Chapter 10: Looking for clothes

"You still haven't found Nina?", Eddie asked.

"No. She's not anywhere", Fabian says, sitting down on his bed. "You know who I haven't seen much of today?", Eddie says. Fabian looks up at him, "KT". His eyebrows pulled down, confused, "She was at school, Eddie".

"Yeah, but where was she 4th and 5th block?".

Fabian thought about that, "She would never skip class. Unless we needed Sibuna, but...", he said aloud.

"Exactly. She probably has something to do with why Nina isn't around"

"You don't think", he started, but decided to drop it, "I don't know", he sighed.

"Come on Fabian, we'll find her. She probably got bored of being in the house and went for a walk". Fabian took his hands off his face to look at Eddie, with an expression that said "really". Eddie shrug his shoulders. Fabian shakes his head, but then perks up, "Amber".

Eddie straightened and he snapped his fingers, "Amber". They get up and walk down the hallway on their way up the stairs when they hear Willow. "Hey you guys".

"Willow, we'd love to talk, but we're trying to find, Nina", Fabian said.

Her face was thoughtful, "I've been wondering where Nina was, haven't seen her since yesturday".

"Ok, bye Willow", Eddie said climbing the stairs.

"But I think KT was looking for her too", she said. The boys stopped walking up the stairs, "What", Fabian said.

"Come on, I'll tell you in the kitchen", she waved them into the kitchen. Eddie and Fabian looked at each other and then walked down the few stairs they came up and into the kitchen, reluctantly. Willow was at the sink when they came into the kitchen, she walked up to them with a bottle of soap, and squirted a couple of drops into their hands.

"Willow, what-", Fabian started.

"You said you wanted to talk, so while we're talking you can help me with the pies", she says.

"What the hell(1), I'm not about about to help you make a pie, Willow", Eddie said.

"We'd love to help, Willow", Fabian said. He and Eddie walked over to the sink. "A tad harsh", Fabian said.

"Fabian, do you want to be making pies right now"

"No, but it seems like what she has to say is important", Fabian says wiping his wet hands on a dish towel. He walked over to Willow and pressed the dough into the pans. "So, Willow, what did you need to tell us?". She began pouring strawberries and rhubarb into a pan that already had dough in it. "Well, I saw KT going through Nina's clothes this morning. I thought it was rude because I'm pretty sure Nina didn't give her that permission, and she was throwing them across the room."

"Did you see anything else?"

" The way she was going through Nina's suitcases- you're doing it wrong"

Eddie looked up from his pie, "What?"

"You aligning the apple slice wrong, you have to do it like a fruit tart", she said. He gave her an incredulous look, shook his head and went back to putting the fruit in his pie.

"Willow, you were saying-", Fabian started

"Right, well, KT was digging through Nina's suitcase, and I think she was looking for something"

"Do you know what it might be what she was looking for?", Fabian asked hopefully

"No, sorry"

"Ok", Fabian nodded, "If you see Nina will you tell me"

"Of course", Willow said. Fabian wiped his hands, while Eddie was finished applying the fruit and started putting the layer of dough over it.

"Eddie you coming", Fabian said, waiting by the doorway. Eddie looked up to see him not standing beside him. He turned back around in embarrassment, "Um, ok, thanks Willow", he dusted his hands on his jeans and walked out the kitchen.

"Thanks for helping with the pies", they heard Willow say when they were up the stairs. They walked past Mara's room- not suspecting anything- and knocked on Amber's door.

"Come in", she said. They were hesitant to enter because, they haven't talked to her all week. Fabian walked into the room first, "Hey, Amber".

Amber was going through a dresser of clothes, with shoes paired up on the floor, "Don't step on my shoes", she said to them.

"Amber, what are you doing", Eddie said, stepping over the shoes to cross the room.

"I'm worried about Nina, and when I'm worried I go through clothes"

"Why are you worried about Nina, have you seen her any today", skipping right to the reason he was in her room.

She shook her head, "No, I haven't seen Nina all day, but I think she's hiding from KT".

Eddie and Fabian gave her a look, "Hiding from KT?"

"Yes, sometime this afternoon, KT was looking everywhere in this house".

"That actually makes since", Eddie said to Fabian.

"What makes since?", Amber asked looking at the dress she was wearing in the mirror. Fabian looked uncertained to tell her, "Amber, theres a reason why Alfie acted the way he did that night. We didn't have a chance to tell you what has all happened after what happened. Frobisher took KT, Alfie, and Patricia one night and put evil in them."

Amber's eyebrows went down, "So then, Alfie didn't mean what he said?"

"Yes", Fabian said

"So he didn't go out with Willow?", she asks

Eddie shifted the foot he stood on, "He did go out with Willow, He kind of depressed when you two broke up", he replied.

"Oh", she says.

"But, Amber, you actually think that Nina might be hiding from her", Fabian asks.

"Yes, last I couldn't sleep because I was still depressed, but when I was up I heard something going on downstairs I just thought it was you two".

Fabian put his hand over his face, "We've got to find her".

Amber held her hand over her eye, "Sibuna". The two boys did the same "Sibuna". "So, where do we look first", Amber said.

"Well, if KT and Alfie have been through the whole house and haven't found her, she's probably not here", Fabian said.

"What about the passageways?", Eddie asked.

"Even if they turned evil, KT and Alfie would still know about all of them".

"The Gatehouse?", Amber asked.

"She wouldn't be their of all places, if she was trying to hide from them", Eddie said.

"I think we may need reinforcements", Fabian said.

Eddie turned to him, "Are you talking about Mara, Joy-"

"And Jerome, yeah. But we are at an advantage because I'm pretty sure Frobisher doesn't know he can put the curse on them."

Amber looked at both of them, "You're confusing me".

"They all had ancestors that worked with Frobisher, so if he knew that, he would be able to release the evil spirits onto them".

Amber's face was thoughtful, a moment later she smiled and clapped her hands, "Yeah, got it".

"So, where do we start looking for her first", Eddie asked.

"I still think we should check the Gatehouse", Amber said

"Amber, I actually doubt she-", Fabian said.

"I know, but I just have a feeling she might be there"

"Ok, we can check their first"

"Let's go", Eddie said. They made their way downstairs, dinner wasn't until about an hour or two from now, so they were good on time.

"Where are you guys going", a voice said . They turned around to see Patricia and KT, down the hall, standing by Fabian and Eddie's room.

Eddie stiffened, "We were about to go with Trudy to get some stuff for dinner".

Patricia put a smile on her face and wallked up to him, "I'll come with, I haven't seen you in a while", she put her hand on his shoulder, lifting herself up and giving him a peck on the cheek.

"Umm, it's a guy... ride", he said

"Then why is Amber coming", KT said, coming up to stand beside Patricia.

Fabian slung his arm around Amber's shoulders, "Because she is practically one of the guys", squeezing her shoulder.

"Hey", Amber complained.

"Okay, we'll see you later", Eddie said, leading Fabian and Amber out of the door.

Patricia's eyes turned full black, "Get Alfie". KT's eyes flashed red, "Yes, my Queen", and headed towards Alfie's room. Patricia opened the front door and saw the group headed into the woods. Patricia's eyes turned back to its original brown color, and walked out of the house following them

Whoa! This one was long. Sorry for leaving you off on this suckish "cliffhangers". All Anubis fans check out the HOA One Shot Day one July 30. I'm not crazy about HOA, but I did watch the show, and liked it so I'm going to putting down some one shots. I plan to finish this story before August 19, because that is when school starts for me, and I'm going to be a freshman, so I have to make sure I study hard. Don't put any comments or PM's on how I'm going to be "Freshmeat", which is funny, but still ;)

(1) I hate having to read these little things in other stories, so when you see this it might be kind of important or just some type of joke. I made Eddie say that because this is not the Nickelodeon "innocent" version where they don't do and say all the things that teenagers would do and say.

Oh yeah, a I actually put a chapter name on this one because I can never think of anything clever, which "Looking for clothes" isn't of course, but this chap. just kept mentioning clothes