The secret lives of gods

As a disclaimer, I don't own the Kane Chronicles or the characters in them.

Chapter 1: An invitation

Carter Kane walked through the halls of Brooklyn house, wondering where his sister was. He simply couldn't find her these days; she was so involved with Anubis that he had actually started to miss her company. Just as he thought this, Sadie burst from around the corner. She was talking non-stop, and when she saw Carter, she yelped. "Carter! Um, hi!" He looked at her strangely. Her face was flushed and she looked… strange. Carter knew, just knew something was wrong. He opened his mouth to talk…

The building rumbled and a deep, scratchy voice came over, as if on intercom. "Oh trainees of Brooklyn house, I came to invite you to a… shall I say, party. You have no idea what you are messing with, following the path of the gods. Come to room 13 in the first Nome. I will be waiting."

Carter looked at his sister. All traces of her blush were gone, replaced with a mask of fear and determination. "All right," she said, a quaver in her voice. "Here's the plan. We're going to the first Nome, with the trainees, to meet this creature. If he's evil, we destroy him. The end. Carter, why are you looking at me like that?" For indeed Carter was looking at her strangely. This was not the sister he knew, not afraid of anything. This was a pale shell of her, and he didn't like it. He shook off the feeling. "I like that plan," he mumbled. "Portal time."