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I'm updating again! Sorry, I would have updated yesterday, but I had to go to my aunt's house, which I had no idea I was going.
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Mara's POV
We walked onto the moore of Anubis house. I couldn't walk very well, so Fabian and Nina were helping me. We walked through the doors. I sighed with relief. I was so glad to be back. Mick walked out from the common room.
"Mara!" He exclaimed when he saw me. He picked me up and spun me around. As soon as he set me down, my ankle popped.
"Ow!" I screeched. Pain shot up my leg.
"Are you alright?" Mick asked.
"No! My ankle. I can't walk." I told him. He picked me up bridal style, relieving some of the pain. He took me to my room and laid me down on my bed. Patricia looked up from the magazine she was reading and saw me.
"Mara!" she said. She came over and gave me a hug. "I've missed you so much! How are you? Are you hurt?" she asked.
"I've missed you, too, Patricia! I'm fine, just a sprained ankle, I think." I said. After I said that, Joy walked in. She looked over and saw me.
"Mara, you're back!" she exclaimed. She walked over and hugged me. Patricia sat down on the edge of my bed, and Mick sat in my desk chair. Victor walked in.
"Hello, Miss Jaffray. I'm glad you're back." Victor said, smiling. He was being really creepy lately. "I have some business to discuss with you, Miss Mercer and Miss Williamson." Mick got up in left.
"What do you want to tell us?" Joy asked.
"One of you needs to move up into the attic. We are having it cleaned. I will give you three one day to decide who will be moving." Victor told us. We nodded and he left the room.
"Well, who wants to move up to the attic?" I asked. Patricia and Joy looked at each other, then shook their heads.
"I don't. It's probably haunted and has rats running around." Joy said.
"I'd rather not." Patricia said.
"Well, I guess I'll go then. Nina did say she thought it was pretty cool." I said. I wasn't reallyy happy about moving up to the attic, but Patricia and Joy are best friends, so I don't really have a choice.
"Um, no, that's alright. I'll move up there, if you don't want to Mara. Old, creepy stuff is kind of my scene." Patricia said.
"No, I want to move up there." I said. I was starting to like the idea more and more.
"Okay, then. Mara will move up to the attic. Guess we better go tell Victor." Joy stated.
"I'll tell him." I said. I stood up, then pain shot up my leg. "Ouch!" I screeched. I forgot my ankle was hurt.
"Are you okay?" Patricia asked, worried. I sat back down on the bed.
"Yeah, I am...now." I said.
"I'll go tell him." Joy said. She stood up and walked into the hallway.
"I'm going to go get you an ice pack." Patricia said. She left the room.
Joy's POV
I walked over to Victor's office.
I was about to knock when he quietly screeched, "No! They won't find out Eric. They don't suspect anything."
I crouched down and scooted to the side to hear more of the conversation. "Of course I know that! These little brats don't suspect us doing anything. They think they solved the only mystery their was. No need to worry. No need at all." I heard him say. I heard a muffled voice, which I assumed was Mr. Sweet's. I couldn't quite make out the words.
"No, they won't find out. I highly doubt they would want to get involved in another mystery. Especially one that could put them in even more danger than last year." Then I heard more muffled talking. "Goodbye, Eric." I heard the phone hang up.
"The children are going to be real pests this year, Corbierre. I can feel it." Victor said to Corbierre. I ran back into the girls' corridor and knocked on Nina and Amber's door. Amber opened it.
"Can I come in? I have something really important to say tell you guys." Amber stepped back a bit and welcomed me inside. I walked in and turnded to see Nina.
"Joy, what's up?" Nina asked.
"Okay, well, it's about Victor. I over heard him talking to Mr. Sweet on the phone. They were talking about another mystery. And how we wouldn't want to get involved because it could be more dangerous than the one last year."
"What?" Amber said, shocked. "I really didn't like being involved last year, and I certainly don't want to be in another one. But, at the same time, I want to be a Sibuna because then I'll know what's going on." Amber was talking to herself. I don't know how Nina puts up with that. Well, I don't really care what happens to Nina. If she would happen to disappear like I did, I would have Fabes and she would be gone and I could do exactly what she did to me. Woah, wait. Why am I thinking like this? Nina seems nice. And, she didn't mean to do that to me, it just happened like that. I can't help wondering where Fabes and I would be if I hadn't disappeared. Would we be dating now? Unfortunately, I would never know the answer to this question.
"We need to have a Sibuna meeting. Plus we still have to initiate Jerome, Joy, Mara, and Mick into Sibuna."
"I'll go tell everyone." Amber said. She left the room. While Amber was gone I decided to talk about Fabian.
"So, you like Fabes, huh?" I said, putting my hands in my back pockets.
"Um, yeah. It it really that obvious?" she asked, not making eye contact. Wonder why?
"Yeah. You guys did kiss last year." I said. She gave me a little have smile.
"Is something wrong?" I asked her. She seemed a bit uncomfortable. Not that I'm complaining, but she might know how to win Fabes over.
"No, everything's fine. Well, actually, there's something I need to know and I was hoping you could give me the answer. It's about Fabian." she said.
"I'll give it a shot." The truth is, before I disapeared, it seemed like Fabian was drifting away from me. And now that I'm back, it feels like I've completely lost him. But, I'm sure that's just my imagination. Fabes is still into me, right? Right.
"I was wanting to know if..." she was interupted when everyone burst in through the door. I moved over towards the shelf with the little glass houses on them. They were Nina's, I assumed, since they were on her side of the room. Fabian sat down next to Nina. I felt a wave of jealousy wash over me. I just wanted to run up to him and kiss him so badly. But, I have to talk to him about Nina first.
"Joy, tell everyone else what you told Nina and I." Amber commanded. I repeated what I told Amber and Nina to everyone.
"So that's why Victor's acting all creepy! He has another mystery going!" Amber had a 'eureka!' moment.
"Yeah, well, I think we should have a vote on who gets to be in on the mystery, just in case some people don't want to be in it." Nina said. I saw Fabian look at her with a look in his eye. A look I used to see when he looked at me. "Anyone who doesn't want to be in Sibuna, leave the room. Everyone looked around to see who would leave. No one did.
"Okay then, looks like we'll all be in on the mystery. Now, Nina and I found the first clue at the supper table this morning." Fabian said. I love his voice. "And, when we rescued Mara, we saw a bunch of hieroglyphics and writing in a diferent language. I think it was Dutch."
"I think that the writing has to do with the clue, because there were a lot of eyes on the wall. And we might have to go there at dawn to figure it out. There's probably something you can only see at dawn." Nina said.
"Well, do you remember the writing?" Mick asked.
"Um, sort of. It said-" Fabian started, but Nina interupted him.
"Wait! Before we tell you, we need to initiate Mick, Mara, Jerome, and Joy into Sibuna. So that way we know we can trust you." Nina said.
"Great! Let's go out to the meeting spot and start the initiations! I already have everyone's things." Amber said. She happily skipped out of the room. Next it was Jerome, then Mara, Mick, Alfie, Patricia, Nina, Fabian, and lastly me. I wanted to keep an eye on Nina and Fabes.
We walked out onto the moore of Anubis house. We walked into the woods and found a walkway. Nina and Fabes were walking rather close, and I got closer to them so I could hear what they were saying.
"...on the internet." I heard Fabian finish.
"Well, yeah. But, we'll have to go back there to make sure we're right. And we have to go there at dawn."
"I know. School starts in two days. What if it takes a while to decode what it says? Then we'll either have to ditch school or only go on weekends." Fabian told her.
"Well, we could ditch school one, maybe two times, but if we did it anymore, they would get suspicious." Nina said.
"Yeah, you're right. They would know something was up if it was one of the 'good kids' that ditched. As in, you, Mara, me, and Amber." Fabian said. At that point, we had reached the meeting spot and everyone filed out to a different log. Nina and Fabian sat across from each other. I took this as my chance to talk Fabes out of this whole 'Nina drama', as I called it. I walked over and sat on the same log as Fabes.
"Hey, Fabes." I said as I sat down.
"Hey." he said, avoiding eye contact. I followed his gaze and realized that he was looking at Nina who was talking to Jerome. I looked back at him. His face had jealousy written all over it. I knew it was going to take some work to pull him out of this trance he was in.
"Okay. Everyone, please stand." Amber started. Everyone stood. I tried to touch Fabian's hand, but he put them in his pockets before I could. "Okay, now all new Sibuna members, step forward. Jerome, Mick, Mara, and I took a few steps toward the fire.
Amber reached into the big bag she was carrying and pulled out a football (soccer ball in America) and passed it to Mick.
She then took out a science book and passed it to Mara.
Next, she took out a "Pranks Weekly" magazine and gave it to Jerome. Lastly, she took out my favorite Twilight poster.
"Now, everyone throw the sacrifices into the fire." Amber told us. We all looked at her, shocked.
"No! I can't. I haven't finished reading this one yet!" Jerome sqeaked.
"This is my autographed football. The only autographed football I have! I can't!" Mick screamed.
"I'm can't! This is my most favorite poster I've ever gotten!" I yelled.
"No! No, no, no, no, no. I'm only halfway through the second chapter!" Mara screeched.
"If you want to be a Sibuna, you have to do it." Amber told us. I frowned and threw my poster into the fire. Then, I stepped back next to Fabes.
Mara looked around desperately, trying to find an excuse, but she evntually nodded and threw her book into the fire. Then, she stepped back next to Amber.
Jerome closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then threw his magazine into the fire. He took a step back to Nina.
Mick felt around frantically in his pockets. With nothing else to sacrafice, he reluctantly threw in his football. Then, he stepped back next to Fabian.
"Joy, step forward, please." Amber said. I took a step forward. "Repeat after me. I, Joy Mercer, being of sound and mind, promise to protect the treasure of Anubis house and all its secrets."
"I, Joy Mercer, being of sound and mind, promise to protect the treasure of Anubis house and all its secrets." I repeated. Everyone else did the same. We all walked back to the house, Amber in the lead.
~Back at the house~
We got back just before supper. That night, we had spaghetti. Of course, Jerome and Alfie started a food fight. Before I knew it, there was spaghetti in my hair and all over my top. I left the room to take a shower. After my shower, I went down to talk to Fabes. I knocked on the door.
"Come in!" I heard Fabian say. I opened the door and stepped inside.
"Hi, Fabes." I said.
"Hey." he said. He was on his laptop.
"Fabian, there's something I want to talk about with you." I told him. He looked at me, closed his laptop and looked up at me.
"What do you want to talk about?" he asked.
"I wanted to talk about us...and Nina." I told him nervously.
"What do you mean?" he asked, clearly confused.
"Well, I was just wondering...if you like Nina?" I asked.
"Well, yeah. Everyone does." he replied. He obviously didn't get what I was saying.
"No, I mean...as more than a friend." I said nervously.
"Oh, um..." he started, a blush forming on his cheeks. Then, at that exact moment, Nina came in.
"Oh, sorry, I should have knocked. Um, did I interupt something?" she asked.
"No, no, of course not." Fabian told her.
"I think I did, so I'll just...come back later." she said as she left the room.
"So, as you were saying...?" I urged.
"Oh, right. Um...yeah...I do." he told me.
"You don't sound like you're sure." I said. I was hoping he was just saying that.
"Well, it's...just kind of awkward...to talk about." he stuttered.
"Why is that?" I asked.
"It's just...no one really asks about my personal feelings...except her." Fabian said refering to Nina.
"Well, I care about you." I said.
"You do?" he asked, suspicion in his voice.
"Of course." I said, flashing him a smile. He gave me a half smile in return.
"What did you mean before, when you said you wanted to talk about...us?" he asked. My smile disappeared.
"Oh, that. It's just that I...I thought you...liked me." I said.
"Well, of course I like you. You're one of my good mates." he told me. Good mates? I thought we were more than that, but I guess not.
"No, I mean, I thought you liked me as...more than a friend." I said.
Oooh, a cliffy! This was a really long chapter and I figured I could rap it up there. You won't know what Fabian's response will be until I update again. I will update ASAP.
The reason it took me forever is that I had to go to my aunt's house (as mentioned above) yesterday, and today I had to go to my best friends house (I was planning to finish writting this last night, then publish it today before I left). Again, I'm sorry it took so long. School is starting this Wednesday, so it'll be a lot harder for me to update. Plus, I'm helping my sister move into her apartment on the 21st (which is also my birthday, and Brad Kavanagh's).
Oh, yeah, one more thing: Review please!