Chapter One
It's supper time in the House of Anubis and all the students are seated at the table. Everyone in Sibuna is eating as fast as they can so they can go back up to Nina and Amber's room to discuss the next task from the tunnels. Other than that everything seems normal. Then, ding dong, the doorbell rings. Everyone looks very confused because no one was expecting anyone that evening. A very annoyed Victor reluctantly exits his office to see what's going on and answer the door.
"Who might you be?" says Victor as he opens the door to find a teenage boy standing there.
"My name is Seth, Seth Foctoro,"
"And why are you here?" says Victor, growing impatient.
"I'm supposed to be living here," Seth replies with a smirk on his face.
"Says who? I think you're at the wrong house," says Victor as he starts to shut the door.
Using his foot to stop the door and handing Victor an envelope, Seth says, "My father told me to give you this letter. It should explain everything." The smirk has now vanished, replacing it is a blank expression.
Looking confused, Victor opens the envelope, takes out the letter, and starts reading. As he reads he slowly develops an almost panicked expression on his face. After a few minutes he looks at Seth but doesn't say a word, almost as if he's in a trance. Snapping out of it, he says in a somewhat shaky voice, "Very well, please come inside. Trudy will show you to your room."
Trudy, popping up from her work when she hears her name, says, "I will? I mean, of course I will but Victor which room will he stay in?"
"I suppose he can room with Jerome and Alfie," replies Victor, thinking on his feet.
Turning to Seth, "Right this way," says Trudy.
Back at the table the students, who were all listening to the conversation that had just taken place, just sit there quietly, not knowing what to make of it. After a few minutes they go their separate ways and continue on as usual. Nina, Fabian, Amber, Alfie, and Patricia run up the stairs to Nina and Amber's room. When they get there they all sit down but no one says anything.
"What do you think that was about?" questions Alfie, breaking the awkward silence.
"I don't know," says Fabian, "But it seems kind of weird. The way Victor didn't know he was coming and had that panicked look on his face when he read the letter. It's like it was a threat or something."
"I know right," says Nina. "Forget about the task from the tunnels for now. First we need to figure out who this Seth guy really is."