: : Summary : : This happens before and after the mummy. It is a story of meela�s life before she meet Mr. Hafez, the story of how she found out her true identity. Also has Rick, evie, Jonathan, and imhotep.
So many people had walked in and out of Meela�s life that she had grown accustomed to it. There was a time in which she did not let herself get too close to others because deep inside she knew that they would eventually leave her. But with Mohammed it was different from the beginning. He was so sweet and like any other person she had known. Soon after meeting him, she knew that she loved him and that he loved her in return. It was if they were meant to be. As if it were their destiny�
Mohammed sat back on the bed, his head in his hands.
�Oh, why, why do my parents have to do this?�
� Because of them, I have lost the love of my life.
DAYS LATER�
Mohammed was still in an awful state after his last meeting with Meela. She wasn�t doing much better herself. It was now 2 hours before his departure to the middle of the desert where the tribe lived. At that moment he realized that he had to do something before he lost her forever. Anything. He got dressed and went directly to where Meela lived. He knocked a couple of times before he heard a reply from inside. �Good she�s home,� was the first thought that brought his agitated emotions to be calmed.
As she open the door, her eyes widened and a smile ran through her lips, but a realization soon came to her that this was their last good-bye causing the smile to fade away.
�I must speak to you, we can�t�I mean we should not be like this. I don�t want to lose you. I will defy anyone for you because I do believe in our love. I love you.� His mind and words all rambling in the desperation and hope of not losing her. She saw that he was hurting just as much as she was. He stopped talking and waited for a reply from her, but all he got were the tears that began to form in her eyes.
�No, I didn�t come here to make you cry. Please just say anything. Will you come away with me?� She stood there, unable to form any words but at last she ran towards him to escape all the torture of the past days in his embrace. This was followed by kisses which carried the promise of eternal love.
�I don�t want you to disgrace you family, I know that you love me and are willing to give the world up for me. I guess the least I could do for our love is to wait for you while you go through with your duty, I will wait for you.� He became surprised with these words of hers because he knew of her possessiveness towards him. He knew of her past and the way in which she had always felt deserted by others. �Are you sure my love,� said he as he continued to embrace her tighter in a manner of never letting go.
They both agreed of rather promised one another eternal love and also to wait for the other. It was time for him to go and she wanted to see him off, but he refused seeing it as a cruelty to each other�s hearts. They held their good-byes in her house. As the weeks passed Meela received some letters from Mohammed. He would tell her of what he did and at hearing such things as his training and receiving his tattoos always made her smile, yet they also left her feeling lonely at the thought of her love being so far away and enduring hard conditions.
For Mohammed his life had taken a complete turn. Life at the medjai camp was extremely different than his life in Cairo. He thought that because the bonds of being a medjai would be so strong that he and his fellow medjai would be getting along, but there existed so much competition between them that they were not even friends. Because of this he would distance himself from the medjai�s and envelop himself in his letters and love for Meela. One day a senior medjai approached Mohammed. His seniority was shown through the tattoos that he carried in his face yet he wasn�t much older than Mohammed.
�Hello my friend, why have you drifted so far from the camp?� asked the other medjai.
�Oh, am I needed, I am sorry I did not mean to be so far away.�
� It is ok, you are not needed. I just wanted to know why you are so far from your fellow trainees. Let me introduce myself, I must seem rude for intruding your thoughts and not even introducing myself. I am Ardeth Bey.�
This brought Mohammed to his feet. He had heard of Ardeth Bay, but had never before had the pleasure.
�I am sorry my chief, you must think me a fool. I am Mohammed casbik, please forgive, my chief,� said Mohammed bowing his head in respect.
Ardeth began to chuckle at his young friend�s nervousness.
�No, you are no fool my friend. But tell me, why are you so far from camp?� asked Ardeth.
Mohammed sensed that he could trust Ardeth so he soon began to free his soul to his chieftain. Ardeth Bey found comfort in his new friend and each became to trust each other. As the days progressed, their friendship also grew. Mohammed communicated to Meela of his newfound friend.
While she found of this, she became comforted in the thought that her love was no longer so alone. Soon, his letters stopped arriving with frequency and this began to worry Meela.