She pushed me into the study room and slid the door closed. I unwrinkled my dress where she had grabbed me to drag me into the study.
"Why do you always pick fights with me?!"
"Why are you always choosing him over me?!" I scream.
"You know that's not far! He's only four!" She screamed back.
"One, that's not far?! You always believe him over me! It's always "He's to little to do that," or "You treat him like he's your age." I treat him that way because he acts like it! Two-"
"Hey, how are my favorite girls?" Steve stuck his head in the door.
"Push off, I'm not dealing with you Steve."
"Don't talk to your step dad that way!" He voice went shrill.
"I'll talk to him anyway I want! I've had it with your guy's crap! "Oh, lets give the spoiled little brat everything he wants, Oh! He broke the frame and ripped the only picture of her dad! Let's yell at her for it, because she's just emotionally unstable teenage girl who can't get over her dad dieing, it's been a week, she must have forgotten about it by now!" My voice broke on the last word.
The rain outside was coming down hard, lightning cracked down outside.
My mother raced across the room and struck my cheek with the back of her hand. As soon as her hand made contact to my face she grew a look of horror on her face.
My hand went up to my face. "I hate you! I hate you both! I'm never living here!" I ran out of the room and past the crowd of people here for my father's funeral, and down the other hall, into my 'bedroom'. It wasn't really my bedroom, it was the guest bedroom, I only used it when I came to see my mom. I threw myself down on 'my' bed, and began to sob. There was frantic knocking on my door, "Elizabeth, I'm sorry! Please open the door!" My mother pounded on the door. I got up and put my hand on the doorknob, I flicked the lock with my finger and returned to the bed.
"Did you just lock your door?!" She tried to open the door.
"Go away!" I yell.
"I'm going to get your dad." She warned.
"He's not my father!" I screamed.
I knew by now that everybody in the living room could hear everything, they probably all gathered around and were gossiping. The pain in my cheek didn't subside, I sat up from my bed and went to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror, where my mother had slapped me, was a red mark. I grabbed a washcloth from under the sink and wet it with cold water.
I'm sitting on the counter of the sink hen there's more pounding at my door.
"Go away." I squeak.
"Your father won't come, Now Liz open up your door." She said.
"Why so you can smack me again, for saying the truth?" I snap.
"You watch…. Liz.. please just open the door. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." She was begging.
"No, just give me space. Just go back to check on Brad, he's still in the tub."
"Your father is taking care of him." She huffed.
"One more thing, don't call Steve my father. My father is David Taylor, and he died in a car crash."
"Please, don't be like that?"
"I'm serious." I say.
"Hmm. I'm leaving, to go tell the guest to go to home." With that she left.
I start the shower and hope in. When I'm all in my pj's (a pair of shorts and a comfy tank top) and my hair is in braids, I relax on my bed. My music was blaring through my iPod. I look out my window it was still pouring. I start to doze off. I close my eyes and when I open them back up, my music had stopped. It played through the whole play list. I check the clock. One thirty AM. I slowly slump out of bed. I walk over to my door and unlock it. I peak my head out. All the lights were off. I sneak out into the kitchen, I hadn't exactly gotten to eat dinner. I pop open the fridge, pop open the lunch meat container and take a piece of ham. I thought I heard a door creek open. I slammed the fridge door closed, I looked out the window, the rain was still pouring. There was a black figure hunched over on the patio. I get closer to the window, Thunder boomed so loud, I flew backwards into the couch. A flash of lightning lit up the patio, I could see that there was a massive black dog. I race to the door and I unlock it and fall outside. The atmosphere changed. The air grew thinner. For a summer night it was awfully cold. I took a step towards the dog. It lifted up it's head and growled, the dogs hackles raised. I took another step towards the dog.
"Don't worry boy, I'm not going to hurt you. Here, do you want this?" I waved the lunch meat in my hand.
It came a little closer. I held out my hand. It inched closer, sniffed the meat then licked it and then snatched it out of my hands. Lighting flashed brightly and the door perked up it's ears. Which strangely came to a point at the top.
It was massive, it could probably kill me if it felt threatened. I sat down on the ground a couple feet away. The cement felt cold on my bare thighs. The dog sprang to it's feet and growled. I backed away. It's eyes locked on to mine. I felt like it was reading my thoughts. Maybe it was. It came close and sniffed my face, it then looked confused.
"Strange, I can smell the soul, but I can't reach it." It said. Sounded like a teen age boy.
It…it spoke!
"Wha….. You can talk?!" I screamed.
"Of course." It said again.
I backed/ crawled to the door.
"Don't scream!" It hissed.
"I'm dreaming, I must be!" I was completely backed against the door, my hand reaching for the doorknob.
"Please" It mumbled.
"Is this punishment?! I didn't mean to be like that towards my mom! I'm sorry mister dog!" My voice wavered.
"Punished? Why would you be punished? And I'm not a dog…." it seemed like it looked down at it's self. "Oh I am. I'm sorry." It stood on it's hind legs and seemed to morph into a boy, his hand out stretched.
He had amazing brown eyes, and black shaggy hair, like he had forgotten to brush it. But it looked incredible. He was wearing a black jacket and grayish semi tight jeans on. He had a grey shirt on under his jacket, that said "Amitt the truth." With a smile icon giving a thumbs up.
"I'm Anubis, god of funeral's and death." He still had his outstretched.
My mouth just hung open.
"Here take my hand." He said.
"You've got to be joking." I whimper.
"What?" He asked.
"I'm asleep." I muttered.
"No, your not. Your fully awake. Who are you by the way?" he asked.
"I'm Elizabeth Taylor. Daughter of David Taylor, He was head of archeology in the Ancient Egypt department for Saint. Rose Academy." I struggled to say his name.
"So you are his child. I should take you to them, How did he do it?" He look astonished.
"Who's them?" I asked.
"You'll see." He sucked in his breath the grabbed my hand and picked me up off my feet.
"Hey! Where are you taking me?!" I screamed.
"Look inside your house!" he pointed.
There were shadow's crossing about the room. There were clashes, the light turned on and I could see Steve in his boxers and had a baseball bat in his hand. There were three men inside, one had a staff in hand and the other two had what looked like wands, all of them dressed in white cloth. Steve swung at one of the men. He easily ducked and got a blow in Steve's side. He fell to the ground. My mother came out of the room, and had a wand I her hand. She saw me outside and nodded towards the Anubis fellow. He grabbed me by the arm and dragged me backwards.
"Wait! I can't leave my mother here with them! There going to kill her!" I screamed.
"Shh, their-" He looked at the window and saw that the three men inside were looking strait at us, they all rushed to the door. "Great!" He shouted.
The wand looking thing in my mother's hand glowed pink and she shouted something, I couldn't hear it because she was inside the house. I could only see her lips move, but when she flicked her wrist, the three men dropped. But they got back up with matter of seconds they got to there feet. One of the men, said something and my mother went flying backwards.
I went to lung forward, but Anubis threw me backwards and I stumbled into this black void. I screamed as I could see the three men were almost in breathing distance of us. Anubis had put himself in-between me and the three men. "Go through that portal, It will bring you to were you need to go!" He tried to push me into the black hole looking thing.
"Your coming with me!" I yelled.
He had a look of pain in his eye's, like the thought made him scared but happy at the same time. He opened his mouth to say something then closed his mouth.
"Please?! I'm scared!"
One of the men threw down his staff and it changed into a snake. The other two men were using there wands to cast balls of fire and other nasty things towards us.
"Go! Now!" He yelled.
"No! I won't, Not unless your coming with me dog boy!" I stomped my foot.
The three men lunged at us, Anubis grabbed/pushed me and himself into the black hole thing. But one of the blast from there wands took a blow to my side.
We landed with a splash , I open my eyes, all I can see is a blurry thing swimming in the water circling above me, Anubis was still holding me. I push him away. I didn't know which way was up. My sight went blurry, I saw Anubis being lifted out of the water. My lungs felt like they'd burst. I couldn't swim upwards. My arms and legs were numb. As my eye's are beginning to close, there's tugging on my arms and I was lifted out of the water. I wasn't breathing, I knew that.
Sadie's POV
We had all just sat down to eat dinner, when a portal appeared and a girl came splashing down in the water with Anubis clung all over her. Everyone was silent for a minute. I didn't say anything because I thought I was just going insane. But then Anubis popped up out of the water. He was gasping for air.
Carter stood up and grabbed Anubis by the arm and helped him up.
After no one saw if the girl came up. Carter jumped in the pool and dragged her out. It looked like she wasn't breathing. Carter had begun giving her CPR. After a minute, her eyes flew open and she coughed up an awful lot of water. Her eye's were frightening but beautiful at the same time, unnerving but still sweet. A lovely shade of light blue and electric green. She was very pale, I don't mean like natural skin, like sick pale, close to death.
"I can't believe it!" Carter exclaimed.
"What?" I asked kneeing beside him.
"I….can't move….help.. can't breath!" Gasped the girl.
Jaz was already checking the girl for anything. She looked a her side and said a spell, the spell for release.
"She had a nasty paralyze spell on her waist, that quickly spread through her body." Said Jaz.
Carter's jaw was hanging open. (yes, Carter it was too.)
I closed his mouth and helped the girl sit up. Felix had grabbed a blanket, and wrapped it around her shoulders. She still looked awfully pale, her body shuttered and she coughed up more water. Carter put his hand on her back and was patting lightly. Anubis had put his hand on my shoulder, I turn around and stand up.
"Why did you bring her here?!" I demanded.
"She's the one you guys have been looking for." He said in his usual smug voice.
"So, you thought it was ok to drop in the pool?" I hissed.
"I didn't mean too."
"Liz, How have you been?!" Carter was kneeling in front of her now. She had a look of horror on her face.
"Carter! Oh my god." She threw her arms around my brother. He looked shocked.
"Liz, It's been a long time. Too long." He returned her hug.
Everyone on the terrace looked at each other in surprise and confusion.
The way they were hugging made me think the were dating. (Shut up Carter, It was too. You had her wrapped in your arms pretty tight. You also had your face buried into her wet hair.) Anyway, I of course interrupted there hugging.
"Carter, who is this?" I asked.
"Oh," He pulled her away, "This Is Elizabeth Taylor, she's an old friend of my mine from when me and dad would go travel the world. We meet at a digging site, in Cairo. Are dad's were best friends. They were actually both on the same digging unit." he said.
"Oh, how come I've never heard you talk about her?" I asked crossing my arms.
Carter was helping Elizabeth to her feet, she was wobbly. Julian looked as if his brain was working on over duty. "Taylor? You mean you're the daughter of David Taylor?!" He asked.
"Yeah." She said. She had to cling onto a chair at the table. Carter stood behind her incase she fell.
"Didn't he just die, in a car crash?" He asked.
You could see all the color in her face drain and her knee's buckled and she feel to her butt. Carter and Felix and Julian all rushed forward to catch her, Carter caught her before her head smacked off the table. She sat there dazed, in Carter's arms. He stroked her hair.
"Ok, your not stable enough to walk." He said.
"Bring her to the infirmary." Jaz said as she rushed back into the house.
Carter picked her up in his arms and walked into the house. Julian was going to follow Carter and the Elizabeth girl but I told everybody that they needed to sit back down and eat. He reluctantly sat down. I finished my meal, A couple of biscuits and water. (Honestly Carter, I'm not five. I just like biscuits.) As I head up to my room. I stop by Walt's room, he was asleep. I closed the door and marched to my brother's room. He wasn't there. I walked down the stairs and to the infirmary, sure that Carter would be there. He was.
"We need to talk." I say.
He turned in surprise.
"If it's about me not telling you about her, I'm sorry. Plus you never asked, it never came up. Didn't think it was important." He rambled.
"I'd like to know about my brother's old girlfriends, but it's about why she came here with Anubis. She's the daughter of David Taylor one of the best magicians, he died…" I waved my hands.
The only thing he could force out of his mouth was. "She's never been my girlfriend!"
With that I left and went to my room and went to bed.