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A/N: ""Speaking ' 'Thoughts Ancient Egyptian/Arabic

Chapter 5: The Medjai's secret

It was night. Alex and Jasmine were both asleep, but everyone else was awake. Ardeth was sitting on his own, thinking. Something had been bothering him. Something he hadn't been entirely sure about, but now he was.

Jonathan, Rick and Evy were standing not very far from Ardeth.

"Is it just me, or is he being more quiet than usual?" Jonathan asked, pointing towards Ardeth

"He probably has his reasons." Rick said

Ardeth had never told anyone about his past, but maybe it was about time, now when it had caught up with him.

Ardeth sighed. He remembered everything like it was yesterday.

"I want to come with you." The girl said

"You have to stay here." The father said

"I don't want you to go again."

"I have to, it is our only chance."

"But why can't I come?"

"Because it is too dangerous."

The girl was crying. Her father picked her up in his arms.

"Always remember that I love you."

Jasmine was fast asleep, but she was having strange dreams. Dreams that were talking to her.

"I want to come with you." The girl said

"You have to stay here." The father said

"I don't want you to go again."

"I have to, it is our only chance."

"But why can't I come?"

"Because it is too dangerous."

The girl was crying. Her father picked her up in his arms.

"Always remember that I love you."

Jasmine woke up.

'That wasn't a dream.' She thought

Jasmine sat up.

'It was a memory.'

Much later that night, Jasmine woke. She had trouble sleeping; not only because of the dreams but because of other reasons she didn't know.

"What are you doing up?"

Jasmine turned around to Ardeth who was sitting near her.

"I couldn't sleep." Jasmine said

"Nightmares?" Ardeth asked

"Just dreams."

Ardeth silently started singing something that seemed like a lullaby in Arabic.

Jasmine didn't know why, but for some reason, she felt tired. It didn't take long before she fell back asleep.

Ardeth smiled.

"Sleep well....my daughter." He whispered

Jasmine woke up the next morning and felt really tired. Then she thought about the night before.

'That was weird.' She thought

"Look who's awake." Jonathan said

"Good morning to you too Jonathan." Jasmine said and yawned

"We're going back to Cairo today. I need to see something at the museum. It might help us solve this mystery." Evy said

"Sounds good to me. All this excitement has made me tired." Jonathan said

Alex smiled. It was so typical Jonathan to say something like that.

A bit further away from the others, Ardeth was talking to Rick.

"Are you absolutely sure?" Rick asked

"Yes, I am." Ardeth said

Ardeth had told Rick about Jasmine. It did make a bit of sense. Maybe that was the reason that Jasmine had been sent back in time.

"What are you going to do?" Rick asked

"I don't know." Ardeth said

"First of all you need to tell her."

"But not now, the shock might be too big."

"That makes sense."

Ardeth sighed. He knew Rick was right. He would have to tell Jasmine soon, or else she might find out some other way.

It was already noon when they finally reached Cairo. The journey went quite fast though. Jasmine had spent most of the journey talking to Alex and Evy.

Ardeth on the other hand had spent time talking with Rick about how and when he was going to tell Jasmine. He had to tell her soon.

"Hello Cairo." Jonathan said

"Someone's happy to be back." Jasmine said

"I guess all the 'excitement' has taken the breath out of Uncle John." Alex said

"Very funny." Jonathan said

"We'll go to the hotel and get rooms. Afterwards we can all relax before dinner." Evy said

"Sounds good to me." Rick said

After they had all checked in at the hotel, Jasmine and Alex had decided to take a walk around the city. Jonathan was at the hotel and Rick and Evy were at the museum. Ardeth was as usual off on his own.

"Hey, have you noticed that Ardeth has been acting weird lately?" Alex asked

"What do you mean?" Jasmine asked

"He just doesn't seem to be himself."

"I'm sure he's fine. He probably has his reasons, I mean, he is a Medjai isn't he?"

"Yeah, you're right. What about you? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, it's just that...." Jasmine started, she hadn't told anyone about her dreams, maybe it was time that she did

"Just that what?" Alex asked

"I've kind of been having weird dreams. But I'm not really sure they're dreams. More like memories."

"Memories?"

"Yeah."

Jasmine explained to Alex about her dreams. Maybe he would understand. Jasmine was beginning to wonder if they even were dreams. They seemed so real, like it had happened. Jasmine also told Alex about when Ardeth had sung the lullaby and she had fallen asleep just like that. It wasn't like her. Maybe Alex was right, maybe there was something different about Alex.

"Why didn't you say anything before?" Alex asked

"I don't know. I had to be sure. I know they're not dreams for a fact. They seem so real." Jasmine said

"Maybe we should tell my mom, I mean, she had dreams about her past life. Maybe that's what it is."

"So you believe me?"

"Yeah of course I believe you."

Alex was right. They had to tell someone else and Jasmine thought that Evy was the right person to tell.

"So what do we do?" Jasmine asked

"We tell my mom. I mean, if that's alright with you?" Alex said

"That's the most sensible thing to do. I mean we have to tell someone."

"Let's wait until before dinner or after since mom and dad are busy at the museum."

"Father."

The father turned around to his daughter.

"What is my princess?" He asked

"Why are you going away?" The little girl asked

"Who told you that?"


"I heard you and Ali talking."

The father picked his daughter up and place her on his lap.

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying right here." He said

"Do you promise?" The girl asked

"I promise."

Ardeth sighed. It was a promise he hadn't kept and he still felt really guilty about it. After all these long years he finally saw his daughter again, but he didn't know how to tell her. Jasmine had grown and changed so much and there was no telling of how she would react.

"Mom."

Evy turned around. She and Rick had returned from the museum. Rick had already gone inside and Jasmine and Alex had just managed to keep up with her before she went inside.

"What is it?" Evy asked

"We need to talk to you." Alex said

"About what?"

Alex turned to Jasmine.

"Here goes nothing." Jasmine said

Jasmine explained everything that she had told Alex to Evy. It didn't feel as weird as Jasmine thought it would. It took a while but after a while Jasmine and Alex had finished explaining what they thought was going on.

"Seems to me like you have a past life." Evy said

"Do you really think so?" Jasmine asked

"It's not impossible, dreams like that usually means something."

"But the question is what." Alex said

"We'll talk about that later. We're going to be late for dinner." Evy said

It was much later after dinner and Jasmine and Evy were in their room.

"It's been a long day." Jasmine said

"I couldn't agree more." Evy said

"Did you find anything interesting at the museum?"

"No, unfortunately."

"Then how are we going to solve this mystery?"

"I'm not sure. We'll just have to take things as they come. In the mean time, we still have to figure out what your dreams mean."

"At the moment I have no idea."

"Do you know who the man is in your dreams?"

"No, I can never get a clear image of his face."

"That's a problem them."

"I guess when we find that out then maybe things will be clearer."

Jasmine sat down on her bed.

"I'm going to bed. Goodnight." She said

"Goodnight. I'll see you in the morning." Evy said

Once again, Jasmine had the same dreams. This time, they went a bit faster. It was sort of like when you fast forward a film.

In her dreams the little girl was with her father again. The little girl looked like a younger version of Jasmine.

In one of the dreams, Jasmine was asleep in her bed just like she was in real life. Suddenly, the door to the girl's room opened and her father came in.

He sat down on the bedside and looked down at his daughter. When he looked up again, Jasmine could see clearly who the man was. It was Ardeth Bay.

End of Chapter 5: What did you think? At least one part of the mystery is getting clearer.