Hey, so I've just REALLY wanted to fo this for a long time...

Here's the jist of the story- Anubis House was taking in a new student from America, Nina Martin, when another, Joy Mercer was supposed to be pulled out by her 'parents'. On the day Nina arrives, there's a mixup, and Joy ends up staying. Why didn't Joy leave? Is there something odd going on in Anubis House? Who's Sarah? Is Joy really as nice as she seems? Is Fabian really the cheating type? That depends on the girl... What mystery will spring up?

Basically, I'm rewriting the season into something I think could have been logical (maybe), so...hope you like it!

Well, here goes nothing! Oh, and the beginning will seem EXTREMELY familiar, but don't loose hope, it starts to change soon enough :)

I sadly don't own HOA.

~Nina's POV~

The train blew it's whistle and shot off down the track, leaving me alone at the train station. I looked around, a bit intimidated, and made my way to the empty parking lot on the other side of the station. Once again, I looked around, but this time to see a black taxi with a friendly looking old man in the drivers seat.

"Oh, yes, they drive on the other side here," I thought to myself as I saw the man on the right side of the car rather than the left like it is in America.

"Nina Martin?" the friendly man stuck his head out of the car.

"Yes, that's me!" I waved brightly.

"Oh, you're American then?" he smiled knowingly.

"Yea, who you know? Was it the accent?" I joked nervously.

"No, the big American flag on your suitcase," he chuckled as he picked it up for me.

"Oh, right, well, this looks a little obvious..." I tore the sticker off my splatter paint suitcase. The o;d man chuckled once more. "Not the best way to blend in."

"There you go, jump in love," the man said as he opened the car door for me. I shrugged and did as he said. Soon enough, we were on our way speeding down a road that was lined with trees.

"I can't believe I'm actually going to boarding school! I'm so excited! I feel like Harry Potter," I laughed once I was comfortable with the nice man. Suddenly, my phone began to beep.

"That your parents checking up on ya?" he asked.

"It's my Gran...I think she misses me already," I sighed. "My Gran brought me up...I've...I've never been away from home before."

"Oh, you gettin' cold feet? Want me to turn this cab around?"

"No way! I'm finally here! I'm off to my new school! I'm phsyced, naturally," I laguhed lightly.

"Naturally," he agreed with a smile.

"And...I guess I am a little scared...the last time I felt like this, I threw up on my kindergarten teacher," I said sheepishly.

"No, that'd just be my driving," he joked. We drove on a little longer, about ten minutes I say, until he finally spoke up. "Ok Nina, we're here."

"Oh! Wow!" I said in amazement. It was huge here! Beautiful, too!

"It's a big place, where do you need to be?"

"Oh, it says here I'm in the..." I rifled through my papers, "House of Anubis."

~Fabian's POV~

"Move back a bit more!" Patricia instructed to Joy.

"Aw, hurry up!" Joy complained.

"Wait, c'mon, alright, that's it," Patricia laughed.

"Ah!" Joy laughed as she fell on me.

"Oh, hey, careful!" I chuckled as Joy fell back. I helped her up off the grass.

"That's my new profile photo," Patricia smiled as she snapped a picture of us.

"Theory of Computational Intelligence...a bit of light reading?" Joy teased as she took my book.

"Joy, just because it doesn't have Robert Pattinson on the cover doesn't mean it's not worth reading," I explained with a smile. Joy scrunched up her nose, smiled, and shook her head. I loved the way she did that. We got up and the three of us started to walk to first class as I handed Joy her jacket. Suddenly, a taxi passed and we all looked on.

"I'll take your case around," the driver said as he exited the cab. A girl. whos face I couldn't see, looked up at the school. I couldn't make out what she said about the school, but I'm pretty sure I heard a Harry Potter reference... Wait, we're getting a new girl in this late in the year? Oh well...I wonder where she'll be staying, none of the houses have an opening.

"Hey, wait up!" the girl called after the driver as he walked onward with her suitcase. On her way to catch up, she ran into Patricia.

"Oh, I-I'm so sorry...uh..." she apoloized as she began to run after the man.

"She's really pretty..." I thought to myself. Whoa there Fabian...you just met her...and you like Joy...somewhat...

"Who's the American?" Patricia asked as the girl ran to the driver. I shrugged my shoulders as we all looked after her. She was heading towards Anubis House... As Patricia and Joy started to walk away, I stayed a step behind trying to get another glance at the new girl. No success. We kept on walking to class, but I had her on my mind...

~Nina's POV~

"Thank you," I handed the driver his money after I had caught up with him.

"Cheerio," he smiled and walked back to his car. I took a deep breath and turned around. After another deep breath, I walked towards the house., stopped to take in its beauty, then continued to the door. When I was about to open the door, it creeked open by itself...spooky...

"Hello?" I asked. No answer. I took a step into the house and closed the door.

~Fabian's POV~

"Hey Joy, look what came this morning," Patricia grinned as she showed Joy the DVD set.

"Yes, BFF boxset marathon tonight?" Joy grinned.

"Aw yea, you're on," Patricia put the set back in her bag. As we walked into class, I couldn't help but hear Jerome dealing out his old homework to a seventh year as Alfie said something about Amber.

~Nina's POV~

I walked into the beautiful, sunlight entranceway of the gigantic house. Suddenly, the door slammed. I whipped around to find nobody there.

"Isn't the bell working?" A scary looking man appeared speaking with a not so British accent. Odd..."Hmm?"

"No, I mean...um...I-I don't know...the door was open, so I just-"

"So you thought you'd just walk straight in," the man shifted his weight from his heels to his toes, his hands folded behind his back.

"That's...kinda how we deal with doors in America," I smiled, trying to will myself not to be afraid of this guy. Then, I stuck out my hand, "Um, hi. I'm Nina Martin."

"You're late," the man held up his pocket watch without shaking my hand. He began to circle me like a hawk and its prey, "Two weeks late."

"I know," I sighed, "I'm sorry, but we didn't find out about the scholarship until-"

"I'm not interested in the reason why you're late-"

"Victor Rodenmarr! I hope you're giving our new girl our warmest of welcomes!" a cheery, plump, friendly looking woman came down the staircase. "Well, as warm as he gets anyway. Hello, sweetie! I'm Trudy Rheman, you're house mother! Welcome, to Anubis House. It's only slightly spookier than the brochure."

~Joy's POV~

"So, this afternoon, we're going to have, as promised, a practice exam," Mrs. Andrews announced to the class. We all groaned.

"But Daddy, you have to extend my credit limit," Amber chattered on her cellphone.

"Phone off Amber," Mrs. Andrews instructed.

"But I've seen a pair of really important shoes!- Dad, I have to go, I'm in school!" Amber flipped her phone closed. "Mick you're back!"

Mick threw his football into the wastebin and smiled at his girlfriend, Amber. Those two make such a good couple. Fabes and I would, too, if he'd just ask me.

"Sorry I'm late," Mick apologized to Mrs. Andrews.

"You might have changed first," Mrs. Andrews said. "Just try not to perspire all over the paper."

"Could he be any hotter?" Amber whispered to Mara behind us. No, probably not. Mick does have that going for him...

~Nina's POV~

"The Anubis estate was originally built in 1890, although it wasn't actually named Anubis until 1922-" The man, Victor, was cut off by Trudy.

"Ooohh, she doesn't care about all that boringness, Victor!" Trudy laughed. " She's a teenager! It's all about hormones! And vampires. Now, this is the living room through here sweetie."

Trudy brought me through one of the doors.

"Oh, everything's so old and beautiful, this house must have a ton of stories!" I followed Trudy in and out of chairs and a coffee table.

"Now, this is where I serve breakfast and evening meals, delicious," Trudy laughed. I walked over and looked at a mysterious painting.

"Mr. and Mrs. Frobisher-Smythe, the original inhabitants. They died, a very...tragic...accident," Victor popped out of nowhere.

"Ahaha, always upbeat," Trudy interviened. "Right, shall I show you where you're sleeping?"

"Is it ready?" Victor asked.

"I don't know, I thought you were handling that..."

"No, I wasn't...Eric was supposed to send someone over..." Victor looked somewhat alarmed. Never good...

~Joy's POV~

"Mrs. A," Alfie said.

"Yes, Alfie," Mrs. Andrews, a bit exasperated, asked.

"Nose bleed, it's a gusher," we all turned around to see Alfie with a, what seemed to be, bloddy tissue held up to his nose.\

"Infirmery, quickly!" Mrs. Andrews shooed him away. "Run along!"

Oh his way out, Alfie flaunted the red substance he had used to get out of writing the paper while Mrs. Andrews wasn't looking. We all lauged.

"Frestinea lentea boy, more haste, less speed!" Mr. Sweet scolded Alfie as he ran into him. Alfie nodded his head and went on his way.

"I'm sorry to inturupt, Mrs. Andrews, uhm, Joy, there's someone to see you in my office."

I sighed, grabbed my things, and left the room with Mr. Sweet.

"What's this about?" I asked as we walked to his office.

"Oh, nothing." he shrugged casually. As we stepped in, his phone rang.

"One moment please, Miss. Mercer," Mr. Sweet held up his finger politely as he answered the phone. I nodded, smiled, and stood there. I couldn't help but notice that there wasn't anyone in his office...much less to see me...peculiar...

"What?" Mr. Sweet looked like he had seen a ghost. "So it hasn't been cleared? But she's arrived!"-"Oh my, what am I to tell him?"-"Yes, yes, I will. Thank you, Rodenbuck." Mr. Sweet hung up the phone looking terrified.

"You-you're...you're dismissed, Miss. Mercer," Mr. Sweet put a hand on his desk, the other on his forehead, and sank into his chair shakily. Very peculiar...

"Thank you..." I left the room and went back to English.

"Welcome back Miss. Mercer..." Mrs. Andrews had the same look as Mr. Sweet on her face. "Class, I'll be back momentarily..."

Mrs. Andrews hurried out of the room and left us there.

"What was that all about?" Patricia asked as everyone started their own conversations.

"I don't know...he took me into his office, but nobody was there, and he got a phone call, looked terrified, and told me I was dismissed..."

I reaccounted the odd events to Patricia, an we tried to figure out what was going on.

~Nina's POV~

Suddenly, we heard a phone ringing.

"I'll-I'll be back," Victor rushed up the stairs. I gave Trudy a puzzled look, but she shrugged and led me into the kitchen, offering me a cup of tea. Once it was made, we made our way into the living room.

"So, sweetie, let me tell you about the other residents here at Anubis House," Trudy smiled at me from the seat next to me on the couch.

"Okay," I smiled. I'm glad I'll know a little about my housemates before I met them.

"Well, first, there's Alfie and Jerome," Trudy smiled. What kind of name is Alfie? "They are the two resident jokers. I suggest you steer clear from them."

"Okay, veer away from Alfie and Jerome," I laughed along with Trudy.

"And then there's Mara. She's a very sweet, book smart little girl, somewhat like Fabian. Fabian is a sweet, shy, book smart boy. He's quite a darling, he is," Trudy smiled. "Single, too."

"I'll keep that in mind," I joked.

"And then there's Amber, she's quite the little fashonista. And her boyfriend, Mick, is quite the athlete. He just came back from a sports camp, as a matter of fact."

I nodded and smiled. They sounded like quite the pair...

"And then there's Patricia and Joy..." Trudy looked down at her tea. "Patricia is very nice, she likes to fool around...oh, she does love Vampires dearly, and her hair streaks. Everyday, she has either a blue, pink, bright red, or purple streak in her red hair."

Hmm...that sounds like the girl I ran into...red and blue streaks...

"What about Joy?" I asked after about a minute of tea-sipping.

"Oh...um...yes, Joy...well, she's very sweet, a nice sense of humor...she's Patricia's best friend...but, I don't think she'll be-"

"Trudy, may I speak with you?" Victor asked from the hallway.

"I'll be right back sweetie," Trudy set her tea down on the coffee table and went out into the hallway. I looked around the room, but somehow, my eyes kept drawing back to the picture of the Frobisher-Smythes. There was an interesting shape in between the two figures, it was like a giant...eye...

"Well, dearie, your housemates will be home soon. Now, there's been a little mixup in rooming...so, you'll be rooming with Patricia and Joy. Would you like me to help me bring up your trunks? They've just arrived," Trudy explained.

"Sure," I said. I took one last glance at the painting, and then left the room with Trudy. Once I'd gotten a vast majority of my bags up there, I told Trudy I could do the rest for myself.

"Ok sweetie," Trudy bustled out of the room. Victor had put in a cott for me until a regular bed like Patricia and Joy's could arrive. I ran back downstairs to get my last trunk. As I was bringing it up the stairs, I fumbled and fell down five steps.

"Oh, god!" I hissed under my breath.

"Are you okay?" A soft voice asked behind me.

"Yea, yea, I'm-I'm fine..." I sealed my eyes tightly.

"H-hey, you're the girl I saw this morning," the boy smiled. Wow, he's really cute!

"Yea, I'm Nina. Nina Martin," I held out a hand. He kneeled down next to me and shook it.

"Fabian. Fabian Rutter," he smiled. This was Fabian. I will have to keep in mind that he's single...NO NINA! No, you just got here this afternoon, you have to maintain your grades! No thinking about this cute, helpful boy!

"Do you need some help with that?" he pointed at my trunk that lay on my legs.

"Oh, yea, that'd be nice," I laughed. He picked it up for me and began to carry it up the stairs.

"Are you okay?" he asked when he set the trunk down at the end of my cott.

"Yea, I'll be fine," I smiled. Fabian shoved his hands in his pockets, smiled, and began to walk out of the room. I turned and noticed that my shoelace was untied. Right as I was about to bend down and tie it, Fabian walked back.

"Nina?"

"Yea?" I turned around, but, being the clutzy, accident prone girl I am, I tripped on my shoelace. I fell over on top of him and we laid on the floor.

"Yea?" I repeated my question, a light laugh coming out right after.

"Nice to meet you," Fabian laughed. We laid there, just staring at each other and smiling, when two pairs of footsteps came into the room.

"H-hey...hey Fabes..." a girl's voice said, a little hurt. Why?

We both sat up quickly and brushed ourselves off.

"Oh, um, hey, Joy, Patricia. This-this is Nina," Fabian motioned to me.

"Hi, I'm Nina, from America," I waved awkwardly.

"Hi..." they said in unison. I hope they don't do that a lot...

"So you'll be rooming with us?" the tan skinned girl, Joy, asked.

"Yep," I smiled awkwardly.

"I-...I better go..." Fabian stood up. He held a hand out to me and pulled me up. We stared into each other's eyes for a moment.

"Bye Fabes," Joy said, as if she was trying to get him to not talk to me.

"Oh, yea," Fabian said as we snapped out of it. "Bye girls. Bye Nina."

He walked out of the room and I could feel the awkwardness lingering in our room as Joy and Patricia stared at me. I gathered three things as I stood there under their gaze.

1) They were complete best friends and nothing could seperate them.
2) My prescence wasn't exactly welcome.
3) Joy liked Fabian.

It's amazing the things you can gather from two girls staring at you.

"I...I think I'm just...just gonna finish unpacking..." I motioned towards my last trunk. They nodded and gave me a tight lipped smiled then walked out of the room together, arms linked.

This wasn't going to be easy.