Series: 31 Nights of Frights
Title: Caseworker and Placement
Author: Jmaria
Rating: FR-15
Disclaimer: Joss owns Cassie, Tim Burton owns Juno
Summary: Halloween traditions meet Fic-for-all pairings.
Pairing: Cassie Newton/Juno (Beetlejuice)
Words: 320

31 Nights of Frights
Caseworker and Placement

Cassie remembered falling into Buffy's arms, and the next thing she knew she was in a creepy little waiting room with a bunch of horrible looking dead people. The oddest of which sat behind the counter. She was in a bright pink dress with bright pink hair and blue skin. Not knowing what to do, Cassie went up to her.

"Let me guess, you don't have your handbook," the woman said in an irritating voice.

"I would if I even knew what a Handbook was, Suicide Barbie," Cassie snapped. The woman blinked before rolling her eyes.

"You're the psychic. Juno's waiting for you."

"Who's Juno?"

"Oh, you don't know that?" the woman scoffed. Cassie only glared at her. "Your caseworker, Juno is waiting to discuss your placement and the misuse of your spiritual image."

"Follow me," There was a man who'd been run over by some kind of auto. "How do I look."

"That's trick question," Cassie sighed, smiling at him. "You look like you got hit by a bus."

"Semi."

"Oh. Stepped in front of it?"
"Yup."

"Miss Newton, I haven't got all eternity to wait for you," A short gray haired woman cried, taking a drag on her cigarette.

"Juno, I take it."

"Yes. You've got no place to haunt."

"I'm supposed to haunt a place?"

"Most do."

"And why can't I haunt Sunnydale?"

"Doesn't exist. You've been in limbo longer than most," Cassie watched as the smoke came out of the open slash on Juno's throat. "And some evil entity that should know it's place had been snatching up the incorporeal images of the recently deceased in Sunnydale."

"The First Evil."

"Exactly. So, we've been having to find half-way houses for orphaned ghosts such as yourself."

"The Maitlands?" Cassie asked, the name popping into her head.

"Exactly. They did a bang up job for my football players and the mortal girl Lydia, they should work for you."