Monday:

Today was the audition. As such, I had decided to play the role as the royal advisor.

Everyone else was auditioning for the male and female leads. Some even tried for roles of the supporting cast. Thank goodness I was looking for the minor part.

I faced the small audience and looked around. Venus was sitting next to Mr. Where since she was helping him with the list of students who tried out. She gave me a small wave. I noticed Billy backstage, who was preparing the special effects.

We were told to improvise our acts so that Mr. Where could fit which role we could take. Since I wanted to be the advisor, I decided to act like one. I remember reading those fantasy novels in the library. With that, I began.

"Your highness, your young prince has arrived. Shall I escort him inside? Or do you need me to turn him away?" I moved to the other direction. "I know that you're a busy man, but this is your son. Your only flesh and blood." I pretended to hear the reply and gasp. "My lord! You shouldn't say such things! This young man will become the future of the kingdom! He should be love and cherished, not feared and scorned!"

I wondered if this was really a gothic play.

I widened my eyes and gave a small bow. "Very well, your highness." I turned my heel and leave the stage.

I peeked from the curtains to see Mr. Where giving me his evaluation on his clipboard before I slowly walk back out.

"Thank you, Matthew. One question, how is your singing voice?" Mr. Where asked.

I shrugged.

"Why not give it a shot?" he suggested.

"Sure, I guess." I cleared my throat and slowly moved my mask up before I began.

"Do re mi fa so la ti dooooo!"

I quickly covered my mouth as I realized that my singing voice was strangely melodic. Venus looked shocked while Mr. Where sat motionless, clipboard in hand. He arranged his spectacles and wrote down something.

"That is all, Matthew. Come back to the auditorium on Friday to check the list." Mr. Where said. I nodded as I left the auditorium, bewildered at my own voice.

I sat with the gang for lunch. I was surprised that Cleo and Deuce had already reconciled. Then again, they're probably the most popular couple in school.

Apparently, this happens more often than it usually does.

I told them that I finally found a pet. Well, two pets to be exact.

Immediately, the discussion was quite deep, yet sounds quite casual at the same time. To my lack of surprise, they haven't heard of a Nuko before. Ghoulia hasn't even heard of them before.

"So, how did the audition go?" Clawdeen asked me.

I sighed. Of course she would remember.

"It could've been better." I said.

"Yeah. The lead roles are always the hardest to get." she said. Damn, I forgot to tell her that I was auditioning for a minor role.

"Aren't you auditioning?" I asked her.

"Oh, yeah. It's gonna be a piece of cake." she answered, determination in her voice.

"Oh, please. Don't get too confident." Cleo interjected. "No one can match the star presence of a de Nile!"

Clawdeen rolled her eyes. "You wanna start something, Cleo?"

"Of course not. After all, you won't be able to finish it." she smirked before these two got into a glaring competition.

I looked at Frankie for an explanation.

"They both fought for a leading role in one of the older productions. Draculaura won."

That just raised more questions.

"Oh, I was just giving them their lines before Mr. Where had cast me in." the little vampire said in a modest tone that made her smile sheepishly.

I shook my head as Clawdeen and Cleo continued to go at it. I noticed something outside.

"What's that statue?" I asked.

Everyone noticed my gaze.

"That's Von Hellscream." Clawdeen answered.

"The asshole that turned the school upside down?" I asked. She nodded. "I expected a more intimidating look. Not some animal poacher."

"Believe us when we tell you that his actions make up for it." Frankie told me. I could see glares from Clawd and Draculaura aiming at that statue.

"You know, for a human encased in stone, he'd probably be dead right now." I remarked.

Deuce shook his head. "Gorgon magic can vary. The glare I gave him made him stuck in time."

"So he can't age or die?" I asked. He nodded rather grimly. "That must really suck."

"Agree with you there, bro. But those are the repercussions that a gorgon makes." Deuce told me.

I continued to look at the statue for a quite a bit. However, I noticed some small cracks appearing. I thought it was my imagination, so I shook my head and continued to converse with the others.

"Still, I don't really get this little feud between vampires and werewolves. I never got its history between them." I said.

"Well, it's quite a lengthy explanation. So you might as well as Ghoulia on that or go to the library." Clawdeen replied.

Ghoulia gave a low moan.

"So what was this about 'werepride'?" I asked.

"Oh, vampire and werewolf students had these groups when they were at war with each other." Frankie told me.

"But why 'werepride'?" I questioned. It sounded really weird. "I mean, 'were' is somewhat a synonym of 'man'. So it's pretty much 'manpride'."

Deuce gave a laugh at this. He probably knew that it sounded really stupid.

Clawdeen shrugged. "Don't ask me. Howleen was the one who made up the name."

"I actually thought that 'wolfpride' sounded cool. Has a ring to it." Clawd said.

Draculaura rolled her eyes. "Too bad for you, nobody is waging war with each other."

That was actually a good thing. If there was a full-blown monster war with each other, humans would become the first casualties. And me and Jackson would be utterly screwed.

A/N: Still trying to get my mojo back. A new adventure means a party of protagonists. Who do you think should be the four party members Matt should be with?