Earth to Earth, Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

by dreamsofyesterday1

Part Two of the 'Robyn' series. Old secrets are shared between two unlikely friends and tragedy strikes. Warning: implied character death and child abuse. Main character death later in the story. M for safety. Discretion advised but not overly warranted.

5. Chapter 5

Once back in his airship Sportacus went in the shower and changed his clothes. He was anxious about going to the burial but as Robbie had said he'd always regret it if he didn't. It was still hard for him to believe that Lily was gone; a four year age difference is a lot when your younger sister dies.

Sportacus knew where the Crazytown cemetery was, he'd flown over it a few times. The cemetery wasn't in Crazytown but was in fact in between Lazytown and Crazytown. It housed the deceased residents of both towns but was officially owned by Crazytown, hence the name. The cemetery looked nice from the air, it was a well kept place and all the graves were in equal rows with the same white head stones. The sky would always be clear and bright blue over both towns and over the Crazytown cemetery there'd be clouds.

Some people said that it grew dark over the cemetery first and then the towns but it had never been proven to be more than pure hearsay. Sportacus fervently hoped that he'd never see any of his friends from Lazytown in that cemetery. He knew a time would come when it would happen but he hoped it wouldn't be for a very very long time. Looking at the clock Sportacus noticed that it was getting close to noon and he had to be going if he wanted to get there on time.

Ziggy walked over to Robbie's and Robyn's house. He was later than usual with coming over to play with Robyn as Pixel had wanted to show him his new computer game. Ziggy had eventually gotten away despite protests from the other members of the gang and was looking forward seeing Robyn. Today they were going to play tag and Ziggy had made the others promise they'd join in; they all liked the game and instantly agreed. Ziggy saw Robyn watching him through the window and when she knew he'd seen her she smiled and a few minutes later came out and they started their game.

Robbie was left alone in the house and thought about making Robyn another toy. He had to get some more materials for it and while Robyn was occupied it was the ideal time to get them. Making sure everything was tidy before he left Robbie left the house to go to the store.

Sportacus arrived at the cemetery in seemingly good time. Strangely the place was deserted and it looked like a new grave had been dug yet. Sportacus read the note again and was absolutely sure that it was the right day and time. Deciding it was best to walk around and look at each headstone in case the burial had been held early Sportacus began searching.