The Candy Foundation

Summary: Scholarships and Halloween

Evie's Notes: Happy Thursday! 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 🌺.


"Welcome back everyone! Joy, we're glad that you could make it". Nina grinned viciously at the very ruffled girl who was currently tied up by one of Amber's scarves and propped up in the room's oversized bean bag chair. "I skimmed over the information in the first four documents and found one striking similarity. A scholarship"

"I mean yeah, we're all here on scholarship but so are you Nina".

"Exactly! The name of the scholarship all of us are under, including me and K.T., is called the Candy Scholarship".

"So?" drawled Jerome disinterestedly.

"Okay, what do you all call candy?" asked Nina.

"We call them Sweets," giggled Amber, only to freeze as she realized what Nina was hinting at.

"That's right, as in Mr. Sweet, the benefactor of each of us".

"Wait! Are you saying he brought us here deliberately? Why?" demanded Alfie.

"To answer that we need to look at your family trees. It turns out that each of us has a family history of Archeology. A history which is shared, as one of our great grandparents was a part of the Frobisher-Smythe excavation team" revealed Nina. She blew up the photo of the old photograph from one of the files and showed it to the gathered Sibunas.

"Right here is your great-grandmother Rosemary, Patricia. And to the right is Alfie's great-grandfather Wilfred. Robert is in the middle. On the other side is Joy's great-grandma Melinda and Jerome's great-grandfather Louis".

"This is insane," whispered Patricia, staring at the photo of her great-grandmother. "My family never speaks of Nana Rosemary as she ran away to Egypt and disgraced us".

"Same here, but my grandpappy made off with a bunch of money before dying in a duel," commented Jerome.

"MMMMMH" yelled Joy through the scarf gag Amber had fashioned.

"What was that?" asked Lili, pulling down the gag so the brunette could speak.

"I said, granny Melinda came back from that trip… different. Everyone said that she was crazy,since she was always raving about magic and curses. But given what we have seen, I'm inclined to believe her".

"Grandpa Wilfred never made it home from Egypt. It's crazy to think that we've all been gathered here like this. I guess the Society thought they hit the jackpot when they nabbed you Joy. The chosen one and a descendent of Robert's Archeological Party".

"Ugh, don't get me started on that" whined Joy, slumping as best she could in her scarf wrap.

"Given that it was you four who experienced the ghost hands and the chanting; it's a safe bet that these are the spirits that were communicating through you" pondered Lili.

"Exactly!" cheered Nina. "Now we just need to figure out what exactly it is they are saying. We have the chant to translate and the drawings to decode. Let's get to work!".

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All Hallows Eve was one of Joy's favorite holidays. She loved being able to dress up and pretend for that night to be anyone but herself. Especially given her recent worries, Joy was more than ready to throw on a costume, dance till her feet hurt and drink till the sun came up. This plan was not recommended given that the students still had classes first thing Wednesday morning, Joy thought this to be a special torture designed by the professors to get back at the students. The impending 'torture' aside, Joy happily donned the last of her eye liner and admired herself in the full length mirror. Damn she looked good!

After the success of last year's All Hallows Eve Ball / Exhibition Opening Party, Mr. Sweet had allowed an all school costume party. Quadruple-checking that her wig was secure, Joy stepped out onto the landing to go join her friends.

* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *

The Anubis residents had all agreed to gather in the sitting room to take pictures before walking over to the party. Joy was one of the last people done so she got to take in all of the different fun costumes. Mara was rocking her solar system dress and star themed makeup, she wore a silver sash bearing the words "Miss Universe" to tie the outfit together. Lili and Jerome were taking silly pictures in their Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf outfits. Nina and Fabian were dramatically posing on the couch as Vera snapped a photo of their Gomez and Morticia Adams costumes.

"Announcing the one and only Alice in Wonderland!" declared Alfie strutting into the room in a black suit with shades and an earpiece. Behind him followed Amber in a gorgeous blue silk dress, adorable white apron with a pretty bow. The couple made their way over to Mick who was dressed as Prince Thor. Patricia and Eddie, who were dressed as a witch and Captain America, then entered the sitting room and squealed over Joy's outfit. Joy happily showed off her look, exclaiming how happy she was to have so many pockets.

The clearing of a throat and chuckle of "Well it looks like we match" had Joy turning around to see K.T. and then made her mind short circuit. Her friend was absolutely gorgeous. K.T. was rocking a green and black bodysuit with fabulous makeup.

"Haha," laughed Joy, once her brain came back online. "You're right! Kim Possible and Shego, what a perfect pair we make".

"We absolutely have to get some awesome action shots together tonight" declared K.T.

Luckily Vera saved Joy from having to come up with a suitable response by ordering everyone to gather together for a group photo. After five minutes of fake smiles and scuffles Vera came away with an acceptable photo.

Patricia slipped her hand into Joy's, "You ready to Party J-bird?"

"You bet!" cheered Joy as she twirled the sassy witch twice, before following her friends out the door.

* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *

The All Hallows Eve party was a roaring success. The set up team had done a fabulous job transforming the Physical Education Barn into a fun party space. The design team had chosen to have both large barn doors open allowing the party to spread out to the surrounding areas. Tessa Jones, one of the three student representatives, had been in charge of planning and had made sure to clear off the second landing which encircled the perimeter allowing the space to keep an open air feel. The food and drinks would be located on the balcony, leaving the ground floor for dancing and a couple tables for socializing.

Joy enjoyed her time dancing with her classmates and celebrating one of her favorite holidays of the year. She found that she spent most of her time dancing with K.T. in particular. Ever since Joy had gotten over the fact that the girl was related to Nina, she could see that she was whip smart and had a delightfully wicked sense of humor. Joy had never thought that she would have not one, but two close American friends. Yet, here she was with two of the four people on this earth who she would die for being goofy Americans.

* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *

"Ugh! I can't find a translation for this phrase anywhere. I've run it through several different sites with no luck. I even busted out RFS' old Armenian and Arabic dictionaries. It's like those words don't exist".

"Great. So we're left with a string of nonsensical mumbo-jumbo from the great beyond" snarked Alfie

"Well that puts us right back at square one" sighed Amber disappointedly.

"Wollof…. Wollof! It's follow backwards" exclaimed Patricia, shooting up excitedly from where she had been despondently sulking on Amber's bed. "It's like backmasking, a classic rock and roll trick. Sick Puppies uses it all the time. If you play the song one way, it's normal. But if you play it backwards it has a secret meaning or message!"

"It's worth a shot" agreed Nina, who quickly set to work rewriting the words.

"Follow the symbols…" read Jerome as he looked over the American girl's shoulder. "Trix, you are a genius!

"The symbols…" mused Nina.

"Your ancestors must mean the drawings" suggested Lili.

"One mystery down, a million more to go" chuckled Jerome, leaning back against the wall.

"I think this is as good a place to stop for tonight as any" decided Nina. "We can look into the pictures tomorrow. Get some rest everyone".


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