I was hanging over Rexy's rump swinging my feet in the air trying to push myself up. Nick had bursted in a fit of laugher. He didn't even bother to help me, he just sat content on Rexy's rump.

"Shut up Nick, this is a situation in life where you have to be serious." I growled, sliding down with a sigh.

Ahkmenrah was trying not smile, so I folded my arms over my chest. "Ahkmemrah, come on. Not you too." He put up his hands in defence. Ahkmenrah was supposed to be on my side.

Nick gave me a teasing smile, I felt like slapping him. Ugh. I should not of told him anything.

"It's alright. I can lift you up too." Ahkmenrah spoke gently, with a smile that made me blush. I understood why he helped Nick. He was small and little, and I had no idea why fate wasn't being nice to me at the moment.

"Oh okay." I said almost embarrassed.

Ahkmenrah placed his hands security around my waist. "One, two, three." I muttered and pushed off the ground, Ahkmenrah somehow lifting me up at ease. Nick took my hand and pulled me up next to him.

I reached my hand down to help Ahkmenrah, who took my hand with a firm grip. I was so worried that my hands would start sweating because I had never been this nervous in my life.

Nick and I somehow pulled Ahkmenrah up easily. It was still a mystery to me.

I wrapped my arms around Nick, tightly. I was not planning on falling off.

"If it is alright, may I?" Ahkmenrah whispered in my ear, indicating that he wanted to wrap his arms around my waist. I nodded slowly.

He gently wrapped his arms around my waist and my heart sped up. Oh god.

Then Rexy took of at a blinding speed following after the old man.

"This is so cool!" I muttered to myself.

"I know!" Nick said his muffled with laughter.

I found myself laughing at how surreal it was, and I could hear Ahkmenrah's sweet laughter behind me.

We somehow cut off the wagon and I almost fell off but Ahkmenrah saved me once again.

"Thanks," I muttered softly. Then the thick carpet we were using as some sort of saddle slid off Rexy, making the three of us all fall over, tumbling into the white snow.

Nick sat up with a smile, "That was the most awesome thing in my life."

"I know!" I said with a smile, throwing a fist in the air.

Ahkmenrah sat up wiping the snow off his cape and fixed his crown. With a smile he agreed, "That was epic."

And I just laughed at him, in agreement.

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I trailed after the Huns, Nick and Ahkmenrah.
"Hey Huns! Attila!" Dad said with a smile. Hello Dad what about the three of us?

"Ahkmenrah, Have Attila and his boy and take him back to the museum and put him with the rest of the guards." Ahkmenrah nodded and instructed the Huns on their job they had to do.

Dad cut in. "Oh and no more pulling."

Attila held up his fingers implying only a little. "Mi ka ka?"

Dad looked towards the thief and back at Attila. "Mi ka ka."

Then Attila roared his orders to his men. I smiled with a little too sweet wave.

I laughed at the old mans confusion in his words. "You'll find out!" I muttered and Nick elbowed me.

"That wasn't nice Fey!" Nick scolded, sounding very much like our Mum.

"Geez Mum, they're bad buys Nicky, they punched Dad in the face remember and they tried to steal Ahkmenrah's tablet." Nick nodded his head debating it, "True, True."

"Ooh boy." Dad said as I followed his gaze, dawn was just above the trees.

"What is it?"Ahkmenrah asked with mingling authority. I smiled a little.

"I got to get you guys back to the museum." Dad checked his watch, with worry.

"How?" Nick and I whispered in union, we must of both had the same puzzling thought.

Dad looked at Ahkmenrah and back at his Tablet and then at Ahkmenrah again. "Ahkmenrah, I am going to need your help."

Dad walked over and handed Ahkmenrah his tablet. I smiled. "This is your tablet. You know it's instructions. I need you to get everyone back."

Ahkmenrah spoke reading the tablet's inscription or something. Then the tablet had began to glow a bright golden yellow. It was almost blinding.

With wide eyes I glanced up at Ahkmenrah, my lips curling into a huge grin. Ahkmenrah smiled back, his eyes brighter than I had seen them this night.

Then I watched as the exhibits walked back in the direction of the museum.

"Wow." My lips formed.

I trailed after Dad and Nick, "Dad I'll be back. I am just going to talk to Ahkmenrah."

Dad nodded with a smile as he pulled his phone out of his pocket.

"Ahkmenrah!" I yelled. "Wait for me."

Ahkmenrah halted to a stop, smiling. "I need to ask you a favour."

Ahkmenrah nodded slowly. "Well, What is it?" He asked a little trace of demand in his words.

"I have an assignment at my school, and my teacher had given me you as we were given an exhibition at the museum to research."

He nodded allowing me to continue, although I could see that he was a little confused. "I had been given you to research and research can only get me so far.... Is it okay if I ask you a few questions?"

Ahkmenrah smiled brightly clutching his tablet tighter. "Yes that would be lovely." I think maybe he wanted to spend more time with me too.

"Okay." I said said as followed after him, skipping a little.

He almost seemed to be debating something, he stopped again, I followed his eyes as he let Nick and Dad past. "Freya, I would like to thank you for a few nights ago when you tried to open me out of my sarcophagus." My mouth fell open in shock, how did he know it was me?

"You knew that was me?" I asked. I started to panic did he know about the dreams? Did he know that I was sort of her?

"I managed to piece it together." He said with a playful wink. I wasn't expecting that.

"Oh." I muttered hiding my face in my hands. "Uh. I honestly did try. I'm sorry I didn't get you out sooner."

"But how did you know I wasn't evil?" He asked. I felt confused, anyway why did they think he was evil?

"Research Ahkmenrah. Books and things." He nodded slowly. "Although it's odd I feel like they miss a lot of things. But deep down somewhere I knew, that you weren't."

He pursed his lips with worry or confusion or even surprise. "Really? Is that true?"

"Yes." I said gently. I saw the worry in his eyes. "I think we should get back inside."

He gave a half hearted smile, and I opened the museum doors.

But when I looked in Ahkmenrah's eyes I saw hope, and how powerful it truely was.

EDITED: 24th of December 2019