M.U. The Freshman Years

Chapter 11

A layer of fresh laid snow caressed the ground as the second semester got underway.

Monsters all over the campus were catching up and showing off their new stuff they got for Christmas from their parents or their significant others.

Chow drove into the parking lot with Henry in the passenger's seat. He spent Thanksgiving and Christmas with Chow because his dad just happened to be in Girafrica helping underprivileged monsters who couldn't pay for healthcare.

"So do you think your plan is really gonna work?" Henry asked Chow as they exited his Bugatti that he got painted green and black for Christmas.

"Trust me. If we play our cards right, this will play out in our favor." Chow replied as they made a beeline for their dorm.

"Sulley? You in there?" I called into the dorm room next to ours.

"He probably isn't here yet." Henry suggested as they walked into their room.

They dropped their stuff off in the room and went straight to Frat Row to enter Phase 1 of Chow's plan.

5 frats turned them down in 4 hours. They almost made it in, but every time they got close, the frat president would get a text from someone and sent them away with a hysterical no.

"That's it... We're doomed." Chow groaned as they walked back towards the dorm.

"Maybe there's one frat we didn't try?"

"Like who? We checked all the best frats on campus and I refuse to go crawling back to Johnny after a month of freedom."

"Well... There's still..." Henry stuttered before he pointed to the only fraternity we didn't check.

"Ugh... It's worth a shot. This might actually help us in the long run." I groaned as we walked up to the near deserted stand.


The monotone voice of the teacher was deaf on Sulley's ears as he glared at the green gumball on the other side of the room.

Sulley thought he was the reason he got kicked out of the scare program. He should've just backed down when he had the chance.

He didn't even notice the scrapped remains of the scare can that was locked in his iron grip until the bell rang.

Class ended and he followed him out into the quad and to his dorm room glaring the entire time. He had nothing better to do and Chow had class way before he did.

Besides the fact that he had no clue where Chow was and he lost his number when his phone fell in the snow.

Weird enough, tic-tac rushed out of the room a few seconds afterwards. The little know-it-all has a plan and he wanted in.


Later that day, Sulley decided to walk down Frat Row to watch the opening ceremonies for The Scare Games. When he got there, the show off was standing on top of a car parked right in the center of the road.

"Behold! The next winning fraternity of The Scare Games, the brothers, my brothers, of Oozma Kappa!" He boasted as he pointed at a group of not so scary monsters in green collegiate apparel.

"Hi." One of the smaller monsters said as he waved.

"And our ringers!" That's when Chow and Henry walked out from behind them.

"Mr. Wasowski, what are you doing?" Dean Hardscrabble asked as she walked up to the car.

"Allow me." Chow interrupted as he walked out in front of them.

"Mr. Devower?"

"We're making a statement. You just said that the winners are the most fearsome monsters on campus. If my fraternity wins, then that means you kicked out some of the best scarers in the whole school. I have faith in these monsters."

"With only 2 really scary monsters on your team, that won't happen."

"Excuse me, Madam… are you dissing my new friends?" Chow growled dangerously low.

"Just stating facts…"

"Then how about a little wager? We win, you let everyone on my team who was kicked from the program back in."

That sentence caught Sulley's attention almost instantly.

"And what if you do somehow win? What would that prove?"

"That you were wrong." The tic-tac, or Wasowski, stated seriously as the rest of the students oohed.

"Very well. If you win, I'll let your entire team into the scare program minus the ones already in it. But if you lose... Mr. Devower and Mr. Wasowski must leave Monsters University."

"Deal." Chow and Wasowski replied at the same time as Hardscrabble walked off.

"Now all you need to do is find enough members to compete." Chow had a funny look cross his face.

"But we have 8 members."

"Sorry, Chief. We count bodies, not heads. That dude counts as one." The other monster on stage, Brock, informed them as they looked around the square.

"We're waiting on number 8 to show up!" Henry interjected as he looked around desperately for someone.

"Randy! We need you." Wasowski pleaded as his friend from the first semester walked past him wearing a ROR sweater.

"Sorry, Mike. I'm finally in with the cool kids. Don't ruin this for me." He replied as he walked over to Johnny.

"Good choice, babe." Johnny praised him as he hugged the lizard from behind.

"Thanks." He replied shyly as he disappeared from sheer embarrassment.

"Someone moved on quickly. How long have you been eyeing him?" Chow growled as he stepped to the center of the row. Something in Chow's eyes sparked when Randy turned invisible.

"Since about a week before finals. Unlike our relationship, I can see this one working out. Now where's your last member?" Johnny replied smugly.

"Well we've got our 8th player and your biggest threat. James Phil Sullivan."

Sulley was awestruck. Did Chow just say his name? Something told him he planned this. He could hear it in his tone.

"Excuse me. Coming through. I'm the final member." Sulley stated as he made his presence known.

"No! No no no... Anyone else? Please?!" Mike begged as the big furball climbed onto the car with him.

"Sign ups are closing. Is he your 8th or not?" Claire asked him as Sulley looked down at him with a smug grin.

"Fine! He's on our team." Mike finally admitted as the crowd dispersed and the stage was emptied.

"So what's the plan?" Sulley asked Mike with a smirk as the eyeball glared at the ex-scare student.


"Looks like we've got our work cut out for us. You sure you want to do this?" Henry asked Chow as they walked back to their dorm to grab their luggage.

"My mom is at stake. I'll do anything in my power to win these games. For her sake…" Chow swore as they walked down the street into the sunset.