TiNY: Hey guys! I'm back! Chapter 4 is up and believe me am I glad. I've been so worried that I wouldn't finish this in time. Anyway, I wanted to say-
Fukayna: Hey guys! I show up in this chapter! I will express my gratitude to you later in high praises and such.
TiNY: No! Stay out of MY screen time! (literally) Anyway, I wanted to say that I don't own anything. 'Cept for Keket of course.
Chapter 4
"Heka?" Keket looked stunned for all of one second before she burst into laughter. "Me? Heka? Yeah Right!"
"It's the only plausible reason!" the nurse insisted.
"But only the Pharaoh," Keket spat out the word, "And his court of priests can use heka!" she blanched at the thought of just what gave them their powers. 'Kura thinks I don't know, but I do…On the outside she sighed.
"Why do you hate the Pharaoh?" The old woman was truly curious. "He brought peace to Egypt."
"For some he did." Keket thought of all the happy people outside the walls of the palace. Why should they be joyful when she was in chaos? "Others he plunged into eternal turmoil." The healer, like Bakura, realized that Keket was a bitter girl. Comparing her to Lady Mana was like comparing Ra to Set. They were complete opposites. "Who's Lady Mana?" Keket asked looking into the woman's eyes.
"How..?" the question trailed off as she realized just what color Keket's eyes were. Pure silver. So unnatural.
"Perhaps it's the heka…?" It was also one of the things I had never told 'Kura about. Just then a battalion of 12 fully armed men straight from the royal army pored into the rather small hall. They surrounded a small man who held a scroll of papyrus in one hand.
"By royal from King Aknemkhanen, the girl is to come to be judged before the royal court as soon as she can stand." The man read, trying to act tough. Keket's heka told her otherwise. Stifling a chuckle, she looked out the window above her head before turning back to the men.
"You can tell your precious Pharaoh to be prepared as soon as Ra reaches his peak." She responded fixing them with a silver-eyed stare. "I'll be ready by then."
Noon
As soon as Keket walked into the throne room she knew they were prepared for anything. Or at least they tried to be. If the 50 men on either side of her didn't give it away, then the 25 archers scattered along the balcony with bowstrings taut definitely showed they thought she was a threat. There were too many people crammed into one place though. If it erupted into a battle, she would, in the confusion, be able to cause one man to kill a comrade and create a mini civil war. The bowmen wouldn't be able to get a clear shot either. They would most likely hit one of the Pharaoh's own men. The amusement she felt on the inside never touched the emotionless mask on her face. When a soldier tried to get her to bow by poking her with a spear, she caught the spear and flipped the man into another, effectively knocking over several rows. A chorus of gasps cam from the balcony and Keket glanced up to see several teenagers. She smirked up at them breaking her mask. Several soldiers tried to get her down but she eliminated them all with ease. "Is this the best you have Pharaoh? Ever since those Items were created this country's military skill has truly declined."
"The Millennium Items brought peace to Egypt. Why do you speak as if they are a bad thing?" Keket looked him straight in the eyes and made a huge show of pulling her left foot behind her right.(1) The entire room gasped.
"Have you ever heard of Kul Elna?" The confusion flowing from the Pharaoh proved him clueless. But the recognition and shock that sprang from the man at his right drew her eyes to him. That man!, Keket thought, He was there! Her eyes widened just a fraction as she realized that he had kept the sacrifice from the Pharaoh. "No? That's strange. I would have thought that you would know of it. Perhaps someone is keeping secrets?"
"Pharaoh!" The man at his right cried, "She knows how the Items were created! We must execute her so that she cannot duplicate them!"
"Fool!" Keket roared, "When I saw what went into that pot I was plunged into chaos! How do you think I felt after seeing that at age 3? I've suffered through ten years of turmoil after seeing what happened to the—"she was cut off by the sudden glowing from the Millenium Eye. She was filled with a sudden fury that seemed to project off her like a shield. Until she realized there really was a shield around her.
On the Balcony
"Look!" Mana cried, "She's projecting heka off her as a shield! Without a wand or staff either!" It was true. There was an electric blue bubble surrounding her and her eyes were alight with fury.
"Amazing…" Mahado was a magician himself so he could appreciate the strain of trying magic without something to direct it through. "It won't hold up against the royal court's Shadow Heka though." He spoke with reverence, as he thought he would never be able to use the magic of the Items. Suddenly, the surface of her shield seemed to waver, a black ripple passing across it. "Ra! It held!" He was well and truly shocked now. Something had resisted Shadow Heka!
Down Below
"Everyone! Try to break down her shield!" the Pharaoh called imperiously. Immediately all the Item holders activated their Items, they fired shadow balls and tendrils of shadows at the shield but it only covered it with ripples and cause small blue lightning bolts to ripple across the surface. "Call your ka and whatever other monsters you need!" he commanded again. As soon as he finished speaking, several monsters appeared to take the place of the energy. Keket grit her teeth, knowing that her shield wasn't going to hold much longer. She might as well release the energy now. The bright glow of the shield dulled and it crumbled away. When the distortion disappeared she had her eyes closed, lips moving in what looked like a prayer. The ka attacked as one, the priests confident they would win. This time another shield appeared, but it was black with red lightening dancing across the surface. It also was not see-through. Then the shield, or orb as they soon found out, moved backwards and quick as a flash, became a huge dragon.
On the Balcony
"Magnificent," All the children breathed at once. Atemu in particular seemed particularly captivated.
Down Below
The dragon raised its head and roared to the sky. In the small hall, it towered above everything. Black as Set's heart, it had the occasional ruby scale scattered across it's sides.(2) Then, gently, the dragon picked Keket up in its foreclaws. Looking down with what seemed like worry, the dragon blew a puff of smoke at her before some unheard message directed her to cup her claws so that Keket could stand in them. Then turning its blood red eyes to the priests and the Pharaoh, the dragon projected a single thought, Why have you hurt my Creator?
(1)In Egypt, when walking toward the Pharaoh, to put your left foot forward is to show that you give your heart to the Pharaoh. I think.
(2)I don't know what a Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon looks like. Yes, it's a Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon. Cut me some slack please? *Pulls off Yugi puppy dog eyes*
AN:Yo! I almost forgot to update! I'm really disappointed in myself so I'm going to give myself a time out. 2 hours? 3 hours? Anyways... See ya!