A/N: Hey guys! So this chapter is kind of a filler, but I hope it's a good one! I had fun writing it! I know I haven't updated in a while, but that's because I've been watching House of Anubis season 2 online! Now I'm re-watching season one! I haven't even finished season three, but I will. It's just so sad without Nina and Amber. But I read somewhere that they're coming back for season four if there is one! Anyways, I hope you enjoy! Leave reviews please and thank you!
Chapter 4: House of Dreams
Amber's hand flew to her mouth as she saw the door's shiny golden knob turning.
"Wait, do you hear that?" the second voice asked, causing the knob to turn back to it's original place.
"Guys?" a voice from the stairs called.
"Go, go, go!" the original voice they had heard whispered. There was a small shuffling of feet and a clicking of a door as they heard someone coming down the stairs.
"Is someone down here?" a familiar voice called.
"Joy!" Patricia whispered, reaching for the knob. Eddie slapped her hand away from the knob.
"She can't know we're down here, stupid!" he scolded. She just rolled her eyes, but Eddie couldn't see her reaction, it was too dark. Joy peeked around a few corners, seeing no one was there, she headed back to her room. Finally, they heard her door click shut, and the Sibuna members rushed out of the pantry.
"Okay, that was waaaaay creepy," Amber said, extending her words for emphasis. They all nodded and decided to wait for further discussion until the morning. They all trudged up the stairs, and back into their rooms. That is except for Fabian and Nina. Just before Nina could follow Amber into their room, Fabian grabbed her hand and kept her in the hallway for a second.
"Nina, there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about," he said, hesitantly.
"Yeah?" she responded hopefully, bringing the corner of her lower lip into her mouth, which was something she happened to do a lot when she was nervous.
"Well I know that you left and-" he started, until he was interrupted by a certain blonde.
"Nina, where'd you... oh, I'm sorry guys, did I interrupt something?" she asked, worriedly. Fabian ran a hand through his hair and Nina just smiled at Amber. "I'm just going to go now..." she said, cautiously making her way back into her room.
"Well I should, you know, get back to bed..." Nina said, sadly waving to Fabian.
"Um, yeah. Same," he said, stuffing his now clammy hands into his pockets and walking back to his room. "Stupid, stupid, stupid," he scolded himself.
"It's Nina, isn't it?" Eddie asked, startling Fabian.
"I forgot you were there, man!" Fabian gasped, placing his hand over his heart, breathing heavily. "But yeah. I don't know what's going on with us. I mean, I know we're technically broken up, but she said she would "never forget her first love" in her letter. Does that mean she still has feelings for me? I'm so confused. And now there's this whole people in the house thing that we barely know anything about. I can't even keep it straight in my head."
"Dude, calm down," Eddie reassured him. "Listen, I'll make you a deal," he stated, clearing his throat. "I Eddie Miller, have decided that if I make a move with Patricia, you, Fabian Rutter will talk to Nina about everything. And that means EVERYTHING." Eddie announced, placing three fingers in the air like a Boy Scout. Fabian just laughed at him.
"You weren't actually a Boy Scout, were you?" he questioned, smirking at his silly friend. Eddie just rolled his eyes at Fabian, as if to say, "what do you think?"
"Do we have a deal?" he asked, extending his hand for a shake. Fabian sighed, and grasped his friends hand. He figured he wouldn't have to make any kind of move soon, Eddie didn't seem like he was moving too fast with Patricia.
Nina shut the door behind her as she closed her eyes. She was so stupid, she thought to herself. Why couldn't she have just asked Fabian what he wanted to say? She had missed him so much, so why couldn't things just go back to the way they were before they left?
"Sooooo, what happened with Fabes?" Amber questioned quietly, plopping herself onto Nina's bed. Nina went to sit down next to Amber and sighed.
"Nothing," she said, "I don't know what was even going to happen. It might not have even been about us."
"So you guys are an 'us' now? Is Fabina happening again?" Amber squealed, clapping her hands together. Nina just shrugged at her excited friend.
"I don't think that that's even on the table right now, Amber. I'm sorry," she said, a sad tone in her voice.
"Oh," Amber sighed, "I guess we should get to bed then." She pushed herself off of Nina's bed and climbed into her own bed. She knew Fabian and Nina really liked each other. It was so beyond obvious. All they needed was a little... push. Okay, maybe they needed a big push, but if anyone could do it, a Millington could.
Suddenly, Nina felt a gust of wind flow into her room. "Nina, stay away from the Anubis House."
"Sarah? What's going on? I'm not in the Anubis House!" Nina asked, worriedly.
"Nina, trust me, it isn't safe. Anubis House is bad. Stay close to the Descendant and the Osirian." Sarah replied, calmly.
"What? Who's the Deacendant? I thought I was supposed to stay away from the Osirian. I thought bad things happened when we were together?" Nina urged, sitting up further in her bed.
"The Descendant and the Osirian are your only hope. Keep them and your locket near. Your locket will keep you safe." Sarah said, gesturing to the Eye of Horus locket laying on her neck. Nina gripped her locket and took a deep breath.
"Sarah. Please. I need help. I want to keep my friends safe," she asked, trying to keep herself calm.
"Nina, keep your friends safe. You are the Chosen One. Together, you, the Descendant, and the Osirian are unstoppable." she said, as she drifted away. Nina shot up in her bed. She rubbed her eyes in confusion. Sarah's dreams were always so cryptic. She needed help, and Sarah was one of the only places she could get it. What she needed right this second was sleep. She decided to let herself fall asleep and she'd explain everything to the rest of Sibuna later.
Nina's alarm clock rang. She turned over and saw that it said 8:00 AM. She groaned and got herself out of bed. Even though it was summer, she still wanted some sort of a schedule in her life.
"Nina, what are you doing?" Amber groggily asked, turning over in her bed.
"Y-y-you're, dreaming Amber, shoooeeessss," Nina said, wiggling her fingers in Amber's face.
"That only works in movies, stupid," Amber said, giggling at her friend.
"Right," Nina sighed, "Well I always set an alarm for myself, to keep from sleeping until noon, like someone I know," Nina giggled, obviously referring to Amber. Amber laughed and slapped her friend.
"A princess needs her beauty sleep, Neens!" Amber exclaimed. Mara rolled over in her bed and Amber and Nina froze. They didn't want to wake up another person, especially because their friends would be tired from their long plane ride. They scurried downstairs and went into the kitchen.
"Well, we're already up, so we might as well make breakfast!" Nina said, looking around for food that they could make. Amber picked up the pan that Nina had taken out from under the oven and flipped it around in her hands.
"Umm, you want me to cook...?" Amber asked, a confused look on her face. Nina just laughed at her friend.
"It's easy, I'll help you!" Nina smiled, patting her friend on the back. Amber looked worried, but followed Nina to the fridge.
"So what exactly are we looking for?" Amber questioned, still unsure of what to do. Nina silently grabbed some eggs and milk, answering Amber's question silently by holding up her findings. She grabbed the pan and started making French toast.
"Amber, will you pass me the eggs?" Nina asked her still confused friend. Amber responded by spinning around, the carton of eggs still in her hand. They were closer then they realized. The gooey, yellow egg yolk splattered all over Amber and Nina. They both erupted into a fit of giggles as Nina turned around and grabbed a handful of flour they were using to make waffle mix and threw it on Amber's blonde head. This caused them to laugh even harder. Soon, they were squirting whipped cream at each other as they heard footsteps. Nina froze with a handful of flour in her hand. They saw shadows on the staircase.
"Hello?" Nina asked, her eyes widening with fear.
"Is someone there?" Amber asked, worriedly. Suddenly Nina felt a pair of arms wrap around her, she let out a scream as she felt a cold glass of milk pour over her messy hair. She was dropped to the ground and suddenly she saw Eddie, Fabian, Alfie, and Patricia behind them. Fabian with an empty glass of milk in his hand. Nina gasped and grabbed an egg from the carton.
"You wouldn't!" Fabian exclaimed, shielding his head. Nina tossed the egg up and down in her hand and smiled.
"Oh, but I would," she said, as she threw the hard object on Fabian's shirt.
"FOOD FIGHT!" Alfie exclaimed as the group turned the once sparkling kitchen into an ingredient covered room. Eddie threw Patricia over his shoulder as she started kicking at him.
"EDDIE MILLER PUT ME DOWN!" she creamed in his ear.
"Ouch yacker. You've got some pipes!" He giggled and smirked at Fabian. Fabian crossed his fingers behind his back. If Eddie kissed Patricia right now, then he would have to talk to Nina. He wasn't ready to do that yet. Finally, after much kicking and screaming, Eddie let Patricia fall to the ground. Fabian breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly they heard footsteps. Fabian and Nina were on Eddie and Patricia's shoulders, throwing things at each other. Amber was being held upside down over Alfie's shoulder.
"What's going on guys?" Joy asked, making her way down the stairs.
"What HAPPENED in here?" Mara questioned, gaping at the mess of a kitchen before her.
"You guys had a food fight without me?" Jerome announced, clutching his heart as if it had been ripped out of his chest.
"Maybe we should make breakfast, while you guys go shower'" Mara laughed at her friends.
"Wait! I didn't sign up for this!" Jerome cried, as Mara grabbed his wrist and pulled Jerome and Joy into the kitchen so that they could clean up. They all followed Amber upstairs to shower. Nina stopped Fabian and Amber at the top of the stairs.
"Hey, guys," she whispered, "I have something to tell you later, okay?" They both nodded in response and headed off to the showers.
Nina jumped into the warm shower and let the water rush over her. Why couldn't she have one normal year. Even when she was away from Anubis house, she was still having weird dreams. A lot of them mentioning this "descendant." It was so weird. It was like when she first found out about the Osirian. She didn't know who it was, or what it was, but she knew it was important.
She hopped out of the shower and wrapped her towel around herself and slipped into her, Amber, and Mara's room. Mara's stuff was all in the hallway.
"Mara, where are you going?" Nina questioned, giving Mara's things a confused look.
"Well since you came, Amber has been whining about her shoe space, so I offered to go into Patricia and Joy's room. Also, it's bigger, so that helps." Mara said, shrugging happily.
"Oh, Mara! I'm sorry, I can move into Joy and Patricia's room if you want me to!" Nina exclaimed, still dripping wet in her towel.
"Oh, no, I really don't mind!" Mara smiled at her friend. Nina smiled back at her and walked back into her room.
"Few!" Amber breathed a sigh of relief. "I really had plenty of room for my shoes, I just thought we might need this room for, you know," she whispered, placing her right hand over her eye. Nina just laughed at her. She grabbed her denim shorts and blue and white striped shirt and changed in the bathroom. She applied a light layer of makeup and unwrapped her hair from the soft towel on her head. She flipped her still damp hair up and down and scrunched her curls a few times. She took some bobby pins and twisted some hair away from her face on both sides of her head. She placed her locket around her neck and tucked it under her shirt. She walked out of the bathroom and Amber gaped at her.
"Nina Martin! We are in Los Angeles, California!" Amber exclaimed. Nina giggles and began to walk down the stairs in front if Amber.
"Good observation, Amber!" Nina laughed.
"And you're wearing THAT!" Amber continued, scolding her friends casual clothes. Nina just laughed as she got to the bottom of the flight of the stairs. Her mouth opened as she saw all of her friends already showered and eating perfectly crispy bacon, fluffy, scrambled eggs, and warm, cinnamon waffles.
"Guys, I didn't know you knew how to cook so well!" Nina exclaimed, still in shock.
"Well actually, it was mostly Mara. Jerome and I just brought her the ingredients." Joy explained.
"Hey!" Jerome whined, "I made a waffle!"
"I think I found it..." Patricia smirked, throwing a soggy waffle at Jerome.
"That was my masterpiece!" Jerome exclaimed, taking a huge bite of the waffle and then spitting it out. Fabian laughed at Jerome and slapped him on the back.
"Chef Jerome, I can see it in your future. Who needs Trudy when we have you!" he said, causing everyone to laugh. Nina filled her plate and quickly sat in the empty chair in between Fabian and Amber. "So what did you need to talk to us about?" Fabian asked, leaning closer to Nina. Nina glanced around the table only to see everyone in conversation.
"Okay, well first of all, I think that we should leave Patricia, Alfie, and Eddie out of of this. If this is bad, I don't want them to get hurt," she explained.
"But Eddie's the Osirian, shouldn't he be included?" Amber asked, raising her voice.
"Amber!" Nina and Fabian whispered in unison.
"Right, sorry," she whispered back sheepishly, miming locking her lips shut.
"Okay, well last night, I had a dream. It was a Sarah dream. She told me to stay away from Anubis House and told me to stay close to the Osirian and the Descendant." she explained.
"Wait, maybe Eddie should be involved. Especially since Sarah is talking about the Osirian." Fabian said worriedly.
"Okay, if we need him, we'll tell him, but as of right now, I'm just going to keep it to the three of us. Last night was too close and I don't want people getting into trouble or getting hurt," Nina said.
"Understood," Fabian nodded, "So what's all this about a Descendant?"
"I thought you were a descendant of some Egyptian person Nina? So is she just talking about you?" Amber asked.
"No, she would've called me the Chosen One. She always does." Nina reassured her friends.
"Then who is it? Or what is it..." Fabian wondered.
"Okay, I don't know what this thing is, but can't we just take a day off?" Amber whined. "I mean, we should at least have one day to have fun! That's why Trudy gave us this vacation! By the way, Nina she says hi! I emailed her and told her you were here!"
"Amber, we don't have time for days off..." Fabian trailed off.
"Come on Fabes, pleaseeeee," Amber begged. Fabian looked to Nina with pleading eyes. She laughed and raised her hands in the air.
"I'm not getting in the middle. I need a day to think about it anyways." she stated. Fabian sighed and nodded at Amber.
"Fine, fine, fine," he mumbled. Amber clapped giddily, "I have so many plans for us today guys!" she squealed at all of her friends.
"Sorry Ambs, Patricia, Mara, and I already made plans to go look for seashells on the beach and then lay out by the pool!" Joy explained.
"And Alfie, Eddie, and I are going to the movies," Jerome stated.
"Fast and Furious 6!" Alfie exclaimed, "Hot girls, guns, and sweet cars. It's going to be the best movie EVER!" Alfie said giddily, clapping his hands with excitement.
"Awwww, guys!" Amber whined, looking down at her feet sadly. They all just shrugged and got up from the table. "Well, it looks like its just the three of us! It's still going to be so much fun too! Fabian, go... do something else," she said, shooing him away from the table. Nina I'm going to help you pick out an outfit."
"What's wrong with my outfit?" Nina asked, gesturing towards her shirt and shorts. Amber just sighed and brought her friend to their room. Amber opened the closet and started riffling through Nina's already neatly put away clothes. She finally settled on a denim dress and brown braided belt. She passed Nina a pair of pearl earrings and gold sandals. She silently opened the door to the bathroom and ordered her to change. Nina sighed and walked into the bathroom. She pulled the dress over her head and tied the belt around her waist. It suited her slim figure perfectly. The tank top cut of the dress showed off her tan arms. She put the earrings in her ears and slipped on the shoes. She walked out of the bathroom and Amber nodded approvingly.
"You look amazing, why have you never worn this?" Amber exclaimed, tugging at Nina's dress. She sat her friend down and started applying some light eyeshadow to her lids and lined her eyes with a metallic brown eyeliner. She placed a second coat of mascara on Nina's eyelashes and applied a peach blush to her cheeks. She handed Nina a light pink lipstick and Nina placed it on her lips hesitantly. Amber brushed out Nina's already tangled curls and put her hair into a high ponytail and re-curled some pieces of Nina's hair. She spun Nina around so she could look at herself in the mirror.
"Amber, I've got to hand it to you. You're really good," Nina sighed, touching her face in shock.
"Tell me about it," Amber said, flipping her straightened hair over her shoulder. Amber looked extremely put together in her floral t-shirt dress and brown wedges. "Now I'm going to go get Fabian and you're going to meet us outside, okay?" Amber demanded. Nina nodded and walked out the door.
Nina was outside and suddenly she saw Amber pushing Fabian out the door.
"Amber why are you in such a hurry to -" he suddenly stopped talking, mid sentence. "Woah."
"I know! I'm so good!" Amber squealed, clapping her hands together. Nina just laughed and did a spin for Amber and Fabian. Amber clapped giddily, Fabian just gaped. Nina had grown up in a year. She'd grown up a lot. He smiled to himself, but then he realized something. He and Nina weren't together. She had broken up with him in the letter she gave to Eddie. He shook his head. He didn't have time to worry about all that.
Thankfully, Amber grabbed both Nina and Fabian by the arms. "Okay, so we're in walking distance of literally nothing. So, I called a cab that should be here..." A yellow car pulled up to the curb and they all climbed in. "Okay, so were going to start at all the touristy stuff and then we'll head to Santa Monica pier and hang out for a while!" Amber said, ecstatically, holding out her written day plan. Fabian and Nina just looked at her and laughed. She was way too excited about this. "Today is going to be so much fun!" Amber said for the millionth time, clapping her hands together.
They piled out of the cab and sighed. They were ready to start the day, well Amber was. Fabian and Nina were still thinking about Nina's dream.