Seth thought about his parents back on Earth, are they doing well? How did they react to his sudden disappearance? He'd been up for... god knows how long. Bast was up way earlier then him and vanished, leaving a small letter explaining that she has some business to do. Some bread and fishes were left for me, I wasn't expecting this from a Sphinx. According to what I read from the myths, Sphinx aren't friendly, and one small mistake then you'll get gobble up. But Bast is different, WAY different than the ones in the myth.

I decided to play around with my new toy Khopesh, it turned out to be lighter than I thought. At first I thought it was a replica, but after testing it out on a dummy I made with some random junks, it proved that this is an actual Khopesh. But the material that made up this sword is a mystery to me, its not copper because it just sliced through a 70 millimeter stone like a knife through butter, steel won't do much either. And about the fact that this Khopesh just magically appeared hanging from my thigh is the weirdest of all, but I decided to put the questions down and leave it till later.

God knows how long later, I heard wings flapping outside, a giant shadow roamed across the pyramid. Bast landed on the ground, but what shocked me is that she have newly formed battle scars and cuts. And damn she's losing lot of blood. Immediately I rushed forward.

"Jesus! What happened?!" I asked, somehow feeling hurt to see Bast like this.

"Seth, we have to move," Bast said, "now!" She tried to walk towards me but failed due to the cut on her foreleg. She wobbles and was about to fall, but I came in and watched her.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Tell you later, but something not friendly is coming." Bast said, her teeth gritted and hissing from the pain coming from her cuts. I felt my stomach was tied into a knot, seeing her wounded. Who would dare hurt a Sphinx? Well, whoever did this to her is an idiot.

"Can you still fly?" I asked, bast lifted her wings and revealed some cuts and arrows stuck on them, "Not really." she said.

"Can you run then?" I asked, if she's unable to run, or even walk straight, then we're dead. I mean, I do have a Khopesh, but that doesn't mean I know how to use it. Fortunately, she nodded, "Hop on!" Without a second thought, I stepped on her left paw and onto her back.

"Now hold on tight." she said before taking off in an incredible speed, she rammed the wall, causing it to collapse. I was blinded a few seconds by the venomous sunlight and the intense heat, but when I recovered, I heard yelling and battle cries. I turned and saw a few ponies dressed in ancient Egyptian soldier uniform chasing us with spears and Khopeshes. Some forced off arrows, which luckily missed us due to Bast, who's zig-zagging.

"Bast! What did you do?!" I shouted, not on purpose dude to the wind and the yelling behind us.

"Just passing by! And these idiots went mad the moment they saw me!" Bast replied.

Suddenly, an arrow flew straight towards us and impaled Bast's left foreleg, causing her to scream before falling and rolled onto the ground, unfortunately, I fell head-first. I recovered from the fall and saw these manic soldiers approaching Bast, few kept a safe distance, but there's also a few daredevils slowly approaching to my Sphinx friend with raised weapons. One was about to slice it down.

"NO!!!" I cried as I dashed forward, my hand curled into a fist as I slammed it towards the attacker, "GET AWAY FROM HER!!!"

I don't really remember what happened next, but I do recall my fist glowed in blue light. My neckless glowed in blue as well. Suddenly, the cry I let out turned into an Eagle screech. The punch went straight into the attacker with full force, punching a hole through him while sending him into the air with a scream of agony. A huge shock wave blasted the rest away. I huffed and puffed, the glow faded away, I turned to Bast, who's staring at me with widened eyes.

"Bast! You alright?!" I asked with full concern, Bast recovered from the shock and nuzzled me, "It takes more than an arrow to kill me."

I sighed in relief, though I knew Sphinx is a mythical creature and immortal, but it still scared me just watching her got shot. To my surprise, the arrow vanished into ashes and her wounds healed automatically by itself.

"Hey, you never told me you can do that!" I protested, she could've used this healing magic thingy earlier and fly us outta.

She chucked sheepishly, which is quite cute, "Yeah, but I was worried that you'll get caught by those morons, so that thought didn't light up right away." I was surprised that she's worried about me, like she actually cared about me. No one had every treat me like this except my mom. But I put this thought aside.

"Where are we gonna go?" I asked.

"During my way back, I saw an Oasis nearby," she said, "there we'll rest."

"Then what?"

Bast remained silence for a minute or so before replying, "There's something I need to tell you once we hit the Oasis." I raised an eyebrow, she's keeping a secret from me? But I shrugged that thought off, she has her own reason.

She waited until I was on her back before taking off, we reached at least 1,000 feet above the ground, surprisingly, I wan;t feeling suffocated, probably the protection spell she has on me, but since when did she casted it? Not long after we went airborne, I saw something green not far away, it must the Oasis, but I'm not entirely sure, because desert can play tricks with you, such as Mirage. I asked and got a confirmation from Bast, so that is an Oasis, not some annoying mirage, I trust her eye sight.

Bast landed gently, lowering one of her wings so I can slide off. The Oasis has a huge lake in the center, with lots of trees and grass field surrounding it. But there's something off about this Oasis, according to my knowledge, Oasis is somethings rare to find in deserts, but why did this Oasis just popped up suddenly?

I loved water, back when I was a kid, mom would sometimes take me to the public swimming pool, but after a few incidents involving racism, mom decided to build a private pool in the backyard of my house, and there I learned how to swim free style, backstroke, breast stroke, butterfly, drills, and dives. My mom is a national swimming coach, so I learned swimming pretty well with her.

I took off my shirts and pant and dove into the water, I missed the cool feeling of the water, Bast just sit there watching me, I knew why; Cats hates swimming.

But I could tell she's impressed with all my swimming techniques, through her eyes, I could see something different, but I couldn't tell what it is. The way she looked at me; you ever see a mother cat looks at her kitty or a mate? That's the look she's giving me.

(~)

The sunset is beautiful, but nothing is more beautiful then Ba... Oops! Did I said that out loud?! Sorry, off topic!

Anyway, the sunset is amazing.

I was sitting on the tree branch when I felt a wing wrapped around me, it was Bast, she's back to 5 foot again, for she'll crush the tree. She pulled me closer, against her body, I felt her warmth and the softness of her fur.

"Now, about that secret I'm telling you," she said, "you see, you're actually not the first human-like creature I've seen."

This caught me off guard, "What do you mean?" I asked.

Bast sighed, "1,000 years ago, I met another human-like creature like you, he's handsome, muscular, and cool, just like you." she blushed, "Anyway, he told me he ws trapped here. I challenged him to a riddle game, but surprisingly he passed without making a mistake. He said that he lost something in this desert and asked if I can help him, and I did. Turns out that thing is actually his eye ball."

"Wait what?!" I frowned, "Ugh! Gross!"

She chucked, "See that neckless on you? It looked just like that."

I almost fell off the branch, but Bast caught me with her tail, I stammered, "Wha... What do you mean?"

Bast took a deep breath, "Look, I know something about your planet Earth, at least some of it from him. Tell me, is it true that your parent got divorced when you're five?"

My jaws dropped, just how did she know that?! "Ye... Yes."

"Well, your parent isn't really 'divorced', your father just left you for your safety. I'll tell you the truth with a riddle: 'I controls the sky, my eyes were the source of light, I fright my enemies with a screech of pride, I'm the son of a dead man and an angel, who am I?'" Bast said.

I thought about the riddle for a good 5 minutes, thoughts and possible answers came in and out. Until one came. My eyes widened at the possibility, I nearly fell off the tree again, Bast caught me again. "You really should hold on to something." she said, "What is the answer?"

"Lord of the sky, eyes represented sun and the moon, hawk-headed, son of Osiris and Isis..." I froze, no, no, no. No way on Earth... Wait, I''m not even on Earth. No way on Equus is this real. But I have to accept the truth.

My father... is Horus.

As soon as this thought came out, my neckless began to glow in pale blue light like what it did earlier this day. A trail of blue smoke came out of it, then a light beam, it formed a hologram of a hawk-headed god of the sky. He has a pair of two colored eye, brown skinned. buff like a football player, and a Khopesh hanging on his belt.

he smiled at me.

"About time you reveal your destiny. Seth Rogers, my son."

Author's Note

WHOOO!!! Two chapters a day! Here it is.

HUUUUUGE surprise right?