Hey guys! HAPPY THANKSGIVING! If you don't celebrate it then…happy November 24th :) I'm really excited for this new story, it being the sequel of Return, mystery, and something called love. So, I'm not going waste time with this intro, so here are the dedications.

Dedications:

Disclaimer for whole story: I think it's pretty obvious I don't own House of Anubis.

On with the story!

Nina's Pov

It's one of those days… where I miss Gran. It's been almost 4 weeks since her funeral, and my mind just cant wrap around the fact that she's gone. Now, as I look out my window, the rain pounding hard against it, I feel lonely. Thanksgiving is today and luckily everyone is staying so I won't be as alone. And took the convincing of both me and Trudy to cook something for Thanksgiving since its not necessarily a holiday celebrated here.

'Gran…I wish you were still here.' I said, if only she could hear me. I squeeze my eyes shut, not letting any tears fall.

Don't cry… Her voice rang through my ears. All of a sudden I hear something move from behind me…

'Hello?' I say, not even trying to move my head. Silence. Instantly it became cold, making me shiver. I get up, shakily from sitting so long, and walk to get a blanket, when I see the most beautiful thing.

A black rose, with some type of steam rising from it, laying on my bed.

'It's beautiful.' I whisper to myself as I finger the tips of the petals. A withered paper lay next to it, brown and already ripped at the edges.

'Blood spilled from wounds can be tragic, for ones heart beats slows, and soon gives up on those we love. Petals fall to represent pain, and the chances taken from the reckless only end in heart break. Separate from those who trick, for those can be the causes of such tragedy, pain can only be spilled through the heart, just as blood might do the same.' I finished.

'What does this mean?' I ask quietly.

'What does what mean?' a voice chirped up, making me jump.

'God, Amber you half scared me to death!' I breathe out.

'Sorry, I was just telling you its time for supper…what's that?' she asked pointing towards my hand.

'A rose, Amber.' I tell her looking down at it once more.

'Not that silly, the paper.' She said sitting on the bed, pulling me down with her.

Her eyes quickly scan the paper before looking up.

'What do you think it means?' she said softly.

'I don't know…I'll show Fabian, come on lets go eat.' I say standing up, and pulling her up as well.

We walk down the staircase quickly , already smelling the turkey.

I walked in quickly and slipped in the seat next to Fabian. The food isn't out yet so I start talking to Fabian.

'Hey…' I say. I sound like a complete dork and we've been dating for like 2 months now.

'Hey.' He laughed. After this I kind of get lost in his eyes, the giggling and small comments bringing me back to reality.

'Um…guess what I found on my bed,' I say showing him the paper and rose.

'What do you think it means?' he said after reading it.

'I thought you might know…you think we-'What is with all the ruckus in here?' a loud voice boomed causing us all to become quiet. Victor. Yes, Victor old, rude, and as alive as ever. Mara and Mick were confused on why he had suddenly stopped using his "black hair dye", his hair being a silvery gray.

'Victor, stop scaring the children like them, you'll give them a heart attack.' Trudy said bringing out the food.

Victor, scrunching up his face, left the room.

'I am thankful for everyone being here, thank you guys being such amazing friends and you for being such a wonderful boyfriend.' I said obviously directing the last part at Fabian, causing both us to blush and smile

'I'm thankful for Alfie being an great boyfriend…even though I do have my doubts…about him being normal. All of you guys, I love you.' She said with a big smile. We smile back, Alfie's smile bigger than everyone's.

'I'm thankful for…all of you.' Patricia said.

'Same as Trixie.' Jerome says, as he takes a sip of his water.

'Um…I'm thankful everyone.' Mara said.

'Me too.' Mick said.

'I'm thankful for aliens…and Ambs! And you guys too.' He said already prepared to stuff food into his mouth.

'I'm thankful we could all be here and that I get to spend the time with an amazing girlfriend and great friends.' Fabian said.

'I'm thankful for everything…especially for you guys though, for all the serious problems I've caused in the past. You guys are awesome.' Joy said smiling.

'Cheers!' Jerome chanted holding his glass in the air.

'Cheers.' We sing as we hit our cups together.

The dinner ended casually, as always, a food fight, small talk and someone complaining about their time to do the chores with such a mess.

I guided Fabian up the steps, the rest of Sibuna following close behind, and soon all filling Amber and I's room.

'What's the big deal?' Patricia said as I closed the door.

'Earlier I was in my room and I found this on my bed.' I said showing her the rose.

'Are you sure Fabian didn't give it to you?' Jerome asked.

'Yes…it had this laying next to it.' I said giving them the clue to read.

'What does this mean?' Joy asked.

'I don't know, but I was thinking we could figure it out here.' I said sitting down on my bed. Fabian sits beside me, everyone else crowding around.

'Well, look at this,' Joy said after a few moments of silence. 'It says "those who trick" who could that be?' she asked. All of our heads turned towards Jerome and Alfie, them, holding their hands up for mercy.

'Well…I think this rose needs water at least.' Amber said, dumping out the cup that holds pens and leaving the room.

Moments later she came back, the cup filled with water.

She took the rose from my hand and placed it in the water, seconds later screaming.

'WHAT?' we said, turning towards Amber.

She only pointed cup in disbelief.

We all stood and and walked over to see the rose bobbing in a red, thick substance.

'What is that?' Jerome said disgusted.

'It looks like blood.' Fabian stated.

'Well the water just turned to this as soon as I dropped the rose in…' Amber said, the scared expression not leaving her face.

'Well maybe…' Patricia mumbles as she picks up the rose, the water immediately turning back to is clear shade.

'What's happening?' Amber asked as she pointed to the rose.

One by one a petal fell to the floor, making a sizzling sound as it hit it, but what makes the situation even more weird is the fact that every time one fell, another petal grew.

'Ow…' I say, a wave of pain pounding throughout my head.

'Nina?' Fabian's voice rings. You would think it would make the pain worse, but his voice makes it better.

'Sorry, I just have a headache.' I said sitting down. 'Um…guys can we just finish this tomorrow I need to get some sleep.' I mummer.

'Sure… hope you feel better.' Patricia says leaving the room, everyone but Amber and Fabian leaving as well.

'Well I'm just going to go brush my teeth.' Amber says walking towards the door.

'Yeah…I'll just pick up these petals…myself.' I whisper getting onto the floor.

'Would you like my help, princess?' Fabian said, obviously trying to cheer me up.

'That would be lovely my prince.' I laugh as he starts picking up the rose petals as well.

'So… how is your headache?' Fabian asked after a few moments of silence.

'It hurts.' I smiled at him as we continued to pick up the petals.

'Well I wish I could do something to help.' Fabian smiles back.

'You being here has already made it feel a little better.' I smile kissing him on the cheek.

Again…I get lose myself in his eyes, and this time there is no one's laughter to draw me away.

Slowly, I leaned in, him doing the same and lightly pressed my lips against his .

The kiss deepens as his tongue lightly grazes my lower lip. Not having a kiss like this in a while, I happily let in as I tangle my fingers in his hair, pulling him closer to me. All he pain from my headache disappeared as his arms found their way around my waist. 'I love you…' I said when I separated.

'I love you too.' He said quietly.

'Eeep! That was so cute!'Amber said a camera gripped tight in her hand.

'Amber, don't you think you have enough pictures for that scrapbook?' I said probably blushing so hard I could make a tomato jealous.

'This isn't for your scrapbook…you'll see eventually though.' Amber said walking out slowly.

'That was weird…' Fabian said, blushing just as red as me.

'Good night.' I said standing up, trying to leave the subject of what could be total embarrassment.

'Y-yeah…Good night.' He said kissing me on the cheek. 'Bye…' he says smiling.

'Bye.' I say smiling back.

He says walking through the door.

God, I love him…

Ok guys! This is the end of the first chapter of The Dark Rose. I hope you liked it because I'll update soon, don't worry. Random question below..

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Ok guys, until next time, this is Fabina43va saying…purple pillow eating dinosaurs could come back from the past and eat all of our pillows! Just kidding! Haha bye!

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