KayDee-DesignerExtrodinaire- I know right? Haha when they introduced Poppy I was like "Really? You're kidding me right?" anyways thanks for the awesome review 3

I will be following through with a couple storylines from the show, but will still have most likely a different mystery and Trudy will stay. Because Trudy's awesome. Yeah.

Who do you guys think she'll have a crush on?

- Read the summary at the top from last chapter

"Nina! Fabian!" I screamed, running into the house. I ran by Amber and Alfie hugging. Amber saw the blood coming out of my ears and her bright blue eyes widened. I barely had time to acknowledge her before running upstairs to get Nina and Fabian. I slammed right into Mick.

"Watch it squirt!" he said in an angry/ slightly amused tone. I got up and tried to run past him, but he grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

"Mick let me go!" I pleaded.

"What's going on? Why are your ears covered in blood?" he asked, his grip really firm but not to the point where he wasn't hurting me.

"I don't know. Something just happened. I need to talk to Nina and Fabian", I yelled, wrenching my arm out of his grip and running into my room. I saw Nina and Fabian curled up on Nina's bed watching a movie. They looked up startled when they heard the door slam behind me. Before looking at me, Fabian quickly shoved Nina off the bed. Once he saw it was only me, he relaxed. Until he saw my bloody ears and hands.

"What happened to you?" he asked.

Nina stood up. "Fabian, what the heck was tha-" she froze when she saw me.

"I don't know what happened. I was loading up all the puppy accessories and then, I saw your necklace so I grabbed it to give back to you. But then…" I trailed off as I heard a faint screeching noise. It was like the awful noise that hurt me so bad, but less intense. Suddenly, the volume just kept turning up until I was back on the floor, the thick red blood streaming out of my ears. My eyes were squeezed shut in pain so I couldn't see if those monster things were back, but I could definitely hear them. I grabbed the glowing locket and chucked against the wall. "STOP!" I screamed. As soon as the locket left my hands, it was all just instantly gone. I lay curled up on the floor clutching my ears.

"Hailey what happened? You just fell down screaming!" Nina yelled. She and Fabian were both really freaked out.

I scrambled to stand up. "I had your locket and these demons attacked me! They all screamed this terrible sound, and it just hurt so bad". I choked back a sob. Nina came over and hugged me while Fabian got a towel.

"It's gonna be alright. We'll figure this out", she cooed.

"Please don't ever make me touch that locket again", I begged. She nodded her head and Fabian came in with one wet and one dry towel. I wiped off my ears and hands with the wet one and used the dry one to slow down the slow trickle of blood still coming out of my ear. "I should probably go", I whispered. I walked into the living area where Mara and Jerome were watching a movie. And suddenly I was envious. They were normal. Well, Jerome was far from normal but Mara was. She had good grades, a boyfriend, and didn't have to deal with all the Anubis bullshit.

"I'm gonna go for a walk", I mumbled to them before walking out the door. A long time back, Jerome had taken Mara on a date at this little cliff area and asked me to play her some romantic songs for him. He took her in a nice little car, but I ran there. It was almost three miles, but I didn't care. I finally arrived there, out of breath. But my head was almost clear.

I plopped down on the grass, the shade of the abundance of trees behind me and the small gusts of wind keeping me cool from the shining sun. The bright and happy sun almost seemed to mock me. Today was supposed to be such a good day. I got to see Spark and puppies. We had a photoshoot. We spent the day as a house, laughing and joking like a family. And now, all this mystery crap has to come back and mess with us. I took a deep breath and lay down. Suddenly, my phone began to ring. Knowing it was either Nina, Fabian, or Jerome I picked it up.

"Hello?" I sigh.

"Hailey?" the voice said. I couldn't tell who it was.

"Yeah?" I asked warily.

"This is Rufus". Oh crap.

Overcome by a sudden rage at the bastard, I said into the phone with a scary calmness "listen, I'm not in the mood to deal with you and your bull right now".

"I was just calling to wish you a happy birthday sweetheart", he said. I could hear the smirk in his voice.

"Don't do it again, dick", I shot back with an icy venom.

"Is that any way to talk to you great-grandpa?" he asked, trying to use the element of surprise. Well, it failed.

"You mean the great-grandpa who freaking kidnapped me?" I yelled in disbelief. He was so not pulling the family card on me.

He chuckled. "Well, at least I know where you got your ability to hold a grudge from".

"We may be related somehow, but we will never be family. I am not like you in any way, nor do I wish to be".

"No matter your wishes. You know who you are. It's in your genes. Anyways, happy birthday great-grandaughter", he said, his tone becoming serious before hanging up. I chucked my phone against the tree. Fortunately, the case protected it from damage. But still. Who did he think he was, being able to call me again? As all the emotions settled in, I began a slow walk back to the house. Halfway through, a light drizzle began coming down. I didn't care. I walked on. I just kept walking until I got home. For once I ignored everything around me. I just wanted to be home, where I could be as far away from Rufus mentally as possible.

I walked through the door and into the dining room a split second before I heard most of the house rushing to dinner. As we were all sitting and chatting, Mick suddenly stood up, tapping a spoon against his glass.

"Everyone, I have an announcement to make". We all looked up at him, in shock. Mick never had announcements. Taking our silence as a sign to continue, he spoke. "I'm moving to Australia. My whole family is moving there and I got accepted into one of the most prestigious sports academies in the world. I hope you understand". He gave us a sheepish look. Everyone was silent. Sure Mick didn't really have a good friend in the house, but we all cared about him. At that point, nobody really knew what to say.

Finally, Amber broke the awkward silence. "This means going-away party!"

We all broke a small smile over her party enthusiasm. Fabian just patted Mick on the back, and we all began asking about his new sports academy. The one question on my mind was if we'd be getting a new housemate.

Really interested in knowing who you think which Anubis housemate she'll start to have a crush on!

-Read the summary at the top from the last chapter for explanation.