The Art of Kidnapping
Summary: Is it gay to have your friend as your muse?
Evie's Notes: Happy Tuesday! I hope you all are having a wonderful week . Thank you so much your support of this story, it truly means the world to me 💜! I hope that you all enjoy the this new update 🌺.
12th Year Seminar was one of the strangest classes that the students at Frobisher Academy had to take. It was taught by a revolving door of professors and invited guests with the goal of exposing the students to various possible professions. Today's featured a local artist named Lyall Weatherbloom.
Joy entered the drama studio to find that the normal chairs and couches had been pushed aside and replaced with a large number of painting easels and blank canvases. Joy was one of the last students to arrive given that her previous class was physical education which was held in the barn on the other side of the campus. Seeing that there were no open spots by K.T. and Eddie, Joy made her way over to the open easel by Alfie instead.
Mr. Weatherbloom gave a short presentation on the job of an artist and then encouraged them to use the rest of the period to express themselves and try out the profession. Shrugging, Joy took up a pencil and prepared to sketch the outline of an apple tree only to startle at what felt like someone grabbing her hand. The strangled noise next to her revealed that Alfie was suffering from a similar sensation as well. Said invisible hand forced Joy to start drawing a strange pattern onto her canvas.
"Fabian, Nina" called Patricia worriedly. Joy looked over to see that Patricia, Alfie and Jerome were also drawing the same strange picture as her.
The Sibuna leaders abandoned their easels and raced over to the frazzled four. "What happened?" demanded Fabian, taking in the weird shapes.
"I don't know," muttered Patricia. "It was like someone was holding my hand, guiding it".
Nina just nodded, and carefully collected the pictures. "We will talk about this later. For now just go back to the lesson" she directed. The four Sibunas nodded respectfully, while Joy just rolled her eyes. She needed new inspiration. The familiar sound of Eddie's laugh caught her attention; turning her focus across the room, Joy couldn't help but notice how KT's hair seemed to catch the light, making the girl sparkle. It seems that Joy had found her new muse, sharpening her pencil she set to work etching the familiar outline of her new friend.
* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *
After class let out Joy booked it to her locker. She wanted to get away from school as fast as possible, not wanting to think about what had happened in the seminar. Unfortunately it did not seem to be up to her as she found her locker blocked by Alfie and Jerome.
"Get out of my way Thing One and Thing Two, I've got important things to do before rehearsal tonight". This was a total lie, but the boys didn't need to know it.
"No can do Joyless," revealed Jerome. "The boss wants you to join our meeting after the whole ordeal in the seminar".
"Yeah, tell Nina I'll pass," announced Joy, elbowing the boys away from her locker door and putting in her code. "I've got enough going on without adding a conspiracy theory meeting as well".
"Come on Joy, you know these aren't conspiracy theories. Shit is really going down right now and you are a part of it whether you like it or not. So just grab your things and we can go" pleaded Alfie.
Cocking her head to the side, Joy sent the boy a crooked smirk in response. "NO"
Cracking his knuckles, Jerome nodded to Alfie, "Alright, I guess we are doing this the hard way".
* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *
Joy beat her fists against Jerome's back as he carried her across the lawn and down into Sibuna clearing. "Let me go!" she yelled but neither boy listened to her.
Once the reluctant trio reached the familiar tree stump lined clearing Jerome placed her down on the grass. Before Joy could get her bearings and escape, Alfie plopped himself down on her back.
"Get off me you big oaf" she ordered, though it was muffled by the grass her face was pressed into.
"Guys we have a no abduction policy. If we can't follow that we aren't any better than the society" sighed Nina disappointedly, from her spot atop the tallest stump.
"She wasn't cooperating, what did you expect me to do?" asked Alfie.
"That's fair," shrugged Fabian, the bloody traitor. "Anyways now that we are all here, shall we begin?"
"Thank you Fabian". Pulling out her notebook Nina began her recap. "It seems that the trouble started the other night. Fabian sent the recording of the strange chant Jerome, Alfie, Patricia and Joy were saying. Paired with the drawing today it is clear that someone is trying to send us a message somehow. We just need to figure out who and why".
"Well what binds us all together?" wondered Alfie.
"We all started at the school as sixth years" suggested Jerome.
"But that's when you are supposed to start, Nina, K.T. Lili and Eddie are outliers" pointed out Patricia.
"We're all in Anubis House?" guessed Joy grumpily from where she was still pressed into the ground.
"True," granted Nina. "But that was probably done to keep you four together somehow".
"I can take a look in Sweet's files tonight. If there is something supernatural going on it's probably recorded in there" offered Fabian.
"Perfect! Take Patricia with you when you go this evening. Make sure to snap photos of everything in the files and send them to the group chat. I would go with you, but Lili, Mara and I have to help set up for tomorrow's all-school All Hallows Eve party" explained Nina.
With their plan set, Joy was allowed up from the grass and the group scattered to attend their various after classes activities.
* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *
Fabian gratefully accepted the hairpin that Patricia offered him and set to work picking the lock on the Headmaster's office door. It didn't take long before the duo successfully snuck their way over to the filing cabinet. Strangely the container wasn't even locked, allowing the pair to quickly sort through and pull out the files they were after.
"Hey Fabian, while we're here, why don't we pull the rest of the Anubis files as well? Saves us a trip if something comes up later" suggested Patricia.
Fabian agreed and they set to work quickly photographing each page of the Anubis Resident's files. With their work completed, Fabian and Patricia carefully returned the student information to its respective places and snuck back to Anubis House with Mr. Sweet none the wiser. Really, this was getting far too easy.
A little flashing red light set atop the locker opposite Mr. Sweet's door signaled a familiar phrase the Sibuna Club seems to have forgotten, 'Pride Comes Before The Fall'.
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