Chapter 5
A year after I met DM, he recommended books that were very good. After reading the books, I figured that they recited a lot about n ancient art that was lost thousands of years ago. This art was known as summoning: the art of Demonology. I became so engrossed in studying this art that I even asked my own mother if I could go to Egypt to find out more. When she nodded yes, she handed me $1500. Once I felt the money, and responsibility that was placed into my hands, I dashed to my room to start packing. Once packed, I called the nearest airline and reserved a first-class ticket to Alexandria. The reason I wanted to go to Alexandria was because the great library was there with the notes of the Satrap of Egypt himself: Ptolemy. I wanted to read those notes and learn everything that he had when he was alive. With those notes, I would learn even the thoughts that he had before death. Soon, I would be summoning djinn in a snap of the fingers. I may have even surpassed Darkmaster in power! So after everything was in order, I asked my mother to take me to the airport. On our way, I asked her to stop by Darkmaster's house.
I rang the doorbell and Nightshade appeared in the doorway. "Good. You got my homework done then? Cause if you don't, I'm gonna be real angry with ya!" he snarled
"Excuse me? You never told me to do you homework. I'm just here to talk to Darkmaster!" I protested (whimpered)
"Oh yeah right. DARKMASTER! Some dork is here to see you!" he shouted
"Coming!" I heard Darkmaster cry. Finally he cam to the door "So then, did you get my homework don- oh, its you Echie! I thought you were someone else. Come on in." he said waving his hand allowing me in
"Sorry, I can't. I just came to say good bye." I said
"Good! This house is filthy! But anyway, where you goin?" he said in a concerned voice
"I've decided to take a small vacation to Egypt. Sorry you can't come along, but I'll bring something back for ya." I said thinking about giving him a hug, but I knew it wasn't his style. Instead I started walking away "See ya dude!"
"I'll miss you! By the way…" he said
"Dude, I have to go, maybe you can tell me when I get back in a week or so." I said getting into my mother's car. While sittin in the back of my mother's hummer, I couldn't help but feel as though I should have told DM why I was going to Egypt. To shake this thought from my head, I decided to check and make sure that everything was there. And it was all there. So I looked out of the window until we arrived at the airport. When we arrived, I hugged at kissed my mother good bye. I was having second thoughts about leaving my poor mother alone all by herself. She had gone through enough already. Could she really withstand the house all alone without me?
Finally,I had passed through security, through the terminal, and I was waiting for the first-class seat that I was sitting in to be called.When my seat had been called finally, I went forward, and handed my ticket to the stewardess, then I traveled through the small tunnel-like corridor that lead to the airplane. As soon as I sat down, I started to think about my father. I started to remember the story that my mother had told me so long ago...
It had been a sunny day. A day like none other. My father, Ichicoro, was going to Prague on a business trip. He had been assigned to study the area, report anything unusual. When he got to the airport, nothing unusual happened. Even as he went through security, the terminals, nothing hadhappened. He had done just as I had, handing the stewardess his ticket before arriving on the plane, nothing had happened. Since it was about a two hour trip to Prague, he decided to sit back and relax the whole trip. But the stewardess came around, and handed only him a case that had lenses in them. These lenses were used to see magical creatures on the first, second, and third planes. But my father knew that people were not allowed to have demons in Prague, so he decided to ask the stewardess why she had given him lenses. She had walked away, and didn't look back. Finally, my father arrived in Prague. He carefully placed the lenses in his eyes. Taking a look around, he saw imps, floating around taking care of suitcases. Then, he saw a gigantic creature approaching him. he started to back away, but didn't make it.
My mother hand ended the story there, tears rolling down her cheeks.
When I had finally realized that I had fallen asleep, I instantly tore open my bag which had been placed on the seat next to me. All of my belonings were all there. I placed my hand on my jeans, feeling the hard cash folded in my pocket.With a sigh of relief, I looked out the window, the sun still shining, and the plane was traveling thousands of miles in the air. I reached over and took my laptop, I opened it, then typed in my password, and finally opened an internet file to do some research on Egyptian culture. When I finished my research a half an hour later, I chose to send an email to Darkmaster.
Dear Darkmaster,
I'm sorry that I had to leave you behind, but it's probably for the best. I feel as though you should know the reason why I have come to Alexandria other than to take a vacation. After reading the books you recommended, I wanted to know more, I wanted to come to Alexandria to research the topic of demon's in the Great Library of Alexandria by studying Ptolemy's notes. As soon as I read Ptolemy's great novel, I will inform you of what I have learned. Until then, good bye.
Sincerely, Echiecoral
As I hit the send button, we went through a very turbulent cloud.The intense shaking knocked my computer off of the table that it was sitting on, making it crash to the floor. Instantly I grabbed the laptop, and checked for any damage. Finding none, I placed the device into my bag, and zipped the bag shut. I retrieved a combination lock from my pocket, and locked the bag shut. At that moment, I fell into a deep slumber.
I woke once again from a stewardess with blue fur that I seemed to remember. She told me that we had landed in Egypt, and at once I grabbed my bag, and got up and moved over to the small corridor. I was eager to see the great sands of Egypt. I walked over to the information counter that was out of my terminal, and bought a map of Alexandria. Soon enough, I was walking through the revolving doors, and my foot finally touched the scorching sand; the sands of Alexandria. I glanced at the map that lay in my left hand, my right hand grasped my bag. Instantly I found the way to the nearest hotel. When I reached my hotel, I noticed that in the sunlight lay a college. Hoping that the college students would keep it down, I stalked inside of the hotel. I rented the best suite they had, a massive hotel room with two beds. At long last, I reached my room. I watched through my window as the Egyptian sun went down over the sand. I quickly unpacked my belongings, and got into the bed when a thought occured to me: I need to decipher Greek in order to be able to read the notes! I won't be able to sleep until I know how to read Greek. I grabbed the laptop that was sitting on the bedstand, and opened it up. I logged on, and started my studies. It took about five hours for me to memorize every little thing. Soon, I had the laptop put away, and my head swirling with Greek thoughts. Finally, I drifted into sleep.
Three hours after I had gone to sleep, the sun spat through the velvety curtains. Today was not the day to go to the library, but to stock up on supplies for the week. I dressed, and went out the doors of both my suite, and the lobby. Just as I had taken three steps, something crashed into me, sending me straight to the ground. There was a gignatic, slobbering creature on top of me, pinning me to the ground.
"You're Echiecoral right?" the creature hissed
"Who wants to know?" I replied
"Why, I do! Just in case I eat the wrong creature!" he screeched in his high pitched voice. Then he started laughing like a hiena.
"Why do you really want to eat a child like myself.. I mean the person named Echiecoral?"
"Because Nightshade told me so!" he howled
How does this thing know about Nightshade? I thought. Then I remembered; Psycosis. At that moment I realized that DM had tried to warn me about how Psycosis had gone to college here! What a fool I was to not listen to my own friend. And now, I would pay the ultimate price, my life. Just as my thoughts had ended, Psycosis started talking again:
"Well Echie, it's time for you to die! Let me just clue you in on why. Nightshade told me to kill you because you would eventually hurt DM more than both of us could combined. We don't want too much competition you know. So now, I have to kill you!" I struggled to break free from both his grip, and his words. "You know, you're just like your father. He didn't give up either. Oh well!"
That was the last straw! I racked my brain for the correct words.
"Naucoy Darona!" I cried
A small imp appeared and shot an inferno straight at Psycosis and forced him off ofme. At that moment, I got up and darted away. My foot slipped on the sand, sending be back to the ground. Psycosis took that moment, he grabbed my foot, and threw me at the college. In a flash, he was on me again. This time, he put a handful of sand in my mouth, drying it out. Psycosis raised a hand, preparing to attack. Suddenly, a hand burst through the sand, grabbing Psycosis off of me, throughing him straight at the hotel. Then, more than just a hand came from the sand. A body, drenched with sand, rose from the it. I noticed a sword slung on the creature's back. The person grabbed the sword, and made the blade swoosh through the air. Finally the blade came at Psycosis. When the blade struck, Psycosis let out a yelp of pain. The sand golem turned toward me, and shook off all of the sand.
"Hey Darkmaster, what are you doing here?" I asked
"Just came to do a little shopping" he replied
"Isn't that the blade of Osiris? The god of death and the underworld? That could only be found in his tomb?"
"So you noticed? Well, that's one way to thank me for saving your sorry hide." he said sarcastically. "Aren't you going to that library today?"
"No, that's not until tomorrow. If you want, you can stay with me for the week. I have a spare bed that you can use." I replied "Hey, what did Psycosis mean when he said that my father 'didn't give up'? Do you know? Was Psycosis in Prague for a little bit?"
"I don't really know. That's something that Psycosis didn't really talk about." he said
"Yeah, I went to Prague. I had to go to a different college for a little bit. Those as- OW! did you really have to hit me? they kicked me out for me getting mad. I attacked another dragon that looked exactly like you on my way to my plane. No, I didn't kill him. He was too fast for me." Psycosis groaned
With a new light shed upon my father's disappearence, I walked off. My father was alive.