Boneyard Match

"*I have to finish this... it's my fate. I have to fight for my family, my friends, and all the people that he made their lives miserable!*".- Mary Jane Fitzgerald

The **Boneyard Match** is the battle between the Fitzgerald Family and the incarnation of malthoughts at The Boneyard, which determined the fate of the spirits of Willow's Bell. It is a pivotal event that leads up to the end of Don't Let the Darkness Consume You and took place in the midst of the Devil's Night of 1989.

The Boneyard Match was fought between the Fitzgerald Family, composed by Mary Jane, Alan and Janet Fitzgerald and their guardian Anastasia Wynter against the demonic Memetuo, on the sacred Boneyard located in Willow's Bell, California.

## Prelude

Since 1970, the Fitzgerald Family, composed by Alan, Janet, Mary Jane Fitzgerald and Abigail Montgomery, came anually to the Firefly Summer Camp during the summer time. The family's purity and good vibes became notorious among the campers and staff, that even Father Campbell granted them more involvement in the administration of the campsite. However, this also caused The Memetuo, to resurface in the form of the dark thoughts that the camper Randy Cavanaugh was feeling due to his resenment towards the Fitzgerald Family. Ultimately, The Memetuo corrupted Randy's mind on the October 25th, 1973, leading him to kill Alan and Janet alongside other campers under the new moon and separating Mary Jane and Abigail in the process.

Surprisingly, Alan survived the attack and managed to take Janet to The Boneyard in order to let her spirit form live peacefully without the torment that The Memetuo was causing in the Firefly Summer Camp. Since the Boneyard was a bridge that connects Earth to The Otherworld, it allowed Alan and Janet's spirit to call upon Anastasia Wynter to guide and protect Mary Jane. In 1974, Alan began hiding in the town of Willow's Bell in hopes that his daughter returns, while Mary Jane escaped Saint Damian Psychiatric Hospital with the help of Anastasia and lived a new life, although at the expense of her mental health as she suffered from Depression and Psychogenic Amnesia due to the traumas, which caused her to forget her past life.

10 years later, Mary Jane met the Blackpool Rebels Club, a group that decided to join the Firefly Summer Camp as camp counselors in order to rebuild their reputation. However, Mary Jane was haunted by hallucinations caused by Anastasia, who revealed to Mary Jane that she must unearth the past life she traumatically forgot in the Firefly Summer Camp. Due to her involvement with the Blackpool Rebels Club, Mary Jane went undercover by using the pseudonym "Eden", which indirectly helped her in hiding her true identity from Randy and The Memetuo. During that time, Mary Jane encounters her father Alan, who posed as a hiker in order to rebuild his bond with his daughter. As the Second Round of Murders at the Firefly Summer Camp took place, Mary Jane eventually unearths her past life and discovers that the hiker was her father and that Randy accepted The Memetuo's influence in order to kill Mary Jane and her family, which also eventually to an almost-tragic moment that the Memetuo left Mary Jane in a life-threatening state. However, Anastasia managed to save her life by leaving her in a comatose so she can heal her wounds in her recovery.

Throughout 1985, Mary Jane wakes from her coma and reunites with her father Alan and also her boyfriend Jay Ambrose, who bonded with Alan in hopes to see Mary Jane live, and they began preparing for their comeback story. Four years later, Mary Jane, Alan, Anastasia and Jay united forces with Edward Sexton Church and Casey Lombardi in order to free the spirits of the Firefly Summer Camp from The Memetuo's influence, but Mary Jane's fateful battle against The Memetuo will culminate in the only place evil knew that she was feeling safe.

## Battle

Mary Jane fought a group of shadowy remnants which were set up as a distraction by The Memetuo, so the entity could gain the upper hand again over Mary Jane. After sending Mary Jane bumping into the abandoned hearse, the Memetuo clawed on Mary Jane's chest scar while taunting about her imminent death. As the Memetuo was ready to deliver the final blow, Janet Fitzgerald's spirit appeared and impaled the Memetuo's back before pushing him to the barn. Mary Jane and Janet reunite for a few seconds, before The Memetuo screams in anger.

## Aftermath

"*You're free, my love*".- Janet Fitzgerald to Mary Jane Fitzgerald

After the fateful battle concluded, the spirits of Alan and Janet came for the aid of Mary Jane, who was suffering a tearful, post-battle anxiety attack while crying. The couple hugged and reassured their daughter that she is safe now. After Mary Jane started to calm down, the family stood up and looked at the burnt remains of The Memetuo in the grave. As they describe the terrific backstory of Randy and The Memetuo, Mary Jane sights a tractor and starts it to fill the grave with dirt, before the Dying Light says that The Memetuo's bloodshed is now dead and buried. Then, the three share a moment together as a family with a motivational conversation as they watch the morning sun rise. Mary Jane then wonders what would be next for her.

Suddenly, the Boneyard's bell tolls at which Anastasia manifests herself to Alan, Janet and Mary Jane and tells the couple that it is time to go to Heaven, as they have finally done their unfinished business on Earth. Before going to the World Pillar Hill in order to ascend to the afterlife, Alan and Janet ask Mary Jane if she will continue their legacy and discover the mysteries surrounding The Otherworld, at which Mary Jane says that she will after fully embracing who truly is, before sharing one last emotional hug. After that, the spirits of Alan and Janet arrive at the hill and turn into a white fog that goes up to the sky, with Mary Jane feeling the emotion of witnessing that she has finally avenged the lives of her parents. This is also shared with the ghosts of the Firefly Summer Camp, who all bid farewell to the survivors of the fire. Suddenly after the emotional moment, Mary Jane started to feel a dull headache that made her rest next to her mother's grave. As she starts to lose consciousness, Anastasia reassures Mary Jane that she will make it, before the entity disappears. The last thing Mary Jane saw with a blurry vision was a group of people coming for her aid, which resulted to be a group of firefighters and paramedics while the bells were tolling.

In a nearby hospital, it was revealed that Mary Jane suffered from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning due to the fire ignited at The Boneyard, but her life was saved. In the hospital room, Mary Jane is greeted by her boyfriend Jay Ambrose, who asks her how she feels and what happened to Alan and Janet. Mary Jane responds that she is free from the traumatic events she suffered in the past, and her parents are in a much better place. Jay tells her that he is proud of her resilience and knew that she was going to be victorious against Randy. Jay then asks Mary Jane about Anastasia and her connection with the supernatural world. After a brief silence while looking at the stars from the window, Mary Jane smiles at Jay and tells him that the world is much bigger than they think and that Anastasia is just "the beginning".

## People involved

* Mary Jane Fitzgerald
* Alan Fitzgerald
* Janet Fitzgerald
* Anastasia Wynter
* The Memetuo
	+ Shadowy Remnants

## Trivia

* The Boneyard Match was based on The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles in a Boneyard match at WrestleMania 36 (2020) and the Biosyn Incident at Jurassic World: Dominion (2022).