Hi, it's Bunny again. I'm terribly sorry I have been gone for a week or so, school is hard and they gave me a crap load of homework...sorry for swearing. So to make it up for you readers, I'll post two chapters! BTW, Nadilah is now 13 years old and Karima and Amunet is 12 years old in this chappie.

Nadilah and Karima looked at their friend in worry, it has been a few moons since her 'mom' was gone, she started living with them but she wasn't hyperactive anymore, she lost her cheerfulness, stubbornness and determination. Her dull and lifeless eyes would just stare at the wall, true she would eat a little but she didn't sleep because she could have nightmares about her 'mom's death so now she has dark bags under her eyes.

'I wanted to tell you the truth."

"Stop it." She barely whispered

'I'm not your mother.'

"Stop it." She said in her normal hoarse voice

'I found you in the river Nile'

"STOP IT!" she yelled as she covered both of her ears and shook her head as tears ran down,

"Amunet please calm down!" Karima said shaking her friend's shoulders; Amunet shook her head even more

"NO! LET GO!" she screamed as struggled

"MOM!" Amunet screamed, suddenly

SLAP!

"Stop it Amunet! You're not acting like yourself; get over your mom's death already! Everyone's someone special dies! Don't act like you're the main character of the tragedy!" Nadilah yelled, Karima's eyes widen as Nadilah gasped and panted as if it took all her energy to slap Amunet and it did, it took all her sheer force not to hit her but she did.

"I had a friend that no one knew, not even you or Karima or mom and dad. He was kind, sweet and treated me like I was someone important, we met when we were 3 and we played in secret since then and I fell for him. He was someone I'd never forget but…he died by the hand of his OWN FATHER!...He saw us and tried to kill us but he protected me and…was slaughtered right before my eyes!" she yelled as her voice choked ever so often, she ran out as tears started gilding down her cheeks

"Sister!" Karima yelled but Nadilah didn't stop until she arrived in the special place that only Adjo and she knew, her legs gave out as she fell onto the rocky ground; even though it scrapped her knees and small rocks needled her skin. She stared at the pond in front of her as she placed her head on her knees as she remembered that horrible day flashing before her eyes.

FLASHBACK

"You can't catch me!" an 8 year old Nadilah called out towards a boy running behind her; he had black hair and deep brown eyes with tanned skin.

"I can!" he called back as he tackled her and tickled her

"Hahaha! No! Heeehhhh! Stop!" she managed to gasp between giggles

"Say I'm better then you at everything"

"Never." She choked out

"Then I'll keep tickling you." He said as he kept tickling

"Okay! Okay! I give! Hahahahaha! You're best at everything then me, Adjo" (1) he stopped, Nadilah gave a sigh of relief as they got up

"No fair, you tickled me so I could say it." Nadilah pouted, Adjo laughed

"Sorry." Nadilah blushed as he laughed for it sounded music to her ears, he pinched both of her cheeks

"You should smile more often or your pretty face will look like an old hag scowling."

"Pretty?!" Nadilah half yelled, half said as her face burned up hotter than the sun itself

"Wait…Old hag?!" she yelled as her brain processed everything, he laughed as Nadilah started chasing him in anger. He stopped because he bumped into someone who was rather tall, Adjo's widen as his warm brown eyes met cold ones

"Where were you Adjo?"

"I-I-I"

"Shut up brat!" he yelled as he slapped Adjo across his face and left a red hand imprint, Nadilah stepped in front of him with her arms spread out to protect him

"Oh, what is a lovely girl like you doing here?" his father asked

"Leave Adjo alone!" she shouted with her face kept in solid determination

"Well…then you're going down with HIM!" he said as he took out a knife from his turban, Nadilah's mouth was frozen open with a scream stuck on her throat as she tried to make a run for it but her feet was stuck on the ground like there was weight on her feet when a hand grabbed her and dragged her. Adjo was holding on her hand and ran as Nadilah struggled to run along with him but her dress made it difficult, she could have blushed when Adjo held her hand but instead the colors from face was drained as she knew a psychopath person also known as Adjo's father was chasing them while waving the knife in the air as if slashing the thin air. They ran through the alleyways, not knowing where to go for their minds were clouded with fear. They ran as fast as their tiny legs could take them but Adjo's father was catching up, they soon rounded up the corner to face a dead end. They turned around knowing Adjo's father could be here any moment when they saw a few cardboard boxes on their left and a lot of empty trash cans (pretend they exist) on their right, Nadilah hid in the boxes while Adjo hid behind the trash, they both hoped that he thought they ran away or escaped but alas their father started slashing the boxes near Nadilah. Nadilah and Adjo's eyes met as she looked at him with fear, he suddenly got out from behind the trash

"You wanted me? Here I am." He said with solid determination in his eyes,

"No." Nadilah whispered as Adjo's father neared him with the knife raised towards him, Adjo just stood there. Nadilah wanted to scream but the look in his eyes stopped her from doing so, suddenly the knife was plunged into his stomach. His eyes widen in pain as blood dripped out of his stomach and mouth, his father repeatedly stabbed him over and over, Nadilah gasped. He fell to the floor and slowly turned his head towards her. He looked at her one last time and gave a ghost of a smile and mouthed

'I love you'

His eyes lost his spark as his head completed fell to the side, blood dripped from his mouth but there was the smile Nadilah always wanted to see on his face and he looked peaceful. Silent, hot tears streamed from her eyes to her face as she covered her mouth to muffle her sobs, Adjo's father looked at his son's dead body and turned to leave but what Nadilah didn't see was a tear running down his cheek. After a while, she slowly crawled out of the box and towards him. She tried to get up but plopped back to the ground as she just stared at him, few tears fell

"I am sorry" she whispered, she had flashbacks when she first met him

"I am sorry." Her hoarse voice mumbled as she remember he'd do anything to please her even though it was difficult and now, she lost him and she let it happen.

"I am sorry!" she shouted as her head cocked up to the havens above and the tears kept falling like hailstorm, her cheeks turned rosy and her hands were clenched into fists. She cried as she placed her head on his chest and her hands balled into fists as she held onto his clothes, soon it rained from above – which was rare in Egypt – the heaven was crying for her loss. She promised to avenge Adjo.

END OF FLASHBACK

Nadilah whimpered as she curled up into a ball and slept there as she heard her family shouting her name, faintly

That's it for this chappie, I feel so bad for Nadilah! :'( But I hope you like how my story is progressing so far.
Please review!

Signing out for a moment,
Bunny