A/N: Change of plans. I won't update weekly because I realized as summer vacation is coming closer, in about two or three weeks, I'll be leaving for a cruise and I don't know if I'll be able to update, so instead, I'll update every few days. Not every day because my mom doesn't want me to use electronics every day. :(

Before we start, let's learn about the characters a bit more, shall we?

Jolene is the smarter of the three, and obviously loves to learn. She's so smart, instead of skipping one grade, she skipped two. Everything also has to be perfect, even herself, because she's a perfectionist. If she gets anything lower than a 100%, she'll freak out. She is also unaware she has a boasting problem.

Joseph is your typical boy, loving anything that's exciting and whatever doesn't involve learning. He's also quite childish, and likes to play with action figures, though he won't admit it. He and Jolene have a sibling rivalry, being opposites, or because he likes to tease her for being "a nerd." In honesty, he feels inferior around her because of her excessive boasting.

Joshua is mute, being born with that disability. He usually doesn't communicate with anyone, even his own family, since he doesn't enjoy conversation too much. If he could speak, he'd probably be the quiet kid. He's very shy, and scared of about anything. Because of that, he looks up to Jolene for protection, since Joseph teases him for it.

Before we start again, just note in Joseph's POV, when it says the Roman or cowboy say something, that's Joseph making them speak until I say it really happened. Then the tablet came to life and they really did speak.


Joseph's POV

I ran to that Hall of Miniatures. It was awesome, and I thought the cowboys and Romans needed a battle. I had the perfect idea in mind.

When I got there, there was no one around. Perfect. I grabbed a cowboy with a hat and a Roman guy and began the war.

"You can't be here, this is our land," the cowboy said.

"Yeah, but we're Romans," the Roman guy said. "We do whatever we want!"

And began the best war of the world.


Joshua's POV

I was scared. I didn't see where Jolene went, and got lost in the crowd. When I got out, I ended up in the exhibit with the Egyptian mummy. What was his name? I wish Jolene were here! I thought.

The giant dog-things were frightening. Joseph knows how much of a scaredy-cat I was, and he loves to tease me about it, especially because I was a boy. He stuck with stereotypes a lot, or that's what Jolene says. I don't know what the word means.

It was scary being alone. I didn't know where to go, so I just sat by the Egyptian coffin, hoping someone would find me soon.


Jolene's POV

I couldn't believe it! Here I was, in the Museum of Natural History, alone, while it was closed. Me, of all people!

In my head, I began to debate if I should leave so that I don't break a law but leave my brothers, or if I should stay and look for my brothers with a huge chance of getting in trouble. I chose the latter since my parents might start thinking I'm irresponsible.

First, I decided I needed help to find them. I went to the front to go out to find someone. When I tried to open the door, it wouldn't move! I began to panic. Why wouldn't it revolve?!

Soon, I calmed down. If you can't find help, wait for help to come to you. There should be a night guard coming soon. He could help me find my brothers. Or my brothers might find their way back.

I sat by the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton model and began to read my book.


Joseph's POV

The cowboys and Romans were all over the floor, dead. I had the two last living ones in my hands, fighting to the death.

"You'll never beat us!" the Roman guy cried.

"And why do you think that?"

"Because we are Romans! We never give up!"

"Well, that's one thing you got right from everything you just did with us," the Roman guy said. Okay, I swear that wasn't what I said. He actually spoke!

I looked into my hand and he was alive! So was the cowboy! I'm not a nerd like Jolene, but I knew this wasn't right.

"Look, boy," the cowboy actually said, "Ah hate ta interrupt yer playtime, but couldja put me down? Ah hate bein' manhandled!"

I opened and closed my mouth a few times, but nothing came out.

"Well?" I did what he asked, though I just dropped them both.

"Ow!"


Joshua's POV

I looked around the coffin for anything interesting and less creepy. I found what I was looking for.

The gold tablet thing on the wall began glowing. What did that mean?

I heard something behind me. I turned around and saw the giant dog things were alive! They aimed their spears at me. I was scared for my life! I backed up slowly, pressing up against the wall.

As I shook in fear, the coffin opened up and revealed not a mummy, which I thought it was, but a...man? Wait, a man was in that thing the whole time? How did he survive? Oh no, was he a zombie?!

He turned to me and asked, "Aren't you here a little late? Because the museum is closed around this hour."

I didn't make any response, just stood there shocked, looking at the scary dog things. The strange man looked where I was looking, then said, "Don't worry about the jackals. As long as you don't hurt me, they shall not harm you." He turned to them and spoke something, and they went back to the way they were when they weren't alive.

"Now tell me, who are you?"

I just stared.

"Not the talkative type, are you?"

Hands shaking, I opened my notebook, took my pen, and wrote 'My name is Joshua.'

"Pleased to meet you, Joshua," the man said, holding out his hand. I hesitated for a bit, then shook it. "I am Ahkmenrah, fourth king of the fourth king, ruler of the land of my father's. Do you mind if I ask you something?"

I shook my head.

"Why is it you refuse to speak?"

I wrote in my notebook 'I'm mute.'

Ahkmur-something's eyes widened. "Really?" I nodded.

"So, Joshua, why are you in the museum at this time?"

I turned the page in my notebook, since the other one was full. On a clean page, I wrote 'My brother ran off somewhere in here, so my sister and I went to go find him, but we got separated and I ended up here.'

He nodded. "I see..."

He got out of the coffin thing, and I was surprised to see he wasn't covered in toilet paper or whatever mummies are wrapped in. He wore Egyptian clothing! He grabbed a giant Egyptian hat from a corner, which completed the Egyptian look.

"How about I help you search for your siblings, Josh?"

I nodded.

"Do you mind if I call you Josh?"

I shook my head.


Jolene's POV

I was so absorbed into my book, I stopped focusing on the door for someone to come. I really didn't care at that point; what I was reading was too interesting.

I looked up from reading about James K. Polk and my eyes landed on the wax figure of Theodore Roosevelt. I decided to skip ahead fifteen presidents to Roosevelt. It made sense since there was a life-size figure of him nearby. Plus, the museum I was trapped in was dedicated to him!

I was reading about how the teddy bear was named after him when the ground shook. I first thought it was an earthquake! I frantically searched the area for a shelter to protect me from falling objects and debris. That's when I saw that the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton model vanished!

I panicked. Was I hallucinating from lack of sleep? Is this a dream? Was Joseph somehow messing with me? Was I going crazy? It certainly didn't just come to life and walk off.

I heard a roar, similar to the roars in Jurassic Park. I cautiously turned around, ready to run. Okay, I take it back; maybe it did come to life and walk off.

The skeleton was staring at me, or doing something to observe me since it has no eyes. It walked up closer to me, lowering its enormous head. Even though it showed no threat at that time, I couldn't help but scream.

Big mistake. It reared up and roared loudly. I turned and ran, but tripped over my shoelaces.

Instead if landing on the floor like I thought I would, someone caught me before I made impact. My savior brought me up to my feet.

I looked up at him. He looked strangely familiar. He wore glasses, gloves, a hat, and clothes from about a hundred years ago. Why was he so familiar?

"Need help, my dear?" he asked. I was too shocked to answer.

Bravely, he ran to the dinosaur skeleton, slid underneath, and ripped off one of its ribs. He slid to the other side, stood up, and held up the rib.

The dinosaur turned around.

"Want it, Rexy?" the man said. He shook it in front of the dinosaur.

It bowed and raised its rear end like a puppy who wanted to play. It looked expectantly at the man.

"Go FETCH!" He threw the bone somewhere, and the dinosaur skeleton raced after it.

I looked back at the man who saved my life. "Thank you," I managed to gasp between breaths. I was still pretty scared from the situation.

He smiled. "No need to thank me, my dear," he replied.

A brown horse trotted up next to him. He climbed on top of it and LOOKED JUST LIKE THE WAX FIGURE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT!

"Theodore Roosevelt, at your service, twenty-sixth president of these United States-"

By that moment, I stopped listening; I had lost consciousness.


So looks like they know the museum is alive. What do you think of the story so far? Tell me in your reviews please! It'll be greatly appreaciated.

P.S. The story is a little short, six chapter.