fandomhigh | Monsters and Humans, Friday, Period 4

From the way Drac strode into the classroom, head high, confident, cape billowing majestically... you wouldn't guess that he had just been led through the worst of the sewers from the hotel by a snickering gremlin.

He'd changed his clothes just before entering the classroom, though, and not even a hellhound could smell any of the sewer on him now, but a twitch at the corner of Drac's eye that meant SOMEmonster was going to get in trouble when located later.

He gave the room a glance; almost everyone was human-like in appearance! Drac dropped his stoic pose for half a moment to sag in despair that even here the children felt they should have to worry and fear about how they look.

He straightened quickly, though and nodded. "My name is Count Dracula, and I will be teaching relations between Monsters and Humans. Something with which I am very familiar." Another twitch.

"Today we will start by getting to know each other. Let us go around the room and say our names and what type of monster we are. And maybe something that you want the others to know about your kind." He gave a side glance. "Like how gremlins are totally not to be trusted, even when you pay them."

"My daughter, Mavis, will be my Teaching Assistant, and I will be choosing another before the end of class today. Oh. And please, feel free to return to your normal state," he waved a hand dismissively. Seeing his fellow monsters hide was making him depressed. "We are all monsters here; no need to fear."

...

He gave a dangerous smile full of fang. "Unless you're a gremlin named Gregory."

[Yeeeah, today Drac twigs to the fact that the primary population on the island is not "monster."]

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Mavis was a bit more relaxed about the number of people wandering around in human guise -- hey, whatever worked best for them, you know, plus some monsters did look human until they smiled or the snakes burst out of their head or the blood came out of the walls or whatever.

Still, she could understand her Dad's dismay and felt she should do her best to back up his encouragement of the students to let their tentacles down, so she waved and said, "I'm Mavis." Fang-snapping grin, then she transformed into a bat for a moment, flapping above her desk. "I--"

She'd been about to say I'm a vampire, but what came out was

"I never age and I'll never die, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=x26vkkiPyac#t=142s)
Unlike all the stars in the sky,
I'll be young forever,
But why?
Cause I'm a vampire!"

And then she was human again. On top of her desk, because there was more room for dancing there.

"Damn, I am what I am,
What I am.
And I am impossibly glam,
And I am happy as a clam
Cause I'm a vampire!"

Mavis blinked, wondering which witch had been experimenting with dodgy elevator music spells in this castle.

"Hunh. I usually get more auto-tune."

Drac blinked. And blinked.

And then sank into his cloak and gave his daughter a petulant frown.

"You know better than to use that language, Mouse. You're a Dracula. And please climb down off the desk."

Could he be more wrapped around her finger?

"That was an... interesting introduction. Thank you."

He didn't have to actually be able to yell at her; she could manage the embarrassment alllll on her own.

"Uh, yeah, Sorry, Dad; I really don't know what that was about."

"Of course not, Baby Claws. Just remember your manners."

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