Hello World! Yes, it's me again with a new story. I've always wanted to do a Mummy story, I've loved the movies since I was kid, except for the third one. I felt that it was forced and wasn't needed (also because Ardeth wasn't in it :()
Disclaimer: I don not own the Mummy or any of it's characters. They belong to Universal Studios.
Enjoy :)
Chapter One: Prologue and The Beginning
Nefera was the older sister of Princess Nefertiri and oldest daughter of Pharaoh Seti The First. Nefera was three years older than her sister,but they were still very close with each other. Being the eldest,Nefera was to marry before her sister and she was betrothed to her father's high priest, Imhotep, but her heart already belonged to another man. Amun, the chief of the Medjai. They had to keep their love a secret for it was forbidden for a princess and a Medjai to be together for a princess is betrothed to who their parents choose and a Medjai is betrothed to whoever the elders deem worthy of was aware of Nefera and Amun's love for each other and he became enraged for he alone was to have the princess. One night,while she and her sister Nefertiri were out on their balcony over-looking their kingdom, they had witnessed Imhotep and their mother-to-be Anck-Su-Namun together. Their father had soon arrived and questioned his future wife about who had touched her, but before she could answer, Imhotep appeared behind him and grabbed the Pharaoh's sword. Seeing that their father was in danger, Nefera and her sister alerted the Medjai who raced to protect their behind him, Anck-Su-Namun had stabbed the Pharaoh in the back horrifying the sisters as Imhotep stabbed the Pharaoh with his own sword. Out of horror and desperation, Nefertiri fell to her death before Nefera could stop her. Nefera screamed for her sister and father, but it was too late; both her father and sister were gone. Amun had gone straight to Nefera when he heard her screams and saw her on the balcony crying hysterically. He saw that she had witnessed her sister fall to her death along with witnessing the murder of her father. Amun tried to comfort his love the best he could, but soon Imhotep and his priests arrived. Imhotep was both enraged and distraught over the loss of his lover and the love between Nefera and Amun. Imhotep had told Nefera that if he could not have her, than man could ever have her and before Amun could act, Imhotep's priests had restrained Amun as Imhotep approached him with a dagger and stabbed him in his chest. Nefera cried for her love and moved to help him,but the priests held her back. When Amun's body fell to the ground,Imhotep approached Nefera and gave her one last chance to make the right choice and be with him. Nefera spit in his face and told him that she will never want to be with him and she will never love the monster that killed her father and her love. Angered at what she said, Imhotep placed a curse on her; that she and Amun will never be able to find each other through their reincarnations and will never be together until he is put to an end forever. Nefera swore to Imhotep that she and Amun would be together again one day and together they will put an end to him. Sneering at that, Imhotep gripped the dagger that he used to kill Amun with tightly and plunged it right into Nefera's heart. As she was dying, Imhotep whispered in her ear "Death is only the Beginning" It is said that the souls of Amun and Nefera have searched for each other for centuries, but were never able to find each other. Only until Imhotep is defeated once and for all shall the princess and the Medjai be together.
Cairo, Egypt 1933...
21-year old Katherine O'Connell was rushing down the streets of Cairo. She was wearing an ankle length dark pink and black low shoulder dress with ruffles on the skirt of the dress, black high heel shoes and she held a small white umbrella with frill above her head to protect her from the heat of the sun. Her long dark brown curly hair was in a half bun style as her dark brown eyes scanned the street for her destination. Katherine is half American and Half Egyptian while her older brother was full American. Her older brother, Richard O'Connell is actually her half brother for her mother, who was Egyptian had married an American man when Rick was four-years old and four years later, when Rick was eight, Katherine was born. Despite them being step-siblings, Katherine and Rick have always been very close with each other and Rick has always been very protective of his little sister and he's always been there for her.
She then approached the prison where she knew her brother was and approached the warden that stood near the entrance "Excuse me, sir. I'm looking for Rick O'Connell, it's important"
The large man looked her up and down and smiled at her,revealing his yellow-stained teeth "Of course, my dear. Follow me"Katherine followed the warden as he led her to cell on the other side of the prison. He yelled for two guards and they dragged her brother out as the pushed him harshly to the ground. Katherine gasped at the condition of her older brother as she got closer to the cell.
"Hey, Rick" Katherine said as she came up to the bars and Rick's eyes widened.
"Kathy? What are you doing here?" he asked her.
"I came to see you" Katherine answered in a hushed tone "I haven't heard from you in days and I became worried"
"Kathy you need to leave. Now" Rick said in a serious voice "I don't want you to be here to see what they're going to do to me"
"Absolutely not!" Katherine gasped loudly "I am not leaving you, I am staying with you and that's final"
Rick sighed, knowing that once Katherine set her mind on something there was no changing it "Alright. I don't think I need to tell you to be careful"
"You know me, Rick" she smiled as she took a hold of his hand through the bars "I'll be fine"
Katherine was about to walk away, but then she heard voices behind her approaching fast "Now what exactly is this man imprisoned for?" Katherine looked behind her and saw two British people following the warden approaching her brother's cell.
"Well, this I did not know" The warden answered "but when I heard that you were coming, I asked him that myself"
"And what did he say?" the woman asked again.
"He said he was just looking for a good time" they then came up to her brother's cell and Katherine stood aside the cell and stood next to the two British people. Katherine wasn't paying too much attention to the conversation between her brother and the two British people as her mind began to wonder. She came back to her senses when she saw Rick roughly pull the lady forward and kissed her "Then get me the hell outta here!" he was then being forced back to his cell "Do it, lady!" he was then dragged away.
Concern running through her, Katherine rushed over to the woman "Where are they taking him?" she asked the warden.
"To be hanged" he answered "Apparently, he had a very good time he glanced over at the woman and Katherine.
"No! Please, you can't!" Katherine exclaimed as she rushed over to the man and grabbed his arm "Please, he's my brother and all I have left in the world!" the warden roughly shook her off and pushed her to the ground before he walked away.
Tears began to fill Katherine's eyes as the woman knelt down next to her "Don't worry, dear. We'll fix this, I promise"she the helped Katherine up.
"Thank you" Katherine said as she stood up and bushed herself off "I'm Katherine. Katherine O'Connell"
"Evelyn Carnahan, but you may call me Evy and this is my brother Jonathan" she introduced herself and her brother who shook Katherine's hand.
"Is there anything we can do?" Katherine asked hopefully.
"Don't worry, Katherine. We're going to fix this, come with us, please" Evy told her with determination as Katherine followed her to a balcony over-looking the gallows. Evy and Katherine sat next to each other with the warden sitting next to Katherine.
"I will give you 100pounds to save this man's life" Evy said to the warden as they were preparing to hang Rick.
"Madam, I would pay 100 pounds just to see him hang" The warden answered.
"200 pounds!"
"Proceed"
"300 pounds!"
The warden still wasn't taking it and Katherine's was becoming worried when she saw the rope tighten around her brother's neck. Desperate now, Katherine put in her own offer "500 pounds!" that caught the warden's attention.
He signaled the men to stop and looked over at Katherine "And what else?" he placed his hand on Katherine's leg "I'm a very lonely man" disgusted by this, Katherine slapped him across the face and laughter was heard throughout the prison.
Out of anger, the warden signaled the executioner to pull the lever to drop her brother down.
"NO!" Katherine screamed as she stood up with tears filling her eyes once again. She watched as her brother struggled against the tight rope around his neck.
"Ha-ha! His neck did not break!" the warden cackled as Katherine sat back down "I'm so sorry, now we must watch him strangle to death"
Katherine didn't know what else to do as she watched her brother dangle helplessly as he was struggling to breathe. The tears were now spilling down her cheeks as she helplessly watched her brother suffer at the end of the rope.
Evy then blurted out "He know's the location to Hamunaptra" that caught Katherine by surprise as she looked at Evy with a surprised look on her face.
"You lie" the warden accused.
"I would never!" Evy protested, defending herself.
"Are you telling me that this filthy, godless son of a pig knows where to find the city of the dead?" the warden asked, not sure if he believes her.
"Yes!" Evy replied with a smile as Katherine became hopeful.
"Truly?"
"Yes! And if you cut him down, we'll give you... " Evy looked down at Rick "Ten percent"
"Fifty-percent"the warden said.
"Twenty!"Evy countered.
"Forty!"
"Thirty!"
"Twenty-five!"the warden said without thinking.
"Ah! Deal" Katherine said with a smile on her face. The warden looked at her for a moment before he realized he made a mistake.
"Agh! Cut him down!" he ordered his men and Katherine happily stood up as her brother was but down. Evy stood next to her, smiling down at Rick.
"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Katherine hugged Evy "You have no idea how much this means to me" Evy hugged her back with a smile "My brother and I will meet you and your brother at the docks tomorrow, I promise"
She then ran out of the balcony and ran down the stairs as she held the skirt of her dress up so she won't fall down the stairs. She ran down to the entrance of the prison cells just as her brother was being released.
"Rick!" she said happily as she ran up to her brother and hugged him tightly.
"Hey, Kathy" Rick said as he returned the hug, holding his sister tightly to him.
"I hope you know that I'm coming with you tomorrow" Katherine said as she looked up at her brother.
"What? No, no way in Hell are you coming" Rick responded, shaking his head.
"Have you forgotten that I've been taking fencing classes since I was four and along with gun training since I was twelve?" Katherine asked him as she placed her hands on her hips "You need to let me come with you, Rick. I am not gonna be separated from you again and besides, someone has to keep you out of trouble" Katherine said with a smirk at the last part.
Rick sighed in defeat "Alright, but you stay close to me and do what I say. Is that clear?"
"Crystal" Katherine answered with a smile.
First chapter done! Let me hear your thoughts, please.