Here i go. Story number one! It isn't much, but i hope you enjoy it...

Atemu was outside, working in the fields. His mother Lilly, was inside cleaning up, and his father said he had business and left.

Atemu's POV

I threw the hoe down and began planting seeds. This year hasn't been the best for me and mom. (Mostly because my dad's always gone and has no time to take care of us. Luckily I'm 17 and old enough to do it myself.) A famine struck the land last year and we hadn't eaten in days.

I looked up at the house.

I hated work.

I bent down to offer another seed to the ground when I heard a voice calling me.

"Atemu!"

I turned my head. It was Akila, my best friend since…ahhh….I don't remember.

"Atemu, the Syrian's are trying to get a better seize on Egypt. They say they're going to call it New Syria or something."

I groaned. I hated Syrians too.

"Somebody should kill those guys." I said. "We need a new government, with Pharaoh's and such."

Akila shook her head. "But the Pharaoh's have been long gone for over a decade."

I stood up from the ground.

"Well that doesn't mean that a new Pharaoh can't rise to the throne!" I yelled. She seemed to take it as an insult and walked off.

Good riddance.

Lilly's POV

I couldn't help but over hear the conversation between Atemu and Akila.

Yes it was true. The Syrian's were getting worse. Tonight I will tell him. Tell him the truth.

Third Person

Atemu walked back inside his house after a long day in the fields. His eyes dropped and his shoulders hung down. He was about to go to his room when…

"Atemu." He heard a quiet voice say. He turned his head to see Lilly sitting on the floor weeping softly. Atemu walked next to her. He kneeled beside her, gently rubbing her upper back for comfort.

"Oh, Atemu." She said again.

"What is it?"

"I wanted to tell you sooner."

"Tell me what?"

"Well a long ti….."

Suddenly the door burst open. Five Syrian's were at their door. One of them was an older man who pointed at Atemu.

"He's the one, take him."

The four others plunged at Atemu. One pulled Lilly aside, and the other three grabbed Atemu.

Atemu's POV

I really had no idea what these stupid heads wanted, but I wasn't going to let them have me without a fight. But no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get one to back off. And I ended up getting volleyed back and forth. When I got thrown back and hit the Syrian behind me, he pulled my hair and kneed me hard in the back.

What did these bozos want with me? I know I was known for causing trouble but not this kind!

I hit the ground roughly, laying on my stomach I dared not move. I closed my eyes and clenched my fists. I yearned to get up and show these guys a piece of my mind. But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get up.

Suddenly I felt a hard cold object thrust against me. I immediately yelped and got off the floor. I took my hand and placed it behind me on the throbbing pain. But I only pulled it back to see blood. Puddles of it. To much blood that I couldn't take it. To much that I began to…feel…a litt….le…..f..a…i…n…t……

Lilly's POV

The pulled me aside and began hurting Atemu. One man kneed him in the stomach, then threw him back to the other who kneed him in the back.

"Let me go you…" I cried. "Leave him alone!"

The man who held me thrust the back of his hand against my head. I let out a cry that no one seemed to hear.

When I opened my eyes, a dagger was slashed over Atemu's back. My eyes widened as he let out a scream. He seemed okay, at first, but moments later he fainted.

"Atemu…Atemu no! Why are you doing this?" I yelled. The man with the dagger turned around. A smirk played on his face.

"It's only for the best…men leave the girl here, but the boy….take him with."

I began to protest.

"No you can't do that. He's my son!"

The room went silent. As I looked around I saw the old man standing at the door still, he shook his head.

"I don't think so."

Then they were gone. They took Atemu. I let it all sink in. Then kneeled on the floor and began to cry.

'I knew I should have told him sooner, now he'll just have to learn the hard way.'

I began to reflect on my life. I was there when it happened. I was there at the palace when the Pharaoh and Queen had been killed 11 years ago. And now everything from that age has been taken away from me. Even Atemu….I'm sorry Atemu….

Okay so what do you think? I know it probably sucks but….I don't know. If this chapter sucked then wait until the next ones, they are so much better, it gets better I promise!