This one got inspired by a story by A. Yami .Yugi. In it, Yugi is the adopted son of Bastet, and Seth curses him with a soul mate. THey are able to lift the curse to an extent, but now Yugi's soul is bonded to the pharoahs. I still haven't worked out how this one will work out yet.

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BASTET'S CHILD

"My lady Bastet! My lady Bastet!" Bastet looked up from her weaving to see a young lioness racing towards him. She got up and came forward, patting her head to make her let go. The lioness set down a bundle of linens that were….moving? She gasped and picked it up, moving a piece of the cloth aside.

"It….It's a child!" The baby began wailing at the loud voice. "No, no, no! Shhhh…..it's okay little one. No one's going to hurt you. Shhhh……you're all right. You're all right." The cries died down to a whimper and he opened his eyes. Bastet gasped. His eyes were a bright purple, like amethyst jewels. She cooed at the color and tickled him under his chin. He giggled and squirmed in his blanket. Bastet looked over at the young lioness whom had brought him. "Where did you find him?" The lioness pointed to the south.

"From what I could see, his family was attacked by thieves. They were merchants. Both the mother and father were dead, but he was alive, hidden in the wagon. He has no family left." Bastet looked down at the baby and smiled.

"Well now he does." She traced his upper arm. "I will take him as a son. His name shall be Yugi, my little game." The place that she traced gained the eye of Ra, like a birthmark. Bastet handed the little boy to the oldest lioness in the pack. "Look after him. I will come and check up on him. Convince the pride to move to one of my old temples. It will be the perfect place to raise him." The lioness nodded and took the blanket from the cat goddess gently with her teeth, taking care not to scrape his skin. She looked to the rest of the herd and began moving. The other lionesses followed him. The males followed for a while, but eventually dropped off to make their own prides. The lionesses came to an abandoned town that had what had once been a well tended temple to Bastet. Even now some of the roof was still up, creating well shaded places to lay in. The lioness set the child down and laid on her side. She nudged him up to her belly and guided him to her nipples. The baby's hands wandered through her fur and clutched it. The lioness jolted at his tight grip. Yugi attached his lips to a nipple and began to suckle. The lioness smiled. Even though his grip was tight, it was a lot like her cubs. After he had eaten his fill he began whimpering. The lioness looked at him strangely. She nudged him with her nose. Yugi made a strange noise and began gurgling happily. The lioness smiled and put him between her paws and laid her head down next to his small form.

Bastet came a few days later. She had been talking to the gods about her choice to make Yugi a child of a god. Now, after several days of debating, not only had the other gods agreed to the small child, but they were going to bless him with their power as well. The cat goddess held the baby in her arms as the gods came forward. The first was Ra. He looked down at his pale skin and smiled. He touched the boy's forehead.

"I bless you with my protection. You will forever be shielded from my eye so that your skin may always be this same pristine white." A golden aura spread around him and Yugi giggled. His skin gained a slightly golden shimmer to it, making it sparkle. Isis came next. She looked at his hands and smiled at how small and delicate they were.

"I bless you with the gift of magic. You shall be able to cast powerful spells and gaze far into the future. This is my gift to you." A pale golden aura spread around him and his hands glowed with the pale sheen of magic. Thoth came next. He saw his eyes innocent eyes, pure and undefiled and smiled.

"I bless you with the knowledge of forgiveness and the knowledge of the Earth. You shall know all there is within the four pillars of the world. Let this keep your spirit pure and untainted." A silvery aura spread around him and his eyes gained an indigo tint, like a midnight sky. Ma'at was next. She looked into his heart and smiled.

"I bless you with the gift of the feather of truth. You shall know people better than they understand themselves. You will know them, and you shall help carry out judgement." She set the feather within his heart and pulled it out, but already, there was an impression of the feather of truth. Osiris came next. He saw his youthful face and smiled.

"I bless you with eternal youth. Whenever you want to stop aging you shall. That is my gift to you, little light."

"Oh how sweet." Everyone tensed. Seth came out of a shadow. Bastet growled at him.

"Leave Seth! You are not wanted." He put a hand over his heart.

"Not wanted? Oh, I'm heartbroken!" He smirked. "But this was for all the gods to give gifts to our new addition. And I have the perfect one." He placed his fingers on the boy's forehead. "I bless you with a soul mate." Everyone gasped. Bastet lost her voice. "They will be so close to you that your thoughts will intermingle and you will be willing to give up your title as a child of the gods for them. You will thank your parents everyday for him. But that's not all, for they will be." He licked his lips. "Male." The gods gasped again. In order to have a male soul mate, his own soul would have to become female. Bastet regained her voice.

"Now see here!" But it was too late. The magic was already flowing, binding his soul to another. Yugi cried as the magic changed his soul, making it female and binding it to another. The little darkness that he had was stripped from him, leaving his soul completely white. With a cackle, Seth turned and left. The cat goddess tried to soothe the child, lessening the pain of having his very nature being changed. Bastet looked at the other gods in desperation. "Please! Undo this! He does not deserve it! Most never find their destined!" Every god lowered their heads. Seth's wife, Nephtys, stepped forward.

"I won't be able to reverse this, but I can alter it slightly." She placed her fingers on his forehead. "Even though you are soul bonded, I bind your soul to the living Horus. Your soul mate shall be the Pharaoh who takes the throne at a young age. He shall look like you, and hold the darkness that you were stripped of. You will complete each other. Light and dark." She sighed. "That is all I can do. Even though he is soul bonded, he is bonded to the god on earth. He will never have to give up his position as your son." Bastet looked at her with relief.

"Thank you." She nodded and left, going to find her husband. Anubis came up with sad eyes. He touched the child's forehead gently.

"In case you die or cannot find your soul mate. I give you the power of rebirth. Your soul will be reborn until you find him." A black aura encircled him. Yugi yawned and snuggled up into Bastet's chest, wanting to sleep. Wadjet came up and smiled gently.

"I give you my protection. Wherever you are, just call my name." Amen and his wife Qetesh came next.

"We bless you with the gift of fertility. You shall be able to give your soul mate children, so that he does not have to seek another for this duty." Their combined auras twined around him and settled within his abdomen. They stroked his hair and left. Every deity came and gave him gifts. Some were material possessions, others were gifts of beauty, grace, and promises of comfort in the afterlife. At long last, only Bastet had not given her son a gift. By now her child had unearthly beauty, even as young as he was. Glossy red lips were parted in soft breaths. His hair was tri colored, with the rich black of the fertile soil of the Nile, edged in a red that was as fiery as the sunset, and bangs of pure gold that framed his face. She touched his forehead.

"My son. I bless you with the appearance of a god. You shall be able to turn into a kitten and powerful black jaguar from the strange lands to the south, so that you may protect your beloved. You will be able to run faster than any of my other children. You shall hear the eagle cry when it is high in the sky and see us in the beyond." Her own gentle blue aura flowed around him. Yugi's ears wandered up onto the top of his head, becoming black and pointed like his mothers. His hands became paw-like and gained small claws, as did his feet. His canines sharpened and he gained sleek black fur on his hands, feet, ears, and neck. Finally he sprouted a long black tail. Ra came forward and touched the mark that Bastet had given the small boy.

"We have bestowed our gifts on this child. Now he is one of us. From this moment forward he shall be known as Yugi." The mark lit up, and when it died down, it had become silver. Ra nodded at Bastet. "Now he is truly yours." Bastet bowed.

"Thank you. This means a lot to me."