Chapter 1

I woke up just as the plane landed after a seven hour flight. I yawned, stretching out my arms. Apparently I was one of the last people to leave the plane. Opening the compartment above me, I grabbed one of my duffel bags, and slung it over my shoulder. From what I had been told, the rest of my luggage was already shipped over earlier in the week.

It was when I stepped out of the airport and into the cab was when I got the realization of what's going on. My lunatic stepfather was forcing me to lie to my own mother, fly to a completely different country and kill some girl who I didn't even know. This is unreal.

"So, where you off to lad?" Asked the cab driver.

"Erm, Horus International Boarding School." I answer uneasy. It gives me the shivers even when I say the name.

"Ah, yes. I drive many students there at the beginning of term. You're coming a bit late, aren't you?"

"Tell me about it." I mutter. He laughs.

"Alright, what house are you in?" I am confused until he tells me to check my paperwork.

"It says here... Anubis? Yeah, Anubis house." He grins when I answer him. "What?"

"Oh, you're going to love it there, believe me. I've known most of the kids from there since they first started attending this place." I laugh, trying to sound interested. "Alright, here we are." I nod, pulling some money out of my pocket. "Don't worry about." I smile with gratitude, as he helps me with my suitcases.

Before I know it, my feet are already planted on the concrete steps, and my fist has been raised to knock on the door. A middle-aged woman with tan skin and dark hair answers. "Why hello sweety!" She grins, wrapping me in a hug. I awkwardly stand there, waiting for her to release me. "Right, sorry. I'm Trudy, your housemother. I'm assuming that you're Edison?"

"Uh, yeah. But I go by Eddie." I explain. She nods, smiling warmly. "Where is everyone? I heard that I was living here with seven other students?"

"They're off at school, all of them should be back within the next hour or so. You'll be rooming with Fabian. He's nice, quiet. Mick, his old roomate, just moved away to Australia, so you'll be taking his place." She explains. I nod. "Why don't you unpack, then I'll call you down when it's time for supper? If you need anything, I"ll be in the kitchen." Trudy walks off, leaving me alone in my new room.

I get to thinking about my task. I'm assuming that this girl's family is rich, powerful, and a threat to Richard. She's probably some stuck up blonde, and will be too dumb to realize what's going on. At least if she's like that it wouldn't be too hard, would it?

My laptop chimes, signaling that I have a new email. I pull it out of my backpack, and open up the screen to read my new message from Richard.

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I see a picture of a girl on my screen, who I'm assuming is my target. Red hair, green eyes, way different than what I expected. She is walking happily with two of her friends, a boy and another girl. I scroll down to see the listed information.

Name; Patricia Grace Williamson

Age; 16

Birthday; February 11, 1997

Relatives; Mother; Johanna Marie Williamson, Father; Michael John Williamson, and Twin Sister; Piper May Williamson.

The rest of everything listed is useless, such a interests and such. But I guess it will come in handy when I need converstaion starters. Just as I exit out of the email, a boy with dark brown hair and blue eyes enters the room; the same boy from the picture. I stand up awkwardly, clearing my throat. "Uh, hey. I'm Eddie."

"Fabian. Are you the new student?" He asks, quickly glancing at my bed.

"Yeah." I don't really know what more to say.

"Well, I'm going to go and study in the common room. I'll just leave you to-"

"Fabian! Come on!" I hear someone shout. Fabian waves, and leaves our room. I run a hand through my hair, which is already swept to the side.

The next hour passes quickly, and before I know it, Trudy is already calling for dinner. I'm not really sure what to say as all eyes are cast upon me, including Fabian's. "Okay everyone, as I said last week, we would be getting a new student. This is Eddie Miller." Trudy introduces. A few of the girls smile at me, and the boys look at me with anger.

"Are you taking Mick's place?" Asks a raven haired girl, dissapointment wiped across her face.

"Um, apparently." I answer, while the blonde next to her looks down with a upset face.

"Sorry I'm late Trudy, I was- who's the newbie?" She asks, and I recognize her almost immediately; Patricia, my new target.

"I'm Eddie." I introduce once more. "I guess I'm living here now."

"Right..." She nods, muttering something about 'another stupid boy in the house' and me being American.

"Don't mind her, she's always like... this." A girl with both brown hair and eyes explains. She was the third person in the picture, along withh Patricia and Fabian. I take a seat next to Fabian, and some guy with a massive head of hair. "Well, to start off; I'm Joy." She smiles.

"Patricia."

"Alfie."

"Jerome."

"Fabian."

"Nina."

"Amber."

"Mara." Everyone introduces. I smirk, and begin to dig into my dinner- spaghetti and meatballs.

Dinner isn't so bad, everyone breaks off into their own little talking groups. Fabian, Nina and Amber; Jerome, Alfie and Patricia, then Mara and Joy. I just sit there, picking at my food until someone decides to talk to me. "So, Eddie, why'd you decide to switch schools?" I turn and see that it was Nina, the only other American in the house, who was wondering.

My mind thinks rapidly to come up with an excuse, so I say the only thing I can think of: "Well, I got into a few fights, got expelled a few times..." I trail off. I mean, it wasn't a complete lie. I had gotten in plenty of fights before, and I had been expelled once. She nods uneasily, as Patricia decides to jump in on the questioning.

"So what about your parents? They were just okay with sending you overseas to a big bad boarding school, away from them? Seems fishy to me." She scoffs. That was what worried me.

"Well actually my dad lives here in the UK, and my mom was the one who suggested I come here." I mean yeah, of course it was hard talking about my dad. But for all I know, he could live all the way on the other side of the country. But I had just traveled to the other side of the world, so I had bigger things on my mind.

"So why don't you just go live with your dad then? I'm sure he would've been happy to see you after-" She begins to piss me off, so I decide to say something.

"Have you ever realize that you talk a lot? I should give you a nickname. How about blabs? Yacker? Oh yeah, Yacker, I like that." Confidence suddenly boosts upon me, and everyone looks between us two in shock.

"What did you just call me?"

"Pretty sure you heard me." I mumble. She then stands up, a pitcher of milk in her hand.

"Uh oh! Take cover! Patricia's getting riled!" Alfie ducks under the table.

"You cockroach." She sneers, as I look around and before I know it I am covered in milk. Patricia then swiftly exits the room, her heels clicking behind her.

"Yeah, she does that." Nina mutters, as an angry old man comes into the dining room.

"What is going on in here!?" He demands.

"Why nothing, Victor." Trudy calms him. 'Victor' turns to me, a points a finger.

"You! Who are you?"

"I'm Eddie, n-new here." I stutter.

"Ah, Edison. We've been expecting you." There's no way to make that sound not creepy. "Wash up, and come to my office so I can give you a tour and tell you the rules." I nod briefly before he exits the room.

Victor shows me the house, emphasizing that the cellar and attic are out of bounds. the girls rooms are upstairs, boys downstairs, and everywhere else I've pretty much already been. By the time we've finished with the tour, I'm instructed to be in my room by nine-thirty, and lights out are at ten. I go to sleep thinking about tomrrow; mission day one of ninety.

I wake up around midnight after not being able to sleep for hours. Careful not to wake Fabian, I walk across the room and out the door. But I am shocked when I see the sight of a girl crying to herself on the kitchen floor. "Patricia?"

A/N: Hey! What's up? It's 6:30 am here and I'm getting ready to go to school, it's picture day :/ thanks for all the reviews! You guys seem to love it so far!