11 o'clock, thankfully no one would have the same idea to sneak out just like me, and taking the chances, I may actually get some words about what did Wednesday found.
I walked around the empty place,somehow the silence making me wary of revery around me,the quiet drip of water being enough to keep me in alert at any moment.
"Come on." I heard a voice,and as soon as I recognized her voice my body instantly let go of that earlier nervousness.
I turned around seeing Wednesday sitting on the statue, her left leg crossed her right like I made her wait a long time.
"You said 1 hour after 10..." I repeated leaning against the wall.
"Come on quick, If Enid wakes up there's no explanation over why I'm sneaking out at night..." She said standing up.
"Couldn't you just say we're hang-..." I immediately cut my words realizing how bad it is a girl sneaking out at night to see a boy.
"Then why the fuck I never thought of anything when Ajax leaves at night..." I whispered to myself.
She jumped over the statue and read the book Edgar Allan had on his hands.
She took a small notebook and started writting.
-sun
-nether
-april
-pansy
-two
-willow
But before she kept writting I snapped my fingers twice,making the stone Raven on his hand move it's wings down, and I immediately caught Wednesday who fell from the statue pulling back.
"How?" She asked looking to me, still on my arms.
"It said snap, then the T could've meant thrice or twice so I just expected one to come and do it." I explained the basic logic I had reading.
She didn't say anything as I dropped her down.
She walked in the opening watching a staircase going down.
"Cute outfit by the way..." I muttered watching her casual attire for the moment,a black jacket over a black striped t-shirt and black skirt just an inch over the knee.
"Hm." She only let out a small hum, recognizing or just at least acknowledging my words, words I said only because it brought back the memory of my first clothes.
Actual clothes and not just a straight jacket.
As we entered the secret room, the walls were filled with books,the center having a sun as a symbol.
Wednesday pointed her flashlight over a wall without books, and what looked like an older version of herself was on a picture, over her sitting position a teenager boy standing with smile.
"Are those your parents..." I asked watching her.
"Yes, there they are, thinking how much their daughter is taking their very own steps..." She said with resentment while turning away from the picture.
"Rowan had this drawing." She said taking from her bag a ripped page and giving it to me.
"He said his mother who was a seer drew this 25 years ago and how the girl in the picture,allegedly me; is going to destroy Nevermore." She explained to me the situation while watching at the bookshelves, looking for a specific book.
She took one and my ears perked up hearing footsteps.
"Careful Wednesday..." I said while my hands clenched into fists, not even turning my back before i punched someone on the gut in a quick turnaround.
"Down!" I heard one of them yell,immediately recognizing the type of magic I immediately grabbed Wednesday who almost fell face to the ground.
And with the same ease I had dropping one to the ground I escaped,Wednesday between my arms as I pased by everyone who looked stunned.
"What are you doing go get them!" The girl yelled which obviously was Bianca thanks to her revealing her siren powers.
Everyone got out looking at every direction in the quad,but couldn't find a single hint of where we were.
"Let's split." A girl said and everyone took different paths.
Me and Wednesday were sitting over the quad roof, watching how they all left the scene.
"Clever..." Wednesday whispered while I was still grabbing her by the shoulders so she wouldn't fall,apparently the word Bianca said still leaving a leftover on Wednesday body.
"Next time you also get taken..., if we had gotten captured I could've gathered more info." She said while opening her bag,taking the book she stole from the bookshelf.
"Is that the one?" I asked and was answer immediately.
She opened the book showing what was clearly the other side of the drawing,a man standing there.
"What's your suggestion over who that is?" She asked watching the black robed man.
"He's using the same robe as crackstone..." I muttered free balling it without any idea.
"Does he?" She asked turning her head up to me.
"Well the depictions I saw of him around town had the same look, but still I'm just guessing all right?" I said clearing out any mistake by just saying I'm just saying a similarity.
"I doesn't make sense, no one come backs from the dead..." She said pondering about my guess.
I leaned my head down to face her,my frown and almost pout seriously asking if she just said that to the only being available to come back from death's realm.
"You don't count..." She putting a hand on my face and pushing me away.
I let go of her shoulder noticing she's already off Bianca charm.
"Actually I think tomorrow is a festival about Jericho history, and will feature some things about it's history, called Pilgrim world."
"Obviously with something related to Joseph Crackstone..." She muttered, and suddenly I saw how her trail of thoughts stopped by another one.
"It makes sense then..." she whispered to herself.
"What makes sense?" I asked confused, feeling like I was missing out a piece which would make the entire picture complete.
"..." she looked down clearly doubting if she should talk.
But as pushy as I am, I got my arm around her shoulder and pushed her towards me.
"Come on what talk did we have about trust and friendship?" I said in a form of scolding tone,a hint of sadness by her still lingering doubt.
She pushed off my hand from her shoulder and took the same distance we had a moment ago and looked me eye to eye.
"I've been having visions, they occur when I touch something and it reveals parts of the past or future related to them..." she said,trying to keep her face firm,but letting go of her ego to tell a secret about her clearly doing something inside.
I only nodded while making a waving gesture with my hand for her to continue explaining.
"I took more time than necessary back in the Poe Cup taking the flag because once I touched Crackstone's Crypt, I had a vision with someone telling me I'm the key."
"So whatever happened must be related to Crackstone somehow..." I said finally closing the case in my mind.
"..." Wednesday only looked at me and before she could've tried to go away(not like she could jump without getting hurt) I put my hand over hers.
"Be less reckless." I said in somewhat of a scolding voice.
"Reckless about what exactly?" She asked,not pulling her hand, and that actually made me kinda nervous about leaving mine over hers, she was supposed to get my hand off instantly.
"You're jumping into everything head on, and even while being smart and good at crating plans in the middle of everything, you've been good so far because you got an immortal meatshield." I said, my hand suddenly hyper sensitive to her frozen like a dead body hand still under mine.
"You only did it once, I was not in any danger on this situation, only a bunch of teenagers."
"Who could've said something to the director and you know better than me how much she wants to leash you into a pole and keep you there with full supervision the entire time."
"Hmm..." she hummed agreeing with my words, anyone there can at least make up a lie of how they saw Wednesday escape and followed her, and neither of us knew even if the principal had something to do with that group.
"Thank you, Dante." She said finally getting her hand away of mine.
"So...?"
"In that festival we'll investigate together whatever has to do with Cracktone, bloody meatshield..."
"Aww are we giving eachother nicknames now? What about calling you inland taipan?"
"Are you comparing me to it just because it has the strongest venom among snakes?"
"No, mostly because they look somehow like you,they have soft shades in their underside but much darker shades on the face and neck, with their eyes being all black..." I said with a smirk on my face.
"Then why not a black mamba?"
"And now you're just fishing for compliments."
...
...
"And what did you get?" Wednesday asked me watching her own card.
"Pilgrim world." I said reading with a smile my card.
"I got Huriad's heap, so we must find someone who can..." she said looking over at Enid.
I followed her eyes and got an idea.
"Check up on her and I'll check up on my oen friends..." I said turning around to Xavier and Ajax who looked at eachother.
"What did you guys get?" I asked while putting the card in my pocket.
"I got Huriad's heap and he got weathervane." Ajax said disappointed while Xavier wasn't much better either.
"Normally I'd ask to swap but damn both are lame..." He said.
"Want me to check up on where's Enid?" I asked to Ajax.
"I'd be the most grateful gorgon in the world if you do." Ajax quickly responded to me.
I stepped behind to where me and Wednesday just where and now she was with Enid.
"So?" I asked right away.
"She had Pilgrim world." Wednesday responded faster than Enid.
"Change them then."
"Ew why whould I want the antique shop filled with weird stuff, that fits Wednesday much more!" Enid responded.
"Well maybe because I'm the best cupid in this entire world and may know that certain gorgon has Huriad's heap..." I said with a smirk towards Enid.
"Seriously!?" She yelled,and before I knew it she hugged me strong enough to feel my bones crack a bit into themselves,nothing to worry about, it brought me joy the fact that I was receiving a hug.
"You're the best!" She yelled again to me while Wednesday held up her card, and it immediately was snatched from her hands, leaving the Pilgrim one in exchange.
"You two are the-..." she cut her yelling watches both,the Pilgrim world card in both our hands, her eyes traveled between Wednesday and me and then back at her ending on me again.
I frowned towards Enid, even if Wednesday didn't catch the look due to her lack in any sort of romance interaction, me as someone who has been overfeeding myself with all sorts of medias, knew what that look meant.
"Not a word or you're on Pilgrim with me..." I whispered and Enid only nodded a lot of times before leaving us both.
'Damn it! Don't leave it neither you dumb wolf, you're just gonna make someone think something about us!' I thought watching Enid skipping like the happiest person in the world towards Ajax and Xavier, exchanging some words before Ajax looked at me with a knowledging smile and Xavier with a frown.
'Fuck yall this isn't anything of what you're thinking!'
"Let's go now, I'll go grab my bag before we leave." Wednesday said grabbing me by wrist towards the quad,the path she took being the one leading towards ophelia hall.
I heard a muffled cry from the group, clearly being Enid in somehow like a schoolgirl who just saw her ship get canon.
And the clueless of all this short interaction Wednesday was still dragging me by my hand.