Talassa grew quickly into her Monster High routine. She spent more time with Deuce and unsurprisingly, Draculaura whom she molded well with. She soon got to the top of her class and was accepted in every sport and extracurricular activity she tried out for, even campaigning for Treasurer in Student Disembody, winning easily as everyone (except Cleo) seemed to like the new student that was in their mist.

She made friends with almost everyone in school, getting particularly close to Draculaura, Operetta and Clawd. Draculaura who was as girly as she was, Operetta whom she loved to jam out with and Clawd who came to like and respect her after she beat him in their mini casketball game. Everything was going great.

Talassa was entering Clawculus with Deuce when they walked passed someone. Their usual teacher wasn't here so they merged together the tenth and eleventh year classes today to make things easier so she was actually in his class today. The girl was someone she'd never seen there with pale green skin, black and white hair, stitches all over her body and a killer outfit. She was fairly pretty even with her heterochromic eyes.

"Wassup?" Deuce said simply flashing a peace sign at her. Talassa simply waved at her offering her a kind smile before Deuce tugged her along with intertwined hands. They didn't see it but Frankie was quite stunned (both from being noticed by someone and Talassa's sirenic powers) before she broke into a happy smile.

Another boy walked in, accidently bumping into her and he immediately apologized. It was Clawd and she seemed to be mesmerized by his good looks. He smiled, saluting her before walking away making her smile wider.

It soon dropped as she was knocked into by a zombie, dropping her books and magazines onto the floor. She groaned as she bent down to pick them up. Cleo de Nile was quick to arrive and was oblivious to the new girl's form as she tripped over her, turning towards the girl with angry eyes.

"New girl, are you among the living?" Cleo asked with a sneer on her face. Frankie looked down.

"I'm sorry."

"Yes, yes you are," She said getting very close to Frankie, laying a red, manicured nail on her chin before stepping back. "Ghoulia, enter, uh. . ." She trailed off as she didn't know her name.

"Name?" She said impatiently to her with a glare.

"Frankie Stein."

"Frankie Stein into the lowest rung of the popularity database." Cleo said haughtily.

"Oh leave her alone, Cleo," Talassa called out from where she was seated next to Deuce, cuddled into his side, which he seemed to enjoy if you could tell be the smirk on his face. "Come on, Frankie Stein, you can sit next to me." A grin grew on Frankie's face as she hurried up the stairs, hoping to not lose the opportunity. Cleo marched off with an angry huff, Ghoulia trailing after her as she sat down.

"Don't mind her, she's uptight," Talassa said offering a hand to her. "My name is Talassa," She said. Frankie blanched. She had, of course, heard whispers of her in the hall. She was the most popular girl in the school, a goddess.

"It's n-nice to m-meet you," She said with a stutter staring at her in awe.

"And this idiot next to me is Deuce, Deuce Gorgon," She said as Deuce rolled his eyes just deciding to wrap his arm around her shoulders, muscles flexing as he pulled her into him.

"Nice to meet you," He said simply, lifting his feet onto the chair in front of him. She had to admit that he was extremely hot but she could tell that he was Talassa's. They way they acted together, was so normal, so comfortable; it seemed as if they actually migrated towards each other.

"Are you two a couple?" Frankie asked tilting her head. Talassa's cheeks reddened as Deuce just smirked.

"No," Talassa said at the same time Deuce said "Not yet." Which only made her blush more. Class eventually started, Talassa taking copious notes as Deuce played with her hair, Frankie looking around at everyone as she tried to understand high school life with the help of her magazines, Cleo doing her nails as Ghoulia took notes for her and everyone else seemingly bored by Mr. Lou Zar's lecture. Whenever he asked a question it seemed that only Ghoulia, Talassa and Gil were opting out to answer it but he had stopped choosing on Ghoulia since he couldn't understand Zombic.

"That bites," Draculaura said popping out from the ceiling. Talassa didn't even notice her existence as she was set working on a problem Mr. Lou Zar had set even with Deuce's constant coaxing for her to just cuddle.

"Vampires are so misunderstood." She said flipping through the pages of Frankie's history textbook. She seemed to be too stunned by the appearance of the friendly vampire to say anything.

"Look, I love Seventween, but I mean, come one, not all of us drink b-bl-blo- ugh, you know. Have you seen the movie? It bites. Team Over-It," She said oblivious to Frankie's staring. Talassa who had finally given into Deuce's wishes after the teacher had fallen asleep on the board, said a quick 'hi' to her best friend who responded enthusiastically.

"Hey Talassa! So you like this magazine? I think that Justin Biter is just so totally my type. Don't you think? I mean look at those amber eyes. I am so glad Talassa knows him so that I can actually meet him one day. I used to be into the Jaundice Brothers but, I don't know, you know?" She said quickly. The bell rang and students started to file out of the classroom except Talassa and Deuce who seemed to be in their own little world, Talassa sitting on Deuce's lap as they whispered to each other, sometimes Talassa's giggles exiting their little bubble.

Draculaura started to leave the room but Frankie looked towards the first people that accepted her. "Um, do they know the bell rang?" Frankie said as she looked over at the two lovebirds. She was really wondering how they weren't together.

"Oh yeah, they do, they just don't care. Don't worry about them, they do this all the time. I think it's just so cute, don't you?" She asked as they started to make their way out of the classroom.

"Oh yeah. I'm really surprised they aren't together," She said.

"I know right! I'm literally just waiting for the day they get married. What about you, do you have a boyfriend?"

"Oh, what? No! I've never even talked to a guy," She said.

"My parents said I can't date till I'm like 1700 Years old. They're like ancient," Draculaura said before waving hi to a passerby. "See you at lunch! Smooches!" She continued to the person before turning back to Frankie.

"Those rides are totally tope," She said to her.

"Rides? Tope? Hello, confused."

"Right! Shoes, 'cause you ride them. Tope is a combo of type and rope. Made it up myself. Could you – did you hear that?" Draculaura said, changing her words as she heard the moans of zombies.

"The pass between your words?" Frankie asked confused.

"Zombie flash mob, let's bolt." She giggled. "See I just did that right now," She said before laughing again. "No offense," She said before they took off into the girl's bathroom where Clawdeen currently was.

"Drop dead gorgeous," She said, fluffing her hair in the mirror.

"Clawdeen!" Draculaura said happily.

"Hey Draculaura, who's the fresh blood?" She asked making the vampire sway in her spot, beginning to feel woozy at the mention of the red liquid.

"Sorry, I forgot about you and blo- never mind. Splash some water on your face," Clawdeen said turning to Frankie as Draculaura went to the sink. Frankie pointed towards the mirror in shock where Draculaura's form clearly wasn't showing.

"It's a vampire thing," Clawdeen explained just as Talassa walked in.

"Oh hey, ghouls! What's up?" She said walking to the mirror to put the front half of her hair into a pretty braided bun.

"Hey, Talassa, new outfit? So cute," Clawdeen said making Talassa laugh and spin around in the small pink and red dress making it flare out.

"You like it? Deuce got it for me." The ghouls giggled.

"I'm literally just waiting for him to ask you out, I mean, how long is he gonna take?" Clawdeen asked as Talassa hopped up onto the sink. She shrugged. It was no secret that she liked Deuce, due to the looks and they way they acted to each other, but it seemed that Deuce had an aversion to asking her out. She was just waiting till he finally did.

"Okay, I'm sorry, but who are you?" Clawdeen said turning towards Frankie who blushed.

"Frankie Stein, newbie. Hi." She said.

"Hi, how you doin'?" Clawdeen asked.

"Oh, how are you doing?" Frankie replied. Talassa snorted at their conversation but chose not to interfere.

"Good, cute shoes."

"Oh, thanks I like yours too."

"Oh, thanks," Clawdeen said before sniffing the air. Sounds like those zombies have. . . passed on." Frankie giggled. "We're out," She said walking off with Draculaura and Talassa.

"So, you guys wanna hang?" Frankie asked as they all exited the bathroom.

"Zaf," Clawdeen said.

"Text us," Draculaura replied, Talassa giving her a little wave before the three of them walked off.

"K! 'Cept I don't have your numbers," Frankie said but the ghouls were already gone. She sighed. Frankie spent the rest of her time trying to find a crew which didn't really work out for her. Chess club was a fail as was the swim team and community service. So far, Frankie was not doing well in Monster High. That is, until she heard about Fearleading tryouts.

Thankfully, Draculaura, Clawdeen and Talassa were all on the team but sadly Cleo de Nile, her enemy, was captain.

"Any experience?" Cleo asked Frankie who replied with a nod, she lied.

"There is only one opening on this Fearleading Squad and it is reserved for the best of the best." She said walking past the contestants. "Is that you? Unlikely. Watch closely, we do the routine once then you repeat, nothing less then perfection on my squad," She said now in front of four members of her squad. Talassa rolled her eyes as she sat with Draculaura and Clawdeen on the bench but said nothing as they started to do the beginner cheer. She hoped this wasn't too hard for them because that was the first thing you learnt when you got on the squad. There weren't even any flips or tumbling.

Those trying out clapped after the performance.

"Now you," Cleo said making almost all the contestants except one, Frankie Stein, run off.

"My turn?" Frankie asked meekly. "Ok," She said the music starting up again. She was completing the routine to perfection until her foot flew off, the stitches apparently not tight enough. It sailed through the air before landing in Ghoulia's drink, splashing all over Cleo. She let out a scream so loud it broke most of the windows and Frankie ran off grabbing her foot quickly, with stuttered apologies, tears falling down her face, to the swimming pool.

Lagoona, hearing her cries, popped out of the water, her face immediately turning to one of pity as she saw Frankie's sobbing form. "Poor dear," She said handing her a handkerchief. "Your new?"

"You. No. Idea. How hard it is!" She said crying in between her words.

"Aww, it'll get better," She said making Frankie turn to her. "I'm Lagoona, an exchange student from down under – down under the sea," She said giggling. "I know what it's like to be the new fish in the pond."

"I put in every spark of energy I had but I totally fell apart," She said still sniffling. "I wish I could take back this whole week and start over. I try so hard!"

"Maybe that's your problem dear. Could it be trying too hard? That's what's messing you up. Don't drongo, be natural, be yourself and you'll be spot on," She said to Frankie as she went back down into the pool.

Frankie smiled. "Yeah." Of course that advice went right out the window as she started reading her magazines again, imagining her dream self in which she was the most popular ghoul in school and a rock star. Frankie honestly just wanted to fit in, to be liked but it seemed that that wasn't working for her very well.

"Excuse me, excuse me?" Clawd asked to Frankie as she was in her rock star daydream.

"Yes, you may have my autograph," She said dreamily, still in the world of fantasies.

"Okay, thanks?" Clawd said a bit weirded out. "Umm, your locker door is blocking mine," He said.

"Oh, your sorry, I'm welcome," She said shutting her locker, oblivious to the way she messed up her sentence as she stared at the handsome werewolf. Heath Burns was walking past when he noticed her, his eyes and hair immediately catching fire.

"Is it hot in here? Or is it just you?" He asked.

"Umm, hi?" Frankie asked confused.

"Yo bro, stop creepin' "Clawd said to him, stepping in front of Frankie.

"If you were a booger, I'd pick you first," Heath continued though Frankie just ignored him. Clawd tapped his shoulder and when he turned around, fixed him with his wolfy stare. Heath laughed nervously before speeding off.

"Sorry about him," Clawd said before starting to walk off. "Later new girl,"

"Wow! Heart racing, high voltage!" Frankie said as she watched him leave. She was definitely crushing on Clawd Wolf.

"Cleo," Clawdeen said coming up behind her with Draculaura beside her.

"Cleo wants to give you another chance!" Draculaura said happily.

"No! Don't yank my stitches!" Frankie said, clasping her hands together in glee with a wide smile on her face.

"Yep! She said that at tryouts you had mad skills and that you showed spirit and that "Draculaura said but was cut off by Clawdeen.

"You got guts. You got another shot. You meet her tomorrow at lunch. It's like an interview, be ready."

"It would be totally cool if you made the feerleading team 'cause we could hang-"Draculaura was cut off again.

"But you only make it if you can show you have the stuff. Don't get your hopes up. Lots of hard work to look that good," Clawdeen said.

The next day, Frankie was ecstatic as she got to school hoping this would be the day that things looked up for her.

"Hey girl. Feeling fierce?" Clawdeen asked walking up next to her.

"Charged and ready!"

"ROTFLOL," Draculaura said stopping the two in their tracks.

"Rolling on the floor, laughing out loud?" Frankie asked, incredulous.

"I read it somewhere," Draculaura replied and they continued walking until they made it to her locker.

"Favorite music. Cool people you know. It's ok to mention us. Also mention you know Talassa because even if Cleo doesn't like her that much she is the most popular ghoul in school." Clawdeen said.

"And boys," Draculaura continued. "Don't forget boys!" It was at the exact moment Clawd walked by, waving at her. She sparked with a dreamy smile on her face.

"Hello, Earth to Frankie." Clawdeen waved a hand in front of her face. "Are you picking up what I'm putting down?"

"My good, I'm bad," She said walking away she said making the two girl look at each other in confusion.

Classes passed slowly until it was finally lunchtime.

"Frankie Stein for Cleo. She was summoned," Clawdeen said to Ghoulia who responded with a moan. The bodyguard cheerleaders in front of Cleo's table spread out to let Frankie through giving sight to Cleo.

"You wanted to see me?" She asked trying to appear nonchalant.

"Let's be clear," Cleo started. "I have exquisite taste and in spite of your freakishly flawed performance yesterday I saw something interesting. Typically, I only promote perfection. Let's see how you rank," Cleo said standing up to be eye to eye with her.

"Flats or heels?" Cleo asked.

"Both."

"Skinny or boot cut?"

"Jeggings."

"Satin with corduroy?"

"Never!" Frankie gasped out.

"Recent book?"

"I blog."

"Scrunchies?"

"Yeah, right," She said rolling her eyes.

"Finish the thought – 'I can't leave home without'."

"Lip-gloss."

"Favorite singer?"

"Justin Biter, of course! In fact, my dad practically resurrected his career," Frankie said, lying.

"Justin rules!" Cleo said making the rest of the fear squad look at her in confusion. "Oh, oh . . . boyfriend?"

Frankie gulped and laughed nervously. "Boyfriend? Of course!" She said averting her eyes. "Look, he just walked in," She said pointing to Clawd Wolf who was waving at her.

Draculaura and Clawdeen gasped as Cleo turned around.

"This interview is over," Cleo said pushing past the fear squad.

"Hey, Cleo, I see-," Clawd said walking up to her.

"You new girlfriend!" She yelled pushing his chest making the girls gasp as Cleo ran off.

"Oh no!" Frankie exclaimed clutching her face as she realized what she had just done. Frankie cried as she ran off making her way to the swimming pool once more.

Lagoona walked past as Frankie was sobbing.

"I have to tell you-," She started, still crying.

"I know, everybody knows," Lagoona said nonchalantly. "I see you've made your choice. Nice work," She said walking off only making Frankie sob harder. She heard the cries of someone that was not her and looked past the corner to see Cleo, tears running down her own face.

"You! Following me! Haven't you done enough?" She said loudly, wiping the tears on her face. "You are dead to me," Cleo said walking off.

Frankie looked down and walked off. The next day all Frankie was, was sad deciding that she was now going to be real and not a poser as it clearly hadn't done her any good. She opened her locker to see her magazine, Justin Biter on the front cover, and got an idea. She walked into the bathroom to see Clawdeen and Draculaura who looked at each other but didn't say anything as they noticed Frankie.

"Yeah, I know, I messed up big time, epic! I can't take it back but I can make things right, but only with your help," She said making the two ghouls turn to her.

Clawdeen sighed. "What do you need to do."

"I want to get Justin Biter to come here," She said making both ghouls gasp.

"But how?" Draculaura asked incredulous.

"Talassa! I need you ghouls to talk to her for me! She knows him right? She can probably get him here!" Frankie said.

"That could work," Clawdeen said before breaking out into a smile. "C'mon, lets find her." They walked out of the bathroom and started searching the school, finding her with Deuce in the courtyard. Surprisingly, his sunglasses were off as they talked, Talassa resting comfortably in Deuce's lap.

They all closed their eyes as they got closer.

"Hey, Talassa, can we talk?" Draculaura said.

"Sure, by the way, you can open your eyes now," She said kindly. Deuce's shades were back on and he whispered something in her ear, a snake kissing her forehead, before she stood up, walking to the benches where they had settled themselves.

"What do you need, ghouls?" She asked, smiling. They all paused a bit, eyes glazing over, before they got control again.

"Do you think, that maybe, you could ask Justin Biter to come here so I can patch things up with Cleo?" Frankie asked nervously. While Talassa was extremely nice, she was, the most popular girl in school. If Talassa didn't like her, it could ruin her entire life (as if it hadn't already been ruined by Cleo).

Thankfully, Talassa just laughed getting out her iCoffin. The three ghouls waited hopefully as she talked to him. "Hey Justin! Yeah I'm good, and you? Fantastic! Do you think you could drop by Monster High, you know, give a little concert? You can! Great! How about at noon? Okay, yeah, I'll meet you at the front. Bye!" She shut her phone.

"He'll be here at noon," She said making the three ghouls squeal.

"We're still on for spa day tomorrow, right?" Draculaura asked Talassa as she turned to leave.

"Of course! Bye ghouls," she said walking off to Deuce as the three girls started phase two of their plan.

"So yeah, there's this thing we need to talk about," Clawdeen said, luring Cleo to follow her. They turned the corner to see Frankie and Clawd standing there.

"So not cool!" Cleo yelled turning to leave, not wanting to see her ex-boyfriend with his new girlfriend.

"Oh w-w-wait, Cleo, I am so sorry! I totally lied! Clawd is not, never was, and never will be my boyfriend! No excuse, I-I just wanted you to like me!" Frankie said, Clawd walking up to Cleo who still had her back turned to them.

"Yeah, like that would happen," Cleo said turning around to face Clawd as a hopeful look fell upon her face. "Really?" Clawd just smiled at her, bringing her to his chest in a hug before pulling back.

"Frankie, you are not pardoned. What you did-" She started but was cut off.

"I know – I royally hurt your feelings. Which is why I wanna make it up to you!" Clawdeen and Draculaura opened the door.

"I know you are the biggest Justin Biter fan, so…" Frankie said trailing off as Justin Biter came into view.

"Cleo, this is for you," Justin said as he started playing, Cleo squealing.

"So, I talked to Talassa and she got Justin Biter to come!"

"Not bad," Cleo said. "Apology accepted."