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Camilla looked from Fabian to Nina as they stood in the hallway smiling at one another, "We did it!" Nina whispered holding out the amulets.
"Why did you go alone?" Fabian hissed to Camilla.
"I...I wanted to prove I could be trusted," Camilla whispered looking at her hands, "sometimes I feel like I'm less a Sibuna and more just a bodyguard. I needed to prove that I can be trusted."
Camilla didn't look up but Fabian looked to Nina expectantly. This all steamed from Nina's lack in trust of Camilla not with her life but with small things like the Amulets and the guilty look the crossed onto her face as Camilla spoke was enough to show she realised that. Nina was so angry Camilla was keeping secrets from her that she had used that anger and caused the girl to doubt her place in Sibuna.
"Cam..." Nina said unsure of what to say to comfort her, but the girl shook her head and gave them a sad smile.
"I know, it was stupid. I'll prove my place one day."
"You are a Sibuna Cam," Fabian told her firmly but he knew his sister and he knew she didn't believe him.
"Let's get to bed," Nina whispered.
"Yeah..." Fabian said as Nina walked around them about to open the door before he interrupted her, "Oh Nina!" he stopped her from going into the room, "about before," Camilla instantly tried to blend into the wall or something because she felt like she was part of a very personal conversation she didn't need to be apart of. "it was just..."
"What?"
"what? When we were falling asleep, I was talking, well muttering really..."
"Nope must have missed that... I was pretty sleepy..." Camilla could see the lie so easily as Nina brushed her hair back behind her ears. The girl was pretending not to have heard Fabian say he missed them as a couple, but Camilla didn't know why. "was it important?" that was why. She wanted to see if it was a sleep-induced feeling or if it was genuine and Camilla only wished Hathor would come down herself and guide Fabian because she knew her brother's response wouldn't be the one the girl wanted.
"No! no, no, no... " Fabian mumbled flashing a fake smile at Nina, causing Camilla to roll her eyes to much she actually bashed the back of her head against the wall. "Crazy nonsense, probably..."
"Well," Nina said in a forced polite tone, "I'm going to give the other's their amulets back," Nina looked down at the pile and handing Fabian his amulet, "Night Fabian," she said to him with a smile, before turning and slipping back into the girl's bedroom.
Fabian turned round to see his sister rubbing the back of her head. "You are an idiot," Camilla told him.
"I'm an idiot," Fabian whispered softly. Camilla grabbed his arm and rubbed it comfortingly before opening the door herself and dragging him inside. It was 3 am, everyone else was snoring in their room Fabian may as well join them in the sleepover happening.
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The next morning the Sibuna's all raced to get dressed and ready for school, Victor was still snoring in his office as they passed but they all knew the moment he realised the amulets where gone he'd also know it was them who stole them back.
"Is Victor still asleep?" Fabian asked as the girls met him and Alfie at the bottom of the stairs.
"Sleeping like a baby," Patricia laughed.
"Well lucky old Victor," Amber grumbled causing them all to smile at her in amusement.
"I guarantee he won't agree with you Ambs when he realises all the amulets are gone," Camilla told the girl she was looped arms with.
"that is why we need to get to school before he wakes up," Nina told them all, "then tonight we go back to the tunnels."
Fabian grinned as he Nina and Patricia lead the way to school.
"Who'd have thought there would come a day you two were racing to go to school," Amber told Camilla and Alfie.
"The things we do for Sibuna," Alfie dramatically said with a shake of his head causing the two girls to laugh as they followed him from the building.
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The school day as uneventful. Camilla was wandering down the stairs when she saw Mara sit down next to Jerome on the couch. The boy had, what looked like Camilla's copy from the million tabs, Much Ado About Nothing out and was reading it. She knew it was stupid, but since her big realisation of her feelings with Jerome, that annoying green monster always crept up whenever she saw him with Mara. Maybe it was because she knew he fancied the girl in a way he would never fancy her.
"Sup Nerd?" Eddie's voice came from down the hall.
"What?" she turned to see him leaving his room.
Eddie shot her a disbelieving look and glancing into the other room from the dining room door and seeing Jerome and Mara. He looked back to Camilla who had wandered over to him so she didn't look so creepy staring at the two from the hallway. "Finally figured out your feelings huh?" he asked softly.
"was it really that obvious?" Camilla smiled sadly.
"Only for those of us who knew what to look for," Eddie told her, putting an arm around her shoulders in a comforting way and pulling her into the kitchen with him. He was hungry but most importantly he had a friend who needed cheering up. "why don't you tell him?"
Camilla glanced at the two from the kitchen window, whatever Mara had said to Jerome had clearly cheered him up. Camilla hadn't seen him that happy in a long time. "I've learned a fair few things about unrequited feelings in my time Eddie," Camilla told him as she jumped up onto the kitchen island watching the boy as he raided the fridge for food, noting he had put two plates down so she assumed she was having a snack too. "at the end of the day it's not about me, it's about him being happy and doing what's right for him. If Mara is that, as much as it annoys me, I have to accept that."
Eddie pointed the can of squirty cream at her, "you know, that is why you scare me a little. You come out with deep stuff like that, you have such a good heart, and then I hear you still will dye people's hair pink if they anger you." Camilla quirked an eyebrow at him with a smirk, he had heard of the Mick situation. "Yeah, Amber told me all about the Mick situation, however, if you don't mind me putting my opinion into the mix," he asked, shutting the fridge and moving the ingredients he had taken out over to the island Camilla was sat on looking at the girl, holding his hands out to help her jump down. Camila shrugged what would one more opinion matter? It's not like it would change anything. "don't stop fighting for him." Eddie said to the small girl, he was slowly coming to see as an honouree sister, "I don't know if you've noticed but boys are stupid when it comes to love and crushes."
"Fabian is my brother," Camilla countered as she picked up the galaxy bar of chocolate that she knew was part of Victor's hidden stash (he hid it in the fridge thinking no one knew about it but everyone in the house did) and opened it.
Eddie couldn't help but laugh at the girl's comment. "So, you do know about us being stupid. That boy feels something for you, we all can see it. He just doesn't know what he feels just yet,"
"So what do I do?" Camilla asked curiously, "I am not the girl who waits for the guy to figure out his feelings, I've done that and I've just healed my heart from it. I am not doing it again."
"Then don't wait for him," Eddie said as if it was the simplest thing in the world, "make him chase you,"
"And how do I do that?"
"Like this," Camilla wasn't sure what she was expecting but Eddie to aim the squirty cream at her and spray her wasn't it. She couldn't help but squeal and that was it; war was breaking loose in the kitchen. Camilla running to the cupboards and grabbing a bag of flower to throw at Eddie who burst out laughing.
Camilla assumed Eddie had done it as a distraction for her. What she didn't see was Jerome and Mara turning as the pair laughed around in the kitchen. Eddie somehow getting the flower and pouring the entire bag over Camilla causing her to laugh and hit him away.
Mara frowned at the mess of it all before she glanced at Jerome. The smile he had had on his face earlier at her news was now gone, the expression on his face was one she couldn't read as he watched the two.
Mara knew there was nothing going on between Eddie and Camilla. The two were as close as siblings. Eddie's crush on Patricia was clear as was Camilla's on Jerome, but to someone who didn't know the details of that, it would look like they were flirting.
Mara was also far from stupid. She knew of Jerome's feelings for her as well as his possible feelings for Camilla. Since Mick left, she had been conflicted about what she felt for Jerome and Mick. Jerome was her friend but there was something about the way he looked at Camilla sometimes that just got under her skin.
Victor wasn't too pleased when he walked into the kitchen to see the mess everywhere and the two students dripping wet covered in flower and squirty cream. However, the smile Camilla and Eddie where sharing was enough to cause him to just tell them to tidy the kitchen up as a punishment.
"Is that your way of admitting you care about me, Vicky?" Camilla asked as she ran out of the room after him, the man stopped and turned to look at her.
"You have an annoying way of forcing yourself through defences." Victor said to the girl with an honest smile, "I will admit though the mess annoyed me, it was refreshing to see you being a teenager for once. Run along you impossible child... you have cleaning to do." He waved her off before climbing up the stairs to his office. Camilla grinning before going back into the kitchen to help Eddie clean up.
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Camilla's hair in two French plats that Amber put in that she kept playing with - after she had showered away her food fight with Eddie – as the Sibuna's snuck down into the cellar that evening.
"Patricia is doing Victor's evil chores," Nina spoke as grouped together in the study before venturing into the tunnels, "so its just us 5 tonight. Everyone got their amulets?" she asked and they all lifted the amulets, Camilla pulling her necklace out to show them.
"Sibuna back in business, does anyone else worry about Victor coming looking for the Amulets again?" Amber asked as she turned to Alfie who didn't seem to have his around his neck.
"Well if he does, he won't find mine!" Alfie confidently said to them all, "look at me where do you think it is? Round my neck?" Alfie pulled his shirt collar to one side to show no string, "maybe my wrist?" He lifted his wrist to show nothing there, "both wrong!" with that he turned and put his foot onto the chair and lifted his trouser leg to show the Amulet tapped to his leg. "BOOM! Check it! Alfie Lewis doesn't make the same mistake twice." With that, he ripped the amulet from his leg along with the tape. All of them flinching in pain long with him, "like I'm not doing that again," he said through clenched teeth.
Fabian couldn't help but laugh at his comment before asking, "oh Alfie did you remember the walkie-talkies?" he asked.
Alfie nodded pulling two walkie talkies from his back pocket, "ten-four little buddies. It's a little walkie talkie speak."
"I can't believe you still have these," Nina commented as she took one of the walkie talkies from him.
"yeah, they were under the bed, I had forgotten about them actually."
"You still play with them, don't you?" Amber said after a moment looking to Alfie knowingly as Camilla and Alfie looked away from one another.
"You don't play with walkie-talkie's Amber," Camilla told her blonde friend.
"They are used for very serious forms of communication, and counterintelligence all over the world." Alfie agreed with Camilla.
"Whatever you say Duchess," Amber said with a knowing gleam in her eye causing Alfie and Camilla to smile brightly.
"And who's A-dawg and J-man?" Nina asked, turning her walkie-talkie to show the name painted on in white nail polish on both walkies.
"You three have way to much time on your hands," Fabian laughed as Alfie and Camilla shrugged at Nina's question.
"So whos going to go down into the creepy tunnel?" Nina asked them all.
"I'll go into the tunnel... the worst thing that can happen is a god shows up and I don't think Robert had that kind of power." Camilla joked with a shrug. She wasn't too fussed about going into the tunnel.
"Hmmm." Amber said quietly, "do we really want to chance it? I mean we already have an evil Spirit to deal with, I don't really want to add the god of chaos too..."
Nina nodded her head with Amber, "sorry Cam, but I have to agree." This caused Camilla to groan but she knew better to fight it.
"Rock Paper scissors to see who goes down?" Fabian suggested to the remaining four Sibuna's.
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Sadly, Nina was the unlucky Sibuna to lose the Rock Paper Scissors and she took a deep breath as she looked down the tunnel she was to crawl into. "Great..."
Fabian tried not to look worried as he crouched down next to her holding out the walkie talkies, "alright, I'll be on the other walkie talkie and Cam will be ready to crawl in if you need back up," he told her. "you'll be fine, just be careful."
"I'll try," Nina before letting out a sigh, "let's just get this over with," with that she crawled into the tunnel.
It was dark and damp and honestly the worse place Nina could ever imagine being. "Nina are you there are you okay?" Fabian's voice came through the walkie talkie.
"I'm here Fabian," she replied, "so far so good there's not much room to manoeuvre here," she added as she reached the area the tunnel had collapsed around Alfie. As she kept crawling her torch started to flicker before going out. Nina took a deep breath trying not to panic, the sooner she got down this tunnel the sooner she could get out.
"What is it?" Fabian asked over the walkie talkie
"The flashlight just went out," Nina explained.
"the tunnel can't be that much longer," Fabian tried to reassure her, "you must be near the end already," he said as she kept crawling.
"It's dark in here! I can hardly move!" Nina replied back, until she heard something low and creepy, "I hear noises! Bad ones!"
"It's just your mind!" Fabian tried to rational, "its playing tricks with you." Thought this message never got through to Nina as that is when the walkie-talkies decided to stop working. Nina started to scream down it but no one replied back.
Nina squared her shoulders trying to ignore the noises around her as she saw something ahead as she moved closer to it she couldn't stop the scream that left her mouth.
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So I'm going back to one chapter a day because I've decided to write season 2 and season 3 at the same time (COS IM INSANE) so we can go right into season 3 once I've finished season 2.
I added a wee Eddie/Camilla scene to this chapter... I realised whilst I started season 3 a lot of their deep friendship things I've focused there without really building it here so I thought id add a few more moments with them now.
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