Personally i don't think this is as good as the first chapter but all well! This is an introduction to Bast's biggest rival for Anubis's life.

At the age of six I was taken into training by mawat Sekhmet. I was never allowed to attend anything, never allowed to visit anyone and I was kept hidden for ten years. I was let out the day of my sixteenth birthday. I was a very happy cat that day. I guess it was hard to tell I was a cat now. I had clear green eyes and my teeth were human now except for my canines which were as sharp and long as ever. My paws and ears were hidden I could expose them at will. As I walked my hair, which was now in tight well behaved ringlets, bobbed and swung.

I skipped and pranced through the gardens of the palace, they were just as I remembered. Then out of the corner of my eye I noticed the purple and pink splotches of the lily pond that was mine Anubis's favourite place.

Anubis. That was a soft spot. I missed him. I could never decide if he was a brother or if I loved him. Either way he was special. What would he say? I hadn't seen him in so long I hoped he was still the same. I wondered if I was still his Mew Sher.

I looked at the pond but Anubis wasn't there. I ran to the palace and pushed the doors to the Grand Hall open. I didn't care about what anyone said because at that moment I was so overwhelmed with joy that at seeing Anubis I sprinted and folded myself into his arms. He was shocked but held me tight.

I looked up at him and smiled. Then I ran to my grandpapa. I hugged him and stood beside him. He held my hand softly and whispered that it was good to have someone there beside him again. I had always stood there when I was younger and I had missed it. Yes I got bored at times but being by grandpapa and knowing that whoever was talking to him was looking at me with wonder was enough to keep me coming back time and again.

'That is enough, Anubis. Perhaps you need a break from this. You have the rest of the day free. I believe you wondered earlier where my grand-daughter was and here she is so the two of you may spend some time together. Off you go,' said grandpapa grandly.

I glanced at Anubis and saw that he was blushing. I smiled sweetly and, knowing my voice could charm the birds out of the trees even though I was cat, said as sweetly as possible, 'If you have missed me Anubis you may admit it. I will gladly say I have missed you.'

He was shocked at the sweetness of my voice. He didn't trust me anymore. I could see it in his eyes. He was nervous. I softly tucked my hair back and he smiled. I was wearing the ear rings he had given me for my forth birthday.

'Bast,' he said, 'I admit I have missed you, but I must say something that appears to have slipped everyone's minds. Happy birthday. I believe it is your sixteenth seeing it was mine two days ago.'

I hissed at him and blushed. I didn't want the attention of my birthday thrust upon me when I was only recently allowed into the world once more. I felt suddenly overwhelmed by the attention on me. I ran from the room into the open air of the gardens.

'I wish I'd stayed hidden,' I muttered to myself.

'Now, why would you wish that Mew Sher?' a voice asked.

I turned to glare at Anubis, but found I couldn't. How could I be mad at him? 'I love him,' I decided silently. 'Why did you do that? This is the first time I've been let out in ten years.'

'I hoped to give you the presents I got you for the ten years I haven't seen you,' he whispered. He was still the same Anubis I remembered from my childhood.

I looked straight into his big, chocolate coloured eyes. I felt myself melt. His eyes portrayed so much. I could see his distrust still lingering but his love, at least I hoped it was love, slowly pushing it away. He looked back at me, staring into my green eyes. He reached toward me slowly. He placed a soft hand on my cheek and tilted my head back. Softly he brought his lips down onto mine.

I was shocked but I melted into his embrace. He pulled away and gently ran his fingers through my hair. I could see the hurt on his face. It was plain that he was thinking of something that he had long forgotten.

I pulled away and ran hoping he would follow.

'Bast!' he shouted. I turned to face him and giggled, my usual kitten-like smile playing across my lips. He smiled back and gave chase. We ran for a while until he finally caught me, I had been distracted trying to catch a brilliant blue butterfly.

'Got you my sweet Mew Sher,' he whispered softly in my ear. He pressed his lips to my neck and held me close.

I giggled. 'Do you know much I have missed you, Anubis?'

'How much?' he mumbled against my hair.

I moved and looked at him. 'So much that I nearly tempted sneaking out to ask grandpapa to send you to see me.'

He looked at me, shocked. I pulled his head down and kissed his lips softly. 'I love you, Anubis. I don't want you to leave.'

'I must sweet Mew Sher. I'm sorry.'

I looked at him with tears in my eyes. I didn't want to lose him so soon. I'd just had my first kiss; he was the first person I had ever truly loved. I couldn't lose him now.

'Anubis, time to go. I need you back home.'

'Home is here, Thoth. I don't want to leave. I have love and happiness here.' Anubis said without taking his gaze from me.

I looked at Thoth. I crouched out of Anubis's grip. Thoth was a bird. I loved to chase birds. He was just tempting fate standing there. He was looking down. Not paying any attention to me.

'Ummm…Bast?'

I pounced and pinned the god under me. I giggled again. 'Silly bird. You should know not to stand in the way of a cat!'

He looked offended. I knew who he was, sure, but that wasn't going to stop a princess. I was of higher rank than him. He was still proving his worth to my grandpapa. He was glaring at me so fiercely. I started laughing and fell to the side. He jabbed me with scroll and stood above me.

'Get up,' he squawked sounding just like a bird. I laughed harder and he jabbed me again. 'Up!' he hissed.

Anubis gathered me in his arms and kissed my cat ear. I stopped laughing and settled back in his arms. 'You cannot tell me what to do, silly bird. I am the princess. You are nothing. You may be elder than me but you must still prove your worth to my grandpapa.'

He was enraged. I stood tall. My eyes burrowed into him. He squirmed like a butterfly in my grasp. I knew he was weak. I was stronger from my years of training but not one god that had faced me had been this weak. I felt bad doing it but I commanded him to leave. I told him he could not tell me or Anubis what to do. He left. He went to see my grandpapa.

I pulled Anubis to me and held tight. 'Never again,' I whispered.

'I will have to leave Mew Sher. I must leave at the end of the day,' he said sounding so weak. I looked at him. I could see the hurt in his eyes.

'Come,' I said. I led him back through the gardens and to my room. I pulled him onto the bed and we lay together. We did nothing just talked about our years apart and when the night came we slept.

When I woke Anubis was gone. I saw a piece of Papyrus lying on my pillow. I read the note that was left by Anubis. He would be back in a month. A whole month to wait. A month that I would spend defining myself and I would be even stronger when Anubis returned.