Chapter 4: The Return Home Part 3

I believe that it is time for my entrance into the story. My name is Amenmesse, Pharaoh of Egypt eighty years following Ramesses the Great and Travis' spirit counterpart. If you do not recognize my name, don't worry about it, as most people do not even know I existed (thanks go to the following Pharaoh, Seti the Second, for having my name completely removed from nearly every record). My part in this story has so far been very limited, bringing Travis before the Forty-Two Judges, reminding him to activate his talismans.

It was a fairly quiet ride through the country towards Travis' former home, although I noticed the girl glaring at him every so often. As we neared our destination, I was very near the mortal equivalent of asleep when I heard the thoughts of Horus. No, not my Lord Horus, my pet Falcon from my mortal days. During my time in Du'at, I discovered that Horus had arrived with me in the underworld. When I arrived with Travis, I noticed something that he had not, a black cat with white paws following him. Horus told me that the cat, named Mittens, had belonged to Travis during life and was here with Horus to help us. Since we had left the underworld, Mittens had gone to our destination to keep an eye out and Horus traveled between him and us acting as a messenger. The message was short and simple.

"There are two men in the house."

Thanking him, I relayed the message to Travis and went back into my silence for a time to see how things would unfold.

Having received the message from Amenmesse, I thought the activation words for the talismans, feeling the strength reenter me as I pulled into the driveway of my old home.

"Melanie, just so you know, I just found out that there are two guys somewhere in the house." I said as I shut off the car.

"So what, like two guys matter to me." she snapped back as we got out and walked up the front steps to the door.

I opened the front door and heard her take a sniff the air experimentally. What I didn't expect was for her to start growling suddenly.

"I thought you said two guys? It's a Lupine and a Brujah in there." She snarled.

"…well…that doesn't mean they aren't guys." I said lamely as I stepped through the door.

We walked through the entryway and were barely past the door when someone smashed into me from behind. With a roar, Melanie pounced on my attacker and put a claw at the back of their throat.

"Whoever you are, you better start saying your prayers." She snarled.

"Oh sure, don't mind me down here." I grumbled, muffled by fact my face was shoved into the carpet.

Nothing I had expected was for my attacker to speak in a voice I recognized.

"Melanie?"

Lifting my head as far as I could, I said with just a touch of anger.

"Melanie, could you please get off of Devon so he can get off of me?"

I felt some of the weight ease of my back as both of them before hearing someone coming up the stairs.

"Hey Josh, look who decided to show up. It's Travis and Melanie." Devon called as my friend Josh Crockett poked his head through the rungs.

"Well this is certainly an odd turn of events." I said with a chuckle as I tried to figure out how all of this had happened.

(Short I know, but still I got us home and I think it's time for my story and Awakening to coincide.)