At long last I have found time to start my new story! It only took a blizzard for me to find the time. As much as I hate snow and winter I'm greatful for it. I dedicate this chapter to Purple Snowstorm becasue she posted the most amazing clips on Youtube. Deleted scenes from HoA! I was totally shocked that they even existed so thank you so much Snowy! I also want to thank Joker 236 for helping me plan out some of this story when it was still in the brainstorming phase. I hope I can update this story frequently but I make no guarantees. I'll work on this whenever I get the chance to though. Even if it takes me weeks upon weeks to update, I will not give up on this story! OK I think you all have waited enough for this. I hope you enjoy House of Ellada. (BTW Ellada is the Greek word for Greece hahaha) OK Peace Out

~Wolfie

Chapter 1 House of Arrival

"Thank you for flying British Airways. Do not forget to remove all your bags from the overhead compartment. We hope you have a good trip," the flight attendant said over the intercom. Nina Martin stood up in her seat and stretched. That had been one of the longest flights she had ever been on.

Standing up on her toes Nina pulled her green suitcase from above her head. Being careful to not step on anyone's feet, Nina made her way down the aisle and exited the plane. The airport was packed with people all scurrying around like mice. "Enjoy your stay," a woman at the door to the terminal said with a smile. Nina smiled back and waved good-bye.

"This is so exciting!" Nina exclaimed to herself. "Now I just have to find everyone else. I hope they all made it here all right." With a huge smile on her face Nina began to walk through the airport to find the flight listings data. She couldn't believe that she was here. This was going to be the trip of a lifetime.

Shortly after school ended for the year Nina was back home in America, enjoying her days off of school. She missed her friends in England a lot, but it was still nice to be home. Then one day, Nina received a call from Amber. She had invited everyone in Anubis House to come spend a month with her at her summer home, in Greece.

So after a lot of begging, pleading and planning Nina was finally in Greece. Amber had repeatedly told Nina that she would absolutely love Greece. Tired of walking around, Nina stopped to browse through some magazines at a newsstand. While she was reading someone snaked a pair of arms around her waist and lifted her up into the air. With a small shriek Nina spun her body around to find herself staring into a pair of mischievous blue eyes. "Jerome!" Nina shouted excitedly. The brown-haired boy set her down and wrapped his long arms around her in a hug. "It's great to see you."

"Don't forget about me!" Nina turned to head to see Alfie standing next to Jerome. With a small laugh Nina let go of Jerome and went to hug her friend.

"When did you guys get here?" Nina asked.

"'Bout an hour ago," Jerome responded. We went to go find food, but instead we found you."

"So that means the other are all here then, right?" Alfie nodded and Nina picked up her suitcase. "So what are we still doing here?" Together, the three teens made their way across the large airport. Soon, Jerome pointed to a group of four people standing by a huge bay window. With an excited squeal Nina took off towards the four teens. Just as she was reaching them, one of them turned to face her and his face lit up.

"Nina!" he exclaimed. Nina let go of her suitcase and threw her arms around her friend. "It's so great to see you Nina!"

"Fabian, let the poor girl breathe," Mara said with a small laugh. Fabian blushed and let Nina out of the hug. Nina then went to give Mara, Patricia and Mick hugs as well.

"Patricia what did you do to your hair?" Nina asked. Patricia smiled ever so faintly and ran a hand through her hair. During school it had been long and a deep reddish-brown but now it was she had cut it to just above her shoulders. She also had dyed it dark brown with electric blue tips. "It suits you."

"So are we going to hang out in the airport all day or are we going to get going?" Alfie asked impatiently. The others all nodded in agreement and went to the luggage return to find Nina's second suitcase. Once they found it they left the secure part of the airport and saw a man by the wall with a sign that read 'Millington Party'.

"Ah you must be Miss Millington's friends. You can call me Philip, I will be the one taking you to the Millington estate," he said in a very thick Greek accent. He pushed a strand of shaggy brown hair out of his face and smiled at the group. "Miss Millington has been anxiously awaiting your arrival. Come along." Philip began to walk away and the others all followed closely behind him.

"So, Philip," Jerome said placing an arm around the man's shoulders. "Any attractive girls in this country?" Philip stared at Jerome like he was a total lunatic and lifted his arm from his shoulder.

Patricia picked up her pace and smacked Jerome hard in the back of the head. "Ouch! What was that for?" he asked irritably.

"For being a pig. We haven't even been here two hours and I'm already annoyed with you," she snapped back. The two of them continued to bicker as they walked along. Nina and Fabian looked at each other and laughed.

"Getting any feeling of déjà vu?" Nina asked as they watched the fight in front of them. Fabian nodded and rolled his eyes.

"Is that what we're taking to Amber's house?" Mara finally asked. Confused everyone looked to where she was pointing and six jaws dropped. Sitting on a giant concrete block was a helicopter. It was dark green in color and had a giant white M on the side of it.

Philip nodded and motioned them to follow him to the craft. "You are correct young lady. I'll be flying you all to the Millington's estate. This is Dóxa, the Millington's private helicopter. Now come, we don't have all day do we?" Philip slid open the side of the helicopter and motioned for everyone to get in.

"What about our luggage?" Mara asked.

"It will be brought in the other helicopter. Now come along." Slowly all seven teens got into the helicopter and sat in plush leather seats. "Buckle up and put on the headphones in front of your seats," Philip instructed as he sat in the pilot's chair. Everyone did what he said without question or hesitation.

After pressing a series of buttons and flipping some switches the blades of the helicopter began spinning and it slowly lifted itself off of the ground. "It will take some time to reach the island so in the mean time enjoy the view," Philip said into his own headset. They began to fly out over the water and everyone was totally silent as they watched the passing landscape.

The crystal blue water was dotted with hundreds of different islands of every size and shape imaginable. Tall buildings could be seen from the larger islands and on some of the other small ones it was nothing but a fleck of green. There were teeny tiny flecks of white near the shores of many of the islands that resembled boats. Mara had taken out her camera and was taking pictures of everything that she could.

After two hours Jerome, Alfie and Mara had all fallen asleep. Mick was flipping through a sports magazine and Fabian and Nina having a conversation on a notebook that Nina had brought with her. So how was the first few weeks of your summer? Fabian wrote out in his messy sprawl. Nina took the pen from his hands and scribbled—It was great. I was able to spend time with my friends in America. You? Fabian smiled and took the pen back and began scribbling something on the paper. Their conversation continued like this for another forty five minutes. Fabian was holding the pen, about to write something when he paused momentarily. Nina gave him a puzzled look and he began to write Nina there is something that I need to tell you. He was about to continue writing when a static buzzing filled their headphones. "All right kids, we're here," Philip said. He pointed to an island below them and Nina excitedly looked out the window. With a slight frown on his face, Fabian clicked the pen shut and began shaking Jerome and Alfie's shoulders to wake them up.

Philip landed the helicopter and soon the spinning blade came to a stop. Mick, who was closest to the door slid it open and climbed out into the bright afternoon sunlight. "This is quite the island," Patricia said in awe. Everyone began to look around and Philip got out of the helicopter and stood by them.

"Welcome to the island of Rhodes. We don't have far to go now. It will only be a five minute car ride so let's get going shall we? Site-seeing will be later on," Philip said as he ushered them towards a car that was sitting near the heli-pad. Well, it was more of a limo really. As soon as they were in the car and the door was shut, the driver pulled away from the helicopter and drove down the road.

The trip really was short and Nina was disappointed that she didn't get to see much of the island on the way but according to Philip they would get to see more later on. "Is that the house?" Fabian asked breathlessly. Nina looked out the window to see the largest, most magnificent house she had ever seen in her life.