Dark Academia (On A Budget)
Summary: KT's party, sketchy school personnel, Alfie is proven right & Eddie struggles with protecting his dumb ass chosen one!
Evie's Notes: Happy Saturday! It is officially the beginning of Spooky season, also known as House of Anubis season 😂! I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend 💗! As always, thank you so much your support of this story, it really and truly means the world to me 💜! I hope that you all enjoy the this new update 🌺.
"You are gorgeous" complimented Joy as she danced with her stunningly beautiful girlfriend in the dark room.
"Oh please"
"No, I'm being serious! You look like a vision come to life"
"Jooooy" whined the girl, ducking her head into Joy's shoulder as they swayed on the dance floor.
"Awww, you're blushing. You are so precious!"
"Just shut up and dance with me"
"That I can do" grinned Joy, and as the beat sped up the pair did the same as they danced the night away with their friends.
* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *
"I am so fucking done with this year and it's only November" snarled Amelia as she angrily downed her third cup of spiked punch, curtesy of Clarke and his *connections*.
"Same, this has got to be the worst year of my bloody life" commiserated Abigail. "I swear I'm either in class or stuck in Miss Wilson's office 'processing my trauma' ".
"At least you are out tonight?" offered Amelia.
"Yeah, thanks to Josie. Everyone else has either been avoiding us or treating me and my housemates with kid gloves since Jason died. Josie is the only one who's stayed the same, I don't know where I would be without her".
"Well thank goodness for Josie. I can't even imagine what this year has been like for you and your housemates. Plus dealing with school too? I would have at least taken a semester off".
"As if Sweet would let us" scoffed the bitter redhead. "Natasha tried to and he wanted her to sign a bunch of sketchy documents and basically said if she leaves she wouldn't be allowed to return or talk about the school… ever".
"Well that's weird"
"Big time. But honestly that's one of the least weird things that have happened at this school. While I'm thankful for the help Miss Wilson has provided, she keeps asking these really weird questions".
"Like stuff to go to the cops about?" wondered Amelia, setting aside her drink. She wondered if she would have to fight a staff member tonight. She didn't necessarily want to, but Amelia Pinches would protect her classmates no matter what.
"Oh nothing like that. I think the only teacher who was like *that* was Mr. Winkler and he set his sights on Williamson pretty early on. I guess the school got wind of his creepiness and didn't renew his contract"
"Well thank goodness for small mercies. What kind of weird questions is she asking then?"
"Just stuff about the day to day operation of the school. What I know about the alums. The general school rumors about our founding. Stuff that's not about me or Jason… which is what I'm supposed to be meeting with her about. I mean my bloody boyfriend died at campus party two months ago why the fuck would I care about what Sweetie gets up too?".
"Huh, well that seems fairly harmless. Like the worst stuff she'd turn up is that we were founded by racist rich assholes and then the Winkler shit".
"True. I'm just grateful that our school actually got around to hiring a counselor. How we functioned without one before is just crazy to think about" sighed Abbi.
The pair chatted a while longer before going their separate ways to try and enjoy the rest of the night.
* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *
The Sibuna Seven were huddled in the Secret Frobisher room once again as Fabian and Nina tried to figure out what was wrong with the room's phonograph.
"Ah! We found out why it's not working" exclaimed Nina excitedly.
"Whatever powered this thing has perished over the years" explained Fabian, pulling out the old powersource.
"Oh, so it WAS the batteries" snarked Alfie, proud of himself for deducing the problem days before.
"Ugh, now we have to go scavenge for parts" whined Patricia, dropping despondently into the fancy blood red armchair, only to have a large puff of dust appear causing the Sibunas to develop a coughing fit.
"Alright, that's enough for tonight. Fabian take a picture of the parts and put it in the group chat. We can look around the house tomorrow. If worse comes to worst, and we don't find any then we'll just order them off Amazon" declared Nina, ushering the Sibuna Crew out of the secret room and back into the main part of the house to get some much needed rest.
* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *
Lili let out a muffled angry scream as she held her pillow over her head. Mara's freaking dog would not stop whining and it was three am.
"How are Victor and Vera not hearing this?" asked KT incredulously from her own bed.
"I don't know. Frankly I'm shocked that she's been able to hide the dog for the past two weeks"
"Look I like Mara, but I can't help but wish that the Mutt would be busted already"
"I know! At least Nina and Amber's snake is quiet" .
"And out of sight. The only chance Julius Squeezer will get busted is if Victor and Vera launch another house-wide search and find him locked in Nina's wardrobe".
"I give it another couple days before someone snaps and turns in Mara. Hell, if no one else tells Victor about the dog, I will" swore Lili.
The dog's whines finally quieted down enough for the girls to get some sleep. Liliana drifted off to sleep, her mind full of peaceful dogless dreams.
* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *
The 12th year Seminar class found themselves on a bus at the crack of dawn Friday morning driving into the city for a museum tour. Joy stared blearily out the window of the bus as Kara slept on her shoulder. In front of her, Eddie and Nina were whisper-yelling across the aisle at each other as their respective partners ignored them. Joy wasn't quite sure what the pair were arguing about, but whatever it was, it had started after Eddie had suddenly jolted awake from his power nap.
Ignoring the bickering Americans, Joy closed her eyes and decided to get a few more moments of sleep before the tour.
* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *
After their tour, the twelfth year students gathered on the stairs in front of the museum to enjoy their lunches. Joy leaned back contentedly, gratefully soaking in the late November sun; happy for the warmth it provided on such a chilly day.
Eddie stomped over to where Joy and KT were sitting after yet another argument with Nina, the third of the day and it was only one pm.
"What's up with you?" asked Kara, arching a brow over the brim of her sunglasses.
"Nina's being a fucking psycho"
"What is little miss Chosen One doing now?" drawled Joy.
"Hey! That's my cousin" protested K.T. playfully batting Joy's shoulder.
"So you of all people know her" teased Joy.
"Ladies! Back on topic. I had this vision of Nina making…" Eddie worriedly looked around to make sure his classmates were distracted before he whispered "elixir!"
"WHAT!?" gasped Joy. "I literally died for that girl and this is how she repays me?"
"I know, it's a terrible idea. I confronted her about it and she said she hasn't done it yet and it's just to do with getting rid of the murder cult. Something about needing evidence? But my visions haven't been wrong yet and I'm really worried. She won't listen to reason! It's a good thing I'm meeting with Pedro tomorrow"
"Uggh!" groaned KT. "I love my cousin but she is as stubborn as the day is long, as Grandma Rose would say. There is no changing her mind on this matter".
"I guess the only way to stop her is by getting the murder cult caught first" mused Joy, chomping down thoughtfully on a carrot stick.
"You might be onto something there, JJ. If we manage to reveal the murder cult and get them arrested then there is no need for Nina to make the elixir" grinned Eddie.
"I guess we're going to have to step up our investigating skills when we get back to campus. I'm thinking we should go check out the ritual space and see if we find any clues".
"Sounds good. Thanks guys!" grinned Eddie, before bounding back across the courtyard to where Alex, Talia and Mick were playing a pick up game.
* Scent of Lavender * Scent of Lavender *
Humming happily to herself, Nina paid for the smoothies she had purchased for herself and the Sibunas from the smoothie bar across from the museum. Looking across the street, Nina could just make out her yearmates goofing off and enjoying their lunches in the sunshine after the last few days of heavy rainfall. As anxious as Nina was to get back to them, there was one more thing she had to do.
Opening her purse, Nina took out her black and gold flask. Unscrewing the lid, Nina carefully poured a few drops of the softly sparkling liquid into Fabian's blackberry and kale smoothie, Amber's passionfruit smoothie, Alfie's strawberry banana smoothie, Jerome's mango smoothie, Lili's mixed berry smoothie, and Patricia's grapefruit smoothie. Giving it a mix, Nina grinned upon seeing her little addition was no longer visible having taken on the appearance of the individual drinks.
Strolling back across the street to where the Sibunas were having lunch, Nina situated herself at the head of the group and prepared to hold court. Passing out the drinks, Nina excitedly watched as one by one each of her friends drank their smoothies, unaware of the elixir hidden inside. With her friends' protection secured, the world had better watch out, because Nina Martin was going to make The Society bleed.
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