*I would like to apologize for accidentally posting the same chapter twice. And I would like to give a big thank you to JustCallMePosh for pointing out my faux pax.*

*Keep telling me who you think the Knowledgeable One is.*

*Enjoy the next chapter.*

Chapter Three: Thoth, God of Wisdom

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" –Albert Einstein

They discussed the other things that they knew about the Chosen One and the Osirian on the way to the library, and not much new information came to light. The Chosen One protects the earth and the Osirian protected the Chosen One. It seemed hard that there would ever be anything more than that, but there was. They were missing a whole third of the picture. How could Sarah have not told them this before? Then again, she never told them much, she didn't even tell them about the Osirian, at least not when she was alive. How could this all be so complicated?

The library was as it always was: empty; not a soul in sight. They didn't even have a librarian; if you really wanted to, you could walk right in grab some books off the shelf and walk out the door. No one would even know, and if they did they probably wouldn't care because no one wants dusty, old books that once belonged to an Egyptologist. Fabian sat down with the same old stack of books that he'd already been through a million times. He knew he wouldn't find anything in them, but it was worth a shot.

Alfie managed to stay focused a whole five minutes, which was a new record for him. He was doing annoying things to everyone and soon Eddie and KT were off task too. It wasn't long before Eddie managed to pull Patricia out of her focus, and soon everybody was goofing off and messing around.

Finally Fabian spoke up, "I don't care if you guys don't look through these books with me, but could you at least stay quiet enough so I can concentrate?" The group mumbled their apologies and got back on task, but it was impossible for that group to stay focused and the same events repeated themselves again and again.

It wasn't until about 5:30 that Fabian found something. It was a short three chapter (with each chapter being no more than about two pages) exert out of a book just titled "The Job of the Gods". The exert was called "How the Trio Came to Be". He said, "It's not much, but it could help." He cleared his throat and began:

"Chapter One- Creation of the Trio

The world was in chaos, and the gods weren't happy. Ever since man had taken over the world, he had torn it to shred. The gods were mad, so mad in fact, that they wanted to destroy the earth and create a new world: without man. They argued over the fact, but they soon decided to destroy everything. Just as Sekhmet the god of destruction was about to put the powers of his wrath upon the world, he was stopped.

Thoth the god of wisdom said 'Stop, we cannot destroy a world that has no one to guide them between right and wrong, it is not fair. We must give them an example to follow. There must be someone to stop the evils of the world, before it can gain power.' The gods agreed with Thoth.

Amun the god of creation said, 'Let us listen to our wise man, it would be bad to accept the defeat of these people before we have even given them a chance.'

And so the gods came up with three protectors for the world: the Chosen One who would be led by Ma'at the goddess of justice, the Osirian who would be led by Osiris the god of the dead, and the Knowledgeable One who would be led by Thoth. They would rule the earth as humans and set an example for right and wrong. They would prevent evil from ruling the earth, and be a guide to man.

The gods have been satisfied with how the Trio helps man become better and since their existence, the gods have never wanted to destroy the world again.

(For more info on why each of the Trio is ruled by that specific god, please refer to chapter three- The Ruled)"

Fabian flipped rapidly to find chapter three, but it wasn't there. He searched and searched, but it didn't exist. Chapters one and two were there, but three just wasn't there. Frustration filled Fabian's face; he didn't understand how it couldn't just be there.

KT finally said, "Fabian it's okay. Look it's 6:15 anyway. We'll come back later. Trudy is probably going crazy because she can't find us. Dinner is bound to be ready, let's get back to the house and we can finish the rest of the book later."

"Yeah," Alfie agreed. "Let's have some food, I'm starving."

While Fabian shoved the book in his bag Eddie asked, "What's chapter two called?"

"The Influence of the Gods," Fabian responded.

They walked out of the library and Alfie was already halfway to Anubis House with the idea of food filling his head with joy. They walked back to the house discussing what this could all mean. Who was the Knowledgeable One and what were they capable of?