Talah's long brown hair flowed in the soft egyptian air as her brown eyes scanned the dessert infront of her. Never had she thought after all these years she would go back and see her friends. As a royal princess , her parents had a lot to do in their side of the country. Well at least her priests/esses weren't the ones who forced her to train everyday.

Hanna, was her most favored. Hanna had balck hair that was down to he waist, with very dark blue eyes that are seemed to be black. Hanna had served her about 6 years and treated her like a sister, even though she had a bad temper. Then there was Mya, the soft, quiet one. She had She had gloden hair that came a bit above her shoulders with golden eyes.

"Aren't you done packing yet Princess?" She heard a loud voice yell.

"What are you putting in there, a camel?" another irritated voice added.

Now the first one was Robin, always caring for Talah's safety. He had very dark brown hair that came to is chin. The other voice was James. Never could he comment about something unless it was a joke.

Even though they all bugged her a lot, they were more then just priests. She coud never yell at them , only ask for comfort. And being 16 with all these new problems as a princess, needed a lot of comfort.

Talah sighed as she walked away from her balcony and carried her heavy bags down the palace stairs. Even though she was born in the northern palace, and raised in it, she was happy to go see her friends again. She didn't want to part with them after so long. And for her, things would be better if all the royals lived in one palace.

Talah knew her royal friends ever since she was 5, and hasn't seen them in 4 years because of some theives' problems. Tay, her small white cat danced around her happily. "As long as you don't trip me, I'm alright." Tay was a very troublesome cat. She was much like Atem's cat, Alex, but he had some black stripes.

Tay followed next to Talah as she walked down the stairs.

"Are those all your possessions Princess?" Robin asked taking her bags and she nodded. Robin tied her bags to a camel. Talah got on her horse, "Well, let's go! We don't have all day"

All her family/ priests were still getting ready. "Talah don't go yet!" her father yelled to her, but Talah had already started off. Pulling the reins hard, she had sped off in the distance. The only thought on her mind, reaching the southern palace .

What if theives attacked?What if one of my friends had died over the years ?

Talah couldn't stop thinking about those questions. She hadn't heard from anyone these past years. All she could hear was the padding of her horse on the desert sand, and her heart thumping in fear.

"What's wrong Talah? You've been quiet all this time," her mother asked.

"...It's nothing, " she said shaking her head with a fake smile. A few feet away there was an oasis. "Let's stop for a while," her father called to everyone and they stopped by the oasis. Talah's preists and guards all sat by the water, splashing the cold liquid onto their sweating faces.

Talah tied her horse, Star, to a tree and decided to look around. As the white stallion layed down and drank water, she saw a small land infront of her, trees all around. Though it didn't look like it, she could tell that she wasn't meant to go in there.

But her mind just lead her to it.

She walked a bit farther and then Talah froze in her spot. A pair of eyes stared right at her through the braken of trees. Their gaze just made her blood run cold.

"Talah, come we're leaving," priestess Mya called from the distance.

Talah snapped her gaze away from the eyes, and yelled back to her priest.

"I'm coming." She started to walk back to her group as she untied Star.

She turned to see the spot where the pair of eyes had been, but they were gone.
She shook her head, Mabye just my imagination, and continued her way.

She mounted on Star and followed everyone as they continued their way to the palace. It was really hot and she thought she wouldn't be able to continue, but something rose her spirits. In the distance she saw it : the cream colored walls, the huge pillars... the palace.