Those who dare trespass will suffer a terrible fate
If the quicksand doesn't kill you,
If the spears don't kill you,
If my devices don't take you out,
You will be cursed for eternity
-Inscription on Cofagrigus's tomb
Long before the Greeks and Romans, there existed the ancient Egyptians. One of the earliest and most powerful civilizations, the Egyptians were the superpower of the ancient world. They were united under one ruler known as the pharaoh. The greatest of these pharaohs is Tutankhamen. He restored the worship of the God Amun to supremacy. He dedicated building projects to the Gods. His tomb is one of the most well preserved of all the pharaohs. Tutankhamen owned a Cofagrigus which were extremely popular in ancient Egypt. He worshiped Cofagrigus as his own and was his most powerful pokemon.
Before Tutankhamen died he requested that his Cofagrigus have his own tomb. While Tutankhamen's tomb was eventually found in 1922, Cofagrigus's tomb has yet to be discovered. Mysteriously, those that have set out to discover Cofagrigus's tomb have never returned. Some speculate that a paranormal force is at work while others believe that they may have just lost their way and died inside. Whatever it is, no one has dared to go inside the pyramids to search for Cofagrigus's tomb for the fear that they will never return.
Modern Day, 2010
Rouhani Saleh is outside going for a walk with his Gabite. Rouhani is a 17 year old boy living in Emerald city, one of the largest and bustling cities in the Omni region. Thankfully he has found a park away from the busy streets of the city to walk in. He has jet black hair that contrasts greatly with his white skin. He has on a blue sweater with jeans. He is carrying a backpack with potions, pokeballs, antidotes, revives and a map of Emerald City. "C'mon Gabite, we're almost to Professor Juniper's lab." "Gab, gab."
The wind blew softly on Rouhani's face. Today's weather was a gift from mother nature. After 3 months of cold snow and blizzards it was nice to have the sun out and the birds chirping. All the while, Rouhani's excitement was building. Professor Juniper was his favorite professor and he hadn't seen her in such a long time. Her beautiful brown hair and eyes, the way she walked, the way she smelled - oh wait back on track! This is a business meeting, Rouhani told himself. Don't get distracted.
Rouhani was meeting Professor Juniper to talk to her and to show her a rock he found with an inscription he couldn't decipher. He knew Professor Juniper may not be able to figure it out and that he should talk to someone else but he decided to go to her because of how knowledgeable she was. Plus it made sense to show an ancient artifact to a scientist first before anyone else. The rock had symbols on it. Perhaps it was an ancient language of some kind that used symbols instead of letters. On it was a bird, an eye, a wave, a pyramid and what appeared to be Anubis, the ancient Egyptian creature from mythology that judged the dead. What could they mean?
"We're here Gabite! Alright Gabite you're gonna have to return to your pokeball. I have to talk to Professor Juniper." Rouhani entered the lab and went straight to Juniper. "Hey Professor Juniper!" "Hey Rouhani! It's been so long!" "It has. How's it been going?" "I've been great! I'm just recovering from the winter. It's super nice outside!" "Yeah it is. I've been good. Just still training. I even got a new Pokemon." "Really? What is it?" "I'll show you. Come on out Gabite!" Out came Gabite from his pokeball.
"Gab, gab." "That's great!" said Professor Juniper while petting Gabite's head. "How is he?" she said. "He's great. I've been training a lot with him. He's very good around the house." said Rouhani. "That's great to hear." Rouhani returned Gabite to his pokeball. "Professor Juniper, there's something I have to show you." "What do you have?" Rouhani pulled out the rock with inscriptions on it. Juniper took the rock from Rouhani's hand and looked at it. "Hmm. This is very interesting. How did you get this?"
"I found it while on my way here." "It has symbols on it. This is definitely ancient. The civilization most well known for using hieroglyphics are the ancient Egyptians. It even has an eye as a symbol. I'm certain that this is from the Egyptians." Juniper then put the rock under a microscope where she examined it carefully. "This rock is a ferris rock. These rocks are only found in ancient Egypt." Juniper took the rock out of the microscope. "I don't know what the symbols mean. You should talk to Roark the rock gym leader in Canalave city. He knows about all of this." and Juniper handed the stone back to Rouhani.
"Alright. I'll go see him. Thanks Juniper. It was really nice seeing you." "It was great seeing you. Have a great day Rouhani. Take care." "You too Juniper. Have a great day!" With that Rouhani left and set out to find Roark of Canalave city to solve this mystery.