Wow, first of all, I'd like to say thanks to all the reviewers out there! When I posted this story, I had no idea anybody would like it at all!
Secondly, writing the Addams Family is hard. The characters themselves have been changed so much and their ages and relations are almost never consistent. So I am saying this because that had always bugged me about writing them. I love the Addams with all my heart but it is really really tough! So please forgive me if this chapter isn't totally up to par, it was super hard to write and hopefully I'll get better at it as I go on. Anyways, I'm hoping this will be another quick update so enjoy!
The world of the Addams family was seemingly at peace. Their new addition fit perfectly with the family. Winnie and Wednesday would often play pranks on the family, often at Pugsley's expense. The only thing that held Winnie back was the fact that she could not ingest poison like her new siblings could, Wednesday would drink arsenic as if it were nothing. So could Pugsley but Winnie couldn't even smell it without becoming nauseous.
By the time Winnie had turned thirteen she was an actual member of the Addam's clan. Morticia and Gomez adopted her when they realized that her memory wasn't coming back any time soon considering it had been nearly three years since she first arrived. Unbeknownst to the family, they would soon receive a new member under a most unfortunate circumstance. The family was going abut their daily routine when the phone rang. Winnie answered it from the kitchen where she was helping Lurch prepare dinner.
"Hello?"
"Yes, is this the Addams residence?" The voice had a distinct accent that Winnie couldn't place.
"Yes, this is their maid speaking." Winnie was still very focused on figuring out where his accent had come from. For some reason she kept thinking of her mother but the voice didn't fit entirely…was it German? Or was it something else entirely? Winnie was not god at placing accents having learned geography from aliens who barely knew the area of Denton, much less outside the country.
"Then in that case, I need to speak to Mr. Addams immediately. This is his nephew, Stefano, please hurry, it's very important."
"Certainly sir." Winnie handed the phone to Gomez who had entered after Lurch had alerted him. Gomez took the phone, leaving Winnie and Lurch to finish preparing the meal. Eagerly though, Winnie listened in on the conversation, excited over what could possibly be going on. Vaguely she could hear Gomez speaking about a funeral…or was it something about having 'Fun in hell?' Either way the entire conversation was a mystery to Winnie. When the conversation was finished Gomez hung the phone up himself, putting his head down.
"My cousin Amontillado is dead." He said solemnly, exiting the room to find the rest of the family. Winnie looked up at Lurch; unsure of whom Gomez was speaking of. Lurch simply groaned and nodded, putting is hand on Winnie's back and leading her out to the living room where the family had now gathered. Gomez was still talking about his cousin.
"According to Stefano, his father was assassinated after they discovered who Stefano's mother was." He still had his head down. Grandmama grinned.
"What a lovely way to go…" She said dreamily. Fester joined in.
"Almost better than his wife Tristessa." He pointed out.
"How did she die?" Winnie chimed in innocently. Wednesday used that deathly monotone again.
"They burned her at the stake for witchcraft." She frowned at Winnie, forcing the young alien to step back. It was clear that Wednesday was not very fond of Winnie, ever since the first time she tried to kill Winnie when they were eleven.
"Oh dear…" Winnie bowed her head.
"Family, the funeral is in a week. We will be leaving for Italy in two days to help Stefano pack his things." Gomez announced, Morticia joined her husband, linking her arm around his.
"In the meanwhile, Lurch and Winnie. We will need you to prepare Cousin Stefano's room. He will be living with us, as we are now his closest living relatives."
"The Addams always stick together no matter what! We could never let one of our own go to an orphanage!" Gomez cheered.
"You mean it! Another boy?" Pugsley smiled widely, jumping out of his seat in excitement.
"That's correct Pugsley." Morticia smiled at her son, Wednesday rolled her eyes.
"Finally! A boy to play with! Wednesday and Winnie always try to poison me!" Pugsley declared, " Cousin Stefano will help me get them back!"
"Well why don't you just poison them back?" Fester asked, " Oh, and I don't think that Stefano will want to play little poisoning games, he is fifteen. I don't remember liking poisoning as much as I did when I was younger." With that Pugsley sat down again, frustrated. Winnie giggled at the boy, he was no older than she was when she came to live with the family and acted ten times younger. With that Winnie left to prepare a room for their new addition.
Two days later the family was on a plane to Italy to meet Stefano and help him through his loss. Winnie was excited, she felt like something amazing was going to happen. They soon arrived at the Italian Addams mansion. It looked like if Gomez and Morticia's home were made into a castle, Winnie admired the fact that the family was so close that they could make their homes so similarly. They were almost instantly greeted by Stefano.
"Uncle Gomez! Aunt Morticia! Cousins! How are you?" He put a smile on for his visiting family and welcome his family into his home. Winnie couldn't help but get left behind for a moment, she had never so much as seen anywhere outside America, much less the castle and the mansion. Everything was fascinating to her, every new sight and smell would be an opportunity to learn for her. In fact, she generally didn't pay much attention to the things around her.
"From there the story seems to pick up right at the funeral, I wonder why so much is skipped? This is when Winifred met the love of her life, you think there would be a little bit more detail…" File said, scratching his head in confusion.
"Well, she hasn't actually even met him yet. Maybe she was just so taken with his looks that she forgot the details!" Garnet said dreamily, " It's hard to remember details in that kind of situation. I remember once when my mother was at a party and I had snuck in to watch when I was ten. She was talking to some representative of Earth she called the 'President,' out of nowhere my father started stroking my mother's shoulder. As the President talked she started to turn to my father. Out of nowhere they began to make a spectacle of themselves!" Garnet exclaimed, " My mother must not have had much of an attention span…or she loved my father that much." File simply nodded, still taken with the fact that the Lost Princess would be so different than the many stories had painted her to be. To avoid furthering such an awkward subject he simply continued without telling Garnet.
The funeral was a traditionally grand Addams family party, complete with dying black roses adorning every corner. Senior Amontillado was buried in his home mansion in Italy in their family catacombs, next to his wife. Of course, in traditional Addams fashion, there was a lavish party with family from all over the clan in attendance. Stefano was the last to arrive, having been packing prior to the party. The family greeted him warmly but the boy was still grieving. He wouldn't smile. Morticia walked up to him calmly, putting her thin hand on his shoulder.
"It's going to get better, have fun tonight. Why don't you go dance with Wednesday." Morticia offered. The boy nodded and walked over to Wednesday and Winnie who were standing in a corner by themselves, Wednesday sulking, Winnie still fascinated with everything around her.
"Would you like to dance Wednesday?" He asked shyly, still not totally convinced Wednesday wasn't going to hurt him.
"No." She replied simply. "Winnie." Winnie perked up and turned to Wednesday. "Dance with Stefano." Winnie nodded silently, taking Stefano's hand and exiting to the dance floor. They hardly made eye contact seeing as they barely knew each other. Winnie knew that Wednesday just wanted to see them both suffer while Stefano was confused at whom he was even dancing with. She wasn't anything like the rest of the family, she has some sort of alien quality about her that threw him off slightly and yet attracted him to her all the same.
"So…Winnie is it?" he tried to make conversation while they waltzed. Winnie just nodded, remaining silent, she had developed a small crush on him, and she chalked it up to the mood but refused to talk to prevent saying something stupid. " You don't look much like Uncle Gomez and Aunt Morticia, you have red hair, how do you think that happened?" You could slice the awkward with a butter knife.
"I was adopted three years ago. I'm actually more Lurch's helper than anything. It's a…different arrangement but I like it." Winnie spoke meekly.
"Interesting." Stefano said. "That sounds like an interesting story, why don't you tell me about it?"
"There isn't much to tell. I lost my memory and wandered to Gomez and Morticia's home. I've been apart of the family."
"Oh." Stefano said, understanding the girl's loss. "So was that difficult? Do you remember your life before becoming and Addams?"
"I get bits and pieces every now and then but nothing that would truly help me." Winnie explained, "And I'm technically not an Addams, I'm an Adams, with one 'd,' to avoid confusion."
"Oh.." Stefano said, becoming uninterested with that girl, he had learned everything that remotely perked his interest. He returned her to Wednesday after another song.
"You have to be kidding me!" Garnet gaped, "That was the first time my parents spoke to each other? Of all things! They were so stupid!" Garnet quickly corrected herself, remembering her manners. "I mean, how silly of them..." She blushed having completely forgotten herself for a moment.
"It's alright princess, you don't have to be formal around me. No need to be ashamed." File put his hand on her shoulder; suddenly feeling shocked with a burst of electricity. Both pulled apart simultaneously. "Sorry about that."
"Oh...it's alright!" Garnet said, still recovering from the shock. "That's never happened before, that's all... And thank you, its good to know there are a few places on this planet where I can be myself."
"Where are the other two places?"
"My room and with my fathers side of the family. They prefer it when I act like myself actually."
"Oh, well there has to be somewhere right?" File chuckled, attempting to joke, something he admittedly was not good at. Garnet just gave him a look of confusion.
"Well, then...what happens next?" Garnet leaned into the book, scanning the pages for an answer.
"It looks like the week after the funeral, Stefano moved in with the Addams, living in a room just down the hall from Winnie's. Nothing much happens in the years following until your mother had turned sixteen and your father was eighteen. This seems to be the part when they fall in love. You excited?"
"Of course! I couldn't be more excited!" Garnet grinned widely.
"Good, then I suppose, here it goes." File began.
Alright, thats all for now! R&R please! Thanks a bunch for reading!
Jenny
