Hey guys this is my first Monster High fanfic...I hope you like it. I hope I get the characters as close as their selves as possible and if I do get something wrong please do not be afraid to leave me a comment or message. :D I really appreciate the feed back!
Jackson couldn't hold back his excitement! As much as he wanted to be normal he couldn't help but walk with a new skip in his step as he met his mother for breakfast that morning.
"Well someone woke up in a good mood this morning." She snickered while handing her only son buttered toast and eggs.
Jackson quickly ate his food making his mom smack his arm. "Chew!"
Swallowing a rather large piece of toast and coughing making his mother shake her head.
"I just can't believe I will be able to go to a school with my cousin!"
Cleaning up their mess from breakfast, his mother smiled at him, "Heath better show you around, I mean you guys were inseparable ever since you were little."
Jackson just laughed remembering his cousin setting fire to his mother's favorite table cloth seven years ago. "Yeah I remember I just wish I got to see him before school."
Jackson's mother just laid her hand on his shoulder. "I thought you would be able to, but the move took a lot longer than I thought. I'm sorry sweetie."
Laughing Jackson hugged his mother, "I better get going I hate to be late for my first day"
"Try to have a great day son." Sydney knew her son would make it just fine at his new school. After all those years of trying to find him the 'right' school for someone like her special son. Part of him was human just like her, but the other half was fire elemental just like his father. Even before his father's death it was hard for Jackson to fit in. To monster for normies and to normal for monsters…maybe going to this Monster High with Heath was a good idea. Jackson might have some trouble, but nothing he couldn't handle…she was sure she was doing the right thing. The first time she felt everything was going right since they first moved after his father died three years ago.
Jackson got into his beat up little car that his father used to own. Adjusting the rear view mirror that seemed to never want to stay in the same place no matter what he did. Smoothing out his yellow tipped bangs out of his bright blue eyes, he bit his lip just now starting to feel the nerves as he pulled out the small gravel drive way. He couldn't let the memories of going to all the other schools cloud his view on this school. It was for monsters like he was half of! He could produce a small flame like his father showed him! Unfortunately in showing that to children that he thought were his friends made them afraid of him. That caused a lot of the bigger children to team up on him and beat him up and call him many names…Jackson tried not to shudder when he remember how rough everyone got…but not matter what it seemed his father was always close by saving him back telling the children to back off. Most of those schools really didn't care what happened to him as long as he wasn't killed or put in the hospital…so much for no bullying policies they were always preaching about. That never stopped Jackson from making at least a couple of friends before the humans found out that his father was really a flame elemental making them move to another faraway place. His father…Jackson thought about him a lot since his death…Jackson shoved that thought away quickly not wanting to dwell on his father's murder right before a new school day.
Pulling into the school parking lot he noticed a lot of different looking monster walking in groups into the large building of gothic style architect. Wow…was all he could think of watching three wolves get out of their parent's car. The two sisters seemed to auguring about something as the larger brother rolled his eyes before walking up to a green haired gorgon looking student. Jackson jumped up a little in his seat as he recognized that snake haired boy, he saw him walking past his house last night right before dark. Taking a deep breath as he tried to steady his racing heart beat, slowly stepping out into the over-heated air making Jackson almost regretted wearing his normal bright yellow button up with sweater vest and blue bow tie. Gathering his things from his car he slowly made his way to the large doors. So far so good, no one has noticed that he was human as well as new to this school year. He was able to make it into the hall where all the lockers seemed to be some strange metal coffins making him stop and run his hands over the cool surface. "Wow" was all he was able to get out when something large and very much on fire tackled him to the ground.
"JACKSON!" Screamed the fire ball of would be death if not for Jackson's father.
"HEATH?" Jackson was able to get when his orange skinned cousin pulled him into a large bear hug.
"How long has it been cuz?" He shouted out making most of the students turn to see the two hugging in the middle of the hall way.
"Three years Heath." Jackson managed to get out when Heath noticed that he was suffocating his cousin.
"Really?" Heath asked as he scratched his head, "it doesn't feel like it right?"
Heath could help but noticed a few new girls as they passed. "Hey cuz I will meet up with you later!"
"Hey!" Jackson called after his already flirting cousin when he accidently lit one of girl's bags on fire making him rush away. "Whoops! My bad I didn't mean to!" He yelled after the retreating girls.
Jackson just shook his head as his cousin laughed, "Smooth as always."
"Well yeah! Just because we are older doesn't mean I still don't bring the heat!"
"No just no," Jackson said in-between laughing.
"Aw…come on you were always my wing man!"
"Yeah , no" Jackson said remembering when Heath tried to flirt with girls when they were younger.
"Of course you were!" Heath stated loudly walking to the theater for a quick assembly before the real school day happened.
"I remember you catching things on fire and always trying to push me into the center of attention while I sunk into my own shadow." Jackson stated bluntly as they walked through the double doors taking the seats closer to the walls but close enough to see everything (even though the Head-Mistress would only be talking to them.)
Heath pouted, "We always liked being in the center of everything!"
"Correction," Jackson said laughing at how blind his cousin was of how Jackson was with people, "you loved being in the center of everything, I on the other hand wanted no more to stay out of people's way."
Heath crossed his eyes trying to remember a time when they both enjoyed being in the spot light but finding it hopeless. Soon he sprung up surprising Jackson as he yelped when Heath yelled out to a couple of his friends who moved over to sit with him and Jackson.
Jackson quickly shuffled through his school bag finding a book and opening it to a random page in an attempt to go unnoticed by the gorgon and were-wolf. But he should have known better when Heath slapped him on the back introducing him to them.
"This is my favorite cousin Jackson!" He said loudly making a few people turn to him,
"I am your only cousin Heath," Jackson squeaked out making Heath laugh. "Yeah I know that's why you are my favorite! But anyway this is Deuce," He pointed to the green snaked hair boy with red sun-glasses hiding his stone cold eyes, "and this is Clawd!" He slapped the back of the brown haired were-wolf who just pouched Heath back with a little laughter.
"You didn't tell us your cousin was a normie!" Clawd just laughed as Heath seemed to forget that part of his cousin. Even though Jackson has some traits of a flame elemental, like holding a flame and being able to withstand high temperatures without breaking a sweat but he still looked like a fragile, boring, normie.
Deuce seemed to understand Heath's silence by looking at Clawd with a displeased expression. "Dude not cool."
"Aw come on Deuce!" Clawd took his sit and watched as Draculaura calling out to her friends who were already sitting down a few rows in front of them.
"Why don't you just go sit with her dude." Deuce said watching his friend shuffle his feet.
"She is with her ghoulfriends…which happens to have my sister there. As much as I like Daculaura I really don't want to sit my sister."
Jackson couldn't help but chuckle to himself as Daculaura jumped up and yelled hello to Clawd before turning around in her seat.
"The Heathster knows when a girl wants a guy and you my man are the guy she wants!"
"Heath…" Clawd started to say when Head Mistress Bloodgood walked on stage making the theater fall silent.
"Welcome to a new year at Monster High!" She said excitedly taking her head off her shoulders which made Jackson slightly nauseated at not used to anyone being headless…Catching on fire good…taking your head off and then be able to put it back on…kind of pushing it. Heath noticed his cousin's paler then normal face as he tried to piece together what was wrong?
"Hey Cuz you okay?" He said in a hushed tone.
"Yeah Heath I am alright just not used to someone taking their head off." At that comment both Heath and Clawd started laughing loudly making Bloodgood turn her attention to the boys. Deuce and Jackson tried their best to hide but having Heath next to Jackson and Clawd on the other side of Deuce while Duce was next to Heath made is impossible.
"May I ask Mr. Burns and Mr. Wolf what was so funny that you had to interrupt my speech?"
Both Heath and Clawd fell silent not really knowing what to say so Heath did what he always did when he got in trouble when he was younger. "Jackson told us a joke! We told him many times to be quiet but he wouldn't listen!"
"Just wait a minute!" Jackson acting as he always did when Heath blamed things on him. "I didn't do anything Heath and you know it! Stop trying to get me in trouble!"
At his out-burst most of the students gasped and started to laugh as they noticed it was normie who shouted at their hyper fire elemental.
"Look at that! A normie! Did he get lost or something?" Shouted a rather large bull in the name of Manny.
"Yeah what brings you here?" Another shouted.
"Students be quiet!" Bloodgood shouted making students fall instantly fall silent, expect for a few lingering chuckles. Jackson turned blood red feeling himself heat up…he knew he could never burst into a flame like Heath but was able to melt hard plastic if he got any more embarrassed. Heath noticed he was part of being laughed at making his hair and hands burst into flames. Jackson jumped in response to Heath's sudden outburst making him stagger out of his seat tripping over his own bag falling on his back making more students laugh. This was not starting out as Jackson had hoped.