Title: Tales From Beyond The Portal
Author: ferretgirl1124
Pairing(s): Johnny 13xKitty
Genre: Angst
Rating: PG-13
Warning(s): Character deaths, violence, child abuse
Disclaimer: Nickelodeon and Butch Hartman's; not mine, except for the back stories.
Word Count: 256

Summary: Before they were ghosts, they were people.

A/N: My take on who Danny's opponents were before they went beyond the portal.


They were in love, and heaven help anyone who objected or told them otherwise. Their passion for each other was unnerving, considering how rarely either of them committed to things, and the few friends they had began to drift away not long after they began dating. No parental objections were voiced however; his father was in jail, his mother working long hours to support him, the child she had never wanted, and both her parents were drunks.

When they decided to leave, no tears were shed.

By the time they finally gave up on school for good, they had their lives planned out. They would leave on his bike, escape this piss ant town and run to the big city. Once they were there, they were both sure that his brains would land him a nice job. And after that? Why, the American dream, rug monkeys and all, even though she swore she'd never ruin her figure just to bring more little brats into the world.

Of course, stories like theirs had been told a million times, and children often came, wanted or not.

So in light of all this, perhaps it was best that the accident happened, his bike swerving out from under him and taking them both into the tree only two miles from her home.

His childhood back luck had come back in the end, not even giving them the chance to make it to the city limits. They died as they had lived, fast and cruel, and no one attended the funerals.