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Mana's head drops for the fifth time as she drifts off to sleep, sitting on her throne in the throne room. Shimon hasn't noticed it yet because he is still lecturing. It isn't until she starts snoring when he actually takes notice. A sleep bubble is on her nose as she snores and it pops once he yells out her name. She looks around in alarm before her eyes set on him. "I'm sorry, were you still talking?"

"Indeed I was. It would be wise that you pay more attention to my lectures."

"Sure, sure," Mana says standing up and walking past him. "Excuse me; I have another lesson to attend." Shimon shakes his head as she leaves. If she refuses to listen to his lectures, than he fears that Egypt is in trouble.

Before going to her next lesson, she takes a visit to Atem's room first to see how he is doing at the moment. As she approaches his room, a doctor walks out. "Just the person I'm looking for," says the doctor.

"How is he?" Mana asks.

"The fever has gone down and he is making a lot of progress—a lot quicker than I expected," he explains to her and Mana smiles.

"So he's gonna be alright?"

"Yes but he still needs his rest," he tells her before leaving her alone. She places a hand on her chest and sighs in relief. That's the good news that she's wanted to hear. It's good to know that her husband will be okay although she knows that she will still need to carry on the responsibilities of the palace. She walks inside his room to see him awake and sitting up in bed wearing no top. His head is turned toward the window, a serious expression on his face.

"Hey," she says lightly but loud enough for him to turn his head and give her his attention. She stands at the doorway with her hands behind her back and a smile on her face, happy to see him in better shape. He motions for her to come to him and she obeys and sits at the edge of his bed when she finally reaches him. "I heard you're doing a lot better. Good for you."

"Yes, I feel better. I promise I'll be back on the throne just as soon as—"

"No. There's no need to rush."

"But I thought—" He is interrupted again when she places a finger on his lips.

"I know you're used to ruling but you need your rest. I can take over until you're fully healed. I am queen by the way. Ruling is apart of my responsibility as well." Atem looks at her with surprise. All this time he thought that she would want him to make a fast recovery because she didn't want to rule Egypt by herself. But now he knows that he was wrong. He never expected to hear those words from her though. He is brought out of his thoughts when she waves a hand in front of his face. "You still there?"

"What?"

"I know I'm beautiful but wow, you were staring at me for quite a long time," she says jokingly with a grin and he chuckles.

"I was just thinking that's all."

"Careful. Think too hard and your head will explode," she chuckles.

"Very funny." Suddenly, from the open window, they hear a shriek. Mana shoots up from the bed and looks out the window and her face is filled with horror. Atem looks at her questionably. "Mana, what's going on?"

"Oh. My. Gosh." Atem slowly gets out of bed and makes his way toward the window to see for himself since Mana isn't answering him. What he sees gives him the same shocked expression as Mana. Outside the palace walls, the whole village is engulfed in flames. The thick smoke from the flames rises up into the air making the sky dark. Soldiers are already tending to the flames as they watch. "Who would do something like this?" Mana asks.

"Mana!" Mahad exclaims from the doorway and they both turn around. "We need you now!"

Mana goes toward the door and Atem attempts to follow until Mahad stops him. "My king, you need your rest."

"But I must—"

"Mana will be able to take care of this. Now get some rest." Atem reluctantly stays behind as Mana and Mahad proceed to helping out the people of Egypt.

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Mana and the rest of the priests walk down the streets. Some houses are burnt all the way to the ground while others still stand yet they are not safe to live in. People stand outside their homes crying and mourning the loss of their loved ones and the lives that they've worked so hard to build. Their whole world feels shattered from the attack.

"The damages are terrible," remarks Karim.

"Who could've done this?" asks Isis and Mana wonders the same but keeps quiet. One scene that nearly breaks her down is when she sees a small girl with short black hair and blue eyes kneeling at her demolished home with tears in her eyes.

"Mommy…daddy…" The girl sobs, making Mana drop to her knees, her eyes lowered. She sees so much of herself in the little girl. She remembers back when she was this girl's age and her village was attacked by intruders. Her house went up in flames and her she lost her parents in that fire. That's when she was found by Mahad and brought to the palace. Mahad approaches Mana from behind and kneels down to her at her side.

"Are you alright?" he asks.

"Mahad…why would somebody do something so…horrible?" Not even Mahad could give the answer to that question.

"I don't know. But we will find the person responsible for this and he will pay for what he's done." Mana looks ahead and in the distance she can see a black horse. Its owner has grey spiky hair and tan skin. She looks around to the others and nobody else seems to notice that he is there. When she looks back, he isn't there anymore.

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Mana walks back into Atem's room with sort of a dazed look on her face. The images of the girl continue to fill her head. Her shoulders are sort of hunched over and her mouth is slightly agape. She walks over to the bed and gets in, lying next to Atem who looks at her. "Mana…what's wrong? What did you see?"

"Just hold me…please…" she says in a slight whisper and he wraps his strong arms around her for comfort.

Dream

"Mom? Dad?" a small Mana calls throughout her house. The house is silent yet she can still sense her parents' presence. She sees them in another room and smiles upon seeing them and they return the same expression. As she tries to approach them, flames suddenly shoot up in front of her, blocking her from getting to them. "Mom! Dad!" she yells. She can still see part of their faces and they still smile at her like nothing is wrong. The heat becomes unbearable and she backs up until she is out of the house. Once she leaves, the house collapses and she screams.

"MOM! DAD!"

End Dream

Mana shoots up in bed, panting heavily and a sick feeling overcomes her. She clutches her stomach as she thinks back on that day. It was just like any ordinary day. She was playing with some of the other villagers when the intruders came and started burning everything in their path.

The vision of her running into the burning building and seeing their dead bodies fills her head and she turns her head over to empty her stomach, remembering what everything looked like exactly. She starts sobbing uncontrollably, causing Atem to wake up beside her and he sits up.

"Mana."

"She lost her parents."
"Who?"

"The girl I saw today. It just reminded me so much of my past and—" Tears stream down her eyes and she buries her face into her hands. Atem rubs her arm soothingly, placing his chin on her shoulder as she cries, not knowing what else to do."

Kind of a sad ending to this chapter. Just to warn you guys, the next update will be kind of long. Please review.