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Prologue

Welcome friend, the tales held within these pages follows the stories of four Egyptian teenage girls whose destinies are entwined to tightly that if you saw their threads of fate it would seem like a intricately woven carpet.
These girls have the power to change the worlds destiny to either a world of chaos or one of peace and although their power is dangerous the power of their hearts is even greater. We must simply have faith that they will choose their paths wisely.
And so, without anymore stalling these Ancient Tales will begin….

Chapter One:
Friends and Favours

Our story begins at the crack of dawn, as the sun rises over Egypt we can see her people arise on this festive day, for this day, is the day the new Pharaoh is to be crowned. Everyone in the kingdom believes that their beloved Prince Atem will make a kind and just king.

The first of the four we can find getting ready for a busy day at the market, her stall was to be visited by a palace worker who would be taking a basket of fresh fruit and a small bag of dried meats back with them as they did every week. This girl had a light brown colour in her hair and oddly crystal blue eyes which was odd for this particular part of the world. This girls younger sister who was a compleat contrast to her sister with her dark hair and eyes is helping her but, as per usual, all she is doing is creating strife…

"Panya! Watch out for the….!" Meskhenet trailed off as she watched her 10 year old sister trip on the basket of fruit for the palace worker and fall flat on her face dropping the fabric she had been carrying which had taken Meskhenet a long time to obtain. Meskhenet sighed, she'd been hoping to sell the fabric for a high price and now that it was covered with the sand it was completely unsellable, the dust would have gotten right into the weave and she would have to spend all night washing it out. She walked over to Panya, helping her up she began brushing the sand off her in an attempt to make her look at least slightly presentable with her hair tangled beyond belief it was hard enough, all Meskhenet could do was put it up in a bun and hope it stayed that way.
"I'm sorry sister…" Panya said softly looking up at her older sister her big brown eyes moist with coming tears, "I didn't mean to ruin your lovely fabric…." She told her as her lip trembled, this caused Meskhenet to sigh again, she patted the girls head in reassurance before picking the fabric up, it was a beautiful piece, royal blue with gold weaving, it would have fetched a large price but now she saw it she realised it would take much more than a nights work, the fabric had horse manure all over it now and would take days to clean and air, perhaps weeks.
"Oh Ra….This is going to take forever…" She muttered under her breath so Panya didn't hear, the other vendors were chuckling at her misfortune, they were never very nice to Meskhenet or Panya, they believed the girls didn't have what it took to be proper hagglers. Panya tugged at her sisters dark brown skirts to get her attention.
"Sister, why don't you go get another? You said it was easy didn't you?" The small and innocent girl asked not realising what she asked entailed, though, Meskhenet considered it, they did need the money after all. She nodded to her sister and told her to help her gather their things for the place worker to take with them while they went to find someone to watch the stall after she went to get another fabric sheet.

They left that market square and walked to a small harem that was near the palace, this was where Meskhenet was hoping to find an old friend whom worked there, or so she'd been told by a mutual friend of theirs, hopefully this friend wouldn't be too busy with her work to help out. As they reached the building the owner appeared as he threw a guy out yelling at him angrily about paying up front.
Meskhenet was about to ask him about her friend but a shout from above her made her stop.
"MESKHENET!!!!!!" A brown haired girl with olive eyes who was leaning out a second story window had screeched joyfully, "I'll be right down!!!" She yelled down before vanishing from the window, Meskhenet laughed slightly it seemed her friend hadn't changed much at all by her loud outburst. A few moments later the tall girl from Meskhenet's childhood came rushing out of the building and pulled her into a spine crushing hug.
"Omorose! I need to breath!!" She said with difficulty as Panya watched in confusion, she had never met Omorose before but she could tell her sister knew her well. Omorose released Meskhenet laughing, she was obviously at least slightly tipsy but it would have to do and was to be expected.
"Sorry Meskhenet, I'm just so happy to see you! How long has it been?" She said putting a finger to her chin as she thought on the answer to her own question, as she thought Meskhenet could not help but sigh and shake her head, she had been right in thinking that Omorose had not changed much.
"It's been ten years, Panya was only just born…" She told her friend as she brought Panya to stand in front of her, the girl smiled cutely up at Omorose who immediately squealed and pinched Panya's cheek exclaiming on how adorable the child was.
"Wow, it has too…Do you see the others around much?" She asked absentmindedly after a moment while she waved to a passing Royal Guard who was obviously a regular as he waved right back at her.
"I see Bast once a week, she and Sanura work at the Palace." Meskhenet replied ignoring Omorose's flirtatious nature and sticking to the conversation at hand. Meskhenet's words seemed to have made their way through Omorose's shield and gone straight through to her heart and memories as her attention immediately centred back on her friend.
"Of all the luck!" She said placing a hand on her hip, "how are they?" She added in a softer tone. Meskhenet smiled and thought of the best way to answer the question.
"Sanura is fine, paranoid and as happy as always…" She told the taller girl who nodded and smirked as she recalled all of the small jokes she always played on Sanura when they were children.
"What about Bast?" She asked after realising Meskhenet was hesitating to speak about their other old friend.
"Well," She began, "Bast…is Bast. Stubborn, unnaturally quiet and determined to stay alive…" She said shrugging not knowing how else to explain their friend's personality, but it made Omorose smile in any case.
"At least she's ok…" She said quietly and Meskhenet knew that she was referring to the last time they were all together, to the accident. "So," Omorose said abruptly changing the painful subject, "what brings you here?" She asked finally getting to the point, she looked rather formidable with her unusually tall stature and her arms folded and although Meskhenet wasn't all that much shorter than Omorose she couldn't help but feel slightly intimidated by her.
"Well…uh…I need a favour…" She said smiling hopefully at her friend who just raised an eyebrow and waited for Meskhenet to continue. "I need to go out for a few hours but I can't take Panya with me and someone needs to watch her and the stall we have in the market." She said quickly and then waited for a silent Omorose to answer.

"Lemme get this straight…" Omorose said now both hands on her hips, "YOU want ME to baby-sit your adorable little sister and watch your stall in the market while you 'go out'?" She asked suspicion rampant on her face and Meskhenet nodded mutely while she inwardly prayed to Ra that Omorose would accept her request. "Ok fine, but I just have one question…" She said holding up a finger to a relieved Meskhenet who nodded slightly worried now as Omorose's 'one question' could sometimes be impossible to answer. "How did you know I work here?" She asked, the suspicion that had left her face only moments before had returned and she now leaned closer to Meskhenet in an attempt to scare her.
"Oh," Meskhenet said blankly not scared in the least, "Bast told me she'd seen you working here a few times." She said looking down the packed street toward the Palace.
"WHAT!? Why didn't she stop by?!" Omorose queried sounding slightly hurt, Meskhenet shrugged noncommittally.
"Its Bast, she probably doesn't want to interfere with your life or something…" She said simply knowing that the two had not left each others company on good terms, she looked back at Omorose to find her looking at the ground.
"I regret what I said back then…it was…childish of me…and…I miss that feeling…it hasn't returned since…" She said guiltily, Meskhenet nodded understanding.
"Yeah…mine too…but you should tell her that…not me…" She said forcing a smile on encouragement.

Panya, who'd been very good so far, had begun to fidget and this brought both girls back to the present, Omorose ruffled the child's hair.
"We'd better get a move on so your sister can be on her way." She said to the child cheerfully before rushing inside to have an argument with the owner of the harem who did not want her to go anywhere in case a customer came, but, as Omorose was intent on going he had no chance on winning and was forced to close as all his other girls had gone out to see the new Pharaoh's first appearance which would be in a few hours time. Omorose lead them to the marketplace and then let Meskhenet show her where the stall she was to watch was, after they had set up the goods again and Omorose promising repeatedly to keep an eagle eye on Panya, Meskhenet was finally ready to go and was literally pushed out of her own stall by Panya and Omorose who had decided that it was definitely time for her to go.
"One more thing!" She said turning to Omorose and placing her hands on the other girl's shoulders to get her full attention. "The basket of fruit and the bag of dried meats is for the Palace, someone from there will come to pick it up soon…the money has already been haggled so don't ask for any more…got it?" She said seriously and Omorose saluted comically making Panya laugh.
"Yes General Worry-A-Lot!" She answered making Panya fall off her barrel of dates which she'd been sitting on from laughter. Meskhenet sighed and shook her head at her friends antics she began walking off waving to her sister as she left and headed out toward where their camel Sapi was tethered.
"Maybe I should have told her that the person coming from the Palace is Bast…" Meskhenet said smirking to herself deviously as she walked through the crowded street.

End of Chapter one I'll update soon hopefully, I just wanna know what people thought first...