The Heart of Nevermore

1 - Nevermore

Wednesday walks through the halls of Nancy Reagan high as people avoid her path.

"I'm not sure who's twisted idea it was to our hundreds of adolescents in underfunded schools run by people whose dreams were crushed years ago.. but I admire the sadism"

Wednesday stops walking when she hears someone banging on a locker. She opens it only to find her brother tied up with an apple in his mouth. Wednesday pulls him out off the locker and causes him to fall over.

"I want names" Wednesday tells her brother when she pulls the apple out of his mouth.

"I don't know who they were. Honest. It happened so fast" Pugsley whines out as his sister stares at him.

"Pugsley, emotion equals weakness. Pull yourself together" Wednesday unties him before her head goes flying back. She gets a vision of the jocks that tormented her brother.

"You okay?"

"I'm not about to confess to my brother that I've recently been plagued by visions. They come on without warning, and feel like electroshock therapy, but without the satisfying afterburn"

"Leave this to me" Wednesday says before she walks to the pool.

"Dalton look! It's Pigsley's sister!" One of the boys said when he noticed the girl standing by the pool.

"Freak! This is a closed practice" Dalton calls out as his friends start laughing.

"The only person who gets to torture my brother is me" Wednesday says before she drops two bags of piranhas in the pool before smirking.

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Wednesday glares at her parents as they sing to eachother on the other side of the car. They inch closer to eachother as they sing before they finally begin making out.

"Darling, how long do you intend on giving us the cold shoulder?" Morticia asks Wednesday when she pulls away from her husband.

"Lurch, please remind my parents that I'm no longer speaking to them" Wednesday turns to the Addams family's butler.

"I promise you, my little viper, you will love Nevermore"

"It's the perfect school for you"

"Why? Because it was the perfect school for you? I'm not interested in following in your footsteps. Becoming captain of the fencing team, queen of the dark prom, president of the seance society" Wednesday replies to her mother.

"All I meant was that you will finally be among peers who understand you. Maybe you'll even make some friends. Or a girlfriend." Morticia replies with a smirk.

"Nevermore is like no other boarding school. It's where your mother and I fell in love" Gomez tells her daughter as he eyes his wife with a dreamy look.

"You guys are making me nauseous. Not in a good way"

"Darling, we aren't the ones that got you expelled. That boys family was going to file attempted murder charges. How would that have looked on your record?"

"Terrible. Everyone would know I failed to get the job done" Wednesday replies to her mother as she looks out the window.

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"Wednesday is a unique name. I'm guessing it was the day you were born?" Principal Weems looks at the younger addams.

"I was born on Friday the 13th" Wednesday replies emotionlessly.

"Her name comes from my favourite nursery rhyme. Wednesday's child is full of woe" Morticia replies for her daughter.

"You always had a unique perspective on the world, Morticia. Did your mother tell you we were roommates back in the day?"

"And you graduated with your sanity intact? Impressive" Morticia glares at her daughter when she hears her response.

"You've had a very interesting educational journey. Eight schools in five years" Principal Weems says as she looks at Wednesday's record.

"They haven't built one strong enough to hold me. I don't expect this one to be any different"

"I believe what our daughter is trying to say is that she greatly appreciates the opportunity" Gomez replies, covering for his daughter.

"Nevermore doesn't usually accept students mid-term, but because of Wednesdays perfect grades and your family's long history with the school, I think we can make an acception"

"Larissa, what about Wednesdays.. therapy sessions? The court ordered them" Morticia asks as she eyes her daughter.

"The school has a relationship with a therapist in Jericho. She can meet twice a week" Principal Weems replies with a smile.

"Hear that, my little storm cloud? You're in good hands" Gomez tells who's daughter with a wide smile.

"We'll see if she makes it through the first session" Wednesday replies without looking at her father.

"You've been assigned to your mothers old dorm. Ophelia Hall" Larissa speaks after a moment of silence causing a wide smile to appear on Morticia's face.

"Ophelia's the one who kills herself after being driven mad by her family, correct?" Wednesday asks as she stares at her mother who nods in reply.

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The four of them walk through Nevermore before stopping outside a dorm room.

"Wednesday, this is Enid Sinclair" Larissa says after she opens the door.

"Howdy roomie!" Enid exclaims excitedly as she runs over to hug Wednesday only for the goth to back away.

"Hey mom, have you seen my-" a soft voice speaks as a short girl walks into the room.

"Oh, hi" she says shyly when she notices the strangers in the room, her eyes stopping at the younger Addams.

"Wednesday, this is my daughter, Y/n" Larissa tells the goth as the two girls stare at eachother.

"Enid, Y/n, please take Wednesday to the registrars office to pick up her uniform. Give her a tour along the way" Larissa interrupts the girls as Enid begins pushing them out of the room.

"Nevermore was founded in 1791 to educate people like us. Outcasts, freaks, monsters, all that jazz" Enid says as she skips through the halls of Nevermore.

"You can save the sales pitch. I don't plan on staying long" Wednesday says in reply.

"Why not?" Y/n asks with a soft smile.

"This was my parents' idea. There's my mother smirking at me" Wednesday says as she looks at a picture of the fencing team.

"Well, maybe you can clear something up. Rumours been swirling around that you killed a kid at your old school and your parents pulled strings to get you off" Enid says as she continues to give the girl a tour.

"It was actually two kids, but who's counting?" Y/n gives the girl a worried look before continuing to follow the other two.