Hehe. Sorry for the late update guys. Have so many stories to write and I still have to balance the rest of my life with it. Warning: Major OOC for Nina and Eddie and then slight for some others. Hope you like this one.

Disclaimer: I don't own HOA

Amber:

We entered the school with doubtful expressions. It was impossible for them to be here but it was the first place we looked at. My eyes moved from one person to another, feeling a little uncomfortable because of how they were staring at us.

I reached out and took both of my friends' hands. This was very nerve wracking. "There's a very small chance that they'll be here."

"It's worth a try." Alfie answered, shaking in anxiety.

Jerome shook his head. "If Fabian finds us here, he would make sure we're dust when we come back to the House. This is going against what he told us before."

My feet brought me to the front desk, my well-manicured fingernails tapping against the wood as I waited for the person assigned here. Thank goodness we didn't have to wait long. "What can I do for you, Miss?" she asked politely. I almost forgot why I was so scared of facing my long time friend. I'm sure he would do everything to not hurt us.

"Um, we're looking for two people. Fabian Rutter and Patricia Williamson. Do they study here?" My voice cracked at the last sentence, feeling the fear envelop me again. She looked at me with curiosity. My heart fell for a moment. Of course, it was impossible for them to be here.

But then, she smiled. "Yes, of course. They have homeroom at the moment but I can lead you to where they are." I never thought we could get it right the very first try. Maybe fate was with us this time. Or really wants to get rid of us. I was filled with emotional turmoil and I didn't know what was more evident: fear or excitement.

"You ready?" I asked them, staring at the door the woman showed us.

They gulped but nodded. With my hands shaking, I gave two light knocks on the wooden entrance and then waited for a response. "Come in" A man called from the inside. He smiled kindly at me when I opened the door. "What can I do for you?"

Again, why do I have to do all the talking? "Can I please talk to Fabian and Patricia please?"

He looked around the room and said the names once again. Two people shifted uncomfortably but stood up, heading over to where we were. I refused to look at them, though, since I was afraid that he might burn me just by glaring at me. But I could almost see them frown at us. My skin tingled a little but nothing else happened, thankfully.

"What are you doing here?" Fabian demanded, crossing his arms. "Amber! Answer me!"

I flinched at the tone of his voice. Never once have I heard him talk to me like that. It was as if he was filled with suppressed anger and intense frustration. "N-nina… sh-she told us t-to g-get y-you." I choked out, my gaze moving to his golden eyes.

I was right about how he looked so much better in real life. Even when he looked disapproving. I had to remind myself constantly that I have a boyfriend and that Patricia is my best friend. Plus, I would be living in constant fear my entire life if ever I am with him. "Guys," he sighed, "You know we left Anubis house for a reason."

"Yes and it was stupid. It's just not the same without you." Alfie contradicted, "Nina's really sorry for what she did. She really wants to be with you again."

And then, those golden irises flashed dangerously. Sweat dripped from my arms because of a sudden heat wave that I knew was coming from him and only from him. An evil smirk formed on his lips. "She only wants me because she feels guilty. I'm happy now and I don't need her. I have everything I need right here and you can't do anything to convince me otherwise."

Alfie backed away in fear. "I'm sorry. I didn't-" He was cut off by Patricia this time.

"Look, guys, we know that you have good intentions but I don't want to be in that house again. We're starting a new life here, at least be happy for us."

Jerome has been oddly quiet, his hands inside his pocket and his eyes focused on the floor. "I understand why you have to do this, you know." He finally said, "You're trying to protect yourselves. I'm honestly not against it because that's what I've been doing for so long already. We just don't want you to forget us so easily."

"You know we would never forget you guys. You've been family to both of us for so long. It's just that we need some time away from the mystery and the drama." Patricia laced her fingers with her boyfriend's, smiling slightly. She was happier with Fabian than she ever was with Eddie.

My boyfriend stared at our two former housemates. "You didn't remember anything when you were evil, did you?" he asked suddenly. They both looked surprised, staring at him with confusion. He sighed shakily, "Fabian, Robert had a reason why he considered taking you. I just never realized that now. He knew you were powerful but he tricked you to believing that you weren't. If he succeeded raising Ammut, you would surely be part of their plans. He knew that you could easily convince your father to step down."

"How did you know this?" he asked, surprised.

We shared looks. "It wasn't us. Victor called Robert from Egypt and we just figured everything out. Nina, she thought of everything really and Eddie just kept giving ideas. They pieced together the puzzle."

Fabian looked angry again. More heat flooded through the hallway. Patricia tensed but she wasn't as affected as everyone else. From the distance, the sprinklers were activated and someone set up the alarm. Once the water touched his skin, it turned to steam almost immediately. "We have to go." Trixie urged. "Fabian, it's not safe for you to be here."

He looked at her pleadingly but softened. The temperature cooled down a good ten degrees but the students were already panicking around us. The teachers searched for the source of the fire but were failing miserably. Fabian's knees buckled, only to be caught by both Jerome and Patricia. My prankster of a friend hissed in pain but ignored the fact that his skin was burning at the moment.

"I'm not feeling well." He mumbled warily, resting his head on his girlfriend's shoulder. His skin was sickly pale and wave after wave of intense heat flooded the school. People around us were sweating, many glancing at our direction. Some looked as if they were about to help but I would glare at them and shoo them away.

We need to bring him back ourselves.

Fabian:

I felt the strength leave my body almost abruptly. The stinging pain in my skin was beyond intense and my heart thumped hard against my ribs. The love of my life was holding my hand, keeping her hold on me and looking very worried. I wanted to assure her that I was fine but it would be a lie. I never liked lying to her in the first place.

They dragged me to my car and Jerome drove quickly to my house, with the directions from Patricia. My breathing was turning shallow, my eyesight blurred. The heat flooded my system, turning weirdly uncomfortable.

"Your mother said something about this." Amber said from the passenger's seat. "She said that you're going to burn so hot that it would hurt you. We did our research and found out that if your body isn't capable of holding that much heat, then…" she doesn't finish the thought.

My girlfriend clenched her hands into fists, glaring at the other girl. "Don't say that! He's strong enough to handle this. You shouldn't have brought her up in the first place."

Once my car was parked safely at the driveway, they hauled me to the backyard and tossed me to my pool. The cool liquid started boiling, evaporating in seconds because of how hot it was. Plants ignited but were soon doused with more water. I was soon surrounded by marble and only marble. My swimming pool went dry. I gasped in pain.

My ears caught noises from above. Trixie looked frantic, as if she was going to lose her mind. "We have to do something!" she screamed. "He's hurting!"

"Patricia, we can't. He's unstable right now." This sounded like Alfie.

Amber's voice was heard soon after. "I called the others. They're coming over here as fast as they could. Maybe Nina can calm him down."

Nina. Her name resounded in my head. The pain intensified a hundredfold, if it were possible. Not only does my body hurt but my heart did as well. Why did she do that to me? I thought I was the first guy she ever loved, the only guy. Apparently I was wrong. My lips let out a terrifying scream, of pain and betrayal.

There were footsteps approaching me, quick ones. My eyes met hers and she smiled at me reassuringly. Most of my clothes were burned off, leaving me in only my jeans. She placed both of her hands on mine, "It's going to be fine, Fabian. You're going to get through this. Your will is strong. I'm here."

"Don't let her near me, please." I begged, my throat dry.

She nodded, "I won't." Her lips met mine and for a moment, the heat left. I noticed that she was wearing something else, a pair of black tights and a black tube top. Her hair was in a high bun but her captivating gray eyes were sparkling.

My hands closed around a fabric and noticed that it was a shirt and jeans, made of a different material than all my other clothes. "I found this on top of your bed with a note. It says that it won't burn off. Mine are made of the same fabric."

She helped me change and I wasn't even the least bit embarrassed when she saw me nude. I had much more things to worry about than turning shy. "Look at me" she whispered, her eyes filled with kindness. "It will pass, trust me with that. Just don't think about it."

"I love you." I choked out.

Her fingers found my face. "And I, you."

Eddie:

Amber's call was very vague. She just ordered us to go to Florida and nothing else. It made me worry. What was happening to them? Were they in trouble? It was clear that they found Fabian but what if he hurt them?

Nina shifted uncomfortably beside him, never focusing on one thing. She can sense that something was wrong, as did I. She was beautiful, really, even when she's agitated. Her full bottom lips were jutted out in an adorable pout and those sparkling brown eyes are bright. KT groaned from the driver's seat, stepping on the breaks and making us lunge forward. An idiot driver swerved right in front of us.

We were close now, according to the address they gave us. Just a few more blocks. It just suddenly got uncomfortably hot.

Alfie waited for us right outside a beach house. He was sad, an expression I rarely see in him. "You've got to see this."

Fabian was sitting at the bottom of an empty pool, his eyes were burning red and filled with obvious pain. Patricia was holding him as if her life depended on it, mumbling words of comfort but tears were running down her cheeks. Amber stood a good distance away from them, wiping her eyes because of her crying. I had to admit that it was heartbreaking to see him like this.

"What's happening?" KT asked, shocked.

Jerome strode over to them. At first he was calm but he immediately swung his fist to meet my face. I doubled over, clutching my cheek. "What was that for?" I screamed.

"That was for Fabian." He turned over to the descendant of Robert, "The transformation came earlier than planned. It's hurting him because he didn't expect it at all. It would have been better if he had some preparation but…" His gaze moved to Nina who looked away, guilty. I fought the urge to reach out to her. It wouldn't help the situation in any way.

I didn't dare come closer to them. It was burning already and I know it would be worse if I was even close to that marble pool. Guilt washed over me. "What can we do to help?"

"That's Patricia's job. We can't really do anything but watch now." This was Alfie now. I just saw him pour an ice bucket at them, something that they were actually pretty grateful about. But it didn't last long.

Nina grunted in annoyance. "Then why did you call us here if we just have to watch?" she demanded.

Amber glared, "That's exactly why we brought you here, both of you." She pointed towards both her and me. "We wanted you to see what you did to him, to them."

KT bit her bottom lip, "How long has this been going on?"

"A day and a half. Patricia would never leave him, even to eat. She's trying everything she can to dull the pain and I guess it's working because he's not screaming anymore."

He was whimpering though, burying his face on the girl's shoulder. The screams were muffled slightly but it's still audible throughout the entire neighborhood.

And then I heard echoed footsteps, obviously coming from inside the pool. I looked around in confusion to see Patricia walking over to us, her once pale skin were flaming red. I guess it was so much worse than severe sunburns. "How is he?" Amber asked, worried

"Not well." She answered, wiping the tears on her cheeks. "I just need something to feed him and myself."

Jerome perked up, "On it." He exclaimed, running over to the mansion that was strangely unaffected by the heat. I didn't care one bit really. I'm just here to watch the show and probably hope for the worst even though I look as if I care. I'm a good actor, am I not? A small, barely visible smirk made its way on my face. Wow I'm awesome. Maybe that's why so many girls are after me.

Nina walked over to me and took my hand in hers, clearly terrified of what's currently happening. Being the kind person that I am, I pulled her closer and kissed the top of her head just to calm her (and probably make someone jealous). I looked at my ex-girlfriend who was too busy worrying about some other dude than begging on her knees to have me back. Yeah, sure, I might have felt a little guilty before but I guess I got used to it. Fabian's been annoying me since Day 1.

After a good ten seconds of silence, I cleared my throat. The heat was seriously burning my skin and I don't even know how the others could stand it for so long without stripping or something. I bet they're dehydrated or something. Knowing that it might as well help me, I pulled away from my girlfriend and took off my shirt. Patricia didn't even bat an eyelash. Ugh, what was wrong with that girl?

Nina blushed to the point where her face was redder than Trixie's skin. And that's seriously saying something. I took this as a good sign and kissed her hard on the lips. I barely even cared about the others right now. It was just her and me and…

"Guys!" Someone screamed from behind me. "This is the worst time to be making out. This is also the worst place. Don't you have any guilt? Fabian's dying."

"I don't care." I contradicted. "I didn't want to be here in the first place. Let him die. That's one less person to worry about." I scoffed, smug. Nina nodded in agreement.

Before I could even process what was happening, Nina was tossed to the ash filled ground and I was thrown to the wall. The confusing part was that no one was holding me at all. Many gasped and some others just chuckled. I swear I heard Patricia smirk.

The heat began to dissipate until it became more comfortable for everyone. But I wasn't celebrating much at the moment because someone or something was strangling me to the point where my face turned purple.

"Aw, come on Fabian." Alfie mused nonchalantly, as if nothing was happening. "As much as we hate him, it would be really sad to kill him."

The grip loosened and I choked, trying to control my breathing and recover as fast as I could. A man was towering over me, his golden eyes bright with malice and mischief. Nothing much changed about him except that he radiated unfathomable power, so much so that all those who seek immortality will travel halfway across the world on their knees just to see him.

He truly has transformed.

Eddie's such a jerk. And Nina's such a pushover. Ugh.

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