In the throne room of the Gods, Ra was watching the scene unfold before him from a ball of sphere while muttering to himself.
"She can't be that serious." He mumbled.
"What are you talking about, Ra?" a voice spoke.
Ra raised his head and spoke as if he knew somehow that the person was indeed hiding somewhere inside the room.
"Oh. come out now Sobek I know you are there."
Sobek came out, following his Lord's wishes. He bowed low at the waist before raising his head.
"I want to know why you are here." Ra turned to him, forgetting about the ball.
"I want to know what things you are keeping to yourself." Sobek replied.
Ra sighed. He knew somehow if this comes out the others would like to know it as well so he thought of a plan.
"Call the others, I want them here before I go to my nightly journey."
Sobek bowed again. "As you ordered, Lord Ra."
After a long while of waiting, the throne room was filled with different gods and goddesses that with their supreme powers could blow the whole room into bits.
"Why have you summoned us? Oh Lord Ra." Osiris asked as he bowed before him.
"I have you summoned pertaining to Queen Arsinoe's future wish." Ra told him as he stood from his throne.
"Why is something the matter?" Isis asked worriedly.
"Yes, there's a problem concerning that." answered Tawaret.
" And what is that goddess of women and childbirth?" pressed Horus, who was standing beside his father, arms crossed on his chest.
"I won't be saying a thing until Ra has explained his reasons in calling us here." Tawaret replied back.
"You better tell it already, Tawaret." Set ordered as he came out of the shadows.
"As I said earlier, I wouldn't say a thing." she reminded him.
A fight had already started and Ra sighed along with Osiris.
"It would be better if you explain it to them earlier." Osiris whispered to Ra's ear.
"Yes, I think so too... but then I like the idea of them fighting." he whispered back.
As if Osiris couldn't take anymore of it, he asked the permission of Ra and took over.
"WILL YOU ALL QUIET DOWN?" he shouted.
Instantly they obliged, they then stood as if waiting further orders. Osiris then sighed tiredly and motioned for Ra.
"As you all know that Queen Arsinoe couldn't no longer be able to carry a child."
"And why's that?" Isis asked, "All women have that responsibility!" she added.
Ra shook his head, "But not the Queen..." he drifted then turns to Tawaret. "Explain the reasons, Tawaret."
Tawaret then stood at the center. Somberly, looking at Isis, "As you said all women carry that responsibility but with case of Queen Arsinoe it's different...she is limited to only one."
"But what about if that one wishes to have another sibling? Wouldn't you deny the Queen for asking another?" Set, argued.
"It would risk her life, Set." Tawaret replied. "As much as I would like to give her another it might be her death that could be exchange for the life of the child." she added.
"I would do everything I can to give her another without risking her life but it couldn't be."
"How can we know that?" Sobek argued. "We don't even see you doing anything."
"I am doing what I can Sobek." she cooly replied. "I will give the Queen another child if ..."she stopped.
"You will give the Queen another if what Tawaret?" asked Ra from his throne.
Tawaret turned to Ra, her eyes pleading not to say it.
"Lord Ra, if I may say, the Queen is destined to die if she will have another and I foresee that the child..." she stopped again and looked at Isis.
"Tawaret was saying my lord, that if she let the Queen give birth to another she foresees a terrible fate."
"A terrible fate?" asked Horus, curiously. "On the child or the mother?"
"The child." replied Isis.
"How is that possible?" asked Set, curiously
"It is possible." Isis told him. She then turned to the others in the room.
"You all know that their firstborn is the one mentioned in the prophecy."
The other gods nodded. But Set then intervenes.
"What prophecy?" he asked.
"It's the prophecy that says that the chosen pharaoh bears the name of the three powerful Egyptian Gods." Thoth told him.
"Oh..." he mused. "So what?"
Ra sighed as he shook his head. Apparently Set doesn't have the brains to understand big matters like prophecies, ruling the kingdom and all he wanted to do is to wreak havoc and destroy. He then stood up, walked over to where Thoth is standing and looked at them in the eyes.
"The prophecy entails the future pharaoh such incredible powers that only him could decide to be the source of the downfall of Egypt or to raise it, surpassing what all the preceding rulers have done in the past."
"That's such a powerful gift." murmured Isis.
Ra nodded. "Exactly. That's why Tawaret and I does not want another child to be born in the same dynasty."
"But why?" asked Nepthys. "Osiris and Set are born in the same dynasty. Why don't you want to give another?"
"It will be disastrous for the Royal Family to have children that was indeed powerful without even wielding the millenium items." Ra told her.
"So all you're saying is that...you won't allow it?" asked Isis.
Ra nodded. He was about to end the meeting when Horus abruptly interrupted.
"Wait!"
Osiris looked at his son. He couldn't even seem to understand why Horus did this particular thing, he was usually not like this.
"What is it, Horus?"
"I was wondering if you could ask the council to vote in this matter?" he told them. "So it would look fair if some agree and some disagree..."
Ra thought for awhile, then he nodded, "Seems like a pretty good idea to me."
"So it's settled then?" Set asked.
Ra nodded then looked at the assembled gods, "Tomorrow we will vote on the matter at hand."
They dispersed, some to their duties but some like Horus, Isis, Set and Osiris guided Ra through his nightly journey. While they traveled in the underworld, Khonsu was shining his brightest that night, seemingly happy that indeed that the son of the pharaoh was sleeping peacefully in his sleep.