Secrets

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Chapter 3 : A New Sibuna

Gabby's Point of View

"Where did you get that necklace?" She asked her eyes wide. "My grandmother gave it to me." I said. "Is your grandmother Sarah? Sarah Frobisher-Smythe?" She asked, revealing her necklace. It was the exact same locket as mine.

"Who? I don't know any Sarah Frobisher-Smythe, but I'm related to them." I asked, confused. Who was this Sarah lady? Was she the girl in my locket? "Sarah Frobisher-Smythe is the daughter of the original owners of the house." Fabian explained.

"Who gave you the necklace?" Amber asked. "My grandma, Emily Grant." I replied. "T-that's what Sarah is known as at the old people's home." Amber said. "Wait, so my grandmother is Sarah Frobisher-Smythe?" I asked, my face turned into a huge grin. I was finally finding out the answer to one of my numerous questions. I was finally learning about my family.

"I think so, since you say all of this stuff about her…" Nina said. "My grandmother was talking about her mother, Relda maybe that was her mother, the original owner of the house, as you say." I concluded.

"It can't be, the recordings, the cylinders." Patricia protested. "The what?" I asked, confused. What did a cylinder have to do with anything right now? "We found these wax cylinders in the attic, and listened to them on Edison's phonograph. Little Sarah said…" Nina trailed off.

"Said what? What did she say?" I asked, demanding to know some answers. "Her, her parents… died." Fabian stammered. How could she be dead? My grandmother, Emily, or Sarah, whatever her name is, said my great grandmother was alive. So did my own mother!

"That can't be true. My grandmother, Emily, said my great grandmother was alive. My mother even said that!" I protested. "Sarah said he killed them as in both of her parents! Victor Sr. killed them!" Patricia stated.

"And her name is Sarah, not Emily." Nina added. "Victor said her name was Emily." I told them. "Victor is the bad guy! Don't listen to him!" Alfie said, throwing his arms in the air. "My mom told me to ask him to take me. What do you want me to do, not trust my parents?" I asked.

"There lying to you Gabby!" Patricia almost shouted. A tear rolled down my cheek. "My parents wouldn't do that.." "They're in on it! They are with Victor and his society! That is why they shipped you here in the first place!" Patricia said.

I wiped my eyes. "Emily said…" "Sarah," Nina interrupted me. "Fine, Sarah, whatever! Sarah said to beware the 'black bird' and his 'society'." I told them about how grandma was going a little insane on me.

"Victor!" Jerome piped up. Amber, Patricia, and Nina all put their head on their forehead and looked like they were asking WHY? I got my phone out of my purse and dialed my home number. "Mom?" I asked, the phone was ringing.

"Yes, Gabby. Isn't it getting late?" Mom asked, sleepily. "Mom, I met grandma today, and she gave me a necklace. But, she gave this other girl the same exact one. Also, she goes by two different names! Sarah and Emily!" I told her.

There was a short pause, and then my mother sighed. "Her real name is Sarah Frobisher-Smythe, that is why we have the portrait in our home, and she gave the necklace to the other girl because…" She didn't finish. "Mom, why did she give it to another girl? And why is everybody saying great grandma is DEAD."

Everybody stared at me, watching me talk on the phone. They were as confused as I was, and wanted answers as well. "She isn't dead," My mom said. I told the others what she said. "But, Gabby, the other girl with the locket, she wasn't wrong. My mom truly believed Victor killed her parents, but it turns out…" She said, and then the phone stopped.

"Mom? Mom? MOM?" I asked, wondering what happened. I hadn't pressed anything, and I doubt she would have hung up on me without saying goodbye. I tried to think of the possible outcomes, so did everyone else.

"Maybe the phone died?" Amber suggested. "I called the home phone, it can't die." I said. Amber mouthed Oh, and got her phone to text. I wonder who she thought she was going to text at midnight…

"My phone isn't working." She complained. Everyone checked their phones, no luck. All of our phones were down. Well, that's a relief, I know nothing strange happened, but, oh, wait, why aren't our phones working?

"Well, it looks like we're not going to get anymore answers." Nina said disappointed. "What were you guys doing anyway?" I asked them. Fabian sighed. "We formed a group called Sibuna, we originally were looking for the Cup of Ankh, but now we're just trying to figure out some things left unanswered after putting the cup together, like, where is the elixir of life recipe?" He explained.

"Oh, I was wondering… can I join?" I asked smiling. They all exchanged gifts and then Nina nodded. "What is the Cup of Ankh?" I asked. "It was a treasure from King Tut's tomb, a cup of eternal life, Nina is the chosen one, she assembled it." Amber explained.

"Oh, but then, why did Sarah give me the Eye of Horus locket?" I asked them. Nina shrugged, you could tell she was the leader of this club. "I don't know, you are her granddaughter…" She said.

"Wait, is the Cup of Ankh the treasure hidden within the house? Sarah told me I had to find some treasure." I explained. "Sarah told me the exact same thing." Nina said. We all tried to think of a possible solution for a second.

"I got it, you both are the chosen one." He concluded. Well, I guess that makes sense. Two lockets, two chosen ones… "When's your birthday?" Nina asked me. "July twenty-fourth," I answered, wondering why she needed to know this.

"She can't be the chosen one though, her birthday, it's not the right date." Nina said. Her locket began to glow out of nowhere. "What's happening?" Mara asked, wide eyed. "I-I don't know…" Nina said.

My locket began to glow too. "This is so weird." Patricia said, staring at our two lockets. "Maybe, put them together?" Fabian suggested. Nina took her locket off of her neck and held it right next to mine. They glowed and sparked, and then burned our hands.

"Owww," Nina and I cried, she took her locket back. "Maybe there is a chosen hour?" Alfie came up with an idea. "No, that wouldn't make any sense. Why can't the lockets touch?" Fabian asked aloud. I shrugged, clutching the locket in my hand. It looked, black…

"Guys," I said worried, my breathing started to get faster and faster. "My locket, it turned, it turned, black!" I shrieked. Everybody ran over to observe my locket. Nina's looked normal, mine was a dark black now.

"What happened to my locket?" I cried. Nobody answered. Nobody had any idea. "Tomorrow we'll visit Sarah, she should have some answers." Nina said. "She said she doesn't, she said I have to go to my great grandmothers…" I explained.

"Um, okay? So we'll go to Sarah first, and then go to your great grandmother's tomorrow?" Nina made a plan. We agreed, and all went to our rooms. I couldn't fall asleep, my locket… my poor locket. What happened to it?

I finally got a few hours rest, and then woke up the next morning. I quickly got changed and met Nina after breakfast. "Victor drove me," I told her. "Um, well, let's just walk. It's not too far." She said, opening the door. "Okay, I have my great grandmothers address too, so we can get a taxi to visit her."

Nina led me to the retirement home, and we went up to the same receptionist from yesterday. She had already showed us Sarah's room, so she just let us go inside. Nina and I both opened the door and walked inside.

"Grandma?" "Sarah?" We both asked at the same time. Sarah woke up, and opened her eyes. She stared at the two of us. "Nina, Gabby?" She asked. "Yes," We both said at the same time, again.

"Sarah, my locket. Last night we put them together, and mine turned black." I said, giving her the locket. Her eyes opened wide with fear. "It's it's you!" She said, immediately staring back at me.

"It's me, Gabby, yes Sarah." I said, holding her hand. "Your, the evil chosen one," She said. Nina backed away. "Evil, I'm not evil!" I said, taking my locket back. "Gabby, it's not a choice you have to make, it's a destiny, and you two are, are, mortal enemies." Sarah said.

Then, a flash of light hit me, blinding me. I saw Nina, but she wasn't Nina anymore, she was Omniris. I screamed, she screamed at me. "You, your ANUBIS!" Nina shrieked. "Your Omniris!" I said, backing away from her.

A black puff of smoke appeared in the middle of us, and changed us back to normal. "We're normal again." Nina said, breathing a sigh of relief. "Does this mean, we are the Egyptian gods? And we're sisters?" I asked.

Sarah said a quiet yes. "But, we were becoming such good friends…" I said, staring down at the floor. Sarah fell back asleep. "Nooo," Nina sighed. She wouldn't help us anymore. "We have to visit my great grandmother." I said. Sarah smiled as soon as I said that.

"But, we're, enemies!" Nina said, upset. She seemed to want us to be friends. "I, I don't think we should have this affect our friendship, unless it gets way out of hand, okay?" I said. Nina nodded and hugged me. "Sisters." We said simultaneously and walked out the door. I silently prayed in my head that the friendship would work out, and that we wouldn't become gods/goddesses again for awhile…

I hope you liked it! Yep, I answered one of the many questions in this chapter, and probably going to answer questions in the next one, when they visit Relda, Gabby's great grandmother. Now, I'm going to go a little more specific in the summary. Nina and Gabby are going to try to keep their friendship remaining, while discovering the recipe for the elixir of life, protecting the Cup of Ankh, and uncovering the mystery behind how they are related to the school, house, Victor, etc.. Please read and review! Thank you so much for reading!