The lost Prince of Japan
Running through the halls of the house Yami ran to the kitchens closing the door behind him. He has been here for four years since he was bought by the Lord that lives here "so Yami what does he wants this time?" the cook asks the workers and slaves were kind to Yami even if he was different. The slave traders called him a Desert Rose for his exotic looks of Egypt petite size but strong well portioned muscles. But what sets him differently was the gravity defying hair of three colors. A black base tipped in crimson with blond lightning bolt streaks and fringe framing his angular face. "He wants his usual on the double or its punishment of isolation and daily whipping in chains."
this was the way that things were if the elder slaves did something wrong the younger or newer slaves we're forced to take the punishments and Yami was the main target for them, especially to the guards Dartz and Pegasus, everyone else but the Lord and those two guards loved him like family. Yami took the food and went to Lord Keith's study knock knock knock.
"Yes"
"I have the food Master Keith."
"Come in Yami." Yami opened the door putting the tray on the desk never looking up from the floor. He turned to leave when a collar snapped closed around his neck and was pulled down to his hands and knees. A sharp pain to this side repetitively told him he was being punished "I think it's time to put you in that room slave." before anything else was done a hard kick to the head and Yami knew no more.
Yami awoke on a cold stone floor getting up the room was small but upon further inspection Yami knew he was in the isolation house. He walked to the door only to stop as shackles dug into his skin on his ankles, wrists, and neck mounted to the far wall opposite of the door. "He doesn't want me to get out like the last few times I got out of here. I can't break metal like I can rope. *sigh* better get comfortable because I am in over my head." Yami moved to the far left corner and fell asleep for this was the last time he would see this place in years.
Later that day Lord Keith was deciding on what to give Pharaoh Aknamcanon's son Prince Atem's nineteenth birthday and Yami was the perfect gift "guards"
"Yes my lord"
"Get the slave cart and cage. Mai, Rebecca, Teá and Serenity are to get Yami ready for I am giving him as the gift."
"Yes sir" Dartz and Pegasus left to get Yami while Valon and Raphael left to get the girls.
The door opened and Yami was resting when footsteps awoke him. Pegasus and Dartz smiled at him and he didn't like the glint in their eyes. He stood up watching Dartz but Pegasus got behind him and he blacked out again not to wake for a while. Dartz unlocked Yami from the wall unhooking the collars chain leash. Using rope they tied Yami's hands and legs together hauling him by the waist they took him to get ready by the girls.
The girls were already in the room with clothes jewelry and a bath waiting for Yami. the door unlocked and the two brutes held Yami's unconscious form by the arms "make him look good for he is the gift our master will give to the Prince in three days." they tossed Yami to Mai who caught him cradling him like a little brother as the door slammed shut and locked. "Alright girls let's put Yami in a deeper sleep while we work he deserves something better than this life. Rebecca do you still have that sleeping elixir we used when Yami got nightmares?"
"Never leave the room without it anymore. Drink up Yami and relax your three big sisters will get you ready for your Prince." a small clear vial with a liquid was spilled down Yami's throat and he relaxed. Teá cut the ropes on Yami and undressed him as his skin covered by the tunic was revealed all the girls gasped at how cruel the condition Yami was in. they hoped the Prince would take good care of Yami for they could not.
Yami was soon ready with a lord's attire with silver bands, earrings, a gold collar and a small crown that morphed into the eye of Horus. A silver/gold medallion with a rose that he always wore a cream tunic and sheti with a crimson sash and cloak pulled tight. The girls wove pearls into Yami's black main of hair to look like stars. A secret door opened in the wall and a boy of six entered he looked just like Yami but with tan skin, no lightning bolts, and amethyst eyes "Aunty Mai what are you doing to mama?"
"You and mama are going on a trip to the palace Heba. Mama even might get better and be with you more remember to hide in his cloak o.k." Heba nodded and Serenity got him in nicer clothes like his mama's clothes. Heba then sneaked out to the cage waiting for when his mama got loaded since he could fit through the bars easier than Yami.
Raphael came and loaded Yami on the cage with restrains as Heba snuck in once Valon pulled down the tarp. Heba curled up in his mama's arms and slept most of the time when moving. On the day they arrived Yami woke up and ate a small part of his meal giving the rest to Heba like always. At the entrance to the palace Yami moved Heba behind him and under the cloak to protect him from ridicule he had when he was Heba's age at the slave market for two years. (Happy eighteenth birthday to me)