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1 Ra's Daughters
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2 By Black Rose
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3 Chapter Two
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4 Storm of Fire
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5 Moonpower02@Hotmail.com
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6
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7 A/N: Alright Diana will be introduced in this chapter, but her name
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8 here is Sanura: she is also a human, not a cat. Anyway, I hope I got
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9 the tenses right this time… eheehhe- Black Rose
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10
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11 Ra's Daughters
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12 By Black Rose
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13
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14 Chapter Two- Storm of Fire
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15
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16 Ra sat on his throne petting his phoenix, which was pearched
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17 above him on the back of his gilded, golden throne. His eyes had a
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18 glazed look to them, as he was currently deep in thought. The phoenix
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19 had its eyes completely closed, and is was singing a haunting tune
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20 that, though quiet, filled the enitre room.
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21 "I think that they are going to need help, what do you think?" Ra
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22 asked the phoenix, looking up at the brid as he broke out of his
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23 thoughts. His phoenix just moved its head a little in response.
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24 "I believe you're right, my husband; they well need help", replied
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25 Selkhet as she walked up to him. The goddess Selkhet was the wife of
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26 Ra, the beautious goddess of the Moon. She was as fair and silver as
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27 her husband was radient and golden, and her moonlit skin emitted an
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28 almost eerily white glow. Her eyes shone mysteriously as she fixed
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29 her husband in her enigmatic gaze.
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30 Ra looked back at her, seeing his golden features reflected in her
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31 silver pools, and smiled as she sat down next to him.
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32 "What do you think we should do about it?" he asked.
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33 "I will have one of my own Priestesses watch over them, and if need
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34 be send your pet down as well," came the reply.
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35 Ra thought about what she said and looked at his pet. The phoenix
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36 just nodded its head and took off flying around them.
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37 "I believe she is saying yes to your idea, Selkhet."
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38 Selkhet smiled and the both watched the beautiful bird fly around
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39 happily.
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40 "But which of your followers do you think you will be able to
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41 entrust with this task?" Ra asked his wife. "Surely not one of the
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42 High Priestesses; they have too much to handle at this time of rain."
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43 "No," Selkhet replied. "I actually never had the High Priestesses
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44 in mind. In fact, I know exactly who could carry out this task: her
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45 name is Sanura. She is only young, but she has served my order her
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46 entire life… though I must say, she also seems to have an affinity to
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47 Bastet, the cat mother. Perhaps her soul was that of a cat in her
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48 past life."
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49 Ra nodded; the girl seemed to be one whom he could trust; after
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50 all, the sacred cat was only drawn to those who were pure of heart,
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51 and it was one with a pure heart who was needed to guide the
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52 Pharaoh's daughter and her companion at this time.
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53 "Selkhet, pleases let Priestess Sanura know that she needs to watch
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54 over those two. If she asks, tell her that I will be sending help,
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55 and send my phoenix to her" he told her. With that, he got up from
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56 his throne and walking to the golden doors with the eye of Ra on
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57 them. He opened the door and his phoenix flew out, all the while
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58 singing a joyus and melodic tune. Selkhet walked over to him, kissed
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59 him on the cheek, and walked out of the room. Before he followed her,
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60 he looked back and thought 'this should be good'. Then he left and
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61 closed the door behind him.
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62 *******
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63 Down on Earth, Priestess Sanura was walking around in the temple,
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64 wondering what she was to do. All the higher members of the order of
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65 Selkhet were busy either in prayers to their goddess to stop the rain
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66 before a disatorous flood came, or they were busy preparing for the
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67 feast of Al-Selk-Ha, the mother goddesses feast, which was always
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68 held around the time the great river burst its banks. However, one of
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69 them was always needed to keep watch over the temple, and Sanura -
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70 being one of the youngest of their order - had been selected to do
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71 just that.
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72 As Sanura strolled around, she took time to fully observe her
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73 surroundings. She was tired and, in truth, all she wanted to do was
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74 sleep. She knew, however, that sleep was a luxury denied to her at
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75 the moment; she had a job to do, and, she supposed, why not enjoy it?
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76 She gazed around the room once more, not bothering to conceal her
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77 amazement. Even after all these years, her surroundings astounded
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78 her; there were statues of the goddess Selkhet all around the room:
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79 statues that, Sanura was sure, were made of nothing less than pure,
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80 solid gold. The statues, however, weren't even the height of the
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81 room's beauty; in the very center of the room stood a grand fountain
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82 that, even in times of drought, spouted clean, cold water, as it was
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83 connected to an underground river. It was because of the rivers that
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84 the temple was here, as rivers were a key symbol of the moon goddess,
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85 though no one knew exactly why that was.
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86 Sanura specualted that it was because Ra had created Selkhet from
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87 the waters of the Nile itself, then built the moon for her as a
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88 glorious palace: hence her assosiation with both the Earth and Moon.
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89 This was reflected in the design of the fountain, as it was of two
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90 huge hands that held the eye of Ra between them.
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91 Sanura stopped for a while besides the fountain and gazed at her
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92 mirror image as it appeared in the fountain.
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93 "What do you think I should do?" she asked her reflection.
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94 "I believe that you should take care of something for me" replied
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95 her reflection.
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96 Sanura shocked by that, and even more so when she saw her own
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97 reflection turn into the beautiful goddess Selkhet. Sanura bowed down
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98 to her goddess, who in turn smiled and nodded her head.
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99 "Priestess Sanura, you can get up, my child; I have things to tell
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100 you and very little time."
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101 Sanura got up and nodded.
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102 "What can I do?" she hoped it would be something she could handle.
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103 "Believe, me I know you can," replied Selkhet.
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104 "Did she just read my mind?" she asked herself.
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105 "Yes."
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106 Sanura was so astounded that she couldn't move; it was not so much
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107 the fact that her mighty goddess had read her mind as the fact that
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108 the goddess had spoken to one of their order… to her.
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109 "Oh phoenix", Selkhet's face turned away from Sanura for a moment,
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110 "could you help our dear friend here, please?" then the reflection
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111 despaired and a beautiful bird flew right through the water and out
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112 the other side, where it landed next to Sanura.
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113 The phoenix moved its head and pecked at her. Sanura turned her head
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114 and looked back at the water were her goddess was smiling at her.
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115 "I'm sorry, my goddess, what can I do for you?"
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116 "Well, it's not really what you can do for me; it's more for what
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117 you can do for Ra. You see, he has a plan to help the Pharaoh's
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118 daughter with something that she asked him for, and in this plan is
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119 this other girl by the name of Nikia; I would like you to watch over
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120 them because by the time the Pharaoh's daughter become of age they
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121 will need one another."
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122 "Yes, I will do what I can to help, my goddess" she replied bowing;
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123 she was glad that there was something that she could do to aid her
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124 patron.
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125 "Before, I go Ra has left his pet phoenix with you. He will help you
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126 to to help those girls," Selkhet said pointing to the bird next to
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127 her. Sanura looked down at the bird and bowed to it. It bowed back in
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128 return. She looked back to the water and her goddess was gone.
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129 "Will, its look like I'm going to have to find them, doesn't it?"
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130 she asked the phoenix. It just nodded its head, took off flying
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131 around her and out of the side window. Sanura thought about it, then
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132 it hit her like lightning.
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133 "Ra's Temple" she thought. She ran out of the temple and through the
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134 dunes and rain. It was so strange for her to be outside. Indeed, she
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135 knew that the sisterhood would punish her for leaving her duty when,
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136 no if, she returned; they would not believe that Selkhet had spoken
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137 to a pristess as lowly as her. Sanura, however, did not care; she
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138 merely continued to run through the desert rains and follow the
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139 phoenix to the temple of Ra, wherever that may have been.
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140 She then saw the phoenix flying around the top of a grand building,
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141 a building far more ornate and beautiful than even the temple of her
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142 goddess, Selkhet. It was then that she finally realised; this was
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143 Ra's temple, the place she had been searching for. Sanura smiled and
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144 ran to the bird. She then walked inside and saw two young women lying
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145 on the floor with the symbols of the eye of Ra on their foreheads.
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146 The phoenix flew in and landed next to her. She looked down and the
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147 bird nodded its head.
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148 "Will now it begins, and I will do my best to help" she thought and
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149 looked back at the young girls.
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150 The wind was blowing hard now, but she could almost swear that she
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151 had heard a voice whisper 'thank you' before it was swept it away
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152 forever.
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154
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155 A/N: Thanks for reading my story. I'm sorry that this chapter was so
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156 short, but I need to get something out of the way. I hope to have the
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157 next chapter up soon. --- Black Rose |
