A/N: It's ten minutes until Monday, and I'm awake, so I'm going to go ahead and post this now. Reviews, by the way, are the best way to ensure this continues. If you enjoy it, let me know. If you don't, go read someone else's fic.
House of Suspicions
Xavier groaned at the alarm, blaring at him at the ungodly hour of 7 AM. He got up and went down the hall to shower, then, once he was in his uniform, he went to breakfast. The girls were already up, including Kate Richardson, who, Xavier thought privately, was the most attractive of the bunch.
He sat down next to her.
"Hey Kate." He said.
"Morning Xavier."
"Hey," Kate said, "Do you know what Sibuna is?"
"Yes. But let's not talk about that now." Xavier said, for Roger and Freddie had just entered the room.
Later, at lunch, Xavier and Kate sat together with the other Sibunas, and brought Kate up to speed. Then, Kate brought them up to speed.
"So Eve and Roger want to get Roger's father back from somewhere, and they're planning on sacrificing Nina to do it?"
"Who's Nina Martin anyway?" Kate asked.
"Our founder." Dexter said.
"She left the school a couple years ago, but she was the leader for a while."
"Alright. Should we warn her?"
"I don't know how to get in touch, but we should call Eddie later." Dexter said.
They all held their right hands up over their corresponding eye.
"Sibuna." They said, and parted for class.
After class, the Sibunas gathered in Xavier and Dexter's room and Dexter called Eddie on video chat.
"Hey Dex, what's up. Who are the newbies?"
"This is Xavier, he can use the locket." Xavier raised a hand in greeting
"This is Kate, she overheard something important."
Kate waved at the webcam.
"Right. So, I guess there is a new Osirian after all."
"What?" Xavier said.
"Nothing. What's up, Dex? I've got to take Patricia to the doctor soon."
"Nina." Dexter said.
"What about her?" Eddie asked.
"Can you get in touch with her? She's in danger."
"She's in America. How can she be in danger?" Eddie asked.
"Look, I overheard the new caretaker, Eve Haversine and one of our new housemates, Roger Smith, talking last night. They said something about getting Roger's father back, and sacrificing Nina to do it."
Eddie sighed, "Alright. I'll call Fabian. He and Nina got married over the summer."
"What happened to him and Mara?"
"She got back with Mick." Eddie said.
Dexter didn't know who Mick was, but he was glad Fabian had been able to reconnect with Nina. Whoever she was, she was probably a lot better than Mara.
Suddenly, Eddie's image moved to the side, and Fabian's image popped up.
"Fabian, hey, buddy, we've got Sibuna news."
"What? I thought with Victor gone, Sibuna would be obsolete."
"Not the case buddy. The new caretaker, Eve Haversine is trouble. She's after something that will bring this kid, Roger's father back to life. We don't know what it is, but apparently a sacrifice is required to get his dad back, and she wants Nina."
"What?" Fabian demanded.
"I heard it myself." Kate interjected.
"You guys have to be careful." Eddie said.
"We will be. We're in America, so they can't get to us too easily." Fabian said.
"I wouldn't put it past this Eve woman. If she's anything like Victor…"
"True. We'll be careful. Keep in touch, kids." Fabian said. Then he signed off.
"See you guys later." Eddie said, and signed off himself.
"What's the Osirian?" Xavier asked.
None of the others knew.
"Maybe there's an answer in the antechamber. We should check after dinner."
Everyone agreed and parted ways.
Roger had been listening at the door the entire time. When it started to open, he dashed down the hall and into his room, which he shared with Freddie.
His roommate was sitting on his bed, typing on his laptop.
"Sup?" Freddie asked.
"Nothing much. Do you know what time dinner's ready? I'm hungry." Roger said. It was important for him to maintain normality, according to Eve.
"Act like a teenager so that they don't suspect you."
"Oh! One more thing!" Kate said before the meeting disbanded, closing the door again.
"What's that?" Dexter asked.
"Roger. Eve wants him to infiltrate Sibuna."
"We can't let him in. No one mention it to him." Dexter said.
Everyone agreed to this, and they parted ways to get some homework done before dinner.
When Trudy called them to the meal, Xavier noticed that Dexter had refrained from replacing his shoes and socks after changing out of his uniform, so he followed suit and went into the dining room in bare feet. Because of a new rule put in place by Trudy and Eve that afternoon, everyone had to remove their shoes (and socks, if they were wet or dirty) at the door. Roger was wearing socks, but Freddie was barefoot, as were Kate and Cassie. Erin and Poppy both wore slip-on shoes with bare feet.
The meal consisted of quiet conversation, until talk turned to sports. Xavier didn't particularly care about sports but he listened politely to Freddie drone on about football practice. Apparently, when he wasn't working with Eve, Roger also played sports, as he joined in with the conversation. Xavier turned his attention to Kate, tuning out the athlete's talk.
"So, where in America are you from?" Xavier asked her.
"Montreal. In Canada." Kate said.
"Oh, sorry. My bad."
"It's alright. Where are you from?"
"Ohio."
Just then, Eve came in.
"Students, I wanted to let you know that I've had excellent reports from your teachers for your first day. As a reward, bedtime will be moved back to 10 o'clock tonight."
The students cheered.
After they finished, most of the students went back to their rooms. It was washing up night for Freddie and Poppy, so they were forced to stay in the kitchen.
Sibuna gathered in Xavier and Dexter's room.
"We need to get back to the antechamber and do some research on the Osirian." Dexter said.
Xavier nodded, "Yeah, yeah, we do. Tonight." He said.
They did the Sibuna sign and parted ways so that Eve wouldn't suspect anything. Xavier had to get some homework done before they went on their adventure anyway, so he turned his focus back to his work.
That night, half an hour after Eve had dropped her pin and gone 'out,' Sibuna met in the kitchen, fully dressed this time, and once Xavier opened the oven, they crept down and opened the antechamber.
"Remember, we're looking for anything on the Osirian." Dexter said.
Together, the group managed to skim through a good portion of books before they heard a noise in the cellar outside the antechamber.
"I found something!" Erin said excitedly.
"Shh!" Xavier said.
As quietly as possible, he moved forward, looking through the hole in the bookcase to see Eve and Roger approaching the entrance to the antechamber.
Cast:
Nicholas Hamilton as Xavier Ferris
Jake Davis as Dexter Lloyd
Roxy Fitzgerald as Cassie Tate
Kae Alexander as Erin Blakewood
Charlie Rowe as Roger Zeno
Asa Butterfield as Freddie Jenkins
Sophie Nélisse as Kate Richardson
Frances Enell as Poppy Clarke
Kelly Bishop as Eve Haversine
Mina Anwar as Trudy Rehmann
Special Guests:
Brad Kavanagh as Fabian Rutter
Burkely Duffield as Eddie Miller
Next Time: House of Osirian
Who is the Osirian?
Will Sibuna be discovered?
What new secrets lie beneath the House of Anubis?
Find out Tuesday.