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She didn't like to disturb her future husband but she sighed and went along with them into the bathing chambers she giggled with them and silently entered and sat by the resting pharaoh she smiled at him... he looked so cute when he was sleeping
She then immediately blushed a deep red and looked up at Mana when she made her comment about the pharaoh not receiving enough sleep last night. "Well...uhh..." but before she could say anything else Shada had entered she gulped and tried to shush Mana so the pharaoh would not wake but it was too late she looked down at his slowly stirring form she slowly ran a hand through his hair giving him the feeling that it was just her...she had this powerful soothing touch that he could always know that it was her...
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Atemu purred softly at the instant stroking of his hair, damn his weaknesses. He looked up to see Mana, Kisara, Sapphire, and Shada all standing there before him. He flushed slightly as he sunk a bit lower into the water.
The girls giggled as Shada gave them a stern look. "Out. The Pharaoh needs his privacy," he told all three of them.
"Come on, we'll go somewhere else until then," said Mana as she dragged the other two with her. All four of them left Atemu to his peace.
After they left, Atemu laughed softly, no peace around when you have an important rule in Egypt. He then got out and dried himself of the scented water and dressed in a white kilt and tunic. He then left the palace and went out to the stables. Meeting Karim out there, they both decided to go for a ride and rode off into the outskirts of the city.
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She left with the two girls and Shada waving goodbye to Atemu smiling she sighed as they went back out to the gardens she sniffled and sat down by the fountain while the other girls just sat there in front of her on the grass. She then finally told them what had happened last night not being able to keep it a secret anymore she blushed while she told them her sapphire millennium bracelet that Atemu had given to her as a gift.
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Feeling the wind gush through his hair was such a relief for the young pharaoh. He held tightly onto the reins as he glanced over at Karim, his opponent in the race towards the Valley of the Kings. "Whoa boy!" he called out to the horse while approaching a canyon wall. The two stopped to give their horses a rest as they demounted them. They heard a cry over in the distance as they headed off that way.
"Sounds like someone is in trouble," stated Karim as he glanced at his Pharaoh.
"Then we should help them." They walked into the canyon, climbing over boulders that lie in there way until they came across the sight of a little girl crying. She has short brown hair which was ruffled up. She wore a small dress smeared with crimson blood. Atemu stepped over to her and lifted her into his arms. She looked at him and suddenly stopped crying; only sobbing quietly. "What are you doing here alone in the canyon, little girl?" he asked in a soft tone of voice.
"I…was stranded," she sniffled while looking at him.
"I see. Would you like to go back to my palace with me?"
"Are you the Pharaoh?" She asked curiously.
"Yes, I am. If you come back to the palace with me, I can give you a new set of clothing, a bath, something to eat and somewhere to sleep. Would you like that?" The girl nodded her head and cling to Atemu.
Karim was amazed by his Pharaoh's soft heart. "So we are heading back?"
"Yes." They climbed back out of the canyon, back to their horses, and slowly set back towards the palace. Nightfall soon fell when the group stepped back into the palace.
"Atemu!" Yelled Sapphire as her, Mana, and Kisara ran towards them clearly worried for their long absence. They stopped before pouncing upon him to see him holding a child in his arms.
"Call the servants together. I want a bath, meal, clothing and a bed prepared for the little girl. We found her in the canyon and I want the best of care for her," demanded the Pharaoh then looked back down at the child in his arms.
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They all nodded and Mana and Kisara rushed away to get the servants sapphire of course stayed...she looked at the girl and smiled her cheery smile it looks like the girl flinched at bit in the pharaohs arms and turned her head away from her
"No...it's alright I'm not going to hurt you..." She said putting a hand on her head gently she looked at Atemu "My pharaoh...where did you find her...it looks like she has been out in the desert for many days...and by the looks of this blood it looks like she was in a war!" She said concerned for the child her blue eyes showing great concern...just as she asked this Mana and Kisara came with Seth, Mahaado and some servants...just as the pharaoh had asked
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Atemu watched as they took the girl away to be tended to. "I think she was left in the desert to die." A frown crossed his face. "I don't understand what sort of monster could do that to a young child." He looked at Sapphire with sad amethyst eyes. The Pharaoh was sort of pampered all his life and was treated with ut most respect. Most people would say it was his soft heart and understanding that made him the ultimate ruler of all. He took Sapphire in his arms and hugged her tightly. "She will start lessons in a few weeks. She will be raised as a princess. And if anyone opposes, they will suffer under the lay of Ma'at."
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She nodded and hugged him back gently her head resting on his shoulder she ran a hand through his hair again smiling...she knew he liked that.
"But I can't believe someone would do that to a poor lil girl...I mean no one did that to me...but they probably were thinking about doing that when I was accused of being a thief...wait...I am a thief..." she chuckled and closed her eyes and coughed she still was sick because of last night and it seemed that she was getting a bit worse.
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He looked down at his mistress and tilted his head. "You have gotten sick?" He lifted her up into his arms and carried her off into the bed chamber and laid her down upon the massive bed. "Perhaps you should get some rest." He smiled gently down at her and kissed the top of her forehead. "I can't have my future wife getting ill." He brushed his arm against the smooth skin on her arm and slowly ran his fingers down towards her wrist. His other hand slowly ran down her cheek and upon her neck, massaging it softly while watching her contently with his gently amethyst eyes. "Rest should do you good, my dear."
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She nodded and coughed again and purred softly slowly closing her eyes she had a headache and she began shivering slightly she groaned and a bit of sweat fell down her forehead she rolled on her side and cuddled up to him her head rubbing up against his hand slowly her stomach was also not feeling very good she coughed and slept for over 9 hours.
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He sat there and watched her fall asleep. He slipped in beside her and took her into his arms while pulling a blanket over her sleeping form. "I shall watch over you, Nefer-henut." He said softly while kissing the top of her hair. He stayed up watching her sleep for hours until he slowly drifted off to sleep. Crimson eyes plagued his dreams. Akifa appeared before in and threatened him in the Egyptian language. Atemu battled with the tomb robber but failed when Akifa grabbed a hold of Sapphire and challenged the Pharaoh with her life. He struggled and shifted in his sleep, suddenly waking up with sweat damping his hair, his heart racing as he looked down and saw that Sapphire was not by his side. "Sapphire!"
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She was looking out at the brilliant Egyptian city she sighed happily and looked back into the room when he said her name.
"Oh...morning Atemu…" She said cheerfully she ran back over to the bed and hugged him tightly she seemed to be very happy about something she smiled and rubbed his back she was almost hugging him too tightly almost strangling him...she REALLY seemed to be happy.
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He was surprised to see her run in and pounce on him, hugging him tightly. He had to practically pry her off to gain a breath. "What's going on? You seem well this morning." He smiled as he hugged her gently and pulled her to sit down next to him. "What has excited you this morning, Nefer-henut? Such event must be of great importance." He sat there patiently awaiting her response.
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"Well...I went to see a medicine man while you were sleeping and he checked me out...my love...I'm pregnant..."
She said looking into his eyes lovingly she seemed so excited she couldn't wait to tell Mana and Kisara she held his hands tightly and kissed his lips with a deep passion and happiness she then just cuddled up to him gently slightly and softly purring.
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Atemu just sat there silently, at a loss for words. Pregnant? Pregnant! "I'm going to have a child…?" He asked in disbelief. He hugged her and held her close, suddenly full of happiness. "I'm going to have a child!" He said, excitement filling his voice. He pulled away off the bed and ran to the balcony and screamed, "I AM GOING TO HAVE A CHILD!" A few people down below glanced up at Atemu, as if he were mad. Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks, they weren't even married! He turned around to face her. "This isn't good…"
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She laughed as he went around yelling as she sat on the bed but then her face fell...
"Love...what do you mean this isn't good ? This IS good!" she said standing up and holding both of his hands looking into his worried gaze she frowned slightly as she looked down at the ground. "I mean this should be a good thing right? You're going to have an heir to the throne..."
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"Yes… yes… it is a good thing that I am going to have an heir… but… we aren't even married!" What would the people think? He couldn't have a child without marriage. He looked down at Sapphire then pulled her into him for a long compassionate kiss. "We have to be married at once!" He grabbed a hold of her hand and pulled her out of the room and down the hall while calling for his priests.
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She chuckled as she was pulled down the corridors as Atemu called for his priests Mana and Kisara poked their heads out from a door wondering what was going on...
They all met in the royal temple Sapphire was gasping for breath as her and Atemu had completely ran around the palace getting every priest and person that was important to the pharaoh to come to the temple.
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The young Pharaoh wasn't really aware of everything going on around him; it was all happening too fast. Conceiving a child without marriage, what was he thinking! Finally catching his breath he stood next to his mistress as everyone gathered around, completely confused by the Pharaoh's actions.
"What's going on, Pharaoh-sama?" asked Kisara while blinking her bright blue eyes.
Mana whispered over to Kisara, "Maybe all this desert heat has finally gotten to him." She was granted by a shove of Mahaado's elbow to silence her.
"My mistress and I are to be wed today." Declared Atemu as the crowd went silent, some gasped. The Pharaoh turned to Seth, the High Priest of them all. He had granted his cousin the right to be the one to untie them in the ceremony.
Later that night all of Egypt was engrossed in celebration. Akifa sat on the cliff at the edge of the city and watched on as fires burn in pottery and dancers swayed their bodies around party goers. A sick and twisted smirk snaked its way across his face. So the Pharaoh had wed. He laughed manically as it rang out in the night.
Mahaado turned his gaze into the darkness towards the cliffs. "Something wrong, Mahaado?" asked Atemu while watching his friend.
"No," he answered quietly, "I just have a feeling that something devastating is amidst."
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Sapphire had pulled the two girls aside once the wedding ceremonies were going on and she finally told them she flinched a bit as Mana shrieked happily for her she then looked over at Atemu and Mahaado as soon as Kisara and Mana started talking about names for the baby ...she then stood up and she felt a bit of uneasiness in the air she decided to go and see what they were talking about...
She left them without them knowing using her thieving skills she silently hid behind a bush and tried to listen in to what they were saying.
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Atemu blinked looking at his childhood friend. "What sort of feeling? Mahaado?"
The young priest looked at the Pharaoh as if he never said a word. "Hm?"
Atemu awaited an answer but never received one. Chuckling softly he decided to forget asking him until later. "Some party huh?"
Mahaado offered him a smile and nodded his head. "Although I have a feeling that we could have done so much more, you know?"
"Yeah, I know what you mean." The Pharaoh caught a hold of the magician's facial expression and tilted his head to the side. Mahaado motioned over towards the bushes slightly and winked. Atemu started laughing as he stood up and walked to the right and out of sight. Coming up from behind Sapphire, he caught her off guard. "Nefer-henut! What are you doing hiding in the bushes?" He chuckled as he helped her to her feet. "You are pregnant and part of the royal family. You don't need to go sneaking around like you don't belong."
Mahaado turned and smiled at the couple. Atemu's new ray of light was a great improvement over his last loss. He just prayed to the Gods that nothing horrible were to happen to his new love. He shifted his gaze away from the lovers and back towards the cliff. Akifa had gone from sight and fled into the night. What were the thief's plans, he wondered while narrowing his eyes a bit. He had watched the celebration and felt the priest feeling uneasy. Tomorrow he would have to gather council with the other millennium item holders.
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She jumped as Atemu had snuck up on her. "I'm sorry love ...you know how I can get. I tend to get a bit nosy..." She giggled and hugged him tightly and kissed his lips gently then rested her head just below his chin "And anyways...just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I can't move around and do the things I did before I was pregnant…" She said laughing.
She looked up into his eyes her brilliant blue eyes flashing in the moonlight as if from some unknown power Mana and Kisara were now looking for her as they had just found out that she had disappeared without a sound and they watched the couple smiling.
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He smiled down at her and shook his head. "Yeah, you might be pregnant, but you are pregnant with our child and the future of Egypt, so you have to be extra cautious." He lifted his bride up into his arms and kissed her again. "We are retiring for the evening," he told the girls and Mahaado as he carried Sapphire back into the palace and towards their room. He laid her down on the lounging couch across the room from the bed. He picked up a rag that was soaking in a bowl of scented oils and placed it against her skin and slowly began caressing her. He smiled as he watched her close her eyes to the simple pleasure. He purred softly as she reached her hand up and ran her fingers through his hair. He leaned down and kissed her stomach that lay hidden behind a thin fabric of silk. "You deserve the best of everything, Nefer-henut." He said softly while looking up at her looming gaze. He continued to caresses her with the beautifully scented liquid unaware of the danger that lingered nearby.
Akifa smirked as the watched behind the curtain of the royal chamber. He slipped out after watching the couple and slid down into the main hall from the window. Cackling to himself as he stood before the throne in the throne room he vowed to strike again against the Pharaoh, this time making his show more deadly than the last.
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She purred as he brought her to their bedroom and laid her down on the resting couch...
She smiled as she closed her eyes and began purring herself and she ran her hands through his hair slowly she smiled as he kissed her womb...she giggled a bit as he caressed her ticklish spots gently.
She somehow felt someone in the room but thought that she was just being too cautious...she just shrugged it off and just thought it was something else...she smirked and yawned she was a tad bit exhausted from the days festivities.
She reached down behind her and felt the bag of her thieving weapons that she had used when she was a thief and found them.
She started to feel at ease when she found her sithes (spelling may be wrong...) she had used these when she was caught in a corner when she was an assassin and when she was a thief...the pharaoh didn't know that she had kept them...
For he would probably order her to throw them away and these were her memories…and plus she sometimes liked to wake up very early in the morning when the pharaoh was still asleep and she went out into the garden to practice with them...
Maybe...just maybe one day when the pharaoh was in trouble...she would use them and the rest of her weapons like her bow and arrows and her swords...
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A shout soon emerged from the throne room and echoed throughout the palace. Atemu dropped the rag at the sound and glanced at Sapphire. "Stay here," he told her as he got up to follow the commotion, knowing there was no way in the name of Ra to make her stay. He ran into the room to discover his Priestess, Isis, staggering to the floor with a deep wound across her stomach. "Isis!" He ran over to her only to be kicked aside from the hiding thief, Akifa.
"Stay back Pharaoh, or I'll take her life." A sick and twisted smile circled his lips as he held a dagger that dripped with the woman's blood.
"Akifa!" roared the Pharaoh as he pulled out his dueling field, ready to summon the Gods at will. Sapphire appeared in front of Atemu, sithes in hand as she glared over at the tomb robber. "Sapphire, I told you to stay in the room!"
"I'll take him on." She stated as she momentarily glanced back at him. "Don't worry about me Atemu, I can handle him." She smiled slightly as she twirled the weapons in her hands, ready to take on the intruder.
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She yelled out and charged at the tomb robber her sythes spinning in her hands as she began to try to slash at him...
Isis in the meantime was on the floor unconscious her blood spilling out onto the floor there were grunts and screams as sapphire was attacking Akifa...
She was then hit right in the arm by another one of Akifa's daggers she backed up as she dropped the sythe in that hand and she dropped the other one and reached behind her and grabbed 2 black swords from a statue of Horus she then ran at him again swinging the blades furiously... her medallion around her neck glowing gently.
That was until she was struck down by an unknown sword that he had hidden.
He dropped the dagger and used the sword to gently slice her cheek she yelled out and she backed up her hand on her cheek as blood dripped down her cheek...she growled and ran at him her swords swinging there was the sound of their robes ripping as they slashed each other with their swords she growled as she was then kicked to the side.
She twitched and trembled a bit as her swords hit the ground with a clatter one sword scattered towards Atemu covered slightly in Akifa's blood the other sword scattered toward Akifa...
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Atemu watched this and growled deeply from within his throat. He was unable to prevent an attack from Akifa last time, this time it will not be repeated. "AKIFA!" yelled out the Pharaoh, a strong aura flaming around him. The millennium puzzle started to glow brightly as locks of Atemu's hair flew back out of his face, the wind shifting wildly around him. Everyone took a step back from the intensity of the Pharaoh's cry. A fire seem to have flared up inside him, and all of its strength was aimed at the tomb robber. The flames in the candles flickered violently. "You will pay for your intrusion and attack on my palace! Harming those whom I claim to love and care about; no more!" A force erupted from him as it swept throughout the room, unaffecting Sapphire and the priests, but slamming Akifa's frame back against the wall. The fury of the Pharaoh deemed frightening. "Get out!" With a sweep of his hand, the invisible force once against struck Akifa and threw him out of the palace windows and down into the streets below. Akifa, scared out of his wits, forced himself up and ran off. The power surrounding the Pharaoh seem to vanish within an instant after the retreat. Atemu stood there momentarily before closing his eyes and falling onto the ground, unconscious.
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Sapphire didn't move she was completely knocked out.
Her blood was running onto the floor from her wounds she groaned she was extremely weak.
"Kisara, Mana come on we have to get them to medical attention..." said Seth as he picked his cousin up the 2 girls nodded and ran over to Sapphire and helped her up staining their robes with her blood another few of the priest and priestesses helped Isis off the floor and followed them...
Sapphire was critically injured she had lost a lot of blood...Isis was a lucky one she had woken up about a half hour later after the ordeal and after she got patched up.
Sapphire was already patched up, linens and bandages covering her wounds but she still was not awake...there was one fatal wound...a slash to her womb where Akifa had tried to kill her baby...
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Atemu awoke a few hours later, his blurry vision made out the face of a worried priest, Mahaado. "Are you alright, my Pharaoh?" His expression looked grave which indicated that something horrible was amidst.
"Yeah…I'm fine…What's wrong Mahaado?" he asked while blinking his amethyst eyes in confusion.
"It is Sapphire…she is alive, but Akifa had deeply wounded her stomach and we aren't sure if the child is alright…" The Pharaoh forced himself out of the bed, almost collapsing but was caught by Mahaado. "Atemu, you have to be careful, you still are weak!"
"Let me see her," he said in a dark harsh tone of voice. Mahaado looked down at him in a gaze of regret. "Mahaado…" he said, his voice quite edgy and demanding.
"Yes, my Pharaoh…"
Mahaado had lead Atemu into the room which contained his wife. Atemu sat down on the bedside and extended his body over hers and broke down into sobs. The previous nightmare was occurring again… "Sapphire…Sapphire…please, wake up…"
Isis entered the room, bandages drawn around her mid section. "Atemu…" He lifted his head to meet her cerulean eyes as she smiled slightly. "The heir of Egypt is fine…he has been blessed by the Gods through the Pharaoh. Do not worry."
Atemu smiled a bit as he laid his head gently down against his wife's stomach and closed his eyes. Mahaado and Isis had left the room to give the royal couple some privacy. "That tomb robber is as good as dead…" muttered the Pharaoh as he stayed by his wife's side.
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Sapphire just laid there her chest slowly rising with her breathing she seemed to be fine.
Blood was still seeping through some of her wounds as he laid his head down upon her stomach she grunted and twitched a bit in pain and slowly opened her eyes her vision was slightly blurry.
"W...wh...where am I?...and why do I feel like I got a hole cut out of me?" she said shivering she looked down at the pharaoh and chuckled weakly and ran a bloody hand through his hair slowly soothing him.
The pharaoh was getting her blood on his cheek "hey..." was all she could say in her weakened state.
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He purred softly and nuzzled her hand as he opened his eyes in response to her soft word. He shifted his head a bit to look up at her and smiled weakly. "I thought I lost you…" he kissed the fabric that covered the top of her stomach and closed his eyes again. His cheeks were stained from his sobbing as he relaxed against her touch. "He will not go unpunished, I promise you this…" after he spoke, a long pause of silence followed. "Isis is alright, she spoke to me. Our child, our son, is alright. He has been blessed by the gods and will survive. He's a fighter, just like his parents." He opened his eyes, tears glistened in them.
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"A... at least that he'll be fine... me...I don't think I'll be ok for a while..." She said chuckling.
She groaned and trembled in pain her wounds stinging she wrapped her arms around him gently wanting comfort from her husband...
She felt weak...she had never been defeated in a fight...never...she felt like she had let the pharaoh down she trembled as she slowly rubbed his back and as a few tears started falling down her cheeks.
Her medallion was dimmed in the light it was also stained in blood.
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He looked down at her and smiled a bit. He lifted her up into his arms and off the bed as he took her over to the bathing pool and set her down into the warm water. He poured a liquid from a bottle into the water, as a fragrance emerged from it and filled the air. "Lie still in the water," he told her while sitting near her on the floor. He stroked her hair gently. "Close your eyes." As soon as she did so, she felt a cool sensation flowing through her body. The Goddess of Healing had blessed the liquid. He smiled as it eased her pain. He closed his eyes and leaned his head down against hers. "No harm shall come upon the royal family. We are protected by the Gods of this land."
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"I...I hope your right my love..." She ran a hand through his hair and sighed happily as the pain was slowly being lifted from her body.
She then slowly opened her bright blue eyes and smiled at him happily purring she kissed his lips deeply and she wraps her arms around him.
She shivers slightly as a wind blows around them gently her slick once dry hair blowing in the wind.