House of Stars:

Victor came closer and closer to the club's hiding place. Then Victor saw a rat running around and he thought that it was the rat making the sound. Victor turned around and walked back to the other society members. The club quietly moved to the secret passage and got out of the cellar as fast as they could. Once they were back in the kitchen they all went back to their rooms. But what they didn't know was that Jerome had seen everything.

The next morning Nina was sitting at the table early, Fabian entered the living room and sat down next to Nina, both looked as if they had not gotten much sleep.

"Looks like you didn't sleep well either," said Fabian

"Yes, that's correct. But I had something extra that kept me from getting much sleep," said Nina.

"What was it? Asked Fabian.

"Well Amber was super scared after our trip to the cellar, that she crawled into bed with me," said Nina.

"Ouch mustn't have been very comfortable the two of you in a single bed," said Fabian.

"You can say that again, my back is killing me," said Nina.

"And where is Amber now?" Asked Fabian

"Well she was up as the same time I was, but I'm guessing that she fell asleep again, said Nina.

"We're lucky we haven't been caught last night," said Fabian.

A few minutes later, the other residents entered the living room for breakfast. During breakfast Trudy told the residents that they had first period off.


After breakfast, the club went into the woods to discuss what had happened in the cellar.

"Okay that ceremony was super scary," said Amber.

"Yeah and thanks to you, we were almost got caught," said Aaron.

"I'm sorry," said Amber.

"It was a close one," said Fabian.

"But I still have something to say. Victor must really want to stay young. He drank snake poison. I mean, that's what plastic surgery's for, said Amber.

"So are we still looking for this treasure or what? Or have the teachers got it or this Rufus Zeno dude?" Asked Alfie.

"We now know that Mr. Winkler is officially a part of society now. And that he has taken over Rufus' spot," said Fabian.

"Yeah and I saw Joy's father and Sergeant Roebuck come into the house," said Patricia.

"Who is Segreant Roebuck?" Asked Alfie.

"He works with the police, I went to him when I thought Joy was missing, but then I found out that he is part of Victor's society," said Patricia.

"And Mr. Sweet and Mrs. Andrews also are a part of the society, but we already knew that," said Nina.

"I saw two other people come in but I couldn't see their faces properly. I only know for sure that one was male and one was female, said Patricia.

"I know who the female is," said Alfie

"Who she is, Alfie?" Asked Fabian.

"Nurse Delia. I recognized her sweet face, she took care of when I was in the hospital," said Alfie.

"But I'm guessing since she is part of the society that she isn't that sweet anymore," joked Amber.

"Amber this not the time for jokes," said Patricia.

"Sorry," said Amber.

"And I know who the man was standing next to the nurse," said Aaron.

"Who was that man, Aaron?" Asked Nina.

"Well I don't know his name, but I do know him. That man was the one who hit me with his scooter," said Aaron.

"Are you sure?" Asked Fabian.

"Of course I'm sure. I'll never forget the face of the man who nearly shattered my leg, said Aaron.

"So we have Victor, the teachers, the sergeant, the nurse and the scooter man who all are part of the society," said Amber.

"Yes, now that we know that we can focus on the riddle," said Nina.

"We have been working on it for weeks and we have not made any further progress," said Aaron.

"I know, but we need to get our brains into gear. To find the secret from the past, You must look beyond the world through glass. And before anyone's thinking about a mirror, It's not a mirror. We've already checked them all," said Nina.

"You can't see through mirrors anyway, said Amber.

"Good point. I should have come to you first as the mirror expert," said Nina.

"Have you seen the time? Asked Patricia, while she looked on her watch

"Whoa we have to be in class in 10 minutes," said Fabian, as he looked on his watch.


The club headed to school. A few hours later and it was lunch time. The club minus Patricia and Alfie were sitting in the drama room. Nina and Fabian were busy trying to solve the riddle. Aaron and Amber were half asleep sitting on the couch.

"I'm so tired," said Aaron.

"Me too," said Amber.

"I can hardly keep my eyes open," said Aaron.

"Me neither," said Amber.

"Maybe you both fall asleep at the same time," joked Nina.

"Hey just because we're twins doesn't mean we do everything at the same time," said Amber.

"Yes, exactly. According to our mother, we never slept at the same time. When I was asleep, Amber was awake," said Aaron

"And when I was asleep, Aaron was awake," said Amber.

"It kinda drove mum and dad crazy that we were never asleep at the same time," said Aaron.

"All this talk of sleep makes me even more tired," said Amber.

"Then stop talking about sleep," suggested Fabian,

"I think it's so unfair we still have to go to school, after what we witnessed in the cellar last night, said Amber.

The bell rang and lunch was over, the club moved on to the next class. When the club entered the room, they saw Alfie and Patricia already sitting and the club sat down with them. Jerome noticed that Alfie has been hanging out with the club a lot lately and found it suspicious.

"Since when did Alfie hang out with them? Asked Jerome.

"I do not know. But I think since we kinda ditched him," said Otis.

"We never ditched him," said Jerome

"We kinda did and I feel guilty about it, I mean Alfie is our best friend. So I was thinking. Why don't we do something with the three of us again? Watching a scary movie or pulling some pranks?" Suggested Otis.

Jerome hadn't actually listened to what Otis was saying and just wanted to know what Alfie and the club were up to.


The day passed quickly and it was bedtime. Alfie soon fell asleep. Jerome was in his bed reading a comic book and then Alfie heard talking. Jerome walked over to Alfie and saw that he was sleeping.

"The fool talks in his sleep," said Jerome.

Then Jerome got an idea to find out what the club was up to.

"Alfie can you hear me?" Asked Jerome.

"Yeah..., said a sleep talking Alfie.

"Where were you last night? Asked Jerome.

"Cellar..., Victor..., Skull...Ankh, said a sleep talking Alfie.

"And what are you and your friends up to? Asked Jerome.

"Treasure..., In house..., secret," said a sleep talking Alfie.

"A treasure?" Said Jerome.

"Yeah.., Rufus Zeno..., Patricia.., Cup..," said a sleep talking Alfie.

Jerome had hear enough and walked back to his own bed.


The next day the residents already had breakfast and were in school. Later during that school day Fabian and Patricia were standing by their lockers. Suddenly Patricia's phone buzzed. Patricia looked at her phone to see who texted her and she looked happy.

"Oh, yes. Nice one, Joy. She got a new phone. We're back in contact again. And before you ask, No, you can't have her phone number. Security reasons," said Patricia.

"No, I wasn't.., "said Fabian, but Patricia interrupted him.

"She says hi," said Patricia.

Patricia put her phone in her bag and she and Fabian walked to their next class. But without know Jerome had been spying on them.

Near the end of the school day the Anubis residents drama class from Mr. Winkler. While most of the class was listing to Mr. Winkler, Jerome saw Patricia's bag laying on the floor. Jerome carefully grabbed her phone and started to look for Rufus' name. Jerome couldn't find the name, only the initials R.Z. and put R.Z. number in his phone. Jerome put Patricia's phone back in her bag. After class Jerome looked for a private spot and called Rufus.


Several hours later and it was already dark. But Jerome had arranged a meeting with Rufus in the old ruins. When Jerome arrived at the old ruins, Rufus was already there, waiting for Jerome.

"Jerome Clarke?" Asked Rufus.

''Whoa! Yeah. You must be...," said Jerome, but Rufus interrupted him

"Dr. Rufus Zeno. Although I'd be very interested in how you know my real name, Considering I'm known to the world as Rene Zeldman," said Rufus

"It's a bit of a girl's name, Rene, isn't it? But your choice, right?" Joked Jerome.

"What do you want to speak to me about?" Asked Rufus.

"So it's about the treasure," said Jerome.

"Sorry. What treasure?" Asked Rufus.

"I think you know what treasure I'm talking about, Dr. Zeno," said Jerome.

"Tutankhamen's treasure?" Asked Rufus.

"Yeah, that's right," said Jerome.

"Tell me what you know," said Rufus.

"Okay, but it's gonna cost you," said Jerome.

Rufus grabbed is wallet and gave some cash to Jerome. Jerome thanked Rufus for the money.


Back at the house. Nina and Fabian were sitting in Fabian's room. Fabian was reading a book about legends of Egypt and Nina was sitting by the window looking at the stars.

"Why is it always one step forward, Five steps back, Fabian?" Asked Nina.

"The sky looks nice tonight," said Fabian, as he sat down next to Nina.

"Yeah, it's beautiful," said Nina.

"Look beyond the world through glass," said Fabian

"Yep. Maybe if we say it aloud another 40 billion times, We'll hear something new," said Nina

"No. Beyond the world. Stars. And how do people normally look at stars?" Asked Fabian.

"Through a telescope," said Nina.

"There's one in the living room Let's go," said Fabian.

Nina and Fabian got up and left to room to go to the living room.


Meanwhile at the old ruins. Jerome was busy telling Rufus about the what he knew about the mystery and who was involved in it.

"Patricia, Nina, and a couple of the others," said Jerome

"That's Nina Martin," said Rufus

"Yeah, said Jerome.

"That's the girl with the locket," said Rufus

"Well, they're on the trail of this treasure, this cup, And it sounds like they're pretty close to finding it," said Jerome

"So it's in the house after all," said Rufus.

"Look, I had better get back. But if you like, I can keep an eye on them, Report back, let's say," said Jerome

"Here," said Rufus, while he gave Jerome a lot more money. "Consider this as a down payment. But I want regular updates. Understood?" He asked.

"Hello, spending splurge. Whatever you say, Rufus," said Jerome.

"Good lad," said Rufus.

Rufus walked away and Jerome looked quite happy with all the money he got. Jerome put the money away and walked back towards the house.


In the meantime in the house. Nina and Fabian were in the living room. Nina was looking through the telescope hoping that this would be the solution to solving the riddle.

"What am I looking for? I can't see anything," said Nina

"Beyond the world. the moon? I don't know. Try focusing it on the moon," suggested Fabian

"There it is. There's something written. I can't make it out, though. Can you?" Asked Nina.

Fabian looked through the telescope and pointed the moon. Suddenly a new riddle started to appeared.

"Unleash the power, light your way. Find the demisphere hidden below," said Fabian, as he was reading the riddle.

"Yes," said Nina.

"That means we're back in business," said Fabian.

Nina and Fabian did the Sibuna gesture. But then they saw Victor who was ready to start his 10 o'clock ritual, but before he was half way to his ritual he spotted Nina and Fabian and walked up to him.

"Doing a little star gazing, were we?" Asked Victor.

"Us? No. We were just Looking for the nearest bowling alley. Fabian loves to bowl," said Nina, as that was the first lie she could come up with

"Don't lie to me, Miss Martin. Now let's see what has caught your eye, shall we?" Said Victor.

Victor walked over to the telescope and looked through it. Nina and Fabian realized that Victor was going to see the riddle and then he would know that the treasure is in the house.