A/N: This is my first attempt at writing a fanfiction for The Kane Chronicles. I hope you all enjoy this. As you all know, Rick R. owns this book so I have no claim over it. :'(

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Hullo. Sadie Kane here. This is a personal journal entry – I have to tell someone about this amazing and downright hilarious event – so my brother isn't here to ruin this. I guess I'll start at the beginning.

I was having a bad day. I had to go to school. Carter was allowed to stay at the Brooklyn mansion because he's used to being home schooled, he has to work in the library, blah blah blah. Carter is such a geek! No, I'm not the least bit jealous; I don't want to turn into a walking Encyclopedia. But to make it worse, I had to walk home because Bast was too busy taking a catnap, and I couldn't even open a bloody portal! I had to walk home in the rain and was completely soaked through before I was even to the end of the street. I ran out of chewing gum! That's never happened before. I didn't even have my Ipod with me to cheer me up.

I probably looked like a half drowned cat by the time I arrived at the Twenty-first Nome. I planned to take a nice hot shower, but stopped walking when I approached the old warehouse. I peeked around the corner and saw two people yelling at each other.

I recognized Bast in her leopard-spotted body suit with her hair stuck out around her head like it usually does when she gets scared. My Ba almost jumped out of my body and flew away when I saw the reason for her dismay.

Standing with his back to me was a boy wearing a black leather jacket with black jeans. I saw his black tousled hair looking as if he had just gotten out of bed and fought the urge to run my hands through it. I could only manage to squeak one word – or name, really – in my mind. Anubis.

I'm not boy crazy, let me tell you. I always mocked my mates for it back in London, but you haven't seen Anubis. If you had, you would understand why I have been cru – I have like him as a guy friend.

I listened to their argument with great interest and was shocked when I heard my name. Their argument was about me. Why in the... why would Anubis be yelling at Bast about me? I can understand why Bast would since she's my... protector, best friend, pet, what ever you want to call her.

"Stay away from her, Dog. I will shred you like the mongrel you are if you come anywhere near her," Bast said in a low, yet dangerous voice with her golden eyes flashing with hatred.

Anubis growled back at her. "You can't speak for her, Cat."

I was about to make my presence known, but before I could Bast lunged at Anubis with her knives already in motion. My heart almost stopped, but Anubis summoned a staff and started to fight. I remember Anubis telling me that he was a different child, not a warrior. That liar! He was doing a fantastic job at fending Bast off with her… er, cat like reflexes.

I was annoyed: two of the four people who I cared a lot for that were still alive were fighting each other. I needed to stop them somehow, and I did the only thing I could think of: I had thrust out my hand and yelled my favorite destruction spell. I mean, who doesn't love to blow up things?

I realized that it probably wasn't the best spell to use at the current time. The hieroglyphics glowed gold in front of me… between the two of them. The ground exploded and they both flew backwards in opposite directions. I started to run towards Anubis while they were still in the air because Bast was a cat so she's bound to land on her feet, but Anubis wasn't.

He hit the ground hard on his back, and his staff flew out of his hand. I put my hand on his arm trying to help him up. He raised his eyebrow at me. "And why, Lady Kane, did you chose to use that particular spell?"

I think I blushed so I quickly spoke to defend myself. "Well, Death Boy, I didn't want you and Bast to hack each other up. Now, why in the gods of Egypt's name did you two start fighting?"

He made a face. "Umm… no reason."

Now it was my turn to raise an eyebrow. "Oh really? So why did my name pop up in your yelling fest?"

He blushed. "I… er… well…"

I giggled slightly. I have never seen him so tongue-tied… of the two times I saw him.

He threw me a halfhearted glare. "I forgot how annoying you are, Lady Kane. Fine, I came to ask if you would like to spend some time with me."

He looked so uncertain that it was pitiful. He always looked so confident, dangerous, gorgeous… er, I mean good looking… It was strange to see this sixteen… some thousand year old god like this.

I stared at him for a second longer before I spoke. "Okay," I said as calmly as I could. His head snapped up, and he stared at me with wide eyes, like he expected me to vanish into thin air like he always did. I smiled slightly, not really meaning to. "Just let me get dried off first."

He smiled widely at me then. "Wait one minute!" I heard someone exclaim. I looked up to see Bast walking towards us with a disbelieving and disgusted look on her face. "You're not going anywhere with this dog, Sadie. I promised your father I would keep you safe, and I meant it."

I stared at her. "Are you imply that Anubis will hurt me?"

She glared at him. "He's a dog, but more importantly, he's a death god! He deals with the dead, only likes the dead, only deals with the dead. So, one may ask, what does he want with the living?"

His glare was given wholeheartedly this time, and I was extremely glad it wasn't directed at me this time around. Bast's hair stuck out farther, so that it looked like she had stuck her finger in a socket. She really needed to wear it in a ponytail from now on. "I'm not a dog," Anubis nearly growled. "And why would I want to hurt Lady Kane at all? Plus, I am currently working for her dad. I have no intention of ever hurting Lady Kane."

"Sadie!" I yelled. He stared at me wide eyed. "My name's Sadie! I think it's very gentlemanly of you to keep calling me Lady Kane, but that's not my actual name. Please call me my actual name, Death Boy."

He gave me a dark look before sighing. He nodded his head slightly. "My apologizes, Lady— Sadie."

I nodded back at him and walked over to Bast. I kissed her on her cheek and she was as taken aback as I. It was so unlike me, but I knew that she would be pissed enough as it was. "Sorry, Bast. I'll be back soon. Don't worry."

I turned and grabbed Anubis's hand and ran up to the mansion. Once we reached the threshold, he stopped and pulled back on my hand. "I'll… just wait here for you." He glared at the door. Oh, I forgot that it was enchanted to keep out gods. I thought about giving him permission to enter, but I thought better of it. Amos would be extremely angry if he came home from just getting his mind somewhat back to normal from what Set did to him, to find a god in his home— especially if that said god was the child of Set. Besides, we were in enough trouble with the House of Life as it was. No need to get them down here for nothing.

I quickly changed clothes and towel dried my hair. He was still waiting for me when I walked out the door. Before exiting the Twenty-first Nome, I saw Carter in the library sleeping. Finally! The poor boy was acting like a normal teenage boy!

I stopped in front of Anubis. "So, where're we off to, Death Boy."

He smiled slightly and pointed towards a wall of black. I stepped through without any hesitation to probe that I wasn't afraid and ended up in a cemetery… it looked oddly familiar. I could hear jazz music in the background. I was in New Orleans.

"New Orleans?" I asked. I was certain it was, but I wanted to make sure. He nodded slightly. "It's your favorite place!" I blurted out without thinking. Again, the amazing Sadie Kane couldn't hold her tongue.

I remembered the first time I met Anubis; he took me here to talk. The only reason he didn't kill Carter and me is because I was hosting Isis, a motherly figure to him. He would have killed Carter in a heartbeat just because he was hosting his cousin, Horus, who he frequently referred to as arrogant and "thinks he's better than me." We ended up talking here on a bench that he had made from mummy linings. I was asking for the feather of truth for most of the time… I think. I don't remember clearly. I had a lot on my mind and my brain was foggy… probably from the lack of sleep. I do remember him asking me, quite rudely, actually, why my family hadn't already "married me off to someone far away." The nerve. I do remember my witty remark of him needing to catch up on courtship rituals.

"You remember," Anubis said with a crooked smile, his eyes warming as he spoke, pulling me from my thoughts but doing nothing to clear my head.

I gave him my well practiced "no duh" look. He cleared his throat and summoned some mummy linings to form a bench almost identical to the last one. He motioned for me to sit, and I kindly obliged.

I shivered slightly as I sat down. I didn't realize how cold I really was. My hair was still damp and it was unseasonably cold. He slipped out of his leather jacket and put it around my shoulders. "Thanks," I mumbled and then louder asked. "So why did you ask me out here?"

He smiled slightly and sat down slowly next to me. He seemed to take a slow, deep breath, as if to prepare himself for something. "Well, I was wondering if you could, maybe, bring me up on the modern courtship rituals."

I stared at him in horror and — shoot! I going to have to stop the recording here. A new initiate has arrive. This would be the first to arrive at the Twenty-first Nome. So, until next time. Sadie Kane over and out.

A/N: Do you guys think I should make a second chapter to say what else happened, or is it better if I just leave it where it is. I will let you guys decide. ~JerinAnn