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Welcome Back!: Chapter 18

Nina's POV

"It says 'Horus lies up above, Ra lies below, the light that shines at first light'," I said.

"What?" Patricia asked.

"I don't know. I think we need to call a Sibuna meeting," I said.

"Okay, I'll get Joy and Mara," Amber said.

When Amber had left, Patricia asked, "Can I have it back?"

"Why?"

"Because I...I like it. I think it's beautiful," she said.

"It is beautiful, but I think there's something dangerous about it," I said. "I'm getting a bad feeling about it."

"Well, can I have it after we discuss it? You know, to keep it safe?" she asked.

"I guess," I said. "I'm going to get the boys."

I knocked on Jerome and Alfie's door. No answer. I peeked inside. They weren't there. They were probably in the kitchen.

I knocked on Mick and Fabian's door. Fabian opened it.

"Hey," he said.

"Hey. We're having a Sibuna meeting," I said.

"Oh, okay." He stepped out of his room and shut his door.

"Aren't you going to get Mick?" I asked.

"He's in the kitchen," he said.

"Of course he is," I said. He laughed.

"I'll get him. You go upstairs," he said.

"Okay." He started to walk past me, but I stopped him.

"What?" he asked. I kissed him. When we broke apart, he smiled. "What was that for?" he asked.

"I haven't done that all day," I said. I walked up to my room. All the girls were there.

Soon, the boys came up.

"So, what is it?" Jerome asked. I noticed he was standing awfully close to Patricia.

"We found a clue. I don't know if we were supposed to yet, seeing as we haven't figured out the other clue yet," I said.

"Well, that other clue wasn't really a clue. It was more of a-warning. Besides, we decided that was Corbierre, right?" Fabian asked. I nodded. "Well, the necklace was in Victor's office, so maybe it was leading to this clue."

"Well, I hope your right. I really don't want to touch Corbierre ever again," I said. This triggered a few giggles. Mick and Mara were confused. "Last year, I kind of had a bad experience with Corbierre," I said, trying to make them understand. But they were still confused.

"She had to twist his head off," Patricia said. "Just thinking about that makes me shiver," she said.

"At least you weren't there," Fabian said.

"At least you didn't have to twist his neck," I said. "Which, now that I think about it, you really should have done because it was your idea, after all," I said.

"Can we get back to the clue, please?" Jerome asked. I forgot all about that.

"What was it again?" Mara asked.

"Horus lies up above, Ra lies below, the light that shines at first light," I said.

"Well, the light that shines at first light probably means the sun," Fabian said. "Where's a sun at?"

"In the sky, duh," Amber said. She was filing her nails. Oh, Amber.

"Amber, maybe if you listened, you would understand," Patricia said. Was Jerome's arm around her? Possibly.

"Well, that's where a sun is!" Amber defended herself.

"Yes, but we can't touch that sun. We can barely look at it without going blind!" Jerome said.

"Anyway, does anyone know where a sun is?" I asked.

"The attic!" Amber said. Thank you, Amber!

"Yes, of course," I said. I stood up and walked to the attic door.

"Wait! How do you plan to get in without a key?" Mara asked.

I stuck my bobby pin in the hole and picked the lock.

"Oh, okay then," Mara said. We walked up the stairs and to the window. I looked up. Sure enough, there was the Eye of Horus. I looked at my feet. There was a picture of a hawk with a sun disk over it's head carved into the floor. I can't believe I never noticed that.

I brought my locket up to the Eye of Horus pressed it against the shape. It glowed red, then faded. A compartment opened up. It looked big enough for someone to fit in. I tried to reach up, but it was out of my reach.

"Here, I'll do it," Jerome said. He walked over and stuck his hand in. A few seconds later, he said,"There's something up there. I can't quite reach it though." He brought his hand down. "Someone will have to go up there."

"I'll do it," I said, after a minute of people exchanging glances that said "I'm not going up there."

Jerome lifted me up, and I couldn't help but smile at the slight scowl on Fabian's face. So cute.

When I was high enough, I pulled myself through and sat with my legs hanging down. I looked in front of me and there was a carving of the same hawk with the sun disk over it's head. Behind it, was a cane type thing. I reached over, trying to grab it, but I almost fell.

I pulled my legs up and used them for support as I climbed to the other side. Now I could reach it. I grabbed it. When I did, it pulled on a string and below me I heard someone scream, "Ahh!"

I looked down, and saw...

That's all for now. Sorry for the wait, I've had so much homework, not to mention I started rereading the Harry Potter books.

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