Awaking: discovering the true past

Chapter 4: Beginning the Long Journey

Dislcamer: I do not own any of the mummy movies, but I do own my own Characters created in this story. Please read and review, any constructive criticism welcome.

Alxiea: Well finally you decided to write again

Me: well Excuse me I couldn't figure out what to write.

Alxiea: Glad your back.

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Chapter 4

Beginning the Long Journey

We started off great heading out of the city, coming to the edge of town I would hesitate slightly as Ardeth glances at me, to which I quickly cross over into the desert sands, the camel I was on seemed to be doing just fine, though truthfully I prefered camels over horses. We made some s small talk as we went "so um...Ardeth where are you from exactly?" I asked him curiously, to which he chuckled "Well actually I was raised deep in the desert myself" he said with a light smile at me. This man is really handsome, and I wondered if he really understood how many women would melt seeing him. We talked a while longer until I started to grow extremely tired as I had not rested til everything was in working order before we left, though I was still feeling unsure and uneasy about this whole thing, not to mention skeptical, but I kept my focus. I look over at Ardeth curious as to why he's in such a hurry to get to where ever it is we are going exactly. "Uh, Ardeth?" He looks over at me with a slight smirk on his face and his eyes just screamed in a slight triumph having finally gotten me to listen and I was in his company, which was both exciting that this man was able to conqure a bit of my trust, and slightly emberassing as I didn't want him to think that I would be that easy. I think to myself, as I find it a bit odd 'I've never seen anyone so happy before to be in my company' Then he just had to go and answer me with a simple "yes?' which had a slight teaseful, but also something else I can't quite put my finger on, like I just wanted to know more about him, and my heart would flutter with butterflies, and I would just ignore it as I was more tired, than trying to figure out these new feelings and there was no way he could be my rebound guy...or could he? I questioned withing myself sliance, before speaking.

"Well, I'm getting tired, and haven't really slept for two days now, are we ever going to stop and make camp any time soon?" I had asked with a slight hint of a whine behind it. He would turn his head and his brown eyes would land on me, in such a soul peircing manner as he intently listened to my whine of being exhusted "great, now he'll think I'm just a whinny girl' he would open his mouth to speak, kind and gently to me and says "well if you could hold out for a few more miles, we will be where we need to be at soon enough. I would let out a grown "are you kidding me? I'm ready to sleep now or you're going to deal with a passed out girl on your hands. I need sleep now!" I snapped as I was quite cranky and didn't want to admit it to myself. He just chuckled as he smiled at me, just as he pulls on the rains to make his camel stop and says "sure we'll stop here for the night, and you can rest for a few hours okay?" I stop my camel next to his and jump down with ease and sigh happily of relief, before I got rumaging around in my bag and pull out my cover, before I lay out my blanket on the sand; being quite hot already and it's only nine am. I would grab down a sun tarp, it really helps with heat especially traveling through the hot desert sands. I begin to try to put my tarp up by myself and it keeps falling down so I throw my hands up and walk away to get my cat off the camel. I begin to mutter to myself "I can't believe I'm out here with some guy I don't really know all that well, I feel like a freak because I can talk to my cat, with no idea why and the stupid tarp won't stay up"

I sigh softly as my midnight blue eyes scan over at Amun "is this going to get better or worse?" Amun would look at me with a very nonchalant glance and says 'no idea' then he yawns, as he turns himself into a ball in my arms and just falls right to sleep, leaving me with a slightly irritated look on my face. "Geez thanks Amun for all of your helpful answers. I do oh so really appreciate it" I mutter in reply though, he's asleep I was quite certain he heard me as his ears twitch slightly. I would walk over and sit down on my ; noticing that my tarp is up and I look over at Ardeth only to see him seeming to have fallen fast asleep. My eyes would scan over his features, taking every line of his face as if I was just studying a piece of art intensively; almost like I would never see it again. My mind begins to wonder to other places as i watch him a bit. 'I guess he's not so bad, kind of sweet, it's almost cute.' I giggle to myself a little, before I move around and lay down 'if I hadn't been so hurt by guys I might just like him, but it will never happen' I sigh softly as I begin to toss and turn for about what seemed to be about an hour because I can't get comfortable. Sand is quite lumpy and can be very uncomfortable if you hadn't been raised to deal with those issues. I decided to get up; leaving Amun against the blanket and walk around until I got tired enough to get some rest. I walk about 50 yard away from where our camp was. I watch the ground as I see different kinds of desert creatures begin to come to life, in this hot, dry place. I decided to sit down; crossing my legs Indian style, before I begin to watch and study them thinking to myself

'these dessert creatures are defiantly different than I thought they would be and much more durable and adapted to the life of living in the heat.' I really hadn't realized I actually spoke that out loud. Sometimes I'll find myself actually saying what I'm thinking, but most the time no one catchest it. Then I hear a voice call out to me "aren't they? They can be some of the most beautiful things you've ever seen" Having been lost in my own thoughts I would nearly jump ten feet in the air and almost scream until I realized it was Ardeth, who was the one speaking to me, leaving me slightly curious of him more. This all prompted a more direct almost innocent minded question just to slip past my lips "How is it that you do that? I thought you were sleeping?"

He gave me a light chuckle as he moved and sat down next to me, before he spoke "I was, but I woke up and seen you were gone so I looked around until I found you sitting over here" he just said in a slight nonchalant manner, as if skills to him weren't the most impressive thing about him, which caused me to wonder what really was then. My gaze would shift from him towards my feet, as I wasn't quite sure what to say to him exactly "oh well, I'm sorry, I'm just so tired it's hard to fall asleep... I have not been sleeping very well lately...either.." I say softly with a light mumble, but really it's these silly dreams about a past me, that I'm not quite convinced that even really exists, more like a dream my brain coaxed into my rem sleep to help cope with all the extra stress I've been having. Ardeth would put a light thin blanket around my shoulders; "thank you" I say softly as the light weight material really helped keep me cool as I start to think 'I have no idea why I feel so much better around him'

We sit there and talk about what we like and what we dislike from food to people to old relationships. I begin to get sleep and I being yawning and I just fall asleep against Ardeth Shoulder. The last thing I remember was feeling big arms being wrapped around me and carrying me off somewhere, into an unknow destiny and direction I've never been before; was I truly ready for what comes next, as questions swim my mind as I sleep.