Double Deuce: A Tale of Twin Destinies
I must be crazy, I must be crazy, I must be crazy…. I repeated this to myself as I busied myself in the kitchen. I had to be crazy in order to have two Wizards in my living room.
I sighed and brought out the four cups of coffee. Sitting down next to Dee I looked at our guests. There was a tense silence in the room; I always hated those. I sipped my coffee, taking as long as possible. But eventually one of us had to put the coffee cup down. It turned out to be Sirius.
"All right then, seeing as we're being slightly chummy here. I assume you've bought at least part of our story."
Dee followed Sirius example and folded his arms, leaning back on the couch.
"Maybe. So…what exactly is this 'spell'?" Dee asked, making air quotes. I couldn't help but roll my eyes at him.
Remus smiled, "A very direct question Mr. Laytner. But I'm afraid it doesn't have a very direct answer."
Remus ran a hand through his hair, before glancing at Dee and I in turn. " I suppose…it all begins Once upon a time…
"The Roman Armies were fast approaching the Land of Ancient Egypt. The Pantheon of Gods was in a uproar. For their human Queen had died, killed by her own hand. The gods knew they soon would become old and brittle. Not die, but become weakened from lose of offerings. For it took the offerings of mortals to keep Gods young and powerful. And the Egyptian Gods had lost their followers to Jupiter and his family."
"So this is from the time of Caesar?" Sirius interrupted, apparently he hadn't heard the full story either.
"Yes Padfoot now hush, Isis, the Queen of the Gods and wife to Osiris the God of Death was the most worried. Being a Goddess and immortal she could not join her husband in the afterlife. She would remain alone for all eternity. This was something she could not bear. Using her great knowledge of magic she created a spell to allow her and her husband to live the lives of mortals, together, through the power or Re-incarnation. There was one draw-back to her plan; Ra, The King of the Gods."
Dee raised his eyebrows, "So did she have to get permission to do a spell?"
"Wait, wasn't Isis the Goddess of Magic?" Sirius added in, I simply nodded, he turned to Remus, "Then why was Ra a problem?"
Remus shook his head and went on, "You see the problem was not that he forbade the spell, but that he wished no part of it. This was bad because Osiris and Ra were joined, forming the Sun King Amun-Ra. For Osiris to be reborn, Ra must also become mortal and be reborn. Ra did not wish this. However Isis was not easily dissuaded and sought the help of Thoth the God of Wisdom.
"He told her that one who held high respect for Ra could control him, and thus be able to turn him mortal. Isis asked whom but Thoth shook his head, he could not say."
Sirius scoffed and leaned back in his chair, "That's always the way. Someone always knows more then he let's on." He said looking pointedly at Remus who cleared his throat and focused on me.
"Only that whomever it was, was a Godess. Isis thanked Thoth and left for the northern point where the Sky met the Earth. This was where the Heads of Nut and Geb, the Goddess of the Sky and God of the Earth respectively, were located. Speaking to Nut, Ra's wife, Isis pleaded for her blessing to turn Ra mortal and so she and Osiris may live together as Mortals. Nut refused, for she did not love Ra but Geb. Down hearted Isis bid the Goddess farewell and went to the Nile Delta to weep.
"As the Sun rose high above the weeping Queen, Hawthor, the Goddess of love spotted her from behind her darker half, Sekhmet the Goddess of the Sun. She lowered to the ground, causing the sky to darken as she spoke to the distressed Queen."
"Wait, Hawthor? Isn't that an Author?" Dee asked looking at me, I chuckled and shook my head.
"No Dee that's Hawthorn1. Hawthor is a Egyptian Goddess. She has a sort of split personality."
"Yes, that would be Sekhmet. Hawthor agreed to turn Ra mortal, since he was the one who had tricked her away from Earth. Isis was relieved and the two Goddess began their plan. To turn Ra and Osiris, as well as themselves, into Mortals and begin the re-incarnation cycle.
"As the Queen and Sun Goddess began the spell Thoth reappeared with a warning. Never should both pairs be on Earth at the same time. For if so: the Four Gods would become joined as one God and one Goddess in four bodies. Isis understood but Hawthor questioned the Wisdom God."
He paused and took a sip of coffee, I smiled despite the story. Remus had a way with words. Dee and Sirius seemed to be hanging on everyone he said. I crossed my arms infront of me. I wasn't buying it anymore, this was way to far fetched.
"Well go on Remus! We're waiting, don't have all bloody day you know." Sirius said, poking Remus to hurry up.
Remus grabbed Sirius hand, his face grew somber, "Here's the important part, this is what I believe is happening now. The warning answer Thoth gave to Hawthor, wasn't heeded: "With four gods spread on Earth and connected by blood, for all Gods and Goddess share the blood of Nut and Geb, two powerful streams of magic will be created. So great that Mortal Magicians will sense them, and human greed endangers the lives of your mortal vessals. Should a Mortal Magician capture these streams of Magic; Darkness shall descend upon the Earth and the Eye of Horus and the Eye of Ra will close." Remus ended the tale abruptly, looking at each of us in turn. Sirius was right; Lupin was holding something back.
I looked over at Dee; his jaw was practically on the floor. I could just imagine what mine looked like. According to Remus the four of us were Gods, and Goddesses it seems, from a dead Pantheon. That I couldn't believe. I scoffed and shook my head.
"Yeah, right." I said, crossing my arms and looking at Remus, "I know I may look like an airhead Mr. Lupin, but that story is too far-fetched. Even if I did see a dog turn into a man."
Dee shook himself out of his reverie, looking from me to Remus then Sirius. I could tell he was hard-pressed to believe it. But I knew he would buy it, he always did. Dee had a way to tell the truth from lies. Comes in handy when you're a cop. And being his partner I could read the look on his face. Whatever happened from here on out, the four of us were in it together.
I sighed and looked at my partner, a clear 'yeah-right' look on my face, "Dee you don't believe them…do you?"
Dee looked at me, a fire burning in his green eyes. "It's hard not too…think about it Ryo, you were transferred here. Made my partner. Don't tell me we didn't click right away."
Damn. He had me there, if I answered truthfully, which would be yes we clicked right away, it had the undertone that I bought the story. If I lied and said no, well Dee wouldn't be too happy about that.
I ran a hand through my hair and stared at the floor. I knew everyone was waiting for my answer, and depending on what I said.
What if these two were telling the truth? When I first met Dee there was something about him that felt familiar. Like an old friend you haven't seen since kinder. The sense of familiarity is there, even if the memories, name and face escape you. I rested my chin in my hand, still keeping my gaze away from the others.
Should I believe them? Should I let them drag Dee and I into something insane because of a wild tale and a few coincidences? Or say no and risk the chance that they were right and put the world in danger.
Ahhh! Now I'm starting to believe it…
"Ryo? Well?"
I looked up at Dee, meeting his gaze again. I felt my resolve melt away. Sighing I nodded my head.
"What could it hurt," I said, "It's not like the world's really in any danger."
Damn Murphey's Law.
A/N: And here's another chappy fer ya . This one took longer cause I had to look up Hawthor. I only knew about Sekhmet ; Uh reason why I didn't put the story up as a Prolouge, didn't think of that :P So I just made it Remy trying to tell the story and Dee and Sirus being Dee and Sirius and interrupting.
THE MYTH IS MADE UP! I thought it up while I was putting books away at work. I used Egypt because it is kinda the same distance from NY and London. A little closer to London but hey, small detail.
I have had divine inspiration for this fic! Seriously! I dreamt the climax an dending last night! Very strange ;
Waffle Avenger: Dee and Ryo are homicide detectives, it's just that in a lot of murders Drugs are the trigger or involved somehow, so it seems like they're Narcotics officers.
And thanks for all the lovely reviews you guys! I love them!