HEY Peeps this is my first Sims fanfiction, and I'd love some constructive criticism from all you lovely people :D

A hot, dry wind blew against my skin as I exited the plane, I gasped as my eyes swept over the desert beauty of Al Simhara. From the low rustic buildings of the market to the tall magnificent peaks of the pyramids, Al Simhara had a certain awesomeness to it that just brought out your inner adventurer. As I made my way to the taxi and it drove to the base camp there was one thing that I noticed, was that there seemed to be a heat haze that had settled everywhere the eye could see. I suddenly felt nervous when the taxi stopped at the Base Camp and I had to exit the taxi, as if there were mummies waiting to ambush me the minute I got out but I swallowed my fear took a deep breath and stepped out of the taxi.

I was met with another gust of hot wind that seemed to heat up my body to the bones making me feel uncomfortably hot. I walked up to the base camp sweating already and I started to investigate the tents and the other people there. They all looked like they were entering an Indiana Jones look-a-like contest, I tried to talk to them but they all seemed a little eccentric. Some would start screaming for no reason, some would just burst out into song in mid sentence and others were just too hot-headed for me so I decided to not contact any of them especially since one of them is a mime.

I felt surprisingly refreshed considering I had just been on a cramped plane for 17 hours but I didn't feel tired at all in fact I feel like I could run a marathon. This would probably be a good time to go to the markets and get the lay of the land. I asked for directions from some of the Indiana Jones wannabes and after a few heated arguments with one rather inappropriate person a kind young man lead me to the road and handed me a map.

"Are you sure you don't need this?" I asked cautiously, I didn't want this guy getting lost because of me

"Of course not I know this place like the back of your hand" The man said

"Oh thanks, wait what?" He looked questionably at me

"What"

"The saying is the back of my hand; you said the back of your hand"

"Well I know the back of your hand pretty well, it's got 17 freckles and a strange lump and your fingernails have just been cut" I feel officially creeped out by this guy now

"Riigghhhtt I'm just gonna go now, bye" I quickly followed the road hoping that it wouldn't take too long for me to get there if I walked

"WAIT! You can have my bike, don't worry I have a spare and you probably need it more than me" I could really use a bike.

"Urgh okay but you better stop staring at my hands"

"Don't worry it's not your hands I'm staring at" He winked, I had to repress the urge to gag and I put on a sickly, sweet smile trying not to put him off so I could get that bike.

After a bit of scrounging around in some small little shed he pulled out this cute, little, red bike "here you go" I instantly grabbed the bike and sprinted off.

"THANKS!" I screamed out and I high-tailed it to the road and I was off on my cute little red bike, the map was quite straightforward and before I knew it I was in the market a bustling beauty filled to the brim of a completely different culture I felt exuberated.

I beamed at everyone I saw yet they all just shunned me and some even gave me a look of contempt. Do I have like spinach in my teeth or something, I started poking my teeth and combing through my hair with my fingers. I was completely baffled as to why people were being so rude until someone knocked into me and didn't even apologise. "Filthy tourist" The person uttered walking off I almost gasped in shock.

I hope no one is that rude inside I thought as I walked into the restaurant. A bell rung as I entered a rather quaint little room with sandstone tables and chairs dotted around and the counters for the kitchen seemed to have grown out of the grown and they had a rather old fashioned gas stove "Ahh welcome welcome are you new in town I haven't seen you around before?" A rather large woman with a sweet looking face asked sweetly

"Oh yeah I've never been to Egypt before, actually I've never left my home before so I'm a bit new to this" I grinned sheepishly "I don't wanna offend anyone or anything but is it normal for the locals to be so rude to the tourists?" I asked cautiously

"What? Oh yes it is quite common, you see we're quite a suspicious people and we tend to stick to ourselves so when someone new comes along..."

"You tend to be a bit more aggressive than usual" I finished her sentence "But not you?"

"Oh no not me I am quite hospitable to anyone and everyone who has simoleons to spend" She grinned an ear splitting grin at me showing off her gold tooth.

"Oh yes of course, uhh may I please have a falafel I am pretty hungry" My stomach growled in agreement my face turned bright red.

"Definitely just find a seat and I'll be with you shortly" and with that she bustled off. She's a pretty strange character that one but then again so is practically everyone else here, maybe it's a custom. I questioned this theory but decided to store it away for later as I noticed the shop keeper come in with a plate bearing food just for me "Thanks I haven't eaten anything since my flight"

"Anytime, say do you mind if I sit?" She motioned to the seat sitting adjacent to me

"No not at all make yourself comfortable" With no further ado I dug myself into the Egyptian delights

"My name is Bahiti Mandisa, but my friends just call me Bat" I looked up with my mouth fool and food dripping on my chin, I tried to gulp it all down

"My names Celiene Enquell" I said whilst chewing on my food. After that there was a long pause that was filled with the sound of me eating.

"Celiene I usually wouldn't ask this of a stranger but you see I am in a complete bind" She bit her lip anxiously and fluttered her eyelashes making them look like some strange mutated butterfly

"Uhh right, what's wrong?" I asked cautiously hoping I don't get caught in some kind of gang wars or something

"Well you see I am so busy lately, and with Morgucorps banging down my door at night demanding I pay rent I simply don't know what to do" She started to tear up

"Uhhhh, okay?" I had no idea where this was leading too

"And I just have no idea how I'm gonna pay them since I spent all my money on my children's university and I barely have a penny left" Tears were streaming down her face now I was seriously confused

"Uhh what are you going to do?" I asked pretty stupidly

"Oh I don't know, I just don't know" She started sobbing and banged her head on the table

"There there I'm sure you'll be okay" I patted her awkwardly on the back, her head snapped up and she gave off a very devilish grin

"You could help me"

"Help you how?" I was now more confused than ever

"Well you see I come from a long lineage of noble and they were extremely rich once upon a time, my family even has it own temple" I started to get a bad feeling about this "And of course since we were so rich we had dozens of beautiful statues and gems and most of the would be stolen by now...but I've heard rumours, that buried deep inside my family's temple is a gorgeous jade tiger with piercing diamonds for eyes"

"Uhh it sounds beautiful" I was starting to sense where this was leading to

"Yes yes, but anyway that statue, that relic would surely get Morgucorps off my back and then some"

"Oh that's great you should go get it then" I said unsurely

"WHAT ME! AHAHAHAHAHAHA do you honestly believe I could do it, BAH! Of course not this requires someone who's younger and not as...heavily built as me" She looked pointedly at me

"WAIT! You want me to do it?"

"Why thank you for offering here I'll just show you were it is on that little map of yours" And before I knew it she had taken the map that I had clipped to my belt and crossed a bit red X on it

"I'm sorry but you must be mistaken I can't go in some ancient tomb filled with traps and the like" I exclaimed "can't one of the locals do it"

"No"

"But I'm sure there better equipped to"

"No" She interrupted "No one around here will go in there"

"Why?"

"Like I said before, we're a suspicious type of people but we're also quite superstitious, no one will go in there because of all the rumours of it being haunted and infested with mummies and so on" Bahiti drawled on

"WHAT! And you want me to go in there?" I shrieked in disbelief

"Of course the rumours aren't true and also I'm sure there are no traps in there, and if there are they surely don't work anymore I mean it's thousands of years old"

"Ahh I don't really think I'm the best candidate to do this type of thing" I squirmed uncomfortably after all I had only just left my home for the first time, I don't think I'm ready to go into any tomb or temple . Bahiti then jumped knocking over the table and let out some kind of wail before promptly hitting the ground and sobbing like some over-grown baby.

"OH...WHAT...WILL...I DO...NOW" Bahiti gasped out in between sobs

"Oh come on you'll be okay" I started to feel guilty, maybe I was her only hope

"No...You don't...understand, if you don't pay your rent to Morgucorps they not only take your house for payment but they take..." She let out another giant sob and remained silent, slyly looking at me through the corner of her eye.

"URGH fine, I'll do it" Bahiti jumped up in delight and pulled me into a rib crushing embrace

"OH THANK YOU! You won't regret it believe me, and once I've paid off Morgucorps you can have all the money that's left over"

"Okay" I managed to squeak out, she released me from her bear grip and tootled off to pick up the table and clean up the mess while I gasped for air.

"Anyway I expect you to be back on the day after tomorrow, cause that's my deadline, anyway happy treasure hunting" She beamed and darted off before I could ask any questions which I had a few.

"WAIT!" I shouted out to her, but she had mysteriously disappeared I sighed in defeat and had a look at the map and noticed how far her family's temple was "Urgh this is gonna be a long trip" I walked off the restaurant, and even though I had absolutely no reason to be happy I felt a surge of adrenaline to run through me at the prospect of my very first adventure ever I almost squealed in excitement.