Mara

It was just after breakfast and most of us were still here in the dining area, apart from Eddie, who left for their bedroom, and then Mick, who followed a few minutes later. I could just see in their eyes that they both stayed up all night, and did not get any sleep at all. Jerome's eyes also looked like they were up all night, and before I can stop myself, I ask Jerome, "What did you three do last night? You look like you haven't slept all night?" Jerome replies, "I could not sleep, so I went to Mick and Eddie's room, where I saw them watching a movie, so I joined them. And no, I have not slept all night." "What movie did you watch?", Joy asks him. Jerome replies, "Oh, we watched Star Wars. All of them." "What's it about?", I ask as I have not seen the movie, or even heard of it. "Oh, it's just a sci-fi movie. At least I think it was sci-fi. It was a space movie, as far as I can tell.", he replies. "Okay, was it good?" "Yeah, it was, but it's a movie that I think you girls may not like.", Jerome comments. Nina speaks up, "Well, I have seen Star Wars, and they were not bad movies. But I have to agree with Jerome, it is not a girls' type movie."

We talk about something else for a while, before everyone gets bored talking about unimportant stuff. We were all about to head to our rooms, when I see Jerome was trying to tell us something. He was motioning to Nina, Joy and I to stay behind. Joy and Nina also notice, so we stay behind here at the dining table as Patricia and Amber head up to their rooms.

"So, why did you make us stay here, Jerome?", Joy asks him, in which he replies, "I have told Alfie about last night, and he needs to tell us something." He motions towards Alfie, who whispers "Y-yeah, about that… We can't talk about it here. I can't risk letting the others know." "Know about what?", Joy asks, even though she knows full well what Alfie was talking about. "How about the attic?", Nina suggests, at which Alfie thinks for a moment and agrees.

We all go towards the attic silently, and close the door behind us so that no one will walk in to what we will be talking about.

"So Jerome just told me about you guys wanting to help me find Fabian. Are you sure you want to help?, because I think that I may place you all in danger, and I can't live with myself if ever something bad happens to you guys while helping me." I did not realize that Alfie can get this serious and that he was concerned about us. Joy spoke first, "I will help you, Alfie. To find Fabes." Nina talks next, "I may not know of this Fabian person yet, but I will help you guys, even if my life was at stake." Jerome says next, "Hey bro. You know I'll always be there for you. Partner…" "How about you, Mara?", Alfie looks to me. "Of course I'll help, Alfie. You never know when you may need my expertise."

"Anyway, I'm sorry guys for the outburst I had last night…", Alfie apologizes to us. "No Alfie, it's my fault… I'm sorry, I did not know…", Joy tells him. "Nobody else must know about this. I don't want to put more people in trouble. Please.", Alfie pleads to us, and so we promise him that we won't tell anyone else about it.

"So what was this group Jerome was telling me about?", Alfie asks us, now sounding a little less serious but still… "Oh, yes. It's called Sibuna. We created it so as to help you find Fabian.", I tell him. Alfie looked a little puzzled, and so he asked, "What's Sibuna?" "Oh, it's the reversal of the letters of Anubis.", Nina explains as she smiles toward him. Alfie smiles back at Nina. Hmmmm… There must be something there. Sparks maybe?

"So how do we find Fabes?", Joy asks Alfie. "Honestly guys, I don't know where to start looking. But I was hearing voices in my head last night", Alfie admits. "What did it say?", I ask. "The voice was telling me something about a compass to guide us towards what we're looking for.", he tells me. Then it hit him. "Wait a minute, guys. I think I know what it was all about. He looks around, and after a while, he finds the object that he was looking for. I recognized it as the object that we were supposed to use to play truth or dare. Apparently, so does Nina, Jerome and Joy. "Wait, don't tell me we're playing truth or dare.", Joy starts to say before being interrupted by Alfie. "No, we're not playing truth or dare. But I think this is the compass that will guide us toward Fabian." I thought at first that he was joking, but that was before I looked at the object again. Alfie was still holding it, and suddenly the point began to spin on its own. We all noticed what was happening and honestly, it was getting us all freaked out. The point started to gain speed as it spun around its center, then it suddenly stopped. Then the compass started glowing. I look towards the others, then I realize that Alfie's face looked startled and unmoving. He was staring, but it seemed like he was not seeing anything. He just sat there motionless in front of us, and a second later, everyone else notices what happened. Nobody knew what to do, as we were all either surprised or a little scared about what was happening in front of our eyes. Then the compass point started spinning again, and Alfie snapped out of his trance.

"What happened?", I ask Alfie, in which he stuttered, "uh… I-I saw s-something." "What is it? Is it about Fabes?", Joy asks, and Alfie nods. "Was it another dream?", Nina asks. "I-I'm not sure. But I was in it. At first I heard a girl screaming for help in the woods. I run towards the noise and see it was the ghost girl which I saw here two nights ago. But she was not a ghost in it, guys. She was a real girl. I talked to her for a while and she introduced herself to me. I ask her why she was screaming for help, when she told me that she was looking for the chosen one. But when she saw me, she said that she had found him. Then she told me to go find her older self and ask her about my dreams so that she can help me, as she slowly became older until she became very old, like really old. Then she disappeared, but before that she warned me of a black bird. I looked around and-and… I saw s-something I didn't want to see." He looked terrified at that very moment, and we decided not to ask him about it.

At that very moment, we heard Victor's voice, and we hear him ask Trudy, "Where are the children?". I did not hear Trudy's reply, but then Victor started to walk up the stairs. I thought for sure that we were found out, but I sighed when I heard the footsteps were not getting closer to the attic door. We tried to tiptoe out the attic, but Joy tripped on some of the boxes and hit the floor with a thud.

"Anybody up there?", Victor's booming voice was heard around the whole house, as he now started to walk towards the attic door. We can hear his footsteps get closer, so Alfie goes to hide the compass on the attic, knowing that Victor will capture the object once we were caught with it, and we needed to find Fabian."

Just then we hear the attic door open. It was Victor. "I know you're up there! Come down Immediately!" We knew we were found out, so we decide to all go down as Victor was waiting at the door.

"Miss Mercer, Miss Martin, Miss Jaffray, Mr. Clarke and Mr. Lewis. Wait here as I decide upon your punishments." Victor walks up to the attic, looks around for a second, and comes back down. "I have decided upon your punishments." I thought I saw Victor smile, and when he told us what we needed to do, I knew why.

"Miss Mercer, Miss Martin and Miss Jaffray, clean all the furniture in Anubis house with this." He hands us one feather each, then he adds, "I want to see them spotless when I walk down tonight. Mr. Clarke and Mr. Lewis, you two will be cleaning the school's toilets with this!" He hands them a worn-out toothbrush each and walks toward his office, looking content.

"I'm sorry I have to put you into this trouble.", Alfie tells us after Victor went inside his office. "It's okay, Alfie.", Nina replies and smiles toward Alfie. Alfie smiles back, and I knew then and there that there were mutual sparks there. They just look so right for each other.

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