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After agreeing to take part in her plan, Clawdeen had taken Cleo to meet everyone else, Clawdeen was pretty sure this was gonna work out, Cleo was the only one who had an inside to the normies, it meant there was something they could do about their situation.
Clawdeen remembered Robecca's instructions and headed down to her living room where the others were waiting, Cleo smirked as she entered "A nice victorian living room, not what I would picked but good enough,"
"This isn't our house," Howleen deadpanned, Cleo smirked "Oh, I see-"
"CLAWDEEN!"
Cleo and Howleen flinched at the sudden yell, Clawdeen sighed "Yes, Clawd?" she asked half heartedly as Clawd showed up, Clawdeen stared "What do you want?"
"You brought the normie here?" Clawd asked, staring at Cleo, who did not look intimidated at all. Howleen rolled her eyes "Calm down Clawd,"
"What were you thinking?!" Clawd asked Clawdeen, she opened her mouth to answer when Cleo spoke up instead "You must be another werewolf, I am Cleo de Nile, princess of an Egyptian royal dynasty."
Clawd looked confused "What?"
Heath showed up from behind him "I don't understand,"
"Dudes maybe normie royalty are like- accepting or whatever," Deuce suggested from Heath's side, Clawdeen faced palmed "She's a mummy you idiots."
"SHE HAS KIDS?!" Heath yelled, Cleo gasped looking personally offended "Excuse me-"
"Mummys are Egyptian monsters who were wrapped in bandages years ago and left in tombs by their servants," Ghoulia explained, Cleo nodded "Thank you err- what's your name?" she asked Ghoulia.
"She speaks zombie," Ghoulia moaned to Frankie, who smiled "Hi! I'm Frankie, I'm non binary and completed put together," they introduced themselves putting out their hand, Cleo shook it and smiled "Hello,"
"Hi there," Twyla said from behind the shadows, Cleo got a small fright before seeing Twyla go to Howleens side and seeing their pair link arms, Howleen giggled "Cleo, this is my best friend Twyla, she's a shadow monster,"
Cleo smiled "Oh, I see,"
Clawdeen smirked and put an arm on her shoulder "Let me introduce you to everyone else, that's my brother Clawd, his two best friends, Deuce and Heath,"
"Oh, the only male gorgon, interesting." Cleo stated.
Deuce smirked "I'm a trans guy, and-"
"We stalked your profile and you're trans too!" Heath exclaimed, Cleo went wide eyed "What?"
Clawdeen face palmed "We did not stalk your profile,"
"You made me hack it," Ghoulia moaned, Cleo looked to Clawdeen "You were saying,"
"Uh, we just wanted to make sure you were safe for us to introduce ourselves." Robecca explained, Clawdeen sighed "Like I said, we needed a normie on our side to help."
"I see-"
"What is going here?!" A voice announced, everyone went wide eyed, it was a grown up, Robecca cleared her throat "Hey mum," she said nicely as Robecca's mother Nora who was standing at the door, staring sternly.
"What is all this?"
"Uh..." Robecca faltered, Clawdeen interjected quickly "A social gathering, for Draculaura! See we're all teens and we wanna be there for her, safely in your house, you know away from the normies," she explained quickly.
Nora furred her brows together, Cleo cleared her throat "Allow me," she said to Clawdeen. "I am Cleo de Nile, Egyptian princess of an ancient royal dynasty," she said.
Nora gapped "Where did you find a mummy? I hope none of you did something unwise like going back out to the normie town."
Clawdeen and Howleen looked to each other in panic, then Cleo checked her nails "I found them, I heard the devastated story of that poor vampire, and I wanted to help. That's just the kind monster I am,"
Clawdeen felt the urge to roll her eyes, Cleo smirked "I hope we're not disrupting,"
"Yeah, I just thought friends would help Draculaura feel better, is that okay Mum?" Robecca asked, Nora sighed "I suppose, is Draculaura here, I thought she was staying upstairs with her father,"
"I see," Clawdeen stated, she thought for a moment, then an idea came to her "Uh miss Bloodgood?" she asked, Nora nodded "Yes Clawdeen."
"Uh I was wondering, as Draculaura's best friend, I really wanted to set up this gathering, people make her feel comfortable, and I was hoping we could have a space where we could, uh you know, sit around and talk, and fang, do teenager stuff."
"Like a youth club," Nora stated, Clawdeen nodded, "A great idea," Cleo stated.
"Totally!" Frankie exclaimed, Clawdeen smiled.
"Well, Hexiciah had an old office that's just a small walk from the house, it's safe, there isn't much in there, but we could fit in some furniture for you kids, assuming we get your parents to agree." Nora explained.
Clawdeen nodded "Of course, she'd be fine with it, right Clawd,"
"Totally, mom would love knowing three of her troublemakers are safely fanging out with other cool monsters." Clawd said, "Troublemakers?" Howleen scoffed, Clawdeen glared "Three of them?" she asked knowing damn well he was the only troublemaker.
Clawd smiled, and soon Nora had led the teens out to her back garden, where there was a door and it opened to an elevator, that led the entire group down into a large space with a few tables, cushions and a white board.
"How is this to your liking?" Nora asked, Robecca smiled "I think it's great, Mum, we'll be fine."
"Good," Nora responded.
Everyone gathered up the furniture to they'd all have a place to sit, soon Dracula had brought Draculaura. Then Nora gave them an idea.
"Now that this place is looking better, and that everyone is here, why don't you all take turns announcing who you are and a little about yourselves, to ease the tension." She suggested.
Heath smirked "I'll go first," he said, from his seat beside Clawd, who was next to Deuce, who was sitting a little nervously next to Cleo, who was next to Clawdeen, who was sitting by Draculaura, who was beside Howleen, then Twyla, then Robecca, Ghoulia and Frankie in a circle.
Heath smirked with his sunglasses on, he clicked his fingers into finger guns.
"Sup y'all, I'm Heath Burns, the hottest guy you'll ever meet," he said, his hair catching flame "Literally, Pronouns he/him and I am an Aries who is fifteen and looking for love. If anyone in here is a moth, then I am yo flame baby!"
Heath smiled awkwardly as the crowd was not as enthusiastic as he hoped. Clawdeen rolled her eyes "I'll go next," she said, getting up as Heath sat down.
"Uh hi, I'm Clawdeen Wolf, 15, pronouns she/her and uh, I like fashion and am chill with having friends," she said, Frankie gave her a thumbs up. Clawdeen smiled and sat down and everyone else began to follow through.
"Names Clawd wolf, he/him pronouns and I like basketball and pranking my friends." Clawd said from his seat.
Deuce cleared his throat "Uh, Deuce Gorgon, trans guy, he/him pronouns and uh, a total punk. I like sport." he said.
Cleo narrowed her eyes to him then spoke up herself "I'm Cleo, de Nile, princess of-"
"An ancient Egyptian dynasty, we know," Howleen cut her off, Cleo half-heartedly glared "As I was saying, proud trans girl of colour and wealthier than any of you. She/her pronouns."
Howleen smirked and decided to go next "Uh hi, I'm Howleen, I'm 14, pronouns, uh any I guess, I'm genderfluid so whatever works and I love arts and crafts."
"NERD!" Heath shouted, earning a nudge from Clawd. Howleen growled "Wanna say that again, mr cool who happens to be the same height as me,"
"IM TWO CENTIMETRES TALLER, WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS HOWLEEN!"
Howleen growled again until someone spoke up against them "Uh Hi! I'm Frankie, pronouns they/them. I like learning, and meeting new monsters, as well as science! And I turn one in a few months!"
Ghoulia smiled, "Ghoulia, she/they pronouns, certified genius for a fifteen-year-old."
Robecca giggled "I'm Robecca, agender, she/they pronouns and I love racing and competing, fasted robot you'll ever meet, I'm a few years old but still in the teen years,"
Howleen lightly tapped Twyla as she was next, she cleared her throat "Hi, I'm Twyla, shadow monster, pronouns, she/they, uhm, I like drawing."
Howleen smiled "Good job," she mouthed, Twyla smiled. Draculaura went next "Hi, I'm Draculaura, I guess the only vampire here, I'm from Transylvania, born in Romania, pronouns she/her and I am 1599 years old. I like fashion and literature,"
"That was good, I hope Everyone feels more comfortable now that you've introduced yourselves," Nora said, Clawdeen nodded "Yeah."
"Totally," Frankie agreed, others nodding.
"Perhaps we should get some time alone, for teenager stuff," Robecca suggested, Nora nodded "Of course,"
"Perhaps we order pizza?" Dracula asked, Draculaura nodded, soon the teens were left alone with a few pizzas. "So, what's this for again? I thought we were tryna ultra heroes?" Heath asked as everyone as settled and eating.
"Ultra what?" Deuce asked.
"Ultra-heroes, show the world that Van Hellscream is a piece of cow dung." Heath stated.
Clawd and Deuce shared a looked "Fuck yeah!" the three said, all high fiving, Cleo and Clawdeen shared a look "Are they always like this?"
"Unfortunately," Clawdeen deadpanned. Howleen nodded, and Twyla tapped her on the shoulder "I see what you mean when you call them the three idiots," she whispered, and the two giggled.
"So, do we have a plan?" Ghoulia moaned, Clawdeen and Cleo nodded "We had an idea of Cleo still hiding in her normie life, being the insider basically."
"Cool, we got a princess and a spy," Deuce stated.
"What do you all have?" Cleo asked, Deuce and Heath looked to each other "Bitches," Heath answered.
"You're single." Deuce reminded him.
"Fuck off Deuce,"
Clawdeen rolled her eyes "Right, we have lots of talents,"
"Care to elaborate?" Cleo asked.
"Werewolves have heightened senses, pretty dope for investigating," Clawdeen mentioned. Ghoulia stood up, talked over to the whiteboard and wrote "Plan" on it with a black marker.
Clawdeen stood up and joined Ghoulia, "Well, when I went to see Cleo, she happened to mention knowing Lilith Van Hellscream and being the insider, she can tell us what we need to know about her to take her down." Clawdeen explained.
"Oh, I see and what does she know about it?" Draculaura asked. Cleo smirked "That Lilith as an insanely weird obsession with her monster catching weapons. She wants to hunt us, just like her uncle and we want to expose them,"
"And we how do we do that, we're stuck here in a "youth club," " Clawd said.
"For now, but all want the same thing right, freedom." Frankie stated.
"Are there ways we could find out what Van Hellscream plans and try stop him?" Robecca asked.
"Well, he's famous for hunting, and as for the rest, the normies don't know anything else but that we're freaks." Cleo stated.
"He's worse than that, my grandparents told me horror stories of what he's done, and that was just for zombies," Ghoulia moaned.
"Sounds rough," Heath stated. Ghoulia nodded.
Clawdeen looked the board, "Hey Cleo?"
"Yeah?"
"What do you know about Lilith's club?"
"Nothing that I want to," Cleo answered, Clawdeen huffed "Is there any way you could find out if she's following her uncle's path like taking any of his monster tracking stuff?" Clawdeen asked.
Cleo thought for a moment "I think so, her meetings are daily, and they will be over spring break,"
"When's the next one?" Robecca asked. Cleo rolled her eyes and sighed "Tomorrow."
"Go to it." Clawdeen demanded. Cleo raised her eyebrows "Excuse me?"
"Oh, I know this one! You go in and act like 007!" Heath interjected. Clawdeen sighed "I mean not exactly but he's technically right, spy on it for us." she explained. Cleo gapped slightly. Clawdeen silently panicked.
"Uhm, if it's something you're not comfortable with-"
"No no, I'll do it. I might be the only one with an upper hand at doing it anyway," Cleo interrupted surely, Clawdeen smiled "Okay, great."
"What's the upper hand? Because Deuce, Clawd and I can totally do it too, I mean you're not the only whose been hanging with normies." Heath stated. Cleo raised her eyebrows with class "I'm the only who has ancient magic on her side." she announced.
"WHAT?!" Heath shrieked, causing Cleo to glare. Deuce and Clawd both shared looks of surprise and fear "Uhm, what?" Deuce asked, trying to be nicer than Heath's shriek.
Cleo huffed "I'm an Egyptian mummy, what makes you think my family doesn't have enchanted amulets that only royalty can use?"
"The fact that none of us are mummies." Heath pointed out. Cleo rolled her eyes "This is what happens when you let monsters grow up with barely any friends in a human normative society." she stated in frustration.
"I completely agree," Deuce said, purposely standing next to Cleo with his arms folded and a smirk on his face. Cleo looked him up and down a little unimpressed. "We have so much in common," he then stated.
"We have nothing in common." Cleo argued.
"We're both trans."
"That means nothing I'm more than a gender."
Deuce felt like responding but she had a point and she looked so cool saying it he didn't wanna win their discussion. "You're so cool," he thought out load. Cleo furrowed her brows. 'Oh, my Ra, he's so weird.' she thought.
When sneaking around to find Lilith's club, Cleo had come prepared, she had brought her enchanted scarab jewels that obeyed commands, Cleo had a recording bug attached to them. Once she had found Lilith's club, the scarab had sneaked inside to record every word said. Cleo smirked, it was going well, and hope to take down Lilith's plan was beginning to settle in.
Meanwhile at Robecca's in the secret youth club, Ghoulia was helping everyone get in touch with their detective side. Heath seemed very interested, he was taking notes rapidly, so much so that Deuce didn't bother and just prompted to listen to Ghoulia instead.
Howleen, Twyla and Robecca were paying close attention, they were quite interested in learning these skills. Clawdeen was waiting for Cleo's bug to start listening, they had wired the recording bugs to connect from Lilith's club to a computer in the youth club, Frankie sat by Clawdeen's side and waited patiently with her. They would be expecting an update soon.
Clawd was relaxing back on a chair, he did like learning, but he planned to just take Heath's notes later instead of writing his own, Heath was taking notes because he loved James Bond, it was the only work Clawd had ever seen him do so passionately.
As he began getting bored, he noticed Draculaura was sitting alone in the back, she had her coat wrapped around herself and appeared to be frowning, Clawd got up and sat in a chair opposite her.
"Hey, you, okay?" he asked. Draculaura shrugged "I'm... fine." she answered shortly, Clawd didn't believe her "You don't seem fine."
Draculaura sniffed "I just, I don't know if this is a good idea, what if this isn't a good idea, what if you all get hurt like I did?"
Clawd shook his head "Hey," he began softly "This entire thing is to make sure that doesn't happen to anyone ever again, you will never have to go through it again."
Draculaura turned away, he pained him to see her like this, he felt somewhat responsible for it, he should have just let Clawdeen stay then none of this would've happened.
"I just feel so... so hurt, and I don't know what to do to make this feeling go away." she revealed with a tear coming down her pink face. Clawd frowned, he instinctively wiped her tear "I know it's probably so hard right now, but we are all here for you, you're strong to join us on this, and that's something I think everyone admires about you."
Draculaura had finally looked up and to him, blushing, as her eyes stared to his, Clawd felt his cheeks blush as well. "Really?" she asked, Clawd nodded "Really." They two smiled at one another, continuing to feel better in each other's presence.
Clawd liked Draculaura, she was good friend and a kind ghoul. She was too good to deserve what had happened to her, and Clawd was ready to make sure it never happened again, even if she was just a friend, Clawd felt like he had to be there for her, she had been nothing but kind to him.
Their staring was interrupted when Cleo had returning, she seemed in a good mood, Clawdeen went to her immediately "Well?"
"Van Hellscream is home for the break. Lilith isn't planning on taking his things until he's gone, but when it's over he won't be. I think the best we can do for now is stay hidden until he's gone." Cleo explained, Clawdeen frowned "Great more hiding." she huffed.
Frankie sighed "Hang on a second, we can use this time for our advantage, one day we are going to have to find out where Hellscream keeps all this monster hunting stuff, but we have no idea how to do that."
"It's called breaking and entering, how hard can it be?" Deuce asked.
"It's breaking and entering into a dangerous human's secret place, we could die." Clawdeen deadpanned. Deuce made an oh with his mouth and didn't respond. Heath rolled his eyes "You're missing the point dude, we're going in as spies, for the greater good."
"Thank you, Heath, I never thought you'd be the one to make that point." Robecca stated. Heath nodded "Thank you, and I even came up with codenames for everybody!"
Clawd scoffed "Just when we thought you were serious."
"I AM SERIOUS!"
"Then uh, go ahead Heath, we're all listening." Frankie encouraged, Heath cleared his throat "The first is for our leader, Clawdeen Wolf, who shall be known as "Chic Wolf."
Clawdeen gapped "What?" she asked, Heath completely ignored her "Then we have big wolf and mini wolf." referring to Clawd and Howleen, who did not look impressed.
"Next we have Snake eyes and Golden princess." Heath said looking at Cleo and Deuce, Deuce looked like he wanted to object, but he knew Heath well enough not to. Cleo however wasn't sure to be offended or not.
"And for our sweet Draculaura, I name thee Lala." Heath said with charm, Draculaura smiled, she appeared to be the only one who liked her nickname so far. Heath smiled "Twyla, I call you shadows."
"Kay,"
"And the trio of Brainy, Stitchy and Steam power." he stated, Frankie smiled, they liked it, Ghoulia was shaking their head in disapproval and Robecca also liked hers.
"Now last but not least mine-" Heath began smirking. "I have an idea for it." Cleo interrupted, everyone had eyes on her, Heath gulped "I had one picked out-"
"Nonsense, you picked our's so I see fit that we agree on yours." Cleo interjected. Heath sighed "Okay."
"You shall be known as flambé." Cleo stated, everyone had nodded, Heath pouted "I wanted to be double o heath time."
"That is too long and stupid." Ghoulia moaned. Heath frowned "Fine, I'm flambé."
Everyone laughed and thought it was great, it was the first time since they had become a group that they all felt like friends, now all they had to do was to use their friendship to make their world a better place.
End of chapter three.