Saga Side Story: Treasures of Egypt
Disclaimer: I own nothing of this except the obvious, the rest belongs to JK Rowling.
Authors Note: This story was inspired by the movie-trilogy 'The Mummy', 'The Mummy Returns' and 'The Scorpion King'. I have taken some things from the movies, like the Medjai and Ardeth himself, but I am not making any money from this, so don't flame.
I also know that Set and Selket aren't evil, but in my story they are. If this offends someone please accept my apologies.
Thanks to my wonderful beta and friend Paladin Steelbreaker.
Chapter Six
"How far do you think we have before we reach the pyramid?" Harry asked.
"Perhaps another day, perhaps less." Ardeth replied. "It doesn't matter because if we don't get something to eat soon we certainly won't reach the pyramid."
The bushes in front of them rustled and both stopped dead. The Snakes stopped as well and kept extremely still.
"What's going on?" Ken asked.
"Quiet!" Harry hissed. His whole concentration was on the rustling bush. Both he and Ardeth had raised their branches, ready to attack. The bush rustled some more, and out came...
Harry blinked.
Yep, it was still a snake. A normal little harmless garden snake.
It looked up at him and smiled. #Good I found you,# it hissed. #I've been searching for two days now.#
"Don't strike," Harry said to the Medjai-warrior standing beside him. He crouched down and held out his arm. #What do you mean, young one. You've been searching for us?#
Ardeth retreated a step when he heard Harry talk in parseltongue, and stared in shock and wonder at his newest friend. The man was just full of surprises. The Snakes gaped as well. There was only one person that they knew of that could speak parseltongue. Harry Potter. Leader and founder of the Red Dragons Order.
The little snake coiled around Harry's wrist. #Yes, I was sent by the falcon-headed one. He said I should find you and lead you to the mountain in the middle.#
#To the pyramid?#
#If that's what you call the thing, then yes.# The snake nodded.
Harry went back to something the snake had said. #You mentioned the 'falcon- headed one'. What did you mean with that?#
#Just what I said. The falcon-headed man came up to me, said I should find you and lead you to this – pyramid, was it? – then he just dropped me off here.#
#Indeed.# Harry mumbled before turning back to his companions. Ardeth just stared at him, shook his head and seemed to give up on figuring Harry out. The Snakes stared at him for a completely different reason.
"My god!" Tina whispered.
"Speaking about gods," Harry cut her off and turned to Ardeth. "This little fellow says he was sent by the falcon-headed one to lead us to the pyramid."
That got the Medjai's attention. "The falcon-headed one?"
Harry nodded. "Yes, that's what I said. Does it mean anything to you?"
"Of course it does!" the other man exclaimed. "It means that he was either sent by Horus or Ra himself."
"Not bad," Harry replied. "Seems as though we are being watched over by Gods! Not bad at all; first time this happens to me."
Ardeth shook his head. "With you around, my friend, I'm finding myself surprised or shocked very often. So, what does your little friend say? Where are we going next?"
#Which way to the pyramid?# Harry asked the snake. It pointed with its tail straight into the bush it had come through, and they continued.
'~~''~~''~~''~~'
They didn't stop when night came, that would be suicide. The young Snakes were starting to really get annoying either chatting with each other, or complaining about their feet hurting. The snake gave them the directions and told them that at their pace they would reach the pyramid before the night was over.
"Hey look!" one of the young men said suddenly and the whole group stopped.
Harry and Ardeth made their way back to the man. "What?" Harry asked.
"Look, there, between the bushes. Light!" the young man grinned happily. "It's a rescue party, I am sure of it! Come on!" he ran off the path they had been walking on.
"NO! STOP!" both Harry and Ardeth threw themselves after him. The Medjai grabbed a hold of the young man's robes, and Harry hung on to Ardeth to keep him being dragged into the bushes. The robe suddenly fell to the ground and Ardeth and Harry stood up. The young idiot had taken it off!
Everyone winced as they heard a scream. It was abruptly cut off, leaving a deep silence hanging over the group.
"Lets continue." Harry said finally and went to the front of the group.
"We aren't going to look for him?" Tina asked, her hands at her hips.
It was Ardeth who replied. "You can go, no one keeps you here. I hope you have made amends with your god, you're going to be meeting him pretty soon." With that he followed Harry.
"But... but..." Tina sighed and started to follow the two men. She was quickly learning to stick with them. It was a miracle that they hadn't been attacked yet.
The next hour was spent walking in silence. Nothing could be heard except their silent footfalls and breaths. It was clear as crystal that something was watching them from the darkness, just waiting for the opportune moment to attack. Everyone was nervous, their nerves strung high. It was worse with the unnatural silence, without the normal sounds you'd expect to find in a jungle it was down right spooky. Neither Harry nor Ardeth, who were experienced warriors, felt too high. Especially not without their weapons at their sides. The little snake gulped and quickly hid inside the pocket of Harry's shirt. Harry had quickly taken off the long robes once he and Ardeth entered the jungle. Ardeth had done the same. It would've been even more difficult to move about with those things sinking them.
Ardeth suddenly stopped and Harry ran straight into him.
"What?" the green-eyed wizard whispered.
"The earth." Replied the other. "It's shaking."
Harry suddenly noticed it as well. The earth was really shaking. Just like when the Snake's camp had been attacked. "RUN!" he yelled. "RUN FOR HEAVENS SAKE!"
Ardeth wasted no time in doing just that. The Black Snake trainees stood indecisive for a moment, then felt the shaking and set off as well. Behind them, just where they had been standing seconds before, they heard the earth explode and a shriek of fury.
"Don't look back!" the Medjai ordered. "Faster!"
"We are running as fast as we can!" Tina yelled back. She and the rest of her group weren't as fast as Harry and Ardeth, and were slowly lagging behind.
"As fast as you can?" Harry yelled. "Yeah, right, and Voldie's coming back to invite me for tea!"
"TOM!" a young Snake shrieked as the man at the back of the group suddenly disappeared. "Where did Tom go!"
"I'm not stopping to find out." Tina replied.
Suddenly something flew over their heads, landed straight in their path and started to sink in quicksand. Harry and Ardeth were forced to take a sharp swing to the right to avoid drowning in the sand as well.
"What was that?!" Ken shrieked.
"That was your friend Tom!" Harry replied slightly out of breath. "Medium roasted I think."
One by one the creature, whatever it was, picked them off. It was a smart thing as it took the ones at the back of the group. Several times they were forced to change directions abruptly, and they lost another two to different kinds of traps. The worst with running recklessly like this was that you never knew what might be in front of you. The huge leafs blocked their path, and they had to trust their luck more than Harry liked. And those places they had to use their Elemental abilities there was no time for them to stop. If the job was half done, then it was half done and good enough to run through.
Suddenly, from both sides of the path, long arms shot out from the underbrush. They were long and green, and looked like the arms of an octopus. Harry and Ardeth avoided the arms to the best of their abilities, but the Snake trainees were having more trouble. However, no one stopped to make sure that everyone got away, they just ran on until the trees started to thin and they ran into a large clearing. There they stopped to catch their breaths. There was only four of them left now. Harry, Ardeth, Tina and Ken. The rest were gone.
"Allah help us," Ardeth panted as he looked back the way they had come.
"Wh... what the hell was that thing?!" Tina gasped.
"I'd be damned if I know. Doesn't even resemble anything I've encountered or read about." Harry replied.
The sun chose that moment to show itself over the cliffs surrounding the entire oasis, and it warmed them. The night and its horrors seemed to have happened in a different lifetime. Then the sun shone down upon something behind them, and this something lit up like a fire causing the four humans to turn around.
"Oh dear." Ken whispered. "We're here."
Harry only nodded. For in front of them stood the pyramid they had been trying to get to, and shone like a jewel in the sun.
'~~''~~''~~''~~'
There, that's that. What do you think?
Thanks to:
Rhinemjr, Andine, chaser1, insanechildfanfic, Jeni Black, ReginaLucifer, SSSRoaB, samyjoc, The Lady Reaper of the Shadows, misty43, HarryPotter21 and Love-Power-Child.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of this except the obvious, the rest belongs to JK Rowling.
Authors Note: This story was inspired by the movie-trilogy 'The Mummy', 'The Mummy Returns' and 'The Scorpion King'. I have taken some things from the movies, like the Medjai and Ardeth himself, but I am not making any money from this, so don't flame.
I also know that Set and Selket aren't evil, but in my story they are. If this offends someone please accept my apologies.
Thanks to my wonderful beta and friend Paladin Steelbreaker.
Chapter Six
"How far do you think we have before we reach the pyramid?" Harry asked.
"Perhaps another day, perhaps less." Ardeth replied. "It doesn't matter because if we don't get something to eat soon we certainly won't reach the pyramid."
The bushes in front of them rustled and both stopped dead. The Snakes stopped as well and kept extremely still.
"What's going on?" Ken asked.
"Quiet!" Harry hissed. His whole concentration was on the rustling bush. Both he and Ardeth had raised their branches, ready to attack. The bush rustled some more, and out came...
Harry blinked.
Yep, it was still a snake. A normal little harmless garden snake.
It looked up at him and smiled. #Good I found you,# it hissed. #I've been searching for two days now.#
"Don't strike," Harry said to the Medjai-warrior standing beside him. He crouched down and held out his arm. #What do you mean, young one. You've been searching for us?#
Ardeth retreated a step when he heard Harry talk in parseltongue, and stared in shock and wonder at his newest friend. The man was just full of surprises. The Snakes gaped as well. There was only one person that they knew of that could speak parseltongue. Harry Potter. Leader and founder of the Red Dragons Order.
The little snake coiled around Harry's wrist. #Yes, I was sent by the falcon-headed one. He said I should find you and lead you to the mountain in the middle.#
#To the pyramid?#
#If that's what you call the thing, then yes.# The snake nodded.
Harry went back to something the snake had said. #You mentioned the 'falcon- headed one'. What did you mean with that?#
#Just what I said. The falcon-headed man came up to me, said I should find you and lead you to this – pyramid, was it? – then he just dropped me off here.#
#Indeed.# Harry mumbled before turning back to his companions. Ardeth just stared at him, shook his head and seemed to give up on figuring Harry out. The Snakes stared at him for a completely different reason.
"My god!" Tina whispered.
"Speaking about gods," Harry cut her off and turned to Ardeth. "This little fellow says he was sent by the falcon-headed one to lead us to the pyramid."
That got the Medjai's attention. "The falcon-headed one?"
Harry nodded. "Yes, that's what I said. Does it mean anything to you?"
"Of course it does!" the other man exclaimed. "It means that he was either sent by Horus or Ra himself."
"Not bad," Harry replied. "Seems as though we are being watched over by Gods! Not bad at all; first time this happens to me."
Ardeth shook his head. "With you around, my friend, I'm finding myself surprised or shocked very often. So, what does your little friend say? Where are we going next?"
#Which way to the pyramid?# Harry asked the snake. It pointed with its tail straight into the bush it had come through, and they continued.
'~~''~~''~~''~~'
They didn't stop when night came, that would be suicide. The young Snakes were starting to really get annoying either chatting with each other, or complaining about their feet hurting. The snake gave them the directions and told them that at their pace they would reach the pyramid before the night was over.
"Hey look!" one of the young men said suddenly and the whole group stopped.
Harry and Ardeth made their way back to the man. "What?" Harry asked.
"Look, there, between the bushes. Light!" the young man grinned happily. "It's a rescue party, I am sure of it! Come on!" he ran off the path they had been walking on.
"NO! STOP!" both Harry and Ardeth threw themselves after him. The Medjai grabbed a hold of the young man's robes, and Harry hung on to Ardeth to keep him being dragged into the bushes. The robe suddenly fell to the ground and Ardeth and Harry stood up. The young idiot had taken it off!
Everyone winced as they heard a scream. It was abruptly cut off, leaving a deep silence hanging over the group.
"Lets continue." Harry said finally and went to the front of the group.
"We aren't going to look for him?" Tina asked, her hands at her hips.
It was Ardeth who replied. "You can go, no one keeps you here. I hope you have made amends with your god, you're going to be meeting him pretty soon." With that he followed Harry.
"But... but..." Tina sighed and started to follow the two men. She was quickly learning to stick with them. It was a miracle that they hadn't been attacked yet.
The next hour was spent walking in silence. Nothing could be heard except their silent footfalls and breaths. It was clear as crystal that something was watching them from the darkness, just waiting for the opportune moment to attack. Everyone was nervous, their nerves strung high. It was worse with the unnatural silence, without the normal sounds you'd expect to find in a jungle it was down right spooky. Neither Harry nor Ardeth, who were experienced warriors, felt too high. Especially not without their weapons at their sides. The little snake gulped and quickly hid inside the pocket of Harry's shirt. Harry had quickly taken off the long robes once he and Ardeth entered the jungle. Ardeth had done the same. It would've been even more difficult to move about with those things sinking them.
Ardeth suddenly stopped and Harry ran straight into him.
"What?" the green-eyed wizard whispered.
"The earth." Replied the other. "It's shaking."
Harry suddenly noticed it as well. The earth was really shaking. Just like when the Snake's camp had been attacked. "RUN!" he yelled. "RUN FOR HEAVENS SAKE!"
Ardeth wasted no time in doing just that. The Black Snake trainees stood indecisive for a moment, then felt the shaking and set off as well. Behind them, just where they had been standing seconds before, they heard the earth explode and a shriek of fury.
"Don't look back!" the Medjai ordered. "Faster!"
"We are running as fast as we can!" Tina yelled back. She and the rest of her group weren't as fast as Harry and Ardeth, and were slowly lagging behind.
"As fast as you can?" Harry yelled. "Yeah, right, and Voldie's coming back to invite me for tea!"
"TOM!" a young Snake shrieked as the man at the back of the group suddenly disappeared. "Where did Tom go!"
"I'm not stopping to find out." Tina replied.
Suddenly something flew over their heads, landed straight in their path and started to sink in quicksand. Harry and Ardeth were forced to take a sharp swing to the right to avoid drowning in the sand as well.
"What was that?!" Ken shrieked.
"That was your friend Tom!" Harry replied slightly out of breath. "Medium roasted I think."
One by one the creature, whatever it was, picked them off. It was a smart thing as it took the ones at the back of the group. Several times they were forced to change directions abruptly, and they lost another two to different kinds of traps. The worst with running recklessly like this was that you never knew what might be in front of you. The huge leafs blocked their path, and they had to trust their luck more than Harry liked. And those places they had to use their Elemental abilities there was no time for them to stop. If the job was half done, then it was half done and good enough to run through.
Suddenly, from both sides of the path, long arms shot out from the underbrush. They were long and green, and looked like the arms of an octopus. Harry and Ardeth avoided the arms to the best of their abilities, but the Snake trainees were having more trouble. However, no one stopped to make sure that everyone got away, they just ran on until the trees started to thin and they ran into a large clearing. There they stopped to catch their breaths. There was only four of them left now. Harry, Ardeth, Tina and Ken. The rest were gone.
"Allah help us," Ardeth panted as he looked back the way they had come.
"Wh... what the hell was that thing?!" Tina gasped.
"I'd be damned if I know. Doesn't even resemble anything I've encountered or read about." Harry replied.
The sun chose that moment to show itself over the cliffs surrounding the entire oasis, and it warmed them. The night and its horrors seemed to have happened in a different lifetime. Then the sun shone down upon something behind them, and this something lit up like a fire causing the four humans to turn around.
"Oh dear." Ken whispered. "We're here."
Harry only nodded. For in front of them stood the pyramid they had been trying to get to, and shone like a jewel in the sun.
'~~''~~''~~''~~'
There, that's that. What do you think?
Thanks to:
Rhinemjr, Andine, chaser1, insanechildfanfic, Jeni Black, ReginaLucifer, SSSRoaB, samyjoc, The Lady Reaper of the Shadows, misty43, HarryPotter21 and Love-Power-Child.