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So do you wanna just retroactively make evil!Ash some rando demon?

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Damn speaking of missed opportunities, you know what I just thought of?

So you know how in season 2, eleven runs off to the city and meets a girl with powers like her? What if Lydia ran off and found another girl who can summon a demon, and her demon was Ash?

Then BJ wouldn't hate Ash's guts for imprisoning and torturing the kid that he basically sees as his kid :P

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"Yeah, I can't believe you were hiding basically a real, live genie from us," Nate said with a fake pout. "But for real, what's the plan with this portal thing? You can close it, right?" He looked at Beetlejuice, who was now in his regular form.

"Of course I can. I just gotta' get close enough," He looked at Lydia, a bit reluctantly, "But that means you gotta come with me, kid. What do you say? Rush into danger with your ol' pal BJ for old time's sake?"

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Beetlejuice look up at Lydia and shrugged. "I mean, they might come in handy for something. I don't know what, but something I'm sure."

"Hell yeah!" Nate pumped his fist. "This is so cool!" He seemed pretty stoked.

"I'll poof us back to the house. You two grab my tail!"

"You can do that?" Nate asked with a wide grin.

"I can do whatever I want, Kid."

They appeared inside the Maitland home second later. Adam and Barbara came running.

"We heard someone attacked the school! Are you alright?" They paused upon seeing Lydia's friends and a summoned Beetlejuice. "What's going on?" Adam asked.

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Catjuice hissed at the cop, who just raised an eyebrow at him. "Well, stay safe, kids." With that, he radioed the other officers to head into the woods and headed off.

"That was close, kid," Catjuice said. "We just probably head back to the house, regroup, and figure out what to do about this portal."

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Catjuice growled when he saw the cop, his tail fluffing. "Hey Mr. Charles!" Nate waved the officer over. "That's the cheif of the police. He's my dad's best friend," Nate explained to Lydia. "Let me handle this."

When Charles asked what happened, Nate came up with an impressive on the spot lie. "Some maniac in a Halloween costume broke into the school," Nate said. "We saw him run off towards the woods."

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"Hey, get back here! I haven't even done my Undertaker impression, yet!" Beetlejuice flew after the other demon. He cut it off right before he could reach the kids.

"Alright Leatherface wannabe, it's time to go back home," BJ announced. He opened a portal to the Netherworld, the green light shining through. When the monster tried to flee, he extended his arm up the hall and snagged it, hauling it back by the scruff. "Come back any time you wanna fight a real demon!"

With that, Beetlejuice tossed the monster into the portal and zipped it up with a giant zipper. He dusted his hands as the portal disappeared. "Well, glad that's over with." He turned back to the kids. "And it looks like the cat's out of the bag!"

He turned into a striped cat and leaped into Lydia's arms. Nate just now seemed to put two and two together. "Your dog was a demon a the whole time?! Why did he eat my homework for Literature?!"

Catjuice shrugged. "Mark Twain and I had a little spat back in the day. I saw his name on it and couldn't help myself."

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Damn, what a wasted opportunity

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"Lydia?" Nate questioned. "Huh...yeah, I never thought "Delia" fit you." He turned back to look through the crack in the door. Beetlejuice was currently wrestling the Collector, with six extra arms coming out of various places of his being.

He looked back at Lydia. "This is so weird. If he can bend reality, why doesn't he just turn that other guy into an ant and squash him?"

A Beetlejuice clone appeared beside them, leaning on the wall. "Because, kid, that's not nearly as funny!"