Forever Love | Xavier Thorpe

Chapter 5

"We're all set." Enid whispered to the twins.

"Good. Thing's in position." Wednesday responded. It turns out two of Enid's teammates were out of commission, Blair return to their dorm last night to a crying werewolf and a sister who was ignoring her. Wanting Enid to stop crying and to get revenge on Bianca, Blair agreed for her and Wednesday to replace the old teammates. Wednesday asked Blair why they worked so this on secret, Blair responded with one sentence: "I want to humiliate Bianca so badly that the bitter taste of defeat burns in her throat."

"Wane tell me what you two were up to?" Enid asked.

"And spoil the surprise?" Blair joked.

"Speaking of surprises, your costume's in the tent." Enid said, excitedly.

"Costume?" The twins said.

Enid pushed them into the tent and they walked out in a figure-hugging cat costume.

"Thank you for doing this. I love you." Blair whispered to Wednesday, hoping to soften her sister.

"I will kill you."

"OMG, you look purr-fect! Only thing, where are your whiskers?" Enid squealed.

"Ask again, and you'll be down to eight lives." Wednesday glared at the werewolf. Fanfare plays, meaning for them to take their places, Wednesday sat at the back, Blair in front of her, and Enid in front of her. Both Enid and Blair looked to the jokers and saw Ajax and Xavier, seeing their attention diverted, Wednesday bright their hearts back to the centre. "Focus."

"What do we have here? The runt of the litter." Bianca insulted Enid. Blair filled with anger, not only at the sight of Bianca, but from her insulting her friend.

"For the record..." Blair caught Bianca's attention. "I don't believe I'm better than everyone else. Just that I'm better than you."

Bianca was about to respond when Principal Weems started talking.

"I want to welcome you all to the Edgar Allan Poe Cup. This is one of Nevermore's proudest annual traditions, dating back 125 years. Each team must row across to Raven Island, pull a flag from Crackstone's Crypt, and hustle back without sinking or being sunk. First team to cross the finish line with their flag wins the cup and bragging rights for a year, as well as some special privileges. Let the Poe Cup begin!" The race had started. The teams all started rowing, trying to reach their flag first.

Oh, excuse us!" Xavier winked at Blair as his team rowed past them.

"Faster!" Enid yelled.

"Thing." Wednesday called as she looks through the telescope. Thing flicks a switch, sending a net to one of Bianca's lackey, hiding in the water.

Finally, the Black Cats had reached the flag, Enid and Blair were about to join Wednesday when she stopped them. "Stay here and make sure Bianca can't sabotage our boat." Before running off to get the flag. Both Enid and Blair looked around before seeing the Jokers canoe, they both looked at each other, having the same idea.

"Thing, I need you to distract a couple of jokers."

A few minutes had past and Wednesday had not yet returned, the others had already left. "Where is she?" Enid whispered to Blair, who simply shrugged.

"There she is!" Blair yelled. Hurry up, we have to go!" Wednesday got in the canoe and they took off, eager to catch up. "You okay?" She whispered to her sister.

"I'll tell you after."

"What's going on?" They heard as they past the jokers, water had started to fill their canoe.