Secrets

I love House of Anubis, but don't own it…

Chapter 2 : Answers and More Questions

Gabby's Point of View

"Can we leave now? I have so many questions to ask her!" I said impatiently. "Fine," He sighed, putting on his coat. I got up and opened the door and waited in the hallway. I swear, his black bird was staring at me with it's black, beady eyes.

He drove me to a retirement home about a mile away from the school. He dropped me off and said to ask for Emily Grant at the receptionist's desk. I walked up to the desk. A lady in her mid-forties was recording something down.

"Hi, I'd like to visit my grandmother, Emily Grant." I said with a smile. The lady looked up at me. "You must be Jennifer Grant and Steven Maxwell's child." She said with a warm smile. How did she know my parents? Had my parents talked to her about my visit?

I nodded. She led me into a pale pink colored room. An old lady was lying in a bed. Once I walked in the door, her blank expression turned into a warm smile. "Gabriella?" She asked, putting her cold hands on my hand.

"Yes, grandma?" I replied. The receptionist lady left the room for us to be in private. "You finally have come," She said. "Well, yeah, I just got here yesterday." I explained. "Have you met Relda yet, my mother?" She asked.

"Who?" I asked, confused again. Why did everybody in my family always have to make me so confused? "Oh, you haven't visited her yet, she is your great grandmother, my mother, Relda." She explained.

Well, that at least gave me some information about my great grandmother, Relda. "Oh, no, I haven't visited her yet. My mom told me to visit you to get her address and get answers to my questions." I told her about the conversation I had with my mother yesterday.

"Honey, I am sorry, but I am the wrong person to go to for answers. I may know some, but my memory has faded in and out, and I have forgotten so many things…" She said, sadly. I stared down at the couch.

"Well, I have so many questions, and are really curious to find answers. Can you just tell me everything you know?" I asked. She sighed. "You haven't even begun searching," She murmured.

"Searching? Searching for what?" I asked, great, another question, and still no answers! "There is a treasure hidden in that house." She said. My eyes widened. "What is it?" I asked, even more curiously than before.

She sighed again. "I don't know, but, you must visit Relda, she can explain more to you." She said, writing an address on a piece of paper for me. "Grandma, why can you just explain everything you know to me? Why has everybody in my family always been so secretive to me?" I asked, kind of demanding an answer to this question. I had absolutely no idea about pretty much anything about my family's history.

"We need to protect you from the dark forces, the enemies, the murderers." She said, tears filling her eyes. "Grandma, are you okay?" I asked concerned. "He's still watching the house, isn't he? Him and his society." She said, wiping a tear out of the corner of her eye.

"Who's watching the house? What society?" I asked, again with the confusion! Why couldn't I just get straight up answers for a change. Everything had to be a big mystery. "The, the black bird…" She said, sobbing.

"Grandma?" She reached into her drawer and pulled out a locket, it looked like an eye with a red ruby in the middle. It looked like… the eye of Horus! We had learned about it in history! It was a symbol of protection for the ancient Egyptians.

"This will protect you, remember, beware the black bird! He is a murderer, a betrayer, he wants to tip the scales of life!" She cried into her pillow, falling asleep. "Grandma?" "Grandma?" I almost began to panic, but then realized she was just taking a nap. I realized that was all she would tell me, or possibly all she knew. I had to visit my great grandmother. She should have more answers for sure.

I grabbed the piece of paper from the table and hugged her. I put it in my purse, and the locket around my neck and waved goodbye. I opened the door and walked out of the building. I got out my cell phone and called Victor to pick me up.

He arrived in a few minutes, and then was silent on the ride home. I ran to my room, it was 3 pm already. I took out the locket and looked at it. The ruby was beautiful, and it was my birthstone, for July. I looked at the address written on the paper. 0777 Sirinmo Ave.

Joy walked into the room. I quickly put the locket away and the paper away. She was carrying a stack of books. "Victor told me to give you your books and here are the homework assignments for all of your classes, and your schedule." She said, handing me two pieces of paper.

I sighed, I had absolutely no idea what they were learning, so the homework would be difficult. I was always a great, straight A student, but I was always there for the lessons. I never missed a month of school.

I started reading over the chapter on which we had to write an essay on for History. Once finishing my essay, Trudy was calling everybody down for supper. I took a break from my schoolwork and walked downstairs. Everybody was sitting at the dining table, there was only one extra seat next to Amber.

Amber is really friendly. We talked together about shopping. I told her about how my mother ran a fashion company in New York, Stylez. Amber told me her cousin Sienna Millington owned a fashion company here in England. We had some things in common.

After supper, I finished my Drama homework, writing a skit about why you think the sun rises and sets each day. I wrote my skit about how the sun and moon took shifts watching over the Earth, the night shift and the day shift. They had shifts because both refused to watch over the Earth for the entire day without any pay. It was actually pretty funny.

I also had to study for a French test upcoming on Thursday. Luckily, in middle school I had taken French as my language, so I was familiar with it. I also had absolutely no idea if I'm French or not, but I can do a really good accent.

At ten, Victor made everybody go to their rooms and wanted to hear a pin drop. I got out a flashlight and my French textbook and continued to study for the test. Tomorrow I had no idea what was planned, so I ought to study and review for the test for a while so if I didn't get a chance to tomorrow I would be okay.

At midnight, I decided to go to sleep, I was exhausted. I immediately fell asleep instead of just lying in bed. I had a strange dream. I was wearing a red dress, silver tiara, and my eye of Horus necklace. I was holding what looked like an ancient Egyptian Cup, and there was a trail of blood on the floor. My grandmother was a ghost along with a woman I couldn't identify, and I heard a scream. Nina's face appeared on the girl in the dress, and she was holding an ancient bottle with an orange liquid inside. I realized it was myself who was screaming, once noticing the one on the floor who was bleeding to death was… me.

I woke up screaming. Trudy had come into my room to make sure I was okay. "I-I had a nightmare," I said, tears streaking my face. Trudy stayed in my room until 3 in the morning and then thought I would be okay on my own.

I spent the rest of the night up in my bed, wondering what my dream meant. Apparently, Nina had killed me? But why? Why would Nina ever do that to me? She didn't hate me, she was actually friendly to me. And why was she wearing my eye of Horus necklace, that my grandmother had given me.

I heard a door close, and footsteps in the hall. I heard whispers and saw a flash of light, probably a flashlight. I put on my slippers and grabbed my flashlight and went out to investigate. I slowly opened the door a crack. Whoever was there had left the hallway by now. I quietly closed the door behind me, being careful not to wake up Joy, and crept in the shadows, following the footsteps and whispers.

I followed them into the kitchen, and hid to the side of a mummy tomb in the hallway. Nina, Fabian, Amber, Patricia, Alfie, and Jerome were all in the kitchen. "I really think we should include Joy in our club, it only seems fair. She was thought to be the chosen one, anyway." Patricia argued.

Nina and Fabian both sighed. Amber and Alfie nodded their heads. "Fine, go get her." Nina gave in. Patricia's face lit up and walked out of the kitchen and into the hallway. My arm started to slip off the side of the mummy tomb and BANG!

Patricia almost screamed, but then covered her mouth so Victor wouldn't hear and bust us all. Everybody else came rushing into the hallway. They all had an upset look on their face, a feel of betrayal, that I had snuck around the house and followed them around and eavesdropped on them.

"How much did you hear?" Nina asked, fidgeting with her necklace. The chain part looked similar to mine, but the end part was tucked in her shirt. The necklace looked like an exact copy of my locket, but without the eye part.

Nina stared back at me, tears stung her eyes. "I-I…" I stammered. She gasped, interrupting me.

Why did Nina gasp? What did she see? And more importantly, who is the black bird and why is Gabby's grandmother warning her to stay away from him? (Note : If you have seen all the episodes of House of Anubis, you already know what the tipping of the scales of life means, who the chosen one is {NINA}, and what the treasure is. BTW, this takes place after the 1st season finale of House of Anubis, the cup has been assembled and Nina is hiding/protecting it… Please read and review! Thank you so much for reading!