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Patricia's POV

"Okay, look for anything abnormal," I commanded. I started searching through his desk drawers.

"Guys, look!" Jerome said. I came over to him, as did everyone else. He was holding some strange looking objects. Puzzle pieces, maybe?

"What are they?" Amber asked.

"I don't know," I answered.

"I say we take them," Alfie said.

"Yeah, but he'll know it was us. If we take them, we'll have to hide them somewhere other than the house," I told him

"What about our lockers?" Joy suggested.

"Okay, we'll take them," I said.

We all went back to what we were doing before. As I was pawing through Victor's drawers, I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. It looked like it was on his desk.

I started looking on top of his desk. After I pulled some papers away, I saw it. It was a long necklace, like Nina's, but it wasn't the Eye of Horus. It was a crystal ball. It looked like something was inside.

I picked it up. The crystal ball made it look like there was a small disco ball over Victor's desk.

Suddenly, a voice came out of the walkie talkie. "Guys! The meeting's over, over,"

I grabbed the walkie talkie and said, "We're getting out of here, over." I took the necklace and ran to the girls' corridor door. The five of us gathered in mine and Joy's room.

"Okay, let's hide the stuff in here for now, and I'll take it to school tomorrow," I said. Jerome handed me his findings, and I waited until they left to take out the necklace. I just wanted to examine it more closely by myself, without everyone crowding around me. I hate being crowded. I don't do well in small spaces.

It was quite beautiful, actually. The necklace, I mean. Like a million tiny diamonds. I put it on, just to see what it would look like. I instantly felt a wave of security come over me. I felt like nothing could hurt me.

I fell asleep with the necklace on.

"Patricia, wake up!" I heard. I jolted up in bed, my hand still clutching the necklace. "Time to get up, Patricia. Hurry up or we'll be late!" Joy said.

I climbed out of bed and walked to my wardrobe. I pulled out my school uniform and ran to the bathroom to get ready. When I walked back into my room, I looked at my alarm clock and saw it was only 8:00. I still had an hour before I had to leave.

"Joy!" I complained. "You could have waited ten minutes!"

"Well, I wasn't sure how long it would take you. Where'd you get that necklace?" she asked. My hand flew the the chain around my neck.

"Oh, that. I got it a couple days ago. Totally forgot about it," I lied. Thankfully, I was a good liar.

"Oh. Well, you might want to hide it under your shirt. Amber would pound you for it," she said.

"Yeah, okay." I tucked the necklace in my shirt. "Come on, let's go get some breakfast." We left the room and walked into the table. Everyone except Nina and Fabian were there. They were probably going to school early.

"Where are Fabes and Nina?" Joy asked as she took a seat.

"Fabian and her went to school early to do 'research'," Jerome said, putting air quotes around research.

"Jerome," I said, annoyed.

"What? You know it's true," he said. I rolled my eyes. I know he's my boyfriend and all, but he's still annoying.

"Do you have those...things," Alfie asked, hinting the objects.

"Yeah, here." I handed one to Mara, one to Jerome, one to Joy, one to Alfie, and I left one for me.

"What are these things, anyway?" Mara asked.

"Puzzle pieces, I guess," I said. "Come on, we should get going. We need to hide these before Victor notices." I stuffed mine in my bag and stood up. I left Anubis by myself, a little bit ahead of the others. I decided this was time to study my necklace.

I pulled it out and held it in my palm. It sparkled in the sunlight. I rolled it in my palm. On one side of it, there was engravings in...Egyptian hieroglyphics. Of course, I thought.

"That's a beautiful necklace." I jumped. Jerome. How long had he been beside me?

"Thanks. When did you come up here?" I asked.

"A few seconds ago," he answered. "You okay?" he asked as he put his arm around my shoulders.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why?"

"You seem a little tense."

"Okay...?" I said. I tucked the necklace in my shirt again. We walked the rest of the way in silence.

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