House of Fences:

Victor saw a small woman was standing in the door opening. The woman didn't look to clean, she was wearing old and worn out clothes.

"Hello I'm Didi and I'm the new house mother," said the woman.

"What are you doing here?" Asked Victor.

"Like I said, I'm the new house mother," said Didi.

The residents were totally surprised when they saw Didi.

"Oh gross, What a filthy woman is that," said Amber.

"I really hope Victor doesn't hire her," said Patrcia.

"Yeah, otherwise we're all gonna have fleas," said Caitlin.

"Can I start right away?" Asked Didi.

"You better start with a decent wash first. This not a homeless shelter," said Victor.

"How rude," said Didi.

"Get out, "said Victor

Victor kicked Didi out of the house. Then Victor heard something, the residents tried to hide but it was already too late, Victor had already seen them.

"Now you are in real trouble," said Victor.

Later that night. Everyone was already in bed. Patricia and Mara both had trouble sleeping, so they decided to have small talk. Suddenly the two girls heard loud noises.

"What is that?" Asked Mara

"I don't know, but it's the middle of the night, what idiot was making such noises at this time," Patricia

At the same time in Fabian and Mick's room. Mick and Fabian were also asleep. Fabian woke up because of Mick's snoring.

"Mick! Mick you're snoring. Mick!" Said Fabian

Fabian got out of his bed and walked over to Mick's bed. Fabian pinched Mick's nose to stop the snoring. Mick woke up because of that.

"500 push-ups," said Mick, still half asleep

"Mick," said Fabian

"Fabian? Why did you wake me up?" Asked Mick

"You were snoring again," said Fabian.

Suddenly Fabian and Mick started to hear the same loud noises too.

"What is that?" Asked Mick

"I don't know," said Fabian

At the same time in Aaron's and Otis' room. Both boys were sleeping. But those loud noises woke up Aaron. Aaron thought it was Otis pulling a prank. Aaron took one of his slippers and threw it at Otis. Otis woke up, turned on his light and put on his glasses. And the loud noises stopped.

"ouch! What was that good for?" Asked Otis

"Otis it's the middle of the night and now you're gonna play some stupid pranks," said Aaron.

"I'm not doing anything," said Otis.

"Yeah right. So it's just a coincidence that those noises stopped right when you woke up," said Aaron.

"What noises?" Asked Otis.

Then the loud noises started again.

"What are those noises?" Asked Otis.

"So this isn't you then?" Asked Aaron.

"No," said Otis.

At the same time in Caitlin and Fiona's room. They too began to hear the loud noises.

"Fiona I know that you feel relax of the sound of singing whales. But I think your whale noise machine is broken," said Caitlin

"I don't have a whale noise machine," said Fiona

"Then what is that sound?" Asked Caitlin

"No idea," said Fiona

"Well, whoever or whatever makes that noise. Make it stop I want to sleep," said Caitlin, as she put her pillow over her head.

At the same time in the room of Alfie and Jerome. Jerome, like many others, couldn't sleep and thought Alfie was playing another prank.

"Hey, quit making that nonsense, I want to sleep," said Jerome

But the noises just kept going. Jerome was fed up and threw a bag of candy at Alfie. Alfie woke up and heard the noises well now.

"Dude, stop making those noises, I'm trying to sleep, said Alfie

"Oh ha, ha, very funny Alfie," said Jerome," sarcastically.

"Jerome!" said Alfie

"Cut it out now I really don't feel like your stupid jokes," said Jerome.

"What stupid jokes?" Asked Alfie

Both boys realized that none of them was doing anything and tried to go back to sleep. Jerome put his pillow over his head against the loud noises.

At the same time in Amber and Nina's room. Nina woke up from the loud noises. Nina turned on her light and saw that was Amber awake too.

"Amber, did those noises wake you up too?" Asked Nina.

"Yes and no. I can't fall asleep because of those noises and I can't sleep because I'm so hungry," said Amber

Suddenly, two girls heard the sound of electric saws.

"Saws? Who is sawing?" Asked Nina, while she got up.

"What are you going to do?" Asked Amber

"See what's going on," said Nina.

Nina walked to the door and left the room. Amber didn't like to sit all alone and she was also afraid of all those noises. Amber she hid under her covers. Three minutes later and the blankets were ripped off Amber. Amber was so shocked that she almost started screaming, but Nina quickly put her hand on Amber's mouth.

"Amber, relax. It's me," said Nina

"Nina don't do that, you almost gave me a heart attack," said Amber.

"I just tried to figure out what those sounds were exactly," said Nina

"And?" Asked Amber

"Yes, I think Victor is building something," said Nina

"Victor?" Asked Amber

"Yes," said Nina

"Victor building something in the middle of the night," said Amber

"I know. That doesn't sound to good," said Nina

"I am so hungry. I want a sandwich," said Amber.

"No Amber you can't. Victor is upstairs, he's in front of the entrance. I was lucky he didn't see me," said Nina.

Suddenly Amber heard no more sounds and saw this as an opportunity to go downstairs for a sandwich. Amber left the room and did not see Victor at the entrance to the girls' corridor. As Amber walked down, she saw that the banisters were covered with barbed wire. Amber went downstairs, but there was a large fence at the bottom of the stairs. Amber pulled the fence back and forth. The fence felt greasy. And there was also a very large lock on the fence.

"Let me out! Let me out!" Shouted Amber.

"What's wrong with you. There are people trying to sleep here," said Victor.

"What is this?" Asked Amber.

"This will keep you from meddling in my business," said Victor.

"But I'm hungry," said Amber

"That's too bad for you," said Victor.

"Victor please, can I have a sandwich?" Begged Amber.

"Yes of course. "Tomorrow morning at breakfast," said Victor.

"What is this?" Asked Fabian, as walked down the hallway.

"Fabian, we can't go down anymore," said Amber.

"What is that fence doing here?" Asked Fabian, as he walked over to Amber.

"Fabian help me," begged Amber.

"Victor you can't do this. It is not a prison here," said Fabian.

The next morning Jerome, Aaron, Otis and Alfie saw what had happened and they were all bewildered.

"Come on! Locks on the doors!" Said Alfie

"That man is getting crazier and crazier," said Otis

"This so unnecessary!" Said Jerome.

And the same time Nina, Amber, Fiona and Caitlin came downstairs.

"This is ridiculous," said Nina.

"I didn't know I could long for a peanut butter sandwich," said Amber

"The wonders are not over with you yet," joked Nina.

"And what is this?" asked Jerome, pointing to the fence

"Yes fun huh," said Amber, sarcastically.

"It's locked at night," said Nina

"And you boys have big locks on the door," said Amber.

"Yes, I've seen yes," said Aaron

"Victor is going to experiment with us. I feel it," said Alfie

"Alfie not now," said Nina

"A fence in front of the stairs, that's crazy," said Aaron.

Mick and Fabian got of their room and walked over to the entrance of the living room. The door was locked and there was a note on the door. And there was also a big sign above the door. The sign was written in German

"It's just getting worse," said Mick.

"Mensch ist das einzige geschöpf das erzogen werden muss," read Fiona

"What does that mean?" Asked Caitlin.

"A quote from Kant, it's about parenting," explained Fabian.

"That's not the point. We aren't allowed to go in," said Mick.

"What! I'm really about to starve to death," said Amber.

"Can't you read or something?" asked Mick

"Breakfast between 5:30 am and 6:00 am," said Fiona, while reading of the note

"I've to get in," said Amber

"That's what you get with those stupid actions," said Jerome.

"What stupid actions?" Asked Patricia, as she and Mara came down stairs

"Because you guys arranged that homeless woman, we can't have breakfast," said Jerome

"This is ridiculous," said Patricia

"And it's all your fault," said Jerome

"Oh yeah?" Asked Patricia

"Yeah," said Jerome

"Would you rather have a prison guard as our house mother then?" Asked Aaron

"We all agreed we didn't want a prison guard as our new house mother," said Fiona

"As you can see you're late for breakfast," said Victor, as he walked up to the residents.

"Those times are ridiculous," said Alfie

"Yeah that's way too early for us," said Otis

"It's not too early. You kids should go to bed earlier," said Victor

"We went to bed on time. The only reason nobody slept at all, was because you made so much noise last night," said Aaron

"Yes. And that fence needs to go," said Patricia

"Only when you kids behave and you no longer work against me, I'll remove the fence," said Victor.

"You can't do this," said Caitlin

"I would hurry up if I were you cause your first class starts in half an hour," said Victor

"You can't send us to school without any breakfast," said Mara.

"You must give us something to eat," said Amber

"Yes, if you're on time," said Victor.

Victor walked away. Everyone started bickering with each other again and it started to be chaotic again.

"Listen we have to work with each other and not against each other," said Fabian

"Working with a bunch of losers, I don't think so," said Jerome

The residents couldn't do anything, so they just started getting ready for school.


The residents were at school. Amber and Nina were in the girls' toilet. Amber was working on her makeup, but she nearly fell from starvation.

"Hey are you okay?" Asked Nina.

"Yeah but I'm so hungry," said Amber

"Yes, me too," said Nina.

"I need to get something out of the vending machine," said Amber

"They are all empty," said Nina.

"What!" Said Amber.

"Yes, we've all emptied them these past days. We literally eaten everything that was in the machines," said Nina.

Nina grabbed her stuff and decided to go to class already. Amber searched her bag to find something to eat but unfortunately she didn't find anything.

The Anubis residents started out with drama. The residents entered the drama room. Mr. Winkler noticed that the Anubis didn't look very well.

"Are you all right?" Asked Mr. Winkler.

"Yes, excellent. We couldn't feel any better," said Jerome, sarcastically.

"Okay I've decided to use Amber's idea for the school play. But now I'm still looking for a writer," said Mr. Winkler

"Nina is a good writer," said Patricia

"Why do you think that? Have you ever read anything from me then?" Asked Nina.

"You've got a diary right?" Asked Patricia, feeling a bit nervous, because she didn't want Nina to know that she had read her diary.

"Yes," said Nina.

"That doesn't mean she's a good writer," said Jerome.

"Unless you've read it or something," said Alfie.

"No. You just seem like the type for that," said Patricia

"Okay, so Nina do you want to write the script?" Asked Mr. Winkler.

"Yes of course. No problem," said Nina

"Well, let's do an exercise now. If everyone wants to get closer to the stage and stand in a circle," said Mr. Winkler.

Everyone did what Mr. Winkler said. Amber struggled to stay standing and her head was getting emptier. It became too much for Amber and she passed out. The Anubis residents caught her and laid her down carefully. Mr. Winkler rushed over to Amber. Amber was completely unconscious.