Disclaimer: I don't own The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
A/N: The part based on the movie ends here. Soon we'll be seeing some interesting ideas that I thought of quite early on. There's a reason Helen lives with a widow named Miss Satis. That name is important. Here's a hint: Which character from a Charles Dickens novel lives in an old mansion called 'Satis House'?
Everyone stared at Anna and Terra.
"And you got angry because you saw me with her?" Will shouted.
Terra rolled her eyes. "I was afraid you actually liked her. Anyway, you know I seduced her earlier."
"But I knew that was more of a dare than anything. A game, to see if you would actually have the guts to seduce her. This… I don't know."
"She's the one who ran to me," Terra pointed out coolly.
At this reminded of her disturbingly 'un-straight', Anna blushed. She hoped that nobody at school would find out.
Poor Hugo was incredibly confused at this point. " Can somebody please explain? What do you mean by 'seduce'? What the hell is going on here?"
Magenta sighed in annoyance. "Terra's father-an alien- was accidentally brought back from the dead. Then, she decided to seduce Hugo and Anna the way he seduced Brad and Janet all those years ago. She succeeded. Mina, Helen, and Will watched on the screens in the lab. Mina and Helen also got to watch Anna seduce Will."
"I wanted to prove that I'm not a sapphist by screwing a boy. I'd only touched Terra- a girl- before that!"
An expression of pure horror slowly appeared on Hugo's face. "So that girl in my bed was not Anna. That was Terra…"
"Indeed," Terra confirmed calmly.
"How could you!" he shouted.
To everyone's annoyance, Terra giggled. "You liked it! I know you liked it. There's nothing wrong with a bit of fun sometimes."
Mina's eyes narrowed. "Terra, what's happened to you? You're turning into someone else. Whatever happened to the kid you were?"
"Every since we put those camera's in, you've been crazier and crazier," Will added, nodding.
Now Helen marched over to where Terra stood, hands on her hips. "Even I've noticed! Once upon a time you cared more about us than yourself. Now you're so selfish! Why, you'd say nearly anything to justify your selfishness. Before you cared about us… now all you do is drain others of their self-worth and emotion. These days we're just drones who work for you. My God, we were your best friends… Terra, please."
"Don't turn into you're father, Terra. Please," Ms. Elliott whispered.
After a moment, tears began welling in Terra's eyes. These people care, she realized, yet I don't!
"I won't be him," she whispered.
Hardly forty-five minutes later, everyone was properly dressed and ready to leave the castle behind.
Even Magenta.
You see, she'd decided to live with Ms. Elliott for a while. Then, once she'd got a stable job, maybe Magenta would move into another house. The castle would actually be abandoned. Everyone swore never to speak-or even think- of the place again.
Thankfully, all seven people managed to fit in the car Ms. Elliot drove. They left the other two cars where they were. That could be attended to tomorrow.
"So… I think I'll drop Hugo and Anna off first," Ms. Elliott said, once they'd gotten back into town.
"That's fine," Hugo said simply.
And so, that's what she did. It only took a few minutes to find Anna's house. And they didn't seem to mind being dropped off at the same place. Anything to get away from Magenta, Ms. Elliot, and Them.
"What are you going to do with us?" Terra asked, suddenly nervous.
"I thought we'd go back to my house for now. It's around four o'clock in the morning and your parents think you're camping. Coming home at this time would freak everyone out!"
"Can we work on my book?" Helen asked brightly.
Ms. Elliot smiled a sad smile. "I think you guys should sleep now. It's not good for kids your age to stay up all night."
"You're not our mother!" Terra replied, pouting.
Chuckling nervously, Ms. Elliot pulled into the driveway. Her house was quite nice looking. A flower garden out front, a nice stone walkway, dark green window-shutters, a door that matched those shutters…
Magenta and Ms. Elliot walked through the door as f they owned the place- of course, the latter did. They entered the house only moments after Magenta and Ms. Elliot.
The front door led right into a lovely living room. Two couches, a delightful mahogany coffee table, and one lovely armchair.
"Leave your shoes by the door," Ms. Elliot commanded.
They did so without second thought.
You might think that being in the house of a teacher would be odd. Somehow it wasn't. Of course, Ms. Elliot isn't like most teachers. And she'd treated Them like actual people. Other grownups seemed to regard teenagers are useless creatures who were always in the way.
Ms. Elliott treated them like respectable peers or (in some cases) valued friends.
"I'm going to go look for some extra blankets and pillows. You kids can stay here and relax for a minute," she told everyone.
Then, she left the room.
They sat down on the couches. Magenta, on the other hand, sat in the armchair. For a while, nobody spoke. During this time Helen began aimlessly sorting through a pile of mail on the table. Most of it was ads or bills… but then she noticed a letter addressed to someone- or something- called 'A. H. Magwitch'. In place of a return address on the envelope was the word 'Jaggers' scribbled in terrible handwriting. Curiosity got the better of her and, when nobody was looking, she hid it in her coat.
Soon enough, Ms. Elliott returned to the room. "If you don't mind, most of you will probably be camping out on the floor of the guest room. There's only one bed in there. Mags, you can sleep in my room for tonight."
And so, They went the assigned room. Will got the bed, by virtue of being the only boy amongst three girls.
Soon enough they all fell asleep.
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