Chapter 7 was pretty challenging to write because it's my first time writing a romantic scene. In this chapter is mainly focus on the development between Moses and Eve, so there will be Moses's POV in it so that we can see what is Eve in his eyes.

Disclaimer: "The Prince of Egypt"belongs to Dreamworks Animation SKG, I only own my OCs.


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Exodus Concerto

Summary: An eighteen year old college student named Eve travels to Egypt with her best friend Hana, but a mysterious aircraft accident happens and when she wakes up, she finds herself being transport to the ancient Egypt and coincidently meets the Prince of Egypt Moses. Eve knows the story of Exodus, will she remain silence doing nothing or will she change the history that might cause consequences in the future?


Chapter 7 – Under The Moonlight

"Aaron, can you go open the door, I'm still cooking."

While Miriam was cooking some soup for the dinner, she heard someone was knocking at their door. She thought it would be a friend or one of the neighbors, so she called her brother to help opening the door.

"Alright, I'll go get it."

Aaron stood up from his chair and went to open the door and saw a man dressed in black robe standing in front of him. Because of the hoodie, he couldn't clearly see the person's face.

"Hello, how can I help you?" Aaron asked.

The person slowly let down the hoodie and revealed his face.

"P-P-Prince Moses!" Aaron stared at Moses in shock, he never expected to see his younger brother coming back to visit them so soon.

Moses held out a hand to calm Aaron down, "Please, you no longer need to be formal with me anymore."

"Moses! It's you! Please come in."

When Miriam heard Moses's voice she was very surprise as Aaron was, but she was still happy and welcomed him into their house.

Moses looked around the house of his siblings, it was really old and poor that he began to feel very guilty about it. All these years he had been living a life of luxurious while his biological family were living a life of suffering and pain.

"Don't just stand there, come have a sit." Miriam said and patted a wooden chair beside her.

Moses nodded and took a seat on the wooden chair, he felt a bit shy and awkward around his siblings, after all, it had been 20 years that they finally get to see each other again, and he knew absolutely nothing about them.

"Oh…look at you, my baby brother is all grown up now."

Miriam looked at Moses with pure happiness, tears starting to form in her eyes and Aaron was very happy to see him too, but he was stubborn to show it out.

"Miriam…Aaron…about last night I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have treated you like that." Moses sincerely apologized to his siblings.

"It's alright, we both understand, we're finally together as a family now." Miriam said softly and gave him a warm smile.

"Eve didn't come with you?" Aaron asked.

Moses looked down and sighed sadly, "The Pharaoh punished Eve after the incident at the construction site. She is now in the dungeon and won't be given food for three days."

"Oh no…" Miriam covered her mouth in disbelief.

"Poor girl, she didn't deserve such punishment." Aaron said and shook his head.

"I…I could have done something back then…" Moses said and clenched his fist under the table.

"Moses, don't blame yourself. Nobody could do anything in that kind of situation, everything just went so fast."

Miriam putted her hand gently on Moses's shoulder, making him look up to her.

"I know our meal can't compare to the palace's cuisine, but still…I would like us to eat together for only this once as a family, would you like to have dinner with us tonight, baby brother?" Miriam asked with hopeful eyes.

Moses stared at his siblings for a while, and then he nodded with a smile. Even though he was used to eat high class cuisine for so many years, but it would be fair to at least have a meal with his true family.

After they finished dinner, Miriam and Aaron told Moses everything about their family and their life as slaves. Moses almost cried when he learned that his birth mother, who was a strong and brave woman who sacrificed anything in order to save his life from the wrath of Pharaoh, was ill with a disease and died. If he found out the truth a year earlier, he could've had the chance to see his mother again.


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"Oh man…this place is so smelly and so dirty…I think I'll die in disgust already before the starvation!" I complained, waking in circles in my prison, good thing that it had bigger space to walk around.

"Ssh…Lady Eve…"

I was almost startled by a familiar voice from behind, then I turned around and saw a rock dropped automatically on the ground, I curiously walked near it and found out there was a small hole where you can see through outside.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"It's me Qiu, Lady Hana's handmaiden."

I looked in the hole and saw Qiu's face.

"I used to play hide and seek with my friends near the dungeon when I was little so I know which prison have holes, you're lucky that you're in this one. Anyway, Lady Hana ordered me to bring you this."

I walked away a bit so Qiu could give me the thing through the hole. It was a small packet wrapped in a pink handkerchief and I knew right away what was in it, "Thank you, Qiu, for risking your life to send me this, tell Hana that I'll be fine."

"I will, Lady Eve, may the Gods watch over you."

I could imagine Qiu bowing to me from outside and heard her leaving footsteps became quieter and quieter. I quickly picked up the rock from the ground and pushed it back into the hole before anyone could notice. Then I walked to an area where the moonlight shine above me and opened the small packet, "Sweet! Three Energy bars and my MP3-player."

It's really nice to have such a thoughtful friend like Hana, she's such an angel, I thought.

I first hide the Energy Bars in my pocket, then I laid on the hay bed that I made not long ago, putting on the earplugs, pushed the 'play' button, two hands behind my head, closing my eyes and enjoy myself listening to the music.

It had been a week now and a lot of things happened since the day me and Hana was transported to this ancient Egypt. We were lucky enough that we both met the Princes of Egypt first and had the permission to live in the palace but still we have to be careful and continue to survive.

I slowly opened my eyes and stared at the moon above the sky. I really missed my own family from the modern time line, And I bet my mother, grandfather and Hana's parents were all worried sick that we were gone missing. I don't even know if there was a possibility to return in our own time line. Aside from my little homesick, I'm also a bit confused with my relationship with Moses. I think we're friends now but we're engaged and I remembered when we first met, he could kiss me without hesitation, even though he was only trying to help me getting away from trouble, but still it felt really weird.

To be honest, until now I was never interested in romance, so of course I wouldn't consider having a boyfriend, but Hana loved romance, she used to watch every romantic movies and read those romance novels, I recall her favorite was 'Twilight'. Hana always dreamed that one day she'll found her one true love and that was also the reason why she didn't have a boyfriend either. However, there was one thing that I couldn't deny about, that Moses was the very first man I ever get closer with. I felt in ease every time when we're together, and I really like his carefree smile and his fun-loving personality. Perhaps I'm starting to have romantic feelings for him? Impossible, we only knew each other not more than a week and it'll be ridiculous to fall in love with someone that fast. By the way, Moses was supposed to marry Tzipporah in the future, and I'm pretty sure he had a crush on her, so it was impossible that he'll fall for me. But why did I feel so uneasy about it?

I suddenly got frustrated with the thought and pressed the 'stop' button of my MP3-player. Finding a comfortable pose, and try to get myself to sleep.


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When Moses returned to the palace, he decided to visit the dungeon.

"Prince Moses."

The two guards who guarded the entrance of the dungeon bowed to Moses when they saw him, he cleared his throat and spoke like a Prince would, "I would like to see my concubine in the dungeon."

Before the guards allow him to enter the dungeon, they first checked him if he had any food hidden, then they let him in.

"Moses!"

I still couldn't sleep so I simply just closed my eyes until I heard someone's footstep coming to my direction, then I saw it was Moses. I quickly jumped off the hay bed and gave him a welcoming smile.

"Hello, Eve." Moses said with a smile too, but somehow it seemed weak.

"So, did you visit Miriam and Aaron or you want to do it later?" I asked.

"Yes, I went to see them and...had a lot to catch up."

He scratched his wig from behind, feeling a little embarrassed.

"I know it's not easy but it's still great that you finally could reunite with your siblings." I said.

Moses thought for a moment then he looked up at me with a serious expression, "May I ask you something?"

I blinked and nodded, "Sure."

"Why do you always help the Hebrews? You're just a stranger from another Land and they have nothing to do with you. How could you be so brave and fearless? Don't you know you could have put yourself in danger and risk your own life?"

Listening to his questions, I smiled and told him in a determined tone, "Because it's the right thing to do."

"The right thing to do? Even it will cost your life?" Moses could see there was no doubt in my eyes but he insist to ask once more.

"Yes." I answered him without hesitation.

Moses sighed, "You are really strange, Eve. I never met a girl like you who only value justice and not her own life before."

"My grandfather always tells me, 'rather die as an honorable man than living a life of regret'."

"Rather die as an honorable man than living a life of regret…" Moses repeated quietly the motto I just told him, he stared at me with an unreadable expression.

"Moses, enough distance. I know how you feel after you learned the truth about your origin, but you should never deny the fact that Rameses and Queen Tuya truly loved you as their own family, and about the Pharaoh, I'm not saying you should forget for what he had done in the past, it was horrible indeed but there are other rulers who are even crueler than him, trust me, I've seen worst. But think about it, out of all the Hebrew children Pharaoh only spared you, he knows that you're a Hebrew but at the end he decided to love you instead and spoil you like his own son. I know it's complicated but they did raised you after all, even if that person you called father was the enemy of your people, but why not try to let him realize his mistakes and make him understand for what he did to those Hebrew children was wrong. And as for your people, you don't really need to be the savior if you don't want to, but you could try using your authority as a Prince to help them and make their suffering smaller time by time to the point that can better their life conditions, I'll support you to the end."

Moses looked down after hearing what I said to him, I could still see pain in his eyes.

"I'm not like you, Eve. I'm not strong enough to carry this huge burden, to continue to live a life as the Prince of Egypt or become the savior of my people…it's just too much…"

Moses tapped his fist on the prison bars forcefully, and his whole body began to shake faintly. I walked closely toward him and waited until he adjusted his emotions. A few minutes pasted, he exhaled and finally looked up to me again.

The moonlight slowly shined in the dark prison, and I could finally see things more clearly around me but then I noticed the sudden change of Moses's expression.


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****************Moses's POV****************

Moses thought he was dreaming, the moment when the moonlight shined upon her, it seemed like her body was glowing with silver light and made her like a goddess of the night. Blue eyes sparkles through the light of the moon that made his gaze unable to turn away from her.

Moses has seen a lot of beautiful women in his life, and most of them were elegant, feminine, mature and sexy, pretty much like the Midian woman Tzippraoh who he was quite fond of, but Eve was completely different, she was petite, youthful and exotic, if he didn't ask her age he would have mistaken her being an underage. Behind the bars, Eve looked so delicate, and he just realized how small her lips were, and the colors of her lips were soft rose sheen.

Her looks, her traits, her personalities, even her way of thinking was so strange as if she didn't belong to this world at all, everything about her was so mysterious, so unpredictable, so…admirable.

****************Moses's POV end*************


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"Moses?"

I couldn't stand the long silent anymore so I called his name to get his attention.

"Eve…" he began to spoke softly to me, "Even though we only knew each other for a week but in these days you have showed me a lot of yourself. You are brave, witty, noble, sarcastic in a good way and always full of surprises." Moses said and slowly stretched his hand through the prison bars to touch my face, using his thumb gently rubbing my cheek with affection. I didn't slap it away because it felt…nice.

"…Eve." He spoke my name softly.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Can you come a little closer?"

I did as Moses said, when I stepped near the prison bars, his hand went down to hold my chin and lift it up to his face, looking into his warm brown eyes made me feel a bit numb. Because of the height difference, I didn't even realize that my body moved itself that both of my hands grabbed the prison bars for not losing balance and tip toed to make myself a little higher, then I slowly closed my eyes.

Our face got closer and closer that I could feel his warm breath on my skin, and then our lips touched.

This kiss was so different than the other two kisses he gave me once.

It wasn't sudden.

It was gentle.

It was warm.

It was soft.

It tasted bittersweet.

"Prince Moses, I'm sorry to interrupt you but it's time for you to return to the palace." A guard suddenly came in and said to Moses from behind.

We had no choice but to parted away, looking at each other for a short moment.

"Good night, Eve, I'll come visit you tomorrow."

"Good night, Moses." I smiled and watched Moses left with the guard.

"Oh my God…"

I covered my mouth and randomly walking around in the prison, normally when someone kissed you so romantically should be overjoyed but instead I have very strong mixed feelings rising in my heart and never felt this troubled before because I just let something happened that should never have happened.


A/N: Wow...I hope the romantic scene won't turn out to be horrible. But to be honest, if I wanted two characters to become a couple, I wanted to make things very slow so that their feelings can grow stronger and stronger through time. I think Moses is open to show his affection right away, but not Eve, she's pretty shy and clueless toward romance like a lost puppy. I wanted their love to be bloomed when they go through a lot of hardship togehter, so in this chapter, yes, they kissed properly this time and shared a romantic moment with each other but the level of their relationship is only 'more than a friend but less a lover'. But don't worry, in the future chapters there will be a lot of fluff with these characters :)

Again, thanks to all the reviewers, viewers, followers and those who fav this story~

Replies to my last chapter reviewers:

VampireSiren: Thank you :) Yah, it sucks, but Eve knew that she went too far this time so you'll realize she wasn't mad at Pharaoh at all. I think Miriam and Aaron should be given more credit so in the later chapters they'll appear sometimes.

Queen Diamond Serenity: Thanks~ Well, I did plan to have Moses kiss Eve in this chapter though xD