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Sekhmet, the god of destruction, was walking down the street on a nice sunny day. Suddenly, a snake came up to him and started talking to him. “Who are you. Did you have a nice day?” The snake asked. Snakes had never talked to Sekhmet before, so Sekhmet considered this to be a good omen. In the middle of a conversation, people started laughing at him. “Why are you talking to a snake? People asking while laughing at him.” Suddenly, the snake turned to Isis. “This is revenge for ruining my kingdom.” Said Isis. Isis stalked away, Sekhmet, angry and humiliated, walked away as well. Sekhmet wanted to destroy something in anger. He also wanted to get revenge at Isis. he wouldn’t destroy something small, like usual. No, he would destroy something big. Suddenly, Sekhmet got an idea. “Why not destroy the earth?” He thought Yet destroying the Earth was too big a feat for Sekhmet to accomplish. Only strong magic could destroy the Earth, and the only person to accomplish such a feat was Isis. Sekhmet knew that Isis would never help him. The only way Isis was to destroy Earth was making her angry. And the only way to make her angry was to steal something very dear to her. The only thing that was dear to her now other than …show more content…
She could do anything with magic except use it in the Red Pyramid, for that is an enchanted cave where magic can’t be used. She had to retrieve her son back, She decided the only way to get her son back was by threatening Sekhmet. Isis had an army, It was not any powerful army. It was a very powerful army filled with gods that have the power of water all the way to fire. With that type of army, Sekhmet was sure to lose this fight. Isis brought only 5 from that army to fight. The gods she took with her were Amun, god of creation, Ra, the god of sun and radiance, Shu, the god of wind and air, Wadjet, the god of protection, and Geb, the earth god, Together, the gods would save Horus and the

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