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1 Ra's Daughters
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2 By
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3 Black Rose
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5 Chapter Eight- Hope of Ra
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6
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7 Two days had gone by with no sign of the Priest. The city was very
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8 lively after the rain had come: the market was full of people and you
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9 could see fishing bouts out on the great river. Sanura was staring
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10 out of her bedroom window, smiling at the people below her.
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11 "Why do I get this feeling that he's not coming back for a long
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12 time?" she asked herself, somewhat relieved that the Priest was
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13 finally gone.
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14 The door to her room opened: she turned and saw Layla caring a try
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15 of food. Layla put the food on the table next to the bed then turned
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16 and wait for orders. The Priestess just smiled at her in return.
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17 "Layla, why don't you sit down? I'm not going to give you any orders."
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18 Layla bowed and sat on a chair next to the door then waited for
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19 something to do for the Priestess. Sanura walked over to her desk,
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20 sat down and started to write on some scrolls. Ra's Phoenix flew in
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21 through the window and landed on Layla's lap.
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22 "Well hello there," replied Layla as she smiled at the animal that
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23 saved her life.
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24 The three set in peaceful silence. You could hear the people talking
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25 out side.
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26 After a while the phoenix looked up at Layla.
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27 "Why don't you tell her how you feel?" the phoenix mentally asked her.
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28 Layla looked down at the bird and smiled a little,"I don't think
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29 that's a good idea; she's a Priestess and I'm just a low class
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30 worker."
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31 "I have a feeling that it won't matter to her; I believe she feels
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32 that same."
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33 Layla looked up at Sanura and then back to the bird in her lap.
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34 "Maybe, butr right now I'm happy to be with her this way."
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35 The firebird just nodded its head and looked over to the Priestess.
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36 Sanura felt that someone was watching her: she turned her head a
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37 little to see Layla looking at her and Ra's pet sitting on her lap.
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38 Her heart was betting very fast when she looked into Layla's eyes.
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39 Layla saw that the Priestess was looking at her and a blush rose in
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40 her cheeks.
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41 "Do you need something, Priestess Sanura?" she asked, hoping that
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42 she could do something for her.
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43 The Priestess smiled and thought about it but nothing came to mind.
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44 She put down what she was writing then got up and walked over to
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45 Layla.
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46 "Layla, could I ask you why you're by my side?" she asked kindly as
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47 she sat down on the bed facing her.
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48 Layla didn't know what to make of this; part of her was scared, but
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49 the other part of her always wanted to be with the Priestess. Tears
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50 began to fill her eyes and her face contorted into a mask of pain.
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51 "I'm sorry Priestess, I just… I just…" she couldn't keep from crying.
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52 Sanura turned to her, a sad yet understanding smile on her face.
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53 The next thing they knew, a beautiful song had filled the air. The
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54 women looked down and saw Ra's pet on the floor singing to them. The
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55 Phoenix wonderous song made the whole kingdom feel at peace. The
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56 people in the market stopped what they were doing and instead began
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57 to look for where the song was coming from. The birdsong was silenced
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58 as quickly and mysteriously as it had begun. In the Priestess' room
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59 two young ladies were looking at one and other. Their eyes were
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60 looking deep into each other's, and neither one of them knew what to
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61 do: one part of them wanted to run to each other arms and never
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62 leave… but then there was the other part, the part that was scared of
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63 being faced with rejection.
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64 As the two stared at one another, the firebird just kept looking
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65 back and forth: it couldn't take it anyone. The next thing the two
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66 women heard in their minds was laugher. They looked down at the bird
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67 and saw it on the floor, laughing in amusment at something that
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68 seemed to have escaped them both.
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69 "What are you laughing about?" Sanura asked.
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70 The Phoenix got back on its feet, flew onto the bed with them and
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71 then spoke.
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72 "Humans are so amusing, especially when two of them have feelings
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73 for each other, and neither has any idea what to do about"
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74 "What?" both women spoke at the same time, shocked by the Phoenix's
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75 revealtion.
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76 They looked at one another, started to blush and turned away from
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77 each other. Ra's pet phoenix laughed and flew out of the window in
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78 order to find her human and her human's lover.
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79 After a while, the Phoenix heard its master calling: it began to fly
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80 to Ra's Temple, taking a shortcut through Sanura's room, where the
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81 two women were still not looking at one another. Finally Layla looked
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82 over to the other girl and saw that she was looking out of the
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83 window. Layla got up then walked over and sat down next to the
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84 Priestess, who turned and looked at her.
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85 Sanura was in deep thought when she felt something on the bed with
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86 her. She turned her head and saw the very person she had been
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87 thinking about. She smiled at Layla, who smiled back in return.
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88 Layla was about to say something, but Sanura never give her a chance
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89 to, as she quickly kissed her. Layla was very shocked, never having
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90 expected that to really happen, but the shock soon wore off and she
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91 kissed the Priestess back.
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92 *
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93 The Phoenix fleq into the temple and landed on the floor next the
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94 eye of Ra. The eye started to glow and with a giant flash of light
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95 the firebird disappears. Ra was sitting on his throne with his wife
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96 next to him. Then a white flash of light appeared and his pet flew
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97 into the room and then landed on his shoulder.
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98 "You need to speak to me, my lord?" the Phoenix asked.
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99 "Thank you for coming; I know that you wanted to be with your human,
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100 but I have information about the Priest."
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101 His pet just nodded to show that she understood what he was saying.
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102 "It seems that he used a dark spell to put his soul into a black
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103 crystal, and sent it somewhere out of my land."
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104 "What about Anubis, doesn't he know were it is?" asked his pet.
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105 "It would seem that Anubis knew what he was doing, but he will not
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106 give any information," Ra's wife sighed.
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107 The Phoenix just turns its head to her and bows.
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108 "So what do we do? If it was a spell and his soul is in a crystal
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109 it's only a matter of time before he comes back to life."
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110 "That may be true true, but I have a plan," Ra looked at his pet and
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111 his wife and smiled.
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112 "To make sure that the people of the time have the power to stop
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113 him, we will be sending you and those two swords."
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114 Selkhet thought this through and looked back at her husband.
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115 "I think it would be a good idea if we left a little bit of your
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116 soul behind to help as well," she spoke up.
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117 "What do you have in mind, my dear?" Ra asked.
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118 "Well, I get this feeling that these girls have had more than one
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119 life together: if that's true then I would say that if we left some
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120 information down on earth them it could help them."
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121 Ra thought about it and then it came to him.
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122 "How about this? We leave a little bit of ourselves in a animal and
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123 that animal would watch over the person."
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124 "That's a great idea," replied his wife.
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125 "What do you think, my pet?" Ra asked the phoenix.
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126 "That will work: I will be off now and get those swords," she told
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127 them and with a flash of light she was gone
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128 Ra and Selkhet looked at one and other and smiled, then began to
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129 think about what animal they would use.
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130 *
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131 Back on Earth, Ramla was looking around for Nakia. After a while she
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132 found standing on one of the many balconies that overlooked the
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133 kingdom.
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134 "So this is where you have been hiding?" she laughed slightly as she
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135 spoke to her newfound lover.
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136 Nakia turned her head a little to see her princess looking at her
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137 with a loving smile. She was wearing one of her princess dress with a
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138 small crown with the symbols of Ra on it.
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139 She turned to the princess and bowed.
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140 " And why have you been looking for me, princess?" she asked, a hint
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141 of playfulness in her voice.
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142 Ramla giggled, "Well I woke up from my nap and couldn't find you,
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143 when I could have sworn that you were sleeping with me."
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144 Nakia blushed when she caught the double meaning in the princess'
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145 words.
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146 Ramla walked over to Nakia and kissed her. The kiss lasted a while,
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147 and when they broke apart the saw a beautiful bird fly up to them.
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148 They knew who it was- Ra's pet Phoenix.
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149 The firebird landed on the railing and bowed to her human and her
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150 human's lover. She then told them what their plan is now that they
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151 must deal once again with the priest. The two smiled and nodded. They
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152 then summoned their swords and handed them over to the bird. She
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153 thanked them and flew off into the sun. Nakia and Ramla smiled at one
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154 another and walked back into the Palace, thankful for this peace,
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155 even if it was destined only to last a short time.
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156
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157 A/N-Well I finally got this story done, yay! I hope everyone liked
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158 it. I left it like that because I have idea for a new story that goes
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159 along with my Dark Rainbow Crystal story. I hope you liked the ending
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160 to this. Thanks again to all that read and reviewed this story. If
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161 you have time could you review this chapter? I'd really like to know
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162 what you think. Thanks--- Black Rose |
