Small time lapse. It's the day after their testing now. Enjoy!
" All students to the auditorium! Repeat! All students to the auditorium! "
Casper blinked sleepily and confusedly as he headed to the auditorium. It was directly after breakfast right now, and everyone was still pretty tired. Though, the ghost boy couldn't help but wonder what was going on. The headmasters usually called for stupid reasons, but even this was ridiculous.
Entering the auditorium, Casper quickly spotted Mantha and Ra sitting by each other. He smiled and floated over to them.
" Hey guys. "
The two smiled at him.
" Hey Casper. "
Mantha greeted. Looking up a bit and saw Fatch, looking around for a seat. The zombie girl smiled and stood up.
" Hey Fatch! "
She called out, gaining a shocked look from the vampire.
" Over here! "
The creature seemed to try to smile before rushing over to them. It made her wonder why she hadn't seen him smile yet. Every time he tried, he quit. Like it hurt him to try.
Oh wow he moved quick. The vampire was now sitting next to her, playing on what looked like an iPod touch. 4th gen. He MUST be rich to afford that.
Thatch growled at the sight of the other vampire; he huffed and turned back to the stage, arms crossed. How did creepy people like him get such attention? Yes, creepy. Thatch was still terrified of what he read a couple nights ago. Who wouldn't be? Having your fangs ripped out and implanted in your skull was a pretty terrifying thing. He was still jumpy and paranoid about the whole thing. He just kept getting the feeling that Fatch would pop up behind him and try something...
" Hey Thatch. "
The little vampire jumped and, without meaning to, let out a scream that was a bit louder than he meant it to be. Luckily no one took notice to it since they were in the auditorium. He quickly turned, relieved to find it was only Slither.
" Dude! "
He hissed.
" Don't do that! "
" S-sorry bro. "
Slither apologized, quickly turning away. Thatch almost felt a little bad for yelling at Slither, but quickly dismissed it when the headmasters came on stage. They had very surprised looks on their faces.
" Students! "
Dash began with a slight crack in his voice.
" Please welcome our fearless leader of the underworld, Kibosh. "
Mantha pulled back upon the mention of Kibosh. If the green ghost was here, then this MUST be serious.
" Do not be afraid. "
Kibosh spoke into the mic.
" This is good news. I have just been informed that one of you has passed ALL the tests yesterday with a perfect score. "
Oh wow! Someone actually managed to pass all the tests? That hasn't happened in over five hundred years! No wonder Kibosh was here!
" I bet you anything it was Thatch or Casper. "
Ra whispered. It made sense. Thatch may be a bully, but he was a straight A student. And Casper might not be scary, or believe in any of Professor Burns lessons, but he studied real hard. And he got good grades for it. So odds were it was one of the two.
" This student was brilliant. He had worked his fangs out- "
Fangs? Darn... it was probably Thatch then.
" to get the grades he got on the tests. "
Mantha turned and saw Thatch puff up in pride. She huffed at the sight and turned back to the green ghost.
" I am proud to say that he is truly a genius. That creature is... "
Thatch got ready to stand up, hands gripping the seat in front of him.
" Fatch! "
" What?! "
Thatch cried out as the spotlight landed on the new kid. Said vampire's eyes grew wide as he realized it was him.
" Come up to the stage Fatch. "
Kibosh said with a smile.
" You've more than earned this recognition. "
Fatch quickly put his iPod in his pocket and turned into a bat, flying to the stage. It was strange, but the students could've sworn Fatch had turned into a perfect bat. The pale boy returned to normal once he reached the stage, standing right next to Kibosh.
The green ghost looked at the vampire. It was so strange... but he felt a strong surge of power from the child. He DID remind him of the child from... no. No it couldn't be him. He didn't really look like him. Kibosh went back to smiling at the creature, placing a hand on his shoulder, enjoying the strange coldness from the child.
" My boy, you're the new kid, right? "
Fatch nodded to the green ghosts question.
" How did you pass the tests? "
" I... I just... "
Fatch stuttered, blushing lightly at the attention.
" Studied what I needed to study. I, uh, also have a photographic memory. That might've helped. "
Kibosh smiled again.
" Well then, it really payed off. Good work Fatch. "
~Later at Dinner~
Thatch bit his sandwich completely in half. He was beyond mad right now. The new kid had just done what he'd been trying to do for the few years he'd been here. He had officially had it with that guy. He'd teach him a lesson.
He turned to the crazy haired jerk, who had just gotten up and began to head to the hallway. Thatch sneered; perfect. He quickly got up and rushed after the other vampire. There was no way he'd get away with this.
Once they were in a secluded part of the school, Thatch yelled at the other, quickly getting his attention.
" I think it's high time I knocked you down a few sizes, loser. "
Thatch threatened. Fatch merely let his eyes droop in disinterest.
" Coming from you, that meant nothing. Your actually pretty pathetic. "
" Oooh, THAT'S IT! You're going down, you freak! "
Thatch pulled a fist back and was about to launch it into the others mouth, when the strangest thing happened. Fatch had stopped the hit. He'd caught it with his right hand. Fatch glared at him, tightening his grip painfully on the others hand.
Thatch cried out as it hurt REALLY bad. He looked up at him with slight tears in his eyes, and was immediately terrified at what he saw. The other vampires eyes were completely blood red. Thatch squeaked and looked down, only to find strange, glowing red markings all over his body. The young vampire looked back at Fatch's face, finding it less threatening than his crazy markings. What was going on?! In all his years of living, he'd never seen ANYTHING like this before!
" You think I'm a freak? "
Fatch said, his voice for some reason extremely demonic. Thatch shivered and tried to pull away.
" N-no! No! I was just kidding! "
The grip tightened, causing Thatch to scream now.
" I-I'm sorry! I'm sorry! "
Fatch grinned evilly, now truly reviling the full extent of his fangs. They were longer and 10X sharper than a normal vampires.
" You will be. "
The next thing he knew, Thatch was against a wall, his stomach in intense pain. Fatch had literally kicked him into the wall. The creature clutched his waist, tears slipping down his face; it hurt. It really, really hurt. It made him want to throw up his dinner it was so bad.
Fatch slowly approached the boy, bringing out his claws. They were very long, and a crimson red. Upon seeing Thatch's tears, he froze, eyes wide, completely coming back to his senses. Thatch looked up at him, and it was now that Fatch could see some blood tickling from his mouth.
" I-I... "
Fatch shuddered; he'd done it again... he lost control of his body... stupid trigger word. The word "freak" always got to him.
" I-I'm so sorry Thatch... "
Immediately, Fatch ran for the dorm. The scary thing to Thatch was, he was running at a supernatural speed.
~A few minutes later~
Fatch frowned at the sound of sickness coming from the bathroom. It was Thatch, he knew that. And all the other boys in the dorm knew that. It was bed time, and everyone except for Thatch was in their bed But only he knew that he was the cause. He was the one who kicked him. And he hated himself for it.
Finally Thatch left the bathroom, arms tightly around his waist. Casper, being the nice person he was, floated over to Thatch, and had his back towards Fatch.
" Thatch? "
He asked timidly.
" Are you ok? "
Thatch shuddered, a terrified expression crossing his face.
" Yeah I'm fine. "
" What happened? "
Thatch looked at Fatch. As much as he wanted to rat him out, as he deserved it, he was afraid of what he would do if he told anyone. So Thatch bit his lower lip, not enough to pierce his skin, and shook his head.
" N-nothing Casper. J-just leave me alone. I-I'm really, really tired. "
Fatch frowned as Thatch ran and hid in his coffin. He had every right to be afraid of him. The creature grabbed his journal and immediately began to write in it.
I have gone to far this time. I let my anger towards the word "freak" cloud my judgement and in turn got me possessed by "it" again. If I am to live in scare school, I can't let this happen again. If my secret of it, and my identity get out, who knows what will happen. And I don't want to hurt Thatch again. Yes, I don't really like him, but I never wanted to harm him. My last journal entry where I wrote I wanted to rip out his fangs and shove them in his skull was just to get some anger out. I would've never acted on it! I hate hurting people... even if they are a creep like Thatch. I swear on the life of me, I will get this under control. I will not hurt him again.
What started out as a good day
Turned into a day of pain
I took my hatred of a word
And in turn made ones tears rain
I think this chapter had a lot of emotion in it. I hope you guys like it.
