Mia sighed. The hot Egyptian sun burned down on the 21 year old like a thousand knives. Her father, Pharaoh Atem, was busy with the High Priest, Set, working on plans to capture the Thief King Akefia. Mia snorted. Akefia was far too smart for her father to ever capture and the day they caught him was the day Ra shattered the earth. Mia picked at a garden rose, a beautiful pink one to be exact. She remembered when she first saw Akefia, she was young, about 16

** 5 years ago**
( "My pharaoh! Attack on the East side! Akefia has killed two soldiers!" A guard yelled into the pharaohs room. Mia was in a room across from her fathers room. She was wide awake watching out her window at the guards standing ground. She hugged her pup, Akia, and was scared. She never saw things like this before so she was unsure of what to really do

She moved from the window and onto her bed. Akia yupped at her and jumped on her bed. "Silly pup" Mia sighed. Mia tried to block out the sounds of yelled guards by shoving her face in Akias thick puppy fur and breathing deep. She caught a hint of rose petals from his previous bath and sighed. Suddenly she heard feet hit on the cold stone floor and she jerked up. By her window stood a man. Akia growled and Mia grabbed him. The man moved slowly towards Mia. Mia sat there, frozen to the bed. The moonlight shattered on the man and Mia gasped loudly. A scar adorned his tan face and underneath his white cloak he had wild white hair. His bronze eyes watched Mia closely. He had a buff tan chest that would fail even the most worthy guards. Mia finally found her voice and the only words she could mutter were "Thief King." The man laughed softly but never spoke. He kept watching her. Suddenly foot steps ran up the hall and Mia jerked her head towards her door. She looked back and Akefia was gone into the night, like a wild dog. Her door burst open and two guards and her father burst in. Mia growled. "It is improper to burst into a young woman's room!" She shouted angrily. The guards grunted "Akefia came in this direction My Lady" one guard said gruffly. Atem was staring at Mia. Mia grabbed her cloak and covered her night gown. "Yes? And if he were to have come into my room I would have screamed" she stated bluntly. The guards looked at her and finally her father spoke "Where is Akia my daughter?" Mia jerked. "My bed!" She said, looking around wildly. But no. Akia was no where. Mia started crying wondering where her pup was as the men walked out of her room. Atem kissed Mia's head and left Mia to cry silent tears...

"Mia plucked the rose and chucked it off the far wall. They searched day and night for Akia and they never found him. Soon her father became too busy for Mia and Mia started to hide within the palace walls. /span/p

Mia sighed as she thought more about Akefia and she tried to let the memory go. The fact she even thought about him made her traitor. Sure more attacks insused but Mia never saw him again. Her father made her share a room with Ishizu Ishtar and Mia enjoyed it. But soon Ishizu had to go into her priestess training and Mia was alone. Her thoughts would always find her at her weakess and Mia was ready to run away from the dark that was her home.

"Mia walked along the garden path and came to a quiet oasis. A gate stood on the other side that lead to the Nile river. Mia stared. If she could swim under it she would be free. Nobody knew on the outside this gate lead into the river. Except the Palace of course. Mia sighed and watched some fish swim by. She removed her slippers and sunk her body into the water, where it came waist high. She undid her hair from the tight ponytail and braids she had in and let her long bleach blond hair fall into the water. She had her moms hair and not her fathers rainbow hair. The water felt cool against her skin.

""Mia!" A voice yelled. Mia jumped. She turned and saw her father walking down the path. "Mia...What in the world are you doing in the oasis?" Her father asked, shaking his head. Mia looked down. "Cooling off Father" she whispered quietly. Her father sighed. "When are you going to realize you are a young woman and cannot be acting like you are 6 anymore" he said, watching Mia climb out if the oasis. Mia flushed angrily. She was sick of her father treating her so coldly. "And when are YOU going to realize you will never capture Akefia FATHER" she yelled. Atem stared at Mia. Mia continued "you will learn one day when you your daughter is GONE that you are nothing more than a PERSON who can only do so much! You are not a god father!" With those words Mia ran past her father and into the palace. Her wet feet made a soft pattern behind her as she ran into her room. Silver tears pooled in her eyes as she crashed onto her bed.

;"Night came quickly. Mia was watching the stars twinkle in the sky. She walked to her closet and pulled out a light cloak and slipped her shoes off. She removed her jewelry and put it up. She walked to her mirror and rubbed her charcoal on her eyes, smiling at the result. She threw the hood over her head and wander out into the garden, towards the oasis. The nearest village was a quick run away and that is where Mia intended to go. She stepped into the oasis and looked back at the palace. She then shot under the water and under the gate, gasping as she got towards the top. She smiled as she climbed out of the Nile and walked towards the village, where lights flicked quietly into the night.../span/p