Just a note of reference: In the original pilot concept, Jimmy's outfit consisted of a grey shirt, brown slacks, brown shoes, and a black bow-tie; instead of the green striped shirt, jeans, and sneakers he currently wears in the show. Similarly, Lucifer (Lucius) originally wore a brown suit; as opposed to the grey one he wears in the current series.

Chapter 3

Welcome to Miseryville

Before Jimmy knew what had happened, he was falling. Plummeting into darkness; he couldn't see a thing, but he could feel his body gaining speed. Normally any person would be screaming his head off in terror right about now, but not Jimmy.

"WEEEEEEEEEEE! THIS. IS. AWESOME!" He shouted with joy as he plummeted faster and faster into the darkness. He tried doing tricks like flipping forwards and backwards and then dancing in midair.

"Huh, I wonder what that is?" Jimmy suddenly asked aloud. He had spotted a small light as he was falling. He tried to make it out in the complete darkness. "It looks round." It was getting bigger and bigger. Finally, after falling a ways down, he was able to recognize it.

It was a planet. "Awesome" was the only word that came to his mind. His eyes grew wider with amazement. The colossal planet was blue with strips of gray and white. He'd never seen a planet so close up before.

He was still falling, faster and faster. It wasn't quite as dark now, with several planets of all different colors now surrounding him. Stars off in the distance illuminated space.

"Whoaaaaa, pretty." He sounded in amazement. The average person would probably be questioning just how he was able to talk and breathe in space, but not Jimmy. He gawked in amazement; space was so beautiful. He looked back up to see if he could spot where he had fallen, but he just saw more space reaching out into infinity.

He then started to feel really warm again. In fact blazing hot. He looked onto his arm.

"Yep, that's fire alright." He stated calmly. He wasn't really quick to realize things. It took a few more seconds for him to realize that he was engulfed in flames, hurtling down at speeds of +300 km/s.

He couldn't make out what was in front of him anymore. The flames had completely overtaken his body. "OW OW OW OW OUCH!" He sounded in pain as he tried to blow the inferno out. His skin was scalding with fire and his clothes were burning off. CRASH!

Jimmy's next conscious moment was spent buried under concrete. He quickly leaped out from the crater his crash had made and started rolling on the floor, trying to put out the raging fire overtaking his body. "STOP, DROP, AND ROLL!"

Suddenly, gushing bursts of water came from all around him. They sprayed him until all the flames engulfing his body were extinguished. Soaking wet, Jimmy shook himself off and looked around. He was in some sort of large, open walkway. He looked down and saw the fairly impressive crater his crash had left. He also noticed something else too.

"I'M NAKED!" Jimmy shrieked as he quickly covered his youknowwhats. "Oh man, this is so embarrassing!"

He frantically looked around. There were other people there too, being sprayed with hoses and even ones just crashing down into the floor. They were all naked too.

"Phew, what a relief." He sounded as he pulled his hands from over his youknowwhats. Suddenly, Jimmy felt a violent tap on his shoulder from behind. He turned around and grew wide eyed.

It was some sort of monster. He… she… IT was big, blobby, and purple with four eyes and large boils covering its body. "Here, you'll need this. They're standard issue for new meat." It handed him a folded pile of clothes and a pair of shoes.

Jimmy could tell from the monster's voice that it was a woman. "Gee, thanks." He was grateful for the clothes, what with being stark naked and all.

He got into them right away. It was a grey shirt and brown pants, complete with a black bowtie. His shoes were a shining brown businessman's footwear. Jimmy didn't have a mirror, but he knew he was lookin' good.

The boy stood there looking quite pleased with his outfit. The purple monster rolled her eyes and pointed further down the walkway. "Down that walkway, stay straight on the path."

"Wait, where exactly am I?" Jimmy asked confusedly. This didn't exactly look like Heaven, at least from what he imagined it would look like. The monster ignored him and kept gesturing toward the end of the walkway.

"Please sir, all your questions will be answered when you continue down this walkway." She was starting to get a tad annoyed. Newbies could be really irritating at times.

"Ok… Thanks anyway."

Jimmy slowly started making his way down the walkway. He looked around and saw dozens of other monsters helping out people just arriving. He didn't want to judge them based on their looks, but the monsters didn't seem too welcoming.

With almost no time to react, a giant television screen came down from a compartment in the ceiling; Jimmy nearly walked right into it. The monitor flashed on and there stood a small, old-looking hunchbacked green troll in a grey suit.

"Welcome souls of the damned!" The troll spoke with a delicate lisp. "If you're wondering where you are, wonder no more. You are currently located in none other than the capital city of Hell. MISERYVILLE!"

Jimmy's jaw dropped. HELL? He couldn't believe it. "B-b-but this must be some mistake! I don't belong here. I'm a good guy!" He sniffled, fighting back tears.

"It's no mistake!" The troll seemed to be talking directly to Jimmy. "You've been selected to come to Hell based on your time on Earth. Only the guilty get dropped down here. We suggest using the next few minutes to enjoy yourself, 'cause when you walk out of here… HOOOOO BOY!" The troll chuckled sinisterly. "And now a few words from your new overlord, Lucifer Heinous the Seventh!"

The screen cut away to a short, bald, red devil creature wearing a brown suit jacket with brown pants, brown shoes and a black tie. He had two short, stubby horns growing on his head, and a long red nose extending from his face. His look was cold and malevolent.

"Greetings you worthless slugs. I am Lucifer Heinous the Seventh! I am your new overlord, your master, your king, your ruler, your EVERYTHING!" He grinned devilishly. "As you are aware, you are now stuck here in Hell for ETERNITY! So enjoy your stay and let me be the first to officially welcome you to your ETERNAL DAMNATION! HAHAHAHAHAHA-"

The video monitor cut the red devil's diabolical laughter short and promptly went back up into the ceiling. Jimmy started to smile and giggle. That small monster's laughter had brightened his mood. He wiped the tear droplets from his eyes and lifted his head.

"So… Miseryville huh?" He smiled as he neared the end of the walkway and came to a staircase. "Sounds like a fun place. And that red guy made it sound so cool!"

Jimmy was grinning ear to ear as he walked down the staircase and burst out into the entrance of the city.

"Miseryville, here I COME!" Jimmy shouted as he jumped up eagerly with an enthusiastic fist thrust up into the air. This was the beginning of his new life, and it already seemed like it was going to be great.