Hiya! I'm fairly new at this fanfiction bizz and even more new at The miraculous Ladybug fandom. So please go a little easy on me.

Also in this story I have changed the names of the characters. Try and figure out who's who. If it's hard then I'll post a list of names at the start of every chapter but for the first one I'll let you guess. Now, that's enough of my talking.

Okay, deep breaths.

Let's begin.

"They're waiting for you Jumoke," Auset said quietly.

Meri turned and stared at her beautiful brown haired, dark skinned, childhood friend, now also her priestess with a sad look in her eyes.

"They're here. This is really happening." She said her voice breaking. "But, I begged the nafeer! I cried and pleaded and screamed! Yet," she caught her friend by her shoulder. "Auset, help me, please!"

Auset shook her head. "My forgiveness, Jumoke. I cannot help you here. The nafeer ordered it. I cannot go against a direct order,"

Meri turned in frustration grabbing a fistful of her hair and yanking at it savagely. Her maids ran forward to fix the hairstyle they had set in place but Meri waved them off. She paced her extravagant room cursing furiously under her breath. Then she looked up t her friend a determined glint in her eyes.

"They may make me do this, Auset. But I will do it in my way," she said, her fists clenched.

Her friend rushed forward as the Nafeer's daughter grabbed the golden circlet that had been so carefully placed on her head, and pulled it off. Beautiful blue/black hair tumbled down in a sharp hairstyle: short at the back and a long in front.

"Meri-" Auset covered her mouth and cautiously looked around at the slaves. "I mean, Jumoke! You cannot do this! The nafeer, he will never accept this kind of behaviour. Stop!"

But the stubborn royal daughter, refused. She pulled off the extravagant gold jewels around her wrists and neck and set them aside. The only thing that adorned her now was a river blue silk gown with a gold, jewelled neck collar, belt and red earrings with a small red pouch on thread slung across her shoulder.

She raised her nose in the air, her eyes shining with anger.

"If my father has a problem with this, he can call off the marriage!" she said.

Auset stared into her best friend's blue, kohl lined eyes. This was nothing like what she had been before. Her behaviour was always sweet, polite and caring if not a tad bit clumsy. But since her father, the Nafeer(King) Tau Berenice had announced the wedding, she had turned furious. Her normally sweet nature had soured and she snapped more often. Auset had hoped that it was just a phase and that it would pass. But now the boy's family was here, and she was only becoming worse.

But all she could do was warn the girl, not make her do anything since the guards were around. It was frowned upon. She simply bowed and said; "Alright, Jumoke. But be warned, the nafeer will not be pleased. This way,"

She led her through the extravagant and overly decorated palace. Gold, blue and beige tapestries decorated the walls telling tales of ancient heroes and the gods. There were pillars with hieroglyphic writings; some stories and some spells and warnings to ward off evil. Small pedestals had various expensive trinkets displayed on it.

Auset led her through all this, straight to a platoon of guards. There she left her and the guards led her to the audience hall where their guests were. As soon as they came into sight, Meri turned up her nose determined to make the boy hate her. So what if he was a prince. She loved another, and her heart would never be his. That was final. The guards led her closer and just before she turned into it, they announced her.

"May I now present to the revered Pharaoh and his son, Jumoke Meri-s-te-khu, the daughter of our beautiful Memphis's Pharaoh." One guard said.

Meri cringed at her name. It's not that she didn't like it; after all it meant one who loves joy, but even then, was it really necessary that it had to be so long? She brought her expression back into an icy gaze just as the doors opened for her. She walked in to the massive audience hall.

It really was vast, with twenty foot long pillars holding up the roof, marvellously beautiful and intricate tapestries that hung on the walls, several of her father's spoils of war showcased on pedestals or hooks on the wall. The floor was made up of smooth and even stone which was pleasant to walk on. Her bare feet padded on the cool floor as she walked towards the two solid gold and jewelled thrones at the end of the room.

Her throne, a smaller yet as extravagant one, had been placed just to the right of the stairs which led up to her parents' thrones. Another two royal thrones had been set up; one alongside her parents and one opposite to hers. On the one beside her parents' sat a stern man in a Pharaoh's garb of a gold kilt and gold jewelled collar, similar to the one her father wore. He had his crook and flail in his lap, again, like her father. He had cold kohl lined eyes that gazed at her critically. She returned his gaze with just as much ice in it as she bowed to them.

Her mother, Sabah, saw the exchange of hate and immediately set a meaningful gaze on her daughter. She knew how much her daughter hated the idea of marrying a complete stranger but she also knew that they were getting old, and a new heir to the throne was required. She smiled at her daughter who returned it with a small one, the light of happiness just barely returning in her eyes.

Sabah gestured to the old Pharaoh.

"Meri, this is Nafeer Garai Arsaphes, the Great Pharaoh of Thebes. And that," she gestured to the young man sitting on the throne opposite to her daughter's. "Is his son, Ata Akhenaten Arsaphes, your future husband,"

Meri turned pink at the mention of husband as she bowed to the Nafeer and turned to give a curt nod to his son before settling down on her throne. The parents struck up a conversation that mainly consisted of politics, wars and droughts. She simply fixed her gaze on a point to her left and ignored the boy. Her parents noticed this and suggested that they take the nafeer to the dining hall for a few drinks and leave the kids to themselves. Meri turned her furious gaze at her father, but one look from him and her eyes fell to the ground. When the adults had left there was only silence in the room.

She heard someone clear their throat and her head shot up to the boy. She hadn't really looked at him before but now that she did; she sucked in a sharp breath. He was handsome, no one not even her stubborn mind could deny that. He had a halo of silky golden hair, his arms, legs and abdomen were well muscled, he wore a slightly less flashy gold collar and a simple white kilt with gold lining and a gold belt which had a very out-of-place pouch attached to it. He wore gold cuffs on his wrists and biceps and a silver ring on his strong fingers. He had a handsome golden tan and dazzling emerald green eyes lined with kohl. All in all he was quite a sight to take in. She gazed at him, her defences lowering a bit.

"Forgive my father for not being very pleasant," he said flashing her a handsome apologetic smile.

She noticed his voice was deep and rich and he was very charming. Many girls in her locality would fall for him. But not her, no.

"He's just," he continued. "Well...difficult." he looked at her, taking in every inch.

She was very beautiful. She had heavenly blue eyes that shone through the kohl like shimmering water and matched her dress. She had full pink lips a well built body and delicate fingers, like an artist's. Her blue/black hair was in a smart wedge which curled ever so slightly at the tips. He felt drawn to her, like she was an anchor of reality in the madness of the outer world. But he could see the hatred in her eyes. He had sensed it ever since she had stepped into the room. Getting her to like him was going to be a tough if not impossible task.

She scowled at him. "I don't really care," she snapped.

He looked taken aback. "Have I insulted you in some way?"

She got up, her fists clenched to her sides. "Yes, by coming here,"

And with that she stormed out of the room. He stared after her feeling a wave of sadness wash over him. What was he to do of this stubborn girl?

Yay! That's first chapter.

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