Wednesday

Chapter 7: Finding the Book

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Enid and (Y/n) were sound asleep in their dorm, with Enid hugging the trophy to her chest. Meanwhile, next door to them, Wednesday was sitting at his desk, typing on his typewriter.

"Nevermore continues to be an enigma. A place where the questions far outweigh the answers."

Wednesday glanced to the right and saw the drawing of him on the table. He picked it up and held it to the light again.

"But sometimes...the answer is staring you right in the face."

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Wednesday entered the quad and turned to go down the hallway that had the Edgar Allan Poe at the end of it.

Wednesday took out a flashlight and engines it up at the statue's face.

"Don't worry Edgar Allan. I see your sanctimonious smirk. But I will get the last laugh."

Wednesday stood on the base of the statue, which lifted him higher so he could see what was written on his book.

"Your penchant for riddle was legendary. And this might be your cleverest yet."

Wednesday shined the flashlight on the book, and saw several small riddles carved in both the pages.

"Because it's not just a single riddle. Rather each line is it's own separate one."

Wednesday pulled out a notebook and looked back at the little riddles.

"'The opposite of moon.' Sun."

"'A world between ours.' Nether."

"'Two months before June.' April."

"'A self-seeding flower.' Pansy."

"'One more than one.' Two."

"'It's leaves weep to the ground.' Willow."

"'It melts in the sun.' Ice."

"'It's beginning and end never found.' Circle."

"'Every rule has one.' Exception."

Wednesday hopped off the statue and took a few steps away from it. He looked down at his answers and noticed the first letter of each word spelt something:

S un
N ether
A pril
P ansy
T wo
W illow
I ce
C ircle
E xception

"The answer will give a sharp cracking sound."

Wednesday smirked and turned back towards the statue. He raised his hand and snapped twice.

The arm of the statue that held the raven, moved in front of the body, and the whole statues moved backwards to reveal a secret passage.

Wednesday entered the passage and found himself walking down a flight of stairs. All along the wall by the stairs, we're pictures of people who were probably former members.

Wednesday made it to the bottom of the stairs and found himself in a circular room with bookshelves, and other paintings and pictures. On the floor was the symbol of the Nightshades.

"Secret societies. Hidden libraries."

Wednesday paused when he saw a picture of his parents hanging on the wall.

"My mother staring at me in a judgmental way. These are all things I've come to expect."

Wednesday walked towards a bookshelf, and noticed a line of dust had been cleared away in front of one of the books, indicating that it had been recently taken out.

Wednesday grabbed the book, and flipped through it, until he came to the other page of the illustration Rowan had showed him. Wednesday closed the book and shoved it in his backpack.

"But the minute I inch closer to the truth..."

Wednesday turned around, only to have someone cover his face with a black cloth and drag him away.

"Luckily, I'm not afraid of the dark."

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