Luke left Larissa’s office and started walking down the hallway. As he came around the corner, he saw Wednesday leaning against the wall with her arms crossed. Any student would have been startled, but with her domain, he already knew she was there.
“What’s wrong?” asked Luke, looking at Wednesday. It looked like the girl had something to say, and he knew where the conversation would go.
“We need to talk,” Wednesday said.
“Oh, I never thought I’d hear that coming from you,” Luke said with a slight smile. It was the first time the girl had ever taken the initiative to make conversation. Well, Luke wasn’t taking the initiative either and was talking to try to annoy her.
“Well, now you’ve heard it,” Wednesday said without changing her expression.
“What do you want to talk about? That drawing Rowan showed you?” asked Luke, starting to walk at a slow pace. Wednesday followed him.
“Yes. How much have you heard?”
“Everything. It’s a prophecy that says you’ll destroy Nevermore or something. Xavier and Enid heard it too,” Luke replied, though he already knew that from his past memories. The only thing different was that he was in the picture.
“I know. I noticed the weird looks on both of their faces. They kept quiet and didn’t give me away to the principal,” said Wednesday.
“What good would it do them to rat you out? Their only evidence is a drawing of Rowan, who is psychologically messed up, and a prophecy his mother made twenty-five years ago,” said Luke with a scornful expression.
“Right. You also appear in the drawing according to Rowan,” said Wednesday, taking the drawing out of her uniform and showing it to Luke who could observe it for the first time.
‘The boy has a certain resemblance to me. The girl looks like Wednesday too,’ thought Luke, examining the drawing.
“Do you really believe what Rowan said? That you will destroy Nevermore? And why am I appearing? Will I be an accomplice?” asked Luke, shaking his head. Although in reality he already knew a lot about the prophecy, he’s playing dumb.
Wednesday was silent in thought. She would not usually believe in such irrational things. She did not believe that her behavior could be altered by a prophecy. However, since arriving at Nevermore, she began to have visions. Her second aura had awakened.
The violet aura indicates a predisposition to have visions of the past, present, or future. In one of her first visions since arriving at Nevermore, when she had to go to her appointment with her therapist, she inadvertently collided with a man and saw how this same man was run over by a tractor for crossing the street distractedly. After her boring and tedious session, when she left, she saw ambulances and the dead man. Exactly as in her vision.
This made her doubt. Rowan’s mother might be right. A violet aura psychic who had a future vision where she destroyed Nevermore.
“The violet aura exists. The prophecy may be true. I did some research, and Rowan’s mother was an important prophet,” Wednesday replied after a few moments.
“I know. Of all the auras it is the most implausible. Many of those psychics made prophecies that never came true. Twenty-five years is a long way off. The farther away the prophecy is the harder it is for it to come true,” Luke said, wondering if Wednesday would get mad since he is insulting the second aura she possesses.
“It may be far-fetched, but the possibility of it happening is still there no matter how low. If so, won’t you do anything?” asked Wednesday. She didn’t want to be controlled by a prophecy she didn’t know about that said it would destroy Nevermore.
“Mm… Okay. Give me the drawing,” said Luke, taking the drawing out of Wednesday’s hand. He began to look at it. After a few minutes, he held it up to the sunlight for better illumination. Luke noticed a watermark that slowly appeared.
All of this made it as natural as possible. He knew there was a watermark on the drawing. With his photographic memory, he had already gone over the events of the series several times so as not to skip anything and see if he could use anything to his advantage.
“There’s something there…” said Luke.
“What is it? I hadn’t noticed,” said Wednesday a little surprised. She looked at the drawing countless times these days.
“Invisible ink… Sunlight or fire activates them,” Luke replied as he took a closer look at the symbol that had appeared.
It seemed strange to Wednesday that Luke had figured something out as soon as he picked up the drawing, but his acting was so natural that she put that little suspicion aside. Besides, it was a sunny day, and to see the drawing better it was normal to illuminate it with sunlight. She usually avoids sunlight and lives in the shadows like a bat. That’s how she keeps her skin so pale.
“I recognize this symbol. It belongs to the Nightshade Society,” Luke said, passing the drawing to Wednesday so she could get a better look at the watermark.
“Nightshade Society? What’s that?” asked Wednesday.
“A Nevermore secret society. Your family didn’t tell you about it?” asked Luke with a raised eyebrow.
“No. Why?”
“It was founded by your ancestor, Goody Addams. Your parents were members of the society when they were at Nevermore. My parents were too,” Luke replied.
“Mm. I don’t want to follow in my parents’ footsteps, so I don’t care,” Wednesday justified herself. That’s why she always went to normie schools.
“Anyway, this drawing must have been torn out of a book found in this secret society. We must go there. Do you know how to go?” asked Wednesday.
“Yes. We’ll go tonight. Pass me your number so I can arrange where to meet you,” Luke said.
“I don’t have a cell phone or any kind of technology,” said Wednesday without changing her expression.
‘Forget that she’s anti-technology…’ thought Luke, unable to believe that a girl her age doesn’t use a cell phone. They arranged at that moment a time and place to meet in the evening. Then, they each went their separate ways.
Luke was planning to lead Wednesday in the prophecy. Since Rowan hadn’t died there were some visions the girl wouldn’t have, and she might be a little lost.
Why was he doing this? To curry favor with her. He could see that Wednesday was powerful. She will be useful if the Spellmans decide to attack Nevermore again. Luke knows that deep down Wednesday does care about people especially those close to her like her family. Enid in the series was her first friend. The same thing could happen here. If that happens, Luke will have Wednesday to protect Enid. So, he will be more at ease.
As for his role in the prophecy, it mattered little to him. He knew the key was Wednesday. It was her blood that would allow Crackstone to come back to life and try to destroy Nevermore.
That is why Rowan’s mother saw Wednesday as the one to blame for the destruction of Nevermore. Not because she is going to destroy Nevermore with her own hands. In fact, her blood is what would revive the madman who wants to murder all outcasts.
‘Crackstone… I wonder how strong he’ll be,’ Luke thought as he walked back to his bedroom.
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