AT LAST - WHO ARE YOU?

A cup of coffee in one hand and the lecture notes in the other , tons of confusion and questions whirling in my freaky brain . With these extra loads I was heading to my room . Reckoning about the drastic changes happened in yasmeen over a night !.

" Boommmmmm....!". Someone shouted in my ears , it was deafening !.

I was brought back to reality from the episodes of deep thoughts!. I turned to see who was that . Off course it is zahir the one who always annoys but , never failed in making me feel secured !. I don't know seriously whether a person can make me feel both the feelings in the same time by their presence . Annoying and secured two contradictory ideas !.

" Have you gone bonkers zahir the cup would have slipped from my hands ".

" If that's the case , I will always be there to catch and lift it up again!!! ".

Perplexity is not a new thing to me but, now it appeared with a hint of fear caused by his words!. Did he only mean the cup or something else !?.

" I mean the coffee cup zaara because that is what was about fell down .. that's what I mean . Why do you give a puzzled stare ?".

He answered as if he read my mind !

" I am already done getting annoyed by you zahir its not a new stuff to make me confused !".

But yet , deep down I was confused !.

" Whatever zaara I just came to inform you something !". He said it with a smirk as if he found me lying that I wasn't confused !.

" And exactly what is that ' something '.... !!!".

" Don't you remember , I actually promised you guys that I will take you to the expedition site ?".

" Oh yeah zahir when is the expedition starting !".

" No , the site is actually under excavation , it started quite early than it was planned!!. "

" So when are you taking us ?". I was getting crazy and I was literally jumping out of excitement !.

" This weekend !".

" Oh yeah that's great ".

" And one more thing I will be staying there this weekend . We will be starting our travel by Friday noon itself . If you want ,you can stay with me , there are accommodation facilities or else if you don't wanna stay you can leave by Saturday evening !. So the decision it yours . You guys take time and let me know by tomorrow morning !".

" Yeah zahir I will discuss it with yasmeen and let you know !".

I felt like not staying cause definitely I know Akhenaten will be there in the site , even if zahir reveals the truth that Akhenaten is his brother there is no use . The ultimate result is zahir may feel a bit embarrassed . Even there is chance for him to not feel the way we expected maybe, he thought he is not important to introduce to us .I will feel deeply insecured by Akhenaten's presence around me !. Not every time zahir can safeguard me from him !.

I made my way back to my room after talking with him !. I was very much curious about the priestesses and their rituals and also it's been a while talking to my dad . As my dad mastered history and one of the well known Egyptologists in the world I thought I would have a talk with him regarding the priestesses ! . We both love spending time together , infact we both do crazy things in each other's company without getting caught by my mom but, unfortunately the time we spent together is less as he always gets to travel different places and countries .Official meeting different Egyptologists around the globe . He is one of the reasons why I love traveling , he used to say me all his experience of traveling to different countries !. I just grew up hearing to his exploration stories instead of hearing bedtime stories from my grandma!. I connected him in face time !.

"Hey dad, how are you ?".

" Hey bumbu , it's a surprise , I am fine !. How are you !".

" I am doing a great job dad !".

" How is your uni life going ! ? Any surprise for dad ! ?". I didn't understand what was he meaning . What probably I will be having to surprise him ?.

" No surprises dad , we didn't attend our first semester exam yet so, probably I don't have any scores to surprise you !".

" Oh dear I didn't mean that , anyway you won't change . You are just zaara ! ". Seriously dad , can you get to that dam point instead confusing me , people in here are doing it enough to me moreover it's overwhelming , you need not do the same . I thought to myself !.

" Anyway dad I just called you to know something about the priestess family in the present Egypt".

" So, what do you exactly want to know about them ?".

" Are they for real dad ? I mean do you believe in them ?"

" It's a quite complicated question zaara . Me being an educated Egyptologist I should be saying 'No' . Which means I don't believe in the rituals and their beliefs which states that they are ones who are the guardians of Egypt in this modern world !. In the other hand I was born and brought up in this land . Something are beyond our understanding zaara . All we can do is to believe them !. We don't have any proofs which says that their practices are waste of time !. The outside world can say many things but ,we being Egyptians , children of this land we know that this kemet has its own unexplainable and unexplored mysteries lying just beneath our feet . There is always a reason why secrets below the ground cannot be revealed !. If it reveals it's true self ,even then it will continue to be beyond our imaginations . Zaara I really don't know what this land is hiding from us and to this world , as we dig deeper and deeper into it , it gets harder and harder to get them . We can only discover them when it decided to reveal it !. No excavation has being going this long . Only Egypt's excavation continues to be a mystery. If the mystery solved , it could change the course of the world itself!. So what I conclude is yes , I believe !".

During the time when he was explaining I was taken back to ancient Egypt and wondering how it would be . Full of magic , spells , royal .....!. All I was able to imagine is a flourish Egypt not the one like now deserted , dry , poverty and the list goes on. The
Ancient scriptures says that Egypt was one of the wealthiest civilization situated on the banks of river Nile .Even it could have ruled the world but , in the due course of time something happened , something which changed the fate of Egypt , something which is not mentioned in Scriptures , actually something which is wantedly removed from the records and from Temple wall's description!, Something which the world shouldn't be knowing!.
After sometime I disconnected the call . I took my dinner and bath !. It was quarter to 10 . My phone was screaming terribly right beside me !. Yasmeen was calling me , then I remembered that I should be discussing about the trip to her !.

" Hey Yas".

" Hey zaara I just called to discuss about the trip !".

" yasmeen actually where is that expedition site located any idea?"

" It is located near Thebes .we can easily reach there in a couple hours from Luxor , it is newly found near the necropolis of Thebes".

" I guess , It is going to be a long journey !"

" Yeah. "

" yasmeen I was about to discuss about our schedule, zahir said that if we want ,we can stay with him this weekend in the expedition site or else we can leave back to the uni by Saturday evening ...!" .

" There is no doubt zaara we are staying back there this weekend !. I already decided ".

" And without asking me !".

" Oh c'mon zaara , we are staying . No arguments !".

She then disconnected the call without letting me reply . She would never force me to do something which brings discomfort to me!. what happened now ?. She is getting weird and weird as the hours rolls . Then finally with no option I have to stay there this weekend. Then I slowly drifted off to sleep .Zzzzz...Zzzzz.

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