The rain was pouring down as Christina and her friends drove through the dreary looking forest
"Christina don't you have a map?" Molly asked.
"Well I did but your boyfriend fried it" Christina replied shooting Danny a glare.
"Whoops" Danny laughed nervously.
"Yeah whoops indeed" Christina huffed turning her attention back to the road.
"Hey look a castle let's see if whoever lives there can give us directions" Molly suggested.
"That's not a good idea" Christina replied keeping her eyes on the murky road.
"Well what happens when this car breaks down?" Danny asked.
"For as long as I've had this car it hasn't broken down once" Christina replied patting the dash bored.
"Please Christina I need to move my legs they're sore" Molly whined propping her feet up.
"Fine but put your feet down" Christina ordered making a u-turn and heading back to the castle.
"Thank you"
"Yeah yeah" Christina replied with a dismissive wave.
"Well here we are" Danny said as they pulled up to the dark castle gates.
"This place gives me the creeps let's hurry" Molly said as they climbed out.
The castle itself was tall and dark. There were no lights on and all the curtains were drawn shut. Christina pushed open the gates and marched up the steps pulling her hood over her head thankful that she'd chosen the purple jacket with the hood instead of the leather one in her car. The doors opened with a low moan sending shivers down their spines. Slowly the trio entered the dark place only to have the heavy oak doors slam shut behind them causing them to flinch before pressing on. The walked down the hall Danny taking the lead.
"Laura's going to kill me" Christina muttered.
"In here" Danny said leading them to an empty room.
The door slammed shut after their entrance. The group turned from the door to find they weren't alone. Sitting on a throne across from them was a werewolf. He glared at them quietly with anger in his eyes. He slowly rose from the throne and walked over to them.
"And what gives you three the right to trespass?" he asked coldly crossing his arms over his chest.
"We just needed directions" Molly started.
"Then you came to the wrong place" The werewolf growled eyeing them.
"We just want to go home" Christina said trying to reason with him.
He fixed his eyes on Christina and she held back the urge to shudder. There was something
about him that was eerily familiar.
"Now what am I going to do?" he asked as he looked them over again.
"Let us go?" Molly suggested.
"Why don't I put you in the dungeon?" He retorted leading them out of the room and down several flights of stairs.
"Danny do something" Molly hissed.
"I wouldn't try" The werewolf warned.
Once they'd made it to the dungeon he pushed Molly and Danny into a cell with glowing green bars and slammed the door shut..
"They'll burn you if you touch them" he warned.
With Molly and Danny locked up he turned to Christina and grabbed her by the arm before disappearing with her.
...
They'd been transported to the tallest tower. Christina yanked her arm from the werewolf's grip and turned to face him.
"What are you going to do to them?" Christina asked.
"Nothing yet but you however will stay in this tower and rot" he growled.
"What?" Christina asked in shock.
"Of course you don't remember but I'm not going to tell you"
"What did I do to you?"
"It's not what you did Christina"
"How do you know my name?"
"That's not your problem"
With that the werewolf disappeared leaving Christina alone in the bare tower. She slid down the wall and pulled her knees to her chest confused. What did she do? Christina couldn't help it as tears begun to fall.
...
"WHERE'S CHRISTINA" Molly shouted reaching out to shake the bars only to be pulled Back by Danny.
"Molly I want you to take a deep breath"
"BUT CHRISTINA-"
"Breath"
Molly obeyed and took a deep breath.
"Yelling isn't going to help"
"I know" Molly sighed.
"You can go" the werewolf said popping in.
"Where's Christina?" Molly asked as they stepped out of the cell.
"She's not coming with you"
"But-"
"Goodbye"
And the two phantoms were sent home.
...
"What just happened?" Molly cried when they appeared in front of Monster High.
"We've been...spared"
"But Christina could be in trouble"
"WE should talk to Draculaura"
"Ya think?"
...
In the tower Christina laid down and winced before pulling her wand out of her back pocket. She could escape! She thought of home and waved the wand only to open her eyes with disappointment as she realized that she hadn't done anything. The castle was probably enchanted. Christina paced in frustration. She had to get out of here.
"It's no use" A voice growled in her ear.
"Why?" Christina demanded.
"I have my reasons" the werewolf said coldly taking Christina's wand.
"Give it back" Christina cried spinning around to face her captor.
"No"
"It belongs to me give it back"
"Since when do vampires use wands?"
"I-I" Christina faltered.
"You don't have an answer do you?"
"Just give it back"
"Why should I?"
"It was a gift please give it back"
"Fine it's of no use anyway"
The wand clattered to the ground and Christina picked it up and cradled it before placing it back in her pocket. When she looked up her captor had gone or so she thought.
...
"Wait I don't understand what happened?" Frankie asked confused.
"Christina is in trouble" Molly sighed with frustration.
"We have to do something" Draculaura said.
"Ya think?"
"But what can we do?" Danny asked.
"We storm the castle and rescue Christina of course" Molly declared.
"But how?"
"How else?" Molly said her hands starting to glow purple.
"We don't even know where this castle is"
"But we've got to help her" Molly cried.
"We know"
...
Christina resumed her position against the wall and the tears started anew. Shaggy watched from the shadows with surprise Vampires weren't able to cry were they? They were heartless! Weren't they? Then Shaggy felt something he hadn't felt in a long time. Sympathy. As quickly as the emotion arose however it disappeared. This was just a trick! In his rage Shaggy transported back to his own room to mope.
...
Christina was awakened sometime later by something cold on her arm. She opened her eyes slightly and was greeted by something big and brown.
"Hello" it said and Christina realized it was a dog.
"Hello" she replied while sitting back up.
The dog sat down in front of her before speaking again.
"What's your name?" he asked.
"Christina"
"It's nice to meet you my name is Scooby"
Something about that name sounded familiar to Christina but why?
"Are you hungry?" Scooby asked.
"Yes"
"You're not allergic to anything are you?"
"Garlic and I'm vegetarian"
"I'll be back" Scooby said before slipping away.
Scooby returned five minutes later with an apple.
"I'm sorry I couldn't find anything better I had to hurry"
"It's alright" Christina said before sucking the apple dry until only the core remained.
"I have to go" Scooby said glancing around.
"Okay"
So Scooby left. Christina finally got up again and walked over to the window. Out of curiosity she reached her hand out and discovered the barrier as her hand rested against it.
"It was only a matter of time before you discovered that"
Christina spun around at the sound of her captor.
"Nothing gets out unless I say so" he continued.
"But why me? Why all of this?"
"Because someone deserves to pay"
"But why me I haven't done anything"
"Not true"
"Then what did I do wrong?"
"Oh like you don't know"
"I don't I swear"
"Then sit here and learn"
...
"Ugh" Molly cried slamming her fists on the table.
The group had been trying to form a plan for an hour and a half now with no results.
"Molly calm down" Danny said laying a hand on her shoulder.
"CALM DOWN?" Molly roared turning to face him while the girls backed away.
"We'll think of something" Frankie said.
"I KNOW THAT" Molly yelled.
"Molly-"
"Don't Molly me right now Danny"
"But-"
"Just look at Draculaura she hasn't stopped crying" Molly said pointing to the pink vampire who was sobbing into Clawd's chest.
"We know-"
"I know you know but it's time we take action" Molly said before driving her fist through a wall.
"Let's get back to work"
...
Christina turned back to the window where she could see the moon over the trees. It was a comforting sight. She ignored the werewolf who still stood there waiting for her response. He wouldn't get one if he acted like that it was plain and simple.
"Look at me" he demanded.
Christina kept her eyes on the moon.
"I said look at me" he repeated walking close enough that Christina could feel his breath.
Silence.
All too suddenly he yanked on her jacket ripping it off and exposing her wings.
"What?" he cried in confusion.
"So now you know" Christina said while picking up her jacket and putting it back on.
"But-"
Christina turned once again to the window as fresh tears blurred her vision. She felt ashamed to be crying. She couldn't afford to show weakness. Her captor left without another word. Once he was gone Christina pushed herself onto the windowsill in deep thought. She needed to think of something. Then she got an idea . Maybe just maybe she could send a letter.
So taking out her wand she managed to conjour a peice of paper and used her wand as a pen.
...
Dear Laura.
Help. I've been taken hostage and I don't know why . I can't seem to escape. There's a barrier that prevents me from doing so. I'm scared and I want to go home. Please help me.
-Christina.
...
"Oh please work" Christina whispered as she waved her wand over the now folded paper.
Surprisingly it worked. The letter had been sent causing Christina to sigh with relief. She stretched out on the floor hoping to get some much needed sleep. The tower was cold though causing her to shake like a leaf. As Christina drifted into dream land she felt something cover her.
...
Shaggy's rage had simmered down for now. Taking a breath he let his long forgotten emotions resurface He returned to the tower where he found Christina asleep. Looking down he felt bad and covered her shaking body with an old blanket. Clearly she needed it. As Shaggy left and walked back to his room questions nearly overwhelmed him. It was true he knew who Christina was but that was it . He decided he wanted to know more. However someone needed to pay. Since the chance had come he'd taken it and he wasn't backing down.
"Shaggy?" Scooby asked catching up to him.
"What?"
"Why'd you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Decide to hold her hostage"
"Someone needs to pay"
"But why her?"
"Because she was there"
"and?"
"And so I took my chances"
"Was it worth it?"
"Yes"
"I don't think it was"
"You weren't cursed"
"But I was there"
"And?"
"This isn't right"
"It's too late now"
So what do you guys think so far? What do you predict? Review please!