House of Anubis and The Necklace of Harmonia
"Het Huis Anubis en het halssnoer van Harmonia"
House of Strangers; House of Rules
Tina Rutter sat in a black, sleek car awaiting her destiny. Only days ago, she had received a letter saying that she had been accepted to England's most prestigious boarding school, and that she would be staying in the oldest house that was a part of the school, the House of Anubis. Her mother, Nina Rutter née Martin, was reluctant to letting her go, but she eventually gave in. Tina was a sixteen year old girl, of average height and average weight. She had pale skin, piercing green eyes, and blonde hair that waved all the way down to her shoulders in running streaks. She held no interest in the House of Anubis, it was just another school to her. What she didn't know, was that there were many adventures waiting for her...
She stepped out of the car as soon as she realized that it had stopped in front of a large, old building. Her brown slipper tapped on the cement as her yellow sun dress ruffled out of the car. She looked up at the building for the first time and realized that it was an old home with a small plaque, covered in leaves. Her eyes darted to what the plaque said in large letters:
ANUBIS
After a moment of staring, Tina walked up the broken steps and stood in front of the large doors that led into the house. Not knowing what she was doing, Tina opened the door and stepped inside of the house.
A staircase dominated the small room to her right and she noticed an opening that led to another room. The floor was filled with checkered titles, and animal heads were mounted on the wall that rested next to the staircase. The room gave an eerie feeling, which broke off the moment Tina heard a small squeal. She jumped just as a short, light skinned woman with gray eyes, many wrinkles and messy brown hair came through the opening and hugged her. The woman let go of her and said, "Why, hello there! I'm Reyna, your house mother. Welcome to Anubis house!"
Tina smiled at Reyna and let the woman lead her to her new room as she picked up her bags and followed closely behind. They walked up the small staircase and turned a corner to a small hallway that had about four small doors, it seemed. The woman led her to one of the rooms and she slowly opened the door to reveal two empty beds with white sheets. A small picture hung on the wall near the bed that rested next to a window. The bed showed a girl with ponytails and huge glasses. She seemed to be wearing red gloves. Reyna slowly approached the photo, and yanked it off of the wall. "This is old," was the only thing that she said.
Reyna spoke up after an awkward silence and said, "The other students should be arriving soon, you're the first. Dinner is at six and right after we will discuss the rules and curfews."
The woman didn't give Tina enough time to think, she walked out of the room in a hurry and slowly closed the door, leaving Tina alone in her room. Seeing as dinner would be in three hours, Tina slumped down on her bare bed and fell into a deep slumber.
An hour later, Tina was woken up by the sound of the door opening and another squeal filling the air. A girl with perfectly straight green hair, brown eyes and light brown skin set her bags on the other bed and waved at Tina. She seemed awfully cheery, it seemed. It wasn't until after the girl finished unpacking, that she spoke, "Hi stranger. I'm Susana Scott, pleased to meet you." Susana walked over to her and extended her hand. Tina slowly took it, and shook it.
"I'm Tina Rutter. It's nice to meet you too. Is anyone else here yet?"
"Well, I saw two boys entering one of the rooms downstairs. Twins, they were. Really cute."
Tina laughed and immediately took a liking to the girl, "Well then, we'll have to get our game on."
Both girls laughed for quite a while. They stopped as soon as they heard the sound of the door opening and Reyna greeting the newcomer into the house. Both girls walked downstairs to see who had made it in. "So, what do you know about this school and house? I have no clue what I'm going to be dealing with. Sounds pretty boring if you ask me." Susana remarked.
"My mother and father used to come here. They also stayed at this very house, said it was where they met. Dunno much else, except that their time here was filled with adventure." The blonde replied.
They stopped in the middle of the staircase and noticed a girl with red hair, freckles, and sun glasses with pink frames that hid her eyes. She seemed quite shy, and was startled when two boys with cleanly cut brown hair, light skin and matching outfits ran up to her. They seemed extremely silly, even their voices as they said at the same time, "Hello! Hello! We're Liam and James Moore. You look pretty cute!"
Tina and Susana giggled at the boys' lame attempt to flirt with the girl. They finished their walk down the stairs and Susana spoke up, "Don't mind those two. They're silly." She rolled her eyes as the boys started flirting with Tina. "I'm Susana, and that's Tina. What's your name?"
By the time the girl had gathered the courage to speak in her pearly voice, Tina had already joined Susana in front of the new girl. "I'm Lindsey. Hi." Lindsey's eyes darted away from the two girls."
The door opened once more just as Reyna chimed a small, silver bell she was carrying and called for dinner to start. Everyone, including the new comer, who was a tall boy with tan skin, blue eyes and spiked blonde hair, sat at the dinner table and began to eat. Time passed by quickly and soon all of the teenagers found themselves sitting on a couch in the sitting room with Reyna sitting in front of them.
"Okay, just a few rules, loves," she started out calmly. "First, you must be awake by seven o' clock and with your uniform on. Second, there is no going up to the attic, my room, my study or the cellar. Third, curfew is at nine o' clock, so you have some time to lounge around and get acquainted."
At the end of that, Reyna said thank you and walked away, up the stairs to her room. She had seemed sweet to all of them, and it seemed like the time here was going to be just fine.
Author's Note – Hi, guys! I saw the season finale for House of Anubis and was inspired to write this story. This is a little weird, so let me explain. This story takes place in the English House of Anubis, but is after the Dutch show Het Huis Anubis en de Vijf van de Magische Zwaard. So basically, this is after a non-existent English version of that show. Tina is Fabian and Nina's daughter, she is the only one related to the previous Sibuna members, lets see where we go with that! Oh, and what's funny is that I noticed as I was writing this, that Tina and Nina rhyme, but I decided to keep the name. No mystery in this chapter, but it'll come soon. Please review, I want to know what you think!
Disclaimer – I do not own House of Anubis/Het Huis Anubis or Het Huis Anubis en de Vijf van de Magische Zwaard. This is the only time I am going to say this.