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Paige put a light maroon finger to her chin and grinned mischievously to her younger brother, Alex, who was smiling right back at her. Paige tapped her chin lightly before she snapped her fingers, "I got it! Is it...the street lights?"
Her brother clapped his orange hands together, and nodded his two heads eagerly as Paige smiled warmly back. She was really going to miss her little brother in college, but she was sure that he would be fine. She ruffled the hair on both of his small heads, and two eyes blinked back at her in confusion. Her golden eyes stared back at him, and she quickly whipped up tears that threatened to spill out of her eyes. "Okay, little monster, it's my turn!"
Alex pulled away from her hands, and his smiled appeared back on his face," Bring it on! I'll win this time, for sure!" Paige stuck her tongue out at the smaller monster and she peeked out the window to see her surroundings.
She was from her home in New Monster City where she with all of her friends and family, but she knew going to MU was the best choice she could make. Sure, it wasn't Fear Tech, where she had been before, but she was going to take this opportunity by the tail and enjoy the ride. She didn't want to leave Fear Tech, but because her mother had filled her childhood with stories of her at MU and how she had met the love of her life there, she had to go. Although, Paige didn't believe in garbage like 'love at first sight' she was willing to humor her mother by going, and then calling the next day about all the 'cute' monsters she met. Paige brushed a green tendril of hair out of her face, "I spy with my two eyes...something...red!"
Alex frowned at his older sister and crossed his two sets of arms over his thin chest, "that's two easy, sissy. I could do that in my sleep!"
Paige gave him an amused smile, "then what is it, Mr. Smarty Pants?"
A laugh filled the air, and both Jordan's looked at their mother who was listening intently to their game of I-Spy. Her two sets of arms grasped the wheel and her two eyes stared at them filled with amusement. To both of the Jordan kids, their mother was not ugly, but not totally gorgeous as the monsters of the day, but she had a kind heart and a different beauty that both children had inherited from her. She had long green hair like Paige, and her arms were similar to Alex's, but she had given her golden eyes and maroon colored skin to their daughter, while her brother inherited their father's two heads, and orange skin. But strangely not his bone skull helmet that Paige had gotten and received with glee. Two empty sockets and curled horns on the side, not to mention the teeth sitting right above her eyebrows. For it was one of a kind and very few people would ever say they saw one, for it ran in one bloodline and never left. She grinned a toothy smile, "Alex, let Paige sleep a little, okay? Were almost to MU."
Alex pouted and his four eyes glared at his mother,"but, mom, I was about to win! I can't wait until the next..." Alex stopped his sentence abruptly, and Paige knew how the rest of the sentence would go. Time we see each other. Paige patted Alex's two heads, and tears welled up in his blue eyes, but he whipped them away viciously and began to whisper 'I'm not crying.' Their mother looked back at the younger monster, but quickly went back to driving as the light turned green for them to continue on their way to Monsters University. Her brother grabbed her two arms, and she looked over at him in surprise. Tears dripped out of his baby blue eyes, "maybe...I can go too?"
Paige laughed warmly, but shook her head sadly, "Sorry, bro," his head fell in disappointment, "but, soon you'll be able to go to college too! And then, I can drive and visit you every single day, how does that sound?" Gingerly, she brushed the tears away and pressed his heads to her chest, hugging him tightly. His four arms wrapped around her slim figure and held on just as tightly as if she would fade away if he didn't. She brushed the top of his heads with her hand, alternating from head to head every so often, as the distance between them and school became less and less.
Her mother would occasionally glance back at her two children, and smiled when her youngest child was fast asleep on her eldest child's peering out the window in thought.
"He would have been proud," her mother spoke up, and Paige raised a confused eyebrow, "your father, he would have loved to see you at his old college." Paige faced her mother, but she had turned around to continue to drive. Paige had heard story after story about MU and although, she didn't seem it, she was excited to visit the school they spoke so highly of. She had heard her own stories from teachers and friends from Scarington High, and had her own opinion on its students, or at least the ones she had heard about. Like the presidents of those big fraternities. And about the Scare Games, which she was still considering.
Alex snuggled closer to her and their car rounded another corner, and Paige still looked out the window for any signs of her college being nearby. As they came out the other side of the corner, she saw the metal sign that clearly read; Monsters University. She was tempted to wake up her little brother, but he gripped her tighter as she tried to adjust herself to look more closely at the campus that she would call home for three years. She knew her brother; mother and uncle would visit her as much as they could, even if she insisted that they don't. Her uncle had already called from New Monster City and cried comically on the other end of the phone.
You have to come home for every holiday, not just the big ones. And especially Halloween.
I can't do that, Uncle Barney.
Then will come to you, will dress up you won't even know it's us.
Paige sighed at the memory of her crazy uncle Barney, who was going to visit when he received his next break from Scream Co, and her mother told her that she would cook her least favorite food every visit if she joined anywhere else besides Monsters Inc.
Paige carefully reached over her brother to unbuckle her seatbelt, which awoke her brother. Her mother pulled up to the arch that welcomed them to the campus and climbed out of the car with her strong tentacles walking to the trunk. Paige pulled open the door and took Alex with her as his arms and tentacles wrapped around her, causing the older girl to laugh at her silly little brother. The little brother giggled along with her as she moved to the trunk to help her mother unpack her bags from the trunk and she neatly placed them on the ground.
Slamming the trunk down, her mother moved to grab one of the bags and after lots of convincing, Alex let go of his big sister and grabbed the lightest of the bags to carry. Paige stared down at the ground where two poles stood erect out of the ground; the threshold of MU. She looked back at her mother and smiling brother, then stepped over the threshold that made her a student of Monsters University, finally. She smiled gently, "I'm an officially one of them, aren't I?"
Her mother nodded feverishly as tears pooled in her eyes and she reached a tentacle up to swipe them away. She sniffed, "yep. Oh my, I'm so sad, aren't I? I just...I just can't get over the fact that my baby girl is growing up so fast."
Paige rolled her eyes and continued to go under the arch towards her new life. Alex stood at her side and pointed at all the monsters, while her mom began to talk about expectations and rules about partying too much. Alex would glare at the monsters that were looking at his big sister too much, and stick out his two tongues at them. Her mother would randomly stop, and take pictures much to Paige's dismay. Way not to make a scene, she whispered to herself.
"Alright," her mother grinned, finished taking photos, "are you ready for college life, scary-bear?"
Paige tensed at the nickname her mother used, and hushed her mother, who was now crying along with Alex. "Honestly, I can't take you guys anywhere!" She hissed as more and more monsters looked at their direction in confusion. Her mother wrapped her tentacles around her in a death grip, and her brother wrapped himself around her two legs, "Knock it off!" Paige wiggled desperately, trying to get out of their grip as laughs and whispers were exchanged from monster to monster, and her cheeks turned pink instantly.
"Don't worry, Paige," her mother whispered, "were just trying to scare off the guys, so they won't sexually harass you all the time."
Paige's blush deepened, "sexually...harass me?"
Her mother nodded into her shoulder, "none of these monsters are good enough for my precious baby." Paige blushed even more, if it was possible, and harshly whispered for them to get off. Her brother jumped off and placed her bag next to her, while her mother did the same. She lifted them up with her thin arms and her mother clapped her hands in excitement while Alex sniffed sadly. The passing female monsters laughed at her and Paige let out a sigh while thinking about how dorky she looked at the moment, "Well, I don't mean to get emotional, but I'll miss you, my baby!"
Paige groaned, "Mom, please not now! On the phone at least, please, you're embarrassing me in front of all the monsters!" In truth, they were all looking at her in a mixture of amusement and surprise, much to Paige's dismay and anger.
Her brother tugged on her blue blouse, "hey sissy, you got to call. Every day! Even school days! Please, please, please!" She patted his two heads and he forced another hug upon her, but she didn't object. He wouldn't listen anyways, "okay?!"
She nodded in agreement as her brother released her from his grip and joined his mother at her side. She picked up the bags off the paved road, and walked away from her two crazy family members and tried her best to pretend that she wasn't her mom's 'scary-bear.' She turned back to shoo them away, and hide her wave as best she could, but her brother and mother continued to stand there and wail about her leaving. Great, first day and my mom decides to hide my sexuality from everyone, but what else is new?
Paige walked around the campus aimlessly and admired it with awe, for it was much different from Fear Tech. For one, all the monsters weren't big and bulky; here smaller monsters roamed around with their fellow monster like they were anyone else. Paige remembered that when a short freshman came, he was bullied for his height, so he ended up leaving the school on the first day. Paige had just managed to avoid teasing since she was at the shoulder of most of the taller monsters, which spared her from the shame.
The architectural design was also different and so was the coloring. The statues memorialized great scarers who had come from MU and others to former teachers who had taught them. Paige tried to contain her awe at all the different monsters walking around, and tried to find her way around the new school, even though she could ask she preferred to explore the school.
Eventually, after going over a gorgeous bridge with a kicking view Paige pulled out her acceptance letter that promised to safely lead her to the right place. She dropped her bags on the cool pavement and flipped to the letter.
"And registration is..." Paige began, but was interrupted by a pink slug with pink tentacles wearing a MU hat that had holes for his two blue eyes and a smile to boot.
"Hey! My name is Jay, the RA! And I'm here to say, registration is that way!" He pointed excitedly to the left and smiled widely at her.
"Um...thanks, I guess," Paige answered half-heartedly as she went in the direction that the slug pointed in.
As she walked away, he called after her, "Have a great day, and smile all the way!" Paige glared back at him and he was silenced before he went up to the next new student and began his speech again. She walked with bored steps and continued to look around the school at the nature filled campus with its various strange monsters that were meeting up with old friends and making new ones. She was so caught up in admiring the campus, that she completely missed the monster in front of her.
The monster's things dropped to the ground, and he dropped to the ground picking up his various things quickly. Guilty, Paige dropped her things and kneeled down to help the monster. As she did, she saw that the reason she didn't see him was because he was so small, and nothing about him stood out. Well, except the giant eye that was now trained on all of his things. Paige handed him all of his things; tooth-brush, posters, and...stuffed animal? After he was finished, he stood up and fixed his hat which read 'MU' in white and blue.
She stuck her arm out at the smaller monster, who reminded her of Alex, "sorry about that. I didn't see you there; I was distracted by the campus."
He took her hand and shook it with vigor, "no problem, I was doing the same to be honest. My name is Mike, Mike Wazowski. I'm a freshman, you wouldn't happen to nowhere to go, would you?"
She shook her head and pulled her hand back, "sorry, I'm new here too, but I'm not a freshman. I'm a sophomore, I transferred."
Mike nodded and grinned, "well, want to see where it is together?" She nodded as she followed behind the green monster. She could tell by his energetic demeanor that he was more excited than she was to be at Monsters University, and judging from the hat it wasn't his. She remembered seeing it before from her mother's old pictures, and she knew it was immediately that he must have gotten it from an old student. He wasn't scary so she figured that he might have majored in science or maybe business. On their walk to where both had been instructed to go to, Mike eagerly explained his plan for the rest of his life and how he was inspired to become a scarer. Paige had to hide her shock at hearing he too was a Scaring Major, and he didn't seem to care if she was.
In turn, she told him about her freshman year at Fear Tech and her brother, who was taller than him but twice as young. Mike looked slightly disappointed that her younger brother was taller than him, but she reassured him quickly that her family was unnaturally tall, which comforted him if only a little. She explained that her dream was to become a scarer as well and to work at the same place her father worked at.
"So, you want to go there too?" Mike exclaimed with glee, "that's where I got my hat."
Paige looked ahead, "well, it would mean a lot to my dad if I was to work there." She could sense that Mike wanted to ask her what happened to her father, but was glad when he avoided the topic. They walked together in comfortable silence, occasionally pointing at things that were new and cool to them.
Finally, they reached the place where they saw a large sign that read; Registration.Different signs on the tables informed monsters which line to hop into and Paige gave Mike a goodbye before hopping into the sophomore line with the other monsters. She waited impatiently and began to tap her foot in annoyance, patience wasn't her virtue. In another line, the senior line, a large purple monster with bushy eyebrows and two giants horns sticking out of his head wearing a RΩR jacket with a large tail. He waltzed up in front of the other seniors, while ignoring their various complaints and groans of annoyance, and straight up to the girl running their line for registration. He gave her a toothy grin and said something she couldn't hear, but the female monster blushed instantly, then handed him his registration packet. He walked away, but not before winking back at the female in charge, he looked over at her, Paige, and instantly she scowled. He winked at her too, but Paige instantly faced the monster in front of her.
What a pompous little son of a-
"Frays' the name and registration for students is my game!" Fray greeted, a large pink monster with two horns sticking out of his shoulders and three eyes on his abnormally large head, "You can drop off your stuff and take a picture with Tray!" Paige raised a bewildered eyebrow at the monster, and dropped off her bags like he suggested. She grasped the orientation packet he handed her, and walked off to take a picture with this Tray. Honestly, how much stranger can you get then these guys?
She jogged her way over to the camera, where a green monster flicked his camera into focus to take a picture of Mike. She wanted to wave, but he yelled a quick 'hooray' and the camera flash went off instantly. Both new students watched as Tray stuck Mike's picture on an identification card, and he handed the card to an overly happy Mike. She jogged up quickly, but halted when the same purple monster from before ambled over to the chair and plopped down. He gave her a toothy smirk before facing the camera.
"Make sure you get my good side, Tray," he emphasized offering the camera his best smirk and Tray kept beaming as if he expected this from him, "how did it come out, sweetie?"
Paige raised a stunned eyebrow and pointed a finger at herself, "I hope you're not talking to me."
He smiled as Tray stamped his picture onto his new ID, and he flicked the card for emphasis, "And what if I am?"
As he stepped away from the camera and the smiling monster, she stepped up to him. She was not that much shorter than the purple monster, but he did tower over her slightly. Looking up at his eyes, Paige smirked in reply, and just for a second all of his arrogant pride faded from them, "then I'll knock you into next week, how does that sound...sweetie?" She drawled out the last word, her smirk only growing as his face twisted in surprise, "now if you'll excuse me, I have better things to do than embarrass you all day."
When he wouldn't budge from shock or arrogance, she shoved past him, and sat down in the chair.
"Say hooray!" Tray instructed, and Paige offered him the smile she had on when she burned the senior.
This is going to be an awesome year.