Another term was about to start and the only thing Fabian was ready for was to see Nina. He had kept in contact with her for most of the summer. He even went to visit her for a couple days. She showed him around town and introduced him to some of her American friends, who were all sad when he went home. In her last email, she promised that her and Gran were going to come visit him and his family before term started. But after he got her email, he didn't hear from her again. No more emails, no more calls. He couldn't wait to get to the house to make sure she was ok.

His cab pulled up to Anubis House. He got out and ran into the house. He rushed into the living room.

"Is Nina here yet?" He stopped when he saw everybody (Eddie, Patricia, Joy, Alfie, and Amber) sitting there and they all had a sad look on their face. "What's happened? Where is Nina?"

"Miss Martin will not be returning," Victor said coming up behind Fabian.

"Why?" Fabian demanded. "What have you done to her?"

"What makes you think I've done something to her?" Victor asked.

"Sorry," Fabian said. "Force of habit"

"Why isn't she coming back?" Amber asked.

"I'm not allowed to say," Victor said and he walked out of the room.

"Did you guys talk to her this summer?" Fabian asked the others.

"Yeah, we hung out a couple of times," Eddie said.

"You and Nina hung out?" Fabian asked angrily.

"We found out we live pretty close to each other so we hung out and she filled me in on everything." Eddie explained.

"Really?" Patricia asked "Funny you didn't mention that before." Eddie rolled his eyes.

"And then a couple of weeks ago she stopped calling. I didn't hear from her again."

"Same here," Patricia said. Amber nodded.

"So the question is..." Joy said. "What happened to Nina?"

"Maybe she was..."

"She was not kidnapped by aliens!" Amber interrupted Alfie. He frowned. Everyone was quiet.

Upstairs Amber entered the room. Nina's side was bare. She hoped nobody would be taking it. There was a knock on her door. In walked Trudy.

"Trudy!" Amber cried jumping up and hugging her housemother. "Please tell me you know why Nina's not coming back!"

"I'm sorry sweetie," Trudy said sadly. "But I don't. But I do have something for you. Nina gave me this when she came to get the rest of her stuff. She asked me to keep it safe until you came." Trudy handed her an envelope, patter her shoulder and left the room. Amber decided to wait to open it. She wanted the other Sibunas to read it with her.

That evening Amber, Alfie, Fabian, Patricia, Eddie, and Joy sat in Amber's room. They envelope sat in the middle. Everyone was quiet, staring at it.

"Who's gonna open it?" Alfie asked. Patricia looked at the others.

"Well, since we can't decide..." she said. She picked it up, ripped it open, and pulled out a folded piece of paper, but she didn't unfold it.

"Give it here," Fabian said. He took it and slowly read over it.

"Well?" Amber asked. "What does it say?" Fabian took a breath before he read aloud.

Author's Note: This is the first part of this two part short story. Its what I imagine as Nina's reason for not returning to the House of Anubis. 2nd part coming soon. Let me know what you think! :)