[DISCONTINUED] Shadow Lover

My Secret Diary

"Just look."

Is that some sort of riddle? I have been looking, that is how I found her. The mystery of the Hyde was hard to solve and it took lives until I managed to figure out who it was, yet the mystery I'm facing right now seems much harder. It was easy to see the Hyde since we all knew it lived in the woods and it was attacking everybody that crossed its path, but Vera only comes to me when she wants to. I don't know what year she is in, I don't know what classes she takes and I don't know where her dorm is. The most I'll ever see her is in my visions.

All lights are off. This is a sign I should be sleeping. I take all of the thoughts and distractions out of my head and I close my eyes, but one thought remained. Vera. I can't seem to get rid of her. I need to be able to sleep to see her again. I can't sleep. All the thoughts and distractions are flooding back into my head. Enid's disturbingly loud snoring is back, the squeaking of her bed is louder than ever, voices from the dorm next to us can be heard again... Voices? Everybody should be asleep by now. I get up from my bed and step closer to the wall that separates the two dorms. The voices are there. I soon realize there is just one voice. It was raspy and calm-- a lot like a dream walker's.

"Wed...." the voice said. I couldn't completely hear the word. I took a step closer to the wall.

"Wednesday" the voice said. Vera was saying my name. How did she know my name? I need to go to her dorm to see what she is doing. I walk towards the door and grab the doorknob, losing my unsettling cool as my pale cheeks showed a tint of pink. I never knew my cheeks could betray me in such a cruel way. I twist the doorknob and...

I wake up in the Pentagon. This place is nightmare fuel. I look around. Vera isn't there. Even her cold gaze is missing. Now the place truly is empty. I'm confused. If she isn't here why am I here? Is my mind playing tricks on me or am I finally going crazy? Either way, it wasn't fun.

I walk around like I usually do. Nothing is special. I walk around a little more and then I suddenly don't feel alone anymore. Not in the way that a person is here but more that an object is here somewhere. I look at the table behind me and I see a pink book covered in a concerning amount of glitter with some white writing on it. Disgusting. 

I walk up to it and I read the cover: "My Secret Diary. This diary belongs to Vera Dunham". She has a diary? It looks pretty used up and old and I remember seeing the exact model in a store when I was 10. That was the last time I dared to step into that store. It must be from when she was younger.

I tried to open the diary but it had a lock. A pink heart-shaped lock. I feel like I'm about to vomit. Or is it just that I'm waking up?

I woke up in my bed but when my vision started I was at the door. Enid was gone and so was her backpack. She must be in class.

"Thing." I say.

Thing comes out from Enid's desk drawer. I couldn't help but notice that his nails were painted with some sort of silver glitter. 

"Where did you see me when I woke up?"

Thing started signing to me. He told me Enid found me sleeping on the floor and she put me on the bed. He then went under my bed and pulled out the same diary that I had in my vision. He told me I had it in my hand when Enid found me and that he struggled to keep her from reading it. I look at the clock that was ticking on the wall to see that I was one hour late for classes. Not that I care about whatever we are being taught about but the less time I spent in school, the lesser was the chance of seeing Vera again.

I get up and quickly get ready. I pack my bag and I also put in the diary. I should give it back to Vera but before that, I should read a few pages.

I get to class and after I listen to Ms. Agatha scolding me about being late, I raise my hand. Ms. Agatha looked at me with a bored look.

"Yes Miss Addams?"

"May I go to the bathroom?" I never go to the bathroom during class because I can control my bladder perfectly well, but lately I haven't been doing things that I usually do.

"Of course" Ms. Agatha gave me a rude smile and she gestured for me to leave the classroom. I stand up and I calmly walk towards the bathroom. The funniest part was that nobody knew I had the pinkest object to ever exist hidden in my coat.

When I got to the bathroom, I took it out of my coat, only then seeing the glittery mess that it left  behind. I fortunately never had the chance to deal with glitter before so you can imagine my reaction to seeing it was not coming off.

"Who would've known Wednesday Addams likes to decorate her clothes? Don't worry, your secret's safe with me."