The Silent Nile
By: Rayisha
Papyrus 5: Into the Night
A/n: thank you reviewers for still reading even when I have writer's block. I am very thankful. Espically since I didn't think this story would be that popular.
The moon was shinging in the night sky as if it were a peral on a black ribbion. A young man stood on the balconey of his room which over looked over the city he would regin over soon. He sighed as certain thoughts picked at his mind.
"Master, what ails you so?" Asked a voice belonging to a young woman.
The woman's voice starltled the young man from his thoughts.
"My mother has chosen a bride for me…" The young man answered.
The woman's hair was black as the night surrounding them her jade eyes glistened with hidden tears. (Her right eye was scared.) She felt like someone had torn her heart from her very being hearing those words.
"I wish you happiness with your bride-to-be."
The woman turned to leave, when her wrist was grabed and her body was pulled forward into her master's chest.
"Iri, let one of our last nights together not have tears like so many of our times together have. Let me see that sweet smile of yours."
Iri forced a smile trying to make her master happy, "Maste-"
"Shhh…from now on I would like you to call me by my given name…Atemu."
"Atemu…" Iri said letting to word tingle across her lips, "my true name is Iriko."
"Iriko…meet me at the stables tomorrow morning."
"I'll be there."
The next morning Iriko ran to the stables her heart pounding as her mind returned to last night…the embrace and kind words. She shook her head clearing her mind when she saw Atemu whom had been waiting paiently for her.
"Good morning Iriko."
"Good moring Atemu."
"I can tell you're curious as to why I asked to meet here." Atemu commented with a sly smirk that sent chills up Iriko's back.
"Yes, actually."
"There is an oasis I would like to take you to. And it's less suspious to the guards if we share a horse."
Atemu swung onto a white a stalion and offered his hand to Iriko, when she accepted it he swung her up behind him. The horse started troting then broke into a gallop, causing a squeal to come from Iriko making her hold on to Atemu, which in return made him chuckle.
"How far away is this oasis?"
"Pretty far. No one in the palace knows of it. I guess you can call it my secret hideout."
"Then why do you want to show me?"
"Incase something were to happen this place would be safest."
Iriko smiled, 'He wants me to be safe. What about his feature wife…? Doesn't he want her safe?'
'If only Iriko had royal blood…'
Finally, they came upon the oaios. It was a utopia on earth. The palm trees were filled with coconuts. The morning dew making the leaves shimer. The water source reflected the wonderous beauty that surround it it. A rainbow of flowers grew on almost every bush.
"Beautiful isn't it?" Atemu asked helping Iriko off the milky white stallion.
"Yes, it is…it reminds me of home." Iriko replied.
"Really? Where about in Kitsune Isle did you live?" Atemu inquired seeming quite intrigued.
"The palace. And no, I was not a servant there. I was the heir to the throne. However, on the day I was to leave for Egypt I was kidnapped. My home was destroyed as well as everyone I knew. Then I was sold into slavery and ironically brought to Egypt. That was at least two years ago. With how far away my home is from here, it would take that long to get here by boat and camel. A few weeks ago if I hadn't been kidnapped I would be in the group with all those girls you really don't seem interrested in." Iriko stated.
'She has royal blood! Thank the gods.'
'I haven't even known Atemu for that long…yet I love him. However, I can never be his since he is to be married to someone else. I'll have to watch him from a distance till the day I am set free or death comes.'
"Why didn't you tell me you were of royal blood, it would have saved you from such misery."
"I wouldn't have gotten to know you as well as I do now if I did. Nor would I be able to say that I think …no…I know that my heart and soul belong to you and you alone. You are the reason I can keep living." Stated Iriko
Atemu's eyes widened, then a breathtaking smile came across his lips.
"I use to often pray to the gods to send me someone that wouldn't care what I was and would love me who I was…and here you are standing before me. I love you with every ounce of my heart and soul ever since I first saw you and if possiable that love has grown stronger as I've gotten to know you." Atemu declared.
"What about that woman that is your feature wife?"
"I'll talk to Mother about that. Don't worry. Now let's head back before anyone notices we're gone."
Without another word they headed back to the palace to speak to the queen.
A/n: should there be lemon scence in a feature papyrus or not?
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