Simone tripped and hit the ground hard. Angry people surrounded him and I started attacking people to get through to poor Simone. I dueled with people and knocked some of them clean out with my fists and feet.
Some people backed away, afraid, of me. Which is surprising. I'm only 12. I pulled Simone up and picked him up and carried him to the woods. The people didn't follow us.
"Thanks,Echo. For saving me."
" Well don't trip any more!"I said as we got up walked south. We walked and camped in this gigantic forest for the next couple of days. When we got out of the forest there was grassland. We crossed the the Indus and Tigris rivers by swimming within the same week.
We were moving faster than I thought we would. We made a camp by the southern river.
" Echo, where are we?"
" The last river until the Nile."
"How my more days until we reach?"
"About fourteen days."
"Where do you think we should look for our people?"
"The pharaoh's temple."
"Do they have dungeons?"
"Yes. They have chambers too."
"Which one do we look in?"
"I think the chambers."
"Why?"
"Because it is obvious to everyone that rulers keep prisoners in the dungeons and the Egyptians don't want them rescued easily so they will hide them in a place where no one would think to look."
"You're smart."
"Of course I am."I smiled. We fell asleep sitting next to each other.
I woke up with Simone's foot in my face. I yelled, "Simone!" and he jerked awake kicking me in the face. My nose started to gush blood. Simone turned around and put a cupped hand under my nose to catch the blood.
"I'm so sorry to ruin your amazing face!" He apologized. I laughed. That made my nose bleed more.
"But you do. I don't want bust your face! It's adorable!"
"Thank you! You have a doggie-like and sweet face." Simone did have a soft look on his face. He had brown eyes. Which added to the effect. He brown hair too. So we both look similar.
"Thank you! But you're still the cute one. Anyway when do we leave today?"
"Now if you want."
"Yes, cute face." We headed south and reached the Red Sea in two days.
"How are we going to get across, Miss Athena?"
"A boat. We can make it."
"Out of what?"
"Weeds, grass, and our extra clothes. Also there are some trees around here." With that we stripped bark off tree and started building the boat. By dusk we had a long boat.
We stepped into the boat and pushed off. Simone and I steered with wooden oars we made. We ended up falling asleep in the boat. I was leaned against Simone since I was in the front.
I woke up to a thud and a jerk. Simone woke up too. We reached across the sea. It was about noon in the day.
Me and Simone climbed out of the boat and saw that there was a port placed there also. It was bustling with business with carts full of stuff. We bought a few fruits and water with some drachmas we had. We ate a few pieces and I put the leftovers in Simone's pocket.
I figured out that we were in Egypt! Finally! But we need to be in Alexandria. Which is in the Nile's delta. We started walking west now. The both of us started up a conversation.
"We go to the chambers?" Simone asked.
"Yes. We don't get caught ,we rescue. We will check the dungeons first though because they might fool us by using the way I thought so they would change it over. But there are still dim witted people."
"Sure thing, cute face."
"Why do you call me that?"
"Because it's true. Most girls are ugly this days ."
"That's offensive to Isabel!" We both laughed.
"But you are the nicest person I know."
"Thanks. You're the fun person to be around."
"Thank you. The seven " sisters " of Artemis hate us right now."
"And her thirteen dogs, sixty daughters of Oceanus ,and her twenty nymphs."
"Lots of followers." Right then we noticed a small village laying in the open. We explored the little town until a family invited us to eat with them. One of the sons didn't look that happy so Simone tried telling puns. When he said,"A mother called the officials of something because her daughter refused to take a nap. The little girl just said,'I refuse 'arrest'!"the son laughed and smiled trough the rest of the evening.
Just as we walked outside again I hugged Simone.
"You're sweet!"
"What do you mean?"
"You made the boy feel better and also everyone else!" He finally hugged me back and said,
"I am good aren't I!" I shoved him away and smiled.
"Sure! Let's continue."
We saw water in three days of walking and camping. It was the Nile River ! We walked north, following it up stream. It led to the delta.