Author's Note: Hello! Other people are probably doing this, but I had to try my hand at it. This my idea for a season 4 of House of Anubis in which Nathalia Ramos returns as Nina. Copyright belongs to Nickelodeon
House of Anubis
The Return
House of Letters
Fabian sat on his bed, staring at the letter in his hand. He had thought for ages on what to say, he wondered if he should even bother writing one. His heart would not let him say no, he had to. So he had sat at his desk, and wrote this letter. One sheet of paper in a flimsy envelope, but it held his whole heart within it. Eddie burst into the room, scrambling for the bags on his bed. "Hey, my ride's here, so I'll see you next term, right?" Eddie said, turning to Fabian. He noticed the letter in Fabian's hands.
"What's that?"
Fabian stood and handed the letter to Eddie. "Can you give this to Nina for me," he asked. Eddie took it hesitantly.
"I don't know, she may not even agree to meet with me," Eddie protested. "Besides, didn't she say..."
"I know what she said," Fabian answered," but I just can't give up on her like that. I've never been able to. Just get the letter to her, whatever you have to do. Please?"
Eddie looked at Fabian's face. He had been through hell last term and this term, nearly losing his girlfriend to a psychotic spirit, then making up after several misunderstandings relationship-wise, only for her to disappear and not return the next term, with only a letter, a single scrap of paper to say why. Then of course there's the small 'great evil awakens and sinner's souls are stolen' fiasco of the past term. Yeah, he owed it to his roommate.
"Sure, I'll make sure she gets it," Eddie agreed.
"Thanks, Eddie."
Eddie looked up and down the street. The park was empty for the most part, as it was early in the morning. A slight mist covered the ground, and dewdrops glistened on the grass. Eddie couldn't properly appreciate it though, he was nervous and kept looking over his shoulder. He expected the ground to open any second and some ancient Egyptian monster to crawl out.
"Eddie?" someone called from behind him. He jumped and spun around. Nina looked at back at him oddly.
"What's wrong? Sorry if I scared you," she said.
"No, it's just, umm..." Eddie said, glancing around, testing the ground with his foot," nothing, just nothing."
"Alright... well, what's this about? Didn't we say all that needed to be said last time?" Nina asked. "We agreed..."
"I know what we agreed," Eddie broke in. "Listen, I owe it to Fabian, after everything that happened this past term..."
"This past term? What happened this past term? The reason I didn't come back was so that nothing bad would happen."
"Well you must have forgotten to mention that to my dad, Victor, and the house!"
Nina sighed. "So, what does this meeting have to do with Fabian? You gave him the letter, right?"
"Yeah, after a few complications." Eddie reached into his back pocket and pulled out Fabian's letter, and gave it to Nina. "He made me promise to give that to you."
Nina gingerly took the letter. "Why? He knows why we can't be together."
"I think," Eddie said slowly, "he understands why you didn't come back, not why you two can't be together." Nina looked up at him. "Well I have to go, my Mom's waiting for me."
Eddie left then, leaving Nina alone with the letter.
Nina got home and went straight up to her room. She sat on her bed, and stared at the letter in her hands. She turned it over in her hands. Should she open it? She asked herself over and over again. There was only one answer to the question, and she knew that. Carefully, she slit the top, and read it.
My dearest Nina, it began.
I have never stopped loving you, even after I heard that you weren't coming back. I often think of you, especially when I look at the stars at night. There was a solar eclipse this summer, did you hear? I couldn't appreciate it much at the time as it heralded/caused a great evil to awaken. More on that later. I hardly blame you, if you simply throw this letter away and never think of me again. I will never forget you, Nina martin. i may move on in time, but I don't see myself doing that. I just can't. I can never love anyone as I love you. If you truly never wish to hear from me again, till me now. Write me, message me, i don't care. Calling is to much to ask for, and with your Gran I don't dare to even hope you'll come back. But I will never give up on you, I will never forget you Nina. I don't know if we can make this work, but I'm willing to try if you are. Please tell me if you feel the same way.
With all my Love,
Fabian
Nina was in tears by the time she finished reading. She dried her eyes, and looked at Fabian's signature once more. He wouldn't let her go. He loved her. There was a soft knock on the door, and one of her distant relatives entered. She had about 5 known relatives besides her Gran, the other 4 were waiting downstairs. Allison, her second cousin on her Mom's side, looked at her sadly.
"Are you ready?" she asked Nina. Nina stood, smoothing the skirt of her black dress. She nodded. Together, the two of them walked downstairs. They sat down in the living room with Nina's other relatives. They had been discussing what would happen to Nina now, after her Gran's passing, for some time. The adults had at last decided to let Nina choose, she was old enough anyway. Allison lay her hand on top of Nina's.
"We've given you since last night to think about, Nina," she said. "Have you come to a decision?"
"I have," Nina answered.
"Well, where do you want to go?"
Nina looked them in the eye, and gave her answer.
TBC
