After being out in the community with my advocate, I went to the office in my neighborhood. I do chores for a woman named Lisa. I water the plants, sweep the office porch, and clean the bathrooms that are connected to the swimming pool. Well, the office and the swimming pool ARE connected. After my chores were done, I got $5.00 as my pay. Then I went to the bamboo woods in my neighborhood to get offerings for King Tutankhamen and the Egyptian gods. Where I give offerings to them is in a large thicket in the corner of the neighborhood. As soon as I put down the offerings, a ghostly figure appeared right in front of me. It was the spirit of a young, ancient Egyptian man. "Greetings, Kaede. I am the great king Tutankhamen. It's time for your very first journey. I need you to save the worlds of Earth, Auldrant, Aselia, and Zalula from the Hyskos. They've scattered my treasures around the worlds," said the Great Spirit. "I accept your requests, but I can't do them alone," I said, bowing with one knee on the ground to the pharaoh's spirit. "Don't worry, you'll find a party," he said, fading away and purposely leaving behind a golden ring floating in midair where his chest was. Then the ring came floating towards me and it landed into the palm of my hand. "Your majesty, what is this?" I asked the pharaoh's spirit. "It's my Divine Ring. It will allow me to channel my power along with the power of the Egyptian gods. Please accept this ring as a gift. It might control you," King Tutankhamen said. I immediately put the ring on and I heard a voice in my head. It was the great pharaoh's voice. "Kaede, can you hear me?" the voice said. "I hear you, your majesty," I responded. "Good. When you've gathered up a party, come to my tomb," King Tutankhamen said. I went home for the day and told my family what happened. I live with my mom, my older brother, and my pet cat, Tutanhotep (which means "image of piece" in ancient Egyptian). Tutanhotep was a solid black cat with short hair. On Saturday after lunch, I decided to go for a walk around the apartment complex I live in. Very soon I heard people screaming and sirens from police cars. I ran to see what was happening. There were police cars, cops, an eye witness news team, and 12 people laying down in pools of their own blood. Most of them were possibly dead, but all of them looked seriously injured! I saw some damage done to the complex. A dinted dumpster, knocked down palm trees, a broken window, and 3 smashed cars. I was shocked! "What's going on?!" I cried with fear. I felt my heart racing and I began to twitch my eye. "Young lady, watch out!" shouted one of the cops. I saw the camera man from the news team point the camera quickly towards what was behind me. I was confused. I almost had a chance to turn around to see what was behind me, but I was too late and something grabbed me from behind with large, monster-like arms. I got so scared I screamed. I quickly got a pocket knife out of my pocket and stabbed whatever the Duat's behind me. When I stabbed it, it let go of me. When I turned around, I saw a HUGE, strange-looking monster! It had an octopus-like head. "Stay back!" I shouted to the monster as I backed up, pointing my knife towards it. Then a man with shaggy, dark red hair and purple clothes ran in front of me, drew his sword and attacked the monster. The monster fell down and got back up. A cop pulled out a gun and shot the monster straight in the head. The monster dropped dead. Then a man looked closely at the monster's corpse and found something. It was a shiny blue orb. "An exsphere," said the man. I was surprised. "Dear Gods," I said. I was scared as Duat. Then I noticed the camera pointing towards me and the man. I also saw Lisa sobbing about the damage. The anchor woman came up to me and the man. I really couldn't believe that the man actually saved my life. "We would like the people who attempted to save the neighborhood to speak," said the anchorwoman, holding the microphone up to me. I blushed. "Well, um…My name's Kaede Ennead. I was taking a walk around this neighborhood until I heard people screaming. I went to see what was happening. Then this huge monster grabbed me from behind and I stabbed it with my pocket knife. When I turned around, I saw this hideous thing! I got so scared I backed up," I said. "Then this handsome man came to the rescue," I said, referring to the man in purple. He smiled and the anchorwoman held the microphone up to the man. "My name's Kratos Aurion. I was also taking a walk in this lovely place until I heard what was going on. I knew I had to do something when I saw this young lady get attacked by that monster. I just had to help her because she's small and I don't think she can fight off those kinds of monsters on her own," said the man in purple. I didn't know what else to say. Then Lisa and the cop who shot the monster came in front of the camera. "Thank you so very much for saving Kaede's life and for attempting to save the neighborhood," Lisa cried. "Oh. It wasn't just me who attempted. It was also little Kaede who attempted to save the neighborhood and the cop who killed the monster," Kratos said. The cop blushed and gave me and Kratos his praise. I also blushed. "I would like to show this to you," Kratos said, holding up the blue orb. "This is an exosphere," Kratos said. And he explained what an exphere is and does. He also said that he had a wife named Anna that turned into the kind of monster that I encountered in my neighborhood. "I'm so glad that you, Kratos, and Kaede had stopped the monster," Lisa said to the cop. Soon we heard more sirens. "Oh, here come the ambulances," said the cop. The ambulances came and cleaned up the bodies, including the monster's. Lisa was still crying. "Don't worry, ma'am. This place should eventually be fixed up," Kratos said, putting a hand on her shoulder. I was pretty upset about the damage, too. I got teary-eyed. Then I felt Kratos gently grab my hand. "Kaede, we need to talk," he said. I blushed again and my tears went away. "Is this going to be a private conversation," I asked. "Yes. We should talk in a place where we won't be disturbed," Kratos said. "How about in the laundry mat? It's probably one of the most undisturbed places in the neighborhood," I suggested. "Alright. Kaede and I will have a talk in the laundry mat. I'll be sure to take her home afterwards," Kratos said to everyone. I walked him to the laundry mat and went inside. I also closed the windows because they're open for most of the time being. "Okay, Kratos. How'd that strange monster get into my neighborhood?" I asked. "There must be a Desian ranch or something like that nearby," Kratos said. Then he gave me the orb he found, which was the exsphere. "Exspheres are made from human lives. The monster we encountered must have been a victim of exsphere research," Kratos said. "But this is pretty. Why would they turn human life into such a thing?" I wondered, referring to the exsphere, looking at it. "It's what the Desians did to humans," Kratos said. Curiosity was getting the best of me. "What's a Desian?" I asked. "A Desian ranch is a place where Desians turn humans into monsters. And a Desian is someone who tortures and kills humans. They implant exspheres into the hands of humans and remove them to turn them into monsters, just like the one you were attacked by. Desians were also half-elves because they were discriminated against for some reason," he said. "But have you ever heard of Adolf Hitler?" I asked. "Adolf Hitler?" Kratos asked. "Yeah. He was a leader of a cruel group called the Nazis. Hitler not only hated the Jewish. He hated Romani people, the disabled, and the mentally ill. I assume he was a real psychopath because of his violent temper and his suicide. I bet the Desians were very much like the Nazis," I said. "I guess so," Kratos said. Then he told me how he and his friend, Yuan betrayed an evil angel named Mithos Yggrasil. Then I told Kratos how I betrayed Satan, the Devil (even though I'm still a demon). I also told Kratos about the quest that the pharaoh gave me. "Kaede, you can't defeat the Devil all by yourself, but it might be up to you," Kratos said. I let out a sigh. "Do you want to go home?" He asked. "Yeah," I exhaled. "Do you live here?" He asked me. "Yes. I do," I said. Then when I led Kratos to my apartment, the news team saw us. They wanted pictures of us. I noticed that all of the bodies that were laying down in blood and the monster's body were gone. I guess I'll call the kind of monster that I found in my neighborhood an exsphere monster. After our photographs were taken, I took Kratos to meet my mom. The team already photographed the cop that killed the exsphere monster. Mom and Kratos talked and he told her what happened. After Kratos walked away after his conversation with mom, I went inside and stroked my cat. Most times I prefer creature comfort over human/humanoid comfort. I was still scared from all the chaos.