I did quite some research before writing this just to make sure that Anubis didn't have a partner and that there was no single goddess embodying death. I really hope you enjoy this it's taken me quite some time.

Sanguine-Latin word for drinker of blood

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Chapter 1 : Meeting

My father always taught me that life was a test from the gods. If we failed, we'd die young and our hearts would be eaten by Ammit the devourer.. If we pleased the gods and passed our test, we'd be granted a new life with the gods. Then my mother would go into the story of how the gods sent me to her.

"We found you passed out on the west side of the Nile. We thought it was bad luck because the west side was that of the dead. But, I saw a vision from Isis telling me to take you in, give you a home, marry you off to a nice man..." Then her voice would drift away and she'd smile at me lovingly. She'd then explain how I'd lost all memory i had. I knew only the present. I hated that, sympathy. It made my stomach feel as if a rock had been thrown at it. I liked being in the dark, thinly veiled by a mask of smiles and happiness that others seamed to believe. They were easy to trick.

I sighed and sat up in bed. My head hurt from sleeping on the pedestal that made sure my hair wouldn't be screwed up when i awoke. My best friend Meryetanum was getting married to our king, Ramsess the second. I was to be her lady in waiting once she became his queen. I dressed in a thin, linen dress decorated with patterns of lapis lazuli and gold. I knew my mother wanted to fetch me a husband but in some way it felt wrong. I shook of the odd feeling and let Muire, my maid/servant fix my makeup. I was stunning. According to my mother. According to me, I looked like a fluffy white monstrosity.

"Come darling you must ready yourself to become a lady in waiting." Muire said sitting next to me on my bed. "You must know that your role as a lady in waiting is not only supportive. Your duties are towards Meryetanum and the King but also towards their man servants." I felt my face pale, "And what exactly does that mean?" I asked frightened of the answer. Muire frowned wondering how to phrase her next words. "You will entertain the man servants in the palace. It is your place as an unmarried woman of the Palace."

I froze, "Does my mama know of this?" I was not looking forward to a lifetime of being a sex slave. Muire smiled, "Your mama paid lots of money to get you this position." She paused to fix my hair, "plus, you should be proud. This deal is getting your family out of debt." I froze, my 'mother' cared more of money than of me.

I decided I needed some fresh air, so I politely told Muire that i needed to do a 'job' for my mother. Muire wouldn't check up on my lie, because i never gave her a reason to suspect a lie. The proof I always needed was floating around in people's minds. Plus, most peasants were afraid of me.

They feared me because at unexpected times odd thing would happen. Once a child fell and was bleeding. I licked up the blood and wiped spit of the cut. The cut immediately healed. Another time I came upon a snake, It was killing a bat. So I imagined it on fire and surprisingly it caught fire and burned to death.

I lived in walking distance of the Nile. Not the part close to the city, but the out skirts. When I got outside I took off the robe that folded into the dress I was to wear for the wedding. I hung it on a tree branch and left my gold sandals at the base.

Then I ran. The cool fresh water of the river felt good on my legs. As I sat on the side of the river I contemplated if I should runaway. I could flee to Nubia. Their culture was very similar to ours and unlike others worshiped our gods.

Then, I saw a man on the other side of the river. He was pale,muscular, and had luscious dark hair that wasn't extremely long, but was long enough to fall in his eyes. I pretended not to notice him but I couldn't help looking at him. Then I saw a little boy grab a sleeping bat that was in a mini cave by the river.

The boy cut the bat's wing off. I ran over to the boy and hissed out a few word sounding like a snake. "I'd walk away if I was you. And drop the wing." He dropped the wing and ran away. I went to grab the wing but grabbed another pale hand. I looked at the strange man, he was around my age.

"Give me the wing." He handed me the wing. When I turned back the the bat, it was dead. I closed my eyes and was able to look into the spirit dimension. I moved my hands to grab the bat's spirit. It came to me and let me cradle it as if I was its mother.

I opened my eyes, still holding the spirit, and pushed the spirit back into the body. Then I summoned as much power as I could before reattaching the bat's wing. The bat flew up and rested on my shoulder briefly before dashing back into it's home.

The man looked at me and spoke calmly, "Who and what are you?"

I shrugged, "I am Sanguine, and I might be human. I do not know."

He smiled, "I am Anubis. God of the dead. And you, could not recall the dead if you were human." Then a flash of light momentarily blinded me. It was a big deal for me to be in the sunlight but this was intolerable. When I reopened my eyes a beautiful woman around my mother's age stood before us.

She smiled before saying, "That is because she is not human. You are Sanguine. It has been long since I last saw you but that is who you are." Anubis looked warily at his mother, "If she is a goddess she shouldn't be on earth masquerading as a human."
Nepthys smiled, "She was sent here by her foolish father that believed this the only way of protecting her.I am one of few who are not bound to stay away from you. I am your only hope."

I stood and barred my teeth, fangs protruding, "Why should I believe you, Nepthys? There is no plausible story to this. No explanation."

Thats it for this chapter! review! Did you like it? What could have been better? Let me know!

btw Anubis is a pale muscular man with shaggy black razor edged hair. Sanguine has pale skin, long blonde hair and blood red lips.