If Only They Had Met...
I was inspired to write this by reading the description of If only they had met... (with her permission this is the pic of this story) byCartuneslover16 on Deviantart who you can find here on Fanfiction as Cartuneslover17. She allowed me to makes a story of Mike and her MU OC Laura Sharp who is the star of her story Life's a Scream which you can find here on Fanfiction and her Deviantart gallery.
High Schools in Monstropolis, a young monster's last stop before they enter the bright world of Monstropolis, some go to get jobs or some decides to go to the premier scaring schools like Monsters University or Fear Tech, companies like them generate the screaming power needed to fuel the day to day activities of the city.
One of such high schools was Monstropolis High, whose students would be getting ready for the outside world soon.
It was graduation day and as the final bell rang the monsters came out with the diplomas and hats, one such monster was Mike Wazowski a green eyeball monster who very soon would be going to his dream school at Monsters University.
His last day at the High School was mainly his teachers were basically congratulating the class on what they were going to accomplish outside the school,
Of course one major exception was Gym...
Outside in the track field of Monstropolis High the students were in line fearfully as they were facing their fearsome stern looking gym coach.
The coach was a tall monster who was built like a wrestler with red fur, black sideburns on his head and two cut off horns on his head. He was wearing blue shorts, a white shirt and a whistle.
"Okay listen here maggots while I am sure most of your teachers were just talking to you about the whatever you do once you leave this school forever..." the coach said in a dark authorative voice that commanded those to listen to it "that will not be the case for this class, I will make you work twice as hard in this one class just to make sure you spineless maggots are ready to make it on your own, or at the very least walk on your own two or maybe ten feet!"
He then asked the class "so who is going to Monsters University?" At this question Mike was among the ones who put their hand up.
"My personal alma matter..." laughed the coach "I was mainly in the sports and decided I want to spend my times getting you lot ready to go to that school so make sure you do a good job there! Now who is going to Fear Tech?"
Some of the other class put their hands up and the coach shook his head saying "when I was in MU we had to deal with idiots in Fear Tech who tried to sabotage our school, me and my friends liked to call them 'Fear Tech Dummies'."
"You will not become Fear Teach Dummies, will you?" the coach sternly asked the ones with their hands up, his face becoming a smile when they shook their heads or their bodies depending on what kind of monsters they were . He then laughed and said "that is the answer I wanted to see, there might be hope for Fear Tech yet!"
Mike was puffed out after that class, the coach made them do several jumping jacks, push ups and run around the track field several times.
"Good luck in MU, Mike!" waved a several tentacled monster to Mike who was in his class.
"You too Tony and good luck with the grosser business!" Mike said to the classmate Tony who the next week would be starting a job he got at a grocery store.
After waving to several of his classmates he beamed when he spotted his closest friend who he had met in a field trip to Monsters Inc many years ago, Laura Sharp a mainly dark blue draconic creature.
"Hi Laura!" Mike greeted to his friend and Laura smiled at her Cyclops friend as she looked down.
"Had a nice last day Mike?" Laura asked cheerfully as they walked down the pavement, Mike nodded enthusiastically as he was now touch the tip of the hat he got from the field trip where he met Laura.
"One Summer to go and we will be able to go to my dream school – Monsters University!" Mike yelled excitedly "do you know how psyched I am that this is our next stop in the quest to become the best Scarers ever!"
"You told me at least fifty times this week, Mike!" laughed Laura as they continued their way down "my dad is excited as well even though I will not be at his Alma Matter, Fear Tech."
They then saw students running away and pointing to something the opposite direction from where they were standing, they saw that it was Mike's now former gym coach (wearing his jacket) and the now former students ran in terror as the coach walked up the pavement.
Mike and Laura stood still and watched as the coach walked up and faced them...then suddenly the stern serious look on his face turned into a smile and the coach then start ruffling the top of Mike's head.
"Had a good last day, Mikey my boy?" Coach Ron Wazowski asked with a chuckle as Mike glared at his father before smiling.
"Yes dad and thanks for the gruelling gym class, today!" Mike responded looking up to his enormous father.
"Just making sure you are ready for the huge things that await you at the end of the summer at MU!" Ron responded tapping his left horn with his fingers "I remember my time there including all those pranks we pulled on those Fear Tech Dummies..."
"My dad was one of those Fear Tech Dummies, Coach Wazowski." Laura pointed out with her arms cross and a stern look.
"I know, thanks for reminding me!" Ron said smiling at some of the stunts he pulled on Laura's father, the rivalry between Ron Wazowski and Fillmore Sharp was the most famous and legendary things in the feud between Fear Tech and Monsters University that has existed since both schools were founded.
From his jacket Ron pulled out a camera and told his son "okay Mike I promised your mother I would get a picture of the two of us at your last day!"
"I can take it Coach Wazowski, glad I don't have to be in it..." Laura said as Ron passed her his camera and she said the last word with a bit of nervousness in her voice.
"Alright, the Photo Graphics Phobia thing!..." realised Ron and Mike shook his head (or entire body) as he looked up to his dad.
"Fotografizophobia." Mike clarified as Ron just laughed, "My son the bookworm..." said Ron as he held Mike up to his waist and they both smiled with Laura taking a photo of them with the High School seen in the back of them.
After the picture was taken Laura handed Ron back his camera, "Thanks for that." Ron said waving bye to his son's friend "glad to know not all Sharps are intolerable!"
Lauren instead of responding to the comment merely waved at Mike who waved back. Their dads were not too keen at the idea of putting their college grudge behind them, so it was probably a good idea that their families barely if ever invite eachother over for dinner.
"Come on son, I got a call from your mother saying there is take out ready for us when we get back." Ron told Mike as they walked to the staff parking lot so Ron could drive them home as Laura walked back home.
*IOTHM*
Laura entered her house and was pulled into a hug by her parents Atta a video and camera operator and Fillmore a famous Scarer at Monsters Inc. "How was your last day of college?" Atta asked her daughter with intrigue in her voice.
"Great mum, I caught up with Mike who was more excited than I could hope to be, before his dad picked him up..." Laura said who then sighed as her dad's face darkened a bit.
Fillmore Sharp was a monster who was always encouraging monsters of all shapes and sizes to be their very best and assuring them, any job that they do is important in the long run.
However, he could never forget about at his time at Fear Tech and how much of a bitter rivalry he had with the students at Monsters University at the time, particularly one of their jocks, Ron Wazowski. Whenever Monsters University was trying some prank against them, Wazowski would not be that far behind and the only reason he helped the retaliation against them was how much that Wazowski annoyed him.
He was not some bully, not in the normal sense anyway. He did not look down on monsters that did not look or seam scary but he was always obnoxious and loud against anyone who was perceived as an enemy, rival school or rival fraternity than the one he was in.
In short Ron Wazowski was a competitive monster and the incident that started their legendary rivalry was the fact that the first prank against Fear Teach that he took part in, Fillmore was a victim of that prank.
"Wazowski..." Fillmore said trying to keep the snarl from escaping. His wife and daughter shook their heads at the state the normally friendly monster could get into whenever Mike's dad was brought up.
"One of these days, Fillmore." Atta said putting her hand on her husband's shoulder "You and Ron are going to..."
*IOTHM*
"...sit down and you will have to settle your differences once and for all, Ronald!" Mike's mum told her husband sternly as all three of them were at their dinner table eating take out. She looked a lot like her son only with lipstick, glasses and blue hair.
"Grudges die hard, Mindy." Ron replied with a sigh to his much smaller wife Mindy Wazowski, Mindy shook her head or body as they continued eating.
"When we are done I must remember to hang that photo you took, right up over our couch Ronald!" Mindy beamed excitedly patting her son on the back.
"Our son, the future Scarer!" laughed while gently putting his hand on Mike's head "just think when you graduate and make it big, I will be able tell the future students in my class that you are my son and if they listen to me they just might make it big like you!"
"He still needs to get through the school first, Ronald dear!" laughed Mindy as Mike beamed at the words of his dad.
Mindy's name is a random name I came up with for Mike's mum who appeared in the end credits of Monsters Inc. When thinking of something for Mike's dad something had hit me, since Mike 's mum looks like him I could say he got his looks form his mum and have his dad look like just about whatever I want him to look like! I came up with Hellboy (yes somehow I decided Mike the eyeball like Cyclops has a dad that looks like Hellboy!). Ron's name came from Ron Perlman the actor who played Hellboy in the live action films and who you might know as Slade from the Teen Titans Cartoon, the Stabbington Brothers from Tangled, Justice from Afro Samurai or Sinestro in the episode Prisoner of Sinestro from the Green Lantern Animated Series. I imagine Ron doing his voice; hey they got Samuel L. Jackson to play Frozen in the Incredible. His job as a gym coach I came up with because, hey Mike needs to have gotten his coaching skills from somewhere!
Also yeah Laura and her parents were made by Cartuneslover16 and whenever i think of the word Fillmore I think of that old awesome Disney cartoon which was basically CSI for kids (I really miss that show).
Also in Life's a Scream, there are flashbacks which I will use in this story. I am planning to use the ones for when Mike and Laura met, as well as the time Ron and Fillmore found out their children became friends (I am really looking forward to writing that one)!