SUMMARY: The entire group is gathered in some weird room, and in the very back hiding within the shadows by himself is the Pharaoh Ahkmenrah still wrapped in his bandages. Takes place before Night At The Museum. Enjoy! They're gathered to watch the trailers for the first Night at the Museum and some scenes from the movie.

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Note from the Voice

Once more just as night fell upon the museum and its inhabitants, slowly they all became animated once more. Free to move about in their own exhibit and interact with one another should they choose to do so. All except for one, for yet another night the pharaoh Ahkmenrah remains trapped within his sarcophagus. Just as Ahkmenrah fourth King of the Fourth King, ruler of the land of his fathers opened his eyes as air flowed into his lungs, the tablet began to glow once more. As those who dwelled within the museum at night remained unaware, a dim white light, steadily growing brighter, begins to seep from within the tablet. Pulsing through the air, specks of sand mixed in as it drifts through the room over toward where Ahkmenrah lay in his sarcophagus. The stream in the air breaks apart, forming thin tendrils as they go out in search of their selected person.

The one tendril stayed within a few feet of the sarcophagus, waiting patiently. It darts towards the thin opening which forms as Ahkmenrah begins to move, banging his fists and pleading to be let out. His voice quickly growing louder as the seconds tick by.

One by one the other tendrils snake forward, wrapping around their unsuspecting victims just as the tablet begins to shake. Six of the tendrils remained inside the museum while two others sneak out through the air ducts and flew through the night air in separate directions, until they reach the final two the tablet requires. Light flared from the tablet quickly and casing the entire Museum to the point where no single person could see any of the others walking nearby. In two bedrooms located outside of the museum, light flares, encasing the entire room before all at once the light in all three areas dies down revealing everything, and everyone frozen in time.

With nine people now missing.

Screaming, a group of people appear in midair falling quickly to the ground and landing in a pile on top of one another.

In a matter of seconds, all chaos broke loose as each of them regains awareness of their surroundings.

Attila the Hun screamed, causing the others to panic as he fled away from them falling into a defensive stance a few feet away. Teddy Roosevelt slowly got to his feet, straightening his outfit briefly before reaching out to help Sacajawea to her feet and blushing slightly as she thanked him with a small smile. His chest heaving as he gasped for air, Nicky's eyes darted around the room searching for a familiar face before finally landing on his dad who was dusting off his pants and staring at the others with wide eyes. Nicky wasted no time in rushing over to his dad, almost running over the two miniature figures he hadn't noticed standing by his feet. Octavius and Jedediah, the two miniatures who Nicky had almost stepped on, scrambled frantically out of the way. Both of them running towards the table they noticed off to the side away from where the others were all standing.

Everyone was so preoccupied with trying to figure out just what was going on and where they were at that none of them even noticed a fully wrapped mummy appear behind them. The Mummy fell backwards landing on his backside and scrambling back to hide in the shadows, clearly distressed.

"Enough! All of you stop talking!"

The Voice echoed throughout the room, bouncing off the walls and ringing through all of their ears. Jedediah and Octavius clutched their ears in pain as the loud voice only grew in volume.

"President Roosevelt, if you wouldn't mind, there are two miniatures on the ground over by the table. Please pick them up and place them on the table before they get stepped on."

Teddy hesitated before doing as was asked of him.

None of them knew where the odd voice was coming from, nor did they truly understand what was going on. Teddy had to cup both Jedediah and Octavius in his hands, carefully to keep them from falling or moving too much as they were both curled up with their hands over their ears.

Teddy cleared his throat, "Excuse me, but I do think- Perhaps you are speaking just a tad too loud for their ears?"

"I'm so sorry!" The voice lowered itself drastically, coming out as a mere whisper from wherever the source may be, "Jedediah and Octavius, are you two alright? I forgot about watching how loud I spoke, I'm sorry!"

Warily, both of the miniatures stood up on the coffee table.

Jedediah had his hands on his hips, shaking his head slightly as he called-out, "Better now that all of ya aren't hollerin' no more!"

Teddy started looking up at the ceiling, unsure where else to direct his attention as he asked, "My dear lad, Where is it that we are?"

"I have brought all of you here in order to clear up a few misunderstandings that have been happening not only for the past few years but will also happen in the days to come."

"Days to come? Do you mean like in the future?" Nicky blurted out, pushing himself into his dad's side as everyone's eyes settled on him.

"Before any of you get sidetracked, let me get the introductions out of the way and then I can finish explaining just what is going on here."

"Oh god," Larry moaned guiding Nicky over to the couch near where the table is at, "Your mom's going to kill me. This can't be real..."

"Now, why would the boy's mother wish to… to kill you...?"

Larry turned his head to see a tiny man, one of the so-called miniatures, dressed in red and silver, Larry yelled as he realized just who was speaking to him.

"Geez! Hey Gigantor! Keep it down will ya?!"

"Ok, okay! Larry please don't freak out! First let me introduce you all to one another, okay? I promise I'll explain what's going on soon!" Once everyone quieted down, the voice sighed before quickly beginning introductions, "First off, let's start with Former President of the United States Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt!"

Teddy straightened his back and smiled kindly at everyone, winking at Nicky's awed gaze. Larry froze in place, staring at all of them with a look constantly shifting from horror to excitement to awe then horror once again.

"Next up, we have the lovely Sacajawea."

Sacajawea smiled kindly as well and her eyes lingered on Nicky, she truly loved children, and the excited gleam in his eye was contagious.

"The monkey hiding behind the couch is known as Dexter."

Dexter screeched, sticking his tongue out at Larry and launching himself up onto a giggling Nicky's shoulders.

"Attila the Hun."

Attila yelled at Larry who immediately took a step back, no one could understand what the man was saying but were content not to get too close.

"Then, the two miniatures I mentioned earlier, the cowboy would be Jedeiah Smith, and the other is a roman general by the name of Octavius."

"Well shoot, if I'd known we were havin' some sort of gatherin' I'd have worn some fancy clothes!" Jedediah chuckled.

"Ignore the fool, it is a pleasure to meet you..." Octavius trailed off staring at Larry and Nicky expectantly.

"Huh? Oh! I-I'm Lawrence Daley but you guys can just call me Larry, and this is my son, Nicky." Larry gestured awkwardly to the both of them, "...Uh, the mysterious voice from the ceiling? You...you said these were the...exhibits from the museum? What exactly did you mean by that?"

"Thank you for introducing yourselves, there is one more guest but he shall meet all of you at the end of this lovely gathering but only if he wants too. Also, Larry Daley has been hired as a new night guard to work at the Museum. Let me start by explaining who I am, I am simply a wandering spirit that is quite worried about the well-being of all of you. I will not give my name or really expand upon who I am. That's not important. What is important is that you are all here to witness future events. Mr. Daley, these are the exhibits from the Museum, located in the Ancient Egypt exhibit there is a golden tablet, a tablet with very special abilities. Every night until sunrise, the exhibits of the Museum come to life thanks to the tablets power."

"...Is this some kind of dream? It is right? I'm dreaming this, this isn't real?"

"I'm afraid not Lawrence," Teddy grimaced, "None of us know just what the tablet is capable of, other than the Pharaoh that resides in that exhibit."

"Ok. Okay… I-I'm gonna try not to freak out right about now..." Larry took a deep breath in, "How come the Pharaoh, whatever his name is, isn't here with us? If it's his tablet, shouldn't he be here?"

"Heavens no!" Teddy's eyes widened as he took a step closer to Larry, "Lawrence, ever since the Golden Tablet of Pharaoh Ahkmenrah had arrived at the museum in 1952, all of the exhibits, including myself, came to life each night. However, If the exhibits are outside of the museum during sunrise then.. well then we turn to dust. The Pharaoh himself is never to be let out! He is not a kind man, he cannot be set free to roam the halls of the Museum. With that tablet by his side, I fear for what he may do to us all."

Larry turned to look at the others as well, he was surprised to see just how scared of this Pharaoh they all were.

The mummy still hidden in the back of the room, shrouded in the shadows curled in on himself and stared blankly at the floor, '...Never to be let out… he was going to be trapped in his sarcophagus for eternity...'

"...But… Why can't he ever come out?" Nicky asked cautiously, "You guys have never met him, have you? So how do you know he's a bad person?"

"Young Nicholas..." Teddy knelt down in front of him, "He-"

"Nicky."

"Pardon?"

"You called me Nicholas. Please don't, you can just call me Nicky."

"Very well then Nicky… the Pharaoh cannot be let out because he is a very evil man… he is a danger to all of us and cannot be set loose upon the museum! It would result in pure chaos! many wouldn't be safe, including your father if he really is to be the new night guard."

"All right that's enough! All of you take a seat."

Just as they were beginning to wonder how they would fit all of them on one couch, Larry wanted to make sure Nicky wasn't near that Attila the Hun guy, multiple cushioned recliner chairs appeared for everyone to sit in, there were ever miniature recliners seated on the coffee table for Jedediah and Octavius to sit in. In the back of the room, a sleek, mahogany couch appears partially hidden by the shadows. The mummy, otherwise known as the Pharaoh Ahkmenrah, didn't seem to notice the couch as he stayed where he was, crouched down on the floor against the wall with his arms wrapped tightly around himself.

"I am letting you all know ahead of time that all time outside of this room as frozen, you do not need to worry about being late for anything or the sunrise. When you all return to where you were at, time shall begin moving once more. I will not allow for any violence to take place here, if any of you try to harm one another, I will take action. However, for now, sit back, relax and enjoy the makeshift trailers. As well as bits of taken future moments between you all."

A screen slowly lowered itself in the front of the room, wide enough to take up nearly the whole wall. As the others settled down, preparing themselves to see the future now that they were all calm (thanks to a small bit of vapor filling the room in order to ensure they all remained compliant), a thin but warm blanket appeared over the Pharaoh's shoulders, along with a bucket and a washcloth by his side. In hieroglyphs, written on a thin sheet of paper, it said,

I know you are worried about being here, please know that I will not let any harm come your way. It's a bit hard to breathe wrapped in all of that, please consider taking your bandages off and feel free to use a washcloth to remove any dirt or sand.

And so it began...

I want to apologize for not updating this in a very long time. This isn't even an update but a new chapter one. The reason why this is posted as the second chapter is because I wanted you all to get the alert if you have that set up with this story. I haven't been on this site in a long time. I don't even update on here any longer, but I plan on posting this story onto my AO3 account [under the same username] because I want to start writing for this fandom once more. I cannot find the movies in stores just yet but I am ordering them and hope to use them to write a watching the movie story as well!

For some reason, on YouTube the original trailers I used for this story aren't there. I will be using "fake" trailers, mostly scenes from the movie in order to show the characters. Once I find the official trailers I shall add those in as well. I hope you are all doing well!