Chapter 4

Mavis and Johnny continued to walk down the path to Dennis' school. Mavis was still pretty angry about how Winnie and Willie snuck out without telling anyone. She was also angry with Johnny for not telling her about the wolves plans.

"When I get my hands on those two troublemakers, they're going to be in a world of trouble. Wait till I tell Aunt Wanda and Uncle Wayne," Mavis said, angrily.

"Mavis, aren't you overreacting a little bit?" Asked Johnny in a concerned tone.

"Oh, don't get me started on you. You practically let those two sneak off!" Mavis shouted. Johnny backed up, scared of the angry vampire woman.

"I've never seen you so angry before, babe," Johnny said, with more concern than the last. Mavis sighed and lowered her head.

"You're right, I'm sorry. These last few hours have been tough for me," Said Mavis as she looked at Johnny with her nearly watery eyes. "I haven't felt like myself."

"Mavis, it'll be okay. I understand how stressful this is. Once we're done here, everything will be okay," Johnny said as he places his hand on his wife's shoulder. Johnny then pulled her into a hug.

"Thanks, my zing. Now, let's go get Willie and Winnie. They have a lot of explaining to do." said Mavis as she and Johnny continued to walk down the path. Meanwhile, Ash, the cat, sat in a tree, looking at the vampire and human. He is baffled by the fact that a human and a vampire are married.

"A human and a vampire in a romantic relationship!? Now I've seen everything." Ash said to himself as he followed Johnny and Mavis.

Meanwhile, back at the school, Winnie and Willie continued their investigation. Thirty minutes had already passed and so far they found nothing. They decided to ask some of Dennis' fellow classmates, with a little good cop, bad cop. Winnie was the good cop, or at least tried to be.

"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Asked a human boy.

"I want to ask you about the missing items, and who really took them," responded Winnie.

"Oh, that. That stupid half-vampire took my troll toy. That was mine!" The boy shouted. Winnie wanted to scream his ears off for insulting her zing, but she was in enough trouble already. She decided to suck it up and stay calm.

"Are you really sure he took them?" Winnie asked, with a mild stern tone in her voice.

"Yeah, I'm sure!" The boy snapped. "Why do you care about that stupid vampire!?" Winnie's eye twitched, but she tried to remain calm.

"Stupid is not a good word, I don't like that word, especially when it's used to talk about my zing," Winnie said as she was reaching her breaking point.

"Zing? Why would you like such a weak, pathetic, vampire?" The boy asked with a smug look on his face. Winnie's face turned red with anger as she slammed her hand on the locker.

"How dare you?! Doesn't matter why I like him, I just want to know the truth! You stupid, human brat!" Winnie shouted, making the boy flinch a little bit. Tears formed in his eyes

"I already told you the truth, weregirl, now please leave me alone. I'm telling my sister!" The boy said as he ran off, crying. Winnie facepalmed at her failure.

"Darn, so much for being the good cop," Said Winnie as she laid her back on the locker. "I hope Willie's doing a better job."

"Winnie?" A voice called out. Winnie knew who that voice belonged to. It was her one and only zing, Dennis.

"Zing-Zing!" Winnie cried out as she tackled Dennis to the ground and licked him. "How's it going?"

"Could've been better. What are you doing here?" Asked Dennis.

"Well, Willie and I decided to sneak into the school and clear your name," Winnie responded.

"You snuck in?! How did not get caught?!" Dennis cried out.

"About that; we did get caught," Winnie responded while rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment. "The principal says we have three hours to find evidence."

"And what'll happen if those three hours pass without your evidence?" Dennis asked with a worried tone in his voice.

"Well, me and Willie will get sent to a monster boot camp. It won't be fun," Winnie responded as her ears go down.

"Where is Willie, anyway?"

"He's investigating, but he's not speaking to me right now,"

"Why not?" Winnie was about to respond until they heard a voice call out

"Dennis?" The vampire and werewolf turned around to see the witch girl, Vivien, the same girl that framed Dennis. The witch walked up to the vampire and werewolf

"Hi Vivien," Dennis greeted the witch. Vivien looked at the werewolf, who got off of Dennis.

"Who's the furry girl with the silly hat?" Vivien asked, referring to Winnie.

"My name's Winnie. I'm Dennis' zing," Winnie responded while holding Dennis' hand.

"Cute. The vampire has a zing," Vivien thought to herself. "That's nice. What are you doing here? You're not a student."

"Clearing my zings name!" Winnie exclaimed, "The principal gave me three hours."

"Ha! Good luck with that, furry girl," Vivien thought.

"Me and my brother are investigating. I haven't found anything yet, but Willie's still looking." Winnie explained. Vivien cringed a little bit.

"Shoot, I forgot about her stupid brother. I better go find him before he ruins everything." Vivien thought. She had to end this conversation, quickly.

"Well, I'll leave you two alone for now. You're still going to help me today, right Dennis?" Vivien asked.

"With what?" Winnie asked.

"With my magic. Vampires are really good with that stuff." Vivien explained.

"Oh, okay," said Winnie as she tilted her head.

"Well, I'll be off now. See ya!" Vivien called out as she ran down the hallway. Winnie rubbed her chin and had a look of suspicion. Dennis turned to the werewolf girl with confusion.

"What's the matter?" Asked Dennis.

"Her smell, it's familiar to me," Winnie responded.

"How do you not recognize the smell?" Dennis asked.

"I'm getting old, okay? My nose isn't as good as it used to be." Winnie responded.

"You're nine years old, Winnie," Dennis said with an annoyed tone.

"Don't remind me, nine's a pretty big number," said Winnie while shivering.

"Maybe it's not a good idea to remind her that her birthday's in two weeks," Dennis thought to himself.

"I better go follow her," Winnie said as she ran off. Leaving Dennis alone. He had one thought in his mind.

"Does mom and dad know she's here?"

Meanwhile, at the stairwell, Willie was questioning a female mummy. (Not related to Murray.) Unlike his sister, he's actually going somewhere.

"So tell me, how do you know that Dennis took the items?" Willie asked the mummy girl, who clearly didn't want to be bothered.

"I heard it from Vivien. Now beat it before I beat you," the mummy responded as she walked away.

"That girl is just as scary as my sister," Willie thought to himself. He also had another thought, who the heck is Vivien, and what does she have to do with Dennis?

"Hi there," Willie's train of thought was interrupted when he heard a voice. He turns around and sees Vivien at the bottom of the stairs.

"Hi, do you know who Vivien is?" Willie asked the witch, not knowing who she really is.

"Oh, I think I know her," Vivien responded with her hands behind her back. "Why do you ask?"

"She might know what's going on with the whole Dennis situation," Responded Willie.

"I'm not sure who Dennis is, but I definitely know who Vivien is," said Vivien as she held out her hand. "Why don't you come with me? I can show you where she is."

"Cool!" Willie exclaimed as he took Vivien's hand. The two began to walk down the hallways. "We should probably find my sister first."

"No need, she's already with Vivien," Vivien lied.

"Oh, okay," said Willie, who's still not knowing what's going on. Vivien chuckled to herself.

"I can't believe he actually fell for that!" Vivien thought to herself. "Once I deal with him, I'll go after his sister." Vivien had a grin on her face, everything was going great for her. Little did she know, Winnie was already on her case, and she was going to find out about her.