*Here we go again… introducing the second chapter of House of Knowledge.*

Chapter Two: Letters from the Nile

"It's an awful feeling to know that you're being watched, but not knowing who is watching you or why they are so interested in your business." –Anonymous

Nina kept her mouth shut the rest of the day because she was sure that she was just paranoid. She didn't know of anyone that would have any reason to care about the Knowledgeable One. Few people even knew about Sibuna's little adventures and most wouldn't care; besides, they hadn't said enough information at the table that morning for anyone to figure out what they were talking about. Nina was snapped back into her study session with Fabian when he asked her what the equation for some math problem was. She knew she had nothing to worry about… scratch that she hoped she had nothing to worry about.

Meanwhile, KT and Patricia were up in the room that they shared with Nina working to unlock some of Patricia's powers. KT had a list of methods that was supposed to uncover some of them. They were only on the first one: ink blots. KT held up a multiple pictures of random ink blots that Patricia was supposed to say the first thing that popped into her head. After the tenth one Patricia finally shouted, "I still don't get the point of this KT!"

"You're supposed to see the picture and be able to say something then hopefully that will spark some memory," KT said while rolling her eyes and her sarcastic friend.

Patricia was about to say something back when Eddie walked through the door asking if he was interrupting anything. "KT was trying to be my shrink instead of actually helping," Patricia mumbled as he walked over to join the girls.

KT's jaw just about hit the ground and she was about to make a witty remark when Eddie interrupted, "I'm sure KT's just trying to help and you know that we're all doing the best we can…" he was cut off by Trudy coming through the door.

"Ah… KT I finally found you! This letter came for you today and I forgot that it was in my pocket."

"It's ok. Thanks Trudy," KT said as she took the letter and began to open it as Trudy walked out of the room and closed the door. KT looked at the letter and with a confused look read the return address. "That's weird," she said. "It's from my great-grandpa, but he sent it in the express mail and it only has one line…" she drifted off as Eddie grabbed the letter. Sure enough; it only had one line.

Beware the watcher.

They were about to discuss it when they heard Victor shout, "It is ten o'clock! You have five minutes precisely and then I want to hear a pin drop!" While they didn't hear it, they knew that the pin had hit the floor and that they were due in bed.

Eddie walked out the door and stopped to look back at the girls and said, "You guys tell Nina, and I'll tell Fabian. Maybe they know something." There wasn't much optimism in his voice as he grabbed Patricia's arm and pulled her out the door.

"Ouch! What was that for Weasel!" she shouted.

"I just wanted to have some privacy when I did this…" he said as he leaned in for a kiss.

But just as they were about to seal the deal Nina came through the door of the hallway and let out a little yelp and followed with an, "I'm sorry" as she shielded her eyes and tried to find her way to the door without being able to see. It was not successful because she soon bumped into the table in the hallway.

As Nina tried to resituate herself Eddie gave Patricia a quick peck on the cheek and said, "G'night, Yacker."

"Whatever Weasel," Patricia scoffed back. They went their separate ways and Patricia walked over to Nina and said, "C'mon," and led the girl into their room.

KT was settling into bed when she saw Nina and Patricia walk back in. "Oh, Nina! Perfect! I wanted to show you this," KT said. She grabbed the envelope off of her bed and explained, "This came from my great-grandpa today… express." She took the note out and handed it to Nina. She glanced at it and KT asked, "Do you have any idea what it means?"

Nina nodded and said, "There's something I've been meaning to tell you guys…"

*Who loves cliffhangers? I should be back with the update tomorrow, but it might be a little later than usual. Bye!*