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All of the characters in this story except for the ones I have invented are the soul property of Steven Sommers and Universal Studios. I do not gain any profit from this story, it is just for pure enjoyment. So just relax and enjoy the story.
Summary :
I am a true fan of the mummy and I have always wanted some questions answered.
So I decided to write this story. This story starts from the very beginning before the mummy even takes place and it will end with the mummy returns. It takes place in Thebes "city of the living" It starts with Anck-Su-Namun's parents Lemonie and Tucktin and it gives you a little information on Anck-Su-Namun's up bringing and how it all started from the beginning.
Hopefully this story will answer any question's you may or may not have concerning the mummy. But I do hope you will enjoy the story and please feel free to give me you opinion, because inquiring minds long to know.
This is my first attempt at fan fiction I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter 1
In the beginning everything was simple; nothing seemed wrong. There were good things as well as bad things in this world we know. We have all heard the phrase every body has a story to tell, but there are lessons to be learned in this story. It begins in a once great city in the land of Egypt. Thebes "city of the living" Thebes was a beautiful city filled with statues and pyramid's that where as high as the eye could see. The people rejoiced that now…finally the city truly was a sight to be seen and treasured. It was not always this way. Humbha made the city into a wonderful place that it was, but nothing good has ever come easy. He made the city into what it was, but he did not do it with out blood shed. Even though the people have forgotten and his son Remises 1 has maintained the beauty of the city. There are those who remember how it got that way, but as things often do the stories of how Thebes came to be became just that. Nothing more then stories. Before the sun starts to rise… a man; a sculptor began his day. His name was Tucktin and he was unlike any other.
He was different he lived near the pyramid of Ra the sun god, but he did not worship him. Tucktin did not believe in the gods, but in a city filled with temples for several gods this kind of thinking was not smiled a upon not even a little bit. He never told anyone how he felt. In fact the only thing that he respected was the pharaoh. A coarse Remises demanded respect, and those who did not at least fear him would be doomed to a fate much worse then death. He lived on a street that was not two far from the temple of Ra. He went to the temple everyday; not to pray but to see the most beautiful sight in the whole world. As he walked he looked at his surroundings, the houses were close together and sometimes more then four people stayed in one house. The corners where narrow and sometimes the only light there was, was the light from the moon. He knew dawn was near so he wasted no time in getting to the temple. He did this everyday as though it was his job, and in a way he felt it was his job.
When he got to the temple he stood there in front of it for a moment, but then he heard a voice say, "What are you doing here at this unnatural time?" He turned around as quick as he could and he saw a man standing there in the dark. The man stepped out of the shadow's and said, "Tucktin I do not understand you." As soon as he saw him he realized who the man was; it was his friend Gollcok he was a sculptor as well. A smile came to his face as he asked, "What do you mean?" Gollcok looked at him and pointed at the temple as he said, "You do not come here to worship Ra. You come here to see the birth of a new day as though it will be different from the day before." Tucktin knew his friend did not understand and it would be pointless to try to explain it to him, but he was his friend. It would have been rude to treat him like someone who would never be able to understand how he felt about the birth. With a smile on his face he said, "Gollcok, see the birth with me and maybe you will understand." "Understand what?" He said with the sound of clueless-ness in his voice.
By this time the sun was starting to rise and the darkness that filled the sky started to fade. Soon the darkness was completely gone and you could see the statues of the pharaoh's. Gollcok did not know what he was supposed to be looking at so he whispered, "What am I suppose to be looking at?" Tucktin didn't look at him he just pointed at the top of the temple and said, "Look at the tip of the temple. The sun will meet the top of the temple and the birth of a new day will begin." Gollcok looked at him like he was off his rocker but he looked at the top of the temple as though Tucktin was right and he was going to see something spectacular. When the sun's light hit the top of the temple Tucktin said where only Gollcok could hear, "she's coming alive." He didn't understand what he meant by that so he whispered, "What?" At that moment Tucktin knew no matter how much he wanted to he could never make Gollcok understand how he felt. He took a deep breath and said, "the earth; the birth of a new day has begun."
Gollcok did not understand how Tucktin felt and he never would. Tucktin looked at the birth of a new day as something not to be missed, and for as long as he could remember he has always loved sun rises. He would get up early and wait for them and when they came he would say she's coming alive. No matter how many times he had seen it. It was strange because while others were worshiping the gods he was admiring the sun rise. It was strange because no matter how many times he saw it. No matter how many times he said it. He would never get tired of saying "she's coming alive" as though each sun rise was different. What no body else knew was that to him each birthing was different and only he could see it. When the city was finally lit and the temperature was starting to rise Gollcok looked at him and said, "We should go." Tucktin took a deep breath and said, "To day is going to be a wonderful day. Then they both walked away. When they got to work it was nothing different but to one who has never seen it; it was something to be seen.
As far as the eye could see there where blocks of stone everywhere. There where half carved images into some and others where ready for the pharaoh's eyes. Everyone wanted to please Remises. It wasn't that he was hard to please, it was the fact that if he wasn't happy then no one around him was going to be happy. He did not have a problem with killing people for no reason at all. Some of the salves believed that he enjoyed it, but Tucktin never really listen to the stories of the pharaoh. He just did what he was good at, which was carving images into stone. He never complained or anything like that, he just did it. He was very good at his work; he got great pride out of what he did. One day the pharaoh came by unexpectedly and while others were trying to stay calm Tucktin was being calm. The pharaoh looked at all of the statues that were ready to be put up for viewing. He looked at each one of them and said nothing, not one word. When he got to the statue Tucktin had carved he stopped and asked, "Who made this?"
Tucktin didn't hesitate in answering him. He stepped forward and said, "I did my lord." Remises looked at him for a moment and he said, "You are very talented. You will become my head sculptor." Then he walked away. Tucktin thought that would be the end of it, but to his surprise a later that day a man came to him and told him pharaoh was giving him a house. At first when he saw the house he did not want it. It was much bigger then the house he lived in now and it was too beautiful. He wanted to give it back but when he was about to he realized something. When pharaoh gives you something it is wise not to refuse it. So he accepted it with out question because all he had to do was do what the pharaoh asked of him, and in return he would have all the freedom he wanted. Before he got on the Pharaoh's good side he was a kind and humble man, but soon after he came aware that he could have all of Egypt's pleasures he changed. From this day to that and it happened so suddenly that no one even notice that he was no longer the same man until he started acting like there where no rules for him…well no rules except for the rules Pharaoh made any way.
He spent his days working on the statues that made Thebes so wonderful and at night he spent his time doing whatever he wished with the courtesans. But soon he got tried of that mode and desired a wife but he didn't want to find one so he decided to buy one; which this sort of thing was often done in these day's. He went to all of the places one goes to buy a woman but none of them caught his fancy. One day he decided to go to the market place. Market places in Thebes where long streets filled with people selling everything you could possibly want. When he got to the market he made his way through the crowd to the stand where they sold fruit. When he walked up to the stand he was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't crowded. Without thinking twice he walked in. When he was about to leave he saw a beautiful girl walk up to the stand. Her beauty stopped him dead in his tracks; she was so beautiful that he couldn't help but stair at her. But he made sure she didn't notice him staring. When she left he had to find out where she lived so he followed her. She lived two blocks from the market place and her house wasn't very nice.
It was clear her father wasn't on the pharaoh's good side or bad. Tucktin stood there out of the way looking at the young girl's house for a few moments then he left. The girl's beauty haunted him like a bad dream that refused to go away, and soon she was all he could think about; even the passion he once had for sculpting was over taken by her beauty. It was clear something had to give, so one day after he had finished his day he went to a man who lived not to far form the girl's house. When he got to the man's house he knocked on the door twice. A few seconds later the door opened and a man said in a mean voice, "What do you want?" He looked at Tucktin up and down and with one glance he could see he wasn't from around his neighborhood. He was dressed like a man who held a position at the palace. Then he paused for a moment and said, "Excuse me my lord I thought you were someone else, come in…please." Tucktin didn't hesitate in going in and when he was in side the man closed the door. The man looked at him and said, "Have a seat and tell me what I can do for you." When he sat down on the chair that wasn't too far from the door he took a deep breath and said, "I heard you are in the business of finding out things, is that true?" The man looked at him then he grab the other chair that was also by the door and said, "Yes…yes it is true for you my lord. But tell me what can I tell you?" Tucktin didn't beat around the bush he just looked at him and said, "There's a girl who lives a few houses down from you. I want you to tell me about her."
The man looked at Tucktin and said, "I'm sorry my lord, but there are a lot of girl's who live not too far from me. I will need you to be clearer." At that moment Tucktin realized that he couldn't be clearer because he didn't know anything about her, but he could show him where she lived. So he stood up and said, "I can show you where she lives. Would that help?" The man looked at him and rubbed his chin as he said, "I can't really say but that's a good place to start." "Good then let's go." Tucktin said in a pleased voice. The man wanted to say something but then he thought about what would happen if he refused to help a man who was in the Pharaoh's favor. So he said, "Ok" When they were about to walk out the door he said, "Oh! By the way you can call me Pockcen." But Tucktin could have cared less what his name was because all he could think about was the girl. As they were walking down the street Pockcen started to wonder why Tucktin wanted to find out about this girl so bad. Then it hit him that he didn't know his name so he asked, "Since it appears I'm going to be working for you. I was wondering what should I call you my lord?" "Tucktin" he said without even turning around as though Pockcen wasn't even worth his time. When they got to the house he saw the girl go in he stopped and said, "Here, I saw her go into that house." Pockcen looked at the house up and down then he said, "I know whose house that is. That is the house of Foncu, he is a fisherman. Now that I have seen the house I know of this girl you speak of.
My lord I will tell you everything you want to know for 40 pieces of gold." The price was high but Tucktin didn't care he wanted the girl. So with out a hint of hesitation he said, "Done, now tell me everything you know." Pockcen glanced at the house then he looked back at him and said, "Well, the young girl you speak of is his daughter and she is a sight for sore eyes." "So Foncu is a fisherman?" Tucktin ask as his eyes got smaller as though he was angry at someone. Pockcen could see he had peaked Tucktin's interest so he said, "and then some" Tucktin didn't know what he meant by that so he asked, "What do you mean?" At first Pockcen wasn't going to tell him about Foncu but then he thought if Tucktin is willing to pay 40 pieces of gold for information on Foncu's daughter. How much would he be willing to pay for information on Foncu? So he took a chance and said, "I told you I would tell you everything you wanted to know about the girl but information on her father will cost you extra." Tucktin's eyes got as big as they could then they got small and again as he said, "So it is true you are a rat." Pockcen smiled a little but then he said, "Me a rat? My lord I speak the truth." "You speak lies, but unfortunately there are truths within those lies. So I have no choice but to pay your price. Tell me what is your price for information on her and anyone connected to her?" He paused for a moment then he said, "60 pieces of gold" Tucktin wanted to tell him no but his mind was no longer his own. So he hesitantly said, "Done"
Pockcen smile and said, "Well, Foncu is a good fisherman but he's a lousy gambler." "How much does he owe and who does he owe it too?" Tucktin said with a smile on his face. "That I do not know but I do know this…the person he owed did not have the means or the will to collect by any means necessary. So he sold his debts to the Pharaoh for 350 pieces of gold." Pockcen said with a slight frown on his face. Tucktin liked what he was hearing so he said, "So the Pharaoh has his debt now?" Pockcen smiled and said, "Yes and the Pharaoh does not lack the will to do what is needed to collect what is owed." "What has the Pharaoh decided?" Tucktin asked. "I have not heard anything about his decision and I believe he has not yet made a decision." Pockcen said with sureness in his voice. Tucktin took a few steps backwards and said, "It want be long before he makes a decision, but how can I affect his decision?" While he was thinking Pockcen looked around to see if anyone was listening to their conversation then he took a step towards him and said, "I do know you are in the Pharaoh's good favor." Tucktin looked at him and said, "What do you mean rat?" Pockcen said, "My lord I do not say this in the hope to get more gold from you because 60 pieces of gold is quit good for what I have to tell you."
"Speak" Tucktin said with a smirk on his face Pockcen took a deep breath and said, "Well, I do know the Pharaoh favors you among all of the other sculptors." "And what is you point?" Tucktin said in a fed up voice. Pockcen continued to say, "My point is this …my lord you could ask the Pharaoh what his decision is and then you could tell him that you wish to marry the fisherman's daughter. Since he favors you he might not refuse." What he was saying got Tucktin's mind wondering that maybe he was right, but the pharaoh wasn't in the habit of giving away things even if he liked the person who was asking him for it. So he looked at Pockcen and said, "The Pharaoh is not going to just do me this favor without getting something in return…he's not that nice." Pockcen didn't say anything he just smile then he said, "True, that's why you could pay Foncu's debt off and if you do that then you would be able to do what ever you wanted with Lemonie." So from the rat speaks my salvation and who is Lemonie?" he asked as quietly as he heard the name.
Pockcen realized that that he forgot to tell him the girl's name so he said, "Forgive me my lord; I forgot to tell you her name. Foncu's daughter's name is Lemonie." "What a beautiful name." Tucktin said under his breath. Pockcen said, "What was that my lord?" "Nothing" Tucktin said" In a attempt to cover up the fact that he was infatuated with the young girl. Then he said, "Is that all you have to tell me?" "Yes, and all of it is true my lord?" Pockcen said as he bowed his head. Tucktin looked at him in his eyes for a moment then he said, "We shall see." Then he walked away and when he got home all he could think about was Lemonie. He thought about what Pockcen said about the Pharaoh and would it work. He thought about it all night then when morning came he decided to go for it. He didn't live too far from the palace so it didn't take him long to walk there. When he got to the doors there was a man standing there he was the one who let people inside the palace doors. When the man saw him he said, "Hello, Tucktin." Tucktin smiled and said, "Hello. I would like to talk to the Pharaoh…is he free for a brief conversation?" The man looked at him and said, "Let me see" He picked up this huge book from the ground and opened it then he gazed at it for a few moments; then he looked up at Tucktin and said, "The Pharaoh can give you five maybe ten minutes but that's all." Tucktin smiled and said, "I'll take them.
The man paused for a moment then he said, "Ok, just wait here and I'll tell him you're here." Then the man went to the two Hugh doors and knocked then without any warning one of doors opened and he went in. Then it closed behind him. It wasn't long before the door opened and he came out. He said, "The pharaoh will see you now, but be brief he does not have all day to listen to you speak." Tucktin bowed his head then he said, "Thank you" and he walked into the palace. When he walked into the palace it wasn't anything different about it. It was beautiful as usual and the doors were as tall as an elephant's eye. He knew he didn't have a lot of time with the Pharaoh so he didn't waste any time in walking into the room where he was. When he passed by the last room before he got to the Pharaoh he saw all these women. The minute he saw them he knew what they were. They were the pharaoh's concubine's, they were very beautiful. But none of them liked each other. When he got to the room he knocked and then he heard a voice say, "Who is it?" he had done this several times so without hesitation he said, "it's me my lord, Tucktin. " Then as quickly as he sad his name he heard the voice say, "Come in I been waiting for you." He pushed the door open and walked into the room when he was in the room he saw the Pharaoh sitting in a chair. Then when the Pharaoh saw him he said, "Ah! Tucktin it's good to see you. Now tell me what can I do for you?"
Tucktin walked towards him and when he was a few feet from him he stopped and said, "Well, my lord I would like to buy someone's debt from you." The Pharaoh didn't say anything at first he just looked at him, but then he said, "What need do you have for someone's debt?" Tucktin smiled and said, "My lord, it is not this person's debt that gains my interest it's… well let me explain. You have the debt of a fisher man named Foncu. I would like to buy his debt from you." The Pharaoh looked and then he asked, "Why?" "Quite simply I wish to marry his daughter." The pharaoh laughed and said, "So you are willing to pay off his debt not to save him from slavery, but to marry his daughter" "Yes, my lord." Tucktin said in a very humble voice." The Pharaoh got up from the chair and started walking towards him then when he was close enough to touch his shoulder he said, "So be it Tucktin I have no use for his debt or his daughter…you may have them both." When he heard that he couldn't help but smile because Pockcen was right, and all he had to do was give Foncu his terms…his freedom for his daughter. If he disagreed with the terms then Tucktin would do what the Pharaoh was going to do, which was in slave him until he worked off his debt.