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Series 2, Episode 25 ~ House of Sibuna

All four of the Sibuna's looked down at the great crocodile pillar in awe, both twins muttering the same prayer to Sobek in unison as they took in the sight, but Nina and Amber couldn't hear the exact words. They had gotten somewhere, though the next challenge was trying to get the beam across.

"Okay," Amber said as she waved dust away from her face, "now I see it."

"This is crazy," Nina said as Fabian took his sister's arm and looked at it, there was a red mark there but she didn't seem harmed. "We're never going to outsmart Sarah's dad!"

"Well we don't have much of a choice," Fabian told her, as he turned around to face her, "your life depends on it, hell me and Cam's lives depend on it too. You might want to give up but I now can't" With that Fabian took charge of trying to move the beam and Nina looked to Camilla.

Fabian had the two most important people in his life's lives riding on the fact they found the Mask, of course, he wasn't going to give up because of some old Egyptologist.

"Amber, you and Cam get the back, Nina you be lookout and guidance and I'll get the head." The girls nodded and went to the positions Fabian had called out, "ready? Here we go." They all pushed as hard as they could but the beam was not for moving.

"there's no way we're going to get that to move!" Nina said as she got to her feet gasping. "we're not going to get it to the edge let alone over the hole, it take like 4 men to lift that!"

"how about 4 girls and two men?" Amber suggested with a smile to Camilla who's face lit up at the idea of getting the full gang back together.

"Sibuna?" Nina asked in disbelief at the two.

"Sibuna." Camilla nodded with a smile.

"Its time to get the gang back together!" Amber excitedly squealed.

"I guess 5 heads are better than four," Fabian agreed looking to Nina who was still looking unsure about the whole thing.

"Do you think its fair? This is pretty dangerous stuff." Nina countered.

"I say share it around, let's not be selfish, besides we are so good together," Amber explained in a wise tone.

"I just...I just need some time to think about what I'm asking them to do for me." Nina mumbled quietly before she turned and lead the way out of the tunnels. Amber looking to Camilla who nodded her head in asking the rest of the Sibuna's.

As they all got to the kitchen, they heard Victor screaming at students to get to bed, Amber and Nina rushed from the kitchen but Fabian turned to see Camilla send him a small smile before she slipped back towards the back door. Fabian didn't stop her because he knew she needed some time to think over everything that had just happened. She hadn't been given time yet to process anything.

Camilla didn't know how she made it to the empty room where the ball had been. The lights where off bar the few red she had clicked on the lighting panel giving the whole room a nice soft glow about it. The balloons Jerome and her had spent most of the day blowing up where littered all over the floor as Joy had planned some huge balloon fall at the end of the ball which of course she missed as she was saving Nina's life. Camilla couldn't help but smile as she walked into the balloons spinning and kicking them about like a little child.

She wasn't sure how long she had been laughing like a little girl, she only stopped she got the feeling she wasn't alone and she turned to see Jerome standing in the doorway too the hall. His blazer was off and the tie Amber had spent way too much time finding hung untied around his neck. Jerome looked upset and dishevelled; two words Camilla never associated with the boy.

"I guess I'm not the only looking for an escape..." he said quietly as he moved into the room.

"I missed the fun part of the ball," Camilla shrugged picking up a balloon and looking at it.

Jerome pulled something out of his pocket and lifted it so Camilla could see it, "did you know about this?" he asked, his tone was blank and blunt.

Camilla dropped the balloon she was holding and moved a little closer, recognising the handwriting from the letter Jerome had found in the rubbish when they spoke to the P.I. "Is that a letter from your dad?"

Jerome blinked almost a little shocked at her question, "you don't know about this? You don't know about my dad wanting me and Poppy to go visit him."

"Should I know about it?"

Jerome rubbed the side of his face as he folded the letter in half again and stuffed it into his pocket, "Mara went behind my back to contact my dad with Poppy."

"that still doesn't explain why I should know about the letter," Camilla knew she was being defensive, but she had had a really hard night the last thing she needed was to be accused of something she didn't do and be compared to Mara of all people on top of it.

Jerome seemed to hear the bit in Camilla's tone as his eyes softened as he looked up at her, "I just assumed because you and Poppy-" he started trying to explain himself.

Camilla pointed to him anger flashing in her eyes as she interrupted him, "let me get one thing very clear Jerome. I love Poppy with all my heart, she is the little sister I could only dream of having, but I am not Mara. I never will be. Yes, I sneak about and keep secrets but never with you, not anymore." Her voice broke a little at the end of her sentence and she turned her back on him, "So, if that's how little you think of me, leave now, please."

Camilla expected to hear footsteps leaving the room, what she didn't expect was to feel Jerome put an arm around her and pull her to the stage, sitting her down before sitting himself turning to look at her,

"What's happened?"

"the big things or the small ones?"

"The things that are bothering you," Jerome responded softly, looking for her waiting for her to tell him, whenever she was ready.

"Minor thing; Nina and Fabian are fighting because Fabian kissed Joy..." Camilla trailed off to look at Jerome, she could tell he really wanted to comment but credit too him he didn't he just let her talk, "which resulted in Nina running off and almost getting herself killed,"

"But you saved her?"

"That's my job as The Chosen One's Protector," Camilla weakly replied with a smile, before she looked down at her hands with a sigh.

"The flashing lights earlier..." Jerome asked softly, "was that?"

"Me?" Camilla nodded her head slightly, "I was so angry with Joy about manipulating Fabian and like the freak I am, my magic went out of control."

"There is nothing wrong with who you are Milly," Jerome told her softly, taking her hand and squeezing it.

Camilla looked up at him, he could see the tears in her eyes but she refused to let them fall as she spoke the thing that had been plaguing her mind ever since she had been confirmed to be The Chosen One's Protector, "I've never been the most important person to anyone, not even myself, I am destined to be the one who looks after everyone around me..." her voice was so quiet that if it wasn't for the fact they were the only two in the room he wouldn't have heard any of what she said.

Jerome's eyes widened. He didn't believe that for a second but he knew nothing he said would cause Camilla to believe him, so he looked around. At that moment he was determined to give Camilla one good memory of tonight because clearly everyone around her had ruined what should have been a fun night.

Camilla watched in confusion as Jerome got to his feet running over to the soundboard and plugging his phone into the system pressing a button so the music started to play softly around them causing Jerome to turn to Camilla with a smile, "You don't have to be a hero or the Protector tonight, give yourself a night off to just be Camilla." With that he jumped off the stage and held out his hand to her with a smile, "I think you once said to me, if there is music, we're dancing..." He was rewarded with a smile from Camilla who shaking her head took his hand and allowed him to lead her into the middle of the balloon filled dance floor. Jerome's free arm snaked its way around her waist as he pulled her closer and her free hand went around his neck, leaning her head onto his chest as the two swayed from side to side slowly.

Enjoying their moment of just being them. Just Camilla and Jerome.

Jerome walked her back to the house like a gentleman, though the smile on his face as Camilla went straight into the kitchen muttering about being starving was enough to tell him he had done a good job. She wasn't better but her mood had defiantly improved, despite the worrying idea that she felt unimportant but he knew that idea couldn't be changed overnight. It take time chipping away at her, proving to her that she was important to people.

Jerome whispered goodnight to Camilla knowing she would be up for a little longer as she made herself a snack. Camilla smiled at him as she boiled the kettle and grabbed the digestive biscuits.

With her tea made Camilla wandered to the large bay window in the living room, settling herself down on the table that had been pushed up against it, moving the curtains so she could see the sky.

Was she unsurprised when she heard a shuffling noise behind her before a hoodie was placed around her shoulders and the familiar comforting smell of Fabian suddenly surrounded her "Ahhh brooding time" her brother joked as he placed his jumper around her shoulders.

"midnight is my brooding hour, you know this," she instantly reported causing a soft snort from Fabian as he grabbed a digestive and sat himself down next to Camilla.

"What are you up too?" he asked quietly.

"Looking at the stars, listening to the gods laughing at me for almost losing my Chosen One." Camilla sighed sadly.

"But you didn't," Fabian reassured her, before leaning his head onto Camilla's shoulder, "I screwed up Cam, and I didn't even mean it... how do I explain this to Nina?"

"Things aren't always going to be okay. Sometimes all you can do is just breathe deep, smile to yourself, and let everything unfold" Camilla whispered to her brother, unsure if her words were meant just for Fabian or if a small part of her was talking to herself.

The Anubis house residents were all sleepy the next day as they sat down the breakfast, Camilla and Jerome sharing a smile as she bumped into him and Mara leaving his room. Mara's face souring as the boy almost walked straight past her to walk Camilla into breakfast "Milly, how are you feeling?" Jerome asked as the pair wandered into the dining room.

Camilla knew he meant after their talk the night before, and she nodded her head with a sleepy smile, "I'm much better thanks." She told him, as he held her seat out for her before sitting down next to her. Camilla reaching under the table to grab his hand and squeeze it; she went to pull it back but Jerome kept a hold of her hand. Camilla glanced up at him and saw his expression her mind going back to their chat the night before and the letter. Jerome was still worried about his dad being in prison and wanting him to go visit him, plus whatever argument had happened that morning between Jerome and Mara from their serious faces as she reached the hallway the morning it was clear Jerome needed someone on his side. Camilla knew she couldn't do much with everyone at the table, but she entwined their fingers together and rubbed the back of his hand with her thumb hoping that would be enough for now.

Fabian came out of the kitchen with a toast stand full of toast all but running into Nina. He gave her a smile but Nina's eyes were on Joy. Camilla turned her head to see Joy beaming at Nina though the moment she felt Camilla's gaze on her and saw the angry look on the girls face her smile slid out of place. All of them remembering the lights flashing the night before due to the girl's anger. Fabian noticed his sister's look and glanced to the lights but nothing seemed to be affected. Either Camilla had somehow managed to control her powers in less than 12 hours or something was helping her stay in control.

The damage was done however Nina sitting down in Eddie's seat opposite Camilla and instantly talking to Amber giving Fabian the cold shoulder. Fabian let out a sigh and slumped down in his seat next to Camilla. The girl's eyes softening as she leaned her head onto his shoulder, "you two will work things out," she told him softly, "you always do." Fabian didn't respond but Camilla felt his head nod in response to her, causing the girl to sit up as Jerome poured her her tea.

"What happened to you four last night?" Vera asked as she wandered into the dining room, looking at Camilla, Fabian, Nina and Amber. "you all seemed to disappear into thin air."

"Yeah you guys do that a lot around here," Eddie added as he took Nina's set at the top of the table with a glance at the girl before shrugging. "Awww where you sneaking off to play hopscotch?!" Eddie teased Fabian dropping into a baby voice.

"Actually, the reason I am never around our room at night is because of the awful music you play and the volume you play it at," Fabian quipped back looking at the boy.

"Sick Puppies is awful? Eddies the only one around here with any taste," Patricia spoke up from the opposite end of the table.

Camilla glanced up at Patricia in shock having never heard so much affection come from her unless that person was Joy, maybe her dance with the boy had worked in getting them together. Camilla wasn't alone as every other person in the house looked her way with equal amounts of shock at what she said and the way she said it.

"Oh, your good..." Alfie spoke up breaking the tension as he looked Eddie's way.

Jerome let out a chuckle as Patricia glanced down at Alfie in confusion, "good at what?" though if she expected an answer she didn't think she'd get it from the serious look that crossed Eddie's face as he glanced to Alfie then the guilty one when he looked at Patricia. "Good at what?" she demanded of the American boy.

Jerome spoke up looking at Patricia with a smile, "Eddie bet us he'd get you to dance, I really thought more of you Trish," Jerome innocently said as he grabbed the toast Fabian had buttered for Camilla and bit into it as the girl grabbed his chocolate muffin and started to unwrap it, watching Patricia's face sour as she looked down at Eddie. They were in for a little show and oh how after everything that had happened did Camilla need this right now.

"So is that why you rapped she'll be coming round the mountain?" Joy asked Jerome causing him to nod.

"Murdering she'll be coming round the mountain you mean," Alfie corrected her, causing Jerome to throw a bagel at him with a smile.

Finally, however, Patricia snapped, "you cockroach!" she screamed and got to her feet causing all the Anubis housemates to either push out from the table or grab things to defend themselves. Fabian and Amber even going so far as to run into the living room as they watched Patricia pick up the large full milk jug on her prowl down the table. Jerome pulling Camilla back so she was pretty much sitting on his knee to make sure she didn't end up in the splash zone. In one motion the milk was poured all over the boy, who to his credit took it like a champ as he turned to watch Patricia leave the room once she was done. Turning back to the table and picking up a dry cornflake and wiping it against his head before eating it in defeat.

Amber had ordered a Sibuna meeting in secret after breakfast, making sure Fabian and Camilla brought their school stuff so they could discuss how to get the gang together because it was happening whether Nina liked it or not. Amber and Fabian smiled slightly as Jerome walked Camilla out the dining room, the girl letting out a small squeal as he lifted her over the pile of milk, before handing her, her bag and blazer before walking down to his room to get ready for the day Alfie on his heels.

"I don't know how Alfie and Patricia will even get filled in on everything," Fabian sighed as he helped Camilla into her blazer the two looking at Amber.

"I do, with Sibuna invites!" she excitedly showed them two pieces of paper that had the eye of Horus drawn onto them. Fabian grinned and laughed as he took one – Amber handing Camilla the other as Nina ran down the stairs. Camilla instantly put hers into her blazer pocket feeling another bit of paper there already. Confused she pulled it out and saw it was a bit of lined jotter paper folded in half, Camilla unfolded it to see Jerome's messy handwriting; 'Be you, the worlds just going have to adjust – J x' Camilla couldn't help but smile as she looked down at the note before lifting her head as her brother showed Nina the invites Amber had made.

"Nina, look at these! What do you think?"

Nina frowned at them, "I think it's a bad idea,"

"But you agreed... five heads are better than four," Camilla told her using Fabian's words from the night before.

"And I'd love to get Sibuna back together, you guys know that." Nina sighed, "but I can't risk putting anyone else in danger. It's bad enough you three are involved." Camilla coughed and pointed to the scar that was on her collar bone under her shirt, "okay Cam you'd have been involved either way, because godly intervention, but these two!" she gestured to Amber and Fabian, "I didn't want them in danger."

"Nina come on-" Fabian started.

"No Fabian!" Nina interrupted giving the boy a cold look, "you don't have the sway you used too." With that, Nina grabbed Amber and pulled her from the house.

Nina may not want Sibuna together, but Camilla didn't give a flying damn about her opinion right now because she was acting like an emotional nincompoop. She had also left the invites with Camilla and Fabian, Camilla took the invite Fabian was holding and pulled out the one in her pocket, Sibuna was getting back together whether Nina liked it or not.

Amber all but defend Camilla when the girl said she had posted the invites into Patricia and Alfie's lockers. The girl all but sprinting to the clearing where they had set their meeting place. They didn't have long as Nina would get suspicious if they were all gone too long.

"Does our life seem strange to you?" Fabian couldn't help but comment as the twins followed behind her.

"Who wants a boring life anyways Fabby?" Camilla grinned causing the boy to laugh.

The clearing was empty, Camilla jumped onto the fallen tree and sat cross-legged as Fabian leaned against it in front of her, Amber standing in front of them with a smile, "This feels wrong." Fabian muttered for the 10th time. "doing this behind her back."

The two girls shared exasperated looks, "why I thought that was your thing." Amber quickly retorted causing Camilla to bit down on her lip as she tried not to laugh. "Alfie!" Amber squealed as the boy came running with a smile on his face.

"Before any of you say anything, I want to guess what happened, just by what your face tells me; someone turned into a rabbit? No, one of you won a pizza? I'm not getting better at this am I?" Alfie stopped as he got confused looks from all his friends. "Okay, so what is this all about? I mean there can't be more cups of Ankh? What is it part of a dinner set?" this caused Camilla to snort.

"'the bowl of Ra' 'Thoth's fork'" she added causing Fabian to join in on the laughter.

Patricia was the next to turn up, "you know we have common rooms for this kind of thing!" she moaned loudly as she glanced down at her shoes which was now covered in mud. "do we always have to be out here?"

"This is a sacred meeting place of Sibuna," Amber told them both causing the two to look at her expectantly.

Fabian turned and held out his hands to help Camilla down off the fallen tree, "Look we'll tell you guys everything."

"First though," Camilla continued for her brother, "are you in?"

Amber lifted her right hand to her eye, "Are you in?" she asked again, smiling as Fabian and Camilla copied her action, Alfie and Patricia looking at each other with bright smiles before copying too. All five of them saying as one. "SIBUNA!"

They had explained everything to them, but Alfie and Patricia wanted to see the map and the tunnels and everything. Camilla was lounging on Amber's bed letting the girl practice a new braid she had seen in a magazine as she watched Fabian explain the map to Alfie and Patricia, "now the mask is at the end of this tunnel, and this is how far we've got." Fabian explained.

"The dollhouse helps us," Amber added causing the two to look round at the dolls house pushed against the wall.

"the dollhouse helps you?" Alfie repeated sounding a bit wary until he saw the nods from the three other Sibuna's.

"The Dollhouse!" Patricia shook her head at how Bazar her life had just become again.

"It used to belong to Sarah, we think it's designed to help with the clues." Fabian elaborated for them.

"So why don't you tell the Egyptian chick to go get the mask herself?" Patricia asked.

"she has no physical body..." Camilla explained.

"So tell her to bugger off!"

"You don't know what she's like..." Amber told them, "she fake pushed Nina down a chasm just to make a point."

"Guys look, it is simple. if we don't find that mask before anyone else Nina loses her life!" Before Fabian could say anything, else Nina came bursting into the room.

"It's simple,? Nina asked loudly causing Fabian's eyes to widen as he turned on the spot to see Nina in the doorway crossing her arms.

"I mean Rufus threatened me and Jerome's life loads last year after you've had one its like water off a duck's back!" Camilla tried to break the tension with a joke but Nina wasn't in the mood for jokes causing Camilla to groan and look up at Amber.

"I told you guys not to tell them!" Nina shouted at Fabian, Amber and Camilla. "you know for a guy who never betrayed anyone before your sure on a roll!"

This is what caused Camilla to snap. No one. No One. Spoke to her brother that way. Chosen One or not.

Camilla got to her feet and turned to face Nina, "I heard what you had to say and I made the decision to ignore it! Amber and Fabian just helped me but I was the one who posted their invites into their lockers if you want to shout, shout, but at least do it to the right person," Camilla more than happily shouted back, causing Nina to look taken aback. She had never been on the receiving end of Camilla's anger and she did not like it.

Nina instead grabbed the map from Amber's hands and turned to put it back in the dollhouse.

"I think we know what this is really all about," Fabian spoke up gathering some strength from his sister, walking over to her and giving her a grateful smile. No matter what he had Camilla, through thick and thin they would defend each other.

"I don't know what this is all about," Alfie mumbled.

"DON'T EVEN!" Nina turned surprised to see the twin's side by side, Camilla's arms crossed but the same annoyed expression on their faces.

"Look, it was an accident!" Fabian screamed, "I thought she was you."

Nina scoffed but the head tilt Camilla did almost daring her to say anything else stopped her from doing much more than that. Nina was the Chosen One but Fabian was Blood.

"Look," Amber spoke up calmly, "Patricia and Alfie know now so there's no point fight this." Nina sent Amber a dirty look but she knew this was a battle she had lost. Sibuna had been reformed all they could do was push forward past this point.

"So..." Alfie broke the tension, "do we get to see this puppy or what?"

So newly formed Sibuna all ventured into the depths of the tunnels below the house. Amber explaining way to cheerfully how they bypassed all the booby traps so far.

"Your optimism is disconcerting," Patricia mumbled to the girl.

"especially seeing as this is the closest some of us are ever going to get too literal hell, while still breathing," Camilla added instantly. She was there when they bypassed the traps and she didn't remember any of them to be as simple as Amber seemed to recall them to be.

They finally reached the chasm, Patricia and Alfie going to the edge and looking down with gasps. "Whoa..." Patricia mumbled before she turned back to the rest of them who were looking at the beam. "So how's this going to work?" she asked.

"Instead of trying to ourselves lifting it," Fabian spoke up, "we're going to push it..."

"I'd like it to be put on record that I think this is a bad idea," Camilla spoke up from the back.

"Noted," Amber and Alfie spoke together causing Patricia to laugh.

Fabian untied a rope he had been carrying and then tide it around the 'nose' of the crocodile beam, "now the beam is only long enough if it rests on that point there," he told Patricia and Alfie pointing to a little cutaway on the opposite side. "we can't risk missing."

"And you think you're strong enough for that?" Patricia asked.

"He has been doing push-ups lately," Amber told the girl with confidence.

"When I say go, you push and I pull!" Fabian said nervously. "go!"

With that, they all pushed the beam and they got some way with it, there was one little issue as the nose got closer to the edge so did Fabian.

His feet giving way and Camilla couldn't help but stop as she shouted," FABIAN!" Her mind racing as she imagined the worst-case scenario.

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