Mr. Beamer called another meeting for later that evening; but this time only the Ancients, the Arions, Louis and Panthera, Hattie May and Jeremy were to attend. Mr. Beamer had spent the better part of the entire day, studying the ancient books and old scrolls, up in his attic.
He now felt that with one last reading by Louis of the Sworn Book, and with Panthera and Charlie's advice, they would be able to devise a plan to stop the evil wave that has threatened to wash around the world.
All gathered; as the midnight hour arrived.
The doors to Mr. Beamer's barn were closed tightly.
A rare silence filled the room.
Panthera and Charlie had met in private earlier in the evening with much being discussed, about the power of the evil eyes merging, and of Petar's hatred for his mother ever growing and his never-ending quest for power.
Mr. Belvedere the Plow Horse, Baron Von Beck the Milk Horse, and Charlie stood towards the back of the barn as Mr. Beamer, Mr. Pennywell, Mr. Waterwick and Doc Wellman sat at a medium-sized table in the center of the barn. The Good Book of Thebes, The Sworn Book was sitting on the middle of the table, closed.
A lone gas lamp lit the room; a few candles burned on top of the table.
The air was still: the night was black as coal.
The other animals in the barn were fast asleep as Mr. Beamer began to speak.
"Again thank you all, for coming tonight. Especially I want to thank Charlie and Panthera, for they have traveled the farthest to be with us. Now I believe that we should waste no time, for time is a luxury that we do not have. As you all know evil is now upon us. The only two evil eyes in the world, that truly matter are about to merge. There will be an unlawful death in the near future, and the prophecies that were written by the Ancients well over three thousand years ago, will be set into motion."
Louis's shoulders and head were slumped forwards and downwards, as he listened to Mr. Beamer. Louis then looked over, into Charlie's confident, loving green eyes, for reassurance.
"It will begin, anew" said a somber Mr. Beamer.
Charlie had a look of self-belief on his face
"Being the Librarian of the Ancients Books, and the Keeper of the True Good Book, I have reacquainted myself with the ancient writings of our people. I now truly believe in my heart, that Louis is the re-incarnation of Ramesses II... Ozymandias the Great."
Louis nodded in agreement.
"Ramesses II has, come back to us in the form of this little red-haired boy. All, look towards his face. See the cobalt-blue eyes, the birthmark of Ra...The Eyes of Ra. Ra the Sun God is with us once again.
Louis began to sweat, not good for a sun god.
"Evil and good, must once again dual to the death. Ra must send Petar Deegan-Amduat as he has been called before, back to the Dark-World. It is written that a great battle must once again be fought with the loser going back to the Under or Neither World and the victor will return to rule the sky's above".
Louis wiped the sweat from his forehead. He licked his dry lips.
Mr. Beamer continued.
"There will be a blackening of the Sun by the full moon's passing across its face, in three weeks time. The sun will darken; the skies will go black. The axis of the earth will begin to shift. Great and dark, brooding storms will brew in the skies above. Deep within our earth, molten lava will rise and break our earth's crust.
Earthquakes will precede and follow, and our world will rock in violence as evil takes hold. This has already begun around the world. We have all felt the biting winds, and the small earthquakes from a few days back. Soon time, as we know it will come to a standstill.
All this will come true unless Ra the Sun God is the victor in this great battle. Other evil things have already begun. It started with the stealing of some of our children's minds. Four of our own children are now lost to Petar, and the Eye of Horus. Louis has witnessed this first hand."
Louis lacking confidence at the time being, tried to swallow as his mouth went dry, he could not speak out.
A confident Panthera cleared his throat to speak.
"I have immediate knowledge of this. For I have seen many of our children wandering the earth in search of this new darkness. I have just traveled up from central Asia, and the far eastern territories of China. It is beginning in those far off lands as well, as we, now speak."
Panthera's eyes glowed in a deep-green fluorescent color as he stood in the gas lamps, dim light.
Charlie proclaimed, "I have seen this, for I as well have come from afar to be here tonight. As I was flying high over Canada, Russia and the far northern countryside, I to witnessed children walking blindly in the streets and roads, heading south for Saint Louis. Petar is calling them.
The Eye of Horus is calling them. The toys that were made last year in the North Pole?the power of those toys have gripped the minds of those young users. Now from what Louis told me, earlier today right here in Mr. Beamer's barn, there are trainloads of children arriving daily at the Saint Louis prison.
Louis could not blink.
His fingers and toes began to quiver.
His heart pounded.
"Also I have other grave news. Petar and Big Sal have read the Book of Aka Manah. With this new knowledge, they of the Neither World have taken on even more ambitious plans. It will start with a simple plan at first, for now. For they now hold the plans, and the knowledge to build their own Great Wrapping-Machine.
They will be making and sending out more evil toys to all the children of the world to play with. We will lose a generation of good, and eventually all the good of the world starting with our children's minds and souls" said Charlie as he fluttered his wings to emphasize his point.
"Again from my readings in the ancient books and especially from my readings in the Book of Thoth it clearly states what Charlie says to be true and more so. For you who do not know, Thoth was an ancient god of Egypt: a god from the Middle Kingdom. He was the god of wisdom, time, writings, magic, and the moon. The Book of Thoth is the legendary book, which also contains powerful spells and knowledge. It was once buried with Prince Neferkaptah but is now lays, in my hands."
"Continue on Mr. Beamer. I must know all I can. I must learn all I can of this evil" said a distraught and disheartened Louis.
"I have also surmised from my readings, that the evil that lies within the Eye of Horus and the Eye of Wedjat will be enough to dominate the world. The two eyes when combined together, under the blackened sun of the Egyptian sky during the next full eclipse of the moon, in the Valley of the Kings, will bring Mehan the Serpent back to life, within his full hideousness. There will no recovering of good. Good will no longer exist in the world, if this is allowed to happen.
All will be lost, and our lives will never be the same. We will be prisoners and slaves to dark and evil. Good Light on earth will never reappear. The moon will forever darken our heavens; that is why I now call on?Ozymandia-Ra-Atum-Khepri, the Sun God. Please delve, into The Good Book of Thebes, The Book of Honorius, to find your true destiny, once more.
Louis's cowl-lick began to stand rigid at the back of his head, sending his baseball cap sliding down, over his sweaty forehead.
Louis stood up with the nudging of Charlie's nose squarely planted in his back. Louis approached the dim light of the gas-lamp, stumbling into Panthera. Panthera caught him in one of his oversized paws, setting him back on his feet.
Louis stammered.
"Now let me?get?this?er?straight. I am the re-incarnation of Ra the Sun God. Two evil eyes are loose in the world, and are set on stealing kids minds. There will be earthquakes, mouton lava flows, brooding electrical storms, and children's souls stolen. Moreover, I have three weeks to save the world, or we will live in darkness for the rest of our days on earth. Now I have to read this book here and find the answers to solving all this mess. Is that?all?that I?er?ah?I have to do?"
> "That's it Ra" plainly stated Charlie with a twinkle in his eye.
Louis tried to swallow one more time.
His throat tightly closed, and would not allow it.
He then fussed with his cowl-lick; it would not cooperate.
His red cowl-lick stood at full attention once more.
Fear gripped his heart.
After, placing his baseball cap back on his head, and straightening up his coveralls Louis shook his head up and down, in confirmation of a hard decision that had been made.
"Petar, smetra! Steal my soul will ya. Just try. Being little, and skinny makes me hard to catch. Just try it!"
Charlie, Panthera, Mr. Beamer, and the others assembled in the barn all smiled largely.
"We knew you would take on the great task Louis. You truly have the heart of a lion, and the courage of a charging rhinoceros."
Louis raised his hands in the air in a pawing motion. He roared out, imitating a lion's voice.
"Kids will be kids," said Hattie May as she shook her head back and forth.
Jeremy smiled at his son.
Mr. Belvedere, Baron Von Beck, Mr. Waterwick, and the other Ancients all encircled Louis; and began to thank him profusely. Pats on the back and good wishes were abounding.
"Now what's the plan Mr. Beamer?" asked an innocent Louis, who did not really understanding what he had just volunteered for, or had just said.
Mr. Beamer once again spoke out.
"Well first off you can all call me by my true birth name: since all great truths are finally at hand. My rightful name is Tut-ankh-Amon. Louis, I was once your friend at an earlier time during the Middle-Kingdom?someday you might remember me again. As for your destiny: all you have to do, is let one of the pens of Jupiter Angel Satquiel write your future. Louis I plead with you now to, open the Sworn Book, and begin your fateful journey."
Louis looked about the room once more. All he saw was love, and support, in the eyes of his friends and family. He knew now that the time of talking was over. It was now the time of great and brave deeds to once again be courageously performed in the name of good. Louis stopped his quaking fingers, quailed his beating hearted then commanded his cowl-lick to be seated back on the top of his head.
It was a first for him.
Upon rubbing his hand underneath his baseball cap once more, he was dumbfounded.
"Wow, I've never been able to do that before. It sat down all by its self. I must be growing up."
Everyone laughed aloud.
Tut-ankh-Amon rubbed Louis's head in admiration.
"There's certainly no one in the world like you Louis: that is an undisputable truth.
Again, laughter erupted around the room.
Louis slowly moved forward, towards the Sworn Book lying on the table in the center of the barn. Everyone stepped backwards a few ginger steps to give little Louis all the room he would need. Louis looked over at Charlie, gave a quick wink of the eye, and then placed both hands on the leather-bound cover.
As he slowly opened the book, the pen of Jupiter Angel Satquiel rose above the pages. The book deliberately turned to an empty page at the center of the book. The supernatural pen glowed, a bright color of blue once again, as it hovered.
The pen slowly lowered and began to write:
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