HSS: seeing as my sister is out of commission for the moment again I have taken the liberty of writing this chapter. so enjoy

In the background original authoress is still gagged and bound, but now knocked out cold.

Kat:...quite talking to yourself it's not healthy. see. no-one out there.

HSS: shut up! I'm not talking to myself...am I?

Kat: I'm sorry did you say something?

HSS: Argh. just shut up and let's get on with the freaking story.

Kat: (grins) finally!

Disclaimer: I own all characters and the story line so please don't steal.

A/N: all italics are either part of the dream sequence or someone's thoughts...so yeah...

Chapter 4 Chance Meeting

Dream Sequence

"Where am I," Arianna thought as she looked around the barren desert that she was in. Upon closer inspection she saw that it was a desert quite near the palace and city and near her private oasis, which was a few miles off from where she was.

All of a sudden she saw two figures starting to approach her and the oasis. One was a young man with a tall, lean body, but she could not quite see his face. A strange feeling overtook her body something that was a cross between familiarity and longing. Next to this young man was a strange gray animal. He looked like nothing that she had ever seen before. (A/N: I'm not sure if they had wolves in Egypt, but I'm probably guessing not thus the reason for the strange comment…just making that clear)

Not knowing what she could do she just stood there. "I wonder if this is a dream," she vaguely thought as the two strangers approached her. She noticed that no matter how close the strange young man seemed to get his face did not get any clearer.

When they were right in front of her she thought they would stop, but to her surprise they just continued walking in the direction of her oasis. Shocked beyond words and a bit angry she decided to follow them and observe. "I guess this is a dream…or maybe it's a dream that will affect my future."

The last thought piqued her curiosity so she decided to see if her powers still worked. She concentrated on gathering the air around her and to her surprise she still could summon the wind. "Hmm. Strange. Will my crystal magic work as well as my desert magic?" Deciding that it probably would she concentrated on the sand that the two strangers were walking on.

The sand around their feet quickly turned into quicksand and both were soon stuck.

The young man started to struggle madly only to make himself sink faster than his furry companion. "Hey what gives!" he shouted. The strange creature started to growl and swiveled his head to look directly into Arianna's eyes. "Oh so now he can see me," she thought in mild exasperation.

"Who are you powerful one? What business do you have with two innocent travelers such as us?" the creature asked, speaking telepathically to her. She was shocked at first then she detected the strong presence of Ra surrounding the creature. "Well at least he's a good…whatever kind of animal that is," she thought, with a smirk.

"I will tell you who I am if you say what kind of creature you are, as well as your name, what business your companion and yourself have in walking near my oasis and why you can see me when you did not notice earlier."

The creature growled, but knew that he had to keep his charge safe. "I am a wolf that was created by Ra himself to protect this human. My name is Nightshadow and I can see you because you used desert magic on me and I can see people who use magic even if it is only a spirit." Once he said this he turned to his charge to see that he was now knee deep in the quicksand. "Erik if you do not stop struggling you will sink faster." This time the words were spoken so that both Arianna, and the young man, Erik, could hear.

Erik quickly stopped his struggling and looked directly into his protector's eyes. "Well excuse me for giving into my instincts you grouchy old wolf." Nightshadow growled at Erik and would've swiped him if his claws were free. "Watch your mouth young one! This is no time to mouth off when we may be in incredible danger."

At the word danger Erik snapped to attention. "Were is the person who wants to hurt us? I don't see anyone." "You cannot see her because she is only a spirit of the real thing. I can see her because she's the one that turned the sand into quicksand." Erik clenched his teeth together and nodded his head.

Nightshadow quickly turned back to Arianna and resumed talking to her telepathically. "I have answered all your questions now you must answer mine."

Arianna had been listening to the conversation raptly and was interrupted from her thoughts when Nightshadow started to talk to her. "I am Arianna daughter of Pharaoh and I wanted to test if my powers still worked when I dreamed. This must be a foretelling dream since I can only see all of you and not your companion. His face is blurry to me and I'm guessing that I will meet him soon along with you. The gods must want to keep his identity secret and not yours."

Nightshadow's ears had perked up when he heard that this powerful godling was actually Ra's daughter. By the gods! It was no surprise that Erik could not see her. Just like it was no surprise that Arianna could not see Erik's face. Ra wanted to prolong them seeing each other fully until it was the right time. Her assesement of the situation greatly impressed him and he nodded in acknowledgement of her. "Yes that is most likely the right thing. Well now that I know you are not evil I will not kill you," at this Arianna arched an eyebrow, "so can I ask you for permission to enter your oasis and give my companion and myself for some water and food for we have none ourselves."

Arianna slowly nodded her head after some thought and released them from her spell. Erik quickly sprinted away from his spot to make sure he was not caught again. Arianna frowned and was tempted to trap this idiot in a crystal to see his reaction. The thought brought a smile to her face.

Nightshadow turned in her direction fully and bowed. "Thank you daughter of Ra."

Before she could ask Nightshadow about his comment she felt herself being pulled back to her body. However one last sentence was sent into her waking subconscious. "We shall soon meet."

End Dream Sequence

Arianna sat up with a jolt and quickly scanned her surroundings. She soon realized she was in her room back in the palace and sighed in relief. 'What a strange dream,' she thought.

Collapsing back into the numerous pillows that were scattered around her bed she pondered the foretelling dream. 'We shall soon meet.' That one sentence kept revolving around her fuzzy brain not giving her a break. She wanted to fight off the fuzziness that started to crowd her brain, but she knew that it was a futile fight.

Once again she fell into slumber, but two words entered her mind before she fell into it… I'm sorry…

Me: Finally I got rid of my crazy sister and her wacko pranks. grumble, at least she didn't kill me yet, grumble

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