Oh. Mah. Gah. I updated earlier than usual right? Yeah. Koolness. AND also I've reach Chappie 10 since last chapter. Just forgot to mention it xD; But yeah. Its a shorter than usual chapter although there are a lot of vital things this chapter has cause I think Im sorta making it mystery...cept not really. Just clues'll add up and stuff. So yeah READ. Its for your own good xD

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Mina strolled down the corridor, finally.

This is it, after all the sulking. It has finally come to this. Mina sighed. She met her mother outside of the room where the party was being held. Where her mother would walk down to the center of the room, where she would be presented as one of the legible princesses, or so she knew.

Her mother noticed that she was not nervous, but fidgeting. Although, she did have a better chance of being accepted as the Prince's wife, but she, for the best, kept that to herself.

Despite of what she saw, she asked, "Nervous?"

Mina just stared at the door with a blank expression, she never liked the idea of an arranged marriage. "No. Not exactly."

"Then why the fidgeting?"

Mina avoided the question and, instead, said, "Mother, how does it feel to be queen? As old as I am, and the position I hold in the Noble Family. I never got the chance to ask you." Still looking at the door waiting for it to open.

Her mother looked at her perplexed, as to questioning why she asked such a thing. Although, she looked at her in more of a "WTF?" way. "Why so–", but she stopped her self from asking because she knew why she was asking. By now Mina was looking at her and then said, "Well, uh Mina–.."

The doors finally opened, and Mina and her mother looked like deers in front of a car with headlight. Stunned. But they quickly got back to reality, and quickly resumed on how they were supposed to look. Smiling with big smiles, and gracefully walking down to the center of the room where Atem and his parents where standing next to Ming and her mother, Angelique, and so on.

The crowd, which was huge, clapped, for some odd reason. And the Pharaoh raised his arms, and the clapping ceased. "Here we have these 4 beautiful, young ladies in which one of them, by tonight, will be chosen to be my son's wife." The Pharaoh announced.

Mina's stomach, who was long dormant, turned.

The Pharaoh spoke again, "And you all have been gathered," he gave a charming smile. "To see who it will be, and to enjoy the party. Now enjoy."

After a few hours of being forced to greet every single being in the party, Mina stepped out into the balcony. She felt that her time in the balcony was the only peaceful one in the whole time she was here in this dreadful place. Mina didn't want to be Atem's wife. Regardless of her feeling for him. She just liked the thrill of being around a boy, and she didn't actually want to get married. And from the very beginning, from the talk in the room with her mother, and probably from when she was a baby. This was all planned. Mina felt utterly out of control. She had no power over anything. She thought as she peered through the darkness at the garden below, with all the water's glittering glory..

"Isn't dangerous for a young girl of your status to be out here all by yourself?" a kind, warming voice said from behind.

Mina turned around to find a very pregnant woman standing there. "Oh, I just needed some air from all this chaos." She somehow couldn't stop staring at the woman's belly, and constantly tried looking at her face.

"I can tell your nervous, Mina and its all right. It was like with me and my arranged marriage, except we weren't chosen like this." She said queerly. "By the way, my name Rachi(Don't ask)" 'Rachi' said again.

"Uh, you had an arranged marriage, too? Excuse me for asking."

"It's ok," Rachi gave a heart-warming smile. "And yes, I did. But I guess its ok now, as you can clearly see I'm expecting already." She giggled mentioning her pregnancy.

Mina knew all about this, in which she was proud of. In a certain long period of time, the womb where the baby was held grew as time went by and in 119 days the baby would come out of the womb, but after that her mother wouldn't tell her anything else. Or so she said until she was older.

"When do you think its due?"

"I'm not really sure, but its due soon." She gasped and Mina jumped. "Here, give me your hand."

Mina looked puzzled but gave her hand anyway. And Rachi put Mina's hand in the center of her belly and Mina felt indescribable joy. The baby was kicking. To think that there was actually a living being inside kicking for Ra knows what. "Incredible." Mina whispered. And felt the woman smile.

"If the Gods allow it, one day you might be able to experience the feeling, although at the beginning its not so joyous." She giggled again. "Well, you and me should get back before they begin to worry."

This woman, having just met her, made Mina think there was more to life than just sulking. "Yes, I think we should."

Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, she saw movement in the garden. She quickly turned towards the garden straining her eyes to search where the source of movement came from, and this time she was not imagining it. There was no wind to cause the bushes to move.

"Is something the matter?" Rachi asked.

"I ... I just saw something or somebody down in the garden."

"Are you positive you aren't just seeing things?"

"No, I know something moved, just like the shadows outside my door, and the horse in the desert. There was something down there."

"You are just nervous of all the events happening, now come on."

Again, something about the woman's face made her want to listen. It was too heart-warming. Like the perfect mother. Or mother-to-be in this case.

Mina sighed, "Fine."

When she was in the middle of the crowd she lost Rachi in the crowd. And someone pulled her shoulder, with an immense pull, mind you.

"There you are!" her mother said.

"Ow, mother can you pull any harder?"

"Sorry, we just wondering where you went. You practically missed the dancing part of the night so you might well try to mingle with the Prince or...something.," her mother said.

"I guess I might as well." Mina said with great annoyance.

Just as she saw Atem talking with Ming, she just felt a pang in her stomach. Could it be jealousy? But then her leaped or something of the similar when she noticed that he wasn't very much amused talking to her.

"What did I tell you?" Good Gods, why where people just sneaking up behind her. It was Seth.

"Tell me what?"

"Stop making it so obvious, and go over there and mark your territory." Mina just stood there very, very dumfounded. Did Seth just tell her to 'mark my territory'.

"Par..don?

"Just what I said, you and I both know that you have feeling for him so why not just show it, it is quite obvious, to me at least. Although, I might have to knock Atem on the head a few times so he could realize that you do."

"You know you just caught me really off guard, because what in the name of Ra did you just say? You-you are telling me to go and just claim the man just as if he was some kind of trading item in the market. And I at least think he's better off without me being the sulker that I am." She had to double take on the that. Did she just say she wasn't good of enough for Atem? Wasn't she the one who wanted to prove everyone of everything?

"Feh. I, at least, think you have a better chance than any of these girls." Again, double take.

She turned around and again disappeared. People really have to stop doing that. But Seth was right, why am I hiding it? I mean, here I am, the chance to become his wife. And I'm just here, looking through the cracks of people. Make a move. Make a move.

Just as she took one single, human, average, step towards where Atem was. From the left corridor there was a loud Boom...

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O: "How dare you?! Leaving us poor fans with a cliffhanger!" I know, I know. But's its been a while since I left a cliffhanger. Nyeh nyeh nyeh. BTW before I forget. YOU, yes you, are going to help me name Mina's mother. Cause...I cant think of one. So yeah. Have a name that you might like in the story? If so, please reveiw and tell it to me. Cause I really need it ;o;

Also, I might be changing my name. So look out for that hehehe.