Past (Eshe and Armakan are both 8 years old)
"Young prince, I would like to met the daughter of my most trusted advisor. This Lady Eshe." The King said to young Armakan.
"It is nice to meet you." Eshe said to the young prince with a bow.
Armakan only stared at Eshe, taken aback by her blue eyes. The King cleared his throat while Eshe's father tried to stifle a laugh.
"I am sorry my lady. It is nice to meet you. I was briefly taken aback by your beautiful eyes of yours." Armakan said with a slight blush of embarrassment flushing over his cheeks.
"I thank you for your kind words your highness." Eshe said with a kind smile.
5 years later (Eshe and Armakan are both 18)
"Your so studious." Armakan said approaching Eshe in the garden she was reading.
"Is there anything wrong with that your highness?" Eshe asked looking up to him standing in front of her.
"I told you can call me by name when it is just the two of us." Armakan said sitting beside her on the bench.
"As they say, old habits die hard." Eshe said with a smile.
"What are you reading?" Armakan asked before taking the book out of Eshe's hands.
"Excuse me." Eshe said with a huff.
"Why are you reading a medical text?" Armakan asked as he flipped through a couple of pages.
"Because it is what interests me. Besides my mother was a healer before she went to meet Osiris." Eshe said snatching the book back.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to take something that belonged to your mother."
"Its alright, you didn't know so its only fair that I forgive you." Eshe said with a smile.
"Why do you want to be a healer when there are magicians for that?" Armakan asked.
"A magician may be able to heal many but there are something's a magician can not heal and plus most magicians do not know many ailments and they solely depend on their magic rather the knowledge of medicine." Eshe explained.
"That makes sense. So if something happens to me will you be there to cure me?" Armakan asked.
"Always. Plus my father was rather happy that I chose this path instead of a political one even though he still has me learn political terms and issues." Eshe said with a small laugh.
"He is just preparing you for life incase something happens to you."
"If so, he is doing a rather good job at that my head might explode." Eshe said making the two of them laugh in unison.
"Hey Eshe, you always be my friend no matter what?" Armakan asked.
"Forever and ever, I will always be here."
Present
Eshe was sitting in a garden just outside of Armakan's room reading from her book. Unknowing to her she was being watched as she read and she soon noticed as a smile graced her lips.
"I do believe you should be resting." Eshe said while kept reading with a smile on her face.
"I could but then I wouldn't be able to talk to you." Armakan replied as he approached her and sat down next to her on the bench.
"If memory serves, when were only ten years old, you were the trouble maker and never really listened." Eshe replied as she kept reading.
"Yea well you were there getting me out of trouble as usual." Armakan said snatching the book from her.
"Really? This again?" Eshe asked with a sigh.
"This is a new one." Armakan said looking through the book briefly.
"Yes well that is because it is from my father. He left it to me after he went to meet Osiris for judgment in the underworld. Its all his political notes and inquires." Eshe replied.
"Yes well I never knew about the book's existence until I found in my father's study. It's like a journal of some sort and yet there are things in here that do not seem to add up." Eshe explained.
Armakan kept looking through the book until Eshe snatched from his hands.
"Your still the same Eshe I know." He said with a sigh.
"Were you hoping for something different?" Eshe asked with raised eyebrows.
"Oh uh…Hey when did you get a snake?" Armakan said changing the subject and pointing to Halima who rested in a nearby tree.
"I saved him from a trader who was treating him poorly just because he is white instead of golden like your snake. So I saved and have been with me since. His name is Halima. I sort of think we are a two of kind since we are both different to our respective species." Eshe explained.
"You aren't different Eshe, you are unique and special." Armakan told.
Eshe was walking down a grand hallway within the palace trying to remember how to get to the grand library.
"I could have sworn it was this way…did they change rooms?" Eshe muttered to herself.
Armakan had left to go do some of his kingly duties even though she told him no to since he had just started recovering.
She was going to kill some time by going to the library to read…until she got lost.
There was no one in the hall she was in and anyone who she tried to ask would look at her and hurries off.
Eshe sighed as she leaned against the wall to think moment.
As soon as she leaned on the wall, she suddenly found herself falling for no reasons. She found herself in a dark room with no light.
"I get lost in a place used to call home and now I am even more lost since I am in this damn passage way." Eshe said angrily at herself.
She started rummaging through her pockets looking for a item until she finally found it.
Suddenly the area around her was lit with a soft white light. IN the palm of her hand was a lux stone.
"Glade I found this lux stone years ago, these things come in handy." Eshe said to herself, "Now just to follow this passage way to wherever it goes."
Eshe started walking down the path. She started hearing people arguing as she made her way down the passage. They sounded like politicians.
She soon found an area where she could hear everything going on.
"How can she be trusted? That blue-eyed monster should not even be here. So why was she allowed here?" A gruff voice said through the wall.
"Because me and Imhotep knew she could cure him. The two of them were childhood friends and knew each other for a long time." Another voice said.
"Mahado, you cant just simply bring people here. She is a being of not of this world." The gruff voice said.
"She is the daughter of Madu, you will address her as Lady Eshe, not monster or being or other words you like to say." A new voice said.
Eshe's breathing hitched slightly knowing who's voice that belonged.
"But my lord…" The gruff voice said.
"If it wasn't for Eshe I would not siting before you. You give her little credit where it is due just because her eyes are not color they should be. To that I say is a gift from the gods. She is a guest here and she will stay as long as she wants." Armakan said.
Eshe leaned her head on the wall and smiled.
At least she had that one person to always defend her…even though he is a king of a great country.
Author's Notes:
I did this chapter in a slight rush to get it out before my exams start. So it may be a couple of weeks until I add a chapter. So there's that and I hoped you liked this chapter. Reviews are always welcomed
