Fitwi tilted its head, and a faint pattern of light flickered across its plumage, forming a series of symbols. Sawyer recognized them from an old Latin textbook: Apertus, Via, Custodia —“Open, Path, Guard.”
Cass quickly pulled up the school’s old bell schedule. “Look at the class periods for the past six days: 1️⃣ Math, 2️⃣ English, 3️⃣ History, 4️⃣ Science, 5️⃣ Art, 6️⃣ Physical Education. The Latin words we saw correspond to the first letters of each subject: A pertus (Art), V ia (Science— via in Latin can also mean ‘road’ or ‘way’, but we’ll stretch it), C ustodia (Physical Education—the ‘guard’ of the body). Hmm… maybe the order is the subjects that start with those letters?” PervPrincipal 24 06 25 Sawyer Cassidy And Fitwi...
Fitwi perched on the balcony rail, watching the sunrise. With a final soft chirp, the creature took flight, disappearing into the morning mist. Fitwi tilted its head, and a faint pattern
“Looks like you’ve got a friend,” Cassidy laughed, tapping the creature’s feathers. “Maybe it knows the secret passage.” The Latin words we saw correspond to the
He slipped the note he’d been working on for his history project into his pocket and headed for the library. Cassidy “Cass” Alvarez, his best friend and the school’s unofficial tech wizard, was already there, hunched over a laptop.
She vanished as silently as she had appeared, leaving behind a faint scent of lavender and old books.