Title: The Mysteries of Isis

Chapter 6: House of Wings

Author's Note: So I want to thank Stuckbeingrachel who answered my questions. I want to dedicate this chapter to Lovely SOS, Ninjaprincess LW and 10 .All four of you rock.

House of Wings

He looked so utterly confused.

Troy stared agape at Sunny, his face in a puzzled frown.

"You could say something", said Lilene as she looked at Troy, her lips pursed.

"I believe you", Troy said in a sincere voice.

He believes me, Sunny thought. It was strange how she felt. She felt tingly at the thought that he believed her and didn't think she was lying.

"You do?" asked Sunny, her voice faltering.

"Yes .I believe you." said Troy, looking at her with his emerald eyes.

"Okay, so know we're three. Let's check that room out", Lilene said as she looked at the darkness that lay past the bookcase.

"Wait, what do you mean by three?" asked Sunny, her face puzzled.

"Yeah, us three will solve the mystery." The brunette said with a grin on her face.

"Wait. Troy do you want to join us?" asked Sunny.

"Join you in solving a mystery?" asked Troy. The two girls nodded and Troy said, "Yes!" he answered with a beam" I will!"

"Good, we're gonna need a man to help us if there's a monster in that room", said Lilene as she walked closer to the bookcase' empty space.

Troy's face grew pale and Lilene smiled and rolled her eyes, "I'm kidding".

"Let's go" said Sunny as she stepped forward.

Lilene and Troy both nodded and they stepped forward, following her.

"Lilene shine your light, please", she said as she looked at the obscurity around her.

Lilene shone the light around but seconds after, radiance flooded the room.

"Found the light switch", said Troy sheepishly as he pointed to the switch.

"Shouldn't we close the bookshelf?" asked Lilene looking back at the furnace room. The moment she had finished speaking, the bookshelf swung closed.

"Automatic, nice .We should get doors like that!" said Troy as he stood looking at the room's walls.

"What are y-", but the words were caught in her throat as she spun around and looked at the walls. On the wall was a large portrait of a man.

The man had brown hair the color of

Hazelnut spread, cut so it reached his ears. The man's eyes were a cerulean color, as if he had imprisoned the clear blue sky behind his irises. The man had a handsome complexion. His cheeks were round and his lips were full. His skin was a nice creamy color. He wore a brown coat of fine threads over his broad shoulders and strong well-built arms. Under the coat he wore a white shirt, with the first four buttons undone, revealing his chest. He wore black khakis with a brown leather belt around his waist.

"Whoa, she's pretty" said Lilene.

She? , thought Sunny, her face wrinkled in a frown of confusion.

Sunny turned and saw Lilene awing at another portrait. Sunny stared, marveling at the beauty of the woman who was painted.

The woman was stunningly attractive. She had long curls of blonde hair. Her hair was so elegant and it looked liked as if it was crafted of gold. The woman had green eyes that looked like her irises were made of emeralds. The woman wore a stunning dress of lace and silk and other fine threads. From the waist up the dress was a creamy color and the strap circled around the woman's neck. The bottom part of the dress was white. Over the dress was a layer of translucent sunset pink, over that a layer of translucent fiery red, and over that a honey orange layer of see-though thread. The female had a creamy tan complexion and her cheeks were small and her lips were curved upward in a slight smile.

"Who are they?" asked Sunny in awe as she looked at both the people depicted in the artwork.

"The man is Eli Horoseus" said Troy, reading from a plaque.

"The woman is Lynette Horoseus" said Lilene said as she read a plaque under the portrait.

"So Lynette and Eli Horoseus, do you think they're married?" Sunny asked the other two teenagers.

"Well I hope not. That guy, Eli, is like dreamy", said Lilene as she giggled.

Troy rolled his eyes and answered "They probably are, but I think there's something more"

"Wait!" said Sunny a she remembered something earlier in the day.

Sunny frantically dug through her pockets and then found what she was looking for. It was a slip of paper and written on it was a name and a phone number.

"Diadore Horoseus", read Sunny. The first name was beautiful and she pronounced it like "Dee-a-dore".

"What do you mean? "Asked Lilene, who had stopped giggling when Sunny had been searching for the paper.

"Eli and Lynette had a child. Her name was Diadore."She smiled.

"So… that means…?" asked Troy a perplexed look on his face.

"The woman who gave me this note was the cab driver" Sunny said as that dawned on the two English teens.

"So what you mean is that the driver is the daughter of Lynette and Eli Horoseus?" asked Lilene as she raised an eyebrow at her.

"It's a wild guess but yes I think so" said Sunny as she thought, and I thought this would be easy.

"Let's leave .We can come back after school", Lilene said.

"It's pretty late. I'm with Lilene, we should leave", Troy said as she nodded in agreement.

"But there isn't somebody outside "she said as she thought of once again being stuck in the room. It scared her.

"Do you think this can help in any way?" asked Lilene as she pointed to the bookcase.

Sunny frowned but then she saw it. A circle with a tyet shape on it had been inscribed on the wood.

"How will that help?" asked Troy.

"Show him" said Lilene, her eyes tired

Sunny nodded and reached into her back pocket. She took out the necklace and showed the brunette as she said, "The tyet, the knot of Isis, goddess-"

"Of magic and mothers." finished Troy.

There was silence and then Sunny locked eyes with Troy. They stared at each other. For one minute.

"OK, you can have chemistry and kiss and all that later, Sunny do you think the tyet will work?" said Lilene as she tapped her foot on the ground.

Sunny's face grew hot as her cheeks turned a rosy color. She answered" We can try."

Sunny grabbed the necklace and she pressed the tyet against the circle. The tyet shone a violet color and the bookshelf swung back, revealing the furnace room.

"That's so cool!" Troy said as he smiled at her.

Sunny stepped through the gap in the wall and the other two followed suit.

"Let's meet tomorrow. Before supper after school." said Lilene a she looked at the two sleepy teens with tired eyes.

Troy nodded and so did Sunny.

Together the teens walked up the stairs, quietly, and returned to their rooms.

….

Four hours of sleep.

Troy yawned as he stretched. He looked around and saw Jeremy in his bed, his face facing the wall.

He sat up in his bed and stretched once more as he stood up and threw his blankets off of him. He walked over and grabbed his second uniform.

The uniform was simple. It was a long-sleeved button up shirt, a red sweater, black slacks and his dress shoes. He grabbed it and his thoughts changed, He thought about what had happened in a couple hours ago.

A mystery, maybe I could help. I might be helpful. I wonder what we'll talk about later, he thought as he stood.

As he walked out the door he said, "Jeremy time to get up!"

The raven-haired boy did.

…..

He ran into Sunny.

They both fell to the ground .He had been going outside of the dining room while she was about to enter. She had had her bag in her hand but it skidded away and his jacket, which had been in his hand, was lying on the ground.

"I'm so sorry!" Sunny said as she reached out and grabbed his jacket and gave it to him. He grinned and stood. He held his hand out for him and she took it and she stood up. She brushed off dust from her skirt and bent down to grab her bag.

"It's okay, it is partly my fault" he smiled as they both entered the room smiling.

"Another couple!" said Gwen as she smiled at Sunny and Troy.

He felt his face grow hot and said "We aren't dating"

Wen looked down and said "I'm sorry, didn't mean to make anything awkward"

"So you two aren't dating?" asked Leo as Troy and Sunny took a seat.

"We aren't "answered Sunny as she grabbed the pitcher of orange juice and poured some into her cup.

"So what do you guys think of ?" he asked changing the topic as he spread cream cheese onto a bagel.

"I don't like him" said Lucas and Leo simultaneously.

"Why?" asked Jeremy.

"One word: homework" answered Lucas as he drank juice.

"I just don't trust him. He's like that guy .What's his name? Van Silverstein, the guy that tried to kill Dracula."

Gwen laughed and corrected" That's Van Helsing, Lilene ".

"Oh.I still doesn't trust him. He's like all evil and such. You know like really bad. I know something's up with him." Lilene said a she bit into an apple.

Janine smiled" He's not that bad."

"Yeah I'm with Janine" he said as he stood.

"Well if he like kidnaps any of you don't you expect Lilene to go and save you" Lilene said as she walked out of the room, Sunny at her side.

Anne and Janine stood up. Troy, Anne and Janine walked out of the room together. …..

"I need you to help me" Janine heard a voice say as she was pulled away from her locker.

Lilene pulled her into a deserted hallway and asked" Can you help me?"

Janine pursed her lips and looked up at the clock. It read 8:16.Only four more minutes until class, she thought.

"What do you need help with?" she asked as she sighed.

"I need dating advice" the brunette said as she looked at Janine.

She almost burst out laughing, but she noticed that Lilene was serious

"I'm so sorry. I can't help you" she said

"Why not, you've dated guys!" Janine looked at the ground "Wait, you haven't dated a guy have you?"

Janine looked at the ground even more and said bitterly "No. Go ahead laugh. Tell the whole school. Let them know"

She turned and was going to leave Lilene when a hand reached out and grabbed her shoulder.

"It's okay. Don't worry I'm not telling anyone. I promise" Lilene said with a warm smile. Janine felt happier .She felt like a weight was off of her shoulders.

"Let's go to class" said Lilene and Janine nodded, her black curls bounced.

The two girls walked down the hallway and reached the classroom they were going to.

Lilene opened the door and the two walked in.

"Where were you two?" asked .

Janine froze. We didn't think of an no. , thought Janine as her eyes widened.

Lilene began to limp and said in a dramatic voice, "Oh . Well I was walking and suddenly I trip and like I'm all alone. That's when Janine comes and she helps me up and then we got here. Sorry that we we're late."

"Okay. Well take a seat", said.

Janine smiled at Lilene

…..

Sunny and Lilene were in their room.

Lilene was lying down on her bed reading a magazine while Sunny was finishing up decorating her side of the room and adorning the bed.

"Hey Sunny what do you think of the mystery?" asked Lilene as she flipped the page of her magazine.

"Well Diadore said that it had to do with the house. Talking about the house, does Isis House have a caretaker?" asked Sunny as she sat down on her bed, now with lacy white pillows and pastel yellow sheets.

Lilene instantly sat upright and said "His name is Maximus. He's like old enough to be in a museum and I think he sailed with Columbus or something. He's creepy and he doesn't really ever come out of his room."

Sunny stifled and said "Sailed with Columbus? Really, do you believe that?"

Lilene rolled her eyes and heard a knock on the stood up and opened the door. It was Troy. He smiled and walked in.

Troy sat on Wen's bed and Lilene said "First we need a name."

Troy raised an eyebrow and asked" Why do we need a name?"

Lilene rolled her eyes and said "Well what are we gonna call ourselves? Like we can't really say "meeting tonight" near the bad guys can we?"

Troy nodded and asked "Does anyone have any ideas for a name?"

Sunny pursed her lips and said" I was thinking of two. The first one is Magic. Since Diadore said that we have to solve the mystery of Isis house and the fact that Isis is the goddess of magic. Another one is Wings, since Isis has wings."

Lilene smiled and said" I vote for Wings. It sounds so pretty."

Troy nodded and said" I like the idea of Wings too."

"So Wings, that sounds like a nice name. Lilene you said that you wanted to tell us something" said Sunny as she looked at her.

She nodded and said" We need an initiation."

Sunny frowned and said "Why?!"

Lilene sighed and said" Work with me people! By initiating you become a full official member of Wings."

Troy nodded and said" That does seem like a good idea."

Lilene nodded and said" We'll meet in ten minutes. Everyone bring a secret written on a paper. We'll hide it and then we'll all promise not to look at the secrets."

Everyone nodded and then they went their separate ways.

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Author's Note: So well….I decided that I'll ask questions every chapter. Also could you guys spread the word about my story? Please?

1. Did you guys like the chapter?

2. Which is your favorite male character?

3. Which is your favorite female character?

4. Do you like the name "Wings"?

5. What do you think will happen next?

6. Is there anything you want to know about any of the characters?

I just want to thank all of you that actually read my story that means a lot to me