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I'm so sorry, whoever called me. I just can't do it. She's my sister. I have to let her experience things that she still can when she still has time. Sadie means everything to me. We've been apart for so long, and now we're finally a family again. Forgive me. In a very unlike-me way, I closed the diary Zia had given me as a gift with a sigh. I never wrote in diaries, but I had decided to start writing since yesterday. Only two more days left. If I didn't do anything, then Sadie and Anubis will still be together. And the world might end. For me.
"Agh!" Khufu screeched, causing me to jump. He was sitting on the floor, eating a potato. What he said probably meant something like, "I want more!" or "Don't worry about your sister!" or perhaps could even mean "What would happen if I had a girlfriend?" That was the problem with baboons. You never really understood them. At least gods seemed to understand what Khufu say. If Khufu was a math teacher, "Agh!" might translate to, "In order to find the second variable, you must solve the equations by finding a common number then subtracting or adding the first variables together." But what worried me the most was the trip I had taken in my ba form while I was asleep.
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I found myself flying. It was the meeting room for gods. And only Isis and Horus were there. But their conversation was the key term here. "Isis, what are we to do? If Lord Osiris finds out, then we have failed. Not only him, but Anubis as well."
"Anubis's reputation will be ruined," Isis agreed sadly. They were talking about Anubis's reputation? Next thing you know scarabs will be flying. I was beginning to understand what the problem was. And I had a strange feeling that Horus was the one who called me.
"It does not seem Carter has agreed to the plan as I had hoped," Horus continued with a scowl. "Humans and gods must not have a relationship. Remember what happened to that mortal girl decades ago? She turned out to be a prostitute who only wanted to steal his powers." I bristled. How dare they suggest my sister was a prostitute? Then again, Horus did have a point. Gods were extremely powerful, and if a mortal got too close...I shuddered at what the result would be. "And yesterday. Sadie Kane went for a walk together with Anubis, with Ammit. How crazy can things become?"
What? What would Ammit be doing in the human world? But Isis was looking mortified, as if she had another thought in mind, something even more terrifying than the thought of Ammit walking among people. "Then does that mean...Lord Osiris knows already?"
"Don't jump to conclusions," Horus defended.
"And did she and Anubis...?"
"Oh, he kissed her."
I was now fuming. And Isis was too. "He what?" Only Horus still looked calm, as if the thought of Anubis kissing my sister wasn't enough of a problem to him. Isis shook her head, looking extremely troubled. "This is...worse than I expected. What are we going to do, Horus?"
"That's what I asked you at the start of this conversation," Horus pointed out. Gods and their sense of humor. But my hopefulness fell when his face looked grave. "I suppose the only sensible thing to do now is...that Sadie Kane must die."
A/n: Well...that's chapter 9! What do you guys think? Like it? Love it? Hate it? Suggestions, opinions and ideas are welcome! :D And I've started reading The Throne of Fire, which is extremely awesome by the way! (Although let's say that I still think Sanubis is the best! I won't give you any more spoilers). But she and Walt... just not meant to be.
Thank you for your awesome reviews! I really appreciate them! :D Special mention to Child of the Moon's Shadow for the Ammit idea! 42 reviews already! *cries with happiness*. Oh my goodness, thank you guys so much! Two updates in one day! :D I think it'll be ending sometime soon... (and honestly, I really didn't know what I was writing when the idea first came to my mind. XD)