Hey everyone, I'm not dead! I know I started this story ages ago and haven't updated until now, but I've decided to continue it. It will most likely center around what would happen if Nina was in Season 3. And be warned: there will be a serious amount of Fabina :)

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Disclaimer: I do not own House of Anubis. I only dream about it.

"I'm not sure where to start exactly," began Nina sheepishly. Fabian squeezed her hand and gave her a warm smile.

"Why don't you tell us how you ended up with Miss Denby?" suggested Fabian, his voice turning slightly cruel as he said the name of Nina's captor.

"Miss Denby? Is that her name? How do you know her?" Nina asked them.

"She's our business studies and history teacher," said KT.

"She's a teacher? Said Nina with wide eyes, then she smiled grimly, "Why am I not surprised?"

"Yeah, I'd say we've definitely had a fair share of evil teachers here," Patricia said, smirking, and the original Sibuna members laughed, looking back fondly upon their previous adventures now that they were over.

"So Nina," Said Eddie finally with the laughter subsiding, "How exactly did you come to be in the gatehouse?"

Nina took a deep breath.

"Well, I flew to Britain a couple days before the term started. I was going to surprise Fabian," began Nina, smiling at him, "I got off the plane, and looked around for the driver holding up my name, and I saw a blonde woman holding it,"

"Miss Denby, I'm guessing," Said Eddie grimly, and Nina nodded.

"I got in the car with her, and everything seemed normal. She asked me where I was headed, and I told her all about Anubis. I gave her the address to Fabian's house, and I thought she was driving there, but it turns out I was wrong," said Nina looking down uncomfortably, "I'm not that great with directions, but eventually I realized we weren't going in the right direction. When I told her, she just said we needed to stop and get gas. I was so stupid. I didn't even think to look at the gas tank meter. I bet it was full," Nina said, shaking her head.

"Hey," said Fabian, squeezing her hand once more and looking her in the eyes, "This is absolutely not your fault, Nina. Denby is an evil and conniving witch. Anybody would have been fooled by her."

Fabian gave Nina an encouraging smile, and Nina couldn't help but smile back. She had forgotten how he could make her stomach leap with a simple touch or word, and she was overwhelmed as the amazing feeling of being close to him swept over her again. Her eyes fell on his lips, and it was all she could do to refrain herself from leaning over and kissing him and never letting him go. She shook her head a little to clear her mind, and reluctantly continued.

"Soon enough, I realized we were driving towards the school. I asked her about it, but she didn't answer. That's when I began to get a little suspicious, so I asked her to let me out of the car. She refused. After a little while, she stopped at the gatehouse and brought me inside. And that's where I've been all along." Nina finished, shrugging it off as if it wasn't that big of a deal.

Suddenly, an aching pain shot through Eddie's head, and he toppled over, holding his head. Images came went shooting through his mind at lightning speed. He saw Nina being dragged up some stairs by Miss Denby, as she fought hard to get loose. He heard shrieking as Denby pushed her in to a room, and slammed the door shut. He also heard a low and foreboding chuckle as Nina continued to yell. These images took Eddie by complete surprise. The thing was, Eddie swore he had seen all of this before.

"Eddie, are you alright?" Patricia asked, kneeling down beside him, "Have you had another vision?"

Eddie shook his head because it hadn't felt like a normal vision. The scenes seemed to have been pulled from the depths of his brain and brought into the clear. Suddenly, Eddie remembered.

"I saw you Nina! A week before school started, I had a dream about that! I had a dream and I saw you getting dragged into the gatehouse." Eddie exclaimed breathlessly. Everybody looked at him curiously.

'I'll bet it was your Osirian instinct kicking in to protect the Chosen One," said Fabian knowingly, "But why was it only a dream? Wasn't it stronger when she was about to put on the mask?"

"Oh, it was definitely stronger then. Eddie went mental. It was quite frightening, actually," Patricia piped up.

"Maybe Eddie's instincts are stronger when he's closer to Nina. Last year, she was just across campus, but this time, she was across the Atlantic Ocean," Alfie suggested.

Fabian jumped up from the bed, releasing Nina's hand to Nina's slight disappointment.

"Alfie, you're a genius! It was written in the letter from Nina that the Chosen One and Osirian have to be kept apart! If Denby wrote it, she would want us to believe that was true so she could avoid Eddie ruining her plans!" Fabian said quickly.

"That makes a lot of sense," said Eddie, rubbing his still aching head, "But then why didn't I have some kind of urge to go rescue Nina if she was only in the gatehouse this whole time?"

"Probably because I wasn't in any immediate danger this whole time. Sure, she was mean to me, but she didn't try and harm me or anything," said Nina.

"That's probably true," said Fabian, sitting down next to her again, and smiling at her, just like the rest of her friends.

Suddenly, an overwhelming sense of joy swept over Nina. She hadn't had this feeling in so long. She couldn't pinpoint what it was exactly, but it always bubbled up inside her when Sibuna was trying to figure out a riddle or clue. They all worked as a team and their different personalities meshed perfectly so that together, they were a brilliant mind that could solve anything. After several long months of having this feeling washed away from her memories, it came back in full force. Nina was finally back where she belonged. She was home.

"What are you smiling at?" Fabian asked her curiously.

"I just…" Nina began, unsure of how to put what she was feeling into words, "I'm just really glad to be back with you guys."

Everyone around her grinned, and Alfie pretended to wipe tears away, making the others laugh. Nina couldn't think of anything that could make this moment any better.

"Oh Nina, I almost forgot!" Eddie said, reaching into his pocket, "I have this."

Nina was proved wrong. Eddie held the Eye of Horus dangling from a chain. It was Nina's locket.

"My locket!" Nina exclaimed and took it from him eagerly, slipping it over her head. She was finally wearing it again, and it felt amazing. She had thought she lost it forever when Denby had come in and yanked it from around her neck, but here it was, safe and sound back with its rightful owner.

"Eddie, how did you get this?" Nina asked.

"You sent it to me in the mail. But I'm guessing that wasn't really you," Eddie said sheepishly. Nina shook her head in confirmation.

"No, Denby took it from me. I wonder why she gave it to you instead of keeping it though." Nina said, and Fabian gave an answer almost immediately.

"If the locket is kept apart from the Paragon or Osirian for too long, it begins to lose its power. Denby couldn't leave it with you, Nina, because you may have been able to use it to escape. So she sent it to Eddie instead. I'm guessing that whatever Denby is planning, she needs the locket at its full power." Fabian said quickly. Everyone gaped at him.

"How did you know that?" Asked a bewildered KT.

"I did a lot of research on all things to do with the Chosen One when Nina didn't come back," Said Fabian, his ears turning red.

"What exactly happened when I didn't return?" Nina asked curiously.

"You should have seen Fabian. He was a complete mess. He even had a bit of a temper issue," Patricia said smirking.

"Yeah, he almost murdered Eddie," added KT.

Nina smiled timidly, meeting Fabian's eyes.

"Did you really?" she asked.

"Kind of. But it was for you, so it was worth it," he said.

They both blushed profusely as they leaned closer to each other. All of a sudden, Nina forgot everyone else. She and Fabian were the only two in the room. Actually, as they stared into each other's eyes, they were the only two in the world.

"Earth to Fabian and Nina. We're still here," said an amused Patricia.

Nina and Fabian were jolted by Patricia's voice and banged their heads. This caused them to laugh and blush even more, and the others to roll their eyes.

"Hey, Romeo and Juliet," said Alfie, and Nina popped up suddenly, remembering those same words coming from another one of her best friend's lips. She couldn't believe she had not asked about her mysterious absence earlier.

"Where's Amber?" Nina questioned.

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