Just among the eerie town of Gravedale was a high school for teenage monsters. You would be more than a little nuts to enroll there if you weren't a monster.
But Sarah Schneider was a girl who never comprehends. Because she's the only human student while her uncle Max is the only human teacher! And so far, she's got the respect of every monster in school!
But most of all, Sarah had a boyfriend in Vinnie Stoker, a vampire.
Tonight, Sarah was enjoying a pleasant stroll through Midtown park. She bobbed her head to the sound of her music as she walked.
Then she saw a pack of thuggish looking bullies blocked her path. One of them had buff spiked hair and had that tough guy swagger. He eyed Sarah in a sleezy manner, so she just wanted to avoid them, but the goons blocked her path. Mr. Swagger strutted towards Sarah.
"Hey, what's up, Princess?" He reached out touch her cheek, but Sarah slapped it away from her.
That's all it took for this guy to snap, he cranked up his fist to slug Sarah until a cold, strong hand grabbed it. The thug turned to see, but got a shock when he saw a deathly pale teen dressed like a greaser holding him back. He saw his two followers lying motionless on the ground.
"Hey, yo, tryin' to bust up my girl?" Vinnie bellowed, fangs and all.
"Vinnie, I can handle this clown." Sarah replied.
The goon wrestled his arm out of Vinnie's hand. "You? Handle me?" he laughed and was about to swat her when Vinnie grabbed him by the arm and swung him just inches from his face.
"Look into my eyes."
The thug opened his mouth, but no words came out.
Vinnie's eyes entranced him. He stared deep into his hypnotic glance.
"Now, cease your mindless attacking and sleep. When you awake, there will be no more harassing people anymore." He said in his Transylvanian voice.
The bully's eyelids fell closed as he dropped on the ground, he snored into the grass.
"You're getting really good at that." Sarah said.
Vinnie grinned. "Hey, you shouldn't be out in the cold, baby." He took off his trademark leather jacket and draped it over Sarah's shoulders. "Much better."
"Thanks, sweetie." Sarah held tightly to Vinnie's jacket. She'll treasure it always.
Vinnie took her hand. "One more flight around town?"
Sarah smiled. "Let's."
Vinnie leapt off the ground and they flew high in the air. Sarah loved flying though the night with Vinnie. It felt so magical, so free, no wonder Vinnie loved to fly.
After a good flight, Vinnie landed at Sarah's house. "I gotta say, Chickadee, flying is always fun when your my passenger."
Sarah bashfully looked away, her cheeks pink.
"Hey, don't look away from me, Beautiful." Vinnie gently turned her head to him. He leaned in for a kiss. Sarah leaned as well and they shared a deep kiss.
Vinnie watched Sarah enter her house and flew off into the night.
But before he could return home, a black blur zipped right in front of him.
"Hey! What gives?!" snapped Vinnie.
Flapping before him was a bat holding a sealed envelope in it's clawed feet. Vinnie took the letter and the bat flew away.
He opened the letter and read it carefully. His eyes enlarged with alarm.
The next morning, Sarah woke up bright and sunny as the blue sky. She wore Vinnie's leather jacket to school.
"Good morning, Sarah." Reggie Moonshroud greeted as he walked by carrying a stack of books. He lost his balance and dropped a few. Luckily, Sarah caught them and carried them for Reggie.
"Good morning, Reggie." Sarah looked around.
They entered Mr. Schneider's classroom and took their seats. Mr. Schneider walked in and looked around. "Well, everyone's here except Vinnie Stoker," Mr. Schneider noted as he wrote on his clipboard. "Late as always."
As class dragged by, Sarah realized Vinnie was more than late, he still hasn't shown up!
Everyone else caught on. "Where's Vinnie, man?" Frankentyke said.
Even Mr. Schneider stopped teaching and wondered as well. "Hmm, if Vinnie is really absent I'd expect a phone call." He went to the telephone on his desk and called Vinnie's home.
A few rings past, but there was no answer. Mr. Schneider hung up. Huh. That's strange..."
"Let me try, Uncle Max." Sarah took out her phone and was about to text Vinnie until she received a text first. "It's from Vinnie!"
She read the text and when she finished it, she felt her heart rip in two.
"What's it say, Sarah?!" Sid asked.
Sarah couldn't speak. She just handed Sid the phone.
Sid read the message out loud. "Sarah, I'm afraid I have to say goodbye. I'm moving back to Transylvania with my family. Keep in touch, Baby doll. Love, Vinnie."
"WHAT?!" Every monster in class shot out of their seats.
"How could Vinnie just abandon us like that?!" Duzer said.
"Totally bogus!" Gil commented.
Sarah was still silent.
"Now, hold on, class. Settle down!" Mr. Schneider said. "I'm sure that we know Vinnie long enough to know that he owes us some sort of explanation!"
Frankentyke hopped on top of his desk. "Then I say we head for Transylvania and look for him, man!"
"YEAH!" Everyone agreed whole-heartedly.
Sarah clenched her fists. She raised her head high with a look most determined. "TO TRANSYLVANIA!"
"YEEAAAAAAAAAH!" Sarah led the students out of the classroom.
Mr. Schneider followed right behind them. "Wait up, class!"
The kids arrived at the airport and took the next flight to Transylvania. Most of the patrons were scared off by the kids, so Sarah, her uncle and her students were the only people left on the plane.
Sarah looked out the window, deep in thought.
Sid sat next to her. "You alright, Sarah?"
"Not alright," Sarah answered. "I just don't understand why Vinnie would just leave me-I mean, us." She hugged herself in Vinnie jacket. "What if it's something serious? What if I never see him again?"
"I wouldn't worry about it, Sarah." Mr. Schneider told his niece. "If I know Vinnie Stoker, there's no way he would just turn his back on us, no matter how rebellious he is."
The plane finally arrived in a small village airport in Transylvania. It was almost dark.
"Well, we're here." said Cleofatra. "But how are we gonna find Vinnie?!"
"I say we ask around and see what we can find out." Sarah said. She walked up to the nearest local. "Excuse me, have you seen a vampire named Vinnie Stoker around here?"
The villager appeared stunned, then glared at Sarah. The other locals did the same and glared at the two humans and group of young monsters.
"What makes you want to see a Stoker for?" the villager asked smugly.
"Can't you see?! She's one of them!" a portly village woman harshly added. "She's already in league with these demons!"
"Demons?! Get a life, lady!" snapped Duzer.
"Yeah! You humans dweebs don't get us, man!" Frankentyke said, shaking his fist in the air.
Mr. Schneider stepped between the opposing sides. "That's enough! Let's just focus on finding Vinnie!"
"Um, why don't we look for him over there, Teacher dude?" Gil said, pointing to something off in the distance.
The gang looked in Gil's direction and high upon a high cliff was a castle on the far end of town. A dark, crumbling castle with a very haunted look.
It was the perfect place to find a vampire.
"I think that's where we'll find Vinnie." Sarah confirmed.