October 17th, 2013
Today we had more new arrivals to the island. I actually started seeing these 'men (and women) in black' that Danny was talking about. They've been driving these SUVs around with fancy gadgets, a couple of them came up the drive (then retreated when they saw all the familiars gathering around). No idea why they're here though. There was another one arrive too from the groups that Venice must have sent. I don't really think they're here of their own accord now, and definitely not to help us. Ms Usher told me about the Council though, and they've been turning up as well with these weird guns that they don't even have to reload. One of them approached the school, but Headmaster Montag sent them away saying we were grateful for the help, but that we didn't need it. I don't know what he thought he was doing, but to be fair they did look pretty threatening (and they had some strange medical looking equipment with them...).
More of that black ooze has been appearing around lately, by the way. I've already told Danny not to touch it. Normally he doesn't listen, but when I threw a little bit of raw meat from a dead zombie (Mr Montag hates it when I call them that) on a puddle of the stuff he saw what it did. I won't go into detail, but it wasn't pretty.
I saw Danny's spy plane flying around yesterday as well. I've already had a sneaky look at the photos, when he brought it with him to the coast to visit me (I keep telling him not to come down here, we do have video chat on our phones now...). On the one hand, I'm pretty jealous that he likes this Cassie King so much. On the other hand, looking at the photos, I'm more than a little jealous of her... Then again, Danny's a teenage boy. I have no idea what goes on in his mind most of the time, but I can take a pretty good stab at it. What's in his mind, that is. I don't really want to stab him. I don't really need a knife, after all.
Wait, that came out all creepy and wrong. Can I start over? Probably not. Let's move on.
There have been more ravens flying around in the past couple of days. Not my favourite bird, but in a kind of morbid way I think they can be pretty cool, seeing them flying around. With the skies outside though, keeping everything dark even during the day, they just look a little bit evil. Not my best choice of words, that's a bit cliché, but work with me here. Mr Montag was going to say something yesterday about them, but he got cut off by Ms Usher before he could really get into his stride. Just as well, really. It's hard enough sleeping knowing the wards are the only thing standing between us and all the things out there, least of all the familiars in the hallways. If it wasn't for Danny, and the internet still being up and running, I'd probably have already gone insane.
Maybe I already have.
(Note - I haven't).