call my name and
save me from the dark.
The mystery never dies at the House of Anubis, even when feelings get in the muddle, and River Lawrence should've known this. When the teachers begin planning something sinister, Sibuna is called back into act...
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THIRDPERSON'SPOV.
It wasn't Frobisher who had been crying and pleading for help like their life depended on it. Instead, it was the real Harriet Denby who, last time Sibuna checked, disappeared from the Lake House clinic.
"Harriet?" Eddie said, expressing everyone's shock. The ginger woman sat on the bed before the teens, trembling in fear as she let out shaky breaths. "What are you doing here?"
"This is the real Miss Denby?" Patricia realized.
River nodded. "Yep. Crazy runs in the family though."
"Harriet, it's me, KT," KT reminded her, giving a warm smile. The woman looked so scared, but when Sibuna first met her, she warmed up to KT immediately. Maybe she will this time. "We met at the hospital."
"Hey, it's okay. It's us. Do you remember us?" Eddie asked. He crouched down before her, and the woman jumped a little, letting out another terrified scream.
River grimaced in annoyance. "I don't think she does."
"Shh! We don't want to wake your evil sister."
The mention of Denby caused Harriet to stop and an epiphany hit her. She stared at Eddie, letting out a relieved smile.
"You're the boy from the hospital," she said.
Eddie sighed in relief. "Yeah, that's right."
"That's right. I'm Harriet."
"Yeah... I know. We've met before, remember?"
"We had such fun."
"Eddie," KT worryingly began.
"Someone's coming," Patricia warned.
"We have to go," Fabian declared.
"We have to go, but we'll be back for you, okay," Eddie informed Harriet as he and the rest of the gang hurriedly filed out. "We're gonna get you out."
He shut the door and quickly locked it. Throwing the key in its bowl, Eddie was quick to join his friends on their way out before they got caught.
. . .
As lazy as she was, River had struggled with falling asleep. It hadn't always been like this. This behavior was recent. When she was young, she was a faster sleeper, a deep one too. Her sleepless nights began around the end of the term when Sibuna completed the Cup of Ankh quest. After that prom night, her nightmares began.
