Aouthor's Note: I was listening to this song when I got the inspiration for this chaper. When I first came up with ist, I intended it to be way further on in the story, but it seems to fit better here. Let me know what you think.
Several months later, in the room Ashelin rented from a small family. Asheritu was wide awake, thinking of the future, and of her past. If destiny played out the way it should, she get to see her Pharaoh again. Somehow she knew that his memory would be clouded, but how much would he recall? What about her? Could he have forgotten her too?
You don't remember me but I remember you
Everything was dictated by fate, but if he had no memories of her whatsoever... the thought tore at her heart as she lay there. She tried to banish those thoughts from her mind.
I lie awake and try so hard not to think of you
"Going over it again and again won't solve anything." She thought to herself as she drifted off to sleep.
But who can decide what they dream? And dream I do...
Her mind, not content with forcing her to think in consciousness, flooded her sleeping mind with memories. Both the happy and the sad ones. She awoke again with a sigh, knowing she would sleep no more that night. She could hardly wait for the time when she would see him again, knowing it would come soon.
I believe in you. I'll give up everything just to find you. I have to be with you to live to breathe. You're taking over me
After many hundreds of years of waiting, she was finally about to meet him for the second time, but would he know that?
Have you forgotten all I know and all we had?
Her mind drifted to the memories of what her life was like after she met him, it was certainly more complicated. Everybody around them disapproved of them being only friends, let alone the further complications that arose later. All of the society they lived in was organized to keep them apart, whether he was Pharaoh or not.
You saw me mourning my love for you and touched my hand. I knew you loved me then
She missed him so much it was like a tangible substance in the air. She didn't know how much longer she could bear waiting, not knowing what was it would be like, or when it would happen.
I believe in you. I'll give up everything just to find you. I have to be with you to live to breathe. You're taking over me
Even so, she still considered herself lucky to have had her memory preserved so sharply. If she concentrated she could still see his face in her mind.
I look in the mirror and see your face if I look deep enough
There had been no way for her to ever guess as to the impact that her actions would have upon her life, they'd both changed each other so much in the short time they'd been together. She still found herself asking herself what he would do when Ashelin asked her for advice.
So many things inside that are just like you are taking over
"Mmmm... Ritu?" Ashelin murmured sleepily. "What is it?" She asked softly. Asheritu hadn't realized that she would wake her friend. "Who do you ask yourself what they would do?" To protect her and stop her from worrying, Asheritu had never told her much about the past. "No one child. Sleep now." "I'm not a child. You shouldn't call me that anym..." Her voice drifted off as she slipped back into sleep. Asheritu ceased her reflection to grant her some peace, and settled down to rest herself.
