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Chapter 2:

Help

At the Egyptian Palace, in the courtyard, sounds of metal against metal can be heard. Two extremely handsome young men are engaged in sword-battle. One of the two has a very extraordinary exterior. He is slightly tanned, has big sharp-edged violet eyes and tri-colored, gravity defying, spiked-up hair. Which actually fits him perfectly. The hair, for the most part, is black and ends in a violet color. The front bangs however are a gold-blond of color. He is also quite muscular, with a well-toned V-shaped chest, broad shoulders and lean legs.

The other man's body looks the same like the first man, but a lot taller. Also his face was different. The man has medium-brown hair, short in length and amazing sharp-edged, dark blue eyes.

The men sparred with each other to practice for when their skills were really necessary. You never know when you need it. Besides it was a great way to stay in shape and to release stress.

"Is that all you can do?" the brown-haired man yelled.

"Not by a long shot! I just thought I take it slowly, so you can keep up!" yelled the other man back. The two made commands like that throughout their whole match. It was actually really fun to watch. The two rivals were really skilled and give each other a run for their money.

"Prince Atem!" a young priest called. The priest was tall, slightly tanned, with dark grey-blue eyes and brown hair. Though the hair was covered by a head piece, made of fine ivory-colored fabric with golden wing-like pieces attached to it. The whole attire of the man is made of the same materials and fits perfectly.

The tri-colored haired man looks up. "Priest Mahad, is there something wrong?" prince Atem asked. Ending the match between him and his cousin High Priest Seto, the man with the medium-brown hair. The men stepped closer to Priest Mahad.

"Pharaoh Aknamkanon requests your presence with the next meeting with the priests, my prince, and also of yours High Priest Seto." Priest Mahad said to them both.

"We will be there after we have taken a bath. I don't want to look and smell like this throughout the whole meeting and I guess the same goes for my cousin." Atem said.

"Indeed." High Priest Seto said.

"Very well, we will see you in about half an hour, in the throne room." Priest Mahad said. Then taking his leave, his goes back inside the palace to inform his majesty Pharaoh Aknamkanon.

The two young men take up a towel and start wiping of the sweat, while walking back to the palace. Priest Seto looks at his cousin. "So… I obviously won the match since you stopped the match, but even if you didn't, I was still winning." he said with a smirk on his face. Prince Atem looked at his cousin and said; "That is not true, I was clearly winning until I was called."

"Please do yourself a favor and wake up! I was winning and you know it." Priest Seto said. The whole trip back to their chambers they bickered back and forth. Their chambers were in the same wing of the palace, but both far apart on opposite ends of each other.

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Atem was the first to reach his chambers and quickly departed from Seto, before they got into a fight. Muttering words under his breath, he quickly went into his washroom where the servants already made a bath for him. Stripping himself of the remainder of his clothes, he steps into the hot bath, and relaxed his muscles. A male servant got in the washroom, with a deep bow and took Atem's clothes of the ground. Then, without saying a word, he walks away and leaves the prince to his thoughts.

'Why does Seto always have to irritate me. Why can't he see that I am superior! Why must he be so good at everything he does?' so continued Atem's thoughts while he looked around the room. The washroom along with all Atem's chambers was large, spacious and beautifully decorated with gold and painted pictures. Telling about the history of Egypt and the rise of the Pharaoh's in combination with the paintings of the Egyptian god monsters. The three monster were painted, real size, on the furthest wall in his bedchamber and were Atem's favorites. Along with dark magician, who was painted, real size, on the wall opposite side of the god-monsters.

The bathtub was also large and could hold up to three people in it. However he never shared his bath. He will only do that with the woman he loves, or in case of an arranged marriage, with his wife. Which he really hopes won't be the case, and he can choose his own wife.

Getting out of the water. He quickly dried himself off and went to his bedchamber where another servant has laid out some clean clothes and his jewelry. He put his clothes on and started putting on his crown, then his large earrings, followed by his bracelets, neckpiece, bands for his upper arms and legs and his rings. Then he walked out of his chambers and went straight for the throne room. He really hoped the meeting wouldn't be boring.

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Seto walked further towards his own chambers. He too was thinking about how annoying his cousin can be. He would never admit it, but beyond this rivalry with his cousin, there is also some -almost brotherly- care for each other. Of course their ego got in the way, but it was still kind of obvious.

He sighed and walked straight to the tub, undressing himself on the way and leaving his clothes just outside the chamber. He didn't like to be disturbed while taking a bath and the servants knew that. He was not looking forward to another boring meeting, but he didn't have a choice. Besides they needed him.

After some time he got out of the tub and dried himself off. Without so much as a look at his beautifully decorated washroom, he walked to his closet where he kept his robes and put one on. He liked to dress himself. The blue rope was his favorite and together with his blue and gold head piece. He felt powerful and confident. Getting his millennium rod, he also goes straight towards the throne room.

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The meeting was in full session by the time they are interrupted. There is a knock on the door and a guard who carefully steps inside. Taking a big bow, he says; "My pharaoh, the Persian court representative Lord Hassan is here to talk to you. He says that it is urgent!"

All people in the room look between the pharaoh and the guard. The pharaoh looks at the guard and then at the people in the room. Only his most trusted advisors and priests are present and he knows he can trust them.

"Send him in." pharaoh Aknamkanon ordered.

Lord Hassan entered the throne room with great urgency. He walked straight to the throne, not looking toward any of the other occupants in the room and bowed before the pharaoh. "You may rise Lord Hassan. What brings you here that is so urgent?", the pharaoh asks.

"My king, king Alborz has sent me to ask your help. Our princess Anzu has been kidnapped about three days ago, together with her chamberlain Lady Mene, while traveling to our summer palace.", sounds of shock were heard from any direction of the room, many with angry expressions on their faces. "The guards were all dead by the time we arrived at the scene. The princess and Lady Mene have not been found yet and as far as we could tell, they were kidnapped by a group of people, and heading south-west towards Egypt. My king asks if you will notify him immediately if they may be found here. Though he knows that the chances are small.", Lord Hassan said. The whole room is looking at pharaoh Aknamkanon and waiting to see what he will say.

"Of course will I let him know, and I will help too. We have been friends and ally's for a very long time, and princess Anzu was great friends with my son and nephew, while growing up", said pharaoh Aknamkanon. "Tell your king that the whole of Egypt will look for them, and that he will be notified immediately if we find them."

Prince Atem immediately shared a worried-look with High Priest Seto. Princess Anzu and her older brother Prince Adish where indeed childhood friends of theirs. Especially princess Anzu. They used to spend two months every year together until about four years ago, when prince Adish unexpectedly died of an unknown cause. It broke the Persian royal family's heart, and princess Anzu was not allowed to spend time away from the Persian palaces anymore. They both also have a crush on her for years, but they didn't want to ruin their friendship with her, so they never told her.

High Priest Seto started to order people to take Lord Hassan to a guest chamber, so he could get some rest, until he went back to Persia with sunrise. He also ordered to let all the guards and road keepers know, to look for the princess and her chamberlain.

"The meeting is suspended till tomorrow at noon. Please leave, except for you Seto and for you Atem.", pharaoh Aknamkanon ordered. Everyone hurried out of the room. Leaving the pharaoh, the prince and the high priest alone.

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