Hi, this is a fanfic that I am co-writing with my brother. He has done practically all of the work so far, I just added a few bits here and there but we wanted to upload it to see what everyone thinks. Even though it is a HOA fanfic, you do not necessarily have to have seen all of HOA to understand this story. We hope you enjoy it! R+R maybe? ;-)

Disclaimer: As appealing as Brad Kavanagh is, I do not own him, or the HOA characters and storylines etc.

However, we do own the plot for this story. Plaigerism (seriously cant spell that word) is not nice!

Enjoy :-)

-Emma + Adam :-)

All that could be heard was the creaking of the door as Victor tiptoed through the entrance of the house, pushing a box through the corridor. He carefully placed it in his cellar next to some of his precious potions. He studied the box then pressed his fingers cautiously against its side.

'Mmm, interesting', Victor murmured as he examined his box. The man rapped his fingers along the top of the box when…

The eight residents of Anubis house were relaxing in the living room when they caught their house keeper creeping out of the cellar, acting even more strange than usual. Amber went over to her best friends Fabian and Nina to have a secret conversation, the main topic of which being the infamous house keeper.

'So, why do you think Victor was in the cellar? I mean, he hasn't been in it since the whole Cup of Ankh business, has he?' Amber whispered to her fellow 'Sibuna' founding members.

Last term, Amber and four other students had to follow several clues. Some of which led to more clues, others led them to one of seven relics, which later formed to make the Cup of Ankh. Victor had a long term plot to become immortal by drinking the elixir of life from the cup of ankh at the chosen hour. However, this plan was foiled by 'Sibuna' (Anubis backwards), a group name that surprisingly Amber came up with. Nina was the leader of Sibuna and ended up being the 'chosen one', or, as her friend called her; 'the one with the power'.

Fabian replied to Amber saying that it won't be another Cup of Ankh and that they'd all check the cellar out later on that night. Jerome, who was listening in to their conversation, thought up a plan to get himself involved. He went up into his room and met his roommate, Alfie Lewis.

'Want to do something fun tonight A-dog?'

'Sure, will it be just us two or the others as well?'

'The others will get involved, I'm sure,' Jerome smirked.

The two were up in their room until supper, planning something that was obviously mischievous. When they finally came down they were holding something. Everyone else was already there so the plan was set. Jerome headed over towards Nina, Fabian and Amber and held out his hand. There were three leaflets gracing his palm, indicating the main entertainment for the night.

'Truth…or…dare,' Fabian paused after he had read out the title of the leaflet. 'Tonight?' he asked, in a way that would imply he was conveniently busy.

'Well you don't want to be left out now, do you?' Jerome added in response, already aware that he had won him over. The three other students looked at everyone sat at the table in turn, all scrutinizing their truth or dare leaflets.

Fabian, Nina and Amber tried to think of an excuse as to why all three of them wouldn't be able to partake in the game. Amber started to say 'Well…we…erm,' until Jerome saved her from her musings.

'Were going to go down into the cellar to see why Victor was acting weird before. Yes, I know,' trying to imitate Amber.

'You wouldn't say anything to Victor, would you?' questioned Nina.

'Oh I most definitely would. Your doubt in my ability and mindset really hurts me dear Nina. However, I solemnly swear that I will keep my mouth shut…on one condition. You three all play tonight!'

After lights out, the Sibuna founders headed to Jerome and Alfie's room. Upon their arrival, Jerome looked at them with a massive grin.

'Take your seats,' he ordered, like a ringleader of a circus would. The three sat down in the only available seats, conveniently Nina and Fabian sat together, whilst Amber sat on Nina's other side, next to Patricia.

During the course of the game, Fabian was repeatedly asked whether he liked anybody at that specific moment in time, to which he always replied 'I'm not quite sure'. The gothic Patricia was dared to allow Amber to give her a makeover and also to wear one of Amber's brightest dresses and matching heels. Being the daredevil that she was of course, she could not refuse. Jerome was dared to kiss Mara, which he was happy to comply to. Nina was asked about her life in America, and also whether she liked anyone. Her response to that particular question was merely just a blush. Amber was dared to shred all of her cosmo magazines, whilst Alfie was dared to strip and run around the house, in the general direction of Victor's office, whilst naked. Then he had to put on one of the girls' dresses and sing 'Single Ladies' by Beyonce. All in all, so far it was a decent, fun game. However, the dares were consistently becoming harder to complete.

It was currently Fabian's turn, and Jerome being Jerome, stood up and made a grand little speech; 'This time, because neither you, nor your pretty little girl Nina here have actually opted for a dare in the whole…two hours we have been playing. It's going to be a triple dare!'

'But there is only two of us Jerome…seriously, just a question; how on earth did you manage to pass junior maths? Let alone high school algebra, if you can't distinguish the difference between two and triple, meaning three?' Fabian replied smartly.

'Oh ha ha. Very funny of you, but don't you realize that you are just making this even worse for yourself, and your friends here? Now, as I was saying, you two are going to go down into the kitchen and make as much mess as possible so that when Trudy sees in the morning, she will be really mad!' Fabian and Nina shared a look of pure horror and worry. 'Oh, and you can pick someone to join you on your lovely dare, that will make it a triple dare I believe,' Jerome added quickly.

'I choose Amber!' Nina blurted, almost too quickly.

Fabian however, opted for trying to get out of the dare, saying 'We decline. That is very cruel. We can't do that to Trudy!' Jerome merely looked at him with his crooked smile and whispered, 'Then I guess I will just tell Victor all about that little plan of yours…'

Several minutes later, the three students made their way down to the kitchen to prepare for their dare. Fabian huffed, but Nina merely pulled out her locket, turned around to the others, smirked and said 'I may have a plan or two…' Then she proceeded to open the secret passageway from the kitchen to the cellar whilst her best friends destroyed the kitchen. Down in the cellar, she found a large rectangular box that she didn't recall ever being there from her previous encounters with the cellar. Opening the box, she found a lot of research papers about 'The portal to the past', which would grant 'keys' one wish. She put her hand inside the mound of paper and came across a smaller box.

Victor opened the cellar door and started to walk down the stairs. Nina quickly examined the research and found a small photo of Sarah and her parents, The Frobisher-Smythes. She quickly closed the box and returned to the kitchen unseen. She couldn't wait to tell her friends about her find. When she saw Fabian and Amber she immediately relaxed, showing them the photo and the box.

'But this can't be why Victor was acting weird, because the box is locked!' Fabian exclaimed. Nina tried to open it but the lock wouldn't move.

'When I was down there, some research mentioned something about keys, maybe you need a certain key to open this,' Nina stated.

In the morning, Trudy called everybody down into the kitchen to show them the mess, which they were all secretly already aware of. She made a point of saying that nearly everything was wrecked.

'Who did this?' shouted Trudy, looking at some smashed plates. Jerome smirked at the three whom he knew were behind it, per his own instruction of course. Victor walked in and looked directly at Trudy.

'I will find out who did this and when I do, there will be SEVERE consequences for everyone involved!' Victor threatened. He then proceeded to dismiss the children and told Trudy to clean up all the mess whilst he went to the supermarket.

Nina, Amber and Fabian agreed to go to the girls' room to check out the box that Nina found the previous night. They tried all they could to open it, but that second attempt was in vain.

'Look! There's a lock on it!' Amber pointed out.

'Yes Amber, thank you for stating the obvious, Captain Sherlock! Of course there is a lock on it! What did you expect? A Harry Potter spell permanently sealing it away from all of humanity?' Fabian responded sarcastically.

'No…I mean the word 'Lock'!' Amber replied in a similar tone. They all looked at the word, but Nina was the first to look away as she saw that her locket was glowing red. She pulled her locket from around her neck and pressed it against the corresponding lock. The box opened and there were some drawings engraved on the side of it.

You like it? next chapter is coming very soon, ie, right now! In a bit, peeps haha!