Archive of Our Own

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"Enid, if you don't release my arm in this instant, I will change all your colorful nail polishes with silver pint ones." Wednesday said as the blonde wolf dragged her through the crowd of students

"Sorry, no can do Wednes, you promised you would be eating lunch with us, no take backs!"

"I did not do such thing, i don't make promises i know i won't keep" the goth grumbled while following the taller girl onto the table

The pair arrived in front of a wooden picnic table where the Nightshades were sitting, eating their lunch together. The group all made space for the two girls to join, gladly including the girls on their chatter and gossiping of the 'Last First day'.

"I can't believe this will be our last time entering a school year, how did we make it this far?" Divina asked nostalgically, tilting her head into Yoko's shoulder, while the vampire sipped at a black straw on her cup clearly hiding her bloody liquid from view just to not upset some of the group that were more wary at seeing blood, especially when it was being consumed as food.

"I can't believe this moron made it to last year" Bianca says while looking at Ajax, who was oblivious and playing with a little meatball on his plate "if he and Kent made it, i think we could pass this year sleeping and still get an honor medal for being the best on our year"

"Even Pubert could pass this school year without help from anyone, it's not complicated" Wednesday says while peeling an apple with her pocket knife, the goth usually eat lunch as a whole meal, just a few snacks or fruits and replaces the calories either with smoothies -that Enid started to force her to drink- or with a more heavy meal on dinner

The group continued eating and chatting for a few more minutes, the gossip hot on their tongues until a little redhead with twin braids came walking at a faster pace to them

"Agnes!", "Hey kid", "Sup, redhead", "Yo! Little Wednesday" the group greeted her as she halted to a stop in front of the table and them

"Hi! eh...Wednesday, something happened..." the younger girl said, while squirming under the looks of the older teens, especially the goth's glare

"What kind of situation must require you to come running through the school and interrupting my lunch time? Need I remind you what happened last time someone interrupted my time for some nonsense?" Wednesday threatened, getting a little elbow on her ribs that instead of making her flinch, only made her glare more but this time at the blonde wolf guilty of the hit

"It's Pugsley, he...i don't really know how it happened but he was inside the bee's apiary, he got an allergic reaction and is in shock, Eugene gave him an Epi-pen but he says he won't go anywhere without seeing you first" the redhead scaredly said

Wendesday sighed and took the last bite of her apple slices and stood up, giving everyone a glare that everyone interpreted as her 'goodbye' to them. Both braided girls walked together to the apiary's direction while Agnes gave more details to the older goth, details she probably skipped to not reveal Pugsley's privacy

(...)

A few minutes later, a few others had to leave to do their own things too, Ajax went to his room to finish unpacking his clothes, Kent said he would go clean the other side of his room 'cause he would be getting a roomate and didn't want to have problems on the first meeting. All the girls were still on the table, still talking and without anything to do because they were responsible before and free for the moment. 

While they talked, the new principal walked slowly to them, being recognized a few meters beside the table and the girls looked at her, Principal Montgomery, former student of Nevermore and a well-known social worker

"Good afternoon, girls. Pardon me for interrupting your time, but I had a favour to ask and you four are the best option I have"

"Hi, Principal Montgomery" the girls all said, and Bianca took the chance to speak for all of them when she saw none of the others looked like they wanted to continue the interaction "What do you need? Is something wrong going on?"

"Oh no! None of that, Miss Barclay. I just need a few people to help introduce the new students. I know it's usually a job asked for the ones in second year only, but this time we have a little complication. The students I'm asking you to help aren't freshmen, they will be in your grade actually, and since they are older I was thinking to give them a tour with people their age so they feel more at home, do you understand what I'm trying to do?"

"Oh...in that case, i guess i don't have a problem helping you, do you, girls?" the other three shook their heads, they didn't have a problem and considering they were friendly and extroverted most of the time, it didn't seem like a problem to meet new people and make new friends, "We don't have a problem, Principal, when do you need us to do it?"

"Well...now" the Principal says while looking behind her, at the entrance of the lunch hall, The Quad, stood a little group of 5 teens, three men and two girls looking lost. Mrs. Montgomery waves at them and gestures for them to come closer, when they are a few steps away from the table, the adult again talks "Well, girls, I want you to meet the Stillwater Pack. This is Valen, an alpha werewolf. Callum, a seer, a dove specifically. Adrian, a young vampire. Malia, a siren. And Shayla, a gorgon. They are a formed and registered pack so you will be seeing they have the same last name if you ever are curious enough to snoop around the files like i know certain girl does. I hope you can get along well, and with that i have to leave because there are still so many parents waiting to talk personally to me" the principal sighed while looking to her office far away, a tired look but she doesn't lose the glamurous stance before she walks away

"Hello! Nice to meet you, I'm Valen, well, i think you heard the Principal hehe...anyways, thank you for this i assure you we will behave on this tour" the new alpha smiles, while the girls look at the new pack with calm looks and stand up to greet and begin the tour "what are your names? if it's not a bad question to ask"

"Hi, yeah it's okay, it's a basic question i guess. My name is Yoko, this is Divina, my girlfriend" Yoko grabs Divinas waist while saying that, obviously showing a little posessiveness over her girl "this is Bianca, and this is Enid" she finishes to introduce them

At the last sentence, the new pack perks up, like Yoko had mentioned Voldemort's name, they look at the blonde surprised, even the gorgon girl stepping forward without noticing, making Bianca stand a little closer to Enid just in case

"Enid? as in...Enid Sinclair?"

"..." "..." "...How do you know that?"

"You-you are alive, and...human"

All the girls tense at hearing that last part, the recovery and back-to-human story wasn't a good story for Enid, not liking to be reminded of it, not even in a full moon, so for a stranger to know that, and to say it, it was...complicated

"I repeat Enid's question, How. Do. You. Know. That?"

"Oh shit, no no it's not like that, please we come in peace, we are not trying to have a problem, please forgive Shayla, she didn't mean it the way it sounded we are just surprised to see you. We...did not know if you had made it back to human form, the last thing we knew about you was that you took a little trip to Paris"

"It's a very very private situation you are talking about, so i have all the right to ask you, who told you that? Where did you learn what happened to me?"

"...Wednesday."

"...What?"

"Wednesday...Addams, she came to us, for help, to help you. We did what we could but by the time we had the answer you were far away so we couldn't go with her to catch you, it wasn't safe for us, it wouln't have been comfortable for you"

"You...you know Wednesday?" Bianca asked, looking curious but serious, still leaning into Enid just to protect her from the new pack's gazes

"Know her? Yeah yeah, ahhh we camped with her for a few days while she was in Canada, we are from there. Malia's family are friends with the Addams so Wednesday contacted us through mutual acquaintances. Like i'm telling you, we helped her discover the ritual she needed to do to bring you back to human"

"Ah...that's...that's new, i knew Wednesday asked for help from a few but i didn't know about...about you" 

"She is a very private person, maybe she didn't think you would want to know" Callum says

"Or knowing her, she got embarassed she had to 'ask for help' from outsiders to get her girl back" Malia

"Her what?!" Yoko says, choking on air

"Yeah, like...you haven't noticed how Day talks about her GirlWolf? Please it's almost as tiring as Valen and Adrian fighting over who gets to be on top"

That gets the four girls choking and confused, but they didn't want to seem rude so they shut their mouths, sensing their curiousness but wanting to move on, Callum said

"Yeah, well...eh you could say we are a modern pack, like, don't be surprised if you see some of us kissing, we kind of...are all together? We have not defined anything yet, we feel free as we are and don't need titles to mantain our trust on each other so...yeah that pretty much contains it hehe. Anyways if everything is cleared and you don't hate us for being rude first thing on our first meeting, how about we begin the tour?"

:)

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Enid opened the door with a sigh on her throat, it was not that she was annoyed at the new pack, but she was tired and the various and endless questions prevented her from her comfy bed and her loud music and her hot gossip for the blog. When she spotted Wednesday, she could see the goth on her own bed, sitting cross legged while reading a page of paper with too tiny letters and a little clean smell reached Enid's nose, like hospital smell, the kind that only some heavy medicines could have

"Howdy, roomie" Enid says, while walking into the room, comfortable, not on her tiptoes anymore because she didn't have the fear of upsetting the goth with the littlest thing

"Evening, Enid. I see you were dragged to a suffering task by the new Principal, do i need to make her meet Thing soon?" Wednesday says while lifting her gaze from the paper, even leaving it on her bedside table, and standing up to walk a little closer to Enid so they could talk comfortably in the middle of the room, on the rug both of them chose to put so they could sit and talk without being in one of their spaces only

"Nah it's fine, I had nothing else to do and i met new people, besides, you taught me all about the good part of people owing you favors so you can't say I dind't have a good reason to do it. Anyways, how is Pugs? Did he get purple with the allergic reaction or he was left dissapointed of his own system?"

"He was certainly happy after discovering that after the bee's sting you, their tail is left as a little venom plug. But when the nurse had to tweezers to get them out he pouted like a little kid, i still don't understand why they couln't have left them on his body"

"Guess he was dissapointed then, poor Pugs, but at least they treated his wounds so Eugene is less worried and Pugsley can sleep well today and be a menace tomorrow, like his sister" Enid says while looking teasingly at the goth "speaking of Eugene, how is...why are you making that face?" Enid suspiciously asks Wednesday when the goth looks down to her hands and softly bites her own lip briefly, almost unnoticeable if Enid didn't know to see the Addams tell tales

"Eugene and Pugsley is...certainly a situation. I know you have a little intel of this topic through Agnes and your own eyes, it's not subtle to anybody, but Pugsley told me today about a little issue that could complicate this same situation"

"What kind of issue? Is it...a society issue? Family? Do i need to take my claws out?" Enid threatened

"While I do think your claws can be helpful on most situations, this is not one of them, you could say it's a family situation, the thing is that we can not control it, neither can any of my family members. You know about the curse, my mother told me you and her talked about it once in her greenhouse"

"The Addams Curse? Yeah, Oh my god, Wednes. It's just that the idea of having that kind of love is sooooo pretty, come on give me credit, you yourself have said that you find falling for someone to be a unnecesary torture, but you have said that you love torture too"

"Yes, a good torture is a very compelling argument, but falling under someone else's reigns is a kind of torture that only a fool can make, i certainly won't be having it"

"Well you have heard the ol' tales, love makes a fool of you. Anyways, so what does the curse bring to an issue?"

"While my brother can say he has learned of me, he still has this fauls but what can we expect from a fool like him. The curse isn't the issue, that's what i think and what Pugsley seems to think but won't say, but...the things he is falling for are the issue, and the curse is worsening it. He told me today he was looking at the bees with Eugene and they were talking about the summer and how they built the rocket for uncle Fester's deathday"

"Oh yeah! I still remember the pretty fireworks, and catching thing mid-air cause Pugsley tied him up to the rocket. Think I still have burnt hair from the explosions beside us, but that's just details"

"So they were talking about that memories and Eugene seemed to remember a nickname Pugsley called him that day, and repeated it, but the fool I have to call brother couldn't withstand the 'feeling's' it brought and fell face first into the hive. That is why he got the allergic reaction, and he asked for me so he could wake up from his lovesick trance and enjoy the stinging feeling, and at least i could help save some of the bees that were suffering from my brother's weight or after stinging him...and Eugene needed...someone to vent after the 'scare' my brother gave him with the allergic shock"

"Aww! Wednes, you had to be there as the voice of reason for the new-to-love boys, poor you, having to console someone, i assume it was another of the not so good torture methods you don't enjoy. Next time i will join you so you can help Pugsley and maybe get hurt too with him, and i take care of Eugene and his little heart"

"That plan is...adecuate. And as i was his closest family member here, and my parents won't be coming here for at least two weeks more, the nurse handed me his medication to stop another reaction happening, I was just reading the side effects that Pugsley could have"

"Oh yeah those, so what did it said?"

"Nausea, vomiting, headaches, a few hallusinations, fever, acne, etc"

"Oh a shame, poor Pugs, I think he was hoping for something worse, guess he will have to stand with only the stings for now"

"Indeed a shame. But now let's not keep this chit chatter, my writing hour is starting in...it started a few minutes ago, so sip your mouth and if i hear even a little sweet word coming out of that phone you have, you can say goodbye to your big rabbit you sleep with"

"Not Mr.Bunny no, you mean goth" Enid pouted, while standing up and going to lay on her bed while typing on her phone, begining to write her new blog entry about the latest gossip she had

"Flattery won't get you nowhere, and only motivates me to start planning Mr.Bunny demise" the goth smirks while sitting on her typewriter chair

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At 2am, Enid rolled one last time on her bed, her phone long forgotten between the sheets and the only light on the room was the moon reflecting on the window. Her werewolf sight helped her see in darkness better than human eyes, she could stare at the ceiling and see the little marks on it, see the knife marks, some mold, and even the ghost of a glow in the dark sticker she once had put

She sighed, tired but with her mind going highwire. The talk with the new pack still on her mind, the fact that there were so much things she didn't know happened while she was trapped as a wolf, she glanced at her roomate, same person that saved her, that got her out of her wolf form and back to human. The goth was awake too, and looking at the ceiling while her arms crossed on her chest showed her hands softly grabbing her arms sometimes, as a rythm, like trying to keep herself from moving too much, from fidgeting, from showing a crack on her calmness

"Sleeping with your eyes open is not something you know how to do, wolf" Wednesday says, without looking at her "so cease watching me, or I will have to chug your eyes out and use them as pendulums"

"Always so sweet to me, Addams" Enid rolls her eyes and looks back at the ceiling "...do you...do you ever remember that day? Well...that night"

"Which one of all? When Tyler and Crackstone tried to kill us? When Dort tried? Isaac?" Wednesday asks, grabbing her own arms "or are you referring to the...night i suppose, that you came back to your human form?"

"I guess it's obvious which one, Wednes" Enid says softly, not wanting to snap at the oblivious Addams

"Human form it is" Wednesday corrects herself without asking it out of Enid, the Addams glances at the wolf before going back to the ceiling "...Yes, i think of it, i remember it"

"Yeah i know you remember it, it's like a whole feat what you did, bringing back an alpha to their human form-" Enid starts to sarcastically say but is interrupted by the Addams

"No. I meant...i remember it, not because of what i did, i did not do anything of importance, you did. You are the one who came...back. I remember that night because it meant that not only did i not break my promise of hunting you down, but because it meant that you came back to..." me, the Addams girl shortly thinks before regaining herself and blocking that thought "life"

"Ah...he, yeah that does make me feel better" Enid smiles softly, not wanting to get on the goth's bad side but wanting to make sure Wednesday understood that knowing how much Enid meant to her did make the wolf less sad. "I remember too, sometimes because i remember the pain i felt, sometimes 'cause wow you really did a big thing, you know? And sometimes 'cause...i just want to remember a happy memory, a little comfort moment when i need it most, and most of the time it brings me back to that night, when i opened my eyes and all i could see was...you know, you"

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Vincennes Forest, Paris, France

All Enid could see was green, the forest was wide and big, she was thanking it while running, she could hear some screams behind hear, could hear the fire popping and some guns shot, she knew she had to run, couldn't stop or else she was as well as good gone for

While running, a scent reached her nose, she knew that scent but couln't place it, she was starting to forget it, so long since she smelled it. As she tried to recognize it, she realizes the screams weren't loud anymore, the fire still popped even bigger now but there weren't guns fired either. She knew she had to run, that curiousity would only get her killed, but she was a big beast and could destroy anyone who tried to hurt her

Slowly turning back and walking on all fours to where the screams stopped she started smelling something else, another familiar scents reached her nose, two to be exact, but she couldn't place them either. She stopped shy of a little clear she had passed through, there, on the clearing, were so many bodies Enid felt that if she were a human and didn't know those bodies belonged to the same hunters that tried to hurt her, she would have thrown up. She stalks to the clearing, hearing a little slurping sound and seeing a sillouette biting one of the still alive hunter's neck

A little rattling to her side surprised her, she looked down to see a disembodied hand, thing, waving at her and starting to sign some things that wolf-she couldn't understand, giving up, the hand points somewhere. Enid looks there and meets the gaze of...a very bloody, very tired and very shocked goth. Wednesday, fully bathed on her enemies blood, and with less than 2 hours of sleep for the last week, stood in front of her a few meters away. Enid creeps closer slowly, yipping at the goth, circling her while Wednesday could only look at her, without even letting out a sound

The vampire stood up, having sensed Enid, and when they turned around Enid recognized her, Yoko, in all her glory and with a full stomach, smiled at her best friend and began to walk to her too. Enid let out a howl of exitement, trotting on her front paws a little to show her happiness of meeting her friends again

Yoko hugs her giant friend on the front legs, she nuzzles the wolf's neck and starts murmuring some corny and friendly greeting to the still wolf Enid. But after a few seconds, she separates and glances at Wednesday, Yoko smiles to herself and says she was 'going to the car' before walking away with thing perched at her shoulder

Alone with the wolf, Wednesday makes the longest eye contact she had ever made in her whole life, full 4 minutes of complete silence, complete stillness and only looking at each other, being in front of each other without words nor movement. Enid swears she saw Wednesday's eyes water but the goth moved before a tear could fall, Addams cleaned her bloody cheek before grabing her knife, cutting herself on her own hand

Enid growled at her for hurting herself, especially when the wolf realized it was the same hand that had been sliced open by Thornill to resurrect Crackstone. But Wednesday walked closer before putting that hand right in Enid's snout, the wolf tried to shrug it off without result. Wednesday whispered some other language sentence Enid didn't manage to catch

Enid whined, feeling the goth's blood run down her snout, worried about her fried, she looked at the full moon on the sky and wondered if it was what she hoped was happening. When Wednesday stopped whispering, she made eye contact with the wolf before saying

"Howdie, roomie"

What an odd thing to say, Enid thought, but seeing the look on Wednesday's eyes, the tired body swaying a little, she could only huff a response and licked at the goth's face, tasting the blood and sweat on her tongue. But something happened, between the lick on Wednesday's face, the little huff of laughter that Enid thought her crazy-ass imagined, and Wednesday swaying her way into hugging Enid's neck to keep herself from falling, Enid began to feel sleepy

Sleep came over her at the same time a burning pain came too, she felt as if her chest was being ripped open, Enid whined and yelped and even tried to run away but the pain on her body stopped her from doing anything except for falling forward, taking Wednesday's weak body with her too, they both fell to the ground weezing at their lungs being hit empty

Neither of them can tell you how much time passed in that moment, but when all Enid wanted to do was just nuzzle her nose into Wednesday's shoulder, and she did with no repercussions, she noticed she was more comfortable, she didn't feel the bothering long snout of her trying to separate her neck off the ground. And when she goes to paw at her nose, she notices...a hand? 

The hand is not wednesday's, as the goth has both hands holding Enid and it clearly doesn't match the Addams heir skin tone, the goth being much more paler either for tiredness, lack of blood or her original skin color

Wait...Wednesday's hands were doing what? Holding Enid's...BODY?!

Enid tries to sit up without success because she was still hurting and tired, but she noticed she had lack of clothing but you could see her body, her human body. She yelps excitedly, she giggles and hugs Wednesday closer when all the goth can do is look at her and resist the smile bordering her lips

"Wednesday! you did it! you brought me back!"

"Enid...you...are...back" the exhausted goth answered "thank...the spirits"

"No...thank you, thank you thank you thank you" Enid says, nuzzling the goth and even daring to place one little peck on Wednesday's cheek, excited to be back but exhausted too. "I can't believe this, i missed this, i-i...i missed you"

"Enid..." Wednesday starts and enid interrupts

"Yeah yeah, thing missed me too, sure"

"...I...missed you...more" the goth manages to say "don't...ever...do that again...or i will...kill you myself"

Enid is left shocked, she giggles and nods and promises, lifting her hand all she could just to grab Wednesday's and interlace their pinkie's together murmuring 'promise'

By the time Yoko comes back on the car not caring for the 'cars not allowed' signs, she climbs out with clothes, a blanked, and thing with a water bottle on her shoulder. First she lifts Enid and hugs her for dear life for a few minutes while Enid hears and Yoko sees thing care for Wednesday, cleaning and bandaging her wounds while the unconscious girl breathed calmly and seemed alive again after reuniting with her wolf

Yoko helped Enid get dressed with comfy clothing, new clothes that Enid was sure weren't hers but from the color she deduced were bought for her recently. After chugging a full water bottle and a little snacks bag, Enid is helped to climb into the car, on the backseats, Enid is left laying on the backseats with thing hovering on her, tapping and signing while Enid giggled at the tickles it made

Yoko went back to Wednesday, not having the heart to wake the unconscious girl, after having spent two weeks with the destroyed goth, she knew Addams deserved rest, so she lifted her and took her to the backseat too. With the backseat leaned back, there was more space for both girls to lay there in a made-up bed. Yoko went to the driver seat and turned on a low music while thing monitored both girls after Enid like a baby went to sleep after eating.

If you ask either of the roomates they won't be able to answer but if you ask Yoko, they were certainly cuddling after a few minutes, she even had proof on her phone, photos she would always deny she had so she did not get murdered by the Addams heir, photos she sent to Divina and Bianca. And for a few hours in the way to the private airport, the girls were able to rest like they deserved, being safe and together.

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The cafeteria was half full of sleepy students, everyone with a plate on their hands and munching on their food or drinks. Bianca, Divina, Eugene and Agnes were already seated on the table, having a soft talk while waiting for the others to arrive.

"Horrible morning" is heard and they turn their heads to see Wednesday and Enid grumble into their seats while Enid starts to snack on her waffle and Wednesday takes a long sip of her coffee

"Morning, you look like shit" Bianca says while the other three laugh at the sleepy stances of the recently arrived girls

"Don't flatter me, Barclay, I know you are...how do you all say? Straigh as a pole? There is no need to try flirting with me this early"

"Well, well, guess someone woke up in the wrong side of their bed this morning" Divina teases while stealing a bite of Bianca's fruit bowl

"Bold of you to assume Wednes slept a wink, she was awake when i went to sleep and she was already up when i woke up, and that was less than...an hour, so either she power napped for half an hour, or she just...passed the sleep for the night" Enid grumbles while taking the last bit of her waffle before attacking the one in Wednesday's plate, everyone knew the goth didn't eat the sweets they gave in the cafeteria so there was no use in fighting the wolf for eating it

"Pugsley didn't sleep either, though I think it was just because he became obsessed with this new videogame i showed him, and since he is excused off classes today he just played all night" Eugene says, while fixing his glasses and shaking his choco milk on his hand

The group continued to eat in silence, sometimes bringing conversation but nothing of importance while waiting for the others. And after a few more minutes, more faces made themselves visible

"Wassup gang" Yoko joined the table with her dark cup already in hand, ready to be drank. To her other side leaned in Ajax who looked still half asleep and like he would fall unconscious over his plate at any moment

Kent arrived later with only a pear on his hands with the excuse of not being hungry yet. The breakfast table seemed to be in a understatement of not being loud for the still sleepy ones. They all ate calmly and the most noise there was, was when Ajax did fall asleep in his plate and they were snickering and taking photos

But calm is not something you can have in a school full of Outcasts...

"Hey!" there was a yelp that sounded too friendly, and too directed at them, so everyone on the table turned to look at the noise, even Wednesday who was glaring at Enid after the wolf tried to steal the fruit bowl she had taken too, that was the only thing that Wednesday did not allow anyone to take from her, fruit, because that was her safe to-go food for when she was feeling more picky, and that morning was the case

Turning, everyone saw one of the boys of the new pack being held by the collar by Bruno Yuson, the Voldemort the Nightshades didn't bother with anymore after Enid broke off all things with him. They saw the little interaction and Bruno threatening the boy, Callum, but he was calm all the time and once he was released he just walked away, though instead of walking away to his pack's direction, he walked straight into the Nightshades table

"Good morning! Nice to meet you to the ones that I didn't get to know yesterday, my name is Callum, i am a Dove, hope we can get along well" the new boy smiled at everone, directly aiming at Ajax, Kent and Eugene once he recognized the faces he didn't know. Before turning his gaze into Wednesday's and tiltinig his head grinning wider "Horrible morning, Addams. Can i steal you for a little walk-and-talk?"

Everyone turned to look at Wednesday who was slapping Enid's hands off the fruit bowl, now empty with most of the fruit either on the goth's stomach or hand. She looks at Callum and a little glamce at everyone else, she decides to go so she nods and stands up while the Nightshades make space for her to stand up comfortably and after they rearrange the space to sit again without the goth

(...)

Both seers were walking side by side, looking at the forest while arraging their thoughts before speaking them out loud, habit that were forged into their brains after learning that not every thought, especially one that was connected to a vision, was meant to be told without hurting someone

"If you dragged me away from breakfast merely to wander aimlessly like a suburban father having a midlife crisis, I will return to my table" Wednesday coldly says, not bothering to look at the Dove who just laughed softly

"Can't a boy just want to talk with their only other seer acquaintance they have?" he teases while glancing sideways to the goth who was walking and looking at the front of her feet

"If your mouth doesn't stop evading the subject you so desperately wanted to talk to me about, there will be no other seer than me" the goth threatens while glaring at the taller seer

"Straight into the point, i see you haven't changed a bit in these few weeks away" Callum laughs to himself while kicking a little stone off his path. "Just wanted to check on you, your eyes are sharper than a normal day, you didn't sleep, so either you got a new murder case already between your brows...or you couldn't stop your mind from having not so psyco-thoughts, and knowing what little i know about you, it seems to be a bad thing"

"Whatever me and my mind go throught it is not of your business to sneak into, and no, I spent the night planning how to make your nosy pack stay out of my life, maybe another trip to the lake will...bring your cold thoughts back" Wednesday 'teases', remembering one of their memories together

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Boreal Forest, Canada

The pack was crumpled on a lake's edge. All of them looking over at the water, trying to scan under the surface for the reason they were there, a chest that held inside it the manuscripts of older legends, where there could be laying the answer Wednesday needed to bring Enid back to human.

"Hell nah, I am not going under there at this hour and this weather" Malia said while softly shaking looking at the little snowflakes falling around them

"Babe, you are the siren here, you are a half-water creature" Valen teased, earning a slap in his upper arm from the girl

"Si-ren, you dumbass. Sirens are warm water creatures, even if I could swim in there, I will suffer every second underwater"

"I don't see how that is stopping you from entering, if else, I would get in there more willingly" Wednesday deadpanned while kneeling on the edge, her eyes catching a little shine in between the surface. "There. I see the chest, you keep watch while I go get it, I don't have time to listen to childish whining" the goth said standing up and starting to unfasten her outside clothes

Soon the leather jacket, the belt and the pants were thrown over to Adrian's arms while Wednesday stood on one foot balancing herself to chug her combat boots off

"I still don't understand how are you able to get your pants off before your boots, is it an Addams mistery too?" Adrian teased while the goth threw the boots a few centimeters away from the edge

"Ask your partners to teach you how to undress yourself, not that they will, you all have a habit of taking them off each other" Wednesday poked at them

Standing over the edge, with just her undershirt and her safety shorts, Wednesday turned one last time to the pack that stood near her looking worried. She nodded at Valen who nodded back with a serious look on his face and then she lunged underwater

Cold brushed every centimeter on her body, refreshing her hurting limbs and waking her from the little trance the lack of sleep was starting to get her. Swiming with strenght and technique until reaching the chest, there the glowy chest was half trapped under algae and sand

Positioning her feet on both sides on the sand around it, Wednesday grabbed and pulled the chest, a few air bubbles leaving her mouth as the effort to lift the chest took her breathe away. When the sand and algae gave out, she took the opportunity to pull upwards

A few kicks to the water below her and her now stinging arms holding the chest pulled her head out the surface. She searched with her gaze to the pack, finding them now more separated around the edge, circling the lake. When they hear and see her out, they release a sigh of relief

But the relief doesn't last long before Wednesday tried to swim away, closer to the edge, but finds her feet trapped. Kicks and grumbles to get her feet untangled off the algae, but just when she thought she was free, a strong tugging on her ankle pulled her underwater again. She kicked harder, now releasing the chest from one handle to try and claw with her nails at the strangely strong algae pulling her down

The chest, now without anything holding it's weight down, tried to float so while Wednesday ankle was being pulled down, her wrist was trying to go up to follow the chest. Slowly and closer to the bottom of the lake, her lungs fought for air. Her strenght slowly weakening on the other handle of the chest, and the hand trying to untangle her leg was caught by another algae and now kept her there, stuck

Looking for ways out, she saw a coral near where she stood, trying to crawl there to try the spiky parts and cut the algae, but her vision was blurring, the lack of air making itself show it's repercussions. A ripple on the water made her sway into the sand, and with the hand now free of the chest, she tugged at another algae to try and pull herself closer to the coral, without success

Just when her limbs weakened enough for her to just lay there and start to give up, something pulled her up. She felt her body being grabbed by something warmer than the algae, felt the pressure of being underwater slowly go away, and soon when her consciousness or there lack off made her imagine she was dying, a rip of air made it's way onto her lungs

She coughed and held to whatever was holding her, feeling broad shoulders and a throat and a head, someone was holding her, and was swiming into the edge of the lake. Her blurry eyes caught the chest a few meters away, being pulled to the edge too by someone else

When she calmed herself enough, and her body allowed her to wake up, she noticed that she was laying beside a campfire built hastily. Some of the pack around her, Adrian, Callum, Malia and Shayla, all close enough to keep the human warmth

They were all shaking softly, wet, they were all in the lake. And when Wednesday sits up to think, she sees the chest trying to be hidden under all the wet clothes the pack took off to dry themselves, and hears someone walking their way with a few growls. She turns slowly knowing it was safe, and there was Valen, walking to her with a few wood logs on his arms to throw to the fire, and on his shoulder, a deer

The pack laid there, eating what the alpha caught for them, drying and warming themselves with each other, laughing softly at the now chill space and thanking inside their minds for not allowing anyone to be hurt. And there too, laid Wednesday, warm and fed, her mind thanking the pack for saving her life. But too, her gaze wandered to the chest, where there was hiding the secret to get her real pack back to her

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"I still get chills remembering how cold the water was, but hey! Now I know that I won't ever swim on freezing ice and snowy weather water...again" Callum jokes "So back to what i was trying to say, don't let your thoughts make you doubt yourself, you didn't let anyone make you give up on that blonde wolf, you can't let yourself give up on you either"

"I don't know what gave you the impression that someone other than myself could tell me what to do, although I will tell you to not shatter yourself overthinking, even if it is a good kind of torture I like giving, you don't have to...become anxious for me, I am as good as new"

"So you won't escape if I try to ask you about the curse and the wolf?" Callum said, making the goth stop walking and glare at his back when he kept stepping forward without turning

"You speak nonsense, there is nothing to talk about the curse, and if you want to know how Enid managed to come back to human, you can ask her, she has her own voice and decisions" Wednesday snapped while starting to walk again, Callum slowing down a little for the goth to catch up

"Guess your bloody family was right, not even the mighty and scary Wednesday Addams could escape a little curse" Callum teased looking at the sky

“You attribute too much importance to a glorified hereditary obsession”

“You crossed countries for her"

“I was retrieving a dangerous alpha whom I swore to hunt down”

“You nearly died countless times just to find information that could help her”

Wednesday remained silent, not having an immediate answer to that. Callum huffs amused and rolls his shoulders waiting for an answer. "I am always on the edge of death, this time, I merely had a better excuse not to cross the bridge. Let's not keep talking about this topic, it's inconvenient to talk about a past that won't change, better yet, let's talk about the future that awaits for your pack, like the poisoned juice you will get delivered to your room later this day" Wednesday deflected and poked at him, changing topics and showing Callum without words that the earlier conversation was over

With that, Callum stopped walking and turned back "I...The pack missed you, don't disappear again, or we will be forced to catch you and torture you so you learn how important a friend can be to a pack. I am not saying to be cuddly or soft like that other group is with each other, but...don't shut us out, yeah?"

Wednesday did not turn to look at him, but she nods shortly and doesn't try to make a snappy remark, so Callum takes the win and smiles to himself while going back to his pack

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Science class started as always, the teacher greeting the students by the door, the friendly older man always yelping and joking with his mentees. Wednesday arrived by the dot, and crossing the door she saw that most of the class was there already, she walked to her seat glancing and mentally taking attendance of her acquaintances, Yoko and Divina on the second row stall, behind them Ajax and Kent. Bianca and Shayla seated on the stall beside Yoko's, Adrian and Malia seated beside Ajax and Kent. And on the front row stalls, Valen and Callum on one, and Enid alone in the other, an empty seat that soon held the goth's backpack on it

"Alright, class. Today we will be very careful with our actions, as for today we have been ordered by the council to teach the lesson on Aldehydes" Mr. Camren said, while taking his coat off his backpack and fastening the belt on it. The students copy him, putting their safety glasses on too

Everyone connected the dots, Aldehydes, and chemistry meant chymical reactions, and seeing what the teacher put on each desk, they all knew why he was so adamant on being careful. A little bottle of Silver powder was on their desk's, after starting the lesson everyone begun to copy their teacher, and take notes, and try to understand the result

"You now are allowed to try it for yourselves, I again plead you to be careful, I will be marking the diagnostic tests we took yesterday so we can have a productive semester of learning. If you have questions feel free to ask, and if you break something please warn me as soon as posible" the teacher finished writing the instructions on the board and sat on his chair to start looking at the stack of papers, offhandedly he yelps "Yuson, Williams, please stop playing and be careful"

Bruno and the other student were playfighting on their desk behind Ajax and Kent, all the class was focused on their tasks but they stood out for the noise they had been making

On the front, Wednesday and Enid were finishing their notes and Enid was vibrating with the anticipation of making a Chemycal reaction with her own hands, while Wednesday recounted the steps out loud for her to prepare the vials and glasses. On the final step where Enid passed Wednesday a little vial with ammonia solution, their fingers brushed each other's and the goth's head snapped up while a gasp left her lips

It was a matter of miliseconds before her body began tilting backwards. Enid took the vial on one hand and Wednesday's arm on the other, trying to stop her body from falling rougher on the floor. And a hand found its way to the back of the goth's head and another to her back, helping the unconscious girl back up, Enid noticed the hands belonged to Valen who jumped from his seat when he heard the gasp Wednesday let out

"Still scary as fuck" Valen jokes to Enid who nods giggling

They both knew it was normal for a seer to have that happen to them, it still didn't make it any more relaxing. The rest of the class continued with their things, Yoko and Divina being the closest there keeping an eye on the goth too just in case. When Wednesday had enough consciousness on her own to open her eyes she blinked a few times trying to make sense to what she was seeing

Falling off the trance she had, Wednesday sat up abruptly and held Enid's arm while looking at her. "Enid, you have to get out" she said, confusing the werewolves, especially Enid "it is not safe, leave the room immediately" the goth said, sitting straighter and turning after a few more glances at Enid "Valen, you too. Both of you get up and get out now"

Hearing the commotion Yoko and Divina looked at her, asking if she was okay but Wednesday did not pay attention, instead trying to get Enid standing up. The confused werewolf obeyed but wasn't walking away. Slowly grabbing the attention of the rest of the friendgroup, they began to feel anxious but without answers there was not much they could do

Before someone could mention anything else, or ask the teacher if both alphas could go outside, a sudden explosion resounded on the room, everyone looked behind their backs to find a cloud of smoke and a little fire on a desk, Williams coughing while getting out of it and the legs of a student laying on the floor, seemingly unconscious

The scent soon arrived to Adrian's nose, who was on the desk beside the explosion. "...IT'S SILVER, VALEN, ENID GET OUT. ALL WOLVES OUT!" he shouted while standing up to make sure all the werewolves made their way out uninjured

Understanding now, Enid and Valen ran out while looking at their other wolf classmates too, the only wolf that was left on the classroom was the barely conscious Bruno who was being helped out by the teacher, and the other students soon were asked to calmly leave the room and if they could to open the window so the smoke went away soon

Wednesday still a little lost from the vision and all the fast actions that happened the moment she woke up, swayed when standing up, soon finding herself tilting into someone's chest when she lost balance. Yoko held her by the shoulders and helped her walk outside with a hand hovering on her back, not touching but close to keep a safety net in case the goth fell again

(...)

After everyone was safely out, the teacher announced the class being cancelled for obvious reasons and sent them to study and do a few specific pages on their homework book, everyone grumbled a little, annoyed at the homework but thankful for the early exit

The nightshades soon found themselves walking toward the Nightshades library, where they circled one of coffee tables with puffs and a sofa getting comfortable to do the homework and study. Even Wednesday sat there on a puff she had to share with Enid, reading some paragraphs and annoyed she knew that subject already and wasn't learning anything new

"Need a little help...everywhere" Kent whined when he felt like reading was just looking at words and not understanding a thing. Everyone giggled while Bianca tried to explain to him, getting halfway there before giving up

"It is not an easy subject, perhaps you could try to use the time you spend on playing that doomed videogame on studying instead of burning your pupils with electronics, not that burning your pupils is bad, you won't need them anyways" Wednesday deadpanned, settling her own book on her legs and gesturing for Kent to crawl to her side

For half an hour, Wednesday and Kent spent the time reading over and over again the same paragraph until Kent was able to explain it without looking nor the text nor the images, and could dive a deeper explanation to one of the formulas. Feeling smart, Kent offered to help Ajax understand, but the moment Kent crawled away, another figure sat on the space, denying Wednesday time to herself

"Is this answer right, Addams? I swear i have been doing everything as it said but I keep thinking it's wrong" Yoko showed the goth her own book with the answers. Wednesday only had to cast a glance at it to notice the error

"You are doing it backwards, Tanaka. Did not think it was even possible to be this stu-...hard headed" Wednesday told the vampire, being hit on the ribs by an elbow of the blonde on her other side, correcting her from being too mean

"Backwards? I don't understand...ahh I give up" the vampire said while letting herself fall backwards

"Giving up is not something my acquaintances are allowed to do, I do not surround myself with imcompetence, sit straight, I will explain it, do not make any noise or I will be obligued to cut your tongue" Wednesday threatened while pulling Yoko's jacket up and grabbing her pencil to explain again

A few more minutes were spent trying to get Yoko to do it right, when she could, Divina and Bianca came over asking for help too, by the time when an hour had passed, everyone was already lectured and corrected by the goth, even Enid, who finished her own homework and opted to whine about her friends being slow, and leaned her head on the goth after she noticed it was not being cut off

"Thank you, Wednesday, guess you do have a soft spot for us" Divina joked after everyone had been corrected and they were almost finishing up

"What an insult that is, please refrain from pointing out that sick sentence again" Wednesday grumbled

"Aww, not even for Enid? You know that you certainly have a space in your heart for her" Bianca teased while looking at the half-asleep wolf on the goth's shoulder. Wednesday was left without words and opted for the most correct option in her mind, escapism

"If that's all, I think we can reunite again tomorrow to correct the rest of the homework, I will be going, Enid if you are to go to sleep, please do it in your bed or have Thing  warn me about your whereabouts before I decide fire will rain on these idiots" Wednesday said looking at Enid and standing up after her shoulder was wolf-free

"Oki, roomie, see you later, don't come back late or...or I will throw your typewriter into the siren's lake" Enid jokingly threatened, everyone giggled while Wednesday fought a smile and turned to go away

(...)

The raven made her way inside The Quad, grabbing the few students lunging there gaze. She paid no mind to them and walked into the kitchen, glaring knifes at the empty bowl where usually there was fruit to grab as dessert. She turned away undeniably grumpy from the lack of fruit on her possession, she began walking to the direction of her room when her eyes spotted the Stillwater pack

It seemed as the pack felt her gaze on them because soon after they lifted their eyes from the homework and into her, the girls of the pack smiled softly while moving on the table making space for her, while Valen started to talk to the goth still a few meters away from them

"Hey, Wednesday! Can you back me up here? I'm telling this dumb boy that his answer is wrong but nobody believes me" Valen pouts looking at Wednesday while shaking Adrian by the shoulders, making the vampire giggle at him and try to shove softly his hands off

Wednesday sat on the table beside Malia, grabbing the notebook handed to her and glanced at the answers written in pen, furrowing her brows looking at the page

"The answer is wrong, you did it backwards" Wednesday calmly said, handing the book back to Adrian “Are all vampires the same kind of stupid or are you and Tanaka sharing one singular braincell? I corrected this exact mistake less than an hour ago”

The others from the pack couldn't resist and burst out in laugher while Adrian pouted and Wednesday glared at them for being loud, Callum noticed the goth's shoulders relaxing 

"You were escaping the wolves den?" he teased unapologetically while Wednesday tried to process what he meant

"I was merely walking away from idiocy, but it seems that I went from an idiot group to a moron one" the goth deadpanned while spotting a little bowl in the middle of the table, full of berries that looked fresh and cold, feeling her mouth watering but trying to act unaffected

Everyone snorted at the snap, while Shayla took her chance to mess with Addams. "Sure, sure. You left a wolves den to get into another pack's lair"

"I am not opposed to discovering if gorgon snakes can petrify someone after being cut off" Wednesday threatened while glaring at the gorgon girl who giggled and tried to dodge the slap that came close to the back of her head

"Okay, okay everyone calm down, stop laughing at our resident goth, stop trying to get killed, and you stop trying to kill my pack, you didn't do it when you had the chance, you can't regret it now" Valen directed the last threat at Wednesday who just huffed grabbing berries from the bowl and eating them one by one

Slowly they calmed and while they finished their homework they relayed on the Addams girl's knowledge to help them make sure everything was correct, Wednesday found her thoughts wavering back to the Nightshades library from time to time, so she opted to focus on the fruit in her hands and trying not to smother Shayla after the 5th wrong answer

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The nightshades slowly made their way inside the classroom already changed into their white uniforms, with Wednesday a few paces behind, walking side by side with Enid. They scattered around the room while waiting for Coach Vlad to arrive with the rest of the class, and especially with the new pack that went with him to retrieve their own uniforms

"I want you to choose a partner, we will do drills, don't get too comfortable with your first duo, we will change them from time to time" clap clap, and Coach Vlad arrived marching inside the room while walking in the direction of the shelf that held all the safe foils

"Barclay" Wednesday cut the air while everyone else searched a partner, Enid long gone away to search for a partner that did not threaten her safety like Wednesday. "Be my partner"

"Sheesh, a coffee first, would ya?" Bianca teased while walking to be in front of the smaller goth

"The only coffee I will buy for you is the one I will throw over your casket after I'm done with our sparring" Wednesday snapped back, already smirking when Vlad handed her the foil with her own initials on the base

"No more talk! If i don't hear your swords clacking soon I will change the fight into physical day" the coach threatened making everyone, even Wednesday, start their short battles. Nobody liked the physics day, it was a torture nobody wanted to endure

After a few minutes of fighting Bianca and Wednesday were in a tie, both sweating and with the competitiveness on the roof, but before Wednesday could offer a Military round, Coach Vlad yelped 'Change partners!'. They separated and Wednesday turned around to search for someone else to fight before seeing the tip of another foil in front of her forehead, she followed her gaze and saw Adrian with a smirk looking at her

"I guess you are as stupid as you try to look, don't worry, I will try to keep the few dignity you have intact" Wednesday teased while settling in a battle stance

"And I will try not to step over your braids when I make you fall flat on your back" he teased back before lunging at the raven

A tie is not the best description to this fight, as Wednesday was 3 points up from Adrian, who began to sulk. And when Coach Vlad yelped another change, Wednesday did the less she could to remind the vampire that it was merely an innocent class drill, and she bowed subtly to the vampire who returned the bow to the same angle, both barely leaning their foreheads a little, seeming as they just were tired, but they both knew the meaning behind, respect for each other.

"You are stuck with me, you mean Raven" Wednesday heard behind her, she turned around knowing exactly to whom that voice belonged to, already preparing to be a little softer without making anyone else notice

"Enid, I see you wanted a real challenge this time" the goth said while circling Enid who just shrugs her shoulders up and hits with her foil on Wednesday's knee

"Swords up, Wednes, or else I will be forced to fight you with my claws only" the blonde wolf smirked to the raven who fought for her face not to reveal the interest that rose at the idea of fighting Enid with her claws out

The score was not a tie, but it was not a destroying win either, instead of winning by most points, Wednesday opted to just be one point over Enid, making the fights last longer and the points to lenghten. Enid smiled oblivious to this fact, and when Coach shouted the last change, she bumped her shoulder with Wednesday's before walking a few steps over to Callum

"May I have this dance?" Wednesday heard and she looked to her other side, looking at Malia who smiled sweetly at her while lifting her own foil

"I will not bear responsibility to Valen if either you or Adrian go complaining about your pride after this" Wednesday said crouching to tie her boots before the fight, the siren snorted while looking away to her own alpha

"Not that he could be better anyways, let's just do this before the coach decides the class should last longer" Malia says looking at the now standing goth before her

They fought, if Wednesday had to say, Malia could make a good candidate for the third or fourth female fencer of the team. A draw that proved costly after a few actions around them

Wednesday was fighting, trying to search for a weakness on Malia's stance, to see where her foil could touch and not be dodged. A little gasp was heard to her side and she glanced a blink to see Enid tripping on her own feet. Used to that, she tried to keep fighting, but her eyes could not go away from Enid's figure when Callum stepped forward to snatch the last point, but was Enid had fallen, the point was already lost and there was no excuse to trying to poke her with the foil

Wednesday didn't think before her own foil found it's way into Callum's foil path, stopping it from touching Enid's face, but giving away her own last point. When the whistle of the coach marked the end of the class, Wednesday stood frozen with the foils still scratching each other. Callum did not move either, neither did Enid, the only one who moved was Malia who handed Enid her own hand so she could help her up

"Thank you, Malia" Enid said once she stood on her feet, before the siren walked away to give them privacy. "And thanks...thank you, Wednes, you saved me again" the wolf smiled before walking even closer "does that give you the perfect excuse for a hug?" she teased while opening her arms, arms that Wednesday glanced at with her eyebrows still hiding behind her bangs

"Try to put your arms around me, Enid, and I can not ensure your...plushies will be like you left them before going out our shared room" the goth threatened without stepping back, a little shiver in her eyes that Enid saw as she looked and made eye contact, Wednesday did not want the hug, not because it was from her, not because it was a hug, but because it would be very public and uncomfortable for her

"Right, still our thing, not hugging haha. Alright, then, you can come claim your price whenever you feel like it, but be careful f you think you can be meters close to my plushies without you suffering...unfortunate consequences" Enid said back, before grabbing the goth's shoulders and squeezing a few times, waving at Callum she walked away to search for her other friends on recess

Now only Callum and Wednesday remained on the room, everyone else already gone to spend their recess relaxing. The dove is looking at the crossed foils when he mutters "Hesitation makes one weaker, raises the possibility to fail"

"That is what I say constantly" Wednesday answers looking down

"For one to hesitate is for one to lose the upperhand of the choice" Callum kept going "and if you lose the upperhand, you are left under the hand of something else, and that is never a good thing"

"I like to have control over my own life, if I gave it willingly, why would I even bother trying to live for myself?" Wednesday snapped trying to understand where the conversation was going

"You don't hesitate making a decision because your heart tells you to do it"

"My heart can tell me all it wants, I still won't listen to a word it tries to say"

"But you have said you don't hesitate when the decision you have to make falls on someone you love"

"I said when the decision falls on someone of my family"

"And is Enid not your family? I thought you have repeatedly said she is, that she is your...pack" Callum said more bluntly, and with his voice slightly raised so Wednesday looked up to meet his gaze

 Wednesday was left speechless, she did not know what to say, so Callum kept going, not teasing, noticing

"You dropped your own point before you even looked at the score"

"You were about to hit an already fallen opponent. Sloppy."

"If only that was the real reason you put your foil between mine and her face"

"And you know that if your foil had touched Sinclair’s face, I would have shoved this sword through your shoulder"

The realization of what she just said hit Wednesday after she had voiced out her thoughts without filter, embarassed of her own outburst, she chose to shut her mouth. Callum, sensing his job was done, that he got the response he wanted to get out of Wednesday, opted to just lay his foil on the shelf and walk away, leaving the Addams alone, again looking at where her foil now was dented on the side, from the blunt force she used to stop the strike on Enid's face

For someone who despised losing control, Wednesday found herself doing it more and more around Enid Sinclair...

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Wednesday stood at the door threshold, her brows furrowed while looking over at the three younger Nightshades, the three of them sitting side by side on the infirmary stretcher looking at the floor with guilt in their eyes, well, Pugsley's eyes had everything on them except guilt

"Explain to me why I was called by Principal Montgomery again, do not skip any details, and Pugsley if I see you pulling your stitches one more time I am getting you a straitjacket, and a pink one so you suffer with it" Wednesday threatened the boy picking at his temple meanwhile Eugene started to relate again the events

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"All I am saying is that yeah you three are the perfect little freak group, just like the other Addams here" a boy from their same grade said to them while everyone waited for the teacher to come back to the classroom

"Repeat that" Agnes said standing up from her seat while walking over to the boy

"What you gonna do about it, little freak? Do me a favor and disappear soon" the boy stood up to, leaning his face to Agnes's level

"Hey, leave her alone, go bother someone else, we didn't even do anything to you" Eugene tried to be the voice of reason, standing up to their side and trying to grab Agnes arm to pull her away

"Fuck off, you nerd" the boy said while shoving Eugene's shoulder away, making him sway but without backing down

"Leave. Us. Alone. You go fuck yourself anywhere else" Eugene furrowed his brows trying to sound and seem threatening

"Or what?" the boy came face to face with him, a few centimeters between their faces and bodies

"You will regret it, and I won't have a. Single. Scratch" Eugene said slowly

That seemed to be enough reason for the boy to shove Eugene away as hard as he could, making the bee boy stumble and hit his hip on a nearby desk making him groan with pain. Before anyone could react the bully boy heard something behind him and when he turned around all he could see was a speeding knuckle aimed at his face

The bully tilted sideways into the floor, half knocked out by the impact and all the class saw Pugsley brushing his own knuckles after the punch, but there wasn't much time to think before the boy stood up and the fight unfolded. punches and kicks were thrown, Pugsley having the upperhand until the boy grabbed his head and pulled his head into the edge of the table

After blood began pouring out of both their faces and hands their classmates tried to separate them, being Pugsley the last one to get a good kick under the boy's chin and knocking him unconscious while every one of his classmates tried to hold him down and wake the other boy and hold Agnes and Eugene from hitting the other guy too. The teacher came into the classroom after a quick bathroom break just to see his class a zoo with two bleeding teenagers and everyone trying to mantain the calm

"Ash...you, go get Principal Montgomery, you, go get Addams older sister" the teacher said sighing and preparing himself for what was going to happen next

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"Pretty much it, they dragged us here to treat Pugs and keep us away from the guy and called you" Eugene finished

"I understand, I will make sure the boy won't be able to use his tongue again, or worse, I still have time to think about his destiny while he is stuck with the Principal" Wednesday said while inspecting her brother's stitches

"You won't scold us?" Eugene asked surprised "the nurse said we would be lucky to come out alive after you found out"

"Oh no, I am scolding you" Wednesday interrupted "especially you, Pugsley" the three younger teens looked at her with puppy eyes, scared of the punishment she was to give them "How can you allow them to hold you down like that, you could have at least hurt another one of the stupid followers of the boy"

"...What?" Agnes snorted while standing up from where she sat. The youngers slowly relaxed while they saw Wednesday sign the temporary confidentiality agreement Pugsley and the boy had to sign

"Dont get your hopes up, you are still grounded, you three, don't look at me like that, your decision was to defend your and your friend's honor, and I stand by it that it was the honorable option. But it doesn't change the fact that you lacked technique and you were caught, you still have much to learn. Your punishment will be decided after I can see how you left the boy's face, and I think this can include Enid as she has repeatedly been included in decision related to you, especially Agnes. For now, rest, and be proud you have your other two friends on your back. Now shoo, you can scurry to your rooms and call your parents and explain, I will assure Pugsley is hurt enough to go to sleep"

Eugene and Agnes grinned from ear to ear before jogging out the room, snickering about 'Pugsleys demise'. Pugsley looked at his sister that sat beside him now, not looking at him, instead looking forward to the wall just feeling her brother's presence and the little hitches of his breath when the pain on his head throbbed

"I'm sorry" Pugsley broke the silence after a few moments

"Don't be" Wednesday coldly said still not looking at him

"Then what am I supposed to be?" Pugsley snapped his gaze to his sister that remained looking at the wall "because I am sure you have only scolded and glared at me since you arrived but I haven't heard a single reassurance!"

"Do you forget who are you talking to, Pugsley Addams?!" Wednesday did not allow her brother to raise his voice at her "When have I ever reassured you? I merely said what I thought since I arrived, that you lacked technique to pick your fights"

"So you won't comfort your own brother but a blonde alpha wolf that sleeps in your room you will fall to your knees for her?!" Pugsley snapped, trying to sound mad but sobbin after finishing, breaking his angry face and morphing into a sad frown

"...I did not think you felt like this, brother" Wednesday said carefullly "We never had the sibling bond that makes you talk about...emotions and such, so I supposed you were keeping your own wars inside you, not that you wanted to talk to me about them"

"That is a shit apology" Pugsley sniffed

"It was not meant to be an apology, just an explanation. Pugsley, I will say this just one time, hear me well and don't forget it because you won't have a second chance to hear this" Wednesday settled her body to the side, now facing Pugsley, with her gaze on her lap but her hands hovering over her brother's. "You are my brother, my closest family, and I will always be and stand by your side, I won't be good as comfort and you know that and I know you know that, that's why we don't do emotions between each other. But you are the stronger bond I have had in all my life, don't let anyone or anything make you doubt where my loyalty lays. If I had to choose between anything and you, it will always be you." Wednesday looked at her brother in the eyes, grabbing his shoulders while the younger boy shook and teared up at his sister's words

"I...I will remember, sis" Pugsley sobbed one last time before laughing to himself "You really are shitty at comforting people" he said

"And I don't plan to change it" Wednesday said proudly while the ghost of a smile appeared on her mouth, she patted Pugsley's shoulders one last time before again putting distance between each other. "You did what you had to, to protect what's yours" 

"Eugene is not mine, Wednes" Pugsley cleaned his face with his handkerchief

"This...emotion you felt after punching the boy, was it...like going mad?" Wednesday allowed herself to be curious a little

"Like not even an asylum could help me with the crazyness my mind started to have, and not even Uncle Fester could make my heart race faster as it did when Eugene thanked me after arriving here" Pugsley accepted while smiling at the roof, satisfied and remembering the horrible sensations her body had because of the other boy

"Then it is not matter of whether Eugene is yours...is the matter that your heart is his to control" Wednesday spoke softly while looking away, wanting to give her brother the little privacy he could have while thinking this kind of thoughts, she knew it was a subject that she would like to think about alone, so she would help all she could her brother to feel comfortable enough

"Yeah, I think so too" he smiled and glanced at his sister "but I'm not the only one whose heart got stolen, am I?" he tilted his head "Enid has been included in this kind of decisions, Enid will help me decide a punishment, Enid is better at comforting people than me...Sister, you fell under your own trap, but that's okay, we don't have to talk about it yet if you don't want to, but...what you said, about your loyalty to me, it-it goes both ways, you are the most important person in my life, don't let anyone hurt you or I will be forced to practice my knife throwing skills earlier than I anticipated"

Both smiled, Pugsley outwardly while looking at his sister, Wednesday merely sighed and inside her mind the little spark of happiness she quickly hid was enough to make her realize how important that conversation had been for both of them, standing up she made sure to check if Pugsley had everything he needed and she muttered her goodbyes before walking to the door

"Horrible Nightmares, Pugsley, I hope the devil grabs your feet in the middle of the night, do not be late for breakfast again or I will send Eugene after you" she said while looking back at her now settled and sleepy brother

"You always find the most horrible things to say to me, I love you too, sis. And if you send Eugene after me, I will make Enid put you in air jail, you know she could" he teased back while his sister closed the door of the infirmary behind her

:)

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Morning on Thursday arrived with the anxiousness of most of the students from Caliban and Ophelia Hall, they were all together waiting for their dorm tutors and Coach Vlad to arrive to the buses. A camping trip was going to happen, making most of them excited or scared, or both

Bags everywhere, some students sleeping on the floor with jackets thrown over them as blankets and backpacks as pillows, Ajax being one of them. Arguing and yelps were heard as the students joked around to not get sleepy and be wide awake for the bus ride and walk to the camp site

"Hey, I'm doing a check that everybody has their own basic camping things, I know you don't need to be reminded of them and it's like an insult but can you at least humour me with it so the adults aren't hovering that much on us?" Bianca asked Wednesday when she came closer to where the goth stood

"I will humour you under the condition that you reveal to me who passed the list with the basic things after, I want to see who I could make miserable" Wednesday answered while writing her name on a paper and checking all the boxes

The Nightshades were circling and joking around Ajax sleeping figure, Yoko and Divina getting their music playlist ready for the bus, Agnes, Eugene and Pugsley talking and joking with Kent about the mischief they could enroll while on the forest, Enid taking photos and videos of everything. The Stillwater pack sitting calmly beside the bus, eating breakfast while looking at all the other students

"Kiddos! To your busses!" Coach Vlad's voice was heard from a megaphone, some of the students laughed while others groaned. Slowly everyone made their way into the busses, Enid grabbed Wednesday's elbow before dragging them both to one of the seats further back, in front of them sat Yoko and Divina, Wednesday sat on the seat next to the window after Enid yelped something about being closer to the bathroom

Pugsley and Eugene entered the bus too, they sat in the seats on the other side from them, Pugsley to the window and Eugene to the walkway. The Stillwater pack made their way into the bus and sat all the way to the back, using the five row seats to be together. Ajax and kent sat together on the front row because it was a good excuse to sleep without being bothered, and Bianca told Agnes to sit with her in front of Pugsley and Eugene, with the redhead to the window so Bianca could gossip with Yoko and Divina without bothering anyone

When the bus started to roll forward everyone was already settled, Enid playing in her phone while Wednesday looked outside the window. The bus was noisy but at the same time quiet, soft murmurs and low music muffled by earphones everywhere. Wednesday almost doubted opening a book for the trip when a hand began to shake her whole arm without caution

"Enid, cease this manhandling or I cut your hand off" the goth threatened before catching the excited look the wolf had, the blonde made eye contact with her before subtly pointing her finger to her side. Wednesday looked at her hand but found nothing, seeing her confusion Enid grabbed Wednesday's chin and tilted it towards the right direction

Wednesday saw her brother and Pugsley, both talking softly before Eugene grabbed his earphones and put some music on his phone, Pugsley looked out of place and opted to look outside the window but the bee boy shook his shoulder and when the goth boy looked over, Eugene offered one of his earphones "Wanna burst your earlobe with loud music?"

If Wednesday and Enid saw the look in both boy's gaze, they sure did not say anything out loud, whatever happened between the boys was their own privacy to tell. Enid turned back to Wednesday who glanced at the wolf before settling back on her seat. Enid grinned to herself before putting music on her own phone

"You know, I would offer you to listen to music with me, but either we end up listening to classic music, or I don't make it to the forest before being murdered" Enid joked while settling her devices on her ears and settling on her seat

"You could not be more right if you wanted" Wednesday muttered under her breath hearing a laugh behind her, she turned to see Valen and Adrian giggling while looking at her. "You better not be giggling childishly because of this"

"Or what? You gonna...how was it? Won't let us make it into the forest before murdering us?" Adrian teased the goth

The goth swore under her breath before feeling something poking her finger, she looked to whom was bothering her, finding Callum half standing to poke her shoulder, when they made eye contact the older seer took off one of his earphones "You know you tolerate my music taste, take it, don't be that miserable first thing in the morning" he joked and grinned when the goth accepted the device

"One of your pack at least has a functioning braincell"

The goth settled back to her seat, with one of her ears hearing music while the other listened to her surroundings, the low snores from one of the girls in front of her, Enid's breathing and soft singing, Pugsley and Eugenes muttering about the song they were hearing. Though Enid did not resist that much either and soon got tired of playing on her phone and turned it off, keeping the music still on and sighing

Enid did not hesitate and decided to nap a little for what remained of the bus ride, she tried to settle twice on the seat before giving up, she pouted and looked at Wednesday as if the goth had the answer to her trouble, that gave her an idea, a dangerous idea. Enid slowly creeped her head closer to the goth's shoulder, before completely leaning into it and letting herself be thrown into a deep nap

(...)

After half an hour, the Coach said in a loud tone "We are almost there, Kids, wake up your friends and gather your things, we have to do a little treck to get to the clearing"
Wednesday tapped Enid's leg to try and wake her, but the wolf whined and settled again. Hearing a whine, Pugsley took his gaze off his videogame and looked at his sister, his eyes bugging out with surprise. Wednesday glared daggers at him to not say anything while the younger just smirked and looked away

"Enid, we are about to arrive to out destination, wake up before the shock of the cold air gives you a heart attack" the goth tried again to wake the wolf

"Wednes~...you are so mean to me" the wolf sat straight while rubbing her eyes and yawning

"Actually, pup" Yoko joined the wolf, turning in her own seat and looking over to the row behind her were the pair sat "Addams let your sleepy ass snore on her shoulder without smothering you in your sleep, so be careful with what you do now, she must be on the edge of throwing knives" the vampire teased the wolf and the raven, raven that glared at the vampire

"If I were to throw knives, Tanaka, you would be the first on the list" Wednesday threatened

"See what I'm talking about?" Yoko looked at Enid before settling back into her own seat

Everyone gathered their things and was ready, so by the time Coach Vlad announced their arrival and the bus halted to a stop, they were ready to stand up and go

"Alright, everyone stay close, if you notice a student missing warn everyone immediately, if you hear or see something dangerous too. And since the walk is not that long we won't be stopping so please keep the pace so you don't get lost" Coach Vlad said while starting to clear the path so everyone could see which way they were going, and seeing if it was safe

The walk itself was very noisy, everyone being too curious to keep calm, looking at the trees and smelling the clean air, enjoying the fresh breeze around them. Most of the Nightshades smiling and playing along the walk to keep the mood up and happy. Meanwhile, the Stillwater pack was calmer, they walked on a normal pace while checking the safety of their surroundings, sometimes changing their way of positioning themselves when another student or Nightshade trecked further from the big group to make sure they didn't get left behind.

"You know that not because you complain constantly about the mud, it will go away magically?" Bianca said to a whiny Yoko

"But Bia, my white sneakers..." the vampire fake cried while mourning her flashy new shoes being covered in brown mud

A sudden yelp interrupted their interaction, everyone turned to look at the sound to see if the person was okay, Enid had nearly slipped downhill after stepping on wet moss, only stopping herself after grabbing the nearest thing available

...Which unfortunately happened to be Wednesday.

The goth looked down at the death grip on her arm.
"...Release me before I decide gravity should finish what the hill started" Wednesday threatened the wolf

"You would miss me too much" Enid answered shamelessly, not letting go immediately of the raven, just weakening her deadly grip into a soft tug to regain the pace with the group

Everyone kept going too, not paying too much mind to them, or at least not out loud, but the little smirk on Yoko's lips that Enid saw, the subtle glances the Stillwater pack took at the wolf and the raven and vice versa, and the little snickers Pugsley let out sometimes on the rest of the walk were tellers of what happened in everyones minds. And even if it went unnoticed by everyone else, Enid did notice certain goth girl walking closer and firmer beside her, and moving her with shoulder bumps when the ground forward changed texture and could be more slippy. And by the time the whole group arrived at the clearing, surprisingly for her, Enid's shoes had the least mud out of all of them, not that she said it out loud just in case, but she did notice how the dirty shoes varied but hers were the cleanest and Wednesday's were the dirtiest, after Yoko's

(...)

The clearing itself was large enough to fit all the students comfortably, surrounded by tall trees and uneven rocks, with a small river several meters downhill. The ground was damp from the rain of previous days, but dry enough for tents and a bonfire.

The moment Coach Vlad stopped walking and lowered his backpack from his shoulder, the students exploded into noise.

"Bags here! No, not there, Ajax, move before somebody trips over you!"

"I swear if somebody touches my snacks I will know."

"Why is the ground wet."

"We are in a forest, Tanaka."

"I hate nature."

Wednesday glanced around the clearing while the students scattered everywhere. Some immediately claimed spots for their tents while others simply dropped their bags and collapsed dramatically on the grass.

Coach Vlad blew once into his whistle, nobody listened. Blew again, louder. Several birds flew away from nearby trees.
"IF I HAVE TO REPEAT MYSELF AGAIN I WILL MAKE EVERYONE RUN BACK TO NEVERMORE."

Silence.

Even Ajax woke up.

"Good. Tents will be assembled in groups of five or six. Nobody wanders away alone, nobody goes near the river without permission, and if one of you gets bitten by something poisonous I will let nature finish the job before filling paperwork"

"Can we quote that to the Principal?" Bianca asked.

"No."

The students quickly began dividing supplies between themselves. Predictably, chaos followed.

Kent somehow managed to unzip an entire tent bag upside down, burying himself under fabric while Ajax laughed hard enough to nearly fall over. Yoko immediately sat on one of the coolers instead of helping. Enid was filming everything

"This is historical documentation" she defended when Bianca tried grabbing the camera away

Meanwhile the Stillwater pack had already assembled half their tent before most students found the poles.

Wednesday watched all of it with narrowed eyes before silently crouching beside one of the scattered tent bags abandoned by the Nightshades. From the moment she began getting everything ready and ordered, Divina and Bianca walked to her side to help her, after a few minutes the three of them had made the tent stand up
"Since we three made this tent, we could be the ones sleeping here, with our other half of our pairs too" Bianca thought and the other two just nodded, Wednesday already on her way to stop Kent and Ajax from ripping the tent that would be holding them and her brother and Eugene's sleeping forms later on the night, and Divina just walked to the cooler Yoko sat on so she could stop the vampire from being tempted to grabbing the blood bags inside it

Slowly, after almost an hour of yelling, threats and several failed attempts at assembling tents, the clearing finally began resembling an actual campsite. Several tents surrounded the future bonfire area, backpacks and shoes scattered around them while the teachers prepared supplies for later in the evening
The sun had started lowering little by little behind the trees, painting the forest in darker gold tones. For the first time since arriving, the noise lowered.

Not silence. Never silence
But calmer.

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The air on the forest was calm, the only calm thing in the whole forest in reality, because the moment the students laid their feet on the mud, silence stopped being an option for the creatures living on it

"Okay, guys, this is going to sound very crazy but it's the truth, I am going to spend most of this trip with the younger grades because I don't trust them as much as I trust you all, so don't dissapoint me and please behave" Coach Vlad whispered to the older group, plus the infiltrated Pugsley, Eugene and Agnes, he looked at the three musketeers and sighed "I leave them under your care and mercy, don't die and take care of yourselves, also...hum...let's see"

The coach started looking between all of them, some felt paranoid when they made eye contact with the teacher, until his eyes landed on Divina

"What? Why are you giving me that look, Coach?" Divina asked while stepping backwards one time, scared

"You are the one I leave in charge, and you too, Edward Cullen" the Coach gestured to Adrian

"That's racist" Adrian joked, while Yoko grumbled "Why is he Edward Cullen and I get called just Glassy Goth?"

Most of them laughed, the Coach walked away while Divina stood now as the center of attention on everyone's eyes, "Please don't look at me at the same time, I feel...watched" she shyly said while hiding behind her girlfriend

"Alright I suppose that means we get to lay the rules down for this smaller group" Adrian tried to start but his whole pack and some of the nightshades jokingly stopped or boo-ed him, "okay, okay, I guess we are free but don't separate from the group, at least not without warning"

After everyone nodded their agreement, some of them started grab their things after the tents were succesfully built, Divina stood and clapped three times, grabbing everyone's attention

"Though Adrian is right on something, we are in charge" she giggled, shy under the eye of all the teenagers "so hear me, and if you have doubts or complaints you can ask me...after I finish speaking"

"This is how a dictatorship starts to happen" Yoko joked in a low voice, making the younger three giggle and the others to huff hiding their smiles

"Well, since the tents are for 4 to 5 people, this will be the sleeping arrangements for the night. The Stillwater's get one tent for themselves because no one wants to separate your pack. Kent, Ajax, Eugene, Pugsley, and I will sleep on other tent, and you five, Bianca, Enid, Wednesday, Yoko and Agnes can sleep in the last one" she finished with a smile

"Wait, what? Why would you sleep in the boys tent, why not with us? We could squeeze you in" Yoko pouted while complaining to her girlfriend

"I would love to sleep in your tent but let's not bother the others when there is little space, imagine if I went there it would be so cramped" Divina reasoned "5 people is the Max." she stated while putting her hands on her hips and lifting her chest to seem more powerful

"I could exchange places with you" Agnes shyly lifted her hand

"And sleep in the tent with four messy boys? But you are an innocent kid" Bianca sided with Divina "at least Divina is Kent's sister so she has more than enough reason to sleep on the tent"

"But it's not like Agnes hasn't slept with Pugsley and I" Eugene fought back, everyone stopped and turned to him who paled after realizing what he said, "WAIT, NOT LIKE THAT, NEVER LIKE THAT" he tried to explain while lifting his hands in front of his shoulders and stuttered backwards

"Yeah, 'gene did not mean it like that, he meant that we have had sleepovers already, especially after our missions, Agnes has slept in the same room as us and it's not uncomfortable" Pugsley stepped in to defend her friend

"Ye-yeah, they are right, I honestly feel comfortable sleeping in the boy's tent because I know none of them are going to make something I don't like" Agnes added

"See? It's fine, a normal thing friends do, so please someone make Wednesday drop the knife" Eugene said with a shake on his voice, staring at the goth's hand

"I guess...if you are sure, Agnes. But the moment you doubt your decision you tell me and we switch back" Divina said, while walking to her things to get her bag into the tent

Yoko, Enid and Wednesday relaxed their postures, with the vampire just sighing resigned and jogging to her girlfriend while the wolf turned her claws back into nails and went to get her bag too, Wednesday walked into the three musketeer's space

"Remember that words have meanings, Eugene, I don't know how many times I will have to tell you to think them before you speak them." she scolded the bee boy before turning to her brother, "good timing, I guess father and I have taught you well how to defend your honor." she nodded once, not used to complimenting her brother, then lastly turned to Agnes, "You made your decision, have you reconsider it, talk to me, not Divina, I could sleep outside the tent or just pass through the night, you on the other hand, are weaker and need your full night's sleep, so keep that in mind if this idiots bother you too much" she said coldly before turning away

The three youngers visibly relaxed after not being under the older goth's wrath anymore, but that didn't long much before they heard one last threat from her, "Oh and if those poor excuse for boys that will be sleeping in the tent with you do something, you have my permission to take their thumbs, or call me, but I think the first option will be more satisfactory for Pugsley"

They looked between themselves, before exploding in giggles while Kent and Ajax not that obliviously paled while walking them three to their tent

(...)

On the tent, Wednesday had claimed the further corner before being pillow smothered by a backpack thrown to her face, she caught it before it touched the tent floor and was napalmed by the sheer bright pink color of the bag

"Since Miss. I want to be alone, don't touch me. Will be sleeping here and on the corner, I guess it's the more logical option that I sleep next to her, I'm the only one of everyone here that Wednesday will not kill if I kick her in the middle of the night" Enid said while trotting into the place beside the goth

"Only light maiming" Yoko joked

"You could not be more right if you tried, Tanaka" Wednesday smirked "like you asked me on our shared quarters, I did not bring more than two knifes for sleeping, so you better think twice if you are to try and hug me while sleeping, only two tries, the third will be strangulation by my hands only" she threatened

"Kinky" Bianca smirked before walking out of the tent, followed by a giggling Divina and a smug Yoko

"So if I was cold in the middle of the night, you won't allow me at least a huggy cuddle?" Enid tried her luck with the goth who was getting her sunblock out of her bag

"You have the other three people in the tent to 'cuddle' with, the only option you will touch me for will be to try and kill me, and I must emphasize in the word 'try'" Wednesday responded while uncovering the little container with the cream

"Sure, sure, let's do the thing where I pretend to believe you" the wolf walked to the tent's entrance "oh, and..."she waited until she got the goth's attention, so when Addams looked up to meet her eyes she noticed the wolfy grin on the blonde "you would get jealous if I tried to hug Yoko before squeezing your lungs out of your mouth by midnnight" she winked before disappearing through the door

Wednesday fought the smile trying to show on her face, this time being alone it was an unsuccesful try and her cheeks slowly tightened when the tips of her lips curved up. Feeling a little blush on her cheeks she opted to put the sunscreen on them to freeze them back, with everthing she needed on her pockets, she stepped out of the tent

"Addams!" she heard a shout, her eyes went to the sound and found Malia walking towards her "Bianca, Divina and I were going to check the lake to see if it's safe to swim in, would you like to come?" the siren smiled at her "there could be beast around, or on the water, all I heard Coach Vlad say on the trip is that this area was not heavy on wild beasts, but that doesn't mean there won't be"

"I would accompany you but I had other plans to do" the raven tried to deny but Malia insisted

"Come on, Raven, let's go with the girls, your wolf is fine and look she is going to fetch wood with Adrian and Valen. Go say your goodbyes and I will think of a way to try to drown you on the lake for later" Malia teased and pushed her back towards Enid who was looking at a map on the table with Valen explaining directions to her

"Enid" Wednesday just said

"Yes, Wednes?" Enid turned to look her in the eyes, Valen's speech thrown aside for the moment, the wolf girl even lifted her hand to stop the other from talking and interrupting her new interaction "do you need something?"

"The ability to make my parents forget I have a brother whose only purpose in life is to annoy me, but for the moment no I don't 'need' something." Wednesday said while walking closer to Enid who giggled at the attempt of joke, "But you do, the simple walk to this clearing under the sun already got your cheeks another shade of red that couldn't be hidden by your make-up, so take this and stop trying to get skin cancer, it sounds good but you are not ready to endure that pain" she tossed the bottle of sunscreen, the same she used on herself, to the wolf who caught it in the air and smiled

"Thanks! I will make sure to put on some right now, don't want to make m-...the raven mad" Enid stopped herself mid-word before continuing to tease Wednesday

"That was all, I will be dragged to accompany my rival and her siren friends to search the lake, if you hear screams or gurgling please let me have my seven minutes of brain death before reviving me"

With that, Wednesday turned around and walked next to Malia who waited patiently beside her own tent, both of them walked in silence to the tree's opening where the other sirens stood talking. The walk to the lake was calm but definitely not short, on the edge they saw a little pier, they walked into it to check if the structure was strong enough, finding resistance worth of still fresh wood with just some excepcions

"Are any of us going to get in the water to check under the surface?" Malia asked while tilting her head trying to see clearer to the bottom of the lake

"That would be necessary if you wanted to make your juvenile entertainment of swimming in the lake" Wednesday deadpanned, rolling her eyes and walking closer to the edge

"Wow, what an attitude, we should tell Enid how her girl acts when she is not here to tame her" Bianca teased

Before Wednesday could turn and make a snarky comment, a loud shout was heard from somewhere near the camp, all girls looked to that direction hearing a loud THUMP! that sent the atmosphere with a expansion wave that moved them weakly, just making them sway on their feet trying to regain their footing. But that sway was enough for Wednesday to step on the wrong wooden plank

Her foot touched the wood but wether it was from time, rust, termites, or some other option, the plank gave and she went with it underwater. Hearing her name being called she fought agains gravity with the difficulty of not wearing the right clothes for more buoyancy, she put her head over the surface hearing the three girls hovering over the edge and trying to call for her

"I am fine, no need to hover, you are going to give yourselves hear attacks over a little drip of water" the goth rolled her eyes "it seemed as the universe wanted me to be the one to examine the lake, tell me if there is anything I should look for underwater"

"For starters don't grab a chest that is being held down by algae, we don't want a repeat of that, okay?" Malia joked "But apart from that, the obvious, creatures, things that could hurt the ones entering the lakes, on the sand of the bottom there could always be broken glass or torn spiky things, or there could be some criminal things even, can you imagine finding a body over there?" she asked sarcastically ignoring the smirk that appeared on Wednesday's lips

"Wouldn't that be a nice surprise?" Wednesday teased before dunking back under the water

(...)

The raven took the offered hand Bianca lent her to haul herself out of the water and onto the pier again, she shook her body like a wet dog while hearing the complaints and giggles of the other three girls, she smirked to herself after acomplishing the mission of annoying them before walking back to the camp

On the way to the camp, they heard again some voices but this time it was giggles and heavy breathing, they ignored it until they were ambushed from above their heads, they looked up just in time to be tackled onto the grass and dirt, laughs and giggles overflowing the little screams the sirens let out. Wednesday allowed herself to take her time to catch her breathing before lifting whatever she had on top of her off, it resulted to be Enid

"Howdy! Nice surprise, wasn't it?" Enid asked while sitting back on her feat while the Raven sat up

"I suppose you could say it was nice, surprise? In your dreams, I heard your giggles even underwater" the goth tried to answer

"Does that mean that you always hear me? Or that even in your hallucinations you like to hear my voice?" the wolf teased even stronger "well that sure explains why are you all wet and smell like...lake, I suppose"

"We will have to either re-teach you your sense of smell, or we will have to teach you more smell orientations" the goth snapped back softly while being hostled up by one arm

"We can get into technicalities later" Enid finished before walking over to where Kent had been laying over Divina to lift them both up to walk back to the camp

Wednesday watched her go, before remembering the umcomfortable sensation that the wet clothes gave her, so she opted to go back to change too

"Wait, Wednes!"

The Raven turned on her heels and saw three figures walking towards her while Bianca joined the siren siblings and wolf on the walk back. Adrian, Valen and Malia were in front of her now, with Malia glaring at the taller boys who dodged her eyes and looked up. Valen huffed something closer to a laugh before throwing all the little logs he had on his arms on the floor and taking his own shirt off with one swift movement, Adrian soon did the same with his wooden logs but he just took out his cotton jacket and both of them handed the clothes to Malia

"Follow me" the siren guided Wednesday to a more private space where more trees covered them "take your wet overclothes off, the camp is not that close and you will be very umcomfortable on wet clothes"

Wednesday rolled her eyes but complied, minutes later, Valen’s oversized shirt hung loosely from her frame and Adrian's jacket was tied as a fast made skirt. They reunited with the boys and walked back talking about the oddissey that was finding dry wood so close to the lake, and while the pack members talked, Wednesday used the lack of attention they were giving her to untie and redo her braids that went highwire after falling to the water

Once they made it to the camp, everyone was already there, some of them with plates in their hands and seated on the logs trying to eat while talking just like they did on the Quad in Nevermore. It seemed as Ajax, Eugene, Agnes and Pugsley had made a little lunch and most of them had already grabbed a bite. Upon seeing the arrival of the missing ones, they all perked up at being reunited, before Yoko whistled flirtly

"Damn, why the sudden change of clothes, Addams?" the vampire teased while being shoved off by Divina

Everyone seemed to realize that the goth had clothes that certainly weren't hers, they looked at the shirtless Valen and the smug Adrian before connecting the dots, but if anyone thought something, nobody said it after seeing the little killer look Wednesday had in her eyes. Wednesday for the record just ignored the provocations and walked to the tent to grab another set of clothes and change

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After lunch, everyone decided to go to the lake, so after a few minutes of disaster around the camp site with everyone yelling instructions or complaints and some others running around to get their things, everyone was on the way to the lake. The sun was bright and the tree line was a few meters away from the edge of the lake so it was necessary to put on sunscreen, Enid made sure that the three youngers did scolding them and forcing them to apply the cream on themselves with her watching just in case

"I'm watching you, little Addams, you live for the danger the sunburn can give to you, but no one is getting skin cancer on my watch, now shoo, go be kids and be careful entering the water" Enid narrowed her eyes, gesturing for the youngers to go away before walking to grab the sunscreen bottle she shared with Wednesday, after a few hours she needed to reapply the cream on her skin to make sure she wasn't getting sunburnt either

Of the older teens, some of the Nightshades were settling their things on the edge to the pier or walking around it so see how deep the lake was. Yoko was whining that the water was cold and Kent being Kent just shrugged and said "Unimportant." and jumped straight into the lake, splashing everyone near the edge, and being the first one to enter the water

Wednesday as usual just sat on the pier, looking around carefully, and keeping an eye on her brother knowing the naughty things he could try to do. The Stillwater younger's were the next to jump in the water, with Malia and Adrian racing each other onto the end of the pier and jumping into the water giggling. Valen sat beside Wednesday and grabbed his own phone, not in the mood to get in the water yet and Callum followed just to accompany them for a while

"Not in the mood for a dip?" Callum teased Wednesday, shoving her lightly on the shoulder while watching everyone else jump too. Ajax fighting Enid and both of them stumbling together down the last steps of the pier, and Yoko, Divina and Bianca walking slowly gathering the courage to jump into the lake

"I am in the mood for dipping my knife in your guts, if that is what you are referring to" Wednesday answered without looking at him, watching the now soaked blonde wolf trying to pull her best friend into the water faster

"Not even if your brother decides to follow your influence and tries to drown someone? Or himself?" Valen joined in, settling his body to angle towards them both

"I don't see the problem there, he can have a little fun as long as he answers for it on court" the goth shrugged uninterested "Why are you both not in the water? And Adrian, where did that damn vampire go?"

"I will swim in a while, wanted to enjoy the air and the calm that having everyone on water territory means, less people bothering you when you try to relax" Valen said leaning in his elbows and looking to the sky

"I just wanted to accompany my alpha and fellow seer, is that illegal now?" Callum assured calmly, crossing his ankles and looking around

The calm minutes that followed on land were almost blessings for the three of them, Callum and Valen were exceptionally quiet and calm, Wednesday appreciated that but she couldn't focus on reflecting in her mind because every other minute either her brother or Enid tried to do something dangerous that could hurt them. Though Wednesday knew both of them could handle a little stumbling, she preferred they weren't

"Hey! I bet ya' I can do the most incredible dive you will ever see" Ajax dared Kent, soon Yoko and Enid joined in too. So the four of them swam into the edge and climbed out "see this baby" Ajax told them before sprinting and at the edge making a mini jump and doing a little flip

"WOW!" "AWESOME, MAN!"

"Ha! That is nothing, see this one" Yoko tried, jogging and jumping too, doing a turn just in time so she ended up in a backwards flip into the water

"AAHH" "YOKO THAT WAS SOOOO COOL"

"You haven't seen nothing!" Kent yelped before running into the pier, but as he was nearing the edge of it, he slipped and fell on his butt "Ow!" he groaned while everyone else laughed at his fail "Well, I already am here" he added before walking to the edge and squatting "COWABUNGA, BABY!" and jumped with all his strenght, crouching in the air and landing on his back making water splash evewhere and everyone, including the ones in land

"Hey!" Valen groaned half-heartedly "I am not going in the water yet, why am I getting splashed?" he pouted and went back to his own reflecting

"Okay my turn, get ready to witness the best dive known on earth" Enid expressed before slowly speeding into the edge, just before it, she lunged on her side and threw her hands up, making a wheel on the wood that would send her into the water

But the wooden planks were still wet from the splash a few seconds earlier, so when her hands made contact with it, they didn't have much grip and one of them slipped. She still landed on water and nobody really noticed her little misshap, underwater she heard her friends yelling and celebrating, but her left wrist now stung a little from the weight she ended up putting on it and her right palm burned with scratches made on the wood

Nobody noticed, or at least that's what Enid thought, because the moment her palm made a move that wasn't meant to be, Wednesday noticed. The goth heard the yells and celebrations and watched how even Callum and Valen shouted with excitement, she stood up and walked to where Enid had landed near the edge while everyone went back to playing around. The blonde took her time to get up the surface to not show ny signs of pain on her face

"Take that, Tanaka" Enid joked to herself when she came out to get air, but when she turned a little to search for the nearest edge to sit a little and wait for her palm to heal she found Wednesday's eyes "Hey! Did you see my super cool move?" she joked

"I did, it was certainly more extravagant than Tanaka's" Wednesday accepted, watching the grin on Enid's face grow bigger "Though I saw your slipping hand too, are your hands okay? Did you scratch yourselve? Will we have to get a tetanus shot ready for the pup?" the goth told the wolf and tried to joke to soften the accusation

"Oh...you saw that, hehe, I'm fine. Werewolf healing, remember?" Enid showed Wednesday her palms while swimming closer to the edge "though maybe I will stay here for a little while, I don't want to have the scratches touching all the germs that there could be on the water" she made a disgusted expression

"A smart decision, maybe your first one ever" Wednesday deadpanned while watching the werewolf haul herself up on the edge and stay seated there

"Yeah, yeah, no one is half as smart as the little princess of death and all that, you have to start getting more creative, roomie" Enid teased and patted beside her while making eye contact with the goth "come on, I don't bite" she smirked

"You don't bite, you can't bite, not even hunt a rabbit, need I remind you of that shared anecdote?" Wednesday didn't back down "But you do hug, and I do have my knifes close enough so don't try anything that could make them appear anywhere on your body" she threatened while sitting on the edge after taking her shoes and socks

"We don't talk about that, deal" Enid accepted the threat and stayed beside her roomate

Both of them spent a few minutes just watching their friends play, Valen and Callum soon joined in the water too and everyone started to play 'Chicken Fight'. Enid felt Wednesday's presence, they weren't close enough to touch but they could feel each other, on the corner of their eyes they could see the other's figure, they sat there just watching and feeling, no talking and no interactions, just presence

But after a few minutes something caught Enid's eyes and she smirked, she made a tiny sound and jumped on her butt down to the water, now being half her body over the surface and gripping Wednesday's legs for balance

"Hey, it's almost nightfall, and I think that in the middle of the lake is the perfect spot to see it, no trees and perfect view of the horizon" Enid explained "get in and we could go see it with everyone else?" she asked

"Enid, while I am thankful that you are inviting me, I refuse to enter the water, you can go see it with the rest of your friends, maybe some other time" Wednesday answered before looking to the sky, while it was true that the sun was almost setting, it was not that soon and that confused her, she turned with furrowed brows to the wolf now a few meters far away on the lake still looking at her with a smirk "Enid, the sun won't set for aproximately 10 minutes, why are you asking me now?"

She watched the wolf smirk and tilt her head before feeling her body being grabbed and holted up, she tried to fight the force but whatever was holding her had enormous strenght, she felt and saw her body being thrown up and how the water became closer and closer until her body was fully surrounded by it, she had been thrown into the water. She swam to the surface and shook the water off her eyes to see Adrian smirking on the edge of the pier before running to the other side and diving into it too, swimming closer to where his pack were playing

The goth huffed annoyed and turned to glare at Enid but didn't find her "Enid?" she turned and searched with her eyes for the wolf, scanning where the groups where to see for a blonde hear popping by without luck "Eni-" she tried to ask again but her foot was pulled down sending her again underwater

Under the surface she opened her eyes and saw a face looking at her, a grin planted on it. Wednesday softly kicked her foot towards the figure's shoulder and tried to free herself but she couldn't. The figure pulled again bringing her even deeper and now they were on eye level, the eyes of the other brightened, literally. Soon in the middle of the blue-ish lake water and shades from the bottom contrasting with the shine from the sun a pair of golden shining eyes appeared

The Raven felt almost hypnotized by them, and her glare and annoyed expression turned to one of admiration without her noticing, she lifted her hand and tried to say something, forgetting she was underwater, so the moment she opened her mouth and tried to talk the oxygen flew out her lungs replaced by a bit of water. She swam upwards after realizing her error, being helped by the figure to haul herself over so she did not drown

Over the surface she came out coughing, and the figure soon followed with giggles echoing

"Gotcha" Enid grinned "I told you, roomie, I don't bite..." the wolf said, swimming closer and holding a hand on Wednesday's shoulder to try and stabilize the still coughing goth "...I can do worse" she teased, after Wednesday gained her breathing right again she answered

"Guess you are learning something useful in this camping trip" Addams commented and she threw water over Enid's face "you won't catch me unfocused again, this was your one and only chance, be glad you managed to use it"

"Will do, roomie. Now come, I really want to see the sunset with all of them, but it wasn't the same if you weren't there too" the wolf pouted and grabbed one of the goth's arms while trying to swim closer to the middle of the lake where all their friends were

"I suppose I already am soaked to the bone again, I can participate, it will give me some chances to drown Adrian too" Wednesday said through gritted teeth while following the wolf after being let go

(...)

The moment the sun started to dissapear, they were all huddled together in the water, watching it, some of them talking but everyone's gazes were on the big star hiding under the horizon. Wednesday was next to Enid while all of their friends surrounded them, some of the Nightshades were still playfighting and talking while the Stillwater pack was cuddling each other, tired after so much playing. And the three musketeers were exhausted, just floating near the group looking at the sunset, waiting for it to finish before swimming to land

"So pretty" Someone said, Wednesday didn't catch who it was

"Yes, it's sooooo prettyyyyy" Enid copied, her eyes glued to the horizon, shining with amezement. Wednesday turned and looked around, her friends were looking at the sunset too, some of them looking around but no one really paying attention to another person, she turned to Enid, curious as to why the wolf would think the natural moment that happened every day was so surprising. The moment her eyes locked on Enid's face she couldn't bring her gaze to move anywhere else, the blonde wolf was a little flushed, burnt cheeks that proved her way of putting the sunscreen had been wrong; Wet and messy hair that would have knots everywhere the moment she tried to comb it; Runny nose probably because of the cold that started to seep on all of them because of the breeze drying their wet bodies; And finally, her eyes, shining eyes, glassed through emotions Wednesday couldn't point out, absorbed on the horizon the same way Wednesday had seen her looking at few other things. The goth couldn't stop herself from thinking how beautiful the wolfed looked, and neither could she stop her mouth from opening before thinking

"Pretty indeed" she accepted, not looking away from the wolf's face, searching for expression, for a reaction to something, for a slice of hope that the same look could be directed to her...

She noticed where her thoughts had tried to drift and forced her eyes closed, she shook her head and turned around. Some of the Stillwater pack were looking at her, Callum with a knowing expression and a little smile on his lips, and Shayla with a few teary eyes and a sound that Wednesday associated with adults watching babies "Aww". Ignoring it, and ignoring her own burning cheeks and blaming them to the poor sunscreen brand, she swam closer to the younger three

Eugene laid over Pugsley's shoulders, exhausted "I dont think I can swim to the edge, I lost all my strenght after that last fight"

"It's alright, I will carry you there" Pugsley reassured, grabbing the bee boy's arms and settling him better on his back before swimming away after one last glance to her sister and redhead best friend

Agnes and Wednesday stood there a few seconds just watching them go, before the goth turned to the younger. Agnes was tired too, and it showed with the way her arms weren't fighting the surface anymore, just keeping her body floating and trying to keep her remaining strenght to swim back to land

"Over my back" Wednesday ordered, she turned around for the redhead to grab her, but after a few seconds she turned her head and saw her still and with a shocked look on her face "I will not offer twice. On. My. Back...Now"

Agnes obeyed this time and did her best to get on the goth's back as fast as she could. Once the younger was settled and comfortable, Wednesday swam a little not to the edge's direction, instead, she swam to Enid's. "I am going to get Agnes to the edge, you should do too, I suppose everyone is ready to go back to the camp, don't drown" she told the wolf who smiled at both of the and nodded while doing a  military salute 

(...)

The walk back to the camp began quiet, and stayed like that until halfway through. A gasp jolted everyone focused on to the bee boy "I don't see Pugsley and Agnes, they were just here, they aren't here!" the younger boy yelped while searching with his gaze around

Under the moonlight it was hard to see with human and non-trained eyes, just a few shapes you could differentiate, Wednesday searched too without luck, everyone separated a few meters and some of them yelled the younger's names

"PUGS!" "AGNES!"

Three minutes in, yelling names and trying to stay together and keep the calm, they kept walking, Wednesday tried to reasssure everyone by saying "My brother learned to live in the forest when he was three, and Agnes is competent enough to keep them both alive, there is no need to give yourselves anxiety attacks, they will be fine. We can't allow ourselves to step out of our way just because they got lost, they know where the camp is, they know how to be safe, they will get to the camp whether it's with us or by themselves. I trust them to get there alone, trust them, trust me."

After Wednesday said that it was as if a switch had been activated, the Stillwater pack still looked alert but they all looked at Wednesday and nodded, they were respecting her decision and doing as she asked them, they were trusting her. The Nightshades too, though they took a few more seconds to do it, and lastly Wednesday looked towards Enid who looked calm as ever, as if she never even was nervous to begin with

"What? I know Pugs, I know Agnes, I trust them too" Enid tried to defend herself after she caught the goth looking at her with curious eyes "And i trust our judgement too, if you say not to worry, there is no use in worrying" she shrugged

The group walked a few more minutes, but something catched Wednesday's eyes, it was a knife stuck on a tree, she walked towards it and noticed it was one of Pugsley's, and on the wooden trunk there had been a few simbols scratched onto, it was a warning of her brother

"Pugsley says to be careful, there is something lurking around here, don't go far from the group and if you see something, shout" Enid said, after standing beside Wednesday looking at the tree

They tried to go back and keep walking when a groan made everyone turn to Ajax "Pugs couldn't choose a better way to write his secret code? It smells like something died in here" he complained

Wednesday realized that it was true, the air smelled rotten, and she sniffed a little trying to decipher where the smell came from. The other high sensitive individuals sniffed and walked too, all of them being directed to the same path they needed to take to the camp. They all quieted down, walking carefully now and looking at their surroundings, now the only sound was their footsteps and branched crunching under their feet, a little gasp that sure wasn't meant to be heard but was louder than intended left Divina's mouth, knowing she had everyone's attention on her she pointed, everyone looked and understood the gasp and even copied it

Wednesday made the move to shush everyone and crouch and get all of them to keep quiet and move carefully to round the place and not cross directly, because in the middle of their path there was a deer, a dead deer with its ribcage opened and a bear was eating it. The bear didn't seem like it had heard them so it was better to avoid it, they tried to go around it by both sides, Wednesday and the Nightshades in one side and Enid and the Stillwater pack by the other. But Ajax tripped and his body tilted to the ground, everyone froze and waited for either a yell from Ajax or a bear groan but neither came

They sighed, Ajax sighed too after realizing that he did not yell after tripping, he went to get up, a hand on the floor and the impulse to his feet he looked at his hand on the ground while stablizing his body and found another dead's deer head, he yelled in fear and disgust. Everyone swore under their breaths

The bear lifted its head and it looked at Ajax direction, it caught the sight of the gorgon boy and the ones near him immediately, with a roar it sped towards them. All of them ran while Yoko yelled for the other side to hide while they distracted it. The bear at first followed Yoko but she was too fast, it tried to follow Bianca and Divina but they were running in opposite directions and changing and twisting. Ajax had been tugged to a tree branch by Callum after all of the people of the other side had climbed onto one

But the bear caught another victim, Eugene tried to run but his asthma made it more complicated, he put his hands on his knees while trying to catch his breath. The bear almost caught up to him but he jogged away again, only this time his body didn't have balance because of his lungs low capacity and he swayed until he fell, he crawled backwards while trying to keep an eye to the bear. The bear sprinted towards him and lifted a clawed hand

Eugene shut his eyes, he saw everyone and no one was close enough to save him, he put his arms over his face on instinct and he heard the loud roar as it barreled towards him. His body jolted-...sideways?

He opened his eyes, his whole body rolling on the dirt with another rolling with him, the bear sounding away now, he sat up and saw the shades of a figure next to him. The figure made him stand up and run, and he could hear a fight behind them, he turned and saw the bright eyes of Valen and Adrian luring the bear away from where he and other figures he assumed were the Nightshades were going to the camp

The figure disappeared after he turned around, and now it was Ajax who had been hovering over him asking if he was okay and what happened, but he had no clue, and neither he recognized the figure that saved him, he just followed everyone to the camp. The rest of the way silent with the worry slowly receiding and the calm trying to win the fight against the anxiety of having the bear attack again

(...)

"I think i could cry right now" Yoko tried to joke when they were a few meters away from the camp, all of them finally more relaxed and together, they saw the campfire lit up, and jogged towards it wondering if Coach Vlad had lighted it up for them to not be in the dark when returning

They came close enough and realized it wasn't Coach Vlad who had lighted it up

"Hey! Saw the message? The bear?" Pugsley asked and walked towards them after standing up from his seat on a log "Agnes and I are warming up some soup to calm the nerves and-oh..." he stopped talking after being tackled into a hug by Eugene "hi to you too, sorry we separated, I thought I saw something weird, and I was right"

"You stupid, stupid, stupid boy, don't ever do that again, not without warning me at least" Eugene said while hugging tighter and a few tears slipped out of his eyes, making Pugsley panic and look at Enid who he always turned when he needed help with emotional answers

"I think we got it now, Pugs. You can go to the tent with 'Gene and Agnes, I'll call you when dinner is ready, you can have your minutes to talk" Enid helped and patted both boy's shoulders and pushed them towards their tent where Agnes figure showed on the light from a tiny lamp inside the tent

The Stillwater pack had grabbed the first aid kits and put them beside the fire, using the light from it to help themselves see better, Malia and Shayla helping clean and patch Valen's and Adrian's injuries, the Nightshades caught the dinner plan and since they weren't injured, only Yoko who had now a little band-aid that Divina put on her forehead after being almost slashed by claws, they all decided to finish dinner

Enid turned to Wednesday to talk about the goth's brother and Eugene but she caught a sight of red when she saw Wednesday only on one side. She walked closer and called the Raven's name, no response. She grabbed her shoulders but the moment the body of Wednesday turned and the fire light showed her full face, Enid felt herself pale and freeze

"Wednes, what-what happened to you?!" she almost screamed before forcing the goth closer to the fire and signaling Callum to throw her one of the medic kits

"Just a little error in judgement I made when I tried to stop Eugene from getting maimed by a bear, no need to panic, Wolf" Wednesday murmured while being manhandled into a sitting position "Enid, I don't need your hovering, I am fine, a little blood won't kill me"

"No it won't but I might" Enid groaned while grabbing the cotton and disinfectant "Why did you not tell anyone? Why didn't you tell me you were injured?"

"I don't need your worry Enid, I don't need your help"

"You don't need it, but do you want it?" the blonde asked, with a wet cotton hovering over the goth's cheek, waiting for permission to continue

"...I...won't deny you if you want to keep your hovering for the next minutes" Wednesday whispered while looking at Enid's eyes

"Good." Enid replied shortly, now focused on the task at hand

(...)

With healed bodies and full bellys, everyone decided to finish the night and go to sleep, the musketeers tent being full after Ajax and Kent went inside it too after eating and soon after the giggles and murmurs from it stopped and a few snores that soon stopped came. Yoko, Divina and Enid went into the tent and soon Bianca walked into it before getting her head out of it and shouting at Wednesday 

"Addams, this is your chance to get inside the tent now that we are all awake. Later the tent will be out of limits and you will have to sleep out there" the siren threatened jokingly

"That's alright, the fireflies will be enough company to sleep looking at the stars" Addams deadpanned

Bianca went back inside the tent

The Stillwater pack was still sitting around the fire too, they all were silent a few minutes, just relaxing and reflecting inside their minds. Callum caught Wednesday's gaze and they both held eye contact before Callum huffed and smiled

"The first day we arrived, I told you you haven't changed a thing since Canada. I was wrong, you have, just not in the way we thought" he accepted "I think it's cool to know this side of Wednesday Addams too"

Wednesday grabbed her knees and looked at the sky "Ironic considering I don't know myself, are you implying that you know me better than myself" she tried to deflect

"Wednes" Valen called her, grabbing her attention "Thank you for sharing with us your real self, some of your friends have told us how difficult it was to get you to warm up to them, still is. So...thank you. And the stunt you pulled to save bee boy, that was impressive, you have all my respect, thought you had that already" he smiled at her

She did not answer, didn't feel the need to, and when the pack slowly got up and settled on their tent, Wednesday sat alone on the log, looking at the recently extinguished campfire. She used that time to think, to reflect while watching the smoke go up in the air and hearing the little sparks of the former fire dying

Just how much can happen in a day and why would it affect me?

Enid looked really pretty tonight

I have to make an endurance training for Agnes

And tell Pugsley about asking Eugene about his asthma medication so we can have some just in case

Why can't my head give me a break 

I would really like if Enid was here with me

I really like E-

"Addams."

...

"Barclay."

"Stop drowing in your loneliness and get the fuck inside" Bianca said to her, not even half of her body leaning outside the tent "If you don't get your ass over here now, I will seal the tent shut, you won't be able to get inside it even if you wanted"

"If you seal the tent, it will only make it easier for me to kill you and get rid of the evidence"

"If I seal the tent, it will make it harder for you to sleep beside Enid. Last chance" the siren threatened while leaning onto her knees to haul herself up and move to seal the tent

"Move over." Wednesday walked towards it, crouching and climbing in, she ignored Bianca's smirk and went to her place while the siren finished her own night time routine applying moisturizer on her face and laying beside Yoko and Divina

Enid who Wednesday had assumed was fully asleep, was in reality watching videos on her phone with earphones, and when Wednesday entered the tent, she smiled at the goth and moved to give more space for the Raven to settle comfortably. After she did, Enid turned off her phone and put it under her pillow before settling her hands under her head and just laid there on the dark

They laid there for a while, Wednesday could not answer how much time it had passed just being there next to Enid in complete darkness and without talking before Enid tried to accommodate closer to the goth. Wednesday groaned as loud as she could without bothering the other sleeping girls on the tent, and Enid giggled softly without backing down. After settling much closer, Enid finished the silent torture

"You saved him."

"What?"

"Eugene, you saved him" Enid said as if that explained what she was trying to say, so Wednesday didn't know how to answer

"I did, I do not know why my mind made me do it, but I suppose I did" she tried to reply, hearing a little huff from the wolf

"Because your mind recognizes him as someone you care about, like you and I, like pack" Enid said "sometimes it's easier to think like that, that you on your own, freaky-addams way, you get to choose a pack too"

"Well, if that were the situation, I would have two members on my pack, what kind of...freaky-addams kind of wolf make me?"

"Only two? I beg to differ" Enid said shuffling closer "But that can be a topic for another time"

They got silent again for a few seconds before Enid again talked, now softer, sleepier, as if she didn't want to stop talking but couldn't fight the sleep. A soft, clumsy and sleepy hand came towards her face before Wednesday could stop it

"You always get hurt protecting people, I should just hide you under my bed and keep you to myself" A yawn interrupted her sleepy reasoning "That way...you wouln't hurt...your pretty...pretty face"

The hand touching, caressing her face slumped on her, slipping from her face to the middle of her chest, on her heart, and there it laid while the now asleep werewolf kept Wednesday in place. Wednesday didn't know what to do, so she just laid there, finding it difficult to think, having the only answer on her mind a blank. It didn't take long before her own eyelids felt heavier and the soft snores of the blonde lulled her to sleep

(...)

"Shh Yoko you are going to wake them" Divina shushed

"Just one photo please please"

"Just don't let Addams know you took it or else she will kill us all"

Click

And now on the Nightshades groupchat was a new message, a photo with the caption a little shushing emoji and a zipped mouth one, the photo? Wednesday and Enid, both asleep, with the blonde drapped all over the goth who had one arm over her back protectively, one of Enid's hands was under Wednesday, hugging her waist and dragging her closer, and the other rested on the goths belly, right on the edge of the ridden up shirt, making soft petting on the skin unconsciously

:)

Chapter Text

Nevermore was quiet on friday evening, after half the school returned to their rooms to unpack their bags and regain the sleep they missed the day before. The Nightshades weren't that far, climbing out the bus and jogging to their rooms for a well deserved shower and nap, Wednesday opted to accompany the younger three and make sure they behaved and responsibly tidy their things back to normal before going to her own room

Pugsley and Eugene shared a dorm room, and with a few glares and threats Eugene stuttered a promise to force Pugsley to keep clean and tidy before doing anything else, after both braided girls left the boys hall they walked towards the redhead hall, where Agnes nervously kept glancing to Wednesday from time to time

"You do not need to take me to my dorm, I can walk alone, I know you prefer your solitude and time to use finishing your novel" Agnes said, anxious

"I do not need to do anything" Wednesday replied looking forward and still walking "Is not a matter of need, is a matter of order. I walked my brother and his-...Eugene to their room, and I will take you to yours, and make sure you shower and clean your room before trying to waste your time napping"

Agnes didn't answer and followed her until they stopped on her own door, she opened her mouth but no sound came out of it, giving up she just nodded towards the older girl and turned around to open the door, walking inside and shutting it behind herself trying not to look back, curious to know if the older girl walked away before she even turned around or waited for her to grab the doorknob before fleeing

Outside the door, Wednesday stood a few seconds, now that her task was over and the three younger morons were safely on their rooms and knew the priority their tasks to do had she began the path to her own shared room. Entering Ophelia hall she went to the stairs, passing by the main room and by the floors before hers, she climbed and passed through Yoko's room trying to hear a sound but none came out, assuming the vampire went to Divina's and Bianca's shared room she kept walking. She was right, when she passed the siren's room loud yells and conversation was heard even outside the door, slowing her pace she caught the scent of shampoo and saw mist crawling between the gaps so she knew the Nightshade girls were responsible enough

She arrived to her own room and didn't hesitate to walk inside, she heard the shower running and hummed to herself, her roomate was showering and occupied so she had time alone to unpack and be quiet in loneliness. She grabbed her bag and put it on her desk beside the typewriter, unzipped it and began taking her things out one by one, organizing them in the desk and bed before she began to put them where they were meant to be

Almost finished she grabbed the dirty and wet clothes she used the day before and threw them into the laundry basket, noticing that Enid did that too but the wolf did not make the shot because the clothes were scattered inside and outside the basket, she sighed and crouched to grab the clothes and put them inside as they should be. She went back to her bag and grabbed the last clothes she put there just in case and ended up not needing them so she just folded them and laid them on the bed

She put her hand inside the bag again searching for the last piece of clothing she recounted listing before the outing but didn't find it, she furrowed her brows and looked inside the bag, opening it as wide as she could to examine the interior of the luggage. Her eyes found nothing and she searched on the things she laid either on her bed or on her desk, but the cloth wasn't there

"Suspicious" she talked to herself "it seems I have been robbed, Enid was right, those who she calls friends do know how to make a good impression" she smirked, half proud of the idea of one of her aqcuaintances commiting a crime

She finished tidying up her things hearing Enid let out a sneeze from inside the bathroom, she rolled her eyes and muttered under her breathe something about the scented shampoo the wolf insisted on wearing. After everything was clean and ordered, she grabbed pen and paper and left a note for Enid to find if she wondered where the goth was

Went to investigate the theft of one of my garments, won't be back until I find clues, dry your hair before you decide to burn your eyes watching that device until you fall unconscious

With the note finished she placed it over her desk and walked out the room, she listed inside her head the possible thiefs. Yoko, Bianca, Divina and Enid shared the tent where she slept too. Wednesday ruled out the blonde wolf with the reasoning of "She must know what the reprisals will be, she wouldn't dare", so she walked towards the sirens room where she knew they were

She knocked thrice on the door and a messily dried haired yoko appeared on the doorway "Addams! To what do I owe the torture?" the vampire teased looking at the smaller goth

"I have been robbed, and I am doing a clue search. Do either of your sirens or yourself know the whereabouts of my black sweatshirt?" she questioned

"You must be clearer than that, because if you haven't noticed, all you wear is black" Yoko replied and made space for the smaller girl to enter the room

"I only had one sweatshirt in my luggage for the trip, that sweatshirt, it had the Addams name embroidered on the back and on the cuffs of the sleeves it has a W on both of them, the cloth is black and the letters are silver"

"Haven't seen it girl, sorry" Yoko answered walking to the bed where her girlfriend sat too "and did you just say that you brought something with silver to the trip while knowing our resident wolf would be there?" the vampire's eyes shined red for half a second

"Silver colored." Wednesday snapped at Yoko "I am not that ineloquent, thought I could reconsider bringing stakes for the next trip, who knows what opportunities I could have..." she threatened, annoyed that the vampire was not helping and her hoodie was still lost and she was being accused of trying to harm Enid

"Sorry, Wednesday, I haven't seen it either, maybe ask the kiddos? They are always around you, maybe one of them tried to prank you and stole it" Bianca reasoned, stopping the rising tension from snapping

"Yeah that is a great assumption Bia, and no Wednes, if I saw it I don't remember grabbing it, sorry" Divina joined too "And excuse my girl, she is grumpy because she had only A negative on the trip and now she has to wait until dinner to grab a bag" she excused while shaking her girlfriend softly

"Yeah, sorry Wednes, I did not mean to accuse you of trying to hurt Enid, I know you wouln't. Sorry" Yoko lamented

"I am not offended you accuse me of trying to hurt someone, but you are wrong if you think I would ever harm Enid" the goth replied "You are forgiven, but think carefully your words for I am not one to forgive easily the second time. And cease the short naming me unless you want to experience a knife to the throat"

She turned on her heels and walked outside the room, not aware of the grins on the three other girls, with the door shut behind her, Wednesday made her way to Agnes room

She knocked once before the door was opened wide with a redhead looking at her with wide eyes "What happened? Why are you here now? Did someone get hurt? Do we need to investigate a new killer?"

"No, Agnes" Wednesday stopped the younger girl's rambling "I came here to ask you if you have grabbed one of my clothes, it is a black sweatshirt with silver letters on the back and cuffs" she explained while the redhead put a hand on her chin and thought

"No I have not seen it, even if I had, I would have not grabbed it if it was yours" Agnes added, making Wednesday grow frustrated

"Thank you, go back to your tasks, and don't be late for dinner, you will need it after the trip's mediocre food we ate" the older girl commented before walking away

On her way to Pugsley and Eugene's room, Wednesday noted on her mind to go to the Stillwater pack's hall and ask them too if she didn't have luck with her brother. Knocking thrice and waiting she reminded herself of grabbing a tea for herself before her writing hour began later. But seconds passed and the door did not open, she knocked harder and this time after a few seconds passed the door flew open and Eugene's body was now on it's place

"Wednesday! Wh-what a nice surprise to have you here!" the younger boy nervously said, face bright red and accomodating his glasses over his nose "Did you need something? Is someone in trouble?" he asked

"...Eugene" Wednesday called, suspicious growing on her, she narrowed her eyes and scanned the room. Her brother was near Eugene's desk, shaking and flushed too, looking like someone had caught him red-handed "Have either of you seen my black Addams sweatshirt? The one I wear around the manor" she questioned

"Sweatshirt? No, I have not seen any sweatshirt, right Pugs?" Eugene replied fast "Pugsley! I meant Pugsley, not Pugs, like, not the nickname, th-the name. Jumm...if I had seen it I would have told you about it, no use in lying to the best detective in Nevermore"

"Neither have I, sis. I appreciate my life enough to know not to steal your clothes" Pugsley babbled 

"Alright, it seems like the trip took a toll on both your mental health's, maybe you can use the opportunity to run mad like Uncle Fester" Wednesday declared, knowing better to leave the nervous boys be and not interfere on their situation, whatever situation it was

Glancing at both boys, Wednesday just stepped forward one step hearing Eugene's breath stutter, she noticed his eyes dilated and his hands clutching. Now closer to the doorknob she grabbed it and removed the bee boy's hands off of the door and slowly closed it while glaring at both of them. Door closed she didn't wait to hear whatever happened between the boys now, she had more important matters to attend to

The way to the Stillwater pack's hall was short, she stopped to the girl's room first. She knocked twice and Malia opened the door while rubbing one of her eyes, on one of the beds, the unmade one, laid Shayla fast asleep, and on Malia's cheek it showed evidence of her nap too

"Forgive me for interrupting your...evening cat-nap, I am searching for my black sweatshirt, the one with the Addams name on the back, have you seen it?" Wednesday asked, voice softer to not bother the asleep gorgon

"No, sorry Raven, all I have seen since we arrived is Sabrina Carpenter trying to hide her relationship with Emma Myers from the rest of the world" Malia babbled, sleep still in her voice

"I do not have the time nor the brain right now to descifer what you are trying to say to me" Wednesday deadpanned

"Weird dream, ignore me, baby goth" the siren said before yawning "You can always ask our dove, or one of the other two, I'm sure they would be happy to make one from scratch if that made you happy, me too but later, I want to keep sleeping, you could come nap with us and leave the hoodie search for later" she invited the smaller girl, gesturing towards the bed "You know Shayla won't complain"

"While the sound of getting smothered by a siren and a gorgon while sleeping, trying to squeeze my lungs out or make me question how much temperature my body can take before melting, sounds unbeatable. Right now I have this investigation to continue, maybe I will accept the invitation"

"Cool, goodnight, baby goth" Malia grinned before shutting the door on Wednesday's face and the smaller girl heard the siren jump into the bed again

She walked a few meters towards the last room she had an option finding her lost hoodie, but before she could even try to knock the door opened and Callum stepped aside, making the gesture for her to enter the room. Walking inside, she saw Adrian with his wet hair and just a towel covering him on his humanity. She turned with a disgusted face, and the room exploded in laughs

"Sorry sorry, didn't realize that the bloodsucker wasn't wearing clothes" Callum apologized before walking closer to Wednesday "What happened? Problems in paradise?" he teased the goth

"I am searching for one of my clothes, the black Addams sweatshirt, have either of you seen it? I only need the answer and I will go away for you to keep you...suspicious study of the human body going" she claimed

"Chill, Braids" Valen spoke walking outside the bathroom, with his pants on, still shirtless "We can save that for later. Addams sweatshirt? Like the one you used on Canada? I can't say I have seen it since then, sorry Braid, no luck with me here" he apologized

"Neither have I, and you know how much I like to look" Adrian teased with a smirk on his face, he walked to face Wednesday who was still turned, now completely dressed "Luckily we have a little seer that could help you" he grabbed Callums shoulders lovingly "Right, Babe?"

"Yeah" Callum smiled at the vampire before turning to Wednesday "I can help you, I can try and find out who took it from you" he offered

"And say, what would the price be in exchange for your help?" Wednesday doubted

"I don't have a price yet, jumm...How about you owe me a tiny favor, not a big one like 'I want this person dead' favor, but maybe like a 'I need help for this tiny side-mission and I want you by my side' one" he tried to say, confusing even himself

"I am not one to owe favors to people, especially when they are not clear on the importance of them, but just this once because I am tired and just want to finish my tasks before my writing hour starts, I will accept the price" Wednesday conceded

"Cool, then come here, I have to touch your hand for my powers to work" Callum said, offering a hand. Wednesday took it and the taller seer's head snapped up with Adrian helping him stay in place and not fall. When the seer came back to himself, he held a smirk big on his lips and a smug expression, after the goth questioned her clothes whereabouts he replied "Wouldn't you like to know...Your little hoodie is closer than you think, you should go back to your room, surprises will await for you there" 

Wednesday couldn't stop herself from huffing, annoyed, she glared at the three boys one last time before storming out the room. Her mind creating million possibilities to take revenge on Callum for tricking her, or for her hoodie's thief to suffer for their actions. She remembered to grab a warm cup when she passed throught the Quad. She made herself a coffee, deciding that she would rather skip forward to her writing hour instead and then after it just shower and sleep

But when she went to grab one of the polystyrene cups, she accidentally took two, and her hand stopped before returning the other, her mind making Enid's face appear in front of her eyes, she sighed and grabbed the second cup and put a tea bag on it, with as much sugar needed to give a kid three days without sleep. And when the hot water filled both cups, she made her path to her own dorm room

(...)

Entering her room, she noticed the blonde wolf under a few blankets, her face hidden under them and on the nightstand beside the colourful bed laid her phone long forgotten and a tissue box. She furrowed her brows, and walked to place the tea beside the phone, seeing the pillow's wet stain that showed the blonde didn't dry her hair, she sighed

"Enid." she called, but the wolf didn't answer "Enid, I brought you a tea cup" she offered, still no response "Enid, you have wet hair, dry it before you get sick and fall ill, you hate when your nose doesn't let you breathe" she threatened softly

"Too late" a sad sniff made it's way out of the blanket and the figure moved enough for Enid's head to appear between the blanket and the pillow "You didn't scold me fast enough, I already am dying, leave me be, give my plushies to Agnes and don't let anyone grab my phone, it's meant for my eyes and mine only"

Enid's nose was red, her wet hair a mess and stuck to her forehead, her voice was raspy and her eyes teary at the pain she must have been feeling. Wednesday examined her before creeping closer, both cups on the nightstand

"You are sick" she whispered, sitting carefully next to the wolf and lifting a hand to touch her forehead

"No shit sherlock" Enid snapped "Sorry, I'm in a bad mood, I hate feeling like this, achoo!...Ew" she sniffed and cleaned her nose with a tissue Wednesday handed her "You should go away before I get you sick too"

"Enid, my immune system is offended you think so low of it" Wednesday replied softly, the hand on the blonde's forehead feeling hotter than it should "You have a fever, I will look for medicine, drink your tea before it gets cold, it will help you to calm the sore throat"

The blonde obeyed while Wednesday stood up and went to her own drawer where she knew she kept medicine hidden, for her brother or herself, and there it was, the pill she needed for the wolf. Walking back to give the medicine, she made a pit stop and grabbed one of her pillows and one plushie

"Here, take this with your tea, your fever should go down with it" she passed the pill to the wolf who swallowed instantly, and later let out a confused sound when Wednesday tried to pull the pillow under her head off "This pillow is fully wet, you won't be able to get better if you keep what gave you the sickness in first place, I told you that watching the sunset in the lake would get you sick" she told the wolf

Wednesday changed the pillows, and now with the dry ones under her body Enid was now more confused why Wednesday wasn't letting her lay back down. The raven dissapeared to the bathroom and later came back with the hair dryer on her hand. She gestured for the wolf to move and sat beside her, turning on the device and helping the wolf. Enid felt cared for and if her eyes were teary from pain before, now they were wet because of the emotions the actions of the goth made her feel

For the next few minutes the only sound that could be heard in the room was the hair dryer being used until every hair in Enid's head was dry and safe to sleep with. Enid blew her nose again from time to time but after the pill began to make effect, the fever went down and the sore throat was slowly softening

"Thanks" Enid told Wednesday, looking at her in the eyes "I appreciate what you have done for me" she smiled at the smaller girl who made eye contact for a while before dodging her gaze

"You do not need to thank me, I would not like if you were complaining and whining every second while I am on my writing hour" Wednesday deflected

"The writing hour that started a few minutes ago?" Enid teased, Wednesday snapped to the clock on her own nightstand and saw that it was true, her writing hour had begun 13 minutes ago and she did not notice "But anyways, why were you so grumpy when you first entered the room? I can't smell that much but I know your annoyed scent like I know my own nose"

"That is certainly impressing, even if you are ill, your senses can still diferentiate between my emotions, how...interesting, some other day you should let me study that capacity further" Wednesday replied impressed

"Let me feel better and I will accept" Enid grinned "Answer the question, roomie" Enid pleaded while settling more comfortable on her bed, the blanket now falling from her shoulders so she wasn't getting a heat stroke again

"It is an important matter, I went to all our aqcuaintances to interrogate them about one of my belongings but they were all incompetent to answer, at the least, I have the mistery of what could my brother and Eugene could have been talking about before I knocked their door, you would have screamed at them if you had saw them, all nervous and blushing, it was disgusting" Wednesday grumbled

"Which one of our belongings? Did you lose a knife?" Enid questioned, curious

"No, if it had been a knife, there would be blood on my hands right about now. It was my sweatshirt, I only took one with me to the trip, but when I was unpacking I could not find it" Wednesday said "You should be able to recognize it, it was the one I lent you after you got your clothes dirty after we rescued you. It has the Addams name embroidered on the back and W's on the cuffs, it is a silver colored thread and it has a...hood"

Wednesday's explanation of the looks of her cloth lowered it's volume when Wednesday finally looked at what Enid was wearing, the sleepy werewolf had on her torso the very same hoodie that Wednesday spent almost an hour looking for. It looked good on her, contrasting against her skin and hair color, but it coulnd't get the look of sickness left on Enid's face after the fever

"Oh...this one? It's just that I already know this one was comfy, and I promise I planned on giving it back, I just...got cold" Enid defended herself "And it made me feel better, it smells like you..." she added

Wednesday felt herself still, her brain before going hundred miles per hour now frozen, no thoughts just the growing sensation of...a sensation she could not name yet, and her own cheeks felt warmer than before

"I suppose I can allow you to steal it for a few more minutes, but you are the one responsible to wash the germs off of it later" she threatened the wolf who tried to grin, now sleepy, and failed only showing a tired smile

"Understood, Captain Raven" the blonde joked, settling to her side and facing the goth "Now go be a responsible author, shower and do your writing hour, don't delay it any more or else I will be forced to fight you, and you don't want my poor and sick self to have to fight, do you?" she teased half-heartedly before closing her eyes, feeling the goth stand up and gather her own clothes to go shower too "Goodnight, Wednes"

"...Goodnight, Enid"

:)

Chapter Text

This week on nevermore was different than normal, as the Poe cup was a few days away, and the teachers knew how competitive the students are so they let them free to prepare for their mini-war. It was noon and currently Yoko was being enslaved by Enid again, ever since the year prior where Bianca and Divina chose to join on the Ophelia Hall team now she had even more girls asking her for help on the competition

The vampire lucklily wasn't asked to paint the canoe for the millionth time, instead she was asked to help with gathering the decorations for the hall, so now her arms were full of bags with balloons or colorful tapes and she was walking back to the hall to deliver the packages to the lobby where everyone could grab some and decorate their rooms or the hallways

"Hey!" a voice was heard from behind her

She turned around careful to not let anything fall, a figure was walking towards her, carrying a bag and a smug smile

"Need help, Tanaka?" raising an eyebrow, the figure asked teasingly "I see you are halfway to an aneurysm"

"Ha ha, nice one. Does your mind only allow you to say bad jokes, put on hair gel and flirt with your pack, Adrian?"

Adrian, the Stillwater's pack vampire, stood there still smiling at Yoko. Their interactions were often like that, a rivality never talked out loud, a sort of friendship that based off on getting on each other's nerves, Yoko knew that deep inside they would be for each other if a dangerous situation were to happen, but that didn't mean that she would stop annoying him just to make sure he stayed

"Sure, Tanaka. Whatever helps you sleep at night, if you even sleep, tell me...Does having your own room alone give you benefits?"

"None of your business, Damon Salvatore, now quit bothering me, I already am on Enid's black list because I forgot to buy pink tape yesterday" she replied quickly making sure to halt wathever was begginng to brew on the taller boy's mind

"Alright alright, I'm sorry, that joke was out of line, I apologize. But hey I was serious when I asked if you wanted help, here, let me. At least so I can be punished after that dumb question" he apologized and lifted his arms to grab some of the things in the girl's arms

Now both of them had their arms with bags, walking up the stairs gabbling until they arrived to where Divina asked Yoko to deliver the decorations. After they finished their tasks, they went together to the Quad where all the Nightshades were sitting together on a table, only Wednesday missing

"Good afternoon, guys, here I come to deliver one Yoko Tanaka package" Adrian joke, pushing Yoko's shoulders towards the table where Divina was sitting "Her tasks are complete, you should feed her before she starts becoming a feral little fledgeling" he teased "I'll see you later, bye bye!" he yelped before jogging away so Yoko couldn't get to reply and was left with the annoyance boiling in her belly

The older vampire walked away on the direction of his pack's table where they were already, he smiled when they looked at him and winked when he remembered to go snatch a blood bag to drink while his partners fed themselves. On the counter where most of the food was a little basket still half full with blood bags of different types, he grabbed a B- and a little red apple that had shined when he looked at it, so he took that as the universe telling him to grab it

On the walk back to the table, he glanced at a small goth that stood on his path, he smirked looking down at the smaller figure and tilted his head before speaking

"Hey, Raven, what brings you to be the little little ant in my pathway?" Adrian asked with a little teasing tone, still in the mood to have a little chit chat and snickering with someone, not scared to bark to the oldest Addams 

"Adrian, if you make another joke about my height I assure you that the cross necklace you are wearing will be the last thing the forensics dig out of your ribs after I am done with you" Wednesday threatened without showing any kind of reaction on her face

"Wow, someone rose from dead with the wrong foot, are you grabbing a lunch tray?" he gestured to the counter

"I find myself not in the mood to eat something made with gloved hands and less salt than a Hypertensive pacient food" she replied and ghosted a hand on her belly "My stomach feels weird and is not a sickness I recognize" she growled

"I understand, perhaps I can interest you with our best nature made apple, and for thou to have a little talk with our shared seer, maybe he has the knowledge of what you are feeling" he offered "Both times where you felt weird in Canada it was because a vision was trying to show itself before the universe wanted to show you, at least that's what Callum told me once" he explained

"Perhaps you are right, I will accompany you, but if I experience even one comment that has more than one meaning, or you compliment someone or something, I am stabbing you right in front of your packmates"

"Deal, Addams. Let's see how much I can control myself" Adrian smirked and guided the goth to where his pack sat

He even tried to put his arm around her shoulders in a friendly gesture, but before even his shadow could show on the smaller's figure, a swift motion showed a knife close to his neck, close enough to prick a little dot of blood on it. He huffed and apologized before the goth let him out, now side to side again he left more space between them just in case. When they arrived to the pack's table two seats were already empty waiting for them

Adrien sat in the middle of Valen and Shayla while Wednesday took the corner seat next to Callum, they both settled and the vampire threw the apple in one fast motion towards the Raven's head, it being intercepted by Callum's hand just a few centimeters before the girl's face, Wednesday's hand was in front of her face too, just shy of touching Callum's

"No fights in the table" Malia and Shayla chanted together, still focused on their own meals

"What do we owe the pleasure of your presence, your Majesty?" Valen teased "Is the weather changing soon or how did we earn the benefit of you preferring this table to the one your precious wolf is devouring her second plate?"

"The weather report stated that it was sunny with a chance of raining knifes above your pillow today at night" Wednesday stated "I came here for my own benefit, there is something I need to ask to my fellow seer"

"Oh, what is troubling you, Baby goth? Do we have to prepare a sneak attack to someone?" Malia asked, now interested on the conversation

"Not yet, and quit calling me that, the only newborn here is the newly born desire to see how your body reacts to the lack of water for the next three weeks" the goth snapped to Malia, turning to the dove next to her to change topics "I have again suffered a restless night, and it seems as my stomach won't be able to endure a heavy meal. I would say that this feeling is as pleasant as anxiety for an excecution, but I don't appreciate it at the moment"

"Ah, another vision? Let's see, here" he offered his hand and touched it, but when they made contact none of their heads snapped up "Uh...weird, I will go grab my book, if you could wait around here so I can help you"

"I understand, I will wait for you on the other side of the Quad, I had a question for Enid and if our new study session will interrupt my free time, I prefer to have my doubts cleared before trying to find the answers to my ongoing fall to madness" she said while both of them stood up "I will see you when Callum comes back" she told the pack before going to the Nightshades table

"Wednes! We were just wondering where you were" Enid's voice echoed on the space while the others threw glances and greetings to the goth

"Apologies, I went to search for answers to Callum, but it is a more complicated matter than I anticipated, so I will be accompanying him for a few hours to seach on his Seer Book" Wednesday replied, sitting between Enid and Yoko

"Oh? Something troubling you, Lady Darkness?" Yoko teased "Is it the Poe cup's preparations season? Too much hope and happiness got you sick?"

"I would advice you not to bother me, as it is clear to me that for the last two former Poe cups you have fallen sick just in the days prior to the event" the goth glared at the vampire "All your friends are so focused on this, that if you fall sick again, I could only hope they maimed you in return"

"Yeah, Babe, don't jinx it" Divina joined in "But Wednesday, what do you have to search with Callum? Is something wrong?"

"Please please don't tell me another murderer or villain is trying to curse nevermore again, I want a normal final school year" Bianca pleaded, half teasing

"It is not a murderer, sadly. And I have not discovered nor a problem nor someone trying to copy a normie type of antagonist as such as a villain...yet. It is only a matter of my visions and the syntoms I get before them" Wednesday told the girls, eating the slices of the fruit Adrian threw to her

"Ahhh, alright, I probably will be with the girls doing the final preparations then" Enid said, after inhaling the last part of her meal "You said you had something to ask me before, are you going to ask me now or later in the dorm?" she questioned

All the table's attention was now on them both, even Ajax and Kent who were both too busy trying to separate the vegetables from the meat sauce now had their gazes on Wednesday waiting for the answer. Bianca's eyebrow was arched, and Divina and Yoko were pretending not to look at them while their ears were perked higher on their heads

"It is now not an option to ask you later, because it seems either you or I will have a difficult time recieving endless questions tomorrow" she gritted "I wanted to inform you that Uncle Itt is going to be celebrating his aniversary on the manor, and Father is asking for our attendance"

"Oh! Yess, yess, Aunt Margaret promised to teach me to knit and understand Itt! Yes, yes, yes! We have to go, please?" Enid excitedly began to jump in place, grabbing Wednesday's shoulders and shooking them without controling all her strenght and making the goth move from side to side without complaint

"Then it is decided, I will inform Father about our attendance on our next call" the goth calmly said after Enid released her, looking at the wolf's eyes and feeling slightly dizzy not knowing if it was from the repeated shaking, her former sickness or the hypnotizing lure of the blonde's blue eyes

"Wow, look at her, and if we dare to even look at her funny we are asking for a death penalty" Yoko murmured, making the table snicker, even Enid who hid her laugh with her juice glass

"Did you say something, Tanaka?" Wednesday turned to the vampire, having her attention turned from Enid after hearing the snickering of the table

"Nope, nothing, cero, nada. Don't worry about it, fledgeling" Yoko replied fast, and tried to put a reassuring hand on the goth's shoulder, Wednesday did not try to stop her, but the moment the vampire's hand palmed her shoulder, her head snapped up and her body swayed and began to fall backwards

The whole table yelled her name, lunging to grab her falling body. On the last second, Yoko and Enid had grabbed the goth and stopped her from hitting the dirt, they pulled her up and since she didn't seem like she was waking up soon they laid her sideways on the bench, with her head on Enid's lap and her legs over Yoko's

"There, if she wakes up soon I will cover for you don't worry, Yoks. Though these seems like one of the long ones, looks like I will have to carry Wednes to our room...after I finish my dessert" Enid told everyone, laughing to her own joke and picking up the jelly from her tray

Everyone nodded, knowing Enid was the expert on that situation, and kept eating and talking like normal, but aware of the presence that even asleep Wednesday managed to project

"Didn't know the weird demon slept, what's with that catnap, Addams?" a voice caught their attention, they turned and saw Bruno smirking at them, looking expecantly at the unconscious Wednesday

"Mind your own business, Yuson" Yoko snapped at the wolf

"Or what? What are you gonna do about it?" Bruno challenged Yoko, stepping forward making the whole table freeze, getting ready for the looming confrontation

"I'll show you not to mess with any of us again, not that Enid didn't show you that already" Yoko said standing up

The vampire stepped into Bruno's space and they glared at each other, but Bruno smirked suspiciously and laughed

"Guess you are right, wish I could do something to...return the favor" he tried to act self-confident but they all saw how he swallowed when Yoko's eyes blinked red 

"If you try to do something to any of my friends, I will..." Yoko started to threaten "I will..." her words faltered "I-..." her body swayed

"Yoko!" All the table screamed and they saw their friend began to get even paler and sway on her feet, trying to grab onto the table for balance. Enid didn't waste time and she stood up careful not to hurt Wednesday and she hugged the vampire and made sure to hold tight to stop her friend from falling

"Get the fuck away from here, now" Divina appeared in front of Bruno, clutching at her now snapped necklace and using her siren song to make Bruno go away. After the wolf went away without a word she turned to Enid and Yoko "Babe, Babe, what happened? What do you feel?"

"I feel...lightheaded, it feels like my insides are trying to open my ribcage" Yoko said out of breath, clutching her chest and her girlfriend. She started to groan and shake until slowly and very scary for her friends her body stopped trembling hard and tilted one last time, unconscious. She still shook and her body temperature was rising by the moment

"I will take her to the infirmary" Enid said standing up from her crouched position and lifted Yoko with Divina's help

"Ehh, guys" Ajax voice distracted them all, even Enid who turned with the unconscious Yoko on her arms "I don't think this is a Yoko problem..."

Around the whole cafeteria all the other vampires were in similar situations, if not worse, a younger vampire was puking on a trashcan, and one boy was yelling and punching his own chest. Enid turned again

"Then we can't waste time, they have to get treated as soon as posible" she told her friends, a serious expression that they very few times had seen before "Divina, come with me. Bianca, you choose. Ajax, get Pugsley to come get Wednesday, she is still unconscious and needs someone to keep her sane and calm when she wakes up and finds out about this"

Without any more words or glances, she started walking fast towards the infirmary while she heard the chaos disolve in the big room, and Divina caught her pace and they started trying to find an explanation to what could have happened, some other students copied Enid and soon they weren't the only ones carrying an unconscious vampire to the infirmary

But before they arrived there, they saw that the infirmary was full and there were so many students outside it laying on the ground, they looked sick too and they recognized the vampire features so it made sense. But Enid and Divina both knew that they would not stay there for Yoko to only get worse if they could do something

"I could call Gomez, he or Morticia, or Grandmama they could all have answers to what happened or at least what to do now" Enid tried to think "But we need somewhere to lay Yoko, should we go to her room or mine? I know we have some potions on mine, but I don't know if they work on vampires" she added trying to find a way, a second path before losing hope

"Enid, Divina" 

They turned around, and Divina spoke before Enid could think "Valen."

In front of them stood Valen, worried expression printed on his face and he glanced to the side where they followed his eyes to find Malia and Shayla holding a barely conscious Adrian

"Come with us, if the infirmary is full then the next option is the potions we have in our room, come quick" Valen informed the girls before jogging to where his pack stood and lifted adrian "We can't loose time if we don't know how much we have"

The girls glanced at each other, Divina nodded and Enid did the gesture for her to begin walking and she would follow. Soon, they were in the Stillwater pack's hall, on the boy's room.

(...)

"...don't know yet...sleep...okay..."

She furrowed her brows, the dizzyness behind her eyes fading away as the consciousness came back to her. She tried to make sense of her surroundings, but the scent that went inside her nose wasn't Enid's perfume, nor was the alcoholic scent of the infirmary. She tried opening her eyes but found them blocked by something, and when she lifted her hands she found them weak

"Hey" she heard and soon her eyes were being uncovered, she opened her blurry eyes and blinked a few times to accomodate them to the light and their surroundings "Wow, this is the most I have seen you blink in...like, forever"

Her eyes caught on to someone, a boy that slowly got clearer, especially when he leaned onto her sight and she could make out his features. Callum, with a calm smile that didn't reach his eyes, and tired eyes

"Seems like we won't need the book anymore, we have more important things to tend to" he joked while she tried sitting up "Here, let me help you" he settled closer and lifted his arms to grab her and help her settle higher on the bed, she tried dodging but was weaker and slower "don't be difficult, if you really don't want my help then tell me, if not, then let me help you up. Do you accept my help?"

"I...want to know what happened, what hour is it? Why do you look so tired? Why can't I remember the vision?" Wednesday shot to the other seer who looked just as lost as her, but she saw on his eyes his patience, and with that, she saw him waiting for her permission "...Fine, help me, but I will deny this interaction if anyone else brings it up"

Now sitting against the headboard of the bed that Wednesday noticed wasn't hers, in fact, it was Malia and Shayla's bed on their room. Callum sat beside her and handed her a glass of water and a plate with a few crackers and a little cup with strawberry jam

"Eat, it's like 6PM and you have been unconscious for around five hours, you need nourishment" he offered "You are right, something happened, but I think it's better if we show you. Valen was just here to check on us, they are on the next room"

"...They?"

"Yeah, it's...complicated, eat, and then I will take you there" he instructed and Wednesday with her body still feeling weak and now hungry, just obeyed without making a fuss so she would get the truth quicker

(...)

Walking into the room Wednesday saw how Callum almost tiptoed into the room, as if trying to make the less noise possible and at the same time to delay the inevitable entering of her into the room.

She walked behind him until they were both inside the room
She scanned the room. Enid and Valen were inside, they stood up when she entered the room and now were looking at her with tired eyes. On the sides of the Queen sized bed stood, on one side, Malia and Shayla, and on the other sat Divina. On the bed laid two figure, Adrian on one side, awake but pale and sweaty, on the other laid Yoko, unconscious and sick looking

"Wednes..." Enid said, walking closer to her "How are you feeling?"

"Enid" Wednesday answered the blonde "Do not fret about me, a vision won't be able to kill me before I kill whoever did this. Tell me what happened" she ordered Valen, turning around after reassuring in her own ways the blonde wolf who understood and just waited back

"All of the vampires on school got sick, almost everyone went to the infirmary, it was full, and a few had to be sent to the hospital because of their severe reactions or because of the lack of space. I brought this" he handed her a folder "It has the diagnostics the nurses wrote for a few students"

She scanned the symptoms

Vomit
Dizzyness
Difficulty breathing
Slow healing

"Principal Montgomery took blood samples to the lab, the blood is normal, nobody tampered with it, it is not food poisoning" Valen added

"Then what could it be?" Wednesday asked herself

She walked towards the bed, the moment she stood closer, Malia and Shayla looked between each other and stood up before announcing they were going to grab water for everyone. Wednesday sat on the chair next to Adrian

"Hey, Baby goth" Adrian tried to smile but it came out as a grunt and a grimace "Nice seeing you awake"

"Adrian, it is nice to be awake, I can't say the same for you, seeing as even breathing brings you pain" Wednesday deadpanned and scanned his body "Allow me" she said before lifting a hand to his forehead "You do not have fever"

She took his pulse, slower than ever, if a vampire had a slow pulse just because of the blood they consumed bombed itself on their bodies, this time Adrian's was even slower. His temperature while normally cold, was now hypothermic but sweaty, the normal signs of a food poisoning on a vampire

"I feel as if my insides are going to come out like on the Alien Movie, it feels too heavy, am I pregnant?" he joked but when he laughed he had to clutch his own stomach

"Even our own body is telling you to stop with the bad jokes for a while, Babe" Valen told the vampire

Wednesday ignored them and stood up and walked towards the other side of the bed where Yoko and Divina were, when Wednesday stood next to her, Divina lifted her head from Yoko's arm and looked at the goth before moving making space for Wednesday to sit beside her and watch Yoko

Wednesday checked the vampire just like she did with Adrian, minding her movements when Divina moved, and stilling half a second when a sniff surprised her while searching for an inexistent pulse

"Yoko, baby, wake up please" Divina muttered and hugged Yoko

Wednesday didn't know what to do, she looked at Enid who smiled sadly before standing behind Divina and rubbing her shoulders

"I know, Div. But Wednesday is here now, she will have the answer, she always does. Trust her, okay?"

"Yeah, I wil" Divina said but a flicker of something nostalgic crossed her gaze and she looked at Yoko again "Yoko please, please, please, please!" she began to shake her girlfriend in a hope to make her wake up

Wednesday and Enid tried to stop her with no luck, but as the shaking seemed to do nothing to Yoko, something did, because Adrian

too at around the same time began to feel incredibly sick and leaned to his side and began regurgitating his last meal, one of his girlfriend's blood he drank a few minutes ago

"Hey, HEY! Divina stop!" Wednesday had enough, she grabbed Divina's hand and tugged at it, making her release Yoko "I know you want her to wake up, but you are hurting her right now, shaking her won't wake her"

"Get off me" Divina tried to tug herself free "I need her, Wednesday, I can't lose her, you felt it, no pulse, Wednesday I can't let her go, please please" she began to freak out again, this time grabbing whatever she had close, it being Yoko AND Wednesday who let her shook her for a few seconds before Enid grabbed Divina and lifted her by the waist

"Okay! We are going to the bathroom and later to find Bianca, I am sure that once we come back with Bia, Wednesday will already have the answer to fix Yoko, isn't that right Wednesday?" Enid threatened both girls who looked down and nodded

"Yes, Enid" Wednesday replied

Both blondes walked away and Wednesday took seat next to Yoko again, she heard a voice talking behind her "Remind me to never mess with Blondie, alright?"

She glared at Valen and turned back to Yoko

"Yoko...why won't you wake up?"

Nobody answered her, she took her time to think but no dots connected on her mind. The explanations she had been given, the clues they had, but nothing made sense

"Nothing makes sense, how can I save you both if I don't know what I am even searching for, I wasn't even awake when this happened to remember clues. If only I could ask you what you saw, Yoko..." she lamented

"...Wait. WAIT. Wednesday! You are a genius"

"We already knew that, Babe. What did Baby goth do now?" Adrian asked teasingly

"Wednesday, if Yoko noticed something strange when she last interacted with Bruno she could be the last clue!"

"That is right...I could...I could induce a vision, if I manage to enter a vision but instead of asking to see future or past, I look for Yoko, I could be able to talk to her without waiting for her to wake up" she stood up, ready to grab the things she needed

"Wait, wait" Valen stopped their plannings "Isn't that dangerous, what if something happens?"

"If I have to risk a little headache or a little sanity for Yoko's and Adrian's wellbeing, I am going to risk it, I already told you all, I have no weak aqcuaintances" she stated

"...What do you need us to do?" Valen sighed and offered his help

(...)

Yoko...

Yoko.

YOKO.

"AAHH" Yoko screamed while turning around to face the smaller goth "Jesus, Wednesday, you scared the shit out of me" she held a hand to her own chest

"Yoko, I don't have time, I come bearing questions you need to answer for your own wellbeing"

"Okay, cool, good evening I guess" Yoko joked "Shoot it, Baby goth"

"Your last interaction was with Bruno Yuson, did you notice something strange from him?"

"I mean, the things he said were very suspicious, I know he is the one that got me sick, but I don't know what exactly he did, if that is what you are trying to ask"

"Then what could it possibly be? On earth we have already tried things, every path we take to take the investigation gets us to a closed alley, there is nothing. No tampered blood, no curses, not something you inhaled in the air. What could have happened?" the goth snapped, grabbing her own hair stressed

"Hey, quit it" Yoko scolded Wednesday after the smaller one pinched herself on the arm to stay focused "You are the smartest girl I know, and I know many many people, you have to believe in yourself, and don't stress over little ol' me. I am fine, I won't die of food poisoning, you will make sure of that" Yoko said, trying her best to calm the goth "Or at least, if this is our last interaction before I die, tell everyone I love them, and tell Divina that the ring I was going to give her is on my nightstand drawer" the vampire tried to joke "I trust you, Wednes. Don't fall into madness because one thing doesn't make sense, at last, the universe will make it make sense" she said

Yoko did her last resort and put a reassuring hand on Wednesday's shoulder, making the goth's head snap up and her body to start fading into darkness, an empty void that Yoko's soon followed

(...)

"You have to be careful, too much of it and it will kill all of them" a voice grabbed Wednesday's attention, a man stood there holding out a powder bag to someone else, Wednesday managed to catch the name that the bag held and made a mental note "Just make sure they learn not to make with you again, and if you can, make sure to put all the blame to the Addams girl, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree some say, and her father does have the history to be one to tamper other's...food"

"I will, father, they will regret ever messing with me" another voice soon followed, making Wednesday turn around and grit her teeth in an attempt to conceal her rising anger and the bile in her throat

"Bruno Yuson."

"That's the spirit, son. Now go before your mother hears what we are talking about" he shooed the younger wolf

Another scene, Bruno dissolving the whole bag of powder into a bowl of water. Another blink, the same bowl being thrown over the basket where all the blood bags laid in cold water. Blink, the cafeteria slowly filling with students and the blood basket slowly emptying

Last blink, Bruno looking with a smirk to where Valen and Enid ran with their vampires in their arms to the room where they laid now in pain

(...)

She woke up with a gasp, her body sitting up so fast that hands grabbed her shoulders to keep her from falling "I what happened, I know what you need to do to save the vampires" she said fast, standing up but the dizzy spell didn't let her move too much yet

"Easy!" someone said and grabbed her arms standing in front of her "You okay? What did you see? What did you learn?" Bianca now stood over her

"I learnt...that Bruno Yuson has a death wish and I am glad to serve it" she tried to step forward towards the door but everyone in the room yelled a loud and echoed 'No!'

"Wednes, it is not time for maiming, calm down" Enid said, her hands now holding Wednesday's shoulders down and keeping her still on the floor where she stood

"Did you manage to talk to Yoko?" Valen asked, a few steps away, standing on the doorway as a security meassure they decided to take

"Yoko...ah. Yoko!" Wednesday seemed to grow back onto herself, walking over to her own bag "Wake up Adrian, he will need to take this too"

She took out of her bag a little zyplog bag she had always on herself full of medicine, she took out two tablets and put her bag back. Grabbing an empty glass and a water bottle, she dumped half of it on the glass along with one tablet and let it sit there, waiting for the tablet to dissolve. She walked with the water bottle and tablet next to the now awake Adrian

"Take this, no questions"

"Eww, it tastes funny, and now my saliva feels weird, I can feel it going down my throat, it is not a feeling I recommend" Adrian obeyed instantly, but not without complaints

Wednesday walked over with the glass next to Yoko, where Divina now more calm was sitting, she helped Wednesday pour the dissolved tablet down Yoko's throat until the glass was empty

"Do you mind explaining why did you just drug our two vampires?" Callum teasingly asked, standing next to Wednesday as she put down the glass on the desk and now was the center of attention of the room

"Do you mind letting me out here without me having to fight and win to you all for you to let me go kill Yuson?" she replied 

"We will have to talk about the murder tendencies later, explanation first" Valen stated

"Bruno and his father made a plan for him to get revenge on someone, I would think that the someone is one of us but I can't say for sure. He put Tranexamic acid on the basket where the blood bags are. It is a coagulant, so when the vampires drank the blood it started to coagulate in their stomachs, that is why they couldn't stomach any more blood, and why are they not healing and all their sickness is from. The blood is simply not entering their system because is too thick, like they ate plastic wrapper. I gave them Sintrom, an anticoagulant. If I am not mistaken, Adrian should soon begin to feel better, and Yoko should wake u-"

Wednesday was cut off her speech by someone tackling her to the ground, she tried to shove them off without luck

"Thank you thank you thank you" Divina sobbed on her arms, hiding her face on Wednesday's neck

"Divina, cease this extravagant way of thanking me, you do not need to do that in first place"

"Wednesday you don't understand, I owe you my whole life, thank you for saving Yoko" Divina said, looking at her in the eyes, showing all the gratitude she felt towards the goth

"I repeat, you do not need to thank me, and a life is not something to owe, is something to give, give yours to your menace girlfriend when she wakes up, now let me go, I have a murder to plan" Wednesday asked

When she was let go by the siren, she sat up and tried to stand up, finding it easy when a blonde werewolf came behind her and lifted her off the ground with a bear strenght hug, she was even spinned by the giggling blonde before being let go just to be held in the same embrace just this time front to front 

"Wednes, you did it! I knew you would" Enid giggled excited, and in a bold move, kissed the goth's cheek fastly "I'm proud of you, you saved them, and now all the other vampires can be saved too. Speaking about that, can someone give a call to Principal Montgomery?" she asked

"On it" Bianca offered while grabbing her phone out of her jacket and walking outside the door

"And while all the vampires regain their health, I have a were..." Wednesday tried to add but her body began to make itself heard, the toll the forced vision took out of her making her dizzy and weak, she grabbed onto the first thing she had near, Enid's shirt

"Nope, you, Baby goth" Valen started "Have a date with a very dark bed, a good and well deserved dinner, and the movie Blondie chooses for you two to watch. Doctor's orders, you can't plan a murder until tomorrow morning"

"But it is imminen-" "NO!" "No, Wednes" "Just give up, girl" "Baby goth, you know it's for your own good" "I will hug you again, or better, I will let Yoko do it when she wakes"

"Head that? Okay then I guess this is your sign to use your chance, Blondie, before she regains strenght from literally anywhere" Valen teased

Enid smiled and nodded, she began to drag Wednesday away with her grumbling about everything and everyone while letting her body be pulled wherever the wolf tugged her to

(...)

"And she kissed her cheek?"

"Yes"

"And she didn't get a knife to the throat?"

"Not even a glare"

"Damn, Wednesday is so gone for her"

"I know, right?"

"Well, she deserves to be happy, or whatever emotion she can feel that is somehow similar to that"

"I missed you, don't ever do that again"

"It will give you the chance to hug Wednes again, though"

"...Which reminds me, I do have to hug her again because she broke the deal"

"She went to kill Bruno?"

"She tried, Valen and Callum caught her and tied her in the lupin cages for the night"

"Enid?"

"Transformed after thinking Bruno did something to Wednesday when she didn't find her in their room"

"Lupin cages?"

"Lupin cages too"

:)

Chapter Text

"No, I haven't seen her either, she didn't even go to fencing class and THAT is saying something" Bianca muttered to Divina

Currently they were on their usual table, eating lunch with all the other Nightshades including the younger three. Enid was asking if any of them saw Wednesday who dissapeared before she even woke up, but none of them had, which made Yoko's thoughts wonder to the goth

"We must thank her, it's the first time Yoko has been this quiet since we began to sit together" Ajax joked, making the table giggle "I know you care about her, but let's be real guys, it's Addams, if anything all the other people near her are the ones in danger. Don't worry, Enid, I'm sure she will show up soon" he smiled reassuringly to her

"Yeah, I guess" Enid tried to shrug, directing her thoughts anywhere else "Hey, Agnes, how is that invention you were creating for the Poe cup?"

The conversation drifted away, but someone still stood deep in thought, Yoko who now held an empty bag on her hand just watched them speak while behind her eyes the urge to look for the smaller goth was growing bigger. When lunch time was nearing it's end, they all stood up and began to gather their things to go to class

"Want me to walk you to Outcast History, Babe?" Divina asked Yoko "Bianca can save me a seat next to her so I can be a little late" she offered

"Emm, no no, thank you. I think I will go ask something to Principal Montgomery first, no need for you to be late to your class, Baby" Yoko kissed her girlfriend briefly before patting her shoulders in a loving gesture "Good luck, and don't let Enid and Bianca tell you that you can't divide by cero, I am sure you will find a way, don't you?" she teased, being shoved away from the giggling siren

"Yeah, I will try not to siren song them into creating a Math revolution" Divina joked before walking away with both named girls on each side

Yoko saw them leave and stood beside the table waiting for them to dissapear behind the big doors before starting her own path, instead of going to her class, she walked to her own dorm room to lay on her bed

Wednesday, you are one sneaky fledgeling, where are you? She thought

Where could you be...

Your dorm? Nah, Enid didn't see you there

Quad? I would have smelled your scent

Class? Pff, as if...

But why am I so eager to find you? Did whatever you did to talk to me in that void make a longing bond between us?

That's another question to ask you, I guess

But how could I find you...

Do I search the whole school? It will take me too much time

Do I call you? You don't even have a phone

Do I...wait, what is that smell?

Yoko stood up from her bed and walked towards the window, the breeze hit her face and blew her hair back. She sniffed once and caught that irony scent she usually drank, but with a catch, this scent had something more to it...a familiar smell of ink and old wood. She stopped breathing the air when she recognized it, Wednesday's blood. On her eye sight she could almost see route marked in a bright red color line, she could follow it and see if that showed her where Wednesday hid

Addams, if you are dead when I find you I am cursing you ancestors for abandoning us

She started to run following the path, she turned a few corners and hallways and even had to cross the greenhouse to get to where Wednesday's scent was stronger, Crackstone's crypt, she found the route leading her to the big stone wall where a shaking figure laid with their back against the wall

"Wednes!" Yoko yelled for the goth before sprinting towards her and crouching to grab the Raven's face with her hands "Are you-. What happened?! What do you feel? Where are you bleeding?" she shot a row of questions fastly

"Yoko, quit this relentless questioning, I am merely...unable to stand by my own will, I am resting before continuing my tasks for the day" Wednesday put her hands on top of Yoko's, trying to pull them off her face but she couldn't find the strenght to tug the fingers away

"Wednesday, you are bleeding, what is happening? You are hurt, you can't ignore that, tell me, please, what happened?"

"Ah...I think...forcing a vision caused more side effects than I anticipated" Wednesday coughed 

"And is there something we can do to stop or calm them?" Yoko asked worried

"Only...bear them, or Cal-...Callum could have some trick to evade them, I would call for him on my sphere but my weak system denies my movements" the goth replied

"I could give him a call, but let's not keep you here to approach death in the middle of nowhere, let's go to my room, I am sure you are stubborn enough and don't want Enid to see you like this" Yoko stated, before standing up

"Tanaka, have you gone deaf after the illness you suffered yesterday? I already told you, I am unable to move" Wednesday snapped her teeth

"Yes, yes, fledgeling, you can't move, but I'll remind you that you brought me back my life and strenght, and I want to do this, to thank you, and because I care about you" Yoko said and crouched to put her arms under the smaller goth

"Again, like I told Enid and everyone else, I simply solved a problem, a case that had been asked for me to solve, grattitude is unnecessary, the fact that you were the one I used to solve the problem was more of a coincidence than a choice" Wednesday groaned 

"Ha! Let's think for a moment that I believe you mean that, then why did you try to murder Bruno for harming me and Adrian?" Yoko teased

"Whatever gave you the idea? I only used the chance to make that idiot pay for all his wrongdoings, if you or the other annoying vampire had been harmed by him or not, it would not have changed my stance in putting him under my knife" Wednesday mumbled

"Yeah, okay, anyways, let's get you on a comfortable space before you succumb to death" Yoko deflected, lifting without a hitch in her breath the weak body of Wednesday

"If this gets out to anyone, I will-"

"You will kill me one and a miliion different ways, sure" Yoko interrupted, shaking the goth a little as a joke "Let's get you healthy again so you can try, fledgeling" she teased

They both quietly went towards the school building, since the classes hour had begun again there was little to no one in view. Yoko used her vampire speed to pass throught the classrooms building until they reached the interception between the bedroom halls

"Wait." Wednesday said out of nowhere, Yoko stopped walking and looked down to the goth on her arms, her face had stopped being pale and she wasn't sweating anymore "I need a book from the library before we let Callum know where we are, no one is going to let me go grab it if knowledge gets out that I am still weak" she grumbled annoyed

"Okay, then we go to the library first, a pit stop i suppose" Yoko accepted 

Their route changed directions and they went up to the library at the top of the tower between halls. There, Wednesday was let down by Yoko who stood near her in case the Raven faltered in her steps. After grabbing the book she wanted, Wednesday stopped to think a few seconds before walking slowly towards the balcony

"I guess you don't seem like you are dying anymore, I can allow a few minutes for quiet reading time, but you won't get away without Callum checking if you are fine, or a nurse, preferably both though" Yoko joked half heartedly

(...)

They spent an hour there on the balcony, the book on Wednesday's hands being the only thing to make sound whenever she turned pages, Yoko for her part just waited patiently looking at the sky and deep in her own thoughts until she coulnd't resist the curiosity anymore

"Okay, I can't resist to ask you. Mind telling me why you chose to study werewolves in the same day you were almost fainting to Thanatos?" Yoko questioned, turning her body to face the smaller's

"I must say I'm impressed, I did not think you would know basic greek mythology" Wednesday deadpanned before answering "I simply was curious, my roomate is a werewolf, it seems correct to study her in case something happened" she tried to reason

"Yeah, I would believe that...if you hadn't brought Enid back from her wolf form after being stucked on it for months, and if you weren't already been rooming with her for 2 years already" Yoko teased "What is it that is making our resident psycho distressed?"

"I am not distressed" Wednesday snapped but caught the vampire's gaze and stopped herself from being mean to the vampire...too much "If else, the distressed one was your girlfriend yesterday when you weren't waking up" she narrowed her eyes

"I know" Yoko said honestly "I would have been the same if it had been her so I can't blame her" she admitted "I'm being honest though, you...you can confide in me if you need someone to let out a few emotions...if you have some to begin with" she ended up teasing, making the tension snap away again

"That is the first compliment you have given me" Wednesday joked in her own way too, before her face crumbled into a thoughtful one "Yoko...do...how do you feel...when you...when...How did you recognize what you felt for Divina? How did you know it was real and not your imagination?" she finally asked

"Oh..." Yoko understood what her stressing was all about "Well, I learned to recognize what I felt for Divina was and still is love because when I started to know her, when I look at her still, my undead heart beats faster than ever and I feel as if she asked me for the world I would not doubt to deliver it complete to her, and it's an emotion I haven't felt for anyone else before, it's the feeling of being free and trapped at the same time...you feel free because you don't care whatever anyone else has to say or think, you aren't waiting for people to talk to you and tell you what to feel or what to do. And you feel trapped, but not in a bad way, you feel safe, because whenever that person looks at you you have only eyes for them, and you know that they could try to make you believe earth is flat and all you would do is start to preach it to everyone else, you feel safe in them and like no matter what you do you will always end up next to them..." she spoke softly, sitting next to Wednesday to help the goth understand her better

"Being in a cage, even if it is a golden one, is still being in a cage" Wednesday replied, trying to search for the bad side

"Not when the one holding the key is you, not when you know the limits you will allow to be broken and which won't. Yeah sometimes you feel bad emotions, is like the part of being human no one likes, but that can be fixed. You think I got to where I am with Divina only being happy? No! Haha, Wednes, it's normal to be scared, and it's normal to doubt yourself every step of the path, but you can't let it stop you from having something. Especially not you, since when Wednesday Addams stops after someone or something denied her going forward? Pleaseee, if a few weeks ago someone told you not to kill Bruno you would have killed Bruno AND them, and their family just in case for them to learn the lesson" she joked

"Things have changed, a shame, it seems as my own perspective of justice is being impaled and questioned by...some counterarguments debated to me"

"And say...does this counterarguments come along with...pink glitter and K-pop music?" she teased Wednesday who only glared at her harder "Ha! I knew it" she celebrated "Wednes, if this makes you feel better, I think you and Enid are made for each other" 

"...It does not make it worse, at least. But you can forget we ever talked about this topic" the goth said, subtly asking Yoko to change the direction of their talk

"What topic, Wednes?" Yoko smirked to the Raven who nodded before shooting a glance to the vampire

"Quit calling me that, I will have to start stabbing everyone that keeps insisting to call me that horrific shortcut to my name" Wednesday grumbled

"Yeah sure, everyone except a certain blonde" the vampire joked and dodged a knife thrown to her "Guess you feel better if you are back to throwing things, Fledgeling" she dared and escaped the smaller girl's fury after her little joke

(...)

"Hey, have you seen Yoko?" Divina asked her when they all met for dinner "She hasn't texted me since after lunch, and she is not in her dorm room either"

"Oh, man. First Wednesday and now Yoko? Should we worry someone is kidnapping Nightshades?" Ajax asked sighing a sad breath

"Maybe Yoko found Wendesday" Bianca tried to offer a reason

"Yeah! And they fought to death and that is why none of them are here now, one of them is hiding the other's body" Kent excitedly explained before Enid and Divina both slapped him at the back of his head "Ow! I was just saying..." he pouted

"If Yoko found Wednesday, they are most probably together right now, and if they don't show up throught the night, we begin the search party" Bianca told everyone who nodded

The three musketeers snickered between themselves before Pugsley asked Enid

"Enid, why don't you follow Wednesday's scent? It should be the logical answer, right?" he asked innocently while the older teenagers smiled at the new information he was going to find out "That is how you played bury and seek with us on the manor"

"Yeah, Pugs, but here there are thousands of people, and more smells too, so it's hard because even if each scent is different, some are very similar. Wednesday's is very easy to recognize though, it's just that until now I haven't even felt the littlest breeze of her scent around Nevermore, could she have went to Jericho?" she asked herself, oblivious to the smirks in her friends faces at the recognition

"I'm sure she is fine, Nid. Don't worry" Bianca put her hand on her shoulder sympathetically

"Yeah...I hope."

(...)

"Something troubling you, Blondie?"

Enid turned, her route to her shared room being interrupted by a voice behind her, Callum stood on the middle of the hallway leaning on his shoulder on the wall. His smile as shining as always

"Lost your Raven?" he teased 

"You could say that, she has yet to appear anywhere on school grounds" Enid replied "I am getting worried, she wasn't there when I woke up, I wonder if she ate something, or if she grabbed a good jacket" she added

"Oh, then your concern is completely valid. And she did force a vision yesterday so I wouldn't rule out she could be feeling off" he commented while trying to think of a place where Wednesday could be

"I know, ash...I just wish she would at least have told me where she was going so I wouldn't be so lost looking for her" she sighed while complaining, her head tilted towards the roof while Callum walked towards her

"That is Wednesday Addams, she could have went to kill Bruno and we would only find out after" Callum joked

"You are not helping, Callum" she gritted her teeth

"Calm down, I am sure she is alrig-" he stomped a hand on her shoulder but was stopped by the universe when his head snapped up and his body swayed threatening to fall

"Wow! Careful" Enid quickly grabbed him to stop his fall, and soon he regained consciousness and looked at her with a smirk "You okay?"

"Yeah, thanks for the catch. But as I was saying, don't worry, I think you will find your Raven before you know it, trust your instincts" he winked and began to walk away

"Where are you going? I thought you were going to help me find her!"

"I have...a book to find! See ya, Blondie! Trust your instincts!" he yelled walking away fast

"Motherf..." Enid grumbled turning back to her own room and starting to walk towards the door

(...)

"Trist yiir instincts mimimimimi" Enid mimicked Callum, annoyance in her face as she walked in circles on her room

The sky was now dark and her worry bigger than ever. She tried texting but Divina told her that Yoko hadn't arrived to neither dorm either, so she was starting to think the worse

"I swear I will bite your eyes off" she grumbled "Callum...at least if you can't see the present you will be better excused for teasing the future" Enid complained

She stood there thinking for a few minutes

"Teasing the future...if...if he teased the future to me...ahh he told me...what did he told me? Ahh...oh, OH, TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS!" she remembered, feeling a lightbulb light over her head "But how?...humm...let's see, what if I try to follow Pugsley's idea?"

She turned to the Raven's side, walking to it and grabbing the nearest thing she could hold on her hands in front of her nose. The goth's favorite jacket, hanging on her chair in front of her typewriter. She sniffed and felt the scent swarm her nostrils, it was almost as a breeze of release drowning her but she didn't let her body relax because she needed to find the owner of said jacket

"Okay, okay...we are doing this, if someone makes one scenting dog joke, I am leaving them to Wednes mercy" she grumbled

She crossed her doorway and closed it behind her, and with another deep sniff, the literal path appeared in front of her eyes, guiding her to where she needed to go

"You better not be dead, Wednes" she sighed before starting the race against the weakening pathway of the scent

(...)

"The library? Why whould she even be here at this hour? And for such a long time" she questioned

She grabbed the handle and entered. She walked around it until she reached the middle of the room, where a big couch was settled and a figure sat with its legs crossed on the ankles and a book held in their hands

"I would say, took you long enough, but I knew you would arrive at this hour so I guess...took you just in enough time?" Callum teased 

"Keep talking and I will throw you to the lions, or worse, to Wednesday" she threatened while glaring at him

"Yep, I guessed right then" he said, sitting up and closing his book

"Where is she? Is she fine?" Enid asked him

"Look for yourself, Blondie" he motioned for the balcony

Enid walked closer and there they were, Wednesday and Yoko, both talking quietly and settled on the couch, the balcony was messy and knives were scattered either stabbing the wood or thrown into the floor. But the goths looked calm now, Enid saw in Wednesday's eyes a deepness she few times had seen and the way she was talking looking at the moon, talking towards it and Yoko, like revealing deep truths even she couldn't bear to keep hidden for so long

Enid sighed and smiled while lowering her head into her chest

"She is...venting?" Enid asked and went to sit back with Callum, discovering that the place he had sat let them both look to the balcony window, with direct sight of the goths

"It seems like she is getting her truths out, if it's to Yoko or to herself, I have no way to know for sure" Callum replied

"At least she talked to someone, she has been keeping things since...well, since I know her, but ever since se brought me back to human she feels...off, quieter and louder at the same time, did she tell you anything? In canada?" she asked, hopeful to find answers

"If Wednesday didn't tell you, what makes you think that she would tell me? But no, she hasn't told me anything..." he answered honestly, Enid sighed and her shoulders slumped while her body made itself one with the couch "...but"

Enid's ears perked up "But?"

"Well, I am not one to snitch, you know?" Callum teased "Though Wednesday does feel stranger, and I have one feeling resemble to how she has been acting" he added

"Tell me" Enid prompted, leaning closer to him and almost feeling the need to grab his shirt collar to pull him closer and force him to talk

"...Love."

"Love?"

"Yeah, in the Addams way I suppose, or, the Wednesday way fits better" Callum cleared

"Love? Wednesday?" Enid repeated, still shocked

"Guess not even she could escape the curse," Callum talked to the air, and he put his fingers under his chin and made a humming sound" Wonder who could be the one to make her dead heart beat..." he added, turning to look deeply into the wolf's eyes

Enid didn't have an answer, it seemed as that was answer enough for the boy though, because seconds after he smirked laughing to himself while standing up, and with a little nod to her, Callum walked away with the book long forgotten on the table, leaving Enid alone with her thoughts and the not so far away presence of the girl who swarmed her mind and kept her worried for the whole day

:)

Chapter Text

The day had arrived, the Poe Cup was being fought for by each hall of students...

"Alright, pay attention, peasants! Today we sacrifice our entire lives for this cup, we have already won it twice, this won't be the exception" Enid gave a speech, jumping to stand over a table to look at the Nightshades and Ophelia hall students

"You think I can convince her to paint her face like a tiger?" Yoko leaned in to whisper to Bianca

"Girl, I'm surprised her face is stilll freee of some strange design for Ophelia hall" Bianca replied "Give it a few more minutes and even we will be having two little color bands on our cheeks"

Wednesday shut their conversation off her ears, just watching Enid explain their 'war plan' to everyone, she had already memorized it when Enid asked for her help to ensure that it worked and to polish some details. On the corner of her eyes she caught a glimpse of a group watching them and she turned her head a little. The Stillwater pack stood a few meters away in the Quad, looking at Enid with a funny expression on their faces, not mocking her, genuinely humoured by her

"So what is this Poe Cup Enid has been almost losing her hair over?" Adrian asked when Wednesday approached them "I have seen everyone getting ready and I don't know if I have to wait for a water gun fight or a civil war" he joked 

"A childish competition to win and demonstrate your hall is better than the others" Wednesday answered coldly "It was fun when it had real danger or at least I had a rival to win against, now she chose the easier path and joined our team" she deadpanned, nobody would be able to recognize the difference but Wednesday was almost pouty after having her only real entertainment from the competition taken away from her

"Ahh, and do we have to compete?" Malia asked "We didn't prepare anything though"

"It is not obligatory, I, however, am being forced by Enid to participate, so you should not follow my example if you want to be excluded from this competition" she grumbled making the pack laugh

"I think we pass, but we could always see and cheer from the sides" Valen smiled "And what is your wolf making you do to participate?" 

"I have signed for the final race, in pairs you have to go fetch something from somewhere, you get to know what you are looking for with a riddle you will be given after the race begins. Enid is the other one who signed, because she couldn't sign in more than one activity and she wanted to accompany me in the wining game"

"Wow, how corny" Adrian teased, dodging a knife thrown his way that ended stuck to the wall behind him "You should practice more, you are getting rusty, I almost didn't need to move, Baby goth"

"I see there is only wasting time here, I will go threaten the rest of players so they know not to lose their games or they will lose their lives" Wednesday stated before walking away leaving the pack alone to see her walk away 

"So...is it me or are they going to have, like, the most passionate game of their lives AND if they win, they are going to have the most romantic win that they will ever live?" Shayla asked

"Yep" "Yes" "You said it, Babe" "I think so too"

"And Wednesday tries to tell us she is not under any thrall, she should see herself after Enid asks her for anything" Adrian joked

"Let's hope everything goes right today so they can have their eye-opener moment" Valen sighed and they walked away too, ready to watch how the day unravels

(...)

"Let's get this party started with a dance, won't ya?" Bianca asked Yoko with a smug expression on her face, both of them wearing their fencing gear and walking towards the center of the space where some students had gathered to watch the first competition, a fencing tournament

Each hall sent a pair of their students to fight against the others, you have to take down both oponents before you win the first point, they laid the rules and Coach Vlad said he was going to be the referee for this activity. Yoko and Bianca were drafted for the second fight so they had to wait until the first pairs finished fighting

"They are good" Yoko whispered, watching the pair of werewolves that were clearly winning over the other hall's rival team

"Then we must be better" Bianca stated, watching closely the opponents movements "Winning is showing our opponent who has the upperhand in everything, if we show fear or mercy they will use that against us, don't worry Yoko I'm sure we will be taking that trophy with us today"

"You are spending too much time with Wednesday, even your way of talking shit to others has changed" Yoko teased "Guess the Queen of Darkness has made her way into our own minds...eh, and how are you so sure about that win?" Yoko doubted

"Let's say I know we will have one certain viewer that won't let us lose if she can stop it" the siren smirked, crashing her shoulder against the vampire's and nodding towards their side 

Yoko turned and looked to where Bianca pointed, there, seated on the grass watching the first fight develop was Wednesday, her eyes trapped in the movements of the winning side, and to her side was the Stillwater pack watching the competition too. Wednesday seemed to sense their eyes on her because she looked at both Nightshade girls and without changing her serious and concentrated expression she nodded to them

"Wow, I feel like I have been blessed just now" Yoko laughed "At least she has company to stop her from trying to kill the rivals"

"They are...certainly a good group who manages to keep her hands free of blood, but I can't say I trust their closeness to her, sometimes I feel as if there's something fishy going on there" she narrowed her eyes watching the pack

Yoko didn't answer, now focused in the way that Callum leaned subtly closer to Wednesday's shoulder to talk about the fencing fight unfolding in front of their eyes and how the goth ignored the new closed space and instead just started explaining a movement one of the players tried and failed to do, resulting in them losing the final point to finish the match

"Huh..." 'Maybe you are right' Yoko thought but tried to not let it show "The only fish here is you, Bia, come on it's our turn, let's show them a good dance. Oh! And..." she prompted making Bianca stop and look back at her "Careful there, your jealously is showing, try not to make many exotic moves to keep Addams attention on us or else she will notice" she teased the siren who huffed and turned back, lifting her hand backwards and throwing her the middle finger

(...)

The first fight had been easy, their rivals didn't stand a chance against them both, and that helped Yoko's nervousness at first, until she caught the sight of the first fight winners standing up to walk to the decisive last fight where the 1st and 2nd place would be fought

"...Okay, breathe Yoko breathe" she said to herself while Bianca stood close to her looking at the sky

"Okay you are right, I might have gotten a little anxious too" Bianca accepted

They ignored it and prepared for Coach Vlad to give the start. Once they heard the last yell their foils started to dance, a very tied up fight where no one was managing to prick anybody. On the first point Bianca lost her footing and fell, and Yoko was distracted by that and got pricked too. They exchanged a glance and prepared for the second point

There, they could circle the opponents enough to have them be against each others back with no escape, point for Ophelia hall. The third point was even easier because the rivals seemed to have lost their connection and both were pricked a few seconds after the start of the point

But when the fourth point had started, the rival team seemed to regain their connection, and with a enviable sincronization they both lunged forward and pricked both Ophelia hall girls at the same time, they stood frozen, not having expected that

Coach Vlad yelled they all had 2 minutes to meet and talk and a breathing break, they walked to where their water bottles were

"I thought they had lost their footing" Yoko complained

"But how could they have regained that connection without even speaking to each other" Bianca asked herself

"They didn't" a voice next to them stated, they both turned to see Wednesday standing there "That was a strategy, to make you think you had the upperhand and you would forget your defence to favor your attack, so when they attacked you, you couldn't stop it"

"Ah...that sounds...dumb, why would they do a strategy so risky?" Yoko questioned confused "If they had the secured win, why would they play with us like that?" she whined

"They didn't have the secured win, you are clearly a rival that could dethrone them, so they opted to trick you just in case" Wednesday told them

"Trick us? I mean, they did, but I still don't understand how making us think they were...disconnected, I guess, would trick us to lose" the vampire grumbled while using a towel to dry her forehead

"Winning is having the upperhand in everything, they tricked you so on the last point your mind would be confused and weak and they would have an organized plan, that is why I approached you" Wednesday stated standing straighter "Don't show them fear, or do, make them believe you are scared it but don't be, you are able to win this last round, I know it, because I know you...r fighting skills" Wednesday corrected herself

"That's funny, Bian- mmph" Yoko started to tease but Bianca put a hand on her mouth to stop her

"Thank you, Wednesday, any other trick under your sleeve for us peasants to consider using?"

"...One of them, the one with the red shirt, favors his left side when attacking but he defends his right to trick you into attacking the wrong shoulder. Don't try to prick him when you attack, instead, wait for them to lunge and instead of defending yourself, you attack too, but the other side, if you are fast enough you will prick him before he pricks you" Wednesday prompted

"That sounds about right, we will see to it, Addams" Bianca stated and Coach Vlad yelled fot both pairs to go back to the arena "We'll see you after we win" she smiled

"The worst of lucks for you both, you won't need it" Wednesday shot before turning back to where she had been sitting previously 

If Yoko or Bianca noticed how Callum wasn't leaning closer to her now, or how Wednesday had her eyes stuck on them not even bothering to pay attention if someone talked to her, they didn't voice it out loud, but her faces betrayed them showing a bright smile that worked to make their rivals wary too

The point started, and Bianca noticed that Wednesday was right, one of their opponents moved wrong but right at the same time. She went towards him while Yoko fought the other. Foils colliding each other echoed on the patio and just when Bianca started to feel her confidence rising, her foot again faltered her backstep when she slipped in mud on the grass

She fell backwards, still holding her foil and her eyes widened, fear now drowining her mood. She glanced to her side, as if to ask for forgiveness to the Raven looking the fight, but only found brown eyes watching her without expression, and a nod that seemed to be all the will she needed to turn back to her rival. She looked at his lunging form and remembered Addams words, her foil didn't try to block the upcoming tip, instead, it went past it straight to the other shoulder that was now unprotected and...touch

Bianca's eyes widened when Coach Vlad shouted the opponent's lost and she turned to see Yoko still in a fiery fight with the other partner. She walked slowly to them and Yoko noticed her, her smirk widening, her rival being backwards to the siren

"Two against one?" She started but her cocky expression turned to a fake scared one, whispering almost to herself but knowing the rival's werewolf hearing let him hear her "How am I going to win now?" she lamented herself

Bianca could practically hear the smirk growing on the rival's face, thinking that Yoko was the one to be alone against them two

"I could help" the siren joined in the trick

The rival made a confused sound and briefly turned to see his partner lamenting on the side and a smug Bianca smirking to him with her hands on her hips. He turned back to Yoko and the vampire had already lunged her own foil into the middle of his chest, point.

"Point! Ophelia Hall is the 1st place" Coach Vlad yelled and blew the whistle while the public exploded in celebrations and screams

"We won!!" Bianca felt a body tackle her into a hug, seeing the black hair of the vampire now covering her view of anywhere else, she returned the hug and lifted her friend while doing a few turns to show her excitement

"We did it, Yoko!" she claimed in a yell

"No!" they heard a few meters away "They cheated, they tricked us!" one of their rivals was complaining to the Coach

"All they did was legal within the rules stated before the match" Coach Vlad coldly answered, already used to the same pair being a known sore losers and cheaters themselves "They won legally, you got 2nd place" he stated before going to run the competition folder to Principal Montgomery

The Ophelia girls pair looked at each other and exploded in giggles, they hugged a few seconds more before feeling a presence next to them again, this time recognizing it in the moment

"What'd ya think, Fledgeling? Was that trick one you would dare to praise?" Yoko teased while turning to the goth

"That was...a good demonstration of how to trick the tricker" Wednesday accepted

"In Addams language, she loved it" Bianca joked before both of them walked closer to Wednesday, almost making the gesture to pull her into a three way hug

"If you are planning to get your life span cut, I invite you continue with your actions, if you don't plan on making your friends read your will soon, then I suggest choosing someone else to squeeze their lungs out with your arms" the Raven threatened making the other girl's laugh and nod

"Valid point, hey, I am going to watch Divina's competition, she signed in for the Karaoke war with another girl from ophelia, want to join?" Yoko asked

"I will go, but I think gothy here is going to watch her brother, him and Eugene were competing for their hall's on the...chicken game? I don't know how it's called but the one where you sit on your partners shoulders and push other people down" Bianca explained

"Ahh, yeah yeah, I don't know if that game has a real name but I know it by chicken fights so I guess that's how it's called, okay. See ya, Fledgeling!" Yoko yelled while walking away with Bianca

Wednesday watched them go and sighed before walking towards the lake where she knew her brother and Eugene should be preparing for their game

(...)

"GO, DIVS, GO!!" "RUN, DIVINA!" "YOU KNOW THIS BABE!"

Divina ran with all the strenght her legs allowed her to use, she raced against a few other students with another hall's colors but that didn't stop her from reaching the mic first, she yelled the song's name and the singer

"Correct!" the teacher yelped before checking another point to Ophelia hall. "Now, everyone listen, for the last point you will have to sing the extract of the song that is being reproduced" she explained "Go back to your seats so we can start the last and decisive point, right now Calliban and Ophelia hall are tied up, and Puck hall is only one point away"

Divina walked back to her seat while exchanging glances with her competition partner, a look of reassurance, confidence and hope. She sat on the chair, her legs jumping softly in anticipation. The other participants of the game were in similar situations, some others worse and some calmer than her. She looked around for a few moments, breathing in, she caught the eyes of her girlfriend who with a smile made a heart with both hands and lifted them for Divina to see it. To her side, Enid and Bianca shouting for her and jumping around making the atmosphere lighter

The siren laughed and shook her head with a fond expression, she heard the speaker become alive, a beeping sound signaling the start of the final round 

For you, I'd write a symphony

I'd tell the violin, it's time to sink or swim

Watch 'em play for you

Divina looked up to where the mic was, and around her some other participants were leaning forward in their seats but no one was running for the mic, no one recognized the song yet. She made eye contact with her partner for the game who tilted her head and lifted her eyebrows, she had a hunch of what song that could be. Divina glanced briefly to the mic before both Ophelia hall members saw one other rival boy have a lightbulb over his head, but before he could even stand up, Divina's partner was tugging her forward and they both started to sprint towards the mic as well as the boy and his partner

For you, I'd be, running a thousand miles just to get to where you are

Step to the beat of my heart, I don't need a whole lot, but for you, I admit I

I'd rather give the world or we can share mine, I know I won't be the first one giving you all this attention

Divina and another girl were side to side running, both of them crashing shoulders softly to try and outrun the other, the mic becoming closer and closer until they both tried to reach for it with a tackle. Hearing the crowd run wild at the game and competitiveness on it

Falling to the ground, Divina felt a hard plastic in her hand, and looked up to see the mic on her palm and her rival a little to the side trying to sit up. Behind her, more students running towards them as the chorus rolled closer and closer. She stood up as fast as she could while her partner managed to steal the mic before the other boy grabbed it

Baby listen

Her partner and Divina locked eyes and nodded, lifting their mics at the same time with all the adrenaline in their bodies 

"I just need somebody to love!" they started together, the crowd now wilder than ever, roaring at both girls harmony. Divina saw her three closest friends being crazy excited, making eye contact with Yoko she kept singing while the other singer let her loose

"I don't need to much, just somebody to love" Somebody to love... "I don't need nothing else, I promise, girl, I swear, I just need somebody to love" she sang looking at her girlfriend

"I need somebody, I-I need somebody" her friend kept going "I need somebody, I-I need somebody"

The sound slowly receaded and the speaker let the teacher's voice be heard by everyone near "And the last point goes to Ophelia Hall!"

Now all the crowd patiently waiting for the teacher to announce the winner was now running into the space where the competition was being held, everyone going to celebrate or lift the mood of the loser teams. Divina hugged her friend before they both were pulled apart by each their romantic partners, the girl being tugged away by a taller boy who wore Ophelia hall's colors. Divina didn't have a second to watch her as she herself was pulled into a tight hug that lifted her body off the ground

"Babe! You did it! You won!" Yoko chanted leaving Divina on the ground again "I knew you would win, Bab-" Yoko was cut by the blonde siren lunging her into a kiss that made the other people around them yell even louder

"Hey" Divina only greeted the vampire before laughing and turning around to greet the other two who were waiting for them to separate

"Divs!" Enid jumped right into Divina's arms the moment she could, making the siren stumble and both siren and vampire lift their arms to stabilize her after her legs braced her hips

"Careful, Pup!" Yoko scolded lightly while she dragged Enid off her girlfriend and instead the vampire held Enid's body in her arms

"Girl, that was amazing! The look you exchanged with Lydia was all you needed before releasing your full potential" Bianca excitedly said while grabbing the other siren's shoulders and shaking

Divina smiled, celebrating with her friends and forgetting the world for the moment

(...)

The final game had arrived, after watching a tied up battle were Eugene and Pugsley ended up losing and getting second place, Wednesday went to find Enid to prepare for the last game where all school would be allowed to watch on the final stop of the game

"You should have let me choose a costume for us" Enid whined, walking out of the tent where she had been changing to her comfy treck wear, wearing jogger pants and a longsleeve jacket, both purple and her hair being tied up with a purpe ribbon

"I will not be humilliated with a badly shapen uniform designed to impress the male gaze" Wednesday deadpanned "Again." she said, remembering the first Poe Cup she attended back in 2022

"Oh, but you would do it for the female gaze?" Enid teased, shaking the Raven by the dark jacket she wore. The only purple thing Enid managed to include in the goth's outfit was merely two purple-ish hairbands and a hidden purple sticker she put on her back after faking a pat to get dust off her clothes "I'm sure the female gays would be very interested in you wearing something that would let more skin than your wrist get direct sunlight" 

"Enid, I would not suggest you annoy me before a competition where all kind of cheats and tricks are allowed, for you will be found unconscious hanging from a tree" the goth threatened, walking closer to where all the last game pairs were waiting for the judges to start the competition

All of their friends were reunited on the sides, waiting for the game to begin and cheer. The judges started to list the rules for the competitors and they both listened carefully while Wednesday scanned the territory and the map they were given after the judge begun to talk, the map showed the game limits so the students knew how far away they could walk

"So after the flare gun shoots, your dorm mom or dorm dad will be allowed to give you the riddle that is the only hint you will be given, the first team to solve the riddle and bring the object here will be the winner of the last game" Principal Montgomery 

Wednesday and Enid stood next to their dorm mom while the old lady smiles sweetly at them, when the bright flare flew into the sky, the woman gave them a letter that they soon opened

Where the ground ends and courage begins, two paths become one. Climb where the roots hold the stories of old, and find what was always more precious than gold. What you search for is never hidden for the ones who can see past the flame of doubt.

"What? What kind of riddle is this?" Enid questioned, grumbling

"One that is meant to make you think more than half a second" Wednesday snapped softly at her "Climb where the roots hold the stories of old?" she tried to think with no time

"Let me see the map" Enid grabbed it from her hands "Let's see...nanana...where the ground ends...blablabla...the stories of- the stories of old? Where the ground ends? Wednes!" she yelped making the Raven look at her closely "What if this is referring to the ruins on the top of the hill near Crackstone's crypt? Wh-Where I fought with Tyler, I know there are ruins there, I broke some of them" she whispered proudly

"That is...magnificent Enid" Wednesday praised "We must go there before the other competitors solve it too, we can find what object this is referring to after we arrive there" she hurried, pulling Enids arm to start their walk

"Come on, come on, come on" Enid hurried in a whisper while they started jogging as quietly as they could so other pairs wouldn't recognize where they were going

As they made their way, Enid growled because she started to hear more footsteps in the same direction behind them. They arrived at the hillside and tried to climb the steep hill but movement from behind them stopped them. Three other pairs arrived, all of them arguing over each other and yelling

The four pairs stopped to look at each other before hurriedly trying to climb as fast as they could, yelling and even one of them tried to pull Enid's ankle backwards but Wednesday glared at them and they let her go instantly. Wednesday and Enid managed to climb halfway before all of the students going uphill started to hill a little whistling sound creeping closer

Everyone looked around confused, until Enid's wolf sight caught into a tiny rocket speeding into their direction. She didn't have time to yell a warning before it stabbed the grass and they all saw the wick fastly turn off giving them all only a second of calm, Enid looked down the hill to search for who could have thrown it but she heard the little familiar sound of a bomb going off. Air urged her backwards almost making her fall, but she stood her ground. Yells, groans and hurt noises were heard even from her left side, she looked panicked to Wednesday who was groaning with her forehead pressed to the grass

"Wednes! What happened? Are you okay?!" Enid asked, crouching beside the goth who turned to look at her but her eyes now held a white layer in front of her pupils "What happened to your eyes? Oh my god..."

"Enid" Wednesday started, kneeling and trying to lift her hands in front of her face "It seems as someone crafter a perfect trick, currently my eyes are being covered by some sort of blurry layer, I can only differentiate brief silhouettes" she explained

"Fuck..." Enid lamented

"But we can't let that stop us, we must win this game and secure our hall's victory, let's go, you will guide me" she stood up and held a hand in front of her, near Enid's face, too close almost hitting her

"Wow" she dodged "I don't know, Wednes...You are...you are currently blind and the only thing you want to do is finish the game? You sure are an Addams" she laughed and doubted. But when she had been deciding in her mind, running footsteps distracted her

She turned around and saw the damned figure of Bruno running uphill with another girl with his same jacket's color, they were from the same hall. And they were getting closer and closer to the top of the hill

"Oh no, Oh HELL NAH" Enid yelled and stood up grabbing Wednesday's stretched hand and running, almost making the goth stumble and fall with the strenght she pulled

They both ran uphill too, following the other pair. On top of the hill were the ruins and Bruno and his partner stood there not knowing what to do, Enid grumbled and pulled Wednesday into the ruined cabin looking for anything. But the other pair soon followed and the four of them roamed around the house, Wednesday being careful and grabbing onto the walls 

They searched without luck for around 15 minutes, but Enid moved a book and under it on the desk stood a drawn arrow pointing somewhere, she looked up and...there, a few meters away from the burnt cabin stood a long forgotten tree house. Enid looked at it but a gasp behind her surprised her, Bruno stood behind her looking at the house too. Both of them exchanged a glance before racing out

Hearing the commotion Bruno's partner and Wednesday rushed out too, Wednesday still looking sharp even after having her vision complicated for the moment. Bruno stumbled to the ground but he took Enid with him, both of them fighting each other and trying to shove each other off

"DE-DENISE, THE TREE HOUSE, SEARCH IN THE TREE HOUSE" Bruno yelled and the other girl took off to the tree house 

"Gah, WEDNES! YOU TOO, I-I WILL GUIDE YOU" Enid screamed while trying to keep Bruno's body pinned to the ground "It's to your left, liKE- like 50 degrees to your left is the tree, you will feel the stairs by your hip level!" she tried to say, out of breath while her body rocket everywhere when Bruno tried to turn them both and be the one above

Wednesday listened and turned, walking closer and closer to the dark figure that grew bigger until she could touch rough wood and a little stick and rope. She smirked and grabbed the handles before climbing up carefully, mindful of the shove that the other girl in the tree house could try to do to get her off her way

Climbing into the little house, Wednesday heard and felt the ruckus that the other girl begun while throwing things to the floor to search for something. She too tried searching something but not knowing what she was looking for it was hard selecting anything

"Think, think, what could we be looking for" Wednesday told herself, but it seemed as Enid heard her inner questioning

"WEDNESDAY, MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD, IS NOT HIDDEN FOR WHOM CAN SEE PAST THEIR INNER DOUBT" Enid yelled trying to stand up but Bruno again kicked her to the ground

"Not hidden for who can see past their inner doubt" Wednesday whispered again

Enid was thrown far away and Bruno laughed at her and stood up, hurrying into the stair but he tried to climb too fast and his feet stumbled, he went to fall but the stair stuck to his pants and he was left hanging upside down with his legs intertwined with rope, wood sticks and his pants

"FUCK" He screamed annoyed and tried to straighten his body to untie his legs

"I GOT IT" a voice made the three of them look at Denise who held high a compass "Bruno, it must be this! Two paths become one when you combine music and timing...and-and if you can't see past your doubt you lose the timing, you have to have music sight to manage to combine" she explained

"That's excelent, run run!"

Wednesday stopped in her tracks, she walked towards where she had felt a window before and put her hand through it, she tried to search for an Enid's blurry figure and when she noticed it, she shook her head. She didn't think that that was the answer

The girl freed Bruno and they both climbed down, Bruno looked at Enid with a smirk before grabbing the stair and pulling it towards him until it broke and there was no way down anmore, he took the compass from the girl and they ran away laughing and celebrating already

"You don't think that's the answer? Should I not follow and stop them?" Enid offered

"I...I don't think, I don't have evidence that that is not the answer, but I only have a hunch, can you trust me?" Wednesday accepted

"Always" Enid answered in one beat "What else could it be then?" she asked the air

They stood there, Wednesday searching and Enid thinking

"Where the ground ends and courage begins, two paths become one. Climb where the roots hold the stories of old, and find what was always more precious than gold. What you search for is never hidden for the ones who can see past the flame of doubt" Wednesday chanted softly to herself, trying to solve the riddle

"Past the flames...of doubt...wait, WAIT, WEDNES!" Enid screamed to the goth "TIME!"

"Time? Time is...more precious than gold, all the adults insist on that" Wednesday prompted

"And it holds the stories of old...of old anything, old people, old places like this one. If you doubt yourself you will lose time, but if you don't you have the will of it. Two paths become one is because you merge your past and what you wan't for your future to decide what you do on the present" Enid followed "They were wrong! We can win this!"

"Yes, I will search for a watch, you search for a way down for me" Wednesday stated

She crouched on the floor where all things had been thrown there, she searched and grabbed anything. In the middle of her hands movement she felt a colder surface on her ring finger, she touched it again, metal. She grabbed with her fingers and lifted the tiny thing and it felt as if it was dead because when she lifted it, something swung to her wrist. She took it closer to her face, it smelled of metal, and with her ear she caught the tiktok of the stick that signaled the seconds passing

"Enid, I got it! A wrist watch!" Wednesday yelped

"Cool! Cool, cool, I...I have not find anything" Enid lamented but an idea appeared in her mind "Or..., ah, Wednes, do you trust me? Can you trust me?" Enid asked, ready to do the most crazy thing she had yet to do today

"Always." Wednesday replied, leaning forward on the window to catch a glimpse of what Enid was trying to do

"Okay, okay, you trust me, cool, you should not trust a wolf going into madness, but okay..." Enid whispered to herself and cicled around "Okay, let's do this, Wednes. You are going to...jump" Enid said

"Okay" the goth accepted

"What?! You accept?" Enid yelped surprised

"You are planning to catch me, aren't you?" the Raven asked without reaction

"Obviously, but you should be more worried for the possibility I let you fall" the wolf scolded "Cross the window slowly, and I mean slowly, Wednes"

"I know you won't let me fall, Enid" Wednesday stated, climbing through the window frame and holding herself in the edge "Now I am letting go on the count to 3. On one...two...THREE!" she yelled before her hands left the frame and she flew on the air...into waiting arms that didn't let her even get close to the ground

"Gotcha" Enid claimed happily "Let's finish this" the wolf grinned

Wednesday passed the wrist watch to Enid who put it on her zipped pocket and took the Raven's hand again before sprinting back to where they started

(...)

The screams started to get louder as they got closer, Enid saw Bruno and Denise arguing with one of the judges and she knew they had been denied the win because it was not the good answer. Other competitors were walking or jogging along side her and Wednesday when they had accepted their defeat. The moment both Ophelia hall girls crossed the tree line, Bruno turned with an angry expression while the crowd exploded

Enid wasn't going to wait and pulled Wednesday over to the judges, but on the way, Bruno did try to snatch the watch on Enid's hand while she took it out of her pocket, he lunged but Enid side stepped him. On the floor he threw a hand to try and grab Wednesday's pant but she jumped it and kept walking with Enid. They arrived to Principal Montgomery who took the wrist watch with a serious expression and stood up to the mic

"The answer is..." she started, the whole crowd and school now silent with the tension rising "...correct!" she yelped happily

The space drowned with a scream that almost got Wednesday lightheaded, everyone celebrating or grumbling, Enid jumping and pulling at her joined hands to shake her from side to side in an excited move. Their friends arrived in seconds, Yoko lifting Enid off the ground and Bianca patting Wednesday's shoulders

"Pup, you did it, you won our final Poe cup!" Yoko exclaimed

"We did! We all did it" Enid couldn't contain her excitement

The wolf hugged all of her friends, spending minutes on the celebration while Wednesday rested beside all that, but she wasn't free of the wolf's claws when Enid stepped away from Kent and grinned at her. The raven didn't get time to run before her arms were pinned to her sides and she was being squeezed hard by the excited wolf who lifted her with a laugh

After she was let out, all the Nightshades circled them with smiles, but Yoko and Divina exchanged a smirk that Wednesday found suspicious just before all of them stepped even closer and closed the space in a group hug that Wednesday was forced in, she only grumbled on Enid's chest trying not to feel overwhelmed by the many people touching her, and when they separated, Yoko put a gentle hand on her shoulder looking at her apologetically

"Sorry, but you deserved that after this win, Fledgeling" Yoko stated

"I can accept...not to maim you yet, you will have a break period to try to escape" Wednesday said to the taller girl who grinned without replying

"How are your eyes?" Enid asked, her hand grabbing Wednesday's unconsciously to guide her back to the tent where they would be changing back to their comfortable clothes

"My eyes are getting better, it was a momentary reaction to the light I suppose, I see less blurry now" the goth said honestly "Though I could still use the...help, of certain roomate if she needed to feel hover on my wellbeing" she prompted to Enid who tugged at their joined hands with a smile

"Humm I wonder who could that roomate be" Enid replied, on her mind, her conversation from a few days prior returned to her, Callum's voice mocking her 'Wonder who could be the one to make her dead heart beat', she didn't need to think it, she didn't need to say it "Oh..."

"Oh? Are you okay, Enid? Did you remember something bad? Something happened?" Wednesday asked worried

"No, no, it's nothing, Wednes. I just realized something...something very good" Enid smiled

"Oh, then I...I suppose I am glad you did?" Wednesday said with a questioning hum to the end, not sure how to answer to Enid

"Yeah, me too"

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"Pugsley Uno Addams Frump, if you are not inside the car by the time this torture ends, I will make Enid drive off and you wil have to find out how to get to the manor on your own devices" Wednesday threatened "Enid, release me before the knife changes locations from my boot to your eyeball" the goth scolded the wolf that was dragging her by the arm to where the Nightshades stood together on the school's entrance

"Oh so you like my werewolf strenght only when it benefits you" Enid teased her "Come on, it's just saying goodbye to our friends, we won't see them until tuesday" she begged "Maybe they will give you some reasons to use your free time this weekend to plan their murder"

"If I must" Wednesday said, letting the blonde tug her arm into the group without more complaint "Hello, leeches, Enid insists on saying goodbye to you all, so you can start your pretentious farewells to her before we depart" the goth explained the Nightshades 

"Aww, so soon?" Yoko whined "You better keep me updated, send me photos of everything, call me if you want to, oh and steal something from this Fledgeling for me, would ya? I really want to have a witched object in my posession" the vampire joked while hugging Enid and then patting her shoulders making the wolf laugh

"I will try" Enid promised "If I don't reply to your texts, know that it's because someone" Enid turned to glare at Wednesday "broke my phone, or my face, either of them is possible when referring to her personal things" she laughed to herself

"Eniddd..." Divina pouted "Return in one piece please, we still have to go to that concert together" she prompted, hugging the wolf too 

"Yes, Enid, that girls trip has your name engraved on it, please, Addams, take care of our wolfie here" Bianca teased Wednesday while side hugging Enid 

"I will make sure Enid is not in harms way inside and outside the manor. But her own actions I can not control, and whether she stays safe against her own mind and decisions is not a fault you can pin on my person" Wednesday assured

"That's as good as I expected" Bianca said honestly

"Guys, I will miss you, but I promise to come back with the best party stories to tell, or at least I think I can think of a few gifts to ask for if the party ends up in a hassle" Enid joked smirking at the smaller goth who looked at her with a deadpan expression "After all, I have been dying to try a few Ps5 games with Pugs" 

"Dude, you have to invite us there one day, we could play on your consoles all day, we wouldn't ever get bored if all you told us is true" Ajax claimed excited "But yeah, send photos, I want to see if it's true that Wednesday's uncle is really a hair with glasses and a hat"

Everyone laughed, and they heard a little yelp and they turned to see Pugsley being tackled into a hug on the floor by Eugene and Agnes. All of them smiled at the cute scene, well, Wednesday didn't smile but she didn't scoff either. Bianca approached Wednesday before the smaller could react and put a hand on her shoulder

"Good luck, Addams, umm...I hope you have a horrible time...I guess?" she confusedly said, doubting if Wednesday would understand her goodbyes

"I hope you...spend a succesful time here on school grounds too, Barclay" Wednesday replied "If your excuse of a mother shows her face, you have the Addams lawyer contact information, or you can contact me with a Ouija board, or Enid" she offered making Bianca laugh 

"Noted." Bianca said before they parted, Enid and Wednesday walked closer to the car and the Nightshades walked back to the school

Once both girls were close enough, Enid gasped when she saw Agnes and Eugene's cheeks with tears

"Oh my god! Did something happen? Why are you crying?!" She asked and hovered over the three youngers still on the floor

"Noo, Enid, is just...we are sad, Pugsley and you two will be away for four and a half days, we won't see each other" Agnes sobbed "I just got so used to spending my time around you that being far away feels like tearing a part of my soul away" the redhead explained

"What a desirable feeling" Wednesday joined the four of them "You should be blissed to experience it"

Enid flicked Wednesday's knee with two fingers and glared at her

"Agnes, yes we will be going to the manor but...what made you think you weren't coming too?" the wolf asked "You too 'Gene" she added

"What?" "Eh?"

"I was trying to tell them the same but they were suffocating me with the hug" Pugsley complained, trying to stand up

"But...I thought Wednesday was mad at me and I wasn't invited to the party anymore" Eugene said in a whisper

"Ye-Yeah and I am not really...part of the family, why would I go?" Agnes shyly asked

"Well, you are part of the family, Agnes, you are the third musketeer, you are the little sister I always wanted, and you have contributed more to the Addams family than me, and if I get to be a family member, you do too" Enid tried to defend hearing the complaints from all the others

Voices overlapped and Pugsley didn't even bother taking the dust off his clothes before his arms surrounded Enid in a tight hug, Enid laughed and corresponded while the other two youngers joined in

"I do not know where this much pessimism came from, but for once I ask you to stop. Enid, don't say nonsense, you have contributed more than anything, you gave your life and freedom to save me, you are a member of this family because of your own deserved grace" Wednesday stated and turned to the youngers "While I am wondering where would you have gotten the idea that I have ever been mad at you, Eugene, I am not, not in the moment and I have not been mad at you anytime in the past, you are always welcome to the manor as you are a enjoyable company, and even if that weren't the case, you had been invited by Pugsley, so my voice and opinion wouldn't have weight in the choice of your invitation" she scolded Eugene and lastly turned to the redhead "Agnes...you are the third star to complete the hell symbol, either that is with Pugsley and Eugene, or is with Enid and me, you are a recent addition to the family that nobody would dare to ask or complain because they will have to answer to me and my knife, do not let anybody make you doubt your worthyness to the Addams name, or I will have to scold you again"

After Wednesday was done talking, they all took a moment to gather themselves, it had been a deep speech that left them even teary eyed but they didn't dare mention it to the goth just in case she went back to hiding that kind of thoughts into her cold persona

"Well" Enid clapped to change the mood and topic "Into the car, go, go, shoo" she gestured to the vehicle and pushed Agnes shoulder softly towards it "I will go grab the last bag with the snacks before we leave, only one stop on the gas station for a bathroom break halfway on the trip, grab your phones or anything you want to do on the way there"

Wednesday sighed and went to the car too, she opened the passenger seat door and looked for everything she would need, the draft of her own manuscript on the glove compartment and a water bottle on the door's cup holder. She made sure to glance at the driver's seat and look if the other water bottle was full too, after she checked it she came back outside and leaned on the car, waiting for Enid

A little whistle distracted her, she turned, Valen was sitting over the werewolf statue's head. He smiled at her when she looked up at him, Wednesday didn't see Enid yet so she lifted from the car and walked towards him

"Taking a little family trip?" the werewolf boy teased

"Why? Someone jealous I get to get away from school for more than two nights?" Wednesday teased back "Must I remind you that you and your pack were the ones to with your own will sign up for this penitentiary?"

"Nah, I get to be with my pack all the time, I can eat without being that worried something might attack us, I get a comfortable bed for the seven days of the week instead of just once or twice a month, I honestly couldn't be more happy to be jailed here" he listed and as he explained, his body tilted forward until his legs were holding him upside down and his head was only a meter or so away from the goth's "I was just wondering if this is some sort of family trip where you end up confessing your undying love to your soulmate or the one where you discover the deepness of the bonds within your companions"

"Neither, this trip is merely a mannerism to our uncle who has the taste of a kid who hasn't tried bubblegum in their few years of life, but family is family and we must honor that" Wednesday stopped his wanderings "We will be away until tuesday, think your pack could live until then without needing my help? Or will I come back to all of you being miserable?" she tainted, her eyes glowing when the thought of the scene she imagined crossed her mind

"Ha! Yeah, you know we are always miserable without your...absorbing personality" he...sort of flirted? "But don't worry, we can manage, we survived three years on our own on the forest, and we have the other Nightshades, we won't be dead for when you come back in...five days?" he questioned "I came here to give you my pack's farewell, they all are busy doing their own things right now but I think you would prefer that than a smothering for your life before driving home with your werewolf" 

"You are certainly right...on the prefering a simple farewell instead of the emotional goodbyes I know some of them would have wanted to do, not on the...driving with Enid one" Wednesday stumbled in her own words before straightening again "I will see you soon, Valen. If you must, contact Enid to this number so you have her number and she has yours, if any problem were to occur with any students or staff member, let me know so I can ask father to send someone to...talk to them about business" she offered making Valen laugh and grab the little paper note she was extending toward him, on the note was a phone number he soon would put on his phone

"Goodbye, Wednes, don't die, and don't hide your feelings...at least not from her, not that you are very subtle with them anyways, but be honest, you will thank yourself later if you are" he prompted

The entrance's door opened and Enid and Principal Montgomery crossed it, talking lively to each other. Wednesday saw Valen swing himself and land on the floor next to the statue as if he hadn't jumped two meters down upside down, he hid behind the statue and as Enid and the Principal came closer to the car he rounded the statue and made a run for the door once he had the chance. Wednesday smirked and walked to the car too

"Morning, Principal Montgomery"

"Good morning, miss Addams. I see you are all ready to go, well, I wish you a good trip and give my best wishes to your family" she said to both Ophelia hall girls

"On your name" Wednesday replied

"Alrght, now, I think I have a werewolf to scold for breaking the rules about warning a staff member before leaving the building to say goodbye to his friends" the Principal taunted, making Enid laugh and Wednesday to smirk again

"Years in the wild and he still hasn't learned to be inconspicuous" the goth grumbled

"Hey, give him some slack, he risked detention to come say goodbye to you" Enid defended Valen

"I will cut something off him, good thing I will have the weekend to think about what would that be"

"O-kay, see you soon, girls. Good luck" the Principal said before walking away

Both girls made eye contact and Enid broke in laughter while Wednesday only lifted one side of her lips, humoured

(...)

"Hey! I already told you that if you are going to play games in the switch, you do it with headphones, Pugsley Addams!" Enid scolded "We don't want to hear the loud screams of the npc's all the ride" she grumbled

"Sorry!" he yelped loweing the volume and seaching for the devices somewhere in his backpack

Eugene somehow had already managed to fall asleep against the Addams boy shoulder, and Agnes was reading a book with her earphones blocking the rest of the world away. Wednesday looked at the window and sometimes glanced at Enid in case the wolf wanted something. The first snack bars were open and on the back row stood almost completely untouched while the one between both girls was already halfway empty

"I find the fact that your...loud and free self can find the discipline to scold my brother or another one of the two menaces very amusing" Wednesday accepted "One would assume you only defend him with your love speech so no one can try to bother them with an angry tone"

"Well, sometimes you just know that they don't need a reassuring voice yet, or they had one already, is all about balance, I can be both but I can manage to be the bad cop every once in a while to get them to understand how life works" Enid replied, her hand reaching for more snacks and grabbing the water bottle from her side, handing it to the goth

"I can assure you that you do not have in the slightest the discipline to become a goverment pig, do not level yourself to one" Wednesday scolded while opening the cap and handing it back to the wolf

"It's just a saying, Wednes" Enid said gulping down a third of the bottle "And while we are on topic, I must say I am surprised, you are indeed a little softer now. What an insult, I know" she rolled her eyes fast before returning her gaze to the highway

"The worst insult you could have thought of" Wednesday gritted out her teeth

"It's just that I have realized that recently you are more open about feelings, maybe not your own, but you don't shut down every time someone mentions being sad, or is sad in front of you. If Agnes and Eugene had cried on your first year, you probably would have only turned around and walked away" Enid reasoned, grabbing another chip "Wow, this things are amazing, you should try one"

"If Eugene or Agnes had cried when I first met them, they would be six feet under on their own doings, not mine" the goth deadpanned, grabbing one chip from the bag and biting one tiny corner "This is...horrifying"

"That's the spirit, as much torture you can endure before you lose the fight with the spice" Enid joked "And yeah, you would have ignored the crying children, sure thing, Softie" she teased and ending the conversation on the topic

Wednesday finished the first chip and ignored the wolf. Pugsley now engrossed on his game, Eugene settling more comfortable on his shoulder with a black and white jacket that was not his over his shoulders, Agnes grabbing some chips from their snacks bag while her focus was on the page she was reading. After Wednesday glanced a few moments the younger three her gaze returned to the road, seeing the trees pass fast and being not more than a blur on her vision after a few seconds

She sighed and settled on her seat, grabbing the draft and putting it over her legs

"You going to read it to me out loud?" Enid teased but they both knew that it was a possibility "I would not complain, I am not in the mood for music yet, I would prefer your voice over it" she went with honesty

"Then out loud it is" Wednesday obeyed, finishing the settling of her things, her water bottle now on the cup holder between both seats and beside the snacks bag

But before starting, Wednesday went to grab one last chip from the bag as the spice had left on her tongue a nasty feeling she didn't dislike. Her hands were holding onto one chip when a warm feeling covered it, she glanced to see what it was and saw Enid's hand over hers. She blue screened for a moment before her gaze snapped to Enid's who seemed to be side glancing at her but she couldn't be too sure

"Oh geez, sorry Wednes, I wanted another chip, sorry sorry" Enid apologized and grabbed a chip now that Wednesday hand wasn't guarding the bag. Wednesday didn't see it but when she settled and munched on the chip, Enid apologetic smile morfed into a badly hidden smirk that slowly went down as the goth started to read out loud from the start

(...)

The car stopped in front of the big mansion, everyone inside bright awake and shaking with excitement, well, everyone except the elder Addams girl. When Enid pressed the doors button and they could all climb out, Eugene was ushered out by Pugsley while Agnes swung her legs to the dusty pavement. Enid and Wednesday climbed out less hurried, and letting the youngers get their moment to greet the Addams parents who were standing at the entrance staircase

"Mama, Papa!" Pugsley jogged to his parents, Eugene and Agnes two steps behind him, looking like lost kittens

"My son!" Gomez yelled and opened his arms where Pugsley jumped into "Look how much you have grown, you are almost as tall as your beautiful mother" he praised 

"My little darkling, we are so happy to have you home" Morticia said in a sweet tone "And you brought guests, oh how much you've grown" the loving tone flew on her words

"Hi! Thank you for letting us in your home, Miss Addams" Agnes said in a polite voice

"Oh nonsense, every friend of our children is our friend too, you are always welcome here, sweet child" Morticia smiled "Especially if you make my son as happy as I have seen" she winked at them, obviously referring to her visions

"Mother, Father" Wednesday walked slowly to her parents, a pink blur speeding past her into the taller woman's arms

"Mooooom" The blur spoke, tackling Morticia into the floor "I missed you too much, I am never going back to school, I will live in the hidden passages until I graduate" Enid whined, squeezing the Addams mom tight 

"Uff, Enid, sweet Angel, it's horrible to see you too" Morticia said out of breath "I was starting to forget about that tiny torture device to harm my ears shut, did you bring it for this weekend?"

"Yess! And I found more music that has been released since my last visit, the plants are going to have so much fun...or pain, whatever makes you happier" Enid explained excited "I have so much to tell you! Did Wednes tell you we won the Poe Cup?!"

Firm arms wrapped around Enid's waist and lifted her up into the air, she shrieked and laughed as her body started to spin "My strong Lobita! How magnificent! You have to tell us all about this story as soon as you can" Gomez yelled between laughs

As Gomez let go of Enid, the werewolf blinked the daze away and without turning she lifted her hand backwards, grabbing into the first batch of fabric she felt and tugging. Wednesday's body followed the impulse and she swayed subtly right in front of her mother, the smaller goth turned to glare at Enid who grabbed her shoulders and turned back to the woman

"Mother, Father...You look as dead as you did on the last vacation day, perhaps you both have managed to dodge sunlight since?" Wednesday gritted through her teeth, trying to not let any emotion escape her control, it was true that now that she stepped into her house's territory she felt more relaxed 

"And that means in Wednesday's language that she missed you" Enid stepped beside her, elbowing her softly on the arm "And that she has really felt your absence, even if you have weekly calls, it's just not the same" the wolf pouted

"I did not" the smaller goth snapped at the wolf who just stuck her tongue out mockingly which made her roll her eyes, and the parents smiled at the childish banter her oldest child rarely did in front of them 

"You came!!!" a tiny voice echoed on the space around the seven of them, small footsteps that creeped closer until a meter tall figure jumped from the door straight into Enid's arms "You came, you came! Hi!! Hi brother, Hi sister, Hi 'Gene, Hi...Agnes!" the little boy excitedly chanted, looking at each person as he named them, doubting a little on Agnes not wanting to yell the wrong name and make her feel bad

"Hi" "Sup, Brother" "Hi, Pubs" "Pubert" "Hii"

"Hey, Pubs, look at you, you get taller every time I go away, last time you were like...this tall" Enid joked, putting her hand to her knee's level and ruffling the boy's hair "And that mustache, you got the hang of it, you no longer look as if a fluffy worm tried to enter your mouth"

Pubert laughed and tried to dodge the fingers brushing his facial hair "Stooooop, it tickles" he giggled

Wednesday looked at the scene feeling something crawl up her body...literally, her head tilted sideways to look for the culprit and find a familiar hand waving at her

"Thing, until you decided to show your fingers again" she greeted, the hand just waved harder and then started to sign 

Gomez, Help, Money

"Did Father ask your assistance in a matter of his job?" the goth asked, the hand did a thumbs up and she nodded "Efficient"

The hand jumped into Pugsley's shoulder and the boy began to talk with him and his best friends

"Hi, Thing! Go to Wednesday's room in a while, we have so much to talk!" Enid greeted excitedly while setting Pubert on the floor "O-kay, we should probably go settle our things" she told the younger kids and Wednesday

"Yes! Come on, follow me, I don't know if last time you had a house tour, Agnes, if not then I will be your guide for the evening" Pugsley hurried, excited. The three youngers skipped into the house, the sound of the muffled voices giggling and being amazed dissapearing on the door

"That's our cue to call Lurch and have him bring the bags over" Gomez stated, he ringed on a near bell that laid there on a tiny desk and  a groan far away could be heard "You may go rest now, Lobita, Tormenta" he dismissed softly

"Oh, nonsense, Gomez, we have arms, and strong ones" Enid fought back "Let the three musketeers have their fun, Lurch can take care of their things. You" Enid pointed a finger to the older Addams sibling who was standing there waiting for the dismissal "Have perfectly working arms, grab your bag, let's not make Lurch do so much work today, tomorrow is going to be hell for him"

"Should I envy him or have fake sympathy for him" Wednesday snapped, walking over to the car again to grab her own duffel bag with the things she brought "We will be settling ourselves until dinner, have you need us you may send Lurch or thing" she told her parents, being side checked on the hip by a very glaring werewolf "...please" she rolled her eyes and started walking to the staircase that lead to her tower

"See you later" Enid smiled at both parents with her bags on her shoulders before sprinting to catch Wednesday

Both Addams parents exchanged looks

"So...was I hallucinating in a woeful of emotions...or I saw My little Tormenta obey the wolf like her life depended on it? I did not even see a smart remark like always" Gomez asked, in his eyes starting to rise the littlest spark of hope and emotion

"No, My Love" Morticia stopped his train of thoughts, Gomez smile flickered off and he made eye contact with his wife "Our Sandstorm obeyed her wolf because her heart wants to depend on her" she corrected

"Oh, cara mia" Gomez talked to his everything "I think I'm having a storm of newly found emotions on my heart, how dreadful it is to finally know that our little...Wednesday has been pulled out of her stone cold heart cage. I will start to make the wedding preparations immediately!" he tried to turn and walk to his office but his arm was caught

"Give them a little more time, Mon Cheri. Young love is...patient to the newly open hearts, it will take them a few more moments for their feelings to raise their hearts flame until they burn as much as love like ours is"

"If time is what they need, then time they will get, Mi amor" he accepted "How about we take our chance now that Pubert is with Pugsley and our pair of deadly girls have gone to settle their things and I can show you how much I like when you talk to me like that?" he flirted with his wife who smirked and turned away 

"Lurch! Get the children things into their rooms! We will be busy until before dinner, tell thing he is in charge. Thank you, My Beast Butler!"

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The room looked the same, the dark and heavy curtains letting few sunlight pass and the creaks on the wood under their feet, the bed in the middle of the room with just the mattress getting dust. The desk and chair, the mini guilliotine on one, the big walk in closet on the other, and the big window that led to the balcony of the tower, all the same. The guilliotine looked like it could use a cleaning and sharpenning, and everything was already covered in dust as if it was not lived in many years, not just two months

"Wow, Lurch has really made progress with his dusting skills, look at this" Enid exclaimed, showing Wednesday the pad of her finger after brushing the desk with it

"It would be significantly harder to still be a rookie in the activity if he does it three times a week" the goth deadpanned, not showing her proud tone "I will go collect the bed sheets and atrocious blankets you will ask for, you dust the mattress and desk to get your excessive amount of colored things" she ordered stepping away from the room

Alone, Enid did walk next to the mattress and puch it to make the dust fly off, she decided that it would be less dusty if she turned the thing upside down, so with quick movements, the matress was upside down, much less dust on it. She skipped to the bathroom next door and grabbed the duster brush for the desk

"Should I try to make you break your facade, Addams?" Enid cockily said, smirking to herself while brushing the wooden desk "How funny would it be, to make you show your family that you do have emotions. Should make you pay for being a little mean to Morticia when you first came into Nevermore" she teased the air, remembering one of her former talks with the taller woman where she told her about that conversation

She trailed off in her thoughts, many possibilities, many reactions and in all of them Wednesday was the only thing that stuck in Enid's mind. She shook her head to distract herself

"Don't be like that, she is oblivious still" she scolded herself "A once in a lifetime situation too..." she added in a whisper

"If I knew you were falling into madness I would have brought my note pad much more quickly" a voice behind her snapped her out of her thoughts

"Wednes!" Enid turned, surprised and feeling like she was caught red handed

"Stand on the other side, since I got this bigger mattress making the bed is certainly harder to do alone" she grumbled, neither of them acknowledged the fact that Wednesday got that bigger bed in first place because Enid wasn't able to sleep alone on the manor, fear from the newness of it and the nightmares that still haunted her after her wolf nights. Neither of them talked about the reason they needed a bigger bed was because after starting to sleep separated in two beds just like in nevermore, they discovered that sleeping side to side was a guaranteed night of no nightmares and a full night's sleep

"Ahoy Captain" Enid chanted and walked to the other side of the bed. While they put the first sheet she hummed and tried to start a conversation "So...Gene and Pugs? They were clinging all the way here" she smiled

"An unevitable thing since there were three people in a space designated for three people, they were using all the space they could" Wednesday deflected "Pugsley burned his braincells with that sick device and Eugene tried to become the next morpheus fatal victim"

"You know that's not what I mean, Wednes" Enid whined "Can you be at least a little more sentimental about the fact that your brother is happy, and it's not because someone got hurt or a horrible event happened, it's because there is someone who is making him see other perspective of life"

"Enid, I am not sentimental, never, your error is there, and if Pugsley has the braincells to identify hapiness then his skull must had been damaged in one of our last fights" the goth replied

"I just think that it should not be me Pugs comes to when he has to talk about emotions, it should be his big sister, that's what big siblings are for, I am a nobody, not to him at least" the wolf explained "You know I understand more than anyone how much one needs a bigger sibling to talk to when things inside your mind are rough" she snapped before regretting it

"Enid, stop degrading yourself, stop undermining your importance to this family as if all you did was push me out of harms way like Xavier once did, you did more than thrice of that" Wednesday scolded "You have let me mess with your life, with or without the intention of doing it, you gave your freedom to save me even after it was my fault to have been there in first place. You are not a stranger, you saved my life, you are my savior, you are family, you are my family, and you are...my pack" she stated, whispers instead of a loud voice nearing the end

"..." Enid wasn't finding the words to reply

"And quit thinking about that stupid and overestimated former pack of yours, those idiost didn't know what they were losing when they treated you like that, and if they couldn't treat you like you deserve, then what are we Addams here waiting for? I already told you, Father already told you, you ever want anything and it is yours. And if you ever need...an older sibling, like you said, I can not provide that but I know someone who would"

"Oh? And who would that be, Addams?" Enid teased, trying to lighten the mood to not let the talk about her biologic family bring her mood down

"Tanaka"

"Oh yeah? And how would you make her help? Threats or payment?" she quirked an eyebrow

"She owes me a favor" Wednesday smirked back

"Didn't know you were starting to get so close, should I be jealous? Does Divina know about this? Is she in on this too? Should I get jealous, Raven?" the wolf stepped closer, rounding the bed and standing in front of the goth "I know I share my things, but I will have to tell you that there are some...situations that make me very...very..." she slowed down, her hand raising to pat some of the dust that fell on the Raven's shoulder when they made the bed off, then her hand stood there even after finishing "Very possessive" she growled, letting her eyes shine amber and her fangs to flick into view half a second

The wolf knew that the goth saw them, she heard it on the Raven's chest when the heartbeat flickered, and saw it on the way the smaller girl couldn't hide a gulp and her wandering eyes that moved between the wolf's eyes and mouth

"I..." Wednesday started, her eyes unfocused before coming back into her usual glare "I would ask you to let me know if you plan to fight the vampire or the siren, I have the need to write a realistic maiming for my book, and could use the in person experience"

"No one can't say I didn't try" Enid whined, the oblivious Raven just glaring at her harder "Go unpack your clothes and books, you weirdo, I will do your job and go tell Pugsley to let Eugene sleep in his room and we will prepare the room on the floor below us for Agnes, and we will, no fighting me on this, Wednes" she threatened

"Go torture the younger ones before I decide that you would make a better use as a statue for my potions experiments" the goth snapped back

"Oh? You want to use my body for your anatomy tests? Didn't know you had it in you to know how to flirt, I will give ya that one" Enid winked before turning and jogging away, aware of the heartbeat almost jumping out of the goth's chest

Wednesday was now the one left in the room, grumbling and huffing annoyed, trying to stop her own hearbeat, and her own mind form wandering to the remains and crumbs on her memory of the wolf's beastly glare, or the brightness in her eyes after talking about the younger kids, or even the faded memory of the blonde's hand over hers

(...)

"So let's recap, you are going to transform" Eugene started, and pointed to Enid "and then we" he moved his finger to point at himself and his friends "are going to throw you the rope, then we are going to play tug of war, beast version?" He asked

"Yeah!" "Yes!" "SI!" Pugsley Enid and Pubert yelped excitedly, the wolf already taking her shoes off while the goth boys were tying a cloth onto the rope to mark the spac where they would need to pull Enid into for them to win 

"I think this is going to be fun, until one of them is sent flying into the wall" Agnes pointed

"Even more reason to do it, I want to test if the walls are able to catch me or if I will go past them and into the next room!" Pugsley claimed hurrying even more

The other people in the room just rolled their eyes and went to finish settling everything in the room, they were moving every piece of furniture on the living room, room that Pugsley and Pubert had chosen to be the game room of the evening

"Okay, I'm doing it, turn around you fools, Agnes can I ask you to fetch my clothes after I grab you so they are safe until I have to transform back?" the wolf asked Agnes who nodded before turning to give her back to the wolf just like the other boys did

The cracking of bones made Eugene flinch until slowly the groans Enid let out became less human and they turned completely into barks and growls. A looming shadow stood over Agnes and before she turned around, a snout between her calves tried to open her legs, she unconsciously stepped wider and the wolf's head crossed the space, making Agnes legs surround her scruff and neck

"En-ENID!" Agnes yelped, the wolf had without a warning lifted her into the air with her neck, now Agnes sat on the wolf a few meters above the ground "You fool! Warn a girl first" she grumbled, grabbing and yanking handfuls of fur to keep the balance

"Wow! You see that Gene?! There is no way I'm staying on the floor in this fight" Pugsley exclaimed, his smirk widening when he tried the rope and was sure it would hold with the wolf's jaw grip

"Yeah..."Eugene doubted, fear at the thought of Pugsley actually being sent flying across the room 

"Let's do this!" Pubert yelled, swinging himself in the air by grabbing one of the wolf's arm and keeping his grip tight on the fur to use it as a rope

Everyone walked to their places, Agnes lowering herself to the ground after Enid crouched as much as she could to let her jump off. Enid let out a howl of excitement, jumping on her front paws a few times before pushing Pubert with her snout for him to pass her the other end of the rope. Once everyone had the rope on their hands, Lurch ,who had been standing to the side waiting for them to be ready, pointed the play horn to the ceiling

Horn that worked as a substitute for the former gun they used, after finding out by a very angry Wednesday and a traumatized Enid that shooting the gun that close to Enid brought her flashbacks that still creeped her mind, so they all offered decided to change them, at least when Enid was a player on the games

And after a nod from all the players, Lurch pressed the button of the horn, and game...start!

(...)

HONK!!

Wednesday rolled her eyes, the folded clothes on her hands being deposited on the closet before she walked out of the room, ready to go scare the playing people for not respecting the calm evening she thought had been implied after being told to 'settle' before dinner

Her footsteps echoed on the staircase of the tower, and when she was a few meters away of the doors that led to the rest of the mansion, a voice called her from behind her back

"Darkling" Morticia called out from the greenhouse entrance, just beside the base of the staircase that Wednesday had just climbed down from "Cleopatra needs to be fed, and I think it has been a while since you last reminded her who has the most dangerous on the house" she prompted

Wednesday caught that her mom wanted more than feeding plants from her, but she opted not to say anything, she followed the taller woman into the greenhouse and observed the few new plants that her mom had acquired since her last stay 

"This one is new" she pointed out, her mother turned from her walk and looked at her, she was standing over to a recently planted flower

"Mind refreshing my memory?" Morticia asked

"An orquid, a blue orquid" Wednesday replied, her mind searching for her former knowledge of the plant world "They represent strength and identity, they appear delicate but are incredibly resilient, and it is difficult to find one as they are rare and unique" she told her mother what she could remember

"A rare beauty, it almost feels as if fate brought this one for me to care for her, and indeed resilient, this one is not only loved by me, her...roomie, let's say, keeps trying to drink all of the water from the pot but this one keeps her in line" Morticia claimed proudly, looking and brushing a tiny bit of dust that had fallen onto one of it's petals "Though they help each other too, a few days ago there was this sudden temperature drop on the territory because fester brought an angry spirit over without warning, and I came running to see if one of the plants had been damaged, only to find this too moved closer by the roots to keep each other safe and calm, what a...coincidence"

"Coincidence...yes" Wednesday thought a few seconds, doubt in her gaze but no heart to ask about it "And now, Mother. Mind telling me why you thought that making a Black Dhalia and a Blue Orquid share one pot would be a good idea? I can see you have many empty pots"

"Oh well, Darkling" Morticia smiled at her daughter "I thought that it would be an exquisite torture for them both, and who am I to deny them the fun?" she teased subtly

Wednesday tried to find a snapping response to her mother but found none, her brain had caught onto the meaning behind the plants, behind her mother's actions, but her heart stopped her from being annoyed at the way her mother used it as a way to connect with her. All she could do was think of how Enid would scold her if she was too mean to her mother, and even against her better thoughs, she still felt the tickle of guilt at the idea of her mother's gaze dropping after she snapped a knife of words onto her chest

"Mother" the smaller goth tried to reply "You..." she had no idea what to say to her mother, a long while since that last happened "Mother, I...You...You are the only person I know that has this knowledge on plants...so I won't fight you over...over a few plant locations, for you are the one who knows how much they will suffer together before they arrive to their demise"

Morticia smiled, a few tears welling in her eyes that she soon blinked away, emotional at the sight of her oldest child starting to open herself to her. She fought the urge to reach for a hug, knowing it was a limit she didn't have yet

"Yes, I consider myself an expert in this topic" she told her daughter

Both of them had caught sometime in the middle of the conversation how the topic had turned away from plants a long time ago, maybe the plants were never even implied when they first stepped into the greenhouse, and Morticia knew she would answer whatever question her daughter had about anything, if it was from plants, if it was from emotions disguised as plant knowledge, or if it was a confession hidden between self doubt. And if Wednesday did notice the topic was not plants, she did not show it...until

"Mother, if you are an expert in this topic as you say, I do have a question" Wednesday told her mother "Does...Does the plant suffer less with or without the other plant on the pot? What happens if you dig one of them out to another pot? And is it normal that a plant attachs itself to another? Did it happen because they are in the same tiny pot? Or if they were on a bigger pot, or not even sharing one together, would they have bonde-...attached to each other?" she shot out a bunch of questions

Morticia huffed smiling, she came prepared but not that ready to hear her little girl finally admit her own worries about love. She hovered a hand on the younger's shoulder and pointed to two chairs sitting in the middle of the greenhouse, next to Cleopatra who Morticia just fed so she was just a little food dazed, cuddly plant "Come sit with me so I can answer truthfully and I don't miss one detail"

But Wednesday was deep in her thoughts, so Morticia touched her shoulder to see if the girl would react, the smaller goth snapped out of her trance and nodded to her mother, not glaring at the hand on her shoulder, and began walking to the chair

Once seated, Morticia waited until Cleopatra started nibbling her daughters hand that had been trying to 'pet' her to begin explaining, hoping that the tiny teeth biting into her daughter's palm would keep her grounded and stop her from panicking 

"The plant would suffer, with or without a companion on the pot, but when there are two plants it's different. Yes, with two plants in one pot, you get less water sometimes, you fight for space and you try to extract the other from the pot, but on other ocasions you have a little help by your side, you never get to be thirsty because the other plant has their roots ready to give you water if you need it, you don't feel alone no matter the weather, if it's cold you are close to another to keep yourself form freezing, and if it's sunny then you get to know what side of the pot gets the best sun. If you are alone you don't get the good side of it, but you still get the bad side, you still get cold, or dry without water, you get all the space you could have but it is only you that will be there for you"

"A plant does not attach to another plant if it does not want it, even if you try to force them together, if they don't get to bond by themselves, they won't attach, not even with glue or tape. It is not a matter of where, no matter how much space there is, no matter how much their caretaker looks after them both, it is only them that will decide to bond with each other. And lastly, if you dug one of them away from the pot, it will happen just like it happens in life, you adapt, the plant will have to learn to live alone, it will be difficult, it will take time, but it will learn eventually. But that's the thing, at least I do everything in my hands to not let my plants be dug away from other" Morticia stated, her gaze turning to met Wednesday's eyes that were focused on her

"So it is normal?" the smaller goth muttered, a whisper dying in a huff of breath

"As normal as waking up with a guillotine blade over your neck, My Stormcloud" she calmly claimed

Wednesday sighed unconsciously, her body relaxing against the chair and her hand on the plants jaw starting to tug to be released. Morticia smiled one last time before standing up, and the sound of breaking glass resounded on all the house, she and her daughter exchanged glances and both of them sighed humoured

"Mother" Wednesday called, her mother turned to her completely, waiting for her to keep going "I...Thank you, for the plant knowledge, I will write it on my textbook before we have to go back to the penitentiary" she tried to reassure

Morticia did not reply, she only smiled softly at her daughter and stepped closer, she slowly as if waiting for the smaller one to stop her lifter her hand into her shoulder until it rested on the girl's jacket. Wednesday didn't shrug away immediately, instead she looked up to meet her mother's eyes and...sort of smiled, not a smile, never a smile, more like a shrug of her lips and cheeks, only half a second to show her right dimple, the simple sight of the action made Morticia freeze. But before she could say anything another glass shattering distracted them both, Wednesday turned away and slowly pried her shoulder away from her mother's hand, and with a last glance she walked away, leaving Morticia standing there, not noticing the single tear that left one of her eyes

(...)

Wednesday's footsteps were covered by the ruckus sounds that came from the living room, she opened the big doors both at once and saw the mess that had been made. The destroyed coffee table and a few portrait frames, the sight of a 10 feet wolf pulling the end of a rope, and on the other end, her two brothers, the redhead, the bee boy, her father, thing and Lurch, all of them pulling against the wolf and barely managing to keep her from making them fly into the wall

"What is happening here?" Wednesday tried to ask and scold at the same time as another voice a few steps behind her yelled too "What is this mess, Addams people?!"

Everyone playing stopped dead on their tracks, but for a milisecond the multiple person side still pulled so the wolf stumbled forward and slipped on one of the broken frames on the floor, making her tilt to the side and hit the floor hit her snout, pinching her face with the broken glass there. A high whine echoed on the room, but just when Wednesday was going to start skipping next to her, a needle prick pain appeared on her own cheek, she touched her cheek and her fingers came out with a few drops of blood

She shook her head, keeping that situation for later, and she walked towards the big wolf that was now surrounded by everyone else, thing had fetched the clothes set aside

"Enid, are you hurt anywhere else?" the goth girl asked, the wolf looked at her between all the people that moved to let her get closer, and whined higher and twisted her body until she was belly up, whining still, a clear show just to make them laugh and know it didn't hurt, she just wanted the attention, Wednesday let out the breath she didn't know she had been guarding "You fool wolf, turn so I can pull your ears for making a mess out of the living room" she threatened, throwing a blanket to the wolf who tried to lick her face but she dodged it at the last second

Everyone turned to give the wolf girl her privacy, Wednesday did too after making sure all the clothes were free of glass and the blanked served as a protection sheet between the soon naked body and the glass pieces scattered on the ground. Again the bones cracking and soft whines that turned into cries and even a sneeze. Everyone counted at least thirty seconds before a body surged forward, wrapping her arms around Wednesday's neck from behind, almost like a chokehold but less tight, only a sort of hug that the goth could not escape

"Hi!! Oh and just to be clear, the ones who made a mess were them, I did not touch one wall, which brings me to my second point, I WIN!" Enid exclaimed, jumping in her place, making Wednesday shook her body with the impulse, the goth grumbled and tried to pry herself free only to be hugged tighter and the wolf pressing fleetingly her nose to her neck "You smell good...Anyways, Pugsley, you flew!" she changed topics quickly, freeing the goth from her arms

Wednesday grumbled as she was let out, she rolled her shoulders that now had a dull ache and glared at the wolf, standing in place, she did not notice the way her parents were looking at her while she stood next to Agnes and the wolf with the boys talked about the way Pugsley did fly to a wall halfway on the game

Both braided girls talked a few seconds, minutes maybe, about what the redhead had managed to learn from the experience. Morticia and Gomez were listing the things they would need to replace or buy the next day, while exchanging glances watching the way the three of their children interacted with their guests. Enid was making fun of Pugsley, while Eugene insisted in checking if the boy was alright, and Pubert now bored was deciding whether to bother his parents or his older sister

"Oh, Wednes!" Enid yelped "Something so funny happened" she giggled while walking closer to the goth girl, Pugsley and Pubert exchanging a glance with a smirk while the blonde kept explaining "You know your brother flew across the room, so funny, but like, Eugene went to check on him and he was supes alright but then Eugene said something and then it was like Pugsley had been pushed his off button because he almost fainted, it was so strange but then we noticed it was like, he just went super tsundere and that was all the reason he needed to faint in the spot" she explained between giggles

"I did not! It was not!" Pugsley tried to defend himself while all the other people in the room giggled "It's not fair Eugene actually knew Japanese!" he complained

"What did you say, Eugene?" Wednesday asked confused

"I called him 'Ōji'" Eugene tried to explain "I was super worried so I went to him asking him if he was okay, and I told him I was happy he wasn't hurt, and then he just...fainted a few seconds"

"You called him Prince?" Wednesday muttered, trying to understand the situation before an idea crossed her mind, she tried to dodge the topic in that case "I guess it's another one of the Addams misteries"

"Yeah, I guess" Pugsley followed her, but he smirked to his sister a few seconds later "Hey, Enid, you should say that phrase I taught you earlier"

"Oh, yeah! It was like...like...umm" Enid tried to remember, turning to face the goth girl "Car uh...me...and?" she tried, the words dying in her tongue

Wednesday lifted an eyebrow, the phrase not even resembling one that could make sense in none of the many languages she knew, she saw in the corner of her eyes her parents stopping her listing and looking at them expectantly

"Enid, I assure you that whatever you are trying to say, in not one language exists, and if a phrase can't be understood then it can't have a deep-

"Oh I remember, it was Cara Mia!"

"Meani-..."

Wednesday's body swayed forward, the wolf quickly catching her in her arms with a yelp, the half conscious girl grumbling incoherences that could only be heard a differentiated word, her teen brother's name and a variety of gibberish that was similar to a threat. Everyone in the room giggled while Wednesday leaned her body weight into the wolf for balance

"Guess that means that is nap time" Enid playfully said "I have to unpack my things anyways, see you all at dinner?" she tried

"Go, Lobita, I will take care of our mess" Gomez helped her, freeing her of her obligations "Take care of our Darkling, don't let her scare you too much" he added

Enid smiled at everyone before lifting the grumbling goth in her arms and jogging upstairs to the tower, Wednesday waited until her family couldn't be seen anymore and only then she put her arms around the wolf's neck to keep her torso up while they went up the stairs. The faint throb on her cheek reminded her about the world she couldn't escape yet, and the secrets she still tried to hide to herself

(...)

"Okay so, we do have to attend one of your family's famour balls, so we better start preparing everything for tomorrow, move your ass because you are not only wearing a simple dress and that's it, you are going to put more effort this time, up up or I haunt your soul until eternity" the wolf threatened while skipping away from the desk and unshading her claws, brushing a threat on the goth's body that still laid on the bed, lazily reviewing her manuscript, procrastinating the event's clothes choice

Chapter Text

The group had been standing on the entrance a few minutes, thanking the breeze that brushed their faces and cooled their bodies from the hot weather that day, and the anticipation arriythmia their hearts developed after Enid's last message told them they were 10 minutes away from the school. The Nightshades waiting as patiently as they could for their friends to arrive from their weekend out

"Do you guys hear that noise?" Divina asked the group that started looking around in seach for that engine noise

A loud roar from a car was heard, and soon the sound of tires scratching the pavement echoed everywhere near them. A car, the same car that they climbed when they left, came into view from afar doing the last turn before arriving to the school's parking lot, but the car didn't turn slow

The vehicle tilted dangerously sideways, almost scratching the rearview mirror on the floor, and they all screamed their lungs out, when the car finally balanced again on it's four wheels they relaxed but not by much because the vehicle was getting closer and closer and it didn't seem as it was stopping soon enough. Yoko jumped in front of the group as well as Bianca while everyone put their hands up in hope it would help them lessen the impact

But the screeching of tires closer and closer stopped their hearts until wind and dirt flew to their faces, and a cold and solid metal touched Yoko's knees. They opened their eyes, the car centimeters away from them, even touching the vampire's legs, but it didn't run over them at least

The moment kept the atmosphere tense, and no sound dared break the fear bubble that circled around them until a burst of laughter came out of the car. Everyone settled back into their stances trying to relax their bodies back, and they looked at the people coming out of the car now

"You should have seen your faces" Pugsley cried out in giggles, climbing out of the driver's seat

"You were driving?!" Yoko yelled at the boy "You almost killed us, you Idiot!" she scolded

"I had it under control, calm down" the goth boy tried to reassure but the other people climbing out from the other doors did not think the same

"Under control? You wish, I had to interviene or else our friends would be ground meat!" Enid growled, the passenger seat door almost coming out of it's hinges with the force she opened it "And you are the one paying for the hand break, with YOUR allowance!" she threatened, her hand lifting in a scolding motion, showing the broken stick in her hand that was torn on the base

"What?!" Pugsley tried complaining

"I am never getting in another car where Pugsley is the driver, I feel like I am gonna throw up" a green faced Agnes climbed out of the backseats, clutching her stomach and leaning into the vehicle for balance

"Same, Pugs you are a danger to society on that seat, not even a drunk driver drives that bad" Eugene complained while swaying on his feet after getting out of the car "Oh my love, how much I missed you" he made the show of letting himself fall to the floor face first and 'hugging' the pavement, even making kissing sounds to amplify the act

As the Nightshades were getting ready to scold the hell out of Pugsley and after greet all of them, the last figure climbed out of the backseats.  A goth girl with a glare that could kill from fear a normie, Wednesday slowly put her feet on the ground and hauled herself out the vehicle, she ignored the looks of everyone present that waited for her to either congratulate her brother for scaring the Nightshades or ungreet the waiting teenagers that almost peed their pants

Instead, the goth walked straight to her brother and when she was in arm's lenght, she slapped the back of his head with a loud clap, and didn't wait for a grunt before clutching his ear on her hand and pulling it towards her, not caring about the yelps it brought out of the boy

"Here. Now" she muttered in a serious tone, two words that freezed everyone, both goths walked over to the back of the car, and before the girl opened her mouth she glanced towards the blonde werewolf and nodded, a dismissing gesture

"We should go inside, guys" Enid tried to hurry, grabbing Eugene's and Yoko's hands in hers and pulling towards the big doors "Now." she stated, knowing the hell that was going to be unwrapped towards the boy

Inside, the group relaxed and sighed, Enid didn't have time to turn around before a figure jumped on her back and hugged tight. And on the corner of her eyes she could see Eugene and Agnes being greeted too by Ajax, Kent and Bianca

"I missed you" the girl in her back cried out "You are not allowed to leave again, never, not without my permission" the vampire stated

"Hi, Bestie" Enid greeted back, clutching the arms around her chest closer and smiling "Or maybe next time I take you with me too" she offered, laughing when another figure pushed Yoko off

"My turn, Babe. Enid!" the siren whined and jumped too to the werewolf, just this time it was front to front, clinging her body like a koala, making Enid have a difficult time choosing where to put her hands to stop her from falling

"Div!" the wolf replied, opting for hugging the girl closer to her body, wrapping her arms around her waist and back, ignoring the legs clutching her own hips

Another few rounds of greetings, hugs and jokes came, all the group just happy to be together again. They started to joke, to talk about the things that they did on the Addams manor, and even a few teasing sentences to the two Addams-in-law. With Agnes telling the story of the ball that made Enid and Eugene blush, the whole group was smirking when the door was opened again and the two Addams sibling walked in

"Greetings, Nightshades" Wednesday surprised everyone when she acknowledged them "I see you have begun your...teenage habit of tattling with each other" she added "Do not let my mood or presence stop you from continuing" the goth said, trying to start her walk past them and into the school

Wednesday walked closer to them, because the group was in the middle of the entrance so either way she had to walk over there to pass through. Pugsley on the other hand, stood frozen on his spot, his eyes sad and regretful, waiting for them to pay attention to him before starting to speak, but that wasn't happening before the vampire could greet someone else the right way

"No, you don't" the red eyed girl growled, her hand reaching out and grabbing the back of the goth girl's collar, pulling the Addams older to her and wrapping her arms tight against her neck, not willing to let go without at least a few seconds of body contact "Hello, Fledgeling, nice to see you alive and deadly as always" she greeted in a normal tone, her arms squeezing hard to stop the squirming girl from running away

"Let go of me, Tanaka, or else you will understand why vampires are asked not to combine garlic and spice on their food" the smaller girl threatened, moving her hands to the vampire's arms to try and push her off, without luck

"Just a few more seconds" Yoko teased, before lowering her head closer and whispering on the goth's ear "Thanks, you know, you could have walked away without interviening, but you scolded him and I know it was for almost getting us hurt, ot for any other reason you can try to pin it to...so yeah...Thanks, Wednes" she smiled, releasing the smaller girl who huffed and walked away after a few nods and glances at the other Nightshades

Everyone giggled under their breath, watching Wednesday walk away fast and not turning back, still surprised that she even greeted them, but being used to the girl ignoring them after interacting long periods of time with them, and after that hell trip and drive back, they were sure she just wanted peace, quiet and loneliness. They turned their gazes back to the other goth who still stood over at the other side, waiting for them 

"I...I'm sorry, what I did was very dangerous and I could have hurt you, I will not do it again, I'm sorry" he apologized, guilt on his eyes as he almost bowed in front of them

Most of them waited a few seconds, letting the tension and guilt rise on the boy's stomach before Bianca spoke "I forgive you, don't do it again or else it won't be only Wednesday the one to give you the backleash of your life, you understand?" she threatened making the boy nod fast

"I forgive you too, but don't think you are off the hook for a very long time" Divina scolded, Ajax and Kent soon following until Yoko was the only one left

"Guess your little trick finally got your sister to show that she cares about us deep inside, and even got her to remind you that you are her little brother, so I guess I can forgive you, do not do it again or else you will answer to me" Yoko threatened, her eyes glowing red through the lenses of her sunglasses

"Understood" Pugsley squeeled before they dismissed him, he jogged away with Eugene and Agnes soon following, whining about unpacking again

"Yoko is right though" Enid talked after a few seconds of silence "Pugsley needed Wednesday to step into the big sister position since a long time ago, at least she finally did it, guess if it will stick around or it was just a spur of the moment thing" the wolf wondered

"Let's hope that at least she doesn't shut down on us again" Divina joined "Go unpack your things, we were hoping to have a girl's night in Bianca and I's room" she ordered

The wolf girl grinned and nodded, before skipping away and the Nightshades separated in their own path's to their rooms

(...)

"So..."

"What is drowning your mind off normal brain functions, Enid?" Wednesday deadpanned after waiting for the wolf girl to continue without response

"I was wondering, you know, what did you exactly say to Pugs? He looked very sad and guilty after you came back, did you finally tell him about the real 3d printer destructor?"

"That damned device kept making him distract himself away from the real way of making letal weapons, tradition would have dissapeared if it was for him, but that is an irrelevant truth to have told him, I merely scolded his reckless behaviour just like I did when he got into a fight a 7 weeks ago" the goth replied, frowning and turning away from the wolf, 'distracting' herself with dusting with her hands the very clean desk where her typewriter sat

"Oh so you scolded your little brother? Finally acting as a real big sis?" Enid teased "I want to know what you told him, pleaseee" she whined, shaking the goth giving her her back

"Release me this instant before I make all your stuffed animals suffer a terrific end" Wednesday threatened making the wolf take her hands off her shoulders "I told him that we did not have that much healing potion for all of the Nightshades to be cured, that they would probably have been more dissapointed than angry, and preferred evasion than revenge. That is one of Pugsley's weakness, he was more hurt by the idea I incerted in his brain that the Nightshades would have felt their friendship betrayed by him than by the idea of being dreadfully tortured until death" she stated

"Feelings sometimes are more hurtful than physical pain, Wednes" Enid replied, a sigh dying in her throat "I guess I can't blame you for saying it like that, because it made him realize that what he did was wrong, and because it's true. But next time you can try to be less hurtful and more diplomatic" she prompted

"I will not" Wednesday said honestly "...But I can suppose I will let the emotional or justicial talk for you to have with him, I will only teach him the subjects I am proficient in" she claimed

"Ah-...No, Wednes" the wolf laughed "You can't give your role as his big sister depending on the subject, and even less so when the subject is an emotional matter" she scolded softly "I can help you, but you are the one who has to be the one to make him understand, especially because you are closer to him in the emotional range, not thaaaat close, but at least you can make him understand in your weird metaphores"

"We can certainly make that agreement" Wednesday 'joked', lifting her own hand to shake the wolf's

On the handshake Enid didn't back down, squeezing like she knew the goth did to show dominance over the other half of the handshake, the wolf waited for the familiar crushing weight of the tight grip before her own hand squeezed just as hard. Wednesday got surprised but she didn't show it, instead she released the hand and grabbed her small bag

"I am going to notify Principal Montgomery about our arrival, you have the room for yourself to unpack your bag with music as loud as you please until my return" she told the wolf who grinned happily and skipped to her nightstand to pick her phone up

(...)

The goth made her way into the Principal's office, on the wing where the room laid she walked in silence between the halls before starting to hear a set of speeding footsteps in her direction. Her brows furrowed as she kept walking, turning the corner, her eyes caught a fleeting vampire jumping over her

"Wednes! Save me!" the vampire whined, clutching their body into hers as they both landed on the floor with a loud thud. Another set of footsteps could be heard and from the other side of the hallway the figure of Principal Montgomery made the show of appearing

"Mr. Adrian we have not finished the conversation, stop running away or I will have to take another security meassures" the Principal scolded

"What is the meaning of this? Release me this instant, Adri-oof..." Wednesday tried to push the vampire who let his body fall completely over her, hugging her tighter and denying her escaping his death grip

"Help me, help me, she wants me to stop feeding forever!" he whined again

"What foolery are you trying to trick Ms Addams into believing, Mr" the older woman grunted "I merely told you that you cannot grab blood bags outside common feeding hours because it messes the arranged schedule for everyone"

"See?!" Adrian yelped, as if that was the worst torture in the world "I'll be hungry forever, I will die dissecated" he cried out

"Adrian" Wednesday snapped "Release me" she ordered, her hands gripping his hair and neck, scratching to make the vampire understand that she was not kidding

Adrian finally obeyed, letting his grip go weaker and weaker until he rolled off the goth and stood up in one jump, his hand lifted to offer it to the goth who glared at it before standing up by herself

"I am sorry, Ms Addams, I did not intend for this boy to escape and bother another student" 

"It is to be expected, Principal Montgomery, this one is as corregible as the wind" Wednesday replied in an annoyed tone "And considering his previous life style in the Canadian forest wildness, I must accept that this does not surprise me in the slightest, his former way of feeding was draining the animals his pack caught or feeding off of his pack, so a scheduled feeding time will be difficult to obey" she explained

Thank you Adrian mouthed to the goth who glared at him to shut up

"Oh, perhaps you are right" the Principal told Wednesday "I did not have that knowledge" she gritted through her teeth looking at Adrian who grinned innocently at her "Perhaps we can arrange something more comfortable for your situation, but I cannot make the new arrangement for you appear from thin air, so until the end of the week, I ask you to respect the schedule as much as you can, and if you get the need to feed off schedule you can do as you previously did, your packmates or you can contact me to obtain another source"

"Yes! Yes I will, Principal Montgomery, thank you so much! I owe you" he thanked her even kneeling without a hint of embarassment on his system, his both knees hitting the floor with a bonk and his hands in a pleading motion over his face "Tell me what you want and consider it done" he offered

The Principal laughed softly at the student nonsense and shook her head "Behave in class, and Obey. The. Schedule. Until further notice" she ordered, jokingly flicking his forehead with one finger and walking away "I will finish the paperwork for your arrival, Ms Addams, thank you for coming to notice that, now both of you, off to your own doings, shoo" she gestured for them to go away

After leaving the wing, Adrian finally spoke to the goth "Thank you so much, Fledgeling, I thought that was my end" he said

"It was not a helping gesture I did, I merely told the Principal the facts that could have passed her first sight before she could commit a fatal error and made you go mad of thirst before realizing you can't adapt to the schedule" she dodged

"Yeah, let's pretend you didn't make up the part about feeding from animals if I got hungry, you know that animal blood is horrible and I won't ever drink it if I have my pack or blood bags in the literal city I lived in" he deadpanned "But noooo you didn't help me you only half lied to a higher staff member on the school" he teased

Before Wednesday could reply a snappy remark, the bell for lunch echoed in the halls and students murmures started filling the space as they made their way to the bigger wing where the classrooms and common areas were, counting in the Quad

"Let me escort the dark princess to her throne with the other fiery souls" the vampire joked, pushing on her back to keep her walking and not trying to change her way anywhere else, the goth just sighed and let him, tired and wanting a little nourishment before her mood changed from serious to grumpy

(...)

"Hey!" Enid greeted the goth girl when she made her way near the table "I see the Principal didn't keep you long, are you okay? Your clothes have a bit of dust in them" she noticed when the Addams girl sat next to her and the back of her shirt had dust marks and wrinkles

"I got in a fight with a ferocious hungry beast that tried to squeeze me to death" Wednesday deadpanned, the whole table listened and a few of them wondered if it was true or she was just trying to make a bad joke

"Oh come on, Fledgeling, it was a little house roughing between friends, don't tell me you didn't like how your lungs gasped for air when I let you go" a familiar vampire stood next to the table with a smirk on his face "Greetings, Nightshades, it's good to see you are again an alive group and not a sulking one like this past weekend" he joked

They greeted him, everyone except one person, well, two since Wednesday didn't need to greet him after already having spent time with him a few minutes earlier, but Yoko didn't greet him either, too busy glaring at the boy. Glaring and looking suspiciously at the nail marks that were on his neck and the wrinkled clothes he had too

"You fought Wednes?" Enid asked, cocking an eyebrow, not mad but not happy either, a rare feeling creeping in her stomach

"I wrestled her" Adrian corrected "Don't worry, Blondie, I wouldn't dare hurt the little Fledgeling" he reassured, it seemed to be enough for Enid this time as she shruged and went back to her own food tray

"What are you doing here, Adrian, if not for bothering a formerly calm table of students eating their lunch" Wednesday accused, trying her best not to let the hunger bring her mood lower than it already was with the way the noodles kept escaping her fork's pinch

"I came here to complain and ask for a favor" he stated, and everyone glanced at him, continuing lunch but keeping an ear up "You see, what we talked earlier with Principal Montgomery? Well I went to grab a blood bag and the lady told me that I couldn't because I already drank one an hour and a half ago" he whined and pouted "And I am hungry and they won't let me grab a bag until 7 the earliest, so I was wondering if you had any blood bags hidden in your room" he asked, the table seemed to ignore his situation so he took the opportunity to bother the goth a little "Unless you are willing to offer your blood" he teased, lifting and wriggling his eyebrows

Some heads snapped up, though Wednesday's wasn't one of them, she kept grabbing food with her food and she even grabbed the apple on her own tray, passing it to the blonde wolf to peal it while she finished her meal "Adrian, I will not let you drink my blood only because you are throwing a tantrum over how many blood bags you are allowed to have in a day" she stated "I would suggest you ask that from your pack or you wait until the cafeteria has lesser people and steal one, but you are not getting your fangs near my neck anytime soon if it is for that childish reason" 

"Aw" he whined "Okay, guess I will have to invent another reason on the future, but I will be tasting that sweet Addams dessert some elder vampire tribes talk about" he joked "Okay, I will let you all eat and chill, bye guys, please don't tell the Principal" he grinned before jogging away

Bianca, Divina, Yoko and Enid were still with their eyes locked on his back. The wolf absentmindedly peeling the apple she had been passed with the little knife she had acquired in the Addams manor in the trip, she had finished her meal a few minutes prior and now the apple was letting her hands have something to do and distract herself "What an idiot thing to say in front of the whole group" she grumbled "I mean, it's not like he is ever going to drink your blood, but to tease it while me, your brother, and your whole friend group is on earsight, he is completely suicidal" 

"I think that we will have to make a Bruno again, but only for him" Divina joined "Maybe feeling the bad taste of blood will remind him that he can't be picky or give himself too much treats or else he will get sick too" 

"Yeah, you tell us if he ever tries to do something, not that he would come out alive of it, but you know, if he needs a second torture, we would be glad to make him come to his senses" Bianca offered

"I would suggest your moods not to be shaken by this vampire's words, he is as the saying goes 'All bark and no bite', if he even had the chance to drink a drop of my blood, he would become a coward because of the deeper meaning that it would represent to drink it" Wednesday reassured in her way "Though I must say I am surprised at this willingly offer of violence, it seems as if my presence is finally having an impact in your personalities, keep that going on the foreseeable future"

They noticed, they knew that was the way of the girl of saying a sort of thank you, she told them that she was glad they were getting accoustomized to her way of showing care, and she told them to keep doing it not because she liked the violence, though she did, but because the meaning behind that the girls cared about her. After a few seconds of silence, finally the still red eyed and glaring vampire spoke

"If he ever steps a meter close to your neck, his is going to end up broken before you can start to grab for your knife" Yoko threatened, her red eyes landing in the goth who kept the eye contact "He doesn't have permission to drink it, even less if that childish reason is the only excuse, and he doesn't get to drink your blood or even talk about it if he has no position to do it" she grumbled, annoyance in her tone

The table finished their trays in silence, the goth nodding at the vampire's words while grabbing her newly peeled and sliced apple to snack on while she waited for everyone else to finish their food. When they were ready, everyone started walking in the direction of their classes, Enid whispered something to the goth's ear before jogging away with Bianca and Ajax, the siren siblings talking and joking while they made their way away, and the three musketeers staying in the table because they had longer lunch time

Yoko walked to the Addams girl side while they made their way into the science classroom where they shared class "And just to be clear, he doesn't get to taste your blood before I do, I was here first and I am closer to you, in case he thought that being in a closer relationship to you would be enough of a escuse, he is not closer to you than I am, right?" the vampire asked

"While Adrian has been crawling closer to my daily torture, and he has been laying next to me in mine and his deathbed..." the goth started, noticing the way the vampire's eyes dazed off and changed emotions fast "...he has not been able to creep into other subjects of my life that you have done, so scientifically speaking, no. He is not 'closer' to me compared to you, though if you tell this information to anyone I will be forced to inject your veins with garlic powder" she threatened the vampire who brightened and smiled

"Sure, Fledgeling, I was just making sure we both stood in the same territory" Yoko cleared with a grin

(...)

"Okay, we are starting now that there are more of you inside" the teacher started "Please choose a partner, we are working in pairs today"

The classroom filled with small talk and murmurs, Wednesday stood alone on her desk in the front waiting for the poor soul that would be left alone to work with her. But a tall figure stood at her side

"Guess I can return the favor helping you now, huh? Do you accept me as your slave for the hour?" the figure teased, bowing slightly to make his act clearer

"If you miss one step, the one being dissecated will not be the frog" Wednesday threatened the vampire who smirked and nodded

"Yes, Your Highness" 

On the desk behind them, Yoko and Callum made a pair too, with both of them watching closely the two dark haired people in front of them

"So are you here to keep an eye on your hungry vampire?" Yoko teased half heartedly

"I am here because I have class here, if you are wondering if I sat next to you to keep an eye on him, well, yes. But not because I am scared he will lose control over his hunger, but because I think he could lose a little control over his mouth and teasing and Wednesday won't be able to tell the difference between jokes, flirting and teasing and actual threats. So guess I am acting as a peacemaker just in case, Adrian has gotten bolder with her since she solved the mistery of the tampered blood bags, so I guess all of the pack decided to keep a closer eye on him for the time being" Callum said honestly

"Okay" Yoko replied

"Okay? Only okay?" 

"Okay." 

Callum sighed and just settled his things on the desk before they needed to begin torturing the poor dead animal on their desk

(...)

"So you and Blondie, huh?" the vampire started

"I have no idea what you are trying to refer to, I am not in any way asociatted to the musical group that names after a uncolored hair person" Wednesday dodged

"You know what I'm talking about, Fledgeling" Adrian replied "How was the trip? Did you finally got the courage to confess?"

"The trip was as atrocious as it sounded, we spent most of the time in the manor continuing our individual tasks and the most interaction I had was on the ball when my family tried to talk to me about everything that could come out of their mouths"

"So you and Enid didn't dance?" he asked, the goth flinched slightly, the scalpel scratching the table softly "Ohh...touchy subject, I see"

"I suggest you stop trying to indulge in my private life before I try to indulge your bones and organs" the goth threatened, starting to get very annoyed by the way the cocky vampire kept treating her private life like it was a tv show

"Oh, come on, Wednes, everyone is invested in your private life, everyone knows what you want even if you don't see it yourself"

"Everyone should mind their own business before trying to get into mine, it is not like I am a very liked one around the school, and stop calling me that sick nickname, I have already told you millions of times before" she said through gritted teeth

"Oh but you don't scold Enid when she does, and she only calls you Wednes, I think that's the only way I have heard her call you ever since I know her. What, you have a soft spot for her? Is Wednesday Addams growing weaker for a wolf? Is she going to become an Addams too?" he started to tease again, his tone growing in the teasing note

"Stop"

"Is someone having difficult time separating her feelings from her personality? Did she soften your armoured heart?"

"Stop now."

"Did you caught feeling for her?"

"Adrian..."

"Are you in love with her or what?"

"Adrian, stop!"

The Addams girl snapped, her voice louder than she meant, and her hands stomped on the desk in front of her with the need to make herself appear rougher and more dangerous, but the scalpel in her hand caught on her thumb and it sliced through the skin for a few centimeters, she hissed softly, not being prepared for the metal opening a tiny wound on her hand

The iron-y smell of her blood poured, the vampire next to her having his nostrils wide open for half a second before his gaze tried to wonder away from the source of food

"Wow, Addams, I forgot how sweet and good you smelled" Adrian said, a breath caught in his throat trying to ignore the scent "Wow, it's almost dazing..." he added, turning away, but his body started to betray him, the hidden hunger from before rising from under his belly into his chest "Won't you let me take a tiny tiny bite? Just one...just on-"

"Don't think so, buddy" Callum grabbed the hand that was lifting closer to Wednesday's and pulled his vampire away

"You with me, now" a soft but serious voice ordered Wednesday, grabbing her shoulders and tugging her backwards, guiding her into the desk behind the one she had been sitting on "Knew that something was gonna happen with that idiot, when I catch him..." Yoko growled under her breath watching Callum and Adrian talk to the teacher and walk outside the classroom

"It seems as his hunger was heavier than it looked like" Wednesday said to herself "I will have to interrogate him what kind of symptoms is he feeling so I can write them down"

"You are not going closer to him anytime today, at least until he calms down AND drinks another bag, until then, you are not escaping me or Enid after class" she scolded the goth "Now let's finish this damned assignment so I can drag you to Ophelia hall without homework"

Wednesday huffed but obeyed, she worked alongside Yoko, noticing the broken breaths the vampire gasped under her breath every time Wednesday's injured hand moved milimeters closer to her body. The goth was curious, and more than once lifted or rotated her thumb, even being bold enough to 'accidentally' leave a drop of her own blood on the frog's limp body, seeing the way the vampire's eyes dilated and her hands spasmed closer to the dead animal

(...)

"Okay, my job here is done, I will leave you here for your wolf to find and be your babysitter now" Yoko told Wednesday, both standing in front of the goth's dorm room door, hearing the soft music playing inside

"Before you run off to your siren, I have a question" Wednesday stopped the vampire from going "You were clearly affected by my blood too, why did you not do something? Why did you deny your instincts?" the goth wondered

"Because you didn't consent" Yoko replied immediately "And because it would have been dumb to lose control over a tiny droplet. And lastly and more importantly, because you said it before"

"Huh?" Wednesday couldn't stop the confused sound from going out of her mouth

"You said you are not going to let anyone drink your blood for a childsh reason, and that was one, the only thing that made me lose over a little bit of self control was the annoyance that grew on me every time that idiot talked to you, from the begining of lunch even, I just thought and felt that today he seemed bolder and less controled, guess I was right. And you could say I got jealous a little, don't let it get over your head, so yeah when he almost tried to drink your blood the jealousness got the best of me and I couldn't control my instincts from grabbing you and taking you away from his hands, that's why it was so hard to come back to normal, especially since you kept teasing too, don't think I didn't notice" she accused "So yeah that's why, a childish reason that I won't let me make you offer your blood to me, if I ever drink, I will be sober, not blood dazed and trying to prove I'm better than someone else" she stated

"I understand, thank you for answering my question, Tanaka" Wednesday said "You can go to your girlfriend now, and...thank you for defending my honor, you should consider your vampireness and...close relationship with me always bigger and better than Adrian's" she said honestly making the vampire smirk and turn to walk away

"Understood, Fledgeling, now enter and do tell Enid what happened, I'm sure she will want to hear it from you and not me!" she scolded, already used to being the one to reveal the goth's actions to the wolf accidentally

"Yoko." Wednesday called her, by her name, she turned with a confused expression "If some day, or sometime, the moment comes that you do need someone to drink from, do not hesitate to call me, I already said it, I know now that you can be trusted, even if it is for a 'childish' reason, you shall always know that my Addams blood will be an option for you not to starve" she claimed and turned to the door, breaking the eye contact and trying her best to enter her dorm room as fast as she could, though it did not stop the vampire from hearing her heatbeat going highwire and the top of her ears reddening by the second

"Addams" Yoko sighed, rolling her eyes with a big smile on her lips, she turned and walked away to her girlfriend's room, ready to tell the gossip to both sirens

:)

Chapter Text

By the time the sun began to set behind the horizon, the little notebook that usually sat on Wednesday's nightstand was filled with questions, theories and even more questions. The blonde werewolf had been dodging her homework with the excuse of unpacking and reorganizing the things in her side, but when the goth entered the room she caught onto the lame excuse and forced the taller girl into her desk with the homework book. While Enid did that, Wednesday sat on her bed with the notebook in her lap, and a head full of questions she couldn't decipher

"Finally! I'm done" the wolf whined while her body slumped on the wheeled chair, almost knocking it backwards "No more homework!" she grumbled looking at the goth who know was looking 

"It is your own actions that leave you with late homework every time, if you were more organized with your time or spent less time in those devices, you would not be having to challenge your own writing tempo just to be done before the date is due" Wednesday deadpanned, shutting her notebook and leaving it beside her on the bed "Not that a challenge sounds boring, but for you it must be torturous" she added

"Shut up, Miss smarty pants" Enid groaned, standing up and walking closer to the darker side of the room "You know, I wouldn't have so much difficulty studying if you would just accept mentoring me" she groaned

"You have not asked me for that in the past, in fact this is the first time you mention this outside of the group studying we do once a month when your friends are barely at a passing grade" the goth replied "I must have a space around in my calendar I can reserve for you...r mentorship" Wednesday added, correcting herself before finishing a sentence she didn't want to say out loud

"Let's gooo, thank you, Wednes" Enid thanked with a grin, skipping into the side of the bed Wednesday was laying "So what are your writing, are you saving ideas for your book in little phrases like you do when you get inspiration in the middle of the day? Can I see?" the wolf asked curious, and without caring about the aftermath, she let her body fall and bounce on the black and white mattress beside the goth, and she made a grabby motion towards the notebook until the goth sighed and passed it to her

"So childish" Wednesday muttered below her breath before straightening her back "It is not ideas for my manuscript, I wrote some questions and theories I must ask Adrian"

"Does all blood make a vampire react with those instincts or was mine an exception? Why suddenly the scheduled feeding time is affecting your behaviour if we are almost 10 weeks into the semester? Wednesday! Did something happen with Adrian? Do I have to hunt someone?" Enid threatened, her eyes blinking a bright amber before she turned her body to be facing the goth completely 

"Nothing serious happend, Enid, you do not need to worry" the goth assured "Adrian simply got a brief moment where his self control went away, Callum and Yoko quickly interviened, do not fuss"

"Self control? He lost control? I am so going to kill him, just you wait" Enid growled, trying to stand up from the bed, her elbows pushed against the mattress to haul her body up but a hand on her shoulder stopped her

"Nothing happened, Enid. As much as I enjoy murder and maiming, I do not think your hands should gain dirty blood for something so brief and insignificant" Wednesday reassured, her hand unconsciously squeezing softly the blonde's shoulder while she spoke

"If it was nothing, then why ask questions? Why search for answers deeper than what you are telling me?" Enid fought back

"...I must say it is very impressive how have you learnt to ask the correct questions, but I admit it was not something I expected to be directed to me, what agony" the goth stated "Adrian has been struggling with the feeding schedule for the vampires, Principal Montgomery told me, I want to investigate what could mean, why after two months? Did something happen for Adrian to change behaviour? Because he was definitely not acting like his usual and corny self" she grumbled, accepting defeat and reveling to the blonde the real reasons

"Huh...now that you mention it, he sure didn't sound like himself when he annoyed you on the Quad" the wolf thought "Okay, I understand now" Enid said, putting her hand over the one in her shoulder and squeezing "Let's go then" she grinned

"Huh? Go where exactly, Wolf?" Wednesday doubted, narrowing her eyes

"To his room, silly, you seriously think I am letitng you go near him without me? I still have to remind him who's he dealing with you if he tries to do something like that again" the wolf's grin widened into a smirk whiile she tugged at their joined hands, pulling the goth up with her "Maybe we are quick enough and there's enough time to hang out before your writing hour begins, I will leave the room while you are doing that, girls night, remember?"

"I assume Tanaka would have reminded me of that minutes prior to your depart, entering the room yelling about stealing you for a few hours to 'gossip' about students from the school" the goth told Enid

"Great then, now come on, we are not getting any answer by standing in place holding hands" the wolf stated, making Wednesday realize her hand was still on Enid's grasp

"Standing still is often associated with the lack of action, while that is a missconception for one can do many things standing still, in this particular case, it is true" the goth accepted

"See my point? Now, just to get one thing clear, I really don't care if his whole pack is there, if he tries something, my claws are getting dirty" the blonde threatened, her claws from her free hand coming out in a sharp slice "You know I will"

"Understood" Addams didn't fight the threat, pleased to know that she would get to see blood roll if something went the wrong way

Then the wolf started walking, pulling the goth with her, both still joined by their hands, and neither noticed the conjoined hands still squeezed each other until they got to the main wing where they separated because of the many people they would have to dodge to pass through

(...)

"Oh! Hi, what are you doing here?" Valen asked both of them, standing on the doorway of his dorm

"I have some questions to ask Adrian" Wednesday stated, but before she could try to walk forward the blonde by her side stopped her and talked

"We came here to talk to Adrian, is now a good time? If not we can come back another time" the wolf added, making sure to appear polite to the other alpha werewolf who laughs humoured

"Ash, with that politeness who wouldn't accept" he teased, stepping aside for them to pass "But please don't scare him, he already cried the guilt out of himself" Valen pointed to the sleeping vampire on the bed, his cheeks red and eyes puffy with dried tears running down his face

"Came into the wolves den to find answers?" a voice to their side spoke, Callum walked forward with a smile "Guess nothing escapes the tiny terror" he joked looking at Wednesday "Hi, Wednes, Hi, Enid, we haven't talked today, how are you doing?" he politely asked

"I'm good, could be better though, homework of Mr. Evans is hell in a bottle" Enid grumbled, lifting a hand to high five the dove

"I will be less confused once I get the answers I want, apart from that I have not experienced any change in my doomed and tortured self" Wednesday replied too, nodding her greetings to Callum before walking closer to the sleeping vampire

"Babe, Wednesday and Enid are here, are you up for a little interrogation from the resident dark torturer?" Valen asked the boy, leaning to his ear in an affectionate gesture

"Mmhm..." the vampire whined and hid his face on the pillow before processing what his boyfriend said "Oh!" he sat up and looked at both girls "Hi..." Adrian greeted while his body settled in a kneeling position and his head bowed down "Sorry, sorry, I swear I don't know what came over me, I promise that won't happen again and I understand if you want space away from me or if you no longer trust me anymore" he lamented

"Adrian, stand up straight" Wednesday ordered waiting for the vampire to obey "You do not need to apologize, you merely followed your instincts and even then, you fought them before you could try to lunge at me. I do not resent to you nor blame you, the only thing that I could reprimand you for is the way you talked to me, but keeping in mind your hunger infested mind, I could let it pass" the goth claimed, everyone in the room sighed of relief, though the blonde at her side grumbled softly at the idea of the goth being talked mean to and not punishing the guilty one

"Oh you are the sweetest person I know" Adrian said, standing up from the bed and walking closer to them "I don't deserve you as my friend" he added, lifting his arms up for a hug

Slowly he leaned closer but the goth lifted her own arm with a knife on her hand "What a hypepocrite, I am saying the only thing I could blame on you is the way you talked to me and yet here you are, insulting me this way after I forgave you of your sins" she grumbled, hiding her knife on her sleeve again and instead offering a handshake that Adrian gladly took

"And I am sorry, Enid, I know you now will have your doubts in putting your trust in me and I understand it, though I promise that Wednesday won't be harmed as long as I am here, not by me and not by anyone else if I can help it. I apologize for my actions, can I ask for your forgiveness?" he asked with a puppy look on his eyes and his arms rising again in a quiet invite for a hug

"..." Enid glared at him for a few seconds, making the atmosphere on the room rise up with tension, even Wednesday standing quiet trying to decypher what the blonde could be thinking, and why did she look so precious with that serious and angry look on her eyes, wait what, Wednesday control yourself. Adrian was already stuttering an apology and lowering his arms when Enid exploded in laughter "Just kidding, come here" she called, hugging Adrian tight "You are forgiven, I still trust you, but now you are under observation, alright?" she scolded jokingly

"Understood, Boss" Adrian played along "Now, I heard there were some questions you had for me?" he asked the goth 

"Yes, I have a few written on my notebook, it seems a good idea for we all to sit and discuss" Wednesday replied, walking to the bed and knowing the blonde followed her she left a space by her other side for Enid to sit beside her

"Well, shoot" Adrian accepted, the whole room settled on the bed or the chairs of the desks dragged closer to listen to the conversation

"How long has the scheduled feeding been insufficient?" Wenesday started 

"Oh well, it's hard to keep a track record, you know? But if you ask for an approximate, I would say like two or three weeks ago"

"Is this hunger only caused by the schedule factor? Or is there something that could be affecting your behaviour that you are not telling me"

"Ah...Yes there is a little tiny factor that is affecting my mood but I don't think saying it would help, for now let's leave it at that, okay?" Adrian dodged

"You lost control when I accidentaly made myself bleed, was that what made you break your self control? Was it the blood, or was it my blood?" Wednesday ignored the deflect and kept on asking questions

"Hey! Slower. Amm yeah I think it was the blood, but like, if it was anyone else, another person probably wouldn't have made me lose that much control because their blood does not smell that sweet and usually blood takes longer to travel through air so I wouldn't have reacted that fast, so yeah in part it was your blood what made me lose control. Answering your question, both, a bit of here and a bit of there" Adrian honestly answered

"My parents have told me that Addams blood is in fact more attractive to sensitive noses, especially to vampires, but I did not think it was true, merely a way of getting us to keep our blood inside our bodies, but I see I assumed incorrectly"

"Yes you did" "Indeed wrong" "Very wrong" the three high sensed creatures inside the room told her, she glared at them 

"Oh poor Wednes, quit teaming up against her, don't you see she is about to explode from rage?" Callum teased, putting his arm around the goth's shoulders "I could not imagine my alpha, my other alpha friend and my second best vampire friend teaming up against me, I would be laying on the floor crying" he joked while the other three groaned and complained

"Hey! Second best?!" Adrian accused "Wednes?!" he looked at the goth who was squirming her way out of the embrace the dove gave her

"Oh, don't try to steal Yoko's place, she fought nail and tooth for that, I actually think she would try to kill you if you even joke about it" Enid stopped him from complaining "A few minutes ago she was telling Wednesday about being ready to fight for her honor or her life, and very vampire traditions I don't understand, but just in case" she explained before adding "If I were you, I would be happy as the second best vampire friend, and would focus on my own pack prefering me over another vampire" 

The Stillwater pack members widened their eyes before nodding scared, but before they could talk about a different topic, Wednesday again spoke

"You said you had another reason that kept your behaviour and emotions at an uncontrollable place, you did not want to explain further, why?" she questioned

The blonde werewolf hummed and walked closer to her "Maybe don't ask about personal things, Wednes. Not everyone likes to share their personal lives out loud" she reasoned

"It's fine, Enid, thanks though. Amm...You see, Fledgeling, I don't know if I can tell you" Adrian accepted, looking past the goth towards his alpha

Valen looked at him then at Wednesday, many thoughts seemed to pass through his brain before he nodded "Let's tell her, Enid's here too so at least she won't kill us" 

Wednesday's look only darkened even more, staring daggers to Adrian "Speak now"

"Oof, Valen you made her mad" he whined towards his alpha "Well, amm...So, remember how you passed through Canada trying to find Enid? And you came to us to ask for help and blablabla, you know your story, we know it too. So the thing is, after you went away to paris following Enid, the hunters...didn't. They sent more but not all of them went away, some of them stayed and came back to hunt...us. They destroyed our camp, they tried to capture us, almost did but we stood our ground" he adds proudly of his power

"We knew we couldn't stay there anymore, not for a while, even if we killed a few hunters, even if we killed all of them more were coming because our location was already discovered, so we moved, and in searching for a place to hide we remembered what you told us about...Nevermore, we came here, I spoke with Miss Montgomery and she understood and helped us enroll, we have until the end of the year to figure out what to do, but until then we have a safe rood over our heads and food and friends" he assured

"That's why we didn't want to tell you, because one, we were weak and couldn't fight for our territory, two we ran away, and three...we didn't want you to blame yourself for what happened" Adrian finished

But the room fell into silence, the goth didn't answer, she didn't even look at them, couldn't. She stood up and Enid followed "I..." she searched for words but from her mouth nothing could come out, but she soon spoke with practiced calm "I assure you that you do not need to worry about that...anymore, I will take care of the issue as it was my oversight what brought it in the first place" she said coldly, not looking at anyone in the eye

"Wednes, that's exactly what we didn't want to ha-"

"Cease calling me that" Wednesday snapped at Valen "I repeatedly told you that nickname is not indulged by me, I do not like it, only one person calls me that, only my friend and you are not...I...I need space" she short circuited, her hands squeezing themselves tight and she walked away, leaving even Enid behind

"Oh..." all three boys were left heartbroken "I knew she didn't like to call us friends but...but that hurt" Adrian said with his voice in a strained cry

"Guys I...I will get her, she doesn't mean it, she is upset, she will regret it later, I...I would stay with you but I can't let her go do something stupid by herself" Enid worriedly said, hurrying outside the door "I will call the girls!" she told the boys before her finger hovered on her phone

"Hello? Blondie? What has you calling me?" Malia's voice came through the phone

"I-I need you to come watch the boys in their room, something happened with Wednesday, they told her the truth about Canada and she stormed off but said mean things and they are so sad and I have to...I have to-"

"Go, Wolf. Don't let Wednes do something stupid, we have our boys" Malia interrupted her before hanging up, Enid sighed in relief before running away following the trace of Wednesday's faint scent

(...)

"Wendes...Wednes!" Enid yelped, running after the goth "God how do you walk this fast..hey stop...hey, HEY!" she grabbed Wednesday's wrist and stopped the girl from walking any further

They were currently a floor down from their room, but Enid didn't care about that

"What, Enid?" Wednesday snapped at the wolf

"Don't you snap at me like that" the wolf fought back, already annoyed at the way the goth was behaving

"Then don't stop me from doing the things I must do" the Raven gritted through her teeth

"What are you going to do? Fly into Canada and kill all those hunters?" Enid asked sarcastically "Pretty weird to do that for someone who is not even your friend, isn't it?"

"I do not understand"

"You told them they were not even your friends, Wednes, you left them heartbroken, and for what? So you could relieve your guilt by slashing someone's neck?" the wolf snapped

"I merely reminded them of the repeated occasions where I told them to quit calling me that name" Wednesday replied

"Oh please, as if that's not the only name I call you every day, and as if they don't call you like every name that could exist to describe you, I have not heard them calling you by your real name, like, ever!" 

"That is a them error, and a them problem" Wednesday tried to turn back to keep walking

"No you don't get to walk away" Enid growled "You have to go apologize to them now" she ordered

"No"

"No?"

"It was not my fault I treated them how I did, they hid the truth from me" Wednesday growled

"They knew you were going to react like this!" Enid growled back

"I would not have if they would have told me earlier, not having to find out after almost being hurt because one of them lost control"

"God you are such a hypocrite! You just told him and everyone you didn't care about that"

"And I don't!"

"Then why bring that up?!"

"Because it was my fault!"

That seemed to freeze time, since when they started to yell? since when Wednesday stance changed from her straight and perfect one to a hunched and shaking body? when did the goth's eyes stopped having the death itself on them and changed to a sorrow and guilt look? When Enid's claws came out from anger?

"It's not your fault, Wednes..."

"It is. I was the one who alerted the hunters in Canada, I was the one who forgot about them until they came here" Wednesday lamented

"Yes but for who? You went to Canada, yeah, but following who? Me, remember? You forgot about them because you had other priorities, me, remember? If we are in the guilt tripping, everything should come back to me, isn't that true?" Enid fought back

"It is not your fault Enid, you were a scared wolf that could not turn back, and why were you turned in first place? To save me, me and my stupid error that almost cost me your life, that almost cost me everything"

"I can't believe you!" Enid growled, angry and tired "Why bring that now? Why the sudden change of heart? You know how many times you have apologized for this? No? I will remind you. Not. Once."

"Enid..."

"You have apologized for your lack in sight, or your slow actions, but you have never said that whatever you did is what made Isaac get to you and later made me turn into a wolf to get you out of fucking dying buried alive!"

"Enid, I..."

"I don't want to hear it" Enid stopped her "What? So you can get all these errors with me, you can save my life and be forgiven and we could live the rest of the summer in your house with your family, but we get here and discover that one of the other people you hurt was actually hurt by previous lack of sight and suddenly you regret all the things you have done?"

"That is not what happened"

"Then what is?!"

"I merely wanted to solve the issue, it was a mistery I could have easily solved already had I have been allowed to arrive to our room" Wednesday growled

"Oh ho, because that's what it is" Enid laughed sharply "All this things you do is not because you want to help friends out, it's because they are misteries you can solve, right? You clearly didn't help Bianca and Yoko in the poe cup to help them, it was to not lose the points, right? You didn't help a friend out when Yoko and Adrian were poisoned, you just solved the mistery of who did it. You didn't scold Pugsley because he almost hurt our friends? You scolded him because he would have let the Addams name be laughed at" Enid listed in her hands

"Enid, stop speaking nonsense" the goth warned

"No, because it's true, I'm not the one speaking nonsense, you are!" the wolf snapped back "I repeat the question I once asked you, do you even want to be my friend anymore? Because you are soooo sure you don't have friends even after everything you have gone through for those people, what do I serve to you?" she asked sarcastically

"Enid, of course, that has never been in question" Wednesday tried to step closer and reassure the wolf

"...Well I don't" Enid stated

"...What?" Wednesday's gaze fell, her face turning ashen pale

"I don't want to be your friend anymore, I can't" Enid accepted "I don't want to be friends, I want to be more than that, have wanted it since maybe even before Isaac, since before Crackstone maybe, I don't know" she exploded

"Enid..."

"But I can't, not with you like this, not if you keep denying your feelings, the simplest feelings of accepting someone as a friend, if you can't say that someone is your friend, how could you look me in the eye and tell me you want to be more than that?" 

"I would, I could" Wednesday assured

"But will you? I don't think so, I think right now you...I think right now we need space, you need to get in your head and figure out how to solve this mistery of yours or if you want to apologize to the other pack, and I need to think of how to forgive you because right now I can only think of how stupid you are being"

"No, Enid, wait"

"No, you wanted me to let you go to your room so you could do your own antisocial thing? Now you can, don't wait for me, I don't think I will arrive tonight" Enid said, turning away with a sad and tired look before walking away towards the stairs

"Enid..." Wednesday whispered under her breath, her eyes glazing with tears she couldn't stop but she didn't let them fall down her face, she blinked them away

The sadness in her body that she had been feeling since the revelation now could be sensed in every nerve, every time she moved or breathed. And when Enid's footsteps silenced as she made her way downstairs, a hard sorrow feeling bloomed in her chest

Wednesday grabbed at her heart, feeling it almost as if it was trying to be teared away from her ribcage, she grunted and her knees felt weak making her sway "Wh-What?" she asked herself, trying to understand what was happening

The urge to cough appeared from nowhere and she let her lungs breathe out all they wanted, covering her mouth while using the other to stabilize herself on the wall, when she looked at her hand, it was bloody, she was coughing blood, her mind tried to reason, tried to think but too many things were happening at once, too many problems and yet she didn't have the mind to solve not even one, she was doomed, she was cursed...wait, curse, the curse. Fuck

As the memories of the fight began to fill her mind again, she felt the sadness drown her, almost dizzy, her knees didn't resist and with a thud she landed with her back pressed on the wall still trying to appear grounded but with her world falling apart

"Enid...sorry" she coughed, even thinking that that was the final, her mind filling with images of the blonde, of her friends she didn't want to accept were her friends

She felt a lonely tear run down her face as she let the darkness slowly start to grab at her brain. On her ears the sound of a door being opened a few meters away was recognized, but she didn't mind, she didn't have the mind to process it. And soon a figure came running to her

Her face was dragged and someone, a short haired girl, tried to talk to her but she couldn't make the words, the short hair and white skin reminded her of her love, of her no longer love? And all she could mutter was "Enid?..." while she saw the blurry figure look sadly at her

"...all...ko...an away...yeah" Was all her mind could catch from the figure seemingly talking to another person near them. Wednesday tried to grab at the figure's face, to grab onto something, to see if it was Enid, to hope it was, but her arms were weak and all she managed to do was lift her head enough for it to fall to the figure's collarbone where she felt her body, her now freezing body, be hugged by the figure and the sound of nonsense that tried to resemble sentences in her brain reassured her

She couldn't fight the darkness as it climbed up her eyelids and all she did was hope that this was not her end, that this was not the way she ended without even getting to say a good goodbye to the blonde werewolf that caught her heart

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Chapter Text

Waking up was usually the easiest part of the day, just opening her eyes and sitting up without bothering to whine about getting out of bed as it was a waste of time she could be spending in a mistery or solving a problem, but this time turned out to be quite the opposite

Wednesday slowly felt the consciousness rise up her eyelids as she let out a sigh, she didn't need to open her eyes yet to know that wherever she was laying, it wasn't her bed, and two different scents drowned her lungs as she inhaled, a faint floral one that came from the blanket she was being covered with, and a sweet, rather cloying, one that could be smelled by just breathing in the room

The goth opened her eyes and the blurry room slowly made itself clearer in her eyes, the room she was in was a combination of two people living together, band posters, two desk drawn together and sharing a big corkboard where various post-it and notes were pinned against, some scattered boxes and the beds being a few meters apart near the center of the room. She scanned everything to try and solve where she was, but she didn't need to when someone cleared their throat not that far away, near the girl's head

The Addams girl turned to them and saw Divina, the siren was looking at her with a worried look and when they made eye contact, the short haired girl leaned closer to press a hand to her forehead that Wednesday couldn't lift her arms to make go away

"Hey, you woke up, how are you feeling?" the siren asked "You scared the shit out of us with that almost dying act you did back there" she added, trying to release the tension in her own shoulders

"Why am I in your room, Divina?" the goth asked instead "My body feels as if I had spent the whole night sitting on the electric chair in the manor" she said honestly, feeling tingles even at the slightest change in her breathing

"That's not surprising, you have a fever and you are freezing, your heart even stopped for a second and we all learned Bianca knows how to do Cpr. We would have taken you to the infirmary but Yoko insisted that you hated it, so we brought you here with the deal that if you started getting worse Yoko would have carried you running to the hospital, you haven't" the siren girl told her the truth

"A cardiac arrest? How maddening I was unconscious to have felt it fully" Wednesday deflected while trying to sit up "Barclay and Tanaka saw me in that condition too?" she grumbled to herself

"Well, you did get a heart attack right outside of our dorm room, aaand you did argue loudly with Enid so when we heard her go away and you started coughing we knew something had gone horribly wrong"

"A shame, I apologize if our argument interrupted your...alone time with your partner" Wednesday lamented, a little ashamed that her argument with Enid could be hear by outside people

Enid... Wednesday thought, feeling whe pang on her chest tightening and making her cough and scare Divina 

"Oh shit, no please stay awake, here, here, look at me" Divina stuttered over herself while leaning to grab Wednesday's face in both her hands to make the Raven look at her "Breathe, breathe with me" she ordered and with the goth following her breathing timing, they both took a few seconds quietly helping the smalled girl gather her breathing again

"Where are they? Are they with...Enid?" Wednesday asked, hopeful, not happy at the thought of the wolf being alone after how she stormed away

"Yoko is with her, yes, Bia went to grab a few things from the infirmary and bring dinner for the three of us" Divina replied to her

"Dinner...is it dinner time already?" the goth asked, still dazed and confused in time

"Yes, you got that episode an hour and a half ago, dinner time is almost over but we didn't want to leave you alone for obvious reasons, we didn't want Enid alone either so Yoko went to her" the girl explained "Wednesday, do you know what happened to you? Why did you suffer a heart attack out of the blue?" she asked confused and worried

"If previous occasions have given me the experience, I am inclined to think that what happened to me was product of the...argument I had with Enid" the Addams girl accepted

"Yeah no shit sherlock" a voice distracted them and they turned to see Bianca standing beside the desks with a bag on her shoulder and a tray with three bowls on it on her hands "Glad to see you didn't die, Addams"

"The feeling is mutual, Barclay, who would have thought the siren known for cheating and hurting rivals would have be an expert in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation" Wednesday replied dryly

"Quit it, both of you" Divina stopped the 'friendly' altercation, standing up and grabbing the tray from Bianca's hands "Thanks, Bia"

She walked with the tray over to the bed and put one of the bowls over Wednesday lap while the Addams girl settled over the headboard to lean her body towards it

"Pasta? The kitchen ladies must have been given a bonus or vacations to be this happy" Wednesday deadpanned, grabbing her fork and starting to stab the noodles

"We all thought the same, but hey, enjoy it while you can, some say" Bianca replied, grabbing a chair and sitting beside the bed "Now spill, what the fuck, girl?"

Wednesday winced, not by the expression, but by the knowledge that the girls would want answer and after most probably saved her life they sure deserved them "As I was saying to your siren friend, Barclay, the argument is most certainly the reason my heart decided to stop functioning as usual"

"Yeah, that's pretty obvious, the thing is, why?"

"Why what? Why did my heart stop? Or why did we argue?" Wednesday added confused, not knowing whether the girls wanted gossip or answers 

"Both, but we understand if you don't want to tell us why you and Blondie over there argued, but we do want to know why you almost went M.I.A" Divina joined in

"Oh, I understand" Wednesday stated "If I must" she sighed getting ready to reveal her truth "In the Addams lineage, there is a curse thrown upon our bloodline, the curse bases on making your heart belong to someone. Once your heart chooses someone your mind won't be able to resist falling for, you slowly lose yourself, and the consequences vary depending on your situation, if the one your heart belongs to corresponds, then your heart will only grow bigger and you would be...heels over head for them, as my father said"

"And if the person doesn't feel the same?" Divina questioned, her brows furrowed with worry again

"Then you must have failed to make them fall for you too, you fall into madness, or illness, my late aunt descended into madness and took her own life after the person that stole her heart married someone else, one of my ancestors passed away after a big fight with his wife that made her divorce him and run away"

"Oh..."

"Yes, oh indeed" Wednesday replied "That is the reason I was so addamant on not falling in love, on the idea of love being useless and just a waste of time, but it seems that not even my blood wanted me to be free of this kind of pain" she lamented looking at her still full bowl, knowing the hunger was gone after her first thought of Enid

"Wednesday that's...awful"

"I know"

"But Enid-" Bianca started to say but Divina slapped her knee

"But why do you think Enid doesn't feel the same as you?"

"I...I do not know, she said some things, but she did the opposite things and she was just...so angry...and sad, I do not think she should correspond me for all I know to do is hurt her feelings" Addams claimed

"Hey" "Oh, no...Wednes, that's totally not true" Both girls talked over each other

"Addams, Enid is literally the happiest person I know when she is with you, yes we joke a lot about how she melted her way into your ice heart but you too, Enid doesn't do all the things she does with you with just anybody, she does that with you only" Bianca reassured "And yeah, you fought, but so what, everyone fights! Ask this stupid girl and her stupid girlfriend, you know how many times I have had to take care of this mess when they fight over nonsense?"

"Hey!" "I think I would prefer to be kept in the dark over that fact" Divina and Wednesday replied, the tension slowly leaving the atmosphere for a few minutes while the sirens finished their bowls glaring at the still full one of the goth

"Wednes...eat, please" Divina pleaded "I know you don't feel hungry, I know all your mind can think about is her, I have been in that place before, but neglecting yourself is only going to make you worse"

"You say that as if I disliked the idea of getting worse, maybe this time I can feel the heart attack awake" Wednesday grumbled but that only made the blonde siren growl

"Don't say that, you idiot. Here, if you won't eat by yourself" the siren grunted, grabbing the fork from Wednesday's hand and grabbing a bit of noodles, lifting the food to the goth's mouth "Say 'aaah'" she smirked

"If you keep that, the fork will end so deep in your body not even the forensics will be able to find it" Wednesday threatened

"You threaten me as if you had any strenght to even punch me" Divina fought back "You will get to get revenge on me only after you regain your strenght, and you won't be able to if you don't eat, now 'aaaah'"

"This is stupid, I will take my revenge so much worse you will be scared even of the sight of black near you" Wednesday growled, accepting the food into her mouth and trying to shut the humm that wanted to come out her mouth at the warm and salty taste of the pasta

(...)

The bowl wasn't finished, but it was just a few bites left so the sirens let her tantrum her way out of finishing her food. Now with her teeth washed after being lent a fresh toothbrush the sirens had, Wednesday again was on the bed, dizzy, the trip to the bathroom she had having left her dazed and weak, her knees so wobbly she had to be helped back to the bed because her body could not carry itself alone

"Geez, Wednes, you are freezing" Divina gasped as she helped the goth onto the bed "Seriously, an ice cube would envy you"

"Addams enjoy the feeling of their bones aching with cold" Wednesday said through trembling teeth 

"Yeah, you love torture, you know what you won't love? A seizure, so move" the siren scolded her, gesturing for the goth to move to one side of the bed before shimming her way into it too, under the covers both of them "I'll try not to touch you, but you need to warm up or else your lashes will fall out stalactites"

"At least you have good sources and metaphores, your girlfriend could only wish" Addams grunted, accepting unwillingly the company and looking at the ceiling

"Careful there, Addams, Yoko is a jealous one, what will you do if she decides you are an annoying suitor for Divina and wants to fight you?" Bianca teased, sitting in her own bed, pretending to read a book while her gaze every few seconds drifted to the goth girl

"It would not be the first time I fought a vampire, and I assure you it would not be the last, I can not say the same for the vampire"

"Always so cold to my baby" Divina pouted, teasing Wednesday with a push to her upper body "If I didn't know your heart only belonged to the Blonde wolf, I would doubt whether it's a rivalry or foreplay what you two have"

"Divina!" "I do not think I want to know what that word means, consider yourself happy that I am ill at the moment or you would not be able to pronounce it ever again" both girls replied, with the other siren yelping in surprise while the goth grumbled burrying herself deeper in the sheets, white sheets she thanked Divina for having instead of the colorful ones her wolf used all the time

The three of them spent a few minutes in silence, the only sound that echoed in the room was the light cackle of the goth's teeth when she shook from cold. The door flew open and a familiar vampire crossed the thereshold without bothering to shut the door lightly, the thump grabbing the attention from all three girls

"Babe!" Divina yelped, happy to see her girlfriend, but stopping herself from adding more when she saw the look in the vampire's face

Yoko scanned the room before her eyes landed on the Addams girl, they made eye contact before the vampire started walking with purpose towards Wednesday. Wednesday herself thought that the vampire was going to hit her, with that dark and deep look in her uncovered eyes, and the purpose and speed of her walk, she was ready, her face and body already flinching waiting for the punch when the vampire stood a few centimeters away...but that never came

Instead, she found her shoulders being tugged forward and her body being embraced by the vampire, she felt confused and shocked, her arms were frozen and weak so she could not try to free herself nor could she correspond the embrace. Both sirens stood frozen too, Divina leaning ready in her wrist waiting to see if her girlfriend would try to do something to the goth, while Bianca let the book fall into the bed and her body tilted towards the scene just in case she needed to run and separate, after all, both sirens knew how much Yoko loved Enid, and were very confused when instead of defending her honor, she was hugging the one who made the wolf cry

"Hey, it's fine, she told me everything. I'm sorry, and she is sorry, everything is going to be fine, okay? You just need a little bit of time for now" Yoko tried to reassure, knowing the goth and the other girls were full of questions but having to clear the doubts of the hurt girl first

Wednesday couldn't reply, her mind running itself shut, her weak arms found their way to the vampire's waist and even herself thought that they were going to push the vampire away, Yoko even started to separate them and shuffle backwards but before she could, the arms of the goth surrounded her waist and tugged her closer, Wednesday gave up all her ego and burried her face on the vampire's neck "I know, but everyone keeps saying all I need is time when time is the only thing I am always running out of" she lamented, the feelings she couldn't yet name trying to drown her and leave no rest of her to be found

"Hey, hey, no that's not true, you still have time, breathe, this will be over before you can even think about it again" Yoko tried her best reassuring the goth, looking to her girlfriend for help "Wednesday, I know it feels like it's the end of the world but, trust me, it's not, you and Enid will go back to your normal chit chatter before you know it"

"Not if I succumb to the curse before that can happen, Tanaka" Wednesday lamented, her brain overwhelmed with all the feelings it was trying to shut down at the same time

"That's not going to happen, Wednesday, you are going to jump away to threaten everyone soon enough"

"I won't be able to tell her, and Goody will be right, I am going to die alone, I made myself end up alone because I could not manage to face the feelings my brain won't accept I have" Wednesday stated, her arms tightening when she felt a rebel tear come down to Yoko's jacket

"Oh no, that won't happen, Fledgeling, everything is going to be alright, you just need to breathe for now, I can't say that everything will be over right this moment, but just you know that this will go away soon, trust us, trust me, Fledgeling" Yoko fought the tears on her own eyes, in shock of having the goth almost breaking down in her arms after all the time they spent just annoying each other, without stopping herself, she deposited a soft peck on the goth's crown that Wednesday either didn't notice or didn' have the will to reprimand her for

Divina had a pitying look in her eyes when Yoko made eye contact with her, they both made a few silent gestures and Yoko slowly moved her and the goth until they were both laying down in the bed, letting the goth be in the middle of the two bodies and the bed soon starting to warm up and making the Addams girl body finally start to rise it's temperature away from the hypothermia

Nobody would point it out, but the three Nightshade girls noticed the way the goth's body stopped being pale and gathered more color on her arms and face after Yoko hugged her, how her breathing calmed down faster and how the heartbeat that was almost as quiet as a vampire's one, now regained its usual tempo

"Enid?" Wednesday asked suddenly "How was she? Did she cry? Did I make her cry?" she worried

"Hey, no we won't go in that path, chill. Enid is fine, she was a little overwhelmed, she is fine, no you didn't make her cry, yes she cried but because she felt sorry for how she treated you, she is fine, and she told me she wanted some alone time to think and to solve her inner conflicts. Nobody can help her with those, not me, not Divina, not you, nobody but her can, so all we can do now is make sure you are fine and that you are well enough so you can see her when the time comes, alright?" Yoko scolded and explained

But the goth didn't answer, too busy trying to stop her mind from thinking those thoughts. Her body was starting to warm up but not fast enough, she still was shaking and that seemed to not be making it for Divina because the siren soon huffed a laugh and leaned sideways, her arm crossing over the goth's body to grab onto her girlfriends jacket and pull

"Come here" the siren spoke softly, making the dark haired girls creep closer and making a goth sandwich "Don't want you getting hypothermic in our watch"

Wednesday looked two seconds away from grabbing a knife for each girl, but instead of threatening either or complaining, she just looked at Bianca and said "I don't see her trying to fight me" almost teasingly which surprised the other girls who giggled

"Just you wait, Addams, I will fight for my girl's honor, or her hand, either one that you will fight me for" Yoko dared her

"Sure" Wednesday replied shortly, humoured and feeling the sleep start to claim her eyelids

But Divina's arm never came back from its place around the goth's waist and into the vampire's jacket, and Yoko soon leaned closer as the goth's breathing went back to a normal and sleepy one, until her head could be laying over Wednesday's, pressed together and close enough she could catch even a little hitch on her breathe if she had one. Bianca looked at the scene, fighting the urge to take a photo, and she climbed into her own bed and turned the brightness and volume down from her phone before laying on her side and using social media

(...)

It felt as if fate was laughing at their faces right now, Wednesday, the antisocial goth that was so against the idea of showing her feelings and letting people inside her circle, was now laying asleep on a bed surrounded by two girls that didn't know the meaning of the words 'Personal Space', cuddling and taking care of the goth while she was unaware of the world and only focused on the one person she needed to give space to

And on the floor upstairs, a blonde werewolf laid on her own bed, Enid thought that after telling Wednesday that she was not arriving to their dorm the goth would have went to sleep there and they could have met there 'accidentally' but that wasn't the case, and after Yoko explained everything, Enid could only ask her to give her space to be alone. So now Enid, the usual friendly werewolf, the girl who couldn't be still and quiet and always having friends or people around, now was alone in their shared room, with guilt filling her stomach and trying to think of a way to apologize to the goth, or instead of apologizing, of getting to talk to the goth and managing to solve the problem without blaming anyone and just letting their real feelings see the light

And if fate was laughing at them, the bond between the girls would try to get revenge as soon as posible, because the bond coulnd't be sentient, but that doesn't mean that it couldn't notice the way the usually dark and gloomy girl was drowning in all types of feelings, and how the usual colorful girl was laying in the dark space drowning in guilt and sorrow, it wasn't intentional, the way that the room darkened as soon as the moon came up, but not even the moonlight could make the room colorful 

Because even though Wednesday was literally made black and white, the moment she wasn't near the wolf anymore, the color in Enid's world turned off completely

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