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Beetlejuice and Lydia Fan fiction

"Death leads to a Marriage" Chapter 1: Lydia's Death

It was dark. Pitch black. You couldn't see a thing. You couldn't even see your own hands in front of your face. But they knew where they were. Both Lydia and Beetlejuice knew. They have been here many a time when something has gone wrong in the neitherworld. And of course who has to be blamed for the occasion? Why none other than Beetlejuice. Always causing trouble and never learning his lesson. As for Lydia, she is the one always there to save him. But she doesn't know if she can save him this time.

The two stood still afraid if they moved they might bump into something. "What did you do this time Beej?" Lydia's voice was low not knowing who was there to hear, but loud enough for Beetlejuice to hear.

"I didn't do anything babes, I swear!" The poltergeist tried to sound innocent but knew it was a fail.

The Goth scoffed. She was seventeen years old and couldn't believe he was still giving her lies when they both knew she would always find out, or she knew it was a straight up lie to her face.

"Beetlejuice!" she hissed trough her teeth. The ghost gulped audibly. "What…did you do?" her voice full of annoyance and losing its patience.

"Well…you know that b-baby s-sandworm we s-saved from those hunters all those years a-ago?" his voice was a nervous stutter.

"Y-yeah?" now her voice sounded nervous but still wanting to know what he had gotten himself into.

"Well…it's full grown now…and he still likes me ya know…so…I asked him to do me a favor…"

Lydia's eyes widened (even if you couldn't see them). "You…didn't? You didn't do what I think you did! Please tell me you didn't!"

Beetlejuice wish it wasn't but it was and he can't do anything about it. "I rode him around the neitherworld for some fun but I didn't think he'd start going out of control! I'm so s-s-s-s…..s-sorry!"

"SORRY doesn't cut it Beetlejuice!"

All of a sudden, one very bright overhead spotlight was shinning on an old skeleton with a white powdered wig who did not seem to happy about the fact that he was now in the presence of the Oh so famous 'Ghost with the most'. Judge Mental peered down over the tall, oddly shaped podium to look at the two and deepened his frown. He then sat back in his chair and banged the small bone-shaped gavel on a small skull. "Beetlejuice!" yelled the judge with nothing but acid in his voice. "You have been accused of destroying the neitherworld…AGAIN! Charges against that are far worse than sandworm land knowing that YOU have befriended creatures hated by all the neitherworldians!"

The ghost was about to say something but Lydia stopped him before he could make things worse. "Zip-it Beej. We don't want to start anything else." He literally did as she said zipped his lips shut.

"There is only one punishment worse than sandworm land… EXORSISM!" Out of nowhere the loud dramatic music was playing as lightning was heard from outside the court house. Beetlejuice un-zipped his mouth and screamed his lungs out.

"Oh no! Your honor there must be something else! He doesn't deserve this type of punishment!"

Judge Mental banged his gavel on the skull silencing the two. "Yes he does! He's been nothing but trouble to everyone!" Beetlejuice got his lungs back in their place, but then sank to the floor to his knees looking down in shame.

"Please I'll do anything to save him! Anything!" Lydia couldn't lose her best friend. She didn't know what she'd do without him.

"Lydia…" Beetlejuice looked up with a small smile, but in his head he wouldn't dare let his Lyds risk her life. He peered over at the young goth girl who looked like she was about to cry.

"I'm sorry but…" The judge stopped. He was eyeing the girl who was now on the verge of tears. The wheels in his skull starting to turn. She looked up to see that he was staring at her. He then again banged the skull. She stopped her crying but was still looking up at the judge. "Miss Deetz?" He asked her with sincerity. Lydia wiped her fallen tears and stood before the judge. "Are you willing to give up your life and afterlife for this…thing?" Beetlejuice emidiatly got up to her side and shook her. "No Lyds! Don't do it!" Judge Mental snapped his fingers and Beetlejuice was now in a red cage all tied up. "Shut it Beetle! This is her choice...Miss Deetz?"

Lydia thought about what she would miss in her life. She didn't have many friends besides Prudence and Bertha, but they still didn't get her. And her parents…she would miss them too but they never understood her either. UGH! She would be more than happy to get away from that Claire Brewster and the wanna-be in group. She couldn't go to college and get her degree, but she was really good so she didn't care much. Lydia looked up at the skeleton who was a waiting her answer.

"Yes your honor."

Beetlejuice's muffling was getting louder. Lydia ignored it.

"Alright. I need you to sign this and then you will become a neitherworldian. No longer will you be a human or alive. Are you sure you want to proceed with this?" he asked her hoping she might reconsider.

"Yes your honor. I would like to proceed."

Judge Mental sighed. He snapped his boney fingers and a piece of paper appeared next to the seventeen year old girl. A pen appeared in her hand as well.

Beetlejuice's muffling was even louder. It sounded like he was yelling no. Lydia still ignored him and was about to sign the paper when Judge Mental stopped her.

"Wait. Miss Deetz. I forgot to mention one other important detail." He stopped for a moment and then continued, "Since this is Beetlejuice's punishment and technically this is a form of suicide…you will have to wed in order to stay in the neitherworld other than going straight to hell."

Beetlejuice's eyes bulged out of their sockets and then fainted from all the things that were going on:

Frist, he was going to be exorcized

Second, Lydia is willing to give up the rest of her life to save his ass

Third, he had to marry his best friend which means settling down, ya know, raise a family and crap

He was never the type to do this! And he certainly didn't like the fact that Lydia couldn't live a happy life. Go to college, get married to someone that likes her for her and will treat her right, and who is always there for her…..righhhhht…anyway.

"You two will wed tomorrow at 2:00pm if you continue with this. And after you sign that paper…we will take your life, and become a neitherworldian."

Lydia hands were cupping over her mouth while she was biting her lower lip off. She looked over at Beetlejuice to see him lying on the hard, tiled floor of the court room. She grabbed the floating pen next to her, already shaking her hand while she was bringing it towards the paper. At that moment she quickly looked away still biting her lower lip with her eyes shut tightly, and signed the paper leaving a very neat print of her name on the dotted line.

The paper and pen disappeared in a puff of smoke as did Beetlejuice's tying material and red cage. She opened her eyes to see she was now floating in the air looking directly in the judges eye sockets and then…nothing. It was dark again.