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The sound of an alarm clock awoken Mara in a snap. She sighed as her brown eyes wandered around the room.

Another day in silent misery, she thought.

As she changed into her school uniform, her stomach growled loudly. Once her hair was combed, she walked downstairs, her bag on her shoulder and walked into the kitchen. Everyone was downstairs eating, and Trudy was in the kitchen placing some freshly-baked pancakes on a plate. Willow had taken her spot at the table next to Jerome. KT switched from time to time from the head chair to Amber's old chair next to Willow's.

Either way, Mara never sat at the table anymore. Because she didn't want to sit next to Willow as she and Jerome would act sweet around each other, and she hated sitting at the head. Luckily, Mara's stomach didn't growl again as she went into the kitchen for a glass of milk.

"Mara dear, why don't you sit down with the others. I just made some scones, and you should eat something before you leave to school. You need all the energy you can get," Trudy told her.

"No thank you, Trudy. I'm not hungry at the moment," Mara lied, "but I'll bring a croissant with me on my way there."

She had gotten better at lying when she trained herself so that no one saw her real emotions through her voice.

"Oh, alright. But can you bring this batch of scones to the table? I need to clean up," Trudy asked.

"Of course," Mara said, grabbing the plate from Trudy's hands.

Once she placed them on the table, everyone was reaching out to get one. Mara waited until everyone's hands were out of the way to get a croissant. She noticed that there was only one left and quickly reached to grab it.

Sadly, she wasn't fast enough. Another hand was reaching over to grab the last croissant and had a firm hold on it. Mara's hand was on top of the other hand. Looking up, she noticed that it was Jerome's. Quickly, she pulled her arm away as if his hand held a disease.

"Here Mara, you take it," Jerome said in a hopeful tone, holding the croissant in front of her.

Ever since that night, Mara had been trying her best to not speak to Jerome. He was hoping that she'd take the croissant to strike a conversation with her. Unfortunately, she shook her head and grabbed a apple instead.

"It's ok, you already grabbed it first. I'll stick with an apple," she told him.

Mara took a bite out of her apple before leaving. Once everyone heard the door close, Jerome sighed and took a quick bite from his croissant.

Eddie turned towards Jerome, "Dude, what is up with you and Mara? I mean, you and Willow are always happy, but if it involves Mara, you're both silent. What's going on?"

The said redhead and her boyfriend shared a look before sighing.

"Well, the day we told you guys that we were dating, Mara was the one who told us that we should get together. She knew about my crush on Jerome, and she saw that Jerome was starting to get feelings for me. She said that she wanted him to be happy," Willow explained.

"So she broke up with Jerome because she through you were a better choice for him?" Joy asked Willow.

The said girl nodded. Patricia couldn't help but laugh. Jerome glared at her.

"What's so funny, Trixie?" he growled.

"About this whole situation! I mean, Jerome had been crushing on Mara for a long time and when you guys finally got together, you start hitting on a girl that had a crush on you for a long time! How ironic is that? Poor Mara," she said.

"Patricia, don't make them feel worse than they are now," KT said.

"Whatever, I'll take my leave now," she said, standing up and grabbing her bag.

"Wait up, Yacker. I'm coming with you," Eddie called out, following after her.

"I'll be leaving as well. See you later guys," Fabian said.

A few minutes later, Joy and KT left, both having a chat about going shopping later on. The only ones left were Willow, Alfie, and Jerome.

"Hey Alfie, what should I do to get Mara to be my friend again? I have no ideas," Jerome asked his best friend.

"I don't know, get her a 'Let's Be Friends' present? Mate, do you really think being friends with your ex-girlfriend will be for the better?" Alfie questioned.

"But she's still being nice to me and everyone else in Anubis House. Around Jerome, Mara tries to avoid him," Willow said.

"Well here's an important question. Why do you want to be friends with your ex-girlfriend?" Alfie asked Jerome.

"Because I-I... Ugh! I sort of feel guilty for liking another girl while we were still dating. She deserves someone better, and I always keep on messing up," Jerome confessed.

"Who said she deserved better? Who said you'd have a better life if you guys broke up? If you guys thought of asking the other, then everything would've turned out fine," Alfie said.

"Wow Alfie, that was such good advice! I didn't know you were so wise!" Willow said, complimenting him.

"Thanks! It's better to not take things for granted and to enjoy the times you have with them before they're gone. I learned that when Amber left," Alfie said, thinking about his ex-girlfriend who was in a New York fashion school.

"Well I must say that that was amazing," Willow told him.

"Yeah, well I better go now. See you guys in class!" he said, jumping off his chair and leaving the table.

Willow turned to the blonde next to her who had his hands on the side of his face. She frowned at the sight of him unhappy.

"Jerome, are you alright?" she asked.

"I just don't know what to do anymore, Willow. This wasn't what I expected the new term would be," he said.

"Oh, don't worry. I'll always be here for you, ok? I'll help you be friends with Mara so that everything will be fine," Willow reassured him.

He gave a nod, and they both left for school.


Mara walked into the school, dropping her apple in the garbage can with only one bite in it. She hardly ate anymore, she was starving herself since it was the only way for her to not try anything more dangerous, like cutting herself.

After going to her locker, she walked into Ms. Denby's class and sat in the front row nearest to the door. Soon after, the rest of the Anubis teens came rushing in. Joy walked in with her hands holding onto her new boyfriend, Brad. Mara was glad that her best friend had moved on from Fabian. But looking closer towards Brad, She noticed that the only difference from him and Fabian was that he had black hair and his attire was more fashionable.

KT, Eddie, Patricia, Fabian, and Alfie sat in the back middle row. They had recently included Jerome and Willow to Sibuna. When they asked Joy to rejoin, she denied saying that she wanted a normal life. Mara was the only one who never knew about the mystery.

Before Ms. Denby walked into the classroom before having her eyes set on KT and Mara. Remembering about her mission with Victor and Eric, they needed the Children of Children and the purest heart with a bitter name. (Not true about the purest heart)

She knew that KT was the great grand-daughter of Robert Frobisher Smythe and that the rest were descendants from Smythe's exploration group, and she knew that the name, Mara, meant bitter, but Mara Jaffray was the most kind-hearted student in the entire school.

Taking out her mobile, she sent a text to Victor and Eric: I have found our 'purest heart'. She walked into her class with a smug look on her face.

During the entire class time, Ms. Denby had noticed that Mara had sat alone while KT was surrounded by the Sibuna gang. She decided to take Mara first when the time is right.


After school, Mara went straight into the kitchen, grabbed a banana, and went upstairs. She wasn't going to eat it, but she needed people to think she was. She opened her window and her banana, she watched as the edible part of it fell and all that was left was the peel.

She then sat on her bed and started her homework. Mara could hear the loud chatter of the Anubis teens as they walked into the house.

"Be Quiet!" Victor called out.

Downstairs, everyone laughed silently. Joy went upstairs, as the Sibuna gang sat in the common room.\

"Did you guys notice anything suspicious about Ms. Denby?" KT asked.

"No, not really, but I hardly paid attention to the boring lesson going on. I was drawing alien on my notebook!" Alfie said, holding up his notebook full of well-created space creatures.

"Wow, Alfie! They look so good! I didn't know you were an artist!" Willow said.

She took the notebook from his hands and traced the outlines of each individual alien.

"Do you think you can draw me?" she asked.

Alfie shrugged, "I never drew people before, but I can try. Jerome can be in it too!"

Willow turned to the blonde boy sitting next to her with a pout on her face, "Please?"

"You guys know that I hate posing for so long, so don't even try asking me," Jerome said with a firm voice.

"Oh poo," Willow pouted.

"Don't worry, Willow. Alfie will be there with you," Jerome said.

"Guys, can we focus back on Sibuna?," Patricia said.

"So did anyone notice anything look weird?" KT asked again.

Jerome, Willow, and Patricia all said that they didn't nothing anything new.

"I noticed something," Fabian said, "She seemed to be paying close watch on KT and Mara."

"I saw that too! And before that, she was looking at Mara when she texted someone. Then she walked in with a smug look on her face," Eddie added in.

"Do you think they'll try to kidnap Mara?" Patricia asked.

Only Jerome and Patricia understood what it was like being taken, but Rufus wasn't here.

"For what reason though? She doesn't know anything about the mystery," KT said.

"Well we should look at the instructions for their ceremony again and go back down to Robert's library. Maybe we'll find some clues," Fabian said.


How was that? I almost killed myself with all the JeromexWillow fluff, but I'm not a hater. Anyway, thanks for the reviews! And thanks for the people who said that it was true about Tasie not coming back for Season 4. I am saddened by that fact, BUT I saw a bright side. Was it EVER CONFIRMED that there WILL be a Season 4 of HoA? Mostly, there have been rumors about there WONT be a Season 4 from Brad and Louisa.

Anyway, I like Willow, just not with Jerome. She's better with Alfie. Amber doesn't really match with him. Review for a new chapter!

~Alice