Episode Seventy
"Thoth"
Pizoku picks himself up off the ground and looks out towards the water. Sand and Earth and Water fall back to the earth ever so lightly around him. Mason is no longer anywhere to be seen. Nor are the crocodiles. Or the sand bar for that matter.
"Was that not a bit much?" Ma'at turns to look at Neah in a rather large state of shock.
Jilan glares to where the sand bar once was. "It wasn't enough."
Neah considers her actions. "I probably only provoked it further."
"Yeah, well, it doesn't take that much to do so," Jilan reminds her friend.
"Is that what I think it is?" The girls turn to look at Pizoku, who points to an object washing up on the shore before them.
Neah blinks. "Sarcophagus."
Ma'at smiles. "Thoth."
Jilan smiles as well. "And everything works out nicely."
Ma'at kneels beside the sarcophagus and studies it. "It appears to be undamaged," She observes. "The stasis seal is unbroken."
"Time to open you up," Neah says. She, Jilan and Ma'at jam their fingers under the edge and lift.
The lid of the sarcophagus comes off, revealing a man inside, similar in appearance to Ma'at.
Jilan stands back up and looks down at Thoth. "Wakey, wakey."
Thoth opens his eyes and blinks for a moment, focusing. "Ma'at?"
Ma'at reaches out her hand to take Thoth's. "My love."
Thoth sits up with her help and notices his surroundings. "What is going on?"
Jilan looks at Pizoku. "You tell him."
Meanwhile, at the Leaky Cauldron
Naomi watches as Ally shakes the dust off of her fur. "The front door isn't really a popular choice, is it?"
Ally shrugs. "Not with apparating and the Floo Network."
Naomi nods and puts her hands on her hips. "Well, we're in," She says, looking around. "Now what?"
"Find the powder," Ally says with determination.
Naomi thinks about this for a moment. "It seems that it would make sense for it to be by the fire."
Ally is immediately and quite apparently filled with glee. "Yes it does!" She whirls about to seek the fire.
However, Naomi's grabbing of Ally's tail keeps her still. "What do you think you're doing?"
Ally blinks. "Going to get the Floo Powder."
"And how do you think people will react?" Naomi asks. "Granted this may be the magical world of Harry Potter, but even you have to admit that a Lawn Gnome and a Talking Cat seem a bit out of place in the Leaky Cauldron."
Ally pauses. She hadn't really thought of this. She thinks for a moment and the logic eventually comes to her. "We want to deal with Dumbledore, not the Ministry of Magic."
Naomi nods. "We need a plan."
To Be Continued...
