House of Returns:

In Anubis house was normal and calm. Mara, Joy and Otis were having dinner and they heard the front door opening and Eddie walked into the living room.

"Hello everybody," said Eddie.

"Eddie, you're back," said Mara.

Eddie walked over to the table and joined the rest for dinner.

'How was your vacation?" Asked Mara.

"Good," said Eddie.

"I heard your father and Ms. Delaney got married this summer," said Mara.

"That's right," said Eddie

"Or shall we say Mrs. Sweet now," said Otis.

"No, Ms. Delaney is a modern woman and she has decided to keep her own last name, said Eddie.

"How was the wedding?" Asked Joy.

"It was a beautiful wedding," said Eddie.

"And what else have you done?" Asked Mara.

"After the wedding I went to California and surfed different beaches," said Eddie.

"That sounds fantastic," said Mara.

"It was great, they were great waves. Once I graduate I'm going to travel through California and go to all the surf beaches, said Eddie.

"That sounds like you've your plan already," said Joy.

"How was your holiday?" Asked Eddie.

"I'm going to be an uncle," said Otis.

"Oh yeah?" Asked Eddie.

"Yes, my eldest sister is pregnant," said Otis.

"Congratulations man," said Eddie.

"Thanks," said Otis.

"Are we the only ones here?" Asked Eddie.

"Yes, Jerome is in Mexico, I don't know where the others are and Fiona is at another school," said Mara.

"Oh yes, I forgot that she left school," said Eddie.

"It's kinda weird that Fiona isn't coming back," said Otis

Everyone was a little saddened by the fact that Fiona will not return to Anubis house. Trudy entered the living room and gave Eddie a hug to welcome him back.

"Oh Mara, in all the commotion, I forgot to give you this," said Trudy.

Trudy gave an envelope to Mara.

"This is the handwriting of Jerome," said Mara.

"Open it," said Joy.

"We're now eating, after supper you can read," said Trudy.

Mara put the letter away and continued to eat.

After dinner everyone went to their own room. Mara lay in her bed and opened the envelope. Inside the envelope was a card and a photo of Jerome and his father and sister. Mara turned the card over and began to read.


Mexico is great! Dad's face is getting a little bit of color again and Poppy and I are feeding him plates full of burritos and tacos to help him regain some strength. We are having a great time, but of course it would have been more fun if you were there too, I miss you so much, hope to see you again soon. Big fat kisses, Jerome.


Mara hung up the picture and put the card under her pillow. Mara turned off her light and went to sleep.


The next day. After a long flight, the club had arrived at the airport. The club packed their bags. Fabian had noticed that Alfie was acting a little weird.

"Alfie what's going on with you? For a moment I thought you were going to faint," said Fabian.

"Where?" Asked Alfie.

"At the customs gates. You're still sweating so much", said Fabian.

"I think that's because of the chicken I ate on the plane, not quite right on the stomach and all the turbulence and stuff," lied Alfie.

"Soon we will be home and then we will have the delicious meals made Trudy again," said Aaron.

"Yes," said Alfie.

"And now we must make sure that no one knows that we've been in Egypt," said Nina.

"Why not?" Asked Amber.

"Because it was a secret mission," said Aaron.

"Oh yeah," said Amber.

"We must ensure that our stories are correct and that we don't arrive at the same time," said Nina.

"Okay, Nina and Patricia leave first, then Amber and Aaron and then Alfie and me," said Fabian.

"Okay guys come on," said Alfie.

"Wait before we leave I want to thank you for everything," said Nina.

"Sibuna," said Amber, while doing the Sibuna gesture.

"Sibuna, said the rest of the club, while they did the Sibuna gesture.

Nina and Patricia walked together toward the airport exit, while the rest of the club wait at the airport.


A few moments later. Nina and Patricia arrived at the house.

"Hello," said Nina.

"Oh two more of my sweeties are back home," said Trudy.

Trudy gave Nina and Patricia a hug and the other residents said their hellos too. Patricia gave Eddie a kiss on the cheek and then she and Nina took their bags away. Moments later, Aaron and Amber came home, followed by Fabian and Alfie. Fabian noticed that Alfie still was acting oddly.

"Alfie still not feeling well?" Asked Fabian.

"I think my stomach is still upset," lied Alfie.

"So you're back again," said Victor, as he came walking down the stairs.

"Hello Victor," said Alfie.

"And you immediately put your bags on the floor again, do you want the butler to clean it up for you?" Asked Victor, sarcastically.

"No, we can do that ourselves," said Alfie.

"You didn't really think I'd clean up your mess, did you?" Asked Victor, sarcastically.

"Victor, Victor, Victor, why are you being so mean? While I love you so much. Here I brought you something," said Alfie.

Alfie gave a small coffin to Victor.

"It's a skeleton of a dwarf guinea pig, I thought maybe you could add to your collection, said Alfie.

"Oh that's unexpectedly thoughtful of you, thank you. I'm going to study it thoroughly tonight, said Victor.

"Why don't you open it now?" Suggested Alfie.

"Why not. I'm curious about the state of the bone structure," said Victor.

"I must say...," said Alfie.

Victor opened the box and there was a small bang and Victor's face was covered in soot.

"That the animal was cremated," said Alfie.

"Cheap party shop joke! Out of my sight, or I'll hurt you! You just got back two minutes and I'm already tired of you," said Victor.

Alfie fled to his room. Alfie set his bag down on his bed and took out the chest and hid it under his bed.

An hour later and the club is in Nina and Amber's room.

"Thank you for coming," said Nina.

"What is it Nina?" Asked Fabian.

"I want to propose something," said Nina.

"What do you want to propose?" Asked Patricia.

"Maybe it's a good idea to disband the club," said Nina.

The club looked shocked at Nina.

"Why?" Asked Alfie.

"The mystery is solved," said Nina.

"And the Ankh is back," said Amber.

"My grandma is better again," said Nina.

"I don't know," said Fabian.

"Everything is good, It is over," said Nina.

"No more secret meetings?" Asked Alfie.

"No," said Nina.

"How do you know that everything is really over?" Asked Fabian.

"I can feel that," said Nina.

"No more riddle solving. No more hieroglyphics?" Asked Alfie.

"No more," said Nina.

"Maybe you're right, everything seems calm," said Fabian.

"Never again Sibuna?" Asked Alfie.

"Let's meet tonight? The last meeting of the Sibuna club. Sibuna," said Nina, as she did the Sibuna gesture.

"Sibuna," said Fabian, while doing the Sibuna gesture.

"Sibuna," said Amber, Aaron and Patricia, while doing the Sibuna gesture.

Alfie said and did nothing, he just had a sad look on his face.

A few hours later and it was dinner time. The residents sat at the table and were eating.

"Let's have a party later, said Joy.

"A party? Asked Fabian.

"Yes, tonight is the last day off we have, tomorrow school starts for us, said Joy.

"What kind of party are you talking about? Asked Mara

"' beach party, said Joy.

"A beach party? We're not really at a beach," said Amber.

"That's just the theme, you just come in your beach clothes," said Joy.

"Okay let's do it," said Otis.

An half hour later. While the residents were having their party, Victor was in the cellar holding an old photo album and looking at his father's photos. Victor had all kinds of bad memories about his father. Victor closed the album and threw it on the floor.

A few moments later. The residents were dressed up in their best beach clothes and were having a party in the living room.

"Okay what are we going to do?" Asked Eddie.

"Let's play a game," suggested Joy.

"What kind of game?" Asked Amber.

"Truth or Dare," said Joy.

"Go and start without me, I'm going to grab some more music out of my room," said Aaron.

Aaron left the living room. Aaron was walking down the hall and bumped into a girl in the hall and almost spilled his drink on her.

"I'm so sorry," said Aaron.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter," said the girl.

"Is everything alright?" Asked Aaron.

"Yes, but can I've some of your drink I'm very thirsty," said the girl.

"Of course," said Aaron.

Aaron gave his drink to the unknown girl and she finished Aaron's drink.

"Sorry, I drank the entire cup empty," said the girl.

"It does not matter, said Aaron.

"I was so thirsty, my taxi broke down and then I started walking and my phone died and I've walking for 3 hours straight, said the girl.

"Then I understand why you're so thirsty," said Aaron.

"Oh I totally forgot to introduce myself, I'm KT, I'm the new resident," said KT.

"I'm Aaron, longtime resident," said Aaron.

Aaron shook KT's hand and at the same moment Victor came out of the cellar.

"You're late," said Victor.

"Sorry I had a car trouble," said KT.

"I don't need to hear it, put your things in your room and behave," said Victor.

Victor walked upstairs and went to his office.

"Then I'm going to put my things in my room, wherever that is," said KT.

"I can show you where your room is," said Aaron.

"Thanks, that's nice of you," said KT

KT grabbed her suitcase and followed Aaron upstairs.

A few minutes later, Aaron and KT walked into the living room and all eyes were on KT.

"Who are you?" Asked Patricia.

"I'm KT," said KT

"We're playing Truth or Dare, will you join us?" Asked Joy.

"Guys the girl just arrived give her a minute to settle," said Aaron.

"No, I'll play along," said KT

"Okay then KC," said Patricia.

"It's KT," said KT.

"Okay then KT, Truth or Dare?" Asked Patricia.

"Dare," said KT.

Patricia started thinking about a dare for KT, Joy whispered something in her ear and Patricia thought it was a good idea.

"Okay, KT you've to kiss one of the guys in the house," said Patricia.

"On the lips for 5 seconds," said Joy.

"Okay no problem, but I don't kiss other girls' boyfriends, so which one of you has a girlfriend?" Asked KT.

Fabian, Eddie and Otis raised their hands.

"Okay, I don't kiss other girls' boyfriends and I don't kiss guys I don't know, so there's only one option," said KT

Alfie puckered up his lips and turned to KT. KT walked over to Aaron and gave him a kiss, which lasted longer than 5 seconds

"The 5 seconds are already up," said Joy.

KT stopped kissing Aaron and pulled away. Aaron was flabbergasted by the kiss. An hour hour later and the party was over.

Half an hour later and the club was in Nina and Amber's room.

"What do you have with you?" Asked Nina, as she saw that Fabian brought a bag with him.

"Stuff for the disbanding ritual," said Fabian.

"Guys are you sure about this? No more club meeting, deciphering hieroglyphics. What are we supposed to do now?" Asked Alfie.

"We keep seeing each other even though we're not a secret club anymore," said Nina.

Plus Sarah's secret is solved," said Fabian.

"And we'll stay friends," said Amber.

"We need to take this seriously, so that's why I brought this," said Fabian.

The club sat in a circle and Fabian took the stuff out of the bag and Alfie tried to light the candles, but it wasn't easy and he had already used a lot of matches, that were now lying on the floor.

"It is a pity that I've not been able to study the chest, who knows what secrets it contains, said Fabian.

"I think it's better we don't know, we've had enough stress already," said Nina.

"Yeah and maybe the whole tomb would have collapsed if we'd taken that chest," said Aaron.

"That is not true," said Alfie.

"What do you mean?" Asked Fabian.

"What?" Asked Alfie.

"What do you mean?" Asked Fabian.

"Nothing, I just don't think the tomb would've collapsed," said Alfie.

"You're not sure," said Nina.

"No of course not," said Alfie.

"Okay let's get started, let's each other's hands," said Fabian.

Alfie managed to light the candle. The club held hands.

"Good, repeat after me," said Fabian.

"Repeat after me," joked Alfie.

"No, not yet," said Fabian.

"No, not yet," joked Alfie.

"Alfie," said Fabian.

"Alfie," joked Alfie.

"Alfie be serious for a second," said Fabian.

"Alfie be serious for a second," joked Alfie.

"Alfie," said Amber.

"Okay I'll stop," said Alfie.

"Fabian continue please," said Nina.

"We hereby declare the Sibuna Club," said Fabian.

"We hereby declare the Sibuna Club," said the rest of the club.

"To disband the club, through the three promises," said Fabian.

"To disband the club, through the three promises," said the rest of the club.

"Promise 1, we promise to keep silent about the secrets, to our graves," said Fabian.

"Promise 1, we promise to keep silent about the secrets, to our graves," said the rest of the club.

"Promise 2, we promise never to abuse the knowledge we gained here," said Fabian.

"Promise 2, we promise never to abuse the knowledge we gained here," said the rest of the club.

"Promise 3, we promise that the Sibuna club is hereby disbanded and the secret connection between our official is broken," said Fabian.

"Promise 3, we promise that the Sibuna club is hereby dissolved...," said the rest, of the club.

But before the rest could finish the sentence the window blew open and the matches moved on the floor and suddenly the matches spelled SOS.

Who does the club ask for help? Isn't the mystery over after all?