DC: "Nothin's changed at all..." (If ya like The Calling, you'll understand
the pun)
And the winner is...
SAILOR C!!!!!!
Congratulations! (and yes, it was J. K. Rowling)
Buffy woke up the next morning in a room she didn't recognize, with Willow fast asleep in the bed next to her. She got up quietly to make sure she didn't wake up and got ready for the day.
"It's too bad and we had no time to rewind..." she sang in the shower. "Father's hands are lined with guilt for tearin' us apa... Aaahhh!"
Alex walked in on accident.
"I'm so sorry. I'll just..."
"No, it was an honest mistake. I should've locked the door," she said, wrapping the towel tightly around herself.
"And these walls, they're as thick as theives," he added. Buffy stared at him.
"You really don't get out that much, do you?" she asked, wrapping herself in her robe on top of the towel.
"I've been busy with Mum at the British Museum, and receiving a lump sum weekly. Mum's head of the museum and she got me a job as a junior curator, under Mr. Schley," he said, oblivious to the fact that he was boring her.
" 'Junior curator'?" she asked.
"I'm in charge of the Egyptology department. I had more experience properly handling Egyptian artifacts than men in their fifties with three Ph. D.'s."
"Really? And I guess now you're gonna tell me you've got a black belt in karate?" she asked.
"Actually, Dad taught me self-defense tactics-"
"I could take you out in thirty seconds..."
"What would you like to wager?" he bargained.
"Since we're gonna be here awhile, how about a personal slave?" she said.
"Personal slave and fifty pounds. Oh wait, you don't know exchange currency. How about fifty American dollars? Would that be enough?" he enquired.
"Deal," she said, and shook his hand. "Tonight, when your mother brings us back from the tomb."
"You are going down."
***********
The day passed slowly in the desert heat. Evie and Rick were wary turning corners and were constantly on the lookout.
"This is as far as we can go before the ceremony," she said. "We can't even open the treasure area."
"How can you tell if it's Seti's tomb if you haven't seen inside it yet?" Buffy asked.
"His hieratic is right here," Giles pointed out.
"Yes, and see here? This hieratic has only been on one other tomb, that of his daughter Nefertiri. She passed away after she lost her child and her husband within several years of her father," Evie explained. "It's strange how her hieratic is on her father's, though."
"And I don't trust it," Rick said, cocking his gun. Ardeth took it as a warning and raised a Thompson rifle.
Everyone in the room went silent as Evie opened the door. A vast darkness overcame the room.
A swirling gold light circled them.
Ancient Egypt, Seti I st's reign
The whole gang looked around at each other not knowing where they were. Buffy, Evie, Joyce and Willow were wearing headdresses. Buffy was wearing a strangely dressy garment, made of a white satiny material with gold stitching. Ardeth stood next to her, wearing a similar outfit. Alex was at the head of the room with Evie, Giles and Joyce. Willow, Xander and Spike were part of a procession to join them, wearing outfits of gold.
Another man at the head of the room started chanting, his bald head bobbing in the process. The things he spoke of were in a language Buffy couldn't recognize, but somehow, she understood what he was saying.
iThe gods have spoken
These children must be married at once
We cannot fend for much longer without the union
Let the union commencei
It was no use. Buffy looked over at Spike with a pleading look. Alex looked smug in the front of the room.
iWe cannot fend much longer
Let the union commencei
Arm in arm, Buffy and Ardeth walked up the center of the large crowd to join their friends. Joyce looked with a wistful appearance, tears trickling at her eyes. Willow tried to look happy for her. Spike shot a dirty look at Alex.
iNefertiri, you allow your son to be wed
Hapshet, you allow your daughter to be wedi
Ardeth said yes after Evie gave her permission. The time had come, and no one was happy about it.
iLet their souls be bound to each other
As it was meant to be
Take this child from her mother
And let her enter the Covenanti
Buffy was dumbfounded. Ardeth removed a veil from her head and for the first time, she saw his eyes. A dark brown, now dripping with sorrow and apology. She heard his voice in her head.
iI'm sorry it didn't turn out quite how you wishedi
iIt wasn't your faulti
Joyce broke down in tears and Ardeth tried to comfort her to no avail.
iHapshet, calm your bride
Your child needs her in the Covenant
Rastel has to have her heart at peace before the union can commencei
The "Covenant" progressed. Buffy was somber as she was given to Alex whose name was apparently "Thorkakamin".
pThe bride must go in peace
Her bridegroom in her stead
Thorkankamin must consecrate the union
A child must come
From Larelesput's womb
And give Egypt an heirp
"An heir?" Buffy wondered.
"Come, we must consecrate the union," Thorkankamin said, holding out his darkly tanned hand for her somberly.
Egypt- the tomb of Seti I
"And that happens every time I come to open the tomb. These flashbacks. But it doesn't explain how everyone saw it," Evie said, shaking her dark head.
"You're saying it's true?" Buffy asked.
"I checked it out. Nefertiri's tomb has the whole story written out in hieratic. You must have been reincarnated. All of us must have, which makes you Larelesput," Evie replied.
"So you're saying that because Nefertiri was reincarnated, the whole group was reincarnated? But why wasn't Rick there?" Giles said.
"I'm afraid I haven't figured it out. Willow, you were a handmaiden who was betrothed to Xander. Your name was Lustretet, and Xander's was a Greek warrior, whose name I couldn't locate in the hieroglyphics," Evie said.
"From what I've read, the child that Larelesput had was called Thamos," Evie said. "And that it wasn't Thorkankamin's child."
AN: I'm putting "In Our Formal Wear" aside for awhile. Don't worry, I'll add to it soon. It's just that I was crazy to think I was able to do three stories at once. (The other one is one I've been trying to finish for nearly a year, that I can't put up on ff.net.)
And the winner is...
SAILOR C!!!!!!
Congratulations! (and yes, it was J. K. Rowling)
Buffy woke up the next morning in a room she didn't recognize, with Willow fast asleep in the bed next to her. She got up quietly to make sure she didn't wake up and got ready for the day.
"It's too bad and we had no time to rewind..." she sang in the shower. "Father's hands are lined with guilt for tearin' us apa... Aaahhh!"
Alex walked in on accident.
"I'm so sorry. I'll just..."
"No, it was an honest mistake. I should've locked the door," she said, wrapping the towel tightly around herself.
"And these walls, they're as thick as theives," he added. Buffy stared at him.
"You really don't get out that much, do you?" she asked, wrapping herself in her robe on top of the towel.
"I've been busy with Mum at the British Museum, and receiving a lump sum weekly. Mum's head of the museum and she got me a job as a junior curator, under Mr. Schley," he said, oblivious to the fact that he was boring her.
" 'Junior curator'?" she asked.
"I'm in charge of the Egyptology department. I had more experience properly handling Egyptian artifacts than men in their fifties with three Ph. D.'s."
"Really? And I guess now you're gonna tell me you've got a black belt in karate?" she asked.
"Actually, Dad taught me self-defense tactics-"
"I could take you out in thirty seconds..."
"What would you like to wager?" he bargained.
"Since we're gonna be here awhile, how about a personal slave?" she said.
"Personal slave and fifty pounds. Oh wait, you don't know exchange currency. How about fifty American dollars? Would that be enough?" he enquired.
"Deal," she said, and shook his hand. "Tonight, when your mother brings us back from the tomb."
"You are going down."
***********
The day passed slowly in the desert heat. Evie and Rick were wary turning corners and were constantly on the lookout.
"This is as far as we can go before the ceremony," she said. "We can't even open the treasure area."
"How can you tell if it's Seti's tomb if you haven't seen inside it yet?" Buffy asked.
"His hieratic is right here," Giles pointed out.
"Yes, and see here? This hieratic has only been on one other tomb, that of his daughter Nefertiri. She passed away after she lost her child and her husband within several years of her father," Evie explained. "It's strange how her hieratic is on her father's, though."
"And I don't trust it," Rick said, cocking his gun. Ardeth took it as a warning and raised a Thompson rifle.
Everyone in the room went silent as Evie opened the door. A vast darkness overcame the room.
A swirling gold light circled them.
Ancient Egypt, Seti I st's reign
The whole gang looked around at each other not knowing where they were. Buffy, Evie, Joyce and Willow were wearing headdresses. Buffy was wearing a strangely dressy garment, made of a white satiny material with gold stitching. Ardeth stood next to her, wearing a similar outfit. Alex was at the head of the room with Evie, Giles and Joyce. Willow, Xander and Spike were part of a procession to join them, wearing outfits of gold.
Another man at the head of the room started chanting, his bald head bobbing in the process. The things he spoke of were in a language Buffy couldn't recognize, but somehow, she understood what he was saying.
iThe gods have spoken
These children must be married at once
We cannot fend for much longer without the union
Let the union commencei
It was no use. Buffy looked over at Spike with a pleading look. Alex looked smug in the front of the room.
iWe cannot fend much longer
Let the union commencei
Arm in arm, Buffy and Ardeth walked up the center of the large crowd to join their friends. Joyce looked with a wistful appearance, tears trickling at her eyes. Willow tried to look happy for her. Spike shot a dirty look at Alex.
iNefertiri, you allow your son to be wed
Hapshet, you allow your daughter to be wedi
Ardeth said yes after Evie gave her permission. The time had come, and no one was happy about it.
iLet their souls be bound to each other
As it was meant to be
Take this child from her mother
And let her enter the Covenanti
Buffy was dumbfounded. Ardeth removed a veil from her head and for the first time, she saw his eyes. A dark brown, now dripping with sorrow and apology. She heard his voice in her head.
iI'm sorry it didn't turn out quite how you wishedi
iIt wasn't your faulti
Joyce broke down in tears and Ardeth tried to comfort her to no avail.
iHapshet, calm your bride
Your child needs her in the Covenant
Rastel has to have her heart at peace before the union can commencei
The "Covenant" progressed. Buffy was somber as she was given to Alex whose name was apparently "Thorkakamin".
pThe bride must go in peace
Her bridegroom in her stead
Thorkankamin must consecrate the union
A child must come
From Larelesput's womb
And give Egypt an heirp
"An heir?" Buffy wondered.
"Come, we must consecrate the union," Thorkankamin said, holding out his darkly tanned hand for her somberly.
Egypt- the tomb of Seti I
"And that happens every time I come to open the tomb. These flashbacks. But it doesn't explain how everyone saw it," Evie said, shaking her dark head.
"You're saying it's true?" Buffy asked.
"I checked it out. Nefertiri's tomb has the whole story written out in hieratic. You must have been reincarnated. All of us must have, which makes you Larelesput," Evie replied.
"So you're saying that because Nefertiri was reincarnated, the whole group was reincarnated? But why wasn't Rick there?" Giles said.
"I'm afraid I haven't figured it out. Willow, you were a handmaiden who was betrothed to Xander. Your name was Lustretet, and Xander's was a Greek warrior, whose name I couldn't locate in the hieroglyphics," Evie said.
"From what I've read, the child that Larelesput had was called Thamos," Evie said. "And that it wasn't Thorkankamin's child."
AN: I'm putting "In Our Formal Wear" aside for awhile. Don't worry, I'll add to it soon. It's just that I was crazy to think I was able to do three stories at once. (The other one is one I've been trying to finish for nearly a year, that I can't put up on ff.net.)