Hey guys! I am so sorry that I have not been updating! You must hate me! For the past few weeks I have been at a wedding and it was tiring. Also the Microsoft trial on my mom's laptop expired so I have been unable to write my story. I'm currently using OpenOffice. Hopefully I'll be able to update faster because I started school yesterday. So enjoy!
The sky was slowly turning from black to blue as Ra was rising in the Egyptian sky. The sun's rays touched Atem's face causing him to wake up. He blinked his eyes trying to get rid of the sleep from his eyes. Remembering the events of yesterday, Atem quickly got out of bed and got dressed.
Dalila entered the room, about to wake up Atem but noticed that he was already awake. "Well, you're up early," she said surprised. Atem doesn't like waking up so early in the morning.
"I didn't want to be rude by waking up late," Atem said while checking his clothes.
"That's courteous of you. Hurry before breakfast starts."
Atem fixed his shirt then left with Dalila to the dining room.
Atem and Dalila entered the dining room just before breakfast was served. Atem saw his father sitting at the front of the table, an empty seat on his right. Yuugi and her parents were sitting on his left. His father's council were sitting on the rest of the seats.
Dalila left the room to the kitchen next door to help with the serving. Atem sat at the empty seat.
"Good morning Father. Good morning Princess Yuugi."
"Good morning Prince Atem," Yuugi said, her uneasiness quickly fading away from seeing her best friend.
Before they could start a conversation, the servants came in with the food. Everybody ate quietly, making small talk. After a few minutes, everybody finished and left to go to the council room.
As Queen Layla left the room, she spotted Atem and went to talk to him.
"Hello Queen Layla," Atem said once she reached him.
"Hello Prince Atem. Do you mind if you watch Yuugi again while I'm at a meeting? She seems more comfortable with you."
"I don't mind at all Your Highness."
"Thank you very much." She smiled warmly to Atem then left to go to the council meeting.
Atem spotted Yuugi talking to Mana. He walked up to the girls and grabbed Yuugi's hand.
"C'mon Yuugi, I'll give you a tour of the palace," Atem said, tugging Yuugi along. Yuugi didn't mind the tugging, she just smiled in return and followed with Mana closely behind.
They excitedly gave Yuugi a tour of the palace, telling her their favorite places. While on the tour, Atem saw his cousin.
"Seth," Atem called out to his cousin as the group approached him.
Seth turned around. He had brown hair, blue eyes, and tan skin the same shade as Atem he's also about three inches taller than Atem.
"Hello Atem and Mana. Who's this," he said, gesturing to Yuugi.
"This is Yuugi, princess of the Silver Moon Kingdom."
Seth bowed to her. "Nice to meet you princess."
Yuugi curtsied. "Nice to meet you too."
"This is my cousin Seth," Atem explained. "His father Akunadin is in my father's council. He wants to be a priest like his father."
"Not only do I want to be a priest because my father is but also to keep Atem in check when he becomes king," Seth playfully glared at Atem at the last comment.
Atem smiled back. "I'm sure that I'll be more mature when I'm older."
"We will see. If you'll excuse me I have to go to the library."
They said good-bye to each other and left toward opposite directions. After a few minutes when they were passing Mahad's chamber, they saw him walking toward them.
He saw them first. "Hello Prince Atem and Mana. Hello Princess Yuugi. You look as beautiful as your mother."
Yuugi blushed at the compliment. "Thank you."
Mana spoke up. "Mahad, can I be your magician apprentice?"
Mahad smiled at Mana's enthusiasm. "I don't know yet. There are plenty of other people with lots of potential."
"Well if you choose me I'll work hard than all of them combined."
Mahad chuckled lightly. "I'm sure you will."
"Mahad."
Mahad looked at Atem seeing concern in his crimson eyes.
"What are the meetings about? They usually don't last this long." Atem asked his father once but he told him he doesn't have to concern himself with it.
"I'm sorry, I can't tell you my Prince. You're too young to understand."
Atem pouted. He may be young but he still wanted to know what was going on.
"Come along little ones," Mahad said coaxing them to the dining room. "It's lunch time."
After Yuugi, Atem, and Mana finished eating, they immediately went to the garden and played there until sunset. When it was time to go Atem escorted Yuugi to her room.
"What do you think the meetings are about Yuugi?"
"I heard my mama saying something about riots in our kingdoms. That one race is higher than the other."
Atem gave Yuugi a confused look. "Why? We treat each other the same. We don't fight."
"I don't know. They're adults and we're only five summers old. Mahad was right, we're too young to understand."
Atem just sighed, letting the subject drop. They said good night to each other once they reached Yuugi's chamber. Atem went back to his room, the information he heard quickly fading away as sleep took over.
Well that's it for now! I won't be able to update as fast as I used to because school started so I'll see what I can do. I am half finished with the next chapter so expect an update by this weekend hopefully. See you soon!
