Londoom, also known as London, is the capital of Fangland, also known as England. It is also where Clawdia Wolf, daughter of the Werewolf resides in.
History[]
At Castle Dracool, the girls are overjoyed at first. Draculaura shows them all kinds of secret passages she remembers from her childhood, and the group enjoys the luxuries of a royal lifestyle. The situation changes instantly, though, when Draculaura is called to Stoker's office and learns that she had been deceived. Stoker openly shares his plans to use her as his puppet with her, arguing that Draculaura would benefit too and knowing that she is too weak to make a stand against him. Draculaura runs off crying to her friends, whom Stoker would have better not allowed to come. With their support, Draculaura decides to fight back and find the real queen for her people. Robecca and Draculaura deduce that there must be a clue to the who and where of the queen in Stoker's office, and so Draculaura volunteers to distract Stoker while the other three search the place for leads. Draculaura has no trouble with her part, but the office doors are guarded. Unexpected aid comes in the form of Hoodude, who was not invited to Transylvania, but being a big fan of romance and drama, stowed along among the luggage. While the girls were exploring Castle Dracul, so was he, and he knows a passage that leads into Stoker's office. Inside, the group finds a letter by Elissabat taped to the back of a portrait of Dracula, who was her father's closest friend. She reveals that she is the next Vampire Queen and begs Dracula to help her escape Stoker's control. She has to take the Vampire's Heart with her so she cannot be found when she flees, but she wishes for Dracula to take it from her and keep it safe. Evidently, Dracula never found the letter, but the group can use its clue — In the fog of doom, where the globe meets the tower, there is a follow-up letter waiting in the crown. — to find Elissabat on their own. Robecca understands that "the fog of doom" refers to Londoom, England, and so the group rushes out, gets Draculaura away from Stoker, and uses a boat docked in an underground cavern to travel to Londoom.
At four days until the coronation, Draculaura contacts Ghoulia and the rest of her friends at school. She explains the situation and sends them a picture of Elissabat from four hundred years ago to help search through the internet. At the same time, in Transylvania, Lord Stoker has realized that Draculaura has no intention of acting as a fake queen and has escaped with her friends. Because Robecca carelessly left a book open on a page about Londoom when they were in his office, Stoker knows where they are and orders his servant Ygor to bring back Draculaura to ensure his plan succeeds.
The group is welcomed in Londoom by Clawdia Wolf, Clawdeen's older sister, who studies there to become a writer. She takes them to see the Crown Jewels in the Tower of Londoom, as that's what the group thinks the riddle refers to, where Hoodude manages to grab the crown for a closer look. There is, however, no note inside. All they end up doing is attracting the attention of the zombie Yeoman Warders that guard the Crown Jewels until they return the crown to them so the guards can return to their posts. Clawdia asks what the clue was, and upon hearing it realizes that the "crown" refers to the skull rather than jewelry and points the group at a statue of William Spooksfear near the Globe Theater. Robecca gets the skull and unlocks it, finding the next note. Elissabat writes that Londoom is no longer safe and that she'll travel further to New Goreleans, where she hopes Dracula will finally meet her. She has included a map for his convenience. The group, along with Clawdia, immediately returns to their boat and sets sail for the USA, unaware Ygor is following them. [Source]
From her home in Londoom, Clawdia writes her latest short story for Howleen's reading pleasure, which she sends per email. Howleen is excited to receive a new entry in Clawdia's oeuvre and invites Twyla to read it with her. As the heroine of her own story, Clawdia details how she was personally invited to Londoom Castle by the Queen, taught Her Majesty how to play fetch, and then met the famous ocean explorer Yukques Cousteau.
Clawdeen and Clawd observe Howleen enjoying the story and think she still believes Clawdia's tales are real. Clawdeen worries about Howleen's reaction when she learns the truth, but Clawd doesn't think it'll be a problem. Meanwhile, Howleen continues the story, this time sharing it with even more students. Clawdia writes that after the events at the castle, she and Yuksques Cousteau went on a voyage. A squid stole his hat, so Clawdia dove after it to wrestle the hat back for Yuksques, which coincidentally made her the winner of the Underwater Wrestling Championship.
Seeing the attention Howleen gathers with Clawdia's stories, Clawd starts to reconsider Clawdeen's point of view. They decide to talk with Howleen before things get worse, but just then, Headmistress Bloodgood announces that Howleen will be reading Clawdia's latest story in the clawditorium. The duo races onto stage mid-story to warn Howleen. After a moment of silence, Howleen replies that she—and the whole school, for that matter—knows the stories are made up; Clawdia is a writer, after all, and the students were just genuinely enjoying the stories. As the crowd requests that Howleen continues, Clawdeen and Clawd leave the stage with no little embarrassment. [Source]
Notes[]
- Londoom is based on London, the capital of real-life England.
- Londoom, like London, has a queen of its country. But instead of Queen of England, the name is Queen of Fangland.
- Same as London, Londoom has shepherd's pie, a main homeland food well-known in England in real life. In real life London, it is called cottage pie.
- Shepherd's pie is Clawdia's favorite food — only, without the wool. (Pun) (In real life, of course, there is no wool involved in cottage pie).
- Also favorites of Clawdia's is fangers and mash (bangers and mash) and also fish and crypts (which are both English cuisines or British cuisines).