Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh, if I did, Yami would be mine, Malik would
belong to my best bud, Rei, and Bakura would belong to Schala... that is, if
I owned Yugioh. Alas, I don't, so I'm stuck with my bishie pics... *drool* I
do own Maria. Rei belongs to ...Rei, Millie chi owns herself, Charlene
belongs to Oni, and Khalid belongs to me.
YSF: ^^; I had forgotten to change the rating so this got deleted...If you wanna be in it, just ask
A/N: what do you get if you cross me, my obsession for Yami Yugi, my obsession for ancient Egypt, sugar, boredom, and a computer for me to type on? This messed up fic that I thought of. Yami is Yami Yugi, and Bakura is Yami Bakura.
Yami: *sigh* it's not messed up.
Bakura: stop degrading yourself, YSF.
YSF: true, I dunno, I think it's odd.
Yami: but people reviewed.
YSF: you're right! I would love to thank Rei, Millie chi, Oni, and Millennium for reviewing. Millennium, I wanted to put you in sooo badly, but you said you wanted to be a palace person, so I left you out till next chapter.
Summary: Maria is a dancer, and not the richest one either, but what happens when she falls for the prince?!? Will she find some way to be with him, or will her dreams come crashing down?
'Blah' - thoughts
"Blah" - talking +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+
As the sun, also known as Ra, started rising into the sky, his rays fell through a window onto the face of a sleeping girl. She was a beautiful girl with long, lush, silky, brown hair and blue eyes that usually sparkled like sapphires. When the rays hit her face, Maria woke up and started dressing for the day. It wasn't much, just a simple, worn dancer's outfit.
Maria sighed to herself as she noticed a new hole. 'Darn it, I am out of thread,' she thought taking down her savings jar. Looking into it, she noticed that there were only a few debens left. "Why must I be so poor!" she cried as she put it back. Grateful that the hole was on the knee, she decided to fix it later. Walking out of her small house, she spotted one of her best friends waiting for her.
"Millie, how are you?" asked Maria.
"I'm fine. Do you think that we'll get enough money today?" asked Millie. Millie was a sweet and cute girl with dirty blond hair and gray eyes.
"I hope so, I'm almost out of money and the rent is due soon on my house," sighed Maria, "Let's forget about it and go dance, okay?"
"All right!" laughed Millie walking beside her friend. When they got to the market place, they saw it was very busy. Looking at each other, they made their way to a stand.
"Maria! Millie! Have you heard the news?" asked the merchant as he gave them each some bread and an apple.
"Why don't you enlighten us, Khalid," said Maria, biting into the apple.
"Well, some heralds came through the town a little while ago, and announced that the Pharaoh and his son will be passing through this area on the way to the palace tomorrow!" said Khalid.
"Hmm, you don't say... Maria! This is the perfect opportunity to get some extra cash today!" squealed Millie.
Maria had to laugh at Millie 's sudden bubbliness. "All right, we'll split up and meet back here later as usual, okay?" asked Maria.
Millie nodded and darted off. Maria just smiled and went off in the opposite direction.
Later...
Maria and Millie met up at the end of the day in front of Khalid's stand. "So Millie, how 'd you do?" asked Maria. In response, Millie grinned and pulled out a handful of debens.
"I did okay, and you?" asked Millie.
Maria pulled out her change bag and dumped its contents. "Not too bad, I have enough to pay rent, and enough to buy food and more thread," said Maria. Suddenly she shrieked, causing Millie and Khalid to start laughing. Whirling around, she ended up staring into a set of chocolate brown eyes that were fringed with white hair. "Bakura! Why must you sneak up on me and touch my skin with your cold hands?" gasped Maria trying to slow her racing heart.
"Because I can," smirked Bakura and hugged Maria. After releasing her, he hugged Millie too. "Besides, I heard the word food," he said laughing, "got any?"
Khalid laughed and threw him an apple. "You should earn your food, and not mooch," he said.
Bakura stuck out his tongue and turned back to Maria. "So, did you guys hear about the Pharaoh?" Seeing the three nod, Bakura smiled. "And to think that I used to inform you three on things," Bakura stated, causing them to start laughing.
"Well, I have to get going, Bakura are you coming with?" asked Maria once the laughter died down.
Bakura shook his head. "Not tonight, Rei is waiting for me, I promised her that I'd be back."
"Okay, see you tomorrow then. Tell your sister that I said hi," said Maria walking off. When she got home, she took off her outfit, got ready for bed, and started patching up her dancing outfit with the thread she bought. Once that was done, Maria went to a cupboard and pulled out a little bundle of white material. Unfolding it, she held up the almost completed dress to see where she had to continue. 'This dress is why I almost went broke. But I need a nice dress for a special occasion,' Maria thought fingering the somewhat fine linen. Normally the linen that she bought was rough, but this was a finer material.
After a few hours, Maria finally finished the dress. Folding it back up, and putting it on a chair for tomorrow, she finally fell asleep. In the morning, Maria got up, picked up the dress and some soap, and went down to the Nile to wash. When she got there, she saw Rei, Millie, and another of her friends, Charlene, already there. As Maria got into the water, she heard Rei say, "We better hurry up, the Pharaoh and his prince will come through soon."
"Don't you mean in a few hours? Ra has barely started the second hour of his journey," stated Charlene. Charlene was the kindest person, and yet tough and sarcastic at times. She had beautiful brown eyes and raven hair that gleamed in the sun.
"Obnoxious twit," mumbled Rei and paid for it by getting splashed.
Once everyone was clean, they got dressed and started working on their hair. Maria just combed her hair and put it up into a ponytail. Charlene, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky.
"I can't get my hair to stay!" Charlene growled as her black hair refused to stay in a braid. Millie just laughed and helped her pull it into a ponytail. Once everyone was set, the four girls set off to the market place to get a good spot.
Maria had to gasp. The market was already teeming with life. Finally finding a spot, the girls stood to wait for the Pharaoh's arrival. They didn't have to wait long, before they saw some horses come into view. In a second, the horses came close enough for the girls to be able to see the riders. On the first horse (a chestnut), the Pharaoh rode tall and proud, staring straight ahead, and directly behind him, mounted on a beautiful white horse rode the prince. Maria's eyes widened when she saw the prince. He was nothing like she had heard of him. The prince had unusual magenta and black hair which spiked and had yellow lightning bolts running through them, sharp, yellow bangs, and crimson eyes that swept from side to side, observing the villagers with a sense of curiosity.
Suddenly Maria stiffened as he locked eyes with her. As he rode on, she noticed that the prince turned his head ever so slightly as if to keep her in his vision. As the prince disappeared from site, Maria watched the priests ride by without any enthusiasm. As the last rider passed, Maria felt cold hands place themselves on her arms. Snapping out of her daydream, she shrieked, causing Millie, Rei, and Charlene to start laughing.
"Bakura!!! You know I hate that!" snapped Maria as she glared at him.
"But that what makes it so much fun!" pouted Bakura.
"Anyway, why were you looking at the prince like that?" asked Charlene.
"Maybe because she is in..." started Bakura.
"LOVE!" finished Charlene, Rei, and Millie laughing their heads off.
"Oh shut up, all of you," mumbled Maria.
"Oh, stop being so serious, we're just having fun. Besides, he will never notice you; you're a commoner just like the rest of us. You'll never get a chance!" said Bakura calming down enough to talk. Unfortunately, his words landed on deaf ears. "Hey, where'd she go?" he asked.
"Well, when you started saying that, dear brother, she walked away. I think you offended her," said Rei in a dull voice.
"But how? I was just telling her the truth. Sure it sounded a bit harsh, but I didn't expect her to take it so hard," said Bakura.
Rei just sighed and walked off. "Come on, let's go home," she said, "I think you did enough damage for one day."
Later...
Yami walked into his room, flopped face down on his bed, and let out a muffled sigh. The day had been exhausting, parading through town, and then attending a welcome back dinner where he was bugged to choose a wife yet again. He hadn't even been able to sneak out of the palace, his father had made sure of that.
"Why must my life be so boring and proper?" he asked his kitten, Kikku. Kikku just mewed and snuggled up to him as a response. Yami took it as a good enough answer and fell asleep.
Maria entered her house sadly. Sure Bakura was right, but he didn't have to be so mean about it. He could have kept his mouth shut.
"I was right, my life is unfair. I don't see why people have to scorn us just because we are a lower class than them," Maria said to herself. Sighing, she fell into a fitful sleep.
The next day Maria woke up, not to the sun shining on her face, but to a terrible howling. Looking outside the window, she groaned when she saw the sand swirling by her window.
"I can't go dance in this! There will be no one out!" sighed Maria going to her food basket for some breakfast. Seeing it empty made her scream in frustration. 'I guess I do have to go out in this because I was stupid enough to forget to buy food yesterday,' she thought bitterly pulling on a cloak. Walking out of her house, she was almost blown backwards from the wind. Sighing in annoyance, she started battling her way to the market. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
YSF: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Yami: what is it this time?
Bakura: seriously, what is it?
YSF: *sobs* It turned out angsty! It's not supposed to be angsty!
Yami: *sigh* you are hopeless.
YSF: Like they say in Bethford, "Shattap!" I like the semi cliffy that I left it at, if I had gone farther, I wouldn't have been able to stop.
Bakura: *eye roll* lucky us.
YSF: oh yeah, read, review, and you get a cookie delivered by your favorite character. You just have to tell me who. Thanks again to Rei for annoying the hell out of me to get this up. I couldn't have done it without you. BYE!!! ^__^;;;
YSF: ^^; I had forgotten to change the rating so this got deleted...If you wanna be in it, just ask
A/N: what do you get if you cross me, my obsession for Yami Yugi, my obsession for ancient Egypt, sugar, boredom, and a computer for me to type on? This messed up fic that I thought of. Yami is Yami Yugi, and Bakura is Yami Bakura.
Yami: *sigh* it's not messed up.
Bakura: stop degrading yourself, YSF.
YSF: true, I dunno, I think it's odd.
Yami: but people reviewed.
YSF: you're right! I would love to thank Rei, Millie chi, Oni, and Millennium for reviewing. Millennium, I wanted to put you in sooo badly, but you said you wanted to be a palace person, so I left you out till next chapter.
Summary: Maria is a dancer, and not the richest one either, but what happens when she falls for the prince?!? Will she find some way to be with him, or will her dreams come crashing down?
'Blah' - thoughts
"Blah" - talking +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+
As the sun, also known as Ra, started rising into the sky, his rays fell through a window onto the face of a sleeping girl. She was a beautiful girl with long, lush, silky, brown hair and blue eyes that usually sparkled like sapphires. When the rays hit her face, Maria woke up and started dressing for the day. It wasn't much, just a simple, worn dancer's outfit.
Maria sighed to herself as she noticed a new hole. 'Darn it, I am out of thread,' she thought taking down her savings jar. Looking into it, she noticed that there were only a few debens left. "Why must I be so poor!" she cried as she put it back. Grateful that the hole was on the knee, she decided to fix it later. Walking out of her small house, she spotted one of her best friends waiting for her.
"Millie, how are you?" asked Maria.
"I'm fine. Do you think that we'll get enough money today?" asked Millie. Millie was a sweet and cute girl with dirty blond hair and gray eyes.
"I hope so, I'm almost out of money and the rent is due soon on my house," sighed Maria, "Let's forget about it and go dance, okay?"
"All right!" laughed Millie walking beside her friend. When they got to the market place, they saw it was very busy. Looking at each other, they made their way to a stand.
"Maria! Millie! Have you heard the news?" asked the merchant as he gave them each some bread and an apple.
"Why don't you enlighten us, Khalid," said Maria, biting into the apple.
"Well, some heralds came through the town a little while ago, and announced that the Pharaoh and his son will be passing through this area on the way to the palace tomorrow!" said Khalid.
"Hmm, you don't say... Maria! This is the perfect opportunity to get some extra cash today!" squealed Millie.
Maria had to laugh at Millie 's sudden bubbliness. "All right, we'll split up and meet back here later as usual, okay?" asked Maria.
Millie nodded and darted off. Maria just smiled and went off in the opposite direction.
Later...
Maria and Millie met up at the end of the day in front of Khalid's stand. "So Millie, how 'd you do?" asked Maria. In response, Millie grinned and pulled out a handful of debens.
"I did okay, and you?" asked Millie.
Maria pulled out her change bag and dumped its contents. "Not too bad, I have enough to pay rent, and enough to buy food and more thread," said Maria. Suddenly she shrieked, causing Millie and Khalid to start laughing. Whirling around, she ended up staring into a set of chocolate brown eyes that were fringed with white hair. "Bakura! Why must you sneak up on me and touch my skin with your cold hands?" gasped Maria trying to slow her racing heart.
"Because I can," smirked Bakura and hugged Maria. After releasing her, he hugged Millie too. "Besides, I heard the word food," he said laughing, "got any?"
Khalid laughed and threw him an apple. "You should earn your food, and not mooch," he said.
Bakura stuck out his tongue and turned back to Maria. "So, did you guys hear about the Pharaoh?" Seeing the three nod, Bakura smiled. "And to think that I used to inform you three on things," Bakura stated, causing them to start laughing.
"Well, I have to get going, Bakura are you coming with?" asked Maria once the laughter died down.
Bakura shook his head. "Not tonight, Rei is waiting for me, I promised her that I'd be back."
"Okay, see you tomorrow then. Tell your sister that I said hi," said Maria walking off. When she got home, she took off her outfit, got ready for bed, and started patching up her dancing outfit with the thread she bought. Once that was done, Maria went to a cupboard and pulled out a little bundle of white material. Unfolding it, she held up the almost completed dress to see where she had to continue. 'This dress is why I almost went broke. But I need a nice dress for a special occasion,' Maria thought fingering the somewhat fine linen. Normally the linen that she bought was rough, but this was a finer material.
After a few hours, Maria finally finished the dress. Folding it back up, and putting it on a chair for tomorrow, she finally fell asleep. In the morning, Maria got up, picked up the dress and some soap, and went down to the Nile to wash. When she got there, she saw Rei, Millie, and another of her friends, Charlene, already there. As Maria got into the water, she heard Rei say, "We better hurry up, the Pharaoh and his prince will come through soon."
"Don't you mean in a few hours? Ra has barely started the second hour of his journey," stated Charlene. Charlene was the kindest person, and yet tough and sarcastic at times. She had beautiful brown eyes and raven hair that gleamed in the sun.
"Obnoxious twit," mumbled Rei and paid for it by getting splashed.
Once everyone was clean, they got dressed and started working on their hair. Maria just combed her hair and put it up into a ponytail. Charlene, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky.
"I can't get my hair to stay!" Charlene growled as her black hair refused to stay in a braid. Millie just laughed and helped her pull it into a ponytail. Once everyone was set, the four girls set off to the market place to get a good spot.
Maria had to gasp. The market was already teeming with life. Finally finding a spot, the girls stood to wait for the Pharaoh's arrival. They didn't have to wait long, before they saw some horses come into view. In a second, the horses came close enough for the girls to be able to see the riders. On the first horse (a chestnut), the Pharaoh rode tall and proud, staring straight ahead, and directly behind him, mounted on a beautiful white horse rode the prince. Maria's eyes widened when she saw the prince. He was nothing like she had heard of him. The prince had unusual magenta and black hair which spiked and had yellow lightning bolts running through them, sharp, yellow bangs, and crimson eyes that swept from side to side, observing the villagers with a sense of curiosity.
Suddenly Maria stiffened as he locked eyes with her. As he rode on, she noticed that the prince turned his head ever so slightly as if to keep her in his vision. As the prince disappeared from site, Maria watched the priests ride by without any enthusiasm. As the last rider passed, Maria felt cold hands place themselves on her arms. Snapping out of her daydream, she shrieked, causing Millie, Rei, and Charlene to start laughing.
"Bakura!!! You know I hate that!" snapped Maria as she glared at him.
"But that what makes it so much fun!" pouted Bakura.
"Anyway, why were you looking at the prince like that?" asked Charlene.
"Maybe because she is in..." started Bakura.
"LOVE!" finished Charlene, Rei, and Millie laughing their heads off.
"Oh shut up, all of you," mumbled Maria.
"Oh, stop being so serious, we're just having fun. Besides, he will never notice you; you're a commoner just like the rest of us. You'll never get a chance!" said Bakura calming down enough to talk. Unfortunately, his words landed on deaf ears. "Hey, where'd she go?" he asked.
"Well, when you started saying that, dear brother, she walked away. I think you offended her," said Rei in a dull voice.
"But how? I was just telling her the truth. Sure it sounded a bit harsh, but I didn't expect her to take it so hard," said Bakura.
Rei just sighed and walked off. "Come on, let's go home," she said, "I think you did enough damage for one day."
Later...
Yami walked into his room, flopped face down on his bed, and let out a muffled sigh. The day had been exhausting, parading through town, and then attending a welcome back dinner where he was bugged to choose a wife yet again. He hadn't even been able to sneak out of the palace, his father had made sure of that.
"Why must my life be so boring and proper?" he asked his kitten, Kikku. Kikku just mewed and snuggled up to him as a response. Yami took it as a good enough answer and fell asleep.
Maria entered her house sadly. Sure Bakura was right, but he didn't have to be so mean about it. He could have kept his mouth shut.
"I was right, my life is unfair. I don't see why people have to scorn us just because we are a lower class than them," Maria said to herself. Sighing, she fell into a fitful sleep.
The next day Maria woke up, not to the sun shining on her face, but to a terrible howling. Looking outside the window, she groaned when she saw the sand swirling by her window.
"I can't go dance in this! There will be no one out!" sighed Maria going to her food basket for some breakfast. Seeing it empty made her scream in frustration. 'I guess I do have to go out in this because I was stupid enough to forget to buy food yesterday,' she thought bitterly pulling on a cloak. Walking out of her house, she was almost blown backwards from the wind. Sighing in annoyance, she started battling her way to the market. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
YSF: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Yami: what is it this time?
Bakura: seriously, what is it?
YSF: *sobs* It turned out angsty! It's not supposed to be angsty!
Yami: *sigh* you are hopeless.
YSF: Like they say in Bethford, "Shattap!" I like the semi cliffy that I left it at, if I had gone farther, I wouldn't have been able to stop.
Bakura: *eye roll* lucky us.
YSF: oh yeah, read, review, and you get a cookie delivered by your favorite character. You just have to tell me who. Thanks again to Rei for annoying the hell out of me to get this up. I couldn't have done it without you. BYE!!! ^__^;;;