Wednesdays Child is Full of Woe Part 1

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Wednesday POV:

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

A school bell rings as I open a locker, finding my younger brother Pugsley inside.

"I want names." I demand.

"I don't know who they were, honest." Pugsley Responds. "It happened so fast."

"Pugsley, emotion equals weakness. Pull yourself together." He continues to whisper. "Now."

I continue to untie him, when suddenly I seized.

"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? What are you gonna do?"

"What I do best."

Walking to the swimming pool with my surprise behind my back.

"Yo, Dalton!"
"Look, it's Pigsley's brother." "Hey, freak. This is a closed practice." They all chuckle.

"The only person who gets to torture my brother is me."

They shriek and try and swim away as they see me release my piranhas.

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Time Skip

"I close my eyes"

"Then I drift away

"Into the magic night"

"I softly say"

"A silent prayer"

"Like dreamers do"

"Then I fall asleep to dream"

"My dreams of you"

"I remember"

"That you said goodbye..."

My mother and father sing to each other, forgetting both their children and Lurch being in the same vehicle as them. It's revolting to watch. And not in the good way.

"Darling, how long do you intend on giving us the cold shoulder?" My mother asked.

"Lurch, please remind my parents that I'm no longer speaking to them." I ask our butler.

Lurch grunts

"Hmm. I promise you, my little viper, you will love Nevermore." My mother reminds me again. "Won't he, Tish?"

"Of course. It's the perfect school for him." My father says.

"Why? Because it was the perfect school for you?" I ask.
"Becoming captain of the fencing team, King of the Dark Prom, President of the Séance Society..."

"I merely meant that finally you will be among peers who understand you." My father interrupts. "Maybe you'll even make some friends."

"Nevermore is like no other boarding school. It's a magical place." My mother says.

"It's where I met your mother... and we fell in love." My father gazed at my mother. They lean in to kiss again when I interrupt

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

"Darling, we aren't the ones who got you expelled." My mother reminds.

"That boy's family was going to file attempted murder charges." My father says.
"How would that have looked on your record?"

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