Curses Black & Blue

by Corvix_Ailuranthrope_4313

Summary:

In the world of Freaks, Outcasts and those declared monsters, there are families that don’t just survive in their mess of crazy but instead thrive, you know of the Addams, but there is another, The Lanes, having amassed a fortune in minerals and medicine, Felicia and Connol Lanes with their brothers had become the Addams of The West Coast, their youngest, Jinx Lanes, an Impulse Outsider and a terror, but that terror has made her an issue that unfortunately Normie society cannot contain her, so they had to resort to their alma mater, hopefully she and the other transfer don’t burn it down.

Chapter 1: New Institution

Summary:

I own nothing, Enjoy!

Zaun High School, Zaun

Jinx had been humming a tune happily, looking at her notebooks with designs for improvements to Zapper, Pow Pow and Fishbones when she noticed that there was a noise, making her look to see that there were some students who were having  a rally that made Jinx look, seeing that there was signs which made her want to scowl, they were about families who weren’t from America which was ridiculous.

 

“We’re a nation of immigrants, so unless–” [They’re talking about Outcasts you idiot!] Mylo said in her head, making Jinx scowl annoyed, “Well good thing I heard about it.” she said with a grin, making some of the other students look at her as the bluenette pulled out a detonator, “HAVE A COLORFUL DAY!” She shouted out with a wide grin, making the crowd all scream as her bombs went off.

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Lanes Car, Vermont Road

Jinx was sitting in her spot on the car, the paint had all been wiped off and she had her goggles on so there was no damage to her eyes, Jinx couldn’t say the same for the idiots as the girl looked towards her loving parents, Connol and Felicia Lanes, owners of Lanes Mining, one looking cross and one pretending to be with what she had done while Silco and Vander drove up front.

 

The two of them keeping their opinions to themselves until Connol spoke first, “Monkey, how did you even get that many paintbombs all over the city?” He asked his daughter who grinned, “They should really learn to lock up their sewer systems, they were really easy to crawl through and set up the charges like you two taught me.” She said to both of them, making Felicia smirk.

 

“Any other day, I’d be asking you if we could have another prank war, but sadly, this was the last straw for Zaun.” She said with a sigh, “That’s right, unfortunately we couldn’t find any other school that would accept you without being slowed down, so we’re sending you to  our old stomping ground, Nevermore.” Her father said, making his youngest cock her head, “Isn’t that where Ekko was sent to?” she asked.

 

Her only friend, the inventor as good as her and a Deja vu, was sent there when his ability manifested and she had been missing him dreadfully, he took all of her self restraint with him, “It is, and I’m sure that you’ll love Nevermore like the four of us did.” Felicia told her, “It’s the perfect school for you.” she continued, making Jinx frown, “Why? Because it was the perfect school for you and Vi?” she asked.

 

Vi, their first daughter of three, had gone to Nevermore at Thirteen when she had destroyed a building, there she found the love of her life and future wife who Jinx publicly hated with a passion because she stole her big sister away from her, “I’m not planning to fall in love and get hitched like the four of your did.” she warned, looking at Silco and Vander who both looked at their wedding rings.

 

“Going into the student council, King of The Dark Prom, President of the Underworld Explorers Club.” She listed off towards her parents now, “We don’t want you to be us, Monkey.” Connol told her, “We just want you to make some new friends, reconnect with old ones, not blow up any buildings without permission.” The man said, remembering how she always volunteered to destroy their home during construction.

 

The two smiling at the idea of their middle baby being so adorable like that, “Nevermore is like no other boarding school.” Felicia told her daughter before looking to her husband, “It’s a magical place. It’s where I met your mother and her brother Silco, it’s where I met my best friend Vander.” Connol said, looking towards her, “And it’s where we became a family…” he almost whispered.

 

The two looking in each others eyes, getting close, ready to kiss–” “Can you not gross me out for five minutes? You do this every time.” Jinx reminded them, making Silco chuckle, “You should have seen Gomez Addams and his girlfriend, Morticia Frump.” He said, making Vander chuckled, “I swear, they had a competition on who was more… passionate, than the other.” Silco said, making his husband snort.

 

“This sucks!” Jinx said to them, [It’s your own fault.] Claggor reminded her, “Then you shouldn’t have painted the town Rainbow.” Vander reminded her, “I wanted to do Red, but I thought it was too monotone.” Jinx told her Uncle, “Well just be lucky we were able to convince the city not to have you sentenced to an asylum for that prank, and not one of the fun ones.” Connol reminded.

 

Jinx scowled at that, “You mean one of those ones that doesn’t offer electroshock and has everything organized? Give me that one where I met Fester.” Jinx said, the old man was an acquaintance of Silco’s apparently they had done business in the past and he was always a hoot whenever Jinx decided to take a brain vacation, the two of them had mulled that over as the group continued onwards to Nevermore.

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Nevermore Academy, Jericho

The Lanes Car had started to roll up to the gates just as another did so, a black hearse that Jinx REALLY wanted to graffiti as they followed behind, “Well, it looks like the Addams are dropping off one of their children as well.” Silco told his family as they followed, “Anyone I’d like?” she asked them, making Connol shrug, “I wouldn’t know, we didn’t keep in touch with them after Nevermore.” He said.

 

Hearing that, Felicia grin, “Then it’s the perfect chance to get back in contact!” Felicia said with a grin before getting out the door before Vander even stopped, “Dammit! Fel–!” he started to say before they stopped, making something in the trunk started to make a familiar thump that made Jinx smile before she started to get out as well, the girl curious as they saw there was people all dressed in black coming out.

 

“Mort! Gomy!” Felicia shouted, making the short man in the pinstripe suit turn and smile towards her, “Fee! It’s been years!” the man said as he drew a knife to stab her with a smile only for her mother to take it in a second, throw it in the air and hug him, said knife spinning down before it had landed right where they were embracing a moment ago, the pair laughing as Mort and a girl came out.

 

The mom wore a midnight dress and was so pale she almost gave Jinx a run for her money while the girl looked to be about her age, dark circles under her eyes and wearing as black as the girls parents, “Connol.” the woman, Mort, said towards him, “Morticia.” he continued, making the two look towards each other before both Vander and Silco looked towards the pair of them.

 

Vander had chuckled as he went to Peel Felicia off of ‘Gomy’ and started to hug the man too, “Jinx, meet Gomez Addams and Morticia who I assume is Morticia Addams?” he asked and hearing that, the woman nodded, “Yes it is, Silco, and it looks like you and Vander finally tied the knot.” she said, making the man smirk as well, chuckling as they heard something trying to get out of the trunk.

 

The four of them all looked towards each other before Vander smirked, “I’ll deal with our little stowaway, maybe a burlap sack with some cats will keep her distracted.” The Fur told them and hearing that, The others had all started to move and walk upstairs, Connol was beside Morticia, Felicia laughing with Gomez which only left Jinx and the girl there since Silco and Vander were watching the kids with Lurch.

 

The girl in Black looked towards the bluentte with examining and curious eyes, looking at the girl, “So why are you being exiled here?” the girl said, “Domestic terrorism, you?” Jinx asked her, “Trying to save the genepool.” The girl told her, making Jinx cock her head, “Euthanization or sterilization?” She continued, “The latter after they tried to take advantage of my family’s weak link.” she explained.

 

Hearing that, Jinx could respect that– [She’s probably planning to kill them, like how you killed us!] Mylo told her, but Jinx decided to ignore him for the moment, “Jinx Lanes, future #1 on The FBI’s most wanted.” Jinx said to her, offering a hand with a toy Chomper on it, the girl giving it a look before giving a look, “I don’t associate with people foolish enough to get caught.” the young Addams said to her.

 

“I said WANTED, not arrested.” she added, tossing the chomper to the crowd, making them scream as it started to attack the students, “Jinx, not yet.” Connol told her, making Jinx pout but the girl that she was walking beside looked at her, “Wednesday.” she said to the girl, she was quiet and appeared sullen, but Jinx could tell that they were probably going to be some good friends.

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Principals Office, Nevermore Academy

Jinx had been sitting upside down on her chair, playing with the parts of a grenade as The Principal, Weems, had spoken, “Jinx seems like such a… spirited girl.” Weems told them, “If I recall right, that is common with your species, Felicia?” Weems asked the woman, “Yes, we originally named her Powder, like from a mine, but she changed it with Silco’s help.” Felica said as she held the explosive material.

 

“And Jinx came from…?” Weems asked, “The two murders I was responsible for at age eleven.” Jinx told her, [You’re not responsible, you tried to help.] Claggor said to her as Weems smiled, “Well, I’m glad to see that your positivity had passed down to your daughter, hopefully she is as great a student as Violet.” Weems told them, making Jinx scowl while Felicia grinned.

 

“Do you remember when me and Sevika had that prank war with you and Morticia?” Felicia asked, making Weems start to chuckle towards that, “Question on Prank Wars, are explosives or guns allowed?” Jinx asked, finishing the Chomper and then tossing it bored while Weems decided to focus on her past, “It seems that academically, you’re a genius in engineering.” The Principal told her.

 

“Unfortunately, it seems that your preference for… pyrotechnics, has made multiple schools deliver the opinion that you should be in a mental ward.” Weems told her, “They tried with the first three, but they were all zap, no tingle.” Jinx explained towards the woman, “Hopefully they place makes me buzz with some fun.” She said, making her grin even wider towards them.

 

“She means that she thinks this place will be more accommodating than the Normie Schools we settled on before.” Connol admitted he said, the two parents smiling towards her, making the woman look at them with a smile, “Nevermore doesn’t usually accept students mid–term, especially two, but given Jinx’s perfect grades and The Lanes long history with the school, not to mention Vander being on the board…”

 

That was news to Jinx, wondering how he swung that, “We’ve decided to make two exceptions, for Jinx here and for Wednesday.” she explained, making the parents both smile at that, “And the matter of Jinx’s… counseling?" Connol asked, making Larissa Weems smiled, “The Court Ordered Therapy.” He added, making Jinx glare at the sound of that, she had it, Vi had it, and look how it worked out for Fat Hands!

 

“Hmm. The school has a relationship with a therapist in Jericho which Wednesday will also be taking as well.” The Principal said, “I don’t think you’re supposed to tell anyone about that.” Jinx thought but glad she wasn’t the only that people thought needed ‘help’, “She can meet twice a week, her and Wednesday can make a trip about it.” Weems told the group.

 

“You hear that, Monkey?” Felicia asked her daughter, “You’re getting a court mandated friend.” She said while Jinx thought, “We’ll see if we both don’t burn Jericho.” Jinx said and hearing that, The Principal had only chuckled, “You’re going to be assigned to your mothers old dorm in Ophelia Hall.” Weems said, making Felicia get giddy, so much so that she started to vibrate, almost breaking her chair.

 

“I hope there’s access to a pit for my explosives.” Jinx told them, making her family and The Principal look towards each other before Weems spoke, “How about we go to see your new dorm and roommates?” she asked, giving a strained smile towards The Bluenette annoyed and wondering why they were being so quiet about the whole thing and it made her curious on who was trapped with her.

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Tower Dorm, Ophelia Hall

Luxanna had made sure that her uniform was proper and that everything was perfect before cycling through her smiles, trying to pick the perfect one until Enid spoke, “Lux, can you please stop that? It’s like you’re a serial killer trying to blend in.” The Werewolf said to her, making the Phosphorus look to her before taking a breath, “We’re getting new roommates and I want to make a good impression.

 

Enid had rolled her eyes but smiled at the idea of that before going back to working on her nails, wanting to look good as well for them, but for Lux, it was more of a sense of safety, make them think that she’s harmless, let them see just your regular outcast and don’t ask about her family, don’t ask about how she looks Demacian or the fact that Crowne could be mistake for Crownguard.

 

“So what kind of roommates do you think we’ll get?” Enid asked, but before Lux could say anything the door opened, revealing Professor Weems and Six people who walked in, “It’s so… vivid.” Gomez said, the Addams uncomfortable while Jinx had walking in and looked around, craning her head to look at everything as Enid stood up leaving her computer to stand beside Lux, “Howdy, Roomies.” The Wolf told them.

 

Jinx had returned a wide grin back that made Enid think of a Shark while Wednesday looked at them both, the other blonde giving a polite smile, “Greetings.” she said to them both, “Wednesday, Jinx, this is Enid Sinclair and Lux Crowne, “Are you both feeling okay? You both look a little pale. Is it contagious?” Enid asked them both, “Wednesday always looks half–dead.” Gomez told Enid.

 

“And Jinx has looked like this ever since her accident.” Felicia said, “Oh. Are you okay?” Lux asked Jinx who only smiled, “Never better! I feel like I’ve got a V8 for a heart and a thunderstorm for a brain!” She told them before Enid had raised her arms with a smile, “Welcome to Ophelia Hall.” The Wolf said, going to hug them both, but Wednesday backed away while Jinx took it with a wide smile.

 

Nuzzling into her, “So only one hugger. Got it.” she said as Jinx let go, grinning wide before going to do the same with Lux, “Please excuse Wednesday.” Morticia told her, “She’s allergic to color.” her mother explained, “Oh, wow.” Enid said, curious, “What happens to you?” The Werewolf asked, “I break out into hives and then my flesh peels off my bones.” Wednesday asked as Jinx stopped hugging Lux to look at her.

 

“Ooh! Can I watch that happen?” she asked, making Enid gulp until they started to hear a chomping, “Jinx!” Connol said, going to Enid and taking the grenade off her jacket before walking to the window and tossing it out, “Don’t blow up your roommates on the first day.” He warned to his daughter who only smiled at that innocently, “I thought she’d like the color from a paintbomb.”

 

Lux had almost laughed at that, covering her mouth, embarrassed as Weems took over, “Luckily, we’ve special ordered you both a uniform.” Weems told the girls, “Enid, Lux, please take them both to the registrar’s office to pick it up along with their schedules, and give them a tour along the way.” Weems said, making Enid smile genuine while Lux plastered on another smile that made Jinx cock her head.

 

There was something about the smile that made her curious before they started to head out from the dorm, Jinx with a bit of a skip which she synchronized with Enid, the pair of them following behind Wednesday as Lux followed close behind, she wasn’t sure what was with the two girls, but they looked to at least not want to dig into her past at the moment as they got them ready.

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Nevemore Academy, Jericho

The four girls had walked through the hall, looking around as Enid spoke, “Nevermore was founded in 1791 to educate people like us.” Enid told the two new girls, “Outcasts, freaks, monsters, fill in your favorite marginalized group here.” The girl said, Lux flinched at the sound of that which made Jinx look at her with curiosity, “You can save the sanitized sales pitch.” Wednesday told her, dragging Jinx’s attention back.

 

“I don’t plan on staying here for long.” Wednesday continued, making the group look at her, “Why not?” the three asked, Enid out of curiosity, Jinx in interest and Lux with concern, “this was my parents idea.” Wednesday said, looking at a photo, “Oh look, there’s my mother smirking at me.” She said, “And there’s my sister looking all sweet with Hat Lady.” Jinx said, pointing to a student council photo.

 

“They think that this place will work its magic on me like it did Vi.” Jinx said with annoyance while Wednesday looked, “My family has been looking for any excuse to send me here. It’s all a part of their nefarious yet completely obvious plan.” The Addams said to them, “What plan?” Lux asked while Enid was curious, “To turn me into a version of themselves.” Wednesday told them as Jinx scoffed.

 

“If they wanted a nefarious plan, they should have gone to Silco.” The girl told Wednesday as Enid spoke, “In that case, perhaps you can clear something up.” Enid said as they started to walk again, “Rumor’s been swirling around that you killed a kid at your old school, and Jinx here had blown up her old town, but both your parents pulled strings to get you off.” Enid said, “Which string? A Red String? Rainbow? Blue?”

 

Lux smirked towards that while Wednesday walked past the others, “Actually, it was two kids, but who’s counting?” Wednesday asked, “And I used paint bombs, the real bombs are still waiting to be set off.” Jinx told them as they continued to walk forward in the academy, “Well at least they’re not boring.” Enid told Lux, “True, can’t argue with that.” Lux said as they walked to the outside door.

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The Quad, Nevermore Academy

“Welcome to the quad.” Enid told the pair of them, seeing the people there, the architecture, “It’s a pentagon.” Wednesday said, “It’s a canvas.” Jinx said, her eyes flashing the sight of her two demons, Mylo snarling towards Jinx in her eyes while Claggor just looked towards everything sadly, “The whole snarky goth girl thing and explosives artist might have worked at normie school, but here things are different.”

 

That made both look in curiosity, “Let me give you a wiki on Nevermore’s social scene.” she told them, “I’m not interested in participating in tribal adolescent cliches.” Wednesday told them, “I do! I heard my old friend was institutionalized here.” Jinx told them, “Oh, who?” Lex had thought as Enid snarked back, “Well, Wednesday, then use it to fill your obviously bottomless pit of disdain.” She told her.

 

“There are many flavors of outcasts here, but the four main cliques are Fangs, Furs, Stoners and Scales.” Enid explained to the group as Enid pointed, “Those are the Fangs, AKA vampires.” she told them, pointing to a table with a group who were all wearing glasses, “Some of them have literally been here for decades.” Enid continued, making Jinx smile, “Those’re some nice glasses…” she said with a hungry gaze.

 

“That bunch of knuckleheads are Furs, AKA werewolves.” Enid continued, “Like me!” She said as the Furs all started to howl, “Enid, you’re a hundred times better than those snobs.” Lux said from experience, making the pair curious as Enid smiled, “Full moons get pretty loud around here. That’s when Furs wolf out.” Enid wanted towards them both, “I suggest you pick up noise–canceling headphones like Lux.”

 

“Don’t worry, I live with a big one.” Jinx explained as Wednesday looked at the third, “I’m assuming Scales are sirens?” looking to a group of Five that were lounging near the fountain, “You catch on quick.” Lux told them, “And that girl, Bianca Barclay, is the closest thing Nevermore has to royalty.” Enid admitted as the girl with pink hair and the one with the mohawk were splashing water, making their skin start to show scales.

 

“Although her crown’s been slipping lately. She used to date our resident tortured artist, Xavier Thorpe.” Enid said with the gossip who was painting on the wall, “But they broke up at the beginning of the semester.” The Fur continued, “Reason unknown.” but Jinx was looking at the portrait, “Awesome.” She said with a smile, “I know, right?” The Wolf asked while Lux saw where her eyes were aimed.

 

“My vlog is, like, the number one source of Nevermore gossip.” She started, Xavier starting to turn as a new voice spoke, “Yo, Enid!” A voice said, making the four turn, Jinx drawing her hand and aiming almost like she had a pistol but there was nothing there, “You’re not gonna believe the dirt I heard about your new roommates.” The Beanie said, “The Addams eats human flesh.” he said.

 

“And the Lanes apparently murdered two kids when she was twelve.” he told them, “You and Lux better watch your backs.” beanie boy warned before seeing the two as ENid and Lux moved, “Quite the contrary.” Wednesday told him, “I actually fillet the bodies of my victims then feed them to my menagerie of pets.” Wednesday told the boy who was getting scared of her.

 

“And I was ELEVEN when I murdered my cousins.” Jinx told him as Lux stepped forward, giving her kind smile, “Ajax, these are our new roommates, Wednesday and Jinx.” She said, making the duo step forward, “Whoa.” he said to them, “You’re in black and white. And you look like a rainbow vomited on you.” he said before looking to the blondes, “Like living instagram filters.” he started.

 

“Ignore him.” Enid told the pair, “Gorgons spend way too much time getting stoned.” The Fur explained, “Cool, you holding right now?” Jinx asked but he was already walking off, “He’s cute, but clueless.” Enid told them, “Yeah, really cute, in a boyfriend way, cute.” Lux said, making Jinx blow a raspberry which made Lux glare, “You know it’s a small school. There wasn’t much online about you, Wednesday.”

 

“You should really get on Insta, Snapchat and TikTok.” Enid said to her, “You on the other hand have multiple accounts, like A LOT of accounts.” Lux said towards Jinx who only grinned, “Eh, what can I say, one for every voice rattling in my head.” She said while Wednesday glared, “I find social media to be a soul–sucking void of meaningless affirmation.” The Addams told them all before walking off.

 

“Hey, what are your handles?” Jinx said, pulling out one of her phones, all of them she had modded and made her own, “That is so cute!” Enid said to her with Lux looking towards the bluenette and decided that she was going to keep an eye on Wednesday, hoping that she wouldn’t try to kill anyone on her first day here in Nevermore, as she went to follow, Jinx who was making friends with Enid noticed.

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Nevermore Academy, Jericho

Wednesday had walked out to the sight of her parents and brother, Lux close behind before she felt someone’s chin nestle onto her shoulder, “So Flashlight, what’re you supposed to be?” Jinx asked, making Lux flinch, almost using her light to burn her face, but she was already gone, making her confused before seeing that she was beside Wednesday, smiling towards her family.

 

Felicia and Connol were both smiling with a little girl in a straightjacket being held by Silco, Vander looking to have bitemarks on his person, “Look at you, my little deathtrap.” Gomez said as he looked over his daughter in her uniform while Connol observed his, “You’re going to customize this as soon as we’re gone, aren’t you?” he asked his daughter with a smile, expecting nothing less.

 

“Seeing the two in their uniforms, it brings back so many memories, doesn’t it Tish, Fel?” he asked the women watching them, “Yes.” Morticia told her husband while Felicia smiled at the sight of her daughter who had started to measure out what she could cut and customize, “Why don’t you boys wait in the car?” Morticia asked her husband and son, “Wednesday and I need a moment with the Lanes.” she said.

 

Gomez had gotten one last snuggle to his daughter before going to join Morticia, while Pugsley had went to hug his sister while Jinx had ran over to hug the child in the straightjacket, “ISHA! Make sure to behave, and if anyone tells you anything boring, bite them and toss a smokey at them.” She said, making her golden eyed sister smile towards her, “Pugsley,” a voice said, making Jinx look to Wednesday.

 

“You’re soft and weak. You’ll never survive without me. I give you two months, tops.” She told her brother, making Jinx silently coo while Isha was confused, looking to her sister for a reason why she was mean to her brother, “I’m gonna miss you, too, sis.” Pugsley said, making Isha seem to understand as they all started to move off while Morticia approached Wednesday.

 

“Any plans you have of running away end right now.” she said, making both Connol and Felicia look towards her then Jinx, “That goes for you too, you know your Uncle Silco will find you.” Felicia warned to her, “And as an added bonus, we’ll be sure to keep an eye on Wednesday if she tries the same, she said, “Thank you, Felicia, I’m happy to hear we have you and all of our family keeping an eye out for her.

 

“You have nowhere to go.” Morticia warned towards both, “As usual, you underestimate me, Mother.” Wednesday warned Morticia, arms crossed, “And you think I don’t know how to hide from Silco’s eye?” Jinx asked her as she pulled out a gentlewoman’s glove and tossed it at her feet, “Wednesday, you have my gun.” Jinx told her, “We already took Pow–Pow and Fishbones and we WILL get Zapper.”

 

Connol had been used to the glare of the women in his life as Wednesday looked to her, “Your assistance will be useful, but if it’s between you and me, I will sacrifice your life for my own.” Wednesday warned before looking to her mother, “I will escape this educational penitentiary, and you will never hear from me again.” She warned, making Morticia sigh towards her while Felica spoke up.

 

“You two are obviously brilliant girls.” The woman said, losing her smile as she glared towards both, “But I’m guessing that Wednesday gets in her head like Jinx does?” she asked her old friend who nodded, “Every time,” the woman said, making both girls look their respective parents over, “I’m sure you’ll both grow to love Nevermore, and find it as life–changing as we did.”

 

The two girls had no idea what to say to that, “Oh, I got you a little something.” Mortica said to her daughter as Silco had pulled out a present from the trunk that Isha didn’t open, “And this is from your sister, Jinx.” Her Uncle said, making both go to take their respective gifts, to Wednesday, she was given a pin while Jinx opened to see a bunny that made her smirk, “W. M.” Morticia said to Wednesday.

 

“Our initials. It’s made of Obsidian, which Aztec priests used to conjure visions.” She said, giving a history lesson to her daughter, “It’s a symbol of our connection.” Mortica told her as Connol looked to his daughter who looked at the old stuffed animal lovingly, “Which one of your spirits suggested this toe–curling tchotchke?” Wednesday asked as Jinx looked to the others.

 

“Tell Fathands I love her and that Hat Lady shouldn’t open that present from her mom.” Jinx warned towards them, “Try to keep at least three levels of the academy.” Connol told his daughter as Wednesday looked, “I will never fall in love, or be a housewife, or have a family.” Wednesday told her mother as Jinx smiled, “In that case, why not get a minion for that stuff?” Jinx asked.

 

Wednesday only glared but Jinx was unafraid as she checked one of the seams of her rabbit, “I’m told girls your age say hurtful things, and I should take it to heart.” her mother said, “Fortunately, you don’t have one.” the Addams girl told them, making Jinx curious on how that would work, “Jinx, you can’t open her up.” Connol warned, “Finally, a kind world to your mother.” Morticia told her daughter.

 

“Lurch, the crystal ball, please.” Morticia said, making Felicia look, “You still use one of those?”  she asked as Jinx went into her pockets until she pulled out a device, a cell phone that had a smaller crystal pall there, “Don’t even plan on using that to try and summon the dead again.” Vander warned, recalling that bit of chaos after the accident that happened, “We can’t talk to you for the first week while you’re settling in,”

 

The Lanes nodding along with Morticia’s statement, “So we’ll call you next Sunday with The Lanes.” she told her daughter who took it from her, The Lanes going to hug their daughter tightly, Morticia giving a small gentle stroke of her daughters arm before she went to leave, Morticia giving one last look to The Lanes, “Would you be so kind as to travel with us?” she asked her old friends.

 

Hearing that, Felicia smiled towards that before nodding, “We’d LOVE to!” Vander said towards them, making the group look towards each other before they started to get in and move off to the road, the pair of cars driving made the two turn and not see that there was a certain hand that had been sent on a mission, got released and was on the move to his mission to keep an eye on them.

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Addams Family Mansion, New Jersey

The two cars had parked in front of the mansion, “Wow! This place looks like it hasn’t been destroyed in at least Nine Years.” Felicia said, Silco on the move to get Isha on her leash and the gurney as they went to approach the mansion, “So tell me, what devious delights has your eldest been up to?” Gomez asked them, making Vander laugh towards that until he saw them look at each other.

 

“Last we saw, she got hitched with The Kirramans, you remember Cass.” Vander said, making the group all remember the straight man in Ophelia Hall, “Oh, did her child hunt Vi in the woods? Did they lock each other in a cell and fight for victory?” Gomez asked and hearing that, the couple looked at each other with smiles, “It started when Vi had gotten into a fight with her little Deadeye…”

Notes:

So here comes The Lanes and The Addams family ready to cause some chaos! I hope that y'all like this idea that I had cooked up, the idea was interesting to me, the thought that there was not just Wednesday but also Jinx had inspired me with the idea after Season Two, I hope that you like this one and I cannot wait to add some more to this for the next chapter! I will see you when I update, until then, Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Lay of The Land

Summary:

I own nothing, Enjoy!

Notes:

So for the Outcasts that were made for this at the moment, we've got a few I just want to list off
Phosphorus: Those that have light manipulating abilities, quite versatile and quite dangerous
Deja Vu: Time Travelers, preferring just a short reset, usually require a totem related to time to focus their power
Argus: They can see any person they desire, of course there are limitations but they are characterized by one or both of their eyes being abnormal
Impulse: Originally called Gremlins until the movie came out, everything about them moves fast, but there are a few other secrets in their biology

Nevermore Academy

Wednesday was still working on the large window, having removed all of the color on her side of the room, Lux and Enid had claimed one side of the room, Wednesday thought that she was going to have to share with Jinx, but she instead claimed the rafters, using ropes and a ladder to create a second floor that she designed for herself, none of them knowing it just yet, “What the hell did you do to our room?”

 

Wednesday turned to see Enid coming in looking annoyed with her, “Dividing our room equally.” Wednesday told her as she stood up, kicking the colors to her and Lux’s side, “It looks like a rainbow vomited on Lux and your side.” Wednesday told her as she went to her desk, “I–” “Silence would be appreciated.” The Addams warned The Fur before she could say anything.

 

“This is my writing time.” she explained to her, “Your writing time? And where’s Jinx?” Enid asked, looking around but seeing nothing that was related to the fourth roommate, “I devote an hour a day to my novel.” Wednesday told her, “Perhaps if you did the same, your vlog might be coherent.” She said to her before starting up her typewriter, “I’ve read serial killer diaries with better punctuation.”

 

“I don’t know, some of those things can be REALLY wordy!” a voice said, making Enid look around, “Jinx? Where are you?” the blonde asked, “My new lair, it’s not a bottomless pit, but it’ll do.” Jinx said, Enid annoyed with that before looking to Wednesday, “And as for you, I write in my voice.” she snapped towards Wednesday, “It’s my truth. It’s what my followers love.” Enid explained.

 

“Your followers are clearly imbeciles.” The goth told her, “I don’t know, my cult has some dummies, and her vlog doesn’t seem to have so many idiots.” she said, “Whose side are you on?” Wednesday asked, looking around, wondering how she was doing the echo and where she was since she didn’t see where she set herself up, thinking that she was hiding in the closet.

 

“My own, now come on, tell Enid how you feel.” Jinx said, not really caring but wanting them to fight for her amusement, Wednesday didn’t know, but she got up and approached Enid, “Your followers respond to your stories with insipid little pictures.” She told her opponent as she reached the middle, “Uh, you mean emojis?” Enid asked her, “It’s how people express their feelings,” Enid told her.

 

“I realize that’s a foreign concept to you.” The blonde said, making Jinx cackle like a witch, “When I look at you, the following emojis come to mind.” Wednesday told her, “Rope, shovel, hole.” Wednesday said, “Oh! Oh! Can I be Firework, Rainbow, Skull?” Jinx asked her, “By the way there are two d’s in Addams and Lanes has an S.” Wednesday told her as she headed back to her typewriter.

 

“If you’re going to gossip about me, at least spell my name correctly.” The Addams, “So you’re on her vlog?” Jinx teased from her hidden spot which made the two of them more annoyed until there was a sound of pop music, making Wednesday turn to see Enid playing, “Turn it off.” Wednesday warned but Enid kept dancing, “This is your final warning.” Wednesday said as she approached.

 

“Or what?!” Jinx asked, her head dropping down between the two of them, her head popping out from the crawlspace she made, making both take a step back, “Jeez!” Enid said, her claws out and ready to tear them both apart, “Don’t mess with me.” Enid warned the pair, “PLEASE! My Uncle Vander has claws bigger than that made of metal.” Jinx told the blonde who glared.

 

“Well this kitty’s still got claws, and I’m not afraid to use them.” She warned the duo as Wednesday looked up, “So you created a new floor in the rafters rather than being on the same level as us? Interesting.” Wednesday said, “Nah, I just like high places.” She said, falling down and landing perfectly in place, “Now where’s Sunshine?” she asked them before the door answered.

 

“Good evening, girls.” A redhead said as she came in, Lux following close behind holding a box and looking glad to be helpful, all three turning with Enid hiding her claws behind her back, “Oh, sorry about the mud.” she said, closing the door behind her, “I wanted to make sure that Wednesday and Jinx were settling in.” the woman said as she looked at the trio then her boots that she spread across the line.

 

“Ah. is this a bad time?” she asked of them with Lux looking concerned, going to stand beside Enid questioning as the woman walked over, “I’m Ms. Thornhill, your dorm mom.” The Redhead told the group, “Apologies, I wasn’t here to greet you when you arrived.” she said before smiling to the blondes, “I trust Enid and Lux have given you the old Nevermore welcome.” She asked with a smile.

 

“Enid’s been smothering me with hospitality.” Wednesday told Thornhill, “I hope to return the favor. In her sleep.” Wednesday told Thornhill, “And Flashlight’s been so shy, hiding behind smiles, can’t wait to see her actual one.” Jinx said and hearing that, Lux flinched at the statement, the two girls observed their respective new roommates as Thornhill spoke up to them.

 

“Well, here’s a little welcome gift from my conservatory.” she said, giving a pair of plants, “I try to match the right flower to each of my girls.” Thornhill said, “And when I read your personal statements in your applications, I immediately thought of these.” Thornhill told them, “The black dahlia and a black–eyed susan.” Wednesday stated, “Oh, you know them?” Thornhill asked.

 

“Og course. The dahlia is named after my favorite unsolved murder.” Wednesday said as Jinx licked the flower, “I prefer mushrooms for a snack, but this is nice.” She told Thornhill, “Thank you.” Wednesday told their ‘dorm mom’ who smiled at that, “Okey–dokey. Before I leave, I want to go over a few house rules.” Thornhill told them, “Lights off at 10:00, no loud music,” Thornhill started to list off.

 

“And no boys, ever.” Thornhill warned at them, “What’s the story about going into the local town?” Wednesday asked of the dorm mom as Jinx tried licking her plant again, only for Lux to take it from her, “Passes to Jericho are a privilege, not a right.” Thornhill told them, making Jinx stop her desire to eat her plant to glare at Thornhill, not liking the sound of that at all as the girls listened.

 

“It’s a brisk 25–minute walk, or there’s a shuttle on the weekends.” Thornhill explained to the group, “The locals are a tad bit wary about Nevermore, so please don’t go making any waves, or perpetuating any outcast stereotypes.” Thornhill pleaded to the duo, “That means keep your claws to yourself, no smothering people in their sleep, and whatever you’re thinking of, Miss Lanes.” She warned them all.

 

“Are we clear?” she asked, Enid, Wednesday and Jinx only looked at her but Lux answered, “Yes, Miss Thornhill.” she said, giving her another of her smiles meant to show her obedience and understanding, “Great talk.” Thornhill said, chuckling towards the quartet before she went to leave the group with a small wave, “I don’t like her.” Jinx said before going to the ladder that was on a pillar.

 

“Wait, when did we get a second floor?” Lux asked the others, but Enid had only went to grab her arm to keep her on their side, Wednesday stuck to her own while they could only hear the sound of a sewing machine up on the new loft there, Lux looked down at the black–eyed Susan Thornhill had given their new roommate, wondering why she picked a flower that represented resilience in mental illness.

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Ingenium Lab, Nevermore Academy

Jinx had walked in, having customized her uniform within the guidelines of the school rules to give herself pants from the excess material, cutting up the sides of the jacket to show the ab section of the shirt underneath and was now walking in with a smile, taking a deep whiff of the motor oil, sparks against metal, and feeling like she was back in her secret lair.

 

“Good morning, Miss Lanes.” a young man, kind of older than her sister said as he walked towards her, wearing a white coat underneath his smock, Jinx was VERY tempted to cover it in paint, “Well then, we have a workstation open near Mister Sable and Miss Bard.” He told her with a small point to one of Jinx’s favorite people on the world which made her grin.

 

Ekko was working on a new Chemboard, fiddling with his focus, an old pocketwatch that Jinx got him for his birthday when Scratch Bard spoke, “Watch out, one of the psychos is coming this way.” she warned, working on her prosthetic like always as Jinx sat in the empty section of their little spot, Ekko not looking her in the eyes as she grinned at him.

 

“Hey there, ‘Boy Savior’.” she said to him, jokingly, making him smirk, “So they finally sentenced, Jinx?” he asked, making Scratch look between them, “Wait, you know each other?” Scratch had asked, one of the Five Sirens that ran Nevermore, unlike Divina and Kent, Scratch preferred to use her voice to its full potential which was why she had the mask, “We grew up in Zaun together, remember that fire?” he asked.

 

“Which fire? It’s Zaun.” Scratch asked just as Jinx in a quick moment took her mask, “Hey–!” “Your microphone’s busted.” Jinx told her, making Scratch pause her tirade as she saw the girl start to work on her systems, “It works fine, I know.” She told Jinx who snorted, “If it did, you’d only hear the echo, not the crackle.” She warned the girl, “That means that it’s getting close to blowing in your face.” she said.

 

That made the girl confused and looked towards Ekko for some sort of verification, “She knows what she’s talking about, she made the damn things.” he explained, making the girl look back at her as the new student tossed it to the Siren who was surprised, putting it back on, “Testing… testing… one, two three…” She said before looking at her, “Sounds brand new, you a Da Vinci?” She asked.

 

“Nope, Impulse.” Jinx told her, moving in an instant and Ekko had moved his head, groaning as he rubbed the back of it, “Seriously?” he asked her, making Scratch realize that he had used his loop, “So, you’ve been here alright? Getting popular? Being the hero that everyone thinks you are?” she asked, making Scratch look between them, curious, “Yep, all a part of my evil plan to run this place.” he joked, making her cackle.

 

“It’s good to see you again, Little Man.” she told him, making the young man smiled, both already planning what they could do together, “Great! So want me to help you with your leg?” Jinx asked, liking the idea of helping the Siren, “Sure… you good with this kind of shit?” Scratch asked her as they started to work together, but The Diva started to think on how she’d tell Bianca and Sera about this. 

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History Class, Nevermore Academy

Lux was sitting, trying to listen to the conversation when a familiar person had sat beside her, “So, Lux.” Zeri said towards her, the Static being the friend of Ekko and decided that she liked Lux like Yoko who put both her and Enid under her wing, “What’s the opinion of the new girls?” she asked, making the blonde smile towards that with her gentle smile towards her friend, the closest one she could do to an actual smile.

 

“Well… Wednesday seems to be quiet and talks as if she’s planning to murder everyone, Enid especially but she can handle herself, and Jinx…” Lux said, not really sure how she was going to explain, “She’s chaotic, like a tie–dye paintbomb, she tried to eat a Black–Eyed Susan and made a second level in the dorm all for herself.” Lux told her, making Zeri grin wider, “You seem REALLY focused on Jinx.”

 

Lux gave a look, unsure what she meant by that before seeing that some of the kids were muttering, making Lux look at Zeri, do you have any idea what that’s about?” Lux asked, having deleted all her socials when she came here, “Well, looks like one of your roommates decided to make the choice of attacking Bianca Barclay in the Fencing Hall.” she explained, opening up the video of the fight.

 

Bianca had faced Wednesday in Black, the girl seemed to hate any other color as they watched, Wednesday having gotten the first point in an impressive move that Lux hadn’t seen since her childhood, the new girl the more aggressive of the two but in the second round, it gave Bianca the advantage to win, the duo going to first blood now and as they moved, not on the line alone, both were more aggressive.

 

Both still moving until there was a single move that made The Static and The Phosphorus both hiss, seeing that Wednesday had lost the match, “Hopefully no one will–” before Lux could say anymore, there was the sound of an explosion, making both girls flinch confused until Lux remembered the rumors about Jinx, “Well, it looks like both my roommates are going to the infirmary.” Lux said.

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Infirmary, Nevermore Academy

The Addams had been given a bandage, annoyed at her loss when a voice spoke, “You’re Wednesday, right?” the boy that was beaten by Bianca asked, making her turn to see the nurse working on making sure the cast was on correctly, “Rowan.” he said towards her, “I know how you feel.” he tried to tell her, “I guarantee you don’t.
Wednesday warned as a new person was rolled into the infirmary.

 

“My mother promised me I’d finally fit in somewhere.” he said before taking a breath, “I never thought it was possible to be an outcast in a school full of outcasts.” Rowan said to her, “Eh, just means you’re unique.” a voice said, making both look to see that the person wheeled in was Jinx covered in bandages, “I mean, everyone but my family was scared of me back home and I didn’t care.” she told them, getting up.

 

Rowan had only given a sad smile towards the duo, “Looks like you two are gonna give me a run for my money.” he said, but neither one seemed happy at all, “Uh… sorry about the… nick.” Rowan told Wednesday, “No good deed goes unpunished.” Wednesday said and was confused at the lack of snappy comment that came from Jinx, The Addams looked and saw that she seemed to be mulling it over.

 

She got up and started to leave, as she did so, Jinx had given one last look towards Rowan before going to follow after Wednesday, curious on what she was planning as the Lanes went to put her jacket on and look more like a mummy than anything else, Rowan though watched the duo and wondered what was going on  now with all of these changes.

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The Quad, Nevermore Academy

Jinx had followed her out just as Wednesday had unfurled her umbrella, “What happened to you?” Jinx asked her, “A miscalculation.” Wednesday said, making Jinx all the more curious, “Better than me, my teacher, Mr. Talis, saw my project and tried to ‘help’ but it overloaded and–” the pair of them both heard the sound of something grating, stone, looking up, they both saw a raven statue starting to fall over.

 

“Wednesday!” a boy that Jinx recognized as Xavier Thorpe said, running over to the two as it fell, but Jinx was faster, quickdrawing a pistol, her Zapper, and firing, a bolt of arcane lighting shooting up towards the heavens and destroying the statue in the process, making her smile while Wednesday eyed the boy, “Hello again, Xavier.” Wednesday said, making the bluenette curious at what was going on.

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Nevermore Academy, Jericho

Jinx had been sitting on a table, watching them with interest, “So this is one of your roommates, Wednesday?” He asked, “She is a nuisance, but she’s starting to appear more as a useful tool.” Wednesday told Xavier, “Hey! I make tools, I’m not one, I leave that to Mylo.” Jinx told them, [Screw you! I wouldn’t be a tool if you didn’t blow us up!] He rebutted, “So, you lost to Bianca.” Xavier said to her.

 

“It made me walk outside feeling a mixture of rage, pity and self–disgust.” she muttered, looking to the duo, “Eh, it sucks, don’t recommend.” Jinx muttered to them both, Xavier about to ask about the bandages when Wednesday spoke, “Then I looked up and saw that gargoyle coming down and I thought, ‘At least I’ll have an imaginative death’.” she told them, “Then you shot lighting as Xavier warned me.”

 

“Why? To both of you.” she told them, “I was in the same place.” Jinx told her, “Call it instinct.” Xavier admitted, “So you were guided by latent chivalry, the tool of the patriarchy, to extract my undying gratitude?” she asked both, “Hh–hmm. Most people just say thank you.” Xavier said as Jinx blew a raspberry, “No, I wanted to see if Zapper worked after I smuggled him in.” she told Wednesday.

 

“I didn’t want to be rescued by either of you.” She warned them both, “So I shoulda just let that thing smash you both to mush?” Xavier asked, “I’m an Impulse, and you were just in my range.” Jinx added, “I would have rather have saved myself.” Wednesday warned both of them, making Jinx snort while Xavier scoffed, “Good to see you haven’t changed.” he told her making Jinx curious.

 

“If it makes you feel any better, let’s just say I returned the favor.” he told the girl which made her confused, her eyes flicking to her right, trying to recall it seemed, “Xavier Thorpe?” he asked, “Jinx Lanes.” The bluenette said offering her hand, making him a bit confused as he took it and shook, “You probably don’t remember me much, last time we met, I was about two feet shorter, 40 pounds heavier.”

 

“What happened?” Wednesday asked him, “Puberty, duh.” Jinx told her, making Wednesday glare, “I meant what happened last time I met him.” She told the girl, “Oh. Uh. Yeah, it… it was my godmother’s funeral.” Xavier said, “Apparently she was friends with your grandmother in this group, The Black Rose Coven, and they spent their twenties in Europe swindling the rich and notorious.” he explained to them.

 

“Your Grandma’s a Black Rose member?” Jinx asked curious until Wednesday had pinched her lips, wanting to hear more, “I don’t know, but we were ten, and we were bored, decided to play hide and seek. I had the inspired idea to hide in her casket.” Xavier continued to them as Wednesday started to have a… not a smile but more interested expression on her face.

 

“I got stuck as it was headed to the crematorium–” “I’d heard muffled screams.” Wednesday continued, finally recalling it seemed as Jinx wished she had popcorn to eat as she watched, “I just figured your godmother had cheated death like the Matron and was trying to claw her way out.” The Addams continued, making Jinx excited at the sound of that, wanting to hear more.

 

“Either way, you hit the big red stop button and saved me from being flame–broiled. So…” he started, “I still owe you one.” he told her, Jinx waiting to be released from her current vocal imprisonment before the girl saw that Mr. Talis was looking around, “Miss Lanes, would you be so kind as to follow me?” he asked, making the girl a bit worried before she got up to follow.

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The Quad, Nevermore Academy

Lux had been walking with Enid and as they did so, the two of them noticed that Scratch was with Bianca, Divina, Kent and Seraphine, the first of them looked towards the group, telling the fellow Sirens before that there before Lux looked to her companion, “I’ll be right back.” The Phosphorus had did one of the first tricks she ever learned and made herself invisible as she went to approach them.

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“ From what I could get out of Ekko, she’s always been like that.” Scratch explained, “The lab explosion, that was caused by The Himbo, and wanted to make SOMETHING, I don’t know what but we should watch out in case she tries to blow up the school.” Scratch finished and as she did, Seraphine looked to the others, “From Zeri, it seems that the girls are trouble.”

 

That made the group look towards each other, “So they’re both psychos?” Kent asked, “It looks like Ekko knew but he doesn’t care, but she mentioned some sort of ‘Boy Savior’ thing.” The Siren told the others, making them all wonder about that, “Anyone have an idea about that?” Bianca asked, looking at Sera who shook her head, “I don’t, but maybe Lux does.” the pinkette said, looking directly at her.

 

Looking towards her, the girl was always surprised when she did that, it should have been impossible but had dropped her stealth, deciding to play nervous and nosy, making them look towards the girl, “You know that spying on people can get you in trouble.” the leader of The Scales had asked, making the woman look at them, a bit concerned, “I was just… worried.” she told them, making the group curious.

 

“Well, Crowne, anything you’d like to add?” Bianca asked the girl, making her give a look before smiling towards the trio with the one that she had reserved for parties back in her old life, before her parents had covered up her existence and her Aunt and Brother helped her get to Nevermore instead of one of those camps that were designed to make them see themselves as sinful.

 

“Just that if you have any issues with my roommates, I would be more than happy to hear first and foremost.” the blonde told them, making the group give their looks toward that until they saw that Ekko Sable was coming into the quad and looked towards everything until seeing Lux with them, “Hey, Lux.” the boy said followed by Zeri and Scar, the two always close with him thanks to their Firelight club.

 

“Do you have any idea where Jinx is?” he asked, making Bianca curious, “Why? Are they challenging you too?” Bianca asked and hearing that, he shook his head, “No, it’s just that she got blown up again and I have no idea where she is now.” he said, “Again?” Lux thought before she looked to Enid, “One second, let me check.” the girl said, Ekko following after to see what is going on.

 

Enid noticed the two of them and smiled, “Hey there, Ekko, what’s up?” she asked and hearing that, Ekko spoke, “I was just wondering where Jinx was, no one seems to know and you always seemed to know things.” he said as Zeri and Scar talked to the Sirens at the fountain, “Oh yeah, Mr. Talis had wanted to talk to her.” The fur told them, all wondering what exactly was going on.

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Ingenium Lab, Nevermore Academy

The bluenette had been fiddling with her thumbs, worried as she noticed there was a door opening up, but no one was coming in, making Jinx– “Hello there, Miss Lanes!” a voice said, making her look down and see that there was a tiny man who was very furry and looked almost like Ziggs, “Uh… can you see him too?” Jinx asked, making her teacher confused before realizing what she was asking.

 

“Jinx, this is Professor Heimerdinger, he’s the professor that is in charge of the science courses, Engineering, Alchemy, Geology, Biology, numerous others and recently, Hextech.” he explained to her, “Cool, didn’t think that anyone knew how to make it work yet.” Jinx started to ask and hearing that, the Yordle spoke up, “May I see the Hextech you designed?” Heimerdinger asked.

 

Hearing that, the girl was confused and a bit worried, “So you can take it?” she asked, making Talis about to say something until the Yordle spoke up, “Of course not, it’s yours, you may keep it only on the condition that you would only use it in permitted situations and locations.” The professor explained and hearing that, the girl was a bit concerned before she drew Zapper from the hidden holster with a sleight of hand.

 

The two of them looked towards the item and as they examined, the two of them had been curious and surprised by the design, “This is quite interesting, the design is ingenious, was it designed to simulate a Static’s ability?” Heimerdinger, “No… I just wanted to see what would happen when I make those two stones work together!” Jinx said with a smile towards them, making Talis concerned.

 

“The issue is that the Hexgem is a dangerous material and we can’t just–” “It’s a stable one, you could have just asked instead of trying to take it.” Jinx told him, reminding the man and hearing that, Jayce remembered what happened, she was working on some chemicals that were made for a heater, he saw that her left hand was playing with a Hexgem, which made him panic.

 

He had tried to get it and accidentally hit one of the glasses into another, making the liquids mix and then start up a fire that had almost burned her, “I’m sorry, but where were you able to get a stable Hexgem?” Heimerdinger asked, making Jinx blow a raspberry, “Where do you get yours?” she asked, hearing that, Talis was a bit confused, “I get them from Lanes… Mining…” he started.

 

“Exactly.” Jinx said, “My family have been mining those since Guillaume.” She continued and hearing that, they had gotten even more curious before the Professor spoke, “Either way, Principal Weems had seen your ingenuity and had wanted me to give you two possible solutions to the problem.” the man said as he lifted up two fingers, “The first of them is that you will need to restrain yourself, slow down as it were.”

 

Jinx disliked that, she had a need to express herself and she came to Nevermore because she never wanted to ‘slow down’, “And the second one is that you would need to take your genius and bring it into our little club.” the Yordle explained and hearing him say such a thing, Jinx looked to Talis, “Wait, what?” she asked, making the man look, “We have a… fellowship, one focused on Arcane Engineering.”

 

Talis smiling, “We’re working to make Hextech something that could help people, make other people see that Outcast tools could help them too.” he said, impassioned, excited even as he seemed to be playing with an altered gear, but all she heard was that she could go crazy, “Where do I sign up?” she asked, making the two professors like the sound of that as they began to give her the details.

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Nevermore Academy, Jericho

Jinx had been looking over the materials that were a part of the Hextech club, making the girl all the more interested, seeing a few more tools that were there until she bumped into someone, “Watch it–!” a voice started, a crisp accent that sounded almost English started to say before Lux had recollected herself, “Oh, hey there, Jinx.” she said with a smile, Enid seeing her fallen papers went to pick them up.

 

“You’re joining the Hextech club?” Enid asked her, making Jinx nod, “Yeah, I mean it was that or I had to slow down.” Jinx explained and hearing that, the two of them wondered what she meant by slowing down, “Right, Ekko and his Firelights are in that! I heard they were making hoverboards, don’t those sound cool?” Enid asked, making Jinx blow a raspberry.

 

“Come on! I can make something better than that.” Jinx said to them before noticing a few students look at her like she was crazy, “That’s right, I said it, so what?” she snapped at them before looking to the duo, “So yeah, I’m on that, making more things, the more I build, the more focused I am, the more focused I am, the more they stay quiet–” [Shut up! You’re going to tell them!] Mylo warned.

 

“Who stays quiet?” Lux asked concerned, making Jinx pause, looking at the two with a blank expression, cocking her head before speaking, “I’m gonna find Wednesday, someone tried to kill her and I kind of wanna see how she’ll deal with them.” She said before walking off, as Lux and Enid both looked at her until her words sunk in, “Wait, what?” the Fur and Phosphorus asked in unison and concern.

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Tower Dorm, Ophelia Hall

Jinx walked in and the moment she did so, she saw Wednesday holding down a hand for some strange reason, “Surrender?” The Addams asked and the strangest thing happened, the hand started to tap as if giving up, she had released the hand and it started to get up, standing on its fingers, “Okay, I mean my Gran E showed me some weird stuff, but–” “Jinx not now, I’m interrogating a nosy family member.”

 

Jinx simulated zipping her mouth shut and watched as Wednesday focused on the sight, “Mother and Father sent you to spy on me, didn’t they?” She asked the hand who seemed to do a sort of sign language, Jinx knew a lot for her little sister but this one seemed… interesting, “I’m not above breaking a few fingers, and my associate would be happy to help.” Wednesday told them, roping her into a threat.

 

She wasn’t wrong, but still, ask first, “That they thought I wouldn’t find out proves how much they underestimate me.” The Addams told him as he laid on his palm and started to sign to the two girls which made Jinx give a look, “Oh, Thing, you poor, naive appendage.” Wednesday continued, “My parents aren’t worried about me. They’re evil puppeteers  who want to pull my strings even from afar.” She warned.

 

“Really? They sound like my Uncle and Grane E.” Jinx said, making her look, a withering glare meant to silence her making Jinx do the speak no evil as she watched them still before looking back at him, “The way I see it, you have two options. Option one.” Wednesday said before grabbing him and opening up the drawer, “I lock you in here for the rest of the semester with one of Jinx’s explosives.” she warned.

 

Jinx already smiling as she had pulled out a Chomper from who knew where but it got the message, “And you go slowly insane, trying to claw your way out, ruining your nails and your smooth, supple skin the moment you make a mistake. And we both know how vain you are and how careless you can be when scared.” Wednesday added, making the hand more scared.

 

“Option two.” Wednesday said, putting him back on top of the desk and closed the drawer, “You pledge your undying loyalty to me.” she ordered, Jinx glancing between the two, waiting until the Hand known as Thing had bent his pointer and middle, almost as a bow of supplication, “Our first order of business is to escape this teenage purgatory.” Wednesday said before looking to Jinx.

 

“I will silence you if you attempt to stop my plans.” She warned Jinx who glared, “One, you can’t catch me, and two, sounds fun.” Jinx told her just as Thing started to tap and tap, “Of course I have a plan.” Wednesday said to him, “And it begins now.” She explained towards the item, “Neat, sounds fun.” Jinx said, going to open up a panel to her space and found some plans.

 

“So, what’re we gonna do first?” Jinx asked, liking the sound of that, “First, we’re both going to go to Therapy.” Wednesday told them and hearing that, Jinx groaned annoyed, “Fine! But I want your hands nails.” Jinx said, pointing to Thing who tense terrified, “I need him alive.” Wednesday said as Jinx grinned, “Oh don’t worry, he’ll be alive when I’m done.” Jinx said, making Thing all the more terrified.

Notes:

So we have the introduction of more characters, Jinx joining The Hextech Club, Wednesday planning her escape with both Thing and Jinx now as well as some more background, I just figured that Jinx would take the extra space in the ceiling and make her own room instead with her preference for high places and on the matter of the Black Roses, TBR, if you have any questions I will be happy to answer the best I can, I'll see you next time, Enjoy!

Chapter 3: Heart To Heart

Summary:

I own nothing, Enjoy!

Jericho, Vermont

The girls had been in the shuttle, looking around, towards everything, “This place is so boring!” Jinx said as she observed the whole of the town, already thinking how she could paint the bricks a variety of different colors, but she had to surrender Zapper and her Chompers to The Principal before she even got into the shuttle, “Dr. Kinbott’s office is on the second floor.” Weems explained to the pair.

 

“Our current school psychiatrist is on sabbatical, but the other Nevermore students swear by her.” their Principal promised, “You’ll be waiting here until we’re both done?” Wednesday asked Weems, but instead of telling her yes, her smile seemed to get smaller, “Perhaps afterwards we can visit the Weathervane for hot chocolate.” Weems said to the duo, “I don’t like hot chocolate.” Jinx told her.

 

“Well I’m sure we can find something you’ll like, Jinx.” Weems said, focusing on her until Wednesday spoke, “Principal Weems, this feeble attempt at bonding is beneath you.” The Addams said, making the duo go to open the door to get out, “By the way, don’t you have a Sevika to drive people?” Jinx asked Weems, “Agreed, the Principal chauffeuring students around is below her pay grade.”

 

Jinx snorted towards Wednesday, both about to close the doors before Weems spoke, “Wednesday, given your history, I’m sure you’re intent on running away. I’m here to prevent that from happening.” The Principal warned them both, Wednesday had locked eyes with her, a challenge of sorts, “I wish you luck.” The Addams said for both as they left the principal for their respective sessions.

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Dr. Kinbott’s Office, Jericho

Jinx had been playing with a Rubik's cube, bored as she waited, the bluenette had been getting more and more bored, thinking that she was going to have to find a explosive or maybe a snack, as she started to wonder what Wednesday was doing with her escape before the door had opened up, “Miss Lanes? It appears that Miss Addams has decided to escape our session, would you like to go early?” she asked.

 

Jinx had cocked her head, looking towards the woman, waiting until she said anything before finally she cleared her throat, “Can you please follow me?” she asked, making the Impulse shoot straight up and started to follow her, “Lead the way, Doc.” Jinx told her, making Kinbott smile towards her, “The notes I was able to get from your sessions with others were quite enlightening.” Kinbott told her.

 

That made Jinx smirk, “The last one thought they had a breakthrough, so I broke through their wards walls.” she explained, “Would you like to take a seat?” Kinbott asked and hearing that, Jinx had decided to fall down onto the chair, making sure to be upside down as Kinbott watched her, “And your time in facilities like those at a young age, how did they make you feel?” Kinbott asked.

 

“Entertained.” Jinx said to her, counting every portrait on the walls, every mask and everything in categories, “At least until I get bored and escape. Every. Single. Time.” Jinx told her, “Escape? This isn’t a prison, Jinx, this is a place of healing, a safe space where we can work on whatever issues may be on your mind, Jinx.” Kinbott told her, making the bluenette focus on her.

 

“You can picture this place as a sanctuary for you to tell me anything and everything you’re thinking and feeling.” she continued, “My sanctuary is a bottomless pit where explosives are dropped and demons are trying to crawl up.” Jinx told her, “Interesting, so you see your sanctuary as Purgatory, a last bastion against Hell?” Kinbott asked her, making Jinx freeze.

 

“I like high places and voices that aren’t mine.” Jinx said to her which made the woman look, “I like to make things brighter and better than I left them, and I think that you’re going to break like every Doc and Chuck before you.” the girl warned her, “So for instance, if someone were to start a rally against Outcasts and others, you would disrupt it with some color and fun instead of hate?” Kinbott asked.

 

“I wanted to paint the town red, but that was too monotone.” Jinx said to her, “I mean I could have used that big one I keep for home decoration, but still–” “You had committed domestic terrorism on the town of Zaun and Piltover where the protestors came from and from what I gathered, you have plans to do something similar in the future, that’s why you’re here.” The Psychiatrist explained.

 

“They’ve been doing that since the 19th Century, I was just reminding them that Zaun has teeth.” Jinx rebutted, “The Pilties needed to be reminded that they don’t own the world.” Jinx said, starting to get more serious as she said that, making Kinbott curious, “I understand that, I also understand that the reason for these reactions are because of the incident and how it affected your emotions.” Kinbott told Jinx.

 

“We can help each other to fix what was broken four years ago.” That erased any and all smiles on her face, the girl sitting right side up and having an almost doll like emptiness to her face “I’m not broken.” Jinx warned towards her, “This is my life and I would never change it.” she warned to Kinbott, “Tell me about it.” Kinbott told her, “Nothing you say will be repeated, it is strictly confidential here.”

 

Kinbott had gone to stand up and then to get a book from a desk that she opened, “Like for example, I’m a fan of your art, it’s raw and quite emotional.” The woman said before showing her the image, “This one really struck me,” Kinbott told her, showing Jinx one that she made when she was Thirteen, Vander had asked her what was wrong once during a bad moment and she drew this in chalk on her wall.

 

It was a small girl made of blue, squiggles and cracks through everything except the monsters, one that was large with fangs having his claws around her head as he whispered in her ears, the other, large and silent like a mountain, watching with pity and sadness at the sight of the interaction while the girl only cried tears of pink, “Do the two figures here symbolize anyone?” The psychiatrist asked her.

 

[Your victims, Jinx!] Mylo told her, [It’s what we’re doing to her, Mylo.] Claggor added as Jinx just smiled one of her strained and scared smiles, “My sister use to do this game when we would make up monsters to try and scare each other.” Jinx explained, making the woman curious, “So you’re saying that your sister is responsible for these? I understand that these figures are prominent in your work.”

 

The woman had continued to flip the pages, the creature with fangs in control of the girls body during a full moon as he ran through the night, vines and flora covering the girl making up the silent creatures body, “Whatever monsters your sister made in your mind, they really stuck with you.” Kinbott said towards her, “Can you tell me the names of these two?” She asked.

 

Jinx looked down at them and as she did, the pictures had started to static, change and look towards her, [Go ahead, tell her what you did to us! Tell her who you’re painting!] Mylo snapped towards her and hearing that, Jinx smiled, “Bucktooth and Moody, Bucktooth is a Fur and Moody is a Green.” Jinx told her, both of them had words about her naming conventions but the woman had focused on what she said.

 

“So Bucktooth, he’s the more aggressive of the two, did you have a bad experience with a Werewolf in the past, like your Uncle?” she asked her and hearing that, Jinx had wanted to get Zapper back and electrocute this woman over and over again, “My uncle Vander is one of the best people I know, if it weren’t for him I would have been using REAL bombs instead of paint.” Jinx warned to Kinbott.

 

That made the older woman lose her smile a bit, “One time someone called him a mutt in front of my face and said that what happened four years ago should have happened to everyone in my family.” Jinx explained, making the woman frown, “How did you take that?” she asked her, [I can tell her! You tried to kill them!] [No she didn’t, she just scared them] Claggor reminded as Jinx had gave a smile to the psychiatrist.

 

“I used my words, duh, like my uncle taught me.” Jinx admitted and she did, filling their home with speakers and making them play whispers at random hours of the night, the person could never find until they had gone mad, “And they listened to everything I said, moved to a nice farm that had a funny name.” Jinx told her, The Stillwater Home for the Mentally Ill always sounded funny to Jinx.

 

“I’m glad to hear that you know that words have as much power as action.” Kinbott said, “Yeah, but Actions speak louder, not as loud as a Chomper but still.” Jinx told her, “That’s good to hear, because I had been sent the transcripts for your previous sessions, and I wanted to ask you about the Purple Monster.” Kinbott told her, making Jinx freeze, remembering that day.

 

Its large eyes, the glowing veins, how it ran after them, tore through metal and snarled, Mylo and Claggor had both started to appear over her vision, both glaring at her because they didn’t want to talk about The Purple Monster at all, “You only seem to talk about it once when you were eleven, then you stopped, can we talk about the Purple Monster more?” she asked.

 

But Jinx had remained frozen, like a Deer in headlights, wishing that she could escape, that she had Fishbones to destroy the building, that she could escape from here or, “Jinx, I understand this may be too much, but part of this journey requires that we talk about what happened and how we can move forward emotionally.” Kinbott explained to her, “I don’t want to, it’s dead, there’s no reason to.” Jinx said.

 

The Psychiatrist seemed intrigued by that, “Dead, and how exactly is it dead?” Dr. Kinbott asked her, [Okay, screw this lady, we’re getting out of here.] Mylo said and all three of them were in agreement, luckily, Jinx had already made a distraction as she put her hands in her pockets and pressed the detonator, setting off the sparkies she left around the building, causing a loud noise almost like gunfire.

 

Kinbott, like any person, stood up and headed to a window to see what was going on, that was Jinx’s moment as she used her Expression to speed out, almost tearing the door off its hinges as she got out of there, Jinx started to think on where she was going to escape to before thinking that Wednesday would have gone to the only other place that they knew about.

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The Weathervane, Jericho

Wednesday had finished up on fixing the espresso machine, “Wow. Thanks.” the incompetent boy that was in charge of it said, “I never met a Nevermore kid who got their hands dirty.” he said, putting the top back on, “I’m Tyler, by the way.” The newly dubbed human said to Wednesday, “I didn’t catch your name, or is that one need–to–know basis too?” He asked.

 

She looked him over, curious, “Wednesday.” she told him, “And I’m Jinx.” a familiar voice said, making Tyler flinch as he looked to Jinx who was sitting on the counter cross legged playing with a cup that she was squiggling on, “Jesus!” he said, “No, I told you it was Jinx.” She added, “Uh, is she–?” “Also in need of a ride.” Wednesday said, seeing the microexpressions of the girl.

 

“Well, I’ll tell you what, Wednesday. To show my appreciation, how about I drive you and your friend to Burlington myself?” he asked them, “Perfect. Put that quad in a to–go cup.” Wednesday told him, “Nothing for me, unless you got energy drinks behind here.” Jinx said, sticking her tongue out which made Wednesday insulted as she started to leave, “Uh, but I don’t get off for another hour.” he told the pair.

 

Hearing that, Wednesday pulled out some of her emergency funds, “I’ll sweeten the pot.” Wednesday told him, “Twenty whole dollars.” Tyler said, “Tempting, but no.” The normie told her as he got back to work, “I’ll make it 40.” she said, showing another 20, Jinx just watching with curiosity, “Uh… Listen, Wednesday, Jinx, one fun fact about me…” “You’re secretly a member of a traveling circus?” Jinx asked.

 

“Uh… no. I can’t be bought, so either wait, or find someone else to drive you.” He told the duo, Wednesday looked him over, seeming to think on whether he was being truthful or an annoyance before going to leave the counter, the young man chuckling as both of them went to sit down, “So, was your session as bad as mine?” Jinx asked her, “It was exhausting more than anything.” Wednesday told her.

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Jericho, Vermont

Weems had been looking at her phone when she had noticed Kinbott coming out from the building, looking concerned and seeing that, the principal grew concerned, she got out and approached the woman, “What happened?” she asked Kinbott, “I pushed too many buttons too soon.” Kinbott said, she had gotten some progress with Jinx, but now the two were out and about and neither knew where they were.

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The Weathervane, Jericho

The two of them had been sitting in a booth, Wednesday enjoying her quad while Jinx had started to draw in a notebook she got when both of them heard a noise, “Hey, boys, check it out.” someone said, “Who’s that?” “Bro…” Come on.” someone else said, making Jinx look up from her drawing while Wednesday had her eyes on the door just as three boys entered the shop.

 

“What’s a pair of Nevermore freaks doing out in the wild?” one of the boys, all dressed as pilgrims, asked, “This is our booth.” another said as Jinx looked up to them with Wednesday, both giving dead looks, neither blinking, “Why are you three dressed like religious fanatics?” Wednesday said, making Jinx snort, “Ha! I was gonna say ‘late for the first Thanksgiving’.” The Impulse told her.

 

“We’re pilgrims.” the thin one said, obviously not understanding, “Potato, po–tak–to.” “ ♩ You say tomato, I say to–mah–to. ♩ ” Jinx sang, “We work at Pilgrim World.” The obvious leader told them, showing a flyer of smiling pilgrims, looking at it, Jinx spoke first, “You’d have to be as stupid as a Piltie to make a theme park ALL about a bunch of disease spreading, land stealing mass murderers.” Jinx said to them,

 

“Agreed, it takes a special kind of stupid.” Wednesday said to her as the leader spoke, “My dad owns Pilgrim World.” He told them, making the duo look, “Who are you calling stupid?” he demanded, Jinx was about to take it but Wednesday spoke first, “If the buckled shoe fits.” Wednesday told him, before any could say anymore, Tyler intervened, “Guys, back off.” he warned, getting in between.

 

“Stay out of this, Galpin.” one of them warned, “Yes, stay out of this.” Wednesday said, standing up, ready to fight, getting in front of the leader who was unafraid, “So tell me, freaks… you ever been with a normie?” He asked, making Jinx cackle, “I’ve never found one that could handle me.” Wednesday told him, “Tried, but they’re usually too slow or boring for me.” Jinx said as well.

 

They stared each other down, an intensity that– “Boo.” Wednesday said, making the leader back away, “Hey!” the first idiot said, going to grab Wednesday’s shoulder, but Jinx was already on him in a blur of motion that grabbed his wrist and then kneed him in the gut, making him fall down before he went to punch, Jinx and Wednesday moved, making him hit the leader before Wednesday took his wrist from Jinx.

 

She started to pull, swinging him into the leader and making him fall down before she kicked him down, that only left the third who swung towards both, the duo had backed away, almost in unison, then another which the duo ducked, Jinx had bowed, offering Wednesday the attack who had complied with a spinning roundhouse kick, knocking the third on the ground.

 

All of them down, Jinx had cackled while Wednesday looked upon them bored, Tyler on the other hand approached the duo, “So where’d you learn those kung fu moves?” He asked them, “My uncle taught me.” Wednesday said, “You too? Nice.” Jinx said, “Mine spent five years in a Tibetan Monastery.” The Addams told the two, “Was he a monk?” Tyler asked, “Prisoner.”

 

“Mine learned from his pack, they had a Wolfpit where they fought to train.” The Lanes girl explained until a new person came in, a sheriff if the two girls were correct, “Dad!” Tyler said, making a complication, “Tyler, what the hell’s going on in here?” The Sheriff asked them, “They were harassing a pair of customers, and they put them in their place.” Tyler said, making the man look at them both.

 

“These two little things took down three boys?” he asked them, “Did you help them?” The man asked, making Jinx scowl, “Dad, I swear, I wasn’t involved.” Tyler promised just as the principal came in, looking around at the scene, “Apologies, Sheriff.” she said to them, “These two slipped away from me.” Weems explained, glaring towards the duo, “Come on, Miss Addams, Miss Lanes, time to go.” she ordered.

 

It was too late for that escape plan, it was annoying but they would have to– “Wait a minute, hang on.” The Sheriff said to them just as the girls went to leave, making the duo look, “You’re an Addams? And you’re a Lanes?” he asked, caution and anger seeping into his vision as he said that, “Don’t tell me Gomez Addams and Connol Lanes are your fathers?” he asked the pair, but they both stayed silent.

 

“Gomez belongs behind bars for murder. And Connol almost destroyed the town.” he warned the pair, “Guessin’ the apples don’t fall far from the trees.” he said to them, “Eh, we prefer Pomegrantes.” Jinx told him, but the Sheriff wasn’t amused, “I’m gonna keep my wye on you both.” he warned them but before Wednesday could snap back, Weems already started to move them away, “Okay.” she said getting them out.

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Road, Jericho

Your first day and the two of you are on Sheriff Galpin’s radar.” Weems said to the pair of them, “Wish I could say I was surprised.” The Principal told them, “What did he mean about my father?” Wednesday asked, “Yeah! I didn’t know my dad was cool like that.” Jinx said in the back seat, fiddling with Zapper who was returned, “I have no idea on either, but a word of advice.” Weems said before looking at both.

 

“Stop making enemies and start making a few friends. You’re going to need them.” The Principal said, “I have Ekko, Wednesday can share him.” The Impulse said, putting the Hexstone back in place as they noticed the site, “Looks like an accident.” Weems said, “I hope the driver’s okay.” She said to the pair, “He’s dead.” Wednesday muttered, “Broke his neck.”

 

As the three of them drove by, Weems got curious, “How can you tell from this angle?” she asked them, but neither one cared and only looked, Wednesday holding onto the obsidian amulet that she had been given by her mother as they continued by, all of them staying silent now, even Jinx as they continued onwards to the academy where the duo would return to their dorm with different ideas.

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Tower Dorm, Ophelia Hall

Both Lux and Enid had been on their side, Wednesday had taken her cello to go to the balcony while Jinx climbed up to her room that no one had been to yet but at the moment, both Lux and Enid were more focused on listening to the Cello outside play ‘Paint It, Black’ than anything else, her ears could hear every tone, every drop of emotion, and it made her eyes almost widen as she heard this.

 

It was… it was incredible to hear as she looked towards the window, even behind the glass it was something that made her think of darkness, but also of passion, passion for music, passion for the written word, and an edge to it, not caring about anything or anyone but her own skill and as it finished up, Enid got up to go and talk to her, “Enid!” Lux started to say, but it was too late, the wolf had opened the window to talk.

 

“How the hell did you get that oversized violin out the window?”  she asked her new roommate, “I had an extra hand.” Wednesday told her and made Lux almost shriek as she saw the living hand on the music sheet as it waved at them both, “Whoa.” Enid said out loud, wondering how Wednesday snuck him in, “Where’s the rest of him?” She asked, more curious than anything else.

 

“It’s one of the great Addams family mysteries.” Wednesday told her, making Lux curious, “There are more than one?” She asked just as Thing fell off the stand to walk away, both Enid and Lux moving out of the way for the limb as the howling of the Furs started, hearing them, Enid had started to slowly move away, hoping that Wednesday wouldn’t ask as she put her Cello away, but it wasn’t to be.

 

“Why aren’t you wolfing out?” Wednesday asked, more out of curiosity than anything else, hearing that, Enid knew that she’d have to get it over with and told her, “Because I can’t.” She said, pulling out her claws to show the Addams, “It’s all I got.” The Wolf continued, going to lean on the ledge to look down, Lux joining her, “My mom says some wolves are late bloomers, but I’ve been to the best Lycanologist.”

 

“I had to fly to Milwaukee, would you believe it?” She asked the girl putting her instrument in its case, “Yeah, she says there’s a chance I may never… you know.” Enid said, hearing the sadness, Lux had put a comforting hand on Enid’s shoulder, being there for her friend, “What happens then?” Wednesday asked her out of curiosity, “I’d become a lone wolf.” Enid said as Wednesday went to stand beside her.

 

“Sounds perfect.” The Addams told her, which made Enid look to her as if she had gone insane, “Are you kidding me? My life would be officially over.” The young Sinclair told her, “I’d be kicked out of my family pack with no prospect of finding a mate.” Enid listed off here, “I’m failing to see the problem here.” Wednesday told her which made Enid just say it, ripping off the band aid, “I could die alone.”

 

“We all die alone, Enid.” Wednesday said which only made Enid more upset so Lux wrapped her in a hug, “You really suck at this, Wednesday.” Enid said to her, “I don’t think you’ll die alone,” She promised, “If the worst happens, you could live with me in Terbisia, we’ll be two shunned spinsters together.” the Phosphorus told her, “Th– thanks, Lux.” Enid said, the idea making her both sad and a bit relieved.

 

“At least one of you knows how to cheer people up.” She said to her, “Why are you crying?” Wednesday asked, “Because I’m upset!” Enid shouted, looking to her from the hug Lux gave her, “Haven’t you ever cried, or are you above that too?” She asked the Addams and instead of saying no, the girl seemed to contemplate, making Enid confused and Lux too as they watched her get ready to open up.

 

“It was the week after Halloween.” she told them, making the duo realize what she was about to tell them, “I was six years old. I took my pet scorpion, Nero, out for his afternoon stroll, and we were ambushed.” the girl explained as the two focused on her, “They wondered what kind of freak would have a scorpion for a pet.”  Wednesday said, relieving it, “Two of them held me down and made me watch…”

 

“While the others ran Nero over until…” the girl continued, recalling the day perfectly it seemed, “It was snowing when I buried what was left of him. I cried my little black heart out.” she continued to them, “But tears don’t fix anything. So I vowed never to do it again.” She said to the duo, neither one of them knowing what to say before Lux spoke, “My parents hate me.” Lux told them.

 

That made Wednesday look to the girl, “I lived in this conservative part of Europe, Outcasts there are treated like the men and women from the old Witch Trials.” she explained and hearing that, the two of them looked to her, Enid heard that she was from Europe and that she talked to her brother, but not much else, “Anyways, I found out about… my light, when I was a child, but I also knew that I was different.” she explained.

 

“I don’t know who in my family was a Phosphorus before or if this was a mutation, but I had it and I hid it, trying to make sure that my parents or those that they served wouldn’t find me and lock me in one of the prisons they had for Outcasts.” the girl said, rubbing her wrist as she said that, making Enid look at her, “So why are you here?” Wednesday asked her, making Lux give a sad laugh.

 

“I was having trouble controlling my light.” she told them, “It started to pop up more when I was emotional, and I had no way of suppressing it fully, but my family had a way to access the prisoners, so I snuck down there, I tried to find one of them that was– that could help teach me, but there weren’t any Phosphorus, but there was a siphon.” Lux told them, making the pair look, unfamiliar with that one.

 

“He was like a teacher, a friend that I could be honest with when everyone else I had to hide the truth from, I thought– I thought that he’d teach me how to better hide it, but that wasn’t what he wanted.” Lux continued, “He wanted to steal my light, and he did, he used it to break himself and every Outcast free, and they attacked  everyone in the city.” Lux said, regretful of the action.

 

“La Revoluziun(The Revolution) had taken many lives and in– in the end, my parents knew everything, my family knew everything, they knew I helped and– and if it weren’t for my Aunt and my Brother, I would have been locked away, the two sent me to Terbisia and funded my time here, and I swore that no one would never let anyone take advantage of me ever again.” Lux had told them.

 

“So ever since, I’ve been sure, ever since I was thirteen, to never let anything slip, let no one–” “What was that, French?” a voice asked, making them look to see that there was Jinx who had walked out, covered in paint, her hair made into a single braid thanks to some leather wrappings as she tried to clean her hands with a rag, “Romansh, I know that, French, Italian and German.” Lux told her.

 

“Irish, French, Gaelic and Latin.” Jinx told Lux as Enid looked at them, “Uh… Ξέρω λίγα ελληνικά.(I know a little Greek.)” Enid said towards them and hearing that, Wednesday gave one last look towards them, “Spanish, French and German, I read Latin and Italian.” The girl said, making Jinx grin, “Great! So what’re we talking about?” Jinx asked of them, wondering what was going on.

 

“We are talking about our past apparently, the death of Nero, Enid’s fear of being excluded, how Lux had come to be here.” Wednesday said, “Is there any sort traumatic story you wish to tell us now?” Wednesday asked the girl who thought, “Sure, I killed my cousins.” Jinx told her, making the three of them all looked towards her, “Consobrinicide, interesting.” Wednesday told her.

 

“Eh, not really.” Jinx said towards them, making the group look, “I was Eleven, the four of us were just trying to have some fun in our uncle, one of their dad’s labs when there was a monster that came in.” Jinx told them, “It found us, it chased us, and I tried to help, I tried to slay it, like a hero from one of those old stories, I used some unstable hexstones and I– I was dumb.” She told them.

 

“We were locked in a room and I tried to set it off, tried to throw it out, but it wasn’t far enough, I used too many and–” Jinx started before taking a deep breath, tears the color of her eyes had started to drop from her eyes, “It went off, my sister was fine, I needed surgery, bad, and my cousins? Mylo and Claggor, they died.” she told them, “I killed them and it’s been missing with me ever since.”

 

The four girls had stood there, one scared of isolation, one of them sealing their emotions so they could never be hurt, one of them cast away for something she couldn’t control, and one of them holding the guilt of what she had done, “Your secrets are safe with me.” Enid told the three of them, “Same here.” Lux said as well while Jinx had wiped the tears from her eyes, Wednesday just staying silent towards them..

 

“Still think you’re weird as shit, though, Wednesday.” Enid  said to The Addams, “The feeling is quite mutual.” She rebutted, the four of them staying quiet for a moment, Enid liking the little share they had when Wednesday spoke again, “How would you like your room back to just the two of you?” She asked, “You just need to show me how to use your computer.” She said towards her.

 

“One second, let me get one from my room.” she told them, going to climb up her room, Lux had took a peek and noticed that the walls were painted in there, but there was two things that stuck out, there was a violin case that looked old, and there was a portrait, a portrait of a roaring monster with large magenta eyes and needle like teeth snarling that made Lux wonder if that was the monster she meant.

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Jinx and Wednesday had looked on the screen and as they waited, the pair of them noticed the screen starting to come on and show Tyler Galpin, , “Uh… hi.” The boy they met before said, “That’s Thing.” Wednesday said, answering his silent question, “Ain’t he handsome?” Jinx asked, “Uh.. sure, is he, like, your pet?” Tyler said, making the Bluenetter dislike him more, “He’s sensitive.” she said.

 

“Look, I know Nevermore is ground zero for all things weird, but this is next–level.” He told them both, “So, what happened to not wanting to be a slave to technology?” He asked Wednesday, “Desperate times.” Wednesday said, “And I never made that stupid declaration.” Jinx told him, “Are you still willing to help us escape?” Wednesday asked of him.

 

“After what happened today, I figured they’d have you in solitary.” He said to them both, “Been in that, the shrink watching me had to be put in a straightjacket.” Jinx joked not joked for them, “There’s the Harvest Festival this weekend. Attendance is mandatory.” Wednesday explained towards him, “We’re going to use it as a cover.” She explained towards Tyler before Jinx pulled out a chart.

 

“If you’re still willing to drive us to the train station, we can make it worth your while.” The Addams promised to him, the man seemed to pause, looking towards them in silence before answering, “I’m in. And no charge. Consider it a freebie.” The boy told them with a smile, “Why?” Wednesday asked confused, “‘Cause I wish I was going with you.” Tyler told them, “At least two of us will get out of this hellhole town.”

 

There was a pause, “Don’t be late.” Wednesday said, “Thanks, Chuck! Bye!” Jinx said before she hung up the line, “I don’t trust him.” Jinx told her, “I don’t trust either of you, but for the moment, you and he are useful.” The girl said, making the Impulse smirk, “Well, where are you planning to go? Because I know some choice spots.” Jinx told Wednesday as both started to plan on what the next step was.

Notes:

So we have the first therapy sessions of the duo as well as some stories from the girls, on the matter of languages, I had picked a few outside of Wednesday who had those already, Jinx because Lanes is a French Surname, I see the rest of her family knowing Irish with Vander being the source of the Gaelic and on the latter of the Latin, TBR with Lux having the same languages as Switzerland since they were the last ones to have a Witch Trial in the 18th Century, I hope that y'all like this one and I have to admit I cannot wait to add more and more and then get to the real changes that I have in mind, I will see you next time with the next chapter, Enjoy!

Chapter 4: Monster Sighting

Summary:

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Harvest Festival, Jericho

The festival was going on with what looked like without a hitch, the four of them were looking towards the sight of Tyler Galpin talking to Sheriff Galpin, “Are you sure you can trust that normie?” Enid asked them, “Dad, I didn’t know they were gonna be here.” he muttered, “I trust that I can handle myself. And that Jinx will have her pistol on him.” Wednesday said towards them.

 

“I don’t want you talking to her. I want you home by 12:00.” the Sheriff said, making the boy negotiate, “1:00.” he said, “12:30.” the man countered before leaving Tyler there and walking off, “Well,” Enid said, the two blondes looking to the duo, “Good luck and safe travels.” Enid said, going to hug them both but Wednesday backed away while Jinx went in for a Bear Hug.

 

“Que ta lumière te guide toujours.(May your light always guide you.)” Lux said with a smile towards the duo, “Still not a hugger. That’s okay, Jinx is good.” Enid told her as the two blondes went to walk off, as they did so, Wednesday and Jinx followed the pair of them until they saw that Weems was watching them, looking towards the students with suspicion, so the duo went to walk off out of her sight.

 

The pair of them walked and lined up towards a balloon wall booth, Wednesday taking the darts while Jinx walked, “So, you still want my offer of Zaun?” Jinx asked her as she threw one, “It seems at the time to be my best option.” Wednesday told her, “Will your parents try to send us back?” She asked, throwing another dart dead center, “My mom and Uncle Silco? No, Dad, Uncle Vander and Fathands with Hat Lady? Yeah.”

 

“That doesn’t make the option appealing, Jinx.” Wednesday told her as she threw another, none of them missing, “Eh, I know every crack, crevice and secret room in the tunnels and my house, we could hide there for a while until we head somewhere else.” Jinx said to her as she landed another, “You make it sound like we’re going together.” Wednesday said, popping another.

 

Before Jinx could ask for more info on that, Xavier approached them, “Jeez, you get any better at this, you’ll be taking home a whole pack.” Xavier told Wednesday, “Panda’s don’t travel in packs. They prefer solitude.” Wednesday told him as she threw another, “All right. Subtle hint taken. Not sure why you’re letting Jinx follow you then.” Xavier said to them, making her grin, “I’m a rook, her stalking scavenger.”

 

“There are similarities.” Wednesday said to her before looking to her boy again, “You should know we’re waiting for someone.” The Addams said to him, “Oh yeah, who's the lucky guy… or girl?” he asked, making Jinx get close into her face, now curious with that, “What does it matter to either of you?” Wednesday asked, pushing Jinx’s face away from her own.

 

Before he could say anything though, Jinx had felt him before he started to back, making The bluenette spin, one of her braids accidentally slapping Tyler as he looked at them, “Didn’t mean to interrupt.” he told the trio, “You’re not.” Tyler said towards him, hostile, making Jinx curious as he walked off, “This is gonna be trickier than I thought.” Tyler said, trying to avoid what happened while the two girls were curious.

 

“Dad hit me with a curfew. We need to go if I’m gonna make it back in time.” Tyler had told them both, “I’ve got some dead weight I need to lose first.” Wednesday said to him, “Me?” Jinx asked, “The other one.” Wednesday said, looking at Weems, “Meet us behind the parking lot when the fireworks start.” Wednesday told him, the boy giving a small nod before walking off, “I still don’t like him.” Jinx told her before squealing.

 

Wednesday had looked at her confused, wondering what set her off before seeing panda, “You see that sad, lonely woman over there?” Wednesday asked the booth owner, “No…!” Jinx bemoaned, wanting the panda, “She needs this pathetic validation more than either of us do.” Wednesday told him, making Jinx pout as Wednesday started her plan, “Would you mind distracting her?” She asked.

 

The man had gone to do so, “Split up, if you’re not there in time, I WILL leave you.” Wednesday said, making Jinx shrug, “Sure, I really don’t care where I go.” Jinx told her before the two of them had walked off, Wednesday one way and Jinx the other, the two split, Jinx was starting to head to the parking lot before there was a hand that gripped her arm, “Hey–!” Jinx started before seeing Ekko holding her arm.

 

“What the Hell were you doing talking to Tyler Galpin?” he asked her, making Jinx confused as she noticed that Scar and Zeri were with him, “He’s Wednesday’s escape from Nevermore, I wanted to help–” “Look, I don’t know what you’ve been up to Jinx, I can’t tell you how to live your life.” he said, making her even more curious, “But Tyler Galpin is a bad guy, don’t trust him.

 

Jinx had cocked her head at that, “Yeah, I got the feeling.” she said to the trio, “Anything in particular?” she asked them, before Ekko could answer thought, Zeri seemed to notice something, “Uh, is that your roommate and Tyler being chased by some boys?” she asked, making Jinx swing her head to look at the pilgrim losers who had been humiliated before then an idea came to mind.

 

“Hey, Little Man,” Jinx said, making Ekko look at her, “How would your friends feel about a little blade in the grass?” she asked, making Ekko smirk, “For guys like that? We’d love to.” he said to her, pulling a mask out from his coat looking like an owl as Scar took his own like a jackal and Zeri a cat, “Let’s go.” he told her, the voice now heavily modulated as they went to follow.

 

The three of them had watched the sight as Wednesday and Tyler continued to run, at least until Wednesday had hit a kid and fell down, she looked like she was having a seizure, so no time for subtly, she used her Expression and sipped over in front of them, hands behind her back as she leaned forward, “Hey there, Chucks!” THe bluenette said to them with a toothy grin.

 

“Still upset about how two little girls took you down?” she asked them, making the trio glare towards her, ready to attack her, “That was a fluke, and you’re alone now.” The leader said to her, “Not true actually.” Jinx said to her, “I have ten minus seven friends, plus me, minus your teeth if you don’t back off…” Jinx started, making them confused until they had each felt a hand on their shoulder.

 

Turning, the three of them saw the kids who all wore an animal mask, all of them at the ready and spooking the bullies, “So, Chucks.” The girl said as she leaned forward, eyes close enough for them to see the bright light and the promise of pain and punishment inside them, “How about you guys go off, enjoy the festival, and we won’t show you why normies only hunted Outcasts when they were alone?”

 

The leader looked at her, unsure what to say, “My name’s–” “Chuck, I’m talking to Chuck right now, and he better ♩ hurry ♩ .” Jinx said, Scar growling to make them all decide it wasn’t the time, “Come on, let’s get out of here.” The Pilgrim Prince told them, leaving, “Rowan, come back!” a voice shouted, making Jinx turn to see a fleeing Wednesday, “Look, Ekko, We should talk later, but now? I gotta run!”

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Ekko had looked at Jinx as she followed after Rowan and seeing them, he got confused, “<Any idea what that’s about?>” Scar had signed towards them, the pair of them unsure as Ekko’s girlfriend looked at him, “Is she usually like that?” Zeri asked and hearing that, Ekko gave a sad smile, “Honestly? We weren’t really that close after what happened, I started to focus on the Firelights and she… she did her own thing.”

 

That made Zeri and Scar curious, they had seen a few things and such before the pair of them had noticed both Lux and Enid approaching, Lux concerned, “Have you seen Jinx and Wednesday? They were supposed to go with Tyler Gaplin, but his truck is still here.” Lux said, making Ekko concerned, he didn’t trust Tyler and if Jinx was involved… he didn’t want her facing another monster.

 

“Last we saw, they were heading to the woods.” he said to them, the Five of them wondering why they ran there in the first place, “<We should hurry, I think I heard–>” Scar started to sign before there was noise, a sort of roar, hearing THAT, they started to run, whatever was going on in there, they needed to get there fast before anything terrible happened to either one of them. 

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Woods, Jericho(Around the Same Time)

Jinx hadn’t given her old friend any time to argue with her as she went to chase after Wednesday who was chasing after someone else, The Impulse wondering what was going on, “Rowan, wait!” Wednesday said just as Jinx caught up, “Why are you hunting Rowan? I would have thought–” “What do you two want? Why are you following me?” He asked, “To be fair, I’m following Wednesday, not you.”

 

“I don’t have time to explain, but you’re in danger, Rowan.” Wednesday said to him, that made Jinx confused, how could she know that? Before Jinx could ask, Rowan had chuckled towards her, making Jinx confused as much as the Addams girl, “I think you’ve got it backwards.” Rowan told them as all of a sudden, Wednesday was flung into a tree, Jinx having already moved away.

 

Hiding behind trees as she readied Zapper, “You’re both the ones in danger.” Rowan told them, “What are you doing?” Wednesday asked confused, “Saving everyone from you, Wednesday, then I’ll stop Jinx too.” he told her, “I have to kill you both.” he said, making Jinx leave her tree and fire a bolt of lighting to him, but he lifted up a stone, blocking it, “You should be letting me do this!” Rowan told her.

 

“Yeah, no one’s killing me but me.” Jinx said as she used her speed to avoid the flung rock, he was stationary, he had to pin Wednesday there, so that gave her an advantage, as he tried to look for her, Wednesday distracted, “The gargoyle. That was you?” she asked, making Rowan look up towards her, “Yeah.” he said with a nod, “It’s always the quiet ones.” Wednesday muttered as Jinx went to fire another bolt.

 

Rowan had lifted a fallen branch now, not too big, but enough to block it, as the branch was burned to cinders, Jinx had gotten closer, about to deliver a punch, “Jinx.” Wednesday said, but it was too late, the first stone had come back and hit her in the back, knocking Jinx down and Zapper out of her hand, she had used her Expression to get out of sight while he used his telekinesis to show Wednesday a paper.

 

“Girls in the picture. That’s the two of you.” Rowan said, making Jinx want to see the picture as she tried to find Zapper and hope he wasn’t broken, [You’re just going to kill her like you killed us!] Mylo told her, letting it go, but Jinx had grabbed it, thinking it important, “You want to kill us because of some picture?” Wednesday asked, “I mean, I wanted to kill someone over a hat, so I get it.” Jinx said from her new hiding spot.

 

Rowan was using pebbles like a machine gun now, tearing through the trees almost as fast as she could run to a new one, “My mother drew that picture 25 years ago when she was a student at Nevermore.” Rowan explained to them, “She was a powerful Seer.” he said, one of the pebbles nicking Jinx’s right sleeve jacket, “Told me about it before she died.” Rowan explained.

 

“Rowan, stop this.” Wednesday said, “No! My mother said it was my destiny to stop these girls if she ever came to Nevermore, because they will destroy the school and everyone in it.” he explained to the pair, “Wow! And I thought my Gran E gave some weird prophecies.” Jinx said as the pebbles had started to surround her now, beginning to cover the girl to crush her as he pushed Wednesday further into the tree.

 

“Rowan.” Wednesday had started as he continued to try and engulf Jinx and crush Wednesday against the tree, “Rowan.” she begged once more, the man still trying to kill them until they had heard the sound of a bestial roar, one that made Jinx freeze up, terrified at the noise as a large claw grabbed at the Da Vinci and threw him onto the ground hard, Rowan had screamed, but the monster was louder.

 

It started to tear into his guts as Wednesday fell down and Jinx felt the stones stop from crushing her, but as Wednesday watched, Jinx had started to curl up, trying to making herself small, shivering in pure terror as she started to think of that day, that monster as it brutalized Rowan, giving one last look towards the girls before there was a blast of golden light, scaring the creature off as it ran off.

 

“Wednesday! Jinx! Are you okay?” Lux Crowne had asked as she, Enid and Ekko with his crew came over, they had looked at the scene before them and they saw the trail that the monster left behind, “What… what happened here?” Ekko asked, looking around towards everything with some shock while  Wednesday had rushed towards Rowan, looking down at him confused as the kids there with the scene before them.

 

She looked towards him and then towards Jinx, her terrified hand holding the paper, crumpled and non–responsive as the Addams went to her and… gently, as gently as possible for her, took the picture from her, seeing the school, the fire, and the girls, one in pure black with her hair, one that looked more like a demon with eyes that glowed a neon pink and covered in paint.

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Nevermore Academy, Jericho

Wednesday had looked down at the image and of the criminal record when her crystal ball came on, revealing not just her parents but also the Lanes as well, “Hello, my little black cloud.” Gomez said towards the girl, “So tell us darling, how was your first week?” Morticia asked, “Yeah, how’s Jinx? Did she at least keep her explosions to a minimum?” Felicia asked with a grin.

 

“Let’s see. Jinx and I narrowly avoided death twice while Jinx went into a panic, discovered that my father may be a murderer and that Mr. Lanes may have attempted to destroy the town, learned that we could potentially destroy the school, and was mysteriously saved by a homicidal monster that terrified Jinx.” She thought, “As much as it pains me to admit, you were right, Mother.” Wednesday told Morticia.

 

“I think I’m going to love it here.” she said, thinking about what she would be able to do, “And on the matter of Jinx, she’s currently working on her art, I will be sure to let her know that you had called.” Wednesday had told the Lanes with Connol looking towards the girl, “Can I see her?” Connol asked Wednesday who thought how she would avoid that, “I want to make sure she isn’t planning to burn Nevermore.”

 

Hearing that, The Addams was about to say that she was working on a mural when one of the panels had fallen down and revealed Jinx who had some headphones on and looked around, seeming like she was terrified before seeing the crystal ball, “Mom! Dad!” The girl said, using her Expression to appear in front, wearing nothing but a crop top and pajama shorts that showed her right side.

 

They looked towards the girl, Connol smiling, relieved while Felicia had looked closer at the image and as she looked, the woman had lost her smile, “Wednesday, if our daughter starts to overheat, can you please warn us?” Felicia said, making Wednesday look at Jinx who groaned, “Ugh! I’m not going to overheat again!” Jinx had told her mother which made Wednesday curious on what overheat meant.

 

“Your eyes say otherwise, Monkey.” Felicia had said towards her daughter, not being the happy chill parent at the moment, “We just want to make sure that you’re okay.” Connol said towards her, making the Impulse groan as she went to get a towel, “Don’t worry! If I start to Overheat, I’ll know about it before you!” Jinx said towards them, “That doesn’t mean–” Connol started, but it was too late.

 

Jinx had covered up the Crystal Ball and smiled before she had seen the expression on Wednesday, so she noticed her reflection in a mirror, “I’m right in front of Enid and Lux, aren’t I?” she asked as Lux was the first one to speak, “What happened?” she asked concerned, “What do you mean? Wednesday used the crystal ball, I made a dramatic entrance, I blocked the crystal ball, I saw you in the mirror, we started talking–”

 

“No, I mean why did you guys chase after Rowan?” Lux asked, Enid curious too, “Oh, ask Wednesday, I was just following her, I have no idea what she was doing.” the Impulse explained and hearing that, the blondes looked towards Wednesday, “When I bumped into him, I saw his death, he ran away and it seemed that Jinx followed after me.” the Addams said and hearing that, the group looked to Jinx.

 

“I followed… I’m sorry, am I missing something?” she asked and hearing that, Enid looked towards her, “When we found you, Wednesday was over you and you were all–” “Well I’m tired, I’m gonna go up and sleep.” Jinx said towards them, leaning back and making them drawn to the blue clouds over her right arm and right leg of their fellow student, making Enid curious.

 

“Are you going up there to make the left match with some more henna?” she asked, making Wednesday look at the art over her body while Jinx looked confused, “What henna? Also, what’s henna?” she asked them, making Lux approach, “You know… the art on your right side?” Lux had asked of her, making the girl look down towards her limbs, “Oh… no, those are tattoos.” she said.

 

That made the two blondes surprised by that before the girl went to scramble up the way she exited and as Wednesday looked, she saw that there was a painting that made the Addams curious, “Jinx, what is that–” Wednesday started before the panel had slammed shut, making them wonder why she was trying to stay up there, “Have any of you seen what’s up there yet?” Enid asked them.

 

And hearing that, the three of them looked, Wednesday’s was minimalist with an absence of color, no technology, the only personal effects seeming to be a cello and a typewriter, in the corner that had been claimed by Enid had looked like rainbows had thrown up on the area filled with comfort with nail polish and makeup on the mirror as well as a laptop that was covered in her aesthetics.

 

Meanwhile Lux had chosen the corner close to the door but not directly with white and gold like the crop hoodie that she preferred to wear with a skirt and leggings, there seemed to be a few religious symbols and some very general pictures, no background but just her and three other people it seemed, but for Jinx’s room, they didn’t know anything, anything at all.

 

“That monster…” Lux said towards them, “It had large eyes and needle like teeth, right?” Lux asked and hearing that, Wednesday, “Yes, I’m already looking to any sort of Outcasts that have those kinds of gestures–” “I only saw it for a moment, but it looked like the portrait in Jinx’s room.” Lux said and hearing that, the others looked towards the second floor that she had created, “Wait, what?” Enid asked.

 

But Wednesday was already getting on the chair and knocking on the roof ceiling, “Jinx, open this door, Lux confirmed you had an image of the monster.” Wednesday said towards the girl, but there was no response at all, making her start to think on how to cut open the hatch until Enid had headed to the ladder that was put there, “You remember she put this in, right?” The Fur asked.

 

Wednesday walked over towards it and then started to climb, the blondes looking towards it with curiosity, “You want to see what she has too, don’t you?” Enid asked Lux, both of them curious about how exactly she had set up the room for herself as Wednesday opened the panel, not rising up in case there was a trap and she was right as a trio of darts hit the wood where her head would have been.

 

Seeing that, Wednesday started to climb upwards and in, Enid and Lux close behind and as they did, the roommates had seen what she had done to the area, there were pillows and blankets that were covering almost every part of the floor, maybe as a canvas, maybe not, there were aisles that had been in place, some empty, some of them with color on them.

 

Jinx had been focused on painting on the wall, looking to create a city on it, one that looked to be made of smoke, acid and steel, it looked both sick and beautiful at the same time, it made Lux think she was homesick, strewn around there looked to be a table that had a series of tools and some items like Zapper there, a few other boxes like a violin case, some books, a few music players, phones, a computer–

 

But there was something that looked to be a portrait of the monster that Wednesday focused on as Enid and Lux both went to sit down, almost consumed by the comforters and pillows, they had honestly not pictured this as Wednesday looked at the date of the monster painting, “Jinx, where did you see this creature and when?” Wednesday asked, making Jinc pause, as if a record scratched.

 

She turned and looked towards them with some sort of dazed expression, “What?” she asked of them, making Wednesday look towards the girl and then seeing that there was music playing, ‘I only paint in red now’ by Lydia The Bard, “I asked you where did this portrait come from?” Wednesday asked and hearing that, the Impulse look towards the group and then towards the portrait.

 

“Oh, that’s the Purple Monster that made me kill my cousins.” Jinx said towards them and hearing that, Lux was concerned, “This is the one that chased you? And now it’s in Nevermore?” she asked of Jinx, “Relax, Laser Lady.” Jinx said, confusing them, “Laser Lady?” Lux asked Jinx, “Yeah, cause you fired a laser, and you look like a lady, so… Laser Lady.” Jinx told Lux.

 

Enid looked to the image and then remembered what she said, “Okay, love that, you should make it your new username, but what’s with the monster and why did you look all shaky?” she asked and hearing that, Jinx had only went to fall backwards into the large pile, being buried in there before she spoke, “So yeah, Purple Monster, got blown up, no one ever found the body.” Jinx said to them.

 

“Wait, no one found the body?” Enid asked, making Jinx nod, “Yup, nothing but his shadow left behind! And it looked all ‘blargh’” she told the group, Wednesday was about to ask more when there was a knock, sounding like ‘Dear friend across the river’, “Can Thing climb ladders?” Enid asked as she went to open the panel and looking, she saw that it was Ekko, “Hey, is Jinx okay?” He asked them.

 

Hearing that, they looked towards Jinx who started to get up, “Hey there, Little Man, I thought boys weren’t allowed in Ophelia?” she asked him as Ekko had started to climb up, “A chemboard and your balcony window.” he said and hearing that, Jinx had started to crawl through the pillows as Enid looked, “Wait, aren’t some of the kids trying to make real life Quidditch with those boards?” Enid asked, KIND of liking the idea.

 

“Over my dead body.” Ekko said before the man noticed her tattoos, “When’d you get those?” he asked Jinx, “Stole a Tattoo artist’s tools, did it myself a year ago.” she explained, making the group look towards her with curiosity before Enid spoke, “So you guys are friends? Like you grew up together?” Enid asked and hearing that, Enid went to climb up and sat down, scratching at the back of his braids.

 

The ponytail made up of his hair, “Yup, my family came to The West Coast with The Lanes, I was close with the sisters until– until it happened, we started to drift and now… I haven’t seen Jinx in Four Years.” he told them which made Jinx give a look, “Cool, now get out, I’m gonna get comfortable.” she said towards them, starting to pull her crop top off causing a couple of them to start to get down.

 

“Alright, if you need anything, or if that thing pops up again, me and the other Firelights will be happy to help.” the girls had all looked towards him as he went to the window and then he went to head to leap off the ledge, making them look and see that they got spooked, at least until the chemboard that he apparently had over the ledge started up and allowed him to fly away back to his dorm.

 

Wednesday started to think on how she would be able to take that item for herself until Lux spoke, “Until… until that thing is dealt with in some way, none of us are going into the woods alone, Compris?(Understood?)” she asked and hearing that, Wednesday looked towards her with Enid nodding, “Sure, I don’t–” “Je choisis Laser Lady !(Dibs on Laser Lady!)” Jinx shouted up above.

 

“That is not my new nickname!” Lux shouted, “The harder you fight it the stronger it gets!” Jinx shouted in her room, making Enid give a look, “So I’m gonna go to bed, anyone else?” she asked and Lux was happy to do as much while Wednesday and Jinx had both started to think and then the duo both started to get to work, the pair of them having various ideas on what their next moves were.

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Weems Office, Nevermore Academy

The woman had looked at the photos of the scene in the woods of young Rowan and she wished that she hadn’t seen it, the fact that a monster had been able to get so close to Nevermore with no one able to detect it, confused and worried, the principal started to think before she realized that there was something from an advert a friend sent, Weems saw that it was an old flyer from Kirraman Wardens.

 

Looking towards that and the phone number, the woman wondered if that was the best option, thinking, she decided to dial in the number, waiting as the phone started to ring and ring and ring until the voice spoke, “Kirraman Wardens, how can I help you today?” The receptionist said and hearing that, the Principal had taken a breath, “This is Larissa Weems of Nevermore Academy, may I please speak to Cassandra?”

 

Hearing that, the receptionist took a pause before there was a dial tone, “Larissa? What can I do for you?” Cassandra asked and hearing that, Larissa had been a bit relieved hearing her voice, “Cassandra! It’s good to hear your voice.” the woman said and hearing that, Cassandra chuckled, “You sound like Hurricane Morticia and Hurricane Felicia blew in.” She said.

 

“That’s actually why I’m calling you.” she said towards her, “Morticia and Felicia’s daughters are both here now, and unfortunately there’s been… an incident.” she said towards Cassandra, “What sort of Incident?” She asked, “The kind that I would rather speak about face to face as we discuss having Wardens patrolling Nevermore.” She said towards her which made the Larissa hopeful.

 

“I assume that you don’t want everyone to know… you would need teaching assistants, correct?” Cassandra asked, making Larissa seeing what she was planning, “And I assume that you have the perfect Wardens in mind?” Larissa asked, “Yes, two of your favorite former students.” Cass said towards Larissa who knew who she was talking about.

 

“I’d be more than happy to have them return to Nevermore.” the woman told Cassandra, “We’ll need to iron things out, give me everything that you know about the… incident.” The woman said and hearing that, The Principal had looked towards the door, seeing that it was locked, Larissa took a deep breath before she started to explain everything that she knew.

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Kirraman–Lanes Apartment, South Lanes

Violet had been blowing out the candles to their dinner, hearing the sound of Caitlyn in the bathtub and REALLY wanting to join her until there was a noise, making Vi really want to say something to them, pulling at her tie, the woman had went to pick up the phone as she looked towards her reflection, in black paints with a vest and rolled up sleeves for her button up.

 

“Hello? Kirraman–Lanes Apartment.” she said and hearing that, the woman spoke, “Violet, this is Cassandra, where is Caitlyn?” She asked and hearing that, Vi looked upwards before taking a breath, “She’s in the bathroom, what’s up?” she asked curious, “It seems that we have an assignment in Nevermore, and you and Caitlyn will be going there, to make sure the students are safe.”

 

Vi paused, recalling that her sister had been sent there, “What happened?” she asked, “There was an attack on one of the students, Principal Weems wants you both to protect them, will you be fine with that?” Cassandra asked, “My sister is there, there’s no way in Hell I’d let anyone else do that.” she told her, “Excellent, the Hexgate is ready for you both in a couple of hours, please let Caitlyn know.”

 

Vi smiled at the idea of going back to Nevermore and see her sister, “Sure no problem, I’ll go tell her now.” Vi said with a smile before the Nineteen Year Old had hung up, going to walk upwards, the College Sophomore had started through the hall and into the bathroom where she saw Caitlyn who was starting to stroke her leg as she cleaned it in the air, making sure to flirtatiously wink towards her girlfriend.

 

At least until she saw the look on Vi’s face as she started to strip with a sigh, “What’s wrong?” She asked Vi, who went to sit by the bathtub, “We’re going back to Nevermore.” she said with a look which made Caitlyn look, “Oh?” she asked her, “Looks like a student had an incident there.” she said, making Caitlyn start to get up, “You wouldn’t have let anyone go in our place anyways” she said with a wistful smile.

 

Hearing that, the Zaunite nodded towards her, “Yup, ready to embarrass my sister?” She asked of her and hearing that, Caitlyn smiled, thinking on how she would be able to annoy the Impulse and make sure that the girl wouldn’t burn down the academy, “So, when do we leave, darling?” Cait asked her, “We’ve got a couple of hours.” Vi said as she started to think on what trouble Jinx found herself in.

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Jericho, Vermont

The town of Jericho and the academy of Nevermore could be seen and as they looked, the beast had looked at them, thinking of what needed to be done, but there was also to his eyes, there was a series of glowing blue veins over the town that made him want to snarl, going and starting to approach until there was a noise that made him look to see his allies and seeing them, the beast moved.

 

They had already gotten rid of one freak and the several humans, but there was still so much to do, so much for them to gather so that they could wipe out so many of the freaks, looking, Thornhill, their master had approached, “Come along, boys, we have more to do.” the teacher said and hearing that, the beast started to crawl towards the spot, both him and the others were climbing into the cave.

 

They had been gathered, all of them had the same belief, that Nevermore must burn, and they would be the the victors, the beasts going to their own spots so that they would stay hidden, that they would watch and then they would attack the Outcasts, attack them, destroy everything, and they wanted to tear apart both Jinx and Wednesday after making them watch everyone die.

Notes:

So we have the appearance of the monster in the Harvest Festival and Lux doesn't want either of them alone, Vi and Cait are coming in for security and there are some things that I am excited to bring into the story, on the matter of calling their abilities Expressions, I heard a certain character call abilities that in Arcane and I liked it, so that is what I'm going to call it unless giving the specific name for it, now they have a case, a bit more into Jinx's past, and I gotta say I'm excited for what is next, I will see you next time, Enjoy!

And on the matter of the song I referenced, I thought it perfect for someone like Jinx
https://youtu.be/s3ny03wibmQ?si=bm-ibuSdyiKm0ZVO

Chapter 5: You Need A Hobby

Summary:

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Nevermore Academy, Jericho

“How could you miss a dead body?” Wednesday asked and she and Jinx were escorted back in with the Sheriff and the Principal, “Yeah, not like he was eaten whole!” Jinx said in annoyance, “‘Cause it wasn’t there.” Sheriff Galpin told them, “No footprints, no blood, no signs of a struggle. Nothing, nada.” he said, “Zilch and squat too?” The bluenette said, “My search party looked all night.”

 

That made the Addams annoyed, “Well, your search party must have left their seeing–eye dogs at home.” Wednesday snipped towards him as she, Weems and Jinx had headed to the stairs, leaving Galpin behind, “We saw that monster kill Rowan in front of us.” Wednesday told him, “Well I was having a terror, so I can’t be trusted more than usual.” Jinx said, “Not now, Jinx.” Wednesday told her.

 

“”Get a good look at this monster thing?” Galpin asked, “It didn’t stick around for a chat.” Wednesday responded, “Maybe it was one of your classmates.” Galpin said towards them, “Sheriff, I find that question offensive.” Weems snapped towards him, “I find that question offensive.” Weems told him, “I don’t care, ‘cause I got three other dead bodies in the morgue.” Galpin warned.

 

“Hikers just ripped apart in the woods.” He said, “The mayor said those were bear attacks.” The Principal said to him, “Well, the mayor and I disagree on that.” the normie sheriff muttered, “You think it might be Shimmer?” Jinx asked the man, making him look at her, “Shimmer?” he asked, “it’s kind of like an Adrenaline shot, helps certain outcasts… change when they’re blocked.” she said.

 

“Normies use it to make themselves supermen, makes people REALLY aggressive too.” She told him, “So there is something that could factor in more than just Nevermore students and you didn’t even bother to check if one of them was the murderer?” Weems asked, “Even though there’s no evidence a crime was even committed.” she said, making Galpin look anything but apologetic.

 

“I’m sorry. I forgot, you only teach the good outcasts here, right?” he asked, making Weems sigh while Jinx cackled and Wednesday only gave a look, “I don’t think anyone would call me a GOOD outcast back home.” Jinx said towards the man, making him glare towards her and hearing that, the Addams was ready to get rid of the man so that she could focus on the case herself.

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Weems Office, Nevermore Academy

The four entered the office, Weems marching past the three leather chairs she motions for them to sit at, “My guess is Rowan ran away.” Weems told them, “State troopers have put out an alert, and I’ve contacted his family,  but they haven’t heard from him either.” She said, making them curious, “Dead people are notoriously bad at returning calls.” Wednesday told Weems.

 

“I don’t know, I’ve met a few chatty ones.” Jinx said, [Shut up! Do you want them to try and lock you up again? Try to slow you down again?!] Mylo demanded, “What were you doing out in the woods with him, Ms. Addams, Ms. Jinx?” The Sheriff asked as he sat down to make himself comfortable, “I heard a noise in the forest and went to go investigate.” Wednesday told him.

 

“And Wednesday’s entertaining to watch so I followed her.” Jinx added, “That’s when I stumbled upon the attack and Jinx went into the fetal position.” The Addams told him, “Then what happened?” Galpin said, keeping his expression neutral, “Then we ran into Lux Crowne, Enid Sinclair, Ekko Sable and his friends who brought us to Bianca Barclay, and I told them to go for help.” she said.

 

“Next thing I remember was waking up in the dorm with Wednesday and our roommates were hovering.” Jinx said, “And just to be clear, this monster wasn’t a bear or some other wild animal?” Galpin said, glad that he wasn’t completely dismissing them, “I’ve hibernated with grizzlies. I know the difference.” The girl told him, “Same here, they’re just so furry and they–” “Thank you, Sheriff.” Weems told him.

 

The woman standing up, “I think both Miss Addams and Miss Lanes are done now.” she said towards the man, “Actually, I would like to speak to Sheriff Galpin. Alone.” Wednesday told her, making Jinx pout at the statement, “I’m not sure I can allow that.” The older woman said towards him, “I’m sure I could take her to the station and get a formal statement.” The Sheriff said to the woman.

 

The principal and the SHeriff both eyed each other, both of them trying to feel each other out before Galpin smirked, “Yeah, let’s go.” He told Wednesday, “Fine.” Weems snapped towards both, “You have five minutes, and everything is off the record.” the Outcast told both of them, “Play nice…” she said, not expecting either of them to do as much, “Or I will call the mayor.”

 

She gave a short whistle to Jinx, “I’m not a dog.” she muttered before going to follow after her as the pair of them went to leave the room, the pair of them alone, “Someone is trying to cover up Rowan’s murder.” Wednesday told him, “That’s the only reason to scrub the crime scene.” making Galpin give a look, “Is that your professional opinion as the daughter of a murderer?” he asked.

 

“My father’s twice the man you are, and the only thing he murders is the occasional opera in the shower.” The Addams told him but he didn’t look convinced, “It’s been a long night. I’m tired of your games.” he warned, “I’m not playing games. I’m telling the truth.” She explained to the man, “You want to reject my claims but you can’t.” she concluded towards him, “Why is that?” He asked her.

 

“Because you and I both know there’s a monster out there.” Wednesday told him, “And Rowan is the latest victim.” but instead of corroborating, the door opened to reveal a deputy who had messy nail polish on how, “Sheriff?” she said to the man, “What?” Galpin asked, “You’re gonna want to see this.” she said, opening the door to reveal Rowan standing in front of them and a shocked looking Jinx.

 

The boy walked in while Jinx rubbed at her eyes in confusion as he gave a wave towards them both with a smile, “Mr. Laslow, would you be so kind as to come with me for some questions please?” he asked, making him smile, “Of course, Sheriff Galpin, I’d be happy to.” he said towards the man, both of them going to walk off and as he did , neither Jinx or Wednesday could say what.

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Dr. Kinbott’s Office, Jericho

Jinx had looked towards Kinbott with a false smile, “Help me understand why you and Wednesday both claimed you witnessed a murder.” She said towards the bluenette, “Were you trying to recreate the moment?” she asked, “You probably already asked Wednesday something alike, and why would I do that?” Jinx asked her, “Everyone else thinks I’m crazy like Mylo and Claggor.”

 

“I don’t trust my eyes always, but my brain doesn’t make hallucinations like him.” Jinx said, her brain could be cruel, but it never made hallucinations of The Purple Monster, “Your life, like Wednesday’s, has had a lot of upheaval recently. It’s okay to be confused about things.” Kinbott told her, “My brain doesn’t get confused, it gets aggressive, noisy, too fast, but it doesn’t get confused.”

 

“Of course, I believe you trust your mind.” Kinbott told her, “I, like everyone in Nevermore, are here to help with whatever you’re feeling.” She told Jinx, “I’m feeling like I should set off the chomper I put in your office.” Jinx told her, “Wanna guess where?” she asked of her, pulling out a detonator, but Kinbott didn’t seem scared at all at the reveal of the item, but the therapist was unperturbed.

 

“That’s an interesting threat, but I wanted to ask about how things were in school.” she said towards her, “Well, I met my old friend, I got attacked, I think one of the teachers has me on a short leash and I think the principal is planning to do the same… so yeah, nice.” she told the woman, “Jinx, you’re here in Nevermore because your parents  thought you could find a balance in a larger community.”

 

“Tried that, I always end up starting a cult or blowing up a building.” Jinx warned towards her, “I like all of my prickly missiles, just wish my groupies got the idea.” She said, pulling out a fidget spinner and grinning, “Have you thought that this destructive behavior–” “HA!” “–Is because of your fear of destroying everything you even consider being attached to in some form?” she asked.

 

“If I were to get close to you I would take my bunny and sleep as soundly as a baby after I pull the biggest tea party in history.” she told Kinbott who only gave a look, not scared at all, “None of you can get rid of me that easily.” The therapist told her before she looked towards the clock, “And there we go, another session without any sort of explosions.” Kinbott told her, “I’ll take that 2 for 2.” she told the girl.

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Jericho, Vermont

Jinx had walked in and as she did so, the girl saw Tyler and Wednesday were away and on the other side of the street, Tyler starting to walk away as Jinx walked over, “So what did Galpin Junior want?” she asked the girl who gave a look, “When were you going to tell me about Shimmer?” she asked of the girl who shrugged, “Never really came up.” She told Wednesday.

 

The pair of them had looked towards the car, “And how easy is it for someone to acquire Shimmer?” Wednesday had asked, “Yeah, it’s a controlled substance, but if you have a license or a Axolotl Orianna, you can get it anywhere.” the Zaunite explained and hearing that, the Addams started to think if this was an avenue that she would be able to pursue before they started to head back.

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The Green, Nevermore Academy

“Ladies, come on!” Enid said, “Let’s work on those teeth.” the Fur said, taking the lead as Lux helped with the painting, “More scowl./More scowl” Lux said towards her as Enid did, “No prisoners, no mercy, Captain Enid.” Lux said with Yoko smirking on the opposite side of the canoe, making the Fur nod, “If Bianca Barclay wins again this year, I will literally scratch my own eyes out!” she threatened.

 

“I would pay money to see that.” Wednesday said, making Lux flinch into a crouching Jinx, “Hey there, blondie!” Jinx said, making her flinch again as Enid turned towards the pair of them, “Howdy, roomies!” Enid said towards them, “I’m so glad you both decided to stay.” she told them, “I thought you wanted us both gone while Lux was too polite to argue against you.” she said.

 

“Full disclosure, I didn’t like the idea of you both out there with no protection and Thing gives a killer neck massage. It’s a win–win.” Enid explained, making Lux look at her, “Thing didn’t give me one.” she muttered, making Jinx notice, “So… why the change of heart?” Lux asked for them, both girls curious on why, “I refuse to play the role of a pawn in someone else’s corrupt game.” Wednesday said.

 

“And she’s entertaining so I’m just following Wednesday.” Jinx told them, “You mean Rowan?” Enid asked, “I witness his murder, Enid.” Wednesday said, “WE witnessed his murder, all seven of us saw his body.” Lux reminded, “So how is he alive? Evil twin? Ghost? Clone?” Enid asked, “Because he doesn’t look like a Brainy.” Enid told them, “Brainy?” Jinx asked, “Walking Dead Zombie.” Lux told her.

 

She had studied EVERY species of Outcast that she could find back home and Teribisia in case she ever had to face one, and to find one before Sylas– “This leads me to believe I’ve been losing my mind.” Wednesday told the girls, “It’s not nearly as fun as I had anticipated.” Wednesday told them, “Nope, and I should know.” Jinx said before getting in her face, “Got any missing time in your noggin’?” she asked.

 

Jinx knocking on her head to the annoyance of Wednesday, “None as far as I can tell.” she said to the seeming expert, “Any voices you hear or people that seem to only interact with you in your field of vision?” Jinx asked again, wagging a finger in front of Wednesday’s eyes which she grabbed, “No.” She told the girl, “Hrm… did you do anything you don’t normally do, only to realize it after it was done?”

 

“How much of this stuff happens to you?” Enid asked, worried, “Oh, not too bad, plus I know I’m crazy.” Jinx said as Wednesday looked at her, “None.” The Addams told her, “Then nope, you’re at least not my usual brands.” Jinx told her as Wednesday looked to Enid and Lux, “You’re Nevermore’s gossip queen, Enid. What’s Rowan’s story?” she asked the girl who tried to recall.

 

“Other than being a weird loner… uh… no offense.” “None taken.” Wednesday said, “Never alone.” Jinx said as Mylo screamed in her face, “Xavier Thorpe and Ekko Sable are his roommates. If you had a cellphone, Wends, you could just text and ask him.” the Fur explained before turning, “Yoko. Come on@ Flare those whiskers or do you want Lux to do all the work?” she demanded.

 

“The Poe Cup droops for no one.” the blonde said to the girl with shades, shades that Jinx wanted to steal, “What is the Poe Cup anyway?” Wednesday asked as Jinx crouched to focus on the artwork, taking a brush now and starting to paint out as well, “My entire reason for living right now.” Enid told her, making the Addams pause, “Part canoe race, part foot race, no rules.” She told her excited.

 

Lux, seeing that Jinx took her position, stood up, “It’s a competition, each dorm has to pick an Edgar Allan Poe short story for inspiration and they go through a race to acquire the Poe Cup first before any of the other dorms.” Lux explained to her, “You could grab a brush like Jinx, Wends.” Enid told her, “Ms. Thornhill’s just ordered pizza. Want to take a stab at being social?” she offered the girl.

 

“I do like stabbing.” Wednesday told her roommates before looking at the canoe again, “The social part, not so much. Besides, it’ll cut into my writing time and I don’t appreciate you shortening my name.” she told her, “No worries. Just as long as you’re lake side cheering us to victory on race day.” Enid told her, “And the butchering of my name?” Wednesday asked.

 

“That’s non–negotiable, plus it’s cute on you.” she said towards her, Wednesday paused at that, looking at her confused and a little… she wasn’t sure what it was but Enid seemed to think that is was a dislike for her positivity, “Or you can just glare uncomfortably. Whatever works for you. Wends.” Enid told her, “If I were you, I’d make sure that Jinx doesn’t deviate.” she warned to them.

 

Hearing that, the duo turned and saw that she had gone crazy, Yoko and the other students had their wrists bound as she was working, “Jinx!” Lux started to say before she and Enid had headed over to stop her, letting Wednesday escape, the duo were about to say something when they noticed that she had made the Black Cat look as good as something Ekko or Xavier would have done.

 

“Jinx, I need you to be seriously straight with me.” Lux said, “Nope.” Jinx told her as she kept painting, making the duo look at her, “Why not?” Enid asked, “Because I can’t be.” She told them as Ekko had walked by, looking towards the side of the canoe she was working on, giving a whistle, “Hey Ekko, I need you to be Brutally Bi with me, this good?” She asked her old friend who gave a look.

 

“Not bad.” he said towards the Impulse before seeing the expressions of Enid and Lux, “What?” he asked them, “Nothing, it’s just I asked her to be seriously straight and–” “Yeah no, Jinx can’t be that.” Ekko told them, making the duo confused, “Why not?” Enid asked him, “Because I can only be Painfully Pansexual, duh!” Jinx told her as if it was the most obvious answer.

 

Hearing that and trying to keep calm, Lux looked to her, “Okay, can you be Painfully Pansexual with me?” She asked her, “Sure, what’s up?” Jinx asked, still painting, “Do you want to be a part of The Poe Cup Race?” She asked her, making Jinx pause, “Question, can I use ANYTHING to win?” she asked them, “You did hear the part where I said no rules, right?” Enid asked her, making Jinx smile.

 

“Then I’m in!” she told them, making Lux smile, Enid ecstatic while the others girls were worried as Jinx turned to Ekko, “Oh, Little Man.” she said to him, “I don’t know if you’ve got the same number so…” she said, offering one of her phones which Ekko took, “Not a problem, Jinx.” he said to her, “Great! And if Xavier wants me to play carrier pigeon between him and Wednesday, give him my number too!” she said.

 

That made Ekko pause, looking at her, “What’s the angle?” he asked her, Mylo pulling that all the time when he wanted a girls number, “Wends is being a sleuth, and I figured this might keep me entertained like Hextech Club.” Jinx told him, hearing that, Ekko could figure what she was thinking, “Have fun losing at the Poe Cup!” he said with a small wave as he left, making Jinx smile as she gave his retreating form the bird.

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Archery Range Nevermore Academy

Wednesday had walked up to the range just as Xavier had fired an arrow not hitting the bullseye, he paused as the artist noticed her, “Huh. You actually showed up. Ever shot a bow and arrow before?” he asked the girl, “Only on live targets.” Wednesday told him, “A girl after my own heart.” a voice said, making Wednesday turn to see there was a woman with Dark Blue hair approaching them,

 

Her clothing was minimalist, pants that hugged her legs with a turtleneck sweater, she had a case on her side that she had on a strap slung on her shoulder, appearing almost in the design of a disassembled rifle, her dark blue hair long but at the moment in a pony tail while her Teal Blue eyes had feigned kindness but was watching her every movement, “Hello, I’m Caitlyn, the Teaching Assistant in charge of this club.”

 

Caitlyn didn’t offer a hand, good, she would have lost it, “What happened to Mister Jeanne?” Xavier asked, “He had a family situation, I wanted to give back to the school that helped my education.” the woman told them both, “Okay.” Xavier said as he drew an arrow and then the bow, giving a look to Caitlyn who only motioned for him to demonstrate, so he complied for Wednesday.

 

“Square stance. Load the arrow like this, yellow side out. Three fingers.” he said, showing the glove to them both, “Pull back and…” he started, firing again and not hitting the bullseye again, “Let it fly.” He told her before looking at both, “Any questions?” he asked, making Caitlyn give a smile, “A valiant effort, Mister Thorpe.” Caitlyn said to him before Wednesday spoke.

 

“When’s the last time you saw your roommate Rowan?” she asked him, making Xavier sigh, “You mean the one that was killed by a monster?” he asked before going to get another arrow, “Ekko told me you might ask and I have the same answer, “The Harvest Festival. I haven’t talked to him since. Neither has Ekko.” he said, “But his side of the room was all packed this morning.” the bot told them.

 

“Rowan’s always been a little off, but, uh, the last couple weeks he’s been more erratic.” he told them, “you know, telekinesis can mess with your head, you know. He’s… it started to freak us both out.” He said, “I doubt that,” Caitlyn muttered, Wednesday curious what she meant, “You’re thinking of Magnetokinetics, like a Ferrus, Mister Thorpe.” she said as he aimed the bow again.

 

“So what’s the deal with you and Tyler, Wends?” Xavier asked before firing, barely in the ring this time, making her confused as he looked at her, “I’m sorry, were you the only one who got to ask non–archery questions?” he said towards her before picking another arrow up, “There is no deal. He was doing me a favor driving me out of town, which I’m sure Weems spy here will be happy to tell her master about.”

 

“Yeah, word of advice. Steer clear.” he warned before offering the bow and arrow to Wednesday, “Why? Because he’s a normie?” She asked, “Because Tyler and his friends are a bunch of jerks.” Xavier said to her, “I’m sorry, could you explain that to me?” Caitlyn asked, “They can’t stand the fact that this school’s the only thing propping up their Podunk town.” he told the pair.

 

“Says the boy whose life was served on a silver platter.” Wednesday told him, “Hey, girls in glass houses–” “Should throw bigger stones.” Caitlyn and Wednesday both said, making the duo look towards each other, “Alright,  Kettle, quit teasing Pot.” She said towards the girl who ignored her and walked forward, tossing an arrow as she did, “At least I’m not an elitist snob.” she told them before pulling and firing.

 

In a quick motion from her own calculations, the arrow had hit dead center, taking the apple and pinning it there, “Ouch.” Xavier said to the pair of them, “Well done, Miss Addams.” Caitlyn said towards her, making the Addams give a look towards the woman, wondering what her plans were before going to find another club, one that hopefully kept her isolated from everyone else.

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Nevermore Hummers, Nevermore Academy

Wednesday approached the bee painted shack and the apiaries that were around it when there was a presence behind her, “Are you interested in the ancient art of beekeeping?” a voice asked, making Wednesday turn to see two boys in beekeeping suits, “Eugene. Eugene Ottinger.” the boy told her, offering his hand, “Founder and president of the Nevermore Hummers.” he told her.

 

“And this is my Vice President, Nicholas Young.” He said, the other boy being of a light brown skin tone with his hair, straight and groomed as if he took himself too seriously, but his amber eyes showed kindness like Eugene, “Wednesday. Wednesday Addams.” she told the pair, offering her hand to Eugene to shake, “looking around towards the scene, “And I late or is it only you two?” she asked.

 

“The hive life… it isn’t for everyone.” Eugene said, “Most kids are afraid of venomous insects.” continued, drawing her attention, “Are you willing to feel the sting?” He asked, making Nicholas sigh, “Eugene, that’s how we lose anyone interested.” the other boy warned, but he also saw the look on Wednesday’s face, “I’ll get one of the spare suits.” he told them.

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“Bees have been producing honey in the same way for 150 million years.” Eugene continued to say, “120 Million, Eugene, Bees have been alive for 120 Million Years.” Nicholas said to the other boy, “Yes, but they’re still nature’s perfect community.” he told them both, “All working together to achieve a common goal./All working together to achieve a common goal.” the two boys said, one sarcastic as Wednesday looked.

 

Thing had arrived and was trying to survive a bee, “Fun fact, it’s also one of the few ecosystems in which females dominate.” he said, making Nicholas sigh, ‘More common’ he mouthed to Wednesday which is when he noticed the hand starting to move off with the girl, “From the queen bee to her workers. There’s no patriarchy in the hive!” he said with a smile, turning before he was the last to realize she was gone.

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Nevermore Academy, Jericho

“Rowan! We need to talk.” The Addams girl said as she put on her jacket, seeing Rowan getting into a car with a redhaired woman that looked more suited for a cage matched, “Wednesday, I’m not allowed to speak to anyone.” Rowan had told her as the woman looked at them, “You had a lot to say the other night when you tried to kill me.” she said, eyeing the driver who looked concerned.

 

But Rowan had seemed analyzing, curious, “Told me I was destined to destroy the school, remember?” she asked the boy, curious and concerned, “Where did you get that drawing?” she had asked him, “I just went into the woods to clear my head.” The boy said, making the driver scoff, rolling her eyes towards him, “Then you can after me.” he said to her, before she could ask more, the car honked.

 

“Come on, kid, you and your driver gotta go.” the woman said as she got out and Thornhill approached, “Wednesday.” she said, “You shouldn’t be here.” the teacher told her as Rowan seemed to take advantage of that, “Yeah, back off and leave me alone.” he warned towards her before going to enter the car, leaving Wednesday and the stranger theorem the woman looking up with a groan.

 

So much so that she didn’t see Thing on the back of the car, “Hey, what were you talking about?” The woman asked, “I don’t see how that is any concern of yours.” she said to the woman who only stared her own, looking curious before she went to put in her earbuds, “Fine by me, just make sure you’re not caught doing anything that’d get you in trouble.” she warned, leaving the curious Addams alone.

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Greenhouse, Nevermore Academy

“How do you lose him in a bathroom with no windows?” Wednesday whispered to Thing within the earshot of Lux who approached just as Thing… shrugged? It looked like what one would consider a shrug, “A lefty wouldn’t have failed me.” Wednesday said towards Thing and Lux couldn’t tell if that was racist or insulting to the hand, “Don’t sulk.” The Addams told him.

 

“Now I’m going to have to find new evidence myself, since you lost our only lead.” Wednesday said as the Sirens started to watch them, “I see you finally made a friend.” Bianca said towards her, so Lux decided to intervene, “Of course she did.” Lux said, appearing next to Wednesday with a smile, “Enfin essan nus conscolars.(We’re roommates after all.)” she told the girl.

 

“Of course, I go for quality over quantity.” Wednesday added, staring Bianca straight in the eye as she said  that before she went to walk off, Lux had given a smile towards Thing before going to follow after Wednesday, “I didn’t need your help.” Wednesday told her, “I was helping Thing, besides, I figured you’d want to be discreet.” she told her as they went to sit down in their spots.

 

Lux went to sit in a empty table while Wednesday looked around until Xavier sighed, “There’s an open spot next to me.” he told her, “And next to me!” Jinx said in the spot at Lux’s table, making Xavier flinch as he looked at her, “Jesus!” he said, all of them surprised she was there, “I get that a lot, they both start with J, but I’m Jinx, JINX.” she joked, “Come on the broody artist is better than nothing.”

 

Xavier was about to say something about that before Wednesday went to sit beside him, he waved his hand over a image of a spider, making it start to rise up and become three dimensional, the Addams and the Lanes looking at it with interest, but before they could say anything, Thornhill spoke, “I doubt Wednesday is impressed by your tricks, Mr. Thorpe.” Thornhill told him.

 

“I am!” Jinx said, raising her hand as she said that, “By the way, how good are you at counterfeiting money? Asking for a friend.” Jinx asked, making Lux glare towards her, “That’s one, what about you, Wednesday?” he asked the girl who looked the animal, it starting to approach, so she did something simple, she smashed it with her open hand, making it evaporate into charcoal.

 

“Wednesday, Jinx,” The teacher said as Xavier closed his sketchbook, “We’re thrilled to have you join us on our journey into the world of carnivorous plants.” Thornhill told the girls, “Now, who can tell us the name of this beauty?” the adult asked, hearing that, Bianca raised her hand, “Dendrophylax lindenii.” Wednesday told them, “Otherwise known as the ghost orchid.” Bianca continued, annoyed with her just answering.

 

“First discovered on the isle of Wight in 1854.” The Addams had added to it, “I prefer White Frog Orchid, sounds better.” Jinx whispered, making Lux curious about how she knew the answer, “Very good, Wednesday.” Thornhill told the girl before looking to the other student who answered, “Looks like you may have competition for first chair, Bianca.” Thornhill said, making a few of the child snicker and ‘ooh’.

 

“Wednesday, perhaps you can identify the ghost orchid’s greatest qualities.” Thornhill asked of her, "Resilience and adaptability.” The Addams told her, “It’s able to thrive in even the most hostile environments.” Wednesday explained, “but its mere presence can change the ecosystem, causing the established plants to reject it.” Bianca told her, “Usually because the native species is allowed to thrive unchecked.”

 

That made Bianca lose her smugness, “Nothing a weedwacker couldn’t fix.” she told her opponent, “You can most certainly try.” Bianca said to her, “Are we still talking about flowers?” Xavier asked, “Shh, Chuck! I wanna watch.” Jinx had said, making them all start to laugh towards the commentary, “Thank you, ladies, for those illuminating insights.” Thornhill told them all.

 

“Clearly the plants are the only carnivores in class today.” Thornhill told them, making the group all start to laugh towards that before they started to focus, “This is gonna be fun.” Jinx whispered towards Lux who knew that Bianca and Wednesday were going to be at each others throats, they were either going to be friends or they were going to end up dead by each other’s hands.

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Galpin Residence, Jericho

Galpin had motioned for his dog to leap into the trunk which he happily did, “Good boy.” The Sheriff told him, “Watch you butt. Watch your butt.” he warned, closing the bed as Tyler approached, “Hey. Where you going with Elvis?” Tyler asked him, making his dad try to think, “Just, uh… following a lead on a case.” he told his son, but he wasn’t a kid who’d believe anything he’d say anymore.

 

“You still believe there’s a creature out there, don’t you?” Tyler asked his father who looked away, “I heard you and Santiago talking. You think it’s a Nevermore kid? One of their staff?” he asked of him, “Ran into your shrink.” The Sheriff told him, changing the subject, “She was kind of tight–lipped about your progress.” he told the teen, “Yeah, it’s called doctor–patient confidentiality.” Tyler remarked.

 

“How about father–son confidentiality? What are you two yakking about?” The officer asked but he just sighed, “Video games, cancel culture, oat milk versus soy, it’s a wild time.” he told his dad who wasn’t amused, “I pay the bills, I got a right to ask.” he reminded, “We talk about Mom.” Tyler admitted as he tried to walk off, making him pause and look to him, “Remember her?” Tyler asked him.

 

They had only stayed quiet for a moment, the silence broken by Elvis before he spoke, “Better not be talking crap about your old man.” he warned playfully to him before going to his car, “I’ll be home late. You’re on your own for dinner.” he told him, “Oh, damn. I– I was hoping we could fire up the grill and then catch the big game with my friend.” he told his dad who only started his car and started to drive off.

 

“Love these warm, fuzzy memories we’re making, Dad.” He told his father who had only continued to drive off, as he had done so, the teen started to sigh before he went to text his friends, looking to try and pass the time before he noticed that there was a text from one of them, seeing that, he went to head back into his home to make some plans for himself and for what they all could do together.

Notes:

So then! We've got some more dialogue for this! A introduction of not just Eugene but also Nicholas Young, an OC because I have PLANS, plans that revolve around what I am setting up, Enid and Lux as well as those that see it believe Wednesday and Jinx about the body and now we've got Jinx and Vi running around in Nevermore now, Jinx doesn't know yet and I cannot wait to put in the discovery, I hope that y'all are enjoying this because I cannot wait to add more, see you next time, Enjoy!

Chapter 6: More Questions

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The Green, Nevermore Academy

“I have to get back to the woods,” Wednesday said towards Enid who had been checking on the mods and art that Jinx had done to the canoe, “But Weems has been watching me like a vulture circling a carcass.” She said, looking around cautious, “And you want me to cover so that you can return to the scene of the crime?” The Fur asked her, “I have beekeeping club this afternoon. I need you as decoy.” She said to Enid.

 

But Enid only made a face, “Sorry. Two strikes.” She told her roomie, “I'm busy and bees totally creep me out. Not to mention the groundskeeper is always patrolling around here.” Enid warned before having an idea, “Why don’t you ask Thing? Or Jinx?” she asked her before noticing her face, “Wait, you can’t because he’s mad at you and you can’t control Jinx.” she said with sarcasm.

 

“Why’s he mad? He’s the one who screwed up with Rowan.” The Addams told her, “All I know is that we spent an hour giving each other manis with Lux and Jinx, and he really opened up.” Enid said to her, “He feels like you don’t respect him as a person.” She said to her before getting back to work, “Well technically, he’s only a hand.” Wednesday told her which annoyed Enid.

 

“Wednesday! He’s your family.” The blonde said to her, “And he would do anything for you.” she said before taking a breath, “Go apologize and I’ll reconsider helping you.” Enid demanded of her before getting back to work, “Fine, I’ll ask Lux.” Wednesday told her, “No.” Lux said as she appeared, wanting to avoid conflict, “Same deal.” She said, the two blondes getting to work and making her go to walk off.

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Tower Dorm, Ophelia Hall

Wednesday Addams had stormed in and looked around before she saw that Thing was on Enid’s bed with Lux, the two of them looking over the images as Jinx kicked her legs in the air, “Jinx, we need to speak in private.” Wednesday said, “Okay, go.” Jinx said, unmoving, hearing that, seeing her not moving, Wednesday decided to look to her family member, “I snapped at you.” She told Thing.

 

“I’ll check my tone in the future.” she said to him, but he only stayed quiet, “Now chop–chop, before all our leads turn cold.” Wednesday said to him, turning to leave, but the two of them had stayed in their spot, Jinx flipping a page as they waited, Wednesday turning when she didn’t hear anything from either one of them, “What is it that you want? Hand cream? Nail buffer?” She demanded of the hand.

 

“New cuticle scissors?” she asked, making Jinx pull up a bag from behind the bed to show an entire supply of hand care products, Thing slamming the magazine closed and tossing the article at her before beginning to tap towards her, “I believe I don’t need to translate for my client.” she told her, making Wednesday sigh as she went to sit down, Jinx getting off the bed to give them space.

 

Thing started to sign towards his ward who understood, “I know I’m stubborn, single–minded and obsessive.” She said, “But those are all traits of great writers.” she told him, “And determined inventors.” Jinx said as she started to work with an explosive to keep herself entertained, but Thing had signed towards them both, “Yes. And serial killers.” Wednesday added, “What’s your point?” Jinx asked, unperturbed like Wends.

 

He started to sign faster towards them both which made Wednesday confused, “I have nothing to get off my chest, and I am not submitting to your emotional blackmail.” The Addams told him, “Oh! Can I try?” Jinx asked just as a nail file was thrown near her head, almost nicking her ear, Thing had given a few taps towards the group before the battle of wills was won by Thing, “Fine.” she told him.

 

Pulling out the piece of paper which made Jinx get up to look at the art, “When Rowan showed me this, it confirmed my greatest fear.” she told them, “That I’m going to be responsible for something terrible.” The girl said, “Not good terrible, like Ivan. Bad terrible.” she said, making Jinx snap out towards that, “Hey! Don’t hog all the blame, I’m gonna be responsible too!” she reminded, pointing to the colorful image of her.

 

“So, if you’re gonna stop it, I’m gonna help you.” she told her before they looked towards Thing, “That’s why we need to find out the truth.” Wednesday told him, instead of signing towards that, he had instead rested his own hand on her, patting it gently, “Breathe a word of this to anyone and I will end you both.” She threatened, making Thing inch away, “Eh, you won’t be the first to try.”

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Nevermore Hummers, Nevermore Academy

“If Weems comes sniffing around, keep your distance, look grim, and don’t say a word.” Wednesday told Enid as she went to put on the outfit, “Payback is going to be a bitch.” The Fur told her, “I’d expect nothing less.” Wednesday warned before going to Eugene and Nicholas, “Either of you blab and I will squeeze you like a honeycomb.” she warned towards the pair of them.

 

“Snitches get stung.” Eugene told her, “It’s hive code.” The President explained, “Besides, I should be thanking you. This is the most girls I’ve ever had in the shed. Other than bees.” he told the Addams, “It’s sad, but it’s true.” Nicholas told her as Eugene looked behind her to Enid, “I’ve always had a thing for werewolf chicks.” he explained and that made the Addams feel… off in some way.

 

“The chance that Enid ever becomes romantically interested in you is less than 1%.” she whispered towards her, “So I’ve still got a shot? Yes!” he asked her with a fist pump, Nicholas sighed as he helped her out, “Okay, just a warning, the Groundskeeper is our Supervisor and he likes to patrol the woods, watch out.” he told her, “I’m not afraid of a human groundskeeper.” Wednesday remarked, “Who said Blitzcrank was human?”

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Woods, Jericho

Wednesday had stalked the woods, recalling what Nicholas said about the Groundskeeper, a Mechanical Golem powered by experimental Hextech, donated by an alumni, he apparently had no weaknesses and– there was a grunt, making her turn to look before all of a sudden, her mouth was covered and she was pulled back, making her about to attack until she had seen why they pulled her back.

 

It was The Sheriff with a dog, the canine barking as they had walked off, the moment they did so, Tyler Galpin’s grip had loosened and she pulled herself away, glaring towards him, she noticed there was a boy with blonde hair, a split lip and what looked to be darkened veins there, “Sorry. I didn’t want Elvis to pick up on your scent.” Tyler told her as the Blonde kept an eye out for the pair.

 

“Thanks. How’d you throw them off?” Wednesday asked, curious and wondering who the blonde was, “Uh…” he started as the pair of them pulled out a familiar smelling item from their pockets, “Coffee grounds?” she asked, “Deer–hunting hack.” Tyler told her, “One of the perks of being a part–time barista.” he said as the blonde pulled out an inhaler to get a puff, still having not spoken.

 

“I assume your father didn’t bring the bloodhound to play fetch. Or that you are here just to consort with your friend here.” Wednesday said towards the pair of them, “Yeah, he doesn’t tell me shit.” Tyler explained before realizing how it sounded, “You must think it’s weird I’m stalking him with Kane.” he said, giving the other boy a name, “No, I consistently stalk my parents.” Wednesday told him before walking off.

 

Seeing that, Tyler, followed by Kane, went to approach, the former asked her questions, “Hey, wait, what really happened the other night at the festival?” he said, Kane pushing his shoulder, motioning for him to keep asking, “Look, I swear I won’t say anything to my dad.” he said towards her and hearing that, Wednesday paused, looking to the blonde, “Oh, Kane? He’s mute and he only hangs out with me and his aunt.”

 

Hearing that, Wednesday considered if he was being honest, looking to the duo and how the helpful boy seemed to trust him, she decided to test Kane with the truth, “I thought Rowan was in danger.” she admitted to the pair, “Turns out I was wrong. Then he proceeded to use his telekinesis to try and choke me to death while crushing Jinx with stones.” Wednesday told them, making Kane have a strange expression.

 

“Yes, that is her name.” Wednesday said before turning to leave, “Holy shit. Wh– Why should he do that?” Tyler asked, “No idea. That’s when this monster came out of the shadows and gutted him.” The Addams explained, making the two teens pause, “Whoa. Whoa.” he said, surprised, “So– So you really saw it?” he asked her, “And it didn’t try to kill you?” Tyler asked, as confused as her.

 

“Jinx and I both did. It actually saved us from Rowan and seemed to trigger a trauma in Jinx. The former is what I’m trying to figure out.” she said towards the boys, “I came here to find something that can prove he was murdered and that everyone other than the students who saw the body can believe I haven’t lost my mind. Yet.” she told them, whispering the last word.

 

The three of them still moving until Wednesday paused, seeing something familiar, she advanced on it to see that there were the victims glasses, “These are Rowan’s.” she told the boys, “I knew it was a cover–up.” she said, taking them and the moment she did so, a vision had over taken her.| Rowan pushing the raven. “What are you talking about?” “So much of my–” “My new desk, you psychopath!”

 

  Xavier shouting towards Rowan with Ekko just as angry. Rowan still pushing the statue. “Speaking of that–” “You creep people out!” Ekko shouted towards him.Rowan in a strange library, pulling a book and tearing the page out from it. “You know–” “Unbelievable.” “I did.” “You’re crazy!” The statue fell, Xavier and Ekko thrown into a wall.|Nightshade Society was on the book Rowan took from.|

 

“You okay?” Tyler asked, concerned as she snapped out from the vision, unsure what to say before Kane had seem to hear something and tapped Tyler’s shoulder, “Hey! This is private property!” a familiar voice shouted, making the two boys run, Wednesday about to do the same, “Don’t, I chased Impulses as a kid, you won’t make it.” The Redhead who had brought the car for Rowan said.

 

“What are you doing here?” Wednesday asked the woman, “I could ask you the same thing.” She said to Wednesday, seeing the glasses in her hand before Wednesday pocketed them, “I’m the new TA for Phys Ed and boxing, now are you gonna tell me why you’re here or do I have to tell Weems?” she asked Wednesday, hand on hip and eyebrow cocked as Wednesday looked her over.

 

She was attractive in a hard way, her body was muscular with tattoos covering her body, the red hair on her head was shaved on the left but was long on the right, the Roman Numerals for Six under her eye drew Wednesday’s attention, “Come on, shouldn’t you be at your club?” The woman asked her, “Actually I was, I am a member of The Nevermore Hummers and I was searching for–” “Yeah, yeah.” She said.

 

“Weems warned me about you, just say you got lost or you were looking for Blitzcrank, okay?” she asked, looking at a unmaintained trail, “Cause it looks like he’s getting sloppy.” the woman muttered to herself before looking to Wednesday, “Come on, I’ll bring you back to The Academy.” The woman said to Wednesday, The Young Addams not seeing a way out, went to follow after her.

 

“I would have thought one of Weems spies would be telling her what I’ve been up to?” she had asked her, “Well, I won’t, this time, if you do me a favor.” The woman told her, “I’d like it if you kept an eye on Jinx for me.” The redhead told her, “Just in case she overheats again.” the stranger said, hearing the term that Jinx’s parents used, Wednesday came to a conclusion on why this woman would be so interested.

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Library, Nevermore Academy

“I keep seeing that same purple book.” Wednesday told Thing and Jinx who decided to tag along, Jinx going through the shelves as Thing found another book, “The cover was darker.” Wednesday told her family member, “Like a Plum or an eggplant?” Jinx asked from another spot, “More like a day–old contusion. Keep looking.” The Addams told them both, Thing about to move– “Ah ah!” Jinx told him.

 

“What do we wait for?” she asked her friend who looked to Wednesday who turned to glare at Jinx, “I won’t beg.” She told her, “I was looking for a bribe or a threat.” Jinx told her as she continued to pull out books, “I don’t usually find students in here looking for actual books.” a voice said, making Thing go to hide in a shelf while the pair looked upwards to see Thornhill chuckling.

 

“Most sneak in to make out.” Thornhill told them, “I accidentally walked in on two vampires fanging.” Wednesday said to her, “I can’t unsee that.” which Jinx shrugged at to the teacher,  “And Wends isn’t my type.” she added, “Is there something I can help you find?” Thornhill asked, making Wednesday pause, cautious, she took another chance and revealed the image, “Have you seen this before?” Wednesday asked.

 

“It’s a watermark from a book I’m looking for.” She asked Thornhill who seemed to consider the question, “I think it’s the symbol to an old student society. Um…” “The Nightshades!” a new voice said, making the trio turn to see Heimerdinger, “Like the deadly flower.” Wednesday said towards the Yordle, “Exactly, young Addams!” The Professor said towards her which made Wednesday pause.

 

“Color me intrigued.” Wednesday said to the small man, “Unfortunately, The Society had been disbanded in 1992.” he said, walking up to the duo, “Any idea why?” she asked of the two teachers, “Sorry.” Thornhill said to her with a shake of her head, “Unfortunately, I was on a leave of absence at the time.” Heimerdinger told her as he went to a shelf to peruse through the books there.

 

“I was very impressed with your answers in class today.” Thornhill told the student, “My mother is a carnivorous plant aficionado. I assume I get my red thumb from her.” Wednesday told her, making Heimerdinger chuckle, “Ah, I remember, she and Miss Fuinseong had released a small jungle during a school prank.” he said, making Jinx curious at what he recalled, “And you Miss Lanes?” he asked.

 

“Eh, I’m more of a Bedrock and bombs kinda gal.” Jinx said to him, “Are both of you and your mothers close?” she asked the girls, “She helped me learn my love of explosives and everything weird.” Jinx said, “And you, Wednesday?” Thornhill asked, making the Addams pause, “Like to inmates sentences to life on the same cell block.” she had finally answered, not looking at any of them as she said this.

 

“I know it can’t be easy… showing up mid–semester.” Thornhill said as she went to get close, Heimerdinger going to get a stepladder as Jinx watched him, “I’ve been here a year and a half, and I still feel like an outsider.” The botany teacher said to her, “Because you’re the only normie on the staff?” Wednesday had asked, making Thornhill seem, lightly surprised as she looked towards Wednesday.

 

“Enid told us, that girl cannot keep a secret.” Jinx said to her, making the woman smile, “To tell you the truth, I’ve never really fit in anywhere.” she told them, “Too odd for the normies, not odd enough for the outcasts.” she told them, “I thought Nevermore would be different but there’s still a handful of teachers who will barely acknowledge me.” she said to them, “And I am glad to be among them.” Heimerdinger said to her.

 

That made them pause before eventually Wednesday spoke, “I act as if I don’t care if people dislike me.” Wednesday said as she looked downwards towards them, “Deep down… I secretly enjoy it.” The Addams told them, making Thornhill smile as she stood up from the seat she had taken, “Never lose that, Wednesday.” Thornhill told her, “Lose what?” She had asked, both girls curious.

 

“The ability to not let others define you.” Thornhill told her with a wistful sigh, “It’s a gift.” she said and hearing that, Jinx had kicked her shoe as she looked down, not sure how to feel about their conversation, “Doesn’t always feel that way.” The Addams girl said to the two teachers, “The most interesting plants grow in the shade.” Thornhill said towards Wednesday before going to leave.

 

“If you ever need anyone to talk to, the door to the conservatory is always open.” The Teacher told her before leaving, “I should take my own leave.” Heimerdinger said to them, “Jinx, I have to say I was impressed with your battery, and I hope to see your mind never stop making a better future.” The Yordle said, making Jinx feel a little better as the pair had been left alone in the library.

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Thorpe–Sable Dorm, Caliban Hall

“Hey, man.” Ekko said to Xavier who was just coming back from his run, but he had only went to enter the bathroom which signaled Wednesday and Thing to come in, “Go.” Ekko said, not leaving his bed as he read a journal from his grandfather, not needing anymore, Wednesday looked to Thing, “That purple book has got to be around here somewhere.” She told the hand, “Start investigating.” she ordered.

 

“I haven’t seen anything like that here.” Ekko told her, really wishing he didn’t do this favor for Jinx, but he was curious why Rowan had went psycho against her and Wednesday as both started to search everywhere there was a book, Wednesday looking at his artbook before going to turn off the lights, searching for anything off with a UV before appearing to notice something underneath the bed.

 

Ekko, curious now, got up and went to kneel beside her, “What is it?” he asked as she revealed a mask that was hidden underneath a false panel, the two of them unsure, “Rowan’s full of surprises.” she said to him, “And you’re sure you don’t–” before she could ask more, there was two knocks on the door, hearing that, he motioned for her to hide before going to open the door just as Xavier got out.

 

As they started to knock ‘shave and a haircut’, Ekko opened it and saw who is was, “Bianca.” Ekko said to her before sighing and motioning for her to come in, “You’re not supposed to be up here.” Xavier said to the girl as Ekko went to his bed, “Good to see you too.” she told her Ex–Boyfriend, “How’d you get past the Housemaster? Use your siren powers?” the artist asked.

 

“Not while wearing this.” Bianca reminded, showing the necklace that she, Divina, Kent, Seraphine and Scratch all wore as students, “Would it kill you not to think the worst of me for once?” she asked and hearing that, Ekko raised his hands, “Okay, I am NOT dealing with this again.” he told them before going to grab his chemboard, "Text me when you’re done.” he said, going to the window and leaping out.

 

Wednesday had heard the sound of the board going off, she really had to get one of those for her own escapes, when the noise died down, Xavier spoke to the girl who entered, “What do you want, Bianca?” he asked, “To see how you’re doing.” she admitted to him, “I’m sorry about Rowan. I know you guys used to be close.” she said to him, “Since when did you give a damn about Rowan?” Xavier asked.

 

“You were the one afraid he’d do something to Wednesday and Jinx.” Bianca reminded him, “Isn’t that why you’ve been following them like an eager–eyed puppy?” she asked, “Or is there something more?” and hearing that hidden, Wednesday had to admit she was also curious as he got up from his bed and walked off, “Seriously, what do you see in Wednesday?” Bianca asked him as he went to his books.

 

“You suddenly have a thing for tragic goth girls with funeral–parlor fashion sense?” The Siren asked him, “Maybe it’s because she hasn’t tried to manipulate me.” he reminded her and that seemed to make her pause, “I make ONE mistake, and you can’t forgive me.” she said to him, “Wednesday treats you like crap, you can’t get enough.” she continued.

 

“Okay, why are you so fixated on Wednesday? I mean shouldn’t you be worried about Jinx blowing up your canoe in the Poe Cup? She came in at the same time as Wednesday.” Xavier reminded her, “Because Jinx is just crazy, Wednesday thinks she’s better than everyone else.” Bianca admitted to him and hearing that, Wednesday wasn’t sure what to think about that.

 

On how someone that was apparently  the Queen seemed so insecure about her presence, “I can’t wait to crush Ophelia Hall tomorrow and watch her werewolf and phosphorus roommates crumble.” Bianca said, leaning on Xavier’s desk beside him before giving a smile, “It’s gonna be a Poe Cup finale to remember.” The Siren promised to Xavier who wasn’t happy at all at the sound of it.

 

“Yeah, I hate to think what you’ve got planned.” he told the girl, “My game’s already started.” she promised to him, “I like to win. Is that so wrong?” she asked and neither Addams could argue about the attraction to victory, “And you wonder why I broke up with you.” Xavier said to her, “You used to love my killer instinct.” Bianca reminded him as she turned to stare him in the eye.

 

“We were good together, Xavier.” Bianca reminded, “Were we?” Xavier asked, “Is that just how you wanted me to feel?” he countered towards her, making Bianca’s smile freeze and then break away, “Trust me, Wednesday Addams is not the girl of your dreams.” she warned, “She’s the stuff of your nightmares.” and with that, Bianca went to walk off and leave the three of them in that room.

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Tower Dorm, Ophelia Hall

Enid had been crying at her bed, Lux having her hand on Enid’s shoulder to help her calm down and Jinx offering junk food to her just as Wednesday and Thing came in via the window, making The three turn to look at the pair, “Where have you been?” Enid asked loud as she approached The Addams, “I’m literally having a heart attack right now.” The Fur said to the girl, “Yoko’s in the infirmary!” she told Wednesday.

 

“What happened?” She asked, looking to the calm Lux and now snacking Jinx, “There appears to have been some garlic bread in her food at dinner.” Lux told her, “She had a MAJOR allergic reaction. She’s out of the Poe Cup and I don’t have a co–pilot.” Enid said, gritting out the last part in panicking rage, “It wasn’t an accident. Bianca’s behind it.” Wednesday said, recalling what she heard.

 

“How do you know?” Lux asked, the two of them having their eyes on her, “Doesn’t matter.” Wednesday said to her, seeing the emotional werewolf as a terrible accomplice right now, “The four of us are going to take her down tomorrow.” Wednesday promised to the Fur who had paused, looking at her as confused as the other two, “Wait. You’re joining the Black Cats?” Enid asked her.

 

“You’re willing to do that?” Enid asked, taking a step forward as if to hug her and seeing the action, Wednesday took a step back on instinct, “For me?” She almost whispered, feeling grateful as she looked into the passionless face of Wednesday who gave her reasoning, “I want to humiliate Bianca so badly that the bitter taste of defeat burns in her throat.” Wednesday said to them.

 

“Ouais, mais tu le fais surtout parce que nous sommes amis, n'est-ce pas ?(Yeah, but mostly you're doing it because we're friends, right?)” Lux asked in French, in case Wednesday wished to say something more… tactless, but instead of answering, Wednesday had turned to the window to look down below, “Tell me how she keeps winning.” The Addams asked them, “It’s a real brain cramp.” Enid told her.

 

“The past two years, no other boat has made it across and back without sinking.” Enid explained as Jinx had went to the window, “Sounds like sabotage.” Wednesday told them, “What’re you thinking? Mines? Spikes? A helper?” Jinx asked as she started to think, “There are no rules in the Poe Cup and she is a siren, which makes her master of the water.” Enid had reminded them both.

 

“Then we just need to beat her at her own game.” Wednesday said, making Jinx start to cackle like the wicked witch towards that which Lux had thought was cute, “So what do you have in mind?” the girl said towards them and hearing that, Jinx grinned, “Well, Sunshine, obviously we’re going to have to use Thing.” Jinx said, making the Hand stand at attention, the group all at the ready to listen in.

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As they had finished up on the explanation of the plans, Wednesday looked to the three of them, “The Teaching Assistants, did Nevermore employ any before this year?” she asked the blondes and hearing that, neither one could recall, “Nope, it’s actually super weird that they’re here, I mean they graduated last year.” Enid said, making Jinx curious, “Wait, what TA’s?” she asked.

 

“The two individuals that had been hounding me.” Wednesday said to her, “I didn’t see them.” she said, flopping onto Lux’s bed curious, “Paint me a picture.” She asked the trio and hearing that, Wednesday spoke first, “One of them appears intelligent, the other more physical, the two of them are obviously spies brought here by Weems.” The Addams said to her.

 

“I said a picture, all I’m getting are stick figures.” Jinx said towards her and hearing that, Enid spoke first, “Cait, the one with blue hair has cheekbones that I’d KILL for.” Enid told her, making Jinx lose her smile, thinking it was VERY familiar, Lux taking over for the other, “The second Teaching Assistant has Red Hair with tattoos on her body, a ‘Vi’ under her left eye, like her name.” Lux said, pointing to the spot.

 

Seeing and hearing that, Jinx went to scurry upwards into the second floor after getting off of Lux’s bed, making the three of them look towards each other, wondering what was going on before the Impulse had fallen out from her floor and revealed that she had gotten one of her phones and scrolled through the photos there and then had found what she was looking for.

 

“Are THESE the two?” she asked them, revealing the image of the two girls in Nevermore Uniforms, both of them smiling, the blue haired girl smiling and in a buttoned up uniform while the redhead had her jacket unbuttoned, pants on and smirking as she leaned on the shoulder of the bluenette, “Yes, that’s them exactly.” Wednesday said towards Jinx, “I take it you know them from before?”

 

Hearing that, Jinx groaned annoyed, “That’s my sister Fathands and her GIRLFRIEND!” Jinx said towards them, sticking her tongue out, annoyed it seemed, “Wait, Vi’s your older sister?” Lux asked her, “Yup! A big old pain in the ass, can’t live with ‘em, can’t stuff ‘em back in the ol’ babymaker.” The Impulse said to them and hearing that, Lux had chuckled at the statement.

 

“She’s the same age as my brother, Gar–y.” Lux said towards them, “He can be a bit blunt, but he’s always there for me.” She said towards them, making the others look, “I get where you’re coming from.” Enid told Jinx, “I have three older brothers, I mean they care but they’re also a pain in the ass.” Enid said, “EXACTLY! I mean Vi cares, I know, but she’s also a pain in the ass, worse after she hooked up with Hatlady.”

 

The three of them then looked to Wednesday and seeing how they appeared to be waiting for her to talk about her own older sibling, “I’m the eldest child, I am the one who tortures my sibling, not the other way around.” Wednesday told them and hearing that, they were curious about that before the Addams looked to Jinx again, “Will your sister and her girlfriend be an issue with our investigation?” Wednesday asked.

 

Hearing that, Jinx thought about it, “On a scale from one to ten, I’d say a… five?” she asked, not sure which way that they’d fall under, “I assume that your sister isn’t an Impulse like yourself?” Wednesday asked and hearing that, Jinx shook her head, “Yup! She’s a Heraclid, you know, muscles on muscles?” Jinx said as she flexed towards them, the group having heard of their most famous member, Heracles.

 

“And her… partner?” Lux asked, making Jinx blow a raspberry, and still doing it… and still… and still… they were starting to get worried by the fact that they had no idea she had such lung capacity, “She’s a Nymph.” Jinx said as she had finished up, making Wednesday pause, “A Nymph?” Lux asked, making Enid look towards them, “Yeah, you know… people think they’re hot, got some Woo Woo that makes people get all…”

 

That made the group look towards each other, “I take it she wears some form of limiter or has a measure of control?” Wednesday asked, making the girl think, “Eh… yeah, I think it was some choker she wears?” Jinx said to them, pointing to the picture of Caitlyn and Vi again with the three of them nodding, seeing the choker, “I can’t believe that your sister to Vi Lanes–!” Enid started.

 

“Did the coin drop?” Wednesday asked, making Enid glare towards the Addams before Lux spoke, “They stopped the illegal Shimmer ring in School, people had been trying to eat each other.” Lux said, making Enid nod, “Yeah, I have no idea how The Warwick Pack uses that stuff! I heard one of their members lost their whole left arm because of it!” the Fur told them, making Wednesday curious, Lux horrified and Jinx shrug.

 

Before they could talk more about the fact that there was not just one but two alumni that had come here after the death of Rowan, they had been interrupted by the sound of Ekko knocking on the window, he, Zeri and Scar were there, all with their masks and all looking curious, “So, what did you find out?” He asked, making the Addams give a look as she explained.

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Teacher’s Quarters, Nevermore Academy

Vi had went to the communal kitchen that the teaching staff shared, noticing Jayce there cooking with Caitlyn, “Hey there, Cupcake.” she said to her, making the woman groan in annoyance before she looked to the Ingenium Teacher, “Hey, Jayce, I had a question about Blitz, has he been… forgetting stuff? Not finishing tasks?” Vi asked, “Because I was on a Nevermore trail and it was overgrown.”

 

Hearing that, Jayce paused, thinking about how he should answer that, “He’s been… off lately, the Professor and I have been trying to find the problem, but nothing looks broken.” he said, making both Cait and Vi concerned, “So, how was your first day back in Nevermore?” he asked, making the two of them think before they started to tell the man everything that they saw on their first day back there.

 

As she did so, Heimerdinger had sat in his chair, hearing but also making sure that he listened, but also focused upon an old yearbook from the graduating class of 2013, The Class that discovered Hextech, the innovations, the loss, the tragedy that had come for them all, one that claimed the life of one of their best, and hopefully would not bring forth more ruin in the days to come.

Notes:

So then! Yes, there is a Blitzcrank who acts as a groundskeeper and Jinx now knows that her sister and her girlfriend are running around, possibly acting as Weem's spy, yes, y'all know who I am referencing and you can guess why no one is talking about him or where exactly he is, Ekko is on team Wednesday because of Jinx and the four girls are gonna be fighting for The Poe Cup, on the matter of Kane, he's something I'm planning, not a Wednesday character but I hope that y'all are still liking this story!

On the matter of Caitlyn being a creature like a Nymph which draws people in naturally unlike a Siren who needs to use her voice, it's because I wanted to make her Rizz something she needs to control while her intelligence and sharpshooting are all skills that she learned herself and can you picture anything else but a Heraclid for Vi? I will see you next time when the next chapter is ready to come out, until then, Enjoy!

Chapter 7: And They're Off!

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Nevermore Academy, Jericho

Wednesday had walked past a confidant Bianca towards an excited and waiting Enid, “We’re all set.” she told Wednesday, “Good. Thing’s in position and Jinx completed her adjustments.” Wednesday told her, “Wanna tell me what you three were up to last night?” Enid asked, “And spoil the surprise?” Wednesday asked, giving everyone the bare bones in case any spies were listening, “Speaking of surprises, your costume’s in the tent.” Enid told her, “Costume?” Wednesday asked, starting to regret it.

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Edgar Allan Poe Cup, Nevermore Academy

Wednesday had walked out the tent in her black cat outfit, hating that she had to wear this, “OMG, you look purr–fect!” Enid told her as Jinx and Lux approached them, Jinx looking more like a Cheshire Cat with her grin, wearing black stripped pants and a halter top while Lux had decided on a black hoodie over the bodysuit, ears stitched onto it, “Yeah, just missing some whiskers.” Jinx said, pulling out some stencils.

 

“Try anything and you’ll be down to eight lives.” Wednesday promised the Impulse, but they were just too excited, Enid because of possible victory, Lux because they were doing an activity together and Jinx because of chaos, before they could say anymore, there was a rousing fanfare that drew their attention, hurrying, the four of them went to enter their canoe, paddles at the ready as they all prepared.

 

Jinx had looked to Scratch who had settled for a different prosthetic most likely in case of water damages, the girl nodded towards her concerned while Enid smiled to one of the Jokers there with a small wave, Wednesday seeing that did not like her dividing her attention from her assistance, “Focus.” Wednesday ordered her, before she checked on the crew of Ekko, Xavier and Scar who were among them.

 

“What do we have here?” Bianca said, making The Addams look at her, “The runt of the litter.” she said as an insult, “Hey! I represent that remark!” Jinx told her, confusing Bianca a bit as Wednesday answered, “For the records, I don’t believe I’m better than everyone else.” she said, confusing her at how she could know that– “Just that I’m better than you.” Wednesday finished.

 

Before another remark could be said, the microphone went off, making the students look towards the podium where Weems on her own as students and teaching staff including Caitlyn and Vi watched, “I want to welcome you all to the Edgar Allan Poe Cup.” She told the group, “This is one of Nevermore’s proudest annual traditions, dating back 125 years.” The woman stated towards them.

 

“Each team must row across to Raven Island, pull a flag from Crackstone’s Crypt, and hustle back without sinking or being sunk.” Weems said, Jinx though, noticed that Lux had a sour expression when she heard the name Crackstone, “First team to cross the finish line with their flag wins the cup and bragging rights for a year, as well as some special privileges.” Weems told the crowd.

 

As she said that, the woman raised a pistol into the air, “Let the Poe Cup begin!” Weems shouted, firing a round and they were off, the Four girls had been pushed off and they started to  move as fast as possible to the island, “Oh, excuse us.” Xavier had joked as the four of them got past, their rear hitting the front of the canoe, “Hey! Watch the paintjob!” Jinx snapped at them.

 

Gold Bugs were behind them and they, Lux on high alert before the group heard the other boys team approaching, “Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!” The leader chanted, lining up beside them, the ax had started to rise up to where their heads would be, “Duck!” Lux shouted, all of them do so, surviving the attack when there was something off, the executioners had seemed to get off course, “Turn! Turn! Turn!” The leader ordered.

 

But it looked like they had no control at all as their canoe cracked into the buoy, breaking apart and making them fall in, “Come on, man. We lost ‘cause of you.” they could hear, but Lux wasn’t so sure, looking around, Lux noticed something, “Do either of you have a spyglass?” Lux asked Jinx and Wednesday, both offered one and Lux took Jinx’s, it was a kaleidoscope so she took Wednesdays’ after.

 

“Sirene.(Siren.)” she told them, bringing her hand into the water while Wednesday calmly looked downwards, “Thing.” she said, the hand went to the two levers there, “Hold… hold…” Lux said, watching the ripples before she delivered a blinding flash, “Now!” she ordered the hand who pulled the lever, firing the net they had installed trapping the Siren as they kept going.

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Raven Island, Nevermore Academy

Still in second as Scar and Ekko were left to guard their boat, seeing that, Wednesday and Jinx, the two fastest got off the moment that they hit the shore, “Stay here and make sure Bianca can’t sabotage our boat.” The Addams ordered The Fur and Phosphorus, neither arguing as they had an idea, “Lux?” Enid asked, “On it, Thing,” Lux said, making the hand crawl out.

 

“How do you feel about distracting a couple of jokers?” she asked, the hand giving a Thumbs up as he went to help.|Jinx was in the lead, Wednesday close behind as the two of them chased after the jokers.|Thing had gotten to a log and prepared a stone, aiming and then flicking it at the head of Ekko, making him and Scar both turn to see the limb giving them the bird.

 

Scar looked confused while Ekko knew what this might be, “Come on.” he said, not trusting them as they went to chase, “Let’s get him.” Ekko said as they ran after, as the duo did, Enid all alone went to the boar, going to slash the side of the boat and then count to Four seconds as Thing lead them to Lux, she created a bright flash, it SHOULD have blinded them, but Ekko must have rewound because he shouted “Eyes.”

 

The two of them, perfectly fine, realized it was a distraction and went to run back, but it was past Four Seconds, whatever they did would be too late.|”Let’s go, man.” Ajax told Xavier as they had gotten the flag, “They’re right there!” Ajax said as they started to run, “Come on.” and as they ran past, Xavier spoke, “Later, Wednesday, Jinx!” The boy told them as the pair went to the crypt.

 

Wednesday had rested her hand on one of the angels as she grabbed the flag while Jinx grabbed the Gold Bugs and threw it into the woods, but then she noticed that her partner had fallen down unconscious.|Wednesday had woken up and looked around, it looked like the woods but… different, as if something was wrong, as Wednesday turned around, she eventually saw her.

 

It was a girl around her age she looked like Wednesday only with Blonde Hair and wearing 17th Century  clothes as the stranger held a book, seeing that, the girl almost didn’t notice that there was a boy with a smile like Jinx standing by her, wearing the same century of clothes, only his eyes were a steel blue with crimson hair, “You are the key.” The girl told Wednesday.|“Taking a catnap?” Bianca asked.

 

Jinx had simply smiled and waved towards the duo as they ran off, but Wednesday looked at the crypt of Joseph Crackstone, wondering what that was about, “Come on! I wanna see my big finale.” Jinx told her before the duo ran off from the crypt, not knowing what it was that she saw, but knowing what it was that she saw and who those two were, but right now they had a competition to win.

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Edgar Allan Poe Cup, Nevermore Academy

The jokers and Goldbugs were in the lead, “Come on!” Lux told her, “Hurry up, we have to go!” Enid pleaded as the two girls got into their canoe, all of them starting to paddle forward as the jokers started to slow down, Ekko had attempted to rewind them, but it didn’t work since the damage was too old, and they sunk, Jinx blowing a kiss to them as they went off, “See ya, jokers!” Lux said with a laugh.

 

“Cheaters!” Xavier said like a sore loser as Wednesday looked to a satisfied looking Enid, “I just asked myself, ‘WWWD’? What Would Wednesday Do?” Enid asked her, looking back at her with a smile and Wednesday… she was satisfied, it was just the two of them and both Gold Bugs and Black Cats dorms were cheering, “Let’s go, Jinx!” Vi shouted loud enough for Jinx to hear and blush embarrassed.

 

But they were focused, the two of teams moving forward as Jinx activated the broadside harpoons that she had installed, “Come on. Come one. Come on.” Enid begged as they got themselves aimed towards their side, ready to open fire when all of a sudden, something had hit them and was now bringing them to the buoy, “Thing! You’re up!” Jinx shouted to the hand.

 

The being in question had climbed up to the seat that he had been under and then leapt off, the four girls waited, hoping as all of asudeen, the force that was pushing them stopped, meaning that they could get to work to line up and then fire the harpoons, “Got ya!” Jinx said with a smile towards them and a laugh, the four sirens looking a mix of irritated and sad at their loss as THe Black Cats arrived at the dock.

 

The four of them had run over to the platform, flag high in the air as the crowd cheered, “Yeah, we did it!” Enid cheered, Thing crawling up and out of the water, shaking himself clean, “OMG, Wednesday, we did it!” Enid said, gripping her shoulders so happy, “This is the greatest moment of my entire life.” The Fur told her as Jinx went to crowd surf and Lux’s friends were going to congratulate her.

 

“Admit it, you kinda got into the whole school spirit thing.” She asked her with a grin as Jinx cheered out loud, Wednesday though had looked at The Gold Bugs who were swimming up to the dock, wet and angry, “You didn’t tell me it was a dark, vengeful spirit.” Wednesday told her as Jinx pulled out a detonator and pressed a button, smoke bombs went off like fireworks in the sky, making the kids more excited.

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THe Quad, Nevermore Academy

They had been taken out of their uniforms and Jinx was upset that she had been stripped of all her other detonators and chompers while Wednesday was annoyed she was on a stage, the two blondes meanwhile looked happy, one genuine and one to please the crowd, “The first Poe Cup took place in 1897 as a way to honor Nevermore’s most famous alumni, but to celebrate those values that all outcasts share.”

 

“Community, perseverance, and determination.” Weems told the group, Jinx miming her speech until she saw Caitlyn glare towards her, “And we certainly saw those values on display today.” Weems told them before taking the cup and offering it to Enid who was quivering with joy, “Whoo!” she shouted, lifting the cup high in the air, “Yeah!” others had started to cheer, Lux politely clapping.

 

Jinx deciding to holler in joy while Wednesday just looked bored now that the possible maiming was over, “Congratulations to Ophelia Hall!” Weems told them, “As a former resident, I will be happy to see the cup back on the mantle after all these years.” Weems told them all, but Wednesday and Jinx were gone, The latter because she wanted to see what Wednesday was up to and to avoid her sister.

 

“You don’t need to follow me.” Wednesday told the girl, “I know.” Jinx said, flopping down on the same bench, head in Wednesday’s lap, “But I’m bored.” She said, before Wednesday could threaten her though, The Impulse noticed something, “Hey, can I see that watermark?” she asked, making the Addams curious, pulling it out and giving it to the girl, she lifted it up, “Look at the book, Wends.” Jinx told her.

 

The Addams did so, seeing the Nightshade Society symbol– “What are you doing down here?” Enid asked as she and Lux had been searching for the duo, “Hiding.” Wednesday said, standing up and throwing Jinx onto the ground who laughed, “Falling.” she said, Lux helping her up while Enid went to focus on Wednesday, “People keep randomly smiling at me, it’s unsettling.” she told them as they were escorted out.

 

“It’s called having your moment. We took down Bianca Barclay. Try to enjoy it.” Enid said to them both, “Me and Lux wanted to know if you two wanted to hang out later.” Enid, “I’m in!” Jinx said with a raised hand, making the three look to Wednesday, “Oh, come on, it won’t kill you.” Lux said, still on a victory high, seeing the three, seeing how they seemed to be so happy with her… “I’ll think about it.” she told them.

 

That was all they needed to hear, Lux gave one last smile before she followed a skipping Enid to the Poe cup, “It’s good to see you both fitting in.” Weems said, making Jinx and Wednesday look at her, “Just like your mothers.” The Principal told them, “My mother and I are two entirely different people/species/everything.” Wednesday told her, “Not me, it’s like Gran E cloned me in my mom’s image.” Jinx told them.

 

That made Weems give a look before deciding to be smug it seemed, “The last time Ophelia Hall won the Poe Cup,” she said, looking at a happy Enid and Lux with said Cup and Thornhill, “Morticia captained the team.” Weems said, “I was her co–pilot and Felicia had set up mines in the lake.” Weems told them, nostalgically, “Maybe you two are more alike than you think, Wednesday.” She told The Addams.

 

As they looked, the group saw the sad Sirens, Scratch was working on writing a song with Seraphine while Divina whispered to Kent, “It was your job to help us win. She’s never lost. Never.” The alpha twin said towards him, seeing everything there, Jinx grinned, “Welp, I gotta go exploring.” Jinx told them, “If you need me, I’ll be MIA for the rest of the day!” she told them before running away.

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Ophelia Hall Commons, Nevermore Academy

The students of Nevermore, specifically the girls of Ophelia Hall and their guests had all been assembled there, enjoying the party and they had celebrated, Wednesday had been caught here, in a corner and looking around, the Addams wondered what she could do to escape from this when she saw that Caitlyn Kirraman and Vi Lanes had walked in, looking around there.

 

“So, you’re the spies sent by Weems?” Wednesday asked them, Cait going to talk to Lux and the others before Vi looked towards Wednesday, “Honestly?I’m just here to keep an eye on Pow–Pow.” Vi told her, making Wednesday raise an eyebrow, “So then, you are planning to bribe me to be your spy?” she asked and hearing that, the Heraclid snorted, “I just wanted to warn you about Bunny.”

 

Meanwhile Caitlyn had looked towards the celebrating Lux and Enid who had been with a recovering Yoko who was being helped by a VERY apologetic looking Divina who was feeding her while Seraphine and Scratch, who had told the winners that they’d play music for whoever won, Seraphine providing the music with her family artifact while Scratch the vocals after they flipped a coin.

 

“Hello, girls.” Caitlyn said, people who had remembered her there smiling and greeting the woman, “Congratulations on your victory in The Poe Cup, shame that Vi and I couldn’t win during our years.” she told them, making the Werewolf smile wider at the admission of that, “OMG! Thanks!” she said to her, “It’s so awesome that you came here! I read your yearbook message.” The Wolf told her.

 

Hearing that, Nymph had smiled, lowering her guard towards The Late Bloomer, she had made sure to read up on the stories behind both girls, Lux she had remembered when she was a student, being there to help the shy girl when she first came from Teribisia, “Lux, it is a pleasure to see you again.” Caitlyn said to her which made the blonde smile until there was a sound, like a rumbling that made them look.

 

It was the fireplace that made them start to get spooked by the sight before they saw the fireplace was beginning to move, revealing a smiling Jinx who was covered in dust and cobwebs, “Cool! Another one off the list!” Jinx said as she had pulled out a notebook and started to cross it off while the students had all looked towards her, “Uh… hi?” she said to them before seeing her sister and Caitlyn.

 

“Shit–” “Pow–Pow!” Vi said as she strided over, going to grab her before she could escape from her grasp, Vi had grabbed her by the braid and pulled her in, bringing her into a hug that made the others students all start to look, the crazy girl who had started to cause some havoc had such a cute pet name, it made Lux smile at the cute side while Enid grinned, “Pow–Pow?” she asked.

 

Hearing that, the bluenette glared, “That’s a nickname for an old me, and I will turn anyone else into barbecue.” she warns, pulling out Zapper and hearing that, Vi had lifted her up, “And if you do, I’ll tell Silco you found a workaround.” she warned, Caitlyn just sighing towards them, “Jinx, I take it that you’re exploring the tunnels of Nevermore.” Caitlyn said, eyeing the stuffed Bunny which her three roommates noticed.

 

“They’re dark tunnels with mystery, what’d you expect when Vi sent me Bunny?” she asked, making Enid get more excited, “That’s your sister’s Bunny? And you’re running around the secret tunnels?” she asked as more of the kids were whispering, hearing about this, “That’s so CUTE!” The Fur told her as Wednesday looked to Jinx, “I believe we’re going to need somewhere more private.”

 

Hearing that, Jinx was more than happy to wriggle out from her sisters grasp, but instead of being able to, Vi had walked over, carrying her sister under shoulder as they moved away and towards a more private area, “Hey! Scratch!” Jinx shouted, the Singer giving a look but still singing for the Ophelia Hall Students, “Let’s meet up after this!” She said to her, the Siren confused but didn’t flip her off or anything,

 

The two adults with Wednesday and Jinx had found a spot, “So you are here on Weems orders but not under her control… a third party to be precise?” The Addams asked and Caitlyn looked towards them both, “I understand that you had been working on an investigation of what happened to Rowan?” Caitlyn asked, making them both look towards her, “So you admit that Rowan was attacked?” she asked.

 

“I admit that something happened that you are attempting to investigate, and I want you to know that whatever is affecting the academy and Jericho, that we are here to make sure that it does not hurt any others.” the Nymph promised and hearing that, the Heraclid looked at them both.

 

“So, what did you find out?” The Heraclid asked and hearing that, both of them looked to each other, “Ma sœur ne parle pas français, faut-il lui faire confiance ? Parce que je ne fais pas confiance à Hatlady.(My sister doesn't know French, should we trust her? Because I don't trust Hatlady.)” Jinx told Wednesday as Caitlyn glared at them, The Addams observed them both before answering.

 

“Non, mais nous pouvons les vider de tout ce qui est utile.(No, but we can drain them of anything useful.)” she told Jinx who grinned, “I like how you think!” she said before looking to them, “Something like the Purple Monster had torn him apart.” Jinx told the pair and hearing that, Vi had frozen, remembering that day and remembering what happened to Mylo and Claggor.

 

“Really?” She asked the two of them as Wednesday looked them over, and what ways they seemed to react, Vi had appeared to freeze before getting angry while Caitlyn seemed to be concerned for both of the girls, “I take it that neither of you understand what the creature is?” she asked, not having any expectations before Caitlyn looked towards her.

 

“And what have you discovered, Miss Addams?” Caitlyn had asked and hearing that, Wednesday looked towards her before the girl turned towards her roommate, “Jinx, I wonder if you would come with me for a new project I have in mind.” the Addasms told her, “Sure–!” The Impulse started to say before her sister grabbed her by the shoulder, “Jinx… can we talk later?” She asked.

 

Hearing her sister asked that, Jinx looked to them and then to the others there, “Sure, if you can find me.” Jinx said with a smirk, making Vi chuckle while Caitlyn only hoped that the two of them wouldn’t destroy anything, she remembered those ‘visits’ that Jinx and Vi had always left some destruction behind, she loved Vi, but The Nymph hoped that they would keep the destruction to a minimum.

 

The two girls had walked off somewhere else, “So! We’re gonna go and see what that book has, right?” she asked and hearing that, Wednesday gave a look, “And it is likely that one of us will die an excruciating death.” Wednesday told the girl, “So one of us is gonna be the Canary in the coal mine?” she asked, pointing to herself as she said that, the Addams glad that she understood her role.

 

“Yes, until then, your sister said something about that rabbit being a map?” Wednesday said, thinking how she would separate the two and cut it open to see what was inside before Jinx shower her, pulling at a zipper hidden at the nape of the neck and then pulling it inside out to reveal what looked to be a series of scrolls that had architecture for Nevermore on them, notes that made the Addams see something.

 

“There’s an empty space here.” Wednesday told Jinx, “There are a ton of empty spaces.” Jinx told her, pointing towards a few bubbles on the maps, all hidden places, one of the woods that said “Never wake up!” in a scared writing, “Tonight, after my writing hour.” Wednesday told her, “Great! More time to explore!” she said, Jinx going and heading towards one of the portraits.

 

She had looked towards the side, pressing at the frame until there was a click, letting it swing open to reveal a tunnel that made the girl grin as she started to climb back in, “Wends! Jay!” Enid said as she and Lux had come in, looking towards the portrait, “Are you seriously leaving already?” The Fur asked, Jinx’s eyes glowing as she looked into the dark, “By the way, what was with the face, Flashlight?” Jinx asked.

 

Hearing that, the blonde tried to look confused, “What do you mean?” she asked her, but Jinx wasn’t stupid, “You looked like you ate a bad mushroom, or one of those flowers.” She said, thinking of that plant she tried to eat, “It’s just… I heard some odd things about him.” the girl said, making the three look to each other, “Okay, let’s talk about it later!” she said before sliding into the tunnel.

 

“GERONIMOOOOO…!” they heard and hearing that, they looked towards each other before the Addams looked to them, “Enjoy your social gathering, I will be working on more important matters.” Wednesday said, leaving the duo there, they went to go and enjoy themselves while both Vi and Caitlyn had vanished, but Jinx and Lux had both started to continue having fun.

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Woods, Nevermore Academy

Vi and Caitlyn had walked the trail and as they did so, looking around, Caitlyn had seen that there was a lack of care of the trails, “I hope that Blitzcrank has proper care.” the Nymph said towards her girlfriend and hearing that, Vi sighed, “Yeah… I saw Wednesday was here with Rowan’s glasses.” the Heraclid told Caitlyn, the two of them looking and as they did, Caitlyn went to look around the area.

 

As she did, The Kirraman cleared away some of the green and as she did, Caitlyn saw that there was a footprint, seeing that, the woman pulled out her phone and took a photograph, looking towards the print, “We can rule out anything that does not have a singular human form.” Caitlyn told Vi, “Yeah, I tried to find the– the thing, that attacked us, or at least whatever it was.” Vi said.

 

Caitlyn looked to Vi who was trying to just look towards everything until she got up, “If we see anything… you know, something like The Purple Monster, then I want to be the one to take it down.” she told Caitlyn, she wasn’t able to protect Mylo and Claggor and Powder, but she will protect Nevermore and Jinx, even if she has to be the one getting blown up this time.

 

“I promise, that whatever happens, the two of us will take it down, together without anyone being blown up.” Caitlyn assured her, Vi hating how she knew what she was thinking, but glad that they had each other’s backs, “Alright, let’s get back to take a few more photos and see what else we can get from other students that were there.” Vi’s better half said to her and she nodded with that.

 

“I’ll take Little Man and The Firelights, you’ll double check with Lux and Enid?” Vi asked, Caitlyn nodded towards that as the duo completed their recording of what remained of the scene, assuring that they had everything before going to walk off, as they did, the two of them heard the familiar clank of The Golem, assuring them that he was fine at least as they started to take the trek back to Nevermore.

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Tower Dorm, Ophelia Hall

Wednesday had been writing on her hour and as she did, the Addams had turned to the sight of Jinx coming into the room, looking frazzled and smiling towards everything as she had the Bunny in her arms, “I take it whatever you had been up to is concluded?” Wednesday asked of Jinx who nodded, “Yup! Ready for Canary duties!” she told Wednesday who turned to look at her.

 

“I take it that you are ready to assist me?” Wednesday asked and hearing that, the bluenette nodded, “Yup! So, we’re gonna do some sneakin’?” she asked, the Addams who had readied herself, “If you are going to assist me, I suggest you do not waste my time with idle prattle.” she said and hearing that, Jinx smiled as the duo went to sneak out and figure out what was going on with the statue.

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Nevermore Academy, Jericho

The two girls had approached the statue, looking it over before the Addams had climbed up, Jinx starting to knock on the wall, looking for anything that could tell them where exactly everything was, “Jinx.” Wednesday said, making the Impulse stop her checking to see that she found something in the book, “It’s a message.” She told Jinx as they both started to read it over.

 

“The opposite of The Moon. A world between ours. Two months before June. A self seeding flower. One more than one. Its leaves weep to the ground. It melts in the sun. Its beginning and end never found. Every rule has one.” The book said and hearing that, the two of them had started to look them over, “The opposite of the moon, Sun.” Wednesday said to Jinx who nodded.

 

“Next is Nether and that’s April.” The Lanes told her, pointing to the next two, “Pansy. Two–” “Willow. Ice–” “Circle–” “Exception./Exception.” the duo said, finishing the riddles  and seeing what it said and then the notebook with Wednesday circling the first letter of each answer, “‘The answer will give a sharp cracking sound’.” Jinx had read and hearing that, Wednesday smirked as she moved off.

 

Seeing that, Jinx did the same before the Addams lifted her left hand and snapped twice, all of a sudden, they both heard gears clicking, the raven moved and all of a sudden, the statue retracted, revealing a passageway that the duo looked to each other about, “Weapons?” Jinx asked, showing she had Zapper, Wednesday revealed a knife and seeing they were both arms, the two journeyed in.

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Nightshade Society, Nevermore Academy

The two of them had walked down the staircase, there were portraits on the walls, making the pair curious as they had lights both, reaching all the way to what looked to be a secret library, as the two of them started to look around, they had seen respective members of their family on the walls, “Hey look, there’s your parents, right next to my Uncle Silco and Vander.” Jinx told Wednesday.

 

“Yes, but we’re not here for that.” Wednesday said, walking over to the only book that didn’t appear to be untouched like the others, the two of them had approached it, Wednesday going to open the book to reveal the spot where the page was torn, “We have what we need.” Wednesday said, the duo turned to leave, but the moment they did, the duo had both been enveloped by darkness.

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Tower Dorm, Ophelia Hall

Lux had seen that both of the girls were gone, but Enid had been looking over the letter that had been left at her door, “My stalker has come back.” she told Enid who was at her desk, looking towards the letter that was in Lux’s hand and she had given a disgusted look, “And you don’t want to go talk to the cops about him?” Enid asked him and hearing that, Lux sighed.

 

“Because he’s a normie and all he’s doing is giving me these letters and presents.” she told Enid, “That is SO not okay!” the girl told her and Lux was in agreement, “It isn’t, and if it were up to me–” “He’d never be able to get away with it?” Enid asked, thinking about popping her claws to threaten him to leave Lux away, “I’ll just stay out of Jericho alone, besides, Blitzcrank never lets him in.”

 

Enid couldn’t argue that, the little graverobber always found a way in and it was NOT okay, “So, on other news.” Enid said, neither one of them wanting to talk about that at the moment, “Why don’t you like Crackstone?” Enid asked, remembering what they had talked about with Jinx, “Oh, you see, there was this passage in a history back home.” Lux told her, going to find one with a general cover.

 

“Joseph Crackstone was an immigrant from Demacia–” “Ew.” Enid said to her, making a face as she looked towards her, “Yeah, ew.” Lux said as she looked away, “Anyways, it looked like he was a missionary from Demacia, there aren’t that many passages about him from my home country but… most of them were positive?” Lux asked and hearing that, neither one believed that.

 

Demacia was the home of one of the most bigoted people, not because of hate, worse, because of fear, King Jarvan IV, the current King, was hurt by the loss of his father, he had struck out, he wanted to keep the soldiers that Sylas could make to a minimum…” Lux started to say before taking a sigh and sitting down, “Honestly? It’s all just a big fucking mess there.” making Enid gasp.

 

Lux had never swore before, she was always the polite one, but whenever Demacia was brought up, she always talked about it as if she was thinking about a mess that could never be cleaned up, “I’m just happy that none of that fear that mutated into violence is here.” she told Enid, knowing there was some hate here, but that kind of fear? That kind of rage? She hoped she never saw it here.

 

Sighing, Enid and Thing both looked to her before the Hand had offered some manicures, both girls had smiled towards that as they had all gotten to work on their hands, knowing that the two of them were going to be having fun, they had only known them for a couple of days, but the pair of them knew that they didn’t have to worry about whatever trouble they’d find themselves in.

Notes:

So then, we have the Poe Cup being won by the roommates and we've got the kids celebrating, but we also have Vi and Caitlyn being there, discovered and then catching Jinx, they are having their own investigation to protect the kids and now we've got two different investigations and now we've got a stalker on Lux, on the matter of said stalker, he will be appearing in the next chapter and the stalker was inspired Good Jynxes (Good Omens, League of Legends, Arcane AU) Series: LightCannon because the writers made sense with the hate for the character, I hope that y'all liked this one and I will see you next time for it, Enjoy!

Chapter 8: Community Service

Summary:

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Nightshade Society, Nevermore Academy

The duo had both been bagged and they had been tied by the wrists, at least until a bag was pulled off both their heads, [There you go, Jinx, you’re going to get another person killed!] Mylo shouted as the two looked around, there were lights shined in their faces but neither one of them was concerned as they looked around towards everything as hooded people looked towards both of them.

 

“Who dares breach our inner sanctum?” a voice that was trying to mask itself asked, “A crazy bitch that has a Chomper in her hands.” Jinx said, making sure to stand up and turn to reveal the grenade which made them get spooked by the sight of it, “As you can see, my associate is willing to wipe us all out, so you can take the mask off, Bianca.” Wednesday said calm, Jinx pouting towards Wednesday.

 

But she didn’t know who was more upset, her, or the members as they took off their masks and turned the projector off that they had used to blind them, “Wait, I preferred you with it on.” Wednesday said to them, “Eh, I prefer the Firelight masks, they didn’t give off a sex orgy vibe.” Jinx told her, making Bianca make a face to them both, “How did you get down here?” Xavier asked of the two.

 

“Rowan showed me.” Wednesday said, “And I volunteered to be her Coal Mine Canary.” Jinx said to her as she had used the teeth of her chomper to slice off the ropes and then to take the pape, offering it towards Xavier who had looked at the image, “We tracked the watermark to the Poe statue.” Wednesday told them, “Then I solved the riddle.” Wednesday said, “Hey!” Jinx snapped as she pulled out a switchblade.

 

Going to cut into her ropes at first, “Wait, there’s a riddle?” Kent asked them, “I thought we just snapped twice.” he said, making them all roll their eyes annoyed, “Well, aren’t you the brightest in the bunch?” Wednesday asked, “Yup, CLEARLY Divina is the Alpha Twin.” she said, making the Siren smile while Yoko leaned closer, almost protective, “The Nightshades are an elite social club.” Bianca told the pair.

 

“Emphasis on elite.” The Siren said to them, “We have roof parties, campouts, the occasional midnight skinny–dip.” Yoko said to them, looking at her girlfriend as she said the last part, “And Yoko’s an amateur mixologist.” Divina added, making The Fang smile happy at the comment, “She makes a killer virgin mojito. It can get pretty wild.” Ajax told them, “No thanks, I don’t drink, but I will take mushrooms.” Jinx told them.

 

“Wow. Do you guys even have a bedtimes?” Wednesday asked them sarcastically, which made them lose their smiles, “Last we heard, the Nightshades had been disbanded.” Wednesday told them, “Yeah, the group kind of lost its charter 20 years ago after some normie kid died.” Xavier said to the duo, “But we have a lot of wealthy alumni, so Weems looks the other way as long as nobody makes any waves.”

 

“Someone like Rowan?” Wednesday asked Yoko as Jinx started to play with the Chomper, flipping it in the air and juggling it to make them start to get spooked by the sight, “We booted that loser last semester.” Bianca told them before seeming to come to a new question, “Question is, what are we gonna do with them?” The Siren asked, making Jinx fake out a throw and making her flinch, causing Jinx to cackle.

 

“O– Only members are allowed in this library.” She said towards them, the group unsure how they were going to fight the Impulse and the Addams before Xavier gave them an option, “I say we invite them to pledge.” He said to the group, surprising the Nightshades, “What?” one of the students asked, “They’re both legacies.” he said, pointing to the portraits of both their families.

 

“After the crap they pulled in the Poe Cup, there’s no way in hell.” Bianca assured him, angry at the sight of the duo, “We talk about not making waves? She’s a tsunami and she’s a geyser.” Bianca said, pointing to the duo, “Just because we beat you at your own game?” Wednesday told Bianca who had paused, glaring at her and trying to not look at the bomb wielding girl.

 

“Let me save you the trouble. I’m not interested in joining.” The Addams told her, “And I honestly don’t care.” Jinx said, making Xavier look at them both, “You’re seriously turning us down?” Yoko asked, “Can you believe it?” Wednesday asked her, the sarcasm strong in this one, “Call me when you do something more fun then Piltie crap.” Jinx told her with a wink, confusing both Divina and Yoko at who she was flirting with.

 

“Untie her.” Bianca ordered, “I freed myself five minutes ago.” Wednesday told her, getting up, she looked to Xavier before walking off, giving a whistle for Jinx to follow who dropped the chomper, pin not removed, as they moved to leave, Kent had gotten into both their ways, “Do you want a matching black eye?” Wednesday asked, making him less sure, Jinx using her expression to get behind him, “Boo.” she whispered.

 

He flinched, going to get out of both of their ways before they went to walk up the stairs, at least until Wednesday paused which made Jinx look at them, “You know, it’s amateurs like you guys that give kidnapping a bad name, I mean, at least write on a bathroom mirror or something!” Jinx said as they both continued to walk upwards and out of there to think about their next move.

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Tower Dorm, Ophelia Hall

Both girls had been looking over the book, Wednesday making sure to place the paper there to line it up and they saw that it was the two of them facing off against some sort of pilgrim, “So we’re murdering a guy from the 17th Century?” Jinx asked Wednesday, “The facts are unclear, we’ll need to learn more.” The Addams told her and hearing that, Jinx blew a raspberry, “So where to next?” she asked.

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Nevermore Academy, Jericho

Jinx had been talking to Lux when there was a clap, making them all look towards the sound to see that Weems was there, “All students will report for their volunteer jobs at 10:00 a.m. sharp, followed by community lunch at 1:00.” Weems told them with Vi looking bored behind her with Cait who had shoved her girlfriend, “As you know, this year's Outreach Day culminates in a very special event,” she said.

 

“The dedication of a new memorial statue in the town square, which will also include performances by Nevermore students.” Weems said, making some of the students excited, including Enid and The Sirens, “As representatives of our school, I trust you will all put your best face forward.” Weems told them, making the faceless look towards each other, offended as the teachers and staff started to pass out cards.

 

Jinx had gotten her card and walked over to her roommates with Lux, “Yes! I got Pilgrim World.” Enid said towards them, “I do have natural people skills and a love of performing, so it’s kind of the obvi choice.” Enid told them before looking to the others, “I got Pilgrim World too.” Lux said, looking towards the others relieved, “I’ve got… working on a town mural.” Jinx said, looking bored but also interested.

 

“Uriah’s Heap, whatever that is.” Wednesday told them, “Ew.” Enid said to them, “It’s this weird, creepy antique store. You’ll love it though.” Enid told her as Lux looked around, “Enid, can you please stay close to me? In case you–know–who shows up.” Lux told Enid who nodded, “Of course.” Enid told her before looking at the boys, “Oh my God, I got the Weathervane.” Xavier said to Ajax.

 

“Dudes, trade with me.” he asked Ajax, Ekko and Scar, “Come on, trade with me!” he pleaded to them with Scar offering his, before they saw that Weems was approaching them, “Wednesday, Jinx, don’t worry about your cello and violin.” The Principal said, making them both look towards her, “I’ll have them both brought to the town square this afternoon.” Weems told them.

 

“My cello?” Wednesday asked confused, “I didn’t even play my violin, how’d you know about it?” Jinx asked, “I caught YOUR rooftop serenade the other night.” Weems told Wednesday, “Impressive. And your Uncle Silco had told me of your skill with the family instrument.” she told the pair, “I volunteered you both to accompany the Jericho High School marching band at the ceremony.” Weems told both.

 

“I’m sure it won’t be too challenging to play an uplifting Fleetwood Mac melody.” The Principal told them, “As long as you promise to hand me as a witch afterwards.” Wednesday told her, “Same for me, if I’m going to be punished, I don’t want to suffer.” Jinx told her, but Weems only gave a tight smile to the two girls, neither one of going to escape this it seemed

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Jericho, Vermont

The bus opened and the students poured out, Ekko smiling as he tugged Jinx along with Zeri, “Hey, if I’m being kidnapped I’d at least like it to be a surprise.” she told her oldest friend, “It’s not a kidnapping, I just–” he started before seeing a blank wall, making him pause and confused next to an upset Xavier, as they looked at the empty spot, Zeri looking like she wanted to hurt someone, Wednesday approached them.

 

“Why are you staring at a blank wall?” She asked the group, “Because it’s blank?” Jinx asked, confused, thinking he was going to show her an interesting piece of art, “It wasn’t blank last Outreach Day.” Xavier had told the group, “Are you still stewing because I rejected your invitation?” Wednesday asked Xavier which made Jinx look to Ekko and Zeri, “Any idea who? Any revenge plans?” she asked as Ekko looked at Xavier confused with Zeri.

 

“I don’t know, I did go out on a limb for you both.” He told them, “Oh please. I’m just cannon fodder in whatever cold war you’re waging with Bianca and Jinx is a wild card you planned to heat things up with.” The Addams girl told him, “Thank you! And we’re HERE!” Jinx told her, “I have more pressing issues.” Wednesday told them all, “Yeah, like what?” Xavier/Jinx/Zeri asked, two curious one upset.

 

“Tracking down the monster that killed Rowan.” Wednesday reminded them, “Oh my god. For the last time, Rowan was expelled. Everyone saw him leave.” Xavier told her, “X, I was there, Scar was there, Zeri and Enid and Lux were there, we all saw the body.” Ekko told him, “I tried to call him but all I get is voicemail.” The Deja Vu said, showing his phone and the call history, “Have you had the same problem?”

 

Xavier looked towards the group, all of them against him and it made the boy relent, “I texted him a few times, but I never heard back.” Xavier admitted to the group, “I just figured he wanted to put Nevermore in his rearview mirror.” which made Zeri scoff, “Or he’s dead.” Jinx said to him, “I don’t know why you all care. It’s not like you two knew the guy.” Xavier told them as he tried to walk off.

 

“And why the Hell do you care so little about it, man?” Ekko asked as they followed him, “People can try and dismiss me and make a million other excuses, but I’m not gonna stop.” Wednesday assured Xavier, “And I’m here for the ride.” Jinx said as The Addams pulled out the Nightshade book making Ekko more confused, “Oh, great, I guess you can add ‘thief’ to your resume.” Xavier said, 

 

“What’s so bad about it? It’s on all of ours.” Ekko said, the trio all having experience as Wednesday stopped, flipping pages, “I don’t know what the big deal is about an old N– an old journal anyways.” He told her, finally realizing that Ekko and Zeri who DON’T know about the Nightshades, were there, as Wednesday revealed the image of the three, “You didn’t seem surprised when I showed you this last night.”

 

Ekko and Zeri had both leaned in, looking at the image and got confused on where it came from, “You’ve seen it before, haven’t you?” Wednesday asked him, “Yeah. A couple days before the Harvest Festival.” Xavier said to them, making Jinx who was now by Wednesday’s side motion for him to continue, “It was open on Rowan’s desk. So I just assumed he stole it after we kicked him out of the… library club.”

 

“That’s code for ‘secret society’.” Jinx stage whispered to Zeri and Ekko, “Right, I remember that, you confronted him, I tried to play peacemaker and he went ballistic, slammed us–” “Against the wall with his telekinesis.” Wednesday finished, making the two boys look at her, “Yeah.” Xavier said, surprised that she knew, “How’d you know that?” Ekko asked her, “Lucky guess.” Wednesday said, making Jinx grin.

 

“Great! We can go play the lottery, win a bunch, buy a building, turn it into an illegal fireworks warehouse, tip off the cops that it’s a drug lab, have a shoot out and boom!” Jinx said, making Xavier confused enough to forget his question but Ekko had looked, knowing her style, “It’s weird that you’re in this. This journal is like, what, 30 years old?” Xavier asked them.

 

“And what the Hell’s Crackstone doing in the picture with you?” The artist asked, making both of their heads whip to him, “You know who that is?/You know this Chuck, Chuck?” Wednesday/Jinx asked him, “Yeah, it’s Joseph Crackstone.” Xavier said, “He’s like, Jericho’s founding father.” Xavier continued, “He’s kind of a big deal around here.” Zeri said, pointing a finger to the banners, “Look.”

 

That’s him.” Xavier said, the group looking at the creepy smile, “Okay! I’m gonna go work on the mural, Ekko, you with me or are you doing The Weathervane?” she asked him, “No, Weathervane’s me.” Zeri told her before going to kiss Ekko, “Have fun, babe.” she said, the group all starting to split up and as they did, Wednesday knew that she would have to change her role with one of her two roommates.

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Vi and Caitlyn had been sitting at a bench, watching all of the kids heading to their chores, it reminded the Kirraman and the Lanes of when THEY had to do Outreach Day and the pair were both glad they didn’t have to do it anymore, “Sheriff.” a voice said, making the duo people watch the mayor and Galpin, “Yeah.” the man said, “You remember my son, Lucas?” He asked and the girls remembered him.

 

He was a brat that had always listened to peer pressure, he always got spooked when Vi got pissed, “I sure do. I ran into him and his buddies last week at the Weathervane.” The Sheriff told them, making  the boy lose his smile, “I’d better get to work.” Lucas said, about to run off which made both curious, “Hey, no trouble today. You got it?” The Mayor asked his son who gave a nod before leaving the pair.

 

The pair gave a look before they walked together, “Hey, don’t look too excited.” The Mayor said, “Those outcast kids might think we’re happy to have ‘em.” He said, making Vi wanna flip the bird towards the pair, “We’ve still got something lurking in the woods, no doubt connected to that school.” Galpin said, which annoyed both girls, “Come on, would you stop pointing fingers at Nevermore?” The Mayor asked.

 

“You know how much Jericho depends on that place.” he said, Caitlyn could tell him, she ran the numbers in her junior year after one of the freshman were scared of an angry mob due to the Shimmer issue, “Who do you think pays for our roads, our parks… even your salary?” He asked Galpin, “Besides, didn’t the Kirraman and Lanes girls help you with that Shimmer ring?”

 

But the Sheriff wasn’t convinced at all, “I’m just doing my job, looking out for the well–being of our town, boss.” Galpin told him, “Don’t lecture me, Donovan.” The Mayor warned, “Before the good citizens of Jericho elected me mayor, I used to wear that badge, remember?” He asked him as the girls got up, walking with a group, looking like they were chatting as the two men kept walking.

 

“Mm–hmm. You never struck me as much of a history buff back then.” Donovan reminded, “If it’s good for business, then it’s good for Jericho.” he told him, “Especially if your business is Pilgrim World.” Donovan reminded him, “Hey.” The Mayor snapped back, “Just find the damn bear and take care of it.” he ordered of The Galpin, “All right. Everyone take a seat.” They heard from Weems as both Sheriff and Mayor split.

 

“They’re obviously hiding the truth, Galpin and Weems.” Caitlyn said, “I’ll do Weems, Donnie likes you.” Vi said, the pair of them going to watch their targets with a kiss to each other, “We have a special announcement.” Larissa told them all, people applauding as Vi had kept her eyes on the principal who was joined by the mayor, “Welcome, welcome, Nevermore Academy.” he said to them.

 

“Now, on behalf of the entire Jericho  community, we are so pleased to have you all here today.” he told them, but the two girls looked towards each other with some disbelief, “Your generosity and hard work are truly… outreachous!” The mayor said, making to laugh at his joke with Vi scowling and Jinx starting to gag at it as Weems took the stage beside him, “Okay, everyone.” she said.

 

“We’ll see you back here are one o’clock for lunch. Enjoy!” The woman said to them and they were happy to get up to head to the streets, trying to head to their jobs, “Enid. Lux.” Wednesday said towards the blondes who were by each other, looking at her since Jinx had ran off to Ekko to start painting, “One of you switch volunteer assignments.” she demanded of them.

 

“What? No. Uriah’s Heap is definitely not my bag.” Enid said, “And I don’t want to be alone in Jericho.” Lux said, looking around, “It’s an emergency. I need to check out Pilgrim World.” she told them, “But Wednesday, this is not a fair trade.” Enid said to her with Lux nodding, “Why would one of us agree to spend the entire day alone at Uriah’s Heap?” Lux asked of her, making Wednesday know who her target was.

 

“Because Ajax is volunteering there.” The Addams said, knowing that Enid had an interest in the boy as she looked at the assignment, “Thing sneaked a peek at his assignment.” Wednesday told her, not understanding or liking how she liked the Gorgon but was going to exploit it for this, “But if Lux would like to–” “No!” Enid said, taking the assignment from her.

 

“Oh my God, thank you. You’re the best!” she said before looking to a scared Lux, “I’ll take it if you promise to take Lux with you wherever you go, okay?” The Fur asked, making her roommate relieved as Wednesday looked her over, “I see no issues with that arrangement.” she told them, making Enid smile as she gripped Wednesday’s arms, “You’re the best!” she said, going to hug Lux before running off giggling.

 

The two of them looked towards each other before Lux had given one of her polite fake smiles, the one she gave lab partners that she was made to group with, “Lead the way, and make sure to be as scary as possible to any blonde boys with blue eyes you see.” Lux said, Wednesday curious about that statement as they headed to Pilgrim World, unaware of a boy matching the description spotting them and following.

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Pilgrim World, Jericho

The two girls had walked into the park and Wednesday was already hating it, “Welcome to Pilgrim World!” one of the hosts had said towards the tourists, “Witch trials every day!” He said, making Lux uncomfortable as they kept moving, “Two o’clock, four o’clock! Hey, man! Woman!” he said as they looked around it all, “THIS is Pilgrim World?” Wednesday asked, looking as Yoko and Bianca posing for a picture.

 

“Unfortunately.” Lux said as Eugene and Nicholas had turned, the former having taken a photo, “Hey, Wednesday, want to grab a Hummers group photo?” he asked, The Addams looking impassive, “Guess not.” Nicholas said, looking unamused as they heard someone approaching, “Good morrow, my young Nevermore kin.” a tour guide said to them, “I am Mistress Arlene. A real OC.”

 

That made the students stay quiet, “Original colonist.” the woman explained to the group, “Now prithee, put your cell phones on vibrate and make haste, four you are about to travel back in time to the year of our Lord 1625, to Jericho’s first pilgrim settlement.” Arlene told them before turning to walk, making the students give looks before they went to follow, Lux sighing and Wednesday noticed.

 

“Yonder.” the woman said, stopping in front of a building, “Behold, the meeting house. Inside is a collection of artifacts related to Jericho’s most beloved and pious founder, Joseph Crackstone.” Arlene said, Lux had snorted towards that but before anyone but Wednesday could notice, she masked it as a cough, “And beyond is our privy, America’s first gender–neutral restroom.” she told them.

 

“I haveth a query.” Wednesday said, stepping forward which confused Lux, “Pray, be quick, child.” Arlene told her, a turn from the politeness from before, “In the meeting house, which of Joseph’s Crackstone’s artifacts are one display?” Wednesday asked her, “It is truly a treasure trove,” Arlene said, sounding pleased with the query, “Including original farm tools, tableware, even the Crackstone family chamber pot.”

 

That made the kids a bit disgusted, “Sounds fascinating. I volunteer to work in there.” The Addams told her, about to head with Lux ready to follow, “Pray, no. The exhibit is being renovated. Arlene told them, “Today, thou will all be working at the beating heart of Pilgrim World.” The woman said towards them, making a couple confused by what she had in mind.

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Ye Olde Fudgery, Pilgrim World

“Ye olde fudgery!” a hawker shouted out, “‘Ye olde fudgery’?” Eugene asked excited for the rest of the Hummers, “More like ye olde diabetes in a box.” Wednesday muttered, “E gist cura ch'eu hai pensà che quai na pudess betg daventar pli mal.(And just when I thought this couldn't get worse.)” Lux muttered to herself, “Volunteers, prick thine ears.” Arlene had ordered of them

 

“Fudge is the lifeblood of our humble community. And samples equal sales, so grab a uniform and a box and make our forefathers proud.” Arlene had told them, giving the uniforms to the students who had been examining, “Are these for muzzling tourists?” Wednesday asked, lifting a habit, “I wish.” Nicholas said, the woman disliking them as she looked to the group who all prepared for whatever was next.

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Uriah’s Heap, Jericho

Enid was with Ajax looking at some of the stuffed rodents, “I’m pretty sure it’s dead.” The Gorgon said as The Fur grimaced, “See the tire treads across its tail?” he asked her, “Local artist scooped that fell up right here on Route 22.” the Uriahs Heap owner told the pair of them, “You’re telling me someone actually goes out and collects roadkill and turns them into that?” She asked, a little disgusted.

 

“Can’t keep them on the shelves.” The woman explained, “Got a whole section dedicated to these beauties. Squirrels, skunks, snakes, and my personal fave…” she said before pointing to the top shelf which they looked at unfortunately, “Family of ferrets at a clambake.” she said, almost wistful, “I also got another section for Doll parts.” she said, “Too cute and too pretty.” she told them before getting serious.

 

“You two want to make yourself useful? I reckon the animals could use a good bruch with a Tangle Teezer.” she said, offering one to both, “It freshens up the fur.” she said she said to the duo and hearing that, Enid had tried to keep a smile on her face, “Maybe we can do that after, like, a… we do the dolls first. Or maybe an extended coffee break.” she said to her before looking to the boy.

 

“Right, Ajax?” she asked him, “Uh, yeah. We’ll hit the Weathervane. Want us to pick you up something before we get started on the doll parts?” Ajax asked her, but instead of looking offended, she only seemed to smile, “No need to pay for that overpriced hipster swill.” she told the pair, “I’m brewing chaga.” the owner offered to them, neither knowing what chaga was, “It’s my own blend.”

 

But seeing their confused faces, she knew they didn’t know what it was, “Mushroom tea.” she told them, “I foraged the little buggers myself.” she told them, offering them each a teezer, “Smart move picking The Doll parts first, you don’t want to have chaga in your system cleaning corpse body parts.” she told them both, making the duo get scared, “Better get cleaning. You’re in for a treat.”

 

Both of them had taken a brush from her, confused and a but worried, “I’m sorry, but did you say corpse body parts?” Enid asked her, “Yes, they’re back from that mess in 2013, when that Dollmaker had come to Jericho, telling people he was freeing them from the pain of reality, people were… they were changed.” she told them, going to a section that had been blocked off with curtains.

 

“If it weren’t for that Talis boy and that Medarda Girl, we’d probably all be Dolls like everyone else.” she told them, making the two of them even more curious as they decided to go ahead and head over to the section, wondering what they were going to see as the pair of them turned the corner, they were both horrified, Ajax thinking it looked like a ancient Gorgon Nest while Enid it seemed like a Wolf feeding.

 

“Enid, Ajax?” a voice said, making them turn to see that Heimerdinger had walked in, “I’m just making the rounds to see–” Heimerdinger said before he saw what they were looking at, the limbs had looked to be clawing out, in a series of hand motions with torsos, legs and a few heads that were tilted or such but they were all aimed towards the people looking,and it felt weird.

 

“Hi there, Professor Heimerdinger!” Enid said to him, “We were just looking at the Dolls.” she told him, motioning towards the group and looking, the pair noticed that Heimerdinger had a sad expression, as the poro that was circling around him seemed to notice the distress of his owner, “Are you okay, sir?” Ajax and hearing that, the man nodded, “Yes… it’s just– they bring up memories of what happened.”

 

That made both curious, “So you knew the Dollmaker?” Enid had asked, curious towards him but Heimerdinger sighed towards that, “It was a dark moment for all…” he said before turning to leave, “Enjoy yourselves, Mister Petropolus, Miss Sinclair.” he said to them, leaving and as he did, they were both curious about that until they went to work on them with some wonder what their respective friends were up to as well.

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Mural, Jericho

Ekko and Jinx had both been at the mural site, having a series of painting materials and colors, Jinx had pulled out a paintball gun and looked to what they had wanted the Nevermore students to do, “So how have you been while I was… busy?” he asked and hearing that, Jinx shrugged before going to fire a few shots onto the walls, “Well, I’ve been working with the Firelights.” he told her.

 

“Yeah, what exactly are those?” she asked him as Ekko took a few brushes and started to use them like hatchets, “We’re like a neighborhood watch.” he told her, “The Wardens do what they can for Piltover, but after the Purple Monster… me and some others wanted to make sure monsters like those couldn’t hurt anyone.” he said and Jinx nodded towards that as she got a large roller and did some strips.

 

“Cool.” she told him, “And you?” Ekko asked again, not just letting her shrug, “Oh you know, building, going to a few psych wards, making sure that Isha doesn’t blow herself up and make sure that Mylo and Claggor don’t drive me crazy.” she told him, making the boy pause, looking towards her, “What do you mean?” he asked her, making Jinx laugh towards that, “Just my brain punishing myself for killing them.” she said.

 

Jinx started to do some splatter around the top of it and Ekko looked at her, “You didn’t kill them.” he said and hearing him, Jinx rolled her eyes, “Yeah yeah yeah, it’s The Purple Monsters fault.” She said and hearing that, the Deja Vu started to get concerned by what that meant before he looked towards the sight of the painting, “Okay, understood.” he said and hearing that, Jinx smiled.

 

“Thanks!” She said and hearing that, the Deja Vu smiled, “So, when did you and Zeri get together?” she asked and hearing that, Ekko sigh, “Yeah, the whole thing was kind of a surprise on my first year.” he explained, making the girl wait, “And that means…?” she asked, making Ekko chuckle as they both painted, “It was kind of… when I first came in, Scar and I started to fight.” he said.

 

“The two of us were basically at each other’s throats when Zeri had just come in and then she electrocuted us both.” he said to the Impulse who smirked, “So it was love at first shock?” she asked and hearing that, the boy chuckled, “Yeah, it kind of was.” he told her, “A little later, I learned that Zeri and Scar were both from Zaun, we exchanged numbers and then when Summer came…” he said with a chuckle.

 

“Anyways, we saw what was happening, I went to Vander and us and The Warwick Pack started to work on making everything better for everyone.” he told Jinx who wished that she was there to help him, as they continued to paint, Ekko had a question, “So, what’s with Lux?” He asked her, “No idea, what’s with Artist Chuck and Barista Chuck?” Jinx asked him.

 

“Xavier and Tyler?” Ekko asked, “That’s what I said.” Jinx said, really wishing that she was having some shrooms, “Yeah, remember that spot where the old mural was?” Ekko asked her, “Tyler did that?” Jinx asked, “Him, The Mayor’s son, Lucas, Jonah and Carter destroyed it, they ran when me, Zeri and Scar were able to scare them off before they could hurt him.” he said to her and hearing that, Jinx paused.

 

[You hear that? Bullies? Are you going to kill them like you killed us?] Mylo asked, [Knock it off, Mylo.] Claggor warned towards him, “Any–?” “You’ve met them already, I’m sure.” Ekko said as the two of them backed away so that they could look at the image, it was of the town of Jericho that had a Rookery of Ravens flying up above and they had seemed to take the town of Jericho as their home.

 

“That looks great, Little Man, Pow–Pow.” Vi said as she went to stand behind the two of them, “So how’s that little investigation going?” Vi asked, not going to beat around the bush with them and they both respected it, “None of your business, Fathands.” Jinx said, “And they’re not telling me shit.” Ekko said, taking a couple pictures of the new mural before Vi took a breath.

 

“Okay, and where’s Wednesday?” she asked, making the two of them look at each other, “We don’t know nothin’, we didn’t see nothin’.” the two of them had said in unison, knowing the Zaunite motto as they started to think on what to do until they went to go and sit down, “So, you and Hatlady have any ideas?” She asked and hearing that, The Heraclid smirked towards the question.

 

“I don’t know nothin’, I didn’t see nothing’.” she said towards the duo which made them both laugh towards that, they had all started to feel like when they were younger before The Purple Monster had ruined everything, “So you’re planning to mess up the performance?” Vi asked her, “Depends what Wednesday finds out.” Jinx told the woman and hearing that, Vi wondered what exactly Wednesday was up to.

Notes:

So then! We've gotten ourselves some background on Ekko and The Firelights as well as some information on not just the stalker who I am going to enjoy writing interacting with Jinx but also what's next for them all, the story is fun for me and if y'all have any questions or anything at all you'd like to talk about, I feed off comments and I cannot wait to bring in the next chapter, see you then for the next one, ENjoy!

Chapter 9: A Flashback

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Ye Olde Fudgery, Pilgrim World

Lux had been behind the counter, helping with some cleaning as Wednesday spoke to the German tourists, “Genießen Sie Ihr „authentisches“ Pilger-Fudge aus Kakaobohnen, die von den unterdrückten Ureinwohnern des Amazonasgebiets beschafft wurden.(Enjoy your 'authentic' pilgrim fudge made with cacao beans procured by the oppressed indigenous people of the Amazon.)” She said.

 

That made them all start to lose their smiles while Lux had regained her own, always happy to hear when someone doesn’t gloss over the dark truth, “Der gesamte Erlös kommt der Aufrechterhaltung dieser erbärmlichen Schönfärberei der amerikanischen Geschichte zugute.(All proceeds go to uphold this pathetic whitewashing of American history.)” She said with many of them looking upset.

 

“Außerdem wurde Fudge erst zweihundertachtundfünfzig Jahre später erfunden.(Also, fudge wasn't invented for another 258 years.)” Wednesday finished off for them before presenting the fudge with a smirk, “Gibt es Interessenten?(Any takers?) but they had all denied it, feeling a little bad about what they were feeling, Lux had decided to give them SOMETHING.

 

“Wenn sich jemand von Ihnen für etwas interessiert, das nicht durch Ausbeutung entstanden ist, würde ich Ihnen auf Ihrer Tour empfehlen, sich das Hexgate anzusehen, ein Wunderwerk der Hextech-Technik!(If any of you are interested in something that was not made from exploitation, I would recommend on your tour to check the Hexgate, a marvel of Hextech engineering!)” She told them as Mistress Arlene approached.

 

Looking towards the two of them, “Apologies, but it looks like they didn’t think the fudge was authentic.” Lux said, covering for them both, Arlene glared towards the duo, not convinced at all as they went to leave the fudge store which Arlene seemed satisfied with, “So, where are we going first?” Lux asked, making Wednesday remember her promise to Enid, “The meeting house.” Wednesday said and Lux was happy to follow.

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Pilgrim World, Jericho

The duo had been walking past the stockades when they saw Eugene getting grabbed and almost put into the stockade, Nicholas nowhere in sight, “Howdy, Pilgrims.” Wednesday said, making the three look to the girls, faster than they thought, The Crowne and Addams were by the stocks with the former grabbing it to keep the boy from closing the tool of punishment, “Let him go.” Wednesday ordered.

 

“What, you want to end up in the stocks too?” The boy asked, “Remember what happened the last time we did this dance?” Wednesday asked, “And this time I brought someone much worse than Jinx.” hearing that, the boy glared, looking between the two girls before he had pulled out Eugene, tossing him to the boys before approaching the girls, foolishly going for Wednesday first.

 

But it was easy for her to hook her foot around his and pull, making him fall down easy, Lux had backed off but vanished from their sight as the idiot went to swing at Wednesday thanks to words of encouragement from his friends, she ducked before he went to grab her, easily, Wednesday had grabbed his hand and bent the wrist back, hurting him as she kept her grip before putting him in the stockade instead.

 

The two remaining ones looked towards the girl and their hostage, the larger one about to approach before all of a sudden, some invisible force had kicked him from behind his knees, making him kneel before his right wrist was grabbed and a knee had been planted beneath his shoulder plates, they had been confused by the sight as Lux appeared on his back, looking at ease.

 

“Now, would you like to lose like your friends here, or would you like to get in trouble with your father, Lucas?” Lux asked the remaining boy and hearing that, he started to walk off, “Come on.” he told the boy Lux was holding, so she let him go, his head hitting the planks before he got up, hurriedly following him, “Lucas, wait!” the one in the stockade begged, but neither girl cared.

 

“Let’s get you cleaned up.” Wednesday told Eugene who groaned as if he was still feel nauseous, “Where’s Nicholas?” Wednesday asked and hearing that, he looked to Lux, “Uh… he was trying to make sure this weirdo looking for you was headed somewhere that wasn’t the fudgery.” the boy said and hearing that, Wednesday got curious about that before they found a spot to get Eugene cleaned.

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Lux had been on lookout while Wednesday cleaned up the boy, “Nobody’s ever stood up for me before besides Nicholas just because.” Eugene told the duo, making Wednesday glance at him before getting back to cleaning, “You said Hummers stick together.” Wednesday reminded, “I know this might come as a shock, but Nicholas is my only friend.” Eugene explained, both deciding to stay quiet about that.

 

“Well, now you have me, at least.” Lux said to him, always happy to be there to assist anyone that needs it, “You remind me of my brother,” Wednesday said, making Lux look at her, she remembered Wednesday said she was the eldest, but nothing more, “Sans the desire to strangle him every waking moment.” Wednesday added, “That isn’t a feeling exclusive to older siblings.” Lux told her with a snort.

 

But he only smiled at the pair as Wednesday stood, “Now watch out for them. I need Lux to tell me everything about this Crackstone.” The Addams said, “Oui, we have a meeting house to– hide me!” Lux said, vanishing from sight and followed by a rustling near some hay as Eugene looked, “Looks like Nicholus couldn’t keep him away.” Eugene said with a bit of… worry? Annoyance?

 

Wednesday looked the stranger over, he was a slim built boy around their age with blonde hair and blue eyes, he walked towards them with a confidence of getting what he wanted that made the Addams dislike him already, “Hi there, can you help me? I’m looking for Lux Crowne and I heard that she was around here.” The boy told them both, Eugene had looked everywhere but him while Wednesday looked straight ahead.

 

“Uh… I just wanted to… give her these…” he said to her, revealing a present and flowers with a card, “I’ve been out of town for a while and just wanted her to know that I’ve been thinking of her and I’ll be ready to see her whenever.” he said and hearing that, Wednesday side eyed the hay that Lux was hiding behind invisibly, seeing how she hid the moment she glanced at him, the Addams had simply taken them.

 

“I’ll make sure that these go to where they belong.” Wednesday told him, making him smile, “Thanks! I’m Ez, and you?” he asked with a roguish smile, possibly supposed to be charming, but she found it annoying and distracting, “I don’t believe you are interested in my name and so I will not bother to grace you with it.” she said, making the blonde boy pause, looking towards her with surprise that his charm failed.

 

“Uh… okay.” he said, going and walking away and as he did, Lux had finally reemerged from her hiding spot, “Thank The Protector.” Lux had told them, “I take it that he is a stalker?” Wednesday asked, having a preference for them herself, but others were not fans, “He’s an Outcast Groupie.” Eugene said towards Wednesday, “His family are full of graverobbers like The British Museum.”

 

“And I take it that Lux has something he wants?” Wednesday asked, “Tranter mes chommas forsa.(Between my legs maybe.)” Lux muttered towards herself before seeming to revert back to the ball of sunshine most people see, “So then, shall we?” Lux had asked her as Wednesday tossed the gifts into a nearby trash can before both of them headed towards the meeting house.

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Meeting House, Pilgrim World

The two girls had headed towards the locked door there, Eugene had been left as lookout while Lux had used her light until Wednesday pulled out the retainer she had borrowed from Eugene, “Remember, if we are caught, deny everything.” Wednesday told her, “Of course, but I have to ask, why do you need to enter the Meeting House?” Lux asked of her as Wednesday tossed the retainer to Eugene.

 

“Keep watch.” she ordered of the Hummer before Lux decided to follow after her, both of them entering to seethe inside of the museum to colonialism, Wednesday had emptied the bag to let Thing loose as they started to look around, as both did, Thing had tugged on Wednesday’s dress, drawing her attention and Lux’s of a portrait of a burning building, “The old Meeting House, 1625.” Wednesday said, reading the title.

 

They had looked over the item with Wednesday focusing on one blonde in particular, “Thing, this is the girl from my vision.” Wednesday told the Hand, confusing the blonde with her, “What vision?” She asked, “During the Poe Cup, when I touched the Mausoleum of Crackstone, I had a vision of her with a red haired boy, she’s even holding the same book.” Wednesday explained.

 

“It was a black one that she had outside of Crackstone’s crypt.” The Addams and the Crowne going to look around towards the artifacts there until finding the text from the vision, “This is the book.” Wednesday told them before pausing, looking at a ring that was next to it, the piece of jewelry reminding her of the redhead when she saw his hand, Lux, seeing what she was planning, went to help her open the case.

 

“Codex Umbrarum.” Wednesday said, reading the title, “What’s that mean?” Lux asked, “Book of Shadows in Latin.” told her before going to flip it open, only for them to be met with blank pages, “Great. It’s a fake.” Wednesday muttered as Lux picked up the ring, “I don’t know who Etsy is, but I doubt she was an outcast settler.” Wednesday told her conspirators, “This is real.” Lux told her.

 

“The aging and the material matches with the 17th Century.” Lux said just as the door started to open, seeing that, Lux had pocketed the ring, meanwhile Wednesday was eyeing it just as Mistress Arlene came in with an upset looking Eugene, “Just what the fudge are you two doing in here, missy’s?” she asked, “Mistress Arlene. How now?” Wednesday sarcastically said.

 

“How now, indeed–” “I apologize, Mistress Arlene.” Lux said, approaching her, “I had wanted to see a bit of my countries pride here in Jericho and Wednesday was happy to help me with that.” Lux said to Arlene, making her lose her scowl, looking to her, “Your home country?” she asked, “Demacia, everyone knows that Joseph Crackstone was a benign Demacian missionary.” she said.

 

Both Eugene and  Wednesday looked at her, “We knew that the meeting house was under repair, but I just couldn’t help myself and wanted to see if he was as loved here as he is in Demacia.” Lux told her, making Arlene seem to preen, “Yes, well we have one of the most comprehensive records of Joseph Crackstone’s life here in Pilgrim World.” Arlene told them.

 

“We could tell, someone must have really loved the history as much as us to leave the display case open when Lux and I came in.” Wednesday told the woman, “That book’s a replica.” Arlene said, “You don’t say.” The Addams responded, “Is there anyway for us to see the original? Usually Demacians only kept books like these to better protect their fellow villagers from evil.” Lux told her, keeping the sugar on.

 

“Unfortunately, the original was stolen last month during the two o’clock witch trial.” Arlene told Lux, “It was probably the only authentic thing you have in here.” Wednesday told her, “Yet you still charge $29.95 a ticket?” Wednesday continued to say, “Wednesday, we’re guests.” Lux said to her, “We need to be nice.” and Arlene seemed to like her sucking up, “Agreed, hold thy tongue.”

 

“There are more items here from that time such as the Devil’s ring, thankfully THAT wasn’t stolen.” Arlene said, both looking in the case to see a ring in there, an illusion made with Lux’s light, “Now then, as punishment for breaking in, I am reassigning you two to fudge–churning duty.” she warned towards the pair, looking at Lux, “And I’d be more than happy to keep an eye on them.” Lux said with a curtsy.

 

“Thank you for the assistance, Goody…?” “Crowne.” Lux told her with a wide smile, seeing her guard lowered, Wednesday tried again to further her investigation, “The original meeting house, the one in that painting, where is it?” she asked Arlene who sighed, fed up with her, “How the hell should I know?” she asked, dropping the charm for all them, “I only moved here from Scottsdale in April.”

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Uriah’s Heap, Jericho

Enid had seen an old man who was examining one of the items, so she decided to approach, “Can I help you?” she asked him, making him turn with a snarl, surprising Enid at the animosity, she didn’t notice that as he walked away, he was pocketing a camera, with no other customers there, she went to stand beside Ajax looking at some of the animals in a wedding ensemble.

 

“Ooh. That gives me the heebie–jeebies.” The Fur told the Stoner, “I don’t know.” Ajax said to her, “You think squirrels and rats could ever work out?” he asked her, making Enid focus on his instead of the macabre set up, “I mean, they’re two totally different species.” he told her and seeing a chance, Enid took her shot, “Oh, yeah.” she told him with a kind of forced smile, “I mean, totally.” she said.

 

That made Ajax look at her, “Why not?” Enid asked him, “They both have more in common than you think. Most people are scared of them, so it would just be us– them–” Enid said, correcting herself with a hint of panic, “Against the world.” Enid finished, hoping she didn’t screw it up as Ajax chuckled, “Wow.” he said towards her with a chuckle, “That was… deep.” he told her.

 

That made Enid smile relieved she didn’t mess her chance up, “You know, by the way, I totally dug the way you scratched out the bottom of our boat at Poe Cup.” Ajax told her, “It was pretty badass.” which made Enid almost giddy as she heard him say it, “Thanks. You’re not mad you lost?” She had to ask, “I was just doing a solid for Xavier like Ekko and Scar.” Ajax explained, “I mean, he’s my boy, but he’s super competitive.”

 

“Seems so laid–back.” Enid told him but then again, everyone thinks Lux is genuine with those smiles and politeness, “Bro’s got a darker side most people don’t see.” Ajax warned, again, reminding her of Lux, “I think it’s because his dad is… well, you know, famous.” The Gorgon told her, “All that pressure.” he said and hearing that, Enid had to take her chance.

 

“You realize this is, like, the longest conversation we’ve ever had without business?” she asked him, making Ajax get a bit nervous before speaking, “Gorgons are taught not to engage.” he warned, “You know, I don’t want to accidentally stone someone.” he said, his eyes flickering to the rodents and her and seeing that, Enid placed a hand on his arm, “I’m not afraid of being stoned by you.” she told him.

 

“It’s just temporary.” and hearing her say that, Ajax started to get hopeful, “Really?” he asked her, “You mean that?” and Enid smiled, “One hundo!” the wolf told him, “So, um, I was thinking of sneaking behind the greenhouse tonight.” Enid told him, “Supposed to be a blue moon. Only happens once every 23 years or something crazy.” Enid said to him with Ajax nodding along to her words.

 

“Should get a killer view from there.” the Wolf said, “Cool. Hey, have fun.” Ajax told her, dashing her smile, “By the way, you know that’s where a lot of kids go to hook up, right?” Ajax asked her, “I mean, it could get awkward–” “Ajax!” she went, done being subtle with him, “I just spent all morning flirting and hinting and trying to act cute while brushing some roadkill just so you would ask me on a frigging date.” snapping it out.

 

Finally, the words seemed to register to him, “Oh!” he started, surprised, “Oh! That’s what you were doing.” he said, making Enid start to get nervous instead of angry at his answer, “I kind of wondered when you spent so long brushing that opossum’s tail.” Ajax said which made both chuckle, “Hey, so you want to meet up behind the greenhouse tonight?” Ajax asked her.

 

“Yes.” Enid said quickly, taking the kill, “Yes, I do.” The Fur told him which made the Gorgon smile, “Hey, Ajax, can you help me move the badger dentist to the front window?” the proprietor asked, Ajax went to help while Enid jumped in victory, “Yes! I can’t believe he asked.” Enid went, excitedly whispering to herself excitedly before hearing a slurping sound from behind her.

 

Turning, she saw that there was Jinx who was sitting on the counter, legs crossed and with a cup, “Shit! When’d you get here?” Enid asked Jinx, “Me and Ekko were done with the mural, and he told me this place made chaga.” Jinx said, taking a deep slurp from it, “So whose the stalker going after our Laser Lady?” she asked her, making Enid sigh, “It’s this guy that everyone acts like is some sort of golden boy.”

 

That made Jinx curious, “Okay…? Who?” she asked, thinking it might be one of those Pilgrims from– “His name’s Ezreal Lymere, he’s this–” “Ezreal Lymere?” Jinx asked, “My Uncle hates the Lymeres, a bunch of groupie graverobbers, and Ezreal stole a few artifacts from Zaun.” she said, wishing she had Zapper and a few chompers, maybe even Fishbones, “Wow, sounds like a jerk.” Enid told her before having an idea.

 

“Well, he always tries to talk to Lux, he thinks that they’d be perfect for each other because they’re both cute, he doesn’t even care about–” “And whenever she goes into Jericho he tries to bother her?” Jinx asked, really hating this guy the more they talked about him, “Yeah, why?” Enid asked, kind of having an idea, “Congrats to blondie! I’m her new bodyguard.” she told Enid who was glad Jinx was happy to help like her.

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The Weathervane, Jericho

Lux had followed Wednesday who was at the board in the coffeeshop, honestly she was more of a tea person, but she never judged, “I thought you were supposed to be at Pilgrim World.” Xavier who had gotten the assignment here said to both, “I deserted it while my sanity was still intact.” Wednesday told him, “And Ezreal is around, so I’m following Wednesday until it’s safe.” she told him.

 

“Didn’t Blitzcrank teach him to quit bothering you?” Xavier asked, “In Nevermore, not Jericho.” Lux told him as he leaned on the counter, “You want a coffee?” he asked them both, “It’s one of the many perks of this wonderful assignment.” Xavier admitted to them both, “I’m actually here for Tyler.” Wednesday told him “I told you he was bad news.” Xavier warned her, “Twice.” Wednesday admitted to him.

 

“But who I speak to is my business.” The Addams said as Lux started to play with the ring, unsure why she stole it, but knowing it was somehow important, The Addams girl had hit the bell, waiting as Xavier lost his smile, “Is there anything we can help YOU with?” Lux had asked him, but before Xavier could say anything, their target had come out from the back to the front.

 

“You rang?” Tyler asked, trying to be jokey to them, and hearing that, Lux had given a polite laugh towards that while Xavier stormed off annoyed, “Want the usual?” Tyler asked, focusing on Wednesday, “And some help.” she told him, going to pull out the map and spread it on the table, “You know the original pilgrim meeting house, the one from the 1600s?” She asked, making sure the trio could see the details.

 

“You know if it’s still around?” Wednesday asked, looking for an answer while Lux looked at the reactions of Tyler, “What’s left is out in Cobham Woods, but it’s pretty much a ruin. Honestly Kane knows that place better,” Tyler told them, “Show me.” Wednesday said, not trusting the mute as he approached, going to point, “Uh…” he went, looking at what was there.

 

“There, but look, it’s kind of sketchy.” he warned towards them both, “Squatters and meth heads use that place as a crash pad.” He warned, “My dad has it cleared out every couple weeks.” he said, Lux had heard about people like that, and Lux was curious about how… normal he was, at least someone would have a strange reaction, just one but he had nothing at all, “What this about?” he asked the duo.

 

“Nothing.” the two of them said to him in unison, “You’re becoming obsessed with this monster in the woods thing. You’re actually bringing a few others into it.” he said, chuckling towards Lux who had repeated the laugh almost identical, “Would you rather I develop an obsession with horses and boy bands?” Wednesday asked of him, “Thank you for the help.” The Addams told him.

 

The two of them went to leave, Lux happy to follow, “Hey, listen, the ruins are kind of tricky to find.” Tyler warned, “Kane could take you this afternoon. Or me, my shift ends at 2:00." He told them, “Principal Weems would hang, draw and quarter me if I miss the big statue dedication.” Wednesday told him, “She’d probably send Vi and Caitlyn after you.” Lux added and neither could argue that.

 

“And as enticing as either of those scenarios sounds, I’d prefer to keep a low profile.” Wednesday told Tyler, “Besides, I know my way around the great outdoors.” which Lux nodded towards, “Same here.” She said to the boy who looked amused, “DOn;t tell me you were both Girl Scouts?” he asked, “I could eat Girl Scouts for breakfast.” Wednesday told him.

 

“Actually, I have an uncle who went to prison for that.” The Addams told them, “I on the other hand went on survivalist training with my father and brother, I can survive a year outside of civilization.” Lux said to them, “Good, you’ll be more useful than the others.” she told Lux who was slightly happy to hear that as they both went to walk off, leaving the boys behind on their search.

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Meeting House Ruins, Cobham Woods

The two girls had been walking down the trail, Lux started to get a bad feeling as she fiddled with the ring, feeling a sort of relief as Wednesday was the first to flip through a crack in the gate, Thing close behind them as they searched the perimeter of the burned building, Thing had signed towards Wednesday, both looking disappointed, “I was expecting more too.” She said

 

Before either could say anything, a man appeared, “Who you talking to, little girls?” the man asked, making them both turn to look her in the eye, “Use the words ‘little’ and ‘girl’ to address me again and I can’t guarantee your safety.” The Addams said as Lux readied her light as the man seemed to shake his head, “This is my place. Get out!” he barked towards them both.

 

“Would you like me to or…?” Lux offered, but Wednesday looked to her friend, “Thing, a hand here?” she asked the limb who was more then happy to race across the ground, grabbing him by his right foot and climbing upwards, the man confused, wondering what was going on before Thing grabbed him by the neck, surprising the man as he tried to take the Addams limb off.

 

“Hey!” he pleaded, but Wednesday was just staring, “Agree to let us have the place for a little while, and we’ll be out of your hair when we’re done, okay?” Lux asked but Thing had only started to drag him out of the meeting house, “Get off! Get off me!” the man shouted, away as they both examined the scene, “There’s nothing here.” Wednesday said, “I could have told you that, this is from the 17th Century.”

 

Thing had been signing again, Lux observing the gestures and started to wonder what kind of language it was but Wednesday knew it seemed, “No, I can’t just touch something.” She said to her roommate and co–conspirator, “My visions seem to happen spontaneously.” The Addams said, “Is there anyone you could ask? A mentor? A relative?” Lux asked with Thing seeming to agree as he signed.

 

“I would rather dye my hair pink than ask my mother for advice.” She warned, making Lux wonder what that meant as Thing approached some of the rubble, pointing to it, “Oh, you want me to prove it to you?” she asked the pair, going to press her hand to a pillar, “No.” she told them before going to hit another wall, “Nothing.” Wednesday said as she pressed them.

 

“Ah, I bet this will give us some real insight.” The Psychic told them sarcastically as she lifted up a taco bell bag and scrunching it up, faking a vision  before she walked to leave, storming past the pair, “My visions are about as predictable as shark attacks.” The teen muttered in annoyance, Lux rolled her eyes as Wednesday grabbed the gate and THIS time she was overtaken by her Expression.

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1625, Meeting House, Cobham Woods

Wednesday had looked around to see that there was a crowd with torches pushing a blonde girl and redhead boy around, the villager furious, “Burn them! Burn them! Burn them! Burn them!” They chanted as Wednesday went to hide behind a barrel, watching the furious people shouting for the deaths of these two, “Burn them!” “Devil Spawn!” “Devil Spawn!” they chanted in rage.

 

“Beasts!”one shouted, tearing the two apart with the bot thrown to the ground, “Witch!” “Monster!” they had all shouted as the two were on the ground side by side, “Begone!” “Witch!” they all shouted and as they did, there was a loud voice, “Stand aside!” he shouted towards them, revealing Joseph Crackstone with a staff, slamming it onto the ground in rage, “Goody Addams! Master Lanes!” he snapped to both.

 

“You have both been judged before The Protector and found guilty.” he snarled at them, “You are a witch who had bound a vile beast as your familiar.” he said, “A sorceress and a pagan beast. Lucifer’s mistress herself guarded by a demon.” He told the pair, “For your sins, you will both burn this night, and suffer the flames of eternal hellfire.” he snarled now, “We are innocent.” Goody Addams said, defiant to Joseph.

 

“It is you, Joseph Crackstone, that should be tried.” Goody said as Master Lanes went to rise but pitchforks were aimed at his throat, “We were here before you, living in harmony with nature and the native folk.” Goody said, but the pilgrims were unmoved, “But you have stolen our land, Demacian pigdog!” she snarled, “You have slaughtered the innocent. You have robbed us of our peaceful spirit.” Goody declared.

 

Master Lanes looking at her hand as she drew a blade, “You are the true monster. All of you!” The Addams said, rising up and slashing his cheek as The Lanes had grabbed at a torch, using it like a club until villagers had grabbed at them both, “Punish her!” “Punish her!” they chanted towards them, “The Devil ne’er sent such a demon.” Joseph said as he backhanded Goody.

 

Lanes had tried to tried to help but he seemed weak, Jinx or Vi would have been able to fight, but they seemed to overpower him easily, “And I will send you back!” He declared, “No!” Goody shouted as Master Lanes snarled and opened his mouth, “I will tell Mordekaiser to save a seat for you on his lap!” He said in an inhuman voice, making a few of them back away, but the two were still taken.

 

The meeting house had been opened and inside, more outcasts, all of them scared and cowering as both Goody Addams and Master Lanes were thrown in, “You are abominations in the Devil’s grip!” Joseph declared to them all as Wednesday snuck in, looking towards the sight behind barrels, “I will not stop till I expunge this New World of every outcast.” He promised them all.

 

“Godless creatures!” He snarled towards them before they left, sealing the door as the shackled and scared outcasts were all terrified, “Set it ablaze!” could be heard, terrifying them as the building was lit, the two young members of their community looked around before Goody noticed someone, “Mother!” she said as Lanes followed, holding his right hand, bleeding and covered in cloth.

 

“Mother.” she said as the Lanes smiled towards the, the pair going to help with the chains, but the older woman had seemed defeated, “There’s no time, children.” The older Addams said, “Leave me. Save yourselves.” she ordered of them both, “He’s chained us all to the floor.” hearing that, hearing the panic, Goody pressed her head to her mothers, “I shan’t leave without you.” Goody told her.

 

“I know…” she said before looking to Master Lanes, “Take her.” she ordered and hearing that, he nodded, grabbing the Addams, “No!” She pleaded in fear, “No! No! No!” She shouted towards them, “Run. Avenge us.” she declared as the boy dragged her away, “Find the others and save our future.” she said before coughing, making the girl stop her struggling in The Lanes’ arms.

 

“Please. My sweet lamb.” she begged, “Run. Run as fast as you can.” the woman begged, “You two are our only hope.” she said and hearing that, Lanes had grabbed her and started to take the girl away, the two of them going away through the crowd and as they did so, Wednesday followed after them, watching as the duo reached the cellar, opening it with one last look to their community.

 

Wednesday tried to follow them, tried to get through the building before the smoke had changed her perception, making Wednesday confused how she was there until Goody Addams and Master Lanes ran to her, “He won’t stop until he’s killed us all!” Goody begged, grabbing her arms until Lanes touched Goody’s shoulder, drawing her scared attention, “He’s here.” Goody whispered as he approached them.

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Meeting House Ruins, Cobham Woods

“There will be no escape for you.” Was the last thing Wednesday said as she snapped awake to Lux trying to shake her awake, “I saw her!” Wednesday said, excited towards both, “The girl from my visions with the boy.” Wednesday said as Lux started to help her up, “Her name is Goody Addams and the boy was Master Lanes, and I believe the former’s my ancestor from 400 years ago.”

 

“That’s great, but I think that we–” Lux started before there was a crack, putting both on edge as Lux went to look through the wall, her light ready as she looked to see and found no one there, “Must’ve been the bearded man from earlier.” Lux started, both looking until they saw the monster again, only this time it was paler with glowing springberry eyes the two of them backed away, Lux firing a blast at its eye.

 

The creature had roared, in pain as it ran off to escape, but Addams wouldn’t let it, “Come on! Come on!” she ordered the other two, they both ran out from the townhouse, “What did you see in that vision?” Lux had asked her, making the girl give a look towards her compatriot, “It was Joseph Crackstone burning down the meeting house with the original outcast settlers inside.”

 

Wednesday had looked towards her, wondering what sort of reaction she would have, most likely shock, but when she did look at her face, all that she saw was acceptance, as if she was expecting that there’d be some sort of reasoning like that, she’d have time to dissect the reaction later with all of the clues she had, but right now she needed to find the monster before it escaped again.

Notes:

So then! We've got Wednesday and Lux breaking in and seeing that there was some secrets, Enid had gotten Ajax at the moment with Ezreal being a groupie that Lux's roommates don't like, the ring and the fact that they had a ring stolen by Lux and the fact that the monster looks so different in that scene, I hope that y'all are still interested in what I gotta write and I will be happy to bring more to the table, until next time, Enjoy!