Look, being locked up in a dark room with no light source at all except from a giant cat goddess is actually... hmm... Not bad. As long as she don't lick me every few minutes I'm totally fine with it.

Sorry, where are my manners? My name is Seth Rogers, I'm a 19 year-old teen lived in Phoenix, Arizona. My family is originally from Egypt, yes I'm an Egyptian-American. I have a really, really, tough life. See, my parent got divorced when I was 5, so I lived with my mom every since. There's a thing which I hated called racism. Unfortunately, that's popular at my school. I get bullied or beat up by some random kid just cuz I'm the only Egyptian in the school. I know right? Total racism. But I'm used to it.

I don't even know how did I survived all these years of been called names, beaten, bullied, and laughed at. To be honest, I have to thank those mythology books mom brought me. It really got me into it. Mom has been reading be Egyptian mythologies since I'm in kindergarten, and tell you what, I'm obsessed with it. Cuz why not? I mean, all these stories were awesome and cool, especially the one that mentioned Horus beating the living crap outta Set. But the story I loved the most is about the Sphinx. Because it makes riddles and force you to solve it. I loved riddles, I've been listening to riddles since I was a baby, and was able to make' em at the age of 5, this I found is similar to the Sphinx. So obviously, Sphinx is my life, its riddles from stories and movies kept me alive. As I got older, my mom saw my great intersect in Egyptian stuff and encouraged me to become an archeologist or a mythologist. But... I have a long way to go.

Everything is juts fine and normal until that night, that night when I was playing hero and got hit by a car driving in 50 miles per hour. Don't ask me about whether the driver is drunk or not, cuz I don't care. What I cared is how I woke up in a dark room with no lights in.

So, I was walking home from the library after picking up some books, right when I was about to cross the street, I saw a cat running by. At first I thought it was nothing, but then I saw a car, coming straight for the cat in at least 50 or 55 mph, (Yes I'm good at math) Immediately I dropped the books and lunged towards the cat, covering it with my body. The next thing I knew, I was airborne, feeling the massive pain from my lower body, my vision began to blur, but at the last second I saw the cat running away unharmed. A smile formed in my face as the world blacked out.

(~)

Pain.

Pain.

And pain.

That's what I felt when I woke up. Everything is super dark, like REALLY dark, I can barely see my fingers. Is this hell? I thought as he checked my surroundings, which I later found as something stupid, I'm blind in the dark. But something isn't right, if I'm dead and in hell, how can I still feel my fingers and my body? A ghost don't feel stuff right? That only meant one thing, I'm alive and panicking.

I'm afraid of the dark obviously, I wanted to scream but nothing came out of me, probably too terrified to even squeak.

Suddenly, I heard noises coming from my 6 o'clock, I turned towards the noise, it sounded like snorting. I felt something cold and sharp when I touched my thigh, I grabbed it and felt its shape, and immediately I knew what this thing is: A Khopesh. A sword that were used by the Guards of the Pharaoh back in ancient Egypt, but why do I have one? Did I somehow traveled back in time? I just chuckled at that thought, it's ridiculous.

But at least having a weapon better than having nothing, I placed my Khopesh in a defensive pose as I walked towards the place where the snore is coming from.

The snore stopped once I spoor ached it, it's somehow detecting me. I stopped dead on my way, sweating as hell, I turned my gaze at all the possible location where the noise come from, but nothing came out. I sighed I relief thinking that it was my imagination. But I then saw my shadow on the ground. I felt chills on my back, if there's shadow, then there's a light source. Judging from the position of my shadow, the light source is... Behind me.

I turned swiftly and was met by two glowing orange eyes with dragon-like pupil. I nearly have a heart-attack.

"GAHH!!!" I screamed as I fell on my back, my Khopesh dropped in the floor, the sharp clinging of the metal seemed to startled the creature, in flinched, but kept eye contact with me. I scrambled towards the Khopesh, pointing the blade towards the glowing eyes. Then I heard a female voice, it sounded somehow disappointed.

"Is this how you greet your life-savior?"

I stopped breathing for a second or so, "Who... Who said that?!" I stammered. Then I heard a chuckle, "So you talk, intersecting." Then the chamber I was in begin to light up, I covered my eyes, after been flashbanged for about a minute, I was recovering from the light. And the orange eyes in front of me, no, the creature in front of me... My eyes widened. I rubbed them to get a better look.

"No... No way..." I mumbled. The creature sitting in front of me, is... is a...

"Yes way, strange creature," it said.

Holy shit.... this creature is covered in purple furs, a pair of wings on its back, cat-like legs and tails. I noticed her outfit looked like some ancient Egyptian outfit, I searched through my memories about mythical creature that looked like this one. And I stopped at the thought of the riddle maker.

No.

This... creature right here... right in front of me... Is a living Sphinx. An actual, talking Sphinx.

"Uh... You're... You're the Sphinx right?" I don't know where did that bravely came from, but I asked anyway.

It raised an eyebrow, she looked amused, "So you've heard of me."

"Yeah, of course I do," I said, "you make riddles." Now she looked more amused. I knew what's coming next, riddle time!

"You sound like you're into riddles," she said, "then I'll riddle you. Before we can start, I'm Bast the Sphinx, you?"

"Name's Seth Rogers." I said, sounding proud, "Give it all you've got."

"Here's riddle one: What animal walks on for legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three at night? (This is a famous riddle.)" Bast started, but before she can ask 'what is it', I answered without even a single hesitation, cuz it was too easy, "Humans."

Bast had a surprised look on her face, but it lasted a a brief moment before moving on the the next one, "If two snakes marry, what will their towels say?"

"Hiss and Hers." I said without stopping.

"Only one color, but not one size. Stuck at the bottom, yet I easily fly. Present in sun, but not in rain. Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What Am I?"

"Shadow."

For a good 30 minutes, Bast said at least 40 riddles, but I've heard them since I was little kid, so you can see how easy that is for me. Just like taking a candy from a baby. Piece of cake. But Bast looked frustrated every time I got her riddles right. Finally, after her 80th riddle, she couldn't hold it back anymore.

"How's that POSSIBLE?!" she cried, "I'M THE RIDDLE MASTER!!! HOW ARE YOU KNOWIN ALL THE ANSWERS?!"

"It's easy," I said, teasing her somehow made me happy, I point at my head, "This and some practice." But what happened next is unexpected, she broke into tears.

"How... If anyone can solve my riddles... then it must means that I'm... I'm bad at it..." she cried, "But you solved every of my riddles... then I'm the worse riddle master! No one will like my riddles! My life is done! Finished! Riddle is my life..."

Seeing a Sphinx cry is... quite an intersecting sight, but it somehow made me feel bad. Guilt started to take over me, I sighed and walked over to her, patting a hand on her paw, her fur is surprisingly soft, but... OMG I'm touching a living Sphinx!

She flinched a bit at first, but relaxed as I slowly and gently brushed her furs. Sphinx are half-cat half-lion creature, and I'm a cat lover, so that worked out just fine. To me surprise, she purred. She turned to face me, I looked her in the yes and said, "I'm sorry, but... no offense you really have to update your riddles. And also, I love riddles too, and your riddles is actually not bad for a beginner." That totally caught her off guard.

"You... Love riddles?" she asked, surprised and somehow a bit relieved, "No one has ever told me my riddles were great, and you said my level is only a beginner?"

"Un-huh, my mother used to riddle me every night before I go tp sleep. And yes, you need some new riddles instead o the old ones." I then said something that grabbed her attention, "I can teach them if you want."

"OH PLEASE!" she sat in front of me like a pet cat.

“Uh..." I wasn't expecting the legendary creature in myths to... purr and wiggling her tails like a pet cat, "Ok... so which one you wanna learn first?"

"Riddles about cats!"

"Sure."

(~)

We spend my first day talking about riddles. Bast seemed really intersected about Egypt, which was the place my family are originally from. I found that the Egyptian cultures were somewhat similar to the culture in this world. Bast told me that I'm on a planet called Equus and in this country called Equestria. I'm in the Pyramid of Peril, which is Bast's house. She figured to that her size may not be comfortable for Seth, so she shrinked herself to about 5 foot tall. Almost the same height as the ponies she'd mentioned.

As the night falls, the temperature began to drop. Shit I should've known this, we're in the desert area, and Sahara is a good example. I was shivering from the freezing cold air, Bast noticed.

"Are you well?" she asked, surprisingly her tone sounded concerned.

"Is... is... is the n-night a-a-always t-this c-c-cold?" I asked through the shivers. Next thing I knew was Bast cuddling next to me, expanding her wings to cover me from the cold air. Her wings were massive, just like a cozy blanket. Immediately I felt my eyes were getting heavy, I felt Bast's head nuzzled me on me cheeks. Damn, who knows Sphinxes likes cuddling?

(Third Person POV)

Bast watched as Seth fell asleep, somehow, Bast found that Seth looked cute when he's asleep. She felt something she'd never felt before during her long life, something unexplained from her heart. This feeling a so... strange.

"Night Bast..." she heard Seth murmured.

Bast looked at the sleeping human, suddenly, without any warning, she kissed him lightly on his cheeks, "Good night, my dear Seth."

Unnoticed by both of them, the neckless on Seth's neck; the eye of Horus, is glowing softly in pale blue light. It then formed a hologram of a certain hawk-headed guy with a blue eye and a golden yellow eye. He looked at the human and Bast, before saying softy, "I hope you realize your destiny soon... My son."

Author's Note

A cliff hanger! Here's chapter one! Hope you guys enjoyed it. Never thought that Sphinx has a soft side eh?
(Seth's khopesh)