A Simple Wish: Ungranted
Mai, princess of Egypt, has met a poor villager (Joey), begging for food. When she refuses to give him any, she doesn't know that she will suffer. When she returns home that afternoon, she finds out that all of her heirlooms and riches were stolen, forcing her to become a beggar, like Joey.
Author's Note: I do appreciate suggestions and critics, but I don't appreciate reviews like: I HATE YOUR STORY! Or something like that, typed in all caps. Thanks for your reviews! Sorry for the historical inaccuracies, if I have any. But sometimes that's what makes the story more interesting. Also, this is told in Mai's POV through the whole story. Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh or any of the Characters in it. So have a nice day and don't sue me.
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Chapter 1: Dumped Into the street
As I walked through the streets of the crowded Marketplace, someone that I didn't recognize approached me. He was dressed rags from head to toe, and begged me for food. Also, he seemed to be around my age and had messy blonde hair and red-brown eyes.
"Please miss! I'm just begging you for one slice of bread." He said.
"I'm sorry, beggar, but I do not have time for you, I must get home."
"But.But miss! I can't afford to buy anything! I need food to live!"
I just left him at that. I hated beggars, especially the type that would never give up, begging you until you were on your last nerve. I also hated rich merchants and their families, especially their sons. They would hit on me, and then would never stop begging me to marry them. I had already made up a final decision: that I was never going to love anyone outside of my family, not even friends. That was probably the reason that I didn't have any friends. I could never love anyone now that my parents were dead. My relatives, the next heir to the throne, had treated me badly, more like the family maid then the princess. That's why I had to do the shopping for food.
Sometimes I think that I would have a better life as a beggar, but that's foolish of me to think. I supposedly had heir to the throne, until after my parents died, my Aunt produced a sheet of paper with her and my uncle's names on it. After that, things went downhill. After they took over the throne, some of our riches were stolen. People think that my aunt and uncle pretended they were stolen, and some rich people would pity us, me and my cousins would get married to them, and we'd become richer. It was too easy to be seen as a scheme.
As soon as I got home, my cousins ran up to me, crying. This was extremely unusual, since nobody in the family would come up to me for words of wisdom. I was the insensitive one of the family.
Secretly, I knew that my parents' so called will was written by my relatives, and all they wanted was riches.
"Mai! Mai!" they screamed, grabbing my attention.
"What one earth happened here? Where is the King and Queen?" (A/N: I can't think of names right now...heheheh)
"All of the money is gone! We won't have pretty clothes anymore! Mom and Dad are out where the riches used to be. They just found out that all of the stuff was stolen."
I sighed. I went out to were all of our heirlooms and riches used to be. This must be part of their plan, I thought. When I reached out to the back, I saw my Aunt and Uncle.
"Where'd our riches go?" I asked, wondering what they were going to say.
"Um...Mai, that's what we were going to tell you. We're selling our home. But we have a big enough family. Since you are the eldest, we thought that you could finally have the freedom to live on your own," my aunt said, speaking for the 2 of them.
"And those clothes you have on! They aren't fit for a beggar!" said my uncle.
"What the....What on earth is going on here?" I screamed.
"In other words, Mai, we are leaving you to live on your own, just not in this house. We won't have much left, so we're selling the house."
Yeah right, I thought. They just want me to go so they can recover the treasures, and then I won't have anywhere to go. All of this was just an act to get me away. So I have to play along, and be left with nothing.
"Mai, we're selling your clothes. You can wear these." They threw me some rags.
Mai, princess of Egypt, has met a poor villager (Joey), begging for food. When she refuses to give him any, she doesn't know that she will suffer. When she returns home that afternoon, she finds out that all of her heirlooms and riches were stolen, forcing her to become a beggar, like Joey.
Author's Note: I do appreciate suggestions and critics, but I don't appreciate reviews like: I HATE YOUR STORY! Or something like that, typed in all caps. Thanks for your reviews! Sorry for the historical inaccuracies, if I have any. But sometimes that's what makes the story more interesting. Also, this is told in Mai's POV through the whole story. Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh or any of the Characters in it. So have a nice day and don't sue me.
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Chapter 1: Dumped Into the street
As I walked through the streets of the crowded Marketplace, someone that I didn't recognize approached me. He was dressed rags from head to toe, and begged me for food. Also, he seemed to be around my age and had messy blonde hair and red-brown eyes.
"Please miss! I'm just begging you for one slice of bread." He said.
"I'm sorry, beggar, but I do not have time for you, I must get home."
"But.But miss! I can't afford to buy anything! I need food to live!"
I just left him at that. I hated beggars, especially the type that would never give up, begging you until you were on your last nerve. I also hated rich merchants and their families, especially their sons. They would hit on me, and then would never stop begging me to marry them. I had already made up a final decision: that I was never going to love anyone outside of my family, not even friends. That was probably the reason that I didn't have any friends. I could never love anyone now that my parents were dead. My relatives, the next heir to the throne, had treated me badly, more like the family maid then the princess. That's why I had to do the shopping for food.
Sometimes I think that I would have a better life as a beggar, but that's foolish of me to think. I supposedly had heir to the throne, until after my parents died, my Aunt produced a sheet of paper with her and my uncle's names on it. After that, things went downhill. After they took over the throne, some of our riches were stolen. People think that my aunt and uncle pretended they were stolen, and some rich people would pity us, me and my cousins would get married to them, and we'd become richer. It was too easy to be seen as a scheme.
As soon as I got home, my cousins ran up to me, crying. This was extremely unusual, since nobody in the family would come up to me for words of wisdom. I was the insensitive one of the family.
Secretly, I knew that my parents' so called will was written by my relatives, and all they wanted was riches.
"Mai! Mai!" they screamed, grabbing my attention.
"What one earth happened here? Where is the King and Queen?" (A/N: I can't think of names right now...heheheh)
"All of the money is gone! We won't have pretty clothes anymore! Mom and Dad are out where the riches used to be. They just found out that all of the stuff was stolen."
I sighed. I went out to were all of our heirlooms and riches used to be. This must be part of their plan, I thought. When I reached out to the back, I saw my Aunt and Uncle.
"Where'd our riches go?" I asked, wondering what they were going to say.
"Um...Mai, that's what we were going to tell you. We're selling our home. But we have a big enough family. Since you are the eldest, we thought that you could finally have the freedom to live on your own," my aunt said, speaking for the 2 of them.
"And those clothes you have on! They aren't fit for a beggar!" said my uncle.
"What the....What on earth is going on here?" I screamed.
"In other words, Mai, we are leaving you to live on your own, just not in this house. We won't have much left, so we're selling the house."
Yeah right, I thought. They just want me to go so they can recover the treasures, and then I won't have anywhere to go. All of this was just an act to get me away. So I have to play along, and be left with nothing.
"Mai, we're selling your clothes. You can wear these." They threw me some rags.