Monster High 3.3
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Once again, I own nothing I didn't create. I just borrowed for fun.
Imhotep was one of the first Pharaohs in Egypt, back before even the pyramids had been built. For nearly three decades he ruled as a living god. Then one of his advisers betrayed him, his people and army revolted, and Imhotep was cursed and made into a living mummy.
What is a living mummy, you might ask. A living mummy is someone who only goes through the last part of the mummification process. In most cases, they are wrapped in bandages, unable to move, but still alive. They have trouble catching their breath, fighting for air through the wraps. As with all mummies they are adorned with ornamentation, although not as nice as true mummies. With each living mummy a special curse was placed upon them, using a scarab to seal it. Death was slow, but it did come, in a way. A living mummy is aware of the passage of time in the sarcophagus. Some are driven to madness.
A couple centuries later, Imhotep was resurrected, when a thief found his tomb. He spent decades wandering around the desert until finally he found his way back to the seat of power. Becoming the adviser to the pharaoh he married the pharaoh's daughter, Naffratina, once more becoming pharaoh. The second reign of Imhotep lasted for two decades, when a secondary curse kicked in. Once more an adviser turned against him. His wife was made into a living mummy, and buried in the defeated Imhotep's tomb where they rested for a couple more centuries.
Once more a thief entered the tomb, arousing the wrath of Imhotep, and his wife. The pair once more made their way into Egypt's seat of power. This time Imhotep removed the dynasty started by his previous adviser, and his third and final reign started. Imhotep and his wife had a child, a difficult thing for mummies. It took nearly two decades for the child to be conceived, but they had a beautiful baby girl. To celebrate such an occasion, a jewel was embedded in her flesh, as she represented the jewel of their love.
The beautiful princess was worshiped by her people for years, before horror struck. They turned against her when she was nine years old.
"I can't image why." Clawdeen commented. Giggles followed. Cleo gave them all a dirty look.
They had all been so JEALOUS of her BEAUTY, and as her parents before her, the princess too was turned into a living mummy. She refused to cry, but she did fight against her captors. It was to no avail. She was trapped in a sarcophagus. For a couple of centuries they all slept. Imhotep and his wife were the first to rise, but they had been unable to find their daughter. For a century they looked, until they had at last found her. However, the princess's mother was jealous of the care Imhotep gave to his daughter. She would force the princess into her sarcophagus many times, for up to three years. This went on until the time Imhotep decided to break his marriage to his wife, finding her to be insane.
However at the time, the princess, unaware of what had happened would play with a friend of hers, a young pharaoh, even getting him to dress up in the princess's clothes, as she herself would dress as the pharaoh. It was a game the child pharaoh seemed to enjoy. Her mother slapped the princess for doing such a disrespectful thing, placing her once more in her sarcophagus and hiding it away from her father. She laid trapped in the dark for many thousands of years, until she was finally awoken in present day.
"Miss de Nile, when I asked you do an oral report on the history your country of origin, I did not mean your family history." The teacher exclaimed somewhat annoyed.
"But my family history is the history of Egypt. We played many roles in it." She replied.
"You could have picked for instance to speak of King Tut." The teacher countered.
"I did mention him, but I did not want to embarrass the boy. That is why I left out how he use to follow me around everywhere like a puppy." She sighed softly and gave the teacher a dismissive wave as she sat down. The teacher just stared at her a moment. As a history teacher, even one who'd seen so much history, hearing that King Tut use to crossdress was an amazing factoid. The teacher was tempted to ask more.
Cleo however, wasn't willing to share more though. There were parts of the past she didn't want to bring up. For instance, she knew the reason the peasants revolted against her, was because they found out about what her mother had done in order to have the daughter. That alone had involved the death and blood letting of at least one peasant a week in order for Naffratina to bare the child. With today's morals, Cleo knew that this seemed a little harsh and wrong, but back then, it wasn't a big deal to use the peasants that way, well to a point. Of course it also meant she would never be able to bare her own children now, but Deuce already knew that, so she wasn't worried.
She also decided not to mention that it was an unfortunate archeologist who'd ended up finding her. Her father had found a counter-curse to put on Cleo's Sarcophagus, which would pretty much transfer, the family curse from Cleo to whatever human first opened it. The counter-curse did not affect other mummies. In fact she was thinking the counter-curse was also a reason her mother and father started fighting. Imhotep had "wasted" it on his daughter rather then on his wife.
The teacher was about to call the next student up, when the bell rang. Most of them rushed out, however Cleo lagged behind, preferring to leave in a more regal manner, followed by Ghoulia who couldn't walk that fast.
"Gaaahhhaaaa." She spoke. Cleo raised a brow.
"You did?"
"Gahhhahhhh gaaaa."
"Well I told you, you were good enough to play in front of everyone."
"Gaaahhaaaaa hhhaaaaa gaaaa"
"Oh, me singing. I will sing in front of the others if they come to watch. That is fine. I have gotten use to it over the last few weeks."
"Gaaaaahhhhaaaaahhaaaa."
"Just Clawdeen and Draculaura are going to make it? Frankie and Lagoona have something else planned tomorrow night. Okay. That makes it a little easier then. Although Clawdeen had best not heckle me." Ghoulia laughed.
"Is that really how you want to wear your hair?" Cleo asked when she saw Clawdeen. The werewolf had her hair curled into a large afro.
"I need to hide my ears, and I didn't feel like wearing a hat." She growled at the mummy. "When is Draculaura going to show up?" She asked. Cleo glanced over at Laura but kept a smile off her face. Ghoulia shook her head slightly. Draculaura had confirmed her true identity last week. Ghoulia had finally come straight out and asked. She'd been a little annoyed but very impressed with the vampire girl's ability to hide herself.
"I've been wanting to meet her too. She likes to pretend she's a vampire right?" Laura asked. Cleo had to bite the inside of her cheek. Ghoulia turned away.
"Who are you exactly and how do you know these two?" Clawdeen asked annoyed. She wasn't against hanging around humans, but this human was wearing way too much perfume, and it wasn't even a pleasant perfume.
"I'm one of Cleo's friends." She remarked. She was doing a great job disguising her voice again.
"That explains it." Clawdeen humphed. Laura frowned.
"Are you saying there is something wrong with Cleo?" She sounded a little pissed.
"Oh, no nothing at all. She's perfect in every way." Clawdeen returned sarcastically.
"Jealous are you?" Laura asked.
"No, why would I be? Why are you friends with her anyway?"
"Oh that's easy. She's the woman I lust for." Laura replied. Ghoulia and Clawdeen both turned to stare at Cleo, who for a change had no idea how to reply. She was certain that Draculaura was doing it to get a little revenge on her.
Earlier that week:
"I am so tired of that guy hitting on me." Cleo groaned as she sat next to Ghoulia at lunch. No one else had shown up yet.
"Gahhhhhh" She replied.
"Someone's hitting on you?" Deuce asked as he sat next to Cleo.
"Oh, yes. When Ghoulia and I have been having our girls' nights. This guy has been showing up and keeps hitting on me." She looked at Deuce who seemed to be unconcerned about it.
"Hmmm?" He asked.
"Well, aren't you going to get upset, maybe a little jealous?" She asked annoyed.
"Not really. I trust you Cleo. It's not like you're going to cheat on me with another guy. You didn't even cheat on Clawd with me. I didn't ask you out until after I heard you and him broke up. I don't see any reason not to trust you.
"Oh." Cleo remarked and frowned. Deuce noticed her frown.
"Do you want me to act jealous? I could if you'd like."
"No, no that's fine. I'm good."
"I could turn the guy to stone."
"Thanks, but I think I'll be just fine." Cleo smiled at last.
Later that day Cleo was sitting outside on one of the benches when Draculaura showed up. The vampire girl smiled at her before sitting down.
"So you ready to walk home?" She asked.
"I was going to wait for Deuce to get out of Casketball practice today." She said softly.
"Really, you haven't done that in a while, at least when fearleading practice wasn't also happening."
"I know. I have been thinking that I have not been fair to Deuce lately."
"Because of all the time we've been spending together?" Draculaura asked as her voice cracked just a little.
"Yes, and what we have been doing. We have become close friends, closer than I thought we ever would, but I do not think it is right to continue on with the extra stuff. I care about you and I care about Deuce. I do not want to hurt either of you, but I ca not date you both. It is not right."
"And I'm the one you don't want to date?" Draculaura could barely speak. "We have something very special."
"It is just not right." Cleo spoke. Draculaura swallowed and choked a little. "I can not have those deeper feelings for you, and I do not want to continue to use you like I have been just because I am feeling a little neglected." The vampire girl nodded and stood up. She turned and started to walk away from the mummy girl without saying another word.
Cleo felt terrible. She'd had a good relationship with Draculaura for weeks, but she knew there was really no future for them. She wasn't even really sure how she truly felt about the girl. What was worse was that had Deuce not said anything to her, she probably would have gone on with the relationship. It wasn't right, and it wasn't fair to any of them. It hurt to break it off like she did, but sometimes you got hurt doing what was best for others. Cleo cringed. She much preferred it when she only cared about herself. Not to mention how awkward it felt now.
"Hey, Cleo. It's great to see you here again." A young man stated as he showed up next to the group. Cleo frowned.
"Samuel." She replied curtly. "What do you want?"
"Same thing I do every week. I'd love to take you out to dinner, maybe a movie."
"Who is he?" Clawdeen leaned over and asked Laura.
"Some guy that keeps trying to pick Cleo up."
"Hasn't she told him she has a boyfriend?"
"Cleo has a boyfriend?" Laura asked. Clawdeen growled a little. So Cleo wasn't even telling her new friends she had a boyfriend. Was she going to do to Deuce what she'd down to Clawd?
"I have explained this all before. I am not going to go out with you. Please get it through your head."
"You know, you really should go out with me. I'm a great guy, and who knows it could even save your life one day. Otherwise I think you may regret not dating me."
"I seriously doubt that." She replied and walked off. Laura, Ghoulia and Clawdeen followed her. Cleo went to the table her and Ghoulia usually sat at, letting Laura and Clawdeen grab the other seats.
"So are you guys ever gonna tell me what we're doing here?" Clawdeen finally asked. They just wanted her to join them, they never said why.
"As a special treat today, we're going to start with the musical stylings of Julia and Cleo." The MC announced. Clawdeen gasped and watched as her two "Friends" got up and headed for the stage. Cleo helped Ghoulia up and then went and grabbed her guitar from the side of the stage so Ghoulia wouldn't have to take the time to get it. They wanted to surprise Clawdeen, so they'd dropped off the guitar earlier. Clawdeen leaned forward. She had no idea that Ghoulia could play any instrument. Cleo, she'd heard the girl sing in the shower when they were in middle school, and she wasn't bad, but on a stage?
Ghoulia started to play "Tainted Love" the version by Marilyn Manson. Cleo gave her a dirty look. How did Ghoulia always end up picking out songs that fit with things going on in her life? Was she that transparent to the zombie? She frowned as she glanced over at Laura, who was visibly upset over the song choice as well.
"Are you OK?" Clawdeen asked?"
"Me, yes, why wouldn't I be?" Laura replied.
"Because you look rather upset."
"Sorry, I was recently dumped. Cleo knows that too, so I don't know why she would sing this song right now." Clawdeen was ready to jump in and bash Cleo since the opening was there, except she'd seen Cleo's reaction to the song as well.
"I think Gh… Julia picked out the song."
"What, why?"
"Because Cleo gave her an angry look at the beginning."
"She did?" Clawdeen nodded. Laura looked a little less angry, but was still holding onto to her anger a bit. It did give Clawdeen a chance to enjoy the music though. She started to tap her fingers to the beat. The pair started their second song, something a little less traumatic. Clawdeen smiled.
"I wish I'd known they were doing this. I can play the drums. I could have joined them."
"I never knew you played the drums." Laura remarked surprise. Clawdeen looked at her a little funny. "I can play the bass guitar, Piano, Violin." She finished, not wanting to say more. She'd had plenty of time to learn to play instruments. Clawdeen shook her head slightly annoyed.
"If you will excuse me, I need to powder my nose." She commented and got up and left. Laura sat there alone and sighed. She hadn't realized how easy it was to piss off Clawdeen. Did she really hate Cleo that much that she held it against Cleo's friends, at least the ones Clawdeen didn't already know? She was so confused by the situation between the pair, not to mention her own feelings.
"Laura?" She heard a voice speak softly, almost nervously behind her. She turned and looked. It took her a moment but her eyes widened when she saw a familiar face from the past. Before she could thinks he spoke.
"Melody?"
"Oh my god! I can't believe it's you." The woman spoke and hugged her. "Are you a zombie now?" She asked. Laura cringed. Melody was one of her friends the last time she'd attended high school, the time she'd faked her own death.
"Um, yes something like that." She said quickly.
"Wow, that is really neat. I've missed you so much. I was so upset when you died. If we hadn't already graduated I think I would have ended up failing senior year." She finished as she sat down in Cleo's seat. Laura didn't know what to say or what to do. Melody had been her closest friend years ago, at least as close as she felt she could become before she learned of Monster High.
"It's been a little difficult." She finally stated, lost as to what she should say. Even worse, Cleo and Ghoulia just finished their last song.
"And you are?" Cleo asked as she got to the table. She knew she sounded far bitchier than she meant to. Melody looked up at her as Laura grinned a moment.
"She's a special friend of mine from high school years ago." Laura winked. Cleo narrows her beautiful eyes and grabbed another chair that was nearby. She didn't mean to glare but she could tell she was. She knew she shouldn't be upset or jealous, but she couldn't help it.
"It was terrible to learn she died. Everyone was at her funeral."
"I was not there." Cleo mocked.
"Oh Cleo you know what she means. All our friends were obviously there." In truth Laura had been there as well.
"It's surprising to see she'd become a zombie." Ghoulia look rather uncomfortable with the whole situation. Obviously Melody did not understand how zombies worked. She didn't want to speak and blow Laura's cover story.
"Oh, I wanted to say, I really loved your playing and singing." Melody could tell she was not doing well with Laura's friends. She needed to try and butter them up.
"Thank you." Cleo stated, trying to be more civil. "And I will give you a thank you for Julia. She is mute. Her voice box was damaged years ago in a car accident."
"Oh. I see. I'm sorry to hear that." Ghoulia just nodded her acceptance.
"Who's this?" Clawdeen asked as she returned and sat down. She wasn't sure what was going on, but the woman who'd showed up was obviously making Cleo uncomfortable and that made Clawdeen like her right away.
"This is Melody. She's a family friend." Laura explained. Melody glanced at Laura, and realized that this other girl must not know her secret.
"Nice to meet you." Melody stated and played along. The group spent another uncomfortable half an hour together before deciding it was a good time to leave. Cleo was the last one in line, right behind Ghoulia, moping a little. Almost as soon as she left the main door of the club, the world went black around her.
"And who's this beautiful sheila?" The gorgeous blonde asked as she stepped off the gangplank of the boat. Lagoona smiled and hugged the woman.
"Mom, I'm so glad to see you." She exclaimed. The two held each other for a few moments before Lagoona introduced the golem girl standing a good five feet from the water.
"This is my mate Frankie. I told you about her in my letters." Frankie held out her hand. She was wearing her rain gear again, in preparation for heading too Lagoona's apartment. Rather than shake her hand the woman grabbed Frankie in a big hug, swinging the girl around. She was a lot stronger than she looked.
"Please call me Eve." Her accent was heavy and sometimes hard to understand. "So Lagoona, let me see your unit." She stated. Frankie's eyes went wide. This was turning out to be much different than she expected. Lagoona looked over and giggled.
"Okay, I'll show you my apartment." She stated so Frankie would understand what her mother meant.
"Wasn't your young man suppose to be here too" She asked. Lagoona sighed.
"Actually, we broke up. His family doesn't approve of salt water creatures." She explained.
"What a whacker." Her mother remarked.
"Your have a real ripper of an unit here." Her mother exclaimed when she saw the place. "Why's your mate in the slicker?
"She's electric and doesn't want to short out, or electrocute us." Lagoona answered.
"I'm sorry. I know I'm a little out of place here."
"No worries. I'm just grinning like a shot fox that Lagoona's got some interesting friends. She was always a shy sheila."
"Lagoona, shy?" Frankie asked.
"Let me tell you," Eve started. Lagoona grabbed her mother and Frankie in order to drag them elsewhere for a distraction, unfortunately in her house it was damp. A shock went through her and into her mother, frying them both.
"I smell something tasty." Frankie commented before realizing what had just happened. "Oh Lagoon, Eve, I'm so sorry."
"No Worries." The pair groaned in unison.
"I wish father would visit." Lagoona sighed. Her mother was enjoying talking with Frankie, or maybe messing with Frankie might have been a better way to put it. Frankie was so innocent and naive. Lagoon never considered her mother to be sadistic per say, but she might have been balancing that line with golem girl.
"You already know why he wont come her luv."
"I know."
"I don't know though. Why won't he come here?" Frankie asked. Before Eve could answer with some weird story, Lagoona jumped in.
"In the 50s, he was captured and brought to a lab nearby to be studied."
"Studied? Not my dad's lab is it?"
"No, no no, it's been abandoned. I went there once to check it out. It was creepy. I even saw the chamber he was kept it. It was a large round room. There were rings set into the walls to hold chains. Sand was all over the floor as if they had tried to make it seem like the ocean floor. And there were the remains of starfish and fish bones. On one side was an Air lock, on the other was a large thick glass window s when it was filled with water so researchers could observe my father. There was even a large concrete block in the middle of the chamber where a chain was attached. That was where they kept my father locked up."
"That's so horrible. Why would they do that?"
"It was before we monsters had really come out. He was a missing link in evolution. I can see why they wanted to study him, but I don't think they realized he was intelligent. Which might have been a good thing. He was able to escape because of his intelligence."
"That and some blonde Harlot calling herself a scientist." Eve chimed in. "I swear, he can't say no to anyone with blond hair." She complained. Frankie giggled a little.
"We could go check it out. It's not too far from here." Lagoona whispered conspiratorially to them both.
"That sounds exciting." Frankie chimed in.
"I'm for it." Eve stated.
Cleo groaned as she opened her eyes. She could smell sand and a hint of dead fish. She didn't remember going to the beach, not to mention it didn't feel like she was wearing her swimsuit. In fact she could feel her short haired wig still in place, as well as her miniskirt and top. She sat up, and felt a few fireworks go off in her head. She groaned again with her eyes closed. As she shifted again, she could hear the sound of a chain rattle. Again her eyes opened and she saw a heavy metal shackle attached to her left leg, with a thick chain connecting it to a concrete block a few feet away. The chain itself was in a pile that gave Cleo the impression that it was still pretty long.
"What happened?" She asked out loud glancing around. She noticed the others were with her, but not chained to the block, they were hanging against the wall, except for Draculaura who was in a cage. She looked again at Clawdeen, who was likely the only one strong enough to escape, but then she suddenly felt sick to her stomach. The shackles were a dull steel color, but she could see a hint of silver peaking over the edge of the steel. It was as if a person put silver around the inside of Clawdeen's shackles. That meant this person knew they were monsters. In fact it meant this person was likely a monster hunter. That didn't make any sense. Monster hunting was illegal in the United States.
Clawdeen was useless unless they could get ride of the silver. She glanced at Ghoulia. She would be too weak to do anything to break out. Melody was a human, and Draculaura was in a cage. Why was Draculaura in a cage, and she herself shackled to a concrete block? She looked around more. It looked like a large tank, and she saw a door that reminded her of something she'd seen on submarines in movies. Sand covered the ground, there were dried up starfish and fish bones partially buried in the sand. She had this feeling she was in some kind of metal aquarium. Then she saw what appeared to be a mirror higher up. It must have been a two-way mirror.
"Cleo, you're awake. I'm really sorry about this." She heard a voice say over a speaker. She knew the voice.
"Samuel?" She asked.
"I told you you'd probably regret it if you didn't go out with me."
"Are you serious?" She said and stood up, anger dripping off her. "You kidnap me and my friends just because I wouldn't date you?" She heard another groan. Clawdeen was shifting a little, than let out a scream as her skin touched the silver. That scream caused the others to wake up.
"Actually no, most of this has nothing to do with you, except you keep some really bad company. If you'd gone out with me, you wouldn't have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, just like the other human." He added. Cleo raised a brow. He thought she was human. She wondered if she could use that to her advantage.
"Of course, your lack of consideration has made you the perfect first victim." He added afterwards. Cleo looked back at Draculaura. She blinked. Why hadn't she noticed it earlier. Draculaura looked mostly like Draculaura again. The make-up and wig and piercings that made up her disguise were gone.
"On the other hand, she killed my brother, and now I'm going to get revenge." He stated.
"Who, I haven't killed anyone." Draculaura stated, although she had to add "recently" in her head. Her voice was a little weak.
"Are you telling me you do not remember Matthew?" He asked. Draculaura looked up in surprise.
"You can't be his brother." She stated.
"Oh, I am, I made a deal with a demon in order to hunt you down, for as long as it takes. But don't worry "Laura" I'm not going to kill you. I'm going to let your friends do it." He stated. Cleo frowned and looked down There were few dozen wooden stakes spread out. She picked one up.
"Really Samuel, you think I am going to stake her?" She asked.
"It'll be either that, or you'll die." He remarked and there was a "puff" sound. Draculaura winced and brought her hand to her neck. A dart was there. She pulled it out and noticed a liquid dripping from it.
"No!' She exclaimed. "Don't do this?" Her voice had become a growl, her eyes turned black. She ripped apart the cage that held her. Cleo was stunned. Draculaura didn't have that kind of strength. She was missing most of the classic vampire powers because of her vegetarian diet. A light went on in the room behind the mirror allowing them to see Samuel standing there watching them.
"She's in bloodlust now." Samuel stated as Draculaura stalked over towards Cleo. "Nothing can stop her. You should have decided to date me."
"Go fuck yourself!" Cleo screamed at him. Clawdeen finally got her senses back. She held her arms as steady as possible so she wouldn't touch the silver again. She'd also never heard Cleo use that kind of language before, and it was surprising, but not as surprising as she realized that Laura was really Draculaura.
"Draculaura, stop." She cried out. The vampire kept moving. Ghoulia yelled out as well, but Draculaura just moved closer to Cleo. Melody looked confused by the whole situation.
"Stake me." Draculaura growled. "Please." She stated. Cleo stared at her. "Cleo, stake me." She stated again. Cleo dropped the stake.
"Draculaura, Fight it, you can fight it." She refused to panic, and she refused to loose someone so special to her. "I know you can fight it, you are better then him."
"Please." She begged in a growl. "I, I can't do this again."
"I love you, I will not stake you." Cleo whispered. Draculaura stopped a moment and looked at Cleo, who raised her arms out to the vampire. "See, I knew you cou…" He voice was cut off as Draculaura backhanded her hard enough to send Cleo flying. Cleo let out a scream as the chain pulled tight and she felt her ankle break. Quickly Draculaura was on top of her. With her fangs, she ripped out a chunk of flesh at Cleo's shoulder, causing Cleo to scream in agony.
"CLEO!" Clawdeen screamed with tears streaming from her eyes. She'd always thought she would make up with Cleo, that they would be friends again, even though every time the chance came she got snippy with the Mummy girl. She knew she'd always have time to do it, and now, now Cleo was going to die. They were all likely to die.
Cleo was confused by the pain she was feeling, she always thought it was suppose to be pleasant even erotic, but this was excruciating. She could even feel Draculaura's tongue lapping inside the wound to get to her blood.
"Oh my god, she's a vampire not a zombie!" Melody yelled as she realized what had just happened. Cleo's head rolled back a little, she felt weak, tears covered her face, and yet with her trademark attitude she thought at Melody, like it really matters we're all undead. Then she started laughing.
"Cleo's lost it." Clawdeen spoke softly, trying to keep herself from sobbing.
"Stop." Cleo's voice was barely audible. "Stop Draculaura." Her voice was a little louder. "I command you to STOP!" She yelled. A crack rang through the tank. Draculaura lifted her head, blood dripping from her lips.
"What the hell." Samuel said through the mic.
"Get up, and break my chain." Cleo commanded. Draculaura stood up, her movements looked forced and jerky. She bent over and grabbed the chain, ripping it apart. "Now, break the shackles holding Clawdeen captive." Draculaura slowly moved towards the werewolf.
"How?" Samuel asked as he watched. Draculaura stepped in front of Clawdeen, her fangs still dripping with blood, looking larger then they had previously. She placed her hands on the shackles and broke them. Clawdeen gasped and slide along the wall, bumping into Ghoulia.
"I am Cleo de Nile, Daughter of Pharaoh Imhotep, Princess of Egypt, worshipped as a living Goddess in ancient times, and you have just given me control of the most powerful weapon here." She stated with a smirk as she used the wall to get up on her good foot.
"It doesn't matter how strong she is with her blood lust, she still can't break you out of here." He stated. "And I can fill this tank with water."
"I don't need her to get out of here." Cleo stated. She thought about what she'd seen her father do. She swung her arms in a horizontal loop, and the sand under her raised up in a vortex, getting bigger and bigger. Samuel let out a little shriek of surprise.
"Destroy that window!" Cleo exclaimed. Another crack rang out and she felt a sharp pain in her cheek. She ignored it as she motioned her arms to mimic throwing the sand vortex at the window. It slammed against the thick glass, beating on it for a good minute and then shattered it.
"Come Draculaura." Cleo stated as she motioned to the sand again. It started to raise her up as if she was sitting on a throne. She even crossed her right leg over her left, wincing a little at the pain. By the time she had gotten to the window, Cleo had created a cast of sand around her broken ankle. Draculaura jumped up through the window landing at nearly the same time Cleo did,
Clawdeen stood there watching in amazement. A sound from Ghoulia returned her to the situation. She grabbed Ghoulia's shackles and started to pull on them until they broke.
"You free her, I'm going to catch up to Cleo and Draculaura." She remarked as she half transformed to jump through the window. Ghoulia looked at Melody before picking up a large rock on the ground. Melody screamed as Ghoulia swung the rock towards her head. The rock hit the side of Melody's shackle and shattered it. Ghoulia glanced at the other one, and tapped the shackle as well. It shattered.
"Um, thanks." Melody commented. Ghoulia smiled at her. She then watched as Ghoulia studied the door, since it seemed unlikely that either of them could make the jump to the window. The zombie girl picked up a stick and started to write down formulas in the sand, studied the door, wrote a few more notations and smiled. She handed Melody a rock and pointed to a section of the door.
"You want me to hit the door there?" She asked. Ghoulia nodded as she picked up her own rock. Then she held up her hand and counted down with her fingers. When the last one went down, the pair hit the door at the same time. Melody heard something break and Ghoulia pushed the door open and stepped through.
"No wonder zombies always can get in every place in the movies." She said her herself. Ghoulia looked at her and gave her a dirty look, groaning something that Melody was certain was insulting.
"You dare attack me and my friends." Cleo stated as she and Draculaura caught up with Samuel. He'd panicked, not expecting a goddess in with a bunch of monsters and ended up in a hallway with a blocked door. He'd turned and watched them. He'd heard her say she was worshiped as a goddess in Egypt, and that much have been true, how else could she control the vampire?
"I'll make you a deal, you give me the vampire and I'll let you all go." He tried to sound confident, but it was difficult. He'd never seen anything like that in all his extended years.
"Draculaura, you may eat now." She stated and pointed to Samuel. The vampire rushed towards him. He screamed and wet himself as she was about to bite him.
"Stop." Cleo commanded. Samuel could feel the fangs pressed against his neck.
"Please don't kill me." He begged.
"Really, you do not want to die. What happened to the tough guy?" She asked.
"Cleo, what are you doing?" Clawdeen asked after shifting into her usual form.
"I am teaching this child a lesson. One he obviously needs to learn." She smirked. "A little more pressure dear." She stated. Those fangs pressed hard, he could feel his heart pounding in his vein under them.
"You can't do this, not with Draculaura." Clawdeen whispered. "She wouldn't want this."
"I am aware of that, I just have not come up with a plan yet." Cleo whispered back. Clawdeen looked at her. "We do not have our iCoffins and I have no idea how to contact the police." Cleo wavered a little.
"Are you all right?" Clawdeen asked.
"I will be fine."
"He's possessed." Came Melody's voice from behind them.
"What?" Clawdeen asked. Cleo could see some fireworks in her eyes.
"He's possessed. Let me take care of this." She stated. Cleo nodded. She didn't know what Melody meant but at least someone had a idea. Still she needed to keep hold of the hunter, and she moved her hands in the air, making a cone shape. The sand formed around Samuel holding him in place.
"Draculaura, come back here." She stated. The vampire did as she was told. Melody stood next to Samuel. She took a few items out of her pockets and started a small ceremony. Suddenly he screamed as they saw a ghost form escape his body. The body itself started to crumble into dust with its natural age. The ghost form landed and became more solid shaped.
"Hiya Cleo." It said. Cleo's eyes went wide.
"Junior?"
"That's me, been a while, a few thousand years I think."
"Who is that?" Melody asked. She'd never had a spirit come out and talk after an exorcism.
"This is Junior, Anubus's idiot son."
"And Cleo's first boyfriend." He added.
"You were never my boyfriend. You followed me around more than Tut did."
"No woman has ever been as intriguing to me as you." Cleo found herself leaning against the wall.
"The idol you gave me, caused my hair to fall out."
"Well I did tell you there was a price to pay." He remarked.
"So this was all for my benefit was it?" She asked.
"Oh no, I got bored waiting for you to show up again, so I made a deal with that human in order to have some interesting fun. When he said he wanted to hunt down a vampire, I thought a few months, maybe a year. Hadn't expected it to be so long. Besides I figured being part of a monster hunter for a while would be amusing."
"Oh, so you think being part of someone who would kill me is interesting. A very good way for you to impress me, by Ra, you are still a fool." She stated then frowned. "How many monsters did he kill while you were part of him?' She asked. Her voice chilled Clawdeen. No one noticed that Cleo was slowly sliding down the wall she'd leaned against.
"Um, only a few dozen." He stated matter of factly. The expression on Cleo's face caused Junior to float back away from her.
"A few dozen. You helped him kill a few dozen!" She yelled as she got back up on her foot. Melody and Ghoulia both jumped. Clawdeen had never seen Cleo like this before, and it was such a far cry from the selfish, nearly evil girl she'd been friends with.
"Helped is a pretty strong word. I just extended his life, although I suppose my love for you did translate over to his fascination with you."
"Melody!" Cleo shouted. The woman jumped again at the tone in Cleo's voice.
"Yes." She asked a little uncertain not wanting to get involved in this spat.
"Exorcise him." She ordered.
"Yes Cleo." She stated and started her ceremony before she even realized what she was doing. Clawdeen shook her head. This Cleo, she was a leader, not like with the fearleading squad, but a true leader. She could see what it was about Cleo that would have made her a great Queen in ancient Egypt had she been around that long. Melody finished the ceremony and Junior vanished from sight.
"I'm not sure he's really gone or just left himself." She remarked.
"Either way is good." Cleo could no longer see more then shapes around her. "I think I am about to die." She spoke softly.
"No, you're not, you'll be fine." Clawdeen stated a little upset as she turned to look at the mummy and her eyes went wide. Cleo was again sliding down towards the floor, her top was coated in a layer of her blood. Ghoulia groaned something. Cleo smiled a moment. She knew there was something she needed to do before she passed on. "Draculaura, I command you to go to sleep and remain asleep until tomorrow night. With that the vampire girl went to sleep falling on the floor before anyone could catch her.
"Gahhhhh ahhhhh gahhhhh" Ghoulia groaned as Cleo opened her eyes. She lay in her bed sleeping on her side. In truth seeing Ghoulia this early in the morning and unexpectedly was a rather startling surprise.
"Ahhhh!" Was Cleo's response. Ghoulia laughed a little.
"I feel like I have just had the worst nightmare ever." She spoke once she recovered. She glanced up at the mirrored canopy of her bed and then screamed. "What happened to my Gem?"
"Gagahhhhh hhhhahhhhhh gahhhhhh."
"How did it break off? That's impossible. It is not supposed to come off until I become of age." She commented. Then Cleo remembered her nightmare, which brought to her the pain she was feeling her in ankle, which she noticed was in a cast. "It was all real, wasn't it?" She asked her voice hushed. Ghoulia nodded and Cleo rolled onto her back. "How did we get back here?"
Ghoulia groaned a detailed response. Every so often Cleo wished her best friend would just cut to the chase. So many other zombies barely strung three words together in a response, and Ghoulia was giving a Shakespearean soliloquy.
"I've been out for three days, really?" She paused as the zombie girl nodded, then she had to ask for a detail she'd left out. "So, what were Frankie, Lagoona and her mother doing there?" Ghoulia made a quick reply. "Her father was, really?" She smiled a moment. "Thank Ra, they showed up." Ghoulia smiled again and made a comment. "There is no way I called her sparky. I don't care how out of it I was, I would not call anyone sparky."
Ghoulia laughed again and groaned. Cleo looked at her unsure what to say, so for a change she remained quiet.
XXXX
Cleo went to the school for the first time since she'd released her powers two days after she woke up. She still hadn't seen Draculaura. In truth Ghoulia was the only one of her friends who would stop by. She noticed that Frankie was talking with Clawdeen near their lockers. She felt strangely nervous about going up to them, but she still needed her own supplies for class. She got close enough to hear Frankie speak before either of them saw her.
"See you later Claws." The golem girl commented as she started to walk away then she noticed Cleo. "Hey Wraps, glad to see you're back. Sorry, but I have to see the headless mistress before class.
"Wraps?" Cleo asked as she watched Frankie walk away.
"It's all your fault, you know. You just had to give her a nickname. Now she thinks all of us should have one." Clawdeen growled a little.
"I did not call her Sparky." Cleo was a little less sure of herself though. Clawdeen rolled her eyes.
"So what are you going to do now?" Clawdeen asked.
"What do you mean?"
"About Draculaura. She doesn't remember anything, so you can go ahead and act as if everything is normal."
"I still do not follow you."
"Look at my ears, they aren't just for show you know. I can hear very well."
"Oh, that." Cleo replied. She was just recovered, shouldn't even her frienamies still be nice to her.
"My brother finally told me the whole story behind your break up, after he realized how much I wanted to be friends with you again." Clawdeen groaned as she realized what she'd said.
"Oh, is that so?" Cleo asked. "You really want to be friends with me again. That's so sweet." She laid on a heavy layer of sarcasm. Clawdeen growled and grabbed Cleo's collar and pushed her against the locker. Cleo was momentarily stunned, and Clawdeen didn't seem to know what she wanted to say. Cleo spoke again. "I will miss our rivalry." Clawdeen blinked and let her go.
"You mean it?"
"Of course I do. You did start the feud after all, and since you've now given up, I'm more than willing to accept your surrender." Clawdeen's eye twitched.
"My surrender?"
"Accepted. Thank you very much." Cleo gave her a quick hug and started to walk away. Clawdeen stood there with her mouth hanging open, trying to figure out how the hell did Cleo get the better of her. Then she yelled something.
"I hope you do the right thing, for both of your sakes! I've seen how you are together. Don't let your pride ruin it." Cleo froze a moment, then started to walk again. It was truly out of her character, but she raised her hand to make a vulgar gesture at the werewolf. What was she going to do?
"Deuce, can we talk?" Cleo asked after school, as she caught him before basketball practice.
"Sure Cleo, lets talk." He remarked and pulled her off to the side.
"I have been thinking about us a lot lately."
"I know you have." He smirked
"Oh?" She asked.
"I saw what happened at Clawdeen's party." He admitted. Cleo felt her knees go weak and she nearly collapsed but Deuce caught her. "I admit I was hoping for an offer to join you two, but that never came." He grinned.
"You pervert." She remarked.
"Hey, two hotties like you and her, hell yes I am." Cleo laughed as did Deuce. "But I've seen the way you've looked at her at school. It far more intense than you have ever looked at me. I figured you would want to break up soon."
"I am sorry." Cleo sniffled a little.
"Hey that's okay. At least I know you're breaking up with me before you know how things will go, sort of like what happened with Clawd." He smiled a little though he was obviously upset about the conversation. "I know you're not willing to cheat on me, just like you weren't willing to cheat on Clawd. Although I was a sure thing back then, but I can see in your eyes that this isn't."
"When did you become so observant."
"Right after I saw you and Draculaura make out at Clawdeen's party and had the new girl hit on me."
"The new girl what?!" Cleo exclaimed.
"She's a great casketball player too, so you don't need to worry. I already have a plan 'b'." He smiled.
"Jerk." She stated. She felt a bit hurt, not that she didn't deserve it, but still, he didn't have to come right out and say he knew who he would date next.
"Hey, but don't worry, if things don't work out with you two, I'm more than willing to allow myself to be shared by you and Abbey." He added. "Especially at the same time." Cleo punched him. Unfortunately for Cleo had caused his glasses to fall off and turn her to stone, for the entire night. She woke up in the infirmary, having missed her chance to catch Draculaura during the night classes. At least the nurse was nice enough cleaned off all the marker from Cleo before she reverted back to normal.
"You must be one of the unluckiest people I know." Clawdeen remarked as she walked with Cleo and Ghoulia. It was already Friday night and they were going to the coffee house again. Cleo couldn't help but stare at the green color Clawdeen had sprayed in her hair, not to mention how short she'd cut it. Then again, the girl's hair would grow back to normal in a few days.
"Gahhhhhh." Ghoulia added.
"Well that is the main reason I am coming here today." Cleo grumbled. "I still have not had a chance to speak to her since that day." Ghoulia petted her on the back of her head. Once they were inside they sat in their usual spot. Clawdeen and Ghoulia left her alone as they went to put Ghoulia's guitar near the stage. Cleo sighed.
"Miss me?" Draculaura asked as she snuck up behind the mummy girl. She was wearing her punk clothes again, but she left her hair natural. Her skin was a pale white instead of pastel pink.
"Are you all right?" Cleo asked her,
"Other then having to sleep during the day again and stay out of sunlight, sure, I'm great."
"Oh." Cleo remarked.
"I have something I need to tell you."
"No, wait, I have something I need to tell you first." Cleo interrupted.
"No, seriously Cleo, Let me talk." Cleo put her finger to Draculaura's lips and shook her head.
"I have read too many stories not to realize how this will end if you talk first. You are going to say something that kills off what I need to say, before I say it, and I am not going to let you." Draculaura's eyes widened a moment.
"I have been thinking about what you said, or what we have said, and even though you do not remember anything, I wanted to let you know, that now without my gem in my cheek, I will not longer age. I will look like this forever, just like you." Draculaura looked confused and Cleo felt flustered. It was all going wrong. "I just wanted to say, again what I said when I thought we were all going to die. Draculaura, I love you."
"Oh, um Cleo, that's um surprising." She remarked. Cleo felt that the girl wasn't all that excited about it.
"So what did you have to say?" Cleo asked a little upset. Draculaura looked at her a moment.
"That I was going to sing a song up there with you and Ghoulia. That's all.
"Oh." Cleo blushed and looked away.
"In fact it looks like they are ready for us."
"But what about..."
"It's not big deal, don't worry about it. Let's go now." She grabbed Cleo's arm and dragged her up to the stage with Ghoulia. Cleo looked around but she didn't see where Clawdeen went. She wondered if they were about to loose their table. She wanted to think about anything to keep from reflecting on Draculaura's obvious rejection of her love. She just wanted to go home and cry into her pillow, and then break things. Breaking things always made her feel better.
"Tonight we have a real treat, a duet between Cleo and Laura." The announcer said.
"A duet, what duet?" Cleo asked in a panic.
"Don't worry, you know the song." Draculaura commented. Then she heard the music start. First Ghoulia, but then she heard a keyboard as well as a set of drum keeping the beat. The song was a little faster then normal but she knew it all right. It was from one of her favorite movies, but still why did Draculaura want to sing "A Whole New World" with her and what part was she suppose to sing? That question was answered as Draculaura started to sing Aladdin's part of the song.
Cleo realized she had been snookered as soon as she heard the way Draculaura said the word princess to her, especially with the grin and the wink she did. *That bitch.* Cleo thought. *She remembers everything.*. Not willing to let that get to her, Cleo went right into Jasmine's part when the time came. With Cleo's foot still in the cast, she didn't move around much, but the vampire certainly did. Making motions that went with the song, even gently holding Cleo's eyes open at the right moment.
If there was any question to why Draculaura had picked that song, it was certainly made clear when they were holding the final note, and Draculaura leaned up and kissed Cleo deeply on the lips. Cleo heard some cheering and felt a shock go through her as the kiss went on, then another one. She realized she was really getting shocked. She pulled away to notice the curtain behind them had opened and there was Frankie Stein behind a keyboard, throwing sparks as she clapped, and Clawdeen sitting behind a drum set, also clapping. Draculaura took the moment to sneak back and grab her bass from next to Frankie.
Cleo blushed deep and looked back at the patrons of the cafe who seemed more excited then she'd ever seen them. She knew it was likely because of the lesbian scene they'd just witnessed. She was certain a few of them would go be perverts at home thinking about it, probably with socks. She looked at her ghoul friends again and smiled.
"Thank you from us. On bass is Fangs. Drums we have Claws, keyboard would be Sparks, guitar is played by Brains, and I'm Wraps, and together we are..." Cleo paused a moment, in what seemed to be for dramatic effect, but was really an "oh shit" moment as she had no idea where she was going with it. She remembered the fearleading practice song and smiled. "DROP DEAD GORGEOUS." The girls started to play another song while Cleo sung with Draculaura as back up.
The end.
Notes:
I cut this off the end of the story. It felt awkward to me.
"Hey Clawdeen, did you notice Cleo sounds just like the girl on the tape we listen to during fearleading practice." Frankie whispered between songs. Clawdeen slapped herself in the face. Why hadn't she noticed that the first time. She frowned and just after she mentioned how good her ears were too. She never noticed that Cleo sung their theme song.
Melody, at least the name, did come from the Novels, which I do enjoy. Obviously she's not an exorcist in the novels.
I do feel like I lost it a little in there. I had some scenes in mind, which were good, but connecting them together ended up being a little more difficult then I had realized. I hope you've enjoyed this. I'd love to hear from you all.
So, ever since Draculaura came out something on her bio bothered me, and when I started this story and was looking up something else, I realized what it was. She was too old to be Vlad the Impaler's daughter. So I thought I'd try to explain it. That's mostly where part 2 came from.
I also realized I had forgotten to put in my history for Cleo in the secret lives of monsters chapter and I really wanted to get it in there, so I added it to the beginning of Drop Dead Gorgeous.
I do have a bonus story in mind that I'm working on, as well as a second bonus that just popped into my head, but the main story is pretty much over.
My notes are really sporadic this time around.
