Chapter Twenty-One: This is Alexandra Calling

"Chaos is a friend of mine." –Bob Dylan

Fabian snatched the note up and read it aloud:

"Look in the place where knowledge is cradled. There you shall find your next clue. Fail and chaos will come; succeed and the Knowledgeable One will prevail."

"I seriously don't get this. It's telling us almost nothing," Patricia complained. Fabian was looking at Nina with a look of confusion on his face and she shrugged her shoulders.

KT took a closer look at the drawer and said, "That can't be it. It tells us nothing." She scratched at the bottom wood of the drawer. She noticed that the lacquer on the drawer came off easily so she grabbed a coin from her pocket and continued to scratch.

"You know that that's technically vandalism; like you'll get suspended if anyone finds out," Alfie said. KT gave him an 'are you really telling me this, I'm not stupid' glance and got back to work.

The others all went back to flipping through books, but they knew that they wouldn't find anything. They were close to giving up on this whole thing. They would never actually give up, but it just seemed so hopeless.

After fifteen more minutes of scratching KT shouted, "I see something! I see something!"

The others came running as fast as they could. "What, what?" Fabian asked over and over until the others got there.

Fabian looked at some small words written into the wood that had been previously covered up, "It says 'Nefuru'."

Nina ran to the shelves and grabbed a book titled "Nefuru and the Legacy" from the shelf. "It's a myth from the Egyptians turned into a story for children," she said with confusion in her voice. She opened the book and read:

"Nefuru was the first Chosen One and her friend Alexandra was the first Knowledgeable One (Alexandra actually formed the libraries of Alexandria) and the Osirian was a man named Houlith. They were the first to battle evil.

They battled an evil pharaoh who had abused his powers and Horus, God and Protector of the Pharaohs, told them to eliminate him and put a more worthy man, Runix, in charge. They did as they were told, but along the way Runix fell in love with Alexandra, but she loved Houlith, but he loved Nefuru, and she loved Runix. This tale of jealousy inside of the Trio caused a great Civil War between them and ultimately they all died in anguish.

They did not go unpunished though. The original Trio was forced to walk the earth making sure a lover's strife does not cause the demise of the Trio, but they also serve to guide the Trio."

"That was exactly no help," Patricia complained.

Nina looked like she was in deep in thought. "What's wrong?" Fabian asked her.

"If that was worth being covered up, than it must mean something. I'm not sure what it's telling us to do," she responded with fatigue filling her voice. "Let's just go back to Anubis House and we'll think about this tomorrow." She yawned and led everyone out of the library after stacking all of the books.

Nina was in a deep sleep in her bed when it happened. A vision came through the mist of sleep:

"Dearie, you were so close. You did not find the right book. The book you are searching for was destroyed long ago. You just needed my name, so you could call upon me. I have a clue for you. It was made this way so only the Chosen One and the Osirian could perform these tasks. Your clue is…

'The god of light shall point the way to a book about the flight.

The book shall be revealed in the depths of night.

There you will find the answers that are right.'" The spirit then left.

Nina woke up and smiled; she knew the answer to their problems.

A dream came through Eddie's sleep and disturbed his rest.

"Eddie, you have called me. I am Houlith, the first Osirian. Nefuru has gone to the Chosen One and Alexandra is going to the Knowledgeable One tonight. But, do not get over excited Osirian; he/she will not remember their dream. I have come to give you a clue for your benefit.

'Search and search, but you will not find.

You need a heart of kind.

Only then can you know

how to defeat the foe.'" Then the spirit left.

Eddie woke up and was now more confused than ever, but soon rolled back into sleep.

"Knowledgeable One," the spirit said through the darkness of the dream. "I am Alexandra. You are being called upon, awake. Help the world!" she demanded.

I woke up from the dream and stared at the ceiling, trying to remember what my dream had been, but for the life of me I could not remember it. I went back to sleep and thought no further on the topic. After all, if I couldn't remember it, then it must not be that important.

*Did you really think that I was going to tell you?*