:::She hurridly finsihed her chores and snagged her sand board:::
"Hey Niko! Tell mother and father that I'll be back at sundown!"
:::A boy yelled from the stables to Kahnah:::
"Are you crazy!? Moms gonna kill me if I lie!"
"What do you mean lie?! I am not lying!I'll be back at sundown..."
"No...knowing you, you'll be back at....sundown tomorrow."
"Cut it out and just tell them after i've left!"
"Alright, alright! Dont get mad at me just because I dont feel like getting in trouble for your irisposibility!"
"Ugh....I'll see you later Niko..."
:::She sped off moddily with her board towards where the dunes became quite high.She started off down the dune:::
:::Meanwhile, Yami was on the other side of the same dune going at full speed towards her, completly oblivious.They smacked into eachother, their lips slightly touching.Yami stood and brushed the sand from his clothes.His cheeks where turning a pinkish color:::
"Uh-er...you should watch where you're going,Kahnah."
:::She slightly was blushing as well:::
"Wait....how do you know my name?"
:::He laguhed:::
"I do now.I saved a girl last night named Kahnah and was hoping to find her...I guess I did.."
"Er-Yeah.."
"I uh...I'm sorry about the--"
"No worries.."
:::She almost said "Anytime you want..." but kept her mouth shut.She barely even knew him yet.:::
"If you dont mind me asking--"
"Yes...I snuck out.Thats what you where asking wasnt it?"
"Why yes....it was...How did you know that?"
"When you're prince and try with all your might to have some fun and be a normal person....you get asked alot."
"Oh...sorry."
"Dont worry 'bout it....so anyway...how old are you? I'm guessing about....13."
:::She laughed:::
"No way.I'm only eight.How old are you?"
:::He thought:"Well....the one person who deosnt know everything about me..":::
"Nine....just turned."
"You sound and look to be older."
"I've been told....you do as well..."
"I havnt told anyone but I found somthing very interseting across the dunes..."
"How so?"
"I was digging in the sand to rind rubies when I found an odd stone...it had writing on it..."
"What did it say?"
:::She didnt want to admit it but she was never taught to read.None of the girls where.Only to cook,clean,count and if you where lucky to use a katana.She hung her head:::
"I-I cant read..."
"??Might I ask why you dont?"
"Well...I was never taught...know you that only the men and boys are taught literacy."
"Thats absurd..."
"But true...I wish I could have read it...as I said it was quite interseting...the pictures and symbols confused me..."
"Those are heiroglyphs..I take it you know naught how to write either?"
"Exactly...There where birds arrows and circles with small dots in them."
"By what you've described...it has somthing to do with Ra..."
"Ra? What haft a stone to do with a god?"
"I have no idea...show me where you found it."
(What is the stone that Kahnah found? Does Yami like her? What does the stone mean? Find out in the next chapter of: Children Of The Endless Sands!)
"Hey Niko! Tell mother and father that I'll be back at sundown!"
:::A boy yelled from the stables to Kahnah:::
"Are you crazy!? Moms gonna kill me if I lie!"
"What do you mean lie?! I am not lying!I'll be back at sundown..."
"No...knowing you, you'll be back at....sundown tomorrow."
"Cut it out and just tell them after i've left!"
"Alright, alright! Dont get mad at me just because I dont feel like getting in trouble for your irisposibility!"
"Ugh....I'll see you later Niko..."
:::She sped off moddily with her board towards where the dunes became quite high.She started off down the dune:::
:::Meanwhile, Yami was on the other side of the same dune going at full speed towards her, completly oblivious.They smacked into eachother, their lips slightly touching.Yami stood and brushed the sand from his clothes.His cheeks where turning a pinkish color:::
"Uh-er...you should watch where you're going,Kahnah."
:::She slightly was blushing as well:::
"Wait....how do you know my name?"
:::He laguhed:::
"I do now.I saved a girl last night named Kahnah and was hoping to find her...I guess I did.."
"Er-Yeah.."
"I uh...I'm sorry about the--"
"No worries.."
:::She almost said "Anytime you want..." but kept her mouth shut.She barely even knew him yet.:::
"If you dont mind me asking--"
"Yes...I snuck out.Thats what you where asking wasnt it?"
"Why yes....it was...How did you know that?"
"When you're prince and try with all your might to have some fun and be a normal person....you get asked alot."
"Oh...sorry."
"Dont worry 'bout it....so anyway...how old are you? I'm guessing about....13."
:::She laughed:::
"No way.I'm only eight.How old are you?"
:::He thought:"Well....the one person who deosnt know everything about me..":::
"Nine....just turned."
"You sound and look to be older."
"I've been told....you do as well..."
"I havnt told anyone but I found somthing very interseting across the dunes..."
"How so?"
"I was digging in the sand to rind rubies when I found an odd stone...it had writing on it..."
"What did it say?"
:::She didnt want to admit it but she was never taught to read.None of the girls where.Only to cook,clean,count and if you where lucky to use a katana.She hung her head:::
"I-I cant read..."
"??Might I ask why you dont?"
"Well...I was never taught...know you that only the men and boys are taught literacy."
"Thats absurd..."
"But true...I wish I could have read it...as I said it was quite interseting...the pictures and symbols confused me..."
"Those are heiroglyphs..I take it you know naught how to write either?"
"Exactly...There where birds arrows and circles with small dots in them."
"By what you've described...it has somthing to do with Ra..."
"Ra? What haft a stone to do with a god?"
"I have no idea...show me where you found it."
(What is the stone that Kahnah found? Does Yami like her? What does the stone mean? Find out in the next chapter of: Children Of The Endless Sands!)