Disclaimer: I do not own this, for I am not awesome enough to have created the Kane Chronicles. (Yes, Rick Riordan must be VERY VERY VERY VERY awesome)

It's weird how it happened, because I wasn't looking for her.

It had been a year since I started searching for her.

But now, out of nowhere I found her.

It was a rainy day, and I decided to walk home. I know I may catch a cold and get grounded, but I didn't mid. Though I did catch a cold and got grounded, but I was so happy I didn't mind.

I walked past an ice-cream stand, which immediately reminded me of my possible-not-so-possible date with Zia.

"Thanks," I heard a girl with black, short hair saying to the ice-cream man while giving him the money with her ice-cream in the other hand.

The voice seemed vaguely familiar.

I decided to be polite, as always and touched her shoulder twice to gain her attention.

"Yes..?" The girl said. Her voice faded as she saw my face, and I watched hers. It was vaguely familiar, but more realistic.

Realistic. Shabti. Her.

It all came to my mind in a flash.

It is her. It is Zia, I've found her.

"H-have we met..?" She asked again in a low voice.

Her ice-cream cone was almost falling from her left hand and I noticed the ice-cream stand man had left.

"C-Carter... Is... Is it y-you?" She stuttered again. Then, it came to my mind that it seemed I hadn't paid attention to her.

"Zia." It was all I said, "I can't believe I found you. I've been searching for you so much..."

I bet I was grinning like a fool.

"B-but... You look so vaguely familiar now..." She said, touching my right cheek with her right hand.

I bet I was blushing.

"Yes Zia but... You saw memories and I've... I've grown too and..." I didn't know how to finish the sentence because she laughed.

"I, should take you home, and tell Uncle Amos we have found you!" With that she freezes.

"Mel!" She yelled, pointing behind me.
I turned and saw him preparing to throw his wand at me. I grabbed Zia by the wrist and pulled her away.

We used to turn around from time to time every time we thought we had lost him, but he was still there.

I started to see the mansion in the distance.

It was our only chance.

I looked again, only to see that Mel was getting closer. He threw his hand, but we ducked. I decided to take my wand in hand and I threw it at him. After hitting him and leaving him bleeding, my wand returned to me.

Before turning back, he shouted "We will get you, Nephthys!" And then he ran back to Central Park, I guess, to go to the portal.

We still walked in a fast pace because maybe he had asked for reinforcement.

Suddenly we heard a noise coming from the bushes, so we decided to run.

Finally, when we arrived, we slammed the door shut, panting. Before I knew it, my fingers had wrapped around hers and I was holding her hand.

We were both red, because of running so much, or we were blush.

"Carter?" I heard Zia whisper, "W-what are you doing..?"

I immediately let go of her hand, but her soft finger were intertwined with mine, but by her this time.

Out of the blue, she kissed me and I, for the first time felt her lips in mine.

Then I could feel how much I missed her.

She pulled apart but I kissed her again.

Then, I felt her smile.

After a month of helping her release Nephthys, I took the guts and asked her out.

Then, I asked her to be my girlfriend. It made me very happy when she accepted.

Now, we're on our way to meet my father, who is Osiris, the personification of Death itself, or just Julius Kane.

TheEnd.

Soooo, this is for Animal Charmer's Zarter contest. They are 15, both. Um... it's called Vaguely Familiar because it was because of a Vaguely Familiar voice that Carter knew it was Zia. You could call this a prequel to Father's Day, if you want...

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