AN: Hello fellow readers! This is a new idea that has been floating around in my head for quite some time. It has been awhile since I have posted something new, so I thought this would be fun. All you really need to know is that this story occurs during season 2, but it doesn't contain any of the same events. There are major differences like Mick and Eddie are both living at Anubis house and I am incorporating a different mystery and adventure. There are two original characters and a villain, but those are the only new main characters that I am introducing. There are no couples as of now, but that'll change with further progression of the story and your comments. Hope you enjoy!

Summary: While on a school trip to Peru, the Anubis gang stumbles upon jewels in an abandoned Incan burial ground. What they don't know is that the jewels contain supernatural abilities that are unleashed when the jewels are broken. Not only that, but a cursed soul is also trapped in the jewels. Soon they find themselves tangled in another mystery only this time all of them are part of the adventure.

Chapter 1: Ghosts, Smoke, and Four Inch Heels

"How much farther do we have to go?" Amber asked as she trudged up the slope behind everyone else.

The guide looked back at her for a brief second. "Not much. We're here. Welcome to the Ancient city of Cusco!"

"Really? This is what we came here for, a bunch of rocks?" Amber stared at the area in utter shock.

Nina smiled and lightly elbowed her friend. "Come on Amber. There is so much history and culture here to appreciate."

"Say that to my shoes," Amber replied.

Mara rolled her eyes. "They're four inch heels!"

"They're Prada!" Amber defended.

Mara shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Well then," The guide clasped her hands together, "I'll be splitting you all into pairs. Nina and Amber, Fabian and Jerome, Patricia and Mara, Alfie and Eddie, Danielle and Joy, and Mick and Isaac. You are to roam around the area and locate all six spots on your map. The pair to do so first gets to go down in the helicopter."

"How will you know that we've been there?" Mara asked.

"These," The guide tossed each pair a pouch. "You put a flag on wherever you go. Now, anymore questions? No? Good. You have an hour, get started."

The group split up and began searching the area.

"I thought we were going to go look as a group," Fabian stated.

Amber shrugged before looping her arm through Nina's. "Oh well, why don't you go back to your partner?"

Nina shot Fabian an apologetic look as Amber dragged her away.

"Where to first," Jerome put his hand on Fabian's shoulder, "Partner."

(***)

Joy hesitantly trailed behind the girl she had been paired with. She had never seen her before at school, so she could only assume that she was new. Joy figured she would remember a girl with long medium blonde hair that had streaks of random colors at the tips. She also took notice of her light amber brown eyes, her fair skin, and the dimples currently hidden on her face.

"So…" Joy sped up so she was next to the girl. "I'm Joy, and you are?"

The girl looked over at her for a second before returning her gaze to the dozens of rocks around them. "Dani."

"Is that your full name?" Joy questioned.

Danielle shook her head. "Danielle, but I prefer Dani."

Joy nodded. "Dani, got it. Where should we go first?"

Instead of answering Danielle began walking faster almost like she was in search of something. Joy sighed as she followed. Beautiful and American… great. Like we need more of those.

(***)

"I'm Mick," Mick stared at the boy he had been paired with. "What's your name?"

The boy looked up from the pebble that was in his hand. He watched Mick for a moment before throwing the rock down and hopping off of the flat stone he had previously been seated on.

"Okay then." Mick jogged up to the boy so he could walk beside him, but it seemed like the boy was doing everything in his power to keep away from Mick.

Mick stopped in his tracks and simply watched him as he once again took a seat on a large rock. This was when Mick suddenly took notice of the boy's eyes. They were a dark brown. No, scratch that actually. They were darker than that. Onyx. They were as dark as an onyx and Mick had the strange feeling that if he stared at his eyes any longer they would suck him up and tear him apart like a black hole.

It was odd that that was what he noticed of the boy. Not the mop of curly brown hair on his head, not the pale skin, not the worn leather jacket he held on one arm, not the tattoo on his bicep, or the carved rune he kept flipping over in his left hand. It was his eyes.

Mick suddenly shook his head and he stopped his observations. He approached the boy slowly before taking the map out of the bag they had been handed.

"Anywhere you want to head to first?" He asked.

Mick allowed himself to scan the map for a moment before looking back up at his partner. "Where in-,"

He paused and looked around only to discover that his partner was nowhere in sight.

(***)

"Do we really have to go in here? There are cobwebs," Amber stated as she tiptoed around the space.

"I just want to get to the last site so we don't have to walk back down. Don't you want that for your heels?" Nina pointed out as she looked back at Amber.

Amber sighed as she stared down at her shoes. "These are getting a bit scuffed up."

"Exactly," Nina smiled and walked further, making sure to brush the cobwebs out of the way.

"Are you upset that you weren't paired with Fabian?" Amber asked.

Nina was taken off guard by the question, but she refused to look troubled as she kept her flashlight shining forward. "No, you're my best friend Amber."

"But you, you know," Amber leaned forward and in a sing-songy voice said, "You fancy him."

Nina smiled to herself and turned to look at Amber. "I do, but it's not like he notices."

Amber laughed and said, "Fabian wouldn't realize a girl liked him if she stopped him in the hallway and sang him a ballad before confessing her feelings."

Nina rolled her eyes at the comment and she pushed through yet another set of cobwebs and raised her flashlight up.

As the pair continued to make their way through the dark cave they heard a loud sound. Amber released a shriek and she turned around and tried to run for the exit, but instead ran into a tall body. "I know girls can't help but throw themselves at me, but try to contain yourself."

Amber glared up at Jerome. "Ha ha, very funny."

Jerome chuckled lightly and he looked at Nina who was staring ahead.

"Something wrong?" Fabian asked from behind Jerome.

Nina lightly shook her head. "No, I just could've sworn I heard-,"

"Boo!" Nina, Amber, Jerome, and Fabian all jumped at the sound of someone's voice. Alfie appeared from behind a giant stone. He laughed loudly and held his stomach as Mara, Patricia, and Eddie appeared.

Nina let out a deep breath and brushed a strand of hair out of her eye. "Okay, no more-,"

Before Nina could finish her statement, Mick came frantically running out of a tunnel. "Have any of you seen my partner?"

Fabian opened his mouth to answer, but then another voice echoed from one of the many tunnels leading to the center most of them stood at.

"Hello?" Joy walked out of a tunnel with Danielle and stopped at the sight of the rest of her classmates.

"Have any of you seen a curly dark haired boy?" Mick asked anxiously.

"Isaac?" Danielle questioned. "You lost Isaac?"

Danielle suddenly felt a hand touch her shoulder. She turned and saw Isaac behind her. "There you are."

"Where did you run off to?" Mick asked.

Isaac simply ignored him as his eyes scanned the cave they had all come upon. He ignored the conversations that seemed to have taken over the cave and his eyes suddenly caught sight of a small section from the wall in the back.

Isaac walked over to it and stared at the strange writing etched into the stone. He ran his hand along its surface before his finger ran over a dent that he pressed down on. The small section of the stone wall suddenly opened revealing a small burlap sack. Isaac took the sack out from the wall and he carefully opened it up allowing his eyes to widen at the components inside.

"What is it?" Nina asked as she pushed past Alfie. She stopped in front of Isaac and looked at him for reassurance before he nodded and she looked inside the sack. "Wow… jewels."

She took the sack from Isaac's hand and walked over to Amber, Fabian, Alfie, and Patricia.

"Cool," Alfie snatched the sack from Nina's hand and moved to the corner of the cave.

"Alfie-,"

"Calm down," Alfie stated as he held up his hands. "It's not like I'm going to drop it or-,"

The sack suddenly slipped from his grasp and collided with the hard stone floor. Almost immediately the bag erupted into a yellow dust that filled the entire cave and tunnels. The teens tried to see through the fog, but their visibility was clouded.

"What the-," Patricia breathed in the dust and immediately began coughing.

It only took a moment before everyone else made the same mistake she had and began coughing.

After a minute or two of having their eyes shut Nina opened them and discovered that the dust was gone along with the sack of jewels.

"What just happened?" Mara asked.

The group ignored her question as they exchanged knowing glances.

"Umm, I think we should head back," Fabian suggested.

Everyone nodded in agreement and began filing out of the cave. As they exited, no one noticed Isaac bend down and pick up an unfractured ruby that still lay on the ground. He shoved it into his leather jacket and followed the rest of the group.

(***)

"Since none of you were able to go to all the places, we all have to go down by foot. It's a shame actually, some of you were rather close, but rules are rules. Everyone ready? Great, let's go."

Danielle waited as the group began walking before grabbing Isaac's arm and holding him back. "What was that back there?"

Isaac looked her up and down before snatching his arm away and straightening his leather jacket. He stared at her before running to catch up to the rest of the group and leaving her on her own.

Back in the cave…

Puffy gray smoke rose from the small opening in the stone wall. It expanded quickly till it filled the whole room. Suddenly the smoke swirled together before separating and flying out through the tunnels leaving a shadow on the cave floor. The shadow moved freely and slid across the ground slowly till it was by the writing on the wall.

"Free at last. Now, to find a body,"

AN: The rest of the chapters in the story will be longer, but I wanted to introduce the main backstory first before hitting you with the essential plot. I promise it will only get better. If you have any questions don't be afraid to ask me. I am free to answer anything and everything. Please favorite, subscribe, and review if you liked and hope to read more!

-Karina