Chapter Two: Surprises

The class settled down after a few minutes of talking to see what Mr. Mendez had to say

"Class" he announced "today we are going on a scavenger hunt, I won't have to tell you where, since this is all based on what we have been studying. the scavenger hunt won't take you more than and hour... so we'll meet back in two hours!" the class cheered, that's why we all liked Mr. Mendez, he was easygoing and fun, for a history teacher that is. I knew immediately where we were headed, Ancient Egypt. I was actually excited for this trip; I could tell Lina was, too.

"Wow! Ter, what do you think we'll be wearing! The anticipation is killing me!" I nodded as I was kind of interested in what we'd be wearing as we'll. As I wondered, Mr. Mendez instructed us on how to put the helmets on correctly. Then he turned on the machine and all went black.

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I opened my eyes to see the bright sun coming through into the building. I realized I was in a bowing position and so I stood erect. I looked up and found we were in one of the palaces of Egypt's many pharaoh's. But which pharaoh are we bowing to? I asked myself. I looked and followed the bottom of a high chair to the top and it was... Mr. Mendez! All my other classmates in the room (as well as myself) were trying to hold back snickers. I looked around for Lina, and found she was standing right next to me.

"This is so cool!" she squealed "we all dressed like Egyptian men and maid servants!" (Think Cleopatra and king) she was right, all the girls had long skirts and short tops, showing their bellies, along with Egyptian headdresses and jewelry. The guys were wearing tunics that came a little lower than their knee, with Egyptian armbands and headband. And all of the clothes were white. Then "King" Mendez spoke

"Your pharaoh commands you to gather the items that have been listed!" he boomed "each pair will get a copy of the list on parchment on their way out! Now go!" again, most of us tried to hold back the giggles as we left but the eventually died down. We passed through the door and got a list of items along with a small sack of coins to barter with. I and Lina got started immediately; she will do anything for a shopping spree.

"What is the first thing we need?" Lina asked

"Gold water pot." I said with difficulty. Egyptian handwriting is the kind where it's kind of too neat to read. As soon as Lina heard she was off to the bazaar to look. And so it went. Lina did all the shopping, and I checked things off the list. When we were done, we dropped off our finds and went to look for something to do.

"Oh! Look Lina! Boat rides! You want to go on the Nile?" I asked excitedly

"Absolutely! We should have enough money left, and if we don't, we'll just put it on Mr. Pharaoh's tab!" she said jokingly. We both laughed at that. As we walked over, we gave the guy the amount he asked for and got on the small boat. I was glad it was small too, because then I could get close to the water. I touched and swirled the water, it felt so real, but it was comforting. Lina was looking back at the bazaar and how wide the river was. The sun was up near noonday, it made the water sparkle so brilliantly, it took your breath away. We looked at the beautiful things we saw in silent awe for a long time. Then it all went black.

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I took off my helmet and replaced my headband when I found we were back in the gym. Lina also had to replace hers because the headbands don't fit under the helmets. Me and Lina walked over to each other and talked about how pretty the view from the Nile River was. Mr. Mendez released us to our next class and so we all left the gym.