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EVIE ANDERSON POV:

I woke up early as always, making my way down the narrow corridors until I reach the stairs going down. I look up only to see my dad was already making breakfast "pancakes?"

My Dad looked up at me with a smile and tired eyes from giving people nightmares all evening "close it's waffles"

It's ironic that my own dad, who's whole job is to give people nightmares, won't let me stay up at night.

"Do you have work?" as I pour a buckload of syrup on to my waffles

"No," he smiles, that's not good. My dad usually doesn't skip a day of work, even if being a Lawyer is just a side job. "I was thinking to drive you to Nevermore,"

"Oh," is that why he was up so early? I played with my food before sticking one in my mouth. First waking up early, second skipping work, third driving me to school?? What's next our new job is to give dreams instead of nightmares?

"Why? disappointed?" He asked — there's no use lying to a lawyer

"it's just that— you never do these things, Why the sudden change?"

As much as my dad wanted to lie it was visible he couldn't "I'm losing my job." he's says casually, like it was a normal occurrence, meanwhile I almost drowned in water.

"What."

He sighed "I might not be able to pay for your tuition at Nevermore next year."

"Why?" It seemed that I could only say one syllable words that started with a W.

"sometimes you have to lie, if things aren't right." He remarked, my dad gives advice in times when he's going through it himself, or too late to fix what he's done and that he wishes I wouldn't do the same.

No further questions we're asked, I understood what he meant even if he didn't explain it himself.

After breakfast, I took a cold shower, and put my uniform on. I took the privilege of packing my bags yesterday, even if the summer had given me clinomania. // a word here which means an excessive desire to stay in bed.// (I defined some words that u may not know:))

The whole 5 hour drive was quiet, I fell asleep, and when I woke up, we passed by the sign "Welcome to Jericho". Deciding to make a pit stop in town before proceeding to the Academy. After all it might be the last time I visit it.

We entered the Weathervane, a coffee shop that never filled up once but now flooded with influencers flocking like birds "So this is where that hot Hyde worked-" one of them said, my eyes twitched and rolled out of pure terror and disgust "Lets not eat here dad."

"Why? It's perfectly fine" 'dad's are always clueless on visible threats and problems of their children, especially their daughters' - By someone I can't remember the name of

We got a sandwich for take out and my dad decided to stop at an antique shop on the corner street. "Shouldn't you be saving your money?" I say looking at some unique, taxidermied, beaver.

My dad ignores me, seemingly interested on the mermaid artifacts on the shelf.

I look up at him "are you the little mermaid?" from all the trips my dad has been, he's always had a little place in his luggage for trinkets and souvenirs "You need to stop hoarding our house with priceless artifacts dad." just like the little mermaid.

"This is not for our house, this is for you." He says with his usual tone

"Are you dying??" Sorry, he gives me gifts right before he goes on business trips, or leaving me for some risky jobs. But he doesn't have any right now, so might as well assume the worst.

He laughs out loud "No, I'm not dying Evie don't worry." He grabbed a opal stoned pendant with a mermaid engraved on top "what about this one? You like collecting pins right? This should go beside your "DaVinci Student Vice President" pin"

I sigh, I mean — I guess it's nice to get a gift from my dad but I'm still bothered by the news from earlier.

( Arriving at Nevermore )

New school year and maybe the last.

"You can leave me here dad."

"you're not getting rid of me that easily" please stop. "I still need to help you with your bags."

"It's fine I don't need any-" a cough from behind caught both of our attentions

"Good morning to you both.— Oh- So- Sorry for interrupting,"

"No, we don't mind." my dad puts down my bags and puts a hand on my shoulder like he doesn't leave me every once in a while.

"You must be Evie?" Says the man wearing a purple suit with Nevermore's Logo plastered on.

And he must be the new Principal "Yes. Mr...Dort?"

"Yes!" he gives a big smile like im the first person to recognize him. "I admire your writing. Your blogs are quite interesting. Especially that one about Wednesday, very entertaining. Because of you im considering establishing a Nevermore blog — If you are interested."

That happened so fast I didn't even blink, a publication seems complicated, I don't mind if its non profit as long as it follows my schedule and my rules, my dad was already nudging me to agree, but as a Lawyer, he should know how to read the terms and conditions first. "Um, I'll think about it Principal Dort."

"Okay, I'll give you until tomorrow morning to decide." he said it like he was threatening me to agree. But maybe it's just the uneasiness of a new Principal after our last one got brutally murdered. "You have a bright daughter Mr. Anderson. Have a good day!"

Not even a second later a vintage black car pulls out the front of the school. Everybody's heads turned at the same time like they were waiting for that car to arrive.

I already knew who it was.

It was evident with that vintage black car that probably cost more than our home and shiny license plate that had customized "ADD4MS"

The Addams Family.

The family stepped out one by one, looking like they were attending a funeral. In fashion. I disappeared into the shadows, ghosting my dad, and moving closer to hear what they were saying.

Wednesday, Morticia, Gomez, Thing, and...Pugsley? I couldn't recognize their youngest, he seemed to have grown, since I saw him at Pilgrim World last year.

I heard from Eugene that he's rooming with him, because he owes Wednesday a lot. I owe her too, she basically saved my life, not that but the whole school. And now everyone's a fan of her.

After stepping foot she immediately gets cornered by her fans "could you write us an autograph??"

"I only sign in blood." She says monotonously

"I would expect nothing less" Agnes DeMile poked at Wednesday with her big eyes.

I scoffed, I've never liked Agnes — it's not that she's done something truly terrible to me, well...not yet. But we've always bantered, when I did Judo in the first year, she did Karate. When I started a blog, she started writing too, even when I was volunteering at the hospital in Jericho, she wanted too as well. And now, when I'm friends with Wednesday, all she wants to do is be her devoted slave?

"Evie!" Not surprised my dad still knows where I'm at even when I'm invisible, I come out from the shadows and drag my dad away "shhh you're embarrassing me."

"I found your dorm, I've already put your stuff there to save you from embarrassment." He says, grabbing both my shoulders

"Thanks, dad." I give a slight smile

"Ill get going." He gives me a hug "see you in 10 months."

"Please take care of yourself dad." I wanted to say and 'your job' but I guess my dad's well being is more important.

As I made my way into my dorm, my smile immediately dropping — red hair, in braided pigtails, green eyes staring right back at me. "Agnes?"

"Well, hello there." she grinned "roomie"

I blinked 5 times just to be sure "roomie?"

"your dad dropped off your stuff earlier, he seemed nice. Unlike you." those bug eyes that don't blink just gives me even more creeps. "I put it on that side, just beware of the spiders, I heard they're the kind that go into your mouth when you sleep."

That's bullshit, that theory was debunked. There's literally no way we're going to be roommates the entire year, even worse my last year.

"You seem stunned, Anderson." she grabs a scissor from her desk "want me to wake you up?" as she stabs the box filled with her stuff

I scoff "No thanks." When in fact I do need a jolt to wake me up from this nightmare. "Could this day get any worse?" I mumbled to myself

After finishing to unpack, killing off all the spiders, putting up some decorations and making my bed, it doesn't look so bad.

I rushed to get out, to at least give myself a little break, and as always surprise my bestfriend with a scare.

I made my way into Caliban Hall, just in time to stumble on Eugene's and Pugsley's conversation.

"Pugsley Addams? I'm Eugene" he goes in for a handshake but is shocked instead by an electrical spark. "Electricity, fun." he says, abit annoyed, but shruggs it off anyways.

"What was it like being gutted by a Hyde?" He had a more cheerful tone than his sister, like an extroverted Wednesday.

Eugene gets the chills after remembering the coma he had been in last school year "It still gives me nightmares."

"Woah...Cool." Pugsley says with no apparent thought behind his eyes

Eugene looks at him strangely, seemingly more weirded out by Wednesday's brother than Wednesday her self.

He goes around the room "What's with the bugs?"

Eugene moves closer to the glass cage as Pugsley follows "At first I can only control bees, but lately I can control other insects too"

"Perfect for late night munchies" Pugsley grins, as the letters inside the worm cage spell out "BUG OFF"

"I was thinking later we could hang out?" Pugsley suggested

"Actually I'm meeting with some other guys" Eugene quickly takes down the idea

"I could tag along"

"Actually their kind of newish friends..." he comes up with some other reasoning. Eugene would honestly not mind hanging out, as long as it was Wednesday and not the other Addams.

"I don't mind." he says awkwardly, "It's not like I have any old ones." based on the conversation from earlier his own sister doesn't want to hang out with him.

Eugene finally breaks out the courage to tell the truth "Look, I owe your sister a lot, that's why I agreed to be your roommate. Lets just see how this pans out first."

"Yeah...sure" he said, looking let down

Poor Pugsley, I wouldn't mind hanging out with him, but— "OW"

Pugsley stumbles back as I slowly come to light "OH!" a spark comes out from his hands and electrocutes me.

"OH SHIT-"

(A/M: Heyy author here! thank you for reading the first chapter of Ghost! Im so sorry about the grammar errors, and sorry if it had to end in a cliff hanger, expect more of that in the following chapters HSHSHSHS I honestly had so much fun doing this first chapter, and did not expect to write 1.9K words in the span of a week, if you have any suggestions of questions feel free to ask in the comments! Follow for updatess)