nevermore

Set in Nevermore, parallel to the first episode of Wednesday

As the students of Nevermore Academy settle in for a new term, the arrival of Wednesday Addams isn't the only unusual event rocking the institution's gothic halls. Quietly, and with less attention, another student transfers that same day.

Your arrival isn't mentioned in any official announcement. The teachers barely knew of your existence until the day before. Your file is incomplete, sealed by authorities higher than even Headmistress Weems. The only thing that's clear: you have a rare ability... one that even you don't fully understand yet.

While Wednesday is assigned to Ophelia Hall with Enid Sinclair, you are sent to a solitary room in the North Tower, a forgotten section of the castle that was previously sealed off.

The first night, as the walls creak and the wind whistles through broken stained-glass windows, you dream of a white-eyed raven perched on your bed… and a guttural whisper calls you by your real name. Not the one listed on your admission, but an older one. A deeper one.

The next day, a shy beekeeper named Eugene tries to talk to you at breakfast, while a group of merfolk watches you suspiciously from another table. Ajax, the nervous gorgon, seems afraid to approach you. And Bianca… she just ignores you, but not out of indifference: out of caution.