SADIE
I Almost Throw Up (Ugh)
Hullo. Sadie.
Haven't got much time, so Carter and I will tell you this quickly. Enjoy. Or don't.
Trains are horrid. Don't get me wrong; those nice ones with the snack bars that have Twix are lovely. But no. Of course, we get the dreadful ones which are bumpy and don't even have the faintest waft of Twix.
Amos—excuse me Chief Lector, wanted to see us. (Us being everyone from our training sessions—and that quite a lot of people. Plus Khufu.) At any rate, we said: "Sure! We'll just go find ourselves a nice safe portal!" [Yes, Carter I know we didn't actually say that.] Ah, but Amos wanted us to travel in style. Style would be a sleek red extra stretch Limo with a hot tub. Style would not be a scratched up musty bumpy bug-filled sawdusty black old-fashioned train with a driver who calls himself Weoo the Weird. I felt like I was about to throw up. Good old Jaz was being the kindred girl she is and stirred up a tonic healing potion. I was sipping it slowly when Carter called to me from the front of the train.
"Um, Sadie? Isis is here. She wants to see you." He sounded thoroughly terrified. [Yes you did Carter.]
I just about threw up on my brand new combat boots. Jaz gasped. She took my arm and guided me to the front of the train.
Walt was staring up and down of the woman in front of him. Isis was dressed in regular clothes. (Jeans, T-shirt, Chucks) And she didn't look like Isis. She had neck length red ringlets and bright green eyes. She looked about 25.
"Hello, Sadie dearest. It is I, I'm just taking this lovely girls body for a minute or 10. Don't worry; she will get off at the next stop. I have a message." She looked quite grumpy to be the courier.
"From who?" I asked.
"Anubis," She replied. "I don't understand why I have to come here. But noooo. He has a funeral to attend." She crossed her arms.
"What did he say," I forced.
"Amos is in big trouble. He has been captured by Apophis."
"WHAT?" Carter and I said at the same time. (Which we NEVER do.)
"Yes," Said Isis sadly. "However. Anubis has arranged for you to rescue him. You will get off at the stop after next. Zia will be waiting. You will start your journey then. You have five days."
"And what happens if we don't make it in time?" asked Walt.
"Apophis devours Amos's pure existence. Since Amos is the most powerful magician in the world, Apophis breaks out of the Duat, devours Mankind, and swallows the sun. In that case being Lord Ra. Oh and you must know one more thing. Apophis needs The Pendant of Emerald to get out of the Duat."
"The whosie-whatsit?" Carter questioned. Isis rolled her eyes.
"The Pendent of Emerald. The necklace of Isis. Oh know if he takes it, nothing will happen to me. Only the world will end and Chaos will reign."
"Oh, joy," I muttered.
"Anyway . . ." said Isis, "His minions will come after me first. So I am giving the pendant to you! How fun!" she said brightly.
"Umm, Your Rainbowness? Isis?" said Jaz.
"Yes? Oh I do like that, 'Your Rainbowness' . . . What dearie?"
"Er, giving the Pendant to us . . . doesn't that make us in danger of getting our souls devoured?"
"Yes, I suppose so," said Isis cheerfully.
The train clanked to a stop.
"FURST STOWP!" Weoo roared from the front of the train.
"Alright, here's the pendant," Isis said. She handed me an Emerald colored oval shaped necklace. "Toodles!" Isis wiggled her fingers. She stepped off the train. The last thing we saw was a confused young woman staring at the road she was planted in.
"Worst day ever," I said grumpily, putting the necklace over my head and around my neck. I slumped back to my spot on the train.
