Greetings readers of all shapes and sizes (as well as species :). I have returned with another chapter. But more importantly, I've come to fill your screens with misery and woe (even if you quit reading)!
Anyways, I have read over all your reviews and decided that finding an animal that could change its form at will was exhausting, mostly because not an animal exists in the first place! They're either from a different franchise, or are actually people of sorts. So I've decided to go with an idea a loyal reader of mine has suggested that I think is very cool. For those you waiting and wanting for the hybrids (or hybrids of any of kind), this chapter's for you!
Thanks Codecrash!
As always, please comment and review, and don't be afraid to write your own stories if your fang-tastic idea doesn't make the cut (Wow. Pathetic and bad puns. I am on fire today)!
On with the story!
"Is it really necessary for the guards to still be here?" Ben whispered to Ghoulia, ducking down so he could speak quietly with the zombie.
"Aaaaa-iiieeeeaahhhhh." she moaned, shrugging her shoulders. Still having difficulty learning Zombie, Ben naturally turned to Lagoona for a translation. "She said they still have a week left on their contracts." Lagoona sighed. Gil put a comforting hand on his ghoulfriend's shoulder, throwing Ben a cautious glare. The two boys had come to a mutual truce, as Gil didn't see Ben stealing his girl anytime soon. The threat was still there, so the fresh water monster was still wary of the Normie boy. "Don't worry, Lagoona. Like you said, we only have to put up with one more week of this." he told her. Lagoona smiled weekly, but still seemed highly annoyed. "I just hope I don't lose anything important." she sighed. Ben was about to say something when there was a sudden scream directly in front of them. As they were the last few in line, the court yard was mostly deserted, which unfortunately gave the annoying guards a little more freedom to fulfill their . . . . needs.
"Let me go!" a girl's voice cried. Ben easily looked over Ghoulia's short frame to see a pink girl even shorter than the zombie. She had black tied back into lush pig tails streaked with pink, and a small pink heart under her left eye on her pale, pink skin. She wore a short, white skirt and pink top with fish netted sleeves and leggings covered by long, lavender boots. She periwinkle eyes were widened with fear as the two troll guards in front of her grabbed her by her arms and began to molest her, grabbing her small breasts and licking her neck and ears.
"Please let me go!" Draculaura begged, tears forming in her eyes as one of the guards reached to tear off her shirt. The guards didn't even seem to care there were witnesses, though it was highly suspected that anything said against them would seem like nothing more than a tall tale. They were so oblivious, that they didn't even seem to notice a furious Ben behind them, his face turning a boiling red as sweat dripped down his face, his breaths become ragged and angry; Gil, Ghoulia, and Lagoona quickly decided to back up as he quickly reached for the Omnitrix and slapped the activation button without even looking at which alien hero he had selected.
Ben's arms swelled as his veins popped out, alien blood coursing through them as muscles piled themselves on top of each other. His legs became muscled as he stretched upward, growing taller and taller until he was a good four feet taller than Gil or Lagoona. Fur began to sprout all over his body, turning white on his chest, gut, hands, and feet, turning orange everywhere else. A few black stripes stretched across his broad back and shoulder, a handful of whiskers sprouting on his face. His eyebrows turned black and became longer as they grew up and off his head. His jaw jutted out as his teeth became sharper. His hands became larger and muscled as a single, black claw grew out of his wrist, completing the transformation as Rath roared, catching the troll's attention.
"LEMME TELL YA SOMETHIN' IDIOTIC TROLL GUARDS WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO RAPE DRACULAURA, DAUGHTER OF COUNT DRACULA, LIKE WE'RE NOT EVEN HERE! RATH IS GONNA TEAR YA TO PIECES!" he roared. Words could not begin to describe how infuriated Rath was. One would need an entirely different word to describe it, and the troll guards strongly suspected that they would not be getting paid any time soon. Without hesitation, Rath grabbed both guards by the scruff of their necks and hurled them across the courtyard, handing a quivering and sobbing Draculaura off to Lagoona to comfort, before running after the guards. "Lewodan Anvil Drop!" Rath cried as he jumped high into the air and fell downward with his elbow jutted out. He struck both fat guards in the guts and grabbed them by the feet and swung them around. "Kinceleran Tornado!" Rath quipped as he finally let go of both guards and sent them crashing into the school wall. He rushed over and punched them both in the face before grabbing them and squishing them together between his hands into a ball. "SIRIUS BUTT-KICKING!" Rath roared as he drop kicked the guards over the wall and watched them soar, screaming, across the horizon. Growling and dusting his hands off, Rath lumbered back over to Draculaura, who was sniffing and crying, feeling incredibly frightened.
"You okay?" Rath asked in a much quieter tone. Draculaura sniffed and blinked her eyes, nodding slowly as Rath crouched down to her level. "I don't get why people hate you so much," Draculaura sniffed, drying her eyes. "I mean, sure, I get why they hated you before, but I can't see why they hate you now. You saved from those . . . . those . . . ."
"Ahhhhh-eeeeh?" Ghoulia supplemented the word.
"Exactly!" Draculaura agreed. She then suddenly jumped at Rath, looping her arms around his neck and hugging him tightly. Rath stood still for a moment before returning the hug, grinning sheepishly. "Aww, it was nothing." he purred as Draculaura cooed and scratched him under the chin. A sudden cough broke the affection and Rath gently set the small vampire down on the ground. Draculaura was about to say something when she noticed something else. "Um, do always go around naked?" she asked, turning red as she covered her eyes. "Rath doesn't understand." he said, cocking a large eyebrow. Draculaura giggled and set down her pink backpack, zipping it open and pulling out a small shopping bag. "I think these might suit you. They were originally for Clawd, but I think they'll look better on you." she giggled as she handed Rath a pair of large, black and green shorts. Rath quickly put them on (after accidentally putting them on like a shirt) and thanked Draculaura. "I'll see you around Ben!' she giggled. "I won't forget this!" Rath smiled and waved good bye, just as Spectra appeared out of the ground next to him, starling the Appoplexian. "Gah! Don't do that to Rath!" he yelped.
Spectra and laughed, pecking Rath on the cheek. Rath laughed sheepishly as she dug out her iCoffin and scrolled to her blog, the Ghostly Gossip. "I got it all on film! If you keep this up, you'll have your image fixed in no time!" she said excitedly. "Glad you finally got some pants." she noted Rath's shorts. "Come on, we're late for Claw-culus." she said, nodding to the others.
"Awww! Rath's not good with numbers!" Rath pouted.
"I hate him." Venus growled.
"Hate is a strong word, luv." Robecca sighed as she set her empty tea cup down.
"I think it's more of a strong dislike." Frankie interjected glumly.
The ghouls sat at one of the small lunch tables out in the bright sun, attempting to eat lunch. None of them had the stomach for anything tough. All three of the ghouls, more so Frankie than the other two, were still upset about what had happened at the dance; Robecca hadn't left her father's lab in more than two weeks, keeping the door locked from the inside so not even Ghoulia could get in. She had mostly been aimlessly tinkering down in the lab, creating small devices that would spark and explode within a few minutes of life.
Venus had locked herself away in the catacombs in a place that not even Operetta could find, and she looked absolutely horrible; her skin was a deathly pale green, and her leaves and vines were withering. Her hair was a mess, all tangled up in snarls and thorns and her eyes looked hollow and filled with sadness and rage.
Frankie seemed the most effected. She had massive bags under her red stained eyes, as if she had been crying instead of sleeping. She looked about ready to collapse, and her usual bubbly attitude had been stolen. And when Frankie was sad or having a bad day, it affected everyone; smiles and grins were less genuine, and there was less laughter and joking than before. Instead of running happily through the halls or fondly walking with the ones they loved, the students of Monster High merely shuffled and slithered their way about. Indeed, if Headmistress Bloodgood was the heart of Monster High, Frankie was the lungs.
One student however, seemed to be more upbeat than she had ever been in her entire life; her bright orange fur seemed a bit shinier and her long tail happily swished behind her as she walked. Toralei Stripe, mean and vicious as a caged tiger, strolled up to the three ghouls,a sly and mischievous smile on her lips that exposed her pointed fangs.
"Aww, looks like your Prince Charming was nothing more than a Normie in disguise," she purred, putting her hands on her hips as the ghouls all looked up at her with annoyance on their faces.
"Go away, Toralei." Venus mumbled, pinching her brow when the were-cat didn't so much as move an inch.
"Why should I? At least I have a boyfriend, unlike you three suckers." Toralei meowed with her confident grin on her face. "Rocco's not some disgusting Normie in disguise. But I'm sure you ghouls couldn't even tell the difference between your own friends and that stupid Normie." By now the ghouls were getting more and more ticked, steam lightly rising from Robecca's ears. "Where is that Normie anyway? Ben, was his name? Probably already half way across the continent by now, trying to get as quickly away from you three as possible. Hope he has a really fast alien." she chuckled as a shadow fell over her. The were-cat didn't notice as she continued to reveal in the ghoul's misery. "Wah, I'm Ben Tennyson, and I'm just some stupid Normie with a fancy watch that can turn into an even bigger freak that I was before! Wah, I'm surrounded by ghoul's are completely blind and-" Toralei was cut off from her mocking when a loud, savage, growl met her ears. Without even moving, she quickly guessed what it was.
"And, he's right behind me, isn't he?" he asked the ghouls with defeat. For once, all three ghouls looked happy to see Ben, but that didn't change what he had done to them. Toralei slowly turned around to look straight up at a very ticked off Appoplexian, his lips drawn back in a snarl as he glared down at the little were-cat in front of him. Toralei's fearful eyes traced over every terrifying detail of Rath, everything to the large, rippling muscles that flexed under his fur, to the sharp teeth that lined his well defined jaw. And thankfully, Rath was finally wearing pants, a pair of ragged green and black shorts to be precise.
"Give Rath one good reason why he shouldn't kick your sorry butt across school." he growled in a low and menacing tone that was unlike him, but made him about ten times more terrifying. Toralei gulped as Rath's eyes twitched, waiting for an answer as Spectra appeared from behind him, a small smile on her lips as she watched Toralei cower in fear. Before the were-cat could do anything, Spectra snapped a picture of the scene, making sure she got Toralei, Rath, Frankie, Robecca, and Venus in the shot, and flew off to post it on her site. Toralei gasped; if that picture made it onto that website, the one that everyone in the school was now reading, she would be ruined and forever unable to maintain her well respected attitude. With a hiss of annoyance, she ran after Spectra, expecting to easily catch up with the ghost in no time.
Except she wasn't going anywhere.
She looked behind her as she ran in place and gasped when she saw one of Rath's massive hands holding tightly onto her tail, keeping her from moving anywhere. With a loud "MEOWR!", she leaped at Rath's face with her claws outstretched and rake them across his face, drawing four, thin red lines. Before she could attack, Rath's other hand came up and caught her wrist. The other hand grabbed her other wrist before he moved them together and forced both of her hands into his one big one. With the other one he grabbed her kicking legs and held them tight as she brought her close to her.
"Lemme tell ya somethin' Toralei Stripe, enemy of the Fearleading Squad and anyone assosiated with it! YOU NEED A TIME OUT!" he yelled in her face, blowing back every strand of fur and hair on her body from the force of his angry yelling. "Segmentasapein Turn Around!" he added, swinging her around and around above his head before chucking her into the nearby fountain and wincing at the back splash of water. Toralei cried out in angry and quickly extricated herself from the spring, revenge written all over her face. Rath ignored it and turned to the three ghouls. "You okay?" he asked in a much quieter voice. One by one, Robecca, Frankie, and Venus bobbed their heads, and Rath grinned. "Good. I'll see you gals in class." he said before walking off, growling at the Were-cat sisters on his way back into the building.
"I hope he doesn't think that's just going to make things better between us." Venus huffed, sitting back in her chair as she watched Toralei stalk back into the building, her calculating mind already forming a plan.
Robecca shook her head. "No, luv. Ben's too smart to think like that." she said. "Just one of the many things that makes the incident all the worse." she sighed.
"How can you tell what's going on in the brain of an alien anyway?" Frankie asked. "From what I've heard, that one's a little dim." she added, hardly believing she had been able to say the word in the first place, as she wasn't the kind of girl who used them often, even the most mild of ones.
"Good point." said Robecca as she stood up and picked up her bag. "Well, guess I might as well try getting a heads start." she told her friends. The two ghouls waved her off as she dashed back into the Creepateria on her rocket boots, skillfully avoiding other students and staff on her way to Mad Science. She turned down the hallway that led to the Mad Science room and skidded to a halt when she saw it was empty, save for a lone werewolf that stood right in the middle of the hallway without moving. Robecca moved to the right, and the werewolf followed her. She moved to the left, and the werewolf did the same. "Okay, this isn't funny anymore." Robecca frowned, folding her arms over her chest. "Please move aside so that I may get to class." she ordered the werewolf, who merely grinned.
"Name's Crüjo, little lady," the Loboan said with a toothy grin. "And you're coming with me." He quickly lunged forward, reaching for her, but Robecca quickly moved aside. She ran up the side of the locker and perched on top, knowing that it wouldn't keep her safe. As Crüjo lunged again, she activated her rocket boots and jumped across the hallway to the other set of lockers. For the next minute, they played a sort of messed up game of 'Loboan in the Middle', but Crüjo was quickly tiring of the game; he had a job a to do, and he aimed to do it right and please his master. Just as Robecca was in mid jump, he shot upwards ad grabbed onto her boots, coughing from the steam as he dragged her to the ground and pinned her there. "Now where's that off switch?" he mumbled to himself, Robecca gasping and struggling even harder.
"Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin' Crüjo, lackey of the once powerful self-proclaimed High Ectolord Zs'Skayr of Anur Transyl! Lewodan Anvil Drop!" Rath roared as he jumped high into the air and came crashing down on Crüjo, making sure his elbow was skillfully out for maximum damage. Unfortunately, he also landed on Robecca, and the sound of metal twisting could be heard. Rath quickly got off of a dazed Crüjo and grabbed him by the feet, swinging him around in a circle and then throwing him out of the window at the end of the hallway, listening to his pained yell as he soared through the air and beyond the school's wall. A familiar beeping sound filled the air and Rath was enveloped in a green light, changing him back into Ben. He quickly ran back over to Robecca and winced when he saw the large dent in her back. "Sorry!" he apologized, helping Robecca to her feet. "Oh, no problem, Clawdeen. It was an eyeball!" said Robecca as she wobbled on her feet with dizzy eyes. Ben caught her before she fell to the floor and carried her into the Mad Science classroom, thankful that Mr. Hack was on his break. He quickly cleared the lab table up front and lay Robecca down on it.
"Robecca! How many fingers am I holding up?" Ben asked, waving three fingers in front of her eyes. Robecca blinked and silently counted Ben's fingers before answering. "Eleven." she told him. "Aw, man." he sighed. "Okay, um, Robecca? Do I have permission to try and fix you? It might get a little . . . . personal." he told her. Robecca turned bright red as a dirty thought entered her processor, and she nodded. Ben quickly accessed the Omnitrix and cycled through the listings before coming across the alien he needed. He slapped the activation button and let the green wash over him as the changes began.
The first noticeable change was his size. He quickly shrank down from his good six foot frame to something a little under five inches. His skin turned a gray color and became moist. He felt his feet each lose two toes and become webbed. He lost a single finger on each hand as his eyes bulged out of his head. The most dramatic change Ben felt as he was changed was when he felt his part split into two parts, one that seemed slightly smaller than the other half. He suddenly understood everything about the world and its inner workings. The Omnitrix appeared on the back of his jumpsuit, completing the transformation.
"Now, uh, try not to wiggle." Greymatter laughed nervously and slipped off her small vest. He gulped and reached for her shirt as another jet of steam escaped from Robecca's ears. He quickly got it over with and tore off her shirt, closing his eyes as far as shut as possible while still being able to see. He blindly felt around for a panel, turning red after hearing Robecca giggle lightly touching her metallic breasts. He quickly found the hatch he was looking for and pried it open, opening his eyes so he could have a better look.
"Ooh, boy. Thank goodness I have all the tools I need here." he said. He hopped down from the table and scurried across the floor and climbed up to the counter, grabbing a screwdriver bigger than he was and making his way back To Robecca, who was watching his every move. At that moment, Spectra came floating in through a wall. "Hey, Ben! I just-" she stopped cold when she saw the situation. Spectra grinned and turned red. "Ben, you dirty boy." she scolded lightly, wagging her finger back and forth. "Don't patronize me, Spectra." Greymatter sighed, hopping up onto the table. "I'm just trying to repair Robecca's main frame. If you could hand me tools, we can exponentially increase the time it will take to repair Robecca before class begins." Spectra nodded and swooped down to hover next to the table. For the next ten minutes, the two repaired Robecca, Ben switching between Heatblast and Greymatter to fix her, using the Pyronite to fashion and melt the gears back into their original shapes.
"Almost done." Greymatter said from somewhere within Robecca's body. A few seconds later, he crawled out of the hatch and closed it, turning around as Robecca quickly redressed herself, the room in a constant cloud of steam. A flash of green light joined the steam cloud and Ben returned back to reality. "Thanks, luv." Robecca said once the cloud had dissipated and they each took their seats, Spectra and Ben sitting next to each other and Robecca sitting the row in front of them. "No prob, Robecca. I even managed to fix your internal clock while I was at it!" said Ben. Before he could even react, Robecca pulled him into a hug and kissed him full on the lips without hesitation. "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!" she cried happily. Ben's face was a new shade of red altogether, and Spectra's was in one of mild annoyance. "I can't thank you enough!" she cried happily, a thin trail of oil leaking from her optical ducts. Just then, the bell rang and students began streaming into the classroom every single one of them giving Ben an odd or angered look. Mr. Hack entered the room last, his beady eyes glaring at Ben. Ben whimpered and slid beneath his desk under the teacher's gaze before Spectra nudge him. Ben quickly recomposed himself and returned the glare, albeit poorly.
"Today class, ye will be making yer own creature," Mr. Hack began. "Ye'll each have to take one of the creatures in these changes and then fuse it with another!" Mr. hack cackled as he yanked back a curtain in the back of the room to reveal dozens of cages containing dozens of scared and whimpering creatures. There was a low thump from the back of the room and the entire class turned to see Jane Boolittle slumped onto the floor. "And ye can all thank our new student Tennyson for the inspiration!" Mr. Hack cackled at seeing Jane's reaction. Ben chuckled nervously as most of the class glared at him. The most threatening glare came directly to his left, from a tall, light blue skinned girl with long, white hair. She was decked out in a shiny dress that resembled ice and white furs and a large pair of furry boots. "Abbey does not like when Tennyson make friend faint." the yeti growled at him, saying his name like a curse. Mr. Hack saw the tension and grinned maniacally; he would do anything to get back Ben after humiliating him. What better way than to pair him up with one of the most temperamental students in his class.
"Pair up with the monster next ta yas, and grab a creature!" Mr. Hack commanded. Most of the students seemed either happy or indifferent about the new set of instructions, but Spectra, Ben, and Abbey were not among them. Spectra was unfortunately paired with Heath and Ben was stuck with Abbey, as they were the only four in the row. Ben chuckled nervously as Abbey glared at him and marched down the row of raised desks towards the cages. She returned with what appeared to be a small, baby elephant of sorts, no bigger than a small dog. "Why'd you pick that?" Ben asked.
"Remind Abbey of pet mammoth."
"Aren't those extinct?" Ben asked, confused.
"Not where Abbey is from." Abbey chuckled lightly. "Now, stop unnecessary chatter and let Abbey figure out solution." the yeti barked at him as she gently held the trembling elephant down. Ben glanced around and saw many other creatures suffering the same fate; Jane, sitting in the back of the class and gently petting a small tiger cub, refused to let her partner Hoodude get anywhere near the por animal. There's gotta be a better way, Ben thought when he saw all the extremely sharp instruments and needles waiting for use. After getting their first creature and checking it over, most of the student body was heading back to the cages to grab a second animal to fuse with the first. Ben winced as Abbey got up from her seat to follow. And before he knew what he was doing, he grabbed her wrist.
"How dare you hand on Abbey." she growled quietly.
"Listen to me! I've got a better and much more humane way to do this!" he hissed, catching Jane's frightful stare out of the corner of his eye. Abbey cocked an eyebrow, but didn't move. Once he was sure she wouldn't move, he let go of his wrist and sucked in a breath. He had only done this one time, and wasn't even sure if it would work or. He wasn't even sure if he had the feature unlocked or not, but he to try. If not for the animals and his image, than for Jane. "Alright, Omnitrix. Um, activate Fusion Mode?" he guessed. After a few minutes, nothing happened.
"Five minutes class!" Mr. Hack cackled as he watched his students grab the cold metallic instruments. The animals all whimpered and cowered as the students prepared to work. Jane was holding her tiger tightly, hoping Ben would hurry up.
"Pft. Abbey knew Normie was fool." she grumbled until she heard a futuristic hum and turned to see the Omnitrix's normally black watch face glow green. "Please select the species you would like to fuse." the watch said in a motorized voice that resembled Ben's. Ben turned to Abbey and gave her a confident smile before returning to the watch. "Um, Artiguana?" he guessed. It normally wouldn't have been the first alien to pop into his head, but he was desperate to prove Abbey wrong, save Jane from having to perform the horrible experiment, and show Mr. Hack up in class once more. "Accessing Polar Manzardill DNA. Please push the button to begin." the watch asked, its face blinking green. Ben grinned and aimed his wrist at the quivering elephant. "Don't worry, lil' guy. This will be absolutely painless." he told the animal. Surprisingly the animal stopped shaking and scampered to the floor. Ben glanced back and saw Jane smiling. Ben nodded and slapped the watch face, a green beam of light shooting out from the Omnitrix and striking the little elephant, editing its DNA at the molecular scale.
When the flash of green light vanished, a pale blue elephant the size of a small car stood on the floor in front of Ben, experimenting with its trunk; it had a pair of fine icicles for tusks that curved around in front of it like a mammoth. It had a large, black shell on its back similar to Artiguana, with four large fins running down the back. Four blue claws curved out from the animal's toe nails. "Wow. That worked better than I thought." Ben said to himself as Abbey starred. The elephant, seeming to be happy with its sudden upgrade, blasted a jet of icy vapor from its trunk at Abbey, freezing her instantly. The yeti didn't seem to be affected however, and seemed to actually find it refreshing. "Hmm. Abbey was wrong." she said to herself as Ben threw her a cocky grin. "Told ya." he said when a nudge from his right caught his attention, turning to see Spectra pointing a finger at a small tortoise huddled deep within his shell. The fact that Heath was trying to put a comforting (and flaming) hand on his shell wasn't helping in the slightest. Ben nodded and turned back to the Omnitrix. "Heatblast, please." he asked. "Pyronite DNA recognized." the watch beeped. Ben slapped the watch face and another ray of green light hit the tortoise's shell. The flash of green light vanished, and the tortoise, now the size of a large dog, poked its head out of its shell.
The tortoise had a rock plated shell with lava between the cracks. It stood on four rock pillar legs with fiery claws on each end. It's hard, rock head was smoking, curls of wispy smoke rising from its head before it suddenly burst into flame. The animal jolted, and a jet of flame erupted out of its beaked mouth and flew past Ben's head, striking the wall behind him. Heath cheered and stroked the turtle's shell, finally happy to have a pet. For the next two minutes, Ben quickly crossed the DNA of all the animals in the room with DNA from the Omnitrix while Mr. Hack dozed off. By the time he was finished, there were a variety of hybrids, including a Tetramand/monkey, Petrosapien/bat, Citrakayah/tiger, Gimlinopithecus/cat, and Appoplexian/canary (which was currently and unsuccessfully trying to wrestle Ben's elephant to the ground). The bell quickly ran, jolting Mr. Hack and sending him out of his chair. "Alright, lets see hows ya did." Mr. hack grumbled, confident that no one, especially Ben, would have completed the assignment. Needless to say, he nearly fainted when he came across the small menagerie of hybrid animals that were playing around the lab.
"Fine. Everyone passes," Mr. hack grumbled. "Please bring your creatures to the front so that they may be put down." Everyone gasped upon hearing those words, and Mr. Hack's frown quickly turned into a broad, and cruel smile. Every animal was huddling up in the corner, shivering at the sight of Mr. Hack. And before anyone could do anything, there was sudden purple blur, and Mr. hack was down on the floor, with an infuriated Jane Boolittle throttling him! "Don't you dare hurt those poor creatures!" she yelled, the class watching with surprise and shock; out of all of them, the shy and usually hidden Jane Boolittle was the last person they expected to attack their sadistic teacher; Ben, Spectra, Heath, Abbey, even one of the nameless background students would have seemed more likely to attack their teacher over his threat. After a few short minutes, Ben and Abbey quickly pulled an infuriated Jane off of a dazed Mr. Hackington. Ben turned to the animals and quickly jerked his head towards the door. The animals all got the idea and quickly fled the classroom, startled yells and cries coming from the halls as the creatures fled the building.
Jane! Calm down!" Ben rasped as the students quickly left the classroom. Abbey, Robecca, and Spectra stayed behind, Robecca propping Mr. Hackington at his desk so that he would hopefully believe it to be a dream. "It's over!" Ben cried shaking the girl's shoulders. Jane was heaving deep breaths now, attempting to calm down. She eventually did after a few minutes. "I'm good." she breathed. "Thank you, Ben. I don't know what I would have done had you not been here." she added, turning a bright red and hugging him tightly. Ben returned the hug and grinned like an idiot as Spectra rolled her eyes; another girl she would have to share Ben with. And something told her it wouldn't be the end. Abbey scoffed and left the room, her cheeks turned a bright pink. Robecca thanked Ben again and left the room, putting a little more swag and movement in her stride for Ben, who's face turned a deep shade of red. Jane gave him a quick kiss and left the room to search for the run away animals.
"Jealous?" Ben asked Spectra.
"A little." Spectra said, hugging her boyfriend. "But I think I can share. Come on, we're late for Dead Languages, and I know a short cut." she added, taking Ben's hand and leading him down the hallway. "Let me guess: we're going to the catacombs?" Ben guessed. Spectra nodded and they stopped at the school's entrance, pushing the door open and walking their way down the staircase. "What exactly do you have in mind?" Ben asked as they rounded a corner and came into a large, round chamber. Several dragons, their heads poking out of openings in the walls, sat around the chamber, a sign and a large feather near them. Several zombies lurched around the room, and as Ben watched they seemed to be doing something. Ghoulia walked past them, giving them a wave and one of her smiles before walking up to a dragon with a calculator on its sign. She picked up the feather and used it to tickle the dragon's nostril. She quickly set the feather back into its holder and braced herself as the dragon suddenly sneezed and sent her rocketing across the room and down another tunnel. Several more sneezes followed as Spectra dragged Ben towards a dragon with a crudely drawn, and very poor, picture of Mr. Rotter on it. Spectra picked up the feather and quickly tickled the dragon's nose, tossing the feather aside and grabbing a hold of Ben's hand just before the dragon sneezed and sent them skyrocketing through a vent. Ben and Spectra whooped and screamed in fright and excitement as they flew down twists and turns and over a large cavern that held the notorious Kraken, which swatted at Ben and tried to eat him. They eventually came to a skidding halt next to a large vent outside of Mr. Rotter's room, with a couple minutes before the bell would ring.
"Hmm. Who knew there was a Zombie Super Highway underneath the school." said Ben, when he felt a tickling down by his leg. "Spectra, knock that off." he chided his ghoulfriend. "I'm not touching your leg, Ben." Spectra said, holding her arms up where he could see them. Ben slowly glanced down and nearly yelped with fright when he saw a small animal the size of a beagle curled around his leg, shivering slightly. The animal was a pale yellow and resembled a lizard with horns and a pair of large, bat -like wings. "Is that a dragon?" Ben asked Spectra, prying the poor creature off of his leg. Spectra nodded and Ben gave the situation some thought. "Are you lost little guy?" he asked.
The dragon nodded and hissed.
"In that case, use your little dragon senses or something and go find a girl named Jane Boolittle. She'll be able to help you out better than we could." he instructed the animal. The dragon nodded and flapped its wings, flying down the tunnel towards the Creature Cavern. Once they were sure the animal was on its way, Spectra and Ben made their way out of the vent and into class, just as the bell rang.
And there we go. I'm sorry, but like a previous chapter, I started writing this, all excited and everything, and then I eventually got tired of it. I'm pretty sure some of you writers out there know what I'm talking about.
FYI, this is probably the closest this story will ever get to being a lemon. The scene at the beginning of the story was inspired by an idea from loyal reader, Darkmagicdragon. Thank you! If you have any ideas for this story, don't hesitate to post them in the reviews or PM me. And again, if an idea of yours doesn't make it into the story, write your own! I'm feeling a little surprised at how many members of FanFiction there are that don't have a single story to call their own, and this story has multiple.
A guest that goes by the name of Fantasy Fan has requested that I do a Ben 10/Ever After High story, possibly as a sequel. I am highly considering it, but I want to hear what you think, if this is a good idea or not. And if I catch any of you stealing my idea, I will personally sick Rath, Humungousaur, Four Arms, Way Big, and Atomix on you (seriously, I officially had the idea for it and call rights. No stealing!).
I have gotten a lot of reviews and messages asking for Skurd, and I will announce now that he will appear next chapter! Lets just say he has been . . . . hibernating or something until then, okay?
Until next time, ghosts and ghouls!