The once and Future King
By Ayato Kamina
Chapter 1:
A Sleepless Night
5,000 years ago...
Atem relaxed in his huge bathtub not far from his quarters. Even though he had just become king after his father died, it didn't mean that he had to cleanse himself every other moon.
He got out and dried himself off and headed to his quarters. Blowing out the bedside candle, he lay there, staring at the ceiling in thought. "Unfamiliar ceiling," he said to himself. He rolled on his side and fell asleep.
-Dream-
Atem found himself in the middle of a lotus garden. The garden was blue and birds were flying all around him. He saw a tall figure ahead of him picking the flowers. Curious, he walked up slowly behind it. "Hello?" he asked shyly. The figure turned around, smiling with her beautiful crystal blue eyes and long pink hair.
"Yes, my king?" she asked. Atem turned a very bright pink smiling at her. "Um…what are you doing here?" he asked.
"You have a destiny to follow, my king," the girl said.
"What?"
"Years from now, your destiny will be fulfilled," she smiled kissing him on the cheek.
"What do you mean? What destiny?" Atem called. But the girl disappeared before his eyes.
-end dream-
"Ah!!" Atem cried as he awoke sweating like mad. "What did she mean by follow my destiny…?" he wondered allowed. "And who was she?"
Sighing he lay back down and fell asleep again, dreaming of what would he would find out what his destiny would be.