|| 9 || To facing my impending doom

EVIE POV

He gets off the call "Do you still have the pendant I gave you?"

I reach into my pocket standing back up, and showing the pendant to my dad

"Good, keep it close."

I turned, confused "Why?"

He didn't answer, instead he turned away "I have to go now, should I drop you off?"

I was about to agree, until Dan ran up to me, "Evie!"

My dad looked at me and Dan "I'm guessing, I'll head out first?" the thought of my dad thinking I have some feelings for him was utterly embarrassing, but this time there was no abience // a word here which means: a strong urge to avoid someone // affecting me

I nodded, me and Dan walked beside each other, I decided to let my guard down for a while, after all it's the day of the dead, and its clear the atmosphere is a bit gloomy.

Daniel occasionally talked to me about random facts "did you know that Beethoven composed music even when he was deaf" actually I do, I think everyone does. Plus my dad made me watch movies about them, in the sense of inspiring me to be a child prodigy, it didn't work.

I laughed anyway, he didn't need to know that.

"Also, flowers." he gave me a singular flower "I picked it up on the way."

"For me?" getting flowers on the Day of the Dead instead of Valentines, how fun.

"Yeah, who else would it be for?" Someone dead, like my mom.

Angels Trumpet, intresting choice. Its usually some kind of warning for danger, I wonder where he got this from. He put the flower in my hair, I was taken aback by the sudden action, so I stepped back

He also stepped back "Sorry-"

"Its alright." not a big fan of physical touch. "I was just surprised."

"It suits you." He gave me a slight smile

We walked along Jericho silently for a while, until brought up Rowan "I visited Rowan today."

He looked surprised, shocked even "Rowan? really? I thought you and Wednesday hated him."

"No, not really. We just-"

"Did Wednesday visit him?" He interrupted before I could explain, his voice growing curious

"No..."

"Of course." he scoffed, a bit cocky, It was clear he was a bit affected by this fact "She doesn't deserve you as her friend you know. Unlike you she doesnt care about the people around her, only herself."

"Thats not-"

"And don't even get me started on her brother—he's like, a complete weirdo."

I stopped walking. "Excuse me?"

Dan shrugged like it was obvious. "Come on, Evie. The Addams family? you're better than that. You don't have to find some weird family just to fit in."

It was clear he didnt know a single thing about their family, or why I'm friends with them anyway.

"You don't even know them. Nor do you even try." Who the hell would say such a thing? I honestly thought we were over that weird is not cool thing. "Believe it or not, but Wednesday cares. She cares way more than you to be completely honest."

"So-"

"The reason I was hanging out with her brother was because she asked me to look after him." Oh and did I mention shes risking her life for Enid. "And you know what? Pugsley is just as great as Wednesday-"

Dan blinked, caught off guard. "So, what, you're defending them now?"

"I'm not defending them," I shot back. "You just..." I caught my breath*.* "Maybe...maybe this whole thing between us isn't working." I couldnt get myself to say anything after that, I left him in the middle of the road, and took a cab back to the Academy.

It hurt me that he couldnt accept who my friends were, and why I was friends with them in the first place. And at the same time, I was frustrated and angry, because who gave you the right to just insult the people I care about? the very reason I wanted to stay in the Academy was because I finally had people who understood me, people who'd give their life just to protect me. And you tell me that their weird??

Well jokes on you, I like weird.

I stormed my way into the dorm, startling my roommate "woah, calm down roomie."

"Please don't tell me to calm down."

She moved away from me a little "Okay..."

I dropped myself face first onto the bed and buried my head into my pillows

"hmm, Pugsley?" she guessed

"No!" I screamed under the pillows

"Grades?"

"They're not out yet!"

"Dan?" She sat on my bed

"YEP"

"Do you want to talk about it...?"

I roll up facing the ceiling then sit up and face her "I hate that guy."

"Why? I mean I get that you don't like him but-"

I took the flower out of my head and stomped on it "He insulted Wednesday."

"Okay I hate him too." she kicks the flower to the trash can. We both burst into laughter.

I felt the need to tell Agnes everything, sure she was just my roommate, but she knows everything about me and I know everything about her. What's the harm?

I slumped back against the wall, hugging my knees. Agnes tilted her head at me, the way she always did when she knew I was holding something back.

"Spill it," she said softly. "You'll feel better if you do."

I hesitated, chewing on my lip. And before I could change my mind, I blurted, "I was so angry, I wanted to just take him out then and there. "

Agnes blinked. "So...what did he tell you that made you want to rip his head off?"

"He told me that Wednesday didn't care about anyone around her" I muttered. "Which is absolutely not true by the way. I mean you were there when she told me to look after Pugsley!"

Agnes leaned back, nodding "And Pugsley?"

"That too! Dan told me that he's a complete weirdo. Like Okay sure sometimes I get it— but like Pugsley's way more than that. Plus he's way better than him any day."

Agnes eyebrows slowly raised.

I buried my face in my hands. "And now I'm stuck with this feeling, Wednesday is back, I kept my promise to look after Pugsley but..."

Agnes nudged me with her shoulder. "But what?"

"I'm still hanging out with him" I peeked out from between my fingers. "Like a lot. It feels like I'm not doing it for her anymore. I... actually like hanging out with him. He's... tolerable."

"You have feelings for him." Agnes smirked

"Who? Dan?" I scoffed

"No. Pugsley." Agnes smirked. "Tolerable? please that's just another word for you like him."

"I DO NOT!" I groaned. "I knew I shouldn't have said anything."

"Too late. Now I know your secret." She grinned wickedly. "Evie Anderson, ghostwriter, boogeyman, and—" she pointed at me dramatically, "potentially harboring feelings for Wednesday Addams's little brother."

"No!" I threw a pillow at her face, the heat creeping up my cheeks.

"Yes," she teased through laughter. "You're really good at trying to get into the Addams family."

Despite myself, I laughed too. It felt good, lighter somehow.

After talking, I slept for about 5 hours. I went to write another entry but get distracted by a purple envelope with my name on it, I opened it, and see a nightshade society logo, It was an invitation to meet at Iago Tower at 10pm.

I grabbed the dusty cloak inside my closet, and made my way to Iago Tower discreetly, the rest of the society was there as well. Bianca, Ajax and Trent.

Bianca took her hood off "Who called this meeting??"

"I did" Enid pops up "Low turnout"

"Enid? your a nightshade?" From last year I dont remember-

"Enid, you were never officially indicted into the Nightshades." Ajax spoke up

"Only because Dort dissolved the society before I could join" She scoffed "Your the one who nominated me remember?"

Clock it queen. I love relationship drama especially when they both have valid points.

"It doesn't give you authority to call a meeting-"

"Ajax, Easy" Thank you Bianca

"Tyler Galpin wants to kill me. Isn't that reason enough?" Enid asked, she was worried and anxious

"How do you know?" I asked cause for all I know only-

"Because he told me." Wednesday also pops up, only Wednesday would know.

"Im guessing your little see-through suck up told you about this rendezvous" Enid means Agnes, its kinda funny, but a bit mean.

"Im not backing down Wednesday." She said

"Fine." Wednesday reluctantly agrees " I think Tyler's making his move tonight at the remembrance procession. I have a plan"

"To kill him?" I asked

"To control him"

We all walked together to the remembrance procession, I was walking with Bianca when she noticed the Pendant my dad gave

"Where'd you get that...?" she asked

It seemed weird to like this random piece of jewerly and she seemed very curious on where I got it "my dad gave it."

She looked at me weird, but then said "Those are siren scales. You should take it off before it could harm you."

"Oh really?" If I remember clearly, they do the opposite "Of course Ill take it off" I made it sound convincing, Siren scales block other siren calls, I looked at my dad's research when we were fighting for Mom's case, I guess now I know what they look like.

We see Tyler in the crowd as Wednesday motions in the plan, Enid catches Tyler's attention and runs after her, into an old shed.

"Where's Wednesday?" Tyler catches his breath "I know you're not alone."

"You're right. She Isn't." Bianca stood up from behind the debris, and we followed

"mm, the swords are cute" Tyler start getting ready "But they're no match for a Hyde." He looks at Enid "too bad the moon isn't full tonight."

Tyler starts turning into the Hyde and we all stood in horror, It was the first time, I've seen the Hyde this close, I stared right at me and Bianca, before I could process his hands, threw us to the wall, The others ran to take cover.

Wednesday fails to inject the serum into The Hyde, so she catches his attention before he kills enid, "We both know I'm who you really want." she says

As she start manipulating him "What if I lied about my feelings?" I was too busy trying to help myself up, the impact hurt a lot.

"Say hello to your new master." She once again tried to inject him but this time another hyde jumped inside the window. I think they talked to each other, and they both head out

Holy Shit. What just happened?

Morticia Addams is here as well, she seems to know about The other Hyde "Francoise?" Wednesday asks "is that Tyler's mother?" Ms. Addams nodded.

Wow. That's insane, didn't Tyler's mother die like years ago? Anyway, let's think about that tomorrow, right now I have to figure out if my whole right arm is broken.

I made my way back to the dorm, and the first thing I notice is my opened laptop, to the Nevermore blog site I post on, Shit. This cannot be happening. Please, not right now.