"Riding To Victory"
Rated T
Disclaimer: I do not own anything associated with Monster High or any of the characters. Monster High is owned by Mattel and the author of the Monster High books, Lisi Harrison. Anyway, this is another fic that me and my co-author at tumblr, which is fiddlestringsandpianokeys, are writing. Yes, if you're asking, this is an another multi-chapter fic featuring Operetta, Johnny Spirit, and the rest of your favorite ghouls. I bet you can't tell which couples are gonna be shown, but you'll have to find out.
Chapter 4
Operetta was at her house, crying onto her jeans while being rolled up into a ball. She never imagined that two bad things would happen to her already. The one where Torelei had replaced her as team captain (which forced her to walk out) and to make things worse, some of Oppy's friends hated her for it. No matter where Operetta tried to go, one of the Monster High students would see her and she would be teased for her little walk-out. She felt devastated and destroyed on the inside.
She felt that pain so much that she decided to lock herself in her own room. That's the only thing Oppy wanted from this. Just peace, quiet and darkness all around her. But it didn't last long as Johnny tried to open the door.
"Hey babe, let me in." Johnny spoke through the door.
Operetta stayed quiet, blinking and ignoring him. She wanted the quiet. She didn't want to speak, she didn't want a sound. She laid on the ground in pure silence, crying quietly into her hands.
"Look Operetta, it was only one person." Johnny replied again, "I'm certain there are some people who still like you regardless what happened."
Operetta sniffled, still horribly upset. "J-Johnny…Ah jus' wanna be alone…Ah'm never leavin' here again."
"Babe, you're just talking out of your mask." Johnny responded. "Besides, if you stay in there for long, you'll probably starve. And I wouldn't want that."
"I would. I wouldn't mind." Operetta frowned. "Ya cain't make me leave. An' if ya do, Ah ain't leavin' tha' house."
Johnny knew there was no use trying to get her out of her room. No matter what he would try to say to her, Operetta wouldn't budge out of that bed of hers. He knew it was pointless.
"Look, if you wanna lay in bed, then go right ahead." Johnny sighed, "I'll leave you alone until you're well enough to talk to me."
"Ok-can ya talk t' me?" Operetta begged. "Ah need a hug."
Hearing this, a smile lit up all over Johnny's face as he tried to open the door. Except he already forgotten that Operetta had locked the door on him. Noticing this problem, Johnny knocked on her bedroom door.
"Um, babe?" Johnny replied, "Can you get the door for me?"
Operetta opened the door and let him in, smiling a bit. "Hey." She mumbled. "Nice t' see ya."
"No problem." Johnny said, as she hugged her tight.
But after that hug, Johnny looked right at Operetta's face...
...
...and felt horrified seeing her makeup drenched all over her face. It almost looked like she was crying tears of blood, when in reality, Operetta only cried tears of ink.
"Yeesh!" Johnny cringed, "You look like a goth metalhead!"
"Oh-oh." Operetta whispered, going to grab a makeup wipe. She wiped her face clean, coming out with a fresh face. She looked so much more beautiful without all the heavy makeup. Her blue gray eyes popped, and she still looked great. "Am Ah okay now?"
"Sure, babe!" Johnny nodded, "You still look like the fine woman I always love! Anyway, rollermaze is on TV. Wanna watch?"
Hearing this, Operetta ended up shoving Johnny out of the room and locking the door back up again. Apparently, the greaser must've said something that set her off or something. Johnny needed to know why.
"Hey, what was that for?" Johnny asked her sternly. "Was it something I said?"
"Ah don't wanna watch it." Operetta frowned. "Nothin' is gonna make me leave this room. Now Ah'm jus' gonna…cry because AH DIDN'T GET WHAT AH WANTED!" Operetta had a temper tantrum, sobbing loudly and screaming into her pillow.
Johnny wanted to throw his head into the wall for saying what he said to her. Just having him throw that name around Oppy drove her to her breaking point.
"Wow, I really fucked up, huh?" Johnny muttered to himself.
"DAMN RIGHT YA DID!" Operetta screamed.
"Okay," Johnny muttered, "I'm gonna leave now..."
While he still had the chance, Johnny left the house, which made things much more easier for Operetta to get some peace and quiet.
An hour later...
Operetta was busy changing channels for the heck of it. Unfortunately, nothing else was on and that sucked. Mostly, all the shows Operetta was watching had something to do with Sports.
While she was channel surfing, she heard a knock coming from her door.
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU WANT, JOHNNY!" Operetta screamed. "YOU STILL AIN'T GETTING ANY LOVIN' FROM ME! YOU MADE ME MAD!"
"It's actually Frankie and Spectra." A voice said through the door.
"Y'all are jus' here to beg me to come back to that, aren't y'all? Well guess what! Ah made up mah mind. Ah quit, an' there's nothin' that'll bring me back to it. Now…" Operetta burst into tears. "Ah'm so sorry, Ah jus' quit tha' whole thang…Ah'm so sorry, please forgive me."
However, despite Operetta having to lock her door, Spectra flew through the wood and started unlocking the door so that Frankie could come in.
"Operetta, I'm so sorry about what happened." Frankie replied, placing a hand on Oppy's shoulder. "I don't blame you for quitting the team one bit. Besides, Draculaura's already out with a hurt ankle. At least you're not alone."
Operetta smiled slightly. "Thanks, Frankie. Ah'm glad y'all are still mah friends." She gave them a hug, smiling a bit. "We should all talk an' be happy…"
"Yeah," Frankie nodded. "Look, so what if you don't become team captain? That doesn't mean it's the end of the world."
"I'm pretty sure that there are other things worth doing than rollermaze." Spectra reassured her.
Operetta smiled again. "Ah guess y'all are right." Operetta looked at her skates and sighed a bit. "Y'all know what?" She murmured. "Ah was tha' one who betrayed mah team." Operetta stood up, wiping her eyes and taking the skates.
"Oppy, I know you feel bad about doing what you did, but they'll forget what happened to you." Frankie nodded. "It takes time."
"I agree with Frankie on this one." Spectra nodded as well.
"Ah'm not gonna give up. Ah'm gonna try it again." Operetta smiled a bit. "In time. Maybe Ah'll watch yer practice."
"Good to know." Frankie smirked. "You know, there's this clawesome action movie that's out right now. You wanna come with us just to chill out?"
"Okay!" Operetta nodded. "Ah'd love to, let's go!"
An hour later...
Both Operetta, Frankie and Spectra had shown up inside the movie theater, where a screening of the movie 'The Expandables" was playing. It was a story about a league of normies, who transform into marshmallow-skinned humanoids in order to defeat the forces of evil.
Suddenly, Operetta was a bit surprised to see Johnny at the action movie in their row.
"Um, y'all?" Operetta whispered. "He's right there."
"Oh crap." Spectra muttered. "What should we do?"
Operetta bit her lip, looking at him.
"He's two chairs away." She mouthed.
However, when she got to her boyfriend, Oppy was shocked when she found out who Johnny Spirit was sitting next to.
"Oh mah goth, he's with Torelei." Operetta gasped. "He's a cheater!"
Both Frankie and Spectra was shocked to realize that Johnny, out of all people, was sitting right beside the new Rollermaze team captain, Torelei Stripe. How dare he do this to his favorite woman, after all that he's been through?
"I don't believe it!" Frankie gasped.
Operetta gasped louder. "An' his arm is around her. An' they're gonna kiss! Y'all know what?" Operetta smirked as they kissed, turning her head. "Let's ignore him and make him feel horrible after we see it all!"
"Good thinking!" Frankie nodded as the threesome managed to find a seat way back.
As they were sitting however, Spectra checked out the snacks that they bought: Popcorn, soda, chocolate candy bars...
...
...but all Spectra forgot was napkins.
"Oh my ghoul, I forgot the napkins." Spectra sighed.
"It's okay. You go get some. We'll stay here." Operetta grinned at Frankie and watched them making out, Torelai's loud meows surrounded the theatre. Operetta gagged a bit, watching Johnny. How dare he?! She could never forgive him.
From there, Spectra went downstairs and left the screening to go get some napkins for her friends. But as soon as she got to the lobby...
OOF!
She ran into someone, which knocked Spectra down to the floor. A hand, which was glowing in a very neon green light, was displayed around Spectra's eyes. Possibly somebody wanted to help her up.
"You alright?" The voice replied, "Sorry for bumping into you, Spectra."
"Eh, it's okay." Spectra shrugged as he looked up to the mysterious figure.
But as soon as she did, her jaw dropped in surprise. The person who helped her up was all decked out in a red and blue graffiti-stained shirt, grey pants and flashy blue shoes. What completed his appearance was his stylish green hair which was styled to the right side.
To Spectra's surprise, it was none other than Porter Geiss!
"Eeep!" She yelped in a shy way.
"You really should be more careful next time." Porter smiled at her.
"Yeah," Spectra blushed. "I don't know what came over me."
"Don't worry, it happens." Porter chuckled.
The awkward moment between them started to get a bit strange, but it soon got comfortable between the two ghosts.
"Um, is it all right if you'll excuse me?" Spectra asked him nicely, "I need to get some napkins. I forgot some."
"Don't worry, I'll handle it." He insisted.
Quickly, Porter went to the small condiment bar where he managed to grab a few extra brown napkins for Spectra and the rest of her friends.
"Here you are, Miss Vondergeist." Porter smirked as he handed her the napkins.
"Thanks..." She blushed again, "You're a very nice gentleman."
"No prob." Porter nodded as the two separated ways just for now.
But Spectra on the other hand couldn't stop blushing at the sight of the mysterious Porter Geiss. Yet, there was something interesting and fascinating about him. Spectra couldn't put her mind into it, but she couldn't help but develop something inside of her that really felt about him.
Meanwhile, Operetta and Frankie were giving out death stares at both Johnny and Torelei, who were busy watching the film in peace. But at the same time, they felt a little patient, trying to wait for their friend to come back with the napkins.
Operetta smirked as she saw her friend coming back.
"What did ya jus' do, sugah pie?" Operetta giggled loudly, throwing popcorn at Johnny's head.
"I was getting napkins and nothing else." Spectra responded quietly.
However, Frankie could still see her blush from a standpoint.
"Why are you blushing?" Frankie raised an eyebrow.
"Um, it must've been the intense heat from the theatre." Spectra said, lying under her teeth. "They really need to fix the AC."
"LIAR!" Operetta squealed, laughing before covering her mouth. "Did Johnny hear?"
"I don't think so." Frankie shook her head.
They looked back to Johnny and Torelei, who was still attached to the big movie screen. Suddenly, Johnny had laid his kissed all around Torelei's neck, which managed to make her purr in pleasure. This made Operetta sick to her stomach.
"Okay, I can't take this anymore." Oppy growled.
From there, she nodded at the ghouls as walked over to Johnny, sitting in his lap and smooching Torelai's cheek. With her hands around his hips, she snapped right at him.
"Hey darlin', how does it feel now?" She teased, "Someone you apparently love, bein' kissed by someone else?"
"Oh, Oppy!" Johnny gasped at the sight of Operetta being here.
Not having to know what to say, Johnny managed to take in a laugh.
"Um, this ain't what it looks like, baby!" Johnny squealed, "I was trying to see if there was a scar on Torelei's neck! I swear!"
"Aw, are you scared, honey?" Oppy said, feigning compassion. "Bless... your... heart!"
And then, out of nowhere...
*SMACK!*
Operetta had slapped his greaser boyfriend in his face. Her hand print formed one nasty red mark all around his cheeks. As he was trying to rub the pain away, she grabbed the collar of his jacket and spoke right at his face.
"Ah've had enough of you." Operetta smirked. "How dare you, how DARE YOU cheat on me. Putting lips on one's neck near a scar can have saliva get into the scar. You have fun playin' with yer little pussy, Johnny. Cause everyone in here knows you have one."
"I'm sorry, but Torelei drugged me!" Johnny smirked.
"WHAT?!" Torelei gasped, "That's a lie! You were coming onto me with those lips of yours. Those gorgeous sexy lips of yours that you kissed around me!"
Hearing Torelei's case, Oppy turned to the mischievous kitty
"Sugah, those gorgeous sexy lips of his are MINE, not yers." Operetta scowled at Torelei.
"Um, can someone pick up my popcorn?" Johnny laughed nervously.
Hearing this, Operetta pulled the two out of the theatre with rage coming inside the red-headed Southern belle. She then shoved the two forward with Oppy focusing back on her boyfriend.
"Johnny baby, tell me the truth. Did she drug you?" Operetta looked at his face.
"Totally, babe." Johnny nodded.
"Oh, you poor thang-ya'd never do this, as bad as ya are!" Operetta said as she hugged him.
After the forgiving hug, Oppy stared back at an unimpressed Torelei.
"Torelai, you better apologize RIGHT NOW." She forced her.
"Heh, and what if I don't?" Torelei smirked.
As Operetta had her friend (Frankie) pick up his bowl of popcorn, she grabbed Torelei by her collar and shouted at her face.
"If you don't apologize, I'll have Spectra tell the whole school that yer a drug addict!" Oppy threatened her face-first. "Now scurry, little kitty!"
And just like that, Operetta let go of Torelei as she ran far away from her and Johnny (and basically out of the movie theater altogether), Oppy scooped Johnny up to his feet.
"Let's go with our friends and watch the movie, okay, ya poor thang?" Operetta said, comforting the greaser.
"Thanks, babe." Johnny smiled to her. "Can you rub my cheek? It still stings like a mosquito."
"Poor thang, what'd she do to you…?" Oppy said as she rubbed his cheek.
By then, the two re-entered the theater, watching the rest of the film without any worry whatsoever.
Well, that was interesting. Good thing Oppy got out of that jam and fast! Which leads us to ask these very important questions:
Will Operetta really go back to Rollermaze?
Is Spectra having the hots for Porter already?
And will Neighthan Rot ever be in this story at all?
All of these questions will be answered in the next chapter and other chapters to come, so don't miss it! Can someone get my tea now?
Find out next chapter, ghouls and monsters! Until then, feedbacks are welcome!