The Children of Egypt

by Sere-san

Note: this is not a crossover, absolutely no mention of the Kanes this is a story about how the egyptian gods, who finally started mingling with mortals, and their children join forces with the Demigods of Rome and Greece to finish the prophecy...

Uniting the Gods and Goddesses of Egypt, Rome, and Greece...

"Nila Cameron, pay attention!" I get snapped back into reality. I look at my teacher. He has a mean look on

his face. "I'm sorry, Mr. Harrington, it won't happen again," I say to him. He nods and turns back to his

work. I just drift off into my imagination again. Let me tell you a little about myself while I'm off in dream

land. I have long semi-wavy light brown hair and blue eyes. I am mostly tall and I have long legs. I am very

fast and I love to climb trees. I absolutely hate water, I still don't know why. I live with my dad, my mom

apparently died giving birth to me. I never got to know her. "Did you hear what I said, Miss Cameron?" Mr.

Harrington asks me. I gulp. "Could you please repeat it?" I ask him. He sighs and shakes his head. "I said

that we're going to do a unit on the greek myths and the Trojan war, we will be getting gear from the P.E.

Office, like wooden swords and armor so we don't have anyone hurting themselves." I nod and try to look

enthused. The bell rings and the class day is over. "Hey, Hey, Nila, wait up!" my friend Nick calls. I spin

around. "Nick!" He gives me a big smile. He opens his arms and I run into them. "You came back to the

U.S.!" I say happily. We embrace for a moment. Then I look at him. "So, how was Egypt?" I ask him. "It was

amazing!" he says, "The pyramids are huge, bigger than you would ever imagine!" I start giggling. "That's

nice."

We head home and talk the whole way home. "Ok," he starts, "So tell me, what have I missed in class so

far?" "Well, we're starting a unit on ancient Greece, tomorrow we're supposed to be using wooden swords

and doing pretend sword fights," I explain. "Sweet!" he says. We stop at his house. "See you tomorrow!" I

call to him as I walk away. "Wait!" he cries. He rushes up to me. "I, well, I always wanted to tell you, but

I've always been shy to ask, will you-" he starts. "Nick! You need to unpack!" his mom calls. He looks at me

apologetically. "Oh well, another time," I say with a shrug. He turns around and walks into his house.

"Coming mom!" I hear him call. I smile. I know what he wants to talk to me about, but I decide to save it for

later. When I get home, I immediately fall asleep. I am so tired. My dream gets strange very quickly. I go

from talking with Nick, to immediately falling through the dark night sky. I'm just screaming endlessly. Then

I land in a river. It's all black. "Someday, I shall take over the minds of all the half-gods on the planet!"

someone says with an evil laugh. "Sire, you shall achieve your goal, just eliminate the half-gods that are

more powerful than the rest," another one says sneakily. "Wait, what half-gods? What are you talking

about?" the evil voice says, "There are no powerful half-gods!" "Another time, one of them is watching us!"

the sneaky one says.

I wake up panting. This is just another one of those stupid out of body experiences that I get a lot. I have

gotten hurt before in those dreams. Well, anyway, back to reality. Another glorious day of getting up at

5:20 in the morning just to catch the bus to school. Eventually, after an incredibly boring school day, I get to

History class. I am so excited, we're doing that unit today! I see Nick sitting in the row right next to mine.

My teacher is busy handing out the armor. I don't think it's real armor though. When he hands armor to me,

I immediately put it on. Nick passes me a note. Wow, I don't think any other girl could look hot in armor.

That's what the note reads. I look over at him and give him a smile. He gives me a thumbs up and flashes

me the famous Nick smile. "Alright class, listen up," Mr. Harrington starts, "Rule number one, no hurting

others, number two, listen to your teacher, two easy rules, not very hard to follow, now I want each of you

to grab a sword and lets head outside." The boys all jump out of their seats immediately. I slowly make my

way over and gingerly pick out a sword from the canister. It feels pretty balanced. I follow the rest of the

class outside. "Alright, here's your partners, Harry with Ethan, Kellie with Amber..." he went on. I wasn't

paired with Nick, I was paired with the geek of the class. Big whoop for me. He looks at me as if sizing me

up as an opponent. "Brian, you can't beat me, you're too wimpy." He tilts his head and stares directly into

my eyes. I blink my eyes and shake my head. "Alright, everyone take a ready stance, now, charge!" our

yells. Most of the people start yelling at the top of their lungs for things that are supposed to pass as battle

cries. I don't say anything. Brian just continues to stare at me. I sigh to myself. I might as well charge him

now, I surprisingly really want to get in on the action going on around me. Out of the corner of my eye, I

see Nick and his partner, Joey, fighting each other. Each have such a determined look in their eyes. Then

Brian charges. He swings, I duck. Instinctive reflex. I jab with an upward thrust, but he blocks it with his

sword. He feints to the left, but I catch him before he can humiliate me in front of the entire class. My mind

starts thinking up tactics. Ok, either forward strike, or feint right left thrust. Where am I getting these ideas

from? Then he slips up. He brings the sword down over my head. I slam it into the ground and twist it. It

falls out of his hands.

I see that a mini group has formed nearby. The girls cheer when they see that I've beaten him. I find that

Nick has Joey on the ground and he's holding Joey's sword in his free hand. Mr. Harrington is going around

and collecting the names of the people who won against their opponents. A few girls, including me, are left,

and quite a few guys. "Alright, now I want these people to partner up, Jay and Ryan, Sally and Mary, Lilian

and Gregory, Peter and Daren, Beatrice and Veronica, Nick and Warren, Opal and Aaron, and last but not

least, Erin and Nila," our teacher says. Well, lets skip the boring part. I beat Erin, and there was only four of

us left after a few minutes. I was left facing Aaron and Nick was left facing Mary. Nick and Mary went first.

Well, I could try to describe the details to you. Mary charges Nick with her sword raised, not a very good

tactic if I say so myself. Nick dodges to the left and swiftly yet smoothly knocks the sword out of Mary's

hand. That was a quick match. Then I realize that if I win the fight with Aaron, I have to fight Nick. "And

now, Nila and Aaron, step up and take your ready positions," our teacher says. Aaron narrows his eyes in

challenge and I roll my eyes in response. "Now!" Aaron just waits, as if he can sense when I'm going to

move. I take a slight step to my right and he takes a step to his right too. We both have our eyes trained on

each other. Then I see his arm twitch. I step forward and slice sideways. He blocks it and tries to twist my

sword out of my hands. He fails. I take a small step backwards and all of a sudden, it's almost as if the

whole world slows down. I hear words. "Anticipate your enemy's move, block it and counter it strongly."

That gives me strength. I can almost see where the sword's going to be in a few seconds and I beat it there.

I smack with full force and his blade soars out of his hand. I end it with a flourish and bring my sword up to

his chest. His mouth drops open in shock. "Our winner!" Mr. Harrington exclaims, "We have about ten

minutes left until the end of school bell rings, so make this worthwhile!" Nick and I face each other. We both

know that one of us has to win this. He shrugs his shoulders. I take that moment and charge him. He looks

stunned, but lifts his sword in defense. It was luck that his sword didn't fly out of his hand that very second.

We kind of dance around each other for about two minutes, dodging and parrying blows. Some strikes here

and there and quite a few feints.

I can see he's giving it all he's got, I have to give him that. But eventually it ends with him lying down on the

ground and me standing over him holding both swords. I offer him my hand and he takes it. When he stands

up, Mr. Harrington comes over. He puts his hand on my shoulder. "Excellent job, Nila, you will get ten points

of extra credit on the next test for this unit." Oh great, I should have know it was too good to be true, I

actually thought for a split second that this unit wouldn't have tests. "I kind of had a feeling you would beat

me," Nick whispers in my ear. I just smile in response. Sadly, I had to stay after school to help my teacher

put everything away. It took like a half an hour. I walk down the empty corridors of the school. Then I hear

this noise. Soft at first, then it almost sounds like hissing. "You should never have been born," a voice rasps.

I spin around and come almost face to face with this woman with a strange crown. "I disapprove you being

here, you shall be sent to the underworld." Ok, this woman has officially gone from crazy to psycho. "Who

are you and what do you want with me?" I ask her. "I am Serqet the goddess of scorpions!" she says while

raising her arms over her head. I hear the patter of tiny feet. Then I see it. A wave of scorpions comes

towards me. I let loose a yelp and start running out the door. My dad is waiting in the car for me. He then

sees what I'm being chased by. His eyes open wide and his mouth drops open. "Dad!" I scream. He flings

open the door for me and I jump in and close the door. That's when I see Nick. He sees me and he runs

towards me. I hold my hand up to stop him. Too late. Serqet sees him. "You as well shall perish alongside

her!" she hisses. "Not on my watch!" he cries. Then he grabs something out of his backpack. A real sword!

No, freaking, way! He fights his way to the car and jumps in. I don't know what he tells my dad, probably an

address, and my dad starts driving as fast as he can. A few miles to this mystery destination, something

rams into the car and it spins out of control.

Boom! In case you're wondering, it's a tree. Well, our car ramming into a tree that is. At first I'm dazed. I

see my dad in the front of the car. Blood is seeping from a wound on his head and his eyes are shut. I touch

his shoulder. "Dad?" I whisper, "Dad, are you ok?" I take his hand in mine and I feel a faint heart beat.

"Come on, there's no time!" Nick cries. He points out the back window. Serqet is still following me, along

with some friends. I let loose a string of cuss words. Nick looks at me strangely as though he has never

heard me curse before, which he has. Then I hear a voice at the top of a hill. "Trecho*!" Nick spins around

and grabs my hand. He pulls me towards the direction of the voice. "No! No! I will not leave my dad!" I cry

while struggling out of his hands. All the while he pulls me, I scream for my father. "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy,

wake up!" When we get up there, I collapse on the ground in a sobbing mess. I'm just talking to myself,

telling myself that everything's gonna be ok. "What's with her?" I hear a voice, "Why is she talking like

that?" "Um, I think that might be Egyptian," I hear Nick say. "Nicholas, what is going on?" I hear a grown

up voice say. I start speaking, all the while getting strange stares. "My daddy's gone, I have to get him, I

just have to!" I cry. Tears are streaming down my face. I know, this doesn't sound like a hero, but I'm

telling you, this is the soft and sensitive side of me. My dad is my life. Then I'm kind of just fading in and out.

My vision goes black. I utter one word before I pass out. "Serqet."

I wake up in a big tent thing. My hands are tingling. "Pit scorpion I think, good thing she was here when it

started effecting her the worst," someone says. "Ugh, I know what that feels like," another voice answers.

My eyes shoot open. I see two boys standing above me. One has jet black hair and blue green eyes. The

other has blond hair and blue eyes. "Apparently by word of Zeus, there are more Demigods to the prophecy,

and they play the biggest part, but they're not like us at all," the one with black hair says. "Shhhh, she's

awake," the blond one says. "Wha-What happened? Last thing I remember is Serqet chasing me along with

some other Eruo**," I ask them. "She speaks Latin, that's nice," the blond states. "I don't think she's a

child of Rome, maybe we should speak to her more," the other replies. Finally they address me. "Who's

Serqet?" I close my eyes momentarily and then open them again. "An Egyptian goddess who has powers

over scorpions and snakes," I answer. "Ok, who are you?" they ask. "I'm Nila Cameron, now may I ask you

both the same question?" They look at each other. "My name's Percy," the black haired one says. "I'm

Jason, I'm staying at the camp temporarily," the blond says. "Where's Nick?" I ask them. "Oh, Nick? Son of

Apollo? He left for the climbing wall," Percy says. "Son of who?" I ask in surprise. "Apollo," Jason confirms.

"Uh, ok," I say. I climb to my feet and start swaying from dizziness. "Whoah," Jason says and catches me

before I fall. When I regain my balance, I thank him and walk out of the tent. I walk around and see

campers doing stuff that isn't in a normal camp. "Hey, do you know where the climbing wall is?" I ask a

nearby camper. "Oh, you're that new girl, um, go that way and take a left once you pass the volleyball

courts." "Thanks," I say to her. "By the way, I'm Autumn," she says. "Nice to meet you Autumn, I'm Nila." I

walk on. I pass the volleyball courts and take a left. I see a huge climbing wall. It looks like something is

pouring out of it. I take a closer look. It's lava! I walk up and see Nick attempting to climb to the top. "Nick!"

I call out. He looks down. "Hey, Nila!" He jumps down just as a wave of lava comes his way. "Is that

seriously real lava?" I ask him. "Uh, yeah, its makes it more exciting," he explains. He takes my hand and I

notice that it's scalding hot. I jerk my hand away. "Oh, sorry, I forget that my hands are always hot after I

do the wall," he says with a joking smile on his face. Then he gives me a look. "What?" I ask him. "You

should have been claimed by now," he states. "By who?" I ask. "By your godly parent," he replies. I shake

my head in wonder. Now stuff is starting to make sense. All of the kids in this camp are related to one of the

Greek, maybe Roman too, gods and goddesses. Nick is a son of Apollo, but which aspect? Who am I? "When

did you learn to speak Egyptian?" he asks me. "When did I speak Egyptian?" I ask him back. "Um, before

you passed out," he responds. "I was ranting about my father and stuff like that," I explain. Then it hits me,

where's my father? I repeat the question to Nick. He gives me a sad look and I feel dread welling up inside

my chest. "Your father, he didn't make it, he lost too much blood and he had serious head trauma, we tried

all we could, even tried to use magic, but we lost him, I'm so sorry, Nila," Nick explains. I feel the hole in

my chest widening. I choke back a sob. He puts his arms around me and murmurs some stuff in, what I

believe is, Greek. Soothing words too. I can understand him almost perfectly, strangely enough. "There,

there, it's alright, you'll be fine," he says. I close my eyes and sob into my hands. When I'm finished, I feel

a lot better.

The day is almost over. Oh, did I tell you that I got a weapon? Well, I got a weapon! It's this awesome

sword that starts out as a pendant. You unscrew it and it becomes a full sized Celestial Bronze sword. It

might look cool, but it just doesn't feel right. Since my parent hasn't claimed me yet, I can sit wherever I

want. Naturally, I decide to sit next to Nick. The campfire glows a nervous shade of green. Everyone is

tense. A man stands up. Sorry, maybe I should have said Chiron, the centaur, to be more specific. "Jason

and Percy have a few words to say, so give them your full attention." Jason and Percy step forward. They

look at each other for a moment. Then Percy speaks. "We have been waiting for a sign from the gods to tell

us when the last Demigod will be joining us for the journey to save Mount Olympus, so far nothing has come

up and we don't have much time left, so unless anyone knows anything and will say anything, we will be

setting sail in about a month at the most." Jason nods in agreement. Then some campers gasp and look at

me. They start murmuring. "What does that mean?" "I've never seen that sign before." Nick looks at me

directly in the eyes. Then he points above my head. I look up before the sign disappears. I see hieroglyphs

floating above my head. For some reason I know what they mean. "Bast," I whisper. "What?" Nick asks.

"That's what the hieroglyphs say, 'Bast'," I explain to him. "She has been claimed, but by whom?" Chiron

says. I stand up. "By Bast, the Egyptian goddess of cats," I say to him. Chiron nods with a slightly confused

look on his face. "Hail Nila Cameron, daughter of the cat goddess, Bast," he says. Campers fall to their

knees and bow to me. I decide to break the silence. "Um, I'm really not that amazing, you don't need to

worship me," I say jokingly. I hear a few snickers. "It is essential to bow to the people who have been

claimed, as to not anger the gods and goddesses," Chiron explains. Then they all sit back down on the logs

by the campfire. "If she's a child of an Egyptian goddess, how can she speak Latin and Greek?" Nick asks.

Chiron thinks that over for a minute. "That is a good question, Nicholas, how is it that she can speak those

languages?" I think for a quick moment, reflecting on my history classes. "Because both Greece and Rome

have taken over Egypt, technically you're all my enemies, but I don't want to think of you guys like that, so

naturally I'm able to speak Latin and Greek since the people that have taken over Egypt, spoke those

languages," I try to explain to all the Demigods sitting there listening to me, which must be really hard

considering they're all ADHD. Chiron nods his head in understanding. Then some people start laughing. I

turn to face them. Some boys from the Hermes Cabin. I narrow my eyes and they shut up. "We were just

laughing at a joke Boris said," Connor explains while Travis is nodding his head quickly. Late at night, when

everyone is getting ready for light's out, I walk up to Chiron. "Will I still be sleeping in the big house?" I ask

him. "Yes, since we don't have a cabin for your mother, you will be staying," he explains. That night, I get a

semi-pleasant dream. I see a lovely woman standing before me. Only her nails are long and she has a tail.

"Mother?" I ask cautiously. She smiles and nods. "Yes my dear Nila, I'm your mother." I try to mentally

prepare myself for anything she is going to say to me. Then I blurt something out. "What should I do about

cabins? Do you think that when I'm older, I should make a camp for Egyptian Demigods?" She tilts her head

quizzically, the way cats do when they're trying to figure out how to tackle something. "Well, first thing's

first, I have a present for you," she starts. She hands me two daggers that come with sheaths. I smile. This

feels right. "It is only right for a cat to use both paws when fighting, not just one," she explains. I bow my

head. "Thanks mom." I can almost hear her purr with delight. Then it is cut short. "Second, there will be

many dangers in your coming life, you will make new friends, you will be a part of a great prophecy, and

you will create something extraordinary, that will outdo all the work that has been done in the ancient

times, but I give you this advice, beware the snakes." She disappears and my dream shifts. I hear a hissing.

"Sssssire, what ssshhhhall I do?" it asks. "You shall go find the half-gods and kill them, send them to

Duat***," the voice answers. "I can do more than that, I ssshhhhall ssssend my minionsssss out to get the

half-godsssss instead, it ssshhhhall make my work much easssssier," the other hisses. "Do not fail me,

Apep, or you will suffer greatly." Apep. That name. So familiar. Why? "I am sssssmelling cat, yet Basssst

isssss not here!" I feel my heart leap. Before I wake up screaming, I see bright white fangs coming towards

my face.

*: Trecho: run in Greek

**: Eruo: demon in Latin

***:Duat: the Egyptian personification of the Underworld

Ok, first, this is not really a crossover, since I'm not adding Sadie and Carter Kane, second, tell me what you think of it! This might be easier to read now. :-)