So, I know in the last chapter, I made Fabina get together, but, I like to keep it true to the show, so I'm going to make this a reply to yesterday's episode, how I feel the problems could be solved.

Nina's heart was pounding with fear, and she subconsciously grabbed Fabian's hand, squeezing it. She needed something to hold on to or she felt as if she'd collapse.

Victor unraveled the cloth desperately, wringing it out and shaking with rage. He looked at the empty bag in horror and glared at Alfie. "What have you done?"

Alfie gulped. "I- I'm sorry! I messed up, it was supposed to disappear and I was going to bring it back without a scratch on it!" He cried.

Victor was shaking with rage.

"What is the big deal, Victor?" His special guest asked.

Victor turned, trying to hide his worry and rage, attempting to stay calm. He turned back to Alfie.

"Mr. Lewis, you are going to pay for that!" he roared.

Alfie stepped back, nodding. "I'm sorry, Victor!"

Everyone stood, frozen as Victor glared down at Alfie. "You. You will pay for that, Mr. Lewis."

"Ah, Victor, it's all done now. I will take care of the costs, the performance was quite great, actually." The special guest pulled out his wallet, handing Victor some money.

Victor took it, sliding it into his pocket, but Nina knew he hadn't meant money. He was still quite furious. Victor took the small bag and swept the pieces of his locket into it, sitting down, and glaring at the students. "You are all dismissed." He said with a wave of his hand.

Everyone exited the room, and the Sibuna gang crowded around Alfie. "Why did you do that, Alfie? We told you to keep it simple! You've ruined our chance to get behind that door along with Victor's!" They cried.

A bit of Alfie's fear disappeared as he grinned. He pulled up one sleeve to reveal… the amulet, swinging off of his wrist.

Amber gasped. "Magic!"

Alfie smirked at her, and Nina sighed in happiness. "Alfie, you are brilliant!" She cried. "Thanks for taking the fall for us," she said. "Sorry Victor is probably going to punish you."
Alfie shrugged. "No, all he can give me is an earlier curfew, or toilet duty, and you did tell me not to smack it. It's okay."

Everyone grinned. "Okay, tonight, we go back to the tunnels and find out what is behind that door," Nina said.

Patricia, Fabian, Amber and Alfie nodded in agreement. "Sibuna," they said in unison, putting one hand over their right eyes.

Only then did Fabian and Nina realize they were still grasping each others' hands. They blushed and let go. "Thanks," Nina whispered. "I needed something to hold onto, I thought…"

"It's no problem," Fabian said quickly. "I was worried too. I thought it was in there too."

The pair smiled, and everyone arrived at Amber and Nina's room. Nina looked at her group of friends, thankful she wasn't doing this all alone. "Okay, tonight at midnight, we go back down to the cellar to try out that door, deal?"

Everyone nodded and said Sibuna once more before going their separate ways.

The Sibuna team was gathered around the door, Nina at the head with her own amulet around her neck and Victor's in her hand. She stepped forward, taking the amulet and pressing it to the indentation in the wall, holding her breath. With barely a whisper, the stone rolled away, revealing a small room. It was obviously a dead end, but there had to be something.

Nina rushed forward without thinking, and behind her, her friends called out, a bit worried it would be booby trapped. But there were no traps, and nothing in the room at all, it seemed. Nina sighed, her shoulders sagging. "There's nothing here."
"No, there's got to be!" Fabian protesting, following her in. He looked around, also seeing that there were no boxes or reflectors in the room. He searched the room desperately, determined to not give up on Nina. He looked at her sad expression, then smiled. "Nina, your locket is glowing again!"

Nina looked down excitedly, walking around the room until she found another secret lock.

"What amulet opens this one?" Amber asked excitedly, hoping it was hers.

"It's not an amulet."

Everyone sighed, aside from Fabian, who could see the lock. His heart pounded. "No way."

Nina sighed, her eyes wide, as she examined the hand. She held out her own, wondering if it would open it.

"Wait, Nina, what if it hurts you?" Amber protested, approaching and seeing the hand.

"It won't," Nina said confidently. She stuck out her hand, pressing it to the rock. Suddenly, Nina was thrown into the opposite wall as the rock was blasted apart.

"Nina!" Fabian cried. He caught her just before her head slammed against the cold stone floor. He carried her away as the smoke cleared, setting her down and sitting next to her. "Nina, Nina, are you okay?" he said desperately. "Can you hear me?"

Nina's eyelids fluttered and she looked up into Fabian's blue eyes. "Ow," she groaned.

"Are you okay?" Fabian asked.

Nina sat up weakly, peering through the smoke at the opening in the wall.

"Nina, are you okay?" Fabian repeated.

Nina nodded slightly. "Let's check it out."

Fabian tried to object, but knew Nina was determined, so he took her arm and helped her up.

Nina staggered and leaned against Fabian, crying out.

"What's wrong?"

"My leg!" Nina said. "I think it's broken."
Fabian didn't know how to deal with this. "We should go back up. We can come back down tomorrow."

"No!" Nina protested. "No. Let's keep going. Will you help me?"
Fabian sighed. "Of course." He said. He put an arm around her waist, and she put her arm around his, hopping on one leg towards the wall that had just blown apart. They found another room, but in this one lay a pile of gold coins.

Nina staggered forward with Fabian's help. "What the…"

Amber walked forward, squealing. "Treasure!"

"No, Amber," Patricia sighed. "It's part of the task!" Amber sighed.

"What do they have on them?" Fabian asked.

"This one has some dude and some kind of plant," Alfie said picking one up.

"There's a lady and the cup on Ankh on this one," Patricia said.

"Do they all have different things on them?" Nina asked curiously.

Amber picked one up. "Looks like it."

Fabian helped Nina sit down, flinching and trying to make it as easy on her as possible. "You okay?"

Nina nodded weakly. "Maybe one of them is the reflector!"
Alfie sighed. "But which one?"

"The one with the bird on it!" Amber said.

Patricia rolled her eyes. "We'll just have to check all of them!" She said.

Everyone groaned, and Nina gasped, holding her leg.

Fabian looked at Nina and sighed. "That's it, we are going back up, getting you to someone who can help your leg, and coming back down tomorrow to search the coins."

Nina pouted, but got up with Fabian's assistance and hobbled back out of the tunnels.

Fabian rushed into Nina and Amber's room, pure joy on his face, a golden coin in his palm. He approached Nina, because she was in bed, with the crutches by her. "Nina, I found it! I found the reflector!" he said.

Nina sat up excitedly. "Really?"

Fabian nodded, handing her the coin. Nina turned it over, fingering the bird. "Thanks, Fabian." She said. "For everything."

Fabian smiled at her. "So, shall we go down tonight?"

Nina nodded. She looked up at Fabian, who was perched on the end of her bed. She leaned up and kissed his cheek. "Thanks for never giving up on me."

Fabian smiled down at her, trying not to stutter as he said, "I could never give up on you, Nina." He heard the double meaning behind his words.

Nina grinned at him, and Fabian opened his mouth, trying to choke out the words he'd been trying to say all year. "N-Nina," He said. Just say it, Stutter Rutter! His head screamed at him. "I- I- Maybe…" Fabian sighed, looking into Nina's beautiful eyes, he wanted so badly to tell her, but he couldn't choke it out. He felt an imaginary hand slap his back, forcing him to blurt out the words. "I still love you, Nina."
Nina's eyes widened and she looked up at him. "You… you loved me?"
Fabian couldn't speak. He just nodded.

Nina smiled slightly, her heart leaping in glee. "But… what about Joy?"

"I don't feel that way about Joy. All year, I've been trying to tell her I just want to be friends, because you're the one I like."

Nina full-on beamed now. She leaned up and kissed Fabian, her heart doing cartwheels in happiness. Oh, how she'd missed him. When they pulled away, Nina grinned, leaning her forehead onto his. "I love you."

Fabian smiled. "I love you."

Jerome hated lying to Mara. But he didn't want to make her think he was a thief, a monster. And he didn't want to drag her into this "collector" business. The way Jasper spoke about the Collector, it was as if they were a murderer, or worse. Jerome flashed back to the previous year when Rufus Zeno had been threatening him. He clicked on the e-mail that had just arrived from Jasper.

The Collector likes the dollhouse. Can you get it?

Jerome shivered. He knew he had to get that dollhouse to get back his gem and save Trudy, but Amber and Nina were sure to notice it was missing. He sat back, putting his hands over his face in thought, and trying to decide what to do.

So, the way I'm doing this is I'm just going to keep responding to the episodes instead of basing the chapters off of each other like a normal story. This chapter was based off of 2-21-12's episode.