That night, Amber and Nina were in their room getting ready for bed. There was a knock on the door. Thinking it was Fabian, Nina opened the door. Eddie walked in.
"What is it?" Nina asked.
"I need to know what is going on?" he demanded.
"What are you talking about?" Nina asked trying not to sound obvious.
"Don't pretend that there is nothing going on!" Eddie said. "I am through with the lies and keeping secrets. My whole life my dad has kept the fact that I am his son a secret. I do not want to go through that with my friends. I need you guys to tell me everything. I already know about what's happened in the tunnels and something about this spirit again…"
"Wait, how do you know about…" Amber asked.
"I heard you in your little secret meeting place, which by the way, isn't very sneaky!" Eddie said.
"So you were spying on us?" Nina demanded.
"A little, I guess," Eddie confessed. "Look, that's not the point! NIna, I feel like I have to be here! I need to know everything that is happening. Its my job remember?"
"Look, Eddie I would tell you but we promised Patricia we wouldn't say anything!" NIna said.
"Yeah," Amber said. "A promise is a promise"
"Patricia told me that she wasn't no longer a part of your group, so that should mean that you can tell me. She doesn't have a say in this anymore." Eddie said. Nina thought for a moment then looked at Amber.
"Do you really want to know?" Nina asked.
"Yes!"
"ok, meet us at the place you saw us yesterday at midnight." she said.
"Midnight?" Eddie asked uncertain "Do we really have to meet that late?"
"If you really want to know what is going on, then yes"
"Ok," Eddie sighed. "Then this had better be worth it!" He left the room.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Amber said.
"What more could we have done Amber?" Nina said.
Patricia was leaving the bathroom and going back to her room when she saw Eddie coming out of NIna and Amber's room.
"What were you doing in there?" she demanded.
"I was talking to Nina," he said.
"What about?" she said angrily.
"Nothing," he said and headed for the door to downstairs. He opened it and ran into Victor.
"Please watch where you're going Mr. Miller" Victor said. "Now off to bed! its almost 10 o'clock!"
"yeah, yeah" Eddie said. "I'm going! Don't get your pin in a knot." Eddie headed downstairs. Victor turned to see Patricia getting ready to go into Nina's room.
"What do you think you're doing Miss Williamson?" he asked. "You heard what I said? Its nearly time for bed, now go get ready!" Patricia sighed and went to her room.
Downstairs Fabian got a text from Nina
'Urgent Sibuna Meeting! Sibuna Secret Meeting Place! Midnight! Bring Eddie with You!'
"Uh oh" Fabian thought. "This can't be good!" He laid in bed and waited for midnight to come around. But soon, he fell asleep.
At midnight, Nina and Patricia grabbed their flashlights and quietly made their way downstairs.
"I'm surprised we haven't found a secret passageway that would lead us downstairs. It would make this sneaking around after curfew much easier!" Amber said. Nina shushed her. They were able to sneak past Victor, who was out in his office, and downstairs out of the door.
Patricia was laying in her room, thinking. She knew Eddie was sort of mad at her, but she couldn't tell him anything. She didn't want him to be in any more danger than he had already been in last term. She sighed and got up to go get a drink of water. She was about to walk down the stairs when she saw Eddie sneak out the front door.
'Where is he going this late at night?' she thought. Instead of going to the kitchen, she followed him.
Amber and Nina waited at the meeting place. Nina was pacing back and forth rambling on.
"I mean, are we doing the right thing. Doing this behind Patricia's back?" she asked.
"Well,…" Amber started to say but Nina interrupted her.
"I mean, me and Patricia have been getting along so well, since I moved here. I don't want anything to ruin that!" Nina said.
"Nina…"
"I mean, what am I supposed to do?"
"Nina!"
"What?"
"Calm down!"
"No!" Nina said. "How can I calm down when everything seems to be falling apart?" Amber was quiet. "When is Eddie and Fabian going to get here? If we get caught out here, we are going to be in serious trouble!"
"Well, this was your idea!" Amber pointed out. Nina sighed. They both jumped at the sound of a twig snapping, but turned to see Eddie approaching them.
"Eddie!" Amber said. "Don't scare me like that!"
"Wheres' Fabian?" Nina asked. Eddie shrugged.
"He was still out when I left," he said.
"You should have brought him with you!" Nina said.
"You should know better than to interrupt a guy when he's sleeping!" Eddie said. Nina rolled her eyes and called Fabian's cell.
At the house, Fabian was still out. His phone was sitting on the table next to him. It lit up to show a picture of Nina, but the volume was turned down.
"Ugh, he's not answering!" Nina said in frustration.
"Well, we don't have time to go back for him." Amber said. "We need to do this before someone catches us!"
"So what are we doing out here anyway?" Eddie asked.
"Ok, first of all," Nina said. "You have to swear not to tell anyone and I mean anyone what we are about to tell you!"
"I swear!" Eddie said.
"No, you have to Sibuna Swear!" Amber said.
"Sibu-what?" Eddie asked confused.
"Sibuna!" Nina and Amber said covering their eye with their eye with their hand. Eddie stood there.
"Do you Sibuna Swear?" Nina asked.
"Only if I knew what I was Sibun-whatever swearing to!" Eddie said.
"Eddie please, this is important!" Amber said.
"Ok!" Eddie said. He held his hand up.
"Sibuna," they all said.
"That will have to do for now," Nina said. "At least until we do the initiation."
"Wait, initiation?" Eddie asked. "What kind of initiation? I don't have to drink some weird potion or something do I?"
"You will if you keep asking questions" Nina said. "We don't have time for this!" So together, Nina and Amber told Eddie everything that had happened. From Nina to meeting Sarah, to the puzzle pieces, to the Chosen Hour, to the hiding of the Cup, to Senkhara, to the curses, to the tunnels, to the mask, and to the Chosen One and Osirian being protectors of the world. And then they told him everything that had happened since they had come back to the house.
"So we're supposed to be protecting the world?" Eddie asked. "Does this mean I get to wear a super cool outfit?" Amber rolled her eyes.
"If you're not going to take this seriously, then I don't know why…" Nina said in frustration.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry" Eddie said. "It's not everyday that you hear you're supposed to be a protector and keep the world safe."
"Yeah, well it's not everyday that you see your best friend constantly being hunted down my a spirit and her revenge seeking daughter," Amber said. "So join the club" Nina smiled.
"So what do we do now?" Eddie asked.
"Well, we have to figure out how we are going to stop this spirit," Nina said.
"Can't I just do what I did last time?" Eddie asked.
"Do you even know what you did?" Nina asked.
"Not really," Eddie said.
"Great," Nina said. They were quiet.
"What do you think Patricia is going to say when she finds out, you're a Sibuna?" Amber asked.
"I think Patricia is going to be very angry!" someone said behind them. It was Patricia.
At the House, Fabian was still sleeping. He was dreaming.
He was walking down a dark tunnel. He had no idea where he was going, but something was pulling him forward. Then out of nowhere, Nina appeared in front of him. She smiled and held out her hand to him. He went to take it, but before he could, she moved away from him. He tried to move towards her, but she just moved farther away. Then Eddie appeared beside her, wrapping his arm around her waist. In his head Fabian heard "The Chosen One and the Osirian will be together forever" He watched as Eddie and Nina leaned towards each other.
Fabian sat up in his bed suddenly. He was shaking from the dream. He glanced around the room and noticed Eddie was not in his bed. He looked at the time and saw it was after midnight. He scrambled out of bed and hurried to find some shoes.
Back at the meeting place Patricia was fuming mad.
"I told you not to tell him," she said angrily.
"We had no choice," Nina said. "I wasn't going to keep it from him much longer. We had to tell him"
"Look babe," Eddie said. "I know you're mad, but can we just talk about this?"
"What's there to talk about?" Patricia said. "It seems you already know everything."
"That's not what I meant" Eddie said. "Why didn't you want me to know about this?"
"I have a few reasons why I didn't tell you," Patricia said. "But I don't get why you didn't ask me first."
"I did ask you!" Eddie said. "You said that you wanted to move on from that and start over!"
"I did!" Patricia said. "But instead, you went behind my back and have been talking to these two."
"Oh, so you're jealous that I've been spending more time with Nina and Amber than you?" Eddie asked.
"I am not jealous!" Patricia almost shouted.
"Whatever," Eddie said. "I've had it with your secret and lies. I have been completely honest with you ever since you found out about my dad, but you have been the complete opposite. I don't understand why you abandoned you friends when they need your help the most, just to spend more time with your boyfriend. I'm sorry Yacker, but I can't date someone like that."
"What are you saying?" Patricia asked shakily.
"I'm saying," Eddie said hesitantly. "We're over!"
Author's Note: Ok, so anyone who is a strong supporter of Peddie, please don't be mad at me! I promise they may get back together. On the bright side, what did you think of this chapter?
