Hey y'all! Welcome to A Rose By Any Other Name! Yep. I'm starting a new story. This time it's for Monster High! I love Monster High and just recently got back into watching the movies! Personally I don't like the reboot. It just seems to have lost the message that the original had. Another reason is that they got rid of my favorite character, Jackson Jekyll. In my opinion, Jackson really needs more love and I wish they had done more with him in Gen 1. The same can be said for the character of Valentine, who seems to have just vanished after "Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love?". Anyways, enough rambling, hope you enjoy the story!

Warnings: abuse, attempted suicide, mentioned self-harm, future yaoi and some smut in future chapters.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story idea!

Rain poured down outside, drenching the gothic-style school. Inside, students from all monster species were enjoying their free time between classes. One student in particular was enjoying the peace of the library, managing to keep any dark thoughts from earlier in the day from his mind. He was curled up in a more secluded corner of said library, sitting on one of the beanbags that was strewn about and reading one of the books, a romance novel surprisingly.

Unlike many of the other students, this one looked relatively "normal" in human terms. His skin was pale, though not to the point of being confused for a vampire. He wore a bright yellow dress shirt under a black and white plaid sweater vest that had some green on it, a pair of gray jeans with blue and green sneakers, a pair of glasses with black frames, and surprisingly he had a silver piercing on his left eyebrow. As he read the novel he brushed some of his blonde-fringed black hair out of his amethyst blue eyes, hoping to see the pages better.

He sighed when the bell rang, signaling the end of free time and the transition to the last class of the day. "Great... and I was just about to find out if Serena confessed to Cal about her feelings..." he said, closing the book as he got up and grabbed his bag. "Good thing I checked this out earlier today... I'll be able to find out what happens at home..." he said, putting the book in his bag and leaving the library to head to his locker. Good thing Ancient History is my last class of the day... he thought, grabbing the necessary books from his locker and hurrying to class.

"Hi Jackson!" said a voice when he walked in. Looking over he saw a girl with mint green skin, black and white hair, and mismatched eyes in a school-girl style outfit waving to him. Jackson smiled. "Hey Frankie!" he said as he walked up the stairs to his seat, waving to the fashionable werewolf beside Frankie. "Hey Clawdeen!" The werewolf waved back, then turned to Frankie when Jackson sat down. "I still can't believe he's taking being friendzoned so well..." she said, her ears twitching.

Frankie shrugged. "He was bummed at first, but with the whole Holt thing he completely understood... he was actually happy when I started dating Neighthan... besides, I know there's somebody out there for Jackson... he just, hasn't found them yet..." she said, turning her attention to their teacher, Mr. Rotter, as class started. "Alright class, who can tell me when the great war between werewolves and vampires started?" He looked around the room as a few hands went up. "Yes, Mr. Jekyll?" "It started back in 504 A.D.* sir... it started over a territory in Transylvania..." said Jackson as he put his hand down. "Very good Mr. Jekyll... I'm impressed, and that does not happen very often..." said Mr. Rotter, turning around to write on the chalkboard.

"*cough* Nerd *cough*" said a voice that belonged to a male minotaur with blonde hair wearing a red shirt and jeans. Several others snickered while Frankie, Clawdeen, and a couple of others glared at him, Jackson shrinking in his chair. Of course Manny's in here... thought Jackson, silently sighing as the class dragged on. He looked out the window, watching the heavy rain outside. Soon the bell rang to signal the end of class and he hurried to his locker.

"Hey Jackson!" yelled a voice. He turned and smiled slightly when he saw Frankie and Clawdeen walking over, the two being joined by a female vampire in a pink and white outfit with pale pinkish skin, lilac eyes, pink and black hair, and a heart-shaped birthmark under her left eye. "Hey ghouls..." he said, waving slightly. "Don't let Manny's words get to you... He's just jealous that you're smarter than he is..." said Clawdeen, placing a paw on Jackson's shoulder.

"I know what might cheer you up! Cleo is having a party over the weekend and we were wondering if you wanted to join us," said the vampire, smiling. Jackson's smile faltered slightly. There was only one reason he was ever invited to parties: because the person hosting the party wanted Holt to DJ. "I... Sorry Draculaura, but I can't..." he said, sighing. "Furreal? Why not?" asked Clawdeen, a look of concern on her face. "I just... I'm not in the mood... tell Cleo it was a nice offer, but I'm not going..." Jackson said, closing his locker and walking towards the school's front entrance, leaving behind three shocked and concerned ghouls.

Jackson put on the jacket he had brought with him and put up the hood, making a run for it in the heavy rain towards the bus stop. His mom couldn't pick him up today, but had thankfully given him enough money for the bus ride home. However, he wasn't even halfway to the small shelter over the bench when a strong hand grabbed his arm harshly. "Where do you think you're going, normie?" asked Manny, a couple of other guys with him. "I-I'm going to miss my bus!" said Jackson, seeing the bus pull up to the stop. "You can always catch the next one... right now, the guys and I want to have a little talk with you..." said the minotaur, hoisting Jackson up and carrying him back towards the school. Jackson struggled and tried to escape, but he knew it was hopeless. Please just let this be quick and painless...

Phew, that took quite a while to write! I hope I did the characters justice so far! And this first chapter was getting a bit long so I left it on a nice little cliffhanger for you guys :3. Hope you guys enjoyed it so far!

* 504 A.D.- I tried looking up any significant events in the past of the Monster High universe, but I couldn't find anything so any dates you see like this are completely made up by me.

Until next time, Icy is out!