs! Anyway, I appreciate that you like Harry so much. I love Gary a lot and I wanted to make a special character dedicated to him. Anyway, about the question thingy; that will definitely be revealed in the plot twist I'm going to put in. I might not reveal it directly, but you smart people might be able to figure it out… ;) I might include a Deus Ex Machina ending…but maybe not. I was thinking about doing something that would get someone out of a tight fix, but it still needs work. I'll consider it. You read Harry Potter? I LOVE Harry Potter! I re-read the entire series before the sixth came out. Anyway thanks for reviewing!

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Chapter 3: Gone

It had been two days since Harry had awoken Spongebob, and everything was progressing just the way it should. Spongebob was enjoying life and was leading a perfectly normal life and Harry stopped being suspicious of every little sound that happened in the house. Nothing was going wrong in 124 Conch Street. However, sooner than Spongebob thought, that would change.

Spongebob was reading one of his favourite books in his red arm chair. He was just getting to a good part, when he heard the door bell ring. Spongebob took his floral book mark, lying on the side-end table, and stuck it between the pages of where he last read. He rose from the chair and answered the door. He opened the door and found himself looking at pink, blubbery mass.

"Hello, Patrick," said Spongebob.

"Hi, Spongebob! Do you want to go jellyfishing?"

Spongebob stepped back to get a better look at Patrick. He was holding his jellyfishing net and was looking at his friend with an eager look on his face.

"Well…" hesitated Spongebob. He wanted to get back to his book, yet he couldn't disappoint Patrick. "Okay, I'll go get Ol' Reliable."

Spongebob ran upstairs and took out his net. He then ran back downstairs and headed to the fields with Patrick. Soon the friends arrived.

"Here we are! Let's see who can catch the most jellyfish!" exclaimed Patrick. He started to run around, chasing the jellyfish as they swam away. Spongebob was standing still, wanting to return home and read. Then he noticed a jellyfish buzzing close by. He ran for it, deciding that he should forget his book and have fun with Patrick.

Spongebob was having fun, chasing and catching jellyfish, when…

Something from the shadows had zoomed past Spongebob. He caught a small glimpse of it as it passed. Spongebob recognised the shape vaguely. Did he just see…?

Patrick, who was chasing a jellyfish near-by, noticed how Spongebob had come to an abrupt halt. Patrick ran over to see what the matter was.

"What's wrong, buddy?" asked Patrick.

"I could swear I just saw…" Spongebob trailed off.

Patrick looked puzzled for a second, but then a look of understanding came across his face. "Spongebob … he's gone."

"Yes, but…" Spongebob was looking towards the patch of kelp the shadow had disappeared into. The leaves were moving as if a heavy wind had just passed them by, but there was not so much as a current out today.

"Spongebob?" asked Patrick.

Spongebob continued staring, transfixed by the moving kelp. Why was it swaying like that?

"Spongebob?"

Spongebob looked back at Patrick, realising he was being addressed. "Maybe you're just tired. We've been out here for a while," said Patrick, with a faint trace of concern on his voice.

Spongebob looked up at the sky. The sun was going down and he did recall the night that Harry had awoke him. Still the kelp…

Spongebob looked back to the moving patch of kelp. However, it wasn't moving now. In fact it was completely still as if nothing had come anywhere close to it all day.

"Maybe I am tired. I should go home now, Pat."

"Okay, I'll see you later, Spongebob."

Patrick continued to jellyfish, but Spongebob lowered his net and started to walk home. He still felt very startled by what he saw. He was sure he saw the outline of Flats…but that was impossible. Flats had fallen off the side of a cliff. He was imagining things. Sooner than the realised, Spongebob was standing in front of his front door. He opened the door and walked glumly inside.

He walked upstairs and sat on his bed. He didn't…couldn't have seen Flats. Could he? Did he actually see Flats fall all the way down the cliff on that one day? Spongebob looked at the fog horn alarm clock on his bed-side table. It was ten o'clock p.m. He was probably tired. Who knows? It might have just been a stray jellyfish. Spongebob looked around his room, as if hoping the answer to what he had just seen pop out in front of him. His eyes stopped as they hit the chest he had been going through the other day. Spongebob then realised that he had been thinking about Flats when he read the letter. He probably thought that shadow looked like Flats because he had recently taken him into thought. With this new explanation in his head, Spongebob laid on the bed and fell asleep.

The next morning Spongebob woke up, shaking. All night he had experienced dreams that showed visions of his old assassin. Spongebob was relived to find that they were only dreams when he woke. Still, he was wary as he got out of bed and started to perform his morning routine.

When he arrived at work he still felt very uneasy. However, once he started to begin his work day he started to relax. No one would attack him in broad daylight.

Or so he thought……

He was cooking patties on the grill when the alarm rose. Apparently Plankton was after the secret formula again. Spongebob was about to leave the kitchen and see if he could help, when Mr. Krabs came bursting through the door.

"Stay in the kitchen!" he yelled to Spongebob over the loud alarm.

"What's happening, Mr. Krabs?" asked Spongebob. There appeared to be more havoc then normal.

"Everything is under control. Just stay here and guard the patties!"

With that, Mr. Krabs left the kitchen. Spongebob wanted to go and see why there was so much more confusion then normal out in the main restaurant, but he did not dare to disobey a direct order from Mr. Krabs. He sat upon one of the empty crates, waiting for the madness to pass. He was listening to the noise outside. What was going on? This didn't sound like any normal Plankton attack…

Before Spongebob knew what happened, a large hand took him by surprise and pulled him into the shadows…

It was many more minutes since the commotion settled down, but eventually Mr. Krabs (with the help of some others) was able to restore peace.

Mr. Krabs started to walk towards the kitchen. He was sure the boy would be full of questions as to what had happened, but when he entered, there was no one there.

"Spongebob?" asked Mr. Krabs to the empty room. There came no reply. This was odd, especially for Spongebob. Mr. Krabs looked around, but there was no sponge to be seen. He started to shift through the objects in the room, searching for his small yellow fry cook, when he saw something that made him gasp.

In a small corner that was hidden in the shadows, there were many boxes toppled over and torn open. Their contents were strewn across the floor. Mr. Krabs knew that this wasn't any accident. A struggle had defiantly taken place here. One reason Mr. Krabs thought this was because there was a small trace of blood on the floor and there were odd scratches on the floor as if someone was holding on, not wanting to be moved. However, what convinced Mr. Krabs most of all was that the back door was damaged badly, as if forced to be opened when locked. There was blood splattered all over the threshold.

Mr. Krabs was taken aback by the mess. The blood didn't make him at all faint, (after all, he had been in the navy) but to actually see what had taken place in his own restaurant…

At that moment, Sandy and Patrick had entered the kitchen. They were both panting heavily, as if they had taken place in a huge fight. Sandy was the first to speak.

"Mr. Krabs what are you still doing in here? We……."

But Sandy broke off; she had just spotted the mess.

"Mr. Krabs… what happened in here? And…" Sandy looked around the room. "Where's Spongebob?"

"I don't know how to tell you this…" said Mr. Krabs. "But Spongebob's gone."