1Ch 3: Life Lessons:
Disclaimer: Hi, I don't own Yugioh. I just love to play around with the characters.
Author's Note: Firstly, I just wanna make something clear; the characters in this story resemble another on the show or from my OC waiting list. They are not exactly like the character you've come to know from the show.
Secondly, I've made a mistake; Kisara does not look like Serenity. She just had the same kind of personality. Thank you to LazerWulf for pointing out this mistake.
Thirdly, I know that Atemu was Yami's name but let's just say that Atemu is his son's name, okay?
Fourthly, I know Seti sound like Seth but there's a reason that will be explained later as to why this is.
Fifthly, if it seems like Millennia is a Mary Sue, I'm sorry but that's the way it is. I don't really understand Mary Sues and such.
Lastly, Thank you for reading this story, as confusing though I might be, and just to say thank you for your constructive criticism as I wrote.
Character Resemblances/Personality:
Pharaoh Yami/Yami Yugi
High Priest Seth/Seto Kaiba
Priestess Millennia/ Katrina Kaiba (This is
originally Mokuba; She looks like Kaiba but
way
cuter, my OC.)
Queen Iseris (I-seer-us)/Tea Gardner
Prince Seti/ Jake Keirnan (He's my OC; If you
read The Bad Boy of Town, he's
described in there.)
Prince Atemu (At-e-moo)/Yugi Moto
Soldiers/ Tristan Taylor, Joey Wheeler, and Bakura.
Kisara/Serenity Wheeler (personality wise)
Yami's Vizier Joahna (Jo-an-na)/ Duke Devlin
Now to the story.
Millennia walked down the hallway toward the meeting room where she was to meet the Pharaoh to talk about the plans for the irrigation tunnels. She thought of what Seti said to her,
'Call me Seti. When we are in this room, I am Seti and you are Millenia.' He then told her that around others that to call him Prince Seti. Millennia shook her head; she couldn't understand the princes at all. Atemu was so unalike from his older brother; he was smart, kind, funny and quiet. Seti was open with his opinions, not very good at making decisions, and hotheaded. Millennia knocked on the door to check if anyone else was in there. She heard the Pharaoh's call, "Who is it?"
"It is Priestess Millennia, sire."
"Oh, do come in."
Millennia opened the door and saw the Pharaoh's council sitting at the table and Millennia got a little afraid.
"Am…" She cleared her throat, and then continued, "Am I late, sire?"
"No, we were actually waiting for you, Millennia. Please sit down." Pharaoh Yami pointed to a chair. Millennia blushed lightly and sat down. She caught her brother's eye and he nodded her on. She saw Joahna shake his head and he glared at her. She shuddered and turned to Yami. Yami started to open the case about the irrigation tunnels for her, and she was thankful for that, if given the chance to speak, she thought she would faint on the spot. It was only when Yami turned to that her heart started to beat fast.
"Now Millennia, please tell us about your grand idea." Yami said smiling, inviting Millennia to speak. Millennia looked at the Pharaoh like he was insane. Yami nodded his head at her, like he was reassuring her. Millennia gulped and stood up.
"Good afternoon gentlemen." She said uncertainly.
The men of the council murmured a 'good afternoon' probably just to please her. She fidgeted on her feet for a second and went on.
"Well, as his highness has told you, I have devised a plan on how to make the Nile flow her waters to other parts of Egypt, making the waters fertile there also."
She waited to hear what the men had to say. Joahna, the royal vizier, cleared his throat and Millennia turned toward him.
"Priestess, with all due respect, how are these 'irrigation ditches' going to help when the Nile is not overflowing?" He asked icily glaring at her.
"Um…well…uh…I was thinking we build little doors so that the water can be held back and…um…then let go when it is full." Millennia stuttered. "And…um…also, with the same respect you gave me Joahna, doesn't the Nile overflow up until the point where we don't plant our crops? Because if I recall, and correct me if I am wrong, the only time we do plant year-round is where the Nile meets the shore, or am I mistaken?" Millennia continued, glaring at Joahna in a cold stare.
"You are not mistaken Priestess." Joahna said glaring at Millennia. He continued, "I have nothing more to say, Pharaoh you may continue."
Yami cleared his throat, causing the men to look at him, "Now, all in favor of this plan, please raise your hand."
Millennia looked nervous as one by one, half of the men in the council, including Seth, raise their hands.
"Well, it looks like we have a split decision, so I will cast the deciding vote." Yami said looking at Millennia.
"While I think that this is a less-than-ordinary proposal, as are many of Priestess Millennia's ideas, this plan more ingenious than all of the others. I say that we should give this plan a try."
Millennia breathed a sigh of relief; bur Joahna had something more to say.
"Sire, this is an outrage!" He exclaimed.
"Here we go again." Seth murmured.
"Hold your tongue, high priest!" Seth made a face behind Joahna's back. "Sire, every time this council comes to order, you have another hare-brained, half-baked scheme this girl has devised, now we actually listen to her pleads? I will not stand for it any…"
Yami interrupted him with a raise of his hand, "Be still, for Pharaoh speaks." Yami stood and started walking around the table looking at all the men. "Now, I find that, yes, Millennia's plans are very different from what we are use to, but sometimes different is good, and if Egypt is to flourish under my reign and the reign of my oldest son, Seti, we need plans like this. If Millennia is to one day, be a High Priestess under my son, she needs to keep dreaming and thinking up these plans. If she were my oldest son, I would already give her the throne and let her rule Egypt, as she would want it to be. Now any man here that has not had a dream for a enhanced and more prosperous Egypt let him speak up now."
No one spoke up.
"Now, if no one has any objections to this plan, I say we get to it now. Millennia see to it that you are the head of this project."
"Thank you sire," Millennia said bowing to Yami.
"Meeting adjourned." Yami walked out.
The men got up and walked out some even stopping to congratulate her on her victory. Seth stopped beside her and she walked out with him. Joahna glared after them and snorted.
"Ingenious, hah, the only thing that will bring around a better Egypt is when I knock that dwattle-head off the throne, and I become Pharaoh."
"Yes sir, but for you to do that you have to get rid of the evidence." A man said to his left, obviously his minion.
"Yes, Acarui (Ah-core-eh), but I need more time and more things to sort out. Now go! I don't need to be seen with you." Joahna said, waving his hands. Acarui bowed and left the room. Joahna left shortly after.
Seth and Millennia walked down tha hall way and saw Queen Iseris, princes Atemu and Seti and the queens lady in waiting, Kisara. Seth and Millennia stopped and bowed to them. The queen allowed them to get up and she addressed Millennia.
"One of your plans go through Millennia? That is a good thing to hear. I heard from Yami just now as he was settling in his throne. That reminds me, Seth, the Pharaoh needs to see you."
Seth bowed, "Thank you your highness, I would not have known otherwise."
"Your welcome, Seth." Seth bowed again and left.
"The boys and I wanted to go for a walk, would you like to accompany us?"
"That would be great your highness, I would love to."
As Millennia and the Royal family walked by the hammam, a large square of water that reached from the edge of the Nile to some marble steps at the periphery where they were walking, Seti tapped Atemu on the arm and said in his ear, "You're it!" And he ran off.
"Seti! That's not fair! Come back here!" Atemu whined and ran after his older brother.
"Seti! Atemu! Don't run too fast! You might hurt yourself or fall in the water! Are you listening to me!"
"Apparently not your highness." Millennia said, trying hard not to laugh. Queen Iseris sighed and kept walking quietly thinking.
"Millennia, I have had a thought." She said after a while.
"Yes, your highness? What is it?"
"I am worried. Pharaoh Yami and I have been…" She said thinking of how to place her word carefully. After a minute she said, "We have been doing things during our 'nightly affairs' and I'm worried that I'm not able to produce another child for his highness and he might use Kisara to have another child. It was always Yami's dream to have a large family."
Millennia stared at the queen suspiciously. Where was this leading?
"Well, have you been unclean lately?" Millennia said meaning if she had menstruated lately.
"Yes," Iseris said as though it was already known.
"Then you have nothing to worry about, your highness, if you have been going through your monthly cycle regularly, you should be able to produce a child at any time. Not to flatter you, your majesty, but I think you are very beautiful and, in all respect, if the pharaoh was to stray away from you, it would be his loss."
"Very wise Millennia, now I see why Yami thinks you are the becoming of Egypt."
"Really?" Millennia said, flattered that the pharaoh would think of her as anything better than adequate.
"Oh, yes. He thinks that you're wise beyond your years."
"Well, tell him that I thank him dearly."
"I shall." The queen smiled at her fondly, like if she was her own daughter.
Their moment was cut off by a blood-curdling scream. The queen and Millennia ran, or as fast as their robes would allow, toward Seti who was pacing around feverishly while Atemu was no where to be seen.
"Seti, where's Atemu?" The queen asked.
"He…he slipped into the…the hammam after he started to chase me." Seti said sniffling.
"How are we supposed to get him out of there?" The queen asked then screamed, "Help! Guards go the pharaoh!" The guards nodded, bowed and ran to the palace.
"Leave it to me your highnesses." Millennia said taking off her jewelry and diving into the hammam after Atemu.
She swam to the bottom of the hammam and grabbed Prince Atemu and tried to swim up top, but due to her wet robes and Atemu's jewelry it was not a simple task. She concentrated really hard and asked for the power of the elements to help her. She felt the air suppressed in their lungs come out and lift them up. She relaxed as she pulled Atemu out of the water and lifted herself along with him. Seti grabbed her and helped her up. After she felt her legs come on to the marble she got up and went over to Atemu, who was not breathing. The queen was holding Atemu to her chest and started praying to Ra to help him.
"Your majesty, please let me see him, I think I can breathe him back to life."
"Please try Millennia," the queen pleaded to her. She laid Atemu so that he was facing up at them. Millennia breathed deeply and put her lips to Atemu's and breathed into him. She did this about three times until Atemu coughed and tried to get the water out of his lungs.
"Are you all right, your highness?" Millennia asked worriedly.
"I am now. Thank you Priestess." Atemu said in his innocent voice.
"Oh, Millennia, thank you for saving my son's life." The queen said holding Atemu close.
"It was nothing that anyone else would not have done." Millennia said modestly.
The Pharaoh's chariots started to come to the hammam to see what happened. Yami stepped out of the chariot followed by Joahna and Seth.
"What happened?" Yami questioned his deep voice filled with worry. The queen stood up still holding Atemu. Seti approached his father.
"Father, Atemu and I were running around the hammam and Atemu slipped and I did not know what to do so I panicked and Mother and the Priestess came over and saw that Atemu was drowning, Mother called for help and the priestess dived in and saved him. She then breathed life into his lungs by breathing her own air into him." Seti concluded his story.
"Seti, you know better than to coax your brother to chase you around the hammam. He could have gotten hurt, I hope you have learned your lesson." Yami said to his son.
"Yes, father." Seti bowed his head.
"Millennia," Yami said turning to the young priestess, "Thank you for saving Atemu's life, I appreciate that you put your life in danger to save his."
"I am your servant, Pharaoh, I shall do anything for you." Millennia bowed to him.
"All right we need to get Atemu to his bedchambers so he can rest. We will go back to the palace. Millennia, you may come with us, we need not exert your self more after saving my son."
"Yes, your majesty."
The royal family rode back in the chariots while Seth and Millennia walked back to the palace. Seth observed his sister closely. She looked so serious for a young girl. Had she been an ordinary citizen in Egypt, she would already be married and carrying a child depending on which man married her.
"Millennia, that was a brave thing you did today." Seth said after a passing while.
"Would everyone please stop saying that? I know it was a brave thing to do, but I only did it because he was the pharaoh's son, not for any other reason." Millennia said frustrated.
"Millennia, I know you are upset but try to be positive, you saved a man's life today. Just remember that."
And with that Seth left Millennia to herself. She sighed and shook her head and followed in after him. She wondered the halls until she heard some noise coming from Seti's room. She looked at the door thoughtfully until it came flying open and a rock came soaring toward her. She ducked and looked at Seti who was standing at the door, speechless.
"Oh, Priestess, I am sorry, did I almost hit you?" Seti said coming out.
"No, thankfully I am very adept at ducking." Millennia joked. Seti laughed and Millennia saw for the first time how beautiful his smile was. When he was around the pharaoh or any other member of the council he had a scowl or a frown replacing his smile.
"Are you all right, your highness?" Millennia said slipping into her serious mode again.
"Oh, um…I am just fine, just a little…frustrated." Seti said blushing.
"Oh, is that what caused the um…tantrum, your highness." Millennia said pointing to his now, almost destroyed room.
"Yes, I guess I am not very good at um…controlling my anger."
"Why are you angry Seti, I mean, your highness?" Millennia said, bowing quickly to hide her embarrassed blush.
"You can call me Seti." Seti said using his index finger to lift Millennia's chin up so he could see into her eyes. Did she have such magnificent eyes. "Have you forgotten so soon that we are friends Millennia?"
"No, your highness, but I feel I must call you by your proper title or else it will not feel right."
"I understand but just know that you have my permission to call me Seti when we are alone together. Do you understand Millennia?"
"Yes, I do. Prince Seti."
"Good now if you will excuse me, I have to find a maid to clean this mess up."
Millennia stepped out of the way to let him pass. "Good evening your highness. I shall see you at dinner?" She asked.
"You shall. Will I see you after dinner for lessons?"
"You will, Prince Seti."
"Good evening Millennia." Seti said walking away.
"Good bye…Seti." Millennia said low enough so Seti could not hear her. She walked away slowly.
Dinner
Seth was talking to Yami about some new plans on the building of the Pyramids; the Queen was conversing with Kisara who was watching Seth closely. Atemu wasn't present due to the fact that he was still weak from that afternoon's events. Millennia was eating and had a feeling that someone was watching her but didn't stop to look at who it was. Joahna cleared his throat.
"Your highness, may I see Priestess Millennia for a moment please?" He asked, his cold eyes glinting at Millennia.
"Millennia?" Yami asked looking at the young girl with, opposite from Joahna's eyes, warm and caring feeling.
"May I be excused sire?" Millennia inquired.
"Yes you may."
Millennia followed Joahna out of the dining room to a secluded hallway. Joahna turned around and gave Millennia the coldest stare he could muster. Millennia didn't even flinch. She just cave him the iciest stare with her light blue eyes.
"You saved Prince Atemu, why?" He asked her after their twenty second staring contest.
"I did what anyone else would have done in that same situation. He is the prince and I am just a young priestess."
"Yes, you are, and stop thinking that you are any higher than the rest of us. You are a young woman, not a man and certainly not worthy of anyone listening to your insane ideas."
Millennia listened with patient ears, waiting for him to finish. When he did she said, "Are you finished because now I have something to tell you. I may be young and I may be a woman but I am one of the few women in Egypt that know how to read and write. Another thing, I have failed to see you come up with an idea to help Egypt. So before you try to shoot my ideas down, listen to yourself first. Now if you will excuse me, I have to see to something before I go to bed."
Joahna let her pass. Millennia turned around about three inches from the door.
"Oh, and I may be a woman but, you are not higher than me because if I believe in myself, I will always be higher than you."
Millennia opened the door and walked out leaving Joahna to himself.
"I'm going to have to watch you closely aren't I priestess?" He said walking out behind her.
Millennia walked up a few flights of stairs to get to Seti's room. She knocked lightly and heard a hurried, "Come in." Then the door flew open. Seti stood in it and pulled Millennia inside.
"Hurry up, someone might see you."
"Nice to see you too." Millennia said sarcastically, rubbing her arm where Seti grabbed.
"Did I hurt you?" Seti asked looking at her tan arm.
"No, you did not." After a minute she realized that he was holding she cleared her throat and Seti let go. They were both blushing.
"How is Atemu?" Millennia said, not looking into his face.
"He is fine, thank you for asking. Now are we going to get to the lesson or not?" He sat down by the table.
"Oh, okay." She sat down next to him and looked at the Papyrus and reeds of charcoals next it.
"Now you need to learn the hieroglyphics before reading them." She said writing little symbols down on the papyrus for Seti to see. (A/N" Not real Egyptian Hieroglyphics)
F G L S D P W Q Y x v q w r m y a s h w a y b z a A l q r p WQ WR E Y Q w E L K J N.
"So, those are some hieroglyphics that you need to…ahhhh…know." Millennia said yawning.
"Are you tired Millennia?" Seti asked knowing that the answer would be no.
"I am all right Seti."
"You called me Seti."
"I guess I did."
They laughed then and looked into each other's eyes. Green into blue. Seti leaned in and came short when Millennia yawned again.
"I must be tired, why else would I be yawning?"
"Go to bed Millennia, we can continue this tomorrow."
"Are you sure Seti? I can stay awake as long as I need to."
"I would not want to you to stay awake because I want to read and write."
"But sire," Millennia protested but Seti shoved her out the door.
"Millennia, you are tired and so am I, please go to bed and get a good nights sleep."
"Yes sir." Millennia said, turning around to walk to her chambers. Seti watched her go and then made up his mind to do something he should've done long ago.
"Millennia," Seti said turning around.
"Yes, your highness?" Millennia asked.
"Please do not think of me differently because of this."
"Because of what?" She asked. She didn't have long to wait. After she said that she felt Seti's lips hit hers as he kissed her. After a minute Seti broke the kiss and left quickly, like a dog with his tail between his legs. Millennia touched her lips and smiled. She walked down the hall humming a tune until she came to her chambers and went to sleep.
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