When Hermione Granger woke up the next morning, barely having gotten any sleep due to the neighbors. The witch slowly got up and stretched before looking outside, seeing Harry and the woman that she had seen go to his floor last night next to the fire pit. The woman was beautiful but clearly trying to stay warm by hugging Harry, to get warmth. Harry waved his hand, a blanket appearing around them to fight off the cold as a pot was over the fire. Hermione joined them and sat next to Harry, who wrapped the blanket around her as well. It was surprisingly warm, much to the bushy haired witch's surprise. The pot steamed and Harry took it off before pouring it into three cups, handing them to her, the woman and taking the last cup for himself.
"So," Harry said, his breath visible in the cool air, "how did you sleep?"
"Not well," Hermione answered, taking a sip of the liquid, finding it to be full of Hot Chocolate, "You and your lady friend were keeping me awake all night."
Harry blinked then flushed in embarrassment, "I-I didn't know she would be so loud...should have put up sound proofing charms."
The woman next to him giggled, "If you did, people would have been questioning what had been happening in there."
Harry sighed, "While that is true, Hermione doesn't work at full power unless she gets a full night's sleep, Sha're."
"Ah, I see," The woman named Sha're said before turning to look at Hermione, "Please accept my apologies for keeping you up all night."
Hermione just nodded before standing up, "Well, I'm going to be going back to the pyramid with Doctor Jackson to see if we can find anything to help us get back home."
Harry nodded before pulling Sha're closer, as the Granger witch walked into her room and got into her combat clothing. Making sure her weapon was loaded, she walked out and found Doctor Jackson with her Uncle Jack. Jack was telling Daniel what the plan was when she came up before stopping.
"Any coffee to give?" He asked, to which Hermione shook her head.
"No, only hot Chocolate," This answer made Jack groan, "not my fault they took the coffee out when we got put on the team."
"No, that should have been fixed a while ago," Jack grunted before he sighed, "I'll get your father to join you and Jackson, I'd rather see what is up with this stuff they are mining."
Hermione smirked at her Uncle before she struck up a conversation with Daniel until her father walked up, mostly about the theories he was coming up with to explain what he saw and heard. The trio walked back to the Pyramid, talking and chatting, but Hermione had the uncomfortable feeling that something big and bad was about to happen. It was something she had gotten before but never was it like this feeling, something that ate away at her insides. Hermione pushed the feeling down for now, she had to help Daniel with his project at the moment anyway.
Hours later, Hermione was holding a flashlight up as Daniel translated the drawings on the walls. The story was that of how the Sun God Ra had come to Earth, how he brought the ancestors of the people of Abydos here before Ra was overthrown. Surprisingly, it was due to the witches and wizards of that day having had enough of Ra declaring their talents as Heresy. So they overthrew Ra, who fled and the people of Egypt buried the Stargate. It was a rather eye opening tale to say the least, meaning Magic was the reason Ra was overthrown.
"This is something," Matthew said, after the storytelling was over, "seems we have the Magic community to thank for saving our race from slavery."
"Well, that's only part one of the story," Daniel said, pointing at the next section of wall, "Seems the story continues on Abydos generations later. Ra had someone else put in charge of the people here, a person named Aset. She governed the people as a benevolent ruler, which the people were able to mine more of the mineral, Naquadah. However, it seems that years in the past, the Stargate was opened up before us and events happened. Big ones as well, seemed that Aset was impregnated by the Minor God Zeus. Her child was a Hercesis, something the Gods declared as unclean and to be killed immediately."
"Harsh," Hermione deadpanned.
"Yeah," Daniel continued to translate, "But, it seemed Aset wasn't going to do that. Mother instinct I guess, but her bodyguard, Serqet, told Ra everything. Ra came down and killed Aset and her kid, and destroyed a camp as a warning to the Abydosians. However, before he left, Ra gave Serqet to the people. They burned her alive after covering her in tar and branding her belly with the word 'Shol'va' or traitor."
Hermione winced, "I guess Aset was that much of a good ruler that any betrayal was given out in kind."
"Very much so," Daniel nodded, "Apparently, Ra adopted this as his brand of ending traitors in his kingdom."
Hermione moved the light and pointed at another wall, "and that is?"
Daniel turned in the direction she was pointing before a spark of something entered his eyes, "That would be the thing I'll need to get us back home."
"That's good," Matthew smiled, "Maybe we'll catch the latest game when we get back as well."
Daniel rolled his eyes at that before frowning, "Uhm, something is wrong, its been broken."
Hermione frowned as well, "Who would have broken it?"
"I bet it was Ra, didn't want anyone to figure it out." Matthew said before getting on the sandy floor, pushing it away with his hands before Hermione just sighed.
"Let me, Dad," She said, pulling out her wand and with a flick, the sand was pushed away, "There, anything?"
"No, there isn't anything it seems." Daniel said, pressing his hands into his face.
Before they could do anything, the pyramid shook violently from something outside. Hermione couldn't even stand up from the shaking as the ceiling caused dust to fall from it. When it finally stopped shaking, she flipped the safety off on her gun and took point as her Father protected her six. They cheeked their corners but couldn't find anyone in the gate room, but Hermione didn't trust this room to be truly empty. She heard something to her right, turning before being blasted back. She crashed into the wall but got to her feet, her wand in her hand.
"Mok! Mok!" The being snarled, carrying a large staff, before Hermione fired off her own magic.
The banisher slammed into the warriors chest, sending him flying backwards as her Father fired his weapon. Red blood spurted into the air as the bullets tore into his flesh, Hermione smirked before something slammed into her side. She crashed into the ground, spinning around to point her wand but found herself facing the end of the staff, which had opened up. Holding the weapon was another of the human like people but covering his head was a metal helmet that looked like a bird.
"Kal kek m'al Kal'ma?"
