Chapter 20: Lochness Search
Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. Two days ago was the one year anniversary of the day I created this story and I am so happy with how far this has come in that time. Thank you all for your support. Please Review and Enjoy.
At Monster High, Frankie, Dracula, Rook and Grey Matter were discussing some sort of plans.
"I'm telling you guys we need to make it deeper." Rook said.
"But if we make it too deep, we could ruin the foundation." Dracula said before turning to Frankie and Grey Matter who were plugging in calculations. "How deep can we make it?"
"Let's see with the amount of concrete, the strength of the ground and the distance between it and the school." Frankie said typing into a calculator.
"We estimate we can make it about 50ft deep." Grey Matter said.
"Hey what's going on?" Lagoona asks walking over.
"We're working on installing a pool at Monster High." Rook said causing her to smile.
"Seriously? We're getting a pool." Lagoona said.
"Yep and with a little Plumber Tech and a little help from Water Hazard we could have this done soon." Dracula said as the watch timed out turning Grey Matter back into Drake.
"Which is good for us because it has been getting really hot up here." Drake said.
"I'll say I haven't had a good swim in a while. Us water ghouls will love this." Lagoona said when Draculaura came in.
"Hey ghouls we got another Monster." Draculaura said.
"Ooh another new student. Who is it?" Frankie asks as she, Drake and Lagoona walk over.
"That's strange this one isn't from a student, says his name is Mr. Ness and he and his daughter need help." Draculaura said.
"Oh like the Loch Ness Monster." Drake said getting their attention.
"Wait you know about this monster?" Lagoona asks.
"Well supposedly people say on late nights there's a creature living in the loch, but the last picture of it isn't very convincing." Drake said showing them a shadow of a serpent like creature coming out of the lake.
"Wow…that is not a good picture." Draculaura said as she, Frankie and Lagoona cringed.
"No kidding." Drake said.
"And if you ghouls get spotted in that area the humans will be all over you just like that picture." Julie said walking in with Ship.
"Oh man she's right. If we ask Clawdeen and Cleo to come with us we could be drawing lots of attention to ourselves." Frankie said.
"So would it just be the four of us then?" Draculaura asks.
"Actually, you think I could go with you?" Julie asks surprising them.
"Really Julie?" Drake asks.
"Yeah I've always wanted to see the world and for a trip like this I think it could help to have another human on your team." Julie nods.
Drake, Draculaura, Frankie and Lagoona look at each other and nod in agreement.
"Here Julie, you're gonna need this." Frankie said handing her a helmet.
"A helmet?" Julie asks confused.
"Trust us on this one." Drake said as they all put on their helmets.
Julie and Ship look at each other and shrug before Ship went into her bag and she put in the helmet.
"Mr. Ness, Exto Monstrum!" They all said transporting away.
Appearing in an open field the 5 of them appear in the air before the four of them hit the ground in pain but Julie lands on her feet.
"Ugh why didn't you hit your head?" Lagoona groans.
"Plumber training." Julie said.
"You think you can teach us how land like that?" Drake groans.
"Sure." Julie said when she looks out at the lake and her eyes widen. "Uh ghouls this might be a little more difficult than we thought."
All of them walk over to see dozens of boats sailing around the Loch.
"It's like the search for the Loch Ness Monster all over again." Drake said.
"Crikey that's a lot of normies." Lagoona said.
"Why are they all here?" Draculaura asks.
"I don't know, but if we want to find our monster we better do some investigating." Julie said.
"Drake and I will search the Loch while you three look around town." Lagoona said as they split up.
Making their way towards the lake, Drake and Lagoona arrived at the coast near some rocks.
"I'm starting to see why this Mr. Ness needed help." Lagoona said when a helicopter flew over.
Acting quickly Drake grabbed Lagoona and pressed her against some rocks so the helicopter couldn't see her.
"Is that it?"
"No just some couple." The pilot said causing Drake and Lagoona to blush.
When the helicopter flew off, Drake moved out of the way. "Uh sorry about that, but I thought if they saw you it could be trouble." Drake said nervously.
"N-No problem. It's cool." Lagoona said uncomfortably. "You uh should probably go Ripjaws…you know so we can start searching."
"Y-Yeah. Let's just hope it doesn't time out while I'm underwater." Drake said fiddling with it.
"Don't worry if anything happens, I'll get ya to the surface like last time." Lagoona said before she remembered that last time she saved Drake she had to give him CPR.
Fidgeting with the watch Drake crosses his fingers as he slammed down turning into Ripjaws.
"Ready?" Ripjaws asks as Lagoona nods before they dived into the water.
Meanwhile in town, Julie, Draculaura and Frankie were walking towards the town when they saw normies at the docks loading up on fishing rods, bait, harpoons and many different types of video cameras.
"Whoa, that's a lot of tech. It's clear they're all looking for something." Frankie said.
"But the million-dollar question is what are they looking for?" Julie asks.
"Let's find out." Draculaura said turning into a bat and flying down towards the docks.
Stopping on top of a ship, she overheard some humans talking.
"It's gotta be out there somewhere." A sailor said.
"How can you guys even be sure it's real? It could just be another prank." A woman said.
"Because Edgar at the Pub has a picture of it hanging on the wall. If we find the real thing we could be rich."
Gasping Draculaura flew back to Julie and Frankie.
"Did you find anything?" Frankie asks.
"Well whatever it is these people are after there's a picture of it at someplace called a Pub, what is that?" Draculaura asks.
"It's basically a place where humans go to drink." Julie said.
"Why would they do that? Can't they do it at home?" Frankie asks.
"It's actually pretty sad if you have to do it by yourself at home." Julie said confusing them. "Just trust me on this, let's just go find the bar."
Following Julie they made their way towards the town.
Back in the lake, Ripjaws and Lagoona were swimming all over searching for any clues all while avoiding the boats.
"There has to be something we're missing that they're not seeing." Lagoona said.
"Well let's think, these guys are searching the deepest areas, right? Well let's try somewhere these guys wouldn't even think to look." Ripjaws said.
Swimming up to the surface, Lagoona and Ripjaws looked around to see a large cluster of rocks that made it impossible for any boats to go near.
"I think that's our best bet." Lagoona said.
As they swam towards the rocks the Omnitrix logo started to beep turning Drake back into a human.
"I think this thing hates me." Drake sighs.
"At least you're not underwater." Lagoona said.
"Maybe I should take a picture so we know where this is." Drake said taking out his phone but the second he took the picture something jumped out of the water in front of him.
"Photobomb!" A female voice said startling them.
"What the?!" Drake and Lagoona look to see a ghoul with green scaly skin, plaid colored clothes with a skirt and puffy red hair.
"Well I think we found our monster." Lagoona said.
"Sorry about that, I love a good photobomb." She giggles before notcing Lagoona. "Hey you're a monster, like me."
"Hey mate, I'm Lagoona Blue and this Drake." Lagoona said.
"We're looking for a Mr. Ness." Drake said.
"Oh you mean my dad." She said surprising them. "Oh sorry I didn't introduce myself. I'm Lorna McNessie. You might have heard of my dad. The Loch Ness Monster."
"Whoa, did not see that coming." Drake said.
"Here follow me." Lorna said swimming away with Lagoona swimming next to her. "Hey that human, what's his deal?" She whispers.
"Don't worry, he's cool." Lagoona brushes it off.
"Oh is he your boyfriend or something?" Lorna asks.
"What?!" Lagoona said swimming face first into a rock. "Ouch!"
"Lagoona are you okay?" Drake said when he noticed a bruise on her face.
As Drake was helping her, Lorna rolled her eyes. 'Not a couple huh?'
Reaching a hidden area, they saw a cavern filled with furniture and portraits.
"Wow, not bad." Drake said when Lorna's dad appeared out of the darkness.
"Uh hi, we're from Monster High, we got your message saying you need help." Lagoona said speaking first.
"Oh thank goodness you got it." He said helping them out of the water. "Hmm I thought this was a school for monsters, why do you have a human with you?"
"I'm a student as well, it's not just monsters going there." Drake said.
"So what's going on out there? Why are all those normies sailing around the lake?" Lagoona asks.
"I don't know, this hasn't happened since they first saw me all those years ago." Mr. Ness said pointing to the picture of him the normies took all those years ago.
"That was you?" Drake asks.
"I know, they really got me good side." He smiles.
Lagoona and Drake look at each other with weird expressions on their faces.
Meanwhile in town, Julie, Draculaura and Frankie were sneaking around until they reached the Pub.
"Alright they said someone named Edgar has a picture of whatever they're looking for." Draculaura said.
"Sound easy enough." Frankie said when someone was thrown out the front door.
"Get out deadbeat!" A male voice said causing the girls to cringe.
Looking through the opening in the door the three girls and Ship saw multiple men arguing, drinking and punching each other.
"People actually come here of their own free will?" Frankie cringes.
"Yep." Julie said.
"Why?" Draculaura asks.
"Little normie creation that's popular with adults." Julie said pointing to guys drinking.
"How are we gonna find the picture? We can't go in there." Frankie said.
Julie pauses to think and puts down her bag letting Ship out.
"Ship, think you cause a little distraction?" Julie asks.
"Ship! Ship!" Ship nods.
Sneaking inside Ship made his way towards the jukebox causing it to act up.
"Huh? Hey Edgar something's wrong."
As an elderly man walked over towards Ship he caused the jukebox to jump up and down firing CDs at everyone startling them.
Using this distraction the three of them snuck in and examined each of the pictures hanging on the wall.
"Come on, it has to be one of these." Julie said as they looked around.
"Uh girls." Draculaura said getting their attention with a panicked look on her face.
Walking over to the wall Julie and Frankie both got a similar expression.
"Oh this is not good." Frankie said.
"We gotta find Drake and Lagoona." Julie said as Draculaura took a picture with her iCoffin.
"And our monster." Draculaura said as they ran out.
Popping her head back in Julie whistled for Ship to stop and ran back to her.
At the cavern, Draculaura, Frankie and Julie were showing Mr. Ness, Lorna, Drake and Lagoona the picture they saw in the bar which was the Loch with Lorna photobombing it.
"Well this certainly explains a lot." Drake said as Mr. Ness glared at Lorna.
"So dad, did they get my good side?" Lorna asks sheepishly.
"Why? Why did you even go where someone could take a picture of you?" Drake asks.
"I don't know why I did that, there was just something about cameras that I just had to photobomb." Lorna admits.
"But now your home is being overrun with humans. What are you gonna do?" Julie asks.
"I've been able to dodge those humans for years, but my daughter will be easily be caught if she decides to photobomb someone else." Mr. Ness said.
"So you're just gonna keep here in her?" Lagoona asks.
"No, it's too risky. I need you all to take Lorna back with you to Monster High, at least until the heat dies down." Mr. Ness said surprising them.
"Wait, dad are you serious?" Lorna asks.
"Yes I am. Tell me something does this school help show monsters how to handle things in the human world?" Mr. Ness asks.
"Yes we do." Lagoona nods.
"Well then this your best chance, Lorna. You said you wanted to see something beyond this lake." Mr. Ness said.
"Oh dad." Lorna smiles hugging her father.
A few days later, Lorna walking towards Monster High with a big smile on her face.
"Wow, this is so cool." Lorna said.
"You think that's cool? Check this out." Lagoona said walking her to the back where they saw Water Hazard filling up a large pool where everyone was excited.
"No way. We have a pool?" Lorna said.
"Alright students, time of the official school portrait." Dracula calls out.
At the front of Monster High, all the monsters, plumbers, even Kevin, Hope and Hex were in the picture.
As Drake stood next to all the ghouls Draculaura grabs his hand surprising him.
"Alright students smile." Dracula said setting the timer.
Running back all of them paused to smile when suddenly Lorna appeared in front of it.
"Photobomb!" Lorna smiles as the camera snapped the photo.
"Lorna!" They all yelled.