Christina pov.

Once everyone had left the dining hall I turned towards him. He looked at me expectedly waiting for me to speak. I found it was hard to begin but I swallowed my fear and started anyway.

"Before Van Hellscream convinced the whole country he was right there was a school that I went to with Draculaura. It was called Monster High and it strived to unite us all. One day however during my last year there van Hellscream arrived with weapons and his first team of brainwashed minions. They broke down the door and began attacking us. I rushed to help the situation but then I saw van Hellscream he was standing over Draculaura with some sort of weapon and I jumped to defend her. He-he didn't care who he hurt. He threw me to the ground and began to attack me instead. I don't remember how we got out of there but we did"

"Then what?"

"We decided to do something when everyone became hostile towards us and well you can figure the rest out"

I can't believe I shared that much with him but maybe he'd understand now. I stood up and turned to leave. I nearly jumped in surprise however when I felt his hand on my shoulder.

"I'm sorry," he said.

"It's alright, " I said before leaving.

I went to my room since there was no work to do. I tried desperately to erase those painful memories from my head. I had a burning hatred of van Hellscream. He was nothing but an ignorant coward of a man. He killed my parents for fun. He convinced an entire country that we're the bad guys. He wanted every last one of us to drop dead in our tracks. Oh, I wanted to prove him wrong. I wanted to very badly. He just didn't understand what he was doing. Maybe he did and he didn't care. That thought alone made me sick. Van Hellscream was nothing but a sick twisted jerk.

I went about preparing for bed and climbed into my coffin with a sigh. Maybe tomorrow would be better.

…..


Shaggy pov.

I was truly shaken by what she'd said. Van Hellscream did that to her? The same guy that said no killing but then there was always something off about him. I stood up and went back to my room where I found Thorn had left me another book to read. I pushed it aside not wanting to read at the moment. I changed into the night clothes that were laid out on my bed and went to sleep.


The next day I woke up to that same annoying beeping sound. Where was that coming from anyway? I looked up and found new clothes waiting for me. A grey top, blue jeans and converse shoes. I changed quickly and opened the door to see people walking in all different directions. I wasn't sure where to go.

"Morning Shaggy " Thorn greeted.

"Morning where's everyone headed?"

"Most the dining hall others are headed to work "

"Is there ever a day off around here?"

"Only if the boss says so"

"Someone mention me?" She said arriving.

"Oh, I was just explaining how things work " Thorn replied.

"I see well come on it's breakfast time," she said motioning for us to follow her.

She led us into the dining hall which was already full of people. When they noticed her they all fell silent and waited for her to speak.

"Go on and eat don't mind me, " she told the crowd with a wave.

"Why do they always do that?" I asked as we sat down.

"They do it out of respect" Thorn replied.

"It tends to get annoying," she said as the food was brought to our table.

Did she just say that?

"I wouldn't find it annoying " I replied.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah"

"Well we'll see about that"

…..


Christina pov.

After breakfast, I went to my office so I could get to work. I was busy writing a letter to Raven when there was a knock on my door.

"Come in" I called not looking up from my work.

"I thought you'd be in here"

I looked up and found him standing in the doorway.

"What do you want I'm busy"

"To talk"

"About?"

"Stuff"

"Like what?"

"When was the last time you were outside?"

"A year and three months ago."

"Why were you even out there?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"Just curious "

"You're trying to get information from me"

"Why do you always suspect the worst?"

"I live in a country that does the worst things to my kind "

"Why do you think you'll achieve your goal?"

"My father died trying to accomplish equality I'll gladly do the same "

"What do you think will happen once you accomplish your goal?"

"A long road to recovery"

"How are you so sure?"

"Because I've seen the worst and survived to help others"

"Don't you take a break?"

"I did yesterday "

"Besides that"

"Not often "

"Why don't we go to the gym?"

"And why would I do that?"

"You'll be able to concentrate better "

"Fine I suppose"


The gym smelt like sweat and tears. It always smelt that way. We took our position on the mat. He smirked as if he fully expected to win.

"Ready to lose?" He asked me.

"Look in the mirror and say that"

He charged me I dodged him easily. I landed a kick that sent him off balance but he countered my attack and went to strike. I swung a punch effectively knocking him back but not down. He tried to get me where he could swing me onto my back but I flipped flying over him and attacking from behind. I knocked him to his knees.

"How'd you do that?"

"I've had years of training "

"You don't suppose you could teach me, do you?"

"Why would I do that?"

"Because I'm stuck here. I was nearly killed by my friends. According to you they'll try to kill me again if I left and I'm bored"

"Fine we'll meet here every day at noon," I said turning to leave.

"When do I get to know your name?" He asked.

"When I think I can trust you "

"You wouldn't have told me where you got those scars if you didn't trust me "

"Christina "

"What?"

"My name is Christina "