Omake: A Grain of Sand to tip the Scale
By: SkyRune
"Your Majesty, we will arrive in Nanohana within the hour to meet with Chaka as soon as this storm dies down. Afterwards we should reach Sakura Kingdom within two weeks time if Paradise allows it" Pell explained as he looked at the map to confirm their location. Nefeltari Cobra, Current Monarch of Alabasta, could only nod as he looked around the cave that he and his guard were resting from the sandstorm. Looking outside, sand and dirt were flying off the ground and creating a veil of death. The King could only sigh as he moved to sit on a flat stone in the middle of the cave, "Well, we might as well get comfortable until this Sands-" before the area surrounding Cobra sunk into the earth and taking him with it.
"Huh...Your Majes-! YOUR MAJESTY!" the Bird-Man squawked as he saw the hole leading into the Abyss and jumped in without a moments hesitation. Within the darkness, Cobra's legs were jutting out of the sand with only a twitch every few seconds. When Pell arrived to pull the king out of the ground, "*cough cough* I'm far to old for this *cough*" Cobra said while coughing up sand that entered in mouth. After calming down, the King and Guard looked to see where they were. Small patches of light would fill the room to give them to see that they were in a dome; broken columns littered around the area with sand falling from the ceiling every now and then. On the walls were hieroglyphs and pictures of old of faded green and blue. Cobra following them as he read out loud; "'Here in the city of Mirgissa, We await for the Hero of Oltea, Mamudin to bring word from Alubarna...Mamudin brought with him the Blessing of Tefnut to all of the cities...' I believe that we are in the Ruins of Mirgissa" the King said while reading further along the wall. The Bird-Man looked at the pictures of a man running across the wall and black tiles above him.
"Not that this isn't interesting, Your Majesty but we need to exit if we are to arrive for our departure" Pell stated as he began to morph into his falcon form. Cobra looked away from the wall to see his guard but was stopped as he looked past him. His eyes widen as he saw an object he thought he would never see again. He ran past Pell to the object to see if his eyes weren't failing him. When Cobra stood before it, the glyph's exposed on the smooth surface with not even a crack to be seen. What stood before the Desert King was the cause for everything that has happened to his country and the loss of his daughter; the Poneglyph. 'Why is there another one in Alabasta? Nico Robin had informed me that she was looking for the Poneglyph in Alubarna, there should be no reason for this to be here...' "Pell, we may need to delay the trip for a few more days to move this to the palace. It may be time to continue where Ohara left off" Cobra ordered as a continued to stare at the mystery before. Pell could only nod at his king before casting a confused look at the giant cube.
-0- Nefeltari Narmer, If you are reading this then you should know that we are running out of time... The Kozuki Clan has already sent all of our plans to The Tree of Knowledge... We will remain with Zunisha as a last line of defence for our allies... You are already carrying more than your fare share as it is but I must now ask you to carry even more... As it stands, our country will not be able to survive the continued onslaught since this war began... I must now ask you to side with our enemies and bide your time until the day we have the strength to oppose them... You have both Sirocco and Haboob should anything happen... Always remember; this is not the end and we have not given up, we are waiting until Zeus is complete...
...year 687...