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making money off of my fiction, so pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaassssssseeeeeeeeee
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1 A Past, Reawakened
1.1 By: Josie Danger
1.2 *~ ~* = Dreams
1.3 ( ) = Notes
Lila calmly walked to her new locker and for the fourth time that day tried out the combination. Luckily, this time it opened on the first try. She never knew four classes in a row could be so hard. She heard her tummy growl, she grumbled. She'd been late to all but one of her classes because she thought she knew where to go and her locker jamming virtually every time didn't help either. Science, Math, English, and Geography. Not a bad combination, just tiring. Her math teacher didn't seem all that mad at her when she walked in late. Given, he was a bit senile and didn't notice too much going on around him. Not to mention he was oblivious to everything around him as he gave his speech. He didn't even take the time out to give her a seat, but that didn't matter.
Lila's focus shattered as her tummy growled again. She grabbed her lunch and headed for the cafeteria or "social center" as the staff has taken to name it. She scanned the area and started to head for a far left table when someone bumped into her.
"Excuse you!" A rather chubby, punkish boy shouted in Lila's face.
Lila looked at him. "Excuse yourself." Lila curtly replied and tried to move on.
The boy grabbed onto Lila's backpack. "Hey little girl, you better watch that mouth."
Lila slowly looked over her shoulder. "And if I don't?" She said coldly.
"Then we might just have to rough you up a bit." The bully chuckled and looked over to, what Lila assumed, was his partner in crime. She wasn't impressed. The boy was skinny and had a pinkish-purple mow hawk that looked utterly ridiculous.
"Please let go of my backpack." Lila gritted out as she wavered from side to side to try and get him to let go.
"Not until you say you're sorry little dweeb." He chuckled again and tightened his hold.
Lila simply sighed and shrugged. "Alright, I'm sorry I bumped into you. Happy?" She didn't look back as she said it.
The grip on her backpack drop and she started to move forward. "Just a little hint girly, don't mess with me again, I might do something a little more drastic to keep you in line." He was probably punching his buddy's shoulder as she continued to walk. People here were so strange.
"Lila!" Someone shouted over to her. Elaine frantically waved her hands in the air trying to get Lila's attention.
Lila smiled slightly and started over to the table. She sat down in the chair closest to the window. "How are you?" Lila asked.
"Ooooh, I'm just fine! I can't believe you did that!" Elaine uttered breathlessly.
"Did what?" Lila asked worried.
"You stood up to the bullies of our school. Tiny and Chuck are classified to stay clear of." Elaine babbled.
"They didn't look all that dangerous to me." Lila said as she pulled out the sandwich Sue had made for her. Pastrami, her favorite.
"Not that dangerous!? They steal kids lunch money all the time and have a schedule to beat kids after school." Elaine gestured with her hands the wring of neck motion. "You could have been hurt!"
Lila sighed and put down her sandwich. "No, I know how to talk to jerks like them, sadly. I can get by if they don't listen." Lila leaned back into the chair.
Elaine shoved french-fries into her mouth. "How come you didn't get caf food?"
"Didn't want to die my first day I guess." Lila smiled and started to eat her sandwich again. "Besides, my aunt makes killer sandwiches. I couldn't pass up my delicious meal for something that comes out of a deep fat fryer every thirty seconds."
Elaine laughed at that. "And carrot sticks, juice, and a sandwich is better." She took another handful of french-fries "Than this!?" She held out a burger that was dripping oil down the side of it.
"Yes."
"You're crazy. But that's what makes this interesting. Why'd you move here? If you don't mind my asking."
"I don't mind. My uncle got a job offer from a company called N.E.W., he's apparently pretty high up in their branches." Lila started to much on her carrot sticks.
"I don't know how you can eat though things." Elaine grumbled. "But that sounds pretty exciting. I mean that your uncle has that job. But, why are you staying with your.. Oh! Never mind, I think I know.." Elaine skirted the issue thinking she was hurting Lila's feelings.
"Don't worry. My parents have been dead for over two years now. I don't mind talking about it. It was a car accident." Lila sighed and started to tap her fingers on the table. "I was suppose to be with them, but I stayed behind for a sleepover. The next morning I got a call. They were dead." Lila stopped her momentary drumming and looked at Elaine. "But, I'm all better now." Lila plastered a fake smile on and whistled.
"It's okay to cry." Elaine softly placed a hand on Lila's shoulder and squeezed.
"I've done enough of that. I'm okay really!" Lila clapped her hands over her juice box. Taking the straw off she slowly sipped her drink.
"If you say so." Elaine sighed deciding not to push the issue any further.
The rest of lunch was talk of little things. Where they lived, in what neighborhood, and what their phone numbers were. The bell rang as they finished cleaning up.
"I'll see you tomorrow!" Elaine called over her shoulder.
"Alright, talk with you later." Lila waved to Elaine as they exited the social center.
Lila was walking to her next class, PE, when her name was read over the call list for the main office. She perked up wondering why she was called. She slowly walked over the office and saw her aunt was there with a smile plastered on her face.
"Illia!" Sue gushed over her niece as she used Lila's nickname.
"Aunt Sue?" Lila asked puzzled. "What are you.."
She was cut short as Sue grabbed her hands. "I felt bad for this morning, and I'm going to let you have the rest of the day off." Sue smiled brightly.
Lila smiled back but couldn't believe her aunt had actually said that. "You're.. letting me have the rest of the day off?"
"Yes." Sue beamed brightly. It scared Lila a little.
"Okay, but what is there to do.. In this city anyway?" Lila questioned uneasily.
"There's lots to do, or so I've read! We could see the bridge together! Or go the San Francisco Museum of History." Sue clasped Lila's hands in her own. "I want you to feel comfortable. I want you to like where we are living now. So a little site seeing won't hurt, will it?"
Lila smiled. "I'd love to see the museum. if that's okay?"
"It's wonderful!"
~*~*~
They pulled up to the curb of the museum as the wind started to pick up. Lila got out of the car and started to head for the entrance as Sue tried to find a place to park. The doors slowly opened and Lila walked inside. It amazed her how big a building could be when she was so use to the minor museums back home. No, that's not right, home no longer was there, it was here in San Francisco and she needed to get use to the idea.
Lila started to shake off the cold that had seeped through her clothing, as she had stood too long outside. She looked around and something caught her eye. A light of some sort was seeping though a closed doorway. Lila placed her hands and pushed. The glow engulfed her for a moment, but soon she stood in a well-lit room staring at the universe in all its glory.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Said a voice from behind her, one she did not recognize.
"Wha.." Lila spun around, startled by a woman dressed formally. Lila observed the woman with a quick glance. Brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin, and a nametag. Amanda Carnarvon. "Oh, sorry." Lila began to apologize to her. "I was a bit startled about.."
Amanda held up her hand. Smiling warmly. "No, no, it's okay. I understand I did come up from behind you.. I'm sorry I startled you." She gestured for Lila to keep moving forward. "This section of the museum just recently opened yesterday, I'm a bit surprised as very little people are here today.." She held out a pamphlet to Lila.
"Thanks." Lila accepted the pamphlet and began to read.
"Illia!" Lila looked over to find her aunt running toward her. Lila smiled and waved. Sue rushed over to her.
Amanda handed Sue a pamphlet. "Welcome to the San Francisco's Museum of History. If you would like a tour of the museum I would be happy to give one to you."
Lila wasn't paying attention to Amanda; she was too busy looking around her as she stood next to Pluto. The artwork put into the room amazed her. Never had she thought one room could carry so much. She walked around dazed by what she would believe as a carefully crafted replica of the galaxy. Her imagination ran away with her then..
*~She stood up from the task that had her creating balls of clay and stared down at her work. Each ball was shaped according to how she felt during her trials. The trials had been hard but worthwhile. She had been careful to craft one each with a character of its own. Lila/Istra slowly cupped her hands together and blew gently on the clay. The balls slowly started to grow and shape into themselves. Into the universe as it was soon to be called..~*
"Illia?" Lila snapped out of her trance and stared around the room again as her aunt seemed worried over her.
"Yes?" Lila calmly replied. She knew she would come back here and sketch until her hand was tired. To create the universe, and the galaxy's fitting into her hand.
"Mrs. Carnarvon has been kind enough to give us a tour of the Museum." Sue grabbed Lila's hand and started to walk out of the room.
Lila looked at the room reluctantly as it got smaller until it was out of view entirely. Lila turned her attention to what lye ahead of her than. All around lay pieces of artifacts from different cultures, different races, and different worlds. She couldn't believe her eyes as she was lead through the past, present, and what could be determined to be the future. The pace slowly came to a stop and Lila stared around her as she entered a large room filled with Egyptian artifacts.
"And this is the room I take the most pride in." Mrs. Carnarvon stated. "I spend many a helpless hours fixing this room just right. It was a tragedy that we lost five mummies in the process though." Amanda sighed and clasped her hand behind her back.
"Lost?" Sue asked surprised.
"We don't know what happened to them. They were here and then.." Mrs. Carnarvon shrugged. "Something happened to them. Four human mummies and a sacred cat, gone." Amanda led them to an enclosed section of the room. "This is where they would have been stored."
Lila was amazed at what she saw. The walls were line decoratively with Egyptian paintings and sarcophagi. Lila placed her hand on one of the sarcophagi and sighed. Something about this seemed so familiar to her, she just couldn't place it.
"How long has this part of the room been up?" Lila asked as she looked around the room. She spotted a painting and images flashed through her mind.
*~ "Oh, that lovely Istra. Purely inspirational the way you depicted the desert and the pyramids. You're as good as your word and more." Her mother placed a kind hand on Istra's shoulder. "I will have to send this to the palace, and see what we can trade for it."
Istra sighed happily. She had been pleased with her work and was happy to find mother happy with her as well.. ..
Shadows befell Istra. Darkness. No way out. Istra screamed, but nothing came out. There was noise around her, something was moving. She placed her hands over her ears; things would be all right, she repeated over and over to herself. Then a light, a single light, came into view..~*
"Miss?"
"Illia?"
Lila snapped out of her trance. Something about the painting.. A part of it seemed so familiar to her. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. "I'm alright." She stated as she walked up to the painting. "This isn't like the other paintings in the room." Lila stared at it carefully.
"Actually, no." Mrs. Carnarvon stated. "It seems to have been painted with a different style, but defiantly depicts Egypt in all its wonderment." She seemed puzzled. "How did you know?"
Lila shook her head. "I just had this feeling that it was out of place here. I don't know why."
"You have a good eye for that sort of thing Illia." Sue walked up behind her niece and patted her on the back. "Shall we go?"
"I guess so."
~*~*~
Author's Note: Please any comments, corrections, and criticism are really appreciated. I hope you like the story so far; it's an idea that has been turning in my head for a LONG time now. If you want to learn more about this just go to the Mummies Alive section on my website: http://www.oddworldz.com/josiedanger/mummiesalive.html
1 A Past, Reawakened
1.1 By: Josie Danger
1.2 *~ ~* = Dreams
1.3 ( ) = Notes
Lila calmly walked to her new locker and for the fourth time that day tried out the combination. Luckily, this time it opened on the first try. She never knew four classes in a row could be so hard. She heard her tummy growl, she grumbled. She'd been late to all but one of her classes because she thought she knew where to go and her locker jamming virtually every time didn't help either. Science, Math, English, and Geography. Not a bad combination, just tiring. Her math teacher didn't seem all that mad at her when she walked in late. Given, he was a bit senile and didn't notice too much going on around him. Not to mention he was oblivious to everything around him as he gave his speech. He didn't even take the time out to give her a seat, but that didn't matter.
Lila's focus shattered as her tummy growled again. She grabbed her lunch and headed for the cafeteria or "social center" as the staff has taken to name it. She scanned the area and started to head for a far left table when someone bumped into her.
"Excuse you!" A rather chubby, punkish boy shouted in Lila's face.
Lila looked at him. "Excuse yourself." Lila curtly replied and tried to move on.
The boy grabbed onto Lila's backpack. "Hey little girl, you better watch that mouth."
Lila slowly looked over her shoulder. "And if I don't?" She said coldly.
"Then we might just have to rough you up a bit." The bully chuckled and looked over to, what Lila assumed, was his partner in crime. She wasn't impressed. The boy was skinny and had a pinkish-purple mow hawk that looked utterly ridiculous.
"Please let go of my backpack." Lila gritted out as she wavered from side to side to try and get him to let go.
"Not until you say you're sorry little dweeb." He chuckled again and tightened his hold.
Lila simply sighed and shrugged. "Alright, I'm sorry I bumped into you. Happy?" She didn't look back as she said it.
The grip on her backpack drop and she started to move forward. "Just a little hint girly, don't mess with me again, I might do something a little more drastic to keep you in line." He was probably punching his buddy's shoulder as she continued to walk. People here were so strange.
"Lila!" Someone shouted over to her. Elaine frantically waved her hands in the air trying to get Lila's attention.
Lila smiled slightly and started over to the table. She sat down in the chair closest to the window. "How are you?" Lila asked.
"Ooooh, I'm just fine! I can't believe you did that!" Elaine uttered breathlessly.
"Did what?" Lila asked worried.
"You stood up to the bullies of our school. Tiny and Chuck are classified to stay clear of." Elaine babbled.
"They didn't look all that dangerous to me." Lila said as she pulled out the sandwich Sue had made for her. Pastrami, her favorite.
"Not that dangerous!? They steal kids lunch money all the time and have a schedule to beat kids after school." Elaine gestured with her hands the wring of neck motion. "You could have been hurt!"
Lila sighed and put down her sandwich. "No, I know how to talk to jerks like them, sadly. I can get by if they don't listen." Lila leaned back into the chair.
Elaine shoved french-fries into her mouth. "How come you didn't get caf food?"
"Didn't want to die my first day I guess." Lila smiled and started to eat her sandwich again. "Besides, my aunt makes killer sandwiches. I couldn't pass up my delicious meal for something that comes out of a deep fat fryer every thirty seconds."
Elaine laughed at that. "And carrot sticks, juice, and a sandwich is better." She took another handful of french-fries "Than this!?" She held out a burger that was dripping oil down the side of it.
"Yes."
"You're crazy. But that's what makes this interesting. Why'd you move here? If you don't mind my asking."
"I don't mind. My uncle got a job offer from a company called N.E.W., he's apparently pretty high up in their branches." Lila started to much on her carrot sticks.
"I don't know how you can eat though things." Elaine grumbled. "But that sounds pretty exciting. I mean that your uncle has that job. But, why are you staying with your.. Oh! Never mind, I think I know.." Elaine skirted the issue thinking she was hurting Lila's feelings.
"Don't worry. My parents have been dead for over two years now. I don't mind talking about it. It was a car accident." Lila sighed and started to tap her fingers on the table. "I was suppose to be with them, but I stayed behind for a sleepover. The next morning I got a call. They were dead." Lila stopped her momentary drumming and looked at Elaine. "But, I'm all better now." Lila plastered a fake smile on and whistled.
"It's okay to cry." Elaine softly placed a hand on Lila's shoulder and squeezed.
"I've done enough of that. I'm okay really!" Lila clapped her hands over her juice box. Taking the straw off she slowly sipped her drink.
"If you say so." Elaine sighed deciding not to push the issue any further.
The rest of lunch was talk of little things. Where they lived, in what neighborhood, and what their phone numbers were. The bell rang as they finished cleaning up.
"I'll see you tomorrow!" Elaine called over her shoulder.
"Alright, talk with you later." Lila waved to Elaine as they exited the social center.
Lila was walking to her next class, PE, when her name was read over the call list for the main office. She perked up wondering why she was called. She slowly walked over the office and saw her aunt was there with a smile plastered on her face.
"Illia!" Sue gushed over her niece as she used Lila's nickname.
"Aunt Sue?" Lila asked puzzled. "What are you.."
She was cut short as Sue grabbed her hands. "I felt bad for this morning, and I'm going to let you have the rest of the day off." Sue smiled brightly.
Lila smiled back but couldn't believe her aunt had actually said that. "You're.. letting me have the rest of the day off?"
"Yes." Sue beamed brightly. It scared Lila a little.
"Okay, but what is there to do.. In this city anyway?" Lila questioned uneasily.
"There's lots to do, or so I've read! We could see the bridge together! Or go the San Francisco Museum of History." Sue clasped Lila's hands in her own. "I want you to feel comfortable. I want you to like where we are living now. So a little site seeing won't hurt, will it?"
Lila smiled. "I'd love to see the museum. if that's okay?"
"It's wonderful!"
~*~*~
They pulled up to the curb of the museum as the wind started to pick up. Lila got out of the car and started to head for the entrance as Sue tried to find a place to park. The doors slowly opened and Lila walked inside. It amazed her how big a building could be when she was so use to the minor museums back home. No, that's not right, home no longer was there, it was here in San Francisco and she needed to get use to the idea.
Lila started to shake off the cold that had seeped through her clothing, as she had stood too long outside. She looked around and something caught her eye. A light of some sort was seeping though a closed doorway. Lila placed her hands and pushed. The glow engulfed her for a moment, but soon she stood in a well-lit room staring at the universe in all its glory.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Said a voice from behind her, one she did not recognize.
"Wha.." Lila spun around, startled by a woman dressed formally. Lila observed the woman with a quick glance. Brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin, and a nametag. Amanda Carnarvon. "Oh, sorry." Lila began to apologize to her. "I was a bit startled about.."
Amanda held up her hand. Smiling warmly. "No, no, it's okay. I understand I did come up from behind you.. I'm sorry I startled you." She gestured for Lila to keep moving forward. "This section of the museum just recently opened yesterday, I'm a bit surprised as very little people are here today.." She held out a pamphlet to Lila.
"Thanks." Lila accepted the pamphlet and began to read.
"Illia!" Lila looked over to find her aunt running toward her. Lila smiled and waved. Sue rushed over to her.
Amanda handed Sue a pamphlet. "Welcome to the San Francisco's Museum of History. If you would like a tour of the museum I would be happy to give one to you."
Lila wasn't paying attention to Amanda; she was too busy looking around her as she stood next to Pluto. The artwork put into the room amazed her. Never had she thought one room could carry so much. She walked around dazed by what she would believe as a carefully crafted replica of the galaxy. Her imagination ran away with her then..
*~She stood up from the task that had her creating balls of clay and stared down at her work. Each ball was shaped according to how she felt during her trials. The trials had been hard but worthwhile. She had been careful to craft one each with a character of its own. Lila/Istra slowly cupped her hands together and blew gently on the clay. The balls slowly started to grow and shape into themselves. Into the universe as it was soon to be called..~*
"Illia?" Lila snapped out of her trance and stared around the room again as her aunt seemed worried over her.
"Yes?" Lila calmly replied. She knew she would come back here and sketch until her hand was tired. To create the universe, and the galaxy's fitting into her hand.
"Mrs. Carnarvon has been kind enough to give us a tour of the Museum." Sue grabbed Lila's hand and started to walk out of the room.
Lila looked at the room reluctantly as it got smaller until it was out of view entirely. Lila turned her attention to what lye ahead of her than. All around lay pieces of artifacts from different cultures, different races, and different worlds. She couldn't believe her eyes as she was lead through the past, present, and what could be determined to be the future. The pace slowly came to a stop and Lila stared around her as she entered a large room filled with Egyptian artifacts.
"And this is the room I take the most pride in." Mrs. Carnarvon stated. "I spend many a helpless hours fixing this room just right. It was a tragedy that we lost five mummies in the process though." Amanda sighed and clasped her hand behind her back.
"Lost?" Sue asked surprised.
"We don't know what happened to them. They were here and then.." Mrs. Carnarvon shrugged. "Something happened to them. Four human mummies and a sacred cat, gone." Amanda led them to an enclosed section of the room. "This is where they would have been stored."
Lila was amazed at what she saw. The walls were line decoratively with Egyptian paintings and sarcophagi. Lila placed her hand on one of the sarcophagi and sighed. Something about this seemed so familiar to her, she just couldn't place it.
"How long has this part of the room been up?" Lila asked as she looked around the room. She spotted a painting and images flashed through her mind.
*~ "Oh, that lovely Istra. Purely inspirational the way you depicted the desert and the pyramids. You're as good as your word and more." Her mother placed a kind hand on Istra's shoulder. "I will have to send this to the palace, and see what we can trade for it."
Istra sighed happily. She had been pleased with her work and was happy to find mother happy with her as well.. ..
Shadows befell Istra. Darkness. No way out. Istra screamed, but nothing came out. There was noise around her, something was moving. She placed her hands over her ears; things would be all right, she repeated over and over to herself. Then a light, a single light, came into view..~*
"Miss?"
"Illia?"
Lila snapped out of her trance. Something about the painting.. A part of it seemed so familiar to her. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. "I'm alright." She stated as she walked up to the painting. "This isn't like the other paintings in the room." Lila stared at it carefully.
"Actually, no." Mrs. Carnarvon stated. "It seems to have been painted with a different style, but defiantly depicts Egypt in all its wonderment." She seemed puzzled. "How did you know?"
Lila shook her head. "I just had this feeling that it was out of place here. I don't know why."
"You have a good eye for that sort of thing Illia." Sue walked up behind her niece and patted her on the back. "Shall we go?"
"I guess so."
~*~*~
Author's Note: Please any comments, corrections, and criticism are really appreciated. I hope you like the story so far; it's an idea that has been turning in my head for a LONG time now. If you want to learn more about this just go to the Mummies Alive section on my website: http://www.oddworldz.com/josiedanger/mummiesalive.html
