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Alfie's Secret: Chapter 4
Alfie's POV
I walked through the school hallway to the drama room.
I sat down next to Ambs.
"Hey, beau!" she said as she kissed my cheek.
"Good morning, guys!" Mr. Winkler said.
"Morning," we all moaned.
~End of Class~
"I want you all to write down your deepest secret. Tomorrow I'll explain why," Mr. Winkler said. Our deepest secret? I don't think I could do that. But it would feel good to get it off my chest.
I know! I'll write down my deepest secret and another not-so-deep secret. Then I'll decide which one I want to use later.
I walked back to the house by myself. I needed to write down my secrets to get them off my chest.
When I walked in, I saw Patricia walking from mine and Jerome's room and into the dining room. I walked in to my room. Jerome was sitting on the bed.
"Hey, mate!" he said, a little too happily.
"You seem happy," I said, throwing my bag on my bed.
"Yep! I have no Idea why, though," he said, stressing the no.
"Jerome, is there someone special?" I asked, taking off my tie and opening my desk drawer for a piece of paper.
"What?" he asked.
"Is there someone you have a crush on? Because, as your best mate, it is my job to know these things." I found a few pieces of paper in the drawer. I took one out and grabbed a pen.
"No. Why?" Jerome was guarded now.
"Sorry, mate. Didn't mean to ruin your good mood. You know, you've been having a lot of good moods lately." I saw Jerome out of the corner of my eye. His expression changed from mad to shocked, then unreadable.
"Well, my life is going great right now." He just stared at me blankly. Finally, he stood up and walked out, already changed.
I wrote down two of my secrets and stuffed them in my bag. I grabbed a T-shirt and jeans to change into. When I was done in the bathroom, I threw my clothes into my bedroom and headed straight for the dining room. I sat down in my usual spot. Everyone else was already there, except Fabian. He was probably doing homework or reading.
"Trudy?" Amber asked. Trudy wasn't in the kitchen, where she usually was at this time. Nina got up and walked into the laundry room.
"Nope, she's not in here," Nina said, coming back into the room.
"I'll go check upstairs," Amber said. She left the room to look for Trudy. Nina took her seat and we waited. And waited. And waited.
"I'm going to go check on her," I said, standing up. Fabian wasn't here either.
I went upstairs to Trudy's room and knocked. No answer. I knocked again, and the door opened a crack. I pushed it open the rest of the way and stepped inside.
"Trudy? Amber?" I called, but no one answered. I turned around and walked to Amber and Nina's room.
"Ambs? You in here?" I asked as I opened the door. She wasn't there either. I opened Patricia and Mara's room. Nope, no one.
I rushed to the attic door. I guess it was Mara's room now, but whatever. I threw open the door and climbed the steps. No one. As I turned to run back downstairs, I heard knocking. I turned around, and realized the knocking was coming from behind the secret panel (it had been fixed).
I ran over to it and started to push. I knew it wouldn't work, but I still tried. Just when I was about to give up, it swung open and I was pushed inside. It closed very quickly.
"Alfie!" Amber screamed. She knelt beside me. "Are you okay?" she asked.
"Yeah, I guess." I sat up. Trudy was there too.
"Did you see who pushed you, sweetie?" Trudy asked.
"No." I reached into my pocket for my phone, but it wasn't there. Then I remembered I left it in my bag. Oh, great.
"Do you have your phone?" Amber asked hopefully.
"No, I left it in my bag downstairs," I said.
"Oh no!" Amber slumped. "I forgot mine too."
~Nina's POV~
Still no sign of Alfie, Amber, Trudy, or Fabian. I was getting really worried.
"I'm going to go look for them," I said.
"I'll come too. I have a feeling we shouldn't go one by one," Jerome said, standing up.
"Okay, let's go check Fabian's room." We walked to Fabian's room and walked in. Fabian was sleeping in his bed. I shook him gently. "Fabian," I whispered. "Fabian," I whispered again, louder. Jerome shook Fabian violently.
"What?" Fabian asked, sitting up. When he noticed us, he asked, "What time is it?"
"Time for suppper, but we can't find Trudy. Then Amber went looking for her and never came back. Then Alfie went looking, and he hasn't come back," I said.
"Maybe they're in the attic." Fabian stood up.
"Why would Trudy be up there?" Jerome asked.
"Maybe someone was up there and she went to investigate. Same for Amber and Alfie," Fabian exlained.
"Well, then let's go check," I said, walking towards the stairs. They followed closely behind me.
When we got to the attic door, turned the knob to find it unlocked. I opened it and walked up the stairs. No one was up here.
"Maybe they're in your room," Jerome said.
"Maybe they're behind the panel," I said, pulling out my locket.
"Why would they be there? Only you can open it," Jerome said.
"The house could have done it. It opened the passage to the cellar," I said. I walked over and pressed my locket up against the Eye of Horus indentation. It glowed red, then opened. I saw Amber, Alfie, and Trudy before it shut again.
"Fabian, get the piece of wood we use to hold it open," I said. When he found it, I said, "Now get ready to shove it in there." I opened the panel again and Fabian jammed the wood in.
"Nina!" Amber said, rushing out and hugging me." Thank you so much!"
"My pleasure," I said. Trudy and Alfie came out. A question accured to me. "How did you get in there?" I asked.
"I don't know. I heard knocking, so I pushed on it. Then, when it opened, for some strange reason, I was pushed inside. It closed before I saw who it was," Alfie said.
"That's odd," Fabian said.
"Yeah. I say we go back downstairs before something happens to all of us," Amber said. Suddenly, the house started to shake. We all got to the ground. "Oh no!" Amber screamed over the rumble. Suddenly, the floor gave.
~Alfie's POV~
We all fell. Amber was screaming as we fell. The last thing I remember was hitting my head, hard. Then everything went black.