hey guys! i've been working on a fanfiction for a while. but this just came to me one night. i hope you like it! please comment and tell me what you think! thanks :)

1: Carter

Zia walked into the room dressed in skinny jeans and a flowing tank top. Her shoulder length black hair was swooped behind her ears and her amber eyes shined. She looked beautiful. I met her half way and pulled her close.

"Are you ready to go to L.A. for the day birthday girl?" I asked. Because of us being magicians, we were able to open portals to mostly anywhere we wanted, almost anytime we wanted. So today I had planned for us to go to California to celebrate Zia's birthday, we would go where ever she wanted. Shopping, beach, movies, tour of Hollywood. Anything.

"Of course, who wouldn't want to spend a day of fun with you?" She said sarcastically and then pulled me forward for a kiss.

Since we completely defeated Apophis, while also sending the gods into exile, me and Zia had started a relationship, usually it consisted of us going to different museums and theme parks and such, but today we were going to America's home for the stars.

"Sadie and Walt have opened a portal for us; I think they are anxious to get rid of us." Zia laughed, I loved her laugh. I took her hand and led her to the roof, Sadie and Walt (who was hosting Anubis) were laughing at something and then they turned and saw us.

"The portal is ready love birds, now get a move on." Sadie said. Me and Zia both blushed. Walt seemed to notice this because he clamped her mouth shut as she was trying to say something else and led her away.

"Ready?" I said.

"Yes, 1…"

"2…"

"3…"

We said at the same time. We jumped through and landed in the middle of America's beloved Disney Land covered in sand and surely scaring pedestrians. But before they could register anything, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck came into view and they all scurried away to get their autographs.

Me and Zia laughed. We started walking through Disney and went on lots of rides, went to the various gift shops, and spotted numerous celebrities, like Carrie Underwood and the guy who played Buzz Light-year. Zia told me how some Disney movies were based on Egyptian stories.

"I'm having a really great time Carter. This is probably our best date yet." She said.

"I'm also having a great time. The park is going to close soon, so we should probably get a taxi ride to Los Angeles." I explained. We headed out of the park. It took several tries to get a cab to stop, but it wasn't as bad as New York.

"Hey Carter, I wonder what your sister and Walt have been up to, they were very anxious for us to leave." Zia said.

"Probably turned the house into some type of nightmare with Initiates running around and Penguins doing magic, Felix might as well be hanging from the chandelier by his underwear. Shelby is probably using crayons to attack the other ankle-biters. Sadie and Walt are probably in the pool along with Jaz and Julian and Alyssa. Just an average day when me and you leave Brooklyn house." I explain in one breath.

"Most likely, I wouldn't be surprised if Felix and Shelby tied up the adult supervisors that Amos sent. And no doubt Freak is, well… freaking out. We will go home and the house will be in ruins." Zia laughs.

We got off at a mall, I don't know which, once you see one mall you've seen them all. We started walking down and I realized it wasn't a regular mall, it was a bunch of singular shops (as in not a company name store), and there were stores for everything. Me and Zia walked into a little store that sold dresses and shoes.

Okay, I can't say I wasn't uncomfortable being in a store that sold only woman's clothes. To top it off, I was the only guy in there too [shut up Sadie, I did not love it]. Zia grabbed my hand and led me to a rack of summer dresses and started grabbing dresses. How can I afford this you ask? Well, my father is an Egyptologist and has written a few books, my Uncle Amos owns a mansion. I am not rich, my family certainly isn't rich, but we do have some extra money.

Zia led me to the dressing rooms and had me sit on a bench outside the rooms. A lady in her 20's came over.

"Hi, welcome to Amelia's, I'm Candace, can I help you with something?" she said in a friendly high-pitched voice with a forced smile.

"Um… no. I'm just waiting for my girlfriend." I replied. She nodded her head and walked away. Just as she did, Zia walked out.

I am pretty sure my jaw dropped and I blubbered something like, "uh, uh, bumblebee." Don't ask why I said bumblebee. I don't know. Zia laughed and rolled her eyes. She looked stunning in a strapless, knee length, purple and grey striped dress with a white bow around the waist. The top looked fitted, and after the bow, it fanned out. She looked incredible.

"Do you like it?" Zia asked, spinning in a circle.

"You― you look amazing Zia." I stuttered.

"Carter, you're so sweet." She came over and kissed me on the cheek. Then went to go try on the others.

A few minutes later, Zia came out in a plaid halter, pencil shape dress. The only reason I know this is because Sadie and Jazz dragged me along to the stores in NYC. They told me what a halter looked like, what a pencil looked like, what a ruffle was, what a flowing dress looked like, the sad part is that I remembered.

"What do you think of this one?" asked Zia. Giving me a hopeful smile.

"Beautiful." I shrugged. That barely cut it. She looked amazing, gorgeous, made me wonder how she's dating me.

"'kay. I'm going to go try on another one." She said, smiling.

While Zia was trying on another dress, I started looking around; I didn't know what Zia liked, so I just grabbed a bunch. I didn't want her to get them if she didn't like them, but I wanted to help. She came out, saw what I was doing, and cracked up.

"Carter? What are you doing?" She asked, still laughing.

"I―uh― I wanted to help." I said, looking like a deer in headlights.

"Your sweet, but, you have no idea how clueless you are." She said, putting a hand on my shoulder. I didn't know what I did wrong, until I looked down and saw that 1. All the "dresses" were strapless, and 2. They were all plaid, 3. They were the length of guy's shorts, minus the shorts.

"I grabbed a bunch of man skirts didn't I?" I asked. I felt so stupid, but Zia just laughed.

"Yes, you did. And because of that, no you have to go try one on for me. Go." She said, showing me the way to the fitting room.

When I got into the dressing room and put on the skirt, I have to say, it was pretty roomy and comfortable. [Stop laughing Sadie, I'd like to see you do something this embarrassing.] Though, the skirt itself was a horrendous blue, orange, and black checkered pattern.

I huffed a deep breath and walked out for Zia to see. She laughed so hard I thought she would pass out. When she could finally talk, she started laughing again.

"You look so ridiculous Carter, but still cute." She took my hands and started dragging me through the store. The lady at the cash register― Candace― nearly tripped over her overly-high heels when she saw me.

"That's a nice look for you." She said, trying to keep her voice even, though it didn't really work.

"She made me put this on, just to let you know. Not my choice or style." I said. Zia finally let me go change and we were on our way. We stopped at a few more stores after I paid for three dresses, the first two and a blue sundress. Then we went to the beach.

The cab driver drops us off directly on the beach. Zia and I headed straight for the water. Before we left the mall me and Zia had gone to change into bathing suits. Zia was in a pink and white bikini that flattered her complexion nicely. I was in black swim trunks. Sadie had earlier suggested that I wear a bikini top too. She was very proud of herself for that comment [don't be so smug Sadie]. Sadie says she still stands by her statement. That's coming from the girl who changes the color of her hair streak every other day. What did Walt and Anubis see in my sister anyway? [Ow Sadie.] Sadie just punched me and asked what Zia saw in me.

"Um… Carter. One problem… I don't know how to swim." Zia said. I found it kind of impossible for someone who lived alongside the Nile to not know how to swim, but I decided to keep my mouth shut.

"It's easy Zia. I'll show you. Come on." I said. She took my hand that was extended to her and put her toes into the water.

"Oh, gods of Egypt that's cold!" It seemed she was fighting the urge to scream.

"You get used to it. Okay we have to go deeper into the water if you are going to learn how to swim." I said.

"I trust you Carter, don't let me drown." She laughed.

"Never." I said, and then I kissed her forehead. I pulled her farther into the water. She shrieked a few times, but then seemed to get used to the water.

"Okay kick your feet and paddle your arms at the same time, but not like a dog." I said with a laugh. She was doing great. She kept going.

"Good job!" I yelled, she was now 20 feet away.

She turned and lost concentration, which was a mistake, she was too far out to stand, and she was pulled down by something. I dove in after her. I could barely see, but I reached out there wasn't anything there... I touched her hand and closed my mine around hers. We were approximately 50ft. underwater. I pulled her up. My ears popped and my eyes felt they were going to pop, like I had dove down into a 14 ft. deep pool but 4 times worse.

When we reached the surface, I noticed Zia had passed out her head lulled. I couldn't hear a heartbeat. No. no… no. this can't be how it ends. I thought. I swam as fast as I could to shore while pulling Zia with me. When we got to the shore I laid her down on the grass. Her face was pale. I checked for a heartbeat. I gave her mouth to mouth for about a minute, then I tried the pumping her chest. Nothing. I was about to get my wand out and try a spell, when she gasped the air. She started coughing. I hugged her so hard I thought I was suffocating her.

"What happened? All I remember is starting to swim, then you saying good job. After that I went black." She said.

"You almost drowned," my voice choked, "something pulled you down. But when I pulled you out there was just… water." I shrugged my shoulders. I didn't know what happened. I couldn't even explain it.

"How? I do remember, a deep female voice whispering in my head though. Telling me to give up. Give up what?"

"I don't know. But we should open a portal to home, tell Sadie and Walt. They should know about what's happened." I said. We trudged up the beach and to a bus station. The closest relic was at the museum in San Diego, a bunch of miles away. So we took a trolley instead. It was only slightly faster though, we reached the museum in about an hour. We probably got people's attention considering we were in nothing but bathing suits, carrying bags filled with clothes, and covered in sand, and sure enough security caught on.

"Hey! You, stop right there!" the guard man said. We started to run, until we reached the Egypt section. The guard rounded the corner and bent over with his hands on his knees, sweating like an ape. He was a bigger guy with black hair and a stupid looking afro; he had large beefy hands and arms the size of tree trunks. Not a good sign. But he was so over weight he couldn't catch his breath. We started working on that portal we love so much, but no such thing as a clean getaway. The guy got up, and started stalking over; I jumped down from the exhibit.

"Sir, I'm sorry but if we could just use this statue for a moment; that would be fantastic." I said, as nicely as possible.

"Carter Kane." He said, and then he punched me across the face and wailed me into a wall. He pulled out a wand and a staff. Of course, I thought, the guards are magicians.

"Carter, watch out!" Zia called.

I got up just in time, the fat guy shot fire towards me, but it bounced off like a dodge-ball and hit him in the face. He screamed and steamed [yes, hilarious Sadie], but got back up. I rummaged through my locker in the Duat and pulled out my Khopesh and wand. I spoke the glyph for burn, A'max, and aimed it to the magician. He saw what I had done and deflected it easy. He came at me at full speed, which I suppose was difficult for him, and tackled me to the ground. I was just able to stagger to my feet and slice at his legs. He said some choice curse words, and banged his head on the ground. I took this as a chance to escape and hopped into the portal with Zia just as it opened.

okay, so that was the first chapter, i hope you liked it. i will update shortly. thanks.