Ghoulish beginnings PART 1

it was another sunny Summer day in shadehaven, but near the Grimwood school it was looking rather dreary, the perfect kind of weather for Grimwood, and Outside in the front yard of the Grimmwod Mannor, The Grrimwood girls were all relaxing Near the Tall dead oak tree, all of them were hanging out with there new Human friend wilbie, who was asking many questions about the ghouls, many things he always wanted to know about them, and the ghouls seemed to rather enjoy the attention they got from him, having never had someone have such an interest in them,

so With that they took great joy in answering his questions, such as sibella answering why she wasn't phased by the sun like vampires he had read about in his comics or seen in movies .to which she said, that over the years vampires had adapted to sunlight at a much better tolerance, though it still didn't do much good to their skin compared to other ghouls.

" Though this being one of the main reasons I wear this long robe like dress, not just for style, but because it helps keep the sun off my defecate skin, " she said smoothing out her purple robe, " plus, They make a special sun block for vampires now in the ghoul community I hear " sibella said with a finger on her chin.

" Wow, I would have never guessed. well it's a good thing it wont turn you into a pile of ashes, " wilbie said said with a a chuckle, " so how about blood ? don't vampires drink that, ? " he said a little unsure and eyeing up sibella's sharp fangs,,

" well I have heard some still may, though most no longer do that, its quite frowned upon in the vampire community, these facts my dad has raised me on a blood free diet, " she said nodding and reassuring " I have never even had a drop of blood in my life, these fangs are just for looking pretty now " she said rubbing one of them with her finger,

winnie rolled his eyes a little as wilbie turned to her.

" so..how about you winnie, something that just popped into my head last night, do you see in colour ?, or in black an white ? " he asked,

" huh, ? what kind of question is that, of course I see in colour " she said rubbing her head.

Elsa then leaned over to her and whispered " what I think he's getting at, and this is something I read before,some canine species are thought to see in black and white, and you being a werewolf and all " Elsa stated with a smirk,

" Oh huh, " winnie said placing a claw on her chin, looking as though she just discovered the meaning of life.

wilbie just sheepishly shrugged at her with a little grin.

tanis let out a small giggle now . " got any questions for me." she said innocently.

wilbe began to ponder for a moment, " let me think, oh yeah, is it possible for you to create and army of insects using your mummy cursing powers, or create giant raging sandstorms that can blanket the land for miles ? "

Tanis Just looked at him like she had no idea how to answer that..." Uh, I uh, i'm not sure, " she said, her voice trailing off on confusion, " I do think I have a box of scarabs from my parents around here somewhere ? " she said rubbing her chin

" Hehehe!, " phantasma giggled in her high pitched laugh, " just imagine our sweet tanis, having the ability to do things like that ! " she laughed, and patted her on the head,

To which she giggle in delight, " it is a funny thought really. "

wilbie then stood up and stretched his arms, " ya know I had been interested in ghouls my entire life, well as long as i can remember, but regardless there was so much i wanted to know about them, and lucky me an am able to find out because you guys, there are so many amazing and interesting things I never even thought of about ghouls, "

the girls all appeared to look flattered by that statement.

" Aww gee, it's nothing, we are who we are, nothing special about that," Elsa said chuckling,

" Say lets all head inside, Miss grimwood should be serving toadstool tea soon,, " sibella said getting up.

" Oh boy, i'm parched ,I hope she also made some Moldy fungus fudge to go with . " Tanis said rubbing her belly.

" Same here, " winnie said with a howl.

All the others then stood up and started to make there way too the school,

" Toad stool tea ? moldy fudge ? " wilbie thought to himself as he began to walk towards the manor with the other girls. he didn't like the sound of that, specially after his first time having lunch here,
" wait , there is still more i want to know about, aagh ! " wibie was then cut off as he had tripped over something and crashed onto the ground.

the others spun around when they heard that. they saw wilbie laying on the ground in a daze. he had tripped over a small hole in the ground..

" Oh my wilbie are you alright ? " sibella said as they came over to his aid..

" Yeah I'm fine just, who on earth dug up and left this hole here ? " he said rubbing his knee.

All the ghouls then turned to winnie with glaring looks.

" what? don't look at me I swear I didn't do it. " she said defending herself.

" and why is there a volleyball in there ? " wilbie said reaching in to the hole and pulling out the Ball,

just then he heard the sound of something snarling at him, he glanced over to his left and saw Matches, there small green Dragon glaring at him and growling..

" oh, hey boy, is this yours ? " he said holding out the ball towards him..

Matches then snarled again letting a puff of smoke emit from his nostrils he took a few steps closer and bared his teeth.

wilbie nervously laughed as the green dragon began to glow a light red, wilbie new what this meant and was not going to stick around to let the dragon do his intentions.. he yelped as he quickly jumped up and darted behind the ghoul girls.

Matched then started chuckling and snorting small puffs of smoke as he did...

" Matches ! you cut that out now, you know your not supposed to try and torch our guests or friends . " sibella said crossing her arms and scolding the dragon..

matches looked up at her and huffed in annoyance.

" I Don't care if you didn't mean it, or was just messing around you no better, " sibella said sternly, " now you stop a once, "

Matches mutter to himself , he then looked over at wilbie and stuck his tongue out..

" and another thing, what did miss grimwood tell you about burying the Volleyballs in the ground, ? " she said sternly.

matches didn't look at her and groaned to himself..he then looked up at her and mutter something that sounded like he was trying to say he was sorry. he then got on all his fours and began to walk away..when he passed by Wilbie who was peeking out from behind Elsa, he let out a grunt as he blew a puff of smoke at him for proceeding to walk off.

" oh that matches..always such a hot head " phantasma shook her head,

" he's really a nice dragon when you get to know him though, " Tanis added,

" what's his deal with me anyway.. " wilbie said scratching his head..

" oh don't worry about him, he just still upset that you tried to steal the Dream holder book and you jammed a bucket of water on his head, " phantasma said giggling,back to the event that had happend only about week ago now.

" Um, well it wasn't like I had a choice specially when you have an evil witch controlling your mind " wilbie said pointing to his head..

" Ah don't worry matches will warm up to you soon, he's just being a sweet sour head, he'll soon love having you around I bet. " Phantasma said patting wilbie on the head.

" Now if only we can get him to stop burying these things all over the yard, that greedy dragon will bury just about anything he can get his paws on,, " sibella said holding the ball in her hand.

wilbie looked at the ball for a moment then at all the girls, he then got an rubbed his chin, looking like he had an idea, he the spoke up, " say, you girls really seem to be fond of volley ball, with telling me about how you always play against the calloway cadets once in a while,. tell me..how did you girls get into such a sport ? " he said sounding intrigued

" Oh, you want to know about that do you, it's a rather funny story, " phantasma giggled.

" oh yes..it goes back a while back when we first all met, " sibella said looking as though she was reminiscing. " you remember it don't you winnie ? " she said eyeing her up with a smirk.

" what of course I do I Just don't think we need to bore him with any more stories. " winnie said sounding as she was trying to avoid the topic.

" but it's a fun story, and it tells how we all met, I think he'd want to hear that for sure, " Tanis said.

" Yeah, it really plays a big part in that. "Elsa nodded, " we should tell him. "

" um uuh,, are you sure...do you really want to know ? " winnie said looking over at wilbie who nodded eagerly.

" of course I do...I mean who wouldn't want to know what formed your friendship. " he said.

winine then sighed..." fine...if you want to but let me tell you, it's nothing special " she said crossing her arms.

Elsa then spoke up next, " okay then, lets tell him all about it then, we never shared it with anyone else before, so this should be interesting, "

soon all the girls sat back down in order to tell wilbie there story of how they first met and got into the sport of volley ball.

wilbie sighed and then smirked, knowing his planned had worked, he not only was avoiding having to taste toadstool Tea, but was now getting to hear a bit about the ghouls past as well.

" well were to begin it was actually a few years ago I Believe now, back when the Grimwood school was having it's largest number of attendant's " sibella said thinking back...