Alright! Hello everybody! This is the sequel to Prepare for D.C. Anubis. If you haven't read that story yet, you might want to just so you know what is going on in this story. Now, this idea to this chapter popped in my mind at 1:15 A.M last night and I had to type it up to at least give me something to work with. I touched it up a little this morning and I'm pretty happy with it. Remember, this is the first chapter so it's not going to scream, "Oh my God this is spectacular!" (But, if it does...TELL ME!) The first chapter gives you the lay down of what you are dealing with in this story. The first part of this chapter takes place right as Nina is watching the helicopter fly away from the roof of the hotel.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own HoA, the Willard Hotel, Washington D.C., or anything else.

Side note: How many of you watched the House of Anubis Teaser/Trailor? Oh my GOD! I have never fangirled that much in my entire life! They all look amazing and...and...I can't wait for 2012. I might not make it to 2012 without exploding at least once. :D Brad looked amazing! And Nina's hair...really pretty. Amber socks were adorable! And...and...IT WAS JUST PERFECT!

Alright, enough of my talking... I present to you, Chapter 1 of Life After This.

~Enjoy

"FABIAN! NO!"

"FABIAN! FABIAN! COME BACK!"

NINA'S POV

Our trip to Washington D.C. was a trip I will never forget and not in a good way by that. I imagined everything would be perfect and something that I would reminisce in the years to come. I will never remember this trip as being the best vacation I had ever experienced. I lost everything I basically had. My dignity, strength, and the love of my life. THEY took him away from me. I may never see him again because of that...

That stupid document ruined it all! I never thought being the Chosen One would lead to all this trouble. I just want to go home…to Anubis House…where we're all safe from any harm or danger. This planned vacation to D.C. caused so much pain in our lives. I will never forgive myself for everything that has happened. Everyone almost died…because of me.

But, I will not let them win. Not under my watch. I will find you Fabian, I promise. Victor will pay for everything he has done along with his brother. That document will not be read. No one that evil and heartless will win this battle at hand. Everything will be back to normal. None of this Chosen One nonsense will destroy us anymore! Life after this…will never be the same.

And this is where our sequel begins...

CHAPTER ONE- THE NEXT MORNING

AMBER'S POV

I woke up the next morning feeling fresh as a daisy. Today, we are leaving to go back to Anubis house a.k.a. home and I couldn't be any happier. This vacation has turned into a terrible nightmare and I want it to end now! I slipped out of bed and put on my cute little bunny slippers that I got at the mall here a while ago. They are so adorable. I quickly put a brush through my hair and smiled at myself in the mirror.

Mara was already out of bed and was holding a glass of orange juice. Patricia was still fast asleep in her bed. I noticed Nina was already out of bed. I tilted my head at the bed and thought about where she could possibly be.

I turned to Mara still thinking about it.

"Mara, do you know where Nina is?" I asked. She looked up from her bag and over to the bed. She slowly rose from the ground and over to me.

"She wasn't here when I woke up this morning. You don't think?" Mara started but I let out a gasp.

"What if Victor snatched her?" I exclaimed. Mara pursed her lips and shrugged her shoulders.

"Probably not…but it is something to think about…" She slowly faded out.

I headed over into the living room to see Jerome, Alfie, and Trudy crowded over by the window which was surprisingly open. I hurried over to them and they were saying things to each other.

"Was this open last night?" Jerome wondered out loud

"Was it the wind that pushed it open in the middle of the night?" Trudy pondered.

"Is breakfast ready?" Alfie threw out. They both looked at him and Trudy hurried off into the kitchen to whip him up something small.

"Where's Nina?" I asked quickly. Jerome turned around and faced me.

"Isn't she in the girl's bedroom possibly sleeping?" Jerome asked. I shook my head 'no' as a reply. I walked up and onto the couch and stood on my knees to see out the window.

"This was open when you guys woke up?" We all turned around to see Patricia slowly walking over to us.

"Yep. It's really weird. Trudy, was this window locked last night?" I asked as she was setting Alfie's oatmeal and orange juice down on the table.

"I'm positive I locked it last night." She said bringing her hand up to her chin.

Mara came out of the girl's room and over to us.

"Is Nina around here?" She asked nervously. Patricia burrowed her eyebrows together and looked at us with a confused face.

"Nina." She said to us. "What about Nina?"

"We can't find her?" I said starting to tear up.

"Maybe an alien snatched her in the middle of the night." Alfie joked around while spooning his breakfast into his mouth. I turned to him and gave him the death glare.

"ALFIE! Don't joke about that. This is Nina we are talking about. She is in great danger with all of this stupid stuff that has to deal with her!" I yelled back. I don't like yelling at Alfie but he must not be thinking smart about the problem here.

We all looked back out the window and gazed all around. Nothing seemed to be different or strange. Weird… I slid down the couch and sat on my bottom. Trudy handed me a glass of orange juice and I took a small sip. Mara was helping Trudy in the small kitchen with last minute things before we leave for the airport. The door to the boy's room opened slowly. Mick cautiously stepped out and quietly shut the door behind him.

He was searching all around him as if he lost something. What could he have possibly lost? He JUST woke up.

"Morning Mick." Trudy said from the kitchen. He looked over at her quickly and mumbled a 'good morning.'

"What, did you lose something Mick?" Jerome said from the arm chair beside me.

"Mick, have you seen Nina?" I asked quickly after Jerome.

"I just woke up, Amber! Why, is she missing?" His eyes grew big and he seemed worried.

"Yeah, I woke up and she wasn't beside me. Why did you say it like that, though? I mean, your eyes grew twice their normal size." He looked down at the floor and looked at all of our faces.

"Fabian's gone as well."

"What?" We all screamed at the same time. Oh my gosh…Fabian…no, no, no, no…Maybe Nina went out to look for him this morning and something bad happened to her. Oh, why can't anything go right for once in our lives? Why? Why? WHY?

"We have to go find Nina!" I yelled standing up from the sofa. I hurried over to the door and flung it open.

"Where do you think you're going, Amber?" Patricia asked catching up to me. I was already in the hallway looking behind plants and knocking on doors. No one was answering. Patricia pulled me around and looked me straight in the face.

"Amber! Calm your horses!" She demanded.

"I just want to know where she is." I confessed. I looked down at the ground and one tear gently slid down my red cheek and hit the carpeted flooring quietly. Patricia took her hands off of my shoulders and I looked up at her.

"We are going to go search right now. Amber, you get the roof."

"I don't want the roof. I'm not going up there by myself!" I said standing my ground. Patricia seemed annoyed and angry. Well, she knows I don't like doing things by myself. Why would she expect me to up to the roof of the hotel by myself?

"Amber, really? Fine. How about Alfie goes up with you?" Patricia asked. I thought about it for a moment and nodded.

"You go ahead first. He'll be out in a sec I guess. Unless he is too chicked to come up with you. Now go!" She said while giving me a hard push. I looked over my shoulder and she stood there with her arms acrossed her chest. She mouthed to me 'go!'

I opened the door that lead to the flight of stairs to the roof. I opened the door slowly and started up the stairs. I was letting out scared squeals as I made my way up the stairs.

"You can do this Amber. This is for Nina." I said to myself over and over again as I made my way up the stiars. I heard the the door open from below. The echo bounced off the walls rising up to where I was climbing. I made it to the door and I looked back behind me to see no one there. I pushed the door open and the bright morning sun hit me in the face.

It was windy out and my hair was flying all over the place. There were small pebbles on top of the roof which sort of hurt my feet, even with slippers on. My poor little bunnies. I was turning me head all over the place trying to find Nina.

"Nina? Nina, where are you?" I called out in sort of a quiet voice. I was scared to death thinking that someone was going to pop out of nowhere and snatch me. I heard a sound come from my right side. It sounded like a bird. I slowly turned my head to the sound and there was a body curled up in a ball and a black bird was standing beside it. I ran over to it and knelt down beside the body scaring the bird away. It was still alive and it was a girl. Her hair looked a lot like Nina's. I couldn't really see her face because of her hair. I looked back at the door to see Alfie standing at the doorway. He didn't looke like he was going to come over. He was also holding a baseball bat. Where'd he get that? I turned back to the girl and nervously moved me hand over to her face.

"I hope it's her." I whispered to myself over and over again. I pulled the hair out of her face and put it behind her ears. I let out a gasp at the sight of her face.

"NINA!"

So, what did you think? You guys wanted a sequel and so I am going to give you one. The rough draft of this story actually had a different ending where they were all sitting around talking about needing to find Nina and Fabian and they hear the door knob to the entrance jerk around. They then all hurried over to the far side of the room and watch as the door would open. Amber let a tear slip from her cheek... I just thought this was a better ending don't ya think?

Well, why don't you tell me?

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I hope you liked the first chapter. I really do. I got you all excited with the little 'preview' I had at the end of Prepare for D.C. Anubis.

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