It was brilliant, I hope I do it justice!
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Fabian couldn't wipe the smile off his face as the taxi pulled up towards him. Clutching his suitcase in one hand he reached forward to open the door eagerly. But to his immense surprise, Eddie stepped out.
"Hey dude!" he greeted happily, stepping out into the sun.
Fabian grinned, looking him up at and down "You're not Nina," he stated lightly. Eddie looked down at himself
"Yeah…not last time I checked," they both laughed lightly and leaned forward to hug "So, how you doing, roomie?" the American asked
"It's good to see you, Eddie," he smiled "I'll get the door," he shut the door of the taxi for the tall blond. And Eddie's eyes met with Mr Sweet.
"Dad!" he greeted, more shocked than pleased
"Uh, hi," Mr Sweet went in for a handshake, fumbling when Eddie spread his arms for a hug and the two watched each other awkwardly for a moment before deciding to hug. "Good to have you back son," Eddie rose his eyebrows at being called son so blatantly, but looked nothing but pleased.
"Thanks," Eddie grinned, taking hold of his suitcase
Mr Sweet looked up, spotting another taxi, and he began to dash away "Oh! But nose clean this term, right Eddison?" he pointed at his son
"Call me Eddie! And I'll consider it!" Eddie called after him, Fabian laughed, relaxing slightly.
"So, have you seen Nina?" the brunette asked, turning to Eddie as they began walking down the busy path
"What?"
"At the airport?"
"W-what? No, no no, dude, you gotta play it cool," he advised, his face slightly uneasy. When all of a sudden, Mara's voice rang out over the hustle and bustle
"Jerome!" she called, dashing towards him
"Hey!" Jerome laughed, dumping his suitcase down and racing to meet her in front of Eddie and Fabian. He wrapped his arms around her waist, burying his face in her neck and lifting her up, giving her a twirl.
Eddie rolled his eyes "Yeah, playing it cool, definitely not a Brit thing." He turned to Jerome "Come on, Jerry. Gross, bring it here,"
Jerome turned, just noticing them, and smiled, hugging Eddie, while Mara hugged Fabian. The four of them smiled at each other. Saying their hellos and talking about the holidays.
From behind the brick wall not too far away, Patricia Williamson, in her trademark black leather jacket, listened.
"So," Fabian smiled, shaking Jerome's hand "We don't need to ask how your vacation was,"
"Oh, it was awful, wasn't it Jerome?" Mara beamed up at her blond boyfriend.
"Yeah," Jerome played along happily.
Patricia poked her head around, before darting back, jumping when she heard Alfie's voice.
"What are we hiding from?" he asked excitedly. Much too close for comfort.
Patricia suppressed a groan "I'm not hiding, I'm…hanging,"
"You're weird." Alfie stated quickly, very hypocritically, he peered around the wall at the four of them, eyes brightening when he saw them. Forgetting all about Patricia. "Hey guys!" he called loudly, causing Patricia to hide further. He jumped out, pulling his suitcase along to meet them. Everyone greeted him happily while Alfie continued to talk "What a day to get stuck in traffic. Trudy's cookies may all be gone!" he cried in dismay "This, is a disaster of epic proportion!" he lifted his suitcase into both arms. Dressed in his normal Alfie style, not like the beginning of last term, where he was dressed like someone out of an 80's magazine.
"Woah, woah, woah," Fabian grinned "Alfie, haven't you had enough sugar?"
He didn't answer, only groaning with the weight of the suitcase in his arms, as he ran past them to rush inside. They all laughed again "Come on guys!" he called, and they all followed him.
Patricia watched them leave, and as soon as they were gone from view, she stepped out, heading very slowly down the path.
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Alfie stumbled through the door, dumping his silver suitcase onto the ground. "Cookies!" he cried, running forward into the living room.
"Honey! We're home!" Eddie called, a big grin on his face, as Fabian, Mara and Jerome followed in after him with their bags.
Amber and Joy appeared at the top of the steps, squealing and waving energetically "Hi!" they called back in unison. Amber's hair had been cut, not a lot, but definitely shorted than it was last term. It suited her, more fresh.
"Hey!" Everyone greeted back as the two girls dashed down the stairs to envelop everyone into a hug.
"Hello Amber!" Jerome greeted as he struggled to put down the suitcase as Amber's arms wrapped around him. But Fabian looked around anxiously. Still no sign of Nina. But instead, Trudy came through the kitchen, her arms wide, a massive grin on her face as she spotted them all.
"Ooh! All my lovlies! Back again!"
"Oh hi Trudy!" Fabian grinned, hugging the small woman back "Um, where's Nina? Is she here?" he asked as Trudy hugged Amber
"Not yet," Trudy gushed, touching Fabian's cheeks lovingly "What time was she meant to arrive?" she asked, straightening Fabian's coat in such a motherly way.
"Um, I'm not sure, I tried messaging her but I…" he trailed off.
"That girlfriend of yours is really bad at keeping in touch," Amber stated. Eddie swallowed slightly nervously, before picking up his suitcase and wheeling it away towards his room.
"It's not just me then," Fabian noted, hugging Amber once more.
Alfie walked in, eyes rolling into the back of his head as he took another bite of the delicious cookie. Before he noticed Amber and the grin spread across his face "Hey Baby!" he called loudly, just as she cried
"Alfie!"
And she hugged him, as he lifted her into the air. Much like his best friend had done with his girlfriend not a moment before. Everyone laughed at their reunion. Jerome and Mara followed Trudy into the living room. Leaving Amber, Alfie, Fabian and Joy in the main entrance hall. They gathered in a little circle beside the tomb.
"Where's Patricia?" Joy asked, just as the red haired girl walked into the house.
"Someone mention my name?" she asked, acting normally now that Eddie wasn't around. They all grinned, raising their hand to cover their eyes as they whispered
"Sibuna!"
But not a second after they had, the cellar door opened and out stepped Victor. They froze watching as he glared at them. "This is an entrance hall, this is not a meeting area." He called "Move!" the five of them dispersed, all heading into the living room for cakes.
Victor watched them, before heading up the stairs, turning when he felt his foot trapped in something. It was a red suitcase, the handle around his ankle. He struggled slightly, before kicking it off him angrily. And storming up the steps.
Fabian and Amber watched him, frowning "Same old Victor," Fabian whispered as the two of them walking into the living room. "Oh and Amber, have you heard from Nina?" he asked as they walked towards the dining table, pulling out his phone "I can't get through,"
"Not a peep," Amber replied "It's a bit rude actually," she stated, picking up an orange plate
"Oh hey!" Mara called, getting Amber's attention "I saw your post about going to Fashion School, this vacation. Was it amazing?" she asked, holding her plate, which she had filled with little cupcakes.
"It was, fashionating," she stated proudly "And New York is totally amaze, they think I have a special gift," Patricia and Mara nodded.
"Dude," Alfie stated, looking up at his best friend "Did you get taller?" he raised his hand to above Jerome's head "Or is it just hair?" everyone around the table laughed as Jerome supped his orange juice
"Thank you Alfie," he said, taking a bite of a bread stick.
Everyone moaned at the same time as the peanut butter biscuits were placed on the table, Joy and Alfie made a reach for one. "I have missed your peanut butter cookies so much," Alfie stated, grabbing his, and turning to the little kitchen island to talk to Trudy. "You know one night, I dreamed I was one," Trudy only frowned at him while everyone else snickered.
"Anything else you missed while you were away, Babes?" Amber asked, hinting. It was obvious what she wanted him to say, everyone in the room new it, even Fabian, but Alfie remained clueless.
"Uumm…" Alfie turned back to her while Jerome smiled knowingly. "Blueberry muffins?" everyone laughed apart from Amber who frowned at him. Not very amused.
She threw her muffin at him and it hit him right in the face as Trudy shrieked. And Jerome burst out laughing. Even Amber looked a little shocked, she didn't know her aim was that good. Fashion school must have done her some good.
"Um ow?" Alfie stated, before Joy turned to Patricia, her voice slightly hushed.
"So come on, Eddie?" she asked, "Spill." But Patricia only shook her head, heading towards the sofa as Joy followed her. "The America trip? Where did you go?" she had a teasing smile on her face as Patricia said nothing. Fabian and Amber gathered beside them. "What did you see? Did you and Eddie bond like super glue?"
"Or trade insults, as per usual?" Amber guessed, placing herself on the edge of the sofa. "Where is Eddie anyway?"
Patricia shrugged "No idea,"
Joy and Amber frowned at each other. That wasn't very good relationship behaviour.
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Eddie threw stuff out of his suitcase, searching desperately. He was in he and Fabian's room, combing through his suitcase which was resting on his bed "Come on," he sighed, moving his red chequered shirt "Where is it?" he stopped, remembering "Jacket," he nodded, moving to find his jacket in the now very messy suitcase. "Jacket," he whispered again, moving over to the wardrobe, opening the wooden doors. He gasped when he did, a flash of light appearing before him
An old man lay in a hospital bed, wires in his hands as a young slightly tanned girl sat beside him on the edge of the bed. "You must go to the Anubis estate," the old man managed in a raspy voice "It's all been arranged,"
"What?" the girl with frizzy, curly brown hair asked. Her voice meek "B-but-"
"Shh," he quieted her "Listen carefully, take this," he offered her a key, which the girl took, frowning at the man. "A great danger is about to be unleashed," he murmured as she grasped the key in her hands.
"Danger?" she repeated, shaking her head, not understanding
"And you must stop it," he carried on "I'm…too old," he sighed, his face contorting in pain "The burden now falls on you," he managed, "I'm so sorry," he whispered, before having a small coughing fit.
The girl cried out "Gramps? What is it?" she sounded close to tears "What is this key for?" she asked "What is it I have to do?"
"You must stop it KT," he whispered desperately, eyes wide "You-"
"No, Grandpa!"
"Hey," Fabian called, opening the door. Eddie turned to him, eyes wide, hands still clutching the wardrobe door as he shook. "Eddie? What is it? What's up?" he asked, catching the look on his friends face in an instant. He remembered that look, it was a look he'd seen Nina's have whenever she'd had a vision, or met with the ghost.
Eddie only turned back to the wardrobe, his face one of horror and shock as he moved one hand up to touch the back of the wardrobe, as if it would fall away to reveal the hospital scene once more. As if the wardrobe was the cause.
"Eddie!" Fabian called
"I…I think I just had a….daymare,"
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Victor turned the next page of his planner, the date was circled with a red pen. The ninth. "The day I have been waiting for is almost upon us, Corbierre," he whispered to his black bird, stroking it gently under its beak "The day the great secret will be revealed," he leaned back in his chair "And I fulfil my destiny,"
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"He was in our bedroom!" Fabian announced, wheeling Eddie into the living room by the shoulders "Hiding,"
Everyone turned to him, Eddie rolled his eyes, plonking himself down in he armchair beside Patricia, Joy and Amber "I wasn't hiding, I was…hanging," he shrugged his shoulders "I mean, who would I be hiding from?"
From the dinner table, Mara, Jerome and Alfie all watched in amusement as Patricia responded "Who indeedie?"
"P-Patricia," Eddie greeted awkwardly.
"Hey," she replied, just as oddly. Joy frowned
"What?" she asked in confusion, eyes flickering between the two rock rebels. "Anyway, Fabes?" she turned to her friend "Did you and Nina have a fab time in America?"
Fabian looked up, biting his lip "Well..um…well…I never got there, I couldn't afford it," The girls let out disappointed sighs as Eddie looked away, his eyes filled with guilt.
"And then you wonder why she hasn't answered any of your texts," Amber rolled her eyes. As if it were so obvious. Little did she realise that not all girls were exactly like her.
"Oh come on," Fabian whined "It's really expensive-"
But Amber continued as if he hadn't spoken "If someone treated me like that, game over,"
"Amber!" Joy cried, spotting Fabian's face, a look of despair and fear. What if she was right? What if Amber was right and that was the reason Nina hadn't responded?
Everyone laughed, but Fabian managed to shrug it off "Well Nina, understood, anyway, it just means I'm really, really, looking forward to seeing her now," all the girls, aside from Patricia let out an awing sound.
But everyone's faces darkened when Trudy and Mr Sweet walked into the room. They all stood, turning to them. And just like that, the mood had completely shifted. One moment, happy and warm, the air filled with the smell of Trudy's baking cake, now worry, and danger. Which most of the Anubis kids had experienced before.
"Pay attention please, I have an announcement to make," Mr Sweet managed, his eyes slightly sad, and his mouth frowning "I'm afraid some of you may find this…rather bad news…"
"What do you mean, bad news?" Joy asked
"What?" Fabian asked, always assuming the worst "What is it?"
"It's regarding Nina Martin," he sighed, looking at all of them. He lifted his hands to straighten his bow tie.
"What about her?" Patricia called out
"She missed her flight? She's sick?" Jerome guessed from the back, still towering over them all. His eyes watched Mr Sweet carefully, waiting.
"Tell us!" Fabian demanded, all their eyes focused on the head teacher
"Nina's not coming back," he stated slowly. He was met with an outburst of shock and questions, but he simply backed away. "I'm sorry, that's all the information I can give at the moment, I'm sorry," and with that he hurried away. Eddie watched after him, his face worried.
Fabian looked around as everyone cried out
"She would never leave like this!"
"Why has she gone?"
"Why isn't he telling us?"
"Did you hear from her?"
Fabian's heart plummeted, and his eyes began to water.
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"I can't say I'm sorry to be seeing the back of Nina Martin," Victor said as the two of them sat in his office. He fiddled with the pen between his fingers
"Well it does get us out of a tricky situation," Mr Sweet sighed "We were getting short of beds, I thought we might have to put the new American girl in the cellar," he smiled, hoping for a laugh, but Victor just stared at him blankly. "I'll have her moved over from Isis House tomorrow," he continued "And then it shouldn't take long-"
"Yes yes," Victor cut him off "And now um...if you don't mind, I have rather a lot of work to do before…"
"Before?"
"Tomorrow."
"And what's so special about tomorrow?" Mr Sweet asked, frowning at the man in a beige jacket. He was puzzled, tomorrow was nothing special. What exactly was Victor so worried about? And he certainly looked worried.
"It's the start of the new term of course," Victor lied. Mr Sweet eyed him slowly, obviously not believing him.
"Of course." He repeated, staring hard into his eyes.
There was a loud thump heard from the steps, followed by Mara's voice.
"Careful!" she cried
"Keep the noise down!" Victor called out to Jerome and Mara.
"No no no!" Jerome cried as he dropped Mara's suitcase and it rolled down the steps, opening and spilling everything inside it out.
"Jerome!" Mara cried again.
Victor stood "Now, if you'll excuse me," he stated, leaving his office. Mr Sweet frowned, watching him go to yell at the couple, before leaning over his desk and opening his planner, looking at the circled date. "What is going on?" Victor's voice boomed.
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"She wouldn't just not come back," Fabian managed, his eyes swimming "Not without telling us,"
"Did she say anything to anyone?" Amber asked, turning to their little group which consisted of Fabian, herself, Alfie, Patricia and Joy and Eddie.
"No," they all sighed.
"I'm just gonna go...unpack," Eddie stated quietly from the corner, standing "Sorry," he patted Fabian's shoulders, leaving the room. Her tried to drown out the sound of Patricia's voice as she spoke up
"I tried messaging her a couple of times, no reply," she said, turning to Joy and shrugging.
"Maybe you not making the America trip upset her more than you thought," Amber suggested quietly, Fabian looked up at her, then to Patricia and Joy, who stood up and left the room. Alfie turned away, stuffing another muffin from Mara's plate into his mouth.
"Where is she Amber?" he whispered.
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"Come on Jerome," Mara called happily, dragging her small suitcase along easily, before stopping when she saw a ginger girl in Amber's room. Her small black heels clicked as she turned. She frowned, changing direction and walking towards her "Willow," she called, recognising the girl.
The girl smiled at her "Oh! Hi Mara!" she looked around "I just love this room, and guess what! It faces east!" she looked down at the compass in her hand and Mara frowned, brushing her long black hair out of her face "Which means my head would face west." She smiled "Which means I'll take it!" she cried, plonking herself down on Nina's old bed, where the USA banner still hung from the wall.
"What?" Mara managed in shock
"I've been on the waiting list for Anubis House for a really long time, is it true this place is like, totally haunted?" she looked up at Mara's puzzled face. There was a loud bang outside and Willow gasped in delight, thinking it was a ghost.
But it was only Jerome, holding Mara's open suitcase in his hands as he struggled with it.
"Where do you want this Mara?" he asked, slightly irritated due to the weight.
Willow leaned forward, looking at him "Hi Jerome," she smiled
Jerome frowned, not recognising her "Hello," he managed, arching an eyebrow.
"Sorry," Mara spoke directly to Willow "But if Nina's isn't coming back, then I'll be requesting that bed." He tone was firm, as if she'd dealt with Willow before "I'm in a triple at the moment," she elaborated. Willow's face fell.
"Oh," she said sadly. "I was so looking forward to sharing with Amber too," Willow turned to gaze at Amber's bed longingly. Mara raised her eyebrows, nodding slightly "She's like…amazing,"
Jerome frowned from the door way at the odd girl. And Mara shook her head, Willow sighed again. Walking from the room, her face glum, but when she saw Jerome again she smiled wildly, waving madly even though he was right in front of her. Jerome smiled back unsurely, watching her leave, before turning to Mara. "Who was that?"
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"It's gotta be somewhere," Eddie cried, still searching through his suitcase "Ah! Come on!" he cried in frustration, before getting onto his knees and crawling under his bed, already messy despite being in the house for a couple of hours. "Where did I put it?" he grumbled, crying out when he hit his head against the frame.
Jerome walked in, not bothering to knock. Frowning when he saw Eddie's legs sticking out from under the bed. "Lost something?" he asked, his eyes dancing with amusement. Eddie immediately scrambled out.
"U-Um…yeah I was looking for my…" he held out a foot ball in his hand as Jerome stared down at him doubtfully. Eddie sighed "What do you know about writing a letter from a girls perspective?"
Jerome frowned, looking down at the American in shock "What are you trying to say?"
Eddie shook his head "You know what, forget it," Jerome frowned again, before closing the door and letting the American finish searching.
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Night fell at Anubis House.
And everyone was putting away their plates. "Okay," Joy called from the kitchen as Eddie and Patricia awkwardly cleaned away the plates from the table. "So end of last term, you're all loved up, then you go quiet on me during the summer, and now you're acting all like…that," she pointed to their terrible body language. How Eddie and Patricia awkwardly dodged touching each other as they reached for the same plate.
"We split up." Patricia admitted with a sigh
"Shut up!" Joy cried in disbelief, her jaw dropping as she stared at them.
"It was a mutual decision, and we're both totally cool with it," Patricia looked at Eddie who nodded.
"Yeah, I mean…as a cucumber, cool like two cucumbers who are just…no longer together, right Patricia?"
She glared at him "Right."
"Good," he said, his voice slightly high "Well I'm so cool with it, I'm practically a popsicle," Patricia rolled her eyes at him, going into the kitchen to join Joy. Eddie walked towards Jerome and Alfie, who were sat beside each other on the sofa, playing on their game boy.
Fabian walked in, and Joy immediately rushed out to greet him "Any news?" she asked
"Something's not right," Fabian sighed shaking his head as Patricia and Amber gathered around "It's not like Nina, it's as if she's disappeared,"
Jerome turned to look at Eddie "Did you ever find what it was you were looking for Miller?" he asked, amusement lacing his words. Eddie glared at him, standing up to leave.
"Funny." He glared, suddenly in a bad mood, opening the door to the main entrance, when he bashed into a figure with two boxes. "Wow! Watch it!" he cried, before seeing the girls face. It was the same girl from his vision… "You." He stated in shock. Everyone else from the house gathered out in the main entrance, to see them.
"I'm so sorry!" the girl cried from the floor in a sweet voice "Are you okay?" Joy jumped into action, helping to pack her stuff back into the boxes. She was the only one who helped. "Thanks," she sighed "Sorry about that, I guess I'm just a little clumsy," she looked up at them all from the floor "I'm KT, totally new here,"
Amber sighed "You're taking Nina's place."
"Nina?" KT asked frowning as she stuffed the rest of her stuff into the box "I'm not sure, this is where they told me to come," she ran her hands through her hair "I'm staying in Isis house tonight, and then moving in here tomorrow, apparently."
Mara smiled at her "Cool, welcome to Anubis House," she said in a friendly voice.
KT and Joy stood with her boxes "Thanks," KT said gratefully, smiling. She looked up "Wow, is everything in here from a museum or something?"
"No, only Victor," Patricia laughed, as did everyone else.
"Yeah, I've heard about him," she giggled "Anyway, I thought I'd bring some stuff over tonight, and then-" she stopped when she saw Eddie's face still looked horrified "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Y-yeah," he answered. Patricia glared, almost jealous as he stared at the new girl in disbelief.
"Then…am I okay? I hope I didn't interrupt anything…"
"No," Eddie reassured her "You're fine."
"That's a relief," she said to Joy "Um...where should I…"
"Oh sure, just through there," Joy said, following KT into the living room. Eddie swallowed as the rest of them followed in.
"I've seen you," he stated to KT. "Before…really, I have."
"Oh." She smiled at him "It's possible, where are you from?"
"No! It's just…you're the girl from my dream," KT's eyes widened in shock, and the rest of Anubis house, aside from Patricia laughed loudly. Jerome trying to hide his laughter.
"Oh please." Patricia glared.
"Okay," KT grinned, looking at him in bewilderment "Um…gotta go, nice to meet you," she turned to Eddie "I'll see you later," she smiled again, shaking her head as she walked past him, when she let out a shriek. Everyone turned to see she had come face to face with Victor.
"What is going on here?" he demanded.
"I was- I was just leaving," she said meekly, dodging past him.
"It is ten o clock!" he called loudly as everyone raced to their bedrooms. "You have five minutes precisely, before I want to hear a pin drop!"
And that's only fifteen minutes of it, phew, that was really hard, I'll try to get the next up soon. I'll do fifteen minutes at a time, as it's one hour episodes, once a week, best stretch it out….
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PS I thought I'd hate KT, but I think she's the sweetest thing on the face of the earth, my new third favourite character (after Jerome and Mara of course)