I do not own Hotel Transylvania. I only own Cori.

Story Start

"Johnny, where are we going now?" Cori asked her friend as the two of them were walking through a dark forest. She had been traveling around the world with Johnny for a while now. She mainly travelled with him to keep Jonathan's mother happy. His family and her family had been friends for years, and Johnny's mother felt safer about letting her son explore the world if Cori went with him. As Johnny calls her, she was his babysitter, which he was ok with for the most part.

The two of them had arrived in Transylvania earlier that day. She almost lost her cool as they went mountain climbing, and they were deserted by Johnny's other friends. She had to get over her fear of dying quickly when she saw Johnny almost fall to his death if not for her help. He was all laughs while she looked ready to choke somebody as they walked into a little town. They ate at a restaurant where a man balled to them about a terrifying forest, which peaked both of their interests. Johnny enjoyed exploring while Cori did not scare easily.

Her long brown hair helped to keep her warm in the chilly forest. Her light blue eyes surveyed the area cautiously while Johnny was snapping pictures with his phone at every corner. His yell of surprise made her jump. She laughed thought when she saw him fall face first into a spider and then roll down a hill.

"What have I said about you being clumsy?" she called out as she moved her book bag around on her shoulders before following after him. They both froze in surprise when they saw a little town in the middle of nowhere in the forest. The only problem was that the buildings were being torn down by people on fire. "What is going on?" she whispered as Johnny led the way down the hill to the town.

"Cool man, they're on fire," Johnny said with happy surprise.

"They're also not alive then," she whispered as she noticed the way the people on fire were walking, and their deathly blue or green skin tone did not make her feel comfortable. "Johnny, they are zombies, the undead, not just people on fire in hotel uniforms, wait, why are they in hotel uniforms?" she questioned as they followed the strange group. She wanted to turn back the other way but of course, her friend was rushing into the unknown with a smile on his face.

"Oh, live a little Cori, and anyways they aren't zombies. They're just good at special effects," Johnny said with a roll of his eyes.

"You're losing a battle here. I've watched so many horror movies, and I know what is special effects and what is not," she muttered seeing one of the men ahead of them take off his head and start carrying it in his arms. "What have we gotten ourselves into now?" she thought as the two left the tunnel they had followed the zombies into, and now they were both staring at a beautiful castle.

Johnny quickly snapped a picture with his phone, while Cori took in the details that the castle even had a rotating glass door, which was usually in hotels or nice businesses. She yelped when he grabbed her hand and pulled them into the hotel. A gasp left her when she saw so many different monsters in front of them in what seemed to be a hotel lobby. She yanked her wrist away from a laughing Johnny when she saw zombies, a yeti, giant bugs, swamp monsters, and even big foot.

She walked away from Johnny quickly as she walked around the room looking at all of the monsters. She knew they were real. People were great at making costumes, but nobody could make a big foot that realistic or a skeleton person, who was only made of bones and nothing more. She did not notice Johnny being pushed outside the hotel by an angry monster.

"Oh, your hair is gorgeous," a loud female voice exclaimed before she felt a hand run through her hair. Cori spun around to come face to face with a female Frankenstein monster. The two stared at each other in surprise before the monster looked like she would scream.

"Wait, please, don't scream, why are you scared of me?" Cori whispered as she put a hand over the woman's mouth.

The woman pushed her hand away before pulling her over to a corner of the room. "Because you're human, and all humans want to hurt and kill us monsters," the Frankenstein female said as she stared down at Cori suspiciously.

"Not all humans want to hurt monsters. I would never hurt anybody, well except my friend Johnny, who is an idiot at times and sometimes deserves a good smack to the back of the head," Cori said seriously before giving a hopeful look to the monster. "Please don't tell everybody I'm human if they're going to freak out. I think this is amazing to be around real monsters," she said before smiling at the woman. "Anyways, I've always wanted to meet Frankenstein's wife. You're beautiful," she said hoping that complimenting the woman would earn her some points to keep her safe.

"Oh, well in that case, you're a nice human and I know just the person to introduce you to, by the way, my name is Eunice," Eunice introduced herself sticking out her hand for a handshake.

Cori shook hands with her with a smile and a relieved sigh. "I'm Cori, and thank you so much. So what is this place and who do I need to meet?" she asked after her introduction as Eunice led her upstairs away from the lobby.

"This is Hotel Transylvania. Dracula built this place to keep all of us monsters safe away from humans, who want to hurt us. I'm surprised he said all humans are bad. You haven't been bad or tried to hurt me so far. Anyways, you're going to be meeting Dracula's daughter, Mavis. She's such a sweet girl. She's always wanted to meet a human, and I think you two could be great friends," Eunice said happily, as they walked through hallways and upstairs to get to Mavis's room.

Cori deliberately did not stare at all of the shrunken heads on the room doorknobs. She almost jumped though when Eunice stopped at one door, and the shrunken head started saying how Mavis was mad at her father. Eunice just opened the door after agreeing with the shrunken head.

"Mavis, you'll never guess who I just met," Eunice exclaimed as she pulled Cori into the room, where a young girl in dark clothes and a pregnant wolf woman were sitting on a large bed. Cori smiled as welcoming as she could when she saw the worried look on Mavis's face and the wariness on the wolf woman's face. "Mavis, Wanda, I'd like you two to meet Cori. She's a nice human. Surprising, I know, but she said I was beautiful and she did not try to hurt me or any of the other monsters downstairs," Eunice cheered pushing Cori in front of her to be stared at more in shock or surprise.

"You're a human?" Mavis questioned cautiously as she stood from the bed and approached Cori.

"Hi I'm Cori, and yes, I'm a human. It's nice to meet you two," Cori said to Mavis and Wanda.

"Aren't you going to try to steal my candy or hurt my toes? Are you going to burn my clothes?" Mavis questioned cautiously as she circled Cori.

"Why would I do something like that? That just sounds silly. All I want to do is get to know you and some of the other monsters. I've travelled enough of the world and met a lot of people, so why not make a lot of monster friends while I'm here?" she questioned with a shrug and a big grin.

"So wait, if you're not going to hurt me then my dad was lying to me. Why would he tell me humans want to hurt us?" Mavis asked worriedly before a glare settled on her face.

"Woah, woah, calm down. I understand you are mad, and I would be too. However, just because I'm nice doesn't mean all humans are nice," Cori said while Wanda nodded in agreement. Wanda had been around enough humans to know they were not all nice. "Anyways, he was probably just saying that to protect you. Even my own family warns me about people, because not all humans are nice to other humans either. Well I have another human friend here with me, but I have no idea where he went. I hope he is ok," she said as she looked around the room.

"Oh no, if dad sees you he'll make you leave. I don't want you to go," Mavis suddenly shouted as she grabbed Cori's hands with a smile.

"Well I don't really blend in so what should we do?" Cori asked looking down at her tan skin and hiking clothes.

"I have an idea," Wanda said before holding up a paint set and one of Mavis's dresses.