Ancient Magics
By Silverdust
Chap 2. Truth
There are secrets and there are lies Things to uncover and things to hideOpening of wounds, to deep to be pain
Having the courage to face it again
Look to the future, linger on the past
And there you will find the truth at last
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The young teenaged girl ran through the gold and marble halls laughing uncontrollably. Behind her ran…a blue turkey?
"SEKHMET!!!!!! GET BACK HERE YOUNG LADY!!!!!! I'LL SHOW YOU!!!!!! GET BACK HERE!!!!!!" shouted an enraged Horus (the blue turkey).
"Catch me Turkey-head! Catch me if you can!" Sekhmet shouted over her shoulder, giggling all the while.
She zigzagged through several corridors and rooms to lose him, then up the stairs to the attic where she ran past a shocked Anubis and crawled into the ancient chest. "Sekhmet what in the wor-?"
She put her finger to her lips as she closed the lid. "Watch and see!"
A few minutes later Horus came huffing up the stairs. Anubis nearly burst out laughing when he saw his 'new form', but quickly regained composure with nothing more than a small grin. "What happened?"
"That…accursed…girl," was the gasped reply. "Told…Isis… no…magic lessons…nowlook…what happens!!!!!" (A/N: I know Horus is Isis's son and all, but in this fic they're not related at all)
Sekhmet stifled another giggle. Oh this was soooooo funny!
"Oh I see," said Anubis, looking as cool as can be, considering that he was hiding Sekhmet at that moment from a very angry, very powerful god, even though he looked like some weirdo's Thanksgiving dinner.
"Where'd she go?"
Anubis pointed to the right, and Horus waddled away. Sekhmet slowly climbed out of the chest. "Heh, nice one. Thanks."
"Your welcome," he said, half-smiling. "He can get stuck-up at times. Besides, Ra wants to see you."
"Really?"
Sekhmet had never really seen the master god before, but she had heard stories of his power.
"Yes, he said it was a matter of great importance."
"Oh, okey," she waved as she walked away.
"Goodbye," he called back, for he knew it would be the last time he would ever say anything to her for a very long time.
***
Sekhmet wandered through the great halls, looking for the portal room which would take her to the master god's chamber. Osiris's directions hadn't been very clear, and she had gotten lost again. "Damn! Stupid baka passageways!!!"
"You could've just asked me," came a smooth, silky voice behind her.
She turned to see Kiiraa, her…cat. Well cat was the closest thing that could come of her. She was a black, gold flecked serval cat with an extravagantly long golden, horse-like tail and fiery gold crest. Her long, black ears were pierced with golden hoop earrings like most of the holy temple creatures.
"You knew the way and were following me all this time and didn't tell me?!?!?!"
"Yes."
"Well make yourself useful then and lead the friggin' way!!!"
"Your picking up those habits from those humans you watch," Kiiraa sighed as she jumped gracefully down from the pedestal she had been resting on. "though that typically ain't a bad thing considering…"
"Considering what?"
"Oh you'll see."
"Damn, I hate you sometimes."
"I know."
The cat led the demi-goddess through several more passageways, which she had conveniently passed, even though they had signs saying: Portal Room, Down, left etc. on them. Sekhmet was starting to feel stupid. "How could I miss them all?"
"Hmph? Dunno' maybe you're an idiot."
"Ya' well...look who's talking!"
"Is that the best you can come up with."
"Shaddup kitty-cat."
They finally came across a huge door made out of ivory-set ebony. Sekhmet gazed at it in awe. "That's one damn big door."
"Agreed," Kiiraa said lightly, pushing it open with one paw. Sekhmet blinked.
"How-?"
"Just because it's big, doesn't mean its heavy."
"Oh."
She followed the cat into the darkened room. It was pitch black except for in the middle, where a portal of pure light swirled in the center. Sekhmet made a grab for Kiiraa's tail.
"Yowch!!!"
"You're the one who can see in the dark. Lead the way."
"Okay. Just don't pull to hard."
She led Sekhmet to the center. The light was almost blinding. Sekhmet threw up her arm to keep herself from being turned sightless. "Now what?"
"We eat lunch," Kiiraa said sarcastically. "Jump in stupid."
"Okay."
She grabbed the cat and leaped into the light. "Hey! Not-" was all Kiiraa could shout before they were swallowed into the burning white glow.
***
"Not me doofus!!!" Kiiraa screeched as they were shot out of the portal. They landed with a painful thump on an ivory and marble floor. Sekhmet didn't hear what the angry feline was ranting about, she was just busy finding a place she could hurl.
"About time."
Kiiraa stopped yelling and Sekhmet forgot about her queasy stomach. Ra had entered.
He was in his mortal form, shining with the radiance of the sun and stars. He was falcon headed as Horus, but t was a golden falcon, with wisdom gleaming from the red amber eye. He carried himself with the air of a true god, of a creator, with a firm step and dignified gate. Memories burned somewhere in the back of Sekhmet's mind, that she couldn't quite touch, of a familiar golden figure. She bowed in reverence. "Great Ra, I am here."
"Ah, my child," he spoke, his voice echoing of warm summer rays. "You have grown since when I've seen you last."
"I am of fourteen mortal years sire."
"Yes, I have heard of your escapades in the lower heavens."
"Oh! I'm sorry for turning Horus into a turkey, and flooding the Nile before season, that was an accident. See I was trying to get the water-"
Ra held up his hands. "No. I have not called you for punishment. I have something to tell you."
"Yes?"
"Sekhmet, you are not all that you have been led to believe."
"What?" Sekhmet was confused, what is he leading at?
"You are the child of a mortal couple. Your mother was the High Priestess of Sakhmet, the Goddess of War."
"But I thought-"
"Let me explain. There was a war in Egypt, and your father was killed. Your mother escaped in an attempt to save you, and she gave you to the gods. She died shortly afterwards. Sakhmet adopted you as her child. You have been raised to believe you were her actual child, but you have to know the truth, for I'm sending you back to earth for awhile."
Sekhmet was in shock, but not that deep. Those dreams…the fire…the yelling…the explosions…and that sad haunting voice singing. It all made sense now. She buried her face in her hands.
"I know it hurts," Ra said kindly. "That's why I'm sending you to earth. To be with your people awhile. I have made all the arrangements. Are you ready to go?"
Sekhmet wondered if she was. To leave behind her home? Everything she had known? To go to a mortal world?
But in her heart she knew she had to. Kiiraa rubbed against her leg comfortingly. "I will go."
"Very well," Ra opened the portal. "You will maintain your powers, for there is another reason you have to go to the earth. You will have to find the reason yourself."
"Can I take Kiiraa?" Sekhmet asked suddenly as she pondered the last part of the statement. "You know, for companionship!"
"If you wish," Ra said, smiling.
"Hey!" Kiiraa protested. "Don't I get a say in this!?!?!?"
"No!"
With that Sekhmet grabbed the cat before she could protest again. Hugging her tightly, she bid farewell to Ra. "Will I be able to keep in touch with you?"
"Sometimes."
She nodded and jumped into her destiny. I'm coming home!