(Caffinated_Author: I'm trying to make this sound fancy and old timey so I'm not doing that many contractions in the book)

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"HARA!"

A young pharaoh's screams could be heard throughout the castle just as the sun was rising.

Pharaoh Badru is a 17-year old king of Ancient Egypt. He had recently taken over the throne as the former king killed himself after murdering Badru's mother. Badru had no memory of either of his parents as he was raised by his older cousin, Chigaru who was three years older than him. Although the king had considered him more as a father figure than a cousin. (a/n: 1)

"Sweet mother of Ra Badru," Came a voice from his doorway. He had just woken up and, upon hearing the ear-piercing scream, ran across the hallway to meet the young king, "What in the name of Horus was that?"

"It was nothing Chigaru, just a nightmare that's all" Badru responded

Chigaru was also Badru's advisor in the court. After all, if you were a young ruler of a kingdom who had experienced nothing but trauma, you would also want someone who has always there for you and knows what is best for everyone

"Are you sure?"

"..."

Chigaru sighed heavily and left to go into the throne room. After all, the life of a member of the King's court was quite busy. The nightmares were a common event, occurring almost on a daily basis.

"If you need anything, I'll be in the throne room waiting for you"

TIME SKIP BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE AND HE JUST DID HIS REGULAR MORNING SCHEDULE

The king was now inside the throne room just gazing into the throne, wishing it could just fall and break apart from existence. To some the throne symbolizes the power of the dignitary (a/n: 2) who sits on it while others think of it as something that was conferred to the king with that power. To Baru, it was a symbol of corruption and deception. Wars were being waged by people with this power around him. Kings before Badru abused their power. His own father had slaughtered his remaining family members due to blind rage. Even his personal servant had his life taken away when Badru was in this power.

Chigaru noticed his cousin's behaviour and decided to gently remind him it was time for the meeting with the holy Roman emperor.

The pharaoh nightmares used to be memories of his father killing Badru's uncle and mother, then attacking Badru. Chigaru had fought with the king and brought the young prince to safety. When the former king had realized his sins. He killed himself out of guilt. Both Chigaru and Badru did not leave the scene without scars. Chigaru had marks all over his body from getting slashed at. Badru did not have as many scars, but he did receive the most brutal one. His father had tried to cast a spell on him that would have shattered Badru's soul into pieces, but he escaped (a/n: 3). Badru had been hit twice, the first being on his right cheek which was not that damaged. The major scar was on his left eye which extended to almost half of his face.

Although, recently his nightmares were on a different memory

"You're still thinking about him, aren't you?" Chigaru questioned, "I know it has been hard on you, but don't you think it's time to start letting him go? I'm not saying you should be completely over him, I'm saying the incident was not your fault and the events that led up to it should be overlooked."

"You should know damn well I looked at him as more than a servant." Badru reacted quite defensively whilst talking.

"I know Badru, I know" Chigaru spoke. "Harakhty was also a good friend of mine and his death was brutal, but it has been over a decade. Has the pain not subsided even a bit?"

"I think it has only increased over the years since he left." The young ruler muttered. Chigaru knew the real reason why his cousin's pain was worsening.

Badru had a crush on Harakhty and after a faithful incident of the two bumping into each other when they were 5, the pair instantly hit it off and became the best of friends. During this time, the prince had developed a massive crush around the young servant, and even after 10 years, those feelings had not faded in the slightest.

Chigaru was well aware of this and decided not to pursue the matter a bit more, in hopes of keeping the 17 year-old's sanity. (a/n: 4)

ANOTHER TIME SKIP BECAUSE THEY LITERALLY JUST DID THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULE, NOTHING IMPORTANT TO THE STORY

"Another day closer to the day I get to see you again Hara" Badru thought out loud. With that, the crown of Egypt fell asleep with a certain red-stain metal glittering in the moonlight as a permanent reminder of Harakhty's death.

(a/n: 1) - yes I know it's depressing and kinda cliche that the protagonist of a book/show/series has a shitty childhood but is the most optimistic person in the book/series/show. There is a bigger meaning to his childhood which will be explained in later chapters. I didn't just give him a depressing backstory because it's in the protagonist rulebook, it actually ties in with the plot.

(a/n: 2) dignitary means that the person in the rank is important because it's such a high rank. This book takes place in the ancient times, so more complicated words are coming in the later chapters.

(a/n: 3) With protagonist powers.

(a/n: 4) Chigaru does NOT have a crush on Badru. Even though it was very legal back then and it's even included in their religion, I'm trying to stay away from incest as mush as possible in this book because it is the 21st century and I don't support it at all. Though I would like to point out the Ancient Egyptians did it for religious reasons and something about trying to make their bloodline pure or things like that, meanwhile in the 21st century, it's just messed up. The only incest that's going to be included in the book are the gods and goddess because I'm not going to rewrite a fucking religon just because it has something I don't agree with.