DISCLAIMER: I still don't own Brooklyn House, just the new characters within it.

We step through the portal to a black pyramid in the light of the dying sun. It's a different time zone, as Brooklyn is already quite dark.

I am totally covered in sand. "Ugh!" I proceed to wiping off my dress, and Nolan does the same, but instead of wiping the sand off, he shakes it off like a puppy drenched in water.

"Hey! You got sand all over my hair!" I playfully swipe at him, and he ducks, laughing. I brush it out with my fingers. I'm going to need a shower when we get back.

"What is this place?" Nolan continues in a more serious manner, and shakes his head at the pyramid. "And where are we?"

"I don't know, but let's check that pyramid out. Maybe Thoth is in there!"

And so we peer around the base for an entrance, but we find none. And idea struck me. "What if I ask to see Thoth?"

"Brilliant, Skye! That just might work!" Nolan approves.

I shout, "I am here to see Thoth, the god of knowledge. Can you let me in?"

Hidden doors open, and I rush in with Nolan before they close. They slam shut and leave us in total darkness. The lights switch on with a humming sound like a
refrigerator.

I gawk at the place. It's huge! Draping from the high ceiling are banners in hieroglyphs and English. The scoreboard flashes out words like, "Welcome, Skye and Nolan." and "Go, Baboons!"

"Hello? Is Thoth here?" I call out to the seemingly empty stadium.

"Welcome to my office, Skye. Or should I say, daughter?" There is a man in a white lab coat with crazy hair and kaleidoscopic eyes staring at me from the kitchen on the far side of court. He gets up and beckons us to him.

I nervously glance at Nolan, and he gives me an encouraging glance. We obey Thoth. Coming closer, he's even more frightening. His eyes are what really scare me, constantly shifting in pattern and colour, hypnotizing the unwary. But Nolan and I are very wary, and take chairs as far away from him as possible.

"Don't be frightened, please. I know I look scary, but I only want to help you." Hieroglyphics appear and disappear in pure black against his stark white lab coat. Occasionally, they popped off and changed into the creatures and items that they described.

"Can you please tell me what it means to be a Crossover? And are you really a father of mine through hosting?" No one has given me a straight answer yet. Maybe this god could.

"Yes, I am your father as much as Richard Ellison was. When you are the Eye of a god, the mortal and god act in perfect unison. You cannot have a disagreement with a god and be the Eye at the same time."

"Well, what about my other question?" I demand to know.

"That I can't answer right now, but only because I do not know the extent of your powers. You are the first and only Crossover ever known to this world. In fact, I believe that you're immortal because you have so much god blood."

"Immortal!" I exclaim. "I don't want to be immortal! That would be so boring."

"That's where you are wrong, daughter." Thoth seems quite triumphant."It is a great gift, for you can witness the changing of the world, and learn so much from all around you. If you are immortal, I suggest that you cherish it."

"I'd love to be immortal. I could see the whole world." Nolan says dreamily. "Think of how much knowledge you would gain!"

Thoth's eyes snapped from me to Nolan. "Ah, Nolan Georgeston. I thought I smelt the magic of Isis on you. Are you finding her Path…to your liking?"

Nolan nods. Thoth raises an eyebrow. "I wouldn't be so sure if I were you."

"Just because you don't like her power-hungriness doesn't mean you have to hate on her Path," Nolan continues, hurt.

"And at the school dance, there was a raspy voice telling me to watch out at the hide tide without light, and to look out for a shadow across Egypt. What does that mean?" I ask, hoping to receive an answer of enlightenment.

"That, I'm not allowed to answer." Thoth states cheerfully.

Urgh! Why are adults 5000 years old so mystifying? "You know you're real annoying, right?"

"Oh, I know! But seriously, I'm forbidden to help so directly on missions. You'll have to discover that yourselves." The god tilts his head. "Is Hermes as bad as he was?"

"What do you mean? And have you met him?"

"Yes, but it was a meeting I'd rather forget." He says this like it left a bad taste in his mouth.

"Well, no, not really. He's turned quite nice after his son Luke died defending Olympus."

"Very well. I shall believe you. And a word of advice," Thoth got up from his couch and moved in closer. "The summer solstice is a great time to awaken your subdued powers."

The god of knowledge hands me a necklace of green jade and another necklace with a charm of the crane-like bird that's supposedly Thoth's sacred symbol. "If you need my help desperately, just wear the jade amulet and call out 'Help me, Thoth!' or something like that. But don't call too often. The ibis you must keep on at all times. It will help your memories return and begin to awaken your aptitude for intensive Egyptian magic."

"Gosh, thanks." I put on the ibis necklace and hold onto the jade pendant. It hangs just below the hollow of my throat. The ibis is black and white and matches my dress perfectly. Its eyes are the same colour as mine. That must be what makes it so special, almost like it's tuned to my magic. I feel stronger and more energetic, with a spring in my step.

Thoth takes a piece of chalk out of his lab coat and draws a rectangle in the air. I don't expect anything to happen, but a door of darkness appears. Perhaps only gods can do this. I can only make sand portals. "This will take you both back to Brooklyn House, where you'll find your friends already back and wondering where you went. Tell them nothing."

"Goodbye, Thoth." I say before stepping through the door of darkness. Nolan follows me rather quickly. I doubt he likes Thoth much. Just before Brooklyn House materializes before my eyes, I hear a voice calling to me. "Careful, daughter of Cleopatra. Beware the light of the moon."

~End of Book One~

I hope you enjoyed this story! :) I sure had lots of fun writing it!

Keep an eye out for the second part of this, By the Light of the Moon, coming soon!