Next Chapter! Sorry this took a while, I got sidetracked and wrote another
story. Thank you if you reviewed, I appreciated it. Ok, this starts in
ancient Egypt, where we left off before.
How Things Were (I changed the name)~~~*
"Mommy stop!" cried a little, Egyptian girl as she tried to pull the older woman off her sobbing brother. Her mother replied by slapping the girl upside the head.
She fell to the floor as her mother continued to beat the little boy. Angry tears fell from the young girl's eyes as she ran at her mother and grabbed chunks of her and started to wrench it out.
"Ahhhh!" The little girl bit the shrieking woman then and yelled,
"Little brother, go get Father!" When the boy hesitated she screamed, "Get him now, you moron! Get him!"
Without another moments pause the child was out the door. The girl's mother was now upon her. She got the child tied to a chair and ran out the door. Just when she was wondering if her mother was returning the young one smelled something odd. She sniffed the air again and coughed. Smoke.
The girl screamed in terror as flames leaped through the door and caught the furniture on fire. Glowing flames consumed the home in a matter of minutes. The heat was unbearable.
Breaking down into sobs the girl swore to the heavens that her cursed mother would somehow pay for the pain she caused. She struggled helplessly against her binds. All hope was lost for her, this was the end.
Just as the child was ready to accept her fate flames licked the ropes binding her and amazingly they came loose. After a shocked moment she jumped up and fled the burning house.
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Heavy eyelids were lifted as the young girl regained consciousness. The light of the sun was exceedingly bright and the eyes were quickly snapped closed. She appeared to be somewhere in the middle of the dessert, the midday sun was beaming.
Groaning in pain the girl struggled to push herself up. Mild burns covered her skin, and the sun and heat were only making things worse for her. She glanced around and was disappointed to find that no cover or civilization was anywhere in the vast area. Apparently she had run far after she left her home and was now lost. Lost without food, lost without water.
Since there was no shelter from the sun and she was lost the child decided to stay put and to conserve her energy. She would move at night. She suffered for long hours in the sun, feeling lucky that she could take heat well, even for an Egyptian. Not that it helped much in her situation. When the sun started to seep down over the horizon the girl started to walk. She stumbled clumsily along, and since she had no experience with astronomy and couldn't read the stars she had no clue as to where she was headed.
Many hours later fatigued, parched and barely standing the girl stopped. In the distance she saw a faint light glowing. It was very small and far off, but she felt her heart leap in her chest. It must be a person! And people traveling in the dessert always have water. At this last hope for survival strength filled the child, and she ran.
"Stop! Wait, wait! Don't leave me here!"
The light was getting closer, she was gaining on it. Almost there. Two people seated on camels were riding slowly just ahead. They didn't seem to notice the breathless girl who chased them, not until she used her last bit of energy and called for them to wait. She the collapsed, unable to move and get up and continue the chase.
Lucky for her the two figures ahead had stopped when she called.
~*~*~
Ok, I wanted to get this posted, so I'm going to stop in and awkward place. In the next chapter I hope to finish up Yami Isis's past. Sorry this was so extremely short, but I need to figure out exactly what I want to happen next before I continue. I will hopefully update soon.
Please review and tell me what you think!
How Things Were (I changed the name)~~~*
"Mommy stop!" cried a little, Egyptian girl as she tried to pull the older woman off her sobbing brother. Her mother replied by slapping the girl upside the head.
She fell to the floor as her mother continued to beat the little boy. Angry tears fell from the young girl's eyes as she ran at her mother and grabbed chunks of her and started to wrench it out.
"Ahhhh!" The little girl bit the shrieking woman then and yelled,
"Little brother, go get Father!" When the boy hesitated she screamed, "Get him now, you moron! Get him!"
Without another moments pause the child was out the door. The girl's mother was now upon her. She got the child tied to a chair and ran out the door. Just when she was wondering if her mother was returning the young one smelled something odd. She sniffed the air again and coughed. Smoke.
The girl screamed in terror as flames leaped through the door and caught the furniture on fire. Glowing flames consumed the home in a matter of minutes. The heat was unbearable.
Breaking down into sobs the girl swore to the heavens that her cursed mother would somehow pay for the pain she caused. She struggled helplessly against her binds. All hope was lost for her, this was the end.
Just as the child was ready to accept her fate flames licked the ropes binding her and amazingly they came loose. After a shocked moment she jumped up and fled the burning house.
~*~*~
Heavy eyelids were lifted as the young girl regained consciousness. The light of the sun was exceedingly bright and the eyes were quickly snapped closed. She appeared to be somewhere in the middle of the dessert, the midday sun was beaming.
Groaning in pain the girl struggled to push herself up. Mild burns covered her skin, and the sun and heat were only making things worse for her. She glanced around and was disappointed to find that no cover or civilization was anywhere in the vast area. Apparently she had run far after she left her home and was now lost. Lost without food, lost without water.
Since there was no shelter from the sun and she was lost the child decided to stay put and to conserve her energy. She would move at night. She suffered for long hours in the sun, feeling lucky that she could take heat well, even for an Egyptian. Not that it helped much in her situation. When the sun started to seep down over the horizon the girl started to walk. She stumbled clumsily along, and since she had no experience with astronomy and couldn't read the stars she had no clue as to where she was headed.
Many hours later fatigued, parched and barely standing the girl stopped. In the distance she saw a faint light glowing. It was very small and far off, but she felt her heart leap in her chest. It must be a person! And people traveling in the dessert always have water. At this last hope for survival strength filled the child, and she ran.
"Stop! Wait, wait! Don't leave me here!"
The light was getting closer, she was gaining on it. Almost there. Two people seated on camels were riding slowly just ahead. They didn't seem to notice the breathless girl who chased them, not until she used her last bit of energy and called for them to wait. She the collapsed, unable to move and get up and continue the chase.
Lucky for her the two figures ahead had stopped when she called.
~*~*~
Ok, I wanted to get this posted, so I'm going to stop in and awkward place. In the next chapter I hope to finish up Yami Isis's past. Sorry this was so extremely short, but I need to figure out exactly what I want to happen next before I continue. I will hopefully update soon.
Please review and tell me what you think!