Monster High Scaris AU

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)

After five more contests Ghostier was about to name the winner when Frankie had enough of the new Clawdeen.

"Who are you?" Frankie asked looking at Clawdeen, her face set in a glare and causing Clawdeen to look at her startled.

"Are you feeling okay Frankie? It's me, Clawdeen." Clawdeen asked worried as she stepped forward to take the girls temperature, backing up slightly when Frankie batted her hand away.

"No. You're not Clawdeen. You look like her, and you talk like her…but you're not her. You're an imposter." Frankie said glaring darkly at Clawdeen while Jinafire and Skelita looked at each other and wisely stayed away from the two.

"What are you talking about ghoul? It's me." Clawdeen said confused.

"No you're not. You're not the Clawdeen I know. You're a fake." Frankie said and Clawdeen looked as if Frankie had just slapped her across the face.

"Wh-"

"The Clawdeen I know didn't care about what everyone else said, she made her own styles her own way. She didn't change who she was just to please someone else." Frankie said sharply, interrupting Clawdeen who stared at her wide eyed.

"Frankie I-"

"I am talking and when I'm talking you be quiet. When I'm done talking then you can talk!" Frankie said harshly, causing Clawdeens mouth to click shut.

"The Clawdeen I know is the Clawdeen that made a different outfit for everyone because she knew that everyone was different with their own freaky flaws and all. The Clawdeen I know is the one who planned and pulled off this." Frankie said pulling something up on her ICoffin and showing it to Clawdeen…it was the video of the Flashing Fashion Mob she had organized back at Monster High. The very same video that had landed her here in Scaris under Madam Ghostier herself.

"Those outfits are cool." Skelita said looking at the video alongside Clawdeen and Jinafire.

"I saw that video before coming here to Scaris. The designer of those outfits was very original, that I can respect. To see that same designer as she is now saddens me." Jinafire said softly as she watched the video as well, causing Clawdeen to flinch slightly at their comments. She had changed…and not in a good way.

"Ghoulia pulled the video from Fright Tube but she didn't pull it from the source of the upload, my phone. This…these outfits…these designs…and this flair. That's the Clawdeen I know and love. You…you're not her. You're an imposter. A fraud…a fake. You're just a cheap imitation of her." Frankie said lowering her phone and putting it in her pocket while Clawdeen recoiled as if struck again.

"I can't stand to look at the mere shadow of the ghoul I once knew anymore. I'm going to finish helping Rochelle find her boyfriend. Let me know when the real Clawdeen comes back." Frankie said as she headed towards a window.

"Frankie I-"

"You're not the real Clawdeen. I don't want to talk to an imitation of her, and I certainly don't want to look at one either…just being around an imitation of the ghoul I consider a big sister makes me sick." Frankie said, cutting off Clawdeen, before she jumped out of the window and turned into her Green lightning form. Clawdeen looked as if she had just been struck in the gut with a metal bat this time.

"I am truly sorry that you and her are having problems, chica. But you brought this on yourself by trying to be someone you're not." Skelita said shaking her head sadly as she handed Clawdeen her old design book back.

"Changing who you are to please someone else is a very grievous thing to do. It is an act that hurts those that considered you their friend…if you wish to make your friendship right…you must first right yourself." Jinafire said not looking at Clawdeen and instead staring out the window after Frankie.

"That's strange. Why's she going into the catacombs?" Skelita asked looking out the window herself just in time to see Frankie and a gargoyle female go into the catacombs under the city.

"Frankie likes the catacombs somewhat. She often hangs around with Operetta down in the catacombs back at Monster High. She avoided them for a little while after she, Abbey, Headmistress Bloodgood, Draculaura, and my little sister Howleen were nearly killed down there once though. She probably wants to see if the catacombs here are like the ones back at school." Clawdeen said almost reflexively. She was still deep and thought and was about to leave to think in silence alone before something caught Jinafires eye.

"What is this?" Jinafire asked snatching something out of the air. It was a petal. It was blue and red and seemed to be shaped a bit like a clawed foot. Clawdeen stopped her departure and turned to look at the petal in Jinafire's hand.

"Looks like a rose petal, but not one I've ever seen before." Clawdeen said blinking at the petal while Jinafire ignored her. As long as Frankie was angry at the female wolf, Jinafire was angry as well. She knew Frankie would be upset if Clawdeen was harmed though, so the Chinese dragoness settled for merely ignoring anything the Wolf girl said…or pretending to at least. If the female wolf said anything about Frankie then Jinafire would be the one listening the hardest.

"Do you have any ideas Skelita?" Jinafire asked turning to her Hexican friend, who shook her head.

"Sorry amiga. Roses rarely grow in Hexico. I would not know anything about it. Perhaps Clawdeen does though." Skelita said, realizing what her friend was doing…and realizing that it probably wouldn't end well.

"Frankie is upset and angry with the wolf girl. As long as she is angry with the wolf then I am as well. Since Frankie would be upset if I were to hurt the wolf then I will merely ignore her existence until Frankie forgives her." Jinafire said causing Skelita to giggle slightly while Clawdeen fumed but was more upset than angry.

"You sure fell for senorita Frankie hard and fast, chica. She has got to be your mate." Skelita said causing Jinafire to blush lightly…the dragoness's next words caused Clawdeen to snarl and nearly lunge at her. The only reason she didn't was because the bell rang loudly just before Clawdeen could lunge.

"She is my mate. I can sense it now that I have gotten to know her a bit."