Monster High was a sometimes quiet, sometimes loud and filled with horror place that resided in the calm and sometimes loud place of Radcliffe Way, in Salem, Oregon. Of course, it wasn't one's typical high school, as the students were not so normal.
They were monsters.
And, to them, the Normies were the strangest creatures of all, always being... normal and such. At Monster High, they celebrated their unusual, their weirdness. They celebrated what made them different, but, even then, even the monsters felt they had to hide things.
And, unfortunately, that led to rumors.
Spectra Vondergeist had made her mission to document the latest gossip, or anything at all that could potentially be interesting concerning life in Monster High.
This of course meant that sometimes she went a little over what her classmates preferred. When she discovered something, she had to tell the world, write it out on her blog and let the whole of Monster High know, no matter how embarrassing, untrue, upsetting, or even uplifting it was.
So, when Spectra learned that one of the "Boo Crew" was hiding something, she was determined to find out.
The "Boo Crew" was the term that Spectra had coined, and began to use on her blog to refer to the group of friends that practically ran Monster High. Consisting of some of the most popular girls of the school, Cleo DeNile considered herself at the top of the Boo Chain, and sometimes even bossed around the other girls. The ones that usually hung out with her on the schoolyard consisted of the children of some of the prestigious monsters of the century:
Frankie Stein, the recently created daughter of Frankenstein's monster and his beloved wife.
Clawdeen Wolf, one of six children of the neighbourhood Werewolf, Clawrk and his wife, Harriet.
Draculaura, the daughter of the well-known Dracula.
Lagoona Blue, the daughter of the king of the sea - a high level sea monster, and a sea nymph at that.
Ghoulia Yelps, the daughter of a well-known zombie, though his name escaped Spectra's memory at the moment.
Deuce Gorgon, Cleo's boyfriend, whose mother is the one and only Medusa.
Jackson Jekyll, with his other side, Holt Hyde. They're related to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Abbey Bominable, the daughter of two yetis that lived up on the mountain nearby, supposedly both friends of the Headless Headmistress.
Operetta, the daughter of the one and only Phantom of the Opera, though one could never guess by meeting her.
Robecca Steam, the creation made by a mad scientist over 100 years ago.
Venus McFlytrap, the daughter of a plant monster that is against global warming.
Rochelle Goyle, a French transfer student that used to sit atop Notre Dame.
Spectra contemplated her notes for a moment, her eyes narrowing as she looked at her laptop curiously.
Someone in this group, according to her sources, was hiding something... something that was dark, and mysterious, and troubled. She wanted to report that, tell the world, let it out so they wouldn't have to admit it...
But first, Spectra had to discover it.
A soft smirk came onto her face. Making things up was her speciality. To make that piece of information come out, she'll have to draw it out.
And so, she let her creative juices flow, based on what she knew.
Ghostly Gossip !
The latest of Monster High's rumor mill, is this: There's a new transfer student in from Scaris, and the ghostly gossip is that she's gained a pair of gorgon eyes. Does our own Fearleading Captain have a new rival for Deuce Gorgon? Which will Deuce choose? Cleo, or Rochelle Goyle? ... Or, will he choose?
"Are you reading this?" exclaimed Deuce as he practically pushed his phone right into the face of Clawd Wolf. "Are you... seriously, dude, this is... this is... Ugh!"
Clawd eyed his friend worriedly for a moment before taking the phone out of his hands and reading the text that ran across the screen. "... Man, Spectra will take anything for gossip."
"Rochelle is just a friend. That's all she is," Deuce tried to say in a convincing tone to his friend. "Nothing more. Cleo's my girlfriend, but if she sees this, I'm scared she's going to go all Egyptian Mummy on me, and that's scary."
"It's not like she can throw you off the stairs or something," Clawd said with a sigh, "I wouldn't worry about it, man, there's not even a photo with this. You're safe, I think."
"... I hope you're right," Deuce replied, still shaken, "Man, do I hope you're right..."
"Have you seen the latest on the Ghostly Gossip?" Draculaura cheerfully asked Frankie as she appeared at her locker. Frankie turned to look at her curiously, but didn't reply. "Spectra posted it just this morning! Apparently, Deuce has been seeing Rochelle Goyle, and the big question is this: Is Deuce Gorgon going to pick Cleo DeNile, or Rochelle Goyle? Or maybe, both!"
"Well, it's kind of obvious who he's going to choose," Frankie said with a slight laugh. "I mean, he's seeing Cleo, so he's going to pick her, duh..."
Draculaura quickly wondered if Frankie Stein had ever heard of cheating before. "Well, whoever he picks, it's juicy! I can't wait to hear more..."
"... What are you yammering on about?" The new voice caused the other two to quickly turn to the source - Clawdeen Wolf stood there in all her furry glory, joined by Lagoona Blue.
"Spectra updated her blog!" was Draculaura's quick reply.
Clawdeen's interested face immediately deflated. "Oh, for the love of..."
"What'd she say?" asked Lagoona, brushing a strand of hair out of her face.
"Well, the scoop is that Deuce has been seeing Rochelle, and the big question is..."
Frankie had stepped away. She had already heard the story and didn't want to hear it repeated. Rumors made her upset, as they weren't always the truth. With a sigh, she headed down the hallway, watching as all the gossip followers chatted about Deuce and Rochelle, Deuce and Cleo, Deuce and a "threesome". It was all like one big rumor tornado, and she was in the middle of it.
"... What is the talking and the yammering all about? Everyone is acting like chatty yaks."
Frankie spun around to see Abbey standing there appearing very miffed. "Oh, it's all about this rumor that Spectra posted... It's about Deuce. And Cleo. And Rochelle."
"... Do not understand." Abbey frowned slightly.
Frankie found herself shrugging. "To be honest, I don't really understand, either, yet everyone's talking about it and all it's going to do at the end of the day is upset Cleo and get her all riled up about Deuce, and Rochelle doesn't deserve any of that..."
"... Is probably not true. Cleo does not have to worry," Abbey quickly stated, raising up a hand to silence Frankie. "They all waste breath and time."
Frankie blinked for a moment before she laughed. "Yeah, probably. And you're right, too. It's probably just nothing, and I'm all worked up about nothing."
The two walked off together, both smiling as they headed to their first class together. They were done with the rumor, no longer worrying about it, but everyone else was still talking.
"Everybody's talking about it!"
"Who do you think Deuce is better off with?"
"Heh, certainly not Cleo. I heard that she likes expensive things."
"Rochelle, all the way! She's better for him."
"Well, Cleo, right? He's dating her right now."
"I think Deuce should totally take both. Two scary hot chicks, man!"
"What do you think is going to happen when Cleo reads this...? Is she subscribed to Ghostly Gossip?"
"Nah, I don't think so..."
Spectra smiled as she watched the chaos that her post had created. Of course, she had photographic evidence that Rochelle and Deuce had ever started hanging out, but she was willing to lie just a little bit to create that little bit of chaos that she needed to learn the biggest scoop.
Now all she had to do was find it, and pluck every little secret that she could out of the Boo Crew.
To Be Continued...
Hi Ho, monster fans, Evangel here.
What you just read is the first chapter of "Rumor Has It". If I missed any of the monsters please let me know, I had to update the list twice already. There's just far too many. Also, for more information on the story, please check out my twitter- the link is on my profile. I will update it every now and then with info not shared in the chapters, release dates for future ones, sometimes even spoilers. I hope you enjoy this fanfiction!
Signed,
Evangel
