Once Upon a Time (2)

When she opened the book -- MAGIC...

She looked around her in confusion

her room gone
the book

GONE

it has intensely hot
and horrible

the wind whipped through the buildings
in this place that felt that an ancient ruin

no

that WAS an ancient ruin
she saw a SCARAB battle crawl up the wall
the wind was cruel
and stung her eyes with sand
as her long red hair billowed around her

....wait...

LONG....RED....HAIR?

wtf?

startled - she grabbed a hunk of it and gave it a tug

shit!

she had LONG RED HAIR!

how the fuck did that happen?

her hair was short and BROWN!

she looked down to discover that she was in some sort of costume
a long tan skirt
with a long jacket
no wonder she was fucking boiling

what a wild hallucination she was having
or a dream
perhaps she was NAPPING

she started to wander and she heard a man call out

"Miss Reeves?"

her head whipped around
Reeves was her mother's maiden name.

A pudgy old man in old fashioned dessert gear rushed up to her
and grabbed her wrist pulling her along

"hurry up girl! -- the caravan is leaving"

Sarah allowed herself to be dragged along
and bustled into an old car

"hurry up Jacqeline - you were almost left here alone -- we must get back to Cairo by nightfall"....