*I had a tie for the quotes so I put them both down.*

Chapter Six: The Key to Knowledge

"Any fool can know. It is important to understand." –Albert Einstein

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge." –Stephen Hawking

The kids in Anubis House arose slowly the next morning. With all of the excitement of Nina coming back, people, especially Patricia and KT, didn't pay much attention to Victor's usual "It's ten o'clock; you have five minutes precisely, then I want to hear a pin… drop" spiel. The day got off to a slow start.

All of the students slowly made their way to the breakfast table and had small, broken talk that was often interrupted by the yawn of a tired teenager. Trudy came in just as the Sibuna six were finishing up, "Nina love, you have a small letter for you. Hand delivered I presume. No return address." She handed Nina the letter and everyone ran upstairs and sat in their usual little circle.

She opened it and read:

"The key to having the knowledge is not just the drive to want it; it is the ability to hold it. For he who holds the knowledge, also holds its weigh: including the sorrows, joys, tortures, etc. He who holds the knowledge must not sink himself under its weight."

"What do you think it means?" Eddie asked.

"I don't understand," Fabian said. "Who is this? It's not Robert, he would have signed it. So who is it? It doesn't seem like anyone else would know about this…"

"Do you think that it's a trick?" Nina asked.

"A trick about what?" KT asked; she still didn't understand exactly what had happened in the time before she was a Sibuna.

"I'm not sure…" Nina replied in a far off voice.

"Whatever it is, we now have to be extremely careful with our information. We can't go around talking about it, and anything we find stays strictly Sibuna, not that anyone would slip up, but we need to be cautious," Fabian said in his usual over prepared way.

"For once, I actually agree with Fabian," Patricia said. Everyone just stopped and stared at her. That didn't sound like the Patricia they knew. "I'm just saying that, after what happened last term, yes I realize that a lot of it was relationship drama but, we need to look out for one another and Sibuna." Everyone seemed to agree with this newly wise Patricia.

With the end of that discussion and the precaution, the Sibuna meeting ended and they fast walked to make it to school in time, but that just goes to show that not much has changed.

"Protect, not just the Chosen One, but also the Knowledgeable One. He/she is vulnerable to influence. He/she has always been. Your job is to protect; protect the Knowledgeable One."

Eddie was jolted out of his vision. He was sort of glad that he had one; he was beginning to think that he was a broken Osirian. He was glad that he had a vision, but he was also confused. How was he supposed to protect the Knowledgeable One when he didn't even know who he/she was? It was like being told to go and swim in the lake when the closest lake is a couple hundred kilometers away. Frustration filled him, and if he weren't in the middle of history class, he probably would have let out a huge sigh or some other sign of his impatience. Instead he just gripped Patricia's hand tighter to help the anger flow out of him.

He knew he would have to tell the others about his vision after class, but for now he didn't want to think about anything. He just wanted to be Eddie for one moment. He wanted to not have to worry about the world or anything else for that matter. But alas, it was impossible; he was the Osirian. He was here to serve the world. He couldn't just forget about the world, it was his job to remember. It was the job of the Chosen One, the Osirian, and the Knowledgeable One. He knew that he had to find the Knowledgeable One soon.