Disclaimer: I do not own House of Anubis. I wanted to keep Victor so he is still at Anubis House. Also, Amber and Alfie are together in this story. Reviews are welcomed. Sorry if it's bad; it's my first story. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: House of Newbies
Jake's P.O.V:
My dad slowly pulls the car to a stop on the gravel driveway/road in front of the titanic, beautiful Anubis House. I am ecstatic to be starting my first year boarding at Anubis House. Both my parents boarded here, and now I am! I'm so excited! As soon as the car completely stops, I quickly throw open the door, and hop out of the car.
I'm in total awe at the sight of the house. Overrun with green foliage and with a gravel walkway leading up to the stone front steps that have a sign hanging over them with the word Anubis written, stands Anubis House. It's so incredible that no words will do justice to describe how it looks.
"Hey, Slimeball, aren't you going to help me with the luggage?" I hear my mom call from the trunk of the car.
"Sorry, coming, Yacker" my dad responds apologetically as he rushes over to my mom. As my parents get the luggage from the trunk, another car rolls up behind us. My best friend, Nick, jumps out and sprints over to meet me.
"Hey, dude! Can you believe we're really here?" Nick asks.
"It's still so crazy to think about!"
Nick's mom and my mom are best friends, so naturally we spent a lot of time together and became best friends, too. Nick's parents got out of the car and went to go greet my parents.
"Hey, Patricia! Hi, Eddie!" shouts Nick's mom giddily.
"Hey, Joy!"
"Hi, Joy!"
"Hey, Jerry," my dad says to Nick's dad.
"Hello, Eddie"
They continue their boring adult talk, and Nick and I begin to talk again.
"My mom told me the housemother is the best cook ever," he tells me.
"My dad told me that, too. Dude, I hope we room together, it would make the year so much fun!" I say.
"Same!"
We continue talking for the next few minutes, and then another car pulls up.
"It's Fabian and Mara!" my mom shouts out.
A very pretty girl steps out of the car, and walks over to Nick and me.
"Hi! I'm Emily Rutter. Our parents went here together!" she says, introducing herself. She is obviously very social and friendly. She sticks out her hand for us to shake.
"Hi! I'm Nick Clarke. This is my best friend, Jake Miller. Sorry, he usually doesn't just stand and stare," Nick says with a snicker and shakes her hand. I realize I had been standing there like an idiot, not doing anything, and I feel my cheeks become warm as I shake her hand. She laughs.
"It's alright," she says looking at me. "Hey, what's that around your neck?"
"Oh," I begin as I take my necklace out from under my jacket, "it's just a necklace that my dad gave to me. Apparently, it used to belong to my parents' friend, but she gave it to him when she left the school."
"Oh, cool!"
The sound of another car on the gravel caught our attention.
"Look! It's Amber and Alfie," my dad calls out,
Out of this car, both a boy and a girl pop out, presumably twins. They were clearly bickering over something as they made their way over to our group.
"Hi! I'm Maddie Lewis and this is my brother, David. Our parents went here with your guys' parents," the girl announces to the group and waves. David is not as vocal as Maddie, but he still smiles and waves. We all wave and greet them. We have small talk and get to know each other. Two cars pull up while we are in the middle of laughing at one of David's jokes.
"KT and Willow are finally here with their husbands," David and Maddie's mom says.
A boy and a girl come out of one car. A girl comes out of the other. They seem hesitant to join our group, so we decide to walk over to them.
"Hey, guys! I'm Emily Rutter, this is Jake Miller, Nick Clarke, and Maddie and David Lewis," Emily introduces us, pointing to each of us as she says our names. One of the girls speaks up.
"Hi. I'm Rose. This is my cousin, Xander. My mom, Willow, boarded at Anubis House."
"And I'm Alexis. My mom went here, too. Nice to meet you all!"
We all say our greetings and shake hands with them.
"Since we're all here, why don't we head inside?" Emily's dad suggests. We all murmur in agreement. We thank our parents for getting our luggage out of the cars, and we walk towards the house.
As soon as we enter, we are greeted with a smile by an elderly lady.
"I'm Trudy. I'm the housemother here at Anubis House." she explains in a cheery voice. "Oh my goodness, it's my old lovelies!" From our parents, we hear a chorus of "hello, Trudy!" as they rush to hug her. After all our parents get to hug Trudy, she turns back to us.
"Oh, sorry," she apologizes, "you all must be eager to settle in.
We all nod in agreement. Trudy pulls a folded piece of paper out of her pocket.
"Let's see. Boys down here. Girls upstairs. We'll start with the boys. So, Xander and David will be rooming in the room at the end of the hall. Jake and Nick will be rooming in the room closer to us," states Trudy. Nick and I high five. This year is gonna be awesome.
"Now, for the girls. In the room closer to the stairs, Emily and Maddie will be rooming. In the farther room, Rose and Alexis will be rooming together," Trudy finishes. Everyone was seemingly satisfied with the rooming arrangements.
We all hug and say our heartfelt goodbyes to our parents before we went with our roomies and luggage to get settled. Nick and I go to our room, pick which bed we want, and start to unpack.
"So," began Nick
"So, what?" I question him, a bit confused.
"What's with that whole scene with Emily?" he asks, and I immediately feel my cheeks get hot.
"Wha-what are you talking about?" I fire back trying to play dumb. I hope I sound confident.
"Stop trying to play dumb. You know you- oh, hey, Emily."
"Nice try. I'm not stupid."
"Hey, Jake." I hear Emily's voice say from behind me in the direction of the door. I spin around so quickly that I trip over my own feet and fall on the floor.
"Hi, Emily," I say from the floor. She laughs.
"C'mon, guys. We are having a meeting in the living room to meet our housemaster." Emily tells us. Nick helps me up, and we head to the living room. Everyone else is already there. Emily, Nick, and I all sit on a couch together.
In walks in a very angry and scary looking man. His hair is half gray and half black. He is wearing a light brown trench coat with a dark brown vest and a white collared shirt with black tie. He also has black dress pants and polished black dress shoes.
"Good afternoon, children. I am Victor Rodenmaar, the Anubis House housemaster. First and foremost, you should be informed of the rules we have here at Anubis House. One, in bed by 9 and lights out by 10, no exceptions. Two, no roaming around after 10 unless absolutely necessary. Three, the attic and the cellar are strictly off limits. Four, anyone who dares to break these rules will suffer the consequences. Also, everyone has chores to do in this house. You are expected to do your chores on time and correctly. That is all." Victor finishes speaking and walks back to his office.
"No, David," I hear Maddie say.
"What's going on?" Nick asks.
"David wants to sneak into the attic after lights out tonight," explains Maddie
"C'mon, Mads. Dad told me him and his friends did it all the time," David pleads.
"I'm in," Nick says.
"Me too," adds Emily. Maddie and I look at each other and silently come to a decision.
"Me and Maddie are going too then," I tell them.
"Awesome!" comes from a grinning David.
***Fast Forward A Couple Hours***
It's been two hours since Victor did his nightly ritual. Nick, David, I are halfway up the stairs that are in the entrance hall. We are on our way to get the girls from their room. I'm so nervous about doing this. I'm not usually a rule breaker. Ironically, my parents apparently broke lots of rules while at Anubis.
We arrive at the girls' door and lightly knock. They come out and we quietly head to the attic. We get to the attic door, and Maddie pulls a bobby pin out of her hair to pick to lock. We heard a click after a minute or two. Maddie looks at us, silently asking if we really want to do this. We all nod, and then she opens the door with a loud creak.
We all peer past the slightly opened door to see the concrete stairs that lead to the attic. They exert their own personal coldness that sends a chill down my spine.
"Well, since this was David's idea, I vote he goes first," Emily points out
raising her hand. We all (except David) raise our hands. David puts up his hands in defeat and ascends up the stairs. Nick follows him. Emily, Maddie, and I follow after them.
We were halfway up the freezing cold, stone stairs when the door suddenly slammed shut with an extremely loud bang. The door was wide open (idiotically); how did it close? We rush down the stairs to the door. Emily and David try to open it, but it seems to be stuck.
"Who's there?" Victor's voice booms from the hall on the other side of the door. We hear his footsteps slowly getting closer to the door.
"What are we gonna do?!" Maddie whispers, so Victor won't hear her.
"Up the stairs, quick!" commands Nick in a whisper.
We sprint up the stairs, but my jacket gets caught on a nail just as I reach the top. I tug on my jacket a few times, but it doesn't give. I pull as hard as I can and it rips off. The momentum makes me trip, and I fall on my back.
"Jake, get up! Victor is gonna open the door any second!" David tells me. I stand up and brush myself off quickly. When I look back up, everyone else is staring at me with wide eyes, like they're surprised.
"What?" I ask them. Then, I notice a red light coming from my shirt. I look down to find my necklace (the one my dad gave me, shaped like an eye) is emitting a scarlet glow from the jewel that's in the center of the eye.
"Whoa," Emily says, barely audible.
"Hey, look at the wall," Maddie tells us, pointing to the wall just behind me. I look at the wall and see that a piece of concrete shaped like an eye is glowing the same red, too.
"Put the locket in the eye thing," Nick says. I look to the group nervously, but then I bring the locket to the concrete eye. As the locket gets closer to the eye, it gets brighter. I finally put the locket in the eye, and I jump back, scared by the sound of something that might be gears creaking. I'm amazed by the wall sliding open to reveal a small room.
"Who is there?!" Victor yells as he opens the door.
"Victor's coming!" Maddie whispers to us as if we didn't already know.
"Everyone, in here," I say motioning to the room. We all enter the room, and the wall slides back to its original position. We sit down and hold our breath upon hearing Victor reach the top of the stairs.
I notice Emily shivering, so I take my jacket off and give it to her. She smiles at me and then puts it on. I see Nick raise an eyebrow at the whole exchange. I just roll my eyes at him.
"Stupid rats," we hear Victor say. His footsteps get quieter as he leaves. Once we hear the door close again, we all let out the breath we had been holding in.
"Mads, get your bobby pin ready because I'm sure Victor locked the door on his way out. Let's get out of here. This place gives me the creeps. We'll talk about this tomorrow," David says. After everyone gets out, he pushes a button he apparently noticed while we were in the room that makes the wall slide open again, and he, Nick, and Maddie head down the attic stairs.
On my way out, I kick something on the ground. It's a brown leather journal that has frayed yellow pages. I pick it up, and it says Sibuna Adventures.
"Hey, Emily, look at this," I tell Emily and call her over.
"Sibuna adventures?" she questions confused.
"I don't know what it means either."
"Guys, Maddie got the door open. Let's get out of here," I hear Nick say from down the stairs. I make sure the wall slid closed, grab the journal back from Emily, and head down the stairs. David, Nick, and I say goodnight to the girls and head to our rooms.
"What was that whole thing with you and Emily?" teases Nick once we get to our room.
"I'm too tired right now, dude. I'll argue with you tomorrow. Night," I tell him as I get into bed.
"All I hear is excuses. Night," Nick teases further. We turn off the lights, and go to sleep. But there are so many questions swirling around my mind now. Do I like Emily? What is with this necklace? Why'd my dad give it to me? Who is the friend he got it from? Does it have something to do with the house? Or something to do with me? What about the journal? What is Sibuna? And what adventures did he/she/they/it have? I fall asleep with these thoughts still running wild through my head.
Next time on House of Anubis: Chapter 2: House of Discoveries
"What's with your locket, Jake?" asks Emily
"Oh my word, I haven't seen that in a long time!" exclaims Trudy
"You know where it's from!?" I question, surprised.
"Yes, your father!" replies Trudy.
"Oh," I say, disappointed.
"But I also remember it from…
-{o}-
"I read the journal during Study Hall; you won't believe what I found out!" I tell the group.
-{o}-
"I was thinking, how did the door slam shut when we stupidly left it wide open?" asks David
"The wind?" suggests Maddie
"No windows were open, and I don't think the wind would've been strong enough," Nick points out.
"You don't think," began Emily
"Think what?" I question.
"Do you think someone followed us?" she answers.
"It would make sense," David says.
"It does," agrees Maddie.
"But why would they close the door on us, assuming it wasn't Victor?" I ask.
"Jake, your locket!" shouts Nick.
Thanks for reading guys! Remember, reviews are welcome. See ya next time!
-Ryan