DISCLAIMER!!I do not own Assassin's Creed, or any of the characters that participate in the game. However I do own the characters I have created xP
Thanx to; Silent Assassin, Suethe, Gaignun Girl, and Estrella Nuvola, thanx to you all for the nice comments and the support!
CAUTION ALL READERS; Don't be mad at me xP, but as you read this chapter Altair is not introduced in it at all yet, he will however appear in my next chapter so will a little drama n possible bloodshed but please don't let this chapter discourage you from reading future chapters x(. Everything in this chapter just gives you a feel of Amirah's life, but trust me the next chapter will be WAY BETTER x0
I the princess of Jerusalem look from my bedroom window into the distance to my city, no….my father's city. It looks beautiful from the morning sun but looks are deceiving.
"Ah, my lady you are awake at last", Hana my servant says. She has bought with her a tray of fruits for my enjoying this morning. She is in about her early 30's and has been my servant since I arrived at the palace. Her height is 5'4 and here weight about 140 I would say. She has short black hair and deeply tanned skin, her face is round and friendly, and her eyes are Hazel just as mine, which compliment her soft facial features.
"What do you plan to do today my lady" Hana asks with a smile.
"Well…" is all I say before looking around my room. My bedroom is grand indeed; soft golden silk curtains occupy every wall including my window. Now that I look at my window, it's not a window but an entire wall and from this wall/giant window are small steps that lower into a balcony that overlooks the city from a far distance. Light blue drapes hang over the soft gold ones, while darker shades of blue silk curtains hang from the ceiling and various parts of the room. My bed is huge as well, all different shades of gold occupy the color of the sheets which are silk. Hugh dark gold silk veils hang from the poles of my bedpost which are made of solid gold. The veils seem to be shielding my bed. Pillows of all shades of gold occupy the color of my pillows. Upon looking and examining closer, I wonder about the workers who live in the middle and poor district that have done such a wonderful job on making this bed and probably got paid next to nothing.
"My lady?" Hana says questioning me.
"Umm…well I just don't know yet" I say yawning.
"Ok, so shall I gather a bath for my lady right now?
"Yes, and please add lots of bubbles if you don't mind Na Na" I ask her childishly
" Why, Amirah you haven't called me that in years" Hana says smiling and then turns towards the door and exits the room.
After enjoying the warmth of the bath Na Na gathered, I walked into my "dressing room" in nothing but a robe. Upon arriving three servants including Na Na assembled dresses, robes, shemgahs and jewelry of all sorts. I simply browse through the various items.
"Na Na, could you please pick something suitable for me?" I asked
"Sure my lady" she says now browsing
Na Na picked out a lovely dark purple dress with green jade jewelry and instead of picking a dreaded shemgah, she simply picked a purple veil that matched perfectly with my dress. After she had done this and I approved of what she chose, I dismissed the servants from the room except Na Na.
When the servants left I added all the clothing onto my body, Na Na then added the jewelry and was beginning to work on my hair. She placed my hair in a high pony tail, she then added a purple ribbon and a jade butterfly pin to the right side of my hair to keep my bang from falling into my face. Then she added my eye liner and some blush around my cheeks and then some lip paint. Lastly she placed the veil upon my face so that only my eyes are shown.
"Thank you Na Na, I'm sorry that I ask of much sometimes" I tell her as I slip on my flat purple shoes
"Amirah there is no need to apologize, it is my job to treat you like…." Na Na stops suddenly
"Yes continue Na Na, like a doll.
"Not at all Amirah, don't think like that"
"Hmm….." is all I say before heading towards the door and exiting.
Upon reaching the main hall of the first floor, I walk into the west wing's garden to see my father Abdel Malik and his advisor Hadi Saif chatting with a Templar. "How I hate the Templar's and their useless ideology" I say to myself. Hadi then spots me first and bows then the Templar seeing Hadi do this bows as well, my father then turns and sees me and says,
"Ah my daughter, how have you been this morning?"
"Fine, papa" I say almost as if I am a doll.
"Well….that is good to know, but what is it that you want or need, because I am extremely busy as of now."
"Well papa, I came to ask you may I go to the city to visit some friends?" I ask as properly as I could.
"Yes you may" Is all his says with a wave of his hand shoeing me as if I were a fly.
"But some palace guards will accompany you, and I'll make sure they carry you in a Hammock (think of those carrying bed thingys) it far to hot out here to be walking" Is all my father says before returning to his conversation.
"Thank you papa" I say smiling. I then turn to leave only to hear Hadi's voice behind me say,
"O my dear lady, please stay out of trouble, you wouldn't want anything to happen to you like last time" he says with an evil smirk. My father then stops his conversation with the Templar and adds
"I'm doubling the number of guards that accompany you" Is all he says. I then turn and exit the garden.
I have just left the palace with ten of my father's guards, they now carry me in a hammock (think of those carry bed thingys). Five guards are on each side of the hammock. I look at the details of the hammock and notice that it is laced with silk curtains of every color to shield me from bugs and the sight of the city's urchins my father calls them but they are simply my people. As notice more detail of the hammock pillows of all shapes and sizes made of velvet accompany me on this trip. Looking at the details of such things as this hammock motivates me to provide for my people and make sure they can live lavish lives that I myself have experienced throughout these eleven years as being princess. As I am lost in thought a guard that has been fanning me has interrupted my thought
"My lady, which part of the city would you like to visit today?
"Take me to Mas'ouda's home, so she may accompany me"
"Yes my lady, right away" he says
Within twenty minutes the guards and I are approaching Mas'ouda's home. (Mas'ouda's father is the merchant King of Jerusalem, he is considered to be the wealthiest man in Jerusalem besides my father but he has not always been blessed with such circumstances. Her father comes from a working middle class family just as I and my father have. But as for her mother, I do not know) In the distance I see her mother Mrs. Raje in the garden with two of her servants tending to the needs of her garden. She then stops and looks at what seems to be a small army of palace guards approaching her home. Mrs. Raje then stops knowing that it is I that have come to see her daughter, approaches the hammock before I had a chance to exit and says
"Ah Amirah when have you started traveling in style such as this?" Mrs. Raje says with a grin.
"Since today" I say smiling back and then I add "This is what my father preferred" I say as I step out of he hammock
"Ha, your father can be so extravagant when he wants to be, can't he"
"Yes…, but is Mas'ouda home today?" I ask her now tired of our conversation.
"Yes, she is in her room, locked away reading books from those foreign lands" her mother says a little disgusted. "Shall one of my servants summon her for you my lady" she adds
"No, that is quite alright Mrs. Raje, I have something I want to discuss with her" I say now turning away and heading for the door of her home to venture to Mas'ouda's room.
Moments later I arrived at Mas'ouda's bedroom door. I then knock and wait for her reply.
"What is it mother?" Mas'ouda says with an annoyed tone
I don't respond and enter the room without permission. As I enter the room, I see Mas'ouda laying on her bed dressed in a pretty blue linen disdasha, reading a book with strange lettering.
"Hello Mas (nickname for mas'ouda I made up b/c I got tired of typing her name lol) I say cheerfully while closing her bedroom door.
Mas then stops reading and looks at me smiling,
"Hey Rah (nickname for Amirah) she says while removing herself from her bed and advancing towards me and embracing me with a warm friendly hug. She then motions for me to sit at a table located in the middle for her room which is occupied with trays of fruits and breads.
"What brings you here so early Rah?" Mas says now chewing on a piece of melon
"To rid myself of that forsaken palace, I swear on my mother that place transforms me into a doll"
"Hmm…..that may be so Rah but you will never forget where you came from and what you stand for.
"Yes….I know that is for certain.