Teana was accompanied by her father and Shukura to Egypt along with a good amount of soldiers and some servants for the journey. Her father told her he was to stay for only a couple of days to make sure his daughter was settled in and then he would leave. Teana had received special permission to take her personal handmaiden Shukura with her, after much persuasion. Shukura was not just her handmaiden, but her closest, oldest and best friend, regardless of whether Shukura was her servant or not. Teana was thankful that at least her best friend would stay with her.

Teana struggled with the thought of marriage. She wasn't sure if she was ready to be married. She told herself that refusing and trying to avoid it would only delay the inevitable. She had to get married one day, and marrying Prince Atem would help her and her country in more ways than in one. She would be married specifically to a prince, who already would be trained in government, but not only that, Nubia and Egypt would become under one rule and this fact itself would solve so many problems.

This marriage could help solve the issue that was plaguing both lands concerning each of their borders. Both kingdoms were growing and in need of more space. There was more land, but the land itself was right in between the two empires. Both empires would need it and the specific terrain would make it very difficult to divide. It would be nearly impossible.

That was why Teana knew she had to try her best to do this. She wanted to avoid a possible war. If she married the prince, that the two kingdoms would join one day and there would be no issue over land. Her parents assured her that they would not push her to do this if the prince was not of good nature and background. Even if there had been no issue over land, they would have still found him as an extremely likely candidate as a suitor. Teana just hoped they had been true to their word.

At last the carriage halted and the long journey came to an end. Outside Teana took in her surroundings with an observant eye. The palace was quite lovely indeed. It was decorated quite lavishly. It reminded her of her home in Nubia at her own palace.

She followed her father who was being directed by palace guards. They walked in a rather wide hallway inside and shortly stopped at two large, grand doors. The guard spoke. "Your majesties shall meet acquaintance with the Pharaoh and Prince in the throne room now. They have been notified of your arrival."

Teana looked over at Shukura. "Do not worry, I'll wait outside." Shukura whispered and winked.

Two men started to open the doors to let Teana and her father walk in. 'This is it.' She frowned. She had been wishing and waiting for this event to be over and done with during the long carriage ride, but suddenly she had a change of heart. Her heart quickened it's pace.

'I have to do this. I can do this. ' She took a deep breath. 'It is time.' The doors opened wide. 'Time to meet my future husband.'

Atem was sitting on his throne, slouching and being bored, hearing some words of exchange between Shimon, the advisor and his father who sat next to him on a larger throne. He was rather oblivious to the whole exchange and wasn't paying much attention, until a servant ran in.

"Your majesties." Atem sat straight up.

After receiving the nod from the Pharaoh, he continued. "The King and Princess of Nubia have arrived."

The Pharaoh thanked the servant who went to give the ok. He then looked at his son and smiled. "This is it my son. Make Egypt proud."

Atem gave an uneasy smile. He wasn't happy with the arrangement, but for his father's sake and the kingdom's sake he would try to make it work. He didn't want the issue over land to cause distress in the country. Mana did help a little bit in changing his look on the situation for the positive, but he still didn't like it.

Then the doors cracked slightly open. The announcer spoke. "May I please present King Hassan-al-Jameen, King of Nubia and his daughter Princess Teana, Princess of Nubia."

With that, the doors fully opened wide.

Ok, that's Chapter 4 for you guys. I just made up a random name for Teana's dad, although Hassan is an actual name and some Middle Eastern male names have -al- in it. The Jameen part is just completely made up. As always, reviews will be extremely appreciated.
*I also have changed Shizuka's name to Shukura which is an Egyptian name in this update.
Thanks for reading, hope to update soon! :)

~Startistica