Chapter 4: Telling the Truth
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It had been a week since Clawdeen, Harriet, and the werepups moved in with Dracula and he was still struggling to get used them.
At a small building in the middle of town the fire department were rushing to evacuate everyone inside.
On the top floor a mother and her son were trying to escape but the fire was preventing them from going anywhere. As the roof was about to collapse the boy cringes waiting for the impact, but it never came. Opening his eyes, he looked in awe.
"Who are you?" He asks looking at Swampfire who was holding back the wood.
"Someone who wants to help." Swampfire said canceling out the flames from the fire with his own creating an opening for them to escape. "Come on, follow me."
The boy looks to his mother and nods as they follow him down the hallway. They were about to go down the stairs when they collapsed right in front of them.
"Okay, need a new plan." Swampfire said looking to the window. Holding out his arms he blasts a hole in the wall and grabs the mother and child before jumping out and landing safely on the sidewalk causing all the civilians to look in shock. "It's okay, everything is under control." Swampfire said when a wolf howled for in the distance causing his eyes to widen. "Uh I'd love to stay and chat, but I gotta run."
Running away from the crowd Swampfire's hourglass amulet started to beep. Making his way down an alley a bright red light flashes as Drake walks out with Frankie, Draculaura and Clawdeen waiting for him.
"Not bad Drake." Clawdeen smiles.
"You saved those people." Frankie smiles.
"Yeah, if you keep helping the normies not only will other monsters see you they'll know that we want to help." Draculaura starts.
"And then they'll want to come to Monster High." Drake grins when his phone started beeping. Looking at it his eyes widen. "Oh no it's almost past my curfew. Uh I'll see you ghouls tomorrow. Bye!" Drake said running off.
The next morning Drake was making his way down the stairs his parents were grading papers. "Bye Mom, bye dad. I'm off." Drake said heading to the door when his father stops him.
"Drake wait!" He calls out. "Where are you going so early on a Saturday?" Seth asks.
"Oh uh just going to hang out with friends." Drake said causally.
"You've been spending a lot of time with these new friends of yours. You barely made it home on time last night. Think we can meet them soon?" Mary asks.
"Uh I don't know, they're not…normal." Drake said.
"What is normal?" Seth smirks.
"If you've been spending this much time with them they must be nice people." Mary said.
"They're the best." Drake said.
"So, when can we meet them?" His father asks again.
"Uh soon. I promise." Drake said opening the door and leaving the house.
"So impatient." Seth smirks.
"He gets that from you." Mary giggles as he husband shoots her a glare.
Meanwhile in an old building a man in a suit walks up to the door and knocks.
"Animo, I know you're in there. Open up." He said as he puts his key in and he opens the door to reveal multiple small animal habitats. "Whoo smells like a zoo in here." He said looking at one habitat with a frog in it when a man with pale skin and white hair walks up behind him. This was Dr. Animo.
"How did you get in here?" Animo asks startling him.
"Pass key, I am still your landlord. Remember? Well I guess not since you're 6 months late on your rent." He said.
"All my funds go into my research. Now get out you're disturbing my research!" Animo said.
"Looks like you were disturbed way before I came here. Now unless you pony up the green you and your little friends are out on the streets." The Landlord said.
"Pony up? Interesting phrase, you must be an animal lover. Then you're gonna love this." Animo said putting a frog on the ground and putting on what looked like a helmet with horns on it causing the landlord to laugh.
"What's that? You a member of the Moosel Lodge or something?" He asks.
"This is my transmodulator. Phase 1: it mutates subjects at a genetic level." Animo said as he turns it on and zaps the frog turning it into a large frog like mutant.
The landlord screams in fear as the frog mutant swallows him whole. As the landlord screams to get out Animo walks over.
"I'm sorry I can't hear you. Sounds like you have a frog in your throat. Or is it the other way around?" Animo laughs as the frog spits him up. "All I need now are a few lousy components and I will have what is rightfully mine!" Animo said as an ad for a store falls to the ground. "Luckily I know where I can get them." Animo grins.
Up on the hill at Draculaura's house Drake was sitting down with Frankie, Draculaura, Clawdeen and Harriet.
"So wait, you haven't told your parents anything about us?" Clawdeen asks.
"Or about the watch?" Draculaura asks.
"It never really came up, I just said you ghouls were interesting and different. I didn't know how to say I'm friends with monsters and that I have a watch that turns me into them." Drake said.
"Drake, it's not good to lie to your parents." Harriet said putting a hand on his shoulder.
"I know, but what will happen if I do tell them the truth? What if they freak out?" Drake asks.
"Drake they're your parents they love you." Frankie said.
"It's not me I'm worried about, it's how they'll react to you and the watch that worries me." Drake sighs when suddenly they heard a crashing noise.
"HELP!" Dracula yells from inside the house.
"Uh oh sounds like Dad is having trouble with the werepups." Draculaura said.
Running down the stairs to see the Werepups running around the main room frantically while Dracula was trying to calm them down. "Oh boy."
"They just need to let out all their energy. Usually a ball or two would work." Clawdeen giggles.
"I think there's a store near the bottom of the hill, how about I go pick up a few for them?" Drake suggests.
"Good thinking." Frankie said as the Werepups knocked Dracula to the ground.
"Just hurry!" He begged.
"I'll try." Drake chuckles as he left the house and ran down the hill.
At the store Drake was browsing around looking for the pet section.
"Let's see there has to be some balls or maybe a Frisbee around here somewhere." Drake said.
As he passed by the electronics department, he suddenly heard a rumbling noise. Suddenly something burst through the wall creating a large hole and knocking Drake to the ground.
Looking up Drake saw Animo getting off his mutant frog and grabbing a handful of electronics.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Drake calls out.
Turning to Drake the frog shoots his tongue at him knocking many cardboard boxes onto him.
"Don't be a hero kid. Now run along." Animo said when he looked at him curiously. "Wait a minute…you look familiar." He said when Security arrived.
"Hey! Put your hands in the air!" They ordered, but Animo climbs onto his frog and jumps over them, rushing to the pet section.
Activating his Transmodulator Animo zaps a hamster and a white parrot turning them both into large mutants. "Arise to your full potential my pets." Animo grins as Drake turns a corner to see the three mutant animals.
"Oh boy." Drake said freaking out.
"Behold the genius of Dr. Animo. Nothing will stop me from getting what is rightfully mine. Today I will make history or should I say prehistory!" Animo declares.
'Think it's time I went Monster.' Drake thought as he ran for his life.
Roaring the giant hamster chases after Drake, moving quickly Drake turns a corner and activates the watch. Slamming down on it a bright blue light is emitted as the Hamster turns the corner only to be punched into the wall.
As the light dies down the hamster recovers to see Rath walking towards it.
"Let me tell you something giant hamster! There's only room for one wild animal and that's Rath!" He declares gesturing to himself.
The hamster roars and charges towards Rath. Growling Rath readies his elbow and delivers a powerful lariat knocking the hamster to the ground.
As it tried shaking it off Rath picks up an entire store shelf and slams it down on the hamster trapping it under the whole thing.
Rath turns to Animo. "You're next weird scientist guy."
"You can't stop me from getting what is mine!" Animo said hopping on his parrot and flying through the store window with the frog right behind it.
As a feather from the large parrot drops down Rath picks it up.
That night Drake was holding the feather out as the Werepups were sniffing it.
"Alright you all got the scent?" Clawdeen asks as they all nod. "Good now let's find this bird."
Sneaking through town following the werepups Drake was explaining what happened to Draculaura, Frankie, Clawdeen and Dracula.
"So wait he turns normal animals into monsters?" Draculaura asks.
"How is that possible?" Dracula asks.
"I'm not sure, but a giant parrot flying through town is bad for everyone." Drake said taking out his phone.
"What are you doing?" Frankie asks.
"Trying to see if there's anything online about this Animo guy. Bingo! 5 years ago, Dr. Animo was a promising researcher in Veterinary Science, but it turns out he was doing these genetic experiments to mutate animals. When he didn't win some award he went crazy." Drake said.
"Sounds like my brothers throwing a tantrum when they don't get to play fetch." Clawdeen said when one of the pups barked. "They found where he's going."
Following the pups they arrived at the Natural History Museum to see a large hole in the door and a white feather identical to the one Drake showed them.
"Looks like we're on the right track." Frankie smiles as they made their way into the main room where Drake finds the empty electronics containers Animo took.
Looking near a model of a mammoth Dr. Animo was working on his Transmodulator when he heard footsteps.
Turning around he saw Drake and the monsters with him. "You are very persistent. I hate persistence." Animo said.
"You're a monster Animo! What you're doing to animals is wrong!" Clawdeen said.
"That's rich coming from real monsters like you. Why don't you go off and howl at the moon." Animo mocks causing Clawdeen to growl.
"We know about what you've done, it's over." Dracula points.
"Oh but it's just begun. See I only needed a few components to push my work into phase two: the reanimation of dormant cells." Animo said.
"Uh what does he mean exactly?" Draculaura asks confused.
"He's trying to restore life!" Frankie realized.
"Precisely, observe!" Animo said activating his device and making the mammoth model come to life shocking all of them. "Behold, the genius of Animo!" He said before running down the hall to another exhibit.
"Drake, you might want to go Monster." Draculaura said a little scared.
"You all go after Animo I'll take care of this." Drake said activating his watch.
"I think you mean we got this." Clawdeen said standing next to him causing Drake to grin.
Slamming down on the watch Drake transforms into Four Arms while Clawdeen switched to her wolf form.
"Come and get it!" Four Arms declares as he and Clawdeen charged towards the mammoth knocking it to the ground allowing the others to rush past them.
Running down the hallway they saw the large parrot blocking their path.
"Draculaura." Dracula said they turned into bats and released sonic waves causing the Parrot to screech in pain allowing Frankie to zap it with a powerful jolt of electricity causing the parrot to retreat.
"Impressive work ghouls." Dracula said.
"Drake's not the only hero." Draculaura smiles.
Making their way down the end of the hall they look to see Dr. Animo activating his device causing a T-Rex skeleton to come back to life, it even regrew its original skin.
Back in the main room Clawdeen jumps onto the mammoth's back and bites it causing it to roar as it shook Clawdeen off.
Using this opening Four Arms delivers a powerful punch to the face. Recovering from the blow the Mammoth swings its trunk knocking Four Arms into the air and into another dinosaur skeleton.
"Ok now I'm mad." Four Arms growls.
Clawdeen jumps at the Mammoth sinking her claws into its face dealing serious pain before the Mammoth wraps its trunk around Clawdeen and throws her into the air.
"I gotcha Clawdeen!" Four Arms said catching her before she hit the wall.
Turning back into her werewolf form Clawdeen groans in pain. "Thanks Drake, I owe ya one." She smirks.
Putting Clawdeen down Drake grabs the mammoth by the trunk and spins it around and around before letting it go and sending it crashing into the walls.
"Ugh so dizzy." Four Arms groans holding his head.
"We don't got time for that! Come on!" Clawdeen said grabbing one of his arms and pulling him down the hall.
Dodging the T-Rex tail they all scramble as Dr. Animo climbs onto the dinosaur's back.
"I'd love to stay and chat, but I need to reclaim what's rightfully mine." Animo said as the dinosaur smashed through the walls leading outside.
As the werepups looked through the hole they didn't notice the parrot flying in and grabbing two of them.
"No!" Dracula said in horror.
"I got it!" Four Arms said as he rushed out the hole and jumped high into the air grabbing onto the parrot. "Give me back those pups!"
Frankie looks to the wreckage and notices a piece of paper on the ground, picking it up she gasps at what she saw.
As Four Arms tried to grab the pups suddenly the hourglass logo started to beep. "Oh no not now." Four Arms said as the parrot shook him off and he fell to the ground.
Crashing into the ground a red light glows as Drake turns back to normal.
"Where are my brothers?" Clawdeen asks as the other Werepups were worried.
Drake looks up to the sky causing Clawdeen to gasp.
"Don't worry I won't let that bird out of my sight." Dracula said transforming into a bat and flying after the parrot.
"We have to stop that bird." Drake said.
"Drake wait. I think some other people might need your help first." Frankie said handing him the piece of paper Animo dropped, when he saw it he gasped.
On the paper was a picture of Drake's parents with a young Drake holding up the trophy Animo was after.
"College Professor couple Seth and Mary Rogers wins award. He's going after my parents!" Drake said causing all of them to gasp.
"Ghouls! Over here!" Dracula said signaling for them to follow.
Running towards a large building they saw the two werepups dangling for their lives on a flagpole as the parrot was just above them.
"No!" Clawdeen and her other brothers said worried when Drake's watch reactivates.
"I'm not letting bird brain get away this time!" Drake said slamming down on the watch and turning into Big Chill.
Flying up the building the werepups lose their grip and fall, luckily Big Chill catches them in the nick of time.
"He got them!" Dracula said as they all cheered.
But their cheering was cut short as the parrot flew towards Big Chill. Acting quickly Big Chill flew out of the way.
"Drake needs help!" Draculaura panics.
"Hang on little pups!" Dracula yells running towards them. "Drake! Throw them to me!" Dracula yells waving his arms.
"Are you sure?" Big Chill asks.
"Trust me!" Dracula yells.
Looking to the werepups Big Chill takes a deep breath before tossing them to Dracula who is knocked to the ground by them. When he opens his arms, they all smile to see he caught them.
"Way to go dad!" Draculaura smiles.
Turning towards the parrot Big Chill releases a cold breath freezing the birds wings causing it to plummet to the ground.
"Draculaura, you go with Drake and help save his parents." Frankie said.
Nodding Draculaura was about to fly off when Dracula grabs her arm. "Be careful." He said.
"Don't worry dad, I got this." Draculaura said turning into a bat and flying off with Big Chill.
At Drake's house the award was sitting on the book shelf with Seth and Mary Rogers watching TV nearby when suddenly the T-Rex Animo was riding smashes through the house startling them.
"What the hell?!" Seth said when they see Animo enter.
"Rogers! I believe you have something of mine!" Animo said grabbing the trophy. "I'd like to thank the committee for this amazing award." He said acting like he was at the ceremony.
"Animo?" Mary said surprised when the T-Rex was about to bite down on them.
"GET AWAY FROM THEM!" Looking up they saw Big Chill fly in and smack the T-Rex away.
As Drake's parents watched the fight in shock Draculaura appeared behind them and grabbed their hands. "This way follow me."
"What the? What's going on?" Mary asks.
"Trust me I'll explain everything, Drake can handle it from here." Draculaura said.
"Drake?" Seth and Mary said looking to Big Chill who was flying around the dinosaur and Animo.
Firing lasers from his helmet Animo destroys Drake's house while trying to hit the large moth. Breathing his cold ice Big Chill freezes the T-Rex's legs preventing any movement.
While it was stunned Big Chill flew in and knocked the trophy out his hands and shatters it when it hits the ground.
"No!" Animo yells when Big Chill flies and ripped the helmet of Animo's head. "My Transmodulator!" Animo gasps as Big Chill threw it to the ground destroying it. "No! NOOO!" Animo screams as the T-Rex returns to bones and the parrot turns back to normal.
As the sun rose Animo had been taken to jail while Drake was sitting down with his parents, by his side Draculaura, Frankie and Clawdeen had helped explain everything to them.
"I don't believe this." Seth said in shock.
"All this time these were the friends you've been hanging out with?" Mary asks equally shocked as Drake nods.
"Uh hi I'm Frankie."
"My name's Draculaura and this is my dad."
"And I'm Clawdeen."
"Wow, so you're the real Count Dracula?" Seth said looking at him.
"The one and only." He smiles.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the watch or about my friends. I-I just wasn't sure how." Drake said.
"We understand Drake, but this Vampire girl saved us how can we possibly hate them now?" Mary smiles causing Drake to smile meaning they liked her.
"Although…what are we going to do now? I mean Animo destroyed our home and most of our things." Seth brings up causing Drake and Mary to frown.
"Oh right." Seth sighs.
Draculaura looks to her dad who sighs knowing what she was about to say.
Soon Drake and his parents were moving their things into Draculaura's house.
"So tell me about this school you kids are trying to build." Seth said carrying in a few boxes.
"It's a place where Monsters can go to be normal, make friends and learn to live alongside humans." Frankie said.
"And you three came up with that all on your own?" Mary asks as they nod. "That's impressive."
"Yeah we plan to turn this old house into a school for everyone." Drake said setting some boxes down.
"What about your school staff?" Seth asks.
"Well my dad and Clawdeen's mom are going to help, but we need some Humanology professors. You know people to teach monsters about humans." Frankie said.
Pausing to think Mary and Seth smile. "How about us?"
"Huh?" They all said looking at them.
"Think about it, who better than actual human professors. We can help out with this school too." Seth said.
"Mom, dad are you two serious?" Drake asks as both of them nod causing Drake to smile and hug his parents. "You guys are the best."
"Alright everyone get some rest because tomorrow we begin construction on Monster High." Harriet said as all of them cheered in agreement.
That night Dracula was reading the werepups a bed time story.
"And he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down. Not even the brick house could stop the big bad wolf." Dracula read.
"That's a good story." A werepup yawns tired from it.
"It's nice having more monsters here, isn't it?" Draculaura asks.
"And all it took was a crazy scientist to get these little monsters to trust me." Dracula smirks causing Draculaura to giggle.
Making her way up the stairs she walked past Drake's room. Looking inside she saw Drake looking out the window.
"Something on your mind?" Draculaura asks walking in.
"Huh? Oh hey Draculaura." Drake said as she stood next to him. "I just can't believe it, so much has happened in such a short time and now my parents want to work at our school."
"I know, it's kinda overwhelming." Draculaura said.
"Hey Draculaura, thanks for everything." Drake smiles.
"What for?" She asks.
"For being my friend, helping me when I needed it most and most of all helping to save my parents." Drake said.
"Well what kind of friend would I be if I wasn't there for you?" She smiles.
"You're the best." Drake said.
"Come on, we got a big day ahead of us. Let's get some rest." Draculaura said walking to the door. Turning around she looks to Drake. "Hey Drake, if I was in a similar position would be there to help me?"
Not giving it a second thought Drake nods. "Absolutely."
Draculaura smiles as she closes the door when suddenly her heart started to race. Reaching towards her chest Draculaura felt it for a few seconds. 'What was that?"