Shiver Me Timbers [Harry Hook + Reader]

Non Compos Mentis

𝐼𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒. 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑚 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑑 - 𝑎 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑘𝑒, 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑝ℎ𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓.

𝐵𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝐼 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒, 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡.

𝐻𝑜𝓇𝒶𝒸𝒾𝑜 𝒲𝒾𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉

"This has to be what Harry's under - all of it matches up!" I exclaimed.

"Wait, but what does "compos mentis" mean?" Johnny looked at me.

"Well I know it's Latin for sure - it's a required course at Auradon Prep, that or a History of Magic, which is frankly ironic - but I don't exactly remember coming across those words. I bet it's something to do with the mind." I got up. "Let me grab a copy of the Ancient Latin Dictionary and Common Phrases. I can bet you it isn't signed out."

I was right. Who would go looking for an Ancient Latin Dictionary before school begins?

I set it down on the table and heard a loud crack when I opened it up.

"Is that supposed to happen?" Johnny looked concerned.

"I hope so." Eek. "Okay, so sometimes words mean different things separately and when put together, so I'll check for both. The word "compos" means "in possession of" or "in control of". I flipped through pages to get to 'm'. "And "mentis" is "mind" or "reason". That makes sense - "in control of mind"?"

I went to the "phrases" section of the book. "Oh, it seems to be here as well. I read out what the page said:

ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔰 𝔐𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔰: 𝔞𝔫 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔶 17𝔱𝔥-𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔶 𝔏𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫 𝔭𝔥𝔯𝔞𝔰𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔰 "𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔩 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔬𝔫𝔢'𝔰 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡." 𝔒𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔰𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔪𝔰, 𝔰𝔞𝔫𝔢.

𝔒𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔬𝔣 ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔰 𝔐𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔰: 𝔑𝔬𝔫 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔰 𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔰 - 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 "𝔬𝔣 𝔲𝔫𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡."

"Well, it's pretty obvious what Horacio was talking about. He must be really old then, huh?" Johnny concluded.

"Wait, who even is Horacio Witrist?" Uma looked at me. As if I'd know. 

"Beats me."

"That's something else we need to look into - we have to see if we can trust this guy. Make sure he's not just an old loony." Johnny got up. "I'll see if there's a biography or something on him."