A/N Chapter one! Yay! Here we go ladies and gents! I hope you enjoy J
Chapter One: The New Ghoul
Abbey Bominable sat at the little desk in her dorm room staring down at a letter from home. Down the hall she could hear other students in their own dorms readying their rooms for the next year at Monster High. Abbey's room was already done seeing as how she didn't have to worry about a roommate wanting to pitch in with the décor. Not many of the other students could handle the freezing temperatures Abbey needed to maintain her comfort level. It was rather good of the school to open an old wing as dorms to house the students who came from far away, like Abbey herself. She remembered the first day she had read about Monster High in a brochure. A school where monsters from all over the globe were welcome, what could be better? She loved home, but there were only so many monsters her own age in her village and she longed for more friends and a group of friends that understood there was more to life than yakskin. There were many times she felt homesick, but with friends like Frankie, Draculaura, Clawdeen, Lagoona, Ghoulia, and even the occasionally-snotty Cleo she never felt that way for long. They were the best, most accepting friends a ghoul could have. As she read the letter for a fifth time she really hoped that was true.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
"Abbey? Abbey! You in there? We came to see if you wanted to spend one of our last days of freedom at the Maul! Wanna go?"
Abbey perked up slightly. It was Frankie, just the ghoul she wanted to see. "I be out in minute!" Standing from her desk, she tucked the letter into her bag and pulled on her usual furry boots. Abbey opened the door has she slipped her purse onto a shoulder.
Frankie smiled at her much taller friend. "Hey ghoul! The gang is waiting downstairs, let's go!" She grabbed her icy friend's hands and practically dragged her down the stairs and outside into the warm, late summer day where the rest of the ghouls were waiting for her.
"There's our favorite yeti! C'mon ghoul, dad's given me some extra spending money for new stuff for school and I totes plan on spending it on shoes!"
Abbey couldn't help but smile at her very petite vampire friend. Of all her friends she could never figure which one had more shoes. She was certain she had narrowed it down to Draculaura, Clawdeen, or Cleo.
The group of ghouls walked the couple miles from the school to the nearby maul not once complaining about the warmth or distance since they were much to busy chatting about their summers. Many stories overlapped, but since Abbey and Lagoona hadn't stayed in Salem for their summer their stories were new and refreshing for the others.
"Mum and Dad took me to this beauty of a little cove where they first met. It was totally aces! I really hope over Spring Break I could possibly take Gill there if his parents let him go to Mosstrailia again, but seeing as how our last visit wasn't all that fantastic to start with…"
Frankie smiled. "Yeah, but we still got to meet Andy and we still had a totally voltageous time, right ghouls?"
They all agreed with happy smiles as they made their way into the maul. There was a long discussion over which store they would first visit, but Clawdeen won out with her insistence that they visit Scare Minerals first since they would all need new makeup for the upcoming year.
While they took off for the shop, Abbey hung back a little. She could feel the letter in her purse as though it were burning. She needed to talk to the ghouls about it, but she was uncertain as to when the best time for that might be. Perhaps they might stop at the Coffin Bean for a refreshment later and that would be a good time. Maybe on their walk back to the school after their shopping was done. Hmm…
The group had moved from Scare Minerals to Icktoria's Secret as Cleo's request. She claimed they were the only store in the entire maul that carried the right shade of gauze that complimented the wrapping she bought earlier in the summer.
While the group made their way through the busy maul Abbey was composing a little speech in her head. She felt she was being silly to worry so much about this, though, seeing as how her friends were really the best ghouls anyone could know. However…this did need a bit of tact, something she always seemed lacking in. Yet…maybe she was just being silly.
"Abbey? Earth to Abbey! You in there?"
The young yeti shook her head and blinked at the pale pink hand waving before her face. "Ya?"
Draculaura chuckled. "You were really lost in thought, there! I thought I'd never get your attention. The ghouls wanna go get some grub, you hungry too?"
Abbey smiled slightly. "Yes. Am hungry. Where we going?"
"Coffin Bean."
"Scary Queen."
"Grubway!"
"Gnarlie's."
The ghouls all stopped and looked at each other before laughing.
Ghoulia slowly raised a hand to offer her own advice. "Nuuuh uhhhggg mmaaaaa."
Lagoona smiled. "Great idea, mate! We'll all just go get what we want and meet up at a table to eat."
The ghouls all parted ways to their favorite maul-food joints. Abbey joined Frankie at Scary Queen to get some ice cold milkshakes. Her brows knit together as she drummed her short claws on the counter while waiting for her choke-late and straw-scary milkshake.
Frankie frowned. "You okay, Abbey? You've seemed really distracted today. You didn't even try on those super cute snowflake boots I showed you in Christofur and Fangs."
The young Cyclops boy behind the counter with a terrible case of acne handed over their shakes with a shaky hand, obviously taken by the pretty girls before him. "There yah go, ladies."
Frankie smiled sweetly and dropped a tip into the jar on the counter.
Abbey hardly even noticed. "Frankie, I need talk to you and ghouls. Have big news."
The construct didn't know whether to smile or frown with worry. What could be bothering her friend like this?
As the group of ghouls all sat down at one of the larger tables with their food Abbey gave Frankie a look. The green ghoul nodded and cleared her throat. "Ghouls, Abbey's got something she needs to talk to us about."
Mouths hung open with sandwiches and forks held halfway between plates and mouths as all eyes trained on the yeti. Abbey took a deep breath and reached into her purse to pull out the letter. "Over summer I went back home to Himalayas. There I have cousin who not doing so well with other yetis there. She…um…not fitting in. I tell family Monster High would be good place for her. We write to Headmistress Bloodgood and my cousin will be coming to Monster High."
Cleo put down her fork and stared at her friend intently. "Tell us, Abbey, why do you sound so…distraught about this?"
"Is she just clawful?"
"Is she mean?"
"Does she have a seriously freaky aversion to fashion?"
"Please don't tell me she only eats raw meat! Sometimes it's hard enough with Clawdeen, not in a bad way! You guys are my best friends! I just, you know!"
Abbey almost smirked at Draculaura's little speech. A vegetarian vampire whose best friend was a carnivorous werewolf was really an odd thing to behold. She shook her head. "Is not that. Cousin is…different. She not like normal yeti. It make her very…shy. She talk even less than I did when I first come here. She cannot stay in village. Being somewhere were differences are celebrated would be good for her."
Lagoona slurped on a bit of seaweed and tilted her curly blonde head to the side. "If school starts in a couple days, when does she arrive? Aren't all foreign students already here?"
"She be here tomorrow. What time I do not know. She and I will be sharing room."
Clawdeen smirked. "That's good. None of the other dorm students can room with you since your room is too cold. Now you get a roommate, and she's family!"
Abbey smiled weakly.
Ghoulia frowned and piped up. "Guuuhnnaauuh?"
Cleo gasped. "Ghoulia! How could you insinuate such a thing? This new ghoul is Abbey's cousin. She wouldn't be one of the kids who don't like her. Why would you say that?"
The zombie shrugged and with another long string of groans pointed out that Abbey didn't seem too enthused with her cousin coming to Monster High.
Draculaura looked at her icy friend with a furrowed brow. "Is Ghoulia right, Abbey?"
The yeti frowned deeply. She was upset, not because she thought Ghoulia might be right and that the others seemed to agree with the zombie, but because they were very, very wrong. "Ghouls, you are wrong. I understand why you think these lies, but you are wrong. I am only friend of my cousin. I am only monster in whole village our own age who understand her. She really very different, but I make sure no one bother her here."
Frankie reached out a hand and smiled. "You have nothing to worry about, Abbey. Monster High is totally accepting of new monsters, no matter how different they are. I'm sure your cousin will be perfectly happy here!"
The other ghouls all nodded and added in their own words of confidence. They all agreed that no matter what, they would be the new ghoul's friend. Abbey was very moved by their instant devotion to someone who wasn't even there yet, however she was incredibly afraid. What if it happened again? Tomorrow would be a very stressful day.
A/N Alrighty, first off, I'd like to thank anyone who even cared enough to look at this. I'm honestly writing it purely for fun! Also, my memory is fuzzy, but I'll try to get as many of the store names, cities, and items as properly monster-fied as I can. If I get it wrong or if any of you have better suggestions, please let me know! I'd love input on it!
