Anubis: A Short Story

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A melodious tune filled the air. The awakening of the tombs was coming. Soon both worlds would collide with each other making a time vortex to both earth and its past. And the Pharaoh would rule once again. 23 beasts started to hum. It’s been so many years of planning to awaken the pharaoh, and now the time was just right. One of the 23 beasts was Anubis. His staff reflected of the walls, which were painted with hieroglyphics. They were in a tomb of a legendary Pharaoh, but his name was never known to the world. Anubis raised his staff,” it is time to awaken the Pharaoh”. Someone from the 23 Beasts shouted “but first we need the millennia tablet”. Anubis couldn’t hear, but he knew what he said. He replied “Yes we do, but the mortals have the

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