Alexander lay on his bed, thinking stuff through over in his head. It had been three hours since Elizabeth had yelled at him and he couldn't get it out of his head. He growled and rolled over and put his head in his pillow. He didn't want her to be mad at him anymore. Hang on…she's been gone for three hours… Alexander shoot up from his bed and ran to the window. Where could she be? When he couldn't see her out his window he ran out of his room, and down the hallways of the palace.

Alexander looked in the entire palace and there was no sign of Elizabeth. At that point Alexander was starting to panic; if he didn't find her soon then he was going to send a search part out to find her. He didn't care if that was going to reveal that he was in love with her or not, he just wanted her back in his arms.

Alexander ran outside and to the tree where Elizabeth was last spotted. She wasn't there either. He then decided to the little hide out that he had found when he was a kid, maybe Elizabeth had found that place as well. He crawled into the place, so no one could see him, but instead of Elizabeth he found his sister.

'What are you doing here?' Virgina turned around and looked at Alexander then looked away.

'You think you are the only one that knew about this spot. If you're looking for Elizabeth she isn't here,'

'Then do you know where she is?' He said with panic starting to grow in his voice. Virgina turned around once again and looked at her brother in the eyes. She could see the fear and panic I his eyes, and if she looked closely she could see the tears that threatened to fall out of his eyes. She sighed and walked over to her brother.

'I don't know where she is. But she'll come back when she's ready.' She placed her hands on his shoulders, trying to comfort him a little but it wasn't working.

'What if she doesn't come back!? What if….what if I lose her forever… I wouldn't even be able to tell her how I really felt…I just want her in my arms again.' At that point Alexander lost all control of his tears and they feel down his face like rivers and he cried into Virgina's chest. She ran her fingers through his hair and just let him cry. He had so much on his mind right now that Virgina thought it was best that he cried himself to sleep.

The next day Alexander woke up in his own bed. How did I get in here? The last thing I remember was…ELIZABETH! He rose from bed so fast that he knocked off the blankets as well. He ran into the servant's quarters to see if Elizabeth was there but she still wasn't there. He started to breath hard and ran out to the stable. He got on his horse and started to ride out of the palace. If any of the gods can hear me, please, help me to find Elizabeth. Hathor, Ra, Osiris anyone…please just help me!

He rode for half the day and now Khpei was at the top of the sky. There had been no sign of Elizabeth in the desert as well. Alexander knew he was running out of time to try and find Elizabeth for if she didn't get any food or water in three days, she would die.

Alexander stopped off at a near by oasis to rest when he saw some people he had never seen before. He threw on the hood of his cloak, which he had on the whole time, so that in case they were from Egypt they wouldn't recognise him. As the two strangers approached Alexander hid his face more. He wouldn't let himself get caught and let Elizabeth die out here, if she were out here. The two strangers stopped at the oasis and started to drink from its water supply. They both looked up at the same time, one of them had honey brown eyes while the other one had blue.

'Hey Seth, look who we hav 'ere.' The honey eyed boy said.

'Jou shut up! Sorry about him, he's a bit weird. I'm Seth and tis is Jou,' Seth said while pointing at both himself and Jou. 'And you are?'

'Al…' Should I tell these guys my real name or keep that a secret. Nah I'll just keep it a secret for now. 'Chris. Nice to meet you.' Jou walked up to Alexander, pulled him up off the ground and started to walk around him.

'Ey, why do ya hav dis thin ova ya head?' Jou said while trying to lift off the hood. Alexander slapped his hand away.

'Pardon?'

'You will have to excuse Jou; he talks like that all the time. I've tried to get it out of him but it is stuck in there,' Seth said as he pulled Jou away from Alexander. 'Now what he said is why are you wearing a hood over your head?'

'Yeah, dat's what I said.' Alexander blinked. How can he understand him?

'I'm wearing the hood over my head so I wont get sunburnt. Now may I ask you both a question?'

'Yeah, wat'da need?' Alexander sighed. I'm going to have to get used to that, at least I understood "yeah".

'I would like to know if you had seen a girl around about 16 years of age with curly brown hair?' Alexander's eyes held the same desperation that was in them when he first started to look for Elizabeth.

'Ey Seth, ain't dat da girl we saw in da next town ova?' Jou asked while turning to Seth.

'Yes it was. If you keep following this path it should lead you to the next town. Unless you would like us to come with you, Chris.'

'What and go back dere! I don't think so!' Jou crossed his arms over his chest and pouted. Seth then leaned down and whispered something in Jou's ear, which made him blush. 'Fine, but only cause ya cute!'

'Was he talking about me or you?' Alexander asked while blinking. What kind of people are these?

'He was talking about me don't worry. Now shall we go then?' Alexander shook his head.

'Thanks but no thanks. I'd rather safe her myself. I have to apologise about something she heard me say.' Alexander then looked down; he hated to think that something bad was happening to Elizabeth.

'Well tuffy, we're comin,' Alexander looked up. Did he just say tuffy Jou then walked up to Alexander and put his arm around his shoulders. 'Weather ya like it or not. So we walkin?'

'Well I have my horse, but I don't think all of us are going to fit on hi…'

'Ya hav a horse!' Jou ran over to Alexander's horse and had a look at him. 'What his name?'

'Atemu. The girl I am going to safe named him for me. He isn't that old.' Alexander walked up to his horse and petted his mane. I hope Atemu can handle just one more person.

'Well come on Seth,' Jou hopped on Atemu. 'Ya want ta ride with me?'

'No Jou. I think you should let Chris ride his horse and we will walk. I don't even think you know how to ride a horse, because what if he just all of a sudden went nuts and started to take off.' Jou grumbled.

'Fine but ya owe me one now!' Alexander shook his head and climbed onto Atemu. The three of them then started off to the next town.

They had almost arrived at the next town; Jou and Seth were now on Atemu, when Alexander spotted something off into the distance. Alexander squinted his to get a better look, but when he realised whom it was he wanted to turn around and run. He couldn't believe that she was here.

'Hey guys, is there another way to the city that will make us get there quicker?' Alexander said with a little bit of desperation in his voice. Jou looked down at him.

'Nah, dis is da only way dere. Why?'

'Uh…I just really wanted to save my friend before it was too late. To be honest, I love her too much.' Alexander blushed.

'Oh so that's the reason. I thought it was because of the Princess up there. So what did you say to your friend to make her angry at you?' Seth asked, getting a little into the conversation. I'm going to prove that you aren't who you are saying you are.

'Oh, don't worry. It's pretty personal.' Jou then whacked Seth in the back of the head.

'You're an idiot, Seth. Why would ya ask somethin like dat?' Seth rubbed the back of his head.

'Like what? And oww.'

'Like sayin dat Chris 'ere wanted to run away from da princess.' Jou kissed Seth's head. Alexander sighed. Im going to get caught in a minute. If I don't say something soon I'm going to have to explain to them why I am doing this.

'I'm just saying that because the girl he wants to save said that she worked for the Prince in the next town over, the same way Chris had come from.'

'Yeah and dat doesn't mean dat he's dere prince! Dere princes name is Alexander not Chris.'

Crap been caught out already. Seth must have placed all the pieces of the puzzle together already. Well if they ask then I will have to tell them the truth. As they moved closer to the village Alexander could see every single detail, even before they were about half a kilometre away. From what he saw, he started to miss his own home. The village had houses blown to bits and some of them looked like they weren't even finished to begin with.

'Hey Seth. Why do some of these houses look like they were never finished?'

'Dat's cause they weren't.'

'Puppy, he was talking to me. But Jou is right. Most of the people living in this village never had enough money to finish their houses. There's only about a minority that lives in fully finished houses, but majority of people live in either one housed rooms or just don't have anything over their head for when the rains come,'

'How come they never asked for help from the next villages or something?' Alexander asked. Everything that Seth had just told him just didn't make sense. Normally the town King would have asked for help if they needed it, so why didn't this town?

'It was something that happened a very long time ago. No one really knows why anymore, the wise tell went out when the last of the first town folk died.' Seth said as the started to walk through the village, having arrived in the village a few minutes earlier. Alexander looked around the city, and saw that some people didn't even have a house to live in. Gee if I were the king in this village I would make sure everyone had a house to live in.

'Did you guys ever live here?'

'Nah, I lived in da one where Prince Alexander and his family lives, but den I moved to some other one. I gotta say, dat Alexander is really cute.' Alexander blushed. Great I found a boy that thinks I'm cute. Can this day get any weirder?

As they arrived to the middle of the village, they heard loud noises come from the very centre. All three of them went to were the noise was coming from and saw that there was a big fight. Alexander pushed his way through to have a closer look at who was fighting, but when he got there he got an even bigger surprise.

'ELIZABETH!'