A Welcomed Guest

Chapter 13

Cast of Characters

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Bast - Goddess of cats, protection, joy, dance, music, family, and love

Sekhmet - Goddess of fire, war, and dance

Hathor - Goddess of the sky, dance, love, beauty, joy, motherhood, foreign lands, mining, music, and fertility.

Serket - Goddess of scorpions, medicine, magic, and healing venomous stings and bites

Maat - Goddess of Truth and Justice

Tefnut - Goddess of Rain, Air, Moisture, Weather, Dew, Fertility, and Water

Mut - Queen of the goddesses and lady of heaven

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Isis - Goddess of health, marriage, and wisdom (wife of Ra)

Ra - God of the Sun, the major god of Egypt

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Epaphus - Greek Mythology demi-god - Son of Zeus, Io, and a King of Egypt

Ephus - the man, husband of Bast and all her sisters at present

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Brothers of Bast and Sekhmet

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Thoth - God of knowledge

Sobek - God of the Nile, the Army, military, fertility and of crocodiles

Anhur - God of war and the sky bearer - Full brother of Bast and Sekhmet

Horus - Ancient God of the sky and kingship

Min - God of fertility

Khonshu - God of the Moon

Apophis - God of Chaos and darkness

Shu - God of the wind and air

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Karen - neighbor of Ephus

Tina - Karen's daughter.

Dr. Quinn Markov - Doctor of ancient Egyptology and Mythology

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Ephus was slowly turning toward the loud voice, still with a grimace on his face. The same tall male, but the huge sun disk wrapped with a cobra was no longer on the man's head, now laying beside him on a velvet like pillow. Ephus nodded then bowed low to Ra.

"Though I wish to have this over with I don't feel it would be a fair test yet. I can still feel that this realm is weak and drained of the vital energy it needs." Ephus told Ra.

Ra's eyes went wide at Ephus's words. "Such honor from a human is a rare thing indeed! What may I ask has brought you here then?"

Ephus waved his hand before him which was suddenly filled with the unconscious form of Bast. "As always it is about Bast. I am unsure if I brought her back far too quickly. Though she has more solid form, I didn't finish with her. I am afraid that the shock was a little much for her. I am here to make sure she is still well, as her father you know far better than anyone else if she is in danger."

Again Ra's eyes went wide at the true concern that Ephus was showing for his daughter. "I will be but a moment." As he watched Ra extended his hands over her unconscious form for a few moments. "Hmmm, yes, the shock was a bit for her but she is a strong Goddess she will be fine. That and the fact that she is three fourths of what she used to be. She can actually exist in the day light now."