A/N: This is a story idea I decided to try out. I wanted to see what people think before I continue it. So this takes place after World Tour, and the first 2 chapters are heavily influenced by the episode "we are monster high". I haven't decided if I want this story to be rated T or M, so right now I'm leaving it at T. The pairing for this story is Cody paired with multiple monster high girls. Which girls and how many I won't say yet. Also in this story there is no Jackson/Holt so Cody is the only human. Thanks for reading.
The Canadian at Monster High
Chapter 1: Boy Meets Monster
Total Drama World Tour was finally over, and Cody was exhausted. The season had not gone at all like he had hoped. His original plan was to try harder this season, but also manage to get Gwen's attention. Since she had broken up with Trent in season 2, Cody had hoped he'd have a chance with the Goth girl. Unfortunately things didn't go as he had hoped for two reasons. The first was that Gwen still wasn't into him no matter what he did. The second reason was the new girl Sierra. She had stalked him day and night. He couldn't go to the bathroom by himself, much less compete seriously!
Safe to say, Cody was glad when it was over. Disappointed he didn't win the money, but glad nonetheless. Unfortunately it wasn't quite as over as he had hoped; there was still one loose end that wouldn't let go. At the end of the season Sierra had claimed to be just his friend, but quickly returned to stalking him. Even at his house Cody couldn't get a moment's peace. No matter what he said or did the purple-haired girl would not leave him alone. With no options left, Cody filed a restraining order against her.
Unfortunately it didn't really work. While it did hold her off for a few days, Sierra was soon back to her old habits; the law be damned. Whenever he called the police on her the crazy girl would leave before they could get there. There was nothing he could do; Cody was at her mercy. Deciding enough was enough he decided the best thing to do was to move, and move somewhere she couldn't find him. His parents were too busy with their work and didn't want to leave, but agreed that he could move away alone.
He contacted his school counselor and asked to be transferred to another school. After a long conversation, the counselor told Cody he knew of a place in the United States where neither Chris Mclean nor Sierra would ever find him. Cody quickly agreed. The US wasn't that far away and he was confident that Sierra would find him unless he crossed a border or two.
With less than a week before the new school year, Cody packed his bags and said his goodbyes. It wasn't too painful a goodbye as he rarely saw either of his parents and had few friends. He paid some people to distract Sierra for the day so he could get on a plane unnoticed. By the time she went looking for him he'd be long gone. The plane ride went smoothly and after only a few hours he arrived at his new home: New Salem. Cody didn't know too much about it other than it was a small town and had two separate high schools, but he didn't really care as long as Sierra never found him.
He had found a small apartment to live in that wasn't too far from the school. His counselor recommended it and his parents paid the rent. He wasn't sure what to expect but was pleasantly surprised. It was clean and had all the amenities he'd need. After unpacking his things he collapsed on his bed and went to sleep. In the morning he'd start his first day at his new school. He was sure it would go over well; after all, it was just another normal high school right?
Cody had no clue just how wrong he was.
"This…can't be real."
Cody stood fifty feet from a large school building with wide eyes and a dropped jaw. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. That morning, he woke up and got ready for school. He grabbed the directions to the school that his counselor had given him and left. The directions didn't name the school, which at the time Cody thought was a simple oversight his counselor had made, so he had no idea what he was walking into.
Once he came within a few blocks of the school he couldn't believe what he was seeing. There were monsters…everywhere! They were just walking around like it was normal, and if that wasn't weird enough, they were all headed in the same direction! Cody followed from a distance until he got to what must've been his new school, but it didn't look like a normal school. It looked haunted! What's worse was that all the monsters were going inside the school. The sign outside read: Monster High.
Monster High? Why had his counselor sent him here? This was clearly some deranged school for teenager monsters-not him! Was his counselor trying to kill him? Sure, Cody was confident Sierra would never find him here, but then, neither would anyone else! The monsters would probably eat him and that's the last anyone would hear from Cody Anderson. That was not how the tech geek wanted to go out!
Cody was breathing heavily and shaking as he stood outside the school watching all different kinds of monsters greet each other and head inside. "Now what?" He asked himself quietly. "Should I actually try to go inside or just run away screaming?" Just then he saw what looked like a huge minotaur guy in a red t-shirt run past him yelling. He flinched, and nearly jumped out of his skin in fright. "Yup, running away sounds good."
But just as Cody was about to turn around and make a run for it, some guy with flames for hair bumped into him. Cody tripped and dropped his backpack so all of his stuff spilled out onto the ground. The guy just kept walking and didn't even seem to notice. This kind of thing seemed oddly familiar to Cody. The brunette sighed and leaned down to pick up his stuff and at the same time, so did someone else.
"Ah, let me help." A girl with pale white skin leaned down to assist him. This surprised Cody, but he just stuffed his things inside the backpack quicker. She picked up two of his notebooks and then stood back up. "Here you go." As she hands them over Cody notices she has a thick French accent. Now that they're both facing each other he gets a better look at her.
His first thought is: she's pretty girly for a monster. She has long, light purple hair that curled inward at the end, just the right amount of makeup, and cat eats sticking out of her hair. She's dressed in a very fashionable black and white blouse and skirt along with high heels and a pair of sunglasses resting on her forehead. Oh, and let's not forget the tail coming out of her backside that seemed to move all on its own.
"T-Thank you." Cody gulped. His hand shook as he shoved the notebooks back in his backpack.
"No problem," she smiled. Cody's eyes caught a glimpse of some sharp canines sticking out with the rest of her teeth. The monster girl seemed to sense Cody's fear, but confused it for normal anxiety and nervousness. "Is this your first day at Monster High too?"
"Umm…yeah." He barely managed to get the words out. Cody wasn't sure what to do. He had lost his chance to run for it and could think of nothing else than to play along for now.
"It's my first day also," she replied. "I am Catrine DeMew, and I'm a little nervous. I can tell that you are also worried. Will I fit in? Will they like me?"
"I…know the feeling." Cody couldn't help but feel that was a lie. That might have been how he was feeling when he woke up this morning, but now the questions running through his mind were more like: will they eat me before or after they kill me?
Regardless of Cody's own feelings, Catrine seemed somewhat reassured by his response. "That's good. I don't feel quite so alone now. I moved all the way from Scaris you know, so everything is quite new to me." Cody wondered if he had misheard her, did she say Scaris or Paris? But just then she realized she had forgotten to ask him something. "Oh I'm sorry, I have been rude. What is your name?"
"C-Cody," he squeaked out. "Cody Anderson."
"Cody…" She rolled the name around on her tongue and the boy found himself strangely enjoying the sound of his name spoken in a French accent. "Where are you from Cody?"
"Canada," he answered without stuttering for once. "Ontario Canada."
"I have never been." She admitted. "But I have heard good things about Canada, and I know they speak French up there." Catrine noticed Cody still seemed nervous. "Don't be so worried Cody; I promise I'm not going to bite. Maybe I can help. Is there anything you want to ask me?"
In hindsight, there were far better things Cody could ask her. But he kept staring at her tail and her cat ears and suddenly he blurted out his question: "Are you a werewolf?"
Catrine's facial expression showed that she found this statement troubling, but did not look offended. Cody suddenly feared his question might not have been appropriate. "No, not exactly. I am a Werecat, which is like a werewolf, only different. Do you understand?"
"Umm I guess so," Cody answered. "I'm sorry if that was rude. I've never been to a m-monster school before."
"I thought so," Catrine said. "I myself did not realize there were any humans at Monster High." Just then the school bell began to ring. "Oh! That's the bell. Come," she grabbed Cody by the hand and pulled. "We shall face our first day together!"
Cody was helpless as the Werecat began to pull him into the school. He really did not want to go into a building filled with monsters (even if they were fellow teenagers) but could not pull away. Catrine was stronger than she looked.
She pulled him up the many steps leading to the large doors of the school. Cody's eyes darted across the various monsters that were mere feet away, but Catrine didn't notice. Soon she had pulled them both through the doors and into the school. Cody gasped. The inside was bigger than he had expected. The ceilings were high and hundreds of students seemed to be coming and going every which way.
The brunette managed to pull his hand back so he could rub both eyes. He took another look. "This is so…weird." At first all he had seen was a building filled with scary looking monsters, but then he looked again. With his second look he could see that it really was a school! There were lockers and classrooms and teachers and everything else you'd find in a learning facility. He saw people talking to their friends, nerds being pushed into lockers and even some girls that looked like cheerleaders. The only difference was everything was decorated in a Halloween style that was both creepy and interesting at the same time.
Numerous different kinds of monsters roamed the halls. Cody spotted vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, sea monsters and a few he could not identify. There was even a guy with an eyeball for a head. And while Cody found the diversity scary, Catrine was clearly delighted. "It's true!" She clasped her hands together. "This really is a school where every type of monster is welcome!"
"That's right!" A voice answered her. Both teens turned to see a girl with pale green skin and black and white hair. She had stitches all over her body and her eyes were different colors. Her smile was both kind and genuine. "Here at Monster High, everyone is welcome. Freaky flaws and all!"
"That's wonderful!" Catrine smiled. Cody settled for looking uncomfortable.
"You're Catrine DeMew and Cody Anderson right? The new students?" Both nodded to the girl's question. "Hi, I'm Frankie Stein, daughter of Frankenstein's monster. I'm supposed to show you around. It's voltageous to meet you both!" It was then that Frankie got a better look at Cody, who until that point had been trying to look small (or smaller) behind Catrine. "Wow are you human?" she asked.
"Y-Yeah," he answered. "At least, I think so."
"Wow we've never had a normie come to Monster High before!" She looked excited. "Wait till the ghouls hear about this!"
"N-Never?" Cody gulped. "You mean I'm the only human at this school?"
Frankie shrugged. "I sure think so. But don't look so worried; everyone here is really nice!"
"It's just that I've…never really been around monsters before." Cody admitted. "I don't even know why I got sent to this school. That counselor must've had it in for me."
Frankie wasn't quite sure how to respond to Cody's negative statement. "Hey, don't be so negative! I'm sure you can fit in at Monster High if you just give it a try. Look you even have a friend already: me!"
Cody couldn't help but give a half-hearted smile. "You're really optimistic aren't you?"
"Guilty as charged!" Frankie giggled as the two bolts sticking out of her neck flickered with electricity.
"And me too!" Catrine spoke up. "We new kids have to stick together. So now you have two friends. Isn't that better?"
Cody nodded, "I guess you're right. So you're going to show us around Frankie-
But Cody was suddenly cut off by an announcement through the PA system. "Cody Anderson to the headmistress' office. Now!"
"Ouch," Frankie cringed. "That doesn't sound good."
"But I haven't even done anything! I've only been here five minutes!"
"Don't worry; it's probably nothing bad." Frankie assured him. "I'll take you there. Monster High is kind of big. We wouldn't want you getting lost."
Cody agreed that he had no desire to get lost in a school full of monsters and let Frankie lead the way. As they maneuvered their way past dozens of students Frankie played tour guide by pointing out different rooms as they passed. "There's the creepateria, and that's biteology, and there's where you'll take clawculus…"
"Oh, I believe that's my first class!" Catrine said looking over a sheet of paper with her schedule on it. "I'll see you two later. Good luck Cody!" She waved goodbye before walking into the classroom.
Frankie and Cody said goodbye before continuing on their way. As they headed to the headmistress' office some girls greeted Frankie so she called out to them. "Hey ghouls! See you at lunch!"
"Ghouls? Creepateria? Is everything here a pun?" Cody asked. He was starting to feel a little less scared; especially since some of what he was hearing just sounded silly.
Frankie frowned. "I'm not sure what you mean. Anyway, we're here!" The stitched up girl pointed to the door in front of them. The sign outside identified it as the headmistress' office. "Don't worry, Headmistress Bloodgood isn't so scary. I'll be waiting here when you get out!"
"Thanks," Cody said before approaching the door. He wondered what kind of monster the 'headmistress' would be. If she ran a school for monsters he imagined she must be pretty scary. Maybe a dragon? He thought to himself. Pushing the door open slowly, he prepared himself.
Looking around it looked similar to a principal's office he'd find in a normal high school; except for all the Halloween décor of course. There was a large desk and sitting behind it was what appeared to be a normal human woman in her 40's with dark hair wearing a purple and black costume.
Cody didn't think it was possible, but once again he was surprised. Frankie had told him there weren't any humans at Monster High, yet this woman looked just as human as he did! Sure her outfit was outdated, but that was nothing in a school full of monsters. Cody actually felt relieved.
Then the headmistress spotted him standing there. She stood up and did something that made Cody nearly piss his pants. She reached up and pulled off her head! She held it under her arm. The brunette's face turned pale and his mouth was wide open in shock. Then the eyes on the no-longer-attached-to-a-body head turned to gaze menacingly at him.
"You are Cody Anderson yes? Well please come in, and shut the door behind you…"
A/N: Reviews are appreciated.
