"What's wrong? Never seen fencing before?"
"No, Wednesday and I took lessons when we were kids. But all our school had at school was basketball and water polo," she explained, observing the fencing students. "And, well, you know. . ."
"You killed them." Ajax blurted out.
The girls slowly looked at him.
His eyes grew wide. "Did I say that out loud?" Ajax laughed nervously. "I'm just gonna, uh, go over there." He pointed to Xavier.
He walked away and Kennedy shook her head. She looked down at Andy and smiled. "Where's your sister?"
Before Andy could answer, the doors swung open and Wednesday walked in, decked out in the all black fencing uniform. It instantly caught everyone's attention and Andy sighed.
"How did she get a black uniform? I want one." Kennedy gasped.
There was a heavy thud. "Coach! Coach, she tripped me!" Rowan accused Bianca from the floor, his breathing heavy.
Coach Vlad just shrugged. "It was a clear strike, Rowan."
Bianca took off her helmet and rolled her eyes at him. "Maybe if you whined less and practiced more, you wouldn't suck." She sassed. "Seriously, coach, when am I gonna get some real competition?" She looked around the room of people staring at her. "Anyone else want to challenge me?"  
"I do."
Andy closed her eyes and sighed. "Shit."
Bianca turned around and met Wednesday's watchful gaze. Then, she smirked. "Oh, you must be the psychopath they let in." Her bright blue eyes cut to Andy. "Oh, and there's the other one."
The younger sister rolled her eyes.
"And you must be the self appointed queen bee. Interesting thing about bees. Pull out their stingers, they drop dead," Wednesday responded swiftly.
There was a round of oohs from everyone in the room. Andy formed a smirk.
Bianca appeared taken back. "Rowan doesn't need you to come to his defense. He's not helpless. He's lazy." She said quickly.
"Are we doing this or not?" 
Ajax and Xavier came and stood by the girls. "So, is your sister good at fencing?" Ajax asked Andy.
The girl nodded. "Yeah, she's pretty good. Anything that involves sharp objects is up her alley."
Wednesday and Bianca put their helmets on and got in their positions. When Coach Vlad shouted for them to fight,  the girl's immediately charged at each other. Andy watched her sister with intense eye contact. When Wednesday stuck Bianca in the chest, she smirked proudly.
"Point to Wednesday," 
"Whoa," said Kennedy, her eyes wide.
Andy could tell Bianca was feeling threatened which made  Wednesday only want to beat her more. The siren stuck her and Wednesday dropped her blade.
"The score is even!" Shouted the coach.
Bianca took off her helmet and smiled smugly. "That first point was clearly beginners luck. Let's finish this."
"For the final point, I would like to invoke a military challenge," Wednesday announced.
Ajax's eyes widened. "Uh oh, I don't like the sound of that."
"What does that mean?" Kennedy asked.
"Nothing good," answered Andy.
"No masks. No tips. Winner draws first blood."
All three of them widened their eyes. "Is she serious?" Xavier questioned.
"As a heart attack. . .which in her case, she would love," said Andy, her arms crossed.
"It's your decision Bianca," said Coach Vlad.
Bianca made her decision and looked Wednesday up and down. "Let's see if you bleed in black and white." She threatened.
On the coach's mark, Wednesday charged at Bianca. Things in the room became more intense when the girls started running around the room. Andy never took her eyes off of her sister. "Don't back down, Wednesday," said announced sharply.
Wednesday did a flip and it caused Bianca to stumble back,  but she quickly recovered before Wednesday could hit her with the blade.
"She's so cool," said Kennedy as she watched with a smile on her face.
Andy gasped when Bianca slit Wednesday's forehead. There was another string of oops from the students. Bianca stood there, smirking. "Your face finally got that splash of color it so desperately needed."
She walked forward and grabbed her sister's arm, glaring at the siren with a look none of the others had seen yet, and it was scary.
















"Guess all those fencing lessons just went down the drain." 
Wednesday glared at her in the corner of the room. "Your jokes make me to drown myself with weights tied to my feet. And not in a fun way." 
Andy rolled her eyes. "And your personality is as dry as the dessert."
"Thank you."
"You're Wednesday, right? And Andromeda?" 
The sisters glanced back at Rowan, the boy getting his blood pleasure taken. "Just Andy," the youngest responded monotonous.
He nodded. "Right. Uhh, Rowan. I know how you're feeling,"
"I guarantee you don't," said Wednesday.
"My mother promised me I'd finally fit in somewhere," Rowan continued, then he sighed. "I never thought it was possible to be an outcast in a school full of outcasts."
Andy frowned slightly. "Sorry you feel that way."
"It's okay. Looks like you're gonna give me a run for my money," he tried to joke but the girls didn't laugh. He pointed to his forehead. "Uh. . . sorry about the. . . nic." He said to Wednesday. 
"No good deed goes unpunished,"  she replied flatly. Wednesday looked at her sister. "You go ahead and head back.  I'll be there later."
Andy nodded and stood from the chair she was sitting on. Cutting her eyes to Rowan, she exited the nurse's office. 
Andy nodded and hopped down from the bed.  She waved goodbye to Rowan and walked out of the nurses office. There was nobody in the halls and Andy assumed they were all in their dorms. She felt comfortable enough to do more lurking around the castle.
It was so old that most of the wood was caving in and there was enough dust and cobwebs to turn someone into an asthmatic, but the details and decorations on the walls were so beautiful that you really didn't notice. She passed by the translucent display cases filled with trophies and photos of past Nevermore students. Almost all of them had her mother and father in them. She grew up hearing about how popular her mom was, but to see it with her own eyes was different. She twisted the ring on her finger.
Sometimes Andy feels like she's just watching her life go by from the sidelines. Afraid to step out into the light because of the criticism she would face. She wasn't like her family but Andy knew that nobody cared because she was an Addams, therefore she was exactly like her family. They were scared of her. They thought she shouldn't be allowed out into the world. To them, she was dangerous.
Andy didn't like that people thought of her that way. She wasn't dangerous. She wasn't an animal that should be locked up. She was a teenage girl. A girl of barely sixteen.