Hello again! Really sorry about the long wait I have had terrible writers block with this chapter, Thank you to those who favorited my story so far. Hope you enjoy this chapter I was determined to get it finished.
It was a nice sunny day in Monsteropolis park where already there were monsters walking about, there monster children playing, families having picnics, and some came just to hang out in the pleasant peaceful area. Now this was the perfect day for Nora to start practicing scaring as she and Frank were already there among the wide open space with some trees in the background.
"Okay, let's start off with the basic information. What's the first thing you do when you enter a child's room?" Frank asked Nora
"Well that's obvious, you close the door behind you"
"Good what's next?"
"Make sure they're fast asleep"
"Bingo!" he said pointing a clawed finger
"Now what will you need to know about…"
Nora then raised a hand and Frank stopped speaking "Um do we have to really need to go over the basics, I sort of know them already, I've read the books"
"If you don't want my help you could have just said so in the first place" he said while folding his arms and smirking.
Nora sighed and rolled her eyes "Alright wise guy carry on" answering with a small smile
"As I was saying what will you need to know about the child you are scaring?"
"Their fears I presume?" Nora answered raising an eyebrow
"Atta girl! Now what you need to know is that all different kids have different fears one it could be scared of snakes while another could be scared of storms therefore you'll need to know which scares suit which child and sometimes combine them if they have more than one fear"
"So what do you suggest?"
"Let's say the kid is a 5 year old girl afraid of spiders and the dark what scare would you use?"
Nora thought for a moment "That would be shadow sneak with a creeping crawl"
"Good How about a six year old boy afraid of thunderstorms?
"A sudden approach with a crackle and howl"
"You know your stuff! Now let's see if you can 'show' your stuff. Gimme a basic snarl"
Nora gave a small growl while raising her claws.
"Not bad….really show off those fangs and try and look more ferocious, like this"
Frank then made fierce look face while snarling aggressively
Nora snarled louder this time but with her mouth opened wider looking angrier.
"Much better! But we still got lot of work to do"
For the next few hours Frank and Nora were going through many scaring techniques in order for Nora to improve her skills.
One task was similar to an exercise task where Frank showed her how to sneak in, out among trees, bushes and jumping over benches quickly and then he timed her. Frank was like a monster ninja when he showed her, he was quick and stealthy. Scampering quickly across the grass, Grabbing a tree branch jumping off the trunk then tucking and rolling into a bush some unsuspecting 'by passers' leaping over a bench then back to Nora. Frank also laid out some rock and branches to represent human toys. He can easily dance around them due to his tentacle legs.
He told Nora "if you touch one of those things you're dead, but don't think about it too much or you'll lose focus".
For the first part she did quite good she was quick and swiftly moving across the ground and jumping off trees but struggled a bit when trying to dodge the 'toys'. Frank told her she couldn't use her wings for this 'she had to learn to 'move on the ground'. She touches a few by accident before tripping over her own feet and falling over. Frank did his best to hold back his laughs before he held out his hand. She took it and he helped her up.
"Apart from the minor slip up, those manoeuvres of yours worked a treat, keep at it and you'll perfect it!"
"Thanks I sure hope so"
They next did push ups together. Nora found it a little tiring but she managed to keep up with Frank.
"One key tip of scaring is the element of surprise" Frank said to Nora.
"Element of…."Nora started to repeat but Frank then unexpectedly went "RARRR!" While making a frightening face and raising both hands and two of his tentacle legs. This made Nora jump backwards 'AHH!' but managed to use her wings to stop herself from falling "That's what I'm referring to…. Oh I'm sorry did I scare you?" He asked grinning. "Ha Ha very funny" Nora replied sarcastically but with a smile.
"Like this?" Nora asked crouching forward while having her arms up and baring her claws.
"Yeah looking good" Frank replied as he walked behind Nora. "Just try and stand a little taller" He slightly put his hands on both sides of her body and adjusted her posture then he moved her arms slightly higher. Nora was in a way glad that Frank was behind her because he couldn't see that she was blushing from him touching her. But Frank was slightly blushing too, he smiled at the soft texture of Nora's arms and the pink spots looked pretty on her.
"Errr…Frank?
Frank was suddenly came back to his senses and walked back in Front of Nora and smiled sheepishly "Oh yeah …*cough* that's how it should be"
"Right ok"
"If a kid wakes up or if you hear a parent coming that's then that's when you gotta think and act fast so I'm gonna give you 10 seconds to hide" Frank covered his eyes and started the countdown. Nora frantically looked for a place to hide but managed to fine one. Frank took his hand away from his eyes and put it by the side of his mouth and called "Ok you can come out from behind there 'Tree hugger!'" he teased
Nora's eyes Widened in as she ungripped the trunk of a thick, not so tall tree with not many leaves on it.
"Hey how did u know where I was?! Were you peeking?" Nora questioned as she stepped out from the tree and put her hands on her hips.
"I'd be a pretty lousy mentor if I did that. No you just picked the most obvious place to hide"
"Darn! I should have known that!"
"Hey it's no biggie, you just need to remember that the trick to hiding is that you gotta become one with your surroundings and not chose the most obvious places."
"I'm not sure if you noticed but there's nothing out here that I can really blend in with".
Frank smiled "There probably is, you just gotta use your head, besides a child's room will be dark so you'll have a better chance of blending in". He reassured.
After a few hours of training, Frank and Nora took a breather and walked around the park together so they could spend some quality time together instead of learning scaring. They admired the lovely scenery. The water of the clear pond glistened in the sun as if it was liquid crystal and butterflies hovering above rainbows multi- coloured flowers. Their talking turned into laughing as they walked together and they playfully nudged each other along the way. Frank then stopped for a second when he was saw a lonely but pretty looking daisy. He picked it and handed it to Nora. Her face beamed and she took the flower and smelled it. Frank looked at Nora as she had her eyes closed while smelling the flower. As much as he liked training her he liked her seeing her happy much more, just seeing that smile on her face made him want to smile.
'I gotta make sure I teach her all that I can, I know she wants to achieve her dream so bad, and she totally deserves it' he thought.
That's my fifth chapter, please review my story as I could really do with some feedback and maybe some new ideas too! And just to say their day at the park is not over yet I'm gonna put young mike in the next chapter so I'll try and update quicker and stay tuned!
