The Thanatos Prophecy #1 [Rewritten As The Shroud Of Sharayar]

Night IX

Night IX
An Experimental Check

Anubis couldn't believe what he had just heard.

How could he have washed up so far away from his precious town? The district of Aegea was several miles away from where he actually needed to be. He didn't know what to do.

To be honest, he didn't even remember falling into the river at any point of time. All he remembered was being pinned in the middle of a collapsed, frozen tree as Raqiyah stood over him. How he had managed to end up in the river itself, he didn't know.

For that matter, how were Honoka and his mother doing right now? Had they fallen into the river too? Did they manage to make it to the doctor?

Maybe his mother was doing fine, healed by that so called 'miracle cure' the doctor had supposedly made. He hoped so.

A hand landed on his shoulder comfortingly as he flinched slightly.

Turning around, he noticed Mahad giving him a look of concern.

"Look, Anubis," he began, "wherever you originally came from seems to be too far for you to get there by foot. At least, not in time for whatever is bothering you," the Aeiytian deduced.

"Why don't you come back inside and we try to find a way to help you out, huh?" he gestured to the house pointedly.

He could swear he was beginning to love these siblings.

"You do have a point," Anubis noted.

Gesturing, he pointed at the apartment nearby.

"Lead the way," he suggested, following the older male into the yard.

Bright red eyes stared at him eagerly upon entering.

"Gah!" the brunette hopped back in surprise at the sudden face.

"Oi, Hathor, don't scare the poor kid," Mahad warned sternly.

"I wasn't scaring him..." the pigtailed girl huffed, "I was just curious."

He begged to differ.

Walking forwards, he extended out a hand as she stared at it oddly.

"I don't think we've met before, I'm Anubis," he greeted, smiling sheepishly.

"Hathor Amun-Ra," she shook it ridiculously firmly, nearly yanking it out.

She seemed to stare at him for five full seconds before she let his hand go. He rubbed it tenderly.

"So they're green!" she said randomly, confusing him.

"Uh, what?"

The girl seemed easily excitable for some reason.

"Your eyes," she explained somewhat triumphantly, "I was wondering what color they were. Turns out they were green," she grinned.

"I never knew..." Anubis trailed off sarcastically.

Mahad hit him upside the head.