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Chapter 1
Amanda sat bolt upright. Where was she? She seemed to be in some kind of basement in a house that looked vaguely familiar.
Aha! It suddenly hit her. She was in Professor Philby's house. She looked around. The other Kingdom Keepers were nearby, sleeping soundly.
We must have fallen asleep while we were over at Philby's house last night, she thought. Mrs. Nash! What will Jess and I tell her?
Suddenly, Finn stirred. "Amanda?" Finn whispered hoarsely. "Why are you in my house?"
Amanda couldn't keep herself from laughing.
"What?" Finn asked.
"Finn...this...isn't your...house!" Amanda choked out between laughs. "It's Philby's!"
"Oh... Wait, that doesn't make any sense! Why are we over at Philby's?"
"Don't you remember?" Finn shook his head. "Philby's house? We were all watching the band-width-meter?"
"Now I remember. And then we all zoned out like at exactly the same time."
Up until that moment, Amanda had forgotten that they had all fallen asleep. At almost exactly the same moment. It had been so strange, that it had almost slipped her mind.
They had all been staring at the laptop while the Disney movie, "My Babysitter's a Vampire" had played out on the TV screen in front of them. Then the world had just...gone black. She remembered opening her eyes one last time before falling asleep. In that one second, she had seen the others all dozing off. And out of the corner of her eye, she remembered seeing a red line. On the computer. She gasped. She remembered last night, Philby telling her and the others what to look for, "A red black line that sort of looks like a mountain-top," Philby had said. It had been the band-width-meter. And it had spiked right before they all fell asleep. Was that a coincidence? Or did it have something to do with the...
"No way!" Amanda almost screamed, startling Finn.
"What?" asked a scared Finn.
'Nothing," Amanda replied. I don't need to scare Finn anymore than he already is, thought Amanda. I'll just wait till Philby wakes up to tell them.
"Hey guys," Charlene said suddenly, causing Finn and Amanda to jump. "I'm going to go see if Philby's mom has anything for us to eat. I can't believe we fell asleep." Charlene looked at Amanda sympathetically. "I feel so bad for you and Jess. Mrs. Nash will probably kill you when you get home."
"Um, I guess we should go up, too, Amanda." Finn said. "We should probably text our moms, Charlene."
"Yeah, you're right."
Finn and Charlene both whipped their phones out.
"Where do you keep those?" asked Amanda, with a hint of humor in her voice.
Finn finished his text a moment later. "Here, Amanda," he said handing her the phone. "Can you please read it and tell me if you think it's acceptable?"
"Fine," Amanda said, and grabbed the phone out of Finn's hand. She read:
Finn: sorry mom. we all fell asleep at Philb's house, so we decided to crash there. be home around ten. xoxo
"Seriously, Finn?" Amanda said. "Hugs and kisses?"
"What else am I supposed to say, 'I am so sorry mother. I accidentally fell asleep at my schoolmate's house. I love you, mother dearest, and hope to be home around Ten O'Clock.'"
He won smiles from everyone.
"Come on, let's go eat; I'm starving," Charlene pleaded.
"Thank you, Mrs. Philby," Maybeck said, with syrup and butter all over his face.
By now, all the Kingdom Keepers had woken up, except for Philby.
"Let's go try to wake Philby," Finn said loudly.
"I'll do it," Amanda volunteered.
Amanda ran down the stairs. She skipped across the room, in the best mood she had been in for days. Even though the band-width-meter had spiked, it could have been a false alarm.
"Philby!" she called. "It's time to wake up!" He didn't stir.
Amanda felt an overwhelming sense of dread engulf her.
"Philby?" she called, even louder this time. She walked over to his bed and shook him. "Wake up!"
She shook him even harder. But he wouldn't wake up.
Finally she realized what had happened. It was all work of the Overtakers. Them falling asleep. Then, the band-width-meter spiking.
"Philby!" she screeched.
But he wouldn't move
Wouldn't wake up.
There was only one explanation.
Philby was stuck in the syndrome.
