**Please Note: Maibe is the Egyptian name for Mai that I picked out
***Maibe = Mai***
It is actually an Egyptian name that means grave.

Teana was vaguely aware that introductions were being made. She was too busy shyly observing Atem. She heard her father say her name and she broke out of her thoughts. She curtsied and smiled.

"It is a pleasure to see you again Princess. I hope you have a pleasant stay at our palace." Pharaoh Aknamkanon greeted.

Aha, so she has met him before! Of course, he would have had to meet her to approve the marriage between his son and her. She had most likely met his highness for a short amount of time at home, but how was she to know? She has met with foreign dignitaries and princes all the time, it never crossed her mind that the man she just met would be her future father in law!

As she was thinking, Atem stepped forward, surprising Teana by taking her hand. Teana went wide eyed feeling the Prince's warm hand on hers. But her heart seemed to have jumped was when he gave her hand a delicate kiss. When the kiss ended, he made eye contact with her.

"Hello Princess." His deep voice rang throughout the throne room. A deep blush spread to Teana's cheeks and she smiled shyly upon hearing her greeting. Atem slowly let go of her hand, worried if he had already messed up.

Atem thought Teana looked cute when she curtsied. His father mumbled some greeting to her, so that gave Atem the incentive to reach out for Teana's hand and kissed it. That was the custom in Nubia… right? Or maybe was it those other countries with the pale-skin? Teana was kind of pale... so was she used to this custom? Atem was unsure.

As his lips made contact with her skin, he noticed how soft and delicate her hand was. It was slightly cold but… it felt... good? He was surprised to see her blush. Apparently it wasn't a custom in Nubia then. He just met the girl and he messed up already. 'Great!' he thought.

Teana's hand still tingled from where Atem kissed it. 'He has soft lips.' she thought.

"Preparations have been made for your stay Princess Teana." He waved over two servants. "We have prepared two bedrooms for your stay. Since Princess Teana will stay long term, she will be provided a room closer to ours until the royal wedding when Atem and Teana shall have a new bedroom for the two of them."

'I will have to share a room with him...' Teana thought. 'I forgot that as man and woman we will be expected to have only one chamber to share with each other.'

The Pharaoh had a servant take her father to his room. She smiled back warmly at her father as he left. Pharaoh Aknamkanon now directed his attention to Teana and he smiled. "Ah, for you Princess. I will have Maibe, your new servant, direct you to your room. She will be your personal handmaiden.

Teana's smile slowly faded. "Uh… that won't be necessary, your highness. I had father bring me my handmaiden with us. I am quite fond of her."

Aknamkanon stoked his beard, intrigued that she was so she thought so well of her handmaiden to actually bring her with her to Egypt. "Very well, but I propose Maibe still be your personal handmaiden in addition to your former. Your handmaiden is not well-versed with how things are done here in Egypt, so I suggest you have both wait on you. Is that acceptable?"

"Yes, of course. Thank you."

Pharaoh Aknamkanon nodded his head and Teana followed the servant Maibe out of the throne room. Maibe was a pretty girl, with long blond hair and violet eyes. She stopped in front of a room.

"Here it is my lady. Your belongings have already been brought here. Shall I help you unpack?"

Teana smiled kindly. "If you would be so kind, I have another task I'd like you to do."

"Yes of course."

"Can you go have a servant send for my other handmaiden Shukura? She knows more about my preferences and the arrangement of my items, she would be of great help and she could teach you more about how I like things. I still would appreciate your help nevertheless."

"Of course." With a bow, Maibe scurried off.

Teana looked inside her room. It was a pretty room, smaller than her own, but still an attractive room regardless. She would be getting a new room with her husband after the wedding of course. Teana was a little worried about the 'night of the wedding tradition'. However, she tried to not focus on that event to come as she started to unpack.

"Teana!" Teana turned.

"Shukura!"

The two embraced. "How was it? How was the Prince? He was rather dashing was he not? I saw a glimpse of him while coming here!"

"Well he wasn't ugly. I'll tell you that much."

Shukura softly wacked Teana's arm. "Oh please! You are very well pleased with how your beloved looks."

They laughed. "Yes. I won't lie. I do find him attractive."

Shukura stuck her tongue out. "Better!"

They both laughed again, falling on the bed, until a knock came at the door. They hushed and looked at each other before Teana sat up. "Come in."

Maibe was surprised to hear laughter inside the door and surprised again when she saw how relaxed the Nubian Princess' handmaiden was around her.

"Oh Maibe!"

"Your majesty."

Teana waved her hand. "Please don't do that when it's just us. Oh and Maibe, this is Shukura. Shukura this is Maibe." Introductions were made.

Maibe couldn't help, but note how carefree this Shukura was with her lady. They were laughing together like status was of no matter. Maibe thought back to when she was a bit younger and had to learn the ways of working for people. She had to treat them on a higher level of respect and curtsy. Shukura was not doing this, Teana did not even mind! They even tried to incorporate Maibe herself into the conversations while unpacking, like she wasn't just a servant to wait on the lady. This princess was... different.

Yay! Teana and Atem actually met each other and made contact. Not a lot of interaction between the two, but they just met.
*I'd like to give an enormous thanks to my new beta Akai22878 who will now be helping me. She did a fabulous job editing everything!
*A thanks to the bunch of new reviews I just got and previous loyal reviewers as well. You guys are awesome!
*And regarding the Egyptian names, I'm actually getting them from a website I found online with a list of Egyptian names. I'm choosing the ones that are closest to either the dubbed English names or Japanese names of the actual Yu-Gi-Oh characters.

*Thanks again to everyone reading/following and I would like it if you would review. :)

~Startistica