Second Kane Chronicle Story. Disclaimer: I do not own the Kane Chronicles.
Chapter 1: Confusion Starts Here ~Sadie POV~
"Sadie! Come quick!" I heard my brother, Carter, frantically call my name.
Probably lost his history book; last time, his calculator ran out of batteries and he nearly had a heart attack running around screaming 'Now how am I going to figure out what pi really is!' It was pretty ironic because I was just sitting on the couch in the main room reading a magazine while eating actual pie. Ya know, in my opinion and I'm sure in everybody else's, real pie is so much better. "I don't know where your stupid geek books are!" I yelled.
"No, I am not looking for any of my books, Sadie," he said, annoyance dripping from his voice. "Anubis called you and me like fifteen times and left us about five kind of disturbing voice mails. He's in trouble, deep trouble."
Worry spread through my body like a disease and I paled and stared at Carter with wild eyes. "H-how? What happened? Is he ok?"
Carter explained by playing the voice mail: 'Sadie, I really need you and Carter to meet me at the Hall of Death as soon as you get this. Please, it's important!'
"Well come on, let's go!" I pulled on my combat boots and flashed Carter and me to the Hall of Death. I would normally be excited to come here but in this situation, I couldn't stop wondering what was wrong. I started sprinting as Carter tried to keep up with me. Our dad or Osiris or whatever was on some business thing, trying to track down Apophis I think. When we finally reached Anubis, his face was contorted in nervousness. "Anubis!" I ran to him and wrapped my arms around him and he chuckled a little and hugged me back until Carter cleared his throat and we pulled away blushing.
"Lady Kane, I mean Sadie, you were really worried for me." Seeing Carter frown a bit he quickly added, "And uh as were you Carter, I owe you guys a big thanks for coming here so fast."
"Well, you led us to believe you were in serious trouble so spill. What's going on?" I asked looking up into dark chocolate eyes that were like a chocolate ocean I could swim in for hours.
"I guess I should start from the beginning . . .
Flashback ~Two Days Ago~
I was walking in the graveyard festival in New Orleans when I noticed a stray booth selling something, I don't know what, but I was compelled to find out. When I arrived there, a strange old lady with gray hair, gold hoop earrings, a purple dress, and a crooked smile awaited me. She kind of reminded me of a witch-like lady but it didn't frighten me; I figured she was just dressed up like that in the spirit of the festival.
"Hello, there, young boy, what is your name?" I don't know exactly why but I told her.
"Call me Carmella," she continued. "I am a fortune-teller, but not your typical fortune-teller. For I can predict something that will happen in your future. If it is good, I will inform you how to make it happen in the fullest and if it is horrific, I will tell you how to prevent it." I really don't know what I was thinking, I was having so much fun I gave her some money and she started her voodoo and mumbo jumbo and whatnot.
She made me put my hand over a square piece of crystal and closed her eyes. She told me it wasn't a crystal ball, because only freaky fortune-tellers used those. Yeah, wouldn't want to run into one of those. Too late.
"Now relax all of your being and concentrate on where you came from. It will help with where you will end up, or if you will end up at all." Ok, this was seriously starting to freak me out.
Carmella gasped. "Oh, dear, oh dear." Her face scrunched up with concern.
"Is there something um bad in my future?" I asked doubtfully. I mean, come on, like some stranger could predict what will happen to me but I played along anyway.
"I see something very bad. I can't tell you what it is for I do not know all the details myself but I do know a way to prevent this."
It's weird, when she let go of my hand, a kind of chill coursed through my body and I shuddered. What was that? She probably had a cold or something and passed it to me. Wow, being creeped out by an odd woman and catching a cold. I am on a roll, I thought sarcastically to myself.
"I have something to protect this. You need a tattoo, a special kind of tattoo." Was this lady for real? "Fortunately, I do indeed have this." She searched through a pile of junk, and lifted something out wrapped by a small package. Her grin stretched wider, which made me want to know if she were high.
"A tattoo," Carmella repeated, "that will help you very much. Strengthen you and make you more powerful." Ah, what the heck, just a tattoo, right? It'll be like a souvenir and besides, it'll look cool.
The tattoo was a green dragon with all sorts of patterns on the scales with yellow, red, blue, and orange highlights inside. It didn't hurt that much when she put it on my arm and I liked it. "Thanks," I told her.
She smiled and then, an even weirder thing happened; all her stuff and the booth, including her disappeared out of thin air. Ok . . .
End of Flashback
"Soafter I went back here, it's been burning and glowing at twelve o' clock, midnight every night." Anubis finished.
"So what? You've got a glow-in-the-dark tattoo. And maybe you did catch a cold, that's probably why it's been burning," Carter shrugged.
I elbowed him and looked with concern at Anubis. "Glowing and burning . . ." I mustered. "Can we see it?"
He rolled up the sleeve of his shirt and there it was; the dragon. It would actually be a pretty cool tattoo if it didn't have the side effects. Plus, it looked really good against his tense muscular biceps that could probably lift a car. . . Sadie, stop it. We are here to help him, not admire his awesome muscles I scolded myself.
"I have a plan. Why don't you two stay here until midnight and you can witness it yourself. You might notice something," Anubis suggested.
"That sounds like it might actually work," Carter thought out loud.
"Sounds like a plan."
Soooo guess what? No, don't guess, I'll tell you. I am having a contest for a character and be innovative! (btw that means original) You need to have their name, description, and power, and some cool additional facts about them. Have fun!