Part 6- First Meeting

Kloee opened her eyes, after what seemed like hours of unconciousness, she recovered and found herself trapped. Locked in a musty old stone cell, which looked exactly like a dungeon. Sweats of fear ran down Kloee's face, her eyes widened, petrified by her surrounding. The coldness of the stone floor sends a shiver up her spine, the same one that she had when she saw that corpse on the floor. Up on the ceiling were drops of water dripping slowly down, like the seconds that are passing as Kloee is waiting for her doom to come.

Being locked in a dungeon always meant that you did something wrong, but what did poor innocent Kloee had done?? She couldn't think of anything, all she really remembered was someone attacked her from behind, and- that was it. She was still thinking when footsteps echoed through the narrow hallway of the dungeon entrance. Her heart had froze for a moment there.

It was the same man on the carriage, same stern serious look, he even had his guards with him, but once he saw Kloee, his expression immediately soften. With a snap of his fingers he sent all the guards away, which made Kloee clearly impressed. But admiration does not interfere with the fact that she is scared outta her wits! He leaned down to Kloee, so that they are face to face. Now she can see more details of his face, and from what she is observing right now, he is truly a handsome man.

It was all like a dream, everything, Kloee knows that what she had been through is not physically or mentally possible. But yet, somehow, it is. Here she is, looking face to face with a powerful Egyptian ruler, possibly pharaoh, and she is not even flinching a bit. There is something in his look that made me calm, she thought to herself. The young man have the most deepest intense violet eyes Kloee had ever saw, it's so serious, yet if you look really close, there is a spark in it, a gentle spark, one that ignites when facing reality. It is the same spark that made Kloee stands unflinching.

And the hair, really spiky and abnormal, yet, it wasn't freaky, shades of red and yellow and even black. Definitely not a normal Egyptian's hair style. But he is Egyptian, his skin proved it. It was tanned, not so much like a sunburn, just a light brown sugar.

There was a moment of silence between the two, as they looked into each other's eyes, there is no need for words. Yet he spoke, "you must be a stranger upon this land, for your clothes and hair is not what my people normally wear". He spoke in such a calm, relaxed way that it made all the fear in Kloee suddenly drained out of her. She only managed to gulped and answer, "yes, that is correct, I have stumbled here accidentally, and I hope it is in your best interest to release me, for I shall never do your kingdom any harm". Kloee said this in such a civil manner that it made the young man smile.

"I can see that", he said, with thus another snap of his fingers, the guards immediately came by his side.

"Unlock her cell", he said simply, and the guards followed tamely.

Once she was out, Kloee felt nothing more but freedom, she is always the kind of person that hates being locked away, and now since the kind stranger had graciously freed her, Kloee felt a burst of gratitude towards this intriguing man.

"My name is Kloee" she suddenly burst out, the man looked back at her and reply with a smile, "I was wondering when you were going to tell me that, I am the pharaoh of this land, and you may address me just as that." Kloee nodded slightly, she was actually hoping for a more conventional name, instead of just pharaoh, but, if she has really been traveling down the time line, to ancient Egypt, then this must really be the great pharaoh himself. The one she had read about in her book, it was actually him!

The idea shocked Kloee for a moment, but she snapped outta it when the pharaoh ask, "would you like to join me for dinner? I'll introduce you to the royal priests and priestess, he smiled, after all, you are a guest to our kingdom, we always treat out guest nicely, especially one as pretty as yourself". Not only was he good looking, he was also sweet, which made Kloee feel attracted to him already.

The pharaoh led Kloee to a vast hallway, it was really big and grand, but seems like no one has been there for a few weeks( probably because the palace is so big) "this is a shortcut to the dining room, he said, but you will have to change out of those clothing, I have summoned a servant for you to use while you're staying, please make yourself feel like at home( yea right) Kloee was practically speechless( like this 00) when a girl, about her age, except look much more mature, appeared near the pharaoh. She has brown hair, except darker than Kloee, deep eyes that have a shadow of grey with a blue mixed. Her skin is lighter than the pharaohs' , a peach cream color, and her outfit is completely different from that of him. It was just a plain white robe with a cord tying around her waist. She wore no sandals, just barefooted. This girl seems very interesting to Kloee so far!

Thoughts raced through Kloee's head on who she might be, his queen perhaps?? she felt a pang of jealousy( even though Kloee don't know the pharaoh really well) but it also hit her that he just said he will give Kloee her own servant, and besides, the girl looks nothing like royalty( she's very pretty though!)

Putting that asides, Kloee reached out her hand and tries to shake the girls, but to her surprise, the girl looked puzzled at the gesture. Hmmm, Kloee thought, maybe the Egyptians don't use handshakes? So she smiled instead, the girl returned it by bowing her head really low( like the Japanese way) the pharaoh saw Kloee's expression and chuckled, "Kloee, this is Amaiya, she will help and serve you this week, like a servant".

Wow, my own servant! Kloee thought, Amaiya certainly does not seems like the type that would serve anyone though. Even with the underprivileged clothing, she looks like someone who belongs in a royal family, a priest's daughter perhaps? Whatever background she had, she looks troubled, so Kloee decided she wouldn't boss Amaiya around too much, for she has a habit of being bossy .

"Amaiya, get Kloee here ready for the banquet, I want her to wear the best outfit available, for we must welcome a new age by showing respect! So do not dissapoint the gods" and so he left Kloee now more confused than ever with her new friend, the servant girl.

"Come with me," she said, and lead Kloee to the east side of the hall