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CHAPTER 1: Earth. . . 12 years later

Memphis, Egypt/Pharaoh's Palace

Kiara was now 21 years old and had now grown into a strong Egyptian princess. She loved exploring and her adventures with friends, but now that she was older, she also helped her kingdom more to help it flourish. Her brother, Atem, would be the new ruler whenever their father retired or passed on into the afterlife since he was older. She didn't mind having him as a ruler, she loved her brother, unlike most siblings in other kingdoms who rivaled for the throne. She wanted to live her own life in her own adventures and to be free, not rule over others.

She had learned to fight hand-on-hand and with weapons, and even knew magic, just like her brother. They had learned from one of her brother's mentors who would be in his court one day. She loved being strong but she didn't use her strength and powers for evil, but fought against it instead whenever it threatened the kingdom. Still, those traits sometimes gave her a reckless and stubborn attitude.

Even after 12 years, she still remembered the encounter with the strange beings briefly. She had tried to find out what they were on her own, keeping to her word that no one would ever know. But so far, she hadn't found anything yet, well, not in the books she'd read. She wanted to read the scrolls and tablets in the ancient library but only the most high-ranked officials or the pharaoh himself could go in there. She always brought herself close to the library but bailed at the last minute, not wanting to get in more trouble. Besides, it was 12 years ago and that mainly kept her away from that subject. Why reminisce into the past?

She was dressing in her outdoor gear which consisted of a white/crimson outfit with no sleeves that flowed into a mid-knee skirt with slits and shorts underneath. She wore tight sandals with straps all the way to her knees, white gloves, and her gold headdress. She wore her hair in braids for this week and would undo them in a few days.

When she finished, she strapped on a bow over her back and placed two daggers on each side of her legs in leather pockets. Picking up a bottle of water to strap around her waist, she heard a knock. She ran over to the door and opened it.

"We're heading to the site now" her brother, Atem, announced.

Her brother was two years older than her at 23 with a taller and slimmer figure than her. His hair was black and kept short to his shoulders with a golden, ruby headdress at the top of his head. Unlike other Memphite males who would shave their head bald at reaching manhood to either wear wigs or not, he liked his natural. His eyes were green but with hints of light brown at the pupil and iris. He wore white/crimson robes that had no sleeves and went to his knees with gold embeddings at the neck and edges of his garments to show his status.

"Great, I want to find out who did this" Kiara said, nodding.

"Don't you always, dear sister?" Atem asked, smiling. She laughed.

"It is our kingdom" Kiara said, tilting her head.

Early in the morning, a couple had been found slaughtered by some kind of animal in the previous night. The animal had left a huge outline in the wall from its escape but no one knew of any creature that was tall enough with claws sharp enough to kill two people easily. Even desert jackals weren't that tall. Their father wanted to know who or what had done this and they were both going to explore along. Kiara wanted to find who did this to those innocent people and punish them for their crime.

She joined her brother and they raced down the hallway to the stairway. They headed down quickly while avoiding the servants and other officials who were going up or heading down. Jumping onto the floor, they had almost reached the main entrance when a voice called them from behind.

"Wait a second, you two" their mother called. They stopped in their tracks immediately.

They both groaned and turned. Their mother, Neferet, came over with her golden robes and emerald jewelry. She was a beautiful queen in her daughter's eyes. She had long, dark hair that matched beautifully against her hazel-green eyes and bronze face. Her mother always seemed to age slowly, but maybe it was just Kiara who thought it.

Asim was also by her mother's side and went to Kiara immediately. He was now in his adult age and as strong as one which was good for Kiara if they came into danger. He was usually by her side at most times and when he wasn't, he was with her mother or Atem. He went over to her in which she kneeled and wrapped her arms around his thick neck. He licked her on the cheek and made her smile.

"Yes, mother?" Kiara smiled.

"I don't want either of you heading into any trouble you can't handle" their mother said firmly. "Your father is not going to let you out of his sights easily, all right?"

"Yes, mother" Atem and Kiara sighed in unison.

"Especially you, Kiara" Neferet said, pointing the strict finger all parents used. "I know you love wandering and taking action but I don't want anything to happen to you."

"I'll be fine, mother" Kiara said, smiling. She stood up. "I won't disappoint you."

"Besides, I'll look after her" Atem said, poking her side which made her grin. "She won't escape me."

"All right then, go on" mother said, sighing. "Take care of each other."

"We will" they said, turning around.

"Do you want to come with us, Asim?" Kiara asked her pet. He nudged her leg with his head. "All right then."

"Let's go" Atem said, nodding.

They ran outside and down the stone steps to where their horses were. Their mother watched them from afar hoping they didn't get in trouble. Climbing onto their own horses, they lead them to the site of their investigation while Asim followed Kiara by her side. They rode down the main path that led to the entrance of the kingdom while the hot sun shined down on them.

I hope we find who or what did this before it gets worse, Kiara thought.

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End of Chapter 1. Thanks to all the readers and for your reviews!