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Kiley: We apologize for such a long wait on a chapter

Yami: Luna is a college student now and is balancing that and a job and is trying her hardest to find time

Luna: I am sorry once again. Disclaimer: I, Luna Motou, and Catrod1992 do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh and all of its characters belong to Kazuki Takahashi, but all the ideas for the story belong to us! Enjoy

~~ Chapter 4 ~~

==Kiley's POV==

I walk with father to the dining hall, trying my hardest to ignore the stinging pain on my cheek and the forming tears that I blink back. Why father? Why do you hit me? I just want you to love me, to be proud of me. Maybe if mother didn't lay with another man-no what am I saying? I shouldn't be thinking these kinds of things. Mother loved daddy didn't she? But…if she laid with another man….does she-

I shake my head to stop my train of thought. I shouldn't think of these things. To stop myself from thinking again, I look at the golden hallways. There are so many elaborate paintings and hieroglyphics that describe stories and legends about the gods. The hieroglyphics even talk about the past kings of Egypt. I wish father would stop and let me read the hieroglyphics but if I ask, I know I will get punished again.

When we get to the dining hall, two palace guards open the doors for us and bow respectfully. Father walks ahead and I smile to the guards before walking inside. I didn't think the palace could surprise me too much but that changed when I saw the dining hall.

It looked like it was made with gold because the whole room had a particular glow to it. There were torches that lit up the room beautifully and each torch was held by a statue. There was a long table with already a few people sitting at the table; my best guess is that they must be the Pharaoh's high priests. They had white robes and golden jewelry with an eye in the middle. On the walls were many hieroglyphics that gave a name to each past Pharaoh and some stories about the gods. I noticed that one wall was dedicated to one story in particular. As I looked closer at it I saw that it was….

I was pulled away from my thoughts, literally. My father was annoyed that I was staring at the wall and he "gently" sat me down on the right hand side of where the Pharaoh and his son would sit. My father then takes a seat next to me. I look down at what is in front of me. There was a golden plate with a silver fork, knife and spoon, an embroidered napkin and also a golden goblet. The plate was like a mirror, and what I saw was not surprising. In my reflection, I saw a princess living in sadness and loneliness, wanting only to be loved by her father.

"You are beautiful my princess," a woman's voice said.

I looked up and saw a woman with tanned skin dressed in beautiful white linen with golden jewelry, particularly a golden necklace with an eye in the middle.

"Thank you," I said softly and shyly.

"You are lucky to be blessed with a kind and polite daughter my king," said a man dressed in white linen and had short black hair with a golden band around his head and had some golden scales next to him with the same eye symbol on it.

"Thank you kind priest, she is my pride and joy," my father said and wrapped his arms around me and kissed my head.

I hugged him back, smiling with pure joy. I know that he is lying, but it is only times like these that he ever shows such….affection. I know it is false and that he doesn't mean it, but it's these rare moments that he shows me false love and affection. But, as quickly as it came, it ended. He then went on talking with the priests and I took this opportunity to look back around at the room.

I find the wall that depicted a story, the story how the gods came to be and graced the people of Egypt with their gifts. Here is what it said:

(A/N: This is a story that I thought up. I am not saying this is true or not this is purely fiction so no flames please)

Once, all that was in Egypt were people, sand, and the sun. The people of Egypt were thieves and killers and had no one to rule over them and those to guide them. The sun then gave birth to Ra, the god of the Sun. He had wild orange hair that turned red and yellow, like flames in the fire. He had sun kissed skin and had the power of fire and the sun. Ra appeared to the Egyptians and set forth new laws. The people fell to their knees and bowed to their new god, thanking him for hearing their prayers. Ra remained in the heavens and ruled alone as the King of Gods and King over Egypt.

Soon however, the people cried out to Ra through their prayers. They said that it was too hot and they were dying of thirst. Ra heard these pleas and acted fast. He looked out into the empty void and found the moon; a cool rock that would rise at a new time he called 'night' and the sun will rise in a time known as 'day'. However, Ra only had power of the sun and fire and had no idea how to use the moon properly. As if an answer to his prayer, next to him appeared a man with pale skin and deep blue eyes. He had silver and dark blue hair, wearing a sari that had water designs.

"Please allow me to take care of this brother," said the man from the moon.

Ra allowed him, curious to see what this man's power would be. The man then raised the moon and with the moon he made it rain, he made the Nile River and brought fish with it and all kinds of aquatic life. He made the night cool and refreshing so that the people of Egypt could then relax and let their skin cool after a hard day's work. The people celebrated and called this the Harvest Moon Festival. Ra turned to the man and thanked him and asked for his name.

"My name is Khenshu, god of the sea," said the man.

Ra then accepted Khenshu as his right hand man in ruling Egypt.

"Why do you stare at the wall like an idiot," a voice hissed in my ear.

I jumped and blushed looking at my father shyly.

"Forgive me," I said quietly.

My father said nothing; he couldn't harm me in front of so many witnesses. He turned away and talked to more priests. I noticed that the two princesses that I saw before were in front of me, talking to each other. I had never seen identical twins before. The one with green eyes was dressed in a blue dress that was sleeveless and about knee length perhaps? The one with blue eyes was wearing a sea-green dress that had sleeves; a see-through wrap wrapped around her shoulders and really brought out the dress. It was beautiful. Maybe we could be friends.

Before I can say anything, the Pharaoh and his son walk inside and we all stand in respect.

Dinner is about to start.

~~ End Chapter 4~~

Luna: There we have it!

Kiley: I wanted to learn more about the story

Luna: All in good time my dear light

Yami: I hope those two trouble-makers behave during dinner

Yugi: That's up for Cat to decide since the next chapter is hers to write.

Kiley: We hope you enjoyed! Reviews are welcome. See you in the next chappy!