"I want to know where this child came from at once!"
That was what he had ordered the servants. Find the missing mother of the child. Atem sat in his throne, drumming his nails impatiently on the armrest.
Said child was crawling around at his feet, babbling about. It was surely lively for one. It stopped doing so however when a woman walked in, bowing before the pharaoh.
"Pharaoh, should I attend your knees?"
The young king looked up, not even noticing the scratches he had earned of when he had to save the child. With a permitting nod, the healer set to work. He watched as the baby sat next to his two high priests, who were playing senet.
"Pa!" The child let out a short, high-pitched shriek as he pointed at something in the sky. It was the pharaoh's falcon! Atem dismissed the healer and got up, holding his arm up for the message bird to deliver him the note he returned. However the falcon did not land on the pharaoh's arm, instead, it flew all the way to the young newcomer.
The child gasped at the bird, and the bird chirped back, as if mimicking the child.
The king whistled, and the bird looked up. It flew of to sit on its master's arm at last, watching as Atem got the pouch from its leg. It got a treat and hopped onto the small man's shoulder, watching everyone else in the room with a nasty glare.
"Shimon has send news!" Atem read, "He has been able to convince the leader of our enemies to try out a treaty. They shall be our allies from now on. We will not force them to believe in our gods, and we shall not go to lengths as to enslave them, rather to provide them work with a fair payment such as bronze and copper coins and some food. Seems reasonable…"
Atem let the bird off his shoulder and onto the back of his throne, it's favorite spot After the pharaoh's hair.
Seth rolled his eyes and pulled his lips. He was going to say something, when he noticed the little hand moving the pieces on the board. "Hey!" He scolded the child brutely. Atem growled at the priest as he moved over to pick up the child. Said baby seemed to be a bit tired, and snuggled into the small, but fierce king's arms, starting to give off a glow as he held the puzzle.
The pharaoh and priests stared in awe as the puzzle started to glow as well, the child suddenly evaporating into small, golden lights.
Yugi yawned as he sat up and looked around. Grampa just got inside… the house…. Wait… He wanted to be held and made a whining sound. Plump arms picked him up, and he snuggled back into them as he was driven to sleep. Something dropped out of his tiny hand, and somewhere in the past, an ancient pharaoh and his priests were freaking out too much to notice a white stone was missing from their board.
"Could it really be? The gods send us a… A child?" Atem pondered. Seth and Mahaad watched quietly. It was possible…
"But why?" Mahaad questioned.
"You doubt the pharaoh's judgement!?" Seth snapped.
"N-No! I'm sorry my pharaoh!" Mahaad bowed his head. Atem dismissed them.
He wondered about this child. This… God baby even. "Perhaps it's a sign sire, to start thinking about an heir… he did look very much like yourself…"
"Hmm… perhaps," He considered Seth's suggestion. The other priest held his head bowed, but the pharaoh quickly patted head. "Mahaad, I entrust you with this task. Find me a queen. I do not care how many you need to look for, I am sure you shall find the right one."
"Yes Sire!" Mahaad bowed against the floor before taking off, setting to work at once.
"... Play a game?" Atem picked up the senet-sticks and shook them around. They clattered in his hands and Seth watched them nervously. "I do believe i should check up on lighting the candles in the shrine," He said before taking off. Atem sighed. He could never get a quiet moment with his cousin, and if he tried to make up after a fight… Seth always ran away.
Atem sat bored in his throne again, thinking about the child. His bird chirped at him and he sighed. He better got to write a letter back to Shimon. But he could let his bird rest for now. The healer once more attended to his knees and he fell away to sleep in his throne.
Yugi was two when grampa got back his old baby toys from the attic. Not that Yugi remembered much of them, but he looked around and picked out a peculiar golden-colored, rectangle box. There was a weird sign on it, but Yugi liked the surface of the sign reflecting close objects, and the smooth surface was calming.
Yugi was playing around with the puzzle pieces as his mom was cooking in the kitchen.
"Pawua!" He still garbled, but had become more vocal. Yugi was trying, but his development on speech was not going that fluently…
Perhaps being amongst some of his age would help him on his way, the doctor had said.
Yugi watched as Joey was gnawing on a candy stick, and Seto looked enviously at the ball next to Yugi. Yugi stared at it for a moment before rolling the ball over with a smile. He expected the other to roll the ball back, but Seto grabbed the ball and threw it against Joey's head instead. "Play with the ball!" Seto demanded. He was the oldest of them. Joey looked up and threw the ball back, glaring. "That pain!"
Seto snickered as he watched Yugi getting up to wobble over to Joey, looking concerned. The blond toddler glared at Yugi and pushed him over. Yugi started crying, and Seto quickly got over to make sure Yugi was ok. Joey looked away angrily and fixed his attention to the puzzle Yugi had been playing with. He destroyed whatever pieces that were linked ad stole one of Yugi's puzzle pieces, putting it in his pockets before running of to the kitchen.
Seto desperately tried to calm Yugi so he rolled over the ball to the younger very softly. Yugi looked up and rolled it back, giggling bubbly as it returned. Joey returned with his candy stick all gone, and kicked the ball away as it was passing over to Yugi. However he tripped, and fell face first on the floor. Yugi gasped and called for his mother quickly. "Mama! Mama!"
Ms Mutou seemed surprised when she heard the small voice and quickly tended to Joey. She petted Joey's head, trying to comfort the child. Yugi blinked, watching as his mother tended the other child.
He looked at where Joey had fallen and picked up a puzzle piece. Suddenly, Yugi got up and went to grab another puzzle box. He nearly dragged it into the kitchen, Seto helping him along the way, before giving it to Joey. Joey seemed happy with it, so now they were all friends again!
Yugi yawned, as he lied in his bed. He dreamed of a place… He did not remember the dream when he woke up, however he was satisfyingly happy about something.