So if you go re-read the previous chapter you'll note I changed the info about the father. He is still alive, since he made her bike and is right now in America trying to sell the idea. Enjoy the second memory chapter! ~C
In front of her now was Little Sapphire. She was choosing a weapon. Sapphire noticed she had to be about 10 now. Her hair was to her shoulder blades and her eyes were a cloudy blue. Sapphire turned when she heard a voice. "Come on Sapphire, you are choosing a weapon, not the man your going to marry" Seti said with a smirk.
"Alright I'm ready" Little Sapphire said as she pulled two small hand daggers out and faced Seti with a pose.
"Can't you pick a better weapon?" Imhotep said with concern. "We don't want you getting hurt." He flexed his arms and showed he was holding an axe.
"I don't need better weapons, Seti does." Said Little Sapphire referring to a double edged sword he held. Seti laughed at her.
"Show us what you got oh precious Nile jewel." Seti mocked.
"I thought I told you not to call me that!" Little Sapphire growled and launched herself at the two boys. She deflected Imhotep's axe by side stepping his sweep grabbing his arm and pushing him over. Next she focused on Seti. He made to jab at her so she fell flat on her stomach. As the sword passed over her, she twisted her body and wrapped her legs around his. When she tightened her grip and rolled sideways, he fell with a thud. She took the two daggers and drove them hard into his pants' sides so that he was pinned.
She picked up his sword and faced Imhotep who had just gotten up. "Ready for round two?" she said with a smirk. Sapphire watched as her other self unarmed Imhotep and pushed him down. When she did this though, Imhotep grabbed her and pulled her down with him. She landed hard on him, her faced buried partially in his neck. Her face reddened as she quickly stood up and sprinted towards the palace saying she had some studying to do. Imhotep sat up with a confused look on his face.
"Nice going Im, I think you made a really good impression there." Seti joked as he pulled the daggers out. "So when are you going to tell her you like her?" he asked. Sapphire took a step forward to hear better.
"You know I cannot Seti." Imhotep said with a frown.
"I know only you lack the courage to tell her, and to find out what father believes of you two. You think he doesn't already see the looks?" Seti said with a laugh. Then he walked away leaving Imhotep on the ground.
Sapphire shook her head. She was starting to get annoyed of the sudden changes around her.
Now she was in some sort of garden. It was night time. She remembered this memory so she made her way threw the hedges before coming to a pond. Before her was Imhotep gracefully dancing with Little Sapphire in his arms. They looked to be about 16 and 17. They were laughing and smiling at one another. Sapphire smiled sadly at the two. Little Sapphire tripped and pulled Imhotep down with her. They laughed and sat up near the pond. For a moment both were quiet.
"Do you ever feel like you don't belong here?" Little Sapphire said.
"Do you?" he asked looking at her.
"Sometimes. I feel like I'm supposed to be somewhere else. Somewhere beyond the desert. Farther then that blue horizon we see during the day." She gazed out over the blackened desert and the twinkling stars above it.
Imhotep looked at her. "So why don't you go?" he asked looking away.
She turned towards him. "Because there's one thing that makes me feel like I belong. One thing nowhere else has right now." He turned towards her with a questioning look.
"What is that?" He asked barely above a whisper.
She opened her mouth but closed it as a servant approached. The servant bowed and said "The queen and pharaoh wishes to see you your highness." Little Sapphire looked at Imhotep before getting up and leaving.
Sapphire followed her down a few corridors, and then suddenly they stopped. Little Sapphire turned towards her and said, "Are you starting to understand?" Sapphire started.
"You see me?" Little Sapphire nodded. "What happened to me and Imhotep? Why does he look so sad in my time?"
Little Sapphire replied, "It is because of what is about to happen. You are not a reincarnation of me. You are me. You only see me now because we needed a way to answer our own questions. We were right, when we told him we didn't belong here. But we were also right when we said there was one thing that our future did not have anywhere else but here."
"So you and I are one? How?"
"Our spirit never split in the afterlife. Meela's and Evey's did. This is why we have dreamed about ancient Egypt for years."
Sapphire looked at the floor then back up to Little Sapphire. "We love Imhotep don't we? He's the reason we never left. What happened to us?" she pleaded. Little Sapphire took the few steps to close the distance. She placed her hand on Sapphires shoulders. She began to glow before fading. The light seemed to circle Sapphire before disappearing. When she looked to the left she could see herself. Wearing exactly what Little Sapphire was but a moment ago. Her hair grew to her mid back. Without another thought she continued down the corridor.
She stopped in front of two big double doors. There were two guards, one on either side. "The Pharaoh sent for me." She said.
The guards bowed and opened the doors. Sapphire entered. Okay, time to get some answers. She thought. The queen stepped forward and pulled Sapphire into a hug, and she returned it with equal emotion. When they pulled apart she tried to say 'what happens to me.' But what came out was "You wished to see me?"
"Yes we did." The Pharaohs voice boomed from the corner. "I want your opinion on something child." He stood in front of her now. "Soon, you will need to take a husband, one I am supposed to have chosen." Sapphire looked at her feet.
"We have one man in mind. He is tall, can take very good care of you, and give you many children." The queen said. Sapphire didn't look up. "And from what we have witnessed, he cares for you deeply, as you do for him."
Sapphire's head snapped up. "You mean…"
"We want your opinion on Imhotep." Pharaoh said. "Little Sapphire, is he a man you wish to spend this life with?"
Sapphire looked to both of them. 'Duh! I want to spend the next one too!' "Yes, my Pharaoh." She smiled. She ran and hugged him before dashing out of the doors. The halls were a blur as she sprinted toward the garden. She could feel the change as stone gave way to grass. She ran threw the trees and different bushes till finally she reached a clearing under two windows. The lowest one, one she could just pull herself up into, belonged to Imhotep. The one above it was Seti's.
Before she could catch her breath and climb into the window she heard a noise behind her. 'The hell?' she thought as she spun around and found three men. The one in the middle looked like the same one that killed her mother.
He said "Well, well. So here is where you have been hiding all this time eh? It's been about 16 years now. Master is still looking for you, you know."
'You!' "Who are you and what are you doing in these gardens. They are off limits."
"Well sweetie, these two are going to kill the future priest and future pharaoh, and then you are coming with us." He chuckled.
"I suggest you leave now to keep your lives." She said as she pulled out a couple daggers from ankle holsters.
"Seize her!" he said. His two men charged her with long swords. She dogged the first one and stabbed her dagger into the man's gut. The second man tried to slice her head off, but only managed a scratch on her shoulder. She gritted he teeth and rolled to the side. When she stood up she threw her dagger into his heart. As he fell with a thud she stood and faced the leader.
"Impressive" he said as he raised a bow and arrow already loaded. "Give up now and you won't have any scars."
Sapphire glanced at Imhotep's window. I'm sorry Im, said a voice in her head. She threw her other dagger at him as he released the arrow. The dagger drove itself deep into his head. He blinked at her before dropping to there ground. Sapphire smiled then frowned. A pain shot threw her as she lost her balance. She looked at herself and found the arrow had gone through her middle.
She laughed for a second as she lay on the grass and looked at the stars. "Little Sapphire!" she heard a voice call. She felt someone pull herself into there arms and rock her. "Get help!" the voice called. I remember this voice… Imhotep? She smiled and snuggled into the embrace. "Stay with me!" he said. His voice was scratchy as if he was crying.
"I'm sorry…" she gasped out. "I'm sorry…" I never said I loved you. Her vision was blurred but she could make out Imhotep's face before things started going black.
"Sapphire…" she heard. Then nothing.
"Sapphire?" someone said, someone who was shaking her.
Sapphire couldn't open her eyes. She no longer felt cold, but she was weak. "Sapphire please open you eyes." She shook her head slightly. She noticed the one talking wasn't speaking English. "Sapphire open your eyes this minute!"
She opened them slowly. Once again she found that Imhotep was cradling her against his body. She looked into his eyes and saw the concern in them. "Sapphire?"
She let the tears begin to drop from her eyes. "Imhotep, I'm sorry…" but yet again before she could finish it he was hugging her. She could hear soft sobs coming from him and felt him shaking. She wrapped her arms around him and pulled him closer. She rested her head on his shoulder. In the distance she could see Ank approaching fast. She turned her mouth to his ear and whispered, "I'm sorry… I left you without saying goodbye." She let her heart shatter with that statement. She felt Imhotep chuckle and pull back just as Ank approached.
"Now you don't have to." He said with a smile. He stood up and pulled her up as well.
Ank wrapped her arm around his mid-section. "The camels are ready, love." She said with a kiss to his cheek. She let go of him and began walking away. Sapphire watched her until she was out of earshot.
As she began to follow Ank she turned and said "I might have to once again." She left Imhotep standing there for a second. He watched her leave before looking at the ground as if it had the answer to his question. Am I going to loose her again?