The children of the prideful part 1
Hell on Egypt
Hell, a place many try to avoid but to some, hell is home.
Within hell.
Ibliss is seeing his children, Luke and Lucy off.
" So my my son and daughter, are the two of you ready " said Ibliss.
" Yes dad, can we leave already " said Lucy.
" Will mother see us off as well " said Luke.
" I am afraid- but before Ibliss could finish, a voice could suddenly be heard.
" Here is mommy! "
Luke and Lucy turned to see that the voice belonged to their mother, Lilith.
" Mother! " yelled both Luke and Lucy.
Luke and Lucy ran and gave their mother a hug.
" We thought that you would not make it " said Lucy.
" Of course I would make it, you two are my precious children, I would do anything for you two " said Lilith.
Lilith then walked over to Ibliss and gave her husband a kiss.
" I have missed you too sweetie " said Ibliss with a smile.
" Gross " said Lucy.
" Now then, I will ask again, are the two of you ready " said Ibliss.
" Yes " said Luke.
" Finally " said Lucy.
" In that case, you may now go and enjoy the outside world " said Ibliss.
Luke and Lucy then teleported out of hell.
" Will they be fine? I mean they have never been outside before " said Lilith.
" Sweetie, no need to worry so much, our children are strong, so relax " said Ibliss.
Lilith relaxed a bit by her husbands words.
" Our lord, should we go and check on the prince and princess " said Wadd.
Wadd, Suwa, Yaghuth, Ya'uq and Nasr, all five of Iblis most loyal subjects, appeared kneeling in front of their King.
Ibliss looked at the five of them and then said
" No that won't be necessary, besides, I have a surprise for Luke and Lucy " said Ibliss.
Lilith looked at her husband with a worried look.
" Relax my love, it is not dangerous, why don't you go and relax in one of the hot springs, in fact, just take a day all for yourself " said Ibliss with a smile.
" Fine, but I expect you to join me later, now that the children are gone, we have all of hell to ourselves " said Lilith with a wink and a smile.
" I will join you shortly " said Ibliss.
Lilith left.
" Now then my children, let us see what kind of adventure you will be going on " said Ibliss.
The year is around 526 BC.
Luke and Lucy find themselves in ancient Egypt.
" So this is Egypt " said Lucy.
" I know, sand " said Luke.
But then both Luke and Lucy heard a voice from behind them.
" Is this really Egypt " said the voice.
Luke and Lucy turned to see a boy (about the same age as themselves)
" Who the hell are you? " said Lucy.
" My name is Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben but please just call me Meryamun " said Meryamun.
" The son of Ramesses the (2) great " said Luke.
" and the lord of Sunshine " said Lucy.
Meryamun just looked at Luke and Lucy.
" Well, you might as well come with us, Meryamun " said Lucy.
" Where are we going? " said Meryamun.
" I don't know, let us just see what we find " said Lucy.
After having walked for a while, Luke, Lucy and Meryamun all find themselves in the midst of a war.
" There are a lot of soldiers on horseback here in Egypt and all the soldiers are wielding bows, swords and cats... " said Lucy.
" Why are they wielding cats??? " said Luke.
" Well cats are sacred here in Egypt but the soldiers are not Egyptians, if I had to guess I would say that they are Persian soldiers " said Meryamun.
Luke and Lucy just looked at Meryamun, confused.
" Okay, as long as they are not attacking us, then we won't attack them " said Luke.
" But why can't I just kill all of them " said Lucy.
" Because we would not be getting anything from it " said Luke.
" I would get some fun out of it " said Lucy with a smile.
" I said no " said Luke.
" Fine…. you always think too much with your brain " said Lucy.
" And you always think too much with your heart " said Luke.
Luke and Lucy were glaring at each other.
" Ah, the bond of siblings " said said Meryamun.
" Do you have any siblings? " said Luke.
" About 100 " said Meryamun.
" About 100! Man, your father sure had a lot of sex, I envy him " said Lucy.
" We have not yet hit puberty, so don't even think about it " said Luke.
" sO DoN't EvEn tHiNk AbOuT iT " said Lucy.
Luke, Lucy and Meryamun were all three walking within Egypt while the Persian soldiers (lead by King Cambyses (2) the second) the Persian soldiers were attacking Egypt with….. cats but that was not the most odd thing of all.
" WHY THE HELL ARE THE EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS NOT FIGHTING BACK! " yelled Lucy.
" Because, as I said, cats are sacred here in Egypt " said Meryamun.
" SO EGYPT IS GOING TO FALL BECAUSE OF CATS?! " yelled Lucy.
" It seems so " said Luke but then a stranger came across Luke, Lucy and Meryamun, the stranger was hiding his face with a cloaked hood.
" Hey you! Why the hell are the soldiers not fighting back? " said Lucy.
" The soldiers have been given orders not to attack the enemy by the pharaoh because, if the Egyptian soldiers were to attack the Persian soldiers, the Egyptian soldiers might injury or gods forbid, kill one of the cats " said the stranger.
Lucy just looked at the stranger.
" What. A. Dumb. Pharaoh " said Lucy.
The stranger got all depressed.
Luke also looked at the stranger and so did Meryamun.
" You are the Pharaoh, Pharaoh Psamtik (3) the third " said Meryamun.
Lucy's jaw dropped.
The stranger removed his hood and as Maryamun said, the stranger was Pharaoh Psamtik (3) the third.
" You have got to be kidding me. DID YOU REALLY ORDER ALL YOUR MEN NOT TO ATTACK THE ENEMY BECAUSE OF CATS! And now you're even running away " said Lucy.
" Indeed, cats are sacred, I do not want to anger the gods and I am not running away, I will go into the dessert and then I will end my own life " said Pharaoh Psamtik.
" A cowards way out " said Lucy.
Pharaoh Psamtik was quiet.
Luke was still looking at Pharaoh Psamtik.
" What if I told you that we could kill all the Persians for you " said Luke.
Pharaoh Psamtik looked at Luke in disbelief.
" Could you? " said Pharaoh Psamtik.
" For a price " said Luke.
Pharaoh Psamtik kneeled in front of Luke and then said
" Whatever you want, you shall have it but please, just save my people "
Luke smilied, Luke then snapped his fingers.
Suddenly, all the Persian soldiers (including King Cambyses (2) the second) all of them turned into ash.
Within a couple of seconds.
All of the invading Persians were sent to hell by hellfire.
Pharaoh Psamtik looked around within his kingdom and all he saw was his injured soldiers, his people and a lot of cats.
" Why did you not kill all of the cats as well " said Lucy.
" Because, I like cats too " said Luke.
" Me too " said Meryamun.
" I know " said Luke.
Pharaoh Psamtik now looked at Luke and then said
" What price must I pay….. "
Luke smiled and then said
" First things first, you will still be Pharaoh Psamtik and you will still rule over Egypt, and now all of Persia. Second, you (Pharaoh Psamtik) are going to help me and Lucy raise Meryamun, Meryamun will in turn become your adopted son and a prince of Egypt " said Luke.
" But I am already a prince of Egypt " said Meryamun.
" Not now " said Lucy.
" Very well, I hereby accept Meryamun as my son but what of you two " said Pharaoh Psamtik.
" Oh, don't worry, we will be sticking around and as to becoming your adopted children, hmmm, we will see " said Luke.
" So this means that Egypt did not fall this day and now all of Persia is under our rule " said Pharaoh Psamtik.
" Yes yes, you will be the official Pharaoh while Lucy and I help you and all three of us will rise Meryamun to become the next Pharaoh " said Luke.
" This calls for a celebration! " yelled Lucy.
" Not now, we first have to see to the injured " said Luke.
" wE fIrSt HaVe tO SeE tO ThE iNJuReD " said Lucy.
After having seen to the injured soldiers and citizens.
A celebration was finally held in honor of the victory against the Persians and the arrival of Luke, Lucy and Meryamun into the kingdom of Pharaoh Psamtik (3) the third.
But above the kingdom of Pharaoh Psamtik was to beings or more like two archangels, who both had seen what Luke did to the Persians.
" Should we do something Lord Metatron " said Archangel Samael.
" No, God has not ordered us to act, so we shall do nothing and besides, our children get to go to other worlds so it was only a matter of time before Ibliss and Lilith's children went to one of God's worlds " said Metatron.
Samael was quiet.
Far off, on a mountain near the kingdom of Pharaoh Psamtik was another individual who also had seen everything that had happened.
" So, even the Prince and Princess of hell has gone to a world, this is getting interesting " said Menelik (1) the first with a smile.
Menelik (1) the first is also the wielder of the spear of destiny, also known as the spear of Longinus and the Holy Lance but Menelik uses the spear as a bow and as a spear.
Menelik stood back up.
" I wonder what Sir Percival and E.Holmes are up to, I just hope that the lady detective isn't doing anything lewd to the Holy knight again " said Menelik.
Menelik then disappeared.
Even more far off from the kingdom of Pharaoh Psamtik, was a "man" with a smile on his face, that "man" is known as Baron Samedi.
Amun
The whole kingdom had celebrated for awhile but now Luke and Lucy are suffering from all the celebrations.
Luke and Lucy were both outside the inner castle of Pharaoh Psamtik.
Luke and Lucy were throwing up.
" I should not have eaten all that Basbousa, Umm Ali and Feteer meshaltet " said Lucy.
" It is your own damn fault for eating all those deserters " said Luke.
" Oh yeah, you are out here from eating all those Eish fino " said Lucy who then throw up again.
" I could not help it, they were surprisingly good " said Luke who also throw up.
" What about Meryamun, he seemed to enjoy the aseer asab a whole lot " said Lucy.
" You two don't look so well " said a voice.
Luke and Lucy turned towards the voice and saw what seemed like a man in front of them.
" Who the hell are you? " said Lucy.
" Me? I am the King of the gods " said the voice.
" Yeah right, and I am the Princess of hell " said Lucy.
" First off, you are the Princess of hell and second, if you are the King of the gods, then tell us your name " said Luke.
The stranger looked at both Luke and Lucy, and then the stranger smiled, the stranger then said
" My name is Amun-Ra but please just call me Amun or Zeus-Ammon, if you like "
" Amun sounds easier so I think we will go with that " said Lucy.
" Very well, Amun it is " said Amun.
" I am assuming that you already know who we really are " said Luke.
Amun smiled and then said
" But of course I know, you two are Luke and Lucy, the children of Iblis and Lilith, it is an honor "
" Likewise, now to the question that is on everyone's mind, what do you want with us? " said Lucy.
" I am here to make a deal " said Amun.
" Oh really " said Luke with a smile.
" Yes, I hear that is how one makes business with the likes of you " said Amun.
" Well, insult aside, what kind of deal do you want to make " said Luke.
" I will offer everything I have in my disposal, my knowledge and my powers, completely to the both of you and in exchange I ask that you both allow me to inhabit your bodies " said Amun.
" Well, you only had to ask " said Lucy.
" Cool it " said Luke.
Lucy got irritated.
" Now, why would the King of the Egyptian gods want to inhabit the bodies of the likes of us " said Luke.
Amun looked at Luke and then said
" Because, I think that you two will bring the most fun to adventuring "
Luke and Lucy both looked at Amun.
Luke and Lucy then said on at the same time
" Deal! "
Amun smiled, Amun's whole body then glowed and then vanished.
" So how does this work? Can only one of us hear Amun or what " said Lucy.
" No, I have inhabited both of your bodies so you should both be able to hear me " said Amun from within Luke and Lucy.
" How handy " said Luke.
" Hey bro, why were we out here again? " said Lucy.
Luke and Lucy looked at each other and then the both of them threw up.
" You two need some help? " said Amun.
" No we good " said Luke while throwing up.
Amun just smiled from within Luke and Lucy.
Janus
Some time as gone by since Amun inhabited Luke and Lucy.
During that time, Egypt under the rule of Pharaoh Psamtik (3) the third was recovering.
Meryamun was made the official son of Pharaoh Psamtik (3) the third and so Meryamun became yet again a Prince of Egypt.
The whole kingdom was asleep, everyone within the kingdom exhausted by rebuilding their beloved Egypt.
Well almost everyone were asleep.
Within the inner castle of Pharaoh Psamtik, were Luke, Lucy and Meryamun within one of the chambers.
Meryamun was asleep but Luke and Lucy were wide awake.
" Bro, I can't sleep " said Lucy.
" Count hellhounds " said Luke.
" I have, I have even counted hell sheeps but I still can't fall asleep " said Lucy.
" Do you two perhaps want me to tell a story " said Amun.
" Don't take this the wrong way but no thanks " said Luke.
Luke then heard some crunching sounds.
Luke looked over at his sister and saw that Lucy was eating something.
" What the hell are you eating? " said Luke.
" Food " said Lucy.
" And where did that food come from " said Luke.
" I have no clue, it just appeared out of thin air " said Lucy while crunching on her food.
" And you just ate it " said Luke.
" Oh yeah, I won't waste good food " said Lucy who continued to make crunching sounds.
Luke then heard a sound near his bed.
Luke looked over and saw a pile of treasure besides his bed.
" Where the hell did this treasure come from " said Luke.
" I see what is going on, why don't you make yourself known oh god of beginnings " said Amun.
Suddenly a portal appeared within the chamber of Luke, Lucy and Meryamun and out of the portal appeared what looked like a man with two faces but one of the faces was hidden thanks to a helmet.
" Do forgive me, I am bad at greeting others " said the man.
" Who the hell are you? " said Luke.
" Janus, god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages and endings " said Amun.
Lucy looked at Janus.
" You gave me those snacks " said Lucy.
" Indeed " said Janus.
" Give me more " said Lucy.
A portal appeared near Lucy and out come those snacks she had been eating before and Lucy went back to making the crunching sounds.
Luke was also looking at Janus.
" Let me guess, you are here to make a deal " said Luke.
" And what makes you say that " said Janus.
" Just call it a hunch " said Luke.
" As a matter of fact, I am Indeed here to make a deal but I can see that you have already made one with another " said Janus.
" I don't mind a roommate " said Amun.
" Oh, well in that case, I wish to inhabit both of your bodies and in exchange all of my powers, knowledge and abilities shall be at your disposal " said Janus.
" Deal! " said Luke.
" That was fast " said Lucy.
" Are you kidding me, this god can bring us anywhere and bring anything we want right to us " said Luke.
Lucy looked at Janus and Janus just nodded.
" Yeah you're hired " said Lucy and so Janus's whole body glowed and then vanished.
Janus had now inhabited the bodies of both Luke and Lucy and all this happened while Meryamun was still asleep.
" He is one heavy sleeper " said Lucy while crunching on her snacks.
The serpent that tries to eat the sun
Luke and Lucy were enjoying the sunrise near the kingdom of Pharaoh Psamtik.
" Say what you will but the sunrise sure is a beautiful thing " said Lucy.
" Indeed, we finally get to enjoy some sunshine " said Luke.
" We also get to enjoy lots of sand, lots and lots of sand " said Lucy.
" Yeah, at least Egypt does not smell like fire and brimstone " said Luke.
" I actually like the smell of fire and brimstone " said Lucy.
Luke and Lucy were both enchanted by the scenery but then Luke and Lucy noticed something.
" Hey bro, call me crazy but is something trying to eat the sun " said Lucy.
" No sis you are not crazy something is trying to eat the sun, it almost looks like a snake or a serpent " said Luke.
" Well, whatever it failed... Hey bro call me crazy but is that colossal serpent looking at us " said Lucy.
" Yep and it is heading straight towards us " said Luke.
After a few seconds, the colossal head of the serpent was now in front of Luke and Lucy.
" Wow, he is BIG and that is just his head " said Lucy.
" I wonder who he is " said Luke.
" That is Apep, the World Encircler and the enemy of Ra, it is said that Apep is so massive that some of his body has to be in the underworld or else Apep could trap earth with just his lower body " said Amun.
" I get it, he is BIG but why is he glaring at us " said Luke.
Apep was glaring at Luke and Lucy.
Lucy then stood up and then said
" Hey Janus, bring me the snacks you gave me last night "
" Certainly " said Janus.
A portal appeared and out came the snacks Lucy ate last night.
" What are you doing? " said Luke.
" Just watch " said Lucy.
Lucy held her snacks towards Apeps massive head.
Apep looked at the snacks and then Apep opened his mouth.
Lucy threw the tiny snacks into Apeps enormous mouth.
Apep swallowed the tiny snack and was now no longer glaring at Luke and Lucy.
" Now be a good snake and go and wait in the underworld and come when we call " said Lucy with a smile.
Apep did as he was told and returned into the underworld.
" What just happened? " said Luke.
" We just got ourselves a new pet " said Lucy.
" Guys " said Luke.
" It seems so " said Amun.
" You really should not underestimate your sister " said Janus.
Luke looked at Lucy and saw that Lucy was smiling.
" I will certainly remember that " said Luke.
Luke and Lucy went back to enjoy the sunrise.
" Hey, should we have Apep attack Camelot " said Lucy.
" Yeah right, so the knight of the gates, Sir Servause le Breuse, can kill Apep with his Gungnir not that he would need his Gungnir to kill Apep " said Luke.
" Hey, now that we are enjoying the sunrise have you heard about the knight of Dawn " said Lucy.
" You mean Sir Gawain's son Gingalain also known as Sir Le Bel Inconnu (The Fair Unknown), I hear that he is the new wielder of Galatine his fathers famous sword but I find the knight of the flag most fascinating " said Luke.
" You mean Sir Pierre d'Arc, yeah he is a interesting one " said Lucy.
" You two seem to be quite interested in Camelot " said Amun.
" Well, the present King of Camelot, King Madoc Pendragon is quite the intriguing person " said Luke.
" Hey should we visit Jacob one of these days " said Lucy.
" We will see " said Luke.
" Thank God that time moves differently on each world, we can visit Jacob in 10 years and all three of us would be the same age. Hey do you think he would have sex with me then " said Lucy.
" I doubt it " said Luke.
" Well, then I just don't ask for permission " said Lucy with a smile.
Luke just looked at Lucy.
" Man I can't wait till those 10 years go by and then I am coming for you dragon knight " said Lucy with an even bigger smile.
" He is surely going to turn you down and besides I hear that someone else has caught his eyes " said Luke.
" Who? " said Lucy.
" Well, we will find out in 10 years " said Luke.
The brother of …..
Luke and Lucy were both in the library within the inner castle of Pharaoh Psamtik.
" Why do we need to learn to write and read hieroglyphs " said Lucy.
" It is important "said Luke.
" Meryamun is so lucky, he can already read and write hieroglyphs so he is off enjoying himself within the kingdom " said Lucy.
" Be that as it may, we still need to learn hieroglyphs as well " said Luke.
" Indeed, learning new things is most important for children your age " said a voice.
Luke and Lucy looked where the voice was coming from and saw a man but is was a man that Luke and Lucy had not seen before.
" Who are you? " said Lucy.
" How rude of me, my name is James the just but please just call me James " said James.
Both Luke and Lucy completely froze.
" You are James the just " said Luke.
" Indeed " said James.
" The brother of you know who " said Lucy.
" Well, yes " said James.
Both Luke's and Lucy's minds stopped working for a couple of seconds.
" Okay but what is the brother of you know who doing here with the children of you know who " said Luke.
" Well, I thought that I would keep an eye on the both of you considering who your parents are " said James.
" But why? " said Lucy.
" Well, I can not change your births so I might as well do my best to make you both as virtuous as I possibly can " said James.
Luke and Lucy were quiet for a couple of seconds.
" You do what you want " said Lucy.
" Yeah, we won't stop you since we don't want to anger you know who " said Luke.
James smiled, James then helped Luke and Lucy with their studies.
Child of light
Luke and Lucy were at one of the gardens by the inner castle of Pharaoh Psamtik.
" Hey bro, I was thinking, this whole thing of helping Meryamun to become the next Pharaoh, does it not sound familiar " said Lucy.
" If you are talking about Uri, the son of Archangel Uriel then says it does sound familiar " said Luke.
" Yeah, I still can't believe that Uri is raising the son of Achilles, Neoptolemos, how did Uri get baby Neoptolemos again " said Lucy.
" It was Achilles mother, the sea nymph Thetis who gave baby Neoptolemos to Uri " said Luke.
" It was Indeed " said a voice within the garden.
Luke and Lucy looked towards the voice and saw two kids and one of the kids was holding a baby.
" Speak of the devil, what are you doing here Uri " said Luke.
" I just came to visit " said Uri.
" Hey, who is that girl with you " said Lucy.
" Oh, this is my friend, her name is Khutulun " said Uri.
" It is a pleasure " said Khutulun.
Luke and Lucy then looked at the baby that Uri was holding.
" So that is baby Pyrrhus " said Luke.
" Indeed this my little brother " said Uri.
" Adelfós... " said baby Neoptolemos.
" Adelfós? " said Lucy.
" It means brother in Greek it was Neoptolemos first word " said Khutulun.
Uri just smiled.
" Well we have to return to Macedonia " said Uri.
" Wait, before you leave, that ring your father gave you is it really the colossal Athena Promachos " said Luke.
" It is " said Uri.
" Can the ring really transform into the colossal Athena Promachos " said Lucy.
" It can " said Uri.
" Well we have a new pet snake, do you fight to test your Athena Promachos against our snake " said Lucy.
" No thanks, it is time for Neoptolemos nap so we really must get going " said Uri and just like that Uri, Khutulun and baby Neoptolemos disappeared from the garden.
Later that same day.
Luke and Lucy were yet again outside in the garden but this time the moon had replaced the sun.
" Bro, is it time " said Lucy.
" It is, we know that you are out there so why don't you just show yourself already " said Luke.
Within the shadows could the sound of hands clapping be heard.
" How long have you known that I was spying on the two of you " said the voice.
" Since the beginning, so why don't you just introduce yourself already " said Luke.
" Very well, My name is Baron Samedi and the pleasure is all mine " said Baron Samedi with a smile.
" And what do you want with us " said Lucy.
" I wish to make a deal " said Baron Samedi.
Luke smiled.
" What kind of deal do you have in mind just know that we have a new pet snake " said Luke.
" I am well aware of Apep, the deal I was talking about is very simple, I send monster, beast, demons and legends to fight the two of you and in exchange, I promise to do my best not to hurt others " said Baron Samedi.
" What do you mean by 'my best' " said Lucy.
" Well, I can't help it if there were to be some caught in the crossfire " said Baron Samedi with a smile.
" Deal " said Luke.
Lucy just looked at her bro.
" Bro was that not a little too fast " said Lucy.
" Trust me sis, the Baron could have made the deal a lot more unfair " said Luke.
Lucy looked at Baron Samedi and saw that the Baron was smiling.
" Well I will be taking my leave for now, oh and before I leave I will be adding one condition to our deal, Janus is not allowed to teleport any of my 'friends' away and if he does consider our deal null and void " said Baron Samedi.
" Dammit, fine " said Luke.
Baron Samedi smiled.
Baron Samedi then vanished within the dark of the night.
" So bro, what do we do now? " said Lucy.
" We do what we always do, we bring hell " said Luke.
Both Luke and Lucy smiled under the night of the moon, eager to see what the Baron had in store for them.