Destiny
No.01 -Lost
"What are you doing!"
Anzu could not believe what she was seeing at her house. Her bright blue eyes widened at the sight.
She had just got back from her daily dancing class for noble class women and she expected nothing to be different from her stable yet perhaps a bit dull life. However, the peaceful moments seemed to belong to someone else's life. Instead of her dear parents waiting for her like they always had been, she had many dark tanned muscular men going through their furniture. Among them stood a skinny man, who was less tanned and wore a clean white waist robe unlike the other bulky men lurking in the house.
He looked at her in a way at her exclamation, "You must be their daughter." His puny eyes narrowed and his nose flared as he sneered at Anzu.
Confused of what was going on, Anzu, who got a little frightened and intimidated, managed to bravely ask the creepy man a question.
"..Who are you and where are my parents? And what are you doing in my house." Once her mouth was open, she could not stop asking questions that roamed in her head.
His brows sloped and he answered her 'honestly'.
"Why, let me introduce myself. I am Gahiji and I have absolutely no idea where your parents are."
Gulp.
"Perhaps, you young lady, know where he has gone to."
His silky yet slimy voice lingered every time we said a word. This made Anzu get goosebumps.
"… why….why are you looking for my parents, they haven't done anything wrong."
She was not sure about whether that was true or not, but she believed in her parents. They have always been generous and warm-hearted couple. They have volunteered first to help out the poor and never in her lifetime saw them argue or fight. She was proud of them.
The man begun to laugh hysterically.
"What's so funny?" Anzu blew her blushed cheeks and looked up at the guy.
"Puhahahaha! Oh, your parents have done something very wrong." He snickered and continued,"They owe me lots and lots of money."
"What?"
This man is lying.
Anzu's house was the biggest in the small but peaceful town of blissful Egypt. They even had little water fountain in the main yard to prove their wealth. Unlike most of women, Anzu was even educated like boys. Most of all, her parents were long family friend since the beginning of the world with the mighty Pharaoh.
This is non-sense. They must be some sort of bandit…or else nothing makes sense!
"I do not believe you."
"Oh, really? Then, where are your parents?"
"Maybe they have gone somewhere important."
"Where their own daughter does not know of?"
"What are you saying…"
"They have fled, you foolish girl."
"…"
"And since they still owe me many gold coins, I have no choice but to take all their valuable possessions in the house. The due date has already passed."
"Wait. You… you can't do this!"
Anzu stretched out her arms to protect their priceless living room decorations from Gahiji's reach. But he pushed her aside and held the pure gold statue of Osiris in his long skinny fingers.
Her ivory robe made of pure Egyptian cotton got smeared with dirt on the floor, which was filthy with many muddy footsteps of the strangers. Her eyes began to water.
Usually Anzu was fearless and confident most of the time, but without her loving parents to look after her and seeing her house falling apart, she could not help but to loose her cheerful spirit.
She just sat there doing nothing, just waiting for things to get any clearer and better.
But no miracle was going to happen that day for her.
After few minutes, the house was basically empty and Gahiji, who seemed to have forgotten about her existence, gave a last tour in the house to make sure there was nothing left in the house that was worthy. And his eyes landed on Anzu.
The sun was almost setting and under the dimming light of red-orange sun light, Anzu's beautiful body figure seemed more attractive. And her messy soft brown hair that fell gently on her shoulders seemed to make her tearful face even more charming.
I didn't notice the girl was this beautiful.
He walked towards her and lifted up her chin abruptly.
Her watery blue eyes shone and reflected sadden blue eyes. Her long eye lashes lightly vibrated and her perfect eye brows arched inward at his sudden grasp.
"You don't look that bad. Actually, very impressive…I might even be able to sell you at a pretty high price."
"Don't touch me, you creep."
She slapped down his hand and glared at the man who spoke non-sense ever since he came to the house.
He snickered and stood up. Then he called one of the working men.
"Take her to the slave market and bid for the highest price you can get."
"Yes, sir."
The man reached out his overly muscular arms and took Anzu by her frail wrist.
He pulled her forcefully out of the disastrous house, the one Anzu used to call sweet home.
"Let me go! No. NO! Mom! Dad! NO!"
I had this story in my head ever since I got my eyes on Seto/Tea (Anzu), which is quite long time ago… good times….
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