Selene's POV
Several soft shoves woke me from my sleep. I snap up to see Sk'airy looking at me. Where was I? I'd fallen asleep before Nut and the rest of me had. I looked around. I was in a four post gold bed. An arm was wrapped around my waist. It belonged to Klorel.
I got out of bed and knelt next to Sk'airy.
"I'm sorry about yesterday, Sk'airy. Are you alright?"
She nodded.
"I should have told you about Nut. She's the other person who shares my body. I know she sounds like the bad people who took us here, but she's really a good person."
She nodded again, but I knew she wanted to tell me something else.
"Do you need something? Are you hungry?"
She nodded quickly. I guess she came looking for breakfast.
I took her hand and went to find someone who could tell us where we could get something to eat. A guard stopped us at the door to Klorel's chambers.
"She's hungry," I told him, "I'm taking her to get something to eat."
"Neither of you are to leave this room without Lord Klorel's expressed permission. I will have a servant bring you your breakfast."
I lead Sk'airy back into the room, but turned my head briefly to glare at the guard.
"They're going to bring us some food, so we'll just have to wait here for now, alright?"
She nodded again.
We sat in silence for several moments. After a while, she moved to one of the windows and looked out. The planet we were on was covered in lush forests, similar to the one she came from. She must miss it. The poor girl. She'd lost her entire family to the Goa'uld.
Our moment of peace was interrupted when Klorel entered the room.
"I will be in meetings for the morning. Do not disturb me. After lunch, I will be in my office. If you require anything, inform the guard."
And with that, he left. To be honest, I didn't really know what to do. Our breakfast came after a few minutes, but I didn't know what to do once we'd finished eating. I'd never actually baby sat before. Before I returned to Abydos, I'd always been to busy with school or research. When I was on Sk'airy's home planet, we'd always had chores to do. Chores I could handle. Entertaining a young girl who'd worked all her life? Well, this was uncharted territory for me.
"So," I said. "What do you want to do?"
Sk'airy looked at me oddly for a moment. She didn't really know what to do either.
"Wanna hear a story?"
This got her attention. She nodded enthusiastically. I'd often heard Nitn'ana telling Sk'airy stories at night while I'd lived with them. I really didn't know how to tell a story-I'm an archeologist, not an author-but I remembered what one of my English professors had told me when I was struggling with a creative writing assignment: write what's in your heart. Or, in this case, say what's in your heart. And right now, Skarra's in my heart. Skaara, Klorel, Nut, and the history we all shared.
"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess. Her name was Nut. She had an arranged marriage to a prince named Geb. He'd been chosen for her by her grandfather the king, Ra. She didn't like Geb, but she didn't have a choice. Then, one day, she met a prince named Klorel. He was from an enemy kingdom, but he didn't treat Nut like an enemy. More like a competitor. To him, life was a game to see who could get the most power without stepping out of line and onto the toes of someone more important. Nut and Klorel fell in love, behind Geb's back, and began to see each other."
I spent the whole day telling Sk'airy stories from Nut and Klorel's past. Eventually, she fell asleep to them. I'd gotten fairly far in their past. It wasn't quite up to their separation, but it was getting their.
I picked up the sleeping girl and gently set her in the bed that I'd slept in last night and tucked her in. As sweet as she looked during the day, she looked even sweeter as she slept.
I walked back out to the main room. It was night now. The moonlight shown through the windows. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. I loved nights like this. I didn't get to see them too often on Earth. Big cities tend to prevent the true beauty of the night from being seen even on the clearest of nights. These nights were truly beautiful on Abydos. The sand's cool when you lay in it, your toes buried, and everything seems peaceful. It's even better with someone you love.
As if on cue, I felt a pair of arms snake around my waist.
"I wonder what's happening on Abydos right now," I said. "I remember the night we defeated Ra, we went and celebrated with all the other teenagers. It was better than any party I ever went to on Earth, that's for sure."
"Stop thinking of those places, Selene," Klorel whispered in my ear, "You are not going back. This is your home now. I offer you everything, and yet you are unhappy."
"Yeah, I know I'm a brat, but please forgive me, my lord, for missing my home, the place where I was born, and for missing the place I met the man I love. And, although you claim to offer me everything, you still deny me the one thing I want the most-I want Skarra."
"You cannot have you Skarra, Selene! Understand and accept that!"
"You know better than to think that I will stand by and do nothing. You can't try to bull shit your way out of this one, Klorel. I am no ordinary human. You cannot tell me that the host does not survive like you might anyone else from earth. I am living proof that they do."
"Is it so hard for you to just accept how things are?! You are such a child!"
"I'm the child?! At least I don't let my daddy bully me around! You let Apophis push you around like dirt! You always have. Even all those centuries ago, you still worked so hard just to be told you weren't good enough. Is this the life you want? Does Apophis even know I'm here?"
"No. To both of your questions. My father would interrogate and kill you if he knew you were here. And do you honestly think I don't want something different? Something more?! I would love to spend every day for eternity with you and Nut! As annoying as you can be sometimes, Selene, I have grown found of you as well. But understand that I do not have the resources to pull of such a bold move. I would no longer have my father's protection. And I have many enemies."
"You coward!"
"Our child was killed before I could ever lay eyes on him. And you were both left to deal with that alone. For years. If my enemies find you, they will do the same or worse to you. I will not take that chance. Nor will I take a chance with your earth government. You once claimed that they would offer us shelter, but, now that you have been exposed as a hostess for a Gou'uld, can you honestly say the same thing?"
I held my head in defeat. He was right. I couldn't promise our safety if we went back. Especially after the mess I'd just caused when I left.
"I'm going to bed," I said. "Sk'airy's sleeping there as well. You will be sleeping in your sarcophagus, I assume?"
He nodded.
"Just remember, Klorel," I said before I turned to leave, "As long as you continue to use that device, you and Skaara will remain as you are. But Nut and I refuse to use it. And we will continue to grow old as you and Skaara remain young."
With that, I left the room and went to sleep.
Hope you liked it. I know the last couple of chapters have been a little slow, but I'm almost to a part I've been waiting to write. It involves them leaving the planet they are currently on. And since they just got their, I didn't want to move them all right away. Too much moving around wouldn't be good for little Sk'airy.