After another week of training and doing work on our other assignments (I'd already managed to make my secret door in the class for reaching my sister and had it so that it was on a portable shrinking apparatus. Yeah, shrinking technology was a thing, but only for transporting doors. It wasn't allowed for anything else), we then had to get to work with the next event, that being the one where we had to be quiet. And as for the rhyme, it was actually a bit different than the game it was a part of.
"The kid is asleep, but the parents are awake. Be stealthy and nimble, don't make the ground shake," the note said, which we knew meant it'd be the sneaking challenge, so we trained double on that, me smirking at how everyone had improved significantly, to the point we were able to do it effortlessly in practice!
"Okay, here's the gist. You need to be quiet, so you don't get caught by the kid's parents. And in this challenge, you REALLY don't want to get caught by... the librarian!" Brock said as quietly, yet enthusiastically as he could as our groups were all lined up at the end of the library, me seeing that it was basically the length of a football field in order to reach the stairs and to the upper balconies.
"Shhh. Quiet!" the librarian said, me then looking at the others and whispering to them.
"Remember, more sneaky, less squeaky," I whispered to them.
"Got it, we'll be light as a feather," Squishy smiled as we then were given the notice by a person in the center of the library signing to us with his fingers And when he reached 0 out of 6, we then proceeded to shimmy across the floor quickly, but quietly, the group of other frats and sororities looking surprised by how fast we were moving and without making a single loud noise. And whenever we did encounter a small creak, we stopped stepping on it before the librarian could notice. And by the end, we managed to get to the stairs the fastest, where we saw that the stairs were actually completely creak-free, us sighing in relief as we then went up to the upper balconies and Sully then proceeded to send a line of our team members down on a chain in order to grab our flag, which said OK. And once Squishy grabbed it, I then proceeded to try and help Sully pull the chain back... but I then felt some kind of breathing down my neck.
"I can see your fears," said the voice of a creature I was scared of, but I had a feeling it was fake, me looking behind me and seeing the sight of Shapeshifter, her being in a form that was supposed to scare me. It was in the form of the ghost cow from Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion's hospital dlc. And I frowned at her and stuck my tongue out at her.
"Nice try, but I'm not about to scream at that," I said, her then doing something else that made me gasp quietly, but followed by a ton of wincing! She pinched me in my nipple! I breathed in and out angrily after and heard the voice of Undine after.
"What are you doing?! You're going to get us disqualified!" Undine said with a hushed tone, but angrily.
"Just watch me work," she said, me frowning as I then finished bringing my allies up the whole way before then doing something to shapeshifter and grabbing her fearlessly.
"W-Wait! W-What are you-" she asked quietly before I then punched her in the gut, which she winced at as she needed to regain her composure, her turning into the teddy bear afterwards.
"Don't. Touch me. Again. Or I'm reporting you," I frowned at her angrily as I then led my group back down the stairs as ROR showed up, me and my group then moving the rest of the way out of the library with the flag in hand, which the group on the outside were shocked at how Oozma Kappa was first place.
"No way! Oozma Kappa got first? Impressive!" said a fishy girl, me smiling and nodding at her.
"And I'm going to need to talk to Hardscrabble about something, but only if I hear a complaint from her," I frowned, me then waiting by the sidelines and seeing that second place was ROR and third was SCP, which the latter went to Hardscrabble to speak with her, which I joined in as they spoke by hiding among the scenery.
"I have to report Oozma Kappa, miss Hardscrabble. Their leader, Coco-" Shapeshifter was about to say before Catra spoke up.
"Shapeshifter, don't. You did it first," Catra said with annoyance.
"Shut it!"
"What did you do first?" Hardscrabble asked in annoyance. But as I saw that it seemed that Shapeshifter was the lone one of the group that was trying to get me in trouble, I decided to speak up, just for the rest of the group.
"She tried to spook me, so I spooked her back, silently of course," I said, which Hardscrabble frowned at.
"Don't interfere with the other teams in the scare games again, got it, SCP? And that goes for you as well, Coco Bandifoot," Hardscrabble frowned at me.
"Yes ma'am," I said with a frown.
"U-Um... yeah, you got it," Shapeshifter said as we then saw that the last place contenders, just like in the movie, was EEK, which they were sent to the river when they got caught by the librarian.
"And with that, Slugma-Slumga-Kappa is eliminated!" Brock smirked from outside, which we then proceeded to have a sigh of relief at the victory, me going to my allies and doing our new Oozma Kappa cheer, which was created by Narleen.
"Little guys can give big bites! Fightin' every day an' night! Goooo OOZMA!" we cheered happily, which is when Shapeshifter went to me and frowned at me.
"Why?" she asked, me looking at her with a blunt stare.
"Why what? YZ?" I asked, her frowning at me.
"Why would you stick up for me when I did that? You could've very easily seen me get eliminated, same with the rest of my team. So why did you do that?" she asked, her form changing to that of a werewolf when she did it.
"Just because one of you did wrong, it doesn't mean the rest of your team has to pay the price. Take this as a lesson. I did it for your teammates, not for you. Next time you try to cheat, I won't be so generous, got it?" I frowned at her.
"Right... I'm going to go now... by the way, ROR's having a party for the winners of this far in the running. I'd suggest on not going, but after placing first in this challenge? I'm positive that you could get away with it, since ROR's never been beat in any of these challenges before. You could use a bit of stress relief," Shapeshifter smiled.
"Could I get a name, then? Your pamphlets didn't really say what your real names were," I asked with a smile.
"Fine. I'm Ursa Shift. My sister, Catra, is Felinia Shift. You already know Undine, and the others in my clique I'll introduce to you at the party. But be careful. If ROR sees you there, they might plan something nasty. Be prepared for anything," Shapeshifter said before then turning into her statue form. "Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta get grubbied-up in order to look scary for the party. Oh, and, maybe you should get some uniforms for the team? Make the others know who you are and all that." And with that, Ursa then waltzed off to be with her sorority creeps. I smirked at the thought of the party as Sully then spoke.
"I don't like the idea of this party, but I could use somme kind of excuse to not train for a change," Sully smiled.
"Yeah, besides, we already know that the next event is going to be avoiding the teenager. After that one, the next event would be hide and sneak, so for the next few days, we're going to train on how effectively we can hide in plain sight. Oh, and we can't choose places that are off-limits and considered cliche, so we can't go under the table, the bed, the curtains, or the chimney. Those will be the first places they'll check," I smiled.
"We'll need to learn more in the coming days, then," Art smirked as we then proceeded to get ready for the party. I proceeded to just get into a pretty outfit for it, which was provided by Shelly, which she said belonged to her ex-girlfriend when she was 'experimenting'.
"Didn't peg you for that kind of woman, Mrs. Squiggles," I admitted to her.
"Oh, don't worry about it. Besides, you should be one to talk about experimentation, considering your secret," she giggled at me.
"You know not to tell anyone, right? It'd really rock the monster world, after all," I frowned.
"Oh, I know, sweetie. If they found THAT out, you might be detained by the CDA forever! Just make sure you win those games!" she smiled, me nodding at her as I then went out to the party with Oozma Kappa, us then going inside and seeing that the others looked at us in confusion before then smiling.
"Hey, look! Oozma Kappa is in the building! Now we can really party!" Johnny smiled, me frowning at his enthusiasm, which was a red flag. While the crowd cheered for him, I took Sully and Mike aside specifically.
"Red flags are flying high. We need to be cautious while we party. Last thing we need is a college prank by frat boys," I said, them nodding at me as we then proceeded to party, but I did also make sure to be careful and look around the place, me deciding to hang out with the members of HSS, them looking at me in confusion after I joined them.
"Heh, what're ya doing with our group? Why not your cute little friends?" the leader asked, me frowning at her.
"Don't let their size or their appearance fool you. They've been learning more and more how to be real scarers. I've been training them almost every day since I signed us up, even before Mike and Sully joined," I smirked at her.
"Well, it's paying off in spades, for sure. Especially since you're the first ones to ever win a challenge against ROR. They're usually undefeated every year in every category," said Susan, her then flipping her hair flippantly after.
"I plan on ROR getting eliminated before the final event, actually. It all depends on if we get paired against them in the toxic child challenge," I smiled.
"That is, of course, if you make it that far," Nancy spoke with her mind, which I didn't expect.
"And we will. But as for this party, I have a sneaking suspicion that ROR is planning some kind of prank on my frat. If push comes to shove, could I ask for you to stick with my side?" I asked, them smirking at that.
"Y'know what? After today's performance? I'm game for taking your side no matter what. 'Specially since I heard you stood up for SCP when they were cheating against you," leader Rosie smiled at me.
"Regardless, I still need to get something to drink. Is it punch? Or alcoholic? Because I may be an adult, but I need to know if this party is illegal or not," I smiled.
"Oh, you wanna know? It's an illegal party for sure. ROR snuck beer in. You could probably get them in big trouble if they try to prank your group," Susan smiled, me nodding as I then went back to my group as Johnny got a microphone.
"Attention everyone! I have an important announcement!" he said, me joining my group and looking up, seeing that the paint buckets were all above my group. So I simply whispered to them and had us move forward about ten inches. "I must say that this is a great lineup for the Scare Games! It's been quite a surprising couple weeks so far! Of course, my team failed to place first for the first time for 18 years, and we have a lot of great sororities still in the running, along with an up-and-coming frat. We've got Eta-Hiss-Hiss! Python-Nu-Kappa! -Haha, creepy!- Spooky Creepus Pho, always an amazing runner-up! And finally, the most surprising, Oozma Kappa. A toast, to all of you, but especially Oozma Kappa," he said, everyone cheering before the paint buckets were deployed... and they caused a ton of splashing to coat the floor, the backs of some of my frat, and more importantly, almost all over the members of Python-Nu-Kappa and a couple members of ROR!
"WHAT?! I thought I told you punks to aim them correctly!" Johnny shouted, which I frowned at as I then went up to him and grabbed him by the collar.
"Let me guess, buster. You planned to prank me and Oozma Kappa, didn't you?" I asked, him gulping and staying silent. "YES OR NO?! ANSWER!" I shouted. He then nodded his head as I then put him down. "I have half a mind to report you for bullying, but I have a different idea in mind, since this booze is definitely not allowed on campus. Wouldn't it be a damn shame if Hardscrabble heard that ROR was holding an illegal college party on campus grounds?" I asked, which Johnny gulped.
"You wouldn't dare!" he growled at me.
"Oh, I'd dare. I said I'd protect Oozma Kappa, and I'm not going to let your attempt at embarrassing us go off so lightly! If anything, YOU, Johnny, and ALL of Roar-Omega-Roar, should be embarrassed, since I not only caused YOU to faint, but we beat you punks fair and square in the last challenge! So, you're going to do exactly as I say, or I'm going to out you to Hardscrabble for smuggling in booze on campus. Got it?" I said angrily into the microphone to him, which Johnny was scared, and rightfully so. As for the girls on PNK?
"Yeah! Make them pay! It's going to take forever to get all this paint off of us!" Carrie shouted angrily, her entire right side being splatted with differently colored paint.
"W-What do you have in mind?" he asked, me smiling at that.
"First thing you're going to do. Throw the next challenge completely," I said, him then getting angry at that. "Listen, either that, or you get expelled for underage drinking and supplying booze to minors. Your choice," I said, him growling before then nodding. "Second thing, you convince your family to take me and my group to Monsters Inc for a field trip. Not to the mail room, but a front-row seat to the scare floor so we can see scarers in their element." He nodded again, but he was getting angrier. "And finally, the last thing, bake a cake each for every single sorority and fraternity on campus and watch them eat it in front of you," I frowned.
"Seriously?! What is it with you and freaking cake?! There are other kinds of foods you know!" he shouted at me.
"Nevah! Question a woman. About her love of sweets. Lest you get squished," I frowned at him as I booped him on his nostrils. "Do all of these things, and I'll let all of this slide under the rug. And you have to do all of them before the end of the next event in the Scare Games. Now, if you bastards will excuse me, I need to lead myself, PNK, and my members in OK to the showers to get this paint off of us," I said, them frowning at me as PNK smirked at that and we then proceeded to go out of the party, but not before I then did the same thing to his party that he did to Oozma Kappa. I knocked over his most popular food, that being the chocolate fountain. "Oops, sorry, I thought it was cake!" I shouted before then leaving the party with the others, which Mike looked at me with a smile.
"That? Was amazing! You really told him off!" Mike smiled.
"You should be lucky. You guys have paint on your backs, but we have it all over us!" Carrie frowned.
"So? Wanna hit the showers?" I smiled.
"Uh, yeah, no duh... but uh, could you possibly help Crystal and Naomi over there? I think they may have had a few too many," Carrie asked, me seeing the duo were a bit tipsy, which I then proceeded to carry one of them in each arm.
"Ooh, she's buff... just what I like in a partner... hic!" Naomi said in a drunken stuper before trying to grab my butt.
"I'll ignore what you just did, since you're wasted right now. But I'll make sure Crystal reminds you tomorrow, got it?" I smirked.
"Nooo... I don't wanna remember..." Naomi said in a drunken cry, me groaning at that.
"It's just like the last time I was in college... oh joy," I groaned.
"Last time? You went to college before?" Carrie asked.
"Did you already forget?"
"Oh yeah, right. You're secretly Barri Bigfoot... you were banished for years before you were then brought back by coming back through the door... but how come you were living with humans? That's the thing I'm still unsure about," Carrie asked in confusion.
"It's not easy living among the humans. Sure, the adults are completely not toxic whatsoever, but the kids are walking germ factories. I had to wear protective equipment when checking on the little kids I was working with, but that's a story for another day," I lied through my teeth. Best that I didn't out the secret to everyone, especially to the members of PNK. Sure, Carrie was very nice, but I didn't trust the other members yet.
"So, the next challenge is going to be scaring the teenagers, right?" Crystal asked before hiccupping.
"Wrong. It's avoiding the teenagers. In order for the plan to work for ROR to throw the match, we'll need you to scare the small cutouts and avoid the tall ones. Otherwise, you'll never make it through the maze," I frowned.
"Right... I still have problems with that, same with all of us... could we ask for you to train us when you get back from your field trip, please? We'll still be a challenge for ya, but we need to learn how to do better at not scaring everything," Carrie smirked as we finally got to the showers alongside Narleen.
"That we can. And Ah hope that ROR makes them cakes good, because we don't want no disasters delivered to us," Narleen smiled proudly.
"And how!" PNK smirked before doing their trademark hissing, which we then proceeded to enter the showers. We had to clean off all the paint and then get to bed right after.