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Eddie took another bite of his sandwich. He was in his dad's office, they were having lunch together. A new tradition they were going to try out, to try and get closer, to try and bond. Mr Sweet continued "I've been getting very good reports back from your mother, she seems very impressed with Patricia." He gave a little laugh. "Why did you to break up?"

"Ask Patricia," Eddie grumbled, trying to stay neutral as he took another bite

"Oh well, there's plenty more girls in the…sea..." Mr Sweet frowned as Eddie laughed, he shrugged "You know what I mean. Anyway, it might be wise to focus more on your studies this term anyway."

"Can't wait." Eddie said sarcastically, forcing a smile onto his face.

"Speaking of which, how's the new teacher…Miss Denby?"

Eddie took a sip of orange juice "She's fine. Making us do this family tree project thing…"

"Family tree thing?" Mr Sweet asked, watching his son stuff more crisps into his mouth

"History class, wouldn't it be hysterical if they found something totally embarrassing about our family?" he laughed at his own joke, shaking his head at the thought. But Eric looked much more serious, he looked worried.

"So every person in your class is doing this project investigating their ancestors?"

"Yeah, what?"

"No! No! No!" Mr Sweet cried in outrage, his face turning red and his eyes almost watering "No, no, no!"

"Dad? What's up?" Eddie asked, leaning forward, concerned. But before his father could respond, the bell went, they both looked around, as if they had forgotten they were in a school.

"Ah," Mr Sweet busied himself, saved by the bell, and stood up "Right um, get back to class I think," he moved around his desk as Eddie stared down at his unfinished food.

"I have a whole-"

"Come on, come on, come on!" his dad called, opening the door to his office "Class awaits, go go go," and he pushed his son from the room, closing the door in relief. Eddie watched the door slam in his face, truly worried now. He was confused…what was going on with his dad?

He shook his head, walking down the corridor. Where he came face to face with Fabian. Who was stood there, watching him. Holding his bag in his hands. Eddie's eyes widened slightly. "Hey," he whispered, trying to hide the guilt from his voice.

"Y-your bag," Fabian gave it to him, still frozen

"Thanks," Eddie managed, eyeing Fabian warily. Before turning and walking away, but not before looking back over his shoulder a few times, to see Fabian watching his every move. Just then Patricia appeared from outside a classroom and Fabian grabbed her shoulder.

"Eddie had the letter in his bag!" Fabian hissed, produced the piece of paper from his pocket and holding it up for her to see.

"Not really a reason to give me whiplash," Patricia pointed out, turning to face him.

"No, why didn't he give it to me?" Fabian asked "We're friends! We even share a room! He's had the opportunity and look!" he unfolded the paper, and turned it so both he and the red haired girl could view it properly. "It's fake!" Patricia pulled it off him, examining it. "Something's going on," Fabian whispered "It's full of spelling mistakes and she's not ever signed her name at the bottom."

"So Nina gave Eddie a fake letter to give to you?" Patricia asked, frowning, trying to understand it. "And Eddie hasn't? Uh…this doesn't really make sense,"

Fabian plucked the letter from her grasp "No. I think Victor and Sweet are part of this," he whispered to her

"Fabian, what are you talking about?"

"Eddie is Sweet's son, he's so keen to patch things up with his dad, I bet he does whatever he tells him," Fabian's voice was dark and his eyes menacing as he explained his newest conspiracy theory to Patricia, who's face broke out into a smile.

"That really doesn't sound like the Eddie I know," she stated "Why don't you just talk to him?"

"Well we can't! He'll tell Mr Sweet that we're on to them! This letter is a fake!" he waved about the piece of paper "Maybe it all is, the messages I got from Nina!"

"I don't know Fabian," Patricia whispered softly.

Fabian shook his head "Patricia, when Joy went missing, and no one believed you, how did you feel?" he asked, grasping for strings. He needed someone to believe him. Someone who might possibly relate to what he was going through. To what he was missing. Patricia looked down

"Okay," she sighed eventually "What do you want me to do?"

Fabian looked around the empty hallway, "Cover for me, this afternoon, I'm gonna go back to the house and do some snooping,"

"Okay," Patricia whispered, watching him run off down the hall.

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Fabian crept into the house, closing the front door very quietly behind him, and looking up to see Victor's office, he strained his ears. He couldn't hear anything. He jogged quickly and quietly up the stairs, all the time watching. Victor's office was empty, and he pulled the hairclip from his pocket, sliding it into the keyhole. Wow, how many times had he done this before that he was so good at it?

The door opened after a moment of fiddling, and he snuck inside.

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"Um…not everyone is here," Miss Denby stated obviously, sitting comfortably at the front of the class "Does anyone know where the others are?"

Patricia raised her hand "Fabian's at the doctors, its personal, I really shouldn't say anymore than that,"

"Oh," Miss Denby raised her hands to cut her off "Right," she raised her eyebrows, typing it into the register and let the class continue with their family tree projects.

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Fabian pushed the papers around, searching for something, anything that could help. Before he got to his knees, and opened the little cupboard doors, pulling about pieces of papers, then putting them back, so Victor wouldn't get suspicious. When eventually he found what he was looking for.

It was a thin paper booklet, and he opened the cover, to see a picture of Nina. His Nina. His girlfriend, she was dressed in a blue shirt, the forest behind her, a small smile on her face. It was old, he figured, the picture they take for mandatory purposes. He stuffed it into the inside of his blazer, and left the office quickly as he heard Victor's voice.

"Oh Victor!" Trudy called to him, holding a basket of laundry

"Not now Trudy," Victor waved her off, hurrying upstairs. Trudy sighed, rolling her eyes and walking to the laundry room. Victor walked across the landing that Fabian had just run across to hide in the girls corridor, and Victor paused.

His office door was open. He looked around, then seeing nothing, walked inside. "Trudy!" he called, but there was no answer. She couldn't hear him.

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Jerome and Eddie laughed, they were both sat at the back of the class, sharing the blue laptop that belonged to Jerome. Just a row in front sat, Joy, KT and Mara, the three of them sharing a red laptop, with a symbol of ying and yang on the front "Weird," Joy sighed to KT "There's nothing on your dad's side above your grandfather,"

"But there has to be," KT said quietly, Mara leaned forward

"Maybe the records were destroyed or something?" she offered, but her face looked confused.

Patricia sat right on the end and rolled her eyes "Do you guys actually find this stuff interesting?" she asked "I've had more fun, cutting my toenails," Joy rolled her eyes, giving a disgusted face.

"This is so boring," Amber sighed from behind them. She was sat beside Alfie, and looked as though she were about to fall asleep "Just like my birthday!"

Mara and Joy shared a secret smile.

"Ambs, I'm gonna get you the best birthday present ever," Alfie reassured her. Jerome turned from facing Eddie to facing Alfie and Amber, eyes widening in interest. "I promise," Alfie turned to see Jerome watching him. And frowned at his best friend. Just then the classroom door opened and Mr Sweet stepped inside.

"Miss Denby? A word in private if I may?" he asked. Miss Denby stood, smoothing her skirt. And followed him into the doorway of the classroom, so everyone could see them, but no one could hear. Eddie frowned, straightening his back so he could watch. "About this family tree project you've got the class working on,"

"Yes," she smiled. Mr Sweet shook his head

"Close it down." He ordered.

Miss Denby's smile dropped, and was replaced with confusion "But…why?"

"There is no discussion Miss Denby." He said firmly, and quietly "Put a stop to it, or I will." He turned to look at the class, not spotting Eddie's eagle eyes "Is that understood?" Miss Denby nodded, watching him storm off, before she walked into the classroom.

"Okay….everybody, computers off!" she called "The family tree project is cancelled." Eddie frowned

"But why?" Joy asked, Amber grinned from behind them. But KT, Mara and Jerome looked slightly disappointed.

"I have absolutely no idea." Miss Denby sighed, crossing her arms "Orders from above,"

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Fabian had the folder open on his bed, examining all the paper, the picture of Nina, reading through it. When he heard the door open and he closed it quickly, before sighing. "Oh, Patricia," he sighed opening it as soon as she closed the door behind her.

"Find anything?" she asked, Fabian shrugged

"Information about the chosen one, mainly stuff we already know, someone born on a certain day, special powers, blah blah blah. Sarah Frorbisher-Symthe features a lot,"

"Oh! She was the original chosen one," Patricia nodded. "Wasn't she? Before Nina?"

"But no clues as to why they'd want Nina," Fabian sighed. Patricia's shoulders slumped slightly. Before she turned to Eddie's side of the room. And she walked over to his drawers. "What are you doing?" Fabian asked from his bed.

Patricia slid open one of the drawers "You though Eddie was in league with them, I'm just finding out, whether you're right," she turned back to digging through his things. Fabian jumped off the bed

"Patricia! You can't just go through people's things!"

"Watch me," she replied.

"No!" Fabian cried, turning to look worriedly at the door. When Patricia stood in shock, pointing at the drawer.

"No way," She whispered. Fabian gasped. It was Nina's locket, the eye of horus, lying there next to a blue sock. She picked it up and held it in her hands "What is Eddie doing with Nina's locket?" she asked, handing it over to Fabian. Her voice cracked slightly, she sounded hurt.

"I told you," Fabian whispered, rubbing the locket softly "He knows more about her disappearance than he's letting on."

"B-but…he's the osirien. The Osirien and the chosen one are meant to be on the same side!...Aren't they?" she looked to Fabian.

"His role is to protect her." Fabian defined, meeting her eyes. Patricia walked over to Eddie's bed, and picked up his laptop. Opening the lid and logging on. "Ah! What are you doing now?" Fabian asked.

Patricia glared at the screen "Just a hunch." Fabian glanced at the door worriedly, anyone could just walk in. That's what everyone did at Anubis house. "The two timing double crossing little rat!" Patricia cried

"What?" Fabian asked, moving to see what was on the screen

"Yeah! Eddie does have something to hide! They've been emailing each other, look." She clicked on the most recent, opening it and reading it "Eddie I'm sorry, but I'm serious. We can't be together anymore."

"What?" Fabian whispered in shock, his face set in anger. Patricia looked up at him

"Nina and Eddie had a summer romance. And she's given him that locket to remember her by!"

"She wouldn't!" Fabian cut in, standing up

"And now Nina feels guilty and that's why she hasn't come back!" Patricia finished, as if he hadn't spoken. "How could they?" Patricia asked, closing the laptop.

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"You got me a present!" Amber exclaimed, looking up at Willow from her bed. Willow nodded, her hands behind her back. She unwrapped the gold wrapper and pulled out a sheet type thing. "It's beautiful!" she cried, holding it up "Thank you, Willow."

Willow nodded, smiling "It's genuine Indonesian silk. Made from moth silk saliva." Amber froze from examining it. And gently placed it down. Willow didn't notice she smiled happily.

"That's so nice," Amber said through gritted teeth. Willow nodded, looking around the room and stepped closer to Amber

"So…" she began, taking a seat beside Amber "About the room then…I've always been a huge fan, I know we'd get on brilliantly," Amber nodded, when the door knocked. And Mara stepped in.

"Hey," she smiled, before stiffening when she spotted Willow. "Willow." She stated, stepping further inside "What are you doing here?"

Willow shrugged, not meeting her eyes "Moving in!"

Mara gave a laugh "I don't think so." She stated

"But it's meant to be!" Willow cried from her position beside Amber. Amber said nothing, simply widening her eyes at the girl.

"No," Mara shook her head again.

"Yes!" Willow stated, eyes passionate. She stood up.

"No." Mara said again, more calmly.

"Yes!" Willow cried

"No!" Mara said louder. Amber smiled, happy that the both of them were so eager to be her roommate, it made her feel special, and more popular on her birthday.

"Yes!"

"No!" Mara cried, angry. And just then Trudy walked into the half decorated room.

"Hey hey hey!" she cried, earning their attention "What's all the commotion?" she asked. KT walked into the room behind her, holding her boxes of stuff.

"Please may I share with Amber again?" Mara asked Trudy and Amber's smile widened.

"This room absolutely needs me," Willow explained to Trudy. Everyone turned to face Amber. Amber shrugged

"I refuse to get dragged into politics on my birthday." She stated.

Trudy sighed "No Willow, it doesn't, back to your own house please." Mara smiled victoriously. As Willow's face fell in shock.

"I'm sorry Amber." She managed, still horrified, her voice came out high-pitched "I tried my best," she flicked her hair over her shoulder and walked out of the room, down the corridor. It was silent for a moment, before she walked back across the corridor, having gone the wrong way. "I'm sorry Amber!" she called again, before disappearing.

Trudy turned to Mara "I did have KT down for this room," she said softly "But…I suppose,"

Mara's face fell, and she turned to KT. KT struggled under the weight of her stuff, but smiled kindly at Mara "Hey, I'm cool with anything," she grinned.

Mara smiled "Ah! Thanks KT! That's so lovely of you," and her voice was smooth and sincere. KT smiled back sweetly.

"Okay!" Trudy grinned "Good then, KT, you're room's now this way," and Trudy walked from the room, KT followed eagerly. But not before flashing Amber and Mara another smile.

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Jerome peered out from over the sofa, dressed in a white blazer with a blue shirt. His face contorted in pain "Where are they?" he whispered "I'm getting pins and needles!" Everyone else was hidden in the room, with decorations everywhere for Amber's surprise party.

Everyone jumped up at the sound of footsteps "Surprised!" they called. Before their faces fell. It was Fabian and Patricia. Not Amber. Joy, Eddie, Alfie, Jerome and Willow all froze. But Fabian didn't waver as he spoke directly to Eddie.

"I need a word with you." He demanded.

"Dude," Eddie grinned "We're about to yell happy birthday,"

"Fabian, you need to get down or you'll spoil it!" Joy demanded, grabbing his arm, and Patricia followed, they all ducked behind the sofa. Eddie frowned. Before everyone ducked, hiding, getting back into position.

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KT closed the door to her room, and she wondered briefly where her roommates where. She had the Key her grandfather had given her in her hand. "Let's see if they key opens this," she whispered. Tiptoeing over to the attic door, and slipping the Key inside, but it didn't open. She jumped at the sound of a voice, hiding the key into her pocket.

"Come on," Mara grinned, her arm was linked with Amber as she dragged the birthday girl from her room "You know you want to,"

Amber frowned, both of them stopping when they spotted KT by the attic door. "That door's always kept locked." She stated to the curly haired American.

"Yeah," KT smiled, walking over to the two of them "I realise that now,"

Mara smiled at her "It's Amber's birthday, and we're celebrating with a few sandwiches." She was lying of course, it was her job to get Amber down to the celebration.

"Sandwiches," Amber shook her head, muttering under her breath.

"Hey," KT grinned "Um…I don't have anything for your birthday,"

"Don't worry, neither does anyone else," Amber stated sadly. Mara smiled, shaking her head. Before linking arms with KT, and the three girls walked downstairs.

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"Their coming!" Joy cried happily when she heard the laughter of KT and Mara. She ginned excitedly.

"Finally," Jerome groaned.

"Squee!" Willow squealed. Joy glared at her. "I'm so excited,"

"Shh." Joy ordered.

"Do I have to?" Amber sulked "I'm allergic to white slice bread-"

"Surprise!" Everyone called, jumping up. They blew their whistles and pulled their party poppers. Before clapping and laughing at her shocked expression.

"Aw guys! This is awesome!" Amber cried. KT laughed happily, understanding everything now. "And there's cake!" Eddie stepped out of the way so she could see all of the delicious food Trudy had spent time making.

Mara grinned, pointing to the table that was covered with presents. Amber ran to it happily "This pile here's from us," Mara explained, pointed to one side "And all these arrived this morning."

"Daddy didn't forget me!" she bounced happily, before counting all the pink wrapped parcels. Fabian glared at Eddie from across the table. Before taking a deep breath and walking over to him, his eyes simmering with hatred.

Eddie swallowed nervously, before walking out into the hall.

Next part up in two days!

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