The Paradise of Light and Shadow – Chapter One: The hidden darkness.
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A/N: There are changed names in this to put all of the main characters into ancient Egypt.
Yugi's name will stay the same for a reason.
Names for this chapter:
Joey=Jumoke
Yami=Atemu
People believe that a great balance between light and shadow leads to a perfect world without wars. If a person's heart represents the pure light, the person tends to sacrifice themselves to save others,
causing grief and pain to his close friends and destroying their own soul.
As for a corrupted, dark heart, people with such a heart aren't afraid of anyone, but themselves. People
with such a heart are doomed for their soul to wither away and consume their body, their mind and
their very soul.
Even though the innocent, completely pure souls seem to be less destructive, people tend to stick to the shadows.
Why, you ask? It's easy. The light also means warmth, emotional and physical. Most people dislike
heat more and are more exhausted in the heat than in the coldest winters.
This leads over to one of the protagonists of this tale, the great Egyptian pharaoh named Atemu. He
seemed nice on the outside, for huge crowds cheered for him, he always protected the land with all
he got and never ignored a citizen's wish. Yet, in the sunny and hot land of Egypt, people of course
gathered around the place which offered the greatest shade, the pharaoh's palace.
The facade of the castle was looking really majestic and suitable for the pharaoh's appearance with all
the golden drawings and the massive columns in the throne room, yet despite the bright, stable appearance,
the palace was hiding some dark secrets. The jail beneath it, where people were tortured to death, the
ability of the pharaoh to crush the people's minds, the countless prisoners in that jail and pharaoh's
loneliness. Yes, the loneliness of the young man was indeed a fatal flaw. He always had been living
with a feeling that something in his life was missing. He was looking for that, but it brought him to
a wrong path that no man should have ever followed.
Greed. Wrath. Envy. Lust. Each of those deadly sins was now in Atemu's heart. He spent lustful
nights with women, trying to find the missing part. He envied the happy townspeople. He fell into
a world of sadistic glee, watching the prisoners being beaten, cut and mentally broken. It made a
smile creep onto his lips. But these weren't enough as the man led his armies to expand his kingdom
by force.
These feelings were like drugs, giving him temporary satisfaction and corrupting his heart. The man
had slipped into the darkness, which was hidden in his heart until he noticed something missing.
Yet, this state only lasted until a messenger had come to him, saying that the guards had caught a
thief who had been roaming the huge palace for a while. Just as the well-tanned pharaoh was about
to tell the man to stop being such a nuisance and just kill the thief, the messenger sighed and bowed,
speaking in a quiet tone, which was barely louder than a whisper.
"I think that this prisoner might catch your interest though, Your Majesty.", the man said, gaining a
smirk from Atemu.
"Why do you think so, Jumoke?", the pharaoh laughed "is it a breathtaking beautiful lady?"
"No, pharaoh.", the blonde paused "It's a man and he has been calling out for you, as if begging you to come."
Usually, Atemu would just laugh, close his crimson eyes and sentence the prisoner to death, but
something inside him told him not to do so. He stood from his throne and nodded to the messenger.
"Take me to the prisoner, you got my interest."