An Egyptian Tale

A beautiful slave girl's heart is taken by a certain pharaoh. They'll get married and live happily forever, right? Wrong. Her drunken master betroths her to a slimy man, and with her sister, they run away to find the pharaoh. Problem is, will he love her in return?

A/N: So, um yeah!!! I updated fast!!!! XD Erm...at least I think I did...Well, at least I am now keeping to my old promise...so yah...read on for now we shall delve deeper into the secret plots of this story!!!!! BWAHAHAHA!!!! X3

Ouji-sama means Prince.

Amun-Re is basically/kinda/the same as Ra.

Where We Left Off...

"Hello." said a sweet voice. Liana's jaw dropped to see a short-haired brunette, with blue eyes, who looked nothing like her father. "What is your name?" she asked.

"I am Liana."

"That's a nice name." grinned the daughter. "How do you do?"

"No, fine lady...how do you do?" Liana smiled shyly, not believing she had thought unjust things about this girl.

The girl smiled back. "Fine thankyou. And by the by, my name is Anzu."

"Well...nice to meet you...Anzu..." Liana said, breaking into a grin.

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Serina entered the kitchen and felt her jaw drop.

A moments silence...then...

"Serina stop that, you may as well attract flies." smiled a raven-haired, blue eyed lady.

"How did you know my name...?" gasped Serina.

"Simple." replied the lady. "I own the Millenium Necklace, and I am the priestess of the 'HOT HOT' pharaoh himself."

For a response, Serina smiled shyly, red in the face.

Now Read on...

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"I cannot believe you do not remember me..." said the priestess as she stared expectantly at Serina.

Serina stared at the lady for a while...thinking extremely hard. "I have seen you before...somewhere...wait! Did you say that you owned a Millennium Necklace and are the priestess of the 'HOT H-" Serina flushed, realising what she had just said. "..I...I mean to say...the Pharaoh...?"

"Why yes, I did."

"ISIS!!!!!!" screamed Serina excitedly. The corners of Isis's mouth twitched, and she raised a mock eyebrow at Serina. Serina flushed and pretended that she hadn't got all excited, though she still felt the excitement running through her veins. "W-what would a priestess of Ouji-sama be doing here?" asked Serina innocently.

Isis smiled. "Pharaoh, Serina. Not Ouji-sama." she corrected, just wanting to kid Serina.

A hand flew to Serina's mouth. "Oh dear! Forgive me! I should not have said that! Which I mean to say Pharaoh!" apologised Serina.

Laughing, Isis realised her joke had not been seen by Serina who was now staring quizzically at her. "Do not worry Serina, I was only kidding you there. I'm not to worried with your sayings but do get used to saying 'Pharaoh' not 'Ouji-sama' like you always used to say when you were a youngin'..."

"So Isis, how long did it take to ride here?" asked Serina.

Cracking another smile, Isis saw right through Serina's tactic to change the subject and decided she should answer and wonder right back to the old subject. "It took quite long since Garo...and I mean to say Master Garo, has kept his house far off from the palace...I remember how he used to live right outside the palace walls...until that day Sariiah...and here I mean to say Mistress Sariiah..."

"...sold my sister and I off...I know Isis..." sighed Serina. "Why do you call your mother and father Mistress Sariiah and Master Garo?" asked Serina trying to seem happy when she wasn't.

"Because...they are no longer my mother and father...you already know that Serina..." Isis said, this time it was she who was sighing. Then, reaching into her pocket, Isis pulled out a golden ring that had an aqua like gem embedded in it. Wordlessly, she handed it to Serina who stared curiously at it.

"From...Ouji-sa...I mean to say...Pharaoh...?"

Isis nodded. "His sayings were: 'If you do not wish to have anything to do with me anymore, you shall return it. If not, wear it forevermore...until the day comes..." Isis said, repeating the exact words the pharaoh had said to her.

"...until the day comes..." whispered Serina, brushing a lock behind her ear with her left hand and then slipping on the ring.

"...you're so like Mistress Sariiah...always brushing the locks away behind the ears with her left hand...always trying to look on the bright side when there wasn't any...and you're are so like Master Garo...brave and strong...but harsh at moments...yet you are so not like either Mistress Sariiah or Master Garo..." mumbled Isis as she stared sadly at Serina.

Serina smiled sadly, staring at Isis too. "You always said I was the black sheep in the family...sister..."

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"So, Liana is it not...I can't believe that we have finally met..." breathed Anzu in awe. Liana smiled at the younger girl as she packed away her belongings. "I've heard so much about you...you are 15, due to be 16 are you not? And I am only 14, due to turn 15...wow...and you're twin is 15 too is she not? But she was born 8 hours before you, was she not?" asked Anzu, who was simply buzzing with lots of questions.

"Yes, my twin is older than me...if you should call her a twin..." grinned Liana as she went to put covers onto Anzu's bed.

"Oh no! Don't do that! I shall do it myself..." ordered Anzu.

"Don't worry, I shall do it." replied Liana.

"No! I have ordered you not to! You must listen!" Anzu said strictly. "Father said I am to order you to do whatever. And I order you from now on to do none of my chores!"

Liana gaped at her. "B-but...then master shall beat me!" she whispered.

Anzu shook her head. "Than I shall tell him not to! Or so I swear on Amun-Re I will get my revenge on him!" she declared, pouncing at the bed covers and instantly started working on covering the bed.

Smiling thankfully, Liana started talking. "Serina is the black sheep, or so that is what my oldest sister always used to say. Oh dear! I mean our oldest sister." Liana corrected herself quickly.

Now sweeping the floor, Anzu grinned. "Yes, Isis...she is 18 now...she tells me about you two...lots and lots...mother sold you off when you were only nine..." Anzu trailed off as she frowned at the floor. Liana remained silent. After a moment of silence Anzu continued in a sad and soft voice. "I am sorry sister."

"It is all right..." sighed Liana. "You look alot like me...I mean to say we look alot like mother..." she said, changing the subject completely.

"Yes we do." agreed Anzu, now sweeping the dust to a corner. But she looked rather saddened by what Liana had said.

Realising her mistake, Liana quiclky changed the subject. "We look like twins. But you are not my twin. Serina is, yet she looks nothing like me..." muttered Liana. She looked up at Anzu, who had finished sweeping and grinned at her. "Yet, she acts alot like me."

"I have not seen her yet. I do hope she is here..."

"Yes, she is." answered a voice at the door.

Both Liana and Anzu looked at the new arrival and both saw a brown-eyed albino. "Ryou!" cried Anzu as she raced forwards to hug the albino.

"Whoa...steady girl..." muttered Ryou.

"How did you get here?" asked Anzu.

"I rode all the way here when I received news from your mother that you had left to visit your father. I had just arrived and was banging on the door for quite awhile before Serina answered the door. Thank goodness she did because it is rather hot outside." explained Ryou.

Suddenly, Anzu looked worried. "And poor Ouji-sama is travelling in this heat...travelling all the way to the other kingdom...and he does not even want to have this happen now that..." a hand flew to Anzu's mouth as she flushed. She side-glanced at Liana, who was staring at her with disbelief. "Oh dear...I have said too much now..."

"You know alot about the Pharaoh!" gasped Liana. Anzu lowered her hand and shook her head, biting her lip. "You know where he is going! And...and..." Liana gasped again. "...you called him 'Ouji-sama'! Serina calls him that too!"

Anzu looked over at Ryou worriedly, and Liana noticed that Ryou was looking down at the ground, his bangs covering his eyes making it hard to tell what he was thinking. Opening her mouth Anzu was about to explain everything when-

"Supper is prepared! Supper is prepared!" shouted Serina's voice from the dinning.

"Oh! Let us go for supper! Uh...Ryou...Liana..." mumbled Anzu in a fake cheery voice as she turned and headed off to the dinning.

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"We have more visitiors." grinned Master Garo as Anzu, Ryou and Liana walked in. Liana was overjoiced to see Isis, and Anzu was overjoiced to see Serina, but they were surprised to see two different people they had never seen before, standing near the table. "Isis, Serina, Liana, Anzu...and Ryou...please greet my dear friends...Shonii and Inoshi!" introduced Master Garo. Both Shonii and Inoshi bowed as their names were called, and both were dirty looking men, with rather tattered clothing. "And now...we shall begin supper!" said Master Garo after a moment of silence.

All the males were seated and all the girl's served the supper, then were seated as well. Master Garo on one head of the table and Isis on the other. Both of Garo's friends were on either side of him and both Serina and Liana were on the left side of Isis and both Anzu and Ryou were on the right side of Isis. Supper started off rather quiet.

"So..." Master Garo began, attempting to make conversation. "Anzu...you're wanting to be betrothed the 'morrow to...eh...Ryou is it?"

"Yes father." answered Anzu quietly.

"And um...what does this...eh...Ryou do...for a 'livin'?" asked Master Garo.

"Father, you know already." replied Anzu.

"I yes...that is right...I do already know..."

Liana sighed. "How is your mother Anzu?" she had been wanting to get this question out of the way.

This time Anzu sighed. "She is fine...I do not believe you have met her before..."

"Yes, Lady Leciana is a fine woman." interrupted Isis. Serina glanced over at Isis, realising who she thought was truly her mother. "Well, that also reminds me..." Isis said as she turned to both Serina and Liana. "When are you to wanting to be betrothed... I mean to say, have you finally found your man?" she asked.

Both sisters began to flush. Shonii leaned over and whispered something into Master Garo's ear. Master Garo shook his head and Shonii poured him some more wine. "Well..." began Serina. Everyone except Master Garo and his friends looked expectantly at Serina, thinking she was going to say something important. "...I met..." she froze through mid-sentence as she stared at the jewelled ring on her right hand, and swallowed hard. 'I wish he was here...I wish I knew what was going on...I...'

"Serina?"

'I...does...he...?'

"Serina?"

"Serina?"

"Hello?"

"AHEM!"

Serina's attention was suddenly given to her swaying master, who had just managed to stand up with some help. Everyone knew he was drunk. But no-one knew what he was going to say next was going to change everything. There was silence in the room as everyone awaited for him to say something. "As I a-pronhicounce my lovhicelys daughtered...Anzuyu behictrotheded to Rayu, I also anhicprnounce asnothers...betrothhicingins..." stuttered Master Garo, saying pratically everything wrong, but no-one payed attention to what words he said wrong, they were all paying attention to what he was going to say next. "I...hicbetrotthhhhheddd..........hichic...my deer fwiend....Shonii....hic...too my hic...loverly daughtered, Serina." as soon as he said that, he collasped back in his chair.

There were gasps from everyone excpet Garo and his friends, and especially Shonii, who looked quiet pleased with himself. A stunned silence was suddenly followed by someone falling off of their seat and a burst of tears.

Serina had fallen off her seat and was sobbing into her palms.

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! AN EVIL CLIFFHANGER!!!! Oh and um...I AM SO GLAD THIS CHAPTER IS LONG!!!!

I apologise again if anything confuses you, so ask questions or anything and I'll be happy to answer it. And now, you all know why they just don't kill Master Garo(their master) because he is their father!!!!!

And um, in the last chapter where Liana is thinking why someone would want to marry her father and have a child with him, and how er, in this chapter Anzu's mother is different to Isis, Liana and Serina's, well it is quite obvious what happened to Mistress Sariiah. If you have no idea, I shall mention it in the next chapter.

Oh and, I apologise for not that much romance(main genre: romance)yet! I repeat yet! Need I point out more?

Also, I have been thinking of the second chapter, where Serina and Yami and Liana were having a extremely, extremely short conversation well...and I was thinking of fixing it up...and then I thought...'NAH!!!! THAT WOULD RUIN THE PLOT! MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!'

Damn...I am feeling lazy...it's 3:00 in the morning...oh yeah, for ya'll that don't know I live in Australia, and of course, time would be different here from other countries like it normally is...:P

Oh yeah, and I attempted to edit some of my work before posting it up, but I'm no good at beta-reading my own fics...V.V And since it's so early in the morning my brain ain't working as well...

Well, that's basically it! Please leave a review to tell me what you think, and if I'm not feeling lazy (and if the chapter's not that LLLLOOOOONNNNNGGGG) I will thank all the reviewers who have reviewed this chapter because I'm too lazy to make a list. :P Bah, I am so lazy.

Please review anywho!