Hello, everyone! I know it's been a while since I updated and you all are really ready to see more Clawdelei, so I've come to grant your wish! Toralei decides to try once more at pranking Clawdeen. Will she succeed? You guys tell me!
Tuesday dawned just as bright as Monday for Toralei. She was excited that a week from now she was going to be going on another date with Sebastian. She wondered where he would be taking her that would allow for him to take her out during the week. Meowlody and Purrsephone had breakfast on the table by the time she came down and Toralei thanked them before digging in. The twins chatted idly about homework and different assignments due at school while Toralei simply ate, not paying much attention to them. She was not really too interested in school, anyway; she just did the work so that she could get out faster.
Glancing to the time, she swallowed her last bite and set her dish in the sink before turning to the twins. "Come on, ghouls, we gotta go." She told them, grabbing up her bag. "Don't want to get there late and miss all the meat ready for picking."
The twins laughed at the phrase Toralei used to describe the weaker monsters they taunted. Hitching their backpacks on their backs, the three werecats made their way along the streets and arrived at Monster High at their usual time, making their way to their lockers as the monsters around them attempted to make themselves as small as possible.
The trio quickly dropped off their bags and retrieved the right bags before looking around for their prey. Toralei's experienced eyes surveyed the area carefully, wondering who would be good for picking. A rat-monster with oversized ears was scurrying nearby and the orange fashionista decided that she was feeling flexible. Rats are usually as fierce as cats, so this should be quite the fun little challenge.
Sauntering over to the little monster, Toralei stood behind him and used her claws to finger his tail. "Quite the little trap you have here, little guy." She purred, making the rat-monster jump and face her with a hiss. "It would be terrible if someone with large claws just came along and… snip snip."
Before the little monster could reply, Toralei heard the foreboding click of heels right before the voice belonging to the bane of her existence. "Yes, it would be terrible if that happened to you, Reggie. But don't worry, Stripe's claws aren't big or bad enough to do it."
"How would you know, Wolf?" Toralei growled, rounding on the brown-furred fashionista. "After all, I still have yet to sink them into you."
"Ah, but Stripe, you're still a little kitty." Clawdeen snickered, coming to a stop a pace or two away from the orange werecat. "Everyone knows that kittens only act big and bad until their claws grow in. Poor little puffball that you are, yours haven't come in yet."
Toralei bared her teeth and growled, "But my teeth have. And they're just purrfect for ripping fur from its owner. Wanna take me for a spin, Wolf?"
"Ah, ah, Stripe." Clawdeen laughed. "Careful there. After all, I'm certain Sebastian wouldn't like it if I were to take you for a spin while you're dating him. He gets quite possessive."
Toralei huffed. "Well, it's your fault for bringing my claws into it, Wolf. It seems you're nothing more than a pup, puffing your chest out to make yourself seem bigger than you are."
"At least I'm not an itty newborn, Stripe." The werewolf smirked. "I can walk on my own without help. You still need the lackeys to take you places and protect you."
"I don't have them with me all the time, Wolf." Now it was Toralei's turn to smirk as she crossed her arms at the brunette. "They aren't with me right now."
"Yeah, no one is." Clawdeen's eyes sparkled as Toralei looked around and noticed the halls were nearly empty. "See you in class, kitten." With that, she strode in the direction of their first class. Toralei grit her teeth as she stormed after the werewolf, the both of them arriving just as the bell rang and taking their seats. The pair received odd looks from their friends, but none of the other monsters dared say anything about the two of them coming in together.
Toralei plopped down at her seat and folded her arms across her chest, her bottom lip poking out in a pout as she glared at the wall opposite her. Meowlody and Purrsephone shared a glance before each beginning to pass notes between themselves about what could have happened. Toralei ignored their silent communication, preferring to seethe in her own anger and plan another way to get back at Clawdeen.
What weaknesses do werewolves have? She asked herself. Hair, fangs… the full moon!
Remembering what happened back at the Talon Show, Toralei chuckled, both at Cleo's failure and at the thought of being able to play another joke on Clawdeen. This time, the big bad wolf wouldn't get away. Toralei just needed to time it right.
A few days passed as Toralei got her plan together and the orange werecat was ready to pull her fur out. She had been cornered at every opportunity by Clawdeen, the werewolf unrelenting in the taunting and mocking of any of her cat-like aspects. She would tease Toralei about her claws, her fangs, her ears, her tail… everything that made the werecat a werecat. Worse still, she constantly proclaimed herself to be the Big Bad Wolf and Toralei the Itty Bitty Werekitty, the nicknames not yet having stuck only because Toralei had managed to successfully intimidate anyone thinking of using them.
It was beginning to wear on her psyche, but Toralei was ready for payback.
As Friday dawned cloudy and somewhat dreary, Toralei knew that it was the perfect day to set her plan into motion. Strolling down the stairs, the orange werecat fixed herself a bowl of cereal with a small smirk on her lips. Purrsephone and Meowlody took notice immediately and instantly knew that their sister and leader was planning something.
"What's up, Tor?" Purrsephone asked, curious to know what scheme Toralei had cooked up.
"Oh nothing." Toralei chuckled, sauntering to the table and beginning to eat. "I'm just going to show Wolf what happens to people who irritate me."
"You've got another prank planned for Clawdeen?" Meowlody perked up.
"Yeah." The orange cat beamed. "But I need you two to stay out of the hallways near the end of lunch."
"What?" Purrsephone perked up at that. "Why? I wanna see what you've got planning."
"Sorry, Steph." Toralei shrugged. "But you might get caught in it if you stay in the halls."
The twins pouted as they finished their breakfast and headed for school. As they entered, Toralei took notice of the curtains hanging around and nodded. Her set pieces were in place, which means so long as the students assigned to helping her did as they were supposed to, the plan would go off without a hitch. Wolf is going to regret crossing me. The werecat snickered to herself.
"Well, well." A voice chirped behind her. "Look who we have here. How's the Itty Bitty Werekitty doing today, Stripe?"
"I'm purrfect, Wolf." Toralei sneered, turning to face the brown-furred fashionista. "After all, at least I know for certain that I didn't attract fleas on the way to school this morning."
There were a few catcalls from the crowd that had begun to appear every time they had their little disputes now. Clawdeen smirked and replied, "Of course you can't attract fleas, Stripe. Fleas enjoy hiding in fur; they wouldn't want a hairless cat to hop on when they have the luxury of digging into me instead."
"And if I decided to join them in digging into you, Wolf?" Toralei huffed, green eyes narrowing.
"I thought we went over this, Stripe." Clawdeen snickered. "You're already taken. If you keep propositioning me, the student body is going to get the wrong idea. Of course, if ever you still want me to take you for a spin-."
"Not on your life, Wolf!" Toralei snapped.
"Aw, little kitten wants to bare her fangs." Clawdeen teased, yellow eyes narrowing with mirth.
"At least my fangs are cute." Toralei snickered.
"Because they're too tiny to see at first glance."
"Mine are shiny."
"Because you're a newborn and haven't taken them out to hunt."
"Mine are sharp." Toralei grit her teeth in frustration as Clawdeen gave comeback after comeback without fail.
Yellow eyes glinted as their owner smirked, "Not sharp enough. How do you expect to tear into some meat if you haven't even used those shiny new fangs to practice?"
"Why don't I tear into you as practice?" Toralei huffed, realizing her mistake too late.
"Stripe!" Clawdeen laughed, leaning against a locker and cocking her hips. "I like to be romanced before taken to bed."
Toralei's eyes narrowed to slits, but before she could retort, the bell for classes rang. Deciding to get one last dig in, she spat, "At least I can romance, someone. A dog like you wouldn't stand a chance on a date."
Clawdeen simply smirked and swished her tail as she sauntered to class, her laughter ringing in Toralei's ears as the werecat followed. Once again, their friends gave them odd looks, as they had been all week, for coming in together. Purrsephone and Meowlody cocked their heads at Toralei, but their sister simply plopped into her seat and crossed her arms. "I can't wait until lunch." The orange werecat snarled under her breath so that only her sisters could hear.
Purrsephone patted her shoulder as Meowlody nuzzled her arm before the pair focused on class, Toralei being too riled up to focus on anything but her rage. The day passed without too much more incident. Clawdeen cornered Toralei between the next class and during lunch as well, but the werecat paid her no mind the second time as lunchtime was when she would get some vengeance.
Everything had been set up. Students were beginning to spill intot he halls in order to get to classes a little early. Toralei waited until the halls were sufficiently full before motioning to the students she had on standby. The students all nodded in the affirmative and let loose the curtains that had been hanging in the hallways all morning.
Toralei watched as the curtains fell and all of the spotlights were revealed. It had taken quite a bit to get the theatre students to help her set them up, but it was worth it to see all of the werewolves currently in the hallway suddenly freeze in their tracks.
They weren't the only ones either. Every person in the hall had frozen, either with fear of the werewolves or shock at the spotlights around them. Suddenly, several howls resounded throughout the hallways and Toralei pumped a fist in the air, keeping her shades tight on her eyes so as not to become affected by the lights as well. She was going to sit back and enjoy this. Every monster affected by the full moon, even the vampires, lost their inhibitions and went rampaging throughout the halls. Toralei had told her sisters to stay out of the hallways so that they didn't get caught in the prank, but now she wished they could be here with her to celebrate her victory.
Green eyes surveyed the area, wondering where the main attraction was. Being the alpha wolf of the school, Clawdeen was bound to be in the thick of things, but there was no sign of the other fashionista, not even a single gold-flecked hair. Staring around, Toralei shrugged and motioned to the theatre students to cover the spotlights once more. The crew nodded to her in gratitude and began transporting the large stage pieces back to the auditorium. Sighing at not being able to completely enjoy her revenge, Toralei made her way to her next class, raising her sunglasses on her head as she did in order to avoid suspicion.
As she entered the classroom, the orange werecat stopped in her tracks. There was the very person she had been hoping to see, but she was surrounded by her friends and chatting as if everything was normal. Green eyes narrowed furiously as Toralei realized what must have happened. She got to class before the curtains fell. The werecat inwardly huffed, storming to her seat to sit between her two sisters.
"She was here the whole time?" Toralei asked softly.
"Yeah, we tried texting you, but we haven't figured out how to get around the school's tower block yet." Meowlody replied sheepishly.
"And we didn't know how long it would be before it was safe to go out." Purrsephone sighed.
"So, the plan worked, the revenge didn't." Toralei huffed, crossing her arms and sinking into her chair.
"We're sorry it didn't work out, Tor." Purrsephone mewed, tail flicking slightly.
"It's fine." Her leader groaned, laying her head on the table. "It was still fun watching the weres and vamps and other creatures who use the moon to gain full power. They were a bunch of animals. I wish I could have gotten some pictures before the bell."
"Maybe next time?" Meowlody suggested, trying to lighten the redhead's mood.
Toralei simply sighed and put her hands over her head. "Thank goodness tomorrow is Saturday. I've only got a few more run-ins with Clawdeen before this day ends."
"Why don't you try avoiding her?" Purrsephone asked, cocking her head kittenishly. "It would be better than putting yourself through that torment."
"But then she would call me something like 'scaredy cat' or 'cowardly lion'." Toralei snarled lowly, her anger focused on the person sitting a few rows down. "I would rather be shaved bald than avoid a confrontation and risk humiliation."
"Tora, you have been shaved bald before." Meowlody snickered. "Remember the time we all got fleas while we were in the pound?"
"Oh yeah. Still, I'm not going to back down. Especially not to Wolf."
Her sisters simply shrugged and turned to pay attention to the lesson already underway. Toralei simply kept her head down, praying for the weekend to come sooner. The only bright side was that next week, she would be going on her date with Sebastian. That was the only bright side she could see.
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