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Chapter 6

A week has been passed, but there's no sign of Charlotte and Nephthys. I can't even sleep at night since I've been dreaming of Charlotte, asking for my help. It's a bit odd that most of the Anubis residents and even Victor doesn't seem to care about Charlotte getting kidnapped. Victor just shrugged it off saying that Charlotte's with her Aunt right now for medical reasons.

"Are you okay?" Joy asked me while we're all having breakfast. 

"Uh, yeah." I answered and I smile a bit. I just put my plate on the sink and headed back upstairs to brush my teeth and also get my things.

Nephthys will get you. – Charlotte

My eyes widened when I saw that written in the bathroom mirror. I can't make a sound, I don't want to let the others know. I erased it and go back to my room. My heart beats fast. I never thought that a Hathorian will get kidnap too. I was not informed.

I saw Nina walking in the hallway and pulled her into the girl's bathroom.

"Is there something wrong?" She asked.

"Nephthys will get me too." I told her directly.

"What?! Who-Who's Nephthys and why would she get you? We need to do something about it." Nina said.

"She's... the one who took Charlotte. She's... She's not with her Aunt, Nina. Please believe me. But I don't know what to do, I don't even know how to get Charlotte back. But I think I can as soon Nephthys got me."

"Are you telling me you're going to sacrifice yourself for Charlotte?" She asked worriedly.

"That's the only thing to save her. Since it's me who needs to protect her." Nina nods slowly, looking directly into my eye. She doesn't have hold about this, she knows since this is not her duty. When we got out of the bathroom, I'm feeling a bit weird. It's like I can feel someone's behind me.

Then my body shut.

⁠—

I woke up on a different place. But I can see an Egyptian tomb and the walls are full of Egyptian symbols. Then I saw Charlotte at a corner, unconscious.

"Charlotte..."

Her eyes opened and when she saw me, she hugged me tightly. She's been here for a week and scared because of Nephthys telling her that her family and friends are going to be dead soon.

"And one of them will be." I said as soon as we settle down, still afraid of what will happen next.

"What do you mean one of them?" She's confused. I sigh.

"I need to sacrifice myself for you. That's the only thing that Nephthys want. Either the Horus or the Hathorian." I answered her.

She stood up, although you can see that she's still weak and pale. "Then I'm going to sacrifice. I don't want anybody else to get hurt just because of me. And besides, someone's waiting for you." I was taken aback by what she had said.

"How did you know someone's waiting for me?" I asked her.

"Oh, he's been telling me a lot of things about you before I was kidnapped." She giggled. I rolled my eyes, and yes deep inside I am blushing.

"But your family needs you more than I do. Same as your friends." She stops smiling and tells me that she's going to sacrifice whether I like it or not.

"The two of you are now awake. That's nice." My body froze when I heard that voice. It's Nephthys.

"Where are we?" I asked her and she just smiled.

"You're here. In my place. In Egypt. Away from your family and friends." she looked at me, "And your love ones." I just looked at her, angry.

"Just let the ceremony begin." Charlotte told Nephthys.

"Then who's going to sacrifice? The Horus, or the Hathorian." Nephthys told us in a teasy voice.

Charlotte stands up, "No! Charlotte!" and I stand up too. "Can you please let me do this?" I asked her, but she just looked at me and follow Nephthys in the other room.

I can hear Charlotte shouting inside the room. I don't know what to do since I can't open the door. It's too late.

Someone pulled me from nowhere.

I'm in the Cellar.

"Diana!" I heard Nina said. I saw her together with Fabian and Eddie.

"What? How? Why did I get here?" I asked them.

"We did a ceremony to get you out from Nephthys' place. We saw it in one of Fabian's Egyptian books. We also did it for Charlotte." Eddie explained. Shocking.

"Charlotte? She sacrificed herself to Nephthys." I told them.

"We got her from Nephthys. She was taken upstairs because she was conscious. You want to see her?" Nina asked me. I looked at them and nod.

"Sure."

We got out of the cellar. I took a last look and felt a tingling sensation. Something's not right.

"Diana! Thank God you're back." Charlotte said. They both told us that we're not here for almost 4 days. And Jerome's been worried about me for the past few days.

"Charlotte, what's Jerome saying about me to you?" I asked her and it seems like she doesn't know about anything.

"Why would me and Jerome talk? We're not close friends." She told me, I am now confused. 

Edited: 07/12/21