Ancient Hearts
Chapter 1: Stories of Old
A/N: I apologize now, ahead of time for any historical discrepancies in my story at anytime. You do not necessarily have to read Eragon and the other books in the trilogy to understand the dragon aspect of the story.
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An old spiky haired man poked his head into the door way of a two person bedroom. His eyes scanned the room before landing on a tuff of blonde spiky hair, not to dissimilar to his own, sticking up from behind one of the beds.
Quietly the man tiptoed into the room, creeping up on the bed. With one great leap, the old man jumped over to the hidden side of the bed.
"Gotcha." He said startling the two little kids on the floor. They laughed.
"Alright you two, time for bed." The old man said with big smile on his face.
The youngest of the two, a cute little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, just like her grandmother when she was younger, spoke first.
"But grandpa Yugi, we're not tired." She said.
"Well Kara, if you lay down and relax, sleep will find you." Yugi replied.
The little boy with spiky multicolored hair spoke next.
"Will you tell us a story, grandpa?" the boy asked.
"I don't know Atem, maybe if you promise to go to sleep right after." Yugi bartered.
"Promise." Kara said cutely. Yugi sighed.
"Alright then." He said sitting back against the head board of one of the small beds. The two young siblings snuggled up close on either side of him.
"Let's see now, which story would be best?" he pondered. "Ah, yes I know."
"5000 years ago, there was a great kingdom in Egypt ruled by the most kind and caring Pharoh(sp?) in history. His name was Atem.
"Really?!" Atem exclaimed happily. Yugi nodded.
"Be quiet Atem, I want to hear the story." Kara said. they stuck their tongues out at each other. Yugi chuckled.
"Anyway, the Pharoh Atem, a long with his six high priests and priestess' ruled Egypt, the seven people used a great power drawn from the seven millennium items in order to keep peace in the kingdom.
There was the high priest Seto, and two priestess' Isis, and Rem. Also the priests Shada, Kalim, and Mahado.
Seto, the youngest and most powerful of the 6 priests, was the Pharoh's cousin and second I command. He was strong and noble with a proud chin and kind heart. His power was known throughout the land as that of the white dragon. His father, Pharoh Atem's father's brother, Akhenaden, had at one time also been a priest in the high court, until he was driven to madness by greed and nightmares of past wrongs.
1000 miles away, in Italy, the Roman empire was at the pinnacle of power. The great Emporer Augustus Ceasar was at power and the Empire was flourishing.
It was a well known fact that both the Egyptian and Roman empires were close allies, thanks to those who come before them.
The Emporer himself, taking the lead from the Pharoh, had his own court of priests and priestess'. The most powerful went by the name of Teaenna. A beautiful woman with flowing long brown hair and piercing blue eyes. She had the body of Aphrodite herself and the power of Zeus.
The roman people worshipped her like a god.
Teaenna rains from a long line of Priests and priestess' called dragon riders. These people ride on the backs of dragons and derive their power from the ancient languages of elf and dwarf.
Leaving her child hood ties behind, Teaenna made her way to the capital of the empire and soon proved herself to it's people by defending the city single handedly against the invading Ottomans. Since that time she's been the Emporer's second in command.
The world was at peace for a time, until word came from the west that a great evil force was moving on the great Egyptian kingdom. Creatures of evil and mahem sought to destroy the rich and peaceful land. The great Pharoh knew that there was a chance he and his court may not be able to stp the shadow creatures, so he sent word to his allies in the North.
Upon receiving word of his good friend plite, the Emporer sat down with his advisors to decide if they could help. They all came to one simple, agreeable solution.
It was then that Teaenna set out for the capital of the Egyptian empire, upon the back of her noble black dragon, Coal
A/N: I apologize again for the discrepancies in history.
You can pronounce Teaenna two ways in this story.
Tay-enna or Tee-enna
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