Back in the monster world, Bridget had finished her classes and headed back to her room. She solemnly walked back, worried that something terrible was about to happen, and didn’t know what to do.

She did not understand where her classmates were or what they were up to, nor did she know if something was going on that she didn’t know. Then, to her surprise, she came across Lauren in the hallway.

“Hey, Lauren, what’s up?” Bridget put on a big smile and waved over to get Lauren’s attention.

Lauren rushed over with a worried expression on her face. “Oh, Bridget, hey, sorry, I couldn’t make it to practice today...”

“It’s ok. You were probably busy like—”

“But I swear to you, I’ll make it up today. Is that ok?”

“All right, see you then?”

“Yeah.”

The two walked off in separate directions as Lauren slowly walked back to her dorm room.

Lauren made it to her room and sat on her bedside with a picture in hand. Her room had a bookshelf with a variety of colored textbooks, plus a stuffed bunny on top of one of her books. The bed had an aqua green pillow with matching sheets as white mattresses placed within the chocolate banister atop the matching wooden floor surrounded by ivory-colored walls.

There was a single small desktop that had many pictures on top of it, all of them facing down, and drawers shut tight. Lauren picked up one of her photos and sighed heavily.

Someday. Someday, they will all pay...

.-.-.-.

"Ah, how I love this atmosphere..." The Principal said.

She relaxed in her office, counting the bubbles that appeared and disappeared within her jar. A bright light appeared out of nowhere and created a door with a sign that said, 'DANGER: DO NOT TRESPASS' on the front.

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A headless figure walked out with a cup of tea in hand and closed the door behind him as the door disappeared.

"Horace, you brought my drink!" The head in the jar said pleasantly. "Did you get the Cherry Earthquake, flavor as I asked?" Horace gave her an 'ok' sign with one hand and held the drink with his other hand. "Great, now could you set it aside and get—?" A light knock on the door soon followed. "Oh, before you do that, go check and see who that is."

Horace saluted and walked over to unlock the door. As the door creaked opened, he hid behind the door, making sure he wouldn't get noticed by anyone other than the Principal. He used a disappearing spell on himself as the door slowly creaked open.

"Um... hello? Did you want to see me, Mistress?" Glenda asked. She closed the door behind her and paced over to the blonde in the jar.

"I did." The Principal said in a more serious tone. "I have heard rumors about your classroom lately. Some of your students are missing; is that correct?"

"What? I can assure you, it's not the case at all." Glenda quickly explained, "For, you see, they're just sick... after doing a hard assignment in the rain... and fending off a creature in the dark."

"My, it sounds like they had a hard time." The floating head went back to her natural tone in response.

"But, of course."

"Hmm, you wouldn't be hiding something from me now... would you?" The Principal asked while raising an eyebrow.

"No!" Glenda jumped a little too quickly. She calmed down and tried to regain her composure. "But why do you ask?"

"Oh, nothing. It's just that the students have been sick for a while and couldn't catch up on work like the other students. They'd be at a disadvantage. I sure hope they get better by tomorrow..."

Glenda gulped hard. "Uh, don't worry. I'll do everything I can to help them catch up. You can count on me!"

"That's great to hear! In that case, you're free to go." The Principal stated.

"Is... that all?"

"Did you need something?"

"No, sorry. I guess I'll take my leave then. Thank you kindly for your time."

"Not a problem, and thank you for taking time out of your schedule to meet me and have a little chat."

"You're welcome."

After Glenda had left, the monster principal turned to look at a wall. "Horace, could you come over here? The coast is clear." Horace re-appeared within the room. He removed his invisibility spell and walked to the Principal for further instructions.

"You might be right. I think Glenda is hiding something from us and doesn't want us to find out. I want you to keep a close eye on that woman and make sure she's not lying to us." She ordered.

Horace saluted once more and headed out, but not before putting the Cherry Earthquake flavored drink to the side of her desk.

Oh Sebastian, Clause, please hurry, both of you... Glenda pleaded as she left the Principal's office, for she feared things wouldn't be so easy like she imagined...