An Odd Way of Finding Love
Chapter 1
This story is set in ancient Egypt. Young prince Yami had snuck out of his parent's royal palace. He had runaway because the High Mage, Hesion had slain his father the Pharaoh and his mother. Hesion had pitch black hair, yellow silted, snake like eyes and was dressed in a Mages robes. Hesion had slain the Pharaoh and his wife because he had wanted to be the Pharaoh and rule over all Egypt. He was mainly after Prince Yami because he was the heir to the thrown. Hesion had known that if he was to just slay the prince, he would be thrown in the dungeon forever and that the Pharaoh & his wife could just have another heir. Hesion had just sent guards to capture the prince. He was not aware of the fact that he was being watched by a sorceress named Jadellin. Just as Yami was about to be captured by a tall, husky looking guard, a baker, pushing his cart of freshly baked roles, stopped between the two of them blocking the guard from prince Yami. That is when he saw her, young Jadellin. He thought she was the most beautiful woman on Earth.
She had long, flowing, dark brown hair that seemed to glisten in the fading sunlight, beautiful large brown eyes, and a radiant smile. At that moment the guard broke past the baker and lunged for the back of Yami's shirt. Luckily just as the guard jumped to grab him, Jadellin reached out and grabbed Yami's arm pulling him onto her camel and they rode off into the setting sun.
After about an hour of riding in total silence, Yami finally asked who she was, and where they going. She answered all of his questions. She told him that her name was Jadellin and that they were going back to her palace. She also told him that the trip would take them 3 days on camelback. They had to ride on the same camel although Jadellin had two. The other camel was packed over with goods that she wanted from the city.
As the sun shone its last rays, they came across an oasis. There they set up a tent to sleep in overnight. Yami set up a place to cook and a campfire with wood that he and Jadellin had found near the oasis, while Jadellin washed away some of the grime from her body. When she returned, she was surprised to find Yami preparing the meals. She thanked him for cooking, and sat down. After eating and talking for a half hour, they went to sleep in the tent that Jadellin had brought for herself. That night, Yami had a very strange dream. He dreamt that he and Jadellin had come to a town. All of the people starred at them as though they had never seen other people before, and as they approached the palace, everything stared to disintegrate. He woke up gasping for air, and noticed that he was sweating profusely. Through the roof of the cramped tent, he could see the moon. It seemed to be shining on Jadellin, in which lay under a wool blanket cuddled up next to him. To him, she looked even more beautiful that night than when he had first seen her. That's when he noticed that she had her head laying on his arm. He longed to hold her, to love her. But he denied it.