Early the next morning Joy crept downstairs wearing a T-shirt and sweatpants. She sat on the bottom of the stairs waiting until Mick came out. When he did, he paused when he saw her.

"Umm...Joy?" he said shocked. "What are you doing up this early?"

"I thought maybe we could go for a run together," she said. He stared at her. "...If that's ok with you?" He laughed.

"I'm sorry Joy," Mick said. "You just don't look like the sporty type"

"So in other words you don't think I can out run you in a race?" Joy joked.

"Why do you want to go on a run with me so badly?" Mick asked. Joy was quiet for a moment.

"Well, because I've had a lot on my mind lately and running is a good way to clear your head right?"

"Sure..I guess" Mick said. "Is that the only reason you want to run with me?"

"Uhh...yeah!" Joy said. "The one and only" Mick shrugged.

"Well, come one then!" he said heading for the door.

"All right," Joy said running past him. "Last one to the library and back is a rotten banana!" Mick looked at her curiously then ran after her. Nina and Amber were getting ready for school. Amber was very quiet. Normally she was constantly asking Nina on what she should wear.

"Are you ok Amber?" NIna asked.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Amber asked.

"Come on Amber," Nina said. "You're my best friend, I know when somethings up"

"I miss Alfie!" Amber said. "And now that Piper's here, he's forgotten all about me"

"He didn't forget you," Nina said. "He's just mad is all. You lied to him, we all lied to him"

"What should I do?" Amber asked.

"You're asking my for relationship advice?"

"Unfortunately yes," Amber said. "Desperate times call for desperate measures"

"What would Victoria Beckham do?" Nina asked.

'How would I know?" Amber cried. "Its nots like I can talk to her! Come on Nina, I really need your help."

"Ok, well um...maybe you should wait a bit, let him cool down & then talk to him"

"But that will give Piper enough time to make a move!" Amber cried. "I cannot let that happen!"

"Amber, if things are meant to work out they will, you just have to give it some time" NIna said.

"So in the meantime I should come up with ways to win him back!" Amber said. She grabbed her books and walked out the door.

"Thats not what I meant" Nina called grabbing her books and following her down the stairs. On the way down they saw Alfie walking towards the front door.

"Alfie, aren't you doing to have breakfast?" Amber asked.

"Not in the mood for food," Alfie said and walked out the door.

"Wow, he must be really upset," Amber said. "He never skips breakfast"

"Just give him some time Amber," Nina said. They went into breakfast. Fabian, Jerome, and Eddie were there.

"Did Alfie leave without having some of my eggs?" Trudy asked. "Whats the matter with him?"

"I think he's down in the love dumps," Jerome said with a laugh. "Hows it feel to be the dumpee instead of the dumper?"

"Says the guy who's also the dumpee" Amber snapped. Jerome was quiet. Piper came in. She sat down next to Eddie and gave him a smile. He got up and walked into the kitchen. Mara walked in.

"Has anyone seen Joy?" she asked. Everyone shook their head.

"I thought I heard her in the corridor this morning," Amber said.

"Maybe she left like Patricia," Jerome joked. Mara glared at him. "I mean I'm sure she's around her somewhere" They heard laughing in the hallway. Joy and Mick both walked into the dining room looking a little sweaty.

"Where were you guys at?" Fabian asked.

"Out for a run" Mick said.

"Joy, you went for a run with Mick?" Jerome asked.

"Yes, why are you all surprised?"

"You don't look like a runner" Nina said.

"This girl beat me to the library" Mick said.

"Really?" Mara asked. "No one can outrun Mick!"

"Well I won on the way back," Mick said proudly.

"Thats because I let you win," Joy laughed.

"Fine, I want a re-match tomorrow!" Mick said.

"You're on," Joy said. "Loser has to do the others chores for a week."

"Deal!" Mick said grabbing a bisquit. "I'm gonna go shower. Jerome, I'll see you on the training field" He gave Joy a smile as he left the room. Joy turned to see everyone staring at her.

"What?" she asked.

Fabian was walking with Nina to the school studying the book.

"Hows the interpreting going?" Nina asked.

"Well since Eddie was able to get me the book, its going good!" Fabian said. "But I wanted to show you something" He flipped the book to a marked page and pointed to a picture of a cup.

"I was reading," he said. "and this talks about how to banish a spirit." Nina's eyes lit up. "And there's more than this in this book. There's directions to potions, potions that can do anything. If all the stuff thats in here actually works then whoever has access to this book could be the most powerful person in the world."

"And Mr Sweet had access to this book, and possibly Victor" Nina said.

"I know what you're thinking," Fabian said. They were quiet for a moment.

"So how do we banish a spirit?" Nina asked.

"We need this cup," Fabian said. "But it can't be just any cup"

"The cup of Ankh?" Nina asked. Fabian nodded. "Do you think it will work?"

"I read that it will only work if its done here," Fabian said pointing to a picture of the pyramid.

"And where is that exactly?" Nina asked.

"Egypt..." Fabian said.

"Egypt?!" Nina exclaimed. "We're doomed"

"Don't say that..." Fabian said.

"Fabian, we have revenge seeking spirit haunting us until we give her what she wants" Nina said.

"And we don't know what she wants..."

"Exactly," Nina said. "So until we can figure out how to get rid of her, we're stuck with her!"

"Nina!" Joy called running up behind them. "We did it! We won!"

"Won what?" Nina asked confused.

"The essay contest," Joy said. "Mr Sweet just told me they chose someone from our school"

"Really? Who?" NIna asked.

"You!" Joy said.

"Thats great!" Fabian said hugging Nina. "Jasper will be so happy!" Nina smiled.

"You essay is going in the paper and they want a small article on what the money is going to be used for"

"That is awesome!" Nina said. "At least something good is happening this week."

"I'll go tell Jasper," Fabian said.

Mick and Jerome were on the training field stretching out.

"So, you and Joy huh?" Jerome said.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Mick said.

"Come on Mick, everyone saw you at breakfast this morning,"

"That was nothing"

"Didn't look like nothing"

"Joy and I were just having a bit of fun, thats all!" Mick said.

"A little bit too much fun in my opinion" Jerome said. Joy was walking up behind them somewhat listening to what they were saying.

"Look Jerome just shut up okay?" Mick snapped. "Theres no way me and Joy would ever get together. We're too different. So just stop it with the comments ok?" Joy stopped in her tracks when she heard him. She stood there for a moment and then walked away shaking her head.

"Sorry, I'm just saying no one would blame you if you did go out with her" Jerome said.

"What do you mean?"

"Well since everyone in the house is dating each other, it would only seem logical." Jerome said. "Besides it looked like you two had a lot of fun together, just saying"

"Running with her was the most fun I've had in a while," Mick admitted.

"Then go for it!" Jerome said.

"Ok I..." Mick paused. "Wait a second. This is all in you little plan, isn't it?"

"My plan?" Jerome asked.

"Your plan to keep Mara away from me! I bet you told Joy to run with me and keep me distracted so you can sweep Mara off her feet. Well guess what! I'm not falling for your tricks anymore"

"You just can't accept the fact that I've changed," Jerome said. "I'm trying to be the better person here"

"You expect me to believe that after years of pranks and scams that you've changed. You may have Mara under your thumb, but I'm not that gullible." Mick went off for a run.

Fabian entered the library ready to tell his godfather the news. Jasper was on the phone.

"Thank you Mr Sweet," he was saying. "I'll be sure to thank Nina." He hung up and turned to Fabian. "Mr Sweet just told me the news, that money is ours!"

"Yeah, I was just about to come and tell you" Fabian said. "Congrats!"

"Thanks! Although I owe it all to Nina. Now I leave next week, so I won't need you here"

"Wait...leave?" Fabian asked.

"Yeah, I have to go to Egypt to pick up the artifacts," Jasper said. "I'll probably be gone for a couple days at the most."

"Wait...Egypt?!" Fabian asked.

"Yes...Jasper said. Fabian smiled. He had an idea.

"Jasper, how do you feel about taking a few more with you to Egypt?" he asked.

"Nina!" Fabian called later on running into the house. Nina was coming down the stairs carrying the books and the paper of symbols.

"Hey, I was just seeing it you could work out some of these symbols" she said.

"We're going to Egypt!" he said.

"Wait...what?" Nina asked.

"Jasper has to go to Egypt to get the artifacts for the library and I talked to him about making it a school trip," Fabian said. "He's going to talk to Mr Sweet, but it looks like he's in for it"

"We're going to Egypt?" Nina asked in shock.

"We're going to Egypt!" Fabian said. "We can finally get rid of this spirit and..."

"What are you two being so noisy about?" Victor yelled through his office window.

"Sorry Victor," Nina and Fabian went to walk into the living room. Victor looked down out of the window and saw what Nina was holding. The symbols that looked exactly like the ones that he had.

"Interesting..." he said.

That evening the gang held a Sibuna meeting in Nina's room. Joy sat on Amber's bed quietly away from the others.

"So if we end up making it to Egypt, our first priority is to get the cup to the pyramid." Nina said.

"Question," Eddie said. "How are we getting the cup to Egypt?"

"What do you mean, how?" Amber asked. "We'll carry it in our bags."

"I think what Eddie means is, how we'll get it past the teachers," Fabian said. "Most likely they'll search our bags before we leave. If they get their hands on that cup, its game over"

"What if we have Jasper keep it safe for us?" Amber said. "He's helped us out before."

"Question," Eddie said. "Do we know what pyramid the cup has to go to? Do you know how many pyramids are in Egypt?"

"Thats something we can figure our once we're there and I can do more research" Fabian said.

"Question..."

"Ok, enough with the questions!" Amber said.

"I was just going to ask what was wrong with Joy," he said. They all looked at her.

"Joy?" Nina asked. She jumped a little. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," she said. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well you're quiet" Fabian said. "Normally you always have something to say"

"Just thinking is all," Joy said.

"And I'm guessing its not Sibuna related?" Amber asked.

"Is it Mick?" Joy lookd at her. "Hey, I dated him once remember?"

"I know, its just that me and him had a lot of fun running together and then I over hear him and Jerome talking. He told Jerome that there is no way he'd go out with me"

"I guess its understandable right now," Eddie said. "He still likes Mara and can't get over the fact that she's dating Jerome"

"Well...was dating" Nina said.

"Don't give him up on him yet Nina," Amber said. "If its meant to be, it'll happen."

"I don't know. I've been hurt before, I'm not sure I want it to happen again," Joy said. There was a knock on the door. In walked Mick.

"Hey guys," he said. "There you are Joy. I just wanted to make sure we're still on for tomorrow" Joy was quiet. "Is something wrong?"

"Actually..." Joy started to say but Amber interrupted her.

"Nothings wrong," she said. "Joy will definitely be there" Mick smiled and left.

"Amber, what are you doing?" Joy asked.

"You'll be thanking me soon enough," Amber said.

At the school Victor and Mr Sweet were having a meeting in Eric's office.

"Jasper wants to organize a trip to Egypt and take some of the students." Eric was saying. "He's leaving next week to pick up the artifacts for the library.

"Why are you telling me this?" Victor asked.

"Well, a school trip needs chaperones and since it was a resident of Anubis House who suggested it..."

"Who was it?"

"Fabian..."

"I should have known," Victor said. "Those students are up to something again and I believe your son is in on it."

"What do you mean?"

"Earlier I saw Nina Martin with a paper of symbols that looked exactly like the ones I'm trying to interpret"

"So what should we do?" Mr Sweet asked. "Should we not allow this trip so we can keep an eye on them?" Victor thought for a moment.

"No...no I will chaperone," he said. "It will give the perfect opportunity to stock up on supplies for my experiments."

"Good," Mr Sweet said. "I will make all the arrangements...now, Victor I was wondering, may I see these symbols?" Victor pulled out his notebook and opened it to the symbols.

"This is what I have interpreted so far," he said. "Most of these ingredients I have but some I doubt I can find around here." Mr Sweet continued to study the paper.

"Do you know what these are Eric?" Victor asked.

"No, but I've seen these before. In a book I have"

"Where is this book?"

"In my safe," he said.

"Well lets see it!" Victor demanded. Mr Sweet opened the safe and looked through it. "Well?!"

"Its not here!"

"Where else could it be?"

"Nowhere!" I haven't removed it since I put it in there"

"Is there anyone who would know that its in there" Victor asked.

"No one...but Eddie." Eric said. "But he doesn't know the code!"

"I think we already know what these students are capable of and that includes breaking into safes."

Authors Note: Finally updated! Sorry its been awhile, I'm a bit of a procrastinator. :D

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