Just a quick word about the pairings- They are Jara, Amfie, Peddie, Fabina, and Moy.

There will be one or two pairings BEFORE we get to the Jara and stuff. So it won't be Jara straight away. But bear with me!

Disclaimer: I do not own House of Anubis.

Prank_King101 is now online

AgentM: Hey

Prank_King101: Hi! What are you up to?

AgentM: Nothing much. I'm in my new house, bored. You?

Prank_King101: At my friend's house. My parents went on holiday. Again

AgentM: Well tell your friend I said hi

Prank_King101: He says hello. I have to go now, y'know... school tomorrow. Talk tomorrow?

AgentM: Kay. Bye!

Prank_King101: Bye!

Prank_King101 is now offline.

I turned away from my laptop, sighing. It was so boring here! My parents and I had just moved into our new house, but they had gone out to meet the new neighbours, leaving me home alone. There wasn't much I could do here, because I couldn't talk to old friends- I didn't have many- and I didn't like to watch TV at this time. That left me with Prank_King101.

PK has been my friend for nearly two years. I met him online on a website devoted to aliens. He wasn't my boyfriend though. Just my best friend. We told eachother everything, but we both knew that we were never going to meet face-to-face. We also had no idea of eachother's names, because we had both agreed not to tell eachother the names of anyone we know, or any names of places we know. Although we knew that we could trust eachother with everything, we just preferred to keep certain things private. This didn't stop us from sharing our deepest secrets, though.

Just then, I heard the door slam shut. "Mara?" My mother called out.

"Yes?"

She came into my room, smiling, and said, "So... we've just met some local people..."

"And?" I asked. My mother could be very childish sometimes. But only in front of close family and friends. If she's near anyone she doesn't know personally, she tries to act as posh as she can. It's quite funny sometimes.

"They seem lovely!" She said happily.

"Great. Have you and Dad made any friends yet?"

"Not yet, but we'll get there soon. Did you know that there's no-one living next door to us?" This house is semi-detached, meaning there's only one house next to us, which is on our right.

"They're probably on holiday, Mum."

"Oh yes, you may be right! Anyway, time for bed! You've got school tomorrow, so you have to be up early, okay? Goodnight!" She called as she left the room.

"Goodnight!" I heard my Dad call out from downstairs.

I sighed. "Goodnight." I put away my laptop, and already in my pyjamas, I slipped into bed, thinking about tomorrow.

It was the end of the summer holidays, and I was going to enroll in sixth form at Anubis Academy, which was a five-minute walk away from our house. I wondered about whether I would make any friends here. It was awkward for me, making firends, because I was a very shy person. I'd decided that this time I should at least try to make an effort when making friends.

I fell asleep thinking about what tomorrow would be like.

After collecting my timetable from the receptionist, I walked quickly to the science room, trying not to be late. However, I didn't see the long leg stretched out in front of me, and I tripped over it, falling to my knees.

"Oh, for Pete's sake! Watch where you're going!" I looked up and saw a boy with dark blond hair, who had his arms wrapped around a georgeous brunette, staring at me furiously. The girl next to him was glaring at me. I guessed that they were in the middle of making out. And that they wanted to carry on.

"Sorry." I whispered, picking up my bag and getting up.

"Hmmph." The guy grunted, still staring.

As I walked off, the girl sighed "Jerome," and then they probably started eating eachother again. I didn't know- I did not look back.

After science, the boy sitting next to me, who had dark skin and was wearing a shirt which said 'BEWARE OF THE ALIENS!', came up to me. The first thing he asked me was "Do you like aliens?". I answred yes, and he informed me his name was Alfie. I told him my name, and he told me to sit with him at lunch. I agreed, and then we both went our seperate ways, to our next classes.

At lunch, I tried looking for Alfie. I saw him at a table with about five other people. It had intimidated me, and I was deciding whether I should go and approach them or just sit at some other table, pretending I couldn't see him.

Luckily for me, Alfie stood up and waved at me. "Mara! Over here!"

I approached him, and saw that all of the people at the table were smiling at me.

"Guys," Alfie said, throwing an arm around me, grinning. "This is Mara Jaffray. And she likes aliens too!"

The group, being really friendly, had introduced themselves to me. Apart from Alfie, there was an American girl called Nina, a brown-haired boy called Fabian, his cousin Joy, and a girl with auburn-coloured hair with coulourful hair-extentions, called Patricia. I found out that they were all fans of Aliens too, so I knew that I'd fit in with them nicely.

"So, have you met anyone else here?" Fabian asked me.

"Not really," I admitted. "Well, I tripped over this guy who I think was called Jerome. Does that count?"

They all laughed. "Jerome?" Patricia asked, raising an eyebrow. "You don't wanna go near him!"

"Why?" I asked curiously.

"We'll have to tell you some other time," Nina said apologetically. "It's time to go to classes. How about we meet up after school?"

"Yeah!" Fabian agreed. "How about Zeno's?"

"What's that?" I asked.

"It's a cafe in town," Joy answered. "If you give us your address, we'll pick you up at... half four?"

"Okay." I answered.

School had finished long ago, and I was in my room, waiting for my new friends- if I could call them that- to show up, so we could go to Zeno's whatever that was.

"Mara!" My mother called out, "There are some people here for you!"

"We're her friends," Patricia said as I came downstairs.

"Oh, that's nice!" My mother said cheerfully. The guys had all introduced themselves to her, and we left. As we were walking, Nina and Fabian were debating about whether Nina should cut her hair up to her earlobes, or leave it the way it was. At first, I wondered why Fabian would care so much about something like that, but then I realized, when Fabian had insisted that he liked her hair just the way it was, that he liked her. I decide to ask Patricia about it later.

After a ten-minute walk, we were outside a shabby building. There was a sign above the door which read Zeno's in neon pink letters. The guys went inside, and I followed.

"Guys!" I leaned around Patricia, and saw a blond-haired man wearing a pink shirt with a red-and-white striped apron on top. I also saw that he had curly hair, which was swept to one side, and it was topped off with a stiff white cap.

"Hey Rufus!" The chorused. I stayed quiet.

"Who's this?" Rufus asked, looking at me curiously.

"I'm Mara," I answered. "I'm new to town."

"Well, welcome, Mara!" Rufus said enthusiastically. "Let me give you a tip," I noticed that his cheesy American accent was fake, making me giggle. "My cafe is the best in town, unlike the 'Senkharan Cafe'. She charges four-and-a-half pounds for a cuppa coffee! And it's just milk!" He looked disgusted, but he was actually deadly serious, so I stifled my laughter. "Now you kids siddown, and I'll come an' take your orders later."

We sat down, and as soon as Rufus went out to the back of the cafe, we all erupted into laughter.

"Y'know," Alfie began, "He says that everytime someone new comes to the cafe." We started giggling again.

"No, seriously, Rufus is a good guy," said Fabian. "He likes us a lot, so he gives us great discounts."

"He seems like a nice guy." I agreed.

We decided on our orders, and our coffees came shortly after.

"So... you haven't met many people at Anubis, right?" Nina asked me.

"Right"

"Cool. We can tell you all about the people you should stay away from."

"O...kay?"

"First, we'll start with the populars. There's Jerome Clarke, one of the worst slimeballs in school. He's rich, sporty, and a player."

"Huh." I said, raising my eyebrows.

"Yep. You don't wanna go near him. He has never stayed with a girl for more tha a couple of weeks!" Nina exclaimed disgustedly.

"Next, there's Amber," Alfie sighed happily. "The most beautiful girl at Anubis."

"Alfie!" The other guys said in unison.

"Alfie has a crush on Amber," Patricia explained to me. I giggled along with them. "She's not all bad, but she is in the popular gang, so it's best to keep away from her, just in case.

I nodded, taking in all of the facts. "There's Mick, Amber's older brother, and Eddie too, their friend."

They had told me about a lot of other people, but by the time we had finished, it was dark. We all said goodbye and agreed to meet at Zeno's before school tomorrow.

I walked home with a big grin on my face.

Hello... there are just a few things I need to mention here.

Firstly, did that seem a bit Twilight-y to you? It did to me. I mean, it wasn't intentional, but y'know. No-one is a vampire in here.

Secondly, the alien thing is kinda important for the story, so bear with it, please.

Thirdly, If you want to know what Rufus looks like, think Milkshake Jake from Gigglebiz, but with Rufus's head.

Fourthly, I related certain people to stop certain pairs, confusion, jealously, etc, from happening.

That's it... Uhh, review, please?