She hated it. Being locked up and thrown in one of these cages. The mettle and rusty bars scraped into her skin as the wagon moved through the crowded streets. She had been caught, but at least her brothers were safe from harm. She sighed. Her only family was her brothers and she cared for them with all her heart.
The wagon came to a stop and she was shoved to the ground by her captor. He laughed as she glared at the man who ridiculed her. He walked up to her and smacked her hard across the face which would most defiantly leave a bruise. She wouldn't give him her tears though she had been taught at an early age not to cry, no matter what happened.
He picked her up by the ripped and dirty shirt she wore and tossed her with a flick of his wrist into the pile of other slaves. A carriage made for a god rode down the dusty streets as she peeked up. She gasped as it stopped in front of the slaves and a great big man known as the pharaoh stepped out. She squeezed herself in the back of all of the slaves as she tried to think of a way to not get picked.
She reached the back when she was grabbed hard by some-one. She turned to see a big man had hold of both arms as she started to struggle he gripped tighter. She didn't cry out. So he squeezed harder. She kicked her foot back and he was sprawled out on the floor holding his crotch. She smiled at her work before looking up to see she had an audience. Then she sighed her captor was on his way up with a mean look on his face.
He grabbed her by her arms 'man everyone wants to grab my arms today, lucky me' she thought sarcastically. As he went to punish her by dragging her off the stage he stopped at the sound of a booming voice. They both turned to see the Pharaoh staring at them. The captor gulped. "Sir this should only be a second. I will have some one show you the girls." "Come here." He was looking at her but she didn't realize that till she was shoved forward by her captor who she know named 'Grip' she walked forward to the pharaoh very slowly until she was screamed at by Grip to hurry up.
She sighed, lifted up her crouched shoulders, straightened her back and quickened her pace. She stopped dead in front of the Pharaoh before bowing with such grace she looked to be a princess. Except for the messed up hair, rags known as clothes and the fact that she smelled as if she hadn't bathed in months. He patted her on the head softly and walked away. She stared at him strangely. That's when he turned walked back over to her and whispered something in her ear.
She whispered back and that's when people were starting to get interested. At last she sighed before walking toward the carriage and was lifted up by the horse man into it. She gasped as he smiled tenderly at her and gave into a little smile before it vanished, and she was back to her serene look. A few minutes past and she was joined by the pharaoh and another younger looking man. "May I ask your name, miss?" She almost fell off the chair by the formal question.
"T-Tea" she whispered. The Pharaoh smiled before turning to the younger man. "This is my son Atem." She nodded before turning back to the Pharaoh and enduring silence. "What were you two talking about back there?" Atem questioned not taking his eyes off Tea. "Nothing special" she replied, starting to feel uncomfortable under his gaze.
He grinned and her stomach felt like butterflies were in there, but she had no idea why. She looked up at the Pharaoh as if asking assistance. The Pharaoh only chuckled before looking at the confused look on his sons face. "Tea you will be assisting my younger son Yugi, is that ok?" "Oh, yes Mr. Pharaoh Sir." He laughed. He's actually only an hour younger than Atem."
She looked out the window toward the grass and plains remembering full and well how her and her brothers used to do that and sighed. She missed them so much. She sighed and put her head back falling to sleep. As she slept her head softly moved to the pharaoh's shoulder and he looked at his son and smiled tenderly.
His son was smiling toward the brown head brown eyes beauty. Her peaceful dream had turned into a night mare as she started struggling in her sleep and was shook awake. She looked to see Atem looking at her as if he cared. What was she thinking he wouldn't care about her? "Are you ok Tea?" whispered Atem. That's when she noticed she wasn't in the carriage she was in a bed in a pink and light blue room. It was dark outside she could tell because the windows were dark.
"Where am I?" She asked as she lifted herself off the bed and shrugged the covers off her shoulders. "You're in the palace, in your room and in your bed. She smiled so fast you wouldn't even want to blink or you would miss it. She was back to her serene face. "Thank you Atem sir." He smiled before walking toward the door and shutting of the lights. She sighed before falling back into a deep sleep. He smiled as he shut the door and stared toward his room.
She woke up early the next morning and saw her uniform on the end of her bed. She put on the pink and blue dress and apron and walked down the stairs. That's when she walked into a girl with a green and red uniform. "You must be Tea" she nodded. "I've been assigned to show you around then I will take you to Yugi. The bubbly girl started her tour as Tea tried to remember everything.
Finally she was taken to Yugi. She opened the door to his room to see it still dark. She walked over to the window opening the blinds. She then walked toward the bed to see a sleepy eyed boy that looked around 12 open his eyes. He stood up and looked like as hyper as a 7 year old boy with his big eyes shining bright. "You must be Tea, Hi I'm Yugi, do you want to play hide and go seek?" She giggled lightly as she started making the bed.
She looked over to his face pink she giggled before asking her question that she new he was thinking. "If it helps I have 6 brothers and have seen every one of them change in front of me. I'll just say you're my 7th brother. Is that ok?" He smiled. I've never had a sister cool." She laughed and finished making the bed as he changed into his royal fancy clothes. "You know who you would make a good couple with." He smiled "Who?" "I know a little girl around your age but she's so sweet. You would love her." He smiled. "Come on we have to go down stares."
She laughed as grabbed her hand and started pulling her toward the stairs. The stopped at the dining room to have everyone staring at her; she was back to serene again. She walked with Yugi to his seat and pulled out his chair for him. He smiled before whispering some thing in her ear and she giggled catching everyone's attention.
She walked toward one of the serving maids and told her. The maid nodded and walked toward Yugi giving him more food then usual. "Sis" he called out. Everyone turned to look at Tea. "Yes" "Thank you." She smiled. I will be cleaning your room ok" he nodded and went back to eating.
The pharaoh turned toward his son "sis?" "Yep, she's my big sister. Everyone stopped asking questions, but Atem was smiling for the first time all during breakfast. 'Sis' he thought before laughing in his head…
To be continued…