Disclaimer: I don't own the Nightmare before Christmas, nor do I own Grim Tales, Invader Zim, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, or Danny Phantom and Harry Potter. They are all the sole properties of their creators; TNBC is owned by the great Tim Burton. Ocs are of my own designs, as well as those of Bleedman's.
This is dedicated to Bleedman, who writes all those cool comics… and also because I'm a big fan of them. And is especially dedicated to my baby sister, who's a huge fan of Tim Burton's the Nightmare before Christmas.
Lauren… this one's for you.
Halloween High
Chapter 1: New Girl in School; The Boy with the Flaming Skull pt.1
Twas a long time ago… longer now than it seems…
In a place that perhaps that you've seen either in your nightmares or dreams…
In a place of fairytales I am told… took place in the Halloween World of old…
Now you've often wondered where the Spirits and Ghouls of Halloween comes from.
… if you haven't…
… then I'd say it's time you started.
… as one mortal will soon learn…
Outskirts of the Country
The dried yet flourishing countryside rustled as the wind picked up. Farm houses and cattle were present as the sun shined its golden light down on the land. A paved road went down the way as a mysterious bus roared on through at normal speed. The wind picked up once again as it drove down the empty road at this time, picking up any stray leaves or light garbage scattered on the ground. The bus was peculiar in structure and color, as it appeared to have six wheels instead of the usual four. The stop sign also looked to be in the shape of a pumpkin, as well as have a Jack O' lantern face on it accompanying the word STOP on it. And the grill of the bus's front was shaped like a toothy demonic grin.
Inside the bus, it was completely vacant, except for the driver and its one passenger in the back. The driver was dressed in a professional bus driver's attire, a blue suit and hat. However, the fellow's clothing seemed a bit torn at the corners, and the shoulders were covered in dust and cobwebs. The man was very lanky and his posture was hunched over, and his skin appeared to be that of a deathly pale blue, and the only thing that was sticking out of his black and yellow rotting teeth, was a big cigar as he continuously puffed out smoke with.
His passenger, the only one aboard the strange bus, was a girl. She was fourteen years old, slim figure, not fully developed for a teenager yet, fair pale skin, crystal blue eyes, long silky and yet puffy blonde hair that ended at the bottom of her shoulder blades, and a few long loose bangs that draped over her right side, with a black hair band on her head with a crystal dragonfly on the upper right side of it. She was dressed in a white button up long sleeve shirt, with her neck opened up a little, with a cute bow tie hanging loosely around the shirt collar. She wore a green vest with gold vine designs on the back, an equal green skirt with those same designs on the right side, thinly stretching towards the left. She also wore a bruise purple pair of pantyhose, with sandal like black Mary Jane shoes. And with her was a yellow and hooded rain coat on her person, and a black backpack.
She sighed contently, as a small smile emerged from her pretty and zit-free face. 'Coraline Jones…' she thought to herself as she watched the countryside pass her by, 'You're on your way to becoming a high school girl….' and then her face frowned as she sighed, "… hopefully…"
A Month Ago
Michigan
The end of the schooling semester was over for middle school in Michigan. The students were all leaving and saying their goodbyes to their school. Today, middle school officially ended for them all, and after summer, they would officially start High School. Inside one of the classrooms, a few girls were conversing on their plans once they entered their high school lives.
"Hooooooh," a red head sighed with disappointment as she looked to her friends, "This stinks. It's an all-girls high school for me for the next three years."
"Yeah, I really envy mixed schools," a raven-haired beauty snickered at that, "I heard that the co-eds actually share the same washrooms."
"Oh girl," a black girl with braids in her hair and wearing a usual break-dancing outfit answered, "You are all kinds of crazy." she then smirked scheming, "Though I know where you're getting' at. Those kinds of schools are like college dormitories."
"Yeah, it saves a huge hassle from driving to the school," a brunette replied. "Plus…" she giggled, "… there's plenty of cute guys." she then turned towards the window… to where Coraline was sitting at, looking outside, "Right, Corie?"
The girl remained silent as she sighed sadly, ignoring the others. The black one tilted her hips to the side as she placed her hands there, and grumbled, "What's that girl's problem?"
"She didn't make the grade," the red head answered. "Seems that none of the applications she sent to all those high schools weren't approved."
"Man, that bites." the girls then left the room, contemplating on going to the mall, picking out boys, and so on.
Coraline sighed as she sadly looked out the window, watching the others go out of the middle school grounds. On to their high schools and on to their futures. She, on the other hand, was stuck nowhere… no high school, and no future. She sighed as she rested her cheek on her hand, as she sighed heavily, "I guess it's home schooling for me…"
At Home
Coraline walked right in as she closed the front door behind her. As she traversed into the kitchen, she heard her mother monotonely call out, "Coraline… come in here."
The blonde girl groaned as she stepped inot the kitchen, and saw her mom hard at work on her laptop. She was in her thirties or forties, short black hair, physically fit, beautiful, wearing some kind of neck brace of sorts, and dressed in a white blouse with black pants. She was constantly glued to her laptop, typing up a storm, not even looking at her daughter.
Coraline stepped in as she sighed, "Yes, Mother?"
"Why is it whenever you're angry… you always call me Mother?" she asked, not tearing her eyes away from the computer screen. "Anyway…" she stopped typing long enough as she tore away from the computer to look at her daughter. Surprisingly, she smiled as she picked something up from the table, "… I know you've had a hard time being accepted by high schools…"
"Tell me about it," Coraline groaned.
"Yeah…" Mrs. Jones half-smirked as she gave her daughter the application, "Your dad found this from a wandering guy dressed as what he said looked like the Grim Reaper." her daughter make a questioned look, as Mrs. Jones shrugged in response, "Yeah, I don't get it either. Anyway, with it, you should be a shoe in to be a high school student this summer."
Her daughter raised an eyebrow, and asked with scrutiny in her voice, "The guy dropped it and Dad just brought it over, didn't he?" but her mom didn't answer as she asked again, this time a little annoyance in her voice, "Mom?" she looked and saw that she had gone back to her typing once again, seemingly everything around her was dead in the world. "Fine, don't answer it." Coraline sighed as she groaned and walked out of the kitchen with the paper in tow.
Coraline checked out the application, seeming to look legit. But the odd thing was that it was on orange paper, in black writing, and designed to resemble that of Halloween décor. She looked at the name and read the title of the school, "Hollow's Eve High? What's this place in? Amityville?" she looked at the address, and checked and saw that it was smack dab in the middle of New York and the country, next to the town of Sleepy Hollow. She sighed as she made a half smirk, "Least I won't have to repeat in Mid School this year."
Present Day
"But this time, it's different," Coraline told herself as she looked out the window, her fists clenched in determination.
Surprising Coraline, sticking out of the backpack was a black cat, looking out the window as it cleaned himself off. "Cheshire!" Coraline smirked in surprise at seeing the cat, "You naughty little thing. You snuck along with me?" the cat merely looked at the girl, as Coraline smirked, "I'm glad you did though. This time, I've got a school I've been accepted to, Cheshire." she then scratched behind the cat's ears as it purred more, "Though I really don't know much about this Hollow's Eve school."
The girl looked out the window and sighed as she leaned on the window. The whole countryside passed the girl by as she sighed in boredom. Her attention then turned to the letter that she pulled out from her skirt's pocket. She took it out of the envelop and unfolded it as she read it silently.
Dear Coraline Jones,
We are pleased to inform you that your application had come through. And we are also pleased to inform that you have been accepted at Hollow's Eve High School.
A month will pass until a bus arrives to take you to the Western Woods Road to escort you to Hollow's Eve High. There you will be given the academic studies any teenager will receive in their four years.
Signed,
The Mayor/Principle of Hollow's Eve Academy
Coraline sighed, as she relaxed a little, awaiting to when she would be taken to her new school life.
"Hey, young lady," the bus driver suddenly spoke up, in a voice that would make anyone's skin shoot right off their body. Coraline immediately bolted in his direction as he went on, "So… you gonna be a freshmen in Hollow's Eve Academy, eh?"
"Uh, yeah," Coraline answered. She cocked an eyebrow as she thought, 'Man. This guy's been silent the whole day, and all of a sudden he starts talking. Boy, he sounds creepy… like Ron Perlman's role as Justice in Afro Samurai creepy.'
He then chuckled a bit as the driver then spoke up once again, "Then you'd better prepare yourself mentally. It's not exactly a school for the faint of heart…" he turned his head to the side. Coraline didn't notice it, but the man's left eye glowed an eerie yellow as his bad tooth smirk showed up, "… especially for a tasty living human like yourself."
"Tasty human?" Coraline asked, as Cheshire went back into the bag. "Look, buddy," the blonde shot out, with a scowl look on her face, "If you're one of those sickos who gets a rile up every time they scare a kid…" suddenly, a ringing tone that played the opening theme song to Tales from the Crypt popped up. "Hold on, I've got a call," she replied as she dug into her pockets, and pulled out a black and yellow cell phone. However, she was unaware that at this time, the bus was approaching a darkened tunnel.
As soon as she opened the phone, she heard her dad's voice. She smirked at this as she answered, "Oh hi, dad."
"Hey, Corie," her dad replied in a chipper voice. Coraline smirked at that nickname her dad always called her, even when she was little, "I just called up to see if the trip's a pleasant one."
"Don't worry, Daddy. Things' going pretty smoothly," the young blonde replied. But then she frowned at the driver, almost glaring as she replied politely, "Though the company's something to check on about."
"What else is new?" her dad joked, but not before his tone became serious, "But seriously, Cor. I only called up because I got more info on the school you'll be going to." as the call continued, they immediately entered the tunnel, "In a very bizarre sense, Hollow's Eve Academy is…" and just like that, the signal was broke,
"Hello? Dad? Daddy?" realizing the connection was broke due to going into a dead zone, Coraline hung up her phone. She had to wonder though, what was her dad gonna tell her? What was it about Hollow's Eve High that she didn't learn about from the application? She just sighed on it as she looked out at the darkened window, "Guess I'll just have to see for myself."
The bus driver just chuckled as he looked in front of him; though it sounded like an evil laugh, he was in no way evil himself. He was just chuckling of the sweet irony that was displayed before him at this moment.
The Other Side of the Tunnel
There was grim sky and a scraggly forest in the view of the young man. Next to her was a scarecrow-like sign which had the name 'Hollow's Eve Academy' written on a sign on the bottom, and another sign slung around its neck, reading 'Halloween Town', and both of them were written in eerie lettering. The nearby forest was leafless and every tree looked dead. Behind the young man was a cliff which dropped into a completely unforeseen ocean, completely screwing up what should have been land instead of water. The scenery and the young girl's nerves weren't helped by the various spiders, snakes, and bones that littered the ground.
"This looks like a completely different world then the one we were in," Coraline told herself. She turned as she heard a thud sound, and saw the bus driver unload her two rolling suitcases off the bus. She pulled on her backpack and looked to the driver as he wandered back into the bus, "Hey, Mister!" the driver stopped, but kept his back turned from her as she glaringly asked, "Just what kind of place is this? This looks more like a horror movie set than school grounds."
"The school's past the town," the driver answered.
"Town?" Coraline asked, even more confused than before as she shouted, "What town? I thought we were going to an academy?"
"Oh, there is an academy. It's nestled in with the town." The driver then sat back down in the driver's seat, chuckling at seeing the girl's uneasiness written all over her, and spoke out some valuable words of wisdom. "Just be careful, kiddo." he then gave her one final smirk as he closed the doors and said, "Happy Halloween." and then drove off, going back to the tunnel.
Coraline, being officially freaked out, stomped as she shouted back to him, "WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?" as she watched the bus disappear, she muttered, "Freak." she then grabbed her bags, and made her way into the forest pathway.
She walked deeper and deeper into the forest, feeling her skin crawl as she saw the eerie shadows being cast onto her. Wanting to ignore the eeriness of this place, she remembered, "Oh, that's right. I've gotta call Dad again." she pulled out her cell phone and attempted to call her father again. However, as she dialed the number, and listened… there was no signal at all.
"That's odd." She looked to her phone, almost as if it were a foreign object. "There's no signal at all; it was working good a while ago." she cocked an eyebrow at this bizarre turn of events, "And I know I paid the phone bill for extra minutes." she sighed as she continued, "This is just getting weird."
A chorus of caws startled the poor girl as she looked up. In the branches, watching down upon her, was a murder of crows, with glowing red eyes. "Okay… creepy birds in the forest. And crows no less. Not good omens." She gulped as she continued onward, "Is this even the right way?"
A loud explosion of birds flying away caused her to jump out of her skin as she jumped. She turned and looked to see the same crows flying away. She huffed and puffed heavily; the blood from her face nearly froze in place. She shook if off as she continued onward in the forest, rolling her luggage behind her.
As she did, she nervously looked all around her, and started reciting a little song her dad always sang to her. "Oh, my twitchy-witchy girl, I think you are so nice…" she started as she continued down the path, "I give you bowls of porridge and I give you bowls of ice…." she suddenly stopped her song as she heard a sound. But this time, it wasn't the forest or an animal that made it… She gulped as she heard the sound; it was close to a chain saw of sorts. A really… really… REALLY BIG… chainsaw.
She moved on again, hoping that it was just some lumberjack, and continued with her song. "I give you bowls of porridge, and I give you bowls of ice… Cream…" her voice nearly squeaked at that last work as she continued onward, still hearing the buzz saw sounds, getting closer… and closer… not even noticing the strange shadow that moved in the forest beside her from far away. "I give you lots of kisses, and I give you lots of hugs…" she gulped as the sound got louder.
"But I never give you sandwiches made with grease, and worms, and mung... BEANS!" she spoke out hysterically as she ran for dear life out of that forest.
A little While Later
After walking tirelessly in the spooky, and seemingly lifeless forest, Coraline was fearing the worst. Maybe if she was lucky she would find someone who could tell her what to do.
Traveling through the landscape was a little freaky. The place had a weird aura of fear around it and Coraline wasn't liking it one bit. Still, this might be what the students at the school liked, so she had no real reason to complain. She noticed that as soon as she exited the darkened forest numerous tombstones were littering the scenery, making her wonder if there really were that many deaths that occurred in this place… or if they were just there for looks. But the thing that was even more eerie, was the strange hill in the graveyard; it was in a swirl, almost curled up like a vine, waiting to snap at someone and slice them in half.
"Looks like it's out of a horror movie or something," Coraline shivered. She looked to Cheshire as she cringed, "What do you think, Cheshie?" the cat merely purred as he looked to her with a raised eyebrow, almost as if the feline could understand her. She sighed as she looked ahead, "Yeah, I thought so."
"Look out!" someone shouted to her loudly.
"Huh?" Coraline blinked. By the time her mind processed who said that, she had already turned around. Her eyes widened at what he saw a black and gray chopper bike barreling towards her. "Ahh!"
Luckily, it missed her, but as it landed on the ground, it spun out of control. It spun around in a circle, as the rider cried out in pure dizziness, almost as if he was on the verge of throwing up at that time. Coraline could only watch in horror at this, as she cupped her mouth; hiding all the screams that she had been able to hold back until now. Finally, the bike spun right into what appeared to be tombstones of a screaming man and a screaming horn.
WHAM!! CRASH! CRUNCH!! SPLATT! CLANG, CLANG!!!!!
Coraline looked away as the sounds of the crash filled her ears. She looked and saw the crash was a complete wreck; going against impulse, she ran over to it, frightened to the core for the rider. "Hey! Hey, are you okay?" she looked at the bike wreckage; the bike remained a bit undamaged, just a few scrapes and dents in the metal and piantjob. However, when she got to the rider, who's face was completely hidden, it was the worst sight ever seen. The body was all mangled up; it was bent and twisted at the joints so inhumanly that he resembled a mashed up human ball.
Coraline, feeling that she had done something to cause this, slowly walked over to the boy's body. She knelt down as she placed a hand on his shoulder. 'His body…' she thought as she looked at the covered lad, 'It's so cold. But he's only been dead for about… what? Ten minutes, give or take a few seconds?'
But the math going through her head was plowed over, as she looked back at the boy. She gently stroked the shoulder as she looked away. "I'm sorry," her soft female voice whispered as she was about to get up. But then, the corpse's black fingerless gloved hand shot out, and grabbed her wrist roughly and tightly. "Wha?" she turned around sharply, and saw the hand pulling at her, "No!" she yelled out as she grabbed the wrist, gripping at it and trying to pull away, shouting, "Let me go! Let me go!"
After a short tug of war, Coraline finally broke free, as she fell flat on her butt. The young blonde girl groaned as she brought her hand to rub her sore head, "Ugh! That body's got one heck of a death gri…" however, her sentence stopped as her eyes nearly bugged out, her mouth gasped open, and she went white as a sheet at what she saw. Looking at her right arm, the hand that grabbed her was still attached… along with the forearm that was now disconnected from the rest of the body. But what made her gasp even more, as she pulled it off in a hurry, was that the whole hand and arm were completely skeletal.
She huffed, gasping for air as she was close to panicking at this point. But then she yelped, as the other skeletal hand shoot up, and grasp the motorcycle. She scooted back as she heard the sounds of bone limbs popping and cracking on one another. As horrifying as this was, she couldn't take her frightened eyes off this; it was almost as if she was compelled to watch such a disturbing scene. She then saw the legs stick up for a moment, doing insane movements and bending awkwardly until they were straightened out. Finally, the rider jumped up, over the bike in a perfect spinning jump flip, and landed only ten feet away from her.
The young girl was overshadowed by the figure's shadow as Coraline finally got a good look at him. The figure was obviously a boy, given his build, thin but amazingly, under this clothing, he appeared to be well built, and appeared to be fourteen, just like she was. He was wearing black baggy jeans, with black high top sneakers, with gray soles and laces. His jacket was short and black leather; a real biker jacket of sorts, with the sleeves rolled up all the way over the elbow and stopping there, and buttoned up halfway. Underneath it was a black hoodie shirt, with the hood over the boy's head, covering his whole face. Strapped to his back was a bad ass black electric guitar with a skeletal design on it.
But what freaked her out, was when she looked at his arms. His right forearm was missing, meaning that the skeletal arm and hand was his, and now that she got a good look at him, his left forearm and hand were skeletal as well. Using only his left hand, he reached for his hood, and pulled it back, revealing to Coraline the boy's face. And true enough, it was a skeleton from the head to toe, as she saw a skull and spinal column instead of a head or neck. The eyes were big, and had a cute button hole to where his nose would have been, and a mouth in which the teeth didn't seem visible; almost as if the teeth had merged together and formed a strange pair of lips. He also had a bushel of brown hair on his head, that was shaggy and hung over on his right side, and in his right eye socket, appeared a gray iris and black pupil, that moved around, almost as if it were a functioning eye.
The skeleton groaned as he arched his back, making a few pops heard out. The skeleton boy sighed as he looked around, "Man, that was an awesome spill." he then stopped as he looked down at the girl, sitting on the ground and terrified beyond belief. He asked, with his face expressing concern, "Hey, you okay?"
She didn't answer him, and so he stepped forward. Coraline gasped as she scooted away, kicking at the ground to gain distance from him, until she finally screamed out, "K… KEEP AWAY FROM ME!" she shielded her face with her arms, and turned her head to look away, screaming in fear, "DON'T EAT ME!"
The skeleton stopped, a look of confusion was on his face as his right eyebrow was cocked. "Eat you?" for a moment, he looked at her clueless, until he finally laughed out loud as he walked over to his detached limb. He picked up as he answered, "I don't eat breather monsters. Monsters don't even eat each other." the skeleton boy then snapped his limb back in, and let go a she was about to move it about. He dropped his arm to the side as he looked to the girl and shrugged with a half-smirk, "And if there were humans here, we wouldn't eat'em either. I mean, who knows where they've been."
"So…" Coraline asked as she sat up straight, instead of running away, "You're… really not gonna… eat me?"
"Nope," the skeleton boy answered, "I mean, why would I eat a fellow monster?"
The blonde looked confused as she cocked an eyebrow at him, "Monster? I'm not a…" she stopped herself for a moment, as she looked away, deep in thought. Her face was squinting as she was scheming on this, 'Wait a minute, Coraline… obviously this guy thinks I'm like him. If I slip up and spout out that I'm a living human, I'm either gonna be torn apart, or…' she then stopped for a moment, as she heard sniffing coming from in front of her.
She turned around as she nearly freaked out, seeing the skeleton boy kneeling beside her, sniffing at her. She jumped back as Coraline yelled out, "AAAAH! What are you doing?"
"Oh, sorry," the skeleton answered as he blushed, amazingly without blood vessels on his face, and scratched the back of his head, as he shyly looked at her, "It's just that, well… you smell really great. What is that, a new perfume?"
'Oh great, an undead walking skeleton's falling for me,' Coraline thought, 'Why'd I wear this perfume if I'd known that the walking dead would be attracted?' she snapped out of her thoughts as she heard the bike's engine purr again, as she got back onto her feet. She then saw the skeleton boy get his bike ready, and revved it up as he made sure that two black duffel bags were safely strapped on. She looked to him as she got her bag back on, "Hey, where you going?"
"To Hollow's Eve Academy," the skeleton answered. "Today's my first day in Monster High." he stopped for a moment, as he looked at the confusion on her face, he asked, "What? You don't know? Hollow's Eve Academy's a school, from kindergarten to College, for monsters. Living or non-living; human or non-human."
And with that, he sped off on his bike, leaving a dust trail behind him as he went into town. Coraline just stood there, completely frozen in shock, and standing straight as a 2x4 board of wood would if it were standing up. A sweat drop appeared on her forehead, as her mouth twitched into a half grin. And then, she finally screamed out, "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?"
Halloween Town
As soon as Coraline reluctantly walked from the town and straight towards the school, she was scared beyond belief. The skeleton boy that she had met had made mentioned of this place being a school for monsters and ghosts. She didn't believe them at first, but as soon as she walked through the town, she noticed its inhabitance. They were all monsters; large, small, solid, slime, ghost, any and every type of variety. Coraline was close to pissing herself silly at how scared she was. But as she walked through the town, all the monsters greeted her with much kindness and friendliness. Amazingly to the young blonde, that was strangely unbecoming of the monsters that she read in books and in horror movies.
"I guess this place… isn't really so bad," the blonde told herself. But even though she told herself this, she was still a little unsure about all this.
It was only a little while later, she had reached the school. The school was just like any other high school; a relic from the 1950s. Except it looked like a combination of castles mashed together, and was as large as ten football fields. With its six story window doorway and impressive six story height, it would have passed on as a college to anyone else. The school was constantly decorated with Halloween decoration, from the inside and the outside. Teen monsters of all shapes and sizes were entering the school, just as the late bell rang. And Coraline was one of the many that went in there. But for her position, she was the only human to ever enter it.
Later On
Hollow's Even Academy
Home Room
It had taken him some time, and a lot of courage not to run away from all the monsters that she saw, but Coraline managed to find her classroom. She had lost track of that Skeleton Boy at the welcoming ceremony since he had to park his bike and vanished without a trace. It was then a rapid assignment, a quick move in to her new room, which looked normal to her thankfully, and here she was.
"Okay!" the teacher cheered. "Welcome to Hollow's Eve Academy!"
When Coraline got a good look at her homeroom teacher, she had to admit that if she had a teacher like this back home, the boys would have definitely paid better attention to her. This teacher had a dynamite body, fair skin, short blonde hair, a spaghetti strap top and a short skirt. She sported a pair of cute glasses on her face and parts of her hair looked like cat ears. Coraline thought to herself, 'She doesn't look like a monster,' But then to surprise her any further, a cat's tail was sticking out from her skirt. The blonde grumbled as she sat down, 'I stand corrected.'
"My name is Miss Katsy!" the catty teacher continued to announce, "I'll be your homeroom teacher for your first year in Hollow's Eve Academy." Coraline had to admit that the good cheer in the room was infectious. Even she was feeling ready to cheer, and nearly forgot all her fears and worries.
"As you and everyone else have guessed, this is a school for monsters! Now, like it or not, humans run the world and we have to learn to coexist with them," Miss Katsy explained. "This is the purpose of Hollow's Eve Academy, to coexist with the human world!" she then cheerfully squealed as her ears twitched, and her tail wagged a lot in happiness, "But also… we're here to learn and train better in our natures. For our job is to bring and spread the joy that is our favorite holiday: Halloween!"
Coraline was a little surprised by this as her face conveyed that surprise, 'These guys celebrate Halloween?' she smirked at this as she pulled out her Coraline, while doodling in her empty notebook, . He was just as thankful that no one had any idea that she wasn't a monster… and actually a human. For some reason, she felt that she was gonna have a rough time trying to blend in to this school, much less this entire town.
"But Teach," another kid growled. "Can't we just eat the humans? I could start with the cute girls." everyone turned their attention to a boy, around fifteen, built like a line backer, and dressed in biker gear of sorts. He had brown hair slicked back, piercing on his face, and kept licking his lips like some kind of sicko rapist.
Coraline frowned at that comment. It was guys like him who gave non-humans a bad name. It was no wonder that people were afraid of ghosts, monsters, etc. People like the guy who spoke kept thinking their species meant they could do whatever they wanted.
"That's silly!" Miss Katsy sighed. "You won't be finding any humans here! All of the teachers and students are monsters!"
'All but one,' Coraline thought to himself; her fear once again raising back to the surface. She looked to her left to where the student that asked about the human eating. 'I'm gonna have to watch myself around that guy,' when she turned to look at him, he spotted her first, and gave her a little air kiss. She looked away disgusted as she groaned, 'Definitely gonna have to watch this one.'
"Which brings us to rule number one!" Miss Katsy spoke loudly. "You are not allowed to reveal your true forms to anyone if you're under disguise. Considering most of the girls are capable of hiding their forms better, the boys'll just have to refrain from fighting one another! Not even to your fellow students! We are here to learn how to coexist with humans so please keep your true forms as well as your killer instincts a secret."
"Easy," Coraline grinned. She didn't have to worry about any of that stuff, considering they all thought she was a monster.
"However," Miss Katsy cheerfully replied, "Any humans that come around this school, will be put to death." she then giggled as she naively replied, "Of course, no humans know of this place at all."
The students all chuckled at this as Coraline groaned, 'I'm so doomed…'
Her thoughts then drifted to the skeleton biker boy she'd met. 'I wonder if that guy's doing well in his class.' she then raised an eyebrow in confusion as she asked herself, 'Why do I care about that guy? I wanna live, not die in case he finds out what I am.'
"Sorry!" a familiar voice spoke up as the door opened. "I got lost after the ceremony and well…sorry I'm late!"
"That's okay, Mr. Skellington," Miss Katsy smiled. "Just take a seat anywhere."
Coraline looked to see who had come in and her eyes widened. 'Speak of the devil…' she thought as she saw it was the skeleton boy himself.
"Class, I'd like you to all meet Jack Skellington Jr. He's the son of our town's hero, Jack Skellington Senior, the Pumpkin King." Miss Katsy introduced the skeleton boy, as she looked at her roster, but then asked, "According to your information, your nickname is D.J." she looked to D.J. and asked, "Why is that?"
"Eh…." D.J. just shrugged as he answered, "I don't know. I just thought it would sound kind of cool."
He strolled in the classroom, catching his breath after apparently running to find his classroom… that is if he had any breath at all. All of the boys in the room, save for Coraline, seemed to drop into trances as they watched her try to find a desk.
"It's the Pumpkin King's son,"
"That hair…"
"That eye…."
"That skeletal structure of his body…."
"No way that's a disguise," one of the girls drooled. "He's just too…"
"HANDSOME!!!" the collected girls roared. The only one who wasn't was Coraline and she was just chuckling weakly, but hid it as best she could. Apparently DJ was going to be more popular than she thought. She figured that Pumpkin King was some sort of title of Greatness, or that his dad was some sort of celebrity among other monsters. As DJ came closer, Coraline decided to be just a friend. The last thing she wanted was attention, and somebody finding out that she was human.
"Hey, you," DJ smiled, catching Coraline's attention. "I didn't expect to see you in my class."
"Huh?" Coraline blinked as she turned to who had addressed her. She broke out in a huge smile, which she had to fake, when she recognized his face. "Oh, it is you!"
DJ smirked as he winked at her with his right eye, "You're gonna luv it here in this town, City Girl." he then walked over behind her, and sat in the desk behind her. Coraline, a little surprised to see a familiar, yet creepy, face to her. Even though if he was dead or undead, it was the first time a boy ever winked at her like that. Plus, it was kind of funny to see how the other girls were reacting. In fact, she was noticing that all the girls were starting a hate-fest as they were all glaring, snarling, gnashing their teeth at her, and had a huge flaming aura behind them as they cursed at her.
"Hey! Who is that girl!?"
"How does a scrawny city-skank like her rate with a hunk like him!?"
"I heard girl monsters from the North were forward, but to catch the fancy of the Pumpkin Prince in the middle of class?!"
Coraline groaned as she rested her arms on the desk. She then thought this was a great way to start the year, 'Oh great. I was hoping to have every girl in the school. And have a scrawny skinless boy hitting on me.' she sighed as she looked at the creepy landscape that was before her, 'This… is gonna stink for me.'
Next Chapter: New Girl in School; The Boy with the Flaming Skull pt.1
