Summary(or an attempt to): Crown prince Atemu is arranged to marry a princess he'd never seen before, but what happens when he meet someone, someone with enchanting eyes and could truly see into his soul, through the cold mask that he always wore. Was he falling for her? ...But a prince can't marry a commoner...can he? Unless she isn't a commoner...what did he know about her besides the fact that she's the White angel? (nice summery don't you think?! X.x;;)
Med: I didn't finish the story yet and I'm doing the prequel...what a demented person I am...-.-;; sad, so very sad. Anyhow I'll cut the crap and write the story...even though I was SUPPOSED to study for my test...X.x;;
List of signs:
'blah'-thinking/thoughts
"blah"-speech/talking
Italics or blah -mind speech/speaking through minds
-blah- action
(Blah) authors note/me blabbing/adding MY two cents in (which I do constantly XD)
/Numbers/ things that will have explanations...XD
More will be coming as I feel the need for it þgweatdrop-
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It was another sunny day in Egypt, sunlight streamed through every window, every window that is, except the one that was covered with a black, exceptionally thick material. Behind that dark screen, a young girl gazed into the shadowy gloom that she had spent most of her time in since she was discovered to be the vessel of a goddess, a Blessed One. Not that she felt blessed, in fact, she felt downright cursed.
A sharp knock drew the girl's eyes to the heavy wooden door. She made no move to open it, but merely stared at it as if she could see right through to the other side. A muffled voice that was barely audible made her change her mind, she made her way slowly towards the door, taking her time. Going across her chambers did take a while, seeing as her room was extremely spacious. When she did reach her door, a servant timidly poked her head in. when she saw the girl, her eyes widened and she dropped to her knees, murmuring, "I'm so sorry my princess, it's just that you took so long...I thought something happened...I didn't mean to come in without you consent!!"
'Well, it wasn't her fault anyway' the girl, princess, sighed and helped the servant up.
The maid quickly got up, thanking the princess for her kindness, as she could have been put to death for what she had done, and scurried out of the door, seconds later, she returned with a large breakfast tray with delicious looking delicacies from around the land. The maid's mouth watered from just looking at it, but the princess seemed to be unaffected, in fact, she looked at it as if they were serpents waiting to strike.
"You may put them on the table, and thank you." The princess's melodic voice interrupted her busy thoughts.
The nervous maid quickly complied, with one longing look at the food, she turned to go, realizing that she just broke another rule /1/, she mentally kicked herself and snuck a quick glance at the princess, wondering if she saw.
There was amusement in those enchanting crimson-violet eyes, as the princess made her way to the terrified young girl. "This is your first time on duty isn't it?" the princess asked
"Y-y-ess, your highness.../2/" she managed to stutter out, chocolate brown eyes wide. 'Some of the royals punish their servants by torture and then put them to death!' she thought, praying that she would just be put to death.
To her absolute surprise, the princess smiled and said "don't worry, I won't eat you! /3/ Why don't you sit down and have breakfast with me? I can't eat all this food anyway"
The young girl could have fainted with both shock and disbelief. Her mother had always said that she was born a lucky star, but this is unbelievable. She said a thank you to whatever god that might be listening and scurried quickly to where the princess sat. Then a thought struck her, what if it's all a trap, so that the princess will have proof that she broke the rules and put her to death? But if a princess really wanted to put her to death, no proof would be needed. 'Oh well' she thought and gingerly sat down.
An uncomfortable silence settled between them and the girl fidgeted uncomfortably in her seat, afraid to look at the princess.
"Your highness-" "aren't you-" they both started, the brown haired girl looked down immediately and waited for the princess to continue.
"I can see that you are very scared of me, well you don't have to, I'm not going to hurt you, in fact, would you like to be my friend?" (Sappy, I know)
The girl's head snapped up "your highness?! B-e-ee your friend?" she knew her eyes bugged out, but she was way to shocked to care.
The princess nodded "you may call me Neferti"
"I-i am Shizuka /4/" for the first time, she looked into the princess's violet-crimson eyes, and she realized that they were filled with loneliness. The two girls shared a look; this was going to be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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/1/ I don't know about Egypt, but I know in ancient China that you are not supposed to turn around in front of a royal (show your back) because it was a sign of disrespect.
/2/ I have no idea how to address a princess...especially in Egypt...someone tell me? ©ûweatdrop-
/3/ The servant was about the same age as the princess so she's young.
/4/ As I read the story, I thought that there were too many OOCs, so I decided to twist the plot a bit and add Shizuka in...hope you guys don't mind. -Nods-
MED: this chapter wasn't really important, I want to write more, but this is really one chapter...but I'll get started on the next.