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     1.4 +Ra's Daughters
     1.5 +By
     1.6 +Black Rose
     1.7 +
     1.8 +Chapter Eight- Hope of Ra
     1.9 +
    1.10 +Two days had gone by with no sign of the Priest. The city was very
    1.11 +lively after the rain had come: the market was full of people and you
    1.12 +could see fishing bouts out on the great river. Sanura was staring
    1.13 +out of her bedroom window, smiling at the people below her.
    1.14 +"Why do I get this feeling that he's not coming back for a long
    1.15 +time?" she asked herself, somewhat relieved that the Priest was
    1.16 +finally gone.
    1.17 +The door to her room opened: she turned and saw Layla caring a try
    1.18 +of food. Layla put the food on the table next to the bed then turned
    1.19 +and wait for orders. The Priestess just smiled at her in return.
    1.20 +"Layla, why don't you sit down? I'm not going to give you any orders."
    1.21 +Layla bowed and sat on a chair next to the door then waited for
    1.22 +something to do for the Priestess. Sanura walked over to her desk,
    1.23 +sat down and started to write on some scrolls. Ra's Phoenix flew in
    1.24 +through the window and landed on Layla's lap.
    1.25 +"Well hello there," replied Layla as she smiled at the animal that
    1.26 +saved her life.
    1.27 +The three set in peaceful silence. You could hear the people talking
    1.28 +out side.
    1.29 +After a while the phoenix looked up at Layla.
    1.30 +"Why don't you tell her how you feel?" the phoenix mentally asked her.
    1.31 +Layla looked down at the bird and smiled a little,"I don't think
    1.32 +that's a good idea; she's a Priestess and I'm just a low class
    1.33 +worker."
    1.34 +"I have a feeling that it won't matter to her; I believe she feels
    1.35 +that same."
    1.36 +Layla looked up at Sanura and then back to the bird in her lap.
    1.37 +"Maybe, butr right now I'm happy to be with her this way."
    1.38 +The firebird just nodded its head and looked over to the Priestess.
    1.39 +Sanura felt that someone was watching her: she turned her head a
    1.40 +little to see Layla looking at her and Ra's pet sitting on her lap.
    1.41 +Her heart was betting very fast when she looked into Layla's eyes.
    1.42 +Layla saw that the Priestess was looking at her and a blush rose in
    1.43 +her cheeks.
    1.44 +"Do you need something, Priestess Sanura?" she asked, hoping that
    1.45 +she could do something for her.
    1.46 +The Priestess smiled and thought about it but nothing came to mind.
    1.47 +She put down what she was writing then got up and walked over to
    1.48 +Layla.
    1.49 +"Layla, could I ask you why you're by my side?" she asked kindly as
    1.50 +she sat down on the bed facing her.
    1.51 +Layla didn't know what to make of this; part of her was scared, but
    1.52 +the other part of her always wanted to be with the Priestess. Tears
    1.53 +began to fill her eyes and her face contorted into a mask of pain.
    1.54 +"I'm sorry Priestess, I just… I just…" she couldn't keep from crying.
    1.55 +Sanura turned to her, a sad yet understanding smile on her face.
    1.56 +The next thing they knew, a beautiful song had filled the air. The
    1.57 +women looked down and saw Ra's pet on the floor singing to them. The
    1.58 +Phoenix wonderous song made the whole kingdom feel at peace. The
    1.59 +people in the market stopped what they were doing and instead began
    1.60 +to look for where the song was coming from. The birdsong was silenced
    1.61 +as quickly and mysteriously as it had begun. In the Priestess' room
    1.62 +two young ladies were looking at one and other. Their eyes were
    1.63 +looking deep into each other's, and neither one of them knew what to
    1.64 +do: one part of them wanted to run to each other arms and never
    1.65 +leave… but then there was the other part, the part that was scared of
    1.66 +being faced with rejection.
    1.67 +As the two stared at one another, the firebird just kept looking
    1.68 +back and forth: it couldn't take it anyone. The next thing the two
    1.69 +women heard in their minds was laugher. They looked down at the bird
    1.70 +and saw it on the floor, laughing in amusment at something that
    1.71 +seemed to have escaped them both.
    1.72 +"What are you laughing about?" Sanura asked.
    1.73 +The Phoenix got back on its feet, flew onto the bed with them and
    1.74 +then spoke.
    1.75 +"Humans are so amusing, especially when two of them have feelings
    1.76 +for each other, and neither has any idea what to do about"
    1.77 +"What?" both women spoke at the same time, shocked by the Phoenix's
    1.78 +revealtion. 
    1.79 +They looked at one another, started to blush and turned away from
    1.80 +each other. Ra's pet phoenix laughed and flew out of the window in
    1.81 +order to find her human and her human's lover.
    1.82 +After a while, the Phoenix heard its master calling: it began to fly
    1.83 +to Ra's Temple, taking a shortcut through Sanura's room, where the
    1.84 +two women were still not looking at one another. Finally Layla looked
    1.85 +over to the other girl and saw that she was looking out of the
    1.86 +window. Layla got up then walked over and sat down next to the
    1.87 +Priestess, who turned and looked at her.
    1.88 +Sanura was in deep thought when she felt something on the bed with
    1.89 +her. She turned her head and saw the very person she had been
    1.90 +thinking about. She smiled at Layla, who smiled back in return.
    1.91 +Layla was about to say something, but Sanura never give her a chance
    1.92 +to, as she quickly kissed her. Layla was very shocked, never having
    1.93 +expected that to really happen, but the shock soon wore off and she
    1.94 +kissed the Priestess back.
    1.95 +*
    1.96 +   The Phoenix fleq into the temple and landed on the floor next the
    1.97 +eye of Ra. The eye started to glow and with a giant flash of light
    1.98 +the firebird disappears. Ra was sitting on his throne with his wife
    1.99 +next to him. Then a white flash of light appeared and his pet flew
   1.100 +into the room and then landed on his shoulder. 
   1.101 +"You need to speak to me, my lord?" the Phoenix asked.
   1.102 +"Thank you for coming; I know that you wanted to be with your human,
   1.103 +but I have information about the Priest."
   1.104 +His pet just nodded to show that she understood what he was saying.
   1.105 +"It seems that he used a dark spell to put his soul into a black
   1.106 +crystal, and sent it somewhere out of my land."
   1.107 +"What about Anubis, doesn't he know were it is?" asked his pet.
   1.108 +"It would seem that Anubis knew what he was doing, but he will not
   1.109 +give any information," Ra's wife sighed.
   1.110 +The Phoenix just turns its head to her and bows.
   1.111 +"So what do we do? If it was a spell and his soul is in a crystal
   1.112 +it's only a matter of time before he comes back to life."
   1.113 +"That may be true true, but I have a plan," Ra looked at his pet and
   1.114 +his wife and smiled.
   1.115 +"To make sure that the people of the time have the power to stop
   1.116 +him, we will be sending you and those two swords."
   1.117 +Selkhet thought this through and looked back at her husband.
   1.118 + "I think it would be a good idea if we left a little bit of your
   1.119 +soul behind to help as well," she spoke up.
   1.120 +"What do you have in mind, my dear?" Ra asked.
   1.121 +"Well, I get this feeling that these girls have had more than one
   1.122 +life together: if that's true then I would say that if we left some
   1.123 +information down on earth them it could help them."
   1.124 +Ra thought about it and then it came to him.
   1.125 + "How about this? We leave a little bit of ourselves in a animal and
   1.126 +that animal would watch over the person."
   1.127 +"That's a great idea," replied his wife.
   1.128 +"What do you think, my pet?" Ra asked the phoenix.
   1.129 +"That will work: I will be off now and get those swords," she told
   1.130 +them and with a flash of light she was gone
   1.131 + Ra and Selkhet looked at one and other and smiled, then began to
   1.132 +think about what animal they would use.
   1.133 +*
   1.134 +Back on Earth, Ramla was looking around for Nakia. After a while she
   1.135 +found standing on one of the many balconies that overlooked the
   1.136 +kingdom.
   1.137 +"So this is where you have been hiding?" she laughed slightly as she
   1.138 +spoke to her newfound lover.
   1.139 +Nakia turned her head a little to see her princess looking at her
   1.140 +with a loving smile. She was wearing one of her princess dress with a
   1.141 +small crown with the symbols of Ra on it.
   1.142 +She turned to the princess and bowed.
   1.143 +" And why have you been looking for me, princess?" she asked, a hint
   1.144 +of playfulness in her voice.
   1.145 + Ramla giggled, "Well I woke up from my nap and couldn't find you,
   1.146 +when I could have sworn that you were sleeping with me."
   1.147 +Nakia blushed when she caught the double meaning in the princess'
   1.148 +words.
   1.149 +Ramla walked over to Nakia and kissed her. The kiss lasted a while,
   1.150 +and when they broke apart the saw a beautiful bird fly up to them.
   1.151 +They knew who it was- Ra's pet Phoenix.
   1.152 +The firebird landed on the railing and bowed to her human and her
   1.153 +human's lover. She then told them what their plan is now that they
   1.154 +must deal once again with the priest. The two smiled and nodded. They
   1.155 +then summoned their swords and handed them over to the bird. She
   1.156 +thanked them and flew off into the sun. Nakia and Ramla smiled at one
   1.157 +another and walked back into the Palace, thankful for this peace,
   1.158 +even if it was destined only to last a short time.
   1.159 +
   1.160 +A/N-Well I finally got this story done, yay! I hope everyone liked
   1.161 +it. I left it like that because I have idea for a new story that goes
   1.162 +along with my Dark Rainbow Crystal story. I hope you liked the ending
   1.163 +to this. Thanks again to all that read and reviewed this story. If
   1.164 +you have time could you review this chapter? I'd really like to know
   1.165 +what you think. Thanks--- Black Rose
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