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Paige's POV
"Would you like to walk to school with me?" Adam asked me as we sat finishing breakfast with the rest of Anubis House in the kitchen.
"Yeah sure." I responded meekly, blushing.
"Great," he smiled, standing up. "I'll just go get my books."
"Oooooh," Laney teased in unison with Evie and Gemma, our other close friends. Gemma was Miss Popular, her waist length jet black hair, curled at the ends, complimented her bronzed skin and bright blue eyes. Although, I still wasn't sure why she chose to date Duncan, my brother's nerdy roommate; oh well, they seemed happy! Then there was Evie, sunshine was the only way to describe her, she was always happy, and made not only a great cheerleader, but a good school representative. Her golden blond straight hair fell at her shoulders, always with a headband to match her outfit, while still framing her rosy cheeks and brown eyes. We knew she and the ever mysterious, but well dressed, curly-haired, jock Samuel would make the best couple, neither would admit it.
"Shut up!" I playfully screeched, just as Adam returned, melting me with his icy blue eyes, behind his glasses, and that crooked smile.
"Ready?" He interrupted, holding out his arm for me. I nodded and grabbed hold, while the girls smirked and waved, following a few yards behind on the walk to school. I couldn't believe how much things had changed in the three weeks I've spent here and that Mum and Dad were coming for parents weekend tonight.
I shuffled through my bag for my phone without luck. I interrupted our calm stroll, "I'm sorry Adam, I must've forgotten my phone at the house, I'd better go back."
"Here, I'll go with you," he offered.
I was already gone. "It's okay, you'll be late for class!" I shouted back to him.
I returned to the house only to find my phone on the night stand, still charging. Of course. How did I always manage to ruin perfect moments?
"See you later Trudy!" I yelled as she looked at me, confused why I had come back, then dashed out the door.
I took my phone out of my bag and began texting Adam 'found it!' so he knew I was on my way. I'd only gotten to the 'u' when I collided with an old woman. "Oh I'm so sorry, are you okay?" I said, pulling myself up and picking up my bag. She wasn't even phased.
"You must wear this," she demanded, shoving an odd looking silver necklace at me.
"But what is it? That's not mine." I told the strange woman.
"Yes, you must wear it, you do not have protection as she does." The woman repeated. Throwing it around my neck. "No one can see it," she urged, tiptoeing backward, before whirling around and running away.
"But wait…I?...she who?" I asked quietly, concerned, confused, but no one was there.
I pretended to listen to Grandpa's lecture about tardiness, but my mind obviously drifted elsewhere. When I finally sat down, Adam quickly noticed that my face was drained of color. "Paige are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost." He joked.
I wish. I thought, but nodded, acknowledging his question.
At lunch I sat with Laney, Evie and Gemma. Adam had quickly tired of our girl talk and went to sit with the other boys.
"I'm going to go use the restroom before class." Laney told us, quickly standing up and walking away.
"K, Lanes...…so, what's the deal with her and Eli?!" Evie pounced on the silence excitedly, as soon as Laney left the room.
"You've noticed it too?" I asked surprised.
"Well who hasn't?!" Gemma added. "They're practically in love!...wait, why? What did you mean."
"Oh that's what I meant," I lied. I had assumed they meant the weird feelings and thoughts Eli and Laney always had at the same time, but clearly I was the only one who noticed that. I bent down, pretending to find something in my bag, I set what I determined to be my math notebook in front of me. "Better brush up for that quiz."
"It's next week" Gemma retorted skeptically.
"Yeah really Paige," Evie agreed, but her attention quickly shifted. "Oooh that's a pretty necklace, I've never seen you wear it before." Oh no, it must've slipped out from under my shirt when I bent over.
"Me either could I see it?" Gemma questioned as both she and Evie reached for it, before I could say no.
"Ow!" they both screeched snapping their hands away as the amulet glowed a bright white and faded as they released it.
"What, why did it glow?" I asked innocently, not really understanding what had occurred.
"That white light burned our hands." Evie explained.
"What could've burned you in this room?" Laney snickered as she returned to the conversation. "Cool necklace, lemme see."
She reached for it, "Laney…" I whined, but when she touched it, it glowed red instead of the white and she didn't rip her hand away as the other two had; it was almost as if there was some sort of connection.
"Whoa!" all four of us uttered in amazement, just as the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch.
Laney avoided eye contact the rest of the day, I knew she knew something about the necklace I didn't. I marched after her after school, I didn't want to make a scene since everyone's parents would be coming soon, but I was going to make sure we talked about this.
"La-ney, why are you ig-nor-ing me?" I fussed, enunciating each syllable, as I trailed behind her through the door of the house. "Oof!" I grumbled, slamming into the ground as I tripped over the first step.
"We're not doing this Paige!" she started before I fell, then she saw it happen. "Oh my god are you okay?!"
Duncan heard the fall and tore out of the common room. "Paige are you okay?!" he asked, genuinely concerned.
"I'm fine!" I snapped, standing up and brushing myself off.
"Hey I've seen that before, where did you get it?" Duncan remarked reaching for my necklace that once again revealed itself from hiding.
"Duncan don't!" Laney and I both shouted. Too late. It glowed the same bright white.
"Ouch! What was that?!" he yelped.
"See that's what happened to Evie and I!" Gemma chimed in.
"Laney this is all your fault, why can't you just tell me what is going on? Why do you hear things? What is the weird thing with you and Eli? Why are you the only one besides me that this thing doesn't burn?" I argued.
"Paige don't…" Eli growled as he came into the room.
"Paige Mackenzie, you tell me what is going on…NOW!" a familiar voice scolded. I flinched…Dad.
Eli's POV
Mom and Dad dragged Paige into my, now unoccupied room. "I'm sorry Laney, I've never seen her act like that…ever." I told Laney, shocked.
"It's okay she has a right to be confused and…and angry," she replied, speaking more softly with each word, then smiled. "…but thanks though."
Just then, the door creaked open, and a strange man came through the door way, it seemed as though all the brightness had dimmed from the room.
"Dad." Laney croaked breathlessly
Patricia's POV
"Paige, what do you know?!" Eddie tried once more.
"Eddie calm down, this isn't helping." I scorned, then went to comfort Paige. "It's okay honey, we just need to know what is going on, we're worried."
"I don't know…" she said through her sobs, I pulled her strawberry blond waves out of her tear-streaked face. "Just weird things, an old lady gave me this today."
She revealed a silver necklace, maybe some kind of medallion, it looked almost like a person. "Who gave it to you?" I asked softly.
"I don't know I forgot my phone and I bumped into her and she said I needed protection…and then Laney and Eli, they can sense and see the same things and I don't know it's so confusing." She rambled, I stiffened and stared at Eddie, all too familiar with the strange on-goings at Anubis.
"Nina." Eddie declared firmly. I nodded, pulling my phone out of my pocket and dialing her number.
"Nina, hi, it's Patricia, I need your help." I pleaded into the phone.
"I'm at work Patricia!" she whispered.
"What? Why are we calling Nina?" Paige interrupted.
"Shhh." I said. "No not you Nina!"
"What? I need to go!" Nina urged.
"I know this is hard for you, but I think my kids are in trouble… I need you to send me the most recent picture of your daughter." I begged.
"But Patricia…" she trailed off, I could hear the hurt in her voice.
"…Please." I was almost crying.
"Okay." She agreed.
I logged into my e-mail on Eli's computer. And a few seconds later I heard the ping, notifying us it had arrived.
She had forwarded the last e-mail from Kristen's adoptive mother, not just the picture. I began to read it. I'm sorry it's been so long since I've updated you, you know it's hard because of her father. So here she is, headed to boarding school, Kristen Marlena Elise, known to us as Laney, since her dad still doesn't want her to know her full name or who she is. Gulp. I scrolled down to the picture…and there she was, waist length chocolate brown ringlets and deep turquoise eyes.
"…Patricia?..." Nina asked from the other end.
"I…I have to go…" I ended, the call cutting her off.
