Metallica looked over at her and reached his talons up behind his head looking towards the vortex. It was indeed something that he had never witnessed before. But he wasn't about to show fear to this creation. "Very well." He spoke slipping off into the vortex. It wasn't much different than passing between one room to another. He dropped out of the other side coming to land rather rough like on one of the large sand dunes. His form rolled down the dune side kicking up sand and what not till he came to a stop by the force of his own legs stopping him. He lifted himself from the sand and shook off the tiny grans. He lifted his eyes up and looked towards the vortex coughing lightly from the sand about him.
Nekhalla landed gracefully on the sand dunes and smiled. <span style='color:purple'> "Not quited used to that are you? Anyway what we are looking for should be around here somewhere...You'll know it when you see it."</span> She took her hat off and shook her head. This was more her element...The sands of the Uhai...The creatures that she had known for so long. A sudden 'reow' was heard and in a flash there was a white Cucu attached to Nekhalla's leg. Nekhalla smiled as it purred. <span style='color:purple'> "Well hello there Dos, Dos meet Metallica. Metallica this is Dos, he's a Cucu. A scardy cat by nature though, he's scared of just about everything."</span> Nekhalla smiled and continued to scratch his head.
Metallica gazed over into the direction of Nekhalla and the odd little Cucu that just came and attached it's self to her leg. He turned his eyes away and moved off into the direction of which she suggested without thinking of where and why he was going there. He reached his talons up and slipped them along the side of his face wincing a bit as metal scrapped metal. "Well, all I know is...at the moment that I need to get cleaned up. I have this particles of earth all over my body." He continued to walk on into that direction without looking back to see of Nekhalla was following him. His eyes drifted over the sands as they was shifted about by the invisiable force known as Formina. Felt strange to him to be the current and only one of his kind that walked about this world. But nevertheless...that would never change.
Nekhalla followed him and looked around carefully...She was looking for something specific. Suddenly she stopped and then faced the sun. There, a giant glass pyrimid shimmered into existance. She smiled and pointed. <span style='color:red'>That, is where we are going. The particles you are refering to are called 'sand' you kinda have to get used to it...Its kinda funny most Anubi have short fur so it doesn't stick. Unfortunatly I have long so everytime I get back to the Acadamy, I have to take a shower and brush the crap out of my fur to get it all out.</span> She laughed at this. At one point she had so much sand from her fur, it filled Dos's bed/litterbox for weeks. It was usually funny to most of her friends to watch her try to get all the sand out of her fur.
Metallica only gave a sigh and moved off into the direction of the shining prymind. He reached his talons up and sweeped them along his left shoulder fur getting sand out of it. He looked about the vast desert and gritted his teeth as he looked. Nothing but the shifting sands as far as the eye can see. He shook his head and moved along following Nekhalla through the dunes. "Are you saying that this heat isn't getting to you? I mean after all...you don't have short fur." He lifted his gaze back to Nekhalla then lowered his eyes to his footing as he continued to tread. He lifted his gaze again and looked upon Dos that was just staring back at him with those large eyes. He just looked at Dos and sneered at him.
Dos screeched and jumped on Nekhalla's back. Nekhalla raised an eyebrow at the cat and he smiled innoccently back. Nekhalla smiled. <span style='color:red'>Nope, not one bit...The one thing about being part Anubi is I still have a high tolerance of heat...This is no worse then being outside on the beach. I go here enough I've gotten used to it.</span> The pyrimid could be seen clearly now...with its giant swirling black ball of fromina in it. Only about half a mile until they reached it.
He lifted his eyes up and looked towards Dos. He quirks a brow and shakes his head lightly looking at it. He turned his eyes away and scaled the dune. It wasn't long until he himself looked at the large structure in front of him. He smirked looking at it. "Amazing..." he reached his talons up and slipped them along his head before trecking towards the building. He comes to a stop and looks about the outside of the pryamid. He grins lightly at the structure and smirked. "So who owns this?"
<span style='color:red'>Technically the Gods, the Guardian of it though is Amunet. She's a bit of a character. This is one of the 13 hidden temples of the Anubi. I've only ever been in 2, Hathor's and this one.</span> They were right up against it now, there was no door, you had to teleport or phase thru to get in. The glass seemed to have a rainbow reflected in it. There were also bouncing balls of light on the inside and the giggling of small children. Though the ominous black ball on the inside seemed to be more forboding then all of these things combined. <span style='color:red'>Can you phase thru? If not I can help you with that...</span>
Metallica looked over the place that she spoke of phasing through. He reached his talons up and slipped them over the strange field that looked solid to his eyes but felt liquid like to touch. He slipped his tongue over his lips lightly then just moved forward feeling the sudden wetness cover his form. He came out on the other side and released a deep sigh before dropping onto his knees. He looked back over his shoulder towards the enterance then back up to Nekhalla. "That...that was roughly and strangely...different." He gave a light cough then lifted himself up off the ground. He scrapped his feet talons over the sandstone flooring. He looks upon it for a short while then looked up at a few of the other Anubi that just stared back at him. One of the younger of the bunch came right up to Metallica then reached her small black hand out placing it on his large right handed talons. She grasped his index talon and gave him a smirk. He just looked at her for a moment then back over to Nekhalla, slightly confused about it all. "Nekhalla...uh...hmmm..." He gave his index talon a light tug, trying to get it from the cub's grasp.
Nekhalla phased thru quickly after him and then looked at the Anubi and him. <span style='color:red'>She's nothing more then a spirit, but it seems she reconizes you...Someone she knew long ago...She can't speak though, none of them can they can only laugh and giggle. The Guardian of this temple takes care of them, and she speaks for them. We just have to wait and she will come...give her all your respect, in all respects she is a God.</span> Nekhalla smiled at the little one. She smiled back and giggled. Nekhalla oviously knew these people, or had atleast been here before. She had been here many a time to try to discover a way out of her servitude to Hathor. Amunet says that in time she will be more powerful then even Umeoral, Nekhalla still wondered when that day will come.
<span style='color:purple'>He looked over at Nekhalla a bit lost in what she was saying but didn't question it. His eyes just drifted back towards the spirit that was hanging on him and started to walk with Nekhalla. His eyes drifted over the entire structure on the inside. It was beautiful nonetheless, but it was a strange place to him. Somehow...this spirit that was hanging on him was connected to him as was this place somehow. He looked over towards Nekhalla once more and watched her move along without seeming lost. "You seem to know your way around here." Metallica came to a stop with walking as his eyes came to rest on that of a bench. It was crafted in a way that he seemed to remember. He moved over towards the bench and kneeled down along side. His left talons coming up and grazing over the texture of it. But as he looked upon it and felt, his mind was trying to construct some kind of memory from it all. He winced lightly and just shook his head looking back up to Nekhalla. "I see that there is a lot of history here, but that is all that I see. Where is the place I can get cleaned?"</span> <span style='width:100%;font-weight:bold; font-size:10px'>Out of Character</span> <table class='ooc'><tr><td> Of course that is fine! But since I can't send you back a PM. This is the only way that I could reply to your pm you sent. (hint, hint) Clean out your box! xD But like me said that's cool, we can do the thread as so long as you don't mind doing it, I mean getting it started.</td></tr></table>
<span style='width:100%;font-weight:bold; font-size:10px'>Out of Character</span> <table class='ooc'><tr><td>lol thanks its cleared out, I didn't even realize it was full woot! nifty new smilies. I'll start it as soon as I figure out where</td></tr></table> Nekhalla thought for a minute, she then pointed to the right to a small pond. <span style='color:purple'>That pond should work, the Guardian of this temple should be here soon though. She usually is awake right now, she must be busy with something right now.</span> Nekhalla looked around, it had been awhile since she had visited Amunet, she thought it would be a good for this guy, she did know alot about the past of everything. Nekhalla sat down on the bench and Dos curled up on her lap. He had gotten heavier from what Nekhalla could tell. Then again, he was growing too.
<span style='color:purple'>Metallica looked towards the pond and quirked his brow before dashing towards it. He jumped into the air and came down into the water causing it to consume as a hatchling would their favorite cookie. He came back to the surface after a short while and shook his head of water. It felt good to get wet like that. It was something that he had never felt before in his life. Or at least what he couldn't remember. "So she is a goddess that can help with restoring my memories? How interesting." Metallica disappeared back into the water before coming back to the surface and leaping up out of it. Several droplets of water came down into Nekhalla and Dos as they sat there. But Metallica didn't mean for that to happen. He just chuckled a bit and shook water from his body. He came to a stop with shaking then came to rest back on the bench along side Nekhalla, lowering his eyes towards the ground once more.</span>
Dos yelped and clawed at his fur and then shook till he was dry, Cats really don't like water it seems. Nekhalla laughed at him, she didn't mind being a little wet...It would dry eventally. <span style='color:red'>Not exactly, more she will push you in the direction of finding them...She just has a way of doing this.</span> <span style='color:blue'>You are correct dear Nekhalla...</span> Suddenly out of a fine mist a tall white Anubi appeared, she shimmered with white gold jewlary and a white dress. Her eyes had the appearance of a calming sea. She smiled at Metalica <span style='color:blue'>You seek guidance young one? You would have made it here eventally, Nekhalla need not guide you as you already had the power to find here.</span> Nekhalla bowed to this dragon and Dos coward, as usual, to Nekhalla's leg.
<span style='color:purple'>Metallica lifted his ears up and looked into the direction of this Goddess. He gave her a light glare before lifting himself up off the bench. He shook his head at her words and looked back over at the bowing Nekhalla. He just looked upon her for a long while before turning his eyes back to this goddess and sneered a bit. "And I thought I seen and heard everything. Did you just call me "young one"? That is very hard to believe." Metallica shook his head once more and moved off into a direction away from Nekhalla and the goddess. He knew this person, but did little thinking to really care. He made his way back towards the way he came in. The idea of having his mind read wasn't a great enjoyment to him. He lifted his eyes up and looked towards a few of the spectors as they moved about in a continuous motion. Not changing at all.</span>
<span style='color:blue'>Nothing gained if nothing is tried...Memories come only when you least expect it.</span> She wispered something and a golden ball appeared, it giggled and then changed into a dragon. It was a female who was Anubian. She smiled at him, with a look of rememberance. <span style='color:blue'>Only those who dig deeper find the truth...Oh and yes, I am much older then you think...I was here when this world was created, and I will be here when it ends.</span>
<span style='color:purple'>Metallica came to a stop with walking then looked back over his shoulder towards the goddess. He just looked upon her, trying to remember. He turned back and walked up towards her slowly. His back was hunched over as he came right up on her, only being inches away from her face. He lifted himself up to where he was just eye level with her. Metallica seen something in her eyes, something that was picking at the back of his mind. "Who are you...what is there that you can tell me?" He seemed to have a spark of curiousity. He wanted to reach out and touch her, but decided against it. Knowing that she might take it the wrong way and bury him up to his neck in the sands. Metallica looked over into the direction of Nekhalla, wincing a bit then back to the goddess. "Tell...me please..."</span>
<span style='color:blue'>My name is Amunet, I am the Guardian of Memories. This is Takara, she died long ago...She is from a small village that has since been covered by the sands of time. She cannot speak, none can, it is a curse of being a spirit...they cannot speak, nor can I speak for them. Though their faces say what words cannot. I can tell you this...you are Anubian, and still are, even though you may not feel it...you are still Anubian, only time will tell if you prove that you are more.</span> Amunet flicked her wrist and plants suddenly burst from the ground and formed a throne of vines and flowers, she sat down in it. <span style='color:blue'>Now as for your memory I shall see what I can do...Takara reconizes you, in the end its you who will find your own memory, but we can use her to help.</span> She looked at Takara who nodded and changed into a gold ball and then floated over to the pond and went into it. <span style='color:blue'>Look into the pond...there you may find your answers</span> Nekhalla nodded at him as if to say that it was okay.
<span style='color:purple'>Metallica looked towards the goddess as she spoke. She seemed to be speaking the truth to him. He doubted the fact that he was Anubi thought. It was impossible at the moment for him to really determine that he was anything natural at all. He slips his hand over his face slowly then looks over towards the direction of the pool. He gave it a light glare as the golden ball disappeared into it. "Who...I am..." He moved over to the pool and dropped down on his knees along side it. He looked into the reflections that was casted back at him. He seen himself as he was, just a machine. He glared a bit at himself then lowered his eyes away from the reflection. The water...it's surface began to ripple away from him causing images to show up on the surface of it. Images of him...a full 'dragon! He looked on and seen others of him...with a daughter...a wife. He then looked into the direction of another reflection and seen...Amunet...holding his daughter. Tears formed in his eyes as he looked on seeing all of this, causing his mind to recollect, gathering his memories up. He reached his hand to the reflection of his wife. "Jutuh..." He lowered his eyes and shut them tightly as he dropped down against the ground crying to himself. He remembered, he remembered everything. Why he was taking from his home, his family. Everything. Takara...he dear daughter Takara. What had he done? Metallica continued to sob as he lied there on the ground.</span>
Dos rubbed himself against Metallica trying to cheer him up. Nekhalla walked over and put her hand on his shoulder, delicatly. Amunet walked over and sighed. <span style='color:blue'>It's hard...I know, many come here and find things they thought they really wanted to know, then it tears them apart when they find out what really happened. Takara and Jutuh died in 50000 when the Great Plague ran rampent among us. Here, I think this belongs to you now...It was found by a priest in the Village that once was your home...</span> Amunet pulled a heart shaped gold locket from around her neck...Inscribed in Anubian was 'There is no greater bond then ours.' She held it out by the chain to him. The pictures were enameled on the inside but were in desprete need of repair, though the closione outlines could still be seen clearly.
