Chapter 1

"Anubis School". "That's my destination sir". I said confidently, handing him the directions.

"Wow"! exclaimed the cab driver. "Second American this month going to the same school!" he continued more to himself than to anybody else. I nodded to myself as he quickly got my things from the sidewalk and put them in the trunk. I quickly got in.

Wait…how rude of me. I haven't even introduced myself. Hi, I'm Lucille Anne Miller, or Lucy by everyone else..well except my father, he calls me Lucille. He is sooo British it's not even funny. He was after all the one to think of the name Edison for my older brother. Thank god he prefers to go by Eddie…Who knows what kind of torture he would have gotten when he was younger. Oh did I also mention that my dad is the principal of this school, awkward right? To make matters worse I haven't seen him in over a year because of my parents divorce. It was totally my idea to come here though . My own mother doesn't even care about me enough to focus on me for one second anyway, it's not like I have a real life back home. She's too busy eating the face off of her boyfriend, Ray…a beach god (or so he says) who could be young enough to be related to me. I decided to come here to get away from a little thing I like to call Public School. At least in England there is a no bullying policy so at least there's a chance I will get to live the rest of my life.. well I'm getting too ahead of myself and I don't' think you really care about me venting to you about my personal life so I'm getting right to it. Here's the untold story of Lucille Miller.

I got out of the car and looked around, marveled at the whole place.

"Do you think you can take it from here"? asked the cab driver.

"Oh yes sir". "Thank you". I paid him, got my stuff and decided to do a little exploring myself. It must have been a weird sight, me tall (5,9), hauling two rolling suitcases and my long dark brown hair blowing in the wind. And to top it all off I was humming along to myself, not really looking where I am going. So anyways here I am walking down some hallway, probably in the middle of one of the last periods of the day when I bump into someone. Well a girl to be specific, one that looks around my brothers age.

"Oh my god, I am soo sorry", I say immediately.

"Hey, watch where you-"she stops herself and says "Wait. Another American really, she then quickly recovers and"?

I giggled and said.. "Ha. I'm sorry to rain on your parade but, I swear I'm the last one". "This was kind of my last resort", I continued realizing that I didn't let the poor girl talk, "Moving here I mean". "I'm Lucy, by the way". I added.

"Patricia". The girl smiled. She's really pretty, I thought to myself. Eddie should totally date her. Before I could get another word out I heard some girl yell her name down the hall, she had light brown hair and there was a blonde haired girl (she looks the dumb blonde type) and an awkward looking boy with her.

"I'll see you around Patricia". I said before I could get another world out. I needed to go see da- I mean Principal Sweet for my schedule and the house I would be boarding at. I walked in and saw that the "Principal" was busy talking to two boys who I took note that one was African American (But he's British, what would that be? British American? British black?)and the other had dirty blonde hair. Alfie and Jerome, I heard dad say. They then got up to leave and they both gave me an odd look.

"Boys, it's not nice to stare". Mr. Sweet, Dad, whatever his name was, I could have backhanded him right then and there, it was soo embarrassing. The kid I guessed was named Alfie said something to the other kid, Jerome and he snickered as they both were walking out.

"Ah Lucille" , started dad playing along to the whole "we aren't suppose to know each other deal, "How was your flight"? "Pleasant"?

"Oh yes". I lied. You know that one stereotypical seat in the plane, the one that is thought to be the "worst" because you are sitting next to an annoying little brat kid that whines in your ear every two seconds and the lone sick guy that keeps sneezing on you? Well yeah that was my seat. And I had to sit there for ELEVEN hours! To top it all off I didn't get any sleep, so I was kind of tired.

"Have you told Edison that you have arrived"? asked my father breaking me out of my thoughts. Ha! Here's the thing, you guys can keep a secret, right? I didn't even tell him I was coming to this school, not that he would have cared that much…we aren't that close…I mean I love him(siblingly love weirdoes, not like that)…but he probably doesn't feel the same way..I mean all I am to him is his annoying little 14 year old sister. He doesn't even know about the bullying thing. I'm sure Dad knows but he isn't the one to really talk about people's problems with them, that's what like about him.

"No". I half whispered half normally talked.

"Oh good"! he exclaimed. "I had hoped as much because I asked him to come down here". "He should be here any minute, he also said he has a surprise for us ,whatever that means". Before I could protest I heard the door open and I didn't have to turn around fast enough to know it was my cocky older brother. And someone was next to him. Wait that's Patricia, the girl I meet earlier. Wait… hold it.. they are holding hands…well done brother, well done. Normally the girls he dated were blonde and super slutty but I actually approve of this one.

"Dad" , not noticing me at first my brother started, "I'd like for you to meet my gir"-…before he could finish he caught sight of me and a frown turned on his face. Oh this is not good, I thought. Well he's not yelling so that's something.

"Hey big brother". I said breaking an already very awkward moment.

"Kit Kat", how did- what, huh? He stammered. Wow, second time today being embarrassed my own family. Eddie has been calling me that since I was little, he could never for some strange reason pronounce "Lucy" and that somehow translated to Kit Kat (probably because that is his favorite candy but that's just a guess). It's more of an annoying pet name than anything else to be honest.

"I got on a plane". I joked.

"Lucille". My dad started. He obviously caught on. Me not telling Eddie I was coming to this school I mean. Oh I do not like his tone, the very same tone that he used to tell Eddie via Skype that he was coming here.

"Yeah Lucille ".My brother then mimicked.

"Okay". I started. And before you know if here I am spilling out the whole story, well leaving out the whole bullying detail, thank god. While my brother was standing there completely glaring at me, I turned to Patricia and said, "Hey Patricia"! "I see you meet the rest of my family". She in turn laughed and said "I should have guessed you two were related".

"Wait you two know each other"? Eddie then snapped back. Okay. So there's the reaction from my brother I was expecting. But before I could explain that thing, Dad goes "Lucille I know you've probably had a long day and it's best you be shown to your house. I'm sure Edison and Miss Williamson can show you the way". And with that dad totally just kicks us out of his office.

"Look, big brother, I'm real sorry I didn't tell you". I try to start the conversation

"Safe it Luc, I really don't want to hear it". Now I really know he's mad at me, he has NEVER called me Lucy in my entire life. We walk the rest of the way in silence. Patricia keeps sending me sympathetic glances along the way. We then get to a house marked with the sign Horus House.

"We'll talk about this later". My brother says. And with that he walks away leaving me to my own thoughts. I sighed deeply and slowly opened the door. Here goes nothing.