The Pharaoh's wife
Long, long ago, when the pyramids were still young, there was a boy named Atem. But he was no ordinary boy; he was son of Pharaoh Akhnankadin, ruler of Egypt. They told him that his mother died when she gave birth to him, but that wasn't how it happened. He was special since he was born, because he had a Pharaoh's destiny, but he didn't know what it was yet. And this is where our story begins, when Atem is 15 years old.
The Prisoner
One day, Atem and his father were hunting, when they came across Persian soldiers who had a few enslaved Egyptians by their side.
When Atem saw this, he ordered them to let the Egyptians go. That was the moment they first looked at each other.
A sloppy looking girl lifted her head and gazed into his deep-purple eyes and saw something written in them, she thought she had gone crazy.
Atem said: "Father, you have to attack them." His father said: "Why?" But when he saw the girl he ordered an attack. The Persian soldiers ran away in fear, and the girl was scared, because the man on the horse looked very important, and she thought they were going to kill her.
Akhnankadin walked towards her and asked: "What's your name?", she answered, while shaking from fear: "Isis, my Lord." "Well Isis, would you like to tell me if you see something in that boy's eyes?" said Akhnankadin while pointing at Atem. Isis, who was still afraid, answered him, a bit mumbly: "Sun, Sir, I see sun written in his eyes. Akhnankadin whispered something to the soldiers and said: "Take her to the palace!" On the way back Atem asked: "Father, you're not going to kill her, are you?", Akhnankadin said: "Why don't you take her to your room and ask her who she is and where she came from?"Atem looked surprised, but didn't oppose to his father's wishes. When they arrived at the palace, he asked her to come to his room. She followed him, and for some reason she felt like she could trust him. When they arrived at his room, he asked her to look at the view from the balcony. She felt comfortable and stepped outside. "It's beautiful!", she said, and together they watched the sunset. "What's your name?", he asked, "Isis.", she repeated, and she asked him: " Who are you?" "I usually never get such a question, but my name is Atem and I am prince of Egypt.", he said, "Really?" " Yeah", she stared at him and said: "Can I ask you a question?" "Sure." "Why do you have sun written in your eyes?" "I don't have sun written in my eyes, you have.", and from that moment on, they knew that they had something in common. Isis had always known that she was special, because when she was born, her mother looked very ill, because she had a golden skin and red eyes, and she looked like she was posessed, then she spoke these words with a weird manly voice;"I demand her name becomes Isis and you all will have to guard her with her life." Then her mother died and the people of the village guarded her with their lives. But when she turned 16, Persian soldiers attacked the village and abducted her, and there was nothing the villagers could do. They were forced to walk about 5 miles without food and a tiny bit of water. And the rest of the story you know; the Pharaoh found them and took her to the palace. She y another look at Atem and saw how he looked at her. Atem was surprised to see how beautiful she looked when she was thinking and he was observing her movements, but when he saw she was looking at him, he stopped staring and looked at her face and saw how shy she was and said: "You don't have to be so shy, I may be the prince of Egypt, but you can just speak to me and look at me as you do to everyone."But it wasn't because he was a prince she was shy, she actually was developing feelings for him. It felt weird looking at him like this, but she couldn't help it. Together they watched the sunset untill they couldn't see the sun anymore. When night fell three servants entered the room and told Atem he should go dress up for dinner and that they would take Isis away, because that was the order of the Pharaoh. When Isis heard that she almost fainted, because she was still afraid that they were going to kill her. When Atem saw how afraid she was he asked them: "You're not going to hurt her, are you?" "No, Sir", they answered," but I cannot tell you, because it's going to be a surprise." Atem still didn't trust the situation and whispered something in Isis' ear: "If they are going to hurt you, just scream my name and I will stop them." When she heard this, she immediately felt comfortable and when they took her away, Atem stood there, staring at her.