Becoming a Sibuna.
They had just finished showing Eddie the tunnels, they figured that was the easiest way to explain everything that happened in the past months. He had pretty quiet throughout all the explaining. Sure he asked a question here and there but he had mostly listened. Which was why Patricia knew something was wrong.
They had exited in the library and everyone was waiting for a final reaction.
"So Eddie what do you think?" Nina asked cautiously.
"What do I think?" He responded looking confused.
Amber cut to the chase, "Are in Sibuna or not?"
Eddie made an attempt to smile, "Don't have much of a choice do I? So of course. I uh...need some air I'll be right back." Then he walked out of the library. Everyone was quiet and looked at each other.
"He wasn't exactly enthusiastic was he?" Amber pointed out.
"It's a lot to take in all at once," Nina reasoned then started talking to Amber, Alfie, and Fabian about the tear of gold.
Patricia wasn't listening, instead of joining in the sleuthing conversation she ducked out to go check on Eddie.
He was standing a few feet from the library door pacing back and forth.
"Hey," She said quietly closing the door behind her.
He looked up and stopped, "Oh hey." Eddie stared at her with a strange look on his face, sort of as if he was trying to add up large sums in his head. "So that was what you've all been doing this whole time. Solving these tasks because you've been cursed?"
Patricia wasn't sure why he was asking her this. Was he mad? She nodded and bite her lip, "Yeah."
He kept looking at her, pursing his lips. He was probably mad. As much as she hated to admit it she was about to apologize for not telling him. But then he blurted it out.
"I'm sorry."
"What?" Patricia sputtered out. An apology from him was the last thing she expected after they showed him the tunnels.
Eddie cracked a smile, "I'm not saying it again."
"Why are you sorry?" She asked completely confused.
He stepped forward and put his hands on her waist. Truth was he wasn't sure why he was sorry. Maybe it was because his girlfriend and friends had been in mortal peril for months and he didn't know or maybe it was the fact that he had just found out that he was a protector this whole time and he didn't do anything.
He looked into her eyes, "I did give you sort of a hard time about not telling me what you were doing-,"
"Sort of a hard time?"
"Will you let me finish before you yack it up?" He asked. She rolled her eyes and nodded. He continued, "But I still wish you'd told me."
"Well half the time I couldn't actually speak," She reminded him.
"Yeah, yeah I know laryngitis."
"No we were cursed. I literally couldn't speak. We had other curses besides the we-could-have-dyed-thing," She explained quickly trying to make it sound as if it wasn't a big deal.
"Oh," He said slowly trying to understand everything. Then his eyes lit up with a thought. "Yacker when we had that date in the library and I was blindfolded. Did you take me to the tunnels?"
"Yeah about that-," She started.
Then Alfie poked his head out. "Eddie you can finish later telling Patricia how nice her british yap is." Eddie turned and gave his girlfriend a questioning look. Alfie didn't understand, "Wait Trixie you did tell him we were down in the tunnels...?"
"I was just about to, thanks for the help." She said and glared at Alfie.
"Oh," He glanced between them. "Well this is awkward. Amber wants you guys back inside so we can finish Sibuna-ing him." Then he ducked back inside.
"Alfie was down there when I said...all that stuff?" He asked crossing his arms.
"Yeah about that see... ." She said quickly not wishing to have a argument now.
Eddie tried to figure out what she just said but only caught the last part with was the most worryful aka 'With Sibuna.'
"So all of them were down there when I said all that stuff?" He asked again.
She grimaced and nodded with a apologetic look on her face. Her boyfriend groaned and closed his eyes. "Patricia!"
Now the red head wouldn't normally do this but they had been going so well and she didn't want to fight over this. She stepped forward put her arms around his neck then gave him a peck on the lips. Eddie eyes flew open in surprise, then he smirked and snuck his arms around her waist. He leaned in and kissed her again.
"You're still going to have to tell me later," He mumbled at her.
"Fine. But now you have to come and get initiated," She said pulling him inside.
Before they knew it they were out in the forest in the clearing with their fire going.
"Now repeat after me," Amber started standing on the opposite of the fire from Eddie. "I, Edison Sweet."
"I, Eddie Miller." He corrected.
Amber glared at him while the rest of Sibuna held back smiles, "Being of sound and mines. Promise to protect the secrets of Anubis house and all its mysteries."
"Being of sound and mines. Promise to protect the secrets of Anubis house and all its mysteries. Is that it?" He asked hoping to leave.
"No now throw the CD in the fire." The blonde bounces excitedly.
"What no. Why?" Eddie said looking around at the rest of the group for reasons.
Nina tried to explain, "We've all done it. You give up something important up and then you're a Sibuna."
The soon to be newest Sibuna whined, "But this is my signed copy of-,"
"Just do it," Patricia coxed from beside him.
The american looked at his CD, gave it a kiss then throw it in the fire. "Fine there you go." He mumbled unhappily.
Amber bounced up and down again then put her hand over her eye, "Sibuna."
Patricia, Alfie, Fabian, and Nina echoed after her, "Sibuna."
Then Eddie reluctantly put his hand over his eye and said, "Sibuna."
They all smiled at each other from around the fire with their hands over their eyes. Eddie looked over at his girlfriend and gave her a wink with his uncovered eye. As if to tell her he was good with all of this.
And that was only the beginning.
Hey tell me what you think! Also if anyone would read it I would make a bunch chapters with Eddie adventures with Sibuna.