A/N: Rachel420 (or Molly420 as she is known in deviantART) is helping me and RPing with me with this.
A/N: Not a sequel to Tomb of the Cursed Mummy
A/N: Originally a short one-shot entitled Worse Than Chickens
A/N: Actually takes place during the events in Tales from Norrisville
The ticking of the clock on the wall echoed throughout the room. School was so close to ending only a few more minutes. Randy sat at his desk in Mr. Bannister's English classroom. He kept turning to glance at the clock, just waiting for the bell to ring.
Ugh. When will the bell ring? Randy thought frantically. I could really use a monster attack right about now. Let it be a stanked student or a McFist robot. Anything to get rid of this boredom!
Howard was sitting across from him, doodling in his notebook, paying no attention at all. The Nomicon suddenly flashed in Randy's knapsack a few times. Randy noticed that the Nomicon was flashing and quickly grabbed it before anyone can notice it. He hid it behind a fake math book's cover and he opened the Nomicon, being pulled inside in the process. As he ascends across the pages, Randy notices something a little different about the Nomicon. Instead of the usual Asian aspects, Randy saw some hieroglyphics.
What the juice is going on in the Nomicon? Randy thought as he lands on a soft, feathery cushion with a true sapphire silken feel. It beats landing hard on a rocky surface like usual.
"What's with the hieroglyphics, Nomicon?" Randy asked the Nomicon.
The Nomicon just flashed in respond. It flashes again and a large golden mirror appears in front of Randy.
"You want me to look in the mirror?" Randy asked the Nomicon.
The Nomicon flashes, meaning a yes. Randy takes a look at the mirror, but gasps quickly once he looks at the mirror's reflection. He saw an ancient Egyptian version of himself. Both reflections are the same - same tyrian purple hair, same sapphire blue eyes, same body. But the only differences between the reflections is that the Egyptian reflection had thick black eyelinders on his eyes and he wore a traditional Egyptian garb, but it has a more royal look into it.
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Back in reality, Howard glanced over, noticing that Randy was in the Nomicon and just shrugged and went back to drawing. While doodling away, Principal Slimovitz enters the classroom with a grin on his face.
"Can I have your attention please?" Principal Slimovitz asked the class as they became silent. "As you all know, the school board had decided to take this class on a field trip to Egypt, tomorrow. We will be visiting the ancient city of Memphis and try to find some ancient artifacts and a pharaoh's tomb from ancient times."
The class mumbled amongst themselves.
"Permission slips are on Mr. Bannister's desk. So before you leave for the day, please pick up a slip and get your parent or guardian to sign it so that it may be collected in the morning before we leave."
And with that, Principal Slimovitz placed a pile of pink permission slips on the desk and quickly leave the room.
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Back in the Nomicon, Randy was still shocked at seeing an Egyptian version of himself in the golden mirror.
"What are you trying to tell me, Nomicon?" Randy asked the Nomicon with panic. "Why am I seeing an Egyptian version of myself?"
Instead of responding, the Nomicon flashes again. A hole emerges underneath Randy and before he knew it, he is quickly sucked into a hole.
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The bell was going to ring soon and Howard just kept doodling, when he heard Randy gasping for air. He could tell that Randy is finally out of the Nomicon.
Once the bell rang, the two boys each took a permission slip, left the school and were walking home.
"So what did the Nomicon say?" Howard asked.
"She didn't tell me anything." Randy explained. "She just showed me a mirror, that's all."
Howard just sort of nodded.
"So what did I missed?" Randy asked Howard.
"Nothing much." Howard replied. "Except Principal Slimovitz said that we were taking a field trip to Egypt."
"A field trip to Egypt?" Randy asked.
"Yeah, something about searching for some pharaoh's tomb."
"So uh ... when is the field trip taking place?"
"Tomorrow."
Randy freaks out a little. "Tomorrow?! Aw man, I missed everything."
"You were the one complaining about how school wouldn't end and you went into that dumb book in the first place."Howard argued.
"Okay one, the Nomicon isn't dumb, and two, who said I was complaining?"
Howard shrugged. "Whatever you say, Cunningham. I could see it in your eyes. Plus you kept glancing at the clock."
As Randy fumes at what Howard had told him, Cindy and Sierra walked up to them.
"Have you guys heard P. Slim's annoucement earlier?" Cindy asked Randy and Howard.
Howard noticed the two girls and waved slightly. "Hey guys."
"How's it going?" Sierra asked.
"Good." Howard replied. "Did you hear about the trip to Egypt tomorrow?"
"Yeah, and it's gonna be the cheese!" Cindy cried happily. "I can't wait to see some cool ancient tombs!"
Howard nodded and agreed.
"Maybe we could find some ancient history along the way." Sierra cried in excitement. "Maybe they've got really great women back in ancient times!"
"Or better yet, we might find the queen's mummy!" Cindy also cried in excitement.
Howard chuckled.
"What?" Cindy and Sierra asked Howard at the same time.
"You sound pretty excited to go discover a bunch of dead people." Howard replied.
"Yeah. I can't believe we're going to Egypt." Cindy replied as the four teens walk to Cindy's place which is not very far from Randy and Howard's place. After entering the house, the four teens flopped down onto the couch.
"Yeah, sounds great." Randy spoke for the first time since he and Howard left school.
Grabbing a TV remote from the table, Cindy flicked on the TV to see it was currently on the History Channel. It was showing a show about Ancient Egypt.
"Funny how tomorrow's the field trip to Egypt, and there's a show on it right now." Sierra joked.
Howard smiled and watched the show. A narrator is talking off-screen.
"For years, archaeologists have been digging the Egyptian deserts to find lost tombs of ancient Egyptians. Last month, a team of archaeologists discovered the lost tomb of Riei, a young prince of Eypt. Riei took the throne of Egypt when he was only 8 years old, shortly after his father was killed in a terrible battle between the Eyptians and the Achaeans. He was written to be a unique and noble ruler to have an exotic hair color of tyrian purple, but his reign was very short for he died at age of 14. No one knows how he died, but some historians believed that he was poisoned in the royal bedchamber by his vizier, Khaba, who some believed that he wanted the prince overthrown so that he can rule Egypt and marry Riei's fiancée, the lovely princess Omorose from a city state called Helwan. Unless this theory is proven to be true, Riei's murder remains a mystery and it was never solved."
"Wow. Talk about a pharaoh assassinaton plot." Randy spoke.
Howard nodded. "That's crazy!"
"Crazy indeed." Sierra added.
During the time of the show, the teens were half-awake. Cindy couldn't keep herself awake that she ended up resting onto Randy's shoulder. Randy, also couldn't keep himself awke, rested his arm around Cindy's shoulders, also resting close to her. If one had excellent hearing, you could hear two heartbeats going at once.
"Aww, isn't that cute?" Lina's voice came from behind the couch.
"I know, right?" Sierra's voice also came from behind.
Randy and Cindy shot around to see Cindy's older sister, Lina standing behind the couch and Sierra resting her elbows on the back of the couch, smiling sweetly.
"Lovebirds." Howard chuckled lightly and continued to watch the show.
"We're not lovebirds!" Randy and Cindy yelled at Howard.
"Yeah you are." Howard replied chuckling. In frustration, Randy grabs a sofa pillow and whacks Howard on the face with it. "Ow."
Howard fell backwards off the couch, followed by Cindy and Randy chuckling.
"Thanks." Cindy thanked Randy.
"No problem." Randy replied.
"Shouldn't you guys be going home or something?" Lina asked Randy, Howard and Sierra. "It's getting awfully late."
Howard got up and nodded and headed home. "See you tomorrow!"
"See ya!" Sierra cried as she also headed home, which is right next to Cindy's place.
"Bye guys!" Randy cried as he too headed home for the day.
Well, that's about it for chapter one. Please read and review though.