I'm back. So yes, this is a sequel to "The Ring of Osiris" but honestly if you don't feel like reading some 55,000 words you can read this and have it make sense without reading the first story. So I hope you enjoy and try not to scream too loudly as you read ;)

Disclaimer: Until i'm rich and can re-boot it I do not own House of Anubis or her characters.


Chapter 1

House of Shadows

I am a fool. A reckless, love-driven, fool. For only a fool would chose to go to university in Egypt because that's where her ex-boyfriend was going.

There are many reasons that, in retrospect, picking the University of Alexandria was a stupid decision. One being that the only Arabic I know is what I taught myself and all my classes were in Arabic. Another is that I'm a girl, something the Taliban might take offense too. A biggy would be that I wasn't even dating the boy I'd chosen to go to the school because of, but it's the last reason that really makes my decision stupid.

It led to my death.

Oops. Sorry, that's a spoiler isn't it? I guess I should tell the story before I tell you about my untimely death. I could start almost anywhere in my short life and explain how my death came about, but for the purpose of time I'll start at my first day of college.

I stepped off the plane and looked outside to see the sprawling city of Alexandria, Egypt. A rich mixture of tourists and natives spoke dozens of languages as each person tried to make it to their destination on time. Not a single person in the large airport saw the man, except for me that is.

We only met for the first time in March, but a part of me had known this man since before Alexandria was founded. Actually, the Chosen One spirit within me first was created by this man over 3000 years ago.

That must sound a bit nuts, doesn't it? I guess, if you're reading this and don't know me that sounds a lot nuts, so why don't I explain myself.

My name in Nina Martin and I'm 19 years old. Up until my Sophomore year of high school I thought I was just your normal orphan. Then I discovered that I was some weird Egyptian Chosen One of Anubis (yes the death god) whose family line had been cursed to have to do the god's bidding. Within my 2 and ¼ years at Anubis House I assembled the cup my curse revolved around, got possessed and almost killed by a ghost named Senkarah whose daughter, Anet, was the wife of a man who was in love with my great to the billionth power grandmother, Amnertis, who broke the aforementioned cup and cursed my family. Last year Anet had come back and almost killed me and the world again, but with the help of my friends she'd died.

But on the same day my friend and Osirian (fancy Egyptian protector), Eddie, died too. Anubis had helped him me bring Eddie back to life and since then the god hadn't left me alone.I didn't really mind though because the things the god said always proved useful… or interesting at the least.

"I thought you could only appear in places with lots of death energy," I told the god holding my phone up to my head. (No one else can see him and if it looks like I'm just talking to myself people tend to get concerned.)

Anubis just smiled. "This is Egypt. No one may worship us anymore but the entire existence of this country is based off of worship to gods like me. There is power here unlike anything else, focus and I bet you can feel it."

Shutting my eyes I felt the pushing of magic all around me. That was something else Anubis had been helping me with over the summer. The god decided that since I was his Chosen One he was responsible for teaching me how to harness godly magic as was my birthright. It had been hard at first, but now I could tap into the power when I wanted to (which was very rare. Don't let books fool you; you don't use magic to turn on the lights. Magic is dangerous.)

"I just came to warn you about this city," Anubis said breaking me from my thoughts of the swirling power around me. "All gods are still drawn to our Ancient home here in Egypt so be careful. Mr. Miller's Osirian spirit left him after the Ra incident so now you have to protect yourself from pesky gods and spirits as you like to call them."

"I'll be fine," I assured the god. (Now that sounds odd. I'm probably the only girl who assures gods on a daily basis.) "It's just school. Time for me to be normal."

Anubis only laughed, "Oh Chosen One. You still have a long while until you get that 'normal' life you have imagined in your head." With his mysterious words spoken Anubis disappeared leaving me to bang a wall in frustration. It seemed that each time we talked Anubis left on a note of gloom. I was supposed to be normal now that I'd broken free of my odd high school. I was supposed to just get to live my life.

"Nina Martin," I told the attendant who found my file before delivering me the key card to my dorm.

"You're not in dorm," I roughly translated as she spoke. "You are testing out new house design. We're starting with history majors." The women handed me a packet that (luckily) was in English. Inside I saw the location, key pad code, and name of my new house."

"You have got to be kidding me," I mumbled as I saw the words blaring back at me. بيت أنوبيس House of Anubis.

Somehow it seemed that I just couldn't escape the shadows of my past. Once again I'd be living in a house named after my patron god, and looking at my roommate list that wasn't the only shadow I had to face.

G1

Girl study abroad

Nina Martin

G2

Elizabeth Banks

Elena Hobbs

B1

Justin Jackson

Nile Florence

B2

Boy study abroad

Fabian Rutter

Even though I knew we were the same major, I'd hoped not to have to face my ex-boyfriend anytime soon. Not when his betrayal was so fresh. And now… now I would be living with him, again. Every day I'd have to look him in the eye and think about how he promised to wait for me before getting together with his ex and my friend Mara. Every day I'd see his face and remember what I was trying to forget.

I'd disrupted the Universe by bringing Eddie back to life, and it seemed the Universe was getting its revenge in the worst way it could.

Anubis was right. I would never get to just have a normal life.