Suya panted and whipped sweat from her forehead with her wing. The killing Egyptian heat was already cruel for any living being, so it was not better for the snowy owl and her feathers that were supposed to protect her from the cold.

Ever since leaving the Valley of Peace, one week ago, the young snowy owl along with her two friends, Viper and Tanchi, has been flying nonstop across the burning lands of Egypt. The Siwa Oasis, where they were supposed to go, was located farther than they though.

Due to the heat, Suya changed her traditional black top and shorts for a white cloth around her chest and a loincloth of the same color that hung low on her hips and left all of her legs visible. Even though it was exposing, that was not less than what she was used to wear.

"I'm tired!" Tanchi complained, whipping sweat from her head with her flipper. "Are we there yet soon? We've been walking for days!"

"That's true: are you sure we are in the right direction, Suya?" Viper asked her avian friend as she kept slithering on the hot sand.

True to be told, she wasn't sure. They've been asking all the people they met on their way the exact direction to reach this famous oasis, but they couldn't be one hundred percent sure.

But suddenly, after crossing another sand hill, something came into view. It was an oasis with more palm tress than houses made or rock. They were not as impressive as those in the Valley of Peace, but they seemed legit to live in. There was many animals walking around with some being marchands selling food, tools, or other stuff to the passing people. No doubt: it was the Siwa Oasis.

"We're arrived!" Suya happily told her two friends as she landed down beside them.

"Woah! This place is...impressive." Tanchi said as they walked in the streets. True to be told, she wasn't finding this that impressive and kinda felt bad for all those people who were forced to live under such a violent sun.

After stopping at a river to drunk some water, the three girls returned their attention to the reason of their arrival. "So, what was the name of this place we're supposed to find?" Viper asked.

Suya took out her scroll (don't ask me where she putted it) and opened it to read. "The "Tiàowǔ Liánhuā", it says. We should ask the people of the oasis to know where it is."

They did just that and followed the direction they were given which led them to some kind of old house on which there was a writting saying: "Tiàowǔ Liánhuā" with beautiful flowers around it.

"That's gotta be it." Suya said with a smile. "Let's go."

The three girls entered the house and found out that it was some kind of restaurant with a few tables and pillows which served as chairs. There was nobody in there and it seemed abandonned. Why did Oogway wanted her to come in such a place? It was beyond her understanding.

Suddenly, someone came out from the back of the restaurant, probably where the food was prepared. It was a female cheetah with golden fur and brown spots. She had a beautiful figure and was dressed in a purple Arabian jacket that covered her chest and also an ice blue skirt that hung loose on her hips. The smile she adressed the trio really went well along her emerald eyes.

"Greetings, misses. And welcome to the Tiàowǔ Liánhuā restaurant. I'm Aicha. What can I do for you today?"

Suya actually recognized this cheetah: she did participated in the Power Struggle Tournament along with Toka and Koji, very recently (Go read my story to understand. Also, it's not the same Aicha: she's different in this universe.).

"Actually, we did not came here to eat." The owl answered which made Aicha look curiously. "The reason of our presence is a bit...complicated. So we should take a seat to talk about all of this."


Meanwhile, a bit farther from the oasis, two warriors were fighting to the death inside an ancient temple. One of them was a ox wearing a bronze warrior mask that was fitting his head perfectly. With his imposant figure, he swung two heavy masses at his opponent.

This last one was a male raven who was not of the first youth with some extra-feathers growing behind his beak, making it look like a beard. He was not as tall as his the ox, but he was still tall enough to not be considered small. He was wearing a white hoodie attire with a sword tied to his side by a belt, and a medium-sized bronze circular shield, a bow and a bag of arrows tied to his back.

Taking the shield on his left wing and his sword into the other, he blocked the attacks from the ox before rolling back. His sword looked like a dagger but longer, except that, starting from the middle of it, the blade curved into a scythe shape and some black smoke was coming out of it.

"Hypatos!" The raven screamed. "Stop it!"

"You killed my master and left me for dead! That was a mistake!" He angrily replied.

"Your master was a murderer!" The raven said, dodging another attack from the very angry ox. "It's my duty as the Medjay of Siwa!"

"I am his sworn bodyguard! It's a question of honor!"

As the ox kept pressing on his attacks, the raven kept dodging until he used an opening to cut his leg which made him scream in pain. Strangely, the pain seemed to move from his leg to spread in the rest of his body. The Medjay raven lifted his dark blade.

"This sword is called Maqbara! Whenever its blade hurts someone, the power it countains spread into the body to cause extra-damaged!"

The masked ox let out a battle cry and charged forward, swinging his weapons with all the adrenaline he had. Unfortunately for him, the raven simply ducked and stabbed his sword into his unprotected abdomen a few times before piercing right through his chest. The giant spat blood before collapsing on the floor with a last gasp. The Medjay then stood over him after regaining his sword and shield.

"My name is Aton, Medjay of the Siwa Oasis. May you rest in peace, proud warrior." After saying that, he closed the ox's eyes and walked away from the temple. He would have gladly flew away. The only problem was that he was cursed with the inability to fly. However, he was also blessed with a skill not any other avian possessed: swimming.

As he walked out of the temple, Aton whistled and, soon after that, a camel ran at his side. The name of this camel was Rat'jah and he was the faithful steward of the raven. He needed him to travel across the desert due to his inability to fly.

As he climbed on his back after giving him an hug, the camel started running away back toward the oasis. During the travel, a female peregrine falcon came flying right next to him. It was a female who had light brown feathers with a white belly and yellow eyes. She was dressed in a light green vest that had no sleeve to make sure her wings could fly perfectly.

"Did you find what you searched for in this temple, Uncle Aton?" She asked.

"Indeed, Sewu." Aton replied with showing a little bag in his wing. "There was many treasures in it, but I couldn't bear them all. Though this will help us a lot." He putted the bag back in his dress. "For now, let's go back to the oasis and see if everything is right."

Sewu nodded and kept following her uncle.


So, Suya and her friends told everything of their reason to travel to Egypt to Aicha. Of course, they didn't mention the whole other worlds story to avoid looking crazy. The female cheetah was very excited to be in presence of Kung Fu masters and, in return, told them that the current Pharaon, ruler of Egypt, was a very cruel person who forced the villagers and paysans - or simply anyone who wasn't rich enough - to work really hard for not enough and even jailed them for even the slightest reason - like stealing food for those who didn't had enough to pay.

She, at least, managed to make a little money for her restaurant. Not that her meals brought a lot of attention, but she explained that she sometimes performed dances which impressed some customers - males, principally - because she was a good dancer. The trio decided to help Aicha in her restaurant as they though it would be a good way to start with all the problems in the oasis. Maybe they could gather enough money for her and then find a way to do something about the Pharaon.

Since Tanchi was pretty good at cooking, it was decided that Viper and Suya would help by dancing as the former knew her way around with a ribbon, thanks to her practicing during her childhood. Suya was a bit less experienced, but she would learn. The snowy owl went to the rich's market of the oasis and used the money she brought from China to buy dancing costumes. According to Aicha, boys preferred seeing girls in colourful costumes to dance and she didn't had enough money to buy some. But thanks to Suya, she will now have some.

Back at the restaurant, Tanchi finished preparing some Egyptian meals along with a few China specialities in advance for the customers. "There should be enough for at least the next 20 customers." She though before getting to the back of the kitchen where Viper was practicing her ribbon dancing while Aicha was showing-off some belly dancing moves. And both were very good.

Eventually, Suya came back and presented the costumes she bought to her friends: for Aicha, she took a light brown dress that included a well-shaped top, a skirt that hugged her hips, a pair of gloves, and a dancing sheet to accompany her in her dance. For Viper, she simply took a jade mask to hit her mouth. She didn't needed anything more. Finally, for herself, Suya picked up a pink outfit with golden crystals added which was pretty small and exposed a lot of her body. This didn't bothered her as that let the heat come out of her body.

"Suya, this is beautiful!" Aicha said and hugged her owl friend before leaving to go try on her suit. Meanwhile, Viper and Tanchi noticed Suya also bought more dancing suits.

"Huh, Suya, what are these outfits for?" Viper asked with pointing at them with her tail.

"I had a lot of money, so I decided to buy some more for our friends from the other world. This one is for Fenghuang." She showed a purple dancing suit which was decorated with some ice blue crystals. It seemed rather light, but they could clearly picture Fenghuang in it. "This one's for Mei Ling." She showed one which was exactly like the one for Fenghuang, except that it was in green. It would go very well with Mei Ling's green gloves. "And this one's for Karasu, should he take his girl form." She showed a dark blue lightning-themed outfit that seemed like it would show some skin. A pair of gloves was included with it.

"I'm sure they'll like them." Tanchi assured with Viper nodding.

Later on, Suya called an inter-world messenger and gave him the dresses. She instructed him to deliver them at the Jade Palace from Karasu's world. He nodded and picked them before leaving in a portal.


Man, I had to work my head out to decide the setting of this story. Hope it was worth it.

For inspiration, I watched some Assassin's Creed Origins as it is Egyptian-themed, just like this story. This explains the character of Sewu, the watching eagle.

Also, "Aton" means "Solar Disk" in Arabian and I though it was fitting him well. For those of you who aren't aware, a Medjay is a special force of soldiers who are charged to defend the Pharaon. But in Aton's case, he's only the guardian of the Siwa Oasis 'cause the Pharaon is a jerk. "Maqbara" means "Graveyard" to explain the sword's name.

Also, for the Egyptian dancer's outfits being given to the other world, you can choose to ignore it entirely, DragonSaver: it's just a little tie-in between our stories I though I could make. But if you don't want to, you can simply make as if it never happened :)