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Atem was born in to the royal house hold in Egypt. He was born with bronzy skin and star fish shaped tricolored hair. His eye were a deep violet that were captivating to anyone who saw the young boy. His father was the current Pharaoh at the time and when the time would come for Atem's father to pass on to the after life Atem would Inherit the throne. Atem was a lively boy from the moment he was brought into this world. He laughed loudly and played games happily with his friends Mana and Mahad. Then one day the laughter and the fun stopped.
Atem ran to the place court yard ready to play with his friends. when he arrived he immediately called out to them while standing in the exquisitely carved sandstone arch way that gave way to the beautiful and colorful garden inside.
"Mana! Mahad! Wanna play?" He asked excitedly
"Yeah!" Mana yelled back
Out of a pot popped a little girl no older than Atem in a little cream colored dress and golden wrist bands. She also wore a cream colored pointed hat that looked to big for her.
Her hair was a deep chocolate brown and her bangs stuck out from her head at a little bit of an angle. Her eyes were a watery green color.
She climbed out of the pot and ran over to Atem. when she was beside him you could clearly see the difference in their heights for Atem had alway been smaller then her.
"Mahad!" They both called out together giggling after.
"What!?" Mahad called back,"unlike you two I actually attend school!"
A boy about three years older then the other two stepped out from behind a tree where he had been reading a book for one of his magic classes.
The two little ones skipped clumsily over to Mahad for they were barely 3 years old.
"Wanna play hide and seek?" Atem asked
"Yeah!" Mana yelled happily
"I really should be studying but I suppose I could for an hour or two." Mahad said
"Yay!" The younger two exclaimed before giggling and screaming "not it!"
After a ten minute agreement consisting of "your it!" "No your it!", Mahad finally agreed that he would be it with a sigh.
The two little ones cheered and then ran off while Mahad was counting to 20. (The little ones couldn't count any higher then that.)
"Ready or not here I come!" Mahad called out to them. he started off by looking in Atem's favorite hiding place: the old clay pots In the garden.
He opened the lid, saw nothing, but heard a faint whacking coming from behind a tree.
He walked over to see Atem sitting on his needs crying hysterically having just tripped over the tree root. his face was strangely red. Mahad assumed it was from the fall.
Atem had fallen on his face and was holding his little nose. Mahad forced the boy to let go so that he could see. his face was smeared with blood, snot and tears. Atem continued to cry while Mahad whiped his face off with a handkerchief and held the boys nose until it stopped bleeding, which didn't take long. As he was doing so he notice the boy felt unnaturally warm. Concerned, he put his hand on Atem's forehead.
"Shoot!" Mahad said with a sigh
He quieted the boy down and then picked him up letting him snuggle into his shirt still whimpering because of the fever. he took the boy inside with Mana skipping and importuning be hind him.
Atem's fever had finally stopped and he appeared much healthier, but what his mother and father had assumed was a cold was actually much worse.
"Back hurts." Atem muttered when his mother brought him food the afternoon when his fever had subsided.
"What's that you said?" She asked while cutting up his fruit so he could eat it.
"Back hurts." He said again more loudly,"humm! Gotta pee!"
After this he jumped out of bed and scurried to the bathroom his mother in toe fearing he would have an accident on the way there. he had only been potty trained two months before today.
"Atem let mommy help you!" She called after him
"No! I do it all by my self!" He said defiantly.
She sighed and let him try, but soon caught her breath when she hear a loud thump sound from behind the bathroom door.
"Atem!" She said bursting through the door to find him sprawled out on the floor with a confused look on his face.
"I fell." He said simply
"I can see that!" She breathed
"Up!" He cried
His mother helped him back up again only to catch him when his legs collapsed out from under neath him as soon as she set him down on his feet.
Atem blinked even more confuse then he was before. tears formed In his mother's eyes as she ran to Atem's bedroom door and called out for his father.
Atem prodded his thigh. it felt funny. like it wasn't there. he tried to stand up by himself this time but his legs wouldn't budge from that spot. being only three he didn't understand why his parents where so scared especially his father. His father never got scared, but today even Atem could tell that he was frightened as he scooped the boy off and ran off to find a doctor.
Three years had past and Atem still couldn't walk. He was used to it now though he spent most of his time drawing pictures in bed or reading simple books that his teacher gave him to pass the time he spent in his room. his father would come in every day and assure him that he had a mathematician trying to make something for him to get around but so far they hadn't figured anything out.
Atem didn't mind though because everyday Mahad would come in after his classes and show him magic tricks, play chess with him, or carry him down to the market with Mana skipping behind them. He didn't really want any more then that.
His mother, though had not come to see him once since a she had the baby and spent most of her time tending to him rather then seeing Atem. Atem knew that babies needed a lot of attention so he didn't complain. he did want to see his baby brother though he really wondered if he looked like him.
The night before a very special holiday Atem couldn't sleep. he laid on his back and stared at his bedroom ceiling. he stuck his had up and tried counting the divots in the stone when he heard yelling. he couldn't really make much out but his mother seamed to be very angry. his parents rounded his room they were right out side the door so he could now here them.
"What do you mean Yami can't inherit the throne!?" His mother yelled
Atem thought that must have been his baby brothers name.
"He's not the first born! Atem is! Atem has to inherit the throne!" His father yelled
"You can't be serious! That fucking invalid can't become the pharaoh!"
"I don't understand why him being crippled matters!"
"How it matters!? We can't have a sickly pharaoh do you know what that would do to our country's reputation!?"
"Atem is not sick!"
" the fuck do you know your not a doctor!"
"I'm done with this I can't handle the stress right now I've got a famine to deal with." His father sighed walking off
He heard his door open and his mother walked in.
"Mommy." He said,"if I say I don't want to be pharaoh then Yami can be pharaoh like you want right?" He was attempting to comfort her because he knew she was upset but it had the opposite affect, it made her angrier.
She stalked up to him and promptly slapped him so hard he fell out of bed.
Thinking he did something wrong Atem tried to hold back the tears while he apologized but that didn't work. This time she only hit him harder.
He started to cry harder now not knowing why she was being so cruel.
She dragged him to his closet and hit his head against the doors three times before opening them and throwing him inside. before he could protest she closed the doors and tied a ribbon round them to keep him from opening it. he listened with wide eyes filled with fear until he could no longer hear her footsteps down the hall. He then fell on his side pulled his legs close to his chest with his arms and cried silently into his knees until he fell asleep curled up on top of his clothes.