Yea so I went back through the stuff I had originally written for this story and realized it was better than what I had posted, so I'm just going to redo this. Let me know what you guy think.
The first time Johnny Worthington laid his eyes on her, he was in his freshman year of college.
He had just made it into ROR, to the surprise of no one, and everything was going great. His grads were wonderful, he was at the top of his class, and everyone loved him.
It was late on a Friday night, almost eleven when he first heard it. He was on a benchpress in the MU athletic center, working his arms until they burned. He was alone, or so he thought. He'd nearly dropped the weights on himself when a voice rang out through the silence around him.
Johnny put the dumbbell back on the rack and laid there, listening. It rang out again and he sat up, looking around for the source of the noise. The voice was smooth, echoing clearly around him in the dark.
Somebody was singing.
Standing up, Johnny followed the sweet sound to the very back of the weight room, to the opening of the indoor pool.
"You had plenty money 1922,
You let all the women make a fool of you,
Why don't you do right, like some other men do,
Get out of here,
Bring me some money to."
The room was dark, the only light coming from the large pool in the center of the concrete floor. The voice was coming from the small figure floating in the water, it's sweet tone echoing off of the walls and around him, drawing him closer.
Johnny could now see that the body drifting slowly around in the water on its back was female, though he probably could have guessed that from her voice. He couldn't tell what kinds of monster she was, but he could see her fur being distorted by the soft waves of the pool.
He felt like a creep just standing there and not saying anything, but he didn't want to interrupt the words flowing smoothly from her lips.
'She must think she's alone' Johnny thought, taking a small step backwards.
He was conflicted. The better, more polite part of him was saying he should leave and respect her privacy. The other part was telling him to stay and enjoy her sweet, velvet words while they lasted.
He didn't get long to decide though, because the singing suddenly stopped. All he could hear now was the pool filter buzzing, and the smaller monster's slow breathing. Johnny tried not to make a disappointed sound as he slowly backed away, being as quite as he could. She still hadn't noticed him as he slid through the doors of the weight room, the last thing he saw was the small monster pulling herself out of the pool before he grabbed his stuff and left.
The next time he saw her, Johnny actually saw her, and it was in the last place he had expected.
It was the day of scare finals. Almost everyone around him was fidgeting nervously, waiting for there turn on the simulator. They were going by last names, so he was most likely going to be the last monster to go.
'Save the best for last,right?' He thought to himself with a smirk.
Javier sat in the desk beside him, reading something in his text book. Neither of them were worried about their score, they were at the top of the class for a reason. They both new they were going to do well, so there was no point in giving it anymore thought than that.
Johnny had zoned out, having grown bored of watching everyone else on the simulator. He was staring at the domed ceiling, counting the spikes when a voice pulled him out of his daze. It was deep, yet held a sweet tone to it, like chocolate covered strawberries. Johnny recognized it immediately.
It had been about a month since it had happened, but he'd heard that voice in his dreams at least twice a week since then. He would either be back in the weight room, or actually in the water with her. He would try to swim to her, but the closer he got the farther away she seemed. The worst one was when he was is the ROR house. It would be completely empty and everything would be dark. Her voice would ring out around him, but he could never find her.
But there she was now, standing in front of the scare simulator, talking to his professor. Right in front of him. The girl from the fucking pool.
Johnny took in her appearance as she explained the correct scare technique she would need to use. As he had noticed the first time, she was short. Not the smallest monster he had ever seen, but compared to him she was tiny. Her fur was short, only getting longer around her calf and completely covering her feet (much like the leg warmers the PNK's wore). The strangest thing about her was probably her ears. Johnny had never seen a monster with ears like hers. They were long, reaching down almost to her chest. They seemed to be covered in the same soft look fur as the rest of her body. Her frame was coved in a sweater with the MU symbol on the front.
She seemed...cute. The only threatening thing on her body seemed to be the antlers protruding from behind her ears. That was the first thing Johnny though as he stared at her. He was also wondering how the hell he hadn't noticed she was in his class. There were a lot of monsters here sure, but he seriously should had at least seen her once before now.
He watched as she walked to the door of the simulator, and he then noticed her tail. It was long and thin, a thick looking tuff of fur sprouting out from the very tip. It swayed around slowly as she approached the door. She didn't look nervous like many of the other monsters who had taken there turn, instead she looked completely calm. Her face held no expression as she opened the door and slowly crouched down on all fours, the door shutting silently behind her. She crept forward slowly, and Johnny noticed her shadow moving ahead of her on the wall. It was the same basic shape, but as it grew closer to the bed it started to change. It grew bigger, warped around and twisted. Even he would admit that it was slightly unsettling.
The small monster let her claws rake against the the floor, the sound causing the simulator to to sit up on the bed. It's head turned to look at the wall, catching sight of the shadow looming over it. It flinched but didn't scream, the monster moving closer, right in front of the footboard of the bed. She grabbed it, causing the simulator to turn its head and look in her direction. She suddenly jumped up onto the bed and let out a loud shriek, the sound echoing around the room. The simulator screamed and flailed its arms, then fell back onto the bed. The meter shot up, stopping only two notches from being completely filled.
Johnny was impressed, and it looked like most of the other monsters in the room were to.
"Very good, Ms. Evergreen." Professor Knight stated, nodding up to her as she stepped out of the simulator.
"Thank you, sir." She said softly as she stepped down and moved back to her seat. Johnny could see a small smile on her face as she passed.
Javier tapped his arm, looking between him and the girl, giving him a questioning look. He just shook his head and turned back to the front, watching the next person to go up.
He found her, the girl from the pool. The one with the voice like the sweetest candy he had ever had. Johnny could finally talk to her.
Now he just had to figure out what to say.
