Chapter Two
Here's the second chapter of my latest HOA story. Read and Review! Thanks goes to Weaselette01, who helped me with this story. She's awesome! As always...I own nothing!
Anubis Lounge- A Month Later
Nina's sitting in the lounge, doing her homework, with the other Sibunas. She feels her cell vibrate and pulls it out to see who's texting her. It's from Eddie- he tells her that he's going to the Frobisher Library to do more research. She replies, "I'll be right there! Wait for me!" He sends a text back, "You bet!" She puts her cell back into her bag, packs up her things, and goes to get up. As she goes to get up, she tells them," I'm done my homework, for now, so I'm going outside to enjoy the nice weather." The others look up at her and Amber asks, "You want some company?" Nina responds, "No!" She realizes that she was a little too quick in answering Amber and wonders if she's blown her cover. She quickly recovers herself and says, "No, that's okay. You guys finish your homework and I'll see you all later." She gets up, quickly, picks up her bag, and walks hurriedly out of the room. The others look at each other, with worried looks on their faces. When Fabian and Patricia look each other, they have extremely worried looks on their faces. Amber looks at Fabian and Amber and asks them, "Do you want to talk about it?" They reply back, "What's to talk about? She's only abruptly left a few hundred times in the past month. We know where she goes when she quickly leaves."
Once Nina's outside, she breathes a sigh of relief- they haven't found out about her secret. As she's walking to the library, she makes a mental note to tell Eddie about the close call. She heads to the library and once there, sees Eddie in front of it, waiting for her. They both walk into the library and set their things on a nearby table. They each look at the many books that are in the library and head to opposite ends of the room to get books to read. They get as many books as they can carry and put them on the tables. They sit down and start reading, however, as they read through them, they find nothing that can help them. Then, Nina says, "I think I found something." Eddie marks where he is in his book and gets up to see what she's found. He reads, "The Chosen Two have the Power. They know how to make the Power show itself. The Chosen Two won't be at full power until a ritual is completed. The mystery must be solved in order to do the ritual." He finishes reading and then Nina looks at the margins of the book and sees that there's writing of some kind. She says, "Look at this, there's something written in the margins." She proceeds to read, "The answer to your power lies, in front of your eyes, in disguise. Find the gold as you spin, so that your true destiny may begin." Next to the riddle is a drawing of a golden cross, that has symbols on it. They sit in silence, each wondering what the power is that the book is referring to. Nina asks, "Should we try it?" Eddie replies, "It couldn't hurt!" They stay silent and suddenly they hear voices in their heads, telling them what to do. They stand in front of each other, hold hands, and close their eyes. Instantly, they know what they have to say to release their Powers. Not much happens, so they decide to practice doing it as much as possible, figuring that the more they do it, the stronger they'll get.
Over the next few months, they practice every chance they get. The more they practice, the more glow they can make, the longer it holds and the brighter it gets. As time goes on, they wonder if they should tell the others their secret. It's getting close to dinner time, so they decide to pack it up for the day. As they leave the library, Nina asks Eddie if they should tell the others the truth and he replies, "I think we should, tomorrow. You let Amber know and she can let the others know. Lets meet in your room." She agrees with Eddie's plan and they part ways.
Anubis House- Before Dinner
Once Nina's back in the house, she starts looking for Amber and finds her in their lounge, reading a magazine. She sits down next to her and says, "Amber, there's something that I have to tell you. After lunch, tomorrow, Eddie and I will be in our room, waiting for the rest of you to join us. We have a few things that we can't keep from the rest of you any longer. Tell the others!" Amber tells Nina that she'll be in their room tomorrow and that she'll tell the others to join her. The girls head down to supper, both happy for the truth to, finally, be told.
The Next Morning
They have today off, as it's Teacher's Professional Day, so all of the students are enjoying the free time. Amber sees Alfie, Fabian, and Patricia, and says, "Nina told me last night that, if, we want to know the truth about what her and Eddie have been doing lately, then we have to be in my room this afternoon." The others agree to meet in Amber's room to find out what has been going on with Eddie and Nina.
That Afternoon
Nina and Amber are getting their room ready for the meeting and then they wait for the others to arrive. There's a knock on their door and Nina goes over to open it. She lets Alfie, Fabian, Patricia and Eddie in and tells them all to sit down. Eddie stands next to her and Amber sits down with the others to hear what these two have to say. Nina speaks up first and says, "Before we tell you what we've been doing, we want to explain to you why we haven't told you what we've been up to, until now." Her and Eddie look at one another and then he says," We haven't told you the truth, until now, because we didn't want to risk anyone else getting hurt." Nina continues, "We've only just realized that not telling you all the truth was actually not a good thing. But we've realized that we can't lie to any of you, anymore." The others think about what they've been told and each decide to forgive them. Nina says, "There's this mystery that we have to solve in order to have full power. Recently, we've realized that we can't solve the mystery without your help." Eddie nods his head in agreement. Fabian, Patricia, Amber and Alfie each stand up and say, "I'll help! You know I will!" They sit down and then Amber asks, "So...?" Nina and Eddie look at each other again and both take in a breath to calm their nerves. Eddie speaks, "We've been going to the library, doing research. What we've found out is that when her necklace and my ring join, a glow of light starts appears and then it jumps to us." Nina says, "We can only do it for a few moments because we aren't at full power, yet. The mystery is harder than we thought it was." They look at one another and then they look to Fabian, who says, "Show us!"
Eddie takes his ring off, pulls a gold chain out of his front pocket and puts the ring on the chain. He explains, "I only put my ring on the chain when we do this because it makes it easier for my ring to join her necklace." He walks to Nina, stands in front of her, and then they hold hands. The others look on in anticipation of what's to come. Fabian and Patricia, however, are a bit more nervous about how close Nina and Eddie are at the moment. Nina explains, "There's this spell that we say. We can't tell you anything else." They look at one another and nod their heads, yes. Then, they do what they've been doing for the past few months. However, something different happens. This time, the lights flicker on and off, multiple times. The others see that the ring and necklace are indeed glowing, but something else is happening, Eddie and Nina are LEVITATING. Before the others know it, Nina and Eddie start to glow like the jewelry. They all stare in awe of the sight that's in front of them and are too shocked to say or do anything. After a few minutes, the glow disappears, they land back on the ground, the lights stop flickering on and off, and they lift their heads up and open their eyes.
Once they break apart, they look at the others for their reactions. They wait for someone to speak and finally someone does. Amber says, "That was awesome!" The others agree with her and they start talking about what they just saw. Nina and Eddie breathe a sigh of relief.
The Next Morning
Fabian, Nina, Patricia, Amber and Alfie wake up and see that they each have a mark, of some sort, where their Mark Of Anubis' were. They call an emergency meeting and see that Eddie has one, too, on his right wrist. He looks at each of their marks and asks, "Is this what happened to all of you last year?" and they all nod their heads yes. His eyes land on Patricia's and he notices that her mark is on the same body part as his. He starts to laugh and the others look at him like he's crazy. He pulls himself together long enough to say, "Sorry... I just realized that my mark is on the same body part as Yacker's." The others look at where the two marks are and start to laugh, too. Eddie looks at where the other marks are and sees a few patterns. First, the girls' marks are on their left side and the guys' marks are on their right side. Second, not only do he and Yacker have their marks on the same body part, so do Fabian and Nina, Alfie and Amber. He laughs even harder and says, "Sibuna's a group for couples, isn't it?!" They look confused, so he says, "Each guy has his mark on the same body part as the girl that they are dating." They do as he asks and realize that he's right. They look at each other and start to laugh. Fifteen minutes later, the laughter has stopped and they decide to hang out the rest of the day.
