MED: as promised, I'm back –smile- since fanfic took my signs out, I can't do my smiley face anymore. X.X;;
You know the signs already I presume?
Wait!! New one!!
!Blah! note (i'm really running out of signs....gah!!)
And sometimes when I do 'this' or this it's just a sort of emphasize k? –sweatdrop-
Whoops...forgot disclaimer last time... ... but I believe everyone knows that I DON'T OWN YU-GI-OH ONLY MY CHARACTERS AND MY PLOT right? XD
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!About a week later!
'It was Sunday /1/!' Neferti thought as she crawled out of her bed, and quickly got dressed. She suppressed the urge to open the curtains. 'I'll be out in the sunshine soon!!' she smiled at the thought and danced a little around her room, finally settling down when a knock was heard. "Come in" she tried to keep the happy tone out of her voice, but the tone was a bit higher than normal.
A servant came scurrying in, holding a large tray full of food, she put it down and went over to the princess. With a curtsy, she picked up a golden hairbrush and began brushing Nerferti's hair. Neferti was disappointed to see that it wasn't Shizuka, but nothing was going to dampen her spirits today. After the usual routine that she have to follow every Sunday; wear her clothes, brush her hair, put on eye shadow and eyeliner, and put on her extravagant headdress of solid gold. Then a dark cloak /2/ made of some light, feathery material, as to not mess up her hair and headdress, she was ready to go.
With the servant in front, and the princess after her, they walked through the dark, narrow paths and out of a secret door, they went down, down the old and winding stairs until they appeared to be in a kind of underground temple. The servant bowed and left silently, leaving the princess to her worships, as she had done every Sunday since she can remember.
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Meanwhile at a certain council meeting, a certain crimson-eyed prince was bored out of his mind, trying desperately to concentrate, he tried hard to keep himself from falling asleep.
"Atemu! Atemu, are you listening?" The pharaoh's stern voice boomed out at him.
Atemu's head snapped up, and he apologized, looking a bit embarrassed. Pharaoh Akunamukanon nodded and went back to discussing how to stop the Nile from flooding over. From across the table, priest Seto /3/ barely managed to stop a snigger from escaping his lips. The crown prince sent him a deadly look, and he replied with an icy glare, and so, they started shooting dark looks at each other, a battle between crimson and cerulean. (Gah! Not yaoi! At least not in this story...XD)
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On the other side of the castle, Neferti had finished her prayers and got up form her kneeling position. Her body ached all over, especially her neck, being under the weight of her headdress for so long, but she ignored it, and made her way up the ancient stairs and she quietly snuck into her room. Once she was inside, she ripped off her cloak, took off her headdress, changed out of her priestess clothing, wiped off her makeup and collapsed on to her bed, exhausted. A minute later, she jumped up, put on some more comfortable clothes and her cloak, grabbed a silk pouch and walked to her window.
With a ladder that she had asked Shizuka to sneak out of the storage room, she climbed carefully out of the window, shading her eyes against the fierce sunlight. She dropped skillfully onto the carpeted grass of the palace gardens. After hiding the rope ladder, she stealthily crept over to the very edge of the garden, and scaled the wall that separated the serene palace gardens and the bustling marketplace.
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Yami and Seto called on a tie, so now the prince was looking out of the window, it had a perfect view of the palace gardens. Yami longed to be able to go outside, but the meeting didn't seem to be ending soon. As he was going to turn back to the meeting, he caught something out of the corner of his eye, somebody was climbing the palace walls! Yami wondered if he should raise the alarm. 'Well too late now' he thought lazily as the figure disappeared from view.
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Now successfully out of the palace, Neferti quickly walked through the dusty roads, people where pushing and shoving as they tried to get what they needed before noon, since the sun was not very forgiving at that time of the day. She hurried (or tried to) towards the edge of the town, she had some important business to attend to.
At the very edge of the marketplace was a poor 'tribe', they were mostly slaves who had escaped from their master's homes or the homeless, treated with no respect and usually needed to steal for a living. Just then, a figure in a dark cloak appeared through the tattered gate, (or what used to be one) the elders of the tribe immediately went over to welcome the figure while telling the children to call everyone out of their huts.
"My dear child! It's so good to see you again!" the wrinkled face of one of the oldest elders broke into a smile as she watched the figure take off her hood, revealing her lovely, slightly tanned face.
"It's good to see you too grandmother /4/" Neferti said, smiling. Meanwhile a crowd had gathered around them, they talked in a hushed whisper. Neferti could only catch single words, as they are speaking in their own language.
"Attention! Attention! Our White Angel /5/ has returned! Bow down before her!" the elder commanded, voice full of power and strength.
Neferti was used to this, every time she came, the elder would announce her as the 'White Angel' and she really hadn't gotten around to ask her why. Afterwards, when she was alone with the elder, Neferti took out her silk pouch and handed it to the elder, "this time it's a bit more than before, because... I probably won't be able to come here often anymore..." she trailed off as her voice stuck in her throat.
"I see..." the elder said with a knowing look "well a girl has got to go home someday...especially you."
Neferti looked up "what do you mean?" she asked in a puzzled tone. The elder simply looked at her with wisdom in her eyes. "How-w did you know?" Neferti asked after a while of silence
"You know I know everything, my child. The question is how did you know?" the old lady asked gently, but her eyes showing that she already know (XD)
"I-I guessed...well...whenever my mother, I mean the Queen, comes, she always talks about this..." she trailed off, looking miserable.
The elder got up from her seat and hobbled over to a tattered old box, she retrieved something from it and went back to her seat. "Give me your hand." The old lady commanded, and when Neferti complied, she put something onto it and curled Neferti's fingers around it. When she opened them, there was a golden /6/ feather on the palm of her hand. She looked at the old lady questionably. "The feather of Ma'at?"/ 7/
"You are the goddess Ma'at, or the White Angel of truth and justice. You must always remember that, don't ever lose yourself" with these words of wisdom, the old lady got up to leave.
"Wait!! What does that mean? The White Angel?!" Neferti asked, trying to follow.
The old lady simply smiled and walked out of the tent. By the time Neferti got out, nobody was outside. 'Oh well...better go back' she thought glumly.
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/1/ I know they don't go by our weekdays and way of counting...but too bad...XD
/2/ Nobody was allowed to see her face before marriage because of a special reason. So keep your pants on! LoL
/3/ I know it's supposed to be Seth k?! But I hate the sound of Seth so...hehe
/4/ Ya know village elders...doesn't mean that she's really Nefer's grandmother ok? X.x;;
/5/ Well it's sort of a tribal goddess...same meaning as Ma'at
/6/ Symbol of Ma'at...if you think 'I thought the tribe was poor! Well Neferti's been giving them gold you see...and well some members steal...someone who you'll meet soon...that I decided to add into the fray...lol
/7/ Ma'at for those who don't know is the Egyptian goddess of truth, justice and all that other stuff. My favorite goddess by the way.
MED: next chapter the romance will be here!! Stay tuned!I know I forgot to say REVIEW last time... but people! all you have to do is click the stupid little button!! X.x;; (apperently, that's the only faceI can do now...)
Thank you shadow-fox313for reviewing!! -smile- I am posting because of you!! causeI wrote the chapters already...Lol andI must say your story was really good,I couldn't review for some reason..X.x;;