Wow and here we are people the next chapter of the Halfa and the final show down of the Shadow Ghoul arc... Or maybe who knows I may bring them back. I have a weird thing for bringing evil clones back -coughs-Maverick-coughs- Anyway I'm just glad I got this chapter done because I now can move onto the other stories which I know some people have been waiting for. Now onto reviews! Matthew Gemm the original shadow ghouls show up here I promise. Cloud I am am evil what can I say? But I started this chapter of right I think, let me know if you think so to. TheSpaceMan That was really funny xD Though in D's case his safe word is pumpkin... That will come up later xD. Finally Megamen I am not sure if I will do a harem or not but I can promise you this if this story doesn't become one I can write a one-shot for it I do take requests people just remember that please. Anyway for those of you who are also reading The Maverick it will be a day or so before I update it since I have The Queen and The Maverick next but I promise I will get everything sorted out right away. Anyway I also want to thank those who followed and faved you guys are awesome :) Anyway I will see everyone in the next chapter update!
"Such a perfect day…" Shadow D started to sing as transformed his right arm into a shadowy whip and used it to smack me into the lockers. Grunting out in pain I shifted into mist form and moved past his arm and started to run. "Drank sangria in the park!" He continued to sing as he pushed his shadowy fist toward me, flipping over the fist I dodged his attack while I ran. "And then later… When it gets dark we go… home." Smirking Shadow D raised his fist and slammed it into the ground, causing massive shadowy spikes to pierce through the floor. Jumping up into the air I shifted into my bat form and flew in between the shadowy spikes.
"Oh, it's such a perfect a perfect day, I'm glad I spent it with you." Shadow D continued to sing as the spikes started to rumble and tendrils with hands shot out from them and tried to catch me. Eyes going wide I tried to avoid being caught by shifting into mist form to avoid being caught, only for bat wings appeared from the hands and started to flap heavily, so to avoid being blow apart I shifted into my dog form. "Oh, such a perfect day. You just keep me hanging on! Oh, yes you keep me hanging on!" One of the shadowy hands wrapped around my back legs and began to smack me around the hallway.
"Gah!" Crying out in pain my body automatically switched back to its human form, groaning in pain I glared up at my darker self as he slowly walked up to me with a large smile on his face. "Look, what I caught, Hm… A little on the scrawny side, I guess will have to throw it back." Reaching out the shadow monster grabbed me by my throat and started to drag me against the wall, I tried to scream out but the sheer amount of pain I was in kept me from screaming. Finally, the shadow version tossed me through a pair of large double doors and sent me flying into the gym floor.
Groaning out in pain I looked around and found myself at the feet of the Shadow Ghouls of my friends, Frankie, Clawdeen, Draculaura, Ghoulia, Abbey, and Cleo…And to be honest they didn't look friendly... Like at all. Gulping I tried to move but Shadow Ghoulia stepped onto my chest and held me down on the ground. Now I could have tried to shift form but I as in so much pain that I really couldn't do anything hell even trying to move my pinky finger was a task in of itself.
"Hello Ghouls, how are my favorite monsters doing?" Shadow D said walking into the gym.
"Ah good to see you D." Shadow Draculaura smirked.
"Fangtastic, and did you bring us a present?" Shadow Frankie said looking down at me with an evil look.
"I sure did, behold the real me, please enjoy him. I have some more rats to hunt down." Shaking his head Shadow D grinned down at me. "If you want something done you have to do it yourself." Looking back the Shadow Ghouls the dark version of me smiled. "Don't be too rough with him, I have plans for him."
"You go it boss." Shadow Abbey grinned evilly, holding up her hands a small flurry of ice and snow appeared.
"This should be fun." Shadow Cleo smiled down at me. "I think it is time I teach you to respect the De Nile family name." Stretching her hands out darken bandages wrapped tightly around my arms. "Anyone want to have the first go at him?"
"Oh, let me, let me after all I met him first." Shadow Frankie grinned. "Or well my other half did."
"Sure, Frankie have fun." Shadow Cleo smirked passing the dark bandages over to the dark green girl, who grabbed them and began to swing me around like a Hurricane-Okay enough of that…She swung me around and straight into the scoreboard in the gym. Let me say that I know I knew the true meaning of pain, as I was being electrocuted while I had some pieces of hard plastic stabbing into me.
"Gah!" Coughing I spat out blood and I found myself falling onto the bleachers and slowly rolling down onto the floor I found myself looking up at Shadow Clawdeen who had both her hands on her hips. "I think it's time for a little payback since we were interrupted the last time we met."
"Wha- "
"Don't you remember? That the normal Abbey pulled you away from me when I tackled you." She grinned, leaning down the dark werewolf grabbed me by my shirt lifted me into the air.
"Wait you mean that- "
"That's right we are the same ones from before, now hold still." Shadow Clawdeen growled as she raised her fingers to call me but something wrapped around her hand and pulled her back.
"I hope I didn't miss the party!" Looking toward the voices the Shadow Ghouls eyes popped at the sight of Maverick who was grinning at them, his advance crossbow had a line attached to Clawdeen's hand.
"Magnus!?" They shouted with some worry.
"Nope, but I'm HIS dark side." Pulling back roughly Maverick ripped Shadow Clawdeen away from me and toward him, lifting a heavy boot the bronze-haired teen kicked her hard in the stomach, releasing the line of his crossbow Maverick quickly dodge rolled out of the way as Shadow Abbey blasted the spot he was in with ice. "Nice try ice girl." Reaching into jacket Maverick pulled out a small can and tossed it at Shadow Abbey was wrapped up in a thick black wrap.
"Get him!" The other Shadow Ghouls started a free for all with Maverick.
Panting heavily, I watched the fight with a mix of horror and amazement, Maverick was basically a normal human being and yet here he was fighting off several monsters with ease. I mean holy crap, Shadow Frankie tried to give Maverick the shock of his life… and I mean that quite literally but he dodged an electrical blast from Frankie… I didn't know she could do that… Learn something new every day. Anyway, Maverick dodged the blast with ease, and sent a flying kick into her stomach.
"Holy crap…" Mumbling I felt like my world was going black but someone pulled me back, by shoving a very warm…and delicious down my throat…It tasted very… well…like a mixture of things that I couldn't place, it was almost like that piece of candy you never could quite place but it was extremely good. Slowly I felt my torn skin knit itself back together and I felt my energy levels slowly start to-OH god. My eyes shot open and I saw that my mouth was wrapped around the gray arm of Twyla who was blushing slightly as she stared at me. Pulling my mouth away I smacked my lips and noticed her blood was a light gray color. "Twyla…How…What?"
"Maverick found me, when your shadow self-took over I hid in the shadows… And then Maverick found me and brought me here with him when we heard some loud noises…" Twyla smiled slightly and motioned her head to the clone of Magnus who was still toying with the Shadow Ghouls. "When we saw the state, you were in Maverick told me to feed you my blood to help you… Did it work?" She asked looking at me rather hopefully, you know despite the fact Twyla was very mature for her age she was still just fifteen…She needed some assurance especially after seeing something as bad as my broken form.
Smiling I nodded, reaching down I grabbed her arm and licked the small cut. "There…That should help… Now…" Looking over back at Maverick who was using a K-Bar knife to cut off the bandages the Shadow Cleo was trying to wrap him in, while the Shadow Ghouls were recovering from whatever he did to them, Shadow Abbey had frozen off the things around her while Shadow Clawdeen had recovered. "I think our friend needs my help." Taking a deep breath, I punched the ground forming my hand into a shadowy mass, spread it out causing shadow tendrils to spread out and wrap around the Shadow Ghoul's legs and then I proceeded to throw them around like rag dolls.
"About time!" Maverick called out with a grin. "I was about to lose if they all ganged up on me."
Focusing on what I was doing I slammed the Shadow Ghouls into the wall knocking them out, slowly lowering them to the ground I shook my head as my arm returned to normal. Panting I fell over, I guess whatever little energy boost I got from Twyla's blood was now gone, kneeling Twyla placed a hand on my shoulder to check to see if I was alright.
"Oh, sure make it look easy, not like I did all the hard work." Maverick chuckled and shook his head. "Must be nice having super powers." Walking over to me Maverick placed his knife away and smiled slightly. "Now let's get you up, and out of here."
Nodding I tried to stand but I fell over. "I can't… No energy."
"I get it…" Rolling his eyes Maverick motioned to Twyla who nodded and bent down next to me and held out her arm to me. I tried to push it away but at this Twyla was a little forceful. "We are going to need you for the final fight D, so get your act together and drink."
"D, you need your strength back and this is the only way." Twyla said her purple-pink eyes holding such determination.
Sighing I nodded. "Okay… This will hurt a little bit." Taking a deep breath, I gently licked the spot where I had previously drunk from and dug my fangs into the still open cut, slowly I drank more of Twyla's blood, I ignored the little moan she made at me drinking her blood. Finally, after a minute I pulled away and licked the cut on her arm and slowly stood to my feet, helping Twyla stand I looked at Maverick who was grinning slightly. "What?" I asked.
"Nothing just you two look cute like that." Maverick smirked at the flustered look on me and Twyla's faces. "Now no time for blushing, we need to get a move on and find your evil double and stop him once and for all."
"But how can we stop him?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Easy peasy lemon squeezey, we use the mirror to send him back." Maverick grinned. "Once we get him the rest of the Shadow Ghouls should fall in line and go back more or less."
"But how are we going to even find the mirror?" Twyla asked looking between me and Maverick.
"Headmistress's office. I got that from the shadow monsters I ran across, but I think we need to deal with your copy first, weaken him so he when we use the mirror he will be gone, for good" Maverick explained. "Jane as we speak is freeing the hostages, and the other shadow monsters that are on our side are dealing with his forces."
Frowning I knew where the bronze-haired teen was getting at. Taking a deep breath, I nodded my head, this was the only way and to be honest I think I'm the only one that could deal with this my other half "Alright I will find him, you guys get the mirror, but be careful. Until he is beaten the other shadow monsters will still listen to him."
Nodding Maverick motioned for Twyla to come with him but before she left she leaned up and gently kissed my cheek. "Good luck D."
Watching her leave I gently touched my cheek and shook my head, I had to come up with a plan. I had to beat my other-half but I knew I couldn't do it as D the human… No I needed to be D the vampire and that meant I had to give myself over to that side of me to win and save everyone. Taking another deep breath, I looked down at the ground, I swear I could feel the change it was subtle but it was there. Looking up I could feel a smirk playing on my lips.
"I'm going for a walk."
Finding my other half was easy enough he was walking through the hallways with a cocky grin on his face, well I think it is time for me change that. Following him in my misty form I quickly shifted back into my human form and clung to the celling and right as I was above him I dropped landing right in front him. Slowly straightening myself I smirked looking at the shadow version of me.
"Hello, there. Let's have a little talk."
Lifting my right foot up I kicked my foot out and straight into his stomach, sending my double flying. Shifting into my bat form I raced past him and reformed in my human form I out stretched my arm and close lined Shadow D onto the ground. Moving so I was standing down on top of him I gripped him by his jacket and slowly lifted the shadow monster to his feet, the look on his face was quite amusing. It was a mixture of shock, anger, and fear.
"You…. No… You're supposed to be- "
"Tied up by your little girlfriends?" Chuckling I opened my mouth showing my fangs. "They're out of the picture, so now it's just you and me." Grunting I slammed him into the nearest locker and dragged him across through the lockers, in a similar fashion to what he did to me earlier. Dragging him through the all the lockers in that row I tossed him away and shifted into my dog form and started to chase him down. Finally getting his bearings the dark version of me shifted into his dog form and ran toward me, jumping into the air we tackled each other and landed as a giant pile of fur. Getting to my feet I started to claw at it, bite and snap at my double who procced to do the same thing, both of us aiming for the one area that would end this fight. The Throat.
The 'dog' fight went out for a few minutes until we both shifted into a quasi-shadow form where our physical bodies were mixed perfectly with shadows and together we tried to either punch, bite, or claw at one another.
Changing back into our human form the Shadow D was panting heavily his clothes were torn and his face was bleeding profusely. "How…How are you LIKE this like at all, when we first me you were totally a pacifist…What- "he started to say but then he stopped when he looked me in the eye. "Oh, I get it now… The vampire is control not the human…At least- "He never finished his sentence as I slammed my fist into his face.
"Do you ever shut up? Your inane prattle is starting to annoy me." I growled out. "Now come on that little hit couldn't have finished you, we have so much more to do." Chuckling I bent over and repeatedly started to pound his face. "What's the matter! You were acting so tough just a minute ago." Dropping my double onto the ground I began to laugh as my right arm slowly shifted from a shadow into a dog. "Now let's turn you into dog food!"
"God no!" Shadow D shouted as shifted into a cloud of mist and started to float away.
Laughing loudly, I shifted my arms into wings and began to flap in an attempt to break up his body up, just like he tried to do to me. So, in order to afford a horrible fate, Shadow D changed back into his human form. Changing the wings back into arms I ran forward grabbing him by the back of his head and slammed his face into ground.
"Why… Why are you so much stronger then me…?"
Chuckling softly, I leaned down so I was in view of his face. "Because I'm the original, and you're a fake, and no matter how hard you try you'll never be as good as the original. Ever."
"I'll- "
"You will do nothing but be a good boy and wait for Maverick to come back with the Mirror of Separation or else I will kill you, and trust me that is really tempting. I've always wondered what it would be like to kill myself and live to tell the tale." I grinned my orange/red eyes glowing brightly.
And like that… It was over…Granted it took a bit for Maverick and Twyla to track us down and with the Mirror of Separation and by forcing my double to go back to where ever the shadow monsters come from. Jane showed up not long after that with all the other shadow monsters along with all the people that my counterpart had taken hostage. Let me tell you having my dad and aunt back safely along with my friends, even Headmistress Bloodgood was safe and sound. Well after an hour we removed all the shadow monsters and re-opened the barrier to let everyone leave. Let's just say that the school was going to close for a week or so just so they could fix all the damage caused by the shadow monsters. However, before the reconstruction started we all had a little impromptu party to celebrate the fact that the good guys won the day, turns out the school almost being destroyed and people's lives being in danger wasn't anything new here at Monster High. My dad and Aunty Helen both went back to the house, leaving me alone with everyone who now viewed me as hero.
I tried to sit away from everyone but… Nothing worked…. However, someone did come to my rescue in the form of Twyla who pulled me away into the shadows and together we appeared near the back of the school. Laughing I gently patted the girl on her shoulder. "Thanks for the save Twyla."
Giggling she shook her head. "Your welcome D, it looked like you needed some help."
"I did, so I owe you one."
"One? I think a bit more now." She gave me a very dry smile. "But I'll call on those favors you owe me later."
"And what about me kiddes?"
Turning around I smiled slightly at Maverick who sat in between the two of us and he wrapped his arms around our shoulders with a grin. "Because if we are counting about favors owed, you guys owe me a bunch."
Laughing I shook my head and brushed off the bronze-haired teen. "Yeah right, but in all honesty, thank you Maverick for your help."
"Yeah, I don't think we could have done this without you." Twyla nodded her thanks.
"Naw you guys would have figured it out, but it would have been a lot tougher." Chuckling Maverick shook his head and slowly stood to his feet. "Well as fun as this party has been I'm going to head out."
Frowning slightly, I raised an eyebrow at him. "So soon? I thought you would stick around for a little while."
"Yeah, I'm not a main character." He grinned slightly. "But I may visit again one day but for now I have places to be."
"Well where ever you're going have fun." Twyla smiled waving slightly as Maverick walked off somewhere, looking back up at me Twyla raised her eyebrow at me. "Think we will see him again?"
Shrugging I watched Maverick walk into the distance and soon vanish from sight. "Who knows… But- "
"D there you are!" Walking into my line of sight was a very familiar purple skinned girl.
"Hey Jane, good to see you." I smiled… dear god am I making friends with people here?
"You too, just wanted to check in with you. I heard you got roughed up." Jane said looking over at me. "Despite your clothes being ripped in places, it looks like your fine."
Chuckling I nudged who Twyla gently. "Thanks to her help I'm fine."
Blushing slightly at the mention of me drinking her blood Twyla smacked my arm playfully. Noticing the look Jane raised an eyebrow. "Fascinating, you will have to explain that one to me."
"Yeah I will- "
"D! There you are!"
Looking toward the sound of the voices I groaned seeing more of my friends walking toward us, and once again I wrapped up in a very large group with everyone talking to me, and yet despite the fact I was extremely uncomfortable… I was happy…I was honest to god happy with not only with my life but with everything… I had a good life here and despite all the bad or weird things that had happened since I came here… I was extremely glad that I came to Monster High.
(Unknown Location)
"So, the boy is more powerful then we first thought. That could be a problem."
"Are you kidding?" An excited voice exclaimed. "This is everything we could ever want."
"Hm… This requires further research, but I suggest we maintain a good distance. At least until things cool down."
"Agreed, now has the Mirror been taken yet?"
"No, but we are working on acquiring it as we speak, but it will be difficult."
"With repairs being done on the school it shouldn't be hard for our agents to get it."
"Good and continue watching the boy and see if he can be an asset for the organization, and if he isn't then we must simple remove him. Is that understood?"
"Yes sir."