Walking down the corridor, I couldn't help but think about what Jamila wanted. I wondered what she was like, and why she wanted to see me. As Faud pulled me further into the corridor, and closer to Jamila, the more I thought about my mother. Would she believe that I was daughter? Would she tell Faud that I am his actual sister? What would I say to her? What will I do once I've met her? All these questions came to me like a stone wall and all too soon, Faud announced that we were there. We stood in front f the door while Faud jumped happily.
"See we're here!" he chirped and knocked on the door a bit. "Mama, I'm back with Sanura!" he called before opening the door with one hand, and gripped mine with the other. "Faud?" A soft called out from the dark room. Smiling brightly, Faud pulled me inside more, going over to the shadow near the window. Turning to us, I met the eyes of a woman with black hair and jade eyes. She was slim, with faded skin. I felt my breath hitch in my throat as I gazed upon my mother as she gazed upon me, her eyes wide in surprise, and her mouth slightly agape.
Jamila stood up from her chair, taking a few steps toward us. I felt Faud's grip on my hand strengthen, causing me to frown as I picked the boy up into my arms. Once Jamila was a few feet away from us, she placed a hand over her mouth. "It really is you Sanura... just like Akin said..." She whispered, and I could see tears start collect in her eyes. I felt Faud grip around me, his head near my ear.
"Mama says that she knows you. Says that long time ago you were part of family..." he whispered to me as Jamila hesitantly came closer to us. "Is it true?" he asked, almost pleadingly. I closed my eyes a bit and nodded. "That... is what a lot of people are saying Faud." I said softly. Faud looked at me a bit and nodded with a smile before turning to his mother, who was now staring at my arm, where Akin's, my father's armband rested. I turned to Jamila, looking her straight into her jade eyes with my emerald ones.
"You are your father's child after all. Even after being taken from us... you've grown into a beautiful woman." Jamila said, gently running a hand down my face gently. I moved my face away from her, taking a step back and looking away from her. "So then, everything is true." I whispered. "I was taken from you as a babe, trained to my destiny and am now am residing here to fulfil it." I said and let out a sigh. This caused Faud to take my face into his hands and made me look at him. I noticed the look of sadness on his face as he stared at me, his big eyes pleading me to not go.
"Don't go like papa did sister. Please don't go." He whispered and I saw the fear that he held deep within him. I held Faud close to me, letting his we my shoulder. "I won't be going anywhere Faud, I promise you." I whispered to him. This caused Faud to let out a cheer, hugging me tightly, he kept repeating how he was so happy to know that he had a real sister. I couldn't help but smile at him as I then turned to my mother and nodded towards her. "I won't be leaving, not at all." I told her in a soft voice. She nodded to me with a soft smile on her face, but before she could say anything, a knock sounded on the door.
The three of us looked at the door quizzedly. I made room as Jamila went over to the door, opening the door. Imagine our surprise when we saw the Pharaoh, Shimon, and two of the guardians, one I recognized as Isis. Shimon smiled at Jamila, giving a small wave. It was then that I noticed that Faud was fast asleep in my arms.
"Jamila, how are you today?" Shimon asked, as the four of them came into the room. Jamila smiled a bit and nodded. "I am fine Shimon. My Pharaoh, Lady, Isis, Master Mahad, what do we owe the pleasure of this visit?" she asked, going back to the chair near the window. I walked over to the bed sitting down on it with Faud in my lap. The Pharaoh scratched his cheek a bit sheepishly. "Isis and Shimon decided that we needed to visit you after not being here for a few months already." Mahad explained as everyone became comfortable in the room.
Shimon and Isis found some more two more chairs and were sitting near Jamila while Mahad stood near the door. The only other place left to sit, was on the bed next to me, to which I made reluctant room for the Pharaoh, after getting a disapproving look from Jamila. I laid Faud down on the bed, which ended up with his head on my lap and his feet on the Pharaoh's lap. I had to chuckled a little to myself, if I had to guess, I would say that Faud was up for hours before he came to visit me that morning.
"He must be tired." I heard the Pharaoh muse as he gazed down at the child. I nodded, with a bit of a smile as I moved some hair away from Faud's face. Shimon and Isis were talking to Jamila, catching up on things and Mahad was looking out of the window. "He was probably up early this morning." I said softly, not looking at the Pharaoh, as he nodded agreeing with me. We were then silent, lost in both of our thoughts.
We missed the looks that the others were giving us. I looked down at Faud, and heard him sigh a bit against my lap, a content smile playing on his lips. I stroked his hair gently before turning to look at the Pharaoh, knowing that it was best that I apologize for my actions earlier on. I was surprised though when I saw that the Pharaoh was watching me a bit, and since he knew he was caught, he just gave me a small smile and a slight nod of his head.
"I'm sorry about earlier Pharaoh." I said softly, turning away to look back down at my brother. I heard the Pharaoh shift a bit next to me, feeling the bed shift as well. "It is alright Sanura. I'm sure you had your reasons for lashing out like that. I must apologise as well. I never meant to make you feel like an object." He said quietly. I looked at him, noticing that he was sitting closer to me than before and nodded, forgiving him. The then took my arm in his own, this time gently, looking over at the faint marks that his hands made earlier.
"I am sorry about that..." he said quietly, his eyes lowering a bit. I shook my head at him. "It is fine Pharaoh, you felt threatened by what I had said. So you acted the way that you were suppose to. No not feel guilty about your actions Pharaoh. It's not like I would not be able to handle it." I told him. This caused him to smile a bit and nod. "You were brave to tell a Pharaoh something such as that." He told me, causing to give him a weak smirk of amusement.
The day soon went by all too soon. The seven of us stayed at Jamila's home the entire afternoon, just chatting with one another. I was starting to feel comfortable with these people and it was there that I decided that I would try a bit more to accept my faith, and my new found family. I told myself that I would visit Jamila often, and learn more about her and my father. I also promised myself that I would always look after Faud, and become his protector. Jamila saw us to the door with Faud whining about wanting to come with me. She disagreed saying that she didn't want him to bother me, to which I told her that I would love it if he came along, since all we were doing was going back to the palace to eat and discuss a few things.
She reluctantly agreed, and Faud jumped and cheered for joy as he ran over me, taking my hand into his own. I looked over to the Pharaoh, seeing if it was alright. He nodded to me and I nodded back in silent thanks. With that, we left the temple of Amun and headed back towards the palace. I was walking beside Mahad with Faud right next to me behind us were Isis and Shimon who were talking about something. The Pharaoh was leading the way, in front of us, seemingly lost in his thoughts.
"It is nice to know that you have decided to stay." I heard Mahad say quietly, causing me to look up at the male with a slightly tilted head. "What do you mean by that Master Mahad?" I asked curiously. He turned to me and smiled a bit. "We heard you and your brother earlier today, after the incident in the hallway. The Pharaoh looked worriedly for a moment, I believe that he was afraid of you leaving." He told me. "But after hearing your brother, he began to relax a bit." He added, causing me to nod.
I looked down at my brother, and couldn't help but smile a bit. "I suppose, it's because I've found the family that I've always been searching for and the purpose for all of my training." I said before looking up at him. He smiled at me and nodded, accepting that answer.
They were passing some pots when someone jumped out of one of them and latched onto the Pharaoh. She had long brown hair, big brown eyes and was dressed in a tanned dress and hat. Mahad and I stared at the girl, before we heard laughing coming from my brother, which me starting to laugh quietly. Mahad let out a heavy sigh as he walked over to the girl and the pharaoh. "Mana, what are you doing?" he asked with a frown. The girl looked at Mahad and pouted at him.
"I wanted to see the Pharaoh!" she said, unhooking herself from the surprised male. I couldn't help but smirk a bit and turned to look at Isis and Shimon, to inquire who she was, but they weren't there anymore. I stood back a bit and notice that Faud wasn't with me, and I could only expect that Shimon and Isis took him to show him around.
I stepped back a bit, seeing how close they were to each other. I decided that I would sneak away before I was noticed and continued to back away from the friends, letting them have time with each other. Apparently, I wasn't very settle, as the girl noticed me and hopped over to me, standing closer than I would have liked. She stared at me in the eyes with a curious expression on her face.
"Who are you?" she asked curiously. "My name is Sanura." I told her unsure of what her reaction would be. She smiled at me brightly and the next thing I knew, I had fallen backwards, the girl's arms around me hugging him. Mahad let out a sigh as he walked over to us. "Mana, you're going to suffocate Sanura like that." He scolded shaking his head. Mana let out an 'oops' as she jumped back, apologizing wildly at him. The Pharaoh walked over to me and offered me his hand, which I took without much thought. As soon as I was standing, I started dusting myself off, casting a weary look towards the girl. She had caught me off guard, something that didn't happen often and something that I didn't want to happen again.
"Are you alright Sanura?" The pharaoh asked me quietly. I turned to him, seeing that he was close by still. I nodded my head as I casted a glance over to Mahad and Mana. "Yes pharaoh, I'm fine. I was just caught off guard is all." I told him quietly. I saw him smile at that and nod, apparently glad at that. "Good, here let me properly introduce you two." He said with a slight smile.
The girl, Mana had calmed down and was standing beside the Pharaoh and Mahad happily. The pharaoh looked over at Mana a bit. "Mana, this is Sanura, she's the guardian summoner." He said. Mana beamed at me happily, and waved energetically at me, making me wave slightly at her. "Sanura, this is Mana, magician in training and one of my oldest friends." He said. I nodded at this, still feeling uncomfortable around the energetic girl. "It's nice to meet you Mana, but I am afraid that I must be going. There are some things I need to do." I said curtly and left.
I let out a sigh when I was far away from the trio. I looked at my side seeing Chaos next to me. "Please don't look at me like that..." I mumbled, looking at the ground. Chaos didn't say anything as we walked, he was still giving me the look, making me roll my eyes at him. "What am I suppose to do? They've been friends for years. It's not right for me to suddenly barge into their lives like that." I told him. "You could make friends though." He told me, crossing his arms a bit. "You know that easier said than done." I replied. I decided to explore the palace a bit before I went to rest.
The pharaoh sighed as he watched Sanura walk away. Mana looked worried and turned to her two best friends. "Did I do something wrong?" she asked worryingly. Mahad shook his head, smiling gently at her. "No Mana, you didn't. I think Sanura is just confused about a few things right now. She had just met her mother that she never knew and isn't yet use to life in the palace yet. Don't worry she'll come around soon." He said, placing a hand on Mana's shoulder. She nodded her head, watching the summoner walk away.
The pharaoh smiled at his friends before looking up at the sky. "I'm afraid that I must cut this get together short as well. Seto would like to run over a few things with me before Ra sets." He said with a heavy sigh. 'That and I would like to make sure Sanura is alright.' He thought. Once he saw his friends nod, he waved them fair well and walked into his palace, searching out either Seto or Sanura. He found the summoner first and smiled a bit, watching her take in the palace.
"You know, all of the pharaohs from my family have lived here. It's said that this temple has been around since the age of the gods." He said, watching as she glanced over at him. "Really? Then I wonder how long my family have been serving yours." She said quietly, her hand covering the armband lightly. "Probably for the last ten generations." He mused, standing beside her. "At least." She added quietly and turned.
"Forgive me, Pharaoh, but I must get going." She said and walked down the hall, her guardian spirit appearing beside her. The pharaoh couldn't help but watch her as she left. 'It shall definitely be interesting to see how everything turns out in the end.' He thought with a bit of a smirk as he walked down the opposite hall, looking for his advisor.