Chapter 8: The Riddle

Patricia smiled in relief, finally something had been found that would help start to solve this quest and it was Patricia who had found that something. As Patricia read the riddle and took a glance at the time on the clock, she decided that she had to let Eddie know that she had found a riddle right away. Patricia was determined to do so and seems the clock was about to strike ten o'clock, she knew that she had to hurry and immediately took off in a sprint, heading towards the stairs.

"Eddie, Eddie" Patricia yelled as she ran towards the staircase and down the first few steps.

As Patricia ran down the last few steps, Eddie was just coming out of his bedroom to see what his girlfriend wanted. When she got to the final step though Victor was stood at the bottom of the staircase, with his arms crossed, shooting Patricia a glare.

"Miss Williamson the clock is about to strike ten o'clock go to bed immediately" Victor ordered.

"But I need to talk to Eddie" Patricia argued. "It's important" she added.

"If it's that important then you will remember to talk to him tomorrow about whatever it is" Victor replied. "Bed now" he then yelled.

"Ughhh" Patricia groaned and she began to stomp her way back up the stairs, leaving Eddie stood outside of his bedroom door looking rather confused.

"Mr. Miller go to bed now" Victor then told Eddie as he got ready to make his pin drop.

Patricia sat on her bed in the darkness. There was no way that she was going to sleep until she had shown Eddie the riddle. She was currently waiting for her room mates to fall asleep, so she could sneak out of her room and then past Victor. It didn't take long for Patricia to know that it was safe for her to sneak out of the room because she could soon hear the sounds of Mara's heavy breathing and Joy's snoring. Sneaking out of her room was easy; the only hard part for Patricia was creeping past Victor's office and down the first few steps. But due to Sibuna's adventures through the years, Patricia was now kind of a pro at it.

When Patricia reached Eddie and Fabian's bedroom door she didn't even bother knocking, like usual, she just walked right it. It surprised her that the two boys weren't tucked up in bed trying to fall asleep. Instead the bedroom light was still on, Eddie was sat on his bed doing something on his laptop whilst Fabian was layed on his bed reading a book. Patricia just guessed that since Victor's office wasn't on the boy's floor, it made it much easier for them to stay up.

"Patricia, why did you come back down? If Victor catches you he's going to go insane" Eddie told her.

"I don't care about that" Patricia replied. "I had to show you this" she told him, flashing up the piece of paper that she had found.

"What is it?" Eddie asked.

"It's a riddle, I found it in my shoe" she answered.

"No way" Eddie exclaimed, immediately jumping up from his bed and standing by Patricia's side to get a closer look at the riddle.

"How did it get in your shoe?" Fabian suddenly questioned.

"Well this sounds absolutely crazy but maybe the dead corpse put it there when it grabbed my foot earlier" Patricia suggested, finding it hard to believe herself.

"That actually wouldn't surprise me after everything that's happened today" Eddie said, agreeing with her.

"So what does the riddle say?" Fabian asked and that was when Patricia began to read it out loud.

'He who builds me doesn't want me,
he who buys me doesn't use me,
and he that uses me doesn't know he's got me'

"I have no idea what that means" Eddie said honestly. "I think we may need to research it, like we always do or something" he added and Fabian nodded.

"If that's the riddle that were supposed to start on, then what was everything the dead corpse told you in the mausoleum about?" Fabian questioned and Patricia shrugged.

"Perhaps it was supposed to be Erica's prophecy, you know like what happened in Harry Potter" Eddie suggested.

"I don't think prophecy's are usually like that" Fabian frowned.

"Okay whatever it is I'm sure we will figure it out" Eddie replied, finally gaining that bit of hope to feel like he could solve this quest. "It's getting late, Patricia you should go back upstairs before Victor catches you out of bed" he told her.

"No. I want to stay up and help you solve the riddle" Patricia whined "Actually, I've done enough for one day, good night" she told them, changing her mind rather quickly as she left the room.

"Hey, wait up" Eddie called quietly after Patricia as he followed her out into the hallway.

"What is it?" Patricia questioned as she stopped walking and turned around to face him.

With that Eddie wrapped his arms firmly around Patricia's waist and leant his head down, kissing her lovingly on the lips. Patricia's arms instantly found their way around Eddie's shoulders as she felt the warmth of his lips on hers.

"Thanks for everything you did today" Eddie murmured against her lips.

"Thanks for saving me from losing my foot" Patricia joked.

"I was totally your superhero" Eddie teased, making Patricia roll her eyes at him as he kissed her once more.

"Night Eddie" Patricia smiled.

"Night Yacker" Eddie replied with a goofy smile on his face as he watched her walk back up the stairs.

Patricia jumped a little when she reached the top of the stairs. The attic door was wide open and Erica was stood in the doorway with her hair brushed up and over her face.

"Erica, what are you doing up?" Patricia asked.

"I think I can ask you the exact same thing" Erica replied.

"Oh, I had to talk to Eddie and Fabian about something" she explained and Erica just nodded.

"Well I was just going to the bathroom" Erica smiled as she then walked past Patricia, heading towards the girls bathroom.

Patricia stood there with a frown on her face for a moment, not really sure whether to believe Erica or not. Was what Willow said earlier about something not being right with Erica true? Had she changed since this morning?

A/N: So thank you to the two people who reviewed the last chapter…shall I continue to write this story or not? Please review x