When you look out into the town it's nothing but quiet people going about their lives like It was normal I sigh a bit sadly that life is like this. Everything is so boring I wouldn't even know how to start explaining everything. I walk down the halls knowing the turns like the back of my hand wishing there was something fun to do but knows that I have "responsibilities to this country as another long sigh escapes my lips. "I wish ra would grand me at least one day outside of these walls" I say looking at a large room before stepping in ignoring the guards my father has outside the court.
(With Yugi)
I walk down the streets looking for any work I can get once I turned 17 it was my job to help take care of my small family they weren't blood but I would ever turn them away. I come up to a small shop the keeper eyes me. "What do you want boy!?" he says half ignoring me half listening to me. "I…I" I stammer a bit but get what courage I have and look back at him "I need a job please, I can work really hard and I promise I won't complain about whatever you need me to do" he is surprised by my courage as he looks me over one more time.
"I guess I could use a kid like you around here, I don't have much help around here but your pretty short so it might be hard for you starting out just know that now kid cause I don't take kindly to quitters" he snorts looking at me again and I smile. "Thank you, thank you, thank you mister" I jump for joy glad that someone was going to give me a shot even if it was a small store at least I would have enough money to buy some bread and apples for them when I get something I listen as he tells me when I need to be there. Which he tells me is at the rising of ra (about 6:30, give or take time) I smile and nod taking home one silver coin he gave me.
I open the door and smile as the kids almost run me over when I come into the door one crying because of something I pat her head and scold her brother shaking my head. "You kids need to get a long when I'm not here you all are all you have" the older looks at me "yeah because they took our parents.." I look down knowing it was true.
"Hey it's okay we might not have families but we have each other right?" I smile trying to keep my confidence up as well as theirs. "It's going to be hard" said yumi as she looked up at me I smiled and pulled her into a hug "True but if we all work hard we will make it the pharaoh isn't a cruel person he is just going by the rules.
Yusie blurted out "Busy with what all the pharaoh does is sit on his butt all day and cause us to grief" I was shocked at what he had just said when he walks out the door I tell yumi to watch her younger brother as I step outside to talk to him. "What's going on?" I sit beside him and watch as he continues to stare at the dirt under his sandals. "It's just not fair" he finally said "The pharaoh has everything how come he can't share with all of us why do we have to suffer like this!?" I smile understanding why he is upset being the oldest out of his brothers and sisters he is trying to take on the responsibility that his father had I sigh and look up at the sky.
"I think we all suffer in one way or another, think about it the pharaoh has an entire country to look after. I'm sure it gets hard, having to deal with everything and to look after all of us" I look at him as he nods slightly still slightly upset I can tell I pat his back and whisper, "things will get better, just wait my mother always told me if you have faith anything is possible" he smiles a little and looks at me "Does that mean we will all always be together?" I am a little taken back by the question but nod as the smile comes back to my face. "I promise we will always be together nothing can tear us apart" he smiles and giggles a little satisfied with my answer as he hugs me "thank you yugi for taking us in after everything thank you" I feel him shake again a bit and I hug him slightly tighter I'm not a father person I'm just a kid still myself no matter if I am 17. I wipe his face gently with my thumb and send him back inside with the others.
I look up at the sky and look at a particular star noticing the way the colors blend together so nicely at the end of the day. I look down a bit and whisper more to myself than anyone else, "Please let me be able to do this" I let my words roll into the silence of the desert as I get up and go back inside for the night.
(Back with Atem)
I sigh as I jump onto my bed enjoying the feel of my crimson sheets I turn over to look at the top of my ceiling with it being dark in the room besides the candle it looks like nothing but black as I stare I smile a bit wondering about all the things that I could do outside of this castle. "I got it tomorrow" I think to myself and sit up going over to the balcony "Tomorrow I'll visit the city, I can't become pharaoh if I don't know my own subjects right but first I have to find the perfect outfit to go in if I walk around like this ill stick out like a sore thumb." I think for a minute and go over to my clothes picking out something and taking off the crimson streaks on the side with some scissors making sure to only cut the red string that mended the two materials together.
I take the cloths and go into my bathroom putting it on "hmm something is still missing this looks a little too out of the ordinary." I think again and snap my fingers and go get a plain cape that my father had given me last year for my birthday and take it into the bathroom looking at it to think of an idea I take the scissors and cut the clasp off since it has the symbol of my family on it and cut it a bit at the bottom making it look warn. "That should work I'm sure someone would just think I took care of the color" I say to myself quietly just in case someone else comes into my room.
After about five minutes or so I finish and smirk at myself in the mirror "dang I'm good" I look myself over making sure I didn't miss anything before taking them off and putting them in a special spot in the back of my closet knowing someone would come in and set out some cloths for me in the morning and I didn't want them to see the cloths and go tell my father.
I smile and get back into bed my eyes falling a bit knowing I'm a bit sleepy from all of the meetings today but that doesn't stop the smirk that starts to form across my face. "This is going to be an awesome experience" I yawn a bit and pull the covers up past my shoulders and mumble.
"It beats having to be here all the time, it feels like a" I pause yawning again as my eyes close "like a prison more than a palace. I finally settle down enough to notice a weird feeling in my stomach call it excitement for what is to come at ra's first light I reach my hand over and grab the candle and blows it out watching the line of smoke drift off into the air as my eyes close.
