Eventually Alfie allowed Victor to have the key and was promptly punished for his antics by having to dust the whole house with a feather again the next day.

Now that the party was over, everyone went to their rooms to go to sleep for the night. It was Friday, so fortunately there was no school tomorrow but a very cranky Victor made them go to bed anyway.

Alfie passed out as soon as his head hit the pillow, but Jerome sat awake on his bed and used the moonlight shining in through their window to examine Nina's letter.

He tore open the envelope and pulled out the folded paper inside. The note said 'You're hereby officially invited to become a true member of Sibuna. Meet us in the clearing in the woods at noon tomorrow for the initiation. Bring something valuable to you that you're willing to part with. Happy Belated Birthday! ~Nina.'

Jerome smiled, thinking it was about time they let him join them. They should know by now he would get himself involved in the end anyway. He put the letter in his bedside drawer and locked it, then lied down and fell into a more peaceful sleep than he had had in a while.

The next day…

The morning came and went in a relatively uneventful fashion other than Alfie's complaints about 'teen abuse' after finishing dusting the house with a feather, or most of it anyway. Now it was almost noon and Jerome was searching for something in his room that would be sufficient for the Sibuna ritual.

Alfie was watching and grinning excitedly. "Lewis and Clarke, going on grand adventures together once again. I think I'm going to cry." Alfie joked.

Jerome rolled his eyes but couldn't help smiling in amusement. "Yes Alfred, it's been far too long. Now I can check 'join an Egyptian treasure hunting cult with my best friend' off my bucket list." he replied.

Alfie pouted. "It's not a cult…" he said in Sibuna's defense.

Jerome gave him a look with one eyebrow raised. "You have an initiation ritual and once you get pulled in you can't get out again with all the stuff that starts happening around you." he pointed out, though his tone was amused rather than accusing.

Alfie raised his hands in surrender. "Yeah alright, it kind of is." he consented. He beamed at him. "There's never a dull moment though is there?"

Jerome chuckled. "That's true my good pal. There's never a shortage danger and excitement around here." he agreed.

He picked up a photo of him and his dad when he was only three years old.

Alfie patted his shoulder and then bounced up and down. "Alright, let's go! We have to hurry if we want to make it there in time!" he exclaimed, dashing out of the room.

Jerome shook his head and followed quickly after him.

"No running you two!" Victor snapped at them as they passed him on their way to the door.

"Sorry Victor…" they murmured in unison as they made their way outside and shut the door behind them before the caretaker could ask what they were up to.

Once the two of them reached the clearing, they saw Nina, Fabian, Amber and Patricia already waiting there, a barrel in the center with a fire burning inside.

"About time." Patricia muttered, receiving a hard nudge from Fabian.

"It only just turned noon!" Alfie protested.

Nina gave everyone a stern look that said to be quiet before turning to Jerome. "Alright, first thing's first. Drop the picture in the fire." she said.

Jerome hesitated only briefly before he released the picture and watched it fall into the flames.

Amber held up her right hand. "Now repeat after me. I, Jerome Clarke, promise to protect the treasures of Anubis house and all its secrets." she commanded.

Jerome for once was serious as he repeated what Amber had said. He knew from his dream visions that something big was about to go down again and this was no time for joking around. "Is that it?" he asked.

"Yep that's it. You're now an official Sibuna. Congrats mate." Fabian said.

"Oh joy." Patricia said sarcastically, but in a teasing way. She had agreed as much as the others to let him in, albeit taking a bit longer.

Alfie held up his hand for a high five and Jerome complied before they gave each other a quick one armed hug, both glad to have something else they could share as friends, especially something as cool as this.

"Aww isn't that sweet. Enough with the bromance. Let's get out of here." Patricia suggested as she gave them a look of mock disgust.

Jerome gave her a sly grin. "You're just jealous." he said as he pulled Patricia into a hug. She squealed indignantly and everyone laughed as Jerome let go and Patricia pretended to barf.

"Yeah, we can go now. But first…" Nina said, giving everyone meaningful looks. She put her right hand over her eye. "Sibuna."

Everyone, including Jerome, copied her. "Sibuna." they said in unison.

Night had fallen once more and it was just past 10:00, so everyone had gone to sleep.

As soon as he had fallen asleep, Jerome found himself having another dream. He was walking through Anubis house, heading straight for the front door like he was going out somewhere even though it was dark out. "Find it… find it… the full moon lights the way… the power within… open the door hidden under the falcon's watchful eye… find it…" a voice whispered in his mind. He reached out a hand to open the door…

Jerome wasn't aware of it, but this was no ordinary dream. Alfie rolled over in his bed and blinked open his eyes as he heard their bedroom door creak open. He could just make out Jerome's tall figure in the dark as he walked slowly and silently out of the room.

"Jerome…? Where are you going?" he asked in confusion. He received no answer and Jerome didn't even pause. Alfie frowned but decided it was probably nothing. He yawned and pulled back his cover, getting to his feet and following, curious as to what he was up to now. It was a good thing it wasn't that late and he hadn't been in a deep sleep yet.

He caught up to Jerome, putting a hand on his shoulder from behind to stop him. "Jerome, what are you doing? We don't want Victor to catch us sneaking around after curfew and there's nothing Sibuna related going on right now. You're just going to use the restroom right?" he asked hopefully.

Jerome brushed Alfie's hand off and kept walking towards the door. "Don't interfere…." he murmured.

Alfie furrowed his brows and ran ahead of him, turning around to face Jerome and stopping in front of him to block him from continuing down the hall. He noticed that Jerome was staring blankly ahead and looking straight through Alfie like he wasn't there. "Are you… sleepwalking?" Alfie asked hesitantly.

Jerome only pushed Alfie gently out of the way, then kept moving and opened the front door. He paused briefly then like he was listening to something, his gaze locked on the full moon shining in the night sky outside. Then he moved out of the house and shut the door softly behind him.

Alfie bolted to Fabian's room first and entered without knocking, shaking Fabian roughly.

"Alfie.. wha- what are you doing in here? Why are you waking me up?" Fabian muttered sleepily.

"I'll explain as soon as we get the others! Come on!" he replied urgently. Nolan had also woken up at the noise, and watched them go in confusion, but just shrugged and went back to sleep.

Alfie and Fabian ran quietly upstairs so as not to wake Victor and split up to wake the girls. A few minutes later, the five Sibunas were gathered in the hall.

"This better be good Alfie. A girl needs her beauty sleep." Amber said.

"Alfie, we're all listening. Now just tell us what's happened." Nina suggested calmly.

"I'm not sure it's anything to worry about, but… I just saw Jerome sneaking out. I went to confront him about it, but I don't think he's even awake. I think he's sleepwalking…" Alfie explained.

Patricia rolled her eyes. "You woke us up to tell us that Jerome has sleeping issues? People sleepwalk sometimes." she groaned, just wanting to go back to bed.

Fabian frowned. "Yeah, when they're kids. It's really unusual for teenagers to do it. Besides… with everything we've been through, we can't assume that it's nothing. I say we follow to see where Jerome is going. If he is sleepwalking then he isn't aware of his actions. He could get hurt." he pointed out.

They exchanged looks and then all ran down the stairs and headed outside. With the moon casting its silvery glow across the sweeping lawns they could see Jerome strolling down what appeared to be the path to the library.

"Why is he heading that way?" Alfie wondered.

"Ssh, we have to be quiet Alfie. Let's watch and find out." Nina whispered.

The Sibuna gang silently sneaked along behind Jerome, near enough that they could keep him in sight, but staying far enough back that he wouldn't hear them following him.

Jerome approached the Frobisher library's door and pulled out his lock-picking kit. As if there was a hand guiding him, he picked out one of the picks and quickly picked the lock like he had been doing this for years. He was pretty good at it even awake, but normally he wouldn't have been able to just open the door like that without studying the knob and his new kit for a while first. Of course, these weren't normal circumstances and he wasn't quite himself at the moment. It was like he was on autopilot.

"I think things just got serious. There's only one reason he would be going to the library in the middle of the night." Fabian said.

"This has Sibuna written all over it." Amber agreed.