This is cowritten by me and my best friend ~floraiji30 you can find her on deviantart.
chapter 1: Arrival at the Palace
Long long ago in the kingdom a hop skip and jump from Cairo lived a wise Pharaoh and his beloved queen. The subjects both loved and worshiped the pharaoh and his queen and peace was throughout the land. Only one thing had brought sadness to the kingdom. With all the prosperity and peace in the kingdom the royal couple had not been blessed with a child of there own. They prayed for many years to the god especially Ra the sun god. Finally there patience and devotion payed off in the form of a daughter, a princess. On the day she was born a beautiful sunrise arose at her first smile and so the Pharaoh and queen named her Sahara. Celebrations and thanks were given all throughout the kingdom for this wonderful gift of the gods.
Yet not everyone in the kingdom was joyous about the birth of the princess, lurking in the shadows Napep the high priest and pharaoh's confidant wallowed and festered in jealousy. He was suppose to be the next in line until this "thing" was born and with that thought he turned to betray. Not a month had passed since Sahara was born that the kingdoms worst enemy lead by Napep had broken down the gates and ransacking the palace. There seemed to be no hope.
The Pharaoh's ally and best friend king Aknamkanon had been held back from helping him because of massive deadly sandstorms that Napep had created. Knowing that the end was imminent and fearing for the lives of his wife and daughter the pharaoh made a hard decision. He begs his queen to take Sahara and secretly leave.
They had a tearful goodbye and the queen with a maidservant and Sahara and left through the secret passage. Even though the queen and maid were in disguise they were caught. As they were forcibly taken away the queen in desperation threw a basket into the Nile. Unbeknownst to the soldiers it held the infant princess. As the swords were rose above her head the queen prays to the Nile god Hapi to protect her treasure, her daughter. A flash of silver then dark red ran into the Nile. Hapi taking the queen's blood as an offering and seeing the sight of innocents being slaughtered he decided to hear the queen's plea and protect the child. The basket swayed and flowed down the river. Hapi made sure to stay away form the hippos, alligators and boats in the path to the destination he had chosen for the infant..
Msamaki was once a general for king Aknamkanon but a server head injury had made him retire. Now he was a fisherman on the north side of the river Nile. He lived in a small town with his wife and young daughter Ahura. Like any other day Msamaki cased his nets into the Nile in search for fish only to capture a basket.
He opened the basket to find an infant looking strait up at him. "Now who might you be?" he cooed to the girl. She responded with gurgle and a smile. As he took the child form the basket the sun now setting hit the Nile creating a brilliant flash of light. Taking it as a sign form the gods Msamaki bowed "Thank you Hapi, Ra for your gift me and my family shall treasure her."
:6 Years Later:
Msamaki had finally sure come to his old injuries and had died 10 moon cycles ago the family he left be hind had becomes destitute. They were very close to the point of starvation. So Msamaki's wife not wanting for her children (including Sahara now known as Serenity) to suffer had used her connections in the palace of Aknamkanon to place them in the scholars hall. But because they could not pay the girls would have to work as maids for there room and board.
This is were we pick up as the two girls are just about to head through the place gates.
"Sister is this where we're gonna live from now on?" asked little Serenity as she looked form the big gilded gates to her big sister Ahura. Ahura looked at the gates and squeezed her little sister's hand. After a long pause Ahura took a deep breath and looked down at Serenity and said in a sweet but faltering voice "Yes... I am afraid so. Mother... said this is for the best." Pausing again she noticed Serenity's fear and quickly said " Don't worry we will be together I won't leave you. We will do this together. Ok?" Serenity shyly nodded and the two of them enter the gates.
Not too long after entering they are greeted by beautiful woman running to them. She has a cheerful smile and long black hair. "Why hello there! You came early. You must be Msamaki's daughters. I'm Luna. I've been anxious to meet you. I am a friend of your late father back when he was still a general." Looking to each girl separately "YOU must be Ahura you look just like your beautiful mother. And this shy little one must be Serenity" She smiles again and leads them further into the palace. As Luna and Ahura talked, Serenity still holding tightly to her sister's hand watches other servants bustling around the grounds of the vast corridors. Her mind begins to wonder She stares in wonder at the intricate paintings on the walls and arch ways and vast gardens and pools that just barely can be seen through them. She then is snapped out of the wonderment by hearing her name being called. Serenity looks up and sees Luna looking down at her with one of her infamous smiles " So what do you think of the palace young one?" Serenity looked up with her big eyes "Its too big!" Luna and Ahura giggled. Serenity slumped her head and hid behind her sister. Ahura rolled her eyes at Serenity's antics "Serenity come on don't take it like that." Luna crouched down to Serenity's eye level and said "Oh don't take offence little one. You are just too cute. Don't worry in no time this place will not seem so big." Serenity slowly came out from behind her sister and nodded. Standing back up Luna turned and lead the girls through another set of large doors. "This is the head servant and he will take you to meet the Pharaoh. Don'y worry young ones, the Pharaoh is a good and kind man."
The girls say goodbye to Luna and then they are lead through more corridors each getting more elaborate until they reached a curtain like doorway. They walk through the doorway into a large throne room. At the end of the throne room the Pharaoh Aknamkanon. In a booming strong yet kind voice Aknamkanon said "Welcome young ones." The two girls suddenly fell to the floor bowing down to the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh seeing this got up and approached the now scared girls and knelt in front of them and smiled kindly. "Please stand, there is no need for you to do that. Your father is like brother to me. So you are to my family" He then put a hand on each of there heads and again smiled kindly at them.
Ahura looked up and meet the pharaoh's eyes. She nudged Serenity and she to looked up thou still unsure only to meet the face of a kind fatherly like man. Now seeing that the two of them were finally looking at him he said "It would give me great pleasure if you would consider this your new home."Ahura in a steady and strong voice said " My Pharaoh we thank you and I promise both me and Serenity will not let you down." She then looked to Serenity and the little girl smiled brightly and nodded vigorously. The Pharaoh laughs lightly and said "I can't wait to see what you two can do."