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DISCLAIMER: If I owned House of Anubis, the third season would be official by now. So no, I don't own it…

EDDIE'S POV

In the afternoon Anubis house was pretty quiet which was kind of strange. These Brits were always up to something. I'm glad I'm part of this now; no more secrets and no more secret meetings that I don't know of. It was all making sense now…all the things Sibuna had made up or done, so we wouldn't know. I'm grateful that they want to protect us, but I can deal with trouble myself. I don't need anyone to fight my battles.

I remembered that I had to ask Mara about what she knew. Make sure she didn't have the mark, so I went to look for her.
She was in her room writing something for the website, I guess. More ghost stuff…that wasn't good.

"Hey, Mara. What's up?" I said entering the room she shared with Joy…and Patricia.

"Eddie!" She smiled. "I was looking for more evidence in all the footage Joy gave us. Maybe the ghost appears again."

"Yeah…about that….Don't you think it's a bit silly?"

"Silly? We have a lot of proof and we're getting to the interesting part. What's the matter? I thought you liked this." She asked frowning. She obviously didn't know what was going on.

"Yeah! I mean, it's still ghost stuff, you know? No one is going to believe that."

"No one needs to believe it. We are showing both views: believers and non-believers. It's objective and interesting. We have the story of the year."

"Look at how bad you ended with the last one." Mara shot me a look. "I'm just saying, what if they laugh at us?"

"It's journalism, Eddie. We have to write about the truth and about interesting topics and this has both." She said stubbornly. "Besides, we went through a lot to get all this information."

It was time to change strategies.

"Yeah…eh, have you noticed anything weird lately?"

"Just the usual. You know, people sneaking around, Victor scaring them…" She said as if it wasn't important. "What? Did you notice something?"

"Me? No, not me. Everything's fine. Everything's normal…"I said awkwardly. I had to get out before she asked more questions. "I'm going to check on…Patricia. We are dating and… I just…" I said getting to the door. "Well, eh. Bye!"

I let out a breath when I was out.

"Relieved that you finally stepped out of my room?" I heard a whiny yet cute British accent say.

"Well, if it isn't the Yacker." I said to her. "Did you make up your mind?" Patricia looked away and I took it as a no. "Then I'm not interested." I said and started walking away.

"Whatever."

I told Sibuna that Mara didn't seem to know anything and I was trying to convince her to stop the investigation…yeah, I still have to work on that. Anyway, they all seemed relieved.

"Good." Nina smiled. "Hey, you could come with us tonight." She proposed.

"You're letting me play? Because, you know, you could use someone like me." I said playing it cool.

"Oh, drop the act, weasel." Patricia rolled her eyes. I was going to reply but Nina talked first.

"Eh, no, Eddie." Nina shook her head. "You're not playing but I think that if you want you should get familiar with the tunnels."

"Wasn't I there already?" I asked trying to convince them.

"You were blindfolded." Patricia said. "That doesn't count."

"I did a great job blindfolded. One more reason to let me play."

"No, Eddie. It's too soon." Nina said.

"So we're going down again." Amber fake-cheered.

"Yes, I think I've got it." Fabian explained. "I think I know how continue."

"You think?" Alfie sounded unsure.

"We don't have much time. We have to try tonight."

"I prefer a more secure verb than 'try'. What about winning?" Alfie spoke.

"We'll do our best." Nina said trying to be confident. "So, tonight. 1am in the cellar, ok?"

We all agreed. It was going to be a long night.

I couldn't sleep at all that night. The thought of the tasks and problems that were ahead of us didn't let me sleep. How did the others do this? They could have died, they can die…Patricia, Nina…everyone. And I can only sit by and watch.

"Fabian?" I whispered. "Are you awake?"

"Hm, yes. What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Just checking." I said before turning around and closing my eyes for the 100th time.

I still had to wait an hour. Well, half an hour, because I had to get changed and all that, but it was still too much time. I saw the minutes pass in my phone. I had decided to play some game, but I was still looking at the time every 30 seconds.

12. 22

12. 23

12. 24

12. 25

I couldn't wait anymore and stood up. I should start preparing or I don't know, do anything. The wait was killing me. Fabian heard my footsteps in the room and sat up.

"We still have to wait 20 minutes, Eddie." He told me.

"What is it like down there?" I asked sitting on my bed again.

"Ehm, well, there are a lot of tunnels and we had to solve the tasks to open the next tunnel."

"Yes, I know about that. Tell me more."

"I don't know what else to tell you. You already know a lot. You'll see how it is when we are down there."

I groaned. Have I said how much I wanted this wait to be over? Man…

"We should get going." He said suddenly and I looked at him quizzically, but still followed him.

It turns out we had to go to Nina's room first, because I needed an amulet. She gave me a rock with an animal on it and told me to put it on. She said it was really important, but I wasn't aware of it until we sneaked into the cellar and went into the first tunnel where a light almost blinded me if it wasn't for the amulet.
Now, that's why Patricia was blinded the day we had to polish…

The way until the huge Senet board was not as bad as I imagined. The only difficult thing was crossing a getting to the other side and not fall into hell itself. Sibuna had made a good job and the only danger waiting for us was that damn Senet game.

We arrived and Fabian sat on a big golden chair in front of the board. I have to admit the big statues were scary. Nina, Patricia, Alfie and Amber positioned themselves in front of the board waiting for instructions as I stood next to the giant chair.

"Alright. This is how it works." Fabian started to explain. "Those guards are our opponents. First we make our move, then it's their turn."

"And how do they move exactly?" Alfie asked. I was wondering the same thing.

"We don't know yet. I need to get you all safely onto the other side of the board avoiding any…pitfalls." He said before being interrupted by Alfie saying some kind of joke. "Alright. And remember an Anubis piece can only take you if you are on a danger square. That's the ones with the Jackal on it."

"Like snakes. Snakes and ladders." Nina said. "But what happens after that?"

"Let's hope we never find out." Fabian lowered his voice.

"So not reassured." Patricia spoke making me smile bitterly.

"Ok. Our side moves four squares each time, so that's one square each. So Amber, you go forward one square."

"Me?" Amber said afraid of what could happen. "Alfie said he really wanted to go first."

"I never go before the lady." Alfie said putting his hands on her shoulders and giving them a light squeeze.

"Amber, do it." Fabian ordered her. There was a darker shade in his eyes; he seemed really sure about what he was doing. Amber, on the other hand, turned around and looked at him scared before moving to the next square. We all let sighed relieved when nothing happened to her.

"Ok, Nina, Patricia, move forward one square." Fabian continued. "Alfie, you too."

Nina and Patricia looked at each other, then Patricia looked at me. I was serious and nodded to kind of show her that she nothing would happen to her, because Fabian knew what he was doing. Too many things to say with one look and I don't even know if she got it, but she did what Fabian said as so did Nina and Alfie.

Next, the statues moved. Not very impressing.

"Is that what you got, Frobisher?" Alfie shouted smiling. "This is gonna be a piece of cake." He nudged Amber.

Fabian continued giving them orders. It was going pretty well; no lifes lost yet. Amber and Alfie were on the right side and Nina and Patricia on the left.

"Ok. And finally, Amber, one square forward."

Amber looked down. "But that's the danger square." I looked over at Fabian nervous, but trying not to show it. It was the first time one of them had to step on a Jackel. "How come everyone else gets the safe one?" She looked really scared and I felt awful for not having insisted so much on playing. She could be safe right now.

"I don't have any choice, Amber, please, just do it."

She looked at the statue near her and stepped forward. The statues moved, but none pointed at Amber signaling she was safe. We all smiled relieved.

"Yes! Good job Fabian!" Nina congratulated him. "What now?"

Fabian looked at his notes nervously. "Ehh..Nina, Patricia and Alfie forward one square." I have to say Fabian sounded nothing but nervous. "Amber one square to your left. I know it's a danger square, I'm sorry."

"I really hate this game." Amber blurted out.

"It's ok, I'll be on one too." Nina said.

"Look, if I'm you both will be safe."

What if you're not? I thought, but I wasn't going to say it out loud…that's not really what Fabian needed right now.

"Don't worry, Fabian. I trust you." Nina said looking at him, he smiled in return. Oh, these two…

Nina moved first and then Amber. The statues moved but none of them stopped in front of one of the girls. We were already smiling, but it was too soon to celebrate…One statue moved one last time and faced Nina.

She gasped. "Fabian…? What do I do-" The floor below her disappeared. "No-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

I ran until the limit of the board and heard Fabian yell behind me. "NO!"

No big Peddie moments here, but don't worry they'll come. Things are just starting to get interesting!

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Ps: Sorry for the mistakes, it's late and I'm not English.