Well I'm 18, now what?
It was customary that on their 18th year the children of a village would gather together at the village shrine and hope to be blessed or picked by a god or goddess.
Most shrines were dedicated to specific gods and were placed where that god’s energy would be strongest. But for occasions like this, every village had a special shrine dedicated to every god. One by one the children would walk up to the shrine and kneel. If a god wants to bless a child they will make it known almost immediately. A god can bless a child by favoring a child or choosing them. Those chosen will be given a small portion of that god's power and they will only ever be allowed to worship that god and go on to perform tasks assigned to them by their god.
The children who are favored by gods usually go on to become priests or priestesses for that god, they will be allowed to worship other gods but must favor theirs. They will receive a portion of the knowledge that their god has obtained over the years it has been alive.
They can usually use that knowledge to perform magic and give blessings to the people of the village.
Each individual will react differently to the power given to them. While some will almost seem like gods themselves others might just be very good at keeping plants alive.
The Addams were known for their almost immeasurable power and their ability to produce at least one chosen and one favored in every family bloodline until the tragedy that the family calls “the dark period.” Suddenly none of them were blessed and the people who feared them took advantage of this to capture them.
It has been 20 years since the family's escape and 18 years since Wednesday was born, and now it was her turn to step onto the shrine.
Unlike other villages, the Addams could not go out and trade for most of the materials they needed to construct their shrine nor did they have a priest or priestess to bless it. So they improvised by carving their shrine into the side of a mountain.
Gods usually liked their shrines on mountains, some of them just liked feeling taller than they are, and others liked the aesthetic of it.
It had been years since the gods had favored someone from the Addams family and as Wednesday was the only child in the village turning 18 she was their only hope.
Many of the people in the village did not believe they would survive much longer without the help of the gods. They had barely been scraping by as is and while some villages did trade with them their supplies ran low during the winter which had killed many.
Many members of the family refused food, water, and even medicine so that anything they could spare would go to Wednesday. After Wednesday’s brother was born even more did the same.
Personally, Wednesday believes that her parents should have kept in their pants since they were aware of the low resources but who was she to judge?
And now it was time for them to see if their sacrifices had amounted to something or if her family had given up their lives for nothing.
“Wednesday darling, it is time.” Wednesday turned to look at her mother “I’ll be on my way shortly Mother.”
Morticia nodded her head and started to walk away but turned back for a moment “Wednesday, I want you to know that no matter what happens today your father and I will always love you. And no one in the village will blame you.”
Without turning around Wednesday lets out a small sigh and replies “Thank you, Mother. But we both know that if this doesn't work the village might not survive long enough for them to start blaming me."
They stood in heavy silence for a moment before Morticia walked away.
Before she even knew it Wednesday was making her way up the dirt road to the shrine with the entire village trailing behind her. Over the years the village had grown in size, and the Addams were very welcoming to those who their villages had thrown out for not being blessed or just being strange. Sadly this meant more mouths to feed and less stuff to go around but the Addams would never turn away someone in need.
But that meant all that more pressure on Wednesday’s shoulders.
What would happen to them if she wasn’t blessed by any of the gods? Would they starve to death or would a plague take them out?
“Wednesday?” She looked over at her younger brother “Yes?”
“It’s going to work right?”
What was she supposed to do in this situation? Lie to her brother?
Tell him the truth?
“I don’t know Pugsley, I truly do not know.”
As they finished their walk to the shrine she turned around once more to look at her family before walking up the stone steps.
Once at the top, she whispered “Please if any of you are listening to me, I’ll do anything just please help my family.”
She knelt on the cold stone floor and waited. After one minute nothing happened, she could hear some of the villagers behind her start to mumble and a few even began to cry. She wanted to stand up but she couldn’t move. She felt frozen in place. How was she supposed to look any of them in the eye? Why couldn’t any of them choose her?
As she knelt all she could do was spiral into her despair. Then she heard a voice.
Oh no this won’t do, you are faaaaar too pretty to be crying!
Suddenly she was engulfed in a bright silver light.
She opened her eyes and found herself in an all-white room kneeling in front of a blond girl in a silver dress.
The dress was completely silver with some gold lining on it and the fabric seemed to move around completely on its own.
The blond let out a giggle and then offered Wednesday her hand to help her stand
“Hello, I am Enid Goddess of the moon, the stars, art, and music who are you?”
Wednesday was in shock, it had worked! Her village would survive, all those people hadn’t died for nothing.
“My name is Wednesday Friday Addams and I am honored to meet you.”
The goddess gave Wednesday a small smile “You are absolutely perfect! You did say you would do anything if I helped your people right?”
The Addams nodded “Yes anything I don’t care if I'm chosen or favored but please help my family.”
The blond clapped her hands together happily “Perfect! I don’t need you to be either of those. Before you panic let me explain alright?”
Wednesday nodded her head again “Alright so Gods are weird alright? Most of us like being alone for eons but some of us need attention. Like me for example! I love getting worshipped but over the last few years, people have been worshipping me waaaay less. So I decided that I should get myself a full-time worshipper.”
Suddenly the blond is on one knee in front of her “So Tuesday-” “It’s actually Wednesday.”
“And it’s actually super rude to interrupt people when they’re talking. Anyways, Wednesday Friday Addams will you marry me?
“What the fuck?”