Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Major Six

"The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery." –Anaïs Nin

"You really think that you can translate it?" Nina asked for the first time in a long time, hope filled her voice.

Fabian replied, "I think I can. I don't get why I couldn't. This stuff looks like it could be very…" he tried searching for the right word, "useful."

"I hate to burst your bubble…" Alfie began, "but we have to get to school." Everyone groaned. They were all really excited and of course, school had to ruin it. They grabbed their bags, put the books under Fabian's bed and went to school. If Nina had been on edge yesterday, it was going to be at least ten times worse today now that they had something to figure out how to perform the ceremony.

Nina was more than just on edge. She probably jumped off about ten cliffs due to her anxiety. Mr. Sweet actually dismissed her early with the instructions of "get some rest and for Pete's sake, get some help with your anxiety" and sent her and Fabian back to Anubis House in the middle of second period. Fabian was meant to keep an eye on her, but of course they went and started working on the translation.

Sibuna was barely able to concentrate themselves, but by some miracle they were able to make it through the whole day without having a nervous breakdown. They were still a bucket of nerves, but they made it through the day at a snail's pace.

Eventually they found themselves back in Anubis House and much to their surprise, Nina and Fabian had finished the translation. "Wow, that was fast," KT said.

"What time is it?" Fabian asked.

"About 3:15," Alfie answered. "Why?"

"We forgot to eat lunch," Fabian said as the others laughed. Fabian and Nina had obviously immersed themselves in their work.

"What did you get?" Patricia asked, excitement filling her voice.

Nina read what they had gotten, "The ceremony must be performed in the presence of the gods, and each of the major six must be represented. The prospective Knowledgeable Ones will stand as the gods come. They must bow to the gods when they appear and the gods, in turn, will bow to the Knowledgeable One who has been chosen."

"That's weird," Alfie said quietly.

"What?" Fabian asked.

"It didn't rhyme," Alfie responded.

"Maybe someone decided to make it easy on us," Patricia responded with her statement sounding more like a question.

"Not really," Nina said. "We still have to figure out who the major six are and what it means exactly when it says that they must all be represented."

They all thought and Fabian said, "Maybe it just means that we need something that symbolizes each of the specific gods."

"That sounds right," KT said. "But which ones are the major six. Didn't the Egyptians have a whole bunch of gods?"

Fabian took out his laptop and began a web search. After a few minutes he said, "I think I've got it." He wrote down the six gods and what they were most commonly worshipped as on a piece of paper:

"Anubis- watched scales as the weighing of the heart took place to make sure no one tried to cheat the scales

Horus- ruler of the world before death, most commonly represented by the hawk and falcon

Osiris- brother killed him, god of the underworld

Seth- killed Osiris, god of the desert

Isis- wife and sister of Osiris, most commonly associated with magic

Ra- one of the creator gods, god of the sun"

"You're sure that these are the major six?" Nina asked; she didn't have time for mistakes.

"I'm positive," he answered. It was time to start collecting symbols.

That night Nefuru came to Nina in her dreams:

"Hurry Chosen One. You have less than two days. Your friends are depending on you. If you fail a Sibuna will die. Hurry!"

Nina responded, "The Knowledgeable One is a Sibuna?"

"Yes, now hurry. Time is ticking."