A/N: Here is the fourth chapter. Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: Monster High and characters belong to Garrett Sander and Mattel

Ch.5 Homecoming Contest Hedge Hell

October 2013: Week Four

Frankie's POV

Monday: Bad Scare Day

I entered school that morning while on the phone with Melody.

"So newbie, you down to hang with us at the maul this Friday in New Salem? Me and the ghouls are going dress shopping for the school Homecoming dance that's happening after scaremester midterms."

The maul? Wow, I forgot that Homecoming was right after midterms. Well since I did not bring any dresses with me in my luggage, I guess it wouldn't hurt. Though I don't have much money for clothes that is not reserved for food and rent.

"Yeah, let's meet at the maul, I saw these totally cute monster creepers on sale." I was beginning to get used to the monster lingo.

"Oof!"

I ran into something invisible which caused some of my belongings to fall alongside myself.

"Are you alright, young lady?"

I heard a man with a British accent ask me that reminds me of the UK.

"O-oh yes, thank you, Mr…um?"

I questioned as I was picking up my foot, right hand, and iCoffin.

"Oh, sorry my dear. It's Mr. Wear. I always see kids like you walking the halls skittering on your iCoffins and not watching out."

"O-oh, yikes. I do see what you are saying."

I was used to it even back in prep school. My besties back home were studious and reserved like me while talking about latest trends on their phones.

Upon getting up, Mr. Wear gives me back my bolts.

"Anyway, I must be going to the faculty room. Tata."

"Thanks Mr. Wear." I responded back as he continued walking.

My iCoffin rings again, it's Melody again which I quickly picked up from my red purse.

"Hello? Hello!?"

All I could hear was her voice faintly mixed with static.

"I-I'm sorry Melody but I can't hear you. We seem to have a bad connection."

I kept walking as I wanted to stop by the ladies restroom quickly before class.

"Oof!"

I think I heard what sounded like Clawdeen…? Hmm, must be hearing the static.

Then I heard lockers slamming hard after one another as I walk past the halls. What is going on this morning?

"I-I'm gonna have to call you back. Something's funny with my phone."

I said putting my phone back into my purse and continued walking.

Ghoulia's POV

I see Frankie walking the halls heading to the washroom.

"O-ow…"

I heard Cleo however went to follow Frankie as her volts are discharging. Mr. D'eath the guidance counsellor will need a new robe.

Heath's POV

"Yuck, Eye of Newt." Gross, Monster Monday lunches are not for my fiery stomach.

"Oh, boy. Eye of Newt, my favourite."

Blech, how can some monsters even like this slop?

"Huh…must be hearing things."

I thought my Eye of Newt was actually talking to me. Well, whatever haha.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. I-I don't know what's happening."

The eyeball in my soup just looked to the side.

"Ah!"

"Oi!"

What the fuck is going on?

"Uh oh…"

"Blimey!"

"Incoming!"

As soon as I turned around, I see all the cookware flinging around the creepateria.

Oh shit!

Upon dodging a sharp knife heading my way, there goes my lunch which I dropped on the floor.

"What the hell!?"

I shouted. Arrrgh, these were one of my favourite jeans too. God knows how many wash cycles its gonna take to get this stain out. Gonna have to burn these if it won't come off.

"Oh, I'm so sorry! Sigh, this is the worst day ever."

Oh, that's it. You mess with the Heathster again, you get burned nerd girl.

"Ugggh. Uuuuuuuh" (Hey Frankie, your bolts are put back on in reversed polarity. Here)

"I reversed my own polarity. You're the best Ghoulia. Thank goodness my best ghoul friend has got my-"

Time for you to get humiliated by the Heathster.

"Yo, Four Eyes!"

"Uggggh" (Heath, what is it now?)

"This has nothing with you Ghoulia."

I was half pissed, half uh…not pissed.

"Hey, chill out. She was just trying to-"

God I hate hearing her talk.

"You know, since your a social freak and all, next time if your going to be throwing knives and other sharp crap everywhere with your lil' zappy zaps, at least work on your aim."

I said grinning to hide my annoyance.

"Why do you always have to be such an asshole!?"

Huh? What, me?

"Oi, both of you'se! Detention after school for spilling shit in the creepateria and causing a safety hazard."

"Ooooh…"

I could hear the other losers say nearby. Really didn't want eyes watching me, rather on her.

"What!?"

You surprised, Four Eyes?

"Fuck, not again."

I said cursing out loud.

"Heath, thats another detention for you tomorrow after school for talkin' back in that sailor language."

Some of the students were snickering at me. Me, an asshole? Says the one trying to skew everybody here like lamb kabobs.

"This is your fault, Four Eyes. Then again, you are such an airhead that you don't even know what you did was uncool."

I really was fed up with her trying to show me up and occasionally being a conversation topic from my bros. You think your real hot shit, don't you?

"Ugggggh" (You two have been going at it since the beginning of the scaremester. Just please stop fighting, your causing a scene.)

At this point, I was not listening to what anyone was saying, even Ghoulia. I was getting pissed.

"Whatever, I'm outta here. Gotta change my pants now, no thanks to her."

I stormed outta the Creepateria, being the one humiliated instead.

No POV

"Ugh, hello? A little help here?"

Cleo said annoyed with her earring still stuck to her locker. She had no choice but to disconnect the earring so she would not be late for afternoon classes.

"Sigh, I miss you mother."

She said with a sad look on her face as she closed her locker.

Frankie's POV

After school detention…

Sigh, I was so embarrassed. Detention? I don't even know what I did. As I quietly walked in, I see Mr. Hothead at the back, sulking at his seat. Sigh, I should have kept my mouth shut better but that jerk really knots up my stitches.

"Ah, Miss Stein. Looks like you and Mr. Burns here have had quite the "edge" earlier today at lunch."

I responded to Mr. Rott, already being embarrassed in front of a hundred or so students earlier at lunch today.

"Um, pardon me sir. Um, what exactly do you mean by-"

"Silence! Since both of you are responsible, as punishment you will head to the Creepateria to clean up the mess you both made. And Mr. Burns, I expect that you don't burn anything as I was informed by Hackett that you will be here again tomorrow."

"Not even accidentally?"

I wouldn't be shocked if he ended up burning the entire school down.

"Both of you, go!"

I quickly walked down to the creepateria.

As I finished picking up all the utensils, plates, and cookware left scattered across the lunchroom behind the counter, I glanced behind me seeing Heath lightly burning the food spilled on the floor then sweeping the excess back up.

I did not want to ask why he was doing that but hey, whatever floats your skeletal boat I guess. I could not help but glance at his black gym shorts when he turned around. Wow, they really show off his leg muscles.

"Heehee, cute butt."

Um, did I just whisper that out loud? I gotta stop doing that, I am still in school. And plus, he's a jerk who is somehow dating the Disembody Vice President who is also my friend. So not high voltage.

Ugh, I think my polarity is still irreversing itself. Oh, well since I'm done what I needed to do I may as well just head back home to my apartment. As I was heading out, I wanted to apologize for what I said to him earlier today as I perhaps was a bit out of line, but I was not sure if now was the right time to say it.

"Hey, you done?"

I heard him call out to me.

"Y-yeah. I wanted to say…um…"

"Hey, listen. I'm gonna head where your going. It's getting late and I got stuff to do."

I am not going to ask what kind of stuff he does if it isn't either about Abbey or his comics.

We both walked out of the school in silence separately, which was like the time I followed him up to the attic. When we came out of the main entrance, he did not look at me this time and said,

"I am an asshole. Deal with it."

I heard a slight pain in his voice but in his eyes, there was something else. He then walked down the steps and went to his car parked in the student parking lot. Well, guess I won't take back what I said to him, then. Hmph.

Tuesday

Sigh, detention yesterday was brutal. It's bad enough that I have to deal with Heath everyday after school during Robotics Club but detention with him? Infuriating, I never even gotten a detention in my entire life, now my good record is ruined thanks to his hot ass. I really wanted to chuck that leftover food slop at his goregeous face.

Arrrgh, why do these thoughts keep coming to me!?

"Frankie."

My annoyance turned quickly to surprise as I peeked from my locker after taking out my morning class books. It was Abbey. She came to see me?

"Oh, hey Abbey." I said sulkily.

"You have face like you stepped in yak shit. Is you okay? I know scaremester midterm soon, even Abbey tired and want to sleep."

"Oh, yeah. Just tired, like you said midterms, hehe."

Yeah, totally did not spend detention yesterday alone with your obnoxious jerk of a boyfriend checking out his ass, well he is one.

"Ah, here is flyer I sent out to students, Halloween fundraiser Thursday. We have bake sale from Home Ick students, and contest like maze."

Abbey pulls out a folded flyer from her jacket pocket and hands me it. I open it, smiling.

"No afternoon classes. Monster High celebrates Halloween like holiday. Come if interested. Okay, I go to class now. Poka."

As Abbey leaves, I continued staring at the flyer with a smile. I love doing puzzle games. Alright, gonna text the girls in our group chat.

No POV

Thursday: Field of Screams

As morning classes finished, Frankie met up with the ghouls after letting them know beforehand of the Halloween contest, not giving away any details. Clawdeen had a family party to go to at her house and Melody left school early to set up a secret Halloween party at hers with her parents being away this weekend. So initially it was going to be her, Draculaura, Lagoona, and Cleo. But surprisingly, Cleo brought Deuce who told Gil and then, told Heath. Much to Frankie's annoyance that Heath was coming along, she was charged up for this maze contest.

"I got our map! Who's ready for some voltageous fun?" Frankie said with excitement as she turns back to her formed group.

But Gil, Lagoona, Cleo, Deuce, Draculaura, and Heath look confused and tired.

"A race through a maze?" Deuce questioned.

"I do not race anywhere." Cleo backing up what Deuce said.

"I hear the team that plows their way through with the fastest time gets their pictures in the Gory Gazette." Gil said with slight interest.

"Oh well then I suppose I can race. Who's in the lead now?" Cleo replied, interested in a photo shoot.

The Gory Gazette lead editor, Spectra Vondergeist flew over and put up the Team Toralei picture.

"Meeoow. You flea brains really thing you're going to beat our time? Hahaha, don't make me shit myself." Toralei boasted confidently.

"Your record is history." Said Cleo as the group started walking into the Field of Screams.

"You got 30 minutes. Good luck! And break a leg….hehehe bitches." Toralei replied, muttering the last part.

As the group Traverses through the maze, Frankie and Lagoona are studying the map.

"Well, what do you think Lagoona?"

"Well, the left does look shorter." Suggested Lagoona, even though she was unsure herself.

"Oh, guys I brought snacks. Popcorn anyone?" Heath said as he lights his flames, kernels spilling everywhere, including on their map.

"Heath!" The group yelled at him, annoyed that their only point of navigation was discarded.

Heath meekly smiles holding his hands up, "Whatever."

Draculaura proceeded to speak out against Heath however Frankie walks up to him poking a finger against his jacket annoyed.

"Whatever? Thanks to you, we have no map! You're such an insufferable, hotheaded son of a-" Before Frankie could finish that sentence, Deuce deescalated the tension he senses currently within the group.

"Whoa, let's all stay calm here. Otherwise, we will be stuck here all night."

Few minutes later…

"Oh! No map, no record." Said Cleo with a tired look in her eyes.

"Just hope that we can find our way out." Said Gil now doubting if the team can win the contest without a map.

"We've been wandering around here forever…" said Cleo.

"It's been four minutes love." Lagoona corrected.

As they were walking, a moaning sound was heard in the distance.

"Whoa, what's that?" Asked Gil.

"Wah. Waaah!" A large, muscular student wearing a bright red shirt, dark blue denim jeans, and brown boots ran across the maze, panicking.

"Hey, who's-" Before Frankie could finish her thought, Heath called out.

"It's Manny!"

"He's a minotaur. They're supposed to be bonkers when it comes to mazes. I bet he can lead us out." Lagoona added.

Heath continued, "Yeah, and I know just how to get him to help us. Well, hurry up!"

Heath was the first to follow Manny with the group jogging behind him. However, before they could catch up, Toralei threw some corn from the fields on the ground, attracting a wall of crows briefly blocking their path.

"What's going on?" Asked Draculaura.

Frankie looks down at the ground as the crows passed, stating "Hey look, hoofprints!"

The group continues their route, following where the hoof prints lead. On the other hand, Toralei brought with her werecat crew a large steel cage with three demon dogs inside, hungry for some monster students. She cuts the chains holding the cage together, freeing the dogs.

"Go get em boys." Commanded Toralei with a devious smirk.

As the group slowed down their pace once the hoof print trail grew faint, Frankie heard crying sounds. She saw Manny crouched in a corner of the field maze, his body shaking.

"Hey, what's wrong?" As Frankie walks over to where Manny is, the group follows her.

Manny got up and put both his hands beside the horns on his head, explaining to the group.

"I-I'm lost! And I'm the only one in my whole family that stinks at mazes. If my older sister Minnie was here…P-plus there's all sorts of scary things in here!"

"Come on, Manster. It ain't that b-'' Before Heath could finish, sounds of heavy growling were coming from the cornfield bushes.

"Aaaah! Ruuuun!" Yelled Manny as he rushed through the maze, creating a path for the group to get to the finish line. Heath quickly shot out a couple of flames toward the demon dogs to scare them off with the other arm stretched out protecting Frankie and the group.

"Let's go!" Said Frankie ushering the group to run out of the maze.

As they crossed the finish line, Heath stopped beside Frankie.

"Since when did you get to be so-" Before Heath could finish his retort, the Headmistress called out their time.

"29 minutes!" Spectra comes back up to the group with a camera for the winning group shot photo.

"Congratulations ghouls and mansters. You get to be on the next Gory Gazette cover."

"Yesssss!" Frankie said with both her arms up. Everyone else cheered in before huddling up for the photo.

Toralei on the other hand, is gripping tightly on a nearby tree with the demon dogs below her. "U-uh hi. Nice doggies…"

"Wah! Rrrreowwww!"

Heath's POV

Friday: Tutor Extraordinaire!

Argh, fuck me. Should have just been paying more attention in Hackett's class. These lab notes Ghoulia sent me a copy of last week I can't make nether heads or tails out of. Spent the last week crammin' for nothing. Ghoulia figured I was goofin' off in my science classes when I asked her for her notes which was why she closed the Comic club till Homecoming rolls around for exams so that I can't get my reading in.

Instead, I've been going up to the attic after school studying for this damn test next week Thursday. At least cuz of midterms, having Four Eyes not be in Robotics since I had to get stuck with her in detention Monday for a couple days was a relief. Don't need to deal with her in my space. Didn't help that yesterday during that maze contest that she stole my thunder by helping Manny out before I could have had a chance to. Since when does she get to cheer up my best friend? She makes me feel…sigh, well she is a social freak after all.

Ghoulia also texted me separately with a phone number of who can help tutor me if I get confused and shit. Hmmm, maybe I should text them saying 'Hey, I'm a student in AP Chem this scaremester and I need help…'

The Heathster needs his casketball scholarship if he has a shot at getting into college.

Frankie's POV

At the maul food court…

Me and the girls just sat down after finishing up getting our clothes for the Homecoming Dance coming up in two weeks.

"Melody, I wish I could have been at your party yesterday. Don't get me wrong, I can howl but I think I accidentally ate a fly…"

"Well, it was a blast! Here is a group selfie of me, Gigi, Iris, and Scarah fangin' out in our sexy costumes! We had this idea during Drama class to cosplay!"

Melody and Clawdeen were discussing the highlights from yesterday's Halloween party.

"Plus, Gigi granted Scarah a 'secret' wish if you know what I mean with a boy!"

I perked up upon hearing this. I wonder what wish Gigi granted? Being her name that is.

"Thanks for still letting me come to your party late after the Maze contest Melody. Honestly, it is better than me either texting Clawd saying how much I need him, or studying for midterms next week. Clawd sent me a copy of his AP Chem notes from last year."

Draculaura sounds like she misses her college boyfriend.

"Is that why you skip last period and only show up to class for the labs?"

We all giggled.

"Heehee…maybe. Basically, Clawd has helped me out with picking my class schedule for this year. Taking the exact same classes as he did! Except, he told me to switch my elective to Art instead of Physical Deduction. His senior schedule was essentially for his Kinesiology major."

Wow, Clawd sounds like he's pretty smart.

"Thank goodness I don't need to take any Mad Sciences for fashion school. Just a couple of AP Math classes which are, well stressful. Last thing I need is getting slime or sticky stuff on my hair and clothes."

Wondering where Cleo is, I asked the group.

"Hey, has anyone seen Cleo yet? You know, since she likes to be "fashionably late"?"

Clawdeen let me know what Cleo has been up to.

"Oh, she couldn't make it, she's with Ghoulia who's helping her cram for scaremester midterms next week given that they both almost have the exact same class schedule. Plus, she usually either buys her clothes online or gets her Egyptian servants to do the shopping for her."

Well, I guess that explains why Ghoulia takes notes for Cleo during classes.

My iCoffin vibrates at my pocket. Looks like another student asking for Mad Science notes for the midterms.

"Oh, hey. Looks like I have to head home now."

Lagoona asked me if I wanted to stay a bit longer.

"You sure mate? We still got two hours till the maul closes."

Honestly, I was beat after this week and need to recharge my volts.

"Yeah, plus it's been a long week for me. I need my beauty sleep and be charged up for midterms next week."

"Okay, ghoul friend. Be careful on your way home."

Clawdeen assured me. At least there is a bus I can take back from New Salem back to the student apartments.

"I will. Bye!"

After I gathered my belongings including my shopping bag, I began texting back to this student.

'Hello, looks like you were referred to me by Ghoulia Yelps, for AP Chemistry help right?'

'Yeah.'

'Alright, let me know what you need help with.'

'The lab stuff…'

'Alright, you got it! I will text you a copy of the weekly lab notes when I get home so that you can add them to your notes, okay?'

'Thanks :)'

When I arrived back to my apartment an hour later, I sent this student my lab notes before I got ready for bed. I was dead tired.