Welcome to Gaia! ::

"Erupts? Are.... you certain that thing is safe?" Ronan eyed the lava lamp warily. If that thing blew up and damaged his hex box, or indeed set fire to his collection of teeny scale model ships, there would be retribution.

"Town? Yes! Let's show him town" Ronan was eager to get away from potentially exploding lava lamps, not to mention the fresh air would be a relief after being cooped up in a van with three other boos for so many hours.

"i'l... keep that in mind." Ronan made a mental note to give the lava lamp a VERY wide berth.

"Ok let's fly!" Dashner was eager to get out, and once Ronan pointed out that neither he nor Harry had the ability to fly (a remark that lead Dashner to roll his eyes) the trio found themselves wandering toward the centre of town.

"So, what made you decide to transfer to Monster High?" Ronan attempted stiff small talk as they walked.

"Peggy. Are you listening to me?"

Pegasus looked at his daughter with a stern expression. Peggy was itching to leave, ready for new adventures as she was starting a brand new school. She absently twisted a strand of hair around her finger as she pretended to listen. He knew that if she absorbed only a fraction of what she said, it would be a win

I want you to behave, limit all your thrill seeking, buckle down and study. I want you to NICELY enter the campus. Nothing silly or irresponsible, okay?

Peggy snapped out of her daydream "oh, yeah yeah. Toadsally, dad. I am right there with you. "

She hugged her dad, said her goodbyes and picked up her bag before happily skipping out the door and onto the soft, spongy clouds. Oh, this was going to be scaretastic!

Heimdal, her mini pet ram made a "hrrumph" noise from her bag
"you'd better not, Peggy. You're better not even think of...

Peggy strapped a tiny pair of goggles on him before doing a swan dive off the cloud. She tucked her small wings in close to her body as she accelerated through the air. Faster and faster she fell. "GHOUL YEAH" she shouted as she watched the land come into view.

PEGGY! SLOW US DOWN" Heimdal protested, butting her side with his tiny head from inside Peggy's duffle.

"not a trance" she smiled, the wind whipping her hair back. "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO" she shouted and she came closer and closer to the ground. She could see the town.. then the school, and watched it grow larger as she approached. She squinted. What was that down there? Oh crap.. there's ghouls down there. We're gonna CRASH.

"GET OUTTA THE WAY" she shouted as she unfurled her wings to try to slow her fall, but she had waited just a little too long. Heimdal curled himself into a little ball and hoped he wouldn't be crushed into a million pieces.

"You're gonna love new Salem, bro! There's the Die-Ner, the Coffin Bean, the Maul-"

"GET OUTTA THE WAY"

Dashner's attention snapped up to the sky, as he saw a ghoul diving right towards the three boo's. "What the... HARRY, RONAN, WATCH OUT!!" He exclaimed, pushing Ronan to the side as he ran sideways, out and away from where he thought she was going to crash.

Meanwhile...


On the Ghoul's side of the Doomitory...

"HEADMISTRESS BLOODGOOD!" Ms. Sue Nami, the water-elemental authority figure in charge of the Ghoul's Dorm, floated up to the Headmistress in the Student Uncommons area. She sprayed a mist of water all around as she slid to a stop, checking off some things on her ever-present clipboard. "I have dire news to report!"

"Is this about the ghouls doom room that has to be closed off?" The Headmistress asked, cooly wiping her face with a handerchief. "The infestation hasn't been taken care of?"

"That's a negative, Headmistress!" The ever-factual Ms. Sue Nami replied, checking another thing on her clipboard. "Last night, 'THEY' nearly dragged one of the students into their dimension."

The Headmistress sighed.

"I told the cursedtoadians if they didn't spray during the summer break, this was going to happen. Very well, let's seal it off. Don't want 'THEM' getting all over the school again. The ghouls are going to have to be rearranged a bit earlier than the start of Spring Scaremester like we hexpected. And with a new student coming in, to boot."

Ms. Sue Nami nodded, flipping a page on her clipboard.

"That's a ten-four, Headmistress! I have already put together a planned roster change. Some will continue to room together as they have in the past, but some will be moved to help make up for the lost room. This non-adult entity in particular-" Ms. Sue splashed a wet finger on the name 'Marceline LaGhede' "Has been alone in her doomitory for nearly the entire scaremester! WASTED SPACE!"

"Her doommates, Batilda and Anne Arctic, opted for the Student Hexchange programme, yes." The Headmistress nodded, then took of her head and held it closer to the page for inspection. "She is friends with Falconnie Hawke, though. Perhaps Falconnie will consent to room with her."

"I also think the new non-adult entity should subsist in that room as well." Ms. Sue Nami sternly agreed.

"Her father voiced concerns to me about Peggy adhering to her studies. Putting her in a room with two of our brightest student disembodies should help with that. I believe Falconnie is present in the doomitory today, isn't she? And Marceline should be returning back from New Goreleans today as well. And Peggy's father told me she would be dropping in sometime today."

"Understood." Ms. Sue Nami nodded, spraying the Headmistress again. "I will fetch non-adult entity Falconnie Hawke, since she is on the premises."

"Oh, you don't have to right-"

The Headmistress was too late, though, as Ms. Sue Nami sloshed over to the foot of the stairs, raised her whistle to her lips and let out several shrill blasts that no doubt got the attention of every student currently in the doomitory.

"NON-ADULT ENTITY FALCONNIE HAWKE! THE HEADLESS HEADMISTRESS REQUIRES YOUR PRESENCE IMMEDIATELY IN THE STUDENT UNCOMMONS. DROP ALL THINGS YOU ARE DOING AND PROCEED TO THE UNCOMMONS. IF YOU DO NOT HEAR THIS, PLEASE INDICATE SO THAT I MAY REPEAT IT."

The Headmistress sighed, and waited to see if Falconnie would respond.

The Headmistress rubbed her forehead. Ms. Sue Nami was a hexcellent staff member and the very eager coach of the ghouls' Batball team, but her blunt, in-your-face approach to everything was about as subtle as...well, a bucket of water to the face. The Headmistress gave Falconnie a slight smile.

"Ms. Hawke, I'm sure you've heard about the...infestation we've been experiencing in the furthest room of the Ghoul's Doomitory. We're going to have to close it off for the rest of the Scaremester, and as a result we will be changing some of the doom assignments. Would you be willing to move in with Marceline LaGhede?"

"Marceline?!" Falconnie nearly sqwaked. "S-sure! That would be fangulous!"

"Hexcellent. Begin moving your items immediately, non-adult entity! We have to get that room sealed up before-"

"YEEK! What was THAT?!" Some ghoul shouted from up top the stairs. Ms. Sue Nami grunted.

"I'll go get the cursedtoadians and some bricks." She sloshed off, leaving the Headmistress and Falconnie alone.

"We are going to be getting in a new student on the ghoul's side as well, and we would like to have her room with Marceline and you. Would you be amenable to that as well?" The Headmistress asked Falconnie, who twirled her hair as she thought of a response. "Her name is Peggy Springwell, a transferee from Greece. We think that she would be a good fit with the two of you."

...t minus 2.1 seconds until a squashing...

Harry blinked at Dashner and Ronan. They were scaring at something above his head. What could it be? He started to crane his neck up and-

*SQUASH!*

Something crashed into Harry and drove him into the ground. Jareth squawked in fear a flew into a tree. Only the supernatural strength and endurance that Harry inherited from his father saved him from any lasting injury.

"Whoa...ow...totally not cruel," mumbled from underneath a pegasus ghoul.