Classes were suspended today and I got three reviews (yay!), so I decided to update. I'll just make a few things clear: 1. The story takes place in late November or early December, and 2. Anubis is Walt's cousin because in Twinkle Cherry, the main one chooses from twins and Anubis and Walt don't look alike at all, so yeah.

On to the story!

Disclaimer: The Kane Chronicles are not mine.


Chapter 2: Broken and New


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"Oh my God!" Drew exclaimed as Walt passed by her desk. "Walt is so handsome today like always!"

"He's my first love!" I said in reply to Drew. "I knew it right away the moment I saw him!"

Drew didn't hear me but Jaz did. She pulled out a small mirror and applied a fresh layer of lip gloss. "You still say that when you don't really know who it is yet," she said bluntly.

"Jaz!" I complained.

"Besides," she continued, putting her lip gloss and mirror in her pocket. "Anubis might be the real one."

"No, Walt is!" I exclaimed. " I did doubt a bit when I found out they were cousins, but the boy who said those words to me is definitely not Anubis!"

"Hey ugly," said Anubis from behind me. I turned. "Move it," he commanded.

"Wait a minute! You said I'm ugly?!" I was furious.

"That's right," he said. "Didn't you turn around in cooperation?"

Julian and Felix then yelled "Good morning!" to Anubis, and Anubis quickly ran to meet them.

"Annoying!" I told Jaz. "That guy makes me so pissed! He's a jerk who never grows up!"

"Aren't you the same?" Jaz muttered.

"What the hell is going on?" I continued ranting. "It's only been a week since he transferred and yet he's already friends with Julian and Felix!"

"Sorry, Sadie," said Walt, approaching me. "Anubis was really rude to you. Well, he is a bit childish. So please forgive him."

"Uh..." I said, sounding like an idiot. "Well, if Walt says so..." I pouted. The bell rang, signaling the first period.

"We need to go to first period, you two," said Jaz, heading to the door.

"Anubis, it's time for Shabti-making," Walt called his immature cousin.

"Shabti-making?" Anubis and I asked at the same time. Then we both panicked. Anubis bowed down to Walt while I bowed down to Jaz.

"Please let me copy your homework!" we begged at the same time.

"You forgot again?" Walt looked at Anubis pitifully.

"You two are so alike!" Jaz exclaimed. "It won't be so bad if they get punished together..." A smirk grew on her face.

Walt caught on and laughed. "That's true!"

"Eh—?!" Anubis and I said at the same time.

"Please!" begged Anubis. Walt just laughed at him.

"Please let me copy your homework!" I begged.

"No way!" said Jaz.

People started gathering around us to see what was happening, and I could make out a few sentences like "Two friends and two cousins..." or "I SHIP IT!" or "I envy them. They look so happy together!"


The bell rang, signaling the end of classes. If this was a regular day, I would be going back to the dorm, but I'm stuck in the Shabti-making room with Anubis.

How it happened was simple: Jaz wouldn't let me copy her homework, and Walt wouldn't let Anubis either, so the teacher punished us by having us clean the room after school.

"This is annoying," Anubis complained, putting all the papyrus scrolls in the shelves. "Why do we have to clean this up?"

"We have no choice," I replied while sweeping the floor. "We forgot our homework."

Anubis accidentally dropped a papyrus scroll. It rolled near me so I tried picking it up but Anubis tried picking it up at the same time. You can guess what happened next. Our hands touched.

Anubis quickly picked up the scroll and glared at me. "Don't touch me!"

"What?! You're the one who shouldn't touch me!"

I turned away and pouted angrily. Anubis put the scroll in the shelf. He probably noticed something because he ran to the corner of the room and said, "What's this?" Turns out, he was referring to Ani, the big Shabti that is normally in charge of cleaning the room.

"Interesting..." Anubis muttered. He started toying around with Ani the Shabti, making Ani's voice and laughing at the jokes he cracked.

"Stop messing around! You'll break it!" I said, running to Anubis. He spun the Shabti around and said, "No problem!" I turned so I could continue sweeping, but Anubis lost his grip on Ani and the Shabti fell on me.

"AH!" I yelled when the statue fell on me. When that happened, the ornament fell out of my pocket.

"S-sorry," Anubis apologized and got the Shabti off me. "Are you alright?"

I cursed in Ancient Egyptian and pushed myself up. "Didn't I warn you before... Haven't you had enough yet-"

I stopped mid-sentence because I saw the ornament was broken in half.


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I was wondering why Sadie stopped abruptly when I saw that something was broken. It was an ornament of the symbol of Isis.

"Ah... That's..." I stammered. Sadie shivered as she picked up the ornament and I pat her on the back. "Hey... Sadie..."

She turned to look at me and I saw she was crying. This is pretty much a first for me because I don't know how to deal with crying girls, and I'm not so used to seeing Sadie cry because she was always so happy.

Sadie stood up and ran out of the room. "Hey!' I yelled, but she was already too far to hear me. Something caught my eye, and I saw that the other half of the ornament was on the floor. "Dammit..." I muttered, picking up the ornament half. "Why..."

Leave it to me to mess everything up.


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"Hey Bast!" I said, entering the girls' dorm. "Is Sadie back yet?"

Bast nodded behind her magazine. "She's in your room," Bast said, pointing to the stairs.

"Okay. Thanks." I climbed the stairs and went to our room. I opened the door. "Sadie, why did you go back to the dorm without me? I was worried..." then I noticed Sadie was under the sheets of the bed. I came closer and heard some sobs. "You okay, Sadie?" I asked.

Sadie's face popped out of the sheets, and I could pretty well say she was crying like crazy. "Jaz!" she sobbed.

"What happened?" I asked. Sadie then told me the "horrifying" story of how Anubis technically broke the ornament.

"He's unbelievable!" Sadie wailed. "That Anubis...! Breaking the ornament to this state!" She showed me the half of the ornament. "Because I left in a hurry I forgot to pick up the other half! I'll have to look for it tomorrow!"

"So that's why he's waiting downstairs..." I muttered.

"What?" Sadie sniffed.

"Anubis is waiting downstairs," I said. "He wants to apologize. He's worried because... You know..."

"What?!" Sadie exclaimed. She stood up and went to the curtain. "You're lying!" She opened the curtain, and, true enough, Anubis was outside. Sadie quickly closed the curtain. "Why did you bring him over?"

"I didn't bring him," I told her. "He just came over."

"How dare he thinks an apology will solve everything!" Sadie said angrily."That idiot!"

"Maybe he'll leave if you ignore him," I suggested.

"I'll never forgive him!" Sadie declared.


"Today is the coldest day of the year," said the news reporter. "We estimate the temperature to be -6 degrees Celsius."

I turned the TV off and looked at Sadie, who was sitting on her bed with her arms crossed. Classes were suspended today because of the temperature and the heavy snow, so we were just killing time in the dorm.

"Anubis might still be outside," I said.

"That's impossible!" Sadie opened the curtain, and much to Sadie's delight, Anubis was still there.

"He looks like an abandoned puppy," I stated.

"I-idiot," Sadie stammered as she closed the curtain.

"He's been standing in the snow for nearly 4 hours. Isn't it about Ike you forgave him?"

"I'll never forgive him!" Sadie declared once again.

I sighed and went down stairs. I opened the door and Anubis quickly turned around, hoping I was Sadie.

"Oh, it's just you," said Anubis, his tone showing disappointment. He turned back.

"So rude," I muttered. "I didn't think you'd be this patient, so I came to see you personally."

"Shut up..."

"Why don't you go home already?" I asked.

"I'll only go home after I apologize." He's stubborn like Sadie, I thought.

"That's what you think," I said. "If you stay here it'll cause the opposite effect."

Anubis looked at me, letting the words sink in, then slowly nodded.


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"Jaz, did you tell him to go home?" I asked the moment she came in.

"I did." She closed the door, lay down on her bed and continued reading her book. "If you care so much, look outside the curtain."

"I-I don't care about him!" I said. Then I noticed some dust on the curtain and went to clean it up, but that was actually just a cover-up so I could see if Anubis really left.

Good News: He did leave. There's no bad news. But written in the snow were the words "I'M SORRY."

I grabbed my jacket and ran outside. Jaz yelled after me, but I ignored her and continued running.

Why?! Anubis... What the heck is he thinking? I can never guess what his motive is!

I noticed him in the distance and yelled, "Anubis! Wait!"

He stopped, turned and saw me. I ran to him and panted, "I-I forgive you!"

He stared at me and smiled afterward.

"But before that..." I said, summoning my staff from the Duat. "You have to let me put a temporary curse on you!"

"Okay," Anubis smiled. "Keep the curse on me until your anger subsides."

"I-in that case," I said, raising the staff. "I won't hold back!"

I started chanting and a blue-ish aura surrounded Anubis. But when I noticed how red his nose was and the amount of snow on his shoulders, I stopped chanting and the aura disappeared.

"You know what?" I said, putting the staff back in the Duat. "It's too cold. Never mind."

"H-hey!" Anubis said at my sudden change of heart.

I turned and said, "You know, that ornament was given to me by my first love when I was younger. Do you know who my first love is?" I looked at Anubis.

"Walt," I said, answering my own question. Thought I saw Anubis flinch, but I shrugged it off.

"I finally get to see him after 8 years..." I continued. "8 years is a long time, so I'm not sure if he remembers me. But I know it's him. So you must promise me you won't tell him about the broken ornament." I stretched out my pinky. "Pinky Promise?"

Anubis pulled off the scarf he was wearing and wrapped/tied it around my hand. "What the heck was that for?!" I exclaimed.

"Pinky Promise? Seriously? How old are you? I'm not promising anything," said Anubis.

"Why?!"

"So annoying... I'm going home!" Anubis turned to leave.

"Wait! Anubis!" I yelled and he stopped to look at me. "If Jaz didn't go out, how long were you planning to wait?"

Anubis stared at me for a while, as if computing for the answer, then smiled the same hopeful and determined smile my first love gave me.

"Till death," he declared.


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My phone rang, so I picked it up.

"Hello? Oh, Walt! Yeah, they had a fight," I said.

"Did they make up already?" he asked.

"Maybe. But I didn't expect Anubis would have so much willpower," I said.

"Hm? Could it be that you're bothered by it?"

I looked out the window and saw the "I'M SORRY" written in the snow. I paused for a while and said, "What do you think?"


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For the last 15 years of my life, I always dreamed that my wishes would come true. After years of waiting, I already know that my first love should be Walt and not Anubis.

But at this moment, I-


Yeah, that's pretty much it. I might update tomorrow if we don't have classes, so stay tuned.

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