Prolog: Welcome to the world little one
Princess Renenet, the favorite sister of Pharaoh Akhenamkhanen, was in the worst pain of her life.
She swore by her beloved goddess Isis that nothing could hurt like bringing a child into this world!
"AAAHHH!", she screamed in pain and gripped the sheets of the bed she was laying.
If she survived this she would never let her husband Teremun touch her again she vowed!
The midwives tried to calm her down, yet she had only bitter words for them.
Teremun, who was outside the chamber and heard how his beloved screamed and shouted and cursed his name, could only wince.
He agreed with her, he deserved whatever godly punishment was reserved for him.
His brother-in-law the great Pharoah of their land patted his shoulder, while his wife the queen had an emphatic look on her face. Even if she sometimes looked worried at the door.
Maybe she was thinking over again if she really should get pregnant too if her sister-in-law was in so much pain.
Then the three of them heard the loudest scream Renenet had ever made and then….the soft cries of a babe.
The blue-haired man let out a gasp and tears formed in his eyes.
Their child was there!
Finally!
And it sounded like anything was okay.
The door opened and a midwife walked out.
She bowed down low before them.
"Mother and daughter are in perfect condition.", she informed them.
"A daughter!", whispered Teremun happy.
A pretty little daughter, who would come after his beloved wife, he was sure.
The pharaoh and queen also seemed happy to have now a niece. A little girl they could spoil and one day would be a great older cousin for their future child.
"Lord Teremun, if you want to see them?", asked the midwife.
"Of course, of course!", he shouted exited.
Akhenamkhanen clapped him friendly on the shoulder again and Queen Amunet squeezed his hand.
He gave them a happy look and then was off into the room to greet his daughter.
A while later it was time for Akhenamkhanen to meet his niece. He had wished to meet with her and his sister alone.
Already his brother-in-law and his own wife seemed amoured with the little one.
Well, if she was anything like her mother no wonder.
Akhenamkhanen had a lot of sisters, thanks to his father having beside his wife a grand harem, but Renenet had always been his favorite.
Since he had seen her as a baby as he was a young boy, she had something on her that made people just love her. As she could older it got more potent.
He wonder if his niece would be like that?
He enter the chamber and nodded to the midwives and servants to leave them be.
This was family time now.
His sister was sitting up in the bed, looking full of love into the eyes of the little bundle in her arms. All the pain, screams, and curses seemed to be forgotten.
"Reni.", he called her by her childhood nickname.
"Big Brother.", she responded and gave him a small smile.
He smiled at her too and sat down beside her bed.
"How are you, my dearest sister?"
"A lot better now."
"I assume you don't want to castrate poor Teremun anymore?"
She laughed out loud and then shushed her little one who had woken up because of her laughter.
Akhenamkhanen looked at the scene before him, and a small smile formed.
"So that's the little one who kicked you so much the last month."
"Indeed she is.", she answered and turned her daughter carefully around so he could look at her little face. "Meet your uncle, my heart."
A little gasp left the pharaoh.
The little girl was beautiful. She had midnight blue hair baby hair, like her father and her eyes were orange, like her mother. She had chubby cheeks, a cute little nose, and full lips.
She would be one day a great beauty! He could already see it.
"Reni, she is absolute perfect. What's her name?"
"Yanara."
"The light? A fitting name for her."
"Do you want to hold her big brother?"
That wasn't even a question.
Careful his sister placed her babe in his arms and he cooed at the infant.
She was just so precious.
Yanara seemed to look him in the eyes and even gave him a gumless smile.
"You are going to be something special, aren't you, little one?", he cooed at her.
Renenet smiled at seeing her beloved brother bonding with her child. She wonder if her other older brother would come too. Akhenaden was acting weird for a few months now, but he wouldn't miss the birth of his first niece, or?
"Reni?"
"Yes, brother?"
"What would you say about if I have a son, he and your Yanara shall marry?"
That was a surprising declaration.
Renenet blinked at her brother.
"You don't have even a son right now and yet you want to already betroth him?"
"You know how important the bloodline is.", he reminded her, gently rocking the babe in his arms. "I couldn't imagine anyone better than your Yanara as a bride for my future son. I just have a feeling she will be something special."
"She is already special, not because she is a princess or you have a feeling she will be, she is special because she was born into this world. It simple as that.", told Renenet.
"Wise words you say, my sister."
"I actually read them somewhere, only I don't remember where."
The siblings laughed together and little Yanara let out a little babble.
As a baby, she didn't understand what was going on.
She just felt happy, safe, and loved.
Exactly two years later, Yanara, now a curious little toddler, meets her cousin and future husband the crown prince Atem.
In the arms of her mother, she adorable scrunches up her little nose and looks at the crying bundle in her aunt's arms.
Her aunty Amunet looks at her eager, wondering what her niece will think of her son.
Yanara says just two words.
"Weird hair."
Everyone present in the room sweatdrops.
Hi and welcome to the Prequel to my story The Queens Gambit, there is already a snippet collection for it, but I thought since I only suck at writing duels, I can totally write the backstory of my OC Yanara Atem's wife and cousin.
Also, I love ancient Egypt and the memory world arc so there you have it.
My story how it goes down in history.
So to clear a few things up, I took of course some liberties, so I hope you are okay with them.
Later you will find some of the snippets here as part of the chapters. I will keep the snippet collection but the Ancient Egyptian ones go now here as full chapters :D
The last thing, I couldn't find the name of Atem's mother so I named her Amunet.
And the already special speech of Renenet is an hommage of the one Carla Jaeger from Attack on Titan did.
I like to put some references to other media in my stories.
Again, hope you enjoyed the prolog and we will see us next chapter, whenever that is .3.
