The king sat in his chambers pacing worried how his wife was doing in her delivery. Else were the queen was in a birthing chamber that had a view of the outside and the bright sun came in gleaming on the serfs of the small pond. The queen had wanted to deliver in her garden and got that wish. Her birthing maid handed her the baby a boy with tri colored hair, who sat looking up at her with his crimson eyes dancing with aw at the sun light.

"Thank you, for helping me Halima" she said looking to the woman now cleaning up the mess. The woman turned and smiled.

"Of cores any time my queen." The woman smiled brightly and the breeze blowing her hair gently the sun brightening the red gleams.

"Halima?" the queen asked looking the girl over.

"Yes my queen?" Halima answered. The queen smiled and cocked her head to the side.

"Your dew soon as well, right?" She asked now cooing at her new born son. Halima nodded.

"Yes in about two months." The queen looked at her. "And when my child is two years of age I will give them to your son as a play mate. It can get lonely here for a young boy with only their teachers to play with." She looked out to the garden while saying this.

"Our two children will have a bond like no other; after all you will be nursing them both." The queen said. The two made this deal as the king ran in.

"Well? Boy? Or girl?" He asked impatiently.

"Boy." Halima said on her way out just in time to catch the boy's name.

"Let us name him Atem." The king said. 'Atem.' Halima thought on her way out, 'what a handsome name for a prince.'

Halima was at the palace helping the queen with a hyper one year old Atem who would rather play in the garden or run about the halls, he would not sit and listen to any command what so ever. The boy had just learned to walk and could speak to the degree, of a one year old only knowing a handful of words that he repeated to no end. As the two watched him play the queen asked about Halima's new child.

"Was it a boy or girl? And what's it's name? " The queen asked. Halima smiled at the question.

" He is my little boy and his name is Yugi." She said happily. At the mention of the name it was chirped back repetitively.

"Yugi. Yugi. Yugi." This was the prince's new favorite word. He smiled climbing to Halima's lap and speaking the word again. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him.

" Yes, Atem that's his name." Halima said.

"How old is he now?" The queen asked.

"He'll be one soon." Halima said back.

"Then we must have a play date for the boys." The queen said with excitement clapping her hands once. Halima nodded in approval and it was a deal. Before this could happen though the queen took sick and was sent to a small place to recover.

His mom had been gone only a year to get better and the small price wandered the halls of the palace bored out of his mind there was not much for him to do and he was not as hyper as he should be. Maybe his mom was what made me that happy. But the woman he always remembered with his mother was gone as well. The small boy made his way to his father's throne and took his place at his right side. The boy sighed he was so bored.

Soon a woman in a hood came in and an old man was right behind. She bowed to him and the prince saw a glimpse of another boy behind her. The king's eyes grow large and bright he stood up as he said.

"C-could this be H-Halima you have returned?" His voice was soft and he looked in awe at the woman.

"Yes my king to keep my promise." She looked to the boy at her side. The king walked over toward her the price at his side. Atem looked at the boy who hid his face in the woman's garments he held a small stuffed toy and was in a tunic that went just past his knees with a band around his waist holding it too his small frame the tunic was an off white. Atem caught a flash of amethyst as the boy peeked out at him. Atem stepped forward and offered this hand to the boy in an attempted to offer friendship. He was shocked when the boy thrust the toy into his hand. The prince took it looked at the toy and tried to hand it back. "Pres- present." The boy said. Pushing it back to him the toy fell and Atem attempted again at offering friend ship extending his hand but as he did a loud crash came from the door. The boy jumped and grabbed on to the closest thing too him which just happened to be the prince; he was holding on for dear life, Atem wrapped his arms around the boy in an attempt to comfort him.

"Don't worry my little one it was just a pot falling in the hall." He said. At this the boy looked up and pulled away bowing to the prince. Atem gave him a worried look and pulled him up.

"My prince, I give this boy to you, my son as a play mate he is yours to do with as you please." Halima said bowing to him.

"You you were always with my mama your Halima. Which means…that…Yugi?" he looked down at the other two year old with wonder this boy was the one his mother wanted him to meet and she herself wanted to meet a boy of…this low status. The boy looked up into the princes scarlet eyes now full of a brotherly love and wonder. "Yugi!" Atem said pulling him into a hug. "Will you be my friend?"

The boy looked in shock for a moment then he nodded returning the hug. Then Yugi took Atem's hand and they ran off to the court yard.

"Halima" The king said. "Are you carton you want this?" He said watching the two run off. Halima looked drained of almost all emotion but a small smile played on her lips.

"Yes, he needs him more then I." With that she left leaving her only son her angel with his new friend.

The two went out to the court yard Atem was letting the boy lead they stopped in the garden.

"Thank you Yugi for being my friend. I hope your mom will bring you back tomorrow so we can play." Yami said. Yugi giggled. Turning to look at the prince he smiled.

"Mommy's not bringing me back," Atem looked distressed how this could be his new friend was just there for a day. No he had to do something he went to speak but was cut off by that little bell like voice. "Mommy gave me to you mommy's not taking me back I'm staying with you Atem." Atem was shocked the boy had told him just what he wanted to be told; that Yugi wasn't going to leave.

"Why?" Atem asked looking at the boy. The boy smiled and said something he never thought he would ever hear.

"Sey I am yours alone now I am your gift from my mommy she loved your mother like a sister so she know how alone she was here when she was growing. Mommy knows that you would be alone, when she found out that the king was having a child. So she had me. She told me I have always been a gift for you." Atem looked at the boy in complete shock. Yugi look at the prince and then looked away to the sky.

"Ah….." Atem looked at the ground.

"Hm." The boy looked back at him. Atem looked up to the boy smiling at him.

"Ah…what does sey mean and why did you say it?" he asked Yugi blinked then smiled.

"Sey, is a word mommy says once in a while it's something from mommy's people. It means yes and I said it to tell you your thought was right." Atem blinked this boy was smart he was only two the same age as himself but could talk and understand as if he was much older. The said boy took his hand and ran off with him toward the Nile letting go the boy hoped to a rock in the river and started to motion for the other to fallow. Atem did and almost fell he closed his eyes and waited to feel the cold water instead he felt a worm hand witch pulled him up and away from the edge. He looked at the boy now holding his hand.

"Ruoy yako ecirp Atem." Atem could only guess what this meant he would ask later how ever seeing how there were alligators everywhere now. Yugi grabbed Atem's hand again and then jumping back to the shore. Atem got up and crossed his arms glaring at the boy who sat looking up at him. He had wanted a friend but not one that tried to kill him; however he had underestimated this boy. Yugi pouted and got up and hugged him. All his anger vanished as Yugi did this he uncrossed his arms and hugged him back.


Littlefox64: Some words in this story will not make sense these are a mad up language if these words are bold they are the shadow language if not the are the light language.