"Riding To Victory"
Rated T
Disclaimer: I do not own anything associated with Monster High or any of the characters. Monster High is owned by Mattel and the author of the Monster High books, Lisi Harrison. Anyway, this is another fic that me and my co-author at tumblr, which is fiddlestringsandpianokeys, are writing. Yes, if you're asking, this is an another multi-chapter fic featuring Operetta, Johnny Spirit, and the rest of your favorite ghouls. I bet you can't tell which couples are gonna be shown, but you'll have to find out.
Chapter 1
The sound of wheels rolling.
The sound of the crowd increasing in velocity.
The sound of fists thrown.
It was perhaps the most ultra-violent sport there ever was. But somewhere around Monster High, it was perhaps the biggest sport for both ghouls and monsters alike. The name was Rollermaze.
It was a game unlike any other. It was a mixture of in-line skating mixed with roller derby. Teams of two compete in an all-out race where anything goes. Rules are broken and it's every team for themselves. There would be an obstacle course made of pitfalls, dangerous death traps, and some of the most ruthless competitors there ever is, waiting to take down the poor sucker.
The course was the Catacombs and racing alongside her friends Frankie, Clawdeen and Draculaura was the daughter of the Phantom of the Opera, Operetta. Rollermaze was her favorite hobby besides having to play the piano just like her dear old father. Playing the sport gave the red-headed southern belle a complete adrenaline rush she thought she'd never had in the first place. She was highly skilled at the sport to be honest, plus she was also the team captain. She always gave her teammates orders, which proved affective in the games they play in the Rollermaze season. Mostly, her advice always led her team to victory in these competitions.
Unfortunately, it wasn't looking good as Operetta got slammed into a wall at the Rollermaze game by two large men in black.
Feeling her already-scraped arm, she screamed for help.
"Can someone please help me?" Operetta shouted. "Frankie! Someone?"
Her cries of help didn't get anywhere as the rest of the competitors started running past her. Apparently, that would obviously be a distraction to have Oppy's team lose if one of her members had to go pick her back up. This was a do-or-die moment to win this race, even if it was with or without their team leader. So she decided to shout for help once more.
"GHOULS! Y'all stand in for me!" Operetta yelled in her supersonic voice, shaking in pain. "Y'all cain't give up! FRANKIE! STAND IN! Laura, ya go an' fight fer me, would'ja?" Operetta shouted. "Clawdeen, ya too!"
Still, not one voice was heard from her. Was everyone ignoring Operetta all of a sudden? Did they decide to ignore and abandon her? That couldn't be right. Oppy's friends would never do any of that to her. But she had to make sure for herself.
Shaking the pain right off, Operetta managed to slowly, yet painfully get back up.
"I wonder why they're not talking back to me..." Operetta muttered weakly.
As soon as Operetta got to the finish line however...
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...she noticed all her friends were laughing at her.
Yet, some of them were disappointed in the southern belle herself. Everyone that Operetta knew and loved all taunted and laughed at her. Mostly, the taunts where coming from her teammates Frankie, Clawdeen, Draculaura and Lagoona.
"You're so stupid!"
"Can't you do anything right?"
"I'm really disappointed in you! You disgust me, mate!"
"No," Oppy shook his head, "All I wanted was some help. I needed it, okay?"
However, her friends and her teammates all began turning their backs on Operetta, leaving her in the dust. Oppy begged for them to come back, but it was already too late for her. Everyone now hated Operetta...
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...all except for a certain greaser, who stood before her. He had slicked-back hair, a black and white striped shirt which was covered by a leather jacket and denim pants. He looked down at Operetta with a smirk on his face. And as Operetta looked up to him, she felt surprised and happy.
"Johnny?" Operetta rubbed her eyes.
The greaser then nodded as Operetta got up from her feet and ran to Johnny, therefore hugging her tightly.
"Thank goodness you're here!" Operetta smiled, "At least there's someone who knows how to be there for me!"
But strangely, that hug between them didn't last as Operetta ended up hugging the air.
Curious, Operetta opened her eyes to see that Johnny had disappeared into a grain of sand. She was in total shock that Johnny would be here in the first place, only to dissolve into sand in her very own eyes.
"No..." She shook her head, "This cain't be happening! THIS CAIN'T BE HAPPENING!"
Because of this, Operetta sank down to her knees, trying to hold her falling tears. But she couldn't hold them down for very long. All she could do is shout and scream, hoping that someone would wake her up from this horrible dream.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She went.
But then all of a sudden...
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...she opened her eyes to find out she was in her own bedroom.
Operetta started sweating bullets all over her forehead and all around her body. Her heart pumped loudly over and over again in fear. But luckily, what Oppy suffered just happened to be a nightmare. She was so happy and relieved to be in her own bedroom.
But she was more happy to be in her bedroom when she was sleeping next to Johnny Spirit, who had decided to sneak over to her house for a little loving and cuddling.
"Oh mah goth.." Operetta sighed to herself as she wiped the sweat off her forehead.
However, her scream managed to wake her greaser boyfriend up.
"Hey babe." Johnny replied, "Why are you sweatin' like that? Is it because I got the heat turned way up again?"
Operetta breathed heavily, wiping her forehead. She pushed the sheets down, exposing her nearly half naked body. "Ah'm so sweaty cause…nightmare." She replied.
"It's probably because you had too much hot sauce on the jambalaya." Johnny chuckled.
"Ah had a really bad dream." Operetta mumbled. "How bad do Ah look?"
"You still look hot," Johnny replied. "I'm not sure if it's the sweat or you, though."
Operetta blushed a bit, laying on his chest. "Ah am not hot when Ah'm naked, staph that…"
"Yeah, I guess I should." Johnny smirked as he laid relaxed on his bed, "Kiss me, babe. At least that'll stop the nightmares."
Just like that, Operetta kissed his lips as Johnny got on top of her. Just to add a little bit of pleasure, Oppy wrapped her legs around his waist. She sat up with him as they kissed, smiling. "Kiss me harder, would'ja?"
"Don't mind if I do, babe." Johnny smirked, "At least we got until 3 more hours 'til mornin'."
With a smirk, Johnny started tickling his fingers around Operetta's legs, making her laugh as she was kissing her deeply.
Operetta smiled at Johnny, throwing her head back and laughing. "Johnny, that tickles!" Operetta winked.
"Ohhh, wait what I have planned for you..." Johnny smirked as his hands kept on tickling her like tiny spiders. So far, Operetta had laughed for the rest for the night without any worry of her horrifying dream.
The next morning...
Operetta was at her locker, putting away stuff while Johnny was leaning onto the lockers. Suddenly, there was a huge line surrounding the school near the gym. Oppy wanted to know where the commotion was coming from. Before she could find out why, she was stopped by her best friend, Clawdeen.
"Hey, ghoulfriend!" Clawdeen exclaimed, "I see your hair's a little messy. Been battling with the blowdryer again?"
"Yep." Operetta nodded. "But it's alright, Ah'm…jus' tired! Ah had a rough night." Operetta blushed at her and Johnny.
"So, you signing up for Rollermaze tryouts?" Clawdeen replied.
"I'm trying to, sugarcube." Operetta sighed. "I'm trying to get Johnny to join in, but he told me that it sounds too girlish."
"It is, babe." Johnny nodded, "I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a short skirt like those prissy girls."
Operetta laughed. "You'd wear boy clothes, not a skirt silly. It ain't ghouly!" She smooched his cheek.
"Still, I would still be caught dead." Johnny shrugged.
Operetta kept kissing on him. "But ya'd watch me in a short skirt, right?" She smiled brightly.
A blush then lightened up on Johnny. He admit that the game was very ghouly for him, but seeing Oppy in a short skirt was enough to make him catch interest.
"Yeah, I'd guess you'd be right." Johnny shrugged. "Let's sign up."
Finally giving up to these demands, Operetta and Johnny stood in at the line for rollermaze tryouts. But much to their surprise, they were last in the line, which sucked monster-balls. And not to mention that this was a long ass line!
"Wow," Johnny sighed. "This must be a long line. Somebody better be fallin' asleep."
"Aw, quit yer worryin'." Operetta replied, "I'm certain it won't last very long."
But Oppy was wrong. The line took as long as about a whole hour of class, which was painful as it was. But Operetta was willing and able to make it onto the local Rollermaze team. It wasn't very surprising since she'd made the cut these past few years.
Operetta smiled as they went up next, being given skates and a skirt. She went to change into the short skirt and came out with a big grin. "Ya like mah outfit, Johnny?"
However, Johnny didn't listen to her since he nodded off in his sleep. They must've stood a long time on that line.
"Huh, maybe we should've gotten to the line first." Operetta rolled his eyes as Johnny drifted off.
An hour later...
Johnny was at the benches, still sleeping it out for a good hour or two. He didn't feel like attending class, and luckily, it wasn't even his thing. He didn't care if he flunked out. But at least sleep was way better than having to learn.
After the tryout, Operetta went to Johnny and tapped his shoulder. "Johnny, Ah made it! Can ya believe it?"
"Huh?" Johnny said, finally waking up. "Oh, I'm sorry, I must've dozed off. That was a long time we stood on that line. Anyway, what's goin' on?"
"Ah made it!" Operetta squealed, jumping on him. "Aren'tcha excited? Practice is next week!"
"Oh um, yeah I am." Johnny nodded. However, he wasn't that excited since he already woke up from his nap.
Operetta smiled. "Hug me if yer proud?"
"Sure." Johnny nodded as she hugged her tightly.
But with a smirk on her face, Johnny decided to reach down deeper and grab Operetta by her rear, which made her jump.
Operetta chuckled a bit, patting his back. "Silly Johnny, ya scared me! Where's all our friends?" Operetta asked.
"I didn't know, I was asleep the whole time." Johnny shrugged, "Maybe they're at the-"
Meanwhile, they were cut off by Manny Taur, who walked by wearing a girls rollermaze uniform. Seeing this, Johnny tried not to snicker at the big bully with a nose-ring. Seeing that somebody was laughing at him, Manny turned to Johnny and Oppy.
"What are ya lookin' at?" Manny glared at them.
Operetta couldn't help but laugh. "Why are ya wearin' a ghouls uniform?" She covered her mouth, cracking up. "THAT'S JUS' SO FUNNY! All ya need is some lipstick, and you're good to go!"
"Hey, it's not my fault they ran out of the boys uniforms!" Manny snapped at him, "That frickin Invisi Billy and his friends got all of the uniforms, and all I could wear is this tranny trash!"
"Ah'm sorry, but Ah cain't stop laughing!" Operetta laughed, rolling across the floor and kicking her legs.
"Hey Manny, can you spare a dollar?" Johnny smirked as he held up a dollar for Manny. "Take it off, baby!"
"How about I take your head off instead?" Manny threatened him.
"I'd like to see ya try, ya piece of flank!" Johnny threatened him as well.
Operetta gasped at the two, smacking Johnny's thigh and rolling her eyes at Manny. "Ah was tha' one laughin', by the way."
"Yeah, I noticed," Manny rolled his eyes, "But if anyone of you ever tells me that I wear something this-"
"Relax, bull, we're not gonna tell anyone." Johnny replied.
"Promise!" Operetta nodded. "Sugah, let's go and chill. Ah'm exhausted. Maybe we'll find our friends!"
"They're basically at lunch now." Johnny shrugged.
As both Operetta and Johnny ditched Manny to go to the Casketeria, the minotaur decided to mind his own business (or perhaps find a bathroom to change out of his ridiculous clothes). But as soon as he was busy walking, he bumped heads with Hoodude, who looked a little creeped out.
"Um, Manny?" Hoodude raised an eyebrow, "Why are you wearing a female-"
"WHY ARE YOU SUCH AN ASS?!" Manny shouted at his face before walking off in total anger in shame.
"Okay, I think I'm blind now..." Hoodude gulped.
Wow, talk about an opener! This is gonna be very interesting as far as I can tell? How will Operetta fare in practice?
And why is Manny really dressing up like a female rollermaze athlete? Is he on crack?
Either way, find out in the next chapter, ghouls and monsters alike. Anyway, feedbacks are welcome!