"Oh my god."
Sibuna looked at the four coffins that were left in the room.
"Why would August take one?" Riley wondered. "Maybe he met Rebecca. She did say that she was going to make a new friend." Rhys pointed out.
"True. That woman can make you do things you don't want to." Jax said.
"But that doesn't necessarily mean August. But that brings us back to that question: why did August steal that coffin? How did he even become involved?" Rhys repeated.
Jax shivered. "Why is it so cold in here? I don't recall secret libraries having air conditioning."
Leslie realized something. "Um, guys..?" She pulled on the bookcase. Riley and Jax figured out what she was doing and tried to help her.
"I think we have bigger problems...like...the way out of here! We don't know the combination August put in." Leslie grunted.
1890... the voice whispered in Sarah's head.
She went over to the bookcase, and stood on her tippy toes. She put in the combination, 1890, and the door slid open.
"Lucky guess." Jax chuckled.
"We have a studying session tomorrow after school." Riley whispered. "What are you two lovebirds talking about?" Rhys asked.
"Lovebirds? Are you crazy?" Riley made a gagging noise. "Don't pretend you don't want me, dollface." Jax smirked.
"I don't. That's like...i-if...a cheeseburger decided to date a hot dog!" Riley groaned, and went far away from Jax as they snuck back up the passageway.
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"It's 7:30 now, Duncan. Maybe we should skip the walk in the park, and just go back to the house." MacKenzie shrugged.
"No, I will make this the best date possible." Duncan declared.
A carriage pulled up. "Just so you know, we have a time limit, so-"
MacKenzie cut Duncan off. "I love it!" She screeched. She was so excited she turned Duncan around and kissed him.
When they pulled away, MacKenzie blushed. Duncan grinned. "Shall we?"
They got on the carriage and went back to Anubis House.
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Charles went down to the cellar. He put in the code, 1890.
He saw that there was only four coffins.
Charlotte
Caleb
Atticus
Penelope
Charles became furious. "Arghh!" He yelled. "Someone took Cooper!"
~~~~~
Rebecca smirked as she opened the coffin. Charles had kept his body preserved all these years, which was why, when she opened it, it was freezing cold.
"Cooper."
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MacKenzie and Duncan finally reached Anubis House. When they walked in, they saw all the children lined up in the common room.
"You two." Charles took two fingers and made them move towards the line.
"What's going on?" MacKenzie asked. "Charles thinks we took something that belongs to him." Riley replied.
"No talking!" He yelled.
Everyone flinched.
Robert raised his hand. "It would really help if you told us what we, 'stole'." He sheepishly said.
"That is of my concern not yours, Rutter." Charles calmly replied. "But if you don't tell us what we stole then how are we supposed to-"
He got cut off. "I did not stutter. That is of my concern not yours!"
"Stop." Sarah said. "I took it." She lied.
Charles pointed his finger at her. "You. You are expelled!"
"No!" Rhys yelled. "She's covering for me. I took it."
Jax stood. "Well, I think it's pretty obvious who took it." Jax pointed at himself.
Everyone else stood. "I am not falling for your games. The old caretaker told me the story of your parents."
Sibuna glanced at each other. "Mind telling us that story?" Jax asked.
"Silence!" Jax jumped.
He pointed at Sarah. "I might not have any proof that you took something of mine, but I can suspend you from school. And this house!"
"You will move back to your parents' house today. You are forbidden to return to this house before this week ends."
Sarah sighed. "You can't do that, she did nothing wrong!" Rhys protested. "Rhys." Sarah was on the verge of tears, so she left the room.
August shamely watched her leave.
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Sarah sat in her parents' living room, after leaving Anubis House. Nina and Fabian across from her.
"Is there something you want to tell us?" Nina asked. Sarah looked up from twiddling her fingers.
"Is there something you want to tell me? Like...hmmm...I don't know...I'm something called the Chosen One!" Sarah retaliated.
"How-"
"That, you, dad, Alfie, Amber, Eddie, Jerome, Joy, Mara, Patricia, every single one of those people...were apart of something called Sibuna?"
Nina and Fabian were speechless. "We don't know what to say." Fabian said. "How did you even find out?" Nina asked.
"I know a lot of things, Mom. I never knew that my parents-my family-would lie to me." Sarah scoffed. When she was going to exit the room, Fabian stopped her.
"Wait."
Sarah turned around.
"We'll tell you everything, as long as you tell us what's been going on at that House."
~~~~~
The kids at Anubis House ate silently.
"What's with the silence, eh? I've never known you guys not to even make a noise at the breakfast table." Trudy asked, passing down the OJ.
"Ever since Sarah got," Riley used air quotation marks, "'removed', from Anubis House, things have been kind of..."
"-boring." MacKenzie finished. "Yeah. Even I miss her. It's a miracle." Jax added, continuing to eat his cereal.
"Well, we can make it fun! How about game night on Friday? We can play with the spirit board that's in the attic?" Trudy asked.
"Lame." They answered. Trudy sighed, and rubbed the kids' shoulders.
"I know you miss her, I do too. Once, I was removed from Anubis House, but it was short-lived. Sarah will be back. There's only five days left in the week."
"We have to go." Riley whispered to Jax. They both packed their things, and headed of to school to study.
"Robert and I need to be at theatre class. Mr. James is absent and a lot of kids want to audition for the play, and we're the only people he cast so far." Leslie stated. She held her long, blonde hair, and put it into a ponytail.
"MacKenzie's going to help me train for the football playoffs. Come on." Duncan held his girlfriend's hand, and they headed off to the field.
Everyone seemed to just depart away to school.
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Another chapter for you guys! I try to slip in a little comedy here and there, but I don't think that they're very funny.
Will DunKenzie work out?
Do you guys like the idea of Jax and Riley?
Will Sarah get the answers she wants?
Is Charles going to get Cooper back? Why did Rebecca want him-or any other coffin-in the first place?
Sibuna.