I do not own the House of Anubis! J

Chapter 1

Jacklyn's POV

A black taxi pulled up to my house. My siblings helped me put my luggage into the car and said goodbye. Before I left I gave both, my brother and sister, a big hug. The driver honked at us to hurry up and end our hugging session. I reluctantly pulled away from them and hopped into the small car. The driver asked "Where you headed?"

I shuffled through my paper work and handed him a sheet of paper showing the location I was going to. He examined the paper slowly and took off down the road.

Well since I'm probably going to be in this car for like forty five minutes, I might as well introduce my self. Hi. I'm Jacklyn, Jacklyn Nicole McKenna. I'm going to a fancy British boarding school, I'll be living in the House of Anubis with my cousin Amber. I missed her so much, I haven't seen her for almost three years! I've enrolled in many different private schools since kindergarten…and I've left every single one of them. It's not because I am a trouble maker, its because my dad thought those schools weren't challenging enough for me. He has pushed me to be my very best since the day I was born, and trust me, it can get very annoying. I've had straight A's since I was five, so I guess you can say I'm pretty smart. But don't get me wrong, I love school, but I am not the type of person who's a crazy genius.

Minutes later the cab pulled up to a Victorian styled house, though I have to admit it did look a little creepy. I paid the driver, he scowled at me after he saw his tip. I took out my luggage and walked out of the car. I've never felt this nervous before, I ran my fingers along my necklace, my mother gave it to me before she died. It was the only thing I had left of my mother. It had a pendent of a key, the key had tiny hieroglyphics on it, the chain went down to my chest. I took in a semi-shaky breath and walked in front of the door. There was no doorbell so I knocked.

Knock, Knock.

No answer.

Knock, Knock.

I knocked harder and louder, but still, there was no response. I looked at my watch. 6:00, I wasn't early or late, I was on time. I knocked one more time. But then the door slightly creped open by itself, and just when I thought this house couldn't get anymore creepier! I quietly slipped through the door and said "Umm…Hello? Is anybody here?" Suddenly a man with long sideburns and a old coat came booming down the hall.

"Don't you know how to use a doorbell, foolish child?"

He was quite rude if you ask me. I replied.

"No sir, I don't recall seeing a doorbell. I tried knocking, but no one answered the door."

He was about to say something until a tan, short, black hair women cut him off.

"Hello sweetie, you must be the new student, Jacklyn, right?"

"Right."

"I see you have met Victor. Now I hope Victor wasn't giving you a hard time. Hi, I'm Trudy, your house mother. I'll show you to your room."

She made a gesture with her as if saying follow me.

"Amber requested that you room with her. Is that alright with you?"

We walked upstairs and into a room, Trudy opened the door. I rolled my luggage into my room and started unpacking. Just before Trudy walked out the door, we heard a British accent say "WE'RE HOME!"

Trudy turned around and told me "Oh dear, those must be your housemates! Why don't you go and introduce yourself to them."

I shook my head in agreement and walked down the stairs. Amber saw me first, she lunged herself at me bringing me into huge hug.

"Jacklyn, you came!"

"Amber, I missed you so much!"

We started jumping up and down, which only drew the attention of the rest of the house mates. Amber and I pulled away from each other. Soon, Amber announced "Guys, this is my cousin Jacklyn. She is from America just like Nina, but she recently move to London a few months ago! She'll be staying with us from now on, how great is that!

A girl with wavy light brown hair walked up to me.

"Hi. I'm Nina, Trudy told me that you'll be rooming with me and Amber from now on."

"Oh. Hi I'm Jacklyn, Jacklyn McKenna."

All the boys in the room shouted "McKenna?" in unison! Then a boy with curly brown hair said "Did you say McKenna? As in McKenna Motors!"

"Yup."

"Dude you must be like super rich considering your dad owns a famous car company!"

I shifted my legs awkwardly, I didn't really feel comfortable talking about my father.

"Uhh…so what's your name."

"I'm Alfie. Do you believe in aliens?"

I made a mental note. Alfie= weird-o.

"No, Not really."

A few seconds later a tall, lanky, blue eyed, and super attractive boy came up to me. He had on a devious yet cute smirk on his face.

"Hello luv. I'm Jerome, and might I say, you are one of the most beautiful girls I've ever met."

I could feel my cheeks turning red. He gently grabbed my hand and kissed my knuckle. Then a girl with mahogany hair with purple extensions came up to me and rudely said "Hey look what we have here, another newbie. Great, just great. Oh, and Jerome do you have to hit on any girl you see?"

A boy with brown hair holding hands with Nina said "Patricia, knock it off!"

Patricia rolled her eyes at him and pushed him with her shoulder as she walked away and into her room. He turned to me. "Sorry about that, that's Patricia, she isn't the most welcoming person, but you'll get use to her. I'm Fabian by the way and over there is Mick and Mara." He pointed over to the couch were a boy and a girl were kissing. Amber quickly dragged me upstairs. Once we got to our room she locked the door and sat us both down on her bed.

"I saw you eyeballing Jerome!"

I choked on air and started blushing. Amber could read me like a open book.

"Whaaaa-Amber your crazy!"

"Oh save it . Its obvious you have a crush on Jerome!"

"Amber I've been here for less than an hour, its impossible to like somebody that fast!"

Amber gave me one of those you're impossible looks. After a minute of silence I thought she would forget about the subject. But I was absolutely WRONG!

"Ever heard of love at first sight?"

I rolled my eyes at her and restarted unpacking.

Dinner

Trudy said dinner was ready, I unlocked the door and followed Amber down to the kitchen. I took a seat down across to Alfie and Jerome since there was only one seat left open. Trudy and Nina set the table and handed out plates of food. I was about to take a bite out of my hamburger until a spoonful of mashed patatoes came flying at me and landed on my chest. I let out a little yelp. I looked up to the rest of the table only to see that Jerome was laughing at me and holding a spoon with some remains of mashed patatoes on it.

"Jacklyn, I must say you look lovely covered in patatoes."

He high- fived Alfie. I scooped up Trudy's bread pudding and flung it at Jerome. Everyone snickered. Jerome looked shocked.

"That's what you get. Hahahaha."

Jerome came over when I wasn't looking and threw me over his shoulder.

"Jerome put me down!"

"Nope."

I tried struggling out of his grip but it didn't work. Suddenly Victor came in and started yelling at us.

"Jerome put her down immediately."

Jerome obeyed his orders and slowly set me down on the ground. Victor saw the both of us covered in food. Victor started again.

"Mr. Clarke, Ms. McKenna! Go wash yourselves off this instant! Meet me in my office in ten minutes."

Victor left the room. It was completely silent until the chain of quietness was broken by Alfie.

"OOOHHH! Jacklyn and Jerome are in trouble!"

Jerome told him to shut it. I exited the room with Jerome right behind me. I playfully pushed him before rushing to the girls bathroom.

I grabbed a towel and let it run through the water before wiping the mashed patatoes off of me. After I got most of the patatoes off, I went into my room and changed into a new shirt. I walked to Victor's office, on the way I bumped into Jerome. He opened the door for me. As we both walked in Victor told us to take a seat. We obeyed.

"Jerome, you and Jacklyn will be on kitchen duty for two whole weeks. You will also show Ms. McKenna around the house and informing her about the school rules and regulations."

I could see Jerome trying not to show his smirk to Victor. Victor turned and glared at me.

"Ms. McKenna you're uniform arrived. School will start at 7:45a.m tomorrow."

I replied. "Yes, sir."

He handed me a small package. A. We walked out of his office, Jerome gave me a tour of the house and walked me to my room.

"Thanks for showing me around."

He let out a yawn before replying back.

"No problem."