YGO:CS-My Only
An Egypt setting fanfic for Shelen and Yami in the past. I wasn't sure whether to call him Yami or Atem so I stuck with Yami in this story.
This would be Shelen's past life and how she and Yami found love.
Ch. 1: Slave
She ducked through allyway after allyway searching for means of escape. She slipped behind some guards and snuck through market places. Her black hood concealing her true self so as not to be seen. For unlike most of the residents of Egypt with dark skin and hair, she was almost completely opposite.
She slipped past more guards and climbed a steady ladder to get to a higher floor and sneak along that way. If she was caught by the slavers expecially she would be doomed. For she was not just any slave remember, though born in Egypt and in a race of pure Egyptian line she was the most opposite, and anyone would want her as their slave if they knew her.
She snuck along the wall and glanced down. Big mistake. As she had looked down at the ignorant guards, she had accidentally dislodged a stone in the ledge. It hit the ground and alerted the guards.
They turned and spotted her then pointed. She cursed quietly and began to run. The slavers ran after her in hot pursuit.
She jumped over baskets and rounded corners. She even hid in the crowds. But as she burst through the swarm of bystanders she felt a sharp pain in her right ankle and fell to the ground. She groaned and looked to her foot. A slaver's whip was tied securely there.
The owner of the whip stepped into view and examined his catch. He leered at her in sick pleasure. But when he tried to remove her hood a guard stopped him and said she was not to be looked appon. They then dragged her away and chained her up with other slaves.
She was silent as they walked. Some of the other slaves looked on at her in curiousity but she ignored then. The slaves were brought into a temple of sorts and were greeted by a man in blue clothes with gold at the hems.
His cold hard blue eyes examined them until he came to the hooded one. His gaze softened a bit in curiousity but he did not approach her. He knew who she was.
"So she was chosen last?" The man asked.
"Yes, High Priest Seto." A guard nodded curtly. Seto turned to the girl in black again and noticed that all of her skin was covered in the dark garments. Her legs were covered in black pants and leather boots and her upper body was covered in a longsleeved black shirtlike dress (A/N: No idea what you call those things) and her hands were covered in black gloves. Her face was hidden in the shadows of the hood attached to her dress.
"She will make an exilent gift to the Pharaoh." Seto concluded. Beneath the black hood the girl's eyes widened. She clenched her hands into fists at those words and glared at Seto. He did not notice and sent them all away to be cleaned and prepared.
The teens were brought into a smaller more welcoming room where a kind looking woman sat waiting for them.
"Welcome children." She greeted and becconed the slaves closer, "I am to prepare you for your days working in this palace." She started to explain the basics of what she would do to them. Starting with everyone cleaning.
"Is something wrong, child?" The woman asked when the other two girls headed to the door that led to where they would bathe. The hooded one shook her head and turned away.
"You must become clean if you are to be presentable." The woman, Ikara(A/N: Predent that name is Egyptian plz, I'm not good Egyptian names) reasoned. The hooded girl shook her head again.
"Child you can tell me." The woman said. The girl then looked up and walked over to Ikara and whispered something in her ear. Ikara nodded in understanding.
The boys then entered the bathing area after the girls and Ikara began to comb out Jasmine-a pretty dark red haired girl-'s tangled hair. She spoke to each slave kindly and encouraged them that their lives would be good if they worked hard and respected their masters.
After the others were done and sent to another room to rest a bit, Ikara turned to the hooded girl.
"There is nothing to be ashamed of, young one." The woman assured the girl. She was silent then a heavy but quiet sigh was heard behind the hood and hesitantly she took the hem of the hood in her hands and slowly pulled it back down behind her.
Ikara couldn't help but gape in awe at the girl's appearance. Unlike the other residents of Egypt, the girl had pale creamy skin and dull yet shiny golden hair. Her eyes were a deep sapphire when looked at in bright light and sparkled like sapphires as well. But covering that beauty were bruises and marks from falling or hitting the dirt.
She looked down in shame at Ikara's reaction but the woman touched her soft cheek and lifted her face to meet Ikara's eyes.
"What is your name, child?" Ikara asked.
"...Shelen..." The girl replied quietly. Ikara nodded and allowed Shelen to go and bathe in private. She understood then why Shelen was so modest. If any other had found her she would have been thought of as bad luck or evil. But Ikara saw a kind and gentle soul behind those painfilled eyes.
When Shelen returned from her bath her skin was clear and pale cream again. But her hair had turned dark.
"For some reason in water my hair becomes dark in color." Shelen explained. When her hair had dried it truely did shine gold.
"Were you found last?" Ikara asked as she combed out the blond's hair. Shelen nodded. Ikara gave her a sympothetic smile.
"I warn you then, child, Yami isn't one to be gentle." Ikara warned. Shelen looked down again and was filled with dread and hatred. All her life she had been free. No one had ever caught her, not even once! But at that moment she knew what Ikara meant. She was going to be raped, and there was nothing she could do about it.
"Don't expect me to cuoperate though." Shelen glared at the far wall in front of them.
"Then I pray you are careful with what you say around him." Ikara said sollumnly.
"Oh I will. I'll be sure to give him the message that I'm not going to let anything happen or else I'll give him a good kick right in his-" Shelen muttered darkly.
"Please don't." Ikara said with a nervous and worried look. This teen was very rebellious and wished to denie her fate.
"I belong to nobody." Shelen growled. The growl wasn't very human at all.
"I am sure you can make him see reason somehow." Ikara said soothingly.
"I haven't even met him yet and I already hate the guy..." Shelen muttered. In truth on the inside she was terrified. She had heard rumors of the Pharaoh Yami. His name suited him and he was a frightening man. Some even spread rumors that he truly was a decendant of the gods.
Shelen shivered at that and tried to keep her tears at bay.
"You're all set." The woman said as Shelen got down from the bed that Ikara had been grooming her on. Shelen then pulled her hood back over her head and thanked Ikara in a bow. This suprised the woman but she nodded with an encouraging smile.
"Good luck young ones." She said then returned to her duties.