A New Adventure

Chapter Two

The dark had quickly succumbed the small village, it was now nightfall. Alex stood on his balcony looking out on the desert, he could hear chuckling from downstairs.

"And then I said, but that's Impossible sir, the brandy's been in the cupboard all along," Charles' audience erupted in laughter. Alex sighed deeply, ruler, he was now ruler of this village, all these people were his responsibility. Deep in thought he did not notice a beautiful young woman coming to stand next to him.

"So you must be Alex?" she questioned. Alex jumped in fright, he was immediately dazzled by the beauty of the woman in front of him, he nodded slowly to her question. "I'm Cassandra, but I prefer to be called Cassie," she reached out her hand and Alex took it.

"I'm Alex."

"Yes I already knew that," Cassie smiled.

Alex shook his head in embarrassed, "so are you from here?" he asked casually.

"Yes, I've lived here for most of my life."

"It's a beautiful village," Alex complimented his surroundings. Cassie looked around and nodded in agreement. "You know, I don't mean to be rude here, but you speak very good English," Alex slightly blushed as he said this.

Cassie laughed, "I travelled a lot with my father when I was younger, I leant English from him."

"Was he English himself?"

"No, he was Greek."

"Oh right."

"My mother was Egyptian, this is the village where she was from."

"oh, does she still live here?"

"Oh no, she dies when I was born, it was my father that raised me. He was an explorer so we were always in a different country each day-" Cassie stopped hastily, "oh look at me rambling on-"

"Oh no I honestly don't mind, to be truthful this is all fascinating for me," Alex yearned to hear more details about the girl he just met. Cassie gave him a broad grin and continued to tell him more about herself.

The two stood there for a long time, laughing and joking, not noticing the old woman underneath them, she slowly drew a card from her pocket. Upon it were two stars intertwining in each others paths, the small writing underneath the illustration meant "fate" in the ancient Egyptian language. The old woman smiled to herself, looked back at the couple and then vanished.

A/N: So that was the second chapter up, reviews are welcome.

Soph xXx