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 Seven
"Now what?" Tina asked. "Do we go in, or do we rest a bit first?"
"I'd say we should rest a bit." Said Harry. "We've been running for almost forty-eight hours straight, and need a damn good rest. Even if it means that we don't enter the pyramid until tomorrow."
Ardeth nodded in agreement. "We'll do as you say, my friend. I know that if something attacked me right now, I'd have problems to defend myself – let alone the rest of you."
Harry yawned, sat down leaning against one of the sphinx-statues that marked the path up to the entrance of the pyramid, and promptly fell asleep in seconds. For once his sleep wasn't troubled by nightmares of his numerous mistakes in his past, instead he dreamed that he was lying under a tree on the Hogwarts grounds on a warm summer day, with a gentle cooling breeze floating by now and then. The sky was blue as can be, the castle of Hogwarts emitting a warmth that Harry had fallen in love with over the years. The warmth of a home. A home where he was wanted and needed, and welcomed with open arms.
He was woken several hours later by Ardeth, and together they woke up the two Snake trainees.
"Do you think the rest of the Black Snakes could be in there?" Tina asked and stretched her arms over her head.
"Perhaps, we're hoping to find the missing archaeologists among other things." Harry replied as he thoughtfully gazed upon the glittering pyramid. "That thing cannot possibly be made out of normal stone." He muttered.
"It isn't," said Ardeth as he came up to the green-eyed man. "Legends said it was made out of gold and diamonds, and here's the proof."
Ken yawned. "Do we go in?"
Harry nodded. "We do. We all know that before this is done more of us – if not all – will die inside the pyramid. Those who want to back out and wait here, can do so."
Both Tina and Ken looked slightly reluctant and scared at the prospect of going into the pyramid, but neither of them backed down and followed Harry and Ardeth inside. The Medjai-warrior sent a short prayer to the gods before entering the pyramid. Harry quickly followed and looked around.
"We need light." He said quietly. He took the branch he had been carrying and lit it with his Elemental abilities; Ardeth kept his for protection. There were drawings and hieroglyphs on the walls, and the corridor they had entered went both ways. Here's where Ardeth's skills came into use, and the Medjai soon figured out which way was the correct one and they set off.
Harry, being the one with the best hearing, sight and the one carrying the torch, went first. He could hear when mechanisms got ready to shoot poisonous arrows out of secret holes in the walls, or when the floor was about to give out under them, or when a stone came sliding their way. Every trick and trap they had to avoid could've easily come from an Indiana Jones- movie.
At least that's what Harry thought. The other three were slightly more worried for their lives. Tina was making a mental list of who she wanted to haunt as a ghost, Ken was wondering why he had signed on to this mission, and Ardeth was still trying to figure the green-eyed man out. The superior hearing and sight, the cat-like movements – nothing of that fit with the description of a normal wizard. Harry was something else entirely, that was the only thing the Medjai could be sure of.
Slowly they made their way to the heart of the pyramid. In the end, after countless hours of walking and avoiding traps, they entered a great room built in the middle of the pyramid. Statues of Set and Selket stood against the walls on both sides. Torches lit up the entire room, and in the sarcophaguses placed before each statue, laid one human. Harry recognized Krum in the first, and several other Black Snakes following him. Then came the people he supposed came from the missing archaeologist party.
Straight opposite the arch they had gone through was another one, but this one was closed with golden doors with ancient spells and inscriptions. On a table in the middle of the room laid the four books. Two golden and two black, Books of the Living and Books of the Dead. Both sets of books were open, and Harry could feel their magic all the way to where he was standing.
The torches flickered as the quartet entered the room and started to walk among the sarcophaguses, but no one paid them much heed.
"Tom?!" Tina whispered as she recognised one of the people seemingly asleep.
"I don't like this, my friend," Ardeth said as he watched Harry's back. "Something should've happened by now."
Harry nodded and didn't dare go closer to the books than he already was. "Something's bound to happen," he agreed. "All it needs is to be triggered is one word or action."
"Hey! Look at this!" everyone winced at Ken's loud voice. They turned and found him looking through a collection of old armours, shields and weapons. "These ancient fellows weren't completely defenceless." He dropped one old, faded shield on the ground when he noticed another one that was glittering like the sun in the light of the torches. "I don't believe it!" the young man exclaimed. "It's the Shield of the Gods!"
Harry didn't like this. Not at all. Nor did he like the shield. "Don't touch it," he hissed to the man.
"Oh come on! What can happen? It's the Shield of the Gods!" Ken heeded Harry's warnings and picked it up. That was the last thing he ever did. The shield pulsed brightly, forcing the other three to close their eyes, and when they opened them again Ken was lying on the ground, skin only covering a skeleton. There were no muscles or entrails at all. Everything had disappeared.
"Oh my god!" Tina shrieked.
"Quiet!" Ardeth ordered and turned to Harry. "That is not the Shield of the Gods. Nassithoth stole it from the pyramid, and it didn't turn him into a corpse."
"My thoughts exactly." Harry replied and shook his head. Then he focused on the sarcophaguses. Something had been bothering him about those things ever since they entered the room, and now it revealed itself. "Who were the original owners of these?" he asked the Medjai and nodded towards one of the things.
"Nassithoth's most loyal followers." Said the Medjai. "Set and Selket collected them from their graves after they were dead and placed them here to watch over and guard their master, both in this life and the afterlife."
"Then where the hell are the mummies?" Harry pointed out. He was getting a really bad feeling about this.
Ardeth blinked. "Good question."
In that instant Tina shrieked and ran to them. She tried to hide behind them, and seemed completely hysterical.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked trying to calm her down. She just pointed to something behind him, and at that moment the two men heard a wheezing noise. As one they turned, their eyes going wide at the sight that met them. "Oh shit, we're in trouble."
About twelve mummies blocked their way out. They were wrapped in rotting pieces of fabric, their skeletons showing through some places. They had no eyes and no tongues, and were shaking as they stood for they had no muscles to keep them up. It really wasn't something you wanted to see, rotting mummies that were going to try and kill you in a second. Yeah, that's right, the mummies were even carrying shields and weapons, either spears or long curved swords. And they were advancing.
"Any last requests?" Harry asked trying to lighten up the situation.
"Not get killed." Ardeth replied as the three of them began to retreat.
"So you do have a sense of humour."
Tina just hiccupped, took a deep breath and got ready to fight. The two men looked at her, the steely determination in her eyes and nodded approvingly.
"Could you do us a favour?" Harry asked the young woman. "Try to get over to that pile of weapons and get us some."
"I'll try, but you two will have to distract those things." She pointed at the mummies.
The mummies opened their mouths unnaturally wide and roared together. The whole place shook.
"No problem," Harry muttered and gulped. Sure, people may say that he was a crazy Gryffindor, jumping into the most hopeless of situations. But even he wasn't crazy enough to attack those things nearly defenceless. "God I wish these things didn't happen to me."
Ardeth squared his shoulders. "It was nice knowing you two." He said before running straight into the mummies on the left flank.
Harry narrowed his eyes and did the same to the mummies on the right.
The fight had begun.
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There, what do you think?
Thanks to:
ReginaLucifer, Oblivion13, Jeni Black, The Lady Reaper of the Shadows, Rhinemjr, cronenus, insanechildfanfic, Andine, Twilight Dusk, misty43 and HarryPotter21.
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 Seven
"Now what?" Tina asked. "Do we go in, or do we rest a bit first?"
"I'd say we should rest a bit." Said Harry. "We've been running for almost forty-eight hours straight, and need a damn good rest. Even if it means that we don't enter the pyramid until tomorrow."
Ardeth nodded in agreement. "We'll do as you say, my friend. I know that if something attacked me right now, I'd have problems to defend myself – let alone the rest of you."
Harry yawned, sat down leaning against one of the sphinx-statues that marked the path up to the entrance of the pyramid, and promptly fell asleep in seconds. For once his sleep wasn't troubled by nightmares of his numerous mistakes in his past, instead he dreamed that he was lying under a tree on the Hogwarts grounds on a warm summer day, with a gentle cooling breeze floating by now and then. The sky was blue as can be, the castle of Hogwarts emitting a warmth that Harry had fallen in love with over the years. The warmth of a home. A home where he was wanted and needed, and welcomed with open arms.
He was woken several hours later by Ardeth, and together they woke up the two Snake trainees.
"Do you think the rest of the Black Snakes could be in there?" Tina asked and stretched her arms over her head.
"Perhaps, we're hoping to find the missing archaeologists among other things." Harry replied as he thoughtfully gazed upon the glittering pyramid. "That thing cannot possibly be made out of normal stone." He muttered.
"It isn't," said Ardeth as he came up to the green-eyed man. "Legends said it was made out of gold and diamonds, and here's the proof."
Ken yawned. "Do we go in?"
Harry nodded. "We do. We all know that before this is done more of us – if not all – will die inside the pyramid. Those who want to back out and wait here, can do so."
Both Tina and Ken looked slightly reluctant and scared at the prospect of going into the pyramid, but neither of them backed down and followed Harry and Ardeth inside. The Medjai-warrior sent a short prayer to the gods before entering the pyramid. Harry quickly followed and looked around.
"We need light." He said quietly. He took the branch he had been carrying and lit it with his Elemental abilities; Ardeth kept his for protection. There were drawings and hieroglyphs on the walls, and the corridor they had entered went both ways. Here's where Ardeth's skills came into use, and the Medjai soon figured out which way was the correct one and they set off.
Harry, being the one with the best hearing, sight and the one carrying the torch, went first. He could hear when mechanisms got ready to shoot poisonous arrows out of secret holes in the walls, or when the floor was about to give out under them, or when a stone came sliding their way. Every trick and trap they had to avoid could've easily come from an Indiana Jones- movie.
At least that's what Harry thought. The other three were slightly more worried for their lives. Tina was making a mental list of who she wanted to haunt as a ghost, Ken was wondering why he had signed on to this mission, and Ardeth was still trying to figure the green-eyed man out. The superior hearing and sight, the cat-like movements – nothing of that fit with the description of a normal wizard. Harry was something else entirely, that was the only thing the Medjai could be sure of.
Slowly they made their way to the heart of the pyramid. In the end, after countless hours of walking and avoiding traps, they entered a great room built in the middle of the pyramid. Statues of Set and Selket stood against the walls on both sides. Torches lit up the entire room, and in the sarcophaguses placed before each statue, laid one human. Harry recognized Krum in the first, and several other Black Snakes following him. Then came the people he supposed came from the missing archaeologist party.
Straight opposite the arch they had gone through was another one, but this one was closed with golden doors with ancient spells and inscriptions. On a table in the middle of the room laid the four books. Two golden and two black, Books of the Living and Books of the Dead. Both sets of books were open, and Harry could feel their magic all the way to where he was standing.
The torches flickered as the quartet entered the room and started to walk among the sarcophaguses, but no one paid them much heed.
"Tom?!" Tina whispered as she recognised one of the people seemingly asleep.
"I don't like this, my friend," Ardeth said as he watched Harry's back. "Something should've happened by now."
Harry nodded and didn't dare go closer to the books than he already was. "Something's bound to happen," he agreed. "All it needs is to be triggered is one word or action."
"Hey! Look at this!" everyone winced at Ken's loud voice. They turned and found him looking through a collection of old armours, shields and weapons. "These ancient fellows weren't completely defenceless." He dropped one old, faded shield on the ground when he noticed another one that was glittering like the sun in the light of the torches. "I don't believe it!" the young man exclaimed. "It's the Shield of the Gods!"
Harry didn't like this. Not at all. Nor did he like the shield. "Don't touch it," he hissed to the man.
"Oh come on! What can happen? It's the Shield of the Gods!" Ken heeded Harry's warnings and picked it up. That was the last thing he ever did. The shield pulsed brightly, forcing the other three to close their eyes, and when they opened them again Ken was lying on the ground, skin only covering a skeleton. There were no muscles or entrails at all. Everything had disappeared.
"Oh my god!" Tina shrieked.
"Quiet!" Ardeth ordered and turned to Harry. "That is not the Shield of the Gods. Nassithoth stole it from the pyramid, and it didn't turn him into a corpse."
"My thoughts exactly." Harry replied and shook his head. Then he focused on the sarcophaguses. Something had been bothering him about those things ever since they entered the room, and now it revealed itself. "Who were the original owners of these?" he asked the Medjai and nodded towards one of the things.
"Nassithoth's most loyal followers." Said the Medjai. "Set and Selket collected them from their graves after they were dead and placed them here to watch over and guard their master, both in this life and the afterlife."
"Then where the hell are the mummies?" Harry pointed out. He was getting a really bad feeling about this.
Ardeth blinked. "Good question."
In that instant Tina shrieked and ran to them. She tried to hide behind them, and seemed completely hysterical.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked trying to calm her down. She just pointed to something behind him, and at that moment the two men heard a wheezing noise. As one they turned, their eyes going wide at the sight that met them. "Oh shit, we're in trouble."
About twelve mummies blocked their way out. They were wrapped in rotting pieces of fabric, their skeletons showing through some places. They had no eyes and no tongues, and were shaking as they stood for they had no muscles to keep them up. It really wasn't something you wanted to see, rotting mummies that were going to try and kill you in a second. Yeah, that's right, the mummies were even carrying shields and weapons, either spears or long curved swords. And they were advancing.
"Any last requests?" Harry asked trying to lighten up the situation.
"Not get killed." Ardeth replied as the three of them began to retreat.
"So you do have a sense of humour."
Tina just hiccupped, took a deep breath and got ready to fight. The two men looked at her, the steely determination in her eyes and nodded approvingly.
"Could you do us a favour?" Harry asked the young woman. "Try to get over to that pile of weapons and get us some."
"I'll try, but you two will have to distract those things." She pointed at the mummies.
The mummies opened their mouths unnaturally wide and roared together. The whole place shook.
"No problem," Harry muttered and gulped. Sure, people may say that he was a crazy Gryffindor, jumping into the most hopeless of situations. But even he wasn't crazy enough to attack those things nearly defenceless. "God I wish these things didn't happen to me."
Ardeth squared his shoulders. "It was nice knowing you two." He said before running straight into the mummies on the left flank.
Harry narrowed his eyes and did the same to the mummies on the right.
The fight had begun.
'~~''~~''~~''~~'
There, what do you think?
Thanks to:
ReginaLucifer, Oblivion13, Jeni Black, The Lady Reaper of the Shadows, Rhinemjr, cronenus, insanechildfanfic, Andine, Twilight Dusk, misty43 and HarryPotter21.