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riveramorylunar · 1 year

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𝕄𝕪 𝕍𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖

Pairings: Headless Headmistress Nora Bloodgood x Human Reader, Ghoul friends x Human Reader(Platonic)

Warnings ⚠️: Fluff, height difference, age difference, yelling & slightly angry Nora

Pet Names/Nicknames: Darling, Mi Amor(My Love), Handsome & Cara Mia(My Beloved)

Word Count: 1,505

It was Valentine's Day and a birthday. Y/N was turning 19 this year and on Valentine's Day. Y/N had a secret that no one knew about at all. She was dating the Headmistress of Monster high Nora Bloodgood. The only ones who knew were her ghoul friends which were quite a lot of monsters. Y/N and Nora had matching rings on their middle fingers that they always wore. On the inside of the ring there was a date engraved when the two got together. On the outside they had each other's initials. Nora was a good 9 inches taller than Y/N making her 6'3 so Y/N was 5'6. Y/N was planning on surprising Nora at work today with the help of all of her ghoul friends.

Clawd and Deuce were supposed to ask Bloodgood for "help" with the decorations in the catacombs while Frankie, Clawdeen, Draculaura, Cleo, Ghoulia, Abbey and Lagoona decorated the whole school. Jinafire, Skelita and Venus snuck Y/N in as the four girls giggled. Bloodgood was back in her office by then and the rest of the ghouls met up with the four. "Y/N YOUR HERE" Draculaura shouted and Frankie covered Draculaura's mouth. "Don't shout it will echo" Frankie said and Y/N giggled before the shorter girl rushed over and hugged Y/N tightly. Draculaura pulled away before looking up at Y/N. "I still can't believe we have the exact same birthday maybe we're long lost relatives" she said causing the group to laugh. "Drac I don't think that would be possible Y/N's Human and you're a vampire" Clawd said wrapping an arm around Draculaura. She pouted causing Y/N to smile down at her. "Well we don't have to be the same species to be long lost relatives" Y/N said before she winked at Draculaura who giggled.

The group made their way to Bloodgood's office that was now decorated with Valentines decorations. "She's gonna be so happy to see you even though she doesn't show it we definitely know she is" Cleo said and Y/N just shook her head while smiling. Once they reached Bloodgood's office Frankie knocked on the door. Y/N hid behind all her friends as Draculaura stood beside her. The door opened and Bloodgood looked at everyone before narrowing her eyes. "What's wrong why are all of you here is there something wrong with the decorations again" Nora said and everyone smiled before stepping aside. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw Y/N standing there. Even though Draculaura was smaller she was able to push Y/N towards Nora without trouble.

"Hi Cara Mia" Y/N said as she smiled up at Nora. Y/N's smile widened when she saw a faint blush cross Nora's face from that nickname. Y/N's ghoul friends awed with heart eyes and Nora snapped out of it. "Get out of here" Nora said to Y/N's friends and they all giggled and chuckled before leaving. "Aw don't be so mean to them No-" before Y/N could finish she was pulled into Nora's office. Nora slammed the door shut behind her before wrapping Y/N up in a hug. "I missed you so much Mi Amor" Nora whispered out and Y/N immediately hugged back. "I missed you too handsome" Y/N said right before she was nudged in the back. She looked over her shoulder to see nightmare waiting. Y/N pulled away slightly and Nightmare walked over. "I won't forget about you cutie" Y/N said as she stroked Nightmares snout making her neigh.

"Happy Valentines day and Happy birthday" Nora said causing Y/N to look up at her. Nora was holding a box filled with red and white heart shaped gummies and some red and white roses. "OH" Y/N said before she smiled and took the items. Nightmare nudged Y/N again causing her to smile. "What you want a gummy" Y/N said and Nightmare nodded. "Too bad they're all for me" Y/N said as she booped the horse's nose. Nightmare stomped her hoof on the ground while huffing causing Y/N to smirk. "You two act like absolutely children" Nora said causing the two to look at her. "Well Nightmare is 3 years old so she technically is a child" Y/N said as she sat down on Nora's desk. Nora rolled her eyes before walking up to Y/N and kissing her on the lips. Y/N wrapped her legs around Nora before pulling her closer and deepening the kiss. Before they could continue Nightmare neighed and stomped her hooves onto the ground. Y/N groaned against Nora's lips causing the older woman to chuckle before pulling away. "You should really give one of the gummies to her she won't stop until you do" the Headmistress said causing Y/N to roll her eyes. "Fine whatever" Y/N said as she took a gummy out of the box before holding it out for Nightmare who took it and ate it. "Happy now" Y/N said and Nightmare neighed while nodding her head.

"So how'd you sneak over here without anyone seeing" Nora said as she looked down at Y/N who was eating some of the gummies. "Oh I had some help" Y/N said as she smirked before holding a gummy out for Nora who was still standing in front of Y/N. Nora leaned down and was about to take it from Y/N's hand when the door opened. "AW HOW CUTE" someone shouted. Nora straightened up before snatching the gummy from Y/N's hand causing the girl to smirk. Nora turned around to see Frankie and Clawdeen standing in the doorway smiling. "What are you two doing here shouldn't you be getting ready for the Valentine's party" she growled out and the two smirked. "We're already done we're just waiting for the three guests of honor to arrive" Clawdeen said before looking behind Nora to see Y/N sitting on the desk. "We'll be there shortly" Nora slightly growled out and the two nodded before dashing off. "Don't be mad at them Cara Mia" Y/N said as she grabbed Nora's face. Bloodgood looked at Y/N before sighing. "Alright we should get going" Nora said making Y/N confused. "Go where" Y/N said as she hopped off of Bloodgood's desk. "It's a surprise" Nora said as she grabbed Y/N's hand and interlocked their fingers together.

The two made their way down to the catacombs making Y/N confused. "Why are we in the catacombs" Y/N asked and Nora just continued walking. "You'll find out soon" she said before she took a skeleton key out and put it into the heart shaped wall. She turned the key and the door opened. The two walked in and Y/N heard the wall shut behind her making her gulp. "Is this where you kill me" Y/N said and Nora barked out a laugh before looking at Y/N with tears in her eyes. "No darling why would I do that" Nora asked and Y/N shrugged her shoulders. Nora shook her head before they arrived at the huge cave. It was pitch black making Y/N squint her eyes to try and see. "Why is it so dar-" before Y/N could finish candles lit up and monsters jumped out from everywhere shouting "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to Y/N causing her to gasp. "Happy birthday birthday buddy" Draculaura said as she hugged Y/N from the side. Y/N looked down before hugging Draculaura back.

Y/N was stuffing her face full with food when Deuce and Cleo walked over. "Where's Headmistress Bloodgood at" Cleo asked causing Y/N to look up. "She's over there sitting at a table" Y/N said pointing to one of the tables that were far away from the students. "Why isn't she right here with you" Deuce said and Y/N chuckled. "She doesn't like showing her soft side in front of all the other students you should know that by now" Y/N said and the three laughed before Y/N headed back to the table with a plate of human food. Y/N sat down next to Nora who looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "That's sure a lot of food" she said and Y/N smiled before nodding her head. "Yeah thought we could share some" Y/N said as she held out a French fry for Nora.

Y/N ghoul friends all watched as Nora took the fry from Y/N hand before eating it. They watched as the two giggled and smiled at each other while occasionally feeding each other. "They're so cute together" Skelita said as they all watched Y/N giggle at something Nora said. "They're meant to be" C.A. Cupid said and everyone nodded. "They truly are Happy Valentines guys" Frankie said and everyone said happy Valentines back.

A/N:Happy Valentines Day everyone and here you go @notmanagingmymischief

#Headless Headmistress Nora Bloodgood #Headless Headmistress Bloodgood #Headmistress Bloodgood #Nora Bloodgood #Nora Bloodgood x Reader #Headmistress Bloodgood x Reader #Headless Headmistress Bloodgood x Reader #Monster high #Ghoul Friends x Reader #Valentine's Fic #River's Valentine Fic #River's Stories 📜#Lesbian

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life-in-the-monster-haus · 2 years

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I have a question if that's alright. In you honest opinion, considering certain spoilers of the Monster High Movie; do you think they'll bring Jackson Jekyll and Holt Hyde back? Or do you think they have no chance of ever returning? I think it would suck a lot if they never came back. Jackson and Holt were, and always will be, my favourite mansters from Monster High, and never seeing them again makes me a little sad.

All questions are welcome! tis why my ask box is open! don't be shy! I will try to answer to the best of my abilities. Hmm, I need to be careful how I answer this because I just got done writing a College level dissertation defending Gil Webber and my brain hurts.

Okay! here's the scoop, I love Monster High in all of it's forms- this even includes G2, because of this I have been desperately trying to find ways that the G1 & G3 continuities can play nice together so that BOTH canon can peacefully coexist. I don't think the old Bloodgood is gone- I just think she retired and the new one is her wife. I don't think OG Lagoona is gone- she just got bounced out of the school database when G3 Lagoona got accepted & decided to go join the Olympics.

As for Jackson and Holt it is slightly more complex, but go with me on this journey. G1 in the same breath introduced us to Jackson and Holt and then yanked them away from us! Plus they were not in G2 at all, which means their doll sales were poor. This does not bode well for them returning for G3. HOWEVER! all hope is not lost! We have an ace up our sleeve! The Monster High Live action movie brought the whole Jekyll and Hyde thing back to the front of our consciousness. Mr. Komos is related to Mr. Hyde! which means TECHNICALLY He'd be related to Holt too. Someone mentioned him being Holt's uncle and I am 100% for that! Jackson and Holt would fit perfectly in G3's Monsters Vs Humans conflict! we haven't seen a character this complex since Warren Peace! Holt and Jackson could be a liaison for Monster Human relations! Maybe Holt wants to help repair the damage his uncle did! Maybe Jackson can help Clawdeen learn to love her human half! there are SO MANY OPTIONS! it writes itself!

Also: it's been 12 years, Frankie and Jackson/Holt never became official! I'm tired of waiting Mattel!

Do the fans right! No lone Manster was ever good enough for our Frankie! it took 2 in one body to make them happy! and they deserve to be happy! Also: can you imagine the sensationalism that would follow!? Jackson/Holt dating nonbinary Frankie!? Frankie is not a girl! which means Holt/Jackson are not straight! all of your Bi & Pan Jackson/Holt head canons just became real! you're welcome! AND Jackson/Holt could ALSO use they pronouns because they are 2 he's in one body! they are they in the plural sense! he/they! This would generate so much news and buzz! Mattel wouldn't know what to DO with all the press! you can't buy this kind of advertising!

Now, the unfortunate part of this is Mattel does not have an excellent history of listening to fan requests or fans in general BUT we still have a voice! We bullied Mattel enough that they brought Ghoulia and Spectra back for G3 after they were missed in G2. Let me be absolutely crystal clear: Do not bother the actors or voice actors of the G3 Monster High series... they have zero say in company business. If you want Mattel to listen to must contact them directly, e-mail them or call them to get in touch! Blow up MH's social medias! Youtube, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook! tell them what you want! Holt and Jackson back! (if you could also mention that they need to get a handle on their quality control that would be very helpful) If you're an artist please keep drawing fan art of our boy(s)! Mattel keeps tabs on that kind of thing! it lets them know who the fans (us) like!

I firmly believe there will be nothing but good to come if Jackson and Holt come back for G3. Please blow up Mattel, be aggressive and assertive! we can bring Jackson and Holt back if we are loud enough I am confident in this! Mattel wants us to be happy! happy people buy their products! Be loud! draw fan art! tell them directly! it takes all of us!

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magnificent-monsters · 2 years

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My updated Monster High: The Movie thoughts and opinions! (Spoilers ahead!)

With the movie releasing just a few days ago, I have some new things I wanna talk about after watching it and also throw out some things that I liked and disliked.

We’ll start off with the things I thought were good about the movie!

First and foremost, The overall look and aesthetics of the sets and scenery was spot on! It truly felt like a monster world should. From the monster world portal and school itself to the Coffin Bean, everything was so perfectly eerie without screaming over the top halloween-esque.

The costumes for the lead characters were really good! I appreciate that there were multiple costumes for most of the characters and that despite initial impressions from promo material, the first costumes the leads wear are super cute!

The relationship Between Clawdeen and her dad, Apollo, was very sweet even though we only got to see a tiny bit of it thru the whole movie.

Frankie was so funny and loveable while still having some great heartfelt moments, they were my favorite character in the movie. I like that the movie made them feel new while still keeping the original charms of OG Frankie!

The music was catchy! I was a little wary about the movie being a musical, but I do think the songs were great for what the movie actually turned out to be!

The plot twist of Mr. Komos actually being Jekyll/Hyde’s son was actually unexpected for me and I thought it was a clever idea and was even hinted at in one of his costumes.

I’m actually kind of excited for the sequel that was teased at the end because I am like 90% sure that the person looking at the crystal ball is Clawdeen’s mother, Selena.

The nails are very reminiscent of Clawdeen’s monster form claw-nails, plus it would make sense for a werewolf who doesn’t know about the changes at Monster High to want something to do with a vampire who knows magic.

And now that we’ve covered some of the good stuff, it’s time for my complaints about the bad stuff...

To start, they should have had all of the Ghoulfriends be part of the main group! It really made me sad to see them hype up Lagoona, Abbey and Ghoulia in the promo material just for them to barely be part of the movie. They destroyed any character potential they could have had by making them meaningless side characters.

The original appeal of the series was that they were a big group of best friends despite their many differences in personality and appearance. In the movie, none of them have anything that makes them special and unique, they all just feel like the same character with different clothes.

A few examples of butchered characters:

THEY MASSACRED MY GIRL GHOULIA! They made her into some random prankster tiktok girl and took away all the smarts and sweetness that made her special. She seems like an after thought that the producers had when they realized they needed to pad out some time with comedic relief and pointless side commentary. Like during the first graveyard scene, how did Ghoulia not realize that Draculaura was already there and why did she not report Drac, Clawdeen and Frankie to Bloodgood for breaking the curfew?

And as for Abbey, she had one line in the entire movie. She was basically non-existent compared to how important and how much she was in the original series.

I’m also super sad to see Lagoona reduced to Cleo’s lackey and essentially replacing Ghoulia herself as Cleo’s best friend. They could have done some really interesting things with her, but they decided to give her little to no attention at all. I was really hoping they would do something with all the watery effects we saw with her promotion images.

As for a couple of the lead characters, I don’t like the changes they made to Draculaura’s personality. Wile they could have kept some of the new aspects, like the pressure she feels from her family to be the perfect vampire, they should have kept her as the kind and sensitive character she was in previous iterations of MH.

And Cleo was never a mean girl! While she could be vain and over dramatic in past series, she was still very friendly and generous to her friends and others.

While I liked the Jekyll/Hyde twist, Komos was an awful villain and his “betrayal” would have been more impactful if we had actually gotten a chance to know and connect to him, but instead, he was just kinda there when the plot needed a villain that wasn’t Cleo. While it’s to be expected from a movie like this, the entire conflict and rapidly following resolution was extremely disappointing.

It sucks that Jackson Jekyll and Holt Hyde can’t be part of the series anymore since they were totally scrapped and replaced by Komos.

A lot of the background characters were so ugly, they could have made them look so much better and more monster-like without taking attention away from the main cast.

and the worst thing about this movie.... NO FRIGHT SONG! NOT A SINGLE NOTE OF IT!

My final thoughts on Monster High: The Movie are while it definitely was not a perfect movie, it was still enjoyable to watch even with some of it’s flaws, which is a sentiment that can be related back to every past generation of monster high movies, and when/if they do make a sequel, I really hope that the entire Ghoulfriends group is able to have a moment to shine instead of there being just the three that already had their time.

#monster high #monster high the movie #monster high live action #clawdeen wolf #frankie stein #draculaura #cleo de nile #ghoulia yelps #lagoona blue #abbey bominable #a lot of this is just me rambling but idrc lol

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themusesof75 · 1 year

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Long Ago, Chp 8

The Sphinx's Joke

The death of Princess Cleo hurt everyone in the Pharoah's city. Literally, in most cases, since Pharaoh Ramses sentenced every monster in the land to be punished. Princess Nefera declared a monster had murdered her sister so all associated must suffer. The royal guards were supposed to interview and analyze each situation; none took the time with that protocol. All creatures of the city, be they monsters or humans with deformities or disabilities or at the wrong place and time, tried to hide. Some who still put faith in the Pharaoh gave themselves to the guards, since they promised to listen to faithful. In seven days' time, the DeNile's city was smoke and fire.

Lt Medusa led many refugees across the desert to other cities. She's given up on the city that hated its own people. She hated the city that stole her son. She searched for the boy, listening to all the rumors of his possible death or hiding place. Medusa had to choose to help a hundred others and pray to Olympus that her son would meet her again in this life.

Draculaura had broken Deuce's neck with a bite. He'd tried to fight her coven in a fruitless effort to save Princess Cleo. Draculaura didn't agree with her coven following Princess Nefera's orders. She wished she'd arrived sooner to help her friends before Princess Nefera had suffocated her sister in a sandstorm. The Night-walker was outnumbered and she wished she'd spoke up sooner about mistrusting Princess Nefera. The most help Draculaura could give was drag Deuce back to her room while he recovered.

Draculaura kept Deuce hidden in a fortress of pillows. Draculaura cried for days after the death of her friend. She tried to talk about her grief with Deuce but he couldn't speak. The gorgon's bones and muscles healed quicker than a human. He was quiet as he healed, and as he grieved.

"We were outnumbered. You can't blame yourself." Draculaura said as she sat next to the gorgon.

His eyelids were red from crying stone tears. "I don't just blame myself for not being fast enough. I blame Nefera, and all the Nightwalkers, and everyone in Medusa's pacifist camp. Hell, I blame Cleo for being crazy, privileged, rebellious, genius, crazy hot, bold, human...."

The Night-walker in the pink toga sat next to him. She didn't have anything wise to say so sat in miserable, companionable silence.

Draculaura and Deuce were transplants to Egypt. The big, glamorous, spared-no-expense funeral was painful on level they wouldn't have predicted. The decorations were tasteful with blooms from all over the Known World. The sprinting dancers and rare animals shocked and delighted the funeral goers. The enormous buffet was too shiny and artfully sculpted for anyone to dare eat. Everything was lush, high class and reminded the monsters too much of their lost friend.

The gorgon borrowed Draculaura's pink robes. His snakes rustled under the covering as he watched the Night-Walkers mingle with Cleo's relatives. No one looked heartbroken or devastated and Deuce regretted not convincing Cleo to run away with him when she still could have. The time had passed. The gorgon eyed the fountain of sparkling wine. Then he eyed Clawdeen and Ghoulia walking through the palace's door.

Draculaura sped-walked to her werewolf love. Clawdeen had her arms open wide and squeezed her dear vampire. Draculaura looked up at Clawdeen and allowed her eyes to get misty; Deuce couldn't handle more emotion, but Clawdeen was stronger. Clawdeen was the strongest monster she's ever met, and considering she was over ten-hundred-years-old that was saying something. That something Clawdeen read in her eyes and reciprocated with only a sad sigh.

Deuce approached Ghoulia, arms open for a hug, and she walked right past him. The gorgon nodded in understanding and walked in the opposing direction.

"How is she?" Draculaura asked as she linked her arm in Clawdeen's. The coven would see, and Draculaura wanted them to see.

"She use to be undead. Now's she's just dead." The wolf-woman said. She saw the coven, a dangerous gang of ruthless elites that saw her as an animal and gave them a grin.

The Night-walkers shot Draculaura a warning look. She was scared but put her nose up as she and her lady walked to the wine fountain.

Above the fountain was an image of Cleo carved in stone.

"Do you remember when we met Cleo?" Draculaura asked as they filled their goblets. There were frozen rubies for the drinks.

"She busted in demanding the moon and stars. I denied her crazy requests, she listed her connections because wealth made up for personality. Cleo was mean, sharp and went right for the weak point I didn't know I had." Clawdeen said, "Then, we traded design ideas and fabric swatches."

"She kept asking me when you and I would get married, before I even realized how much I..." The Night-walker said as she held Clawdeen's lower back. She wanted to prove her love but she was still afraid of her coven's punishments.

The Night-walkers gave miserable stares, directly at Draculaura. Clawdeen knew it was monumentally hard for them to be in the same place and touch in front of the coven. She lowered her lips to Draculaura's forehead, not a kiss but a smush of her nose was enough to implant courage.

"Hello again, Clawdeen." A sweet yet male voice said behind the monsters.

The ghouls turned to see Prince Seth Ptolemy. His mask was handsome, disgustingly wealthy and had kind eyes. They had only heard about him in passing from Princess Cleo.

Truthfully, Cleo described her shoes more frequently. Prince Seth glided over to the monsters, an attendant beside him. Clawdeen was shocked to see the prince had a cat-woman beside him. Not behind him like regular servants.

"Your highness." Draculaura said with a bow. Clawdeen kept her posture and met the prince in his sparkling eyes.

"Hello, ladies. You were friends with Cleo I believe." Prince Seth said.

Draculaura gave a sad smile, "We were. Very good friends. How did you know her?"

"Our parents are, you could say, acquainted. We've met a few times at parties like these She would listen to my poetry." Prince Seth said casually.

The cat-woman holding the Prince's lyre cleared her throat. "She was also your betrothed."

Clawdeen spit out her wine. Draculaura patted her lady's lip with a napkin.

Ghoulia didn't drink, it hurt her stomach. The rest of her soul was in agony so she should have taken the drink anyway. Ghoulia couldn't take a sip because if she took a sip, she would lose her mind and start chomping every brain in the room.

"Give the signal and I'll bust their heads open." Deuce said as he held his empty goblet to the fountain for a refill.

The undead ghoul wouldn't speak, and she definitely wouldn't speak to him. She kept her sights on Princess Nefera, laughing as she pushed guests out of her walkway.

"You'll never forgive me and that's fine. I'll never forgive me either, but I want you to know something." The gorgon said, and then took a long drink. "She loved you more than me."

Ghoulia's gulp was soft and inaudible.

"You are always her first concern, she always quoted you, and she just loved you so damn much. My jealousy couldn't compete-" Deuce put his burp in a fist, "You are, like the coolest person in this city and you should go the forum."

"Your mother already requested my presence." Ghoulia stated. "You have to know how much she loved you, too. You made her focus, made her laugh. I use to like being your friend."

Deuce leaned down and asked desperately, "What will it take? I don't want to lose you as my friend."

"Bring Cleo back from the dead."

"Jump in the Nile." Deuce said; he heard her be dry before but that was cut-to-the-bone-too-soon-dry.

Ghoulia grabbed his wrist. "I'm not kidding. I'm talking about magic and DeNile back-up plans."

"I don't want to tell you how I last saw her, and I think we both know she's going to be thrown to crocodiles later." Deuce stated. He attended funerals in Egypt before and for strangers-near-acquaintances he use to think returning to the River of Life was cool. Not cool enough for his Cleo, though.

"That's what the average people do with their dead. The royal family are a little more.... creative." Ghoulia said, finally meeting his glass-eye-wear.

Princess Nefera looked at the stone image of little Princess Cleo as an infant. She saw her toddler-self stand next to her, holding a scorpion behind her baby-fat-thighs.

"I am so sorry to say, Finder, but I cannot bring the dead back to life." Gigi said, her only wish was to go back and time and warn the nice Princess of her fate. She could have, but only if Princess Nefera wished so.

"Oh my Ra, what are you good for? Thank Gods I don't want her back." Princess Nefera said, chewing on jumbo shrimp.

A low growl had Nefera stiffen. She turned to see her father, the Pharaoh, staring at the image beside her.

"I am torn, Nefera." The Pharaoh began, "On the one hand, you took my child. No father should outlive his daughter, especially when she was promised to the Ptolemy prince and our respectability is the appeal we have to such a powerful family. On the other, you are a DeNile and no one steals the thrown from a DeNile."

"So you're not mad at me, Baba?" Princess Nefera asked, her voice went high.

The Pharaoh's eyes burned on Princess Nefera's teal head, yet his voice was calmly cold. "My daughter, I am furious. Your mother is devastated, and you've forced me to break a promise I made to my first born."

"Uhh, I'm your first born." Princes Nefera remind him, as he had reminded her every day of her life and after death.

"You shall fulfill your duty as princess and take your sister's place as bride to Seth Ptolemy." The Pharoah said.

"Uggghhhhhhh, but Daddy! That boy is so boring! And I don't want to get married." Princess Nefera whined.

"You will take the Ptolemy's hand and unite our families." The Pharoah said in a low, gravelly voice that left no room for argument.

"Wait, Cleo isn't really dead?" Clawdeen asked as the monsters huddled behind the tower of basbousa.

"No, she is dead but the royals have secrets and this us a chance to bring her back to the land of the living." Ghoulia explained, "It's complicated but a chance."

"Oooh, I love a rise from the dead. Really freshens the skin." Draculaura said with a giggle.

"I'm willing to try whatever. What do we do?" Deuce asked.

Ghoulia raised an eyebrow at her friends. "Do any of you mind a little unpredictable danger?"

Their collective answers were nonchalant 'sures'.

"May I convince you not to try?" Prince Seth asked, poking his golden nose into their group. "I am sorry for you loss, but waking the dead after only a few days, well, the oldies consider that gouache."

"Leave Cleo dead and the city will burn, thousands of lives lost!" Clawdeen said, barring her canine teeth.

"Politics are a little more than the words of one royal." Prince Seth said.

A fury hand tugged Prince Seth's expensive sleeve. "Your mother said you'll have to marry Nefera."

Prince Seth's eyes bulged out of his mask. He turned his head to Nefera, sitting on a servant's back as other servants rubbed her feet and brushed her hair.

"Gods help me. I'll help you, friends. Cleo deserves better." Prince Seth said, he turned to his cat-woman-servant. "Please, distract Mother and the others."

"Don't be quick, be smart." The pink-eyed woman said. Prince Seth stared at his servant. Clawdeen noticed her tail curled around his leg.

"Normie, beside a big allowance, how are you helpful to us?" Deuce asked; it wasn't personal and he barely knew the prince but the dislike was strong and real.

The human prince waved his hands as to halt their actions, "I know what to expect in the tunnels."

"I know better." Ghoulia stated.

"I am certain that is true, lady Ghoulia. So how about you take me as an extra sacrifice offering? I'd choose anything besides marrying Nefera."

The monsters and the prince left the party. They walked through the palace to a room of jackal-men statues. Ghoulia touched one of the small statues on a mantle. She twisted the head, it clicked like a toy. The wall rumbled and split open. The entrance was night in the early day.

Clawdeen and Draculaura lead the group, their magnificent eyes glowed in the dark. The others carried torches. Down the stairs the steps grew narrow, Clawdeen lead them and Draculaura held up the back.

"The tunnel looks wider further down. It looks like a room." Clawdeen stated, though the words also sounded like a question.

"The rules are we aren't supposed to wake up who's down here. It's not just Cleo they're trying to hide." Prince Seth said, "But we're already here, so let's get passed the traps."

The monsters looked into the 'room'. It seemed to be a hallway; solid gold walls and gems finely placed into hieroglyphics.

Ghoulia held out her thin arms to block her friends from the entrance, "No one walk in. It's a trap, like the prince mentioned."

"How do we get pass it?" The werewolf asked; she remembered hunting traps from back home. She remembered her siblings had to get hurt before learning to see them in hiding.

"Anyone want to take the first test?" Ghoulia asked, she considered picking the shortest reeds from a hand. Too bad she didn't have any in her back pocket.

Deuce rolled his shoulders, "Clawdeen, give me a claw?"

The werewolf apologized to him as she twisted a snake off his scalp. The equivalent of ripping off a finger, Deuce bite his hand as his very strong friend freed a serpent. Ghoulia applied a wet cloth to his bleeding head. Clawdeen sweetly petted the little reptile, and then she set it inside the hallway. The snake slithered across the titles of the hallway. It went across a ruby-red title and was shot with glass darts.

"Damn. Poor little bro." Prince Seth said, patting the gorgon's back. Deuce gave him cold look to have him stop the touching. Prince Seth took the hint and crossed his arms behind his back. It annoyed Deuce what good posture the prince had.

Draculaura covered her mouth. "What did we learn? Avoid the red titles?"

"It's a start. Let me try something." Clawdeen said, she bent down and pecked a soft kiss on Draculaura's lips.

Draculaura watched her run over the titles. Glass darts did shoot at Clawdeen's legs when she touched the red titles. The darts couldn't match her Lupian speed; she went to the other side without a scratch.

Clawdeen stood beyond the hallway. She swiftly moved her legs in a show of self-congratulations.

The Night-Walker clapped and hopped, "Fangtastically done, Puppy!"

"We proceed." Ghoulia said, deep inside she was happy her friend was safe. The layers of misery buried the relief in her voice.

The youths walked but didn't know for how long. The darkness and fear of the unknown melded time. They kept going anyway.

Draculaura changed form to a smaller, flying creature so she could sit on Clawdeen's shoulder. The wolf-woman rubbed her nose against Draculaura's snout. Deuce and Ghoulia sighed deeply as they watched the affection exchanged. The group came to a statue of a lioness-hawk creature. She looked like she was frozen in time, trying to walk through the wall on her mighty four legs.

"Do we add a coin to her slot?" Deuce asked, he was bitter that he'd ended up on a quest. He had left Greece precisely to avoid silly quests between rivaling families and foolish friends.

Ghoulia and Prince Seth kneeled before the

"We request passage, great Sphinx." Prince Seth asked, looking at her talons.

"You just got here and already want to leave? Rude." The Sphinx scoffed, she crossed her front legs and ruffled her wings.

"Forgive us, but for the good of the world we need to get what's waiting behind you." Ghoulia said, she imagined she was talking to Medusa. An intimidating and smart monster who listened to reason, and listened to the undead ghoul.

"Yeah, yeah, same as everyone else. I haven't had company in three thousand years, but this is the career I chose." She said, looking over the youths' heads.

"Why don't you change jobs?" Clawdeen asked.

"Why don't you change your face! It's not that easy, I've put too much in this spot already to start over." The Sphinx said with a snap of her jaw.

Clawdeen could've showed her own big, bad teeth and a growl but underground was not the place. Draculaura knew that was what she was thinking, so she held her love's arms.

The Sphinx examined her talons, picking out bits of sand, "So here's the game; I give you three riddles. You guess two out of the three correct and you can pass."

"Agreed." The group all said together.

"Here we go: Give me water, and I'll die. Feed me and I'll grow. What am I?"

"I say mermaid. They don't drink anything." Deuce whispered to Ghoulia.

The undead ghoul nodded, "Thank you for not saying that louder. The answer is fire."

The Sphinx widened her eyes a tiny fraction, "Correct. Alright, here we go, I'm light as a feather-"

"Breath." Ghoulia interrupted.

The Sphinx's angular eyes squeezed in aggravation. "Okay, here's one for you, Smarty-Smart. A high-priest, a crocodile hunter and abacus maker walk into a bar-"

"Spare me Sphinx." Ghoulia loud yet calmly said, "I could let the rest of the world burn, wake up my dearest friend, for me. Only me. I don't know where we'd go, what she'll say or if I could keep up. It doesn't matter, I have to be with her."

A paw to her chest, the Sphinx let out a shaky sigh. "Go get your girl." The wingspan of a sphinx could bridge the Nile. She flaps and takes flight into the darkness, finding a secret window out of the tunnel. They saw her fly but she made no sound.

The Night-Walker and the werewolf took each of Ghoulia's arms. The male folk walk behind them. The torches show the one tunnel split into two. The group exchanges ideas and decide to split up.

"I'll find you on the other side." Clawdeen promises, kissing her ghoulfriend as their fingers twisted around in almost-hurtful tension.

Draculaura is on her toes, reaching, arms around Clawdeen's neck, "I can hear your heartbeat from miles away. I will definitely find you, Puppy."

The Night-walker went the boys, the werewolf she loved went with Ghoulia. The entrances were identical, they all prayed their chances of survival were high.

"Deuce, why do you dislike me? We met today so we have no reason to like one another, but why are you brushing me off? " Prince Seth asked as they followed Clawdeen. She rolled her eyes and mumbled, "In the name of the moon...."

"It's nothing personal, dude. It's just the fact that your fancy, rich, perfect ass is betrothed to the girl I love, but can't be seen in public with, kind of gets my satyr." The snakes on his head nodded and hissed.

"Oh." Prince Seth stopped in place, then fast-walked back to the gorgon. "Please know that I've never cared that way for Cleo. My heart belongs to song, and a dear friend."

"Is that supposed to make this all better?" Deuce scoffed.

"I'm not a rival, just a man in a forced position. Why be jealous of me when Ghoulia has always been at her side and is quickly becoming the hero of this story?"

Deuce said,"Ghoulia is like a sister-wife to me. I want her around."

"Wow, Cleo's family is more complex than I realized." Prince Seth wondered outload, "It's a privilege to see. I would've been honored to join, never take apa-"

"Boys. Enough. Great therapy and all, but we're running out of road." Clawdeen barked.

They lifted their torches, almost the end of the wood and wax, and saw a harp against a golden wall.

"Wow, it's the string-thingy Cleo knew how to play." Deuce said, his heart hurt as she remembered how elegant she looked as she played fire.

Prince Seth turned to Deuce, "Cleo played the harp?"

"I hate you." Deuce said flatly, "So much."

"Okay, besides Cleo, does anyone else know to how play?" Clawdeen asked. She approached the instrument, curving like tree-branches, with a waterfall of unicorn tendons.

"I play the lyre and can read music. It's worth a try." Prince Seth said as he read the music notes on the wall. "Clever, and brain-frying; these notes don't follow any melodies I've heard. They'd sound like da-da-eeeeekkk-oooo-deeeee."

Clawdeen's pointed ears twisted, "It's a test, or a riddle, just like the others had been. I have better eye-sight than the two of you put together, and I don't see an obvious trap. That doesn't mean there isn't one."

"Ptolemy, for the scared creatures and people up top in the city, your friend, my friends and Forever-Babe, take the strings." Deuce said, giving an encouraging slap on the royal ass.

"You're hoping I die, right?" Prince Seth asked as he rubbed his backside.

"I'm hoping for a lot of things. Please play." Deuce said again, hands gesturing to the harp.

The heir of the Ptolemy Dynasty squatted in position. He realized so much was riding on his playing abilities, he removed the mask he mother forced him to wear.

Deuce's snakes hissed angrily and he leaned over to Clawdeen and whispered, "Gods dammit, I'd hit that. Stupid Ptolemy."

"Boy, shut up."

The sweet strands of melody began, like walking through the afterlife's Field of Reeds. Prince Seth remembered hearing the melody before and played what he knew, not what the wall said. The wall disagreed and opened a slot for black ooze. The prince kept her fingers going, not understand what he'd done wrong. In worry of risking his new friends, he skipped a string and made a sour note. The gushing ooze slowed down.

Seth Ptolemy realized he had to massacre music, his passion as hot as Ra's sun, for the sake of everything else under Ra's sun.

"Hathor, forgive me." Prince Seth said, he gave up trying and bashed at the harp. The slimy ooze began flooding out, and a door suddenly closed from the way they walked in.

"Ptolemy, what's wrong?"

"I have to follow the instructions exactly, even though they are vile." Prince Seth pulled back his arms and cracked his knuckles. He read quicker than he played and, though it disgusted him as an artist, he played the gold notes. Deuce and Clawdeen had to cover their ears. They were still grateful as they watched the ooze cease. As Prince Seth made it to the end, they heard a creaking noise. The prince didn't stop playing, he and his friends watched the doors open.

Open to a room made of light.

Prince Seth stepped away from the harp. The three walked into the room and discovered piles and piles of treasure. Gold furniture, enormous, boulder size gems, rare magic weapons they'd all heard of in legends.

"I'm in the sky with the moon and all the stars, and it's glorious." Clawdeen said, her tongue dropped as she panted.

Prince Seth didn't tell them this was one of the small chambers and the DeNiles had hundreds, if not thousands, more tunnels of wealth and riches.

"The princess won't be in here. All this is another test to see if we'll make it to the Family Chamber. We cannot touch anything." The Ptolemy Prince said, very unimpressed by the unloving sparkling rocks.

"Which way?" Deuce asked, he grabbed his other hand before he could grab the cape with the golden Ram's skull.

Prince Seth walked straight past all the baubles and trinkets. Keeping their greed in check, Clawdeen and Deuce held each other's hands, as they followed the prince. Clawdeen whined and her ears dropped.

They stepped down a stairway to the Family Chamber. The ceilings tall enough to create its own weather. On 'medium' sized pyramid-pedestals there were shrines around sarcophagi. Jars, books, weapons, images in stone, all sorts of tokens at each shrine. Clawdeen locked eyes on the sarcophagus that draped fabric she had embroidered.

"Cleo." She said, and ran to the steps. The boys followed her. On the top of Cleo's personal pyramid there were roses made of rubies, expensive fabrics shinning against her magic-never-go-out-candles. Clawdeen couldn't believe in the toasty, dry underground that near Cleo's sarcophagus it smelled like spring water and night-bloomed roses.

"Deuce, look, she included us." Clawdeen bent down and ran her claws lightly over the icons of monsters dancing aside her coffin. They could have been humans but Clawdeen recognized details of herself; her jewelry unlike any human, her strong form, the hair braids she taught Cleo.

"She's in here?" Deuce asked, almost a gag. He saw a face painted on the sarcophagus that resembled Princess Cleo, except the flat, cold eyes. "Ptolemy, how do we crack this open?"

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enigmasalad · 1 year

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I posted 3,116 times in 2022

18 posts created (1%)

3,098 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@lio-the-chaotic-nonbeanie-weenie

@robanilla

@samathekittycat

@fangirltothefullest

@post-it-free

I tagged 65 of my posts in 2022

#sanders sides - 10 posts

#patton sanders - 7 posts

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#logan sanders - 7 posts

#roman sanders - 6 posts

#mahsa amini - 6 posts

#remus sanders - 5 posts

#tiktok - 5 posts

#ts spoilers - 4 posts

#iran - 4 posts

Longest Tag: 40 characters

#absolute knockout of an opening sentence

My Top Posts in 2022:

Hey hey it’s time to be gay

Hey here it’s the place to be queer

Hey hi it’s great to be Bi

Hey fan you love being Pan

Hey chase your dreams you great ace

Hey a’ Bro you’re a funky little aro

Hey clan it’s nice to be Trans

Hey them’be powerful Enbies

Hey druids you wonderful genderfluid

And anyone else, we welcome yourself!

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I want to go to a subway at 9pm with @lio-the-chaotic-nonbeanie-weenie

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My feral bestie likes shiny objects

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Pokémon fans seeing Greavard:

(I made the edit and took the meme from google images btw)

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My #1 post of 2022

I had a massive collection of monster high dolls as a kid, and me and my older sister would play monster high all day sometimes, despite her being in middle school.

I had the main ghouls, (Draculaura, Frankie, Clawdeen, Cleo, Lagoona, Ghoulia) plus other characters like Abbey, Venus, Operetta, Deuce, Spectra, Holt, Clawde, Nefra and Howleen plus duplicates of the dolls in different outfits and Draculauras Birthday stuff like her car.

However when I got older and depressed I just put them in my mothers closet and just didn’t pay them mind, because what’s the point of playing when you’re sad and alone? And I was “too old” to play with dolls.

They got gross (because my housing conditions weren’t the best and they were in a closet) and there was no way I would be able to restore or take them. It would be too much money.

So I had to throw them away and it just hurts because I miss my dolls a lot now. And hearing that they’re not only putting out new ones but also rereleasing the originals makes me want to cry. And not in a good way.

My favorite was Draculaura and she’s always out of stock or just not having a price. Plus scalpers are taking shit.

I feel sad, like, really sad. I just wish I had my dolls. It’s silly but I had so much fun and they were an escape from my shitty life.

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emeraldtart · 1 year

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Monster High episodes

Just some ideas based off MH G2. Not necessarily related. Tbh, I think there's a lot of missed opportunities there. The premise is simple, but you can do a lot. But enough of my ramblings, here's some episodes ideas.

Beauty Set in Stone

Jantung Api

After a spell went wrong, Ghoul Squad went to search for a monster that knows how to reverse petrification after Dracula was accidentally turned into stone. Their mission sent them to Sarpedon Island, Greece. After getting separated from her friends, a mysterious stranger offers Cleo help to get back to them. Strangely enough, this 'Deuce' isn't so keen on removing his blindfold.

Wails of Regret

The Ghoul Squad are sent back to Gunung Barapi when they found out that during their last mission there, they didn't only freeze the volcano, but also the fire elementals that live there. As a result, the island's climate has gone haywire, with wild snowstorms and blizzards. While trying to restore the volcano to normal, the ghouls stumble upon Heath Burns, a fire elemental, to get inside the volcano and reignite the Fire Heart to save the island and its citizens.

Nightmares, Nightmares, Go Away

The ghouls investigate a series of disappearances in a human school, believing it to be the work of a phantom. Instead, they found out about a former student named Spectra Vondergeist who passed away after being pushed too hard by her bullies and is now a malevolent spirit haunting the school for revenge. The ghouls are forced to play a deadly game of cat and mouse, as they navigate the school at night and try to find items for a ritual to purge Spectra's hatred from her soul.

Bagai Langit dan Bumi

When Clawdeen gets a strange case of insomnia, the ghouls try to help her get a much-needed good night's sleep by arranging a sleepover. What they didn't expect was to find out nightmares going rampant in the Dream World, causing the entirety of Monster High to get nightmares the next night. With Ghoulia's help, the ghouls managed to enter the Dream World physically and found out from the Boogeyman's daughter, Twyla, that the lock for the nightmare's prison is opened by someone. With Twyla as their guide to the strange Dream World, the Ghoul Squad searches for Hypno's Key to seal the nightmares for good.

The Ghoul Squad went to London, where they find Jackson, who is a human instead of a monster. Strangely enough, he doesn't seem scared of the ghouls, even offering them to stay for the night during a storm. That night, a mysterious monster known as Holt appears, and the ghouls took him to Monster High. However, it is later revealed that Jackson and Holt are descendants of the scientist Henry Jekyll, whose alter ego is Edward Hyde. As a result of the elixir, he passed down the ability to change between the two sides to his descendants. Since the elixir's effects started to skip a couple of generations, neither Jackson nor Holt knows that the other exists, both believing they are the body's true host.

#Monster high #frankie stein #draculaura #clawdeen wolf #cleo de nile #lagoona blue #ghoulia yelps #deuce gorgon #heath burns #spectra vondergeist #jackson jekyll #holt hyde

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keefwho · 26 days

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April 05 - 2024 Friday

12:14am

6.5/10

This morning I put away my clothes, took out the trash, and vacuumed. I almost always vacuum on Friday because it sets me up to have nice carpet for the weekend. For breakfast I made eggs, sausage, and oatmeal. The eggs didn't turn out great and this meal hurt my tummy later in the day.

During work I warmed up with some torso studies in preparation for 57's commission. It went well, I cranked out what I had to. DS's package for me came in the middle of the stream so I set that aside for when I was done.

After stream I did my dished like usual and called DS so I could open her gift. It was a G1 Ghoulia doll which I didn't expect. Apparently she got kinda lucky getting it before it sold out. I was absolutely thrilled and I hope I made that apparent enough. I know I'm bad at showing surprise and gratitude with my body language. For about an hour after unboxing, we looked at doll prices and a couple videos. I left to make lunch.

Lunch was tuna spaghetti with the tuna I just got in the mail but I forgot the lemon pepper so I had to add it last and it worked out well enough.

For my afternoon work I continued a drawing of Millie I was doing and hung out in BR's server. I joined because AE was there but he had to leave within 5 minutes so I was left with another guy. I stayed but we didn't chat much, he didn't seem to want to talk to me. I left after my drawing time and a little bit of world making.

My tummy hurt now but it was over pretty quickly. I spent a little while way too invested in some thoughts while I browsed Twitter and other sites. Eventually I broke out of it and asked JD if he wanted to play Helldivers like he suggested earlier. We played 1 round while I cracked open a drink. I got off to wait for DS who I figured would be on soon and she was. We watched the newest 22 minute long Tell your Tale episode while she did her nails. Then we got into VR. In VR I had joined on BD since I knew she was partying and I figured we could probably merge into them for the night. I thought it felt kinda disjointed when we joined and I really wanted to show DS the puzzle world so I dropped a portal for us. BD and her friends actually followed which was a nice surprise. It was chaotic at first but it was really fun, we did 3 puzzles and took about 10 minutes each. Then we went to a smash or pass world where almost all the characters were from unfamiliar animes but it was still fun.

In bed I played KH2 for DS and we talked about some important stuff.

~~~

I struggled a little bit to escape my thoughts and give different people the attention I wanted to give. I lost sight of my goal to pay attention to things I like today to get a better idea about what I might value.

#journal #diary

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morning-might-arrive · 3 years

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Apparently the monster high fandom is rising from the grave again, so in celebration I wrote this instead of sleeping. I will be finishing it soon. Feedback is much appreciated! A series of misunderstandings involving a limousine and Spectra’s blog lead Jackson to the realization that he has way more friends than he thought.

Monday

It was 12:06 in the afternoon when Jackson Jekyll ascended the steps of Monster High. If he was quick enough, he could at least be on time for 5th period. He took his seat in Mr. Rotter’s AP contemporary literature class just as the bell rang and pulled out his class copy of 1984. The stoic teacher gave him a nod of recognition. A few minutes into the lecture, he felt a tap on his shoulder.

“You were not in creepateria this morning.” Abbey stated in her usual matter-of-fact tone.

“Yeah,” Winona added, “Ghoulia wanted to show you the new Fastpoint comic she got. She seemed really bummed you weren’t there. I can’t wait for you to read it though. It retcons the whole DeathCap Comics universe back to the way it was before the reboot. There was even-”

“Where were you, anyway?” Howleen hastily changed the subject.

“Oh, yeah. Sorry. We were at the doctor’s office. Something kinda came up unexpectedly.” Jackson replied, turning to face them. This caught the attention of Rochelle. She looked up from her book.

“Doctor? Is everything alright?” Concern dripped from her voice and Jackson instantly felt guilty.

“Oh, yeah, everything’s fine. We’re in a little bit of pain, but…” Jackson’s eyes both glanced upward towards his helix piercing as he spoke.”It won’t be a problem for much longer.” The four ghouls glanced at each other suspiciously and then back towards Jackson. Abbey opened her mouth to challenge his last statement.

“Ladies! Mr. Jekyll! Do not make me have to separate you!” Mr. Rotter’s stern voice boomed from the front of the room. Jackson muttered a meek apology and turned back to his book, his ghoulfriends quickly following suit. He breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

40 uneventful minutes went by and then finally the bell rang, signaling the end of the period. “Don’t forget to read the next chapter!” Mr. Rotter yelled to his students, but most of them were too far away to hear. Jackson dashed to his locker and quickly called his human friend Chad.

“Hey! I just got back from the doctor’s office. Yeah, she told me to just take some Advil and just let it run its course.” unbeknownst to him, resident blogger Spectra Vonderguist was perusing the hallways looking for her next story.

“Completely done for, they said. Apparently there’s nothing they can do.”

Spectra perked up at those words. She quickly pulled out her iCoffin and hid a few lockers down from Jackson’s.

“It’s true. We don’t have much time left.”

Spectra gasped and quickly snapped a photo of the scene in front of her. Did he say he was running out of time as in...death? Having always been a ghost, Spectra didn’t know a lot about death other than that it was something that happened to humans and to some breeds of monster. Even so, Jackson seemed a little early in his life to be experiencing it. In moments like these she really regretted snooping around in other people’s business, but she definitely had her blog post.

Tuesday

At 8:35 that morning, every phone in Monster High sounded at once as The Ghostly Gossip was updated. Conversations were halted and hallway traffic came to a standstill as several students stopped to check their phones.

Normie’s days are numbered?

Yesterday, sources caught a phone conversation of one Jackson Jekyll in which he confessed to being told by a doctor that he didn’t have much time left on earth. This story is still developing, and more details will be reported as they come in.

Deuce Gorgon’s eyes scanned the short article again. “Dude.” Was all he could come up with after a couple of minutes. “What?” Asked Clawd Wolf as he approached his best friend. Deuce handed over his phone.

“Dude!” Clawd exclaimed. “If this is someone’s idea of a joke, it isn’t very funny.”

“I know.” Deuce replied in a stern tone that contrasted with his usual jovial one. “Maybe the ghouls know something about this.”

Clawd nodded and quickly scanned the hallway. Frankie, Cleo, Clawdeen, and Draculara were all crowded around Frankie’s locker. They were looking over Cleo’s shoulder at something on her phone and talking to one another in a hushed whisper. The boys headed toward the group.

“Hey, did you ghouls see that weird blog post?’ Deuce asked the group.

“Uh, yeah,” Cleo responded. “Why would Spectra post such a far-fetched tale? And expect anyone to believe it?”

“But why would she post something like this if it wasn’t true?” Clawdeen asked. “You know how seriously that ghoul takes her blog.”

“C’mon guys,” Frankie cut in. “Spectra’s gotten a story twisted around before, remember?”

“But-” Draculara started.

“But nothing.” All eyes turned towards a fast-approaching Heath Burns, flanked by Abbey and Ghoulia. “Look, if my cousins were dying, I would know about it. That ghost writer has lost her spark.”

“Am not so sure.” Abbey responded, giving Heath the side eye. “He was acting very strange yesterday. Said he did go to see doctor.”

Draculara burst suddenly into tears, clinging to Clawd and Clawdeen. “But that means we’re gonna lose Jackson and Holt-” the rest of her sentence was cut off by sobbing.

“There there, sweetie,” Clawdeen whispered, handing her best friend a tissue. “That does it. We have to put this whole thing to rest right now.

“Yes,” Abbey agreed. “We go ask Jackson.”

“Well we can’t just tell him we know,” Cleo insisted. “What are you even going to say? ‘Oh, by the way, Spectra eavesdropped on your private conversation yesterday and now there’s a story posted on the internet about you for the whole school to read, so can you tell us if it’s true?’ He’ll be mortified.”

Frankie stared at her. “That’s actually a pretty good point. Okay, we’ll meet in the library during lunch to find what we can about human death, so we at least know what we’re looking for. Sound like a plan?” The group collectively nodded. “Good. I’ll see you there.”

At 11:30 that morning, the group re-convened in the dusty confines of the Monster High library. Ghoulia moaned as she typed away at the computer in front of her.

“Ghoulia says that when a human dies, they’re put into a box that is measured especially for them. The box is then put into a long black car to a place where it can be buried in the ground. It’s customary for the person’s box to be decorated with flowers, and then their family and friends are invited to a gathering to watch them be buried.” Frankie translated.

“Like some sort of going away party?” Clawdeen asked. “I’m glad i’m not a human. That’s pretty morbid.”

“But that proves it!” Heath exclaimed. “I’m Jackson’s family so if he were dying, I would definitely be invited to the going away party and so would my parents. This whole story is bogus.”

The other students weren't so sure yet, but they all let the subject drop for now.

At 2:56, the music stopped. Jackson blinked, suddenly aware of his surroundings. The sun beamed down and burned his eyes, and he quickly had to side step to avoid being trampled by the massive herd of students walking behind him. He’d apparently stopped in his tracks in the middle of the front walkway of the school. He looked down and discovered the cause of this to be his dead iCoffin. He plugged his phone into his portable charger and it blinked back to life. Underneath the time display was a message from Holt.

“You got any idea why D-low hugged me holding back tears this mornin? Did I miss somethin?” Jackson opened his phone to respond

“Um, no? I don’t think so. Did she say what was wrong?” He left it for Holt to find later and put his phone back in his bag. Not a moment passed before it began buzzing with a call from his dad.

“So anyway, I was all like ‘dude’ and she was all like-” Draculara recounted the events of the day and was suddenly cut off by her best friend Clawdeen, who pushed her back behind the doors to the school, pointing in Jackson’s direction.

“You’re going to pick us up right?” Jackson asked into the phone.

“Okay. Yeah, we spoke to the florist yesterday. We picked out this really cool arrangement of Forget-Me-Nots. Pretty appropriate for the occasion, right?”

The two ghouls in hiding glanced at each other. “Do you remember what Frankie said? About humans getting flowers when they’re-”

“SHH!” the two turned their attention back to the human in question.

“Yeah, I know. Moms will be devastated. They said they won’t be back until 11 or 12 that night, and we’ll definitely be gone by then. But we’ll be sure to take a lot of pictures before we go!” He continued to the person on the other end. “Okay, see you in a few minutes.”

The girls gasped as Jackson put his phone away. Clawdeen pulled out her phone and pulled up the group chat. They had to tell everyone what they had just heard.

#monster high #jackson jekyll #holt hyde #frankie #clawdeen #draculara #duece gorgon #abbey bomidable #Jackson and Holt use We instead of I #this is a hill i will die on

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ramblingsofawildmeg · 5 years

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November Writing Prompt 7 ~ Big hair, don’t care

The audience roared with applause at the announcement of Epiphony took the stage. The show choir was large, there seemed to be barely enough stage to hold all of the performers. They looked amazing and they hadn’t even started their first song.

The audiences cheering died down as Epiphony waited for silence. With a blaring chord from their band, the first song was off to a start. They sang and danced with so much energy and confidence that the whole audience was spellbound. There was a deafening roar as Epiphony too their bows after their final number, the floor honestly seemed to shake.

“They were amazing!” Frankie Stein gushed with excitement, her bolts starting to give off a little static. Gooliope felt her heart begin to sink. Epiphony was amazing. They were impressive with their costume and set changes. They even had a band. The Monsettes didn’t stand a chance. Gooliope’s heart sank further and further with each thought until she couldn’t take it anymore and walked out of the Screamatorium.

“Gooliope? What’s wrong?” Lagoona asked, following her out. Gooliope sighed and sat down on a bench near the lobby doors.

“They were so amazing.” she began as the rest of the Monsettes joined them in the lobby, “Maybe this was a mistake. I shouldn’t have asked you guys to come and do this.”

“We can’t give up now!” Frankie blurted.

“Yeah we trained so hard for this show. We just have to go out there and do our best.” Draculaura said, stepping up next to Lagoona.

Ghoulia groaned, stepping forward and resting a hand on Frankie’s shoulder.

“Ghoulia’s right.” Clawdeen said, “Who cares if they had fancy matching dresses, and moving sets.”

“They had a band too.” Gooliope sniffled.

“And a band,” conceded Clawdeen, “You know what they don’t have? Us.” Goolioped looked around at her friends, “They don’t have amazing friends who are willing to do whatever it takes to help someone they care about get their dream.”

“Right! You want to perform your songs on that stage, then that’s what we are gonna do!” Frankie cheered.

“And if you get nervous up there,” Lagoona said, setting her hand over Gooliope’s hand, “just remember that we are right behind you, all the way.”

“Thanks you guys.” Gooliope smiled, wiping her tears away. “Let’s go give them a show.” Everyone cheered as they headed toward backstage.

“It’s like I always say,” Clawdeen said with her unending confidence, “Big hair, don’t care.” She fluffed her hair, which had been styled even more wildly for tonight. Gooliope looked down at her own outfit. It looked amazing, Clawdeen really had outdone herself on this one. She had designed custom dresses for every ghoul in their group. Each dress was different, and yet they all looked like a matching set.

They were right. Ghoulfriends always have each others backs. So when Gooliope steps onto that stage, she could know with full confidence that her ghouls will be right behind her, helping her.

#novemberprompts2018 #monster high #gooliope jellington #monster high fanfic

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ohmyoracle · 6 years

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explain to me why the MH reboot is bad? this is the first time i've heard about it on my dash so idk??

wellll….. that’s kind of complicated.

So in 2010 Mattel introduced a new franchise to their toy lines called “Monster High” which the original concept was that the characters were the children of famous movie monsters like Frankenstein, (Frankie Stein) Dracula (Draculaura), the Mummy (Cleo De Nile), the Werewolf (Clawdeen Wolf), and the Creature from the Deep (Lagoona Blue).

the original tagline for the line was “Freaky just got Fabulous”

the dolls themselves were gorgeous, lots of intricate spooky details and dark make-up, and they were fully articulated and poseable. they added lots of characters to the line as time went on, made several movies and each doll that came from it was even cooler than the last, the line was very successful, it appealed to both young kids and teen and adult collectors.

in fact, at one point, it was even making more money than Barbie.

and that of course couldn’t be allowed to happen, so in 2015 Mattel decided to fix what wasn’t broken, and make up some stories about how kids were saying they were too scary (actually overly sensitive snowflake parents who claimed they were too “slutty”). they also did this revamp without announcing anything to fans, which was a huge insult.

they redid the faces to be more Barbie-like, drawing comparisons to the face ups on their other alternate line, Ever After High, which also got an unannounced and unnecessary retooling around the same time period.

to lower production costs, they took away a lot of the doll’s articulation, (wrists, elbow and knee joints mostly) used molded parts instead of actual cloth clothing, replaced the darker colors with neon and pastels, replacing or just straight up getting rid of fan favorite characters, (Ie, Ghoulia Yelps replaced by Moanica, Spectra Vondergeist replaced by Ari Hauntington) and rewrote the character’s origin stories to ignore all the dark and mysterious depth the original had to be more “kid-friendly” I guess.

and that’s where the line is now, a lower quality, lobotomized, brightly colored version of something that once was so great.

TLDR; Mattel ruined their own franchise.

#Monster High #Anti MH Reboot

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perfectgirlisgone · 7 years

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Gn1- Big Fat Egyptian-Greek Wedding

Six years had passed since the Fearleading Squad graduated from Monster High. Frankie Stein and Ghoulia Yelps ended up at the same university. They mushed their brains together in their freshmeat year and by sophmoan year they engineered a new form of space travel. They're representing Earth as ambassadors in intergalactic councils. Clawdeen Wolf went to Londoom for school and shared rent with her wonderful big sister. She blew through classes like every night was a full moon and opened a boutique in three years. A larger company copied her ideas, she sued, won the case and has her name-brand in 300 stores around the globe. Lagoona Blue briefly joined a cult that said they'd save the ocean but it involved drowning land-creatures. She would leave the cult and go to Ascarican law school to become an defender of the environment. Also when she got out of the cult she found out Gil carried their son whom she gets to visit every other week at his freshwater-grandparents' house. Abbey thought she'd go back to her village but instead traveled with C.A. Cupid to the Greek Islands. Abbey trained with the Amazons then decided to go into advertisement. Her work was ahead of its time, Abbey was relieved to be recruited by a spy agency, err, she became a florist. Draculaura got in med school but choose to follow her real passion. She got a BA in Creature Writing from the local community college. She recently re-enrolled at Monster High. She's making new friends but stalks the gang on Skullbook.

Cleo DeNile went to Yell University then interned at Ptolemy Towers. She climbed up the pyramid and became Empress of Boo York City; tycoon queen and fashion icon. In celebration of her success, and since she hadn't seen her friends in months, Cleo invited her school chums to her eighty-story-penthouse, everything covered by her generous hand.

"Ghoulia! Getting contacts was the right way to go!" Cleo said as she hugged her beastie.

Ghoulia hugged tighter, "Thank you, Cleo, and thank you again for the donation towards our lighter hover-boards."

The mummy held up her finger, "Don't mention it, I believe in the cause."

"Oh my, Lagoona he's so big!" Frankie said as her sea-friend showed her baby photos on her phone. "And that thing is..."

Frankie motioned to the large fin on his head. Lagoona smiled, "He'll grow into that."

Abbey chewed on shrimp while Jinafire and Clawdeen discussed strategies for bring Jin into the public. Clawd Wolf talked about his residency at BleedingHeart hospital. Venus and Robecca talked about their vitro-fertilization journey and Iris explained how she was naming the new planet. Careers, failures, new couples, a few babies and bad haircuts; adventures were happening for the grads.

Cleo was chatting with Dr. Jane Boolittle as a scaly hand went to her back.

"Great party, Babe, did you see that new head Beatrice grew?" Deuce said, pointing to the monster across the room.

"Jane, the delectable dinner was provided by Deuce's restaurant. He has two Michescream Stars now." The mummy said while she put an arm around his shoulder.

"Cleo." Deuce whined, almost embarrassed at how she told everyone she met.

"Shut it, let me brag." Cleo demanded happily.

"Aww, and you guys are still together? The pets in the vents were right." Jane said.

The mummy didn't know what she meant but grinned, "I know, we're like lightning caught in a bottle. Frankie said that once about a rare good thing."

"I'm not exactly 'caught', Cleo." Deuce said to his long-time ghoulfriends' expanded eyes. "That needs to change."

Everyone turned around to see Gorgon kneel down and take Cleo's hand.

"Cleo DeNile, I-"

"Yes!" Cleo screamed.

Deuce blinked. "Sweet. I had some other stuff to say-"

"Right, go ahead, but yes!" The mummy said, feeling everyone staring at them.

"You know what? Here." Deuce said as he pulled the ring out Cleo snatched it immediately, slid it on her finger then went to her knees to kiss him.

Of course everyone cheered and clapped. The moment filled Cleo's heart to the brim. She had her planning committee/ bridal party in the same room and the love of her eternal-life in her arms. Nothing could spoil things for her now.

In the DeNile mansion Dedyet walked into the lightless throne-room of her husband. She lit a torch and sighed.

"Ramses." She said, bringing the torch to him, "It could be worse."

The former pharaoh grumbled.

"She's in love, it happens." Dedyet suggested to ease her husband's agony.

"How could she do this to me?" Ramses asked miserably.

"Oh, my shining sun, she's a rebel. All we can do now is love her despite disagreeing." Dedyet said while holding her husband's hand.

Cleo welcomed the million kisses from Medusa's snakes.

Deuce was being kiss-swarmed by his Aunt Euryale who had shaved her head but kissed with her own lips. The engaged couple were on Petros Island with the Gorgon sisters.

"We thought they day would never come!" Euryale said hugging her nephew.

"I always knew." Medusa said, hugging her future daughter-in-law.

"No you didn't." Euryale playfully stated.

"A mother knows, and honestly I would've adopted this one if Deuce hadn't let the lead out."

Medusa said. "Oh Maddy." Cleo said with a laugh.

"Let's talk about reserving Aphrodite's temple, we can't fit the whole family so I'm thinking big screens on the mountain."

Stheno the eldest said. "I'm thinking peonys!"

Euryale gasped, "And tarantula-brown dresses!"

"Aunt E, I don't think we-" Cleo interrupted, "I love tarantulas, Auntie. You have wonderful taste."

"Good girl." Euryale said, pinching Cleo's chin. The male gorgon pulled his fiance to the side.

"Why are you lying?"

"I'm pleasing the family." Cleo whispered, "Even if I have to wear taffeta."

Deuce took Cleo's hand, "Babe, I appreciate that but it's our day, I'm choosing the menu and you are planning everything else like you really want to."

The mummy squeezed his hand, "What I really want is our family, friends and loyal subj- fans to be there for us. And see us be perfect."

"Lovebugs, we're carving you a new table for the wedding." Stheno said with an axe in hand.

Not like I have connections to dealers from my time, Cleo thought, "I would like that very much, Auntie."

In the Lovecraft Asylum the eldest DeNile daughter sat in the garden and soaked up the sun. One of the butterfly nurses brought Nefera her meds. Nefera kicked the meds out of the cup.

"Tell the monsterazzi they can eat me." Nefera said. "Fetch me a chai-tea."

"Well done, my daughter." Ramses said as he and his wife approached their first born.

"Darling, if we put your meds in something pretty would you take them?" Dedyet asked.

"Does 'pretty' mean diamonds and rubies at a spa?" Nefera asked.

"Yes." Ramses said the exact time Dedyet said, "Maybe."

Nefera grumbled then asked, "It's not a holiday. Why are you two here?"

Ramses sighed deeply, "Tragedy has struck again."

"Ramses," Dedyet warned, "Your sister is engaged. To the boy."

Nefera sneered, "And you put me in the asylum."

"Nefera, if we can convince Cleo to let you come to the wedding then maybe even you could stay out of Lovecraft for a while." Dedyet said.

"Hard pass." Nefera said, crossing her arms.

Nefera's father nodded, "I wish I could say the sam-"

Nefera's mother shot him a look and he cleared his throat. "Very well, my child, but please summon us if you change your mind."

"I'm not the one who needs to change!" Nefera yelled then rolled onto her shoulder to face away from her parents.

The mummy man wanted to give his daughter a million pyramids to see her well. His wise wife said he could not so Ramses and she wished her a fine rest of day.

In Cleo's perosnal work-suite in the DeNile Tower Clawdeen was fitting her long-time friends' bridesmaid dresses. They were not tarantula-brown taffeta.

"She threw Deuce's aunt's baby-making quilt in a whirlpool and took the planning crown back." Lagoona said while helping Clawdeen place lace roses on Abbey's dress.

"There's our ghoul." Clawdeen said, "Hey Jin."

Jinafire walked into the room with a large red egg in a carrier across her chest. "I got the Pan's choir to come to the wedding. Praise is welcomed."

"I thought we were going to call Operetta for the reception." Frankie said while her helping cyber-net-hands sealed envelopes.

"Cleo would like the choir while she walks down the aisle and around the table. Operetta is for the after party." Ghoulia said nibbling on the potential butterscream wedding cake.

Lagoona smiled. "A soundtrack to unlife, Cleo's a deadset."

"Where is she? I'm happy to work for a bride but this is familiar to when she'd leave us to do all the little stuff." Frankie said.

Cleo was finishing a board meeting, launching healthier products in the Ptolemy-DeNile scale-care lines."

...incomplete

#monster high #cleuce #generation 1 #I like more

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merryclaus · 7 years

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Monster High Love is in Tomb part 4

The next day at school Will walked hand and hand with Specky, she was wearing spider web headband Will bought her. She skipped down the hall happily while holding hands, a huge smiled plastered on her face.

Nefera was lurking around waiting for Wicka and Neighthan to come through, she took a Heart Possession charm from her father’s vault.

Nefera waited for a while until Wicka and Neighthan came in. She grinned and aimed the charm at him, it glowed as it activated.

Draculaura ran in waving a note from Clawd in her hands as the beam shot at Neighthan. She bumped into Will by accident and pushed him in the way.

The beam struck him and his eyes changed from brown to orange, he stiffened and stared straight ahead.

“Uh Will, are you okay?” Specky looked concerned.

Will nodded slowly. “Yeah, just fine.” He turned and looked at where Nefera was hiding.

“Oh by the Egyptian Kings, clumsy bat.” Nefera grumbled.

Will stared at Nefera for a minute then walked over to her. “I love you.”

“What?” She looked shocked.

“WHAT?” Wicka, Specky, and they’re ghoulfriends looked shocked.

“I said I love you, with all my heart.” Will said sincerely as he kissed her hand.

Nefera stared at him in confusion and disgust before she saw tears in Specky’s eyes. “Aw how wonderful, I love you too.” She grinned at the group of stunned friends.

Specky ran off crying as Wicka and Frankie chased after her. She ran into the ghoul’s restroom and balled all four of her eyes out in front of the mirror.

“I don’t know why he did that Specky.” Wicka looked more angry than confused.

“I’m so sorry Specky, you guys were so good together.” Frankie tried to comfort her by patting her back.

Wicka boiled with anger and marched out the restroom straight up to her brother. “William Omega what do you think you’re doing?!”

Will stared at her blankly like he didn’t understand what she was staying.

“Don’t give me that dump look you jerk. Specky is in the ghoul’s room crying right now because of you!” Wicka was so angry her magic mark turned from teal to blood red.

Nefera smirked as she held Will’s hand. “So what? Apparently she’s not good enough for him, he’s grown tired of her.”

“Wicka glared at her as her eyes turned as red as her magic mark. “YOU, WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME BROTHER?!”

“No need to yell.” She frowned and covered her ears.

“Please tell Specky I’m sorry, it just wasn’t working out between us.” He shrugged, frowned, and walked away with Nefera.

Wicka yelled in frustration and stomped away, Cleo, Lagoona, Draculaura, and Clawdeen looked from one end of the hall to the other very stunned.

Through Will’s eyes

“Um, so Nefera, do you really love me?” He smiled shyly.

She groaned quietly. “Of course I do, and when the Eclipse Moon shines down on us on Valentine’s night, we will be linked together forever.”

“I’m glad we’ll get to spend the rest of our unlives together.” He blushed.

‘He might be useful to me.’ Nefera thought to herself as she grinned.

Her grip on his hand tightened slightly as they walked to the front of the school.

After school Frankie and Ghoulia pried Specky out of the restroom and took her home. She was a complete mess, mascara was streaking down her face, her lipstick was smudged, and her face was wet with tears. They explained to her parents what happened at school and went home feeling bad for her.

“Why would Will break up with Specky? They were voltage together.” Frankie frowned.

“Not to mention Specky was going to surprise him on Valentine’s Day.” Lagoona added.

“And where did Wicka go?” Clawdeen wondered.

After she stormed away from her brother she went to the family forest to meditate, after doing some reading a while ago she learnt the houses she and her Alpha cousins live in were part of their family’s history since forever. So she welcomed the silence the forever gave her and thought about how she wanted to kick her brother in his face with her pearly white boots.

“Will you idiot, what is going through your head?” She thought out loud.

She sighed and went to her brother’s room and grabbed the poem he wrote to Specky. “Maybe if I remind him why he wrote this, he’ll snap out of it.”

Wicka waited for Will to come home, but he never did.

“Mom, where is Will?!” Wicka yelled downstairs.

“He said he’s staying at a friend’s house!” She yelled back.

Wicka was bewildered, he never said anything about that. And whose house he be at?

Through Will’s eyes

At the de Nile’s house Will sat in Nefera’s room combing her hair. He smiled sweetly at his false love as he ran her golden scorpion comb through her milky blue locks.

“Does that feels nice my princess?” Will blushed as the edges of his eyes turned dark purple.

“Yes it does, now can you massage my shoulders?” She grins at him.

“Of course princess.” He rubbed her shoulder as he continued to smile.

Cleo walked pass Nefera’s room and gasped when she saw Will in there. She took a picture with her Icoffin and sent it to Wicka.

Cleo looked at Will and saw that it looked like his eyes were turning purple and got the feeling something was wrong. She went to her father’s artifact vault and came across the problem, she found the empty Heart Possession bottle on the floor that Nefera forgot to put away.

She scowled and marched back to her sister’s room. “So that’s how you did it!”

“Did what?” Nefera pretended to play dump as she snapped her fingers for Will to stop.

“How you made Will fall in love with you.” Cleo frowned at her.

Will didn’t know what was going on, all he knew was that his new ghoulfriend’s sister was accusing her of something. “But Cleo, this is just the working of my heart. I love Nefera.”

“No you don’t Will, you love Specky Eightlegs.” Cleo rubbed her temple as she tried to reason with him.

Will shook his head as his eyes flashed brown then turned back orange. “I’m sorry Cleo, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“You’re hurting my Willy’s head, so I’m going to have to ask you to leave.” Nefera smirked.

Cleo walked out and slammed the door behind her. “Specky calls him that.” Then she got an idea, she went to her room and texted Catty.

#Monster High #Oc story #part 4 #Love is in Tomb

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themusesof75 · 1 year

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Long Ago, chp 5

I don't worry about historical accuracy.

Council-member Gory watched the servants pour the elixir from an unnecessary high reach. They gently swished the cup and their hips danced as they brought the goblet on a pillow. They kneeled, the elixir shook, but not a drop spared.

“Oi, does everything need to be a show around here?” Council-member Gory said behind her boney fingers.

Princess Cleo narrowed her eyes, “I could request the hound’s dish bowl if that’s to what you are accustomed.”

Council-member Gory rolled her head on her neck, “I’m accustomed to feasting before the sun has risen- Oh for the love of Dracquol! Now they’re singing.”

“Written just for this occasion.” Princess Cleo informed her with glee, she and Ghoulia bounced their heads to the melody.

“I request two goblets. Your majesty, do you keep up in politics today?” Council-member Gory asked as she stared at the goblet so far away.

“Not so much on who says what, but I have noticed you big, wise men have been loosening the reigns of the less fortunate.” Said Princess Cleo, out of view she took Ghoulia’s hand.

“I’m the least fortunate. Your sister, all of a sudden, orders more crops shared to the hungry and new shelters built for the homeless. They’ll simply destroy their gifts! We all know mortals- err- the peasants are stupid like that.” Council-member Gory said, she would’ve walked up and taken the goblet but had to keep her cool when with high royalty.

“That is unlike the sister I know. Perhaps she’s thinking of keeping her people safe from the elements. More workers to build her new shopping center, you know.” Princess Cleo said; she could have her happy people and new shoes too.

“What of keeping me safe? Her servants ran through my private quarters and accused me of theft. She said ‘so random’ but I know she resents me for actually speaking in meetings.”

“Now that sounds like Nefera. My advice, work around her.”

“Forgive me, but what work do you do?”

“It takes effort to look this good.” Princess Cleo said, her hand crushed an eshta, the juice dripped onto Gory’s robes.

“Words to consider.” Council-member Gory said.

Princess Cleo snapped her fingers new servants began to wash the fruit drippings from Council-member Gory’s dress and Princess Cleo’s fingers.

“You told her exactly what you’re doing around Nefera. That’s overconfident.” Ghoulia said when they were in Princess Cleo’s room.

“Wrong, Ghoulia, it’s brilliant. Nefera will eventually notice someone’s trying to muscle in on her reign. I need a decoy bird.”

“Decoy bird?”

“Ever watch those little birds sitting on the Nile? A bigger bird or feline goes down to sweep it up and-“Princess Cleo slaps her hands together, the jewels scratching and snapped, “They never notice the crocodile that lets the little bird sit on her snout.”

“Wait, are you the bird and Nefera is the crocodile?” Ghoulia asked, she began to draw the animals and women involved. She thought a diagram would help Cleo explain her metaphor.

“Oh my Ra, Gory will be eaten and we’ll be fine.” Princess Cleo, placing her hand over the drawing. “Next part is choosing who will do the deed.”

“I thought we were going to poison her favorite, fancy dish.” Ghoulia said with a shrug.

“Too gentle. I wish to see her ripped apart and scattered across the sand!” Princess Cleo whispered, her nails scratching into Ghoulia’s parchment.

“Your majesty?” A servant asked at the doorway.

“Yes, what?” The princess asked in the same violent tone.

“You are requested to her royal stupendeousness’s throne room, your highness.” the servant said, staring at her dazzling feet.

Princess Cleo gulped but said, “Tell her I’m on my way.”

Ghoulia tried to speed step, Princess Cleo closed the distance and curled their fingers together.

Princess Cleo swallowed her fear and put on a brave face. “She knows nothing!”

“We might have underestimated her!” Ghoulia said in a tremble.

“No, she underestimates me.” Princess Cleo went to her accessories and took out a dragon nail hairpin. Thin as a strand and gleamed like a jewel; easy to conceal under her circlet.

“Cleo, I love you.” Ghoulia said, hopeless yet mighty they locked eyes.

“Ghoulia. I know.” Princess Cleo said tenderly, “You go to Medusa’s camp until I say differently.”

Princess Cleo shouted to a servant to get her lady-in-waiting’s ride ready. Outside of Nefera’s room there were servants with red slap-marks across their faces and back. Normal enough, Princess Cleo thought as she walked into her sister’s throne room.

Princess Cleo loudly sighed as if annoyed instead of terrified. “You wanted me or something?”

“Little sister, finally. Come.” Princess Nefera said with a horsewhip twisting in her grip.

The two royals stepped on a palanquin, carried on servants’ shoulders. They were delivered to a chamber full of blasting light. Ra’s sun was on full view to burn all in the chamber. The princesses were shaded, oiled down and fanned in their throne.

“Sister, why are the people in ropes and chains?” Princess Cleo asked. She hid her discomfort as the people, most mortals and some creatures, panted and burned in the heat.

“Father wants the future queen, that’s me, to meet more old coots and lackies. But I don’t speak poor, so need you to translate, little sister.” Princess Nefera explained.

Princess Cleo saw people in fear of Orsis’s judgement. A minute ago, the princess worried she and her friends would be brought to her sister’s feet. Instead, she was brought to Nefera’s brutal meet-and-greet and for the first time ever, Princess Cleo was needed to help the throne. Officially!

“You are so fortunate to have me, sister.” Princess Cleo said, then clapped her hands. “First guest, please.”

The guards brought a mortal man in linens almost as fine as the princesses.

“Name?” Princess Cleo asked, her voice lowered as her chin raised.

“Council-member Gamal, your majesty. I’ve served on this council since before you were born. Praise the day.” Council-member Gamal stated, huffing, and aching from the rope tied around his wrist.

Princess Cleo leaned over to her sister, “Council from Grand-mummy’s day, he’s ready to retire.”

“Okay, fine, eternal vacation granted.” Princess Nefera said, she opened her mouth for a grilled shrimp to be dropped.

Council-member Gamal protested with pleads to finish taxing his section of the city. Princess Cleo had heard from her monster friends that he invented extra charges based off lame reasons. Lame reasons based off fear of the supernatural and people from different cities.

“He says ‘thanks’ and a recommendation for a new council-member.” Princess Cleo told her sister. “Next guest.”

…

Ghoulia went to Lady Medusa’s camp, far out from the city’s border. She ran slowly, muddy joints she was born with and got slower after being brought back from the dead. Exhausted from the trek, still Ghoulia sped walked to Medusa’s tent. A griffin-solider outside told her the Lutient was too busy. Ghoulia asked with what and the solider bit his beak and squacked for her to step away. Ghoulia took that as he didn’t hear much from Medusa’s private quarters.

“She’s sleeping.” Medusa’s son, Deuce, said as he and another solider came up to Ghoulia.

Ghoulia scrunched her brow in question.

“Old ghoul spent the night reading outloud in the new kids tent. They were a little wild and wouldn’t lay down at her planned time.” Deuce said with a chuckle, “Sounds aggravating but she actually loves hanging out with kids.”

“Who are you?” Deuce’s friend asked, his pinky poking in his pointed ears.

“Princess Cleo’s right-hand. Ghoulia.” The undead ghoul said, her voice was ragged but her eyes met the mosnter’s despite his height. Ghoulia looked past him, “She sent me here after Nefera asked for her alone.”

She saw Deuce grip the staff tighter. “Think she’s in trouble?”

“It’s unlikely Nefera knows what’s she’s been doing, but Cleo is afraid of her for… reasons.” Ghoulia said, she wished the other boy wasn’t snickering.

“Oh yeah, the princess.” The monster-boy said with a nudge to Deuce.

The gorgon-boy pushed his friend’s elbow off his arm. “Stay here, I’m going check on her.”

“Trying to be the gladiator in shining armor? That’s my boy!” The monster said and his red hair became a liquid flame.

Ghoulia asked the snickering monster, “What’s your name?”

“Heath, son of Hades, I run hot.” The ‘Heath’ said as he ran a hand over his flame.

“Good for you. where can I read around here?” Ghoulia asked, looking at the trees and open tents of casual monsters chitchatting.

…

The DeNile sisters cackled under their shade and fans.

“Yes, yes, yes, yes! I did!” Princess Nefera said as she laughed.

Princess Cleo’s tears were dabbed by a servant. “Oh my Ra! I wish I had been there.”

“You’re finally big enough.” Princess Nefera stated, “And gods, there are so many of these regular things constantly staring at me.”

A tearful woman kneeled before the princesses. She sobbed her story to Princess Cleo.

“Poor thing lost her home to a gang of monsters. Do we really know they were monsters? Nevermind, you’re traumatized either way. Get her lodged with the kitchen staff.” Princess Cleo said.

“Uh, who was that? We didn’t get her name.”

Princess Cleo stared at her sister and tried to think of some sort of an excuse.

Princess Nefera shrieked a laugh, “Oh my Ra, you thought I was serious!”

“Shut up, Nefera!” Princess Cleo said, like she would if she were joking with Clawdeen of the Wolves or Ghoulia.

“Don’t tell your Queen such things.” Princess Nefera said, her manner cold and still as a crocodile.

“Lapse of judgement. I apologize.” Princess Cleo said with the bow of her head.

Princess Nefera patted the top of her head, “You are forgiven, thank Ra you’re my blood or I would have…” she trailed off with a grave chuckle.

Nefera’s younger sister took a calming inhale and called for the next guest.

“Hello Finder, other princess.” Gigi the genie said, her wrists weren’t tied but she put her head to the floor.

“Gigi, are you here for reloca-“

“Gigi, stop playing. Back to your corner.” Princess Nefera said with a point of her finger.

The genie sighed, her blue eyes heavy with sadness. “Yes, Finder.”

She became a pink cloud and disappeared from the room.

Watching over the princesses was the enormous statue of the goddess Taweret. Atop the hippo’s head was Deuce, watching out for only one princess. The people under interviews were afraid of the royals. Deuce thought they had plenty of reasons. He’d been in Egypt for two years and learned Pharoah Ramses only saw wealthy people and everyone else was good as sand. Deuce watched the princesses send people and creatures to prisons, preferable to being sent to the crocodile pond.

Night dawned and the gorgon was relieved to not have seen a single creature or human sent to be lizard chow. He climbed down Taweret’s statue and stretched his restless muscles. The green snakes of his head curled at what they saw behind him.

Deuce swung around and wield a dagger to Council-member Gory’s throat. The Night-walker had a calm smile.

“I’d prefer you didn’t. We should talk.” She said, her red eyes sinister.

“I don’t bite you, you don’t bite me. Deal?” Deuce stated. She nodded, the dagger sliced her skin and bled deep blue. Council-Member Gory didn’t mind.

“Has the Serpent Lady of Peace changed her mind about politics?” Council-member Gory asked.

“She’s shifting through her options. I’m here for my own plan.” The gorgon said.

“You and I should combine plans. I want to see a political change as much as you.”

“Mortals not dying quick enough for you?”

“They compensate with lineage, long unnecessary lines. Offspring have short attention-spans and too much power in their hands.” Council-member Gory said.

“I agree with that. But then you want that power in your hands…” The snakes of his scalp hissed angrily.

“Someone like me in charge would be better for the monster community.”

Deuce scoffed. “You haven’t helped a single other monster yet.”

“I haven’t had the range. I’ve only recently made living here comfortable for my treasured acquaintances. I’ve tried to sway the lonely Pharaoh to my ideas, but he’s solely focused on Nefera. She’s more than an heir, he actually sees himself continuing to live through her.”

“I don’t want to hear anything more from either of them. If I had a chance to get near both of them… why haven’t you gone that far?”

“I can’t risk hurting the image of my kind. I kill clean, very un-human and the idea of doing it like a human-” Council-member Gory gagged behind her fangs.

“Same reason Medusa won’t meet their eyes. We’d need a decoy.”

“Yes, but who? The servants all signed their souls over to the Pharaoh and his royal family. I’ve tried whispering in the old man’s ear but the stubbornness and pride from the human’s idea of divinity is just…”

“Don’t worry about old man Ramses, I have a decoy I’ve been prepping for a while now.”

“What and who?” Council-member Gory asked.

“Your gal-pal. The princess.” The Gorgon said, he smiled and sucked the air through his long teeth.

The Night-walker bobbed her head in doubt. “It’s difficult to tolerate Nefera. I commend your patience. ”

Deuce waved the idea away, “No, the younger, hotter one. Princess Cleo.”

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