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The hot Egyptian Sun beat down on all the small children playing outside, hide in seek was their favorite game. The orphans loved to play outside but today was extremely hot! The noon day Sun was out and while they were playing a game they were being lazy about it.
"Atem! Were are you?" A small boy giggled, looking under bushes and inside pots, listening for small giggles. Finally he pushed a pot over and out fell Atem, giggling uncontrollably.
"No fair Yasamet! You always find me!"
"If you didn't giggle so much you wouldn't be so hard to find!" The 8 year old twins giggled together as they roughhoused in the court yard.
"It's your turn to seek Atem!" Yasamet chuckled, sitting up to fix his necklace, smiling as Atem did the same.
"Okay okay brother... I'll count to 50!" Atem sighed as he ran to the tree to count. Yasamet quickly ran off to find the best hiding spot, he was the best at this game, only Atem could ever find him. He found a bush close to the large wall that encircled the orphanage, hiding underneath he sat quietly and waited to see how long it took his twin to find him.
It seemed like hours since Yasamet had hidden, the assistants yelling for all the children to come inside to cool off with some water.
'I guess Atem couldn't find me' he thought with a smirk, leaving his hiding spot to go inside. While drinking some water he noticed Atem didn't come inside, he set the glass down and looked around the room closely. Atem was no where in the building, with a cocked eyebrow he walked over to the caretaker.
"Miss? Where is Atem?"He asked softly, looking up at her scary eyes.
"I don't know rat, let go of my clothes!" She hissed, pushing him away. He growled under his breath and walked away, back outside to search for him brother.
"Atem! Atem, where are you?!" He screamed, looking everywhere for his twin. When he finally made it back to the tree they always counted at he looked down to see Atem's necklace, the other half of his necklace they shared, laying on the ground. He quickly picked it up and looked around frantically.
"Atem! Atem! Please answer me! Where did you go?!" He cried, running back into the orphanage to tell the caretaker.
"Atem is gone!" He cried to her, clinging to her clothes while he cried frantically.
"Finally run off eh? Good, he's nothing but trouble, the desert will see to him. Now let go!" She cursed, flinging him off and onto the ground. He laid there and cried for several minutes, finally getting up and running back outside. He looked everywhere for Atem, screaming for him, but he never got an answer. Hours later as the sun was setting beneath eyes view, with body and throat tired, he went back to the tree and sat down, holding onto Atem's necklace tightly.
"I will find you Atem... No matter what. You would have never left me alone... I promise you my twin, I will search for you for eternity until I find you... or die.." He vowed as he watched the rising moon, his small hand clutching his brother's necklace so hard his nails dug into his hand, blood slid down his fingers onto the perfect sand below.
'I will never stop looking for you' he thought to the stars as tears slid down his face.