Shaggy had to laugh at Dracula's insistence that he broaden Christina's movie selection. He ordered that he find "a show that people her age might watch". So, he'd browsed Netflix and Hulu for something before consulting Sugie on the matter.

"Why don't you find her musicals that aren't Disney-related?"

"I think the music is the problem. Like, it drives Dracula nuts apparently,"

"Well, show her some different ones anyway. Also, she seems to like stories about your mysteries so find a crime drama or something,"

"And expose her to things like murder? Like, have you lost your mind?"

"Start with something easy,"

"Like what?"

"Riverdale."

"Okay, fine,"

…...

A few weeks had gone by since Toralei had started picking on Christina and it was steadily getting worse. Toralei only messed with Christina when no one was around to witness it and it was causing Christina even greater emotional distress. Currently, Christina was trapped in a dark locker with no one to rescue her. They didn't even know she was there. It was far to small for her to move, she didn't have her ICoffin with her because Toralei had taken it. And she wouldn't risk using her magic to get herself out so, she was stuck. Christina closed her eyes and willed the tears to go away but to no avail. She bitterly laughed when she recalled Disney Princesses singing songs right before they were rescued. Why couldn't that be the case here?

"No one's coming to rescue you, Freak," Toralei had said.

And yet, Christina found herself singing quietly to herself.

That's not my name!

Doesn't anybody ever get it right,
Christina,
When'll they remember I am Christina Dracula?
Christina,
Is it any harder so say then;
total spastic, and weirdo and dumb freak

Doesn't anybody think that I can hear?
I hear!
'Specially when I've got them screaming in my ear,
I hear!
Every day they mock me and push me around,
'Til I drop
If I had a wish, Gosh, I wish they'd stop

Sometimes their hatred is out of control,
Gosh, how they hurt me.
Since when is suffering is good for the soul,
Oh, they hurt me
And if I could, I'd bring them all,
Down to their knees!
I'd make them sorry forever for teasing Christina
Christina, Christina!

I will not cry,
I am okay,
I try so hard to play their way.
Why do they find it so hard to say
Christina?
Why do they always treat me so bad,
They all know my name?
It's Christina!
I don't know why they all get so mad,
It's always the same!

What's going on deep in me,
All of these feelings suddenly?
If I am changing, will I still be;
Christina?
Or what if I am somebody new?
Imagine, the things I might do!

I might take a chance,
I've always wondered how
Or maybe I'll dance
And try hard to laugh more than I do now.

Finally, I'd hear that word,
Sounding so sweet!
Thousands of voices forever repeating: Christina,
Christina, Christina!

I am the sound of distant thunder,
That color, that flame!
I'm Christina!
I am a song of endless wonder,
That no one will claim.
But someday, oh my, someday!
Someone will know my name!

Christina counted as pure coincidence that Shaggy found her just then along with Draculaura. Christina was soon free from the locker and clinging to Shaggy for support since her legs had turned into jello.

"What happened?" Draculaura asked.

"I don't want to speak of it," Christina growled out, eyes burning with intense anger to the point they were red instead of brown.

"You need to-" Draculaura started only to be cut off by Christina.

"I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!"

Draculaura was startled. No one had seen Christina get angry. Terribly upset and full of sadness and pain? Yes. Angry to the point of red eyes and extended fangs? No, this was a new thing. It startled Shaggy, Draculaura, and Scooby who fainted. When Christina realized this she took off, darting into the catacombs and not stopping until she ran into a wall. She quickly scrambled to her feet and turned the wall into a hidden room which she took cover in.

Christina discarded her jacket right before her wings burst into flames. Roaring black and purple with an intense heat that made Christina shudder. She had learned early on in life how to hide, how to keep all of her unpleasant emotions bottled up. Those emotions were only ever let out around her mother or Raven and Cerise who'd both had their share of magical outbursts.

Christina crumbled to the floor as the flames extinguished. She burst into molten hot tear that cascaded freely down her face and formed a puddle on the stone floor. All those times she'd choked it down, they were all for nothing. Christina curled in on herself as she sobbed and lamented her woes. Why was life so cruel to her?

I'm sorry
But I'm just a girl not usually the kind to show my heart to the world
I'm pretty good at keeping it together
I hold my composure for worse or for better
So I apologize
If you don't like what you see
But sometimes my emotions get the best of me
And falling apart is as human as it gets
You can't hide it, you can't fight what the truth is

You can pretty lie
And say it's okay
You can pretty smile
And just walk away
Pretty much fake your way through anything
But you can't cry pretty

Oh no, you can't dress it up in lace or rhinestones
Don't matter if you're in a crowd or home all alone
Yeah, it's all the same when you're looking in the mirror
A picture of pain
So let it flow like a river

You can pretty lie
And say it's okay
You can pretty smile
And just walk away
Pretty much fake your way through anything
But you can't cry pretty

You can't turn off the flood when the dam breaks
When all your mascara is going to waste
When things get ugly you just gotta face
That you can't cry pretty
Oh, no, you can't...

You can't turn off the flood when the dam breaks
When all your mascara is going to waste
When things get ugly you just gotta face
That you can't cry pretty...
No, you can't cry
No, you can't cry
No no no...
You can't cry
You can't cry pretty

No, you can't cry pretty...

Her friends would probably run away now just like Toralei had said they would. She would be alone again, all alone with no one to talk to.

She was alone.

Okay, that's the end of this chapter. How did an altered version of the song Carrie and Carrie Underwood's Cry Pretty end up in this chapter? Truthfully, it just kind of happened and I just went with it. Oh, well, I thought it fit well with the chapter. Maybe Christina is more like a Disney Princess than she would care to admit. Now, I ask: What do you think will happen next? Remember to Review and let me know your thoughts because it makes my day.