Nevermore + SBI + OC angst

Chapter 3: A weeks work

|\/|cameron pov|\/|

A week has passed since phil dropped us off at the gates of Nevermore Academy The School For The Strangely Gifted . Today is Saturday and the Poe cup for the past week Wilbur has assembled a rowing team and slaved away painting his Rowing boat .

His team were dressing up as spirits from     Poem . I helped with his ghost makeup making his skin paler and black under his eyes and black on his cheeks to make his face skinnier .

"Do I look like a tim burton character ?" Wilbur said closing his eyes as I applied the face makeup . Kimmy walked into our dorm and immediately took notice to what I was doing . "Who is that?" She said walking over to us .

"This is my brother will , will this is my roommate kimmy " I said digging through a bag for hair gel. I found and had to ask wilbur to open it because I have stick arms . Wil opened the gel and I slicked his hair back so you can see the makeup more clearly .

I handed him the mirror "wow ,thanks I'll go get techno I think he's I the courtyard" wilbur go up from his chair and left our dorm .

Kimmy walked up to me "so is your brother gay like you or.." I looked at her in disgust . She seriously thought I would set her up with wilbur ? "He's not interested trust me" I put my hand on her shoulder and she reacted as if I had just gave her a disease.

Tech walked in and sat down on the same chair wilbur had just previously been sitting .

I finished doing technos makeup and braided his hair into pigtails .

We walked to the lake where everyone was standing waving different coloured flags of the different rowing teams . "Good luck !I'm cheering for you will!" I shout as he walks down to the docks .

"Hey is your friend participating?" I looked to my right to see a girl with a bleached buzz cut with metal dangling from her hears and piercing blue eyes showing that she's a scale . "Well yeah but he's my brother " I said sitting down in the stands.

"So what's your ability ?" She asked handing me the flag with Wilbur's team's logo on it . "I'm not exactly sure what I am but I can like move stuff " I realised how stupid that sounded but had forgotten the word "do you mean telekinesis?" I just nodded .

"I'm a scale if you already haven't noticed "she said referring to her bright blue eyes and gills on her neck . Abruptly a loud horn screeched bringing the attention of us and the crowd to see tall headmaster Weems standing on a podium making her look even more peculiarly tall .

"Welcome everyone to our annual Poe Cup , I can already tell everyone one is very excited to see the fate of the race so without further a do" as Weems finished up her speech all eyes were on the row boats as there hands tensed on there paddles .

"Let the race begin !" Two flares went off startling me as the boats pushed off the docks . The crowd cheered waving flags and scarfs with the team colours .

"I'm Mya by the way " she said reaching down pulling up her ironic black white stripy socks . "Cameron" Ezra handed me a telescope "here you can see easier with these " .

"Thanks" I looked through the telescope I could see Wilbur and techno desperately paddling in sink to the other side of the lake .

I while passed after the boats disappeared from sight I turned to Mya , she was still looking through the telescope desperately trying to see the teams ahead . "So is this your first year at Nevermore?" I asked .

"This is my second year , I would be competing this year but I injured my arm so I can't" I looked at her wrist to see her hand rapped in white fabric with names, numbers and little doodles . "How you brake it ?".

"Bad fencing session "Mya joked . Suddenly two of the canoes came in to view . Principal Weems announced that the spirts and the jokers were racing at full pace towards us .

I used my telescope, holding It up to my eye to see Wilbur and techno sweating there asses off paddling towards shore with a navy blue flag flapping behind .

I stopped looking at them when my eyes caught something in the water . It was sliver almost metallic.
Wilbur's boat must have bumped against something big because Wilbur fell out of the canoe and into the middle of  lake .

Wilbur's team were to close to stop now so they went on . "WILBUR!" I shouted running down to the edge of the lake closest to him . I couldn't see him , wilbur is a very good swimmer , he was even a lifeguard last summer at our local pool , he should have come up by now .

You'd expect everyone to be panicked that someone fell in and has not come back up yet but everyone was too busy celebrating the intense neck to neck race going on . I pulled my blazer off throwing I behind me . My fingers twisted as I struggled to untie my shoes .

Then , someone rushes past me and jumps into the water ,it was Mya . She must have followed me . I then remembered that Mya was a scale or mermaid some call it . I saw her silver blue tail shimmering in the water .

|\/|Mya pov|\/|

I raced behind Cameron , she stopped a I saw her drastically taking off there blazer and shoes . I knew what I had to do . I ran passed her , diving in , off the dock, fingers first .

I felt myself transform as it became easier to swim faster . I found wilbur , he was knocked out cold and injured . I gripped onto his farthest shoulder , supporting him long enough to make it back to Cameron .
When I got back to shore , there was not just Cameron but a crowd . Actually I think the entire audience form the race including the competition themselves .

Wilbur lay still on his back as I was coughing up water from going to fast .