House of Journals:
Fabian thought Victor had caught him. Fabian looked up and saw Jerome standing next to him.
"Jerome I thought you were Victor," said Fabian.
"What have you got there?" Asked Jerome, as he pointed to the journal.
"Oh I just wanted to a quiet place to read," lied Fabian.
"And you are doing that here on your knees?" Asked Jerome.
"Yeah, but I can't really concentrate with Mick's snoring," said Fabian.
"You really are a big nerd," said Jerome.
"Yes I'm. Goodnight Jerome," said Fabian.
Fabian went back to his room. Fabian sat down on his bed and pulled back his covers. Fabian turned on his flashlight and started reading the journal. Fabian saw the initials RFS. Now Fabian knew that this journal belonged to Robert Frobisher-Smythe. Fabian continued reading the journal.
The next morning almost all the residents sat at the table for breakfast. Jerome's phone rang and Mick picked it up and saw the name of the caller.
"Who is Poopy?" Asked Mick.
"My life coach," said Jerome, quickly.
"You've a life coach named Poopy?" Asked Otis.
"Yes I've," said Jerome
"What kind of name is that?" Asked Otis.
"Her parents were hippies," said Jerome.
"Hey Neens, where is Fabian?" Asked Amber.
"I do not know," said Nina.
"You really don't know?" Asked Jerome, in a teasing way.
"No, how should I know," said Nina.
"He's still in our room," said Mick
Fabian entered the living room. Fabian sat down next to Nina.
"Hi," said Nina.
"Hey," said Fabian.
"Are you all right?" Asked Nina.
"Yeah, just I didn't get that much sleep," said Fabian.
"Oh okay," said Nina.
"Um Nina what are you doing this afternoon?" Asked Fabian.
"Why do you want to know?" Asked Nina.
"I need to speak to you this afternoon," said Fabian,
"Yes that's okay," said Nina.
"After school at 3:00 pm, in the drama room," said Fabian.
"Okay yeah," said Nina, with a big smile on her face.
The Anubis residents continued to eat breakfast. After breakfast the residents went to school, but before they left the house, Victor came downstairs.
"Ms. Martin and Ms. Millington," said Victor.
"Yes, Victor," said Nina.
"Come with me for a second," said Victor.
Nina and Amber followed Victor to his office.
"What is this about?" Asked Nina.
"This about your punishment," said Victor.
"Punishment? for what?" Asked Amber.
"Because of what you did with Corbierre," said Victor.
Victor took two toothbrushes from his drawer and handed them to Nina and Amber.
"You know what to do with this," said Victor.
"But this is a 50 pound manicure," said Amber.
"I do not care. You can decide for yourself who will clean the girls and who will clean the boys," said Victor.
"Yes, Victor," said Nina and Amber in unison.
"Oh and one more thing. You girls are grounded for a week. That means coming straight home after school and that you are not allowed to go in in the town," said Victor.
"Understood," said Nina.
Nina and Amber left Victor's office and went to school.
The residents had arrived at school and were the first to have French class. The Anubis residents and their classmates came into the class and there was Mr. Sweet and him was a middle-aged woman with blond, medium length curly hair and blue eyes, the woman is wearing glasses.
"Good morning class," said Mr. Sweet.
"Good morning Mr. Sweet," said the class.
"I hope everyone had a nice Summer, said Mr. Sweet.
Almost everyone in the class said yes.
"That's good to hear. Well I have news for you too. Mrs. Andrews has left the school," said Mr. Sweet.
"What? why? Asked Fiona.
"She's been offered a job this summer that she won't turn down. But for that job she had to move to Quebec. So let me introduce you to your new teacher Ms. Delaney, said Mr. Sweet.
"Hello my name is Maeve Delaney, said Ms. Delaney.
"So let me make it clear for you, that is Ms. Delaney for you students, said Mr. Sweet.
"Yes, I am your new French teacher and I am also a counselar. So if you have any problems or something is bothering you feel free to come to me
"Thank you Ms. Delaney. Start with your lesson and keep an extra eye on those three boys, those three often cause problems, said Mr. Sweet, while he pointed to Jerome, Otis and Alfie.
"If they misbehave, I'll send them to your office," said Ms. Delaney.
"All right then. All of you behave for Ms. Delaney," said Mr. Sweet.
Mr. Sweet left the classroom and smiled sweetly at Ms. Delaney. Most of the girls in the class started to giggle
The first few hours were over in no time and it was lunchtime again. Fiona, Caitlin and Joy went to the drama room, the three girls were giggling.
"Did you see the how Sweetie looked at Ms. Delaney," said Joy.
"Yeah I saw it. The way he looked at her with those big puppy eyes of his," said Caitlin.
"Sweetie is in love," said Joy.
"How sweet Mr. Sweet is in love," said Fiona
"Do you think she likes Sweetie too?" Asked Caitlin.
"We barely know her so I can't tell," said Fiona.
"Maybe we should find out, see if she has a feeling for Mr. Sweet too," suggested Joy.
"So we're gonna play matchmaker?" Asked Fiona.
"Yes we're," said Joy.
"I'm in. I love love," said Fiona.
"Well then you also can count on me," said Caitlin.
"But how are we gonna find out if Ms. Delaney likes Mr. Sweet?" Asked Fiona.
"With this," said Joy, while she grabbed a magazine out of her bag.
"A magazine?" Asked Caitlin
"In this magazine, there is a quiz and with that quiz you can see what you are looking for in a boyfriend," said Joy.
"I still don't get it," said Caitlin
"If Ms. Delaney's perfect boyfriend's personality very much resembles Mr. Sweet's personality. Then cleverly hint that her perfect match is Mr. Sweet," said Joy.
"That is brilliant Joy," said Caitlin.
"Thank you I've my moments," said Joy.
"When are we going to do this quiz?" Asked Fiona.
"Tomorrow after class," suggested Joy.
"Okay let's do it," said Caitlin.
In the meantime, Fabian, Aaron and Alfie walked through the hallway.
"So you and Nina really kissed?" Asked Alfie.
"Yes Alfie, for the hundredth time yes, we really kissed," said Fabian.
"And are you a couple now?" Asked Alfie.
"No, maybe I don't know," said Fabian.
"Shh be quiet," said Aaron.
"What is it?" Asked Fabian.
"Victor is in Mr. Sweet's office," said Aaron.
Victor gave Mr. Sweet the molten fake Ankh and Mr. Sweet kissed it.
"Did he just ...?" Asked Aaron.
"Yes, Mr. Sweet kissed the fake Ankh," said Alfie
"I can't believe it actually worked," said Fabian.
"I told you so," said Alfie.
"Good job Super Alfie," said Aaron.
"Thank you, thank you," said Alfie.
Alfie did a little victory dance and Nina, Amber and Patricia walked up to the three boys.
"Why are you idiots so happy?" Asked Patricia.
"Because my plan has worked," said Alfie.
"We just saw Mr Sweet kiss the fake Ankh," said Aaron.
"No way! He really did that?" Asked Patricia.
"Yep," said Aaron.
"That great," said Nina.
"You really are Super Alfie," said Amber and rewarded Alfie with a kiss on the cheek.
"But I never could've done it with this genius right here," said Alfie, giving Fabian a friendly noogie.
"Ouch Alfie stop that," said Fabian
Alfie let go of Fabian.
"I found out something new about Frobisher-Smythes," said Fabian.
"What is it?" Asked Nina.
"Let's meet in the drama during free period and I will tell you guys. I actually wanted to do after school, but because Nina and Amber are grounded we've our meeting earlier," said Fabian.
Fabian, Aaron, Patricia and Alfie walked to thier next class.
"So he wanted to meet us all and not just me," said Nina.
"Men," said Amber.
Nina was a little disappointed that Fabian wanted to meet with the whole club and not just her. Nina had actually secretly hoped for a date. But on the other hand, Nina was also curious about what Fabian had found out about Frobisher-Smythes
At the same time. Mara walked down the hall looking for Mick. Mara saw Mick at his locker and saw that he was on the phone. Mick hung up his phone in frustration and put it in his pocket. A concerned Mara walked up to Mick.
"Is everything alright?" Asked Mara.
"Yes, why do you ask?" Asked Mick.
"You seem a little mad," said Mara.
"Maybe a little," said Mick.
"Does it has something to do with the phone conversation you just had?" Asked Mara.
"It was my father," said Mick.
"What was it about?" asked Mara.
"But I don't wanna talk about it okay," said Mick.
"Okay. Sorry I brought it up," said Mara.
"No. I'm the one who should say sorry. I'm not mad at you, but at my dad," said Mick.
"I won't bring it up anymore," said Mara.
"Nice. Come on let's go to class," said Mick.
Mick put his arm around Mara and together they walked to their next class.
After class Jerome and Otis were walking down the hallway.
"So how was your Summer?" Asked Jerome
"Good. Except for the fact that my parents got a letter from Sweetie about when we dug that pit and Mr. Sweet fell into it," said Otis
"Yeah, my mother also got that letter too and I got a sit down and my mother ranting at me and after the talk she ignored me as usual," said Jerome
"I was not allowed to pull pranks all Summer. And I so much felt like playing pranks on my sisters," said Otis
"Too bad mate," said Jerome.
"The only good thing about it was that the letter didn't indicate that Mr. Sweet actually wanted to expel us from school," said Otis.
"Indeed it's. Otherwise I would've gotten in loads more trouble," said Jerome.
"And now the summer is over," said Otis.
"Exactly Otis and that means we have another whole year to pull genius and hilarious pranks," said Jerome.
"Ooh I can see from your face that you come up with an idea," said Otis.
"I don't know what we're going to do yet, but we're going to start this school year with a fantastic prank," said Jerome.
"I like the sound of that," said Otis.
Suddenly, Jerome saw the girl he saw yesterday. Jerome opened his locker and hid in his locker. Otis thought it strange what Jerome did.
"Mate what are you doing?" Asked Otis.
"I'm hiding in my locker," said Jerome.
"I can see that. But aren't you a little too old to play hide and seek," said Otis.
Jerome carefully opened the door of his safe to see if the girl was still there. When the girl was nowhere to be seen, Jerome came out of his locker. Otis gave Jerome a questioning look. Jerome said nothing and walked over to the classroom.
Later that day. The club was gathered in the drama room. Fabian handed Amber the notebook
"The legend of the forgotten love of Pharaoh Tutankhamun," said Amber, as she read of a page from the notebook.
"What is this?" Asked Patricia.
"A manuscript written by Robert Frobisher-Smythe," said Fabian.
"And you read that entire manuscript?" Asked Aaron.
"Not yet," said Fabian.
"What's in it?" Asked Nina.
"Okay listen. In 1919 Robert Frobisher-Smythe found a stone with hieroglyphs and on it the legend of Tutankhamun and his secret lover Amneris, said Fabian.
Amneris was a beautiful princess, said to be a direct descendant of Isis and Osiris. Out of love for her, Tutankhamun built the love tomb in a secret place somewhere in Egypt. The love tomb was full of treasures. She could only find out the place of the love tomb if she stood with the Ankh that had given her, at a certain time and in a certain place. She could discover that place and time through a riddle he had made for her. Sadly, Tutankhamun had an accident and died. After his death, his wife Ankhesenamun took revenge on Amneris. Ankhesenamun tried to destroy the Ankh, but she failed. But Ankhesenamun managed to split the Ankh into 7 pieces and hid them from Amneris. One day Amneris disappeared without a trace. Nobody knows what happened to her. But the story goes that Amneris does not rest until she and Tutankhamun are reunited in the love tomb.
Everyone in the club was silent. Fabian saw that Nina was deeply moved by the story and held her hand.
"That is the most romantic story I've ever heard," said Amber.
"Yes and also one of the saddest too. Amneris cannot find peace until she is reunited with her Tutankhamun," said Nina.
"What else did you discover?" Asked Aaron.
"Like I said earlier nothing much yet. But I'll continue reading it," said Fabian.
While school was almost over, Victor was in his office taking care of Corbierre. Suddenly Victor's phone rang. Victor picked up the phone.
"Who's is this?" Asked Victor.
"Is this Victor Rodenmaar?" Asked the mysterious man.
"Yes. And who I'm speaking to?" Asked Victor.
"That's not important right now. I want to talk to you," said the mysterious man.
"About what?" Asked Victor.
"About the Cup of Ankh," said the mysterious man.
"What about the Cup of Ankh? Asked Victor.
"I want to make a deal with you. But in order for that deal to work, I need to have the Cup of Ankh," said the mysterious man.
"Then I've bad news for you. The cup is no longer with us," said Victor.
"You don't have it?" Asked the mysterious man.
"The Cup of Ankh is no more, it's gone," said Victor.
"How?" Asked the mysterious man.
"The Cup of Ankh has melted," said Victor.
The mysterious man laughed and Victor didn't understand why.
"You think that's funny?" Asked Victor.
"Victor the Cup of Ankh is indestructible. Not even the power of Sun God Ra himself could melt it," said the mysterious man.
"Are you sure?" Asked Victor.
"One hundred percent. You've been tricked and those who tricked are the one that the Cup of Ankh," said the mysterious man.
The mysterious man hung up. Victor wasn't to happy that he was tricked by the club.
After school. Nina and Amber were back at the house and headed to their room to change. When the entered their room they saw Victor standing in their room and it looked like he was searching the place. Nina noticed that Victor was standing close the place where the club had hidden the Cup. Was Victor on to them? That was all Nina could think of.