House of Explinations

Eddie grabbed his bag and took his water bottle out of the cup holder from his taxi before opening the car door to face the Anubis house. The summer had ended. He had spent the summer back in America with his mother, and even though he hated to admit it, he couldn't wait to come back to this school. He wasn't sure whether it was the fact he would finally be able to learn what this whole Osirion deal was, or whether it was that he could finally see Patricia again.

He opened the front of the house just as Amber came crashing down the steps

"Oh Eddie! Sorry I thought maybe Nina had finally made it. But hey you're good to!" She then ran at Eddie embracing him in a giant hug.

"Thanks Amber" Eddie said sarcastically before dropping his bag on the floor to hug her back. He picked his bag up and carried it down to his room. Fabian was already on his bed with his laptop out.

"Early start on homework, I would have given it at least a day even for you"

"Oh, Eddie! Hey sorry, how was your flight" Fabian said looking up from his laptop

"Fine, I'm ganna grab some food, you wanna come be social or…"

"Ya coming" Fabian said as he scrambled to his feet interrupting what would have been Eddies insult on his nerdieness . They made their way to the kitchen where they found Amber, Alfie, Joy, Mara, and Jerome standing around the center island.

"Eddie! When did you get here! Patricia has been waiting for you! She's in our room" Joy exclaimed enthusiastically. Eddie nodded reaching toward the fruit bowl on the counter.

"Really Eddie." Joy said with a raised eyebrow.

"What, I'm hungry…..Fine I'm going" He said when she continued to stare at him. Eddie leapt up the stairs two at a time before reaching the top step.

"Eddie no running!" Victor boomed from his office. Eddie rolled his eyes and walked down to Patricia's room. He knocked gently on the door as he opened it.

"Hey I was told you were looking for me." He said with a little smirk. Patricia looked up from her bags quickly.

"Why would I be looking for a dufus like you." She said standing up while placing her hands on her hips.

"Aww yakker, It looks like you could use some help unpacking." A grin widening across his face.

"Eddie no, don't you dare…Eddie!" Patricia exclaimed as Eddie grabbed one of her bags. He quickly lifted it above him as Patricia jumped around trying to grab it. Eddie danced around the room with the bag laughing as Patricia yelled at him. He finally threw his arm behind his back. As Patricia tried to grab behind his back, he took his other arm and placed it on her lower back pulling her a little closer to him. She looked up at his smile realizing she was trapped in his embrace.

"Can I get my bag back now weasel"

"Hmm, depends. What do I get in return?" He replied with a smirk.

"A punch in the arm."

"Oh really." He said, his face now only a couple inches from hers. Patricia knew she was beat. Eddie started to lean in. Only a centimeter away from kissing her the door slammed into his arm spinning him sideways.

"Hey guys…oh sorry." Joy said as she burst through the door

"Great timing as always Joy" Eddie sighed. Patricia took the opportunity to snatch her bag from Eddie. She turned back to her bed with a half-smile across her face. Eddie glared at Patricia momentarily before turning back to joy.

"Sorry, anyways Mr. Sweet wants…your dad wants to talk to you Eddie" Joy said with a smile.

"Right."

Nina made her way into the kitchen placing her bag by the couch.

"NINA!" Amber screamed as she ran towards Nina attacking her with a giant hug.

"I believe I'm officially deaf, thank you Amber but we have eyes you know." Jerome complained as he rubbed the ear that Amber had just yelled into.

"Not that I don't adore you Amber, but if you don't release soon I will pass out from lack of oxygen" Nina wheezed from under Ambers hug.

"Oh Sorrryy." Amber said with a giant grin. After hugging Mara, Alfie and Jerome, Nina made her way to the Kitchen where Fabian stood.

"Hey." Nina and Fabian said simultaneously followed by a partial giggle from both of them. The Kitchen door opened and Joy walked through followed by Patricia.

"Nina!" Patricia said happily.

"I should really warn people before I enter a room." Joy laughed

"Aha. Warning! I'm about to ruin what could have been a great moment by entering this room" Patricia said mocking Joy.

"Or just not enter rooms." Amber said frowning at the ruined fabina moment as she walked in from the living room.

"I agree. I say you now magically appear in each room with a puff of smoke. " Alfie commented jokingly.

"Yes cause that would be much more affective." Mara added sarcastically

"It's fine." Nina laughed as she hugged Patricia and Joy. Since the end of last year Nina and Joy had ended on better terms. Joy helping to save her life kind of made up for most of the other issues they had.

"Gerbil, are you going to come help me unpack!" Poppy said sticking her head into the living room

"Coming" Jerome said unhappily.

"I'll help." Mara offered. The three of them left leaving the rest of the gang in the Kitchen.

"I was thinking…" Amber started

"Oh that's never a good idea." Alfie mumbled. Amber glared momentarily before continuing on.

"We should have a little gathering in the tunnels tonight. Like a little pre-school party." Amber said with another giant grin.

"That could be fun." Fabian commented.

"Alright, but I think we need to include Eddie." Patricia insisted

"I guess we have some explaining to do after last year." Nina replied.

"I thought you guys only had six amulets?" Joy asked slightly concerned.

"Nina and I can go through the Frobisher library." Fabian said quickly.

"Sure I'll just open the oven entrance with you guys and then Fabian and I will walk over."

"How do you plan on getting in? Isn't it locked?" Joy questioned.

"He can pick a lock." Alfie said laughing

"One thing Eddie was useful for." Fabian chuckled

"Okay but this time you are not using one of my hair pins." Amber said as she reached up and touched the multiple bobby pins holding her hair in place.

"Excellent. Joy, Amber and I can bring down the food and blankets." Patricia said happily

"I can help." Alfie jumped in.

"If we let you or Eddie help the food won't ever make it to the tunnels" Patricia shot back. Alfie frowned and mumbled a "fine" before walking out of the room.

Eddie lightly knocked on the door as he entered his dad's office.

"Oh, Eddison, yes come sit down." Mr. Sweet said motioning to the chair in front of his desk.

"Yes, well, I wanted to talk to you while I had a little time before classes officially start." Oh great, Eddie thought, here goes the speech on how I need to behave better, and spend more time with him. Mr. Sweet cleared his throat.

"Well, at the end of last year you asked me what I knew of this Osirion." Eddie sat up quickly and looked more intently at his father.

"I don't know everything but I know the Osirion is thought of as the great protector in Egypt. The Osirion is thought of as the opposite to the Chosen One. Not as an enemy but as a balancer. Together they balanced out power across Egypt." He began "The Chosen One was a girl of pure heart, while the protector was thought of as a rebellious warrior. The Egyptians thought that together they cancelled out any issues the other had. Each are seen in history with a symbol to show they were the Chosen One or the Osirion. The Chosen One was seen with the Eye of Horus, while the Osirion was seen with a Shen."

"A Shen?" Eddie questioned

"Yes I'm not sure the importance of the Shen but again this is all just an ancient story."

"So what does this have to do with me?" Eddie asked still confused

"Yes, well, I had quite the interest in Ancient Egyptian ways as you know. I knew that the Chosen One and the Osirion were always born exactly six months apart. Opposites on the calendar. The Chosen One is born on the seventh day of the seventh month at the seventh hour. This meant the Osirion was born on the Chosen One's half birthday. In this case the second month the seven…"

"Seventh day and seventh hour" Eddie finished "My birthday."

"Correct. That is why I never brought you here sooner."

"Wouldn't it have been a good thing? I mean I need to protect the Chosen One don't I?" Eddie asked.

"Yes, well sort of… you see in the stories it is told that the Osirion and Chosen One often never met and both went about life without knowing their powers."

"Why?"

"Well the Egyptians thought that all would be well with both the Chosen One and Osirion. But there was one incident that seemed to tell otherwise. There was one pair of a Chosen One and Osirion who upon discovering their powers ended up abusing them. See the Osirion, who is known as the sort of rebel, persuaded the Chosen One to use their powers for evil. This caused a great period of darkness in Egypt. After this encounter the Egyptians thought it best to separate the pair."

"And you thought that if I were to discover I was the Osirion I would abuse whatever unknown powers I have?"

"Well, yes." Mr. Sweet said softly.

"So why did you finally bring me here?"

"After the events that had taken place the year before, I came to a realization that maybe The Chosen…Nina could use a kind of protector."

Victor sat in his office looking out the glass watching Amber walk up the stairs followed by Alfie. He looked down at his father's ring, rubbing the giant blue gem on the top. Trudy had been reinstated as the house mom and Vera had moved/been thrown out of the attic. Vera. No he mustn't think about her. He turned his attention back to the notes in front of him. After all the events last year he had never actually finished translating the final chapter in the book of Isis. He was hoping it may hold some clue as to how the gold tear affected the elixir. He knew it was the final ingredient, but what proportions of the rest of the elixir were needed? And how long would it last him?

"Oh Corbierre, where am I supposed to look?" Victor rambled to himself

Nina and Fabian walked quietly down the path towards the library. Nina had opened the oven for Amber, Joy, Patricia, Alfie and Eddie before they had left. Eddie, who had never seen the necklace, was quite amazed by its power.

"Hey so I've been researching the whole Osirion deal online" Fabian said suddenly.

"Have you found anything?"

"Nothing particularly interesting. From what I can tell, all of the known stories or records of the Osirion are completely separate from anything to do with the Chosen One." Nina gave a little smile as Fabian said "Chosen One." She remembered the end of last year when Fabian had called her "his Chosen One" Fabian reached down and took hold of Nina's hand smiling as well.

Fabian and Nina walked into the mask room to find Amber already sitting down on a pink blanket setting out food. Patricia was laying out another blanket with Joy as she talked to Eddie.

"Alfieeee stop! Wait till I get all the food out!" Amber complained as she swatted Alfie's hand away from the basket of food.

"Hey guys" Eddie said as Nina and Fabian came to sit down with the group.

"Eddie, what did your dad want to talk to you about earlier?" Patricia asked slightly concerned.

"Actually he was explaining what he knew about this Osirion deal." Suddenly Eddie had everyone's attention. He sighed deeply before beginning to tell them what he knew.

"…. So they decided to separate the Osirion and the Chosen One." Eddie finally finished after about a half-hour of explaining.

"That explains why I couldn't find anything recorded with both the Osirion and the Chosen One." Fabian commented "Hey did your dad mention anything about a circle possibly?"

"A circle?" Eddie said looking at Fabian as if he was crazy.

"Ya, In the records The Osirion is always seen with a Circle by him. Many of the images I saw looked as if he was fighting off armies who wanted this…circle."

"Well he didn't mention a circle but he said that both the Chosen One and Osirion have symbols of their power. Nina's is the Eye of Horus, and he called mine a… sham… no wait he said Shen." Not even a half second after the word escaped Eddies mouth did a loud cracking noise ripple across the room. The room began to shake, stones bounced and leapt across the floor. Everyone screaming in panic.