Authors Note: Hey everyone and anyone! So I am only starting to write stories so this may not be the best so constructive criticism is appreciated. You are probably going to skip this anyway, so R and R!

I don't own The Kane Chronicles because as I'm a girl I obviously can't be Rick Riordan. So, yeah, I don't own any of the words in bold.

"Are you sure you don't want anything Ruby?" Julius asked his pregnant wife. They had just gotten back from the hospital for Ruby's monthly check-up and Julius was getting more and more annoying every month, or at least that's what Ruby thought. She went and took a seat at their dining table, it was brand new and there wasn't a single chip or groove to be seen. "Yes Julius, the only thing I want right now is for you to stop asking me if I want anything." Ruby gave her husband an exasperated smile and kissed his cheek. "C'mon, I promised Mum and Dad that we would visit them this week." Now it was Julius turn to be exasperated. "Do we have to, Ruby?" he asked. "You know that they don't like me so all these trips to visit them are pointless."

Their potential argument was broken up by a flash of light in the centre of the dining room table. Julius walked over to take a closer look only to find a note written on papyrus.

"Dear Mr. and Mrs. Kane,

I wish for you both to join me in The Hall of Ages as soon as you can.

I will explain when you arrive.

Chief Lector Iskander"

"I guess we'll just have to go to the first Nome then. I wonder why Iskander wants to see us so badly" Ruby said as she went to go and open up a portal in the garden. "Well at least we don have to visit your parents" Julius muttered as he followed his wife out the door.

30 minutes later at The First Nome

"So what you're telling us is that you got a book from the future and now we're all going read it? Oh! And that it happens to be about Julius kids?" Amos asked. He had arrived along with Zia's parents, Desjardins, Ruby and his brother Julius. "Yes that is what he said, Amos" Desjardins said in a voice you'd use when talking to a 2 year old.

"Well, let's get started then shall we?" Aisha (Zia's mother, I don't know if that's her actual name but let's just go with that on for the sake of the story) asked. "I'll read the first chapter and we can all take turns."

"The Red Pyramid-Death at the Needle"