Chapter 1

My life has been difficult till now. Being an orphan I grew up with 60 other children in an orphanage run by the government. I never got the love of a family nor was I treated specially.

Being surrounded by so many kids whole day made me specially attached to them. One of those special person was Ila.

Ila was not my sister by blood but we were close. She was older than me by an year and was the first person to love me while we were growing up. We were always there for each other no matter what.

She was pretty energetic since her childhood. Always looking for adventure and getting into trouble.

I can still remember how much ragged she would look when she came back after playing, covered in bruise and sometimes even fractured her bones. It always felt like I was the older sibling. I always scolded her while nursing her injuries, she would just laugh and say 'It's not a big deal Ava'.

We always had the same fight. I still remember the accident she went through when she was 15. There was a great loss of blood from her body and I had to donate mine as it matched hers the best.

She was really troublesome as a kid, and there being no proper guardian made it worse.

But maybe that's the reason she choose her profession as an archeologist. She always had a soft sport for ancient objects.

We decided to share the same house after we were eighteen and we had to move out of the orphanage. Her being an year older didn't help. She moved out a year before me.

It was at that time that she also got her first internship as a student. She had the chance to go to Egypt with a team of very renounced archeologists. They were in search of a painting. I never know why they will spend so much time and effort about a simple painting. The details were not clearly given about the painting. It was only said it was very important.

For a person like me who is in love with Mythology, it caught my attention. I love reading all kinds of Mythology, Roman, Indian, Greek, Egyptian, and many more. Of all those the story of the love Ramses II has for his wife Nefertari was my favourite. The eternal love they had still stands strong on the carving and statues on the walls of the ancient temples. His reign was historical and the most powerful. I sometimes wonder how great Ramses II was to have achieved so much.

Hearing my sister went to Egypt I was really exited. I was ready to gossip out all the details out of her about her trip. But unfortunately that was the last time I saw my Ila. We got a phone call from her team manager informing us about her sudden disappearance. Everything was fine, I even talked to her the night before.

It's been a year since that happened. No one could trace her. The police gave up after three months of searching declaring her dead. There was no one except me who cared, no family, no friends. And that was the time I felt the most lonely.

And now after a year I am sitting here in the last class of my day and I am bored. It's about the different gods and goddesses of Egypt and the origin of their civilization.

I took up Egyptian Mythology as my major for university. Not just because of my interest in it but also with the hope of finding my sister some day.

"Hey, Ava want to go to the library after this?" Lily asked. She has been my desk mate since we started our semester. She is a nice girl but not very close to me.

"Sorry, I have to pack my luggage for the trip and take some rest before tomorrow's flight. You know how it gets when I can't get enough sleep." I gave her an apologetic smile.

I moved into Ila's house after I turned 18. I did my best to excel in all my work and got a scholarship which covers my college fees. I got a part time job for my other expenses.

After being one of the top five students in my university for two semester I finally was selected in the group that would go on a field trip to Egypt for a week. There were a total of 50 students that were chosen for this trip. This was my chance to look into the matter of my sister's disappearance.

It would be the second day when we would visit the place where my sister disappeared. A very famous place to buy ancient objects.

As soon as our class was dismissed I packed my bag and went to the bus stop. I have to stop at the supermarket first and buy some things before I head home and start packing. The extra things are for safety purpose, mainly for dangerous situation.

I brought many things, pepper spray, a small torch, extra batteries, a pocket knife, lighter, some medicines, and many other useful things.

After reaching home I packed all the self defense things and first aid kit in an separate small bag which I would carry every where with my phone and then I packed my other essential things like clothes and other thing in a suitcase.

I was all set and ready to go on my mission for finding Ila. This time I won't loose. She was the only family I ever has and I know that she is alive. In no way am I ready to give up on her. I know it would be difficult, after all it's been a whole year, but I will find her no matter what. There was no stopping me. I know their language so I can use the help of the locals too.

"Let's do it." And with all my confident I am ready to do this.

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