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Chapter 1:
Amelia walked upstairs to Nefret's room, wondering if she should. Nefret had just came back from a little get together with some students from her school and it didn't go to well.
"Nefret... may I come in?" asked Amelia knocking on the door.
"Yes you may." came the mumboled reply of Nefret. Amelia took a deep breath and went in. Nefret was sitting on her bed calmly reading.
"So I take it that it was terrible?" asked Amelia.
"Acually no, for the most part anyway... no one was really kind towards me except for this one girl she didn't look to happy in a dress, I think she was one of the girls step-sister but she knows a lot about Egypt and even my native language. The first time she looked at me she nearly fell off of her chair." said Nefret putting her book down.
"Oh thats lovely now I can have someone translate you when you don't want to be heard." replied Amelia smiling.
"Could she come over for dinner after school tomorrow?" asked Nefret trying not to show how much she was excited.
"Of course, make sure to tell her to bring a change of clothes though, we are going... I'm not sure where, Emerson won't tell me." replied Amelia, Nefret jumped off of the bed and walked calmly down the stairs and went to get her coat.
"Wait, aren't you just going to telegraph her or something like that?" asked Amelia walking after her. Nefret shook her head no then shut the door and left.
"Where is she going in such a hurry?" asked Amelia's eleven year old son Ramses walking up behind his mother.
"I do not know... would you mind following her, I would not like her to kidnapped," Thinking how many times that happened to Ramses. Ramses nodded, grabed his coat and started to walk after Nefret.
"Now why did you do that Peabody?" asked Emerson comming out of his study.
"I just want to make sure that Nefret doesn't go and get herself into trouble that's all." said Amelia. "Oh and by the way... one of Nefret's friends will be joining us for dinner tomorrow night." Emerson nodded and went off muttering about another prissy girl comming to dinner.
"Nefret shouldn't have gotten much farther." said Ramses walking down the street Nefret had turned onto. He could see Nefret just barely through the fog.
"Pardon me sir but no I do not." said the firm voice of Nefret as a man grabed her arm and said something to her.
"Nefret! Are you alright?" called Ramses picking up his pace, running head long into a mob of men. Nefret screamed as she was being draged into an ally way. Then a figure with a cap covering their eyes and hair and wearing boys clothes jumped out of the ally.
"Who are you? Get out of my way!" yelled the men the heald Nefret by the arm.
"I think not sir." said the figure, with a bit of a femin type of voice, punching the man in the nose. While he stagered backwards the figure grabed Nefret and made their way towards Ramses who was doing his best to fend off the mob.
"Nefret get into that carrage over there... I have to help Ramses." said the figure letting go of Nefret and running over to Ramses's side. Nefret didn't know if she could trust the person so she stayed where she was.
"Come on Ramses, they will not be knocked out for long." said the person grabing Ramses and Nefret and ran towards the carrage. Helping both Ramses and Nefret into it, then jumping in after.
"Thank you very much... who are you?" asked Nefret as the carrage started to ride at breakneck speed. the person took off the cap revealing a pretty face and her hair up in a low bun.
"Oh you know who I am Nefret Forth, It's me... Merry." said Merry. Ramses looked confused.
"Thank you so much for saving Ramses and my own life Merry, I was acually on my way over to your house to invite you to dinner tomorrow... why may I ask are you dressed as a boy?" asked Nefret looking at her thirteen year old friend strangly.
"Yes please do tell... Merry." said Ramses trying to stop the cut on his arm from bleeding.
"I know, you are bafled by my appearence and my name.... the reasons are simple, no one would think a girl as a threat now would they also I just don't like dresses. And Merry is my nickname, my real name is sadly Merideth. We are here, come get inside your house before they come back." said Merry opening up the door to the carrage.
"Come in with us Merry, you are hurt." said Nefret pointing at Merry's left arm which had a nasty cut on it.
"Fine, but please don't tell you're parents that I am the friend that you were going to invite to dinner tomorrow, sometimes the parents don't like the way I dress." said Merry getting out of the carrage with the help of Ramses.
"Aunt Amelia! Professor! I'm back with my friend and Ramses." called Nefret as she entered the house. Merry said a few curses to her in Arabic. Amelia and Emerson came bounding down the stairs.
"Hello I'm Amelia Emerson... what happened to you all?" she asked taking a good look at all of them.
"Well we were ambushed on the way to Merry's house..." started Nefret when Emerson inturupted.
"What!!! By who and why?" he thundered. "And who's Merry?"
"I'm Merry sir, Merideth that is... and it is a pleasure to finally meet the famouse Radcliffe Emerson." said Merry reaching out to shake his hand. Emerson shook it wondering what a girl was doing in boys clothing.
"As I was saying... Merry came to our rescue and here we are." finished Nefret. Amelia was looking at Ramses's various cuts on him then seeing that they were mostly just scratches turned to Merry.
"Let me see your arm, I am sort of a docter you know..." said Amelia.
"I know who you are Sitt Hakem, you are very well known in Egypt." said Merry holding out her arm for Amelia to tend to.
"How very interesting, so you have been to Egypt a few times then? - Well you will need a few stitches on that cut of yours please come onto the sitting room." said Amelia sending one of her maids to fetch her medical case.
"Oh no really, It's getting dark, I must be getting home, my sister will not be worried but I don't usually stay out this late." said Merry starting for the door. "I will not hear of it, you will be spending the night, I must make sure that this doesn't get infected. Now come." said Amelia taking Merry by the right arm and draging her into the sitting room.
"That must be the longest time I have ever not heard you speak Ramses, whats the matter?" asked Nefret as they went upstairs to get ready for dinner.
"It's nothing just... I got saved by a girl thats all." Ramses said quietly.
"Well she is not the most ordanary girl though, she is from the excact same place that I came from." said Nefret running into her room and shutting the door.
"What!" said Ramses trying to follow her.
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