Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe

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Wednesday strides down the colourful corridors of Nancy Reagan High School, dressed in traditional Addams family black and white. She ignores the mocking laughs as she walks over to a graffiti-covered locker. Inside she finds her brother Pugsley tied up with an apple in his mouth. Coming into contact with her brother causes Wednesday to have a vision. In this vision, she pinpoints the culprits and heads over to the swimming pool with two bags full of piranhas at the ready. The deadly fish are let loose and chase after the bullies. Wednesday's deadpan stare turns to a smirk as one of the bullies is attacked.

"What the f-"

"Oh my god, Wednesday!" Enid yells over Bianca.

"That was a good day." Wednesday smirks.

Pugsley looks confused, "You had a 'vision'?"

Wednesday does not give the satisfaction of a response.

Later, Wednesday is refusing to talk to either of her parents as they are making their way to her new school after being expelled from the latest one instead. Her parents escort her to her new home for the year, their old stomping ground, Nevermore Academy, where Morticia and Gomez first fell in love. At the Academy, they are met by Principal Larissa Weems, who is revealed to be Morticia's old roommate. Weems is impressed by Wednesday's perfect grades and the family's long history at the school. Thus, she has been accepted at the Academy mid-term, despite having been to eight schools in the last five years.

"If looks could kill!" Yoko giggles to herself.

Next, Wednesday meets her new roommate Enid Sinclair, who provides Wednesday with a tour of the boarding school, introducing the it's main four cliques. The blonde girl explains that there are Fangs (vampires), Furs (werewolves, like Enid), Stoners (gorgons), and Scales (sirens). Enid then proceeds to point out the queen bee Bianca Barclay and her ex-boyfriend Xavier Thorpe. Unfortunately, the rumours have already spread about Wednesday (murder and cannibalism) and she is once again, the outcast of her given school.

"Ah yes, the outcast, in a school of outcasts. How does that work?" Enid mutters to herself. Wednesday overhears.

"I'm me, what do you expect."

Afterwards, Morticia leaves Wednesday with a parting gift, a necklace made of obsidian (a substance used by Aztec priests to summon visions) and a crystal ball to use for calls . Gomez's parting gift is hidden from view but is equally as valuable, as he drops off Thing to spy on her. While Wednesday settles in, a hiker in the nearby woods is mauled to death by an unknown attacker and Sheriff Donovan Galpin is hot on the case.

"Oh Joy. Here we go..."

Almost instantly, Wednesday argues with Enid, who is vibrant and outgoing in contrast to the her black and white palette and somber tones. Enid talks about her vlog and emojis, then dances to some generic pop music. Wednesday orders her to turn it off immediately and Enid retaliates by flashing her werewolf claws. Before things can get out of hand, dorm mom and normie teacher Marilyn Thornhill split up this fight, then doles out the house rules.

"Wednesday, my little scorpion, you're supposed to be making friends." Gomez speaks. "Good job!"

The next day, Wednesday quickly makes enemies, fencing with Bianca and then narrowly avoiding her own death when Xavier tackles her out of the way of a falling gargoyle that someone pushed. It would appear that someone is trying to kill Wednesday. In the course of these events, she talks with fellow outcast Rowan, later revealed to have telekinetic abilities, and Xavier, who she happens to know from when they were ten and he almost got cremated by hiding in his godmother's coffin. Later, Wednesday finds Thing hiding under her covers and makes the hand pledge their loyalty to her.

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