Spectra’s School’s Out Diary - The 20th of October
I never understood why so many monsters held Ghoulia in such high esteem. I mean, she's a zombie for groaning out loud. Hello? Can you say lowest rung on the monster ladder? What is it about her? Does she have some kind of special power? Has she cast some spell over everyone? I needed to know. So today, I followed her because, as an investigative journalist, it's part of my job to find the real truth. You'd think it would be easy, seeing as how she's so slow, but several times she managed to give me the slip. Other than studying and hanging out with Cleo and the Fear Squad posers, I couldn't find anything remotely remarkable about her. I thought about just giving up until she wandered down a back passage in the library to a room that I thought only I knew about. It's where they keep the really old reference books and stuff. I was sure she was just hiding out so she could read that stupid Dead Fast comic book she's always carrying around, but she wasn't. She was looking through old newspapers. I don't know how she knew I was there since I was hiding in the shadows, but she pulled out the chair next to her, looked straight at me, and patted the seat for me to sit down. I was so startled that I just floated over and sat down. The headline of the paper in front of her read "The Real Vondergeists" It was my family's story...I had forgotten... Oh, my soul. I must have broken down because the next thing I knew, Ghoulia was patting me on the back, and I was soaking her shoulder with ectoplasmic tears. I couldn't stop for a while, and when I did, Ghoulia just looked me in the eye and said in zombie, "Your secret is safe with me." I guess now I understand.











