Hey all, I'm back. Here's a new chapter for ya. Hope you like it!
A week seemed like nothing for Selena to be honest. David came by to see her every day after school to help her catch up. It was nothing for him. Like said, the two were best friends and would do anything to help each other.
"So…is Jessica still in?" Selena asked on the weekend of her suspension. She'd be returning on Monday.
"Yeah…she boasts about kicking your butt" David told her.
Selena rolled her eyes. "Man, I just wanna take that damn bitch out!".
"Hey…it'll be alright. It's not worth getting expelled over".
"Like hell it is!" Selena took another sip of her soda.
"Oh hey, I got you something" David took a large book out of his shoulder bag and showed it to Selena.
The book, as said, was large. It was jet black and seemed to be made out of some kind of silvery black metal. It looked like the book of the dead from The Mummy.
"What is that?" Selena asked.
"A copy of the Book of the Dead".
Selena's eyes widened. "Are you serious?"
"As I'll ever be. I picked it up for ya thinking maybe you'd try to translate it, since I know you love hieroglyphics and Egyptian relics and stuff".
Selena accepted it gratefully. "Thanks. Hey David…do you think maybe there's things about the past we shouldn't know?".
"Depends. What kind of things?"
"You know…just stuff we shouldn't go…looking for".
David thought a minute. "Well…if we shouldn't go looking for it, then why would someone want it?"
"Because maybe it means something that could affect mankind forever".
"Like in movies and shows? Nah…That's all the government's problem".
Selena looked down at the large copy of the Book of the Dead. David saw her looking at it intently and broke the silence.
"You know there are other books. One for each element…and of course the Book of the Living".
"You mean that's real?"
"Well yeah. It's gotta be. But only priests could use it. Said it contained the power to control people…a power reserved only for the gods".
Selena smiled. "What if they were real? You know, like the Egyptian gods?".
David looked at her incredulously. "Well…That'd be a little freaky, seeing someone with an animal head walking around".
"But what if that's not their real heads? Maybe they're just masks to conceal their true identities from the common people and only priests and Pharaohs could see".
"That's a good way of looking at it"
The two friends fell silent, not thinking for a moment and lying down on the porch to look at the sky. The clouds were puffy as usual, just few and far between. It was David who once again broke the silence.
"Well…you know, in Greek mythology, gods had kids by humans. What if Egyptian gods could do the same?"
"One did…Anubis. His daughter, Kebecht…she was the first Demigod".
"Really?"
"Yeah" Selena turned on her side so that she was facing him, "I read it in a book once".
"Oh my god, you read?"
"That's so funny, David…" Selena said sarcastically.
"Yeah…yeah it is. But anyway, if you could be an Egyptian Demigod, who would your parent god be?"
"Anubis" Selena answered, "No doubt in my mind. What about you?"
David thought for a bit. "I don't know to be honest. I mean, I'm really smart, I love to write and observe things…you know…scholar stuff".
"Thoth".
"What's that?"
"Not a thing, but a who. A god, actually. Thoth was the Ibis headed, or masked, god of writing, scribes, and education period".
"Hm…" David nodded, "Pretty cool. You know your stuff".
"I get bored…and I'm a mythology junkie".
"I see that. You only got like…dozens of books on world mythologies".
"Half of them are mom's. She just gave them to me for birthdays and other holidays. It's like she wants me to know this stuff".
David shrugged. "Maybe she does".
"Hm…I wonder why".
"Maybe it has something to do with you".
"Like what?"
"Maybe you're half Egyptian or something".
Selena laughed. "Yeah, right!".
David shrugged. "Well you never could know".
And know she didn't. The two friends didn't even notice the large black jackal staring at them from a distance….
A/N: Daddy's watching….lol. Anyway, I hope you guys liked this. I think it's getting pretty good.