It was a week after the Shock had woken up. She had already talked to the witches of the far and nothing special was noticed. Most of the students of Spooky High became afraid of her. The teachers scrutinized her whenever possible. And when she finally had enough, she would stay at the Student Council Room where she'd wait for Lock and Barrel or talk with the principal.
"Fear is but a word that describes the ability of a person to create stimuli that will be enough to gain a response of the expected. True fear is the ability of the people of the Underworld and sometimes Halloween Town to create the expected reaction from humans" The principal's voice argued. The principal didn't actually show himself to anyone but the adults.
"Shut up! I'm not making this argument with you AGAIN" Shock retaliated shouting. On cue, the student council entered the room. Lock hurriedly entered the room with Barrel on his heels.
"Shock, what happened?" Lock asked worriedly. Shock had been acting weirdly and the pressure of school didn't help her at all.
"Nothing happened, Lock. Nothing happened" Shock said nonchalantly. After her answer, Lock went and sat on the couch- pulling Shock with him to either sit next to him or on him. She sat next to Lock.
"Ah. The student council officers. Welcome back" The principal's voice said.
"Hello, Principal. We didn't know you'd like to talk to us" Gary said as he sat on his chair.
"I don't" The principal's voice answered.
"Then why are you speaking in the Student Council Room?" Taylor asked while he organized some of his files and folders.
"I didn't want to miss an intellectual debate with such an educated and refined lady" The principal's voice said.
"I said I'm not a lady! Yet alone a refined one!" Shock yelled back.
"Haha. Alright" The principal's voice said.
"Hah. So Shock, what were you 'debating' about" Barrel asked with air quotes. He sat in front of the couple.
"Power, strength, strategy, and fear. You know, the usual things" Shock replied and leaned on Lock- snuggling him while he put his arms around her.
"Ah yes. Our conversation has given me an idea I almost forgot" The principal's voice said. The other members of the student council tenaciously listened.
"Alright. So Shock and I's conversation has made me remember something" The principal's voice continued. "Do you know the history of the Under dimensions?"
"Yeah" Everyone said.
"Not that much" Shock scoffed quietly.
"Well, does 'The Ten Terror of the Under' ring a bell?" The principal's voice said. Everyone except Lock, Shock, and Barrel gasped. The three had been raised and isolated by Oogie Boogie since childhood.
"What's that?" Barrel innocently asked.
"Not what; WHO" Taylor answered.
"The Ten Terror of the Under are the ten most powerful, strong, and feared people in all the Under dimensions" Gene said.
"The Ten Terror of the Under were equal in rank but not in power, strength, and fear" Blake said.
"There were different titles called 'Family' for each person appropriately named for 'The Ten Terror of the Under'" Taylor said.
"There had only been three generations of 'The Ten Terror of the Under' in the entire time period of the Under dimensions" Gray said.
"The first generation was the original 'Families'. They were a vampire, gorgon, zombie, ghoul, sea creature, skeleton, ghost, nerf, demon, and a witch. The second generation was all witches. And the third generation was all skeletons" The principal said.
"The titles or 'Family' are the Valkrie, Exer, Ory, Louche, Khal, Holqie, Rultou, Ambry, Marmon, and Shah" Gary said as Taylor made preparations for the clip they'll show to the three.
"Shah Family is the ruthless one, Marmon Family is the silent one, Ambry Family is the mysterious one, Rultou Family is the odd one, Holqie Family is the cunning one, Khal Family is the mischievous one, Louche Family is the perfect one, Ory Family is the nice one, Exer Family is the loving one, and Valkrie is the saucy one" Gene explained while Blake operated the clip that what shown to every third grader.
"The first 'Families' was named 'Mhadz Genesis'. They were Shah Mandy, Marmon Grimmaye, Ambry Ruffa, Rultou Gregory, Holqie Ian, Khal No, Louche Cruz, Ory Eve, Exer Adam, and Valkrie Kaiser" Gary said as a picture of a blonde demon woman, brunnete vampire man, red-head ghost girl, blunette nerf man, bald sea creature boy, green haired ghoul man, snake-haired gorgon woman, purple haired witch woman, white haired zombie man, and a blonde haired skeleton woman.
"Mhadz Genesis were the army of the Under dimensions. When the original bearer-of-the-child-of-Lucifer gave birth to hundreds of children which were thrown into 'The Crested Chest' which was opened by a human, the Lu Army rose being led by the children of Lucifer. The Lu Army had been defeating armies and armies of many realms. So Mhadz Genesis was created to stop it" Blake said.
"They failed many times and lost half of their members. But when the 'Miracle of the Under' was born, the tides turned because of the heightened powers of the remaining to protect the young one. The Under dimensions rejoiced at the victory and crowned the remaining members as Rulers of the Under" Taylor said.
"The second 'Families' was named 'Melhania Ultra'. They were Shah Ultear, Marmon Jean, Ambry Lea, Rultou Kiara, Holqie Judy, Khal Annie, Louche Regina, Ory Eve, Exer Lilith, and Valkrie Cassandra" Gene said as pictures of women around the age of 10-30 were shown.
"Melhania Ultra was formed to defeat the opposing rebels. Many witches were rebelling which rallied many others to follow. The 'Miracle of the Under' was rebelling too so they killed….." Blake trailed off.
"The third 'Families' was named 'Viva Alpha'. They were Shah Mina, Marmon Kin, Ambry Rudy, Rultou Jim, Holqie Jason, Khal Monde, Louche Angelo, Ory Ren, Exer Leo, and Valkrie Arthur" Gray said as pictures of skeletons were shown.
"Viva Alpha was formed to terminate Melhania Ultra.." Taylor trailed off.
"Okay-" Barrel started.
"-Enough-" Shock said.
"-With-" Lock said.
"-The-"
"-History-"
"-Lesson-"
"What were you saying, Principal Thorn?" Barrel asked sweetly.
"Well. There is an impending danger and I want you to rally up the students to compete for a spot at our representatives for the 'Battle to become The Ten Terror of the Under'. Ten students will be our representatives" The principal babbled on and on and when he finished everyone looked determined.
"I'm- " Barrel said.
"-Game-" Shock said.
"-Let's-" Lock said.
"-PLAY!" Everyone shouted.
Within a week, the Student Council had managed to arrange the game with the help of the teachers. The competition will be held at the gym. There were two groups which were to fight their group mates to win a slot at being the school's representatives. Group one was where Shock, Dahlia, Gene, and Taylor were. Group two was where Lock, Barrel, Gray, and Blake were.
"Alright Group One enter the gym" Mr. Vermon shouted and the gym was flooded with students. The group two were in a room which televised the whole fight.
"And begin" Mr. Vermon shouted and he was teleported out of there.
Students got out their maximum powers to show their skills. The other group was either in awe or being smug. Students began to engage in battle to whoever was there. Meanwhile, Shock just used hand-to-hand combat with her opponents.
"What are you doing, Shock?" Lock mentally asked her.
"I'm not going all out in a minor thing like this" Shock replied mentally. She dodged her opponents clawing her face. When she felt a small trickle of blood down her cheek, she went berserk in fighting. She caught every strikes aimed at her with one hand. Suddenly her opponents were paralyzed; Shock did fast precision blows that were pinpointed at weak spots of her enemies.
Meanwhile, Dahlia temporarily turned her enemies into stone. Gene attacked her enemies ferociously. And Taylor ripped his opponents.
The other group were amazed at how fast the four turned a mob of students into a few students wobbling in fear.