Cairo,Egypt.
8:55
After my flight, I was rather lucky to find an appropriate room for a reasonable amount of money earlier that morning. I knew I needed sleep but I was preoccupied on planning and organizing everything I would do and how I would do it in order not to create any form of trouble or mishap that would endanger my journey. It happened so fast I forgot about a daily necessity called sleep, who sadly became a foreigner since I had the idea to embark on this journey.
I barely slept that night or rather morning. Everything felt so surreal for me. In my 24years of living I have never been this excited about anything.
I knew it was too early to be happy but its not a crime to have hope.
Hope of a better future. So far it was the only thing keeping me sane in my fathers house even if I do not succeeded which I will, this would count as an experience in my work.
Only few people had the courage to travel far and wild just to uncover a myth that could possibly be just a rumor , those who had the the courage to try hardly come back in one piece. It was like they change personalities while they refused to say a single thing about what they uncovered.
Some call it witchcraft while some call it trauma but a well educated elite like myself played no hid to their follies. They where too embarrassed to admit to there defeats.
As early as 6:00 in the morning I was up and ready.
I took my journal, my map and other essential equipment which would be needed later on.
Now, here I am standing in front the pyramid in all its glory.
It magnificent just like I thought. I took out my map heading to the entrance but I stopped and retraced my steps, I needed to think like Cecelia in order for this to work out. According to the legends she hid in the caves under the pyramid and obviously she won't use the front door.
So I went to the back searching for any form of clues or idea that would lead me to something but it was all a waste of time.
The map that was given to me stated how to find her tomb inside the cave but didn't say how I could get inside the pyramid. That made me wonder about the words written at the back of the map
In quo positus sum quia scriptum non est propria verba, in debet inveniri. In Latin (Written in placed what I know but unwritten words should be found on there own.)
Initially I taught they where just words written out and was not to be addressed to a person but now I knew what this person was saying. I searched and searched for hours but nothing and suddenly a man walked up to me.
مرحبا يا صديقي ما الذي تبحث عنه
(Hey, my friend what are you looking for.)
I didn't understand a thing he was saying so I just smiled but suddenly he gripped my arms and said in Spanish.
Finalmente estás aquí, mira debajo de tus pies donde la luna está directamente a tus pies, solo puedes encontrarla de noche.(Finally you are here, look below your feet when the moon is directly at your feet. You can only find it at night).
Only at night,
Only at night,
Only at night,
he said repeatedly. I could not comprehended why he was saying this to me and why he suddenly switched language but before I could question him or even utter a single word he walked away.
Sir, I tried calling him but he paid no heed to my voice or my existence.
I pondered on the issue for a while but my mind quickly averted to my main problem.
I searched for hours and it was already getting late and the sky has turn deeper shade of blue, the star where twinkling with happiness and comfort making me stare at it in awe.
I had no urge to go home but I sat there enjoying the scenery I had this feeling in me telling me to wait and I did just that, I sat there staring at the sky, too deep in thought that I didn't notice my surroundings.
I was alone but in no way felt alone.
The night was brighter than usual and some how the moon looked closer. It was like I could hold it in my bare hands if I just stretched my hands a bit further in the sky.
On initiative I stood up, taking this as an opportunity to search, I looked round the pyramid and still nothing until I saw a foot print glowing at the moon light and I walked closer to it and examined it. I remembered what that foreigner told me and before I knew it I stepped on it.
I don't know what's happening to my body, it was like I was possessed. I did it against my will and surprisingly a gate way emerged from the ground which lead to underground of this cursed place.
I took the stairs and descended downward, as I walked down the stairs, the top of the gateway closed. I intended to run back and get out of this place but there was no possible way so I continued my journey slowly until I met the ground.
To my greatest surprise it was nothing like I had expected the ground where adored with gold and silver, the walls where covered in pure gold. I traced my fingers on the wall and a surprisingly the gold stained my hands and I could only gasp in awe.
I was expecting ruins, broken stones, a place infested in roaches and cobwebs but it was nothing like that, it was perfect.
I looked and the map and realized that it was well organized, I thought maybe I had to solve that puzzle on my own but I never expected it to be this.
I followed the instruction of the map and I found myself going deeper and deeper into the tunnel.
I saw a pile of ruins leading to more ruins and it finally lead to a dead end.
Confusion flooded my mind, the walls held a form of message I couldn't decipher it was written in different language I recognized the Greek which said eyes (μάτια), the other which was written in Latin said sea(mare) but the rest I couldn't comprehend.
Now what kind of connection does eyes and sea have? I looked up again, there's a word connecting those words together. I've come across different and difficult languages which I find very hard to learn but at least I knew how they looked but this particular one I couldn't recognise.
I brought out my journal and searched through it. The words look familiar in a way and that was when I saw it was written in ancient Bulgarian, it says, Into the light and you shall see. I still didn't understand why eyes and sea was placed at the side but that was the least of my problems. The words were plain but had a very complex meaning which I couldn't decipher.
For God sake the whole place is full of darkness, so what kind of light is it talking about! I had no clue so I decided to follow another route and to my greatest surprise the walls behind me began to close.
I ran with all my might but it was already too late and I was trapped in gods know where without any food and little water.
Great!
Just great!