The sound of the beast’s gentle steady neighing echoed in the foggy air. Sahara slowly opened her eyes and gazed at the small creature. It snorted, and then stuck out its tongue at her.

This made Sahara burst out laughing. She preferred to spend her time outdoors, basking underneath the golden sunbeams, while listening to the sounds of nature, or green noise as her beast taming instructor liked to call it.

*SWISH*

‘What was that?’ Her eyes landed on something glistening near the side of the beast’s wooden stall.

Sahara bent down on one knee. She reached for the shiny object, and gasped.

There had been stories passed down through oral tradition. Sahara wondered if these old folks’ stories had not just been made up for the young ones to be at least gentle to those around them— the villagers, including the forest critters, even knowing how to take care of everything surrounding the village- all the natural and precious resources.

Sahara felt a wave of shock pass through her body. Whatever this thing was it definitely was worth holding onto for a while.

Later, after she had sung a lullaby to all the beasts she was asked to take care of during the day, Sahara decided to lightly walk toward the Nile. Once there she sat down by the riverbank, and whistled a soft, steady tune.

As she did so, the amulet in her grass weaved bag began to glow a bright rainbow color. Sahara quickly rose to her feet, and pulled out the amulet from her bag.

To her dismay, the amulet shattered in her palms. But then a female being clothed in Royal garb smiled, and grinned.

 Sahara stared in awe at the being. ‘Hey, surely you must know who I am? Right?’ The being spoke in a booming tone.

Sahara blinked, and shook her head. ‘Nope. Your face looks ancient. Are you a Mummy?’

The being gasped. ‘How dare you? I’m Mench… you silly child!’

Sahara raised her left eyebrow, and sighed. ‘Alright. I must be daydreaming, or sleepwalking?’

Mench snapped her fingers, and whisked Sahara right into a moving chariot. Sahara screamed. ‘Hey….take me back home…right now!’

Sahara closed her eyes, and when she opened them she was back at her favorite chill zone, by the Nile. Mench asked, ‘What in the name of Ra are you kids learning about these days?’

‘How to tame beasts.’

’Ah— okay- but you really should be learning about the ones who created the beasts that you are trying to tame. I might need to have a word with your Minister of Instruction.

‘Back in my day, and time, we made sure to give you humans powerful gifts. From the moment you were born, you had been granted something you could use to make this world a better place.’

Mench continued to lecture on, and on, about how as a goddess she would try to remind the folks of the powerful gifts that they were missing out on. They had not been providing any more sacrifices, and so, these gifts had not been passed down to the ones born during Sahara’s timeline.

Sahara was about to drift off to the realm of dreams when she felt a sharp pinch on both of her cheeks. ‘Ow! What was that for?’

‘Wake up. C’mon. Stick with me kid, and you shall receive powerful gifts!’

Sahara took off running in the direction of the palace. She was ready to call it a day.

Mench yelled out, ‘You can’t escape fate, kid. You were meant to find the amulet, or rather the amulet was meant to find you!’

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#Abandoned #gods ©️ 04.06.2023

Joey is from the city. He is on vacation in the Rocky Canyon. He is around with his friends Bryan and Bobby.

Joey drives a mini red car through the west to the Rocky Canyon. He has switched with one of his friends to drive the car as everyone pushes it to a high elevation. It takes forever to reach the destination, but they make it before sundown.

When everyone goes to a tent and sleeps, Joey decides to roam around the tent to scare his friends. His friends think it is a bear or a wild animal, so Bryan checks outside. It is Joey. Bryan goes inside and tells Bobby that. Both go out and play tag with Joey.

Tired, they sleep inside the tent except for Joey, who sleeps near the lake. He feels his face damp from the bucket of water Bobby used from the lake to wake him up. Joey is furious and plays tackle with Bobby.

Joey walks to the cave with curiosity. He did not see the rock fall on his head, then looked up and down and around. He finds a buttercream-layered rock with layers: brown, yellow, and green. It looks earthy and warm and has rough edges that can cut skin if pierced hard or careless. The inner layers of the rock are soft and organic inside the kind-hearted person.

He grabs it and shows it to his friends in the hot sun. His friends wonder what it can do like flying UFOs or playing catch. Joey says, “I found it. I got to keep it safe and sound. Nobody will hurt the little guy.”

“Does it have emotions?” Bryan confused.

“It is just a rock without emotion,” Bobby snickered.

“It is not funny!” Joey rushed to the car to put the rock in his pants pocket and drove without his friends, who ran after him. His friends kept with him, or they would get lost in the wild and be forgotten. Dangers are all around them.

The rock’s purpose is to protect the wearer from dangers and consequences. It also can be kind to people who were hurt or need something they have not received for a long time. If taken advantage of, the wearer is forced to transform into a rocky outside of his skin to attack the stronger people so the people stop messing with him.

Joey stopped the car and came out to see his friends dehydrated, so he got the water bottles from the car and gave them their drinks. Joey felt the rock’s electrical impulse through a pocket to touch his skin. Either way, Joey was kind to help his friends drink water and be active in the wild.

Both Bryan and Bobby looked at him. They sat in the car, and Joey drove off quietly. He would never abandon his friends in the wild or give up the rock to the animals. The rock sensed it was his choice to do that.

After the vacation in the Rocky Canyon, Joey helped his friends to come out of the car first and put away the supplies in the studio. They were done in thirty minutes, while Joey was the last in the studio.

The crew cheered Joey and his friends back in the studio. Joey needed time alone all of a sudden. He went to his office and locked himself up. He took out the rock from his pants pocket, and there was a hole in the top layer of the rock; he gasped, “What just happened, little guy?”

The voice boomed, “You are the wearer, the chosen one.”

“Little guy, you speak?” Joey squeaked with joy.

“I am not a little guy. I am a deity from the buttercream-layered rock.”

“The one I am holding.” Joey glanced at the rock.

“I am a deity, not the little guy.”

“Okay.”

“Call me a sir.”

“Yes, sir.”

“That is better.”

Knock, knock.

Joey put the rock away in his pants pocket. He saw Bobby open the door and say, “We are celebrating. You have to come and party.”

“I am on my way!”

Bobby went out first. Joey was about to exit his office, and the deity’s voice paused him in the doorway. He said clearly, “I do not want to party.”

Joey tapped the pocket. “I had to go and be with my friends. We are celebrating.”

“Not going,” he said.

“I am going.”

“If you go--” Joey put the rock on the table and exited the office. The voice grunted with anger.

Joey and the crew drank a lot of sodas and partied hard through the night. Until the morning, the rock slapped Joey’s face. Joey woke up suddenly. The rock was angry. He got up to go to the restroom to wash his face and stared into the mirror. The rock beside him says, “You have tasks to do, the wearer.”

“What tasks?”

“Go to your partying area and clean up the mess. I do not want to see a single grain on the floor. You hear me?”

Joey was shocked that he never was told to do that. He thought the crew would help him clean up after the night. He went out to see the mess still on everyone’s sleeping bodies. He woke each one and said, “Let’s clean up.”

“Why not tomorrow?” Bryan was half asleep.

“Do it now!”

“Okay, okay.” Bryan immediately cleaned up the area around him while Joey woke the others to clean. Bobby was the last to wake up and refused to do that simple task.

The voice scared Joey, except for the crew. Joey went to the restroom to hush the rock, which got angrier. Joey grabbed the rock and drove the car to the same spot in the Rocky Canyon. Joey threw a rock and drove back to the studio.

The rock transformed into a giant. It was angry and wanted revenge on Joey for throwing him out for no reason. However, it was night and cold in the Rocky Canyon, so the giant went back to a normal rock with layers and forgot to put revenge on a human being.