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By the Way:L:L: the beginning and end of the memory.
Lost
Something is Very Wrong Here…
I awoke very early the next morning in the warmth and comfort of my bed. Had it all been a dream? It had seemed so real… Had someone found me in the desert to bring me back? Had my Rischura come for me in the night of the Sahara? No, for if he had, he would not have brought me home. He would have taken me as far away as possible so that the two of us could be free. Free to do as we please—Princess and Medjai together. So why was I here?
I got up from my bed and examined myself in the dim early morning light for any signs of the desert. My skin was no more tanned from the sun, as it should have been. Nor were my feet tender from the hot sand. But I still could not believe that it had been a dream. Maybe I had slept for longer than I had thought… It was too soon to tell and I would have to wait until later that morning to ask what had happened to me.
I walked onto my balcony, from which I could oversee most of the land that my brother now ruled all the way to the vast and open desert. The cool air hit me and sent chills through my body. I looked directly below me and saw no one but the few guards now, as it was very early morning. I still had hours before anyone in the palace would awaken. As I watched the guards, I thought of my loving Rischura, my very own bodyguard, who now probably stood at my doorway waiting for another guard to come so that he could get his few hours of rest. I thought of the night that the two of us had shared almost two weeks ago, smiling foolishly to myself… He had not slept in my bed since because of another guards' suspicion, having not seen him in the hallway that night. Our only excuse was that I had thought I heard voices, out on my balcony, and that Rischurahad come to investigate. Unfortunately, the guard does not believe us, and Rischura cannot spend another night with me or even speak much to me until he is no longer disbelieving.
I went back to my bed and sat impatiently, waiting for my maids to come, wanting to ask them if they knew any of what had happened to me—even if nothing at all.
I washed and they dressed me, just like every morning. I did not think to ask them my question for a long time, afraid that if nothing had happened they would think me insane. I waited until all of them were gone except for one girl, Nija, who was brushing my hair.
She had been my maid for several years now. I'd gotten her when we were both very young. She was about my age and I'd grown to love and trust her. I'd actually grown to trust her so much that I told her, and no one else, about my mystery lover. She had no idea of who he was, however, because I could trust no one with that information. Telling anyone that would only put Rischura's life in danger.
"Nija?" I asked her timidly.
"Yes, Highness?" She spoke with her head down, as if concentrating on her task, afraid to look at my face.
I wanted to ask her if anything unusual had happened to me in the past few days, but I could not. I tried to force the words, but for some reason, I could not say what I wanted. I turned around quickly to try to look her in the eye, sure that I would find comfort there and be able to speak. For some reason, she didn't even look up at me.
"Thank you. You may leave me now…" came out of my mouth quickly. Why hadn't I asked her the question that had been unsettling me so much?
"Yes, Highness," she bowed slightly and walked out the door.
I punished myself internally for not being able to ask the question. I had been too afraid to hear the answer—or had I? It didn't feel that way…it just felt as though I had been physically unable to say what I wanted. Something is very wrong here, I thought to myself. This added more to my confusion and I just had to know what was going on.
I decided that there was one person I could ask without any fear (if that had even been the problem): Rischura. But I would not be able to speak to him until he again came to guard me much later in the day.
I loved being outside during the day. I was only allowed to walk within the palace walls, of course, but there were still many places that I could go. My favorite place of all was my garden, which lie on one side of the Nile that ran straight through Thebes. It was the first place that I'd spoken to Rischura. Many times during the late after noon I would walk there, and he would follow me, as a bodyguard should. I would feel him stare at me as I sniffed various flowers, his blue eyes (eyes very rare for an Egyptian) piercing my heart and looking into my soul unlike aynthing I'd ever known.
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"Medjai!" I called out to him.
"Yes?" He answered, his stare never moving.
"Why do you stare at me so?" I had noticed it for quite some time.
"I'm afraid I cannot tell you that, Highness." What did he mean by that?
"Tell me, Medjai… An order this time, which you must obey." I was calloused and vein, just as I'd been raised to be. I knew this, of course, and had no fears of ordering anyone around.
"Partly because I must guard you with my life, Princess. If I do not watch carefully, I might be unable to do my job correctly."
"Partly, Medjai? And what else is there?" I looked at him. Never had I gazed directly back into his eyes, of all the days I had noticed them watching me.
"Yes. There is more, Princess, but I beg you do not force me to tell you," he said solemnly. His eyes pleaded with mine, but I could not grant his wish. I wanted more than anything to hear him say what I knew he felt.
I walked close to him, looking around us to see if anyone was near. I saw no one and pleaded back to him, "Tell me, Medjai. Please tell me." I'd asked him this time, without even noticing it. Not an order—I hadn't given him an order, like I'd been raised to. My guard was down…
He sighed softly, looking down for a moment and then back at me again. "Because I, a Medjai, have fallen in love with you, the Princess Nefertiri. I know that you could never love me back and that I can never have you. So, I watch you, soaking in every bit of you that I can."
I stared at him still, for a few moments thinking on what he had said. He had guarded me for the past two years, watching me like no one else ever could, all the time having loved me. It was at that moment that I knew that although I did not know him well then, I had just that quickly come to love him too. I told myself to be careful; not to fall in love with a Medjai because it would hurt me once I remembered that I could not be with him.
But soon I did fall for him, my precious Rischura, my hired Medjai. The man who loved me more than any other living soul.
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Suddenly, I felt his eyes on me once again, smiling at the thought of his presence. I looked around, making sure that no one was near. My other guard had left, Rischura taking over. I then looked at him, gazing back into his blue eyes with my own, pleading with him to come to my side.
Confused? Well, it all comes together in just a few more chapters.That whole prologue thing wasn't pointless! It happens to be very important! I try to show that, but my subtleness may be a bit too subtle…anyhoo, stay with me! It's not even getting to the good parts yet. Review and I'll update, and then review some more and I'll update somemore! Tata!
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