hey everyone. i did post this up late last night but i forgot to change a few things. one of them being to put a picture in but fanfic is being too retarded to upload it along with the chap so i'll try to get a link to what it looks like. but anyway i hope you enjoy the story.

Chapter 1

"No, Daddy no go!" cried the little two year old girl. "Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I can, I promise," he called back. "Noooooo! Daaaaddyyyy!"

5 years later

"I'm sorry to inform you ma'am, but your husband has died."

6 years later

It was a beautiful summer afternoon. And the two year old girl was now thirteen years old. She went through tough times with her father leaving and then dieing. She wasn't depressed anymore, but still felt sorrow. Basically, she's just been moving on with her life.

The girl's name was Elana Takumo. Everybody thought it was a strange name but she liked it. Her father had been the one to give her her name. Elana looked very much like her father, especially when she had her hair in a ponytail, which was practically all the time. She had black hair that would look reddish, brownish in the sun, brown eyes, always happy, and nearly always smiling. She wore her usual shorts and t-shirt, like she always does, along with her one and only precious treasure: the necklace around her neck. Her dad had given it to her when she was born (pause: hey if you've ever seen or watched Naruto, the pendant is the sign of a sand ninja's headband. Please don't ask me why, this started off as a dream and I'm trying to make this into a good story. Continue).

She was headed to her favorite place, the museum. A lot of people thought she was weird that way, but she didn't care what anybody said or thought. "Hey Elana, how's it goin'?" "Hey Tuck, nothing much," she greeted the security guy at the entrance. She came practically everyday so they came to know each other quite well. After she had a small chat with Tuck, she waved and went into the cool air-conditioned building.

Everyone who worked here knew Elana as well. How couldn't you when the same person came every single day? And they all knew where she was going too. No one knew why, not even Elana herself knew why, but every single day she would always head to the Egyptian exhibit. They thought that she was just really interested.

So as usual, she headed to the Egyptian exhibit. As soon as she walked through the archway, she suddenly felt at home. Slowly she walked around the huge room. Every artifact, every crease, every crevice in the room, Elana knew where it was.

At last she ventured to the middle of the room. In the very center was huge mound of stone. It was nearly ten feet tall, five feet wide, and ten feet in length. It was absolutely filled with hieroglyphics except for the top. She then bent her head down to read the information tablet, yet again.

Ancient Egyptian Gateway
This mound of stone was found inside an ancient temple. Evidence has been found that allows us to believe that it is a gateway. To what or where, no one has found out. The 'keyhole' next to the opening is, supposedly, the only way to open it. The 'key' has yet to be found though. One thing that has been found, however, was a prophecy that goes as so:

Only one, with blood of true

Into the world, so ancient, so new

The one, with a heart like none the others

Shall have the power to change all others

The power to change lives

Everyone and thing shall thrive

But heed thy words

Should good and evil become unbalanced

All shall perish

Something like an alarm started beeping in Elana's head, but she had no idea why. Suddenly, an idea popped into her head. She took her necklace from inside her shirt and held the pendant in her hand. Elana had thought of the idea before but never attempted it, but it was time she found out.

She took off her necklace and headed to the front of the gateway. She hesitated in front of the 'keyhole' and took a deep breath. Holding it in front of the hole, she slowly moved the pendant toward it. It was only a millimeter away until she finally pushed the pendant all the way. Elana's eyes grew wide in shock; the pendant fit perfectly inside the 'keyhole'. All these years she'd had the key and never knew.

Then she heard a rumbling as the door began to slide open. Once the doors opened fully, she walked hesitantly inside. As soon as she did, the doors closed and she was completely engulfed in darkness. She just stood there unmoving, not knowing what to do. Realizing the pendant was still in her hand, she clutched it tighter.

As she did this, light illuminated all around. She squinted her eyes from the sudden brightness. Once her eyes adjusted, she looked around and saw that she was in a hallway. This, she thought was very strange because the 'gateway' was supposed to be ten feet in length. The hallway looked much longer than ten feet. Even stranger, there did not seem to be any source for the light. But she walked down the hall nonetheless.

It had been a few minutes of walking, but it felt much longer. The walls were all covered in hieroglyphics. Elana had some sort of feeling that these walls were trying to tell her a story the more she walked down the hall. She had been walking for some time now. After what seemed like hours, the light that originally illuminated the hallway disappeared. She stopped dead in her tracks from the darkness.

As her eyes slowly grew used to the dark, she noticed that there was a very faint line of light in front of her. Heading toward it slowly, she saw it had a faint bluish, greenish tint to it. She raised her hand in front of her as it felt stone. Tracing her fingers over the stone, Elana noticed patterns on it and figured them to be hieroglyphics. She came to an unusual pattern that felt like the outline of a hand. Her hand then traveled across the light to the other side. There she found a hole the shape of her pendant again. So, just like before, she put the pendant in the hole.

A few minutes passed and nothing happened. Isn't something supposed to happen now, she thought. Again she put her hand on the stone and traveled her hand all around. Her fingers brushed over the hand pattern again and a faint green appeared then faded over where she touched it. She ran her hand over it again and the same thing happened. Then she placed her whole hand over the pattern and it glowed a bright green.

Keeping her hand on the pattern, every hieroglyphic on the wall too showed green and eventually the wall on her right, then her left, even the ceiling. Everything around her slowed green. It stayed like that for a few minutes until all the hieroglyphics faded and only the hand pattern and the hole holding her pendant glowed. After a minute, they too faded and Elana took her pendant and hand back.

The line of light in front of her grew wider as the stone doors slid apart. She walked through once the doors opened, and this time they didn't close. In front of her, Elana saw a green glowing circle with many intricate designs inside of it. She tried to look around to see the rest of the room, but all she saw was the circle.

Her hand started to vibrate. She looked down to see that it was the pendant that was vibrating. It started moving in her hand, but she held on tight. Then it practically dragged her to the middle of the circle. Once the pendant stopped it's pulling and Elana was in the center, the circle glowed so intensely that she had to cover her eyes.

She uncovered them again once it died down and saw that there was some sort of light barrier at the edges of the circle, making it look like she was trapped. "Elana?" a voice called. She stood still, recognizing the voice, but couldn't remember where from. "Elana," the voice called again from behind her. Slowly she turned around and gasped at who now stood in front of her. Elana could barely move from all the shock that went through. For so long she thought this person had died. But now, here he was, right in front of her. Tears started to run down Elana's face as she ran to her precious person yelling "Daddy!"

She ran into her father's open arms and hugged him deeply. "I thought you were dead," she cried. "I am, but this circle allows me to be here for a time in a way that you can see, hear, and touch me," he replied. "Daddy, what is this place? Why is that I was the one who had the key? What's going on?" Elana asked and asked.

Her father chuckled a little and explained, "Well, in order, this is a time portal. You have the key because you are the rightful heir. And now it's time to fulfill your destiny."

"My destiny?"

"Yes, to become ancient Egypt's new Pharaoh."

Elana gasped, "What? But how is that possible?"

"I was born in India, but when my father died, I became Pharaoh. I then left the throne to get an education and met your mother. You then came along into the world. After I was sure that both you and your mother would be fine, I left to recover my throne as Pharaoh. When I became ill and knew I would die, I told my counselors and advisors not to make you Pharaoh until you figured out the puzzles yourself," he explained.

"So, now that makes me… Pharaoh?" she asked, still trying to comprehend everything. "Yes," he said nodding his head, "but don't worry. My advisors and counselors and others will help you so you won't be overwhelmed," he assured her.

"Daddy, what's happening?" Elana cried as she saw her dad's body flicker. "My time's run out and it's time for you to take the throne as Pharaoh," he said as his body faded to nothing.

Elana then felt some type of force as she became weightless and was being forced upward through the time portal. She felt like she was traveling at amazing speeds and eventually saw a small light. It grew bigger and bigger and then… darkness.

i left a bit of a cliffhanger this time didn't i? well that's what makes it even better. but since my brain is still fried i'm gonna keep it really short this time. but please feel free to review. ja.