The Millennium Ritual
Chapter 12: The New High Priest
It was midnight at the Healer's house, and Yami was laying down on his bed, trying to remember any memory from his past life. He shut his eyes hard, searching through his mind for the information he needed and wanted. But as if darkness clouded his mind, the memory he just remembered disappeared, away from his grasp. Yami opened his eyes, frustrated that he could not get that memory. He had been trying this several times for the past hour. He sat up, his head resting on his knees. And for some reason, tears flowed out of his eyes. 'Will I ever find out anything of my past?' he thought sadly. Yami felt a hand circling his back, trying to sooth him. 'Do not worry, you shall remember soon enough. Fate is trying, do not lose hope. You will reach your destination, never give up, do not lose hope. Do not lose hope. . .'
With these words said to him, Yami slowly fell asleep, with the words echoing in his mind.
Ancient Egypt - 5000 Years ago
"Stand up Yami." Maeve said to him, who was on his knees, breathing hard.
"I can't."
"You can, just believe."
Yami tried standing, but he ended up collapsing on the hard marble floor of the palace training room again.
"Sister, I . . ."
"Don't call me that. In this fight you have no sister, just an opponent. Now stand and fight." Maeve commanded, standing before him. Yami didn't listen.
"STAND AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN!!!!" She bellowed, her voice echoing across the room. Filled with determination, Yami slowly crouched, and as quick as a tiger swung his leg across her's, making Maeve the one sprawled on the ground. Quickly he picked up the spear next to him and placed the spear's head to her neck, breathing hard. Maeve grinned.
"Nicely done Yami. You've improved very much these last few months." Maeve said proudly. Yami grinned also, blushing a crimson red.
"Why, 16 year old Pharaohs DO blush. My my, have I learned much from you!" Maeve said, laughing hysterically. At first Yami took it offensively, but soon laughed with her. 'Ah, these precious moments with my sister makes life much worth while.' He thought, looking at her. 'No one ever sees the High Priestess laughing.' Yami grinned, making sure to remember this one very precious and rare moment. Then the heavy gold door opened, and Ava, Maeve's servant and friend, appeared behind it. Maeve stopped laughing, standing up, she asked, "Yes, what is it Ava?"
"Your majesty," Ava started, bowing to the Pharaoh and his sister. Yami sighed. 'Here we go again. . .' he thought. "The new High Priest has arrived."
"Oh," Maeve said, her eyes cast down. Her very dear friend, Ryes, had died of poison from a snake a few days ago, which left an opening for the rank of High Priest. With him gone, she felt as if she lost another father. Even though he was much older than her, he treated her as an equal, a friend, and a daughter. She was going to miss the long talks with him.
Quickly erasing the emotion from her face, Maeve put her face up and said, "Yes, let us meet this new High Priest." As usual, Yami had a look of confusion on his face. 'She must be sad of that Priest's death. But he was just a servant, what's so special about him?' He thought, staring at his sister's blank face.
"Please wait for me to change into more appropriate clothing, we wouldn't want him to think lowly of me and the Pharaoh, now should we?" Maeve continued, walking toward the door. Ava nodded. "Good, Yami, you must change also, we will be late." She turned to the right, toward her chambers, leaving Yami to go to his own. __________________________________________________________________
Yami was dressed in his usual attire, a cape, pants, his Millennium Puzzle, and the others. Maeve was dressed a little differently. Instead of wearing her usual white dress, she wore a dark violet dress, with many gold wristbands and armbands, with the Millennium Symbol on a gold chain draped across her forehead, jewels surrounding it. She carried her staff of authority, and lastly, she wore the gold sphere around her neck, with the Millennium Symbol on it. Yami was sitting on his throne, while Maeve was in the shadows, waiting for the new High Priest. When all was ready, a servant announced, "Pharaoh Yami, High Priestess Maeve, please spare your royal and well spent time to welcome High Priest Set!" The door attendants opened the heavy golden doors, to reveal a man around the age of 18, wearing the robes of a nobleman, his blue eyes showing no sign of mercy, his brown hair was covered by the hat he was wearing. Set walked to the throne, his head held proudly. As he arrived to the throne, Set bowed to Yami.
"My Pharaoh. I am honored to be in your presence." Set said, taking his hat off, and then bowing again said, "Please forgive me for being late. There was much traffic today."
"You are forgiven. Set, you were honored with being presented with the task of The High Priest. With this honor, my Priestess believes that you had not received enough training to take on this task. So, in the next few weeks, or so possibly months, she shall teach you all she can." Yami said, formally.
One of Set's eyebrows rose in confusion. "Priestess? She? I am sorry Your Highness, but I believe you are mistaken. My teacher said that there would be another High Priest, not a Priestess."
Yami chuckled, his eyes filled with amusement. "No, I believe that it is your teacher that is mistaken. For my High Priest is a female, my royal advisor, my guardian, and my own flesh and blood. My sister." Set's blue eyes widened in surprise.
"Then where is this Priestess?"
"Here, by the Pharaoh's side," Maeve said, stepping out of the shadows. "And I am the High Priestess, if you will. From now on you are to call me by my title, for I still don't find any reason for you to call me by my true name." The priests on the left of her chuckled. She continued, "You have already failed one of my tests, Set. I wanted to see if you could have found something missing in the scenery, which was I, and you did not find out, therefore, you failed my first test."
Maeve turned to Yami, who was very near to laughing his head off. "I would like to begin our training first thing in the morning. May I escort our New High Priest to the living quarters?"
"You may." Yami said.
Maeve walked down the stairs, then walking to the stunned High Priest said, "Well, are you going to disobey my orders or are you going to come with me?"
Shaking his head to get rid of the confusion, Set replied, "Yes High Priestess, of course."
Together they walked side by side to the Golden doors, which were opened by the door attendants. ___________________________________________________________________________
They were silent as they walked through the halls, the High Priestess and Priest was. As one can tell, the Priest was uncomfortable in her presence. 'I've already failed one of her tests. What should I say? I had even mistaken her gender! She must think very lowly of me.' Set thought, looking her way. 'I should have never taken this task.'
"I know what you are thinking." She said, still looking in front of her. Set looked at her again, quite startled by the intrusion. "You are thinking that you are not fit for this job, that you think that I must think very lowly of you because of your little mistake." He was surprised. She knew exactly what he was thinking.
"Well, I would just like to tell you that you are wrong." She said, stopping him by putting her hand on his shoulder. His eyes widened in surprise. She sighed, and continued, "You see, you are not the only one who did not pass my test. In fact, none of my priests passed either. So you should not think very lowly of yourself, because you are not alone."
"Then why choose me? Why choose me to become High Priest?" Set asked, confused.
Suddenly she smiled, and said, "Ha! I was right about choosing you!" walking down the corridor once more. Once again confused, he ran up to her and asked, "What do you mean?"
She smiled once more. "Because, the priests thought that you were not fit for the job. But I saw something in you that they did not see."
"And what was that?"
"Curiosity. The ability to learn and love the things you are taught. Besides," She said, stopping by another set of doors, "I think that anyone who is like my brother is someone worth having." She turned to open the doors. "This is your quarters Set. I hope you will enjoy it." She said, winking. She walked to the other side of the hall. "If you need anything, my quarters are just at the end of the hall. And remember, I am your friend, not your enemy."
"Wait, I have just one more question." Set asked, making her turn.
"If you won't mind, I would like to know your age and your name. I don't like working with people that I do not know."
She smiled again, saying, "My, aren't you the curious one. Well, to answer your question, my name is Maeve, and I am 17 years of age, and you?"
"18 years of age, Your Highness." He replied back.
Maeve smiled once again. Then she said, "I think we will become good friends Set. Remember that training starts at the crack of dawn." She turned again to her quarters, disappearing behind a set of doors. Set turned to his quarters, thinking, 'Maeve, I think we will be good friends. Very good friends indeed.'
To Be Continued. . .
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Chapter 12: The New High Priest
It was midnight at the Healer's house, and Yami was laying down on his bed, trying to remember any memory from his past life. He shut his eyes hard, searching through his mind for the information he needed and wanted. But as if darkness clouded his mind, the memory he just remembered disappeared, away from his grasp. Yami opened his eyes, frustrated that he could not get that memory. He had been trying this several times for the past hour. He sat up, his head resting on his knees. And for some reason, tears flowed out of his eyes. 'Will I ever find out anything of my past?' he thought sadly. Yami felt a hand circling his back, trying to sooth him. 'Do not worry, you shall remember soon enough. Fate is trying, do not lose hope. You will reach your destination, never give up, do not lose hope. Do not lose hope. . .'
With these words said to him, Yami slowly fell asleep, with the words echoing in his mind.
Ancient Egypt - 5000 Years ago
"Stand up Yami." Maeve said to him, who was on his knees, breathing hard.
"I can't."
"You can, just believe."
Yami tried standing, but he ended up collapsing on the hard marble floor of the palace training room again.
"Sister, I . . ."
"Don't call me that. In this fight you have no sister, just an opponent. Now stand and fight." Maeve commanded, standing before him. Yami didn't listen.
"STAND AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN!!!!" She bellowed, her voice echoing across the room. Filled with determination, Yami slowly crouched, and as quick as a tiger swung his leg across her's, making Maeve the one sprawled on the ground. Quickly he picked up the spear next to him and placed the spear's head to her neck, breathing hard. Maeve grinned.
"Nicely done Yami. You've improved very much these last few months." Maeve said proudly. Yami grinned also, blushing a crimson red.
"Why, 16 year old Pharaohs DO blush. My my, have I learned much from you!" Maeve said, laughing hysterically. At first Yami took it offensively, but soon laughed with her. 'Ah, these precious moments with my sister makes life much worth while.' He thought, looking at her. 'No one ever sees the High Priestess laughing.' Yami grinned, making sure to remember this one very precious and rare moment. Then the heavy gold door opened, and Ava, Maeve's servant and friend, appeared behind it. Maeve stopped laughing, standing up, she asked, "Yes, what is it Ava?"
"Your majesty," Ava started, bowing to the Pharaoh and his sister. Yami sighed. 'Here we go again. . .' he thought. "The new High Priest has arrived."
"Oh," Maeve said, her eyes cast down. Her very dear friend, Ryes, had died of poison from a snake a few days ago, which left an opening for the rank of High Priest. With him gone, she felt as if she lost another father. Even though he was much older than her, he treated her as an equal, a friend, and a daughter. She was going to miss the long talks with him.
Quickly erasing the emotion from her face, Maeve put her face up and said, "Yes, let us meet this new High Priest." As usual, Yami had a look of confusion on his face. 'She must be sad of that Priest's death. But he was just a servant, what's so special about him?' He thought, staring at his sister's blank face.
"Please wait for me to change into more appropriate clothing, we wouldn't want him to think lowly of me and the Pharaoh, now should we?" Maeve continued, walking toward the door. Ava nodded. "Good, Yami, you must change also, we will be late." She turned to the right, toward her chambers, leaving Yami to go to his own. __________________________________________________________________
Yami was dressed in his usual attire, a cape, pants, his Millennium Puzzle, and the others. Maeve was dressed a little differently. Instead of wearing her usual white dress, she wore a dark violet dress, with many gold wristbands and armbands, with the Millennium Symbol on a gold chain draped across her forehead, jewels surrounding it. She carried her staff of authority, and lastly, she wore the gold sphere around her neck, with the Millennium Symbol on it. Yami was sitting on his throne, while Maeve was in the shadows, waiting for the new High Priest. When all was ready, a servant announced, "Pharaoh Yami, High Priestess Maeve, please spare your royal and well spent time to welcome High Priest Set!" The door attendants opened the heavy golden doors, to reveal a man around the age of 18, wearing the robes of a nobleman, his blue eyes showing no sign of mercy, his brown hair was covered by the hat he was wearing. Set walked to the throne, his head held proudly. As he arrived to the throne, Set bowed to Yami.
"My Pharaoh. I am honored to be in your presence." Set said, taking his hat off, and then bowing again said, "Please forgive me for being late. There was much traffic today."
"You are forgiven. Set, you were honored with being presented with the task of The High Priest. With this honor, my Priestess believes that you had not received enough training to take on this task. So, in the next few weeks, or so possibly months, she shall teach you all she can." Yami said, formally.
One of Set's eyebrows rose in confusion. "Priestess? She? I am sorry Your Highness, but I believe you are mistaken. My teacher said that there would be another High Priest, not a Priestess."
Yami chuckled, his eyes filled with amusement. "No, I believe that it is your teacher that is mistaken. For my High Priest is a female, my royal advisor, my guardian, and my own flesh and blood. My sister." Set's blue eyes widened in surprise.
"Then where is this Priestess?"
"Here, by the Pharaoh's side," Maeve said, stepping out of the shadows. "And I am the High Priestess, if you will. From now on you are to call me by my title, for I still don't find any reason for you to call me by my true name." The priests on the left of her chuckled. She continued, "You have already failed one of my tests, Set. I wanted to see if you could have found something missing in the scenery, which was I, and you did not find out, therefore, you failed my first test."
Maeve turned to Yami, who was very near to laughing his head off. "I would like to begin our training first thing in the morning. May I escort our New High Priest to the living quarters?"
"You may." Yami said.
Maeve walked down the stairs, then walking to the stunned High Priest said, "Well, are you going to disobey my orders or are you going to come with me?"
Shaking his head to get rid of the confusion, Set replied, "Yes High Priestess, of course."
Together they walked side by side to the Golden doors, which were opened by the door attendants. ___________________________________________________________________________
They were silent as they walked through the halls, the High Priestess and Priest was. As one can tell, the Priest was uncomfortable in her presence. 'I've already failed one of her tests. What should I say? I had even mistaken her gender! She must think very lowly of me.' Set thought, looking her way. 'I should have never taken this task.'
"I know what you are thinking." She said, still looking in front of her. Set looked at her again, quite startled by the intrusion. "You are thinking that you are not fit for this job, that you think that I must think very lowly of you because of your little mistake." He was surprised. She knew exactly what he was thinking.
"Well, I would just like to tell you that you are wrong." She said, stopping him by putting her hand on his shoulder. His eyes widened in surprise. She sighed, and continued, "You see, you are not the only one who did not pass my test. In fact, none of my priests passed either. So you should not think very lowly of yourself, because you are not alone."
"Then why choose me? Why choose me to become High Priest?" Set asked, confused.
Suddenly she smiled, and said, "Ha! I was right about choosing you!" walking down the corridor once more. Once again confused, he ran up to her and asked, "What do you mean?"
She smiled once more. "Because, the priests thought that you were not fit for the job. But I saw something in you that they did not see."
"And what was that?"
"Curiosity. The ability to learn and love the things you are taught. Besides," She said, stopping by another set of doors, "I think that anyone who is like my brother is someone worth having." She turned to open the doors. "This is your quarters Set. I hope you will enjoy it." She said, winking. She walked to the other side of the hall. "If you need anything, my quarters are just at the end of the hall. And remember, I am your friend, not your enemy."
"Wait, I have just one more question." Set asked, making her turn.
"If you won't mind, I would like to know your age and your name. I don't like working with people that I do not know."
She smiled again, saying, "My, aren't you the curious one. Well, to answer your question, my name is Maeve, and I am 17 years of age, and you?"
"18 years of age, Your Highness." He replied back.
Maeve smiled once again. Then she said, "I think we will become good friends Set. Remember that training starts at the crack of dawn." She turned again to her quarters, disappearing behind a set of doors. Set turned to his quarters, thinking, 'Maeve, I think we will be good friends. Very good friends indeed.'
To Be Continued. . .
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