Kudos to the people who reviewed last chapter :D
We are now at the University! ^-^
Now I don't exactly know the personality of Mr. Knight and Dean Hardscrabble. Plus the entire campus of MU. So if Mr. Knight or Hardscrabble are OOC, or something about the campus is wrong, try to ignore it ^-^
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I do NOT own Monsters Inc or University T-T
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Mary watched the towering buildings of Monstropolis disappear in the distance before getting replaced by more, urban homes. For a split second it felt like she entered another town, but surprisingly they were still in Monstropolis. Although she's been to this neighborhood before, but they were taking a different road. One that led to the University. Rows upon rows of trees passed by. Standing out amongst the houses that surrounded them with their bright green leaves. Soon a perfect row of trees replaced where houses would've been. Mary peeked closer and a large grin appeared on her face when the roofs of buildings came into view.
Randall slowed the car down just as they arrived to the front gate. Randall parked the car and the trio eagerly got out. Sulley, Mary, and Randall looked up at the gate entrance. For Sulley and Randall, it brought back memories of when they first arrived to the University as freshman. The excitement and eagerness that ran through their blood when they first stepped through the gate. What mysterious and secrets that were in store for them in the future. Some seeked greatness. Others yearned for pride for their family's name.
When Randall first arrived, he aimed to become a great scarer like his grandfather. Sulley came here because his father had inspired him to become a scarer. Mike came because it was his dream to become a scarer.
"It feels odd. Doesn't it?" Randall said, still standing in front of the entrance. Sulley couldn't help but nod in agreement.
"Sure dose." Sulley replied.
Mary, who was silent the entire time, grinned before tugging on their arms separately. "Well come on! I wanna see the campus!" she yelled excitedly before running in ahead of them.
"Mary! Wait up!" Randall chuckled before running after her.
"I'm not that young any more, you know!" Sulley added before running after them as well.
Mary stopped and couldn't help but smile when they approached her while panting. Sulley was panting the hardest, due to his broad body. He wasn't use to running anymore. Randall, who was slim and slender, didn't have much trouble.
"Don't...run off...like that...again..." Sulley panted.
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"It feels empty." Mary said as they explored the campus. For safety reasons, they decided not to go into any buildings. This made Mary a little upset, but she was too amazed by the many different buildings too stay upset forever. She then noticed something in the river that ran across the campus. "What's that?" she asked, pointing at it.
Randall fixed his glasses a bit to get a better look before replying. "That would be the... School of Underwater Studies, I believe." he said.
Mary spun around and gave Randall an awestruck look. "Your joking." she said, "A underwater school?"
Randall nodded.
"Dude! That is totally legit!" Mary chuckled before looking back at the area. This place was VERY different then the campus she would be going to.
The trio then continued on and crossed a bridge called the Troll Bridge. Mary had actually joked about it by asking Sulley and Randall if there was a troll living under the bridge as they crossed it. Of course, they said no. Once they crossed it Mary ran ahead a bit before stopping.
"Is that the clock tower?" she asked, pointing at a tall brick building ahead of them."
"Yep." Sulley replied.
"Dude! That is so cool!" Mary chuckled. The campus she was going to didn't have a clock tower because it was damaged during a storm a few years back.
"Ain't it a beauty?" Sulley added, gazing up at the old tower as well.
"That clock would ring everyday before and after class." Randall said, gazing up at the tower as well.
The trio were silent as they stared at the tower briefly. Randall and Sulley allowed memories of their university days to come rushing in. When hearing that clock tower would've been part of their daily life here. Soon the trio continued on, stopping once in a while to look at various buildings. Partially because of memories, and partly because of Mary's curiosity.
"Is that the dorm?" Mary asked when they approached a small looking building.
"Oh yeah!" Randall said happily. Fond memories of his time in the dormitory suddenly came rushing back. When he first learned that he would have a roommate who was a major in scaring too. This made him excited. It was then that he met Mike Wazowski. And how their friendship started.
Sulley laughed. "I remember a wild party that was held here." he said.
"Isn't that when you used Mike as a disco ball?" Randall asked.
"Yep! And boy, did we make a mess." Sulley said before adding another laugh.
"So that explains all the noise." Randall muttered.
Mary giggled. The trio went on through the campus before stopping at a different building.
"I assume this is the library?" Mary asked.
"You catch on quickly." Randall said with a smirk.
"Can we go inside?" Mary asked eagerly, almost begging. Randall and Sulley exchanged nervous expressions. Maybe it wouldn't hurt just to go into one building. And besides, it's a public building anyway.
"Try not to make too much noise." Randall said.
"YIPEE!" Mary cried happily before running up the steps.
"Oh, no, not again!" Sulley groaned before running after her with Randall.
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Mary couldn't describe the awe that was running in her once she got inside. During her entire eighteen years of life, she has never seen so many books in one place. Shelves upon shelves were stocked with seemingly endless rows of books.
"O. M. G." Mary said slowly.
"I just hope that librarian isn't here." Sulley muttered to Randall, who snickered in reply.
"Did you guys actually come here?" she asked.
"Not often. But sometimes." Randall said.
"This place is huge!" she whispered in awe.
"Hey! Maybe Mr. Knight is around." Sulley said.
"Mr. Who?" Mary asked.
"He's our old scaring teacher. Randall said, "Really nice guy. Perhaps it would be nice to see him again."
Mary grinned excitedly. "Then let's meet him then!" she said.
"Now hold on." Sulley said, "Before you run off again, I don't know for sure if he's even still here. He could've retired by now. Or at home."
"Let's find out then. If he's not here, it would be nice to see the classroom again." Randall said, crossing his arms.
Sulley nodded. The trio then left the library and made their way to the building. By now it was early afternoon because they left early just to get here before heading to the barbeque. The room inside reminded Mary of the colosseum. Or the inside.
"Wow." she drawled softly, allowing her eyes to wander around the room. She was fascinated by the design of the interior. In the center of the room was a single chalkboard. Surprised that they still used chalkboards.
"Brings back memories, doesn't it?" Sulley said as he looked around the room fondly. It felt so different without all of the students around. To think that nothing has changed over the years.
Randall smiled when he spotted the seats he and Mike had used on their first day. How Mike encouraged him and told him that he was going to do fine. Those were the good times. He just wished Mike was here as well.
"Excuse me." a gruff voice suddenly spoke.
The trio turned around to see an elderly, hunched back, dinosaur like monster wearing spectacles. He wore a white shirt and had dark orange scales due to his age. He squinted his eyes, as though some form of recognition was popping up in his head. Or two of them at least. "What are you doing here? Campus is closed for the summer." he said.
"Mr. Knight?" Sulley asked.
The elderly monster peered a bit closer before his eyes suddenly widened. "James?" he asked, "Randy? Is that really you?"
"In the flesh!" Sulley chuckled.
"I don't believe." Knight chuckled exchanging hugs with Sulley and Randall. "Who would have guessed that my best student would become CEO of Monsters, Incorporated." he said.
"I couldn't believe it myself until it happened." Sulley laughed.
Knight then turned to Randall. "Wearing your glasses again, I see." he chuckled, fixing his spectacles.
Randall chuckled as well. "I didn't need my powers as much." he said. Knight laughed before turning to Mary, whom he didn't recognize.
"And who might this be?" he asked, squinting at her.
"I'm Mary. Mary Gibbs." Mary replied with a smile.
"Ahhhh, I remember reading something about you in the paper fifteen years back." Knight chuckled.
Mary giggled. "Yeah." she said.
"And where's Mr. Wazowski?" Knight then asked.
"He...couldn't make it." Sulley replied.
"He had plans." Randall added.
"Ah." Knight nodded, "So what brings you three to MU?"
"We were on our way to a friend's barbeque and decided to stop by and give Mary here a tour." Sulley said, wrapping his large arm around her and shaking her gently. Mary giggled.
"Gal's going to college." Randall added.
"Really now?" Knight said.
"This fall." Mary said.
"Freshman?" Knight asked.
"Yep." Mary chuckled.
Knight let out a laugh. "That's good to hear. What are you going for?" he asked.
"Um...I'm hoping to become a photograph." Mary replied, putting one of her bangs behind her ear.
Knight smiled. "Photography is always a good job idea for young women such as yourself." he said.
Mary giggled. This guy reminded her of her history teacher.
"Is anyone else here besides you?" Sulley asked.
"Hmmm." Knight tapped his chin, "I believe Miss Hardscrabble is on campus as well."
"Oh. How is she?" Sulley then asked.
Knight shrugged. "Doing alright I guess. Stern like usual." he added with a chuckle.
Sulley and Randall chuckled as well. Yep, that sounds like Hardscrabble alright.
"Well, it's been great talking with you again." Sulley said.
Knight chuckled. "Same here." he said before they exchanged hugs.
After a friendly goodbye, the trio left the building.
"He seems nice." Mary said.
Randall scoffed, "You think so? You should see him when he's angry."
"He's not that bad when's he's angry." Sulley said as they walked down a road to the amphitheatre.
So far Mary was having a good time exploring the campus with her friends. They had so many things that the campus she was going to didn't have. Although the campus she was going to wasn't all that fancy. Her jaw literally dropped open in awe at the size of the field. It was like their own football stadium. Just...huge!
"Is this where most of the Scare Games were held at?" Mary asked.
"Some of them." Randall replied, looking around the empty stadium. Just then a bitter memory of the final game curled its ugly face in his head. He could remember the last words he said before getting the life beaten out of him.
That's the last time I lose to you, Sullivan...
And then he got his butt whooped. Bad. Until he literally started to cough up blood. That's when his bitterness towards Sulley and Mike grew. But then he met Mary. And then everything changed after that. His life got better. But there was still one thing. Well...two things actually. One was his scar, which would be a grim reminder of how close he was to death. And there was...Johnny. That monster had done things to him that would forever be etched in his memories.
"Randy?" Mary suddenly asked after she noticed him zoning out.
Randall immediately snapped out of it and looked over to her. "Yeah?" he asked.
"You zoned out for a bit." she said, "Is everything alright?"
Randall smiled and bobbed his head. "Yeah I'm fine. Just...taking a journey down memory lane." he said with a soft chuckle.
Mary giggled. But Sulley wasn't so sure. Something was troubling the lizard. But now wasn't the time to ask him what's wrong. He didn't want to worry Mary. Just then Mary jumped back a bit when a shadow suddenly swooped by. "What was that?!" she gasped.
The shadow suddenly swooped by again, except this time it seemed closer. Mary immediately ran into the safety of Randall's arms. Randall held her close, but he knew who. He could recognize that shadow and those wings anywhere. Sulley and Randall watched the figure suddenly land gracefully a few feet from them, her dragon wings spread out to its fullest before folding down. Her copper colored skin glittered slightly under the sunlight.
"Its been a while, hasn't it boys?" she said, slowly raising her head to face them.
For a split second, Sulley could've sworn he felt his heart skip a beat. Dean looked as though she hasn't aged a bit. There was something about her he didn't notice when he went to school here. Even though he was a reckless teen. But as an adult now, he started thinking differently. Yes. Something about Dean Hardscrabble made his heart skip a beat.
"It's good to see you two again." Dean said, a hint of a smile present on her lips.
That smile, Sulley thought.
"It's, uh...good to see you too Miss Hardscrabble." Randall said, rubbing Mary's back gently. Randall couldn't believe he just said that.
Dean nodded before she turned her attention to Sulley, who was trembling slightly. "Mr. Sullivan." she said, nodding her head slightly.
Sulley opened his mouth slightly, but no words came out. Instead he managed to smile sheepishly and nodding his head back.
"Is something...the matter, James?" she asked.
"S-sorry." he managed to say, "I-it's a little chilly in here." Sulley prayed she'd buy it.
"Hm. Last time I checked it was 90 degrees out." Dean said, tapping her chin before shrugging. "First I can't trust the mail man and now I can't trust the weather man." she muttered to herself.
Mary slowly turned her head and blinked once she saw Dean. Her fear was immediately replaced by a sense of curiosity and wonder. Randall released her and watched her take a few steps towards Dean, who tensed slightly at seeing her. She's heard about the events that occurred fifteen years earlier regarding her.
"Look at you," Mary said, "your amazing."
A surprised expression appeared on Dean's face. No one ever told her she looked amazing. Her scaring skills were amazing, but being called amazing as a compliment? This was a first. She managed to hide the prideful feeling inside her by clearing her throat.
"Yes, well, thank you." She said in her usual, stern monotone.
Sulley couldn't help but admire the accent the Dean had in her voice. He found it...soothing.
"What brings you three to Monsters University?" Dean asked.
Randall stroked his fronds a bit. "Long story short, we were going to a friend's barbecue and we decided to stop by due to Mary's curiosity." Randall said.
"Mary?" Dean repeated before she turned her attention back to Mary. "Your name is Mary?" she asked.
Mary nodded. "Yes. Mary Gibbs." she said, trying to sound as respectful as possible.
A small smile appeared on the Dean's lips, causing Sulley to shiver a bit. "I see. Nice name." she said.
Mary blushed slightly. "Thanks." she said, giggling a bit.
Soon Randall, Mary, and Dean exchanged in a friendly game of "catch-up" while Sulley stood silently where he was. His eyes were resting on Dean the entire time. There was just something about her that caught his attention. A half hour later, their conversation was over and they bid farewell to one another before going their separate ways. Sulley finally exhaled once they got back in the car, which was now warm.
"What's wrong with you?" Randall asked after buckling up.
"What? Oh. It's nothing." Sulley said with a smile.
Mary and Randall exchanged small smirks.
"If you say so." Randall said before starting the car.
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Long...chapter o_o
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Anyway, I hoped you guys liked it. Sorry if Dean was a little OOC or any grammar mistakes.
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