So, finally! I really needed too long to write this chapter, but each time I was writing on it I had something interrupting the writing process and I most of the time had a writers block. Urgh!
Anyway, here it is. While I'm not that happy about the first part, I somehow like the part after the Museum. You will know what I mean. I really hope you enjoy it!
For Those who don't know already: I made a Trailer for the story! You can watch it on my website, but you can also search it on YouTube and please leave a comment there or just here, each is fine!
Once again, the chapter was BETAd by Mrs. Kitsune!
As for the reviews (guests where only is stated 'guest' will be numbered by the date of the review):
ShinobiTwin05, Sblck, Leaseablue, harryginny9, seaweed brain's wise girl, guest #1, DreameroftheDragons, guest #3, xxbballuvrxx3, C. , Guest #5, anime-manga-lover-11, Hayle-Belle, shalalalalalala, The butterfly Dreamer, Glory of the Gods, silverwolfloststar, blackheart121992, Arlewena, Anastasia Diana Black, Guest #7, Fang Princess, XXRawwrXX, Phoenix the Shade Goddess, DaughterOfTheSea1, Lucky Guard: Thank you.
Lady Cooper: Thank you so much! It might take a while until the Greeks will find out about Percy but I will really like it.
DracoTitan: Thanks for the idea!
Guest#2: Yes, but only a tiny one.
femBend fan: Thanks and no, they won't meet them, same with the characters from Heroes of Olympus. I haven't read ether of the books.
Guest #4: She won't be inside for a some time.
emmahere, Harley: Thanks and you're completely right. It will take some time until it happens and I most-likely put it in a separate story.
Kiss My Angelic Ass: Thank you for the critique, I will keep it in mind. Oh, and I love your name XD.
Guest #6: It will take a bit.
Guest #7: If the 'f' means what I think it does, please don't insult me, but my fucking muse and the thing that every writer properly hates: The Writers Block!
amine-manga-lover-11 (the 2nd): Hm... good idea. I still had to work out how to get Luke back, but a fight between those three?... Awesome! Thank you so much, I already have the idea how to make them to compromise!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, nor do I own the gods that will be inside, I only own the idea and the OCs that will come up.
Pairings: (Past)Luke/Percy; (Futur)Luke/Percy/Anubis/Apollo; (forced)Kronos/FemPercy; (onesided)Percy/Annabeth; (possible)Poseidon/Sally; More Pairings will follow!
Warnings: future mentions of rape, lemon in later chapters, many OCs in the future, Crossover with "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns" (I will just not change it to a crossover, because it will not be that much of importance), Contanes elements of Catwoman (2004) ! This chapter contains spoilers for those of you who haven't seen 'The Mummy' and 'The Mummy Returns' yet. If you haven't watched the movie and don't want to know what it's about yet, better try to skip it. I think you will see when it begins.!
Chapter 2: Museum and Leaving
It was strange to live at home without Paul. Mom would sit at the table as if she were expecting him to walk in through the door, hanging up his jacket and putting his keys away, saying hello. She couldn't write her book anymore, she just couldn't bring one thought to paper.
I still haven't told her about Rachel's semi-prophecy. I didn't want to scare or confuse her in any way with knowing it. If Rachel was right, she wouldn't be because Mom knew. It would be no self-fulfilling prophecy.
I often wondered why we would move to Ahm Shere. Mom hadn't been there since she was a small child, since before her parents died. You see, her father, Jared Jackson was a son of Thoth while his wife was barren. Isis, when she desired to have a child, choose a couple with a barren woman and – similar to Athena with her children of thoughts – placed her very essence in the woman to enable her to get pregnant. The woman would not share the child's genes but she gave birth to the child and would still be the child's mother. That was mostly enough for her. This happened to Linda Jackson.
If dad had known that mom was a child of Isis he would have known that I was a girl, instantly. Well, if he knew of the origin of Isis powers, that is. Since she was the goddess of motherhood, her daughters were made to be mothers. If she had a daughter, they would inherit these powers and since demigods passed down their own powers to their children- if they had any, the chances for a daughter of Isis to get a daughter herself was very, very high.
We were sitting together eating breakfast when I made a move to try and cheer mom up a bit. I fingered the comb in my pocket and thought about a place she would like to go to, but what wouldn't remind her of Paul. They went to a few restaurants and cafes and to a few musicals. They had also planned on going to a writing course, to the movie theater and to some photo gallery. So that left some places she would still want to go.
My gaze shifted to the folded news papers on the counter. It took several moments for my dyslexic eyes to read a small head line on the side of the page.New Egyptian Museum Opening!
Ding, we have a winner. That would be great to go to.
"Hey mom?" I asked and she looked at me tiredly. "How about we go to this new Egyptian museum? It would be funny to see what mistakes they make in the translations, like the last time, don't you think?" I smiled at her.
She thought a moment about it and the sides of her lips started to itch upward. The last time we were in an Egyptian museum, there was a text they said contained information about an unknown pharaoh, but in fact it was a recipe of some sort of cake the baker wanted to try. We had laughed so hard that we had to sit down.
"Why not?" She said. "We haven't gone to a museum since the winter before you went to Yancy Academy. How about we go after lunch? I have to clean a bit and then I have time."
"Okay."
"Look at those statues!" Mom said, excited. "They were built during the time of Hatshepsut. You remember her, right? She was-"
"- a daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I and Hathor, who was in disguise of one of his queens. After her father's death his son, Thutmose II, became pharaoh and took her as his wife, because of an ancient tradition. Thutmose II died very early and upon his death his son from another wife became pharaoh. Since he was too young Hatshepsut ruled as his regent for six years, until she declared herself the pharaoh. She wore man's clothing and the traditional pharaoh's signs. Yes, I remember her. You told me about her when I was six and asked me this question at least three times." I said and grinned as mom blushed. Egypt was her home. And since her grandfather was the god of knowledge – at least Egyptian knowledge – she became like this when we visited a museum. Every single time. But I loved her, so it was okay.
"Sorry, It's just so – oh, what's that?" Yes, even my mom has a few moments of ADHD sometimes. You see, Egyptian demigods have ADHD and dyslexia, too, but it is leveled down when they are outside of the Ancient borders of Egypt.
Okay, I think I should explain the borders a bit. You know how there are different variations of the Creation of the world? Like Ptah created the world in the Egyptian mythology, God's creation of the world in the christian religion, the world's creation in the Greek mythology, and in Shinto mythology, the northern mythology and so on, you know what I mean. Anyway, you might believe that only one of them is the real one, but all are. At the beginning of time, before our earth was made like we know it now, many worlds were created by each god or entity.
Then they decided one day to fuse the worlds to create one, the world we live in today. To prevent fights over the lands of another Culture, magical borders divide each of the former worlds. Keeping up this separation each Culture could have their one entity of each realm. The Sea, the Sky, the Earth and many, many more. Bit their powers were restricted to their own realm. So, if a Greek god crossed the borders of Egypt, he, or she, would be unable to use their powers. If they were lucky, they would have powers similar to demigods.
If you remember that you will notice that if the god's powers are restricted to demigod-level, than the powers of the demigods are nearly non-existent. And, equal to that, the demigod-symptoms, if you want to call them that, are also leveled down. But, in case of my mother, if a demigod comes in close contact with an object of their culture the dyslexia and ADHD starts showing again.
"Percy!" I was torn out of my thoughts when I mom called for me. "Look at this!" I jogged towards her and followed her pointing finger. My breath hitched. I had only heard from mom about her, but to actually see one of her texts was unbelievable. I recognized a certain sign in the upper right corner of the papyrus. Meskhenet was one of the most famous daughters of Hemsut, the goddess of fate. She could be considered the equivalent of the Oracle of Delphi. She could see what would happen to a person by touching them and sometimes she was blessed with great prophecies which she wrote down on papyrus. This was one of them.
What did it say on the display? "Letter from Meskhenet, daughter of a writer of Pharaoh Khufu, to her father". I scanned the text and my eyes widened. This couldn't be a coincidence, right?
"In a far away time when the gods' powers start to fade, a child shall be born. A daughter of Isis and of a mortal son of Thoth. But in a united land the son of Thoth shall perish with his wife, leaving their daughter behind. The daughter will grow and and beauty and kindness will come from her heart.
She shall meet a man on the beach and a daughter shall bloom from their union of love. But the man is the sea for he is a god of Greek. He will leave unknowing that he was blessed with his first ever mortal daughter.
The daughter of the sea will be disguised as male and conquering the Greek gods' foes, but for a price unwillingly paid. But the strongest foe shall rise again stronger than before with allies equal in strength. Six summers after the sea daughter's victory the last battle shall be held. She shall unite the gods of Greek and Egypt for the battle, but only if her will is might.
Beware child of the Sea, for you shall train and fight while honoring and using your grandmother's origin starting from the first spring after your conquest."
My grandmother's origin? My grandmother is Isis, what has her origin have to do with this?
"Percy, follow me." I heard mom say and I looked up to see her paled face. I hurried to follow her but she seemed to be in a great hurry. The only time I had seen her like this was when we were driving to Camp Half-Blood for the first time.
We reached the restrooms and she pulled me into the small corridor dividing the doors to the "boy" and "girl" restroom. She started pacing for a few minutes and then turned to me with a serious expression.
"Did you tell anyone your secret?" She asked quietly. I swallowed hard, not sure what to tell her. Yes, I did tell Luke when I first came to Camp Half-Blood. He got me pants and a shirt and left while I changed, but he burst back inside to bring me another shirt which was a little smaller and more my size while I was shirtless. During that time I might not have had the biggest breast, but still enough to need to bind them. So I had to explain it to him, but I made him swear not to tell anyone.
"Percy, this is serious!" Mom said and I saw a sad glint in her eyes. What had she figured out from Meskhenet's letter?
"One person knew", I said quietly. "Luke... had gotten me some cloths to change and went to get a smaller shirt for me. I was changing and he came back inside while I had my shirt off. He was suspicious. I trusted him and made him swear not to tell."
"Did you like him?" She asked and I felt my cheeks warming in a blush.
"I did." I said quietly. "But mom, what has it to do with Meskhent's letter?"
"Percy..." She began and hugged me. I could feel her heart beating hard against her chest as she lowered her mouth to my ear to speak no louder than a breath. "Percy, when was the last time you had your period?"
My body went ice cold. No... it can't be... I had my period just two weeks ago, right? Right?!
"I...It was... It can't... I don't know..." I stuttered and my breath hitched. My grandmother's origin. Isis was the goddess of motherhood.
I might be a mother.
"Percy..." Mom said, as she handed me a cup of hot milk with honey, it was one of the things that calmed me down as a child and it still did. We went home right after our talk by the bathrooms. "When did you... sleep with him?" I was running my fingers over the cup and tried to keep my thoughts off of that night. Before I started to speak I pulled my magical comb out of my pocket and placed it in my hair. I felt it's magic wash over me, hiding my from any prying Greek god.
"Mom, do you remember the night a month before my birthday, when I was out to watch a movie and came back in the morning?" I asked and watched her nod. "I was on my way home after the movie... I... I took a shortcut to get home earlier, but when I was in an alley, I was grabbed and pushed against a wall... It... I... I was shocked... My scent should have been hidden from the gods, the monsters... but he knew and it didn't work on him..." I stopped and squeezed my eyes shut. In front of my eyes I saw him again.
"Who, honey?" Mom asked as gently as possible and pulled me in an embrace.
"..." I was silent at first but I knew I needed to deal with it. "It... it was... Kronos." Mom's breath hitched and she let go of me to look into my face. "When... When he did it I... I prayed to grandmother's magic to make me see only Kronos, not Luke... It was like the mist... It worked..."
"How did he know?" She asked and I bit my lip. "Was it because Luke was his vessel? You didn't tell me much about it, but let me guess, okay? Since he was in Luke's body he also had access to Luke's mind and memory. And when he discovered you were a girl he came for you and..." Her eyes were full with tears and I hugged her as she broke down. It came all crashing down now. The war (even after my bath in the styx she was terrified I could die), fighting in Manhattan, losing Paul and now discovering I was...r-raped, was too much for her. She cried in my shoulder and I could only hold her while tears ran down my own cheeks.
Once she had calmed down she took a few deep breaths and cleaned her face from tears with a tissue. She mentioned to me to follow her and we went to the bathroom where she opened a storage cabinet and pulled out three small packages. As she handed them to me I recognized the content from the picture on it rather than the name. It were pregnancy tests.
"Mom, I-" I started, but she raised a hand.
"To check if I'm mistaken or not. They were..." She blushed slightly. "Paul and I had been thinking about having a baby. We wanted to talk about it with you at first, but I had already bought the tests." I pulled her in a hug. I could have had a little sister.
Mom explained to me how the pregnancy tests worked and left me alone to use them. I thought back to Rachel and what she told be. Maybe this was the reason for out departure. I was deep in thoughts when I used the tests and set them aside to wait for three minutes.
Would Zeus try to kill the baby for being Kronos child? Most likely.
Would Hades or Dad do the same? Maybe, each of them hated their father and they had been the ones he had eaten.
I glanced at my watch.
Two minutes and forty-five seconds left.
Would the child look like Kronos or like Luke? I imagined a small baby boy with my black hair and Luke's blue eyes or a baby girl with blond hair and my sea-green eyes. Mom could give me things from when I was a baby or I could buy new ones or even try to make some myself.
Two minutes left.
I imagined having the baby in my arms while standing in the water on Montauk and showing it to Dad, Triton, and surprisingly Amphitrite. They would hold it and it would wrap them all around it's finger, even Amphitrite would love it. I giggled.
One minute and thirty seconds left.
Or being in Ahm Shere and playing with it in the gardens, in an area where beautiful moonlace was planted and standing in full bloom. More children would come and play with us.
One minute left.
Or I imagined visiting Calypso with my baby and bringing her some plants from the Gardens of Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of beauty, love, dance and music. We would plant them together and Calypso would play with my baby. Gods, I missed her.
Thirty seconds left.
Maybe grandmother could change the baby's father. Make Luke the dominant father and Kronos the dormant. If she can't, Dad and the other gods could never find out.
Fifteen seconds left.
Would I be a good mother? I mean, I'm only grandmother's legacy, not a daughter, so would I inherit her natural motherhood?
Time.
I took a few deep breaths to calm down and with closed eyes I picked up the first test. After another deep breath I opened my eyes and looked down.
Positive.
I swallowed and quickly picked up the next test.
Positive.
I picked up the next, feeling nauseous.
Positive.
All three tests were positive. I'm pregnant.
"Percy, honey, are you finished?" Mom called from behind the door and I was quick to open it. She looked at me worried and I wrapped my arms around her, seeking support.
"All tests were positive." I said, my voice shaking slightly. "I'm pregnant, mom. I'm having a baby." Mom wrapped her arms around me and held me tight.
"Percy," she said in my hair. "We will have to go. No matter what we say, Zeus will kill the child and most importantly they will find out that you are a girl. We will need to find a fast way to get to Egypt. Within the Borders you will be safe."
"Okay."
We divided the work we needed to do equally. Mom searched for a way for me to get fast to Egypt without flying and organized everything concerning out apartment and my school, while I was packing what we would be taking with us and also thought of ways for our transport.
When I saw the old Communication Mirror grandmother once gave mom, I asked her if I could give it to someone who knew and I wanted to stay in contact with. Of course I had to tell her about my meeting with Triton first, but then she agreed and let me drive to the beach and then swim to father's palace. Surprisingly, Triton was awaiting me a bit outside of the palace.
"The news you were on your way traveled fast, little sister." He grinned and I knew he enjoyed calling me that.
"I wanted to give you something." I said and took the mirror out of my bag. "It's a Communication Mirror. My grandmother made it. I... Mom and I will move away and I will not be able to visit for a long time, so I wanted to give it to you to keep in contact." The mirror was circular and supported by two snakes which were connected to a round stand. The colors were mostly gold, dark blue and red.
"Thank you." Triton said, smiling. "How could your grandmother, I assume it's your mother's mother, make this mirror? And where do you move to? I could try to visit."
"Do you swear not to tell anyone?" I asked nervously. I wasn't wearing my comb right now. "It could be dangerous if someone finds out."
"I swear on the river Styx not to tell anyone what you tell me." He said and I gulped.
"My grandmother... is an Egyptian goddess" I whispered quietly. "Isis, goddess of magic and motherhood. And we are moving to Egypt. Something came up that Lord Zeus cannot find out about under any circumstances." He looked at me with surprise written all over his face. I think I broke him.
"Triton?" I asked and waved my hand in front of his face. He blinked a few times and then sighed heavily. "Little sister, you really have the most rotten luck. Did you offend the fates or something?" That could be a possibility.
"Don't know," I smiled sadly. "I already have to go. We have to find a way to get there fast without anybody noticing."
"Hm... ask Apollo" Triton suggested. "As I know him he will already know your secret, he is the god of prophecies after all. And he just knows things. With his chariot, or car, whatever form it has, you will be there in the blink of an eye." That could actually be a good idea.
"Thank you for the advice." I said. "Oh and could you send this to Dad or Chiron once they notice we are gone?" I handed him Riptide with a bit of a heavy heart. I had used it for four years now and it was the only balanced sword I had. But in Egypt I would use different weapons and Riptide wouldn't feel balanced anymore.
"Very well." Triton said. "By the way, before you go, you haven't told me how to use the mirror."
"Oh! Sorry." I said and then I pointed at the small cartouche on the base. "Do you see the cartouche? You have to touch it with your finger and think about the person you want to talk to. If the person is near such a mirror, your face will appear in it, but if not your face will appear on a reflecting surface. Can be quite funny to talk to a face on a spoon. To stop the connection, you just "wash" with your hand once over the surface. I would advise you to put it in the moonlight for one night to 'recharge' the magic inside, but I think you will have to find another way for that. You just have to put some energy inside. Or wait for one month to naturally 'recharge'."
"Okay" He said slightly skeptical. Then he drew me in a warm hug. "I'll miss you, little sister."
"I'll miss you, too, big brother." I whispered and he drew back looking at me surprised. "Contact me no later than next month, okay?"
After my talk to Triton I told mom about his idea and she agreed. Apollo would already know about my secret, so we could just ask him for help. I IMed him and he agreed to help us. Just as expected, he already knew and said yes and gave us a time he would get us, before I could even ask the question.
"Don't worry, Percy!" Apollo said as we loaded our things in the car. "The earliest time dad and the others will find out is next summer when you will not come to camp and then I will tell themnothing. I promise."
"Thank you" I said. "But I just wanted to ask, why are you helping us?"
"You are our favorite demigod eh, demigoddess and it's the least I can do after you defeated Kronos and saved Artemis before that. It's a wonder she didn't notice." He said grinning and I was a bit taken aback. He was the god of the sun, after all.
"We're ready!" Mom said as she closed the back door of the car and came to us. "Thank you once again, Lord Apollo."
"No problem." He said, still grinning. "You know, you are the first Egyptian demigoddess I've met who isn't out for our blood. We aren't on good terms, if you recall."
"Yes, but since the resurrection of the Scorpion King many demigods ask themselves if it's worth it, but don't really try to make any change. And since I grew up in the States, I'm not that prejudiced." Mom explained. "But I think we should get going now."
"Right, in the sun chariot, you two."
We got in the chariot, which took the shape of a very nice car, and Apollo started driving. It still took some time to reach Egypt, so we still had to wait, which was really horrible.
"You said something about the resurrection of some Scorpion King. What's the story behind that?" Apollo asked and mom took the opportunity to chase away the boredom.
"Part of the story actually happened ten years before the resurrection, in 1926 the librarian Evelyn Carnahan and her brother Jonathan get the adventurer and former soldier Rick O'Connall out of prison where he was sentenced to be hanged and was actually already hanging. Rick knew the way to Hamunaptra, the city of the dead where Evelyn wanted to find the Book of Amun-Ra, which was made of pure gold. It contained the most powerful of all ancient Egyptian spells. In Hamunaptra a group of Americans found the Book of the Dead instead in the statue of Anubis. Like the Book of Amun-Ra, the Book of the Dead contained ancient spells but they had the purpose of mainly reviving the dead.
"In the night a group called the Medjai attacked the camp in the hope of scaring them into leaving Hamunaptra. They were given the ultimatum of leaving before sundown the next day or they would all die. Evelyn, Jonathan, and Rick had found a sarcophagus under the same statue the book was found in. With a special key they opened the sarcophagus and Evelyn concluded that he had been sentenced to the Hom-Dai, the worst of all ancient Egyptian curses. The cursed is mummified alive and cursed not only in this life, but also in the next.
"The next night Evelyn stole the book from the Americans and opened it. She then read out an enchantment out loud and unintentionally revived the mummy, Imhotep. Due to being sentenced to the Hom-Dai he became an undead for all eternity, but if revived he would bring the ten plagues over the lands, gain the power over the sand while being blessed with invincibility.
"The Americans had pulled a curse upon themselves by finding the book which forced Imhotep to kill each of them and gather their body fluids to regain his human and healthy looks. To cut the story short, Imhotep followed them to Cairo where they fled to and killed the cursed Americans. He had chosen Evelyn as a sacrifice to revive his lover Anck-Su-Namun who was the reason he was cursed. He captured her and took her to Hamunaptra with Rick, Jonathan and the leader of the Medjai Ardeth Bay on their heels.
"They searched for and found the Book of Amun-Ra and Jonathan summoned an army of mummified soldiers, but Imhotep gained control over them because Jonathan only read a part of the incantation. Ardeth Bay distracted Imhotep's mummified servants, while Rick rescued Evelyn and Jonathan tried to finish the incantation to gain control. Jonathan then stole the key to the books from Imhotep and enabled Evelyn to read an incantation which took Imhotep's immortality. Rick then killed him and they fled from Hamunaptra." Mom told Apollo and I grinned slightly. It was one of the more frequently told stories she knew that actually happened in the last century.
"Ten years later," Mom begun again, "in 1933 was the Year of the Scorpion, the only time the Scorpion King can be resurrected. Evelyn, who had married Rick and had a son, Alex, with him, started having strange dreams, which lead to her and Rick searching for the Bracelet of Anubis.
"They returned to London with the bracelet, but a group lead by a man called Lock-Nah broke into the house to steal its chest and abduct Evelyn. Ardeth Bay came to their house to warn them that someone had found Imhotep's skeleton. He explained about how a woman named Meela Nais knew information no one living should know and about their intention of using Imhotep's power to kill the Scorpion King to gain control over the Army of Anubis. For this they would need the bracelet to lead them to Ahm Shere.
"To their surprise Alex had put on the bracelet and had seen a vision of the first part of the way there. But with that he had triggered the seven days before the Scorpion King's resurrection. Imhotep was revived again and Meela turned out to be the reincarnation of Anck-Su-Namun. Ardeth and Rick managed to rescue Evelyn, but Alex was captured and forced to lead them to Ahm Shere.
"Alex left them a trail of hints made of sand to guide them along the way. At the first station, in Karnac, Imhotep used a spell from the Book of the Dead to summon Anck-Su-Namun's soul from the underworld and in her reincarnation's body. During that process Evelyn, Rick, Jonathan and Ardeth were in a hand-made zeppelin of Izzy, an old friend of Rick, and Evelyn had visions from her past life. She was Nefretiri, daughter of Pharaoh Seti I, who was murdered by Imhotep and Anck-Su-Namun. It was what lead to their punishment. Evelyn remembered that she was the guardian of the Bracelet of Anubis. Ardeth told them he gathered all tribes of Medjai, but it were in fact all demigods of the former city of demigods who were able to fight.
"When the O'Connals and Imhotep's group reached the Golden Pyramid of Ahm Shere Rick got the Bracelet off of Alex's arm before it could suck the life out of him, but he couldn't stop Anck-Su-Namun from stabbing Evelyn in the stomach, killing her. Rick went after Imhotep while Alex and Jonathan followed Anck-Su-Namun who had the Book of the Dead with her. They found her and revived Evelyn who fought using her knowledge as Nefretiri. During that time Ardeth and the demigods were fighting the Army of Anubis who was still under the Scorpion Kings control.
"One of Imhotep's men woke up the Scorpion King and Imhotep prepared to fight him. Rick attacked him and they fought shortly, but they were interrupted by the Scorpion King's arrival. Imhotep, with his powers taken by Anubis, declared himself as the Scorpion King's slave, when he was attacking him.
"On a wall Rick found pictures of a man with a sacred mark, the same one he also has. Ardeth told him it marks someone who is chosen to be a part of the Medjai, but he didn't tell, that only mortals were chosen directly by Sehkmet, the Medjai's patron goddess. The picture was of the man turning the Scepter of Osiris into a spear and using it to kill the Scorpion King.
"Alex and Jonathan came in at that very moment and Jonathan had the scepter. Imhotep recognized it and interfered Jonathan from delivering the killing blow. He threw the spear at the Scorpion King, but Rick stopped it. The Scorpion King went to attack him, but the killed him with the spear, sending him into the underworld.
"The pyramid and the jungle surrounding it were to be given back to Anubis so all crumbled away. Rick and Imhotep fell into rips on the floor leading into the underworld. Evelyn and Anck-Su-Namun had stopped their fight and Evelyn came to pull Rick back up. He and Imhotep were just hanging at the edge. Imhotep, seeing Rick being helped up, pleaded to Anck-Su-Namun to help him up, but the fled. Ironically, she then tripped and fell into a pit of scorpions.
"Imhotep then let go and freely went to the underworld, since his reason to be reborn was gone. The O'Connals and Jonathan left the pyramid and climbed on the top of it and were saved by Izzy. Jonathan also took a souvenir, the diamond of the top of the pyramid in the size of a soccer ball.
"With the death of the Scorpion King, the Army of Anubis went back to the underworld and the remaining demigods went back to their city, only to find it destroyed. The gods build a new city for them, similar to a giant temple complex. It was named after the Scorpion King's oasis, Ahm Shere, since the name represented new life. Ahm Shere was located on the Nile, but hidden from mortal eyes and especially protected from archeologists and robbers."
While mom had told the story, I had used my comb to grow out my hair to my shoulders and then pinned back a few strands on the side back with it. With her telling the story, she distracted Apollo good enough that he didn't noticed when my hands went under my shirt and carefully unwound the bandages around my chest. When we came to Egypt, I didn't want to look like a boy. I could finally be who I was without having to pretend.
I felt us pass through the ancient borders and felt a strange and disturbing feeling. The presence of my sea powers dimmed down, would be the most fitting- just not quite accurate description. At the same time, I felt the tiny spark of my grandmother's magic and my great-grandfather's knowledge-which was always there- intensified. I instantly felt the life in my heart, this sweet spark of life and I smiled softly. It was a new understanding of my grandmother's powers.
We finally stopped at the outskirts of Alexandria and Apollo helped us with our bags. I tilted my head up and closed my eyes. It was hot and I enjoyed the heat on my face. Mom chuckled behind me and handed me a pair of sunglasses. I grinned as I put them on and then turned to Apollo. He looked surprised and I felt my face heat up but this time not from the sun. Why was he so surprised? I only had lengthened my hair and taken off my bandages.
"You look good." He said smiling and I nervously pushed a few strands of hair behind my ear. "Sally, I think you have to keep an eye on her. The boys will be after her like a pack of dogs in heat."
"Oh," Mom said, frowning. "I will tell my brothers. They will keep them away. My mother, stepfather and grandfather will do that too."
"That's good," Apollo said and ruffled my now long hair. "Your escort to Ahm Shere should be here soon. I'm not that sure now. I don't have all of my powers." Just as he said it, a car pulled up to where we were standing and four people climbed out. It was three girls and a boy.
Two of the girls were identical twins around twenty, both with brown hair and dark gray eyes, but one seemed more strict and regal, while the other seemed more playful. The other girl had wild blond hair to her shoulders with yellowish brown eyes and slitted pupils, she seemed to be about two years older than me. The boy was around twenty-five, too, tall and thin with shaggy brown hair and the same eyes as the blond girl, only with a more chestnut brown with a hint of yellow. All of them had weapons on them in various places, the blond girl used a whip as a decorative belt.
"Buenos Días! Welcome to Egypt." The blond said with a... catlike grin. "Arrre you Sally and Perrrsia Jackson?" She spoke with a Spanish accent and she seemed to purr her 'r's.
"My cue to leave!" Apollo said and after a wink and a promise to try to write or visit he hurried to leave the Egyptian borders.
"Finally he's gone." The boy said with a Scottish accent. "I swearrr Jaíza, I don't like him!"
"'ush, David", The blond said. "Or I'll tell Errrica you'rrre mean again." She then turned back at us and grinned her cat-grin.
"It is nice to meet you." She said. "I'm Jaíza Día de la Santaña, daughter of Bast and morrrtal leaderrr of 'errr Warrrriorrrs. This is my 'alf brrrotherrr David Calvic. The strrict looking one frrrom the twins is Verrronica, or Rrrony, Andrrrews and the otherrr one is Corrrinna, or Corrry, Andrrrews. They arrre daughterrrs of Geb."
"A pleasure to meet you." Mom said. "I'm Sally Jackson, this is my daughter Persia."
"Come on in," Corinna said. "We will drive to Naukratis with the car-"
"-and then we will board a boat until we reach Ahm Shere. It is located between Thebes and Tod, so that we have a connection to the mortal, modern Egypt." Veronica ended. "Well?" She mentioned us to get in the car.
Smiling brightly I stepped in the car, knowing that my baby was going to be able to grow up in the safety of Ahm Shere. I didn't have to worry about it any more.
So, here it is! Have you suspected something when you read Meskhenet's letter? By the Way, I think 'Meskhenet' means 'destiny'. I found it somewhere on Google.
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Until the next chapter.
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