Ra's Daughters

 By

 Black Rose

 

 Chapter Eight- Hope of Ra

 

 Two days had gone by with no sign of the Priest. The city was very

 lively after the rain had come: the market was full of people and you

 could see fishing bouts out on the great river. Sanura was staring

 out of her bedroom window, smiling at the people below her.

 "Why do I get this feeling that he's not coming back for a long

 time?" she asked herself, somewhat relieved that the Priest was

 finally gone.

 The door to her room opened: she turned and saw Layla caring a try

 of food. Layla put the food on the table next to the bed then turned

 and wait for orders. The Priestess just smiled at her in return.

 "Layla, why don't you sit down? I'm not going to give you any orders."

 Layla bowed and sat on a chair next to the door then waited for

 something to do for the Priestess. Sanura walked over to her desk,

 sat down and started to write on some scrolls. Ra's Phoenix flew in

 through the window and landed on Layla's lap.

 "Well hello there," replied Layla as she smiled at the animal that

 saved her life.

 The three set in peaceful silence. You could hear the people talking

 out side.

 After a while the phoenix looked up at Layla.

 "Why don't you tell her how you feel?" the phoenix mentally asked her.

 Layla looked down at the bird and smiled a little,"I don't think

 that's a good idea; she's a Priestess and I'm just a low class

 worker."

 "I have a feeling that it won't matter to her; I believe she feels

 that same."

 Layla looked up at Sanura and then back to the bird in her lap.

 "Maybe, butr right now I'm happy to be with her this way."

 The firebird just nodded its head and looked over to the Priestess.

 Sanura felt that someone was watching her: she turned her head a

 little to see Layla looking at her and Ra's pet sitting on her lap.

 Her heart was betting very fast when she looked into Layla's eyes.

 Layla saw that the Priestess was looking at her and a blush rose in

 her cheeks.

 "Do you need something, Priestess Sanura?" she asked, hoping that

 she could do something for her.

 The Priestess smiled and thought about it but nothing came to mind.

 She put down what she was writing then got up and walked over to

 Layla.

 "Layla, could I ask you why you're by my side?" she asked kindly as

 she sat down on the bed facing her.

 Layla didn't know what to make of this; part of her was scared, but

 the other part of her always wanted to be with the Priestess. Tears

 began to fill her eyes and her face contorted into a mask of pain.

 "I'm sorry Priestess, I just… I just…" she couldn't keep from crying.

 Sanura turned to her, a sad yet understanding smile on her face.

 The next thing they knew, a beautiful song had filled the air. The

 women looked down and saw Ra's pet on the floor singing to them. The

 Phoenix wonderous song made the whole kingdom feel at peace. The

 people in the market stopped what they were doing and instead began

 to look for where the song was coming from. The birdsong was silenced

 as quickly and mysteriously as it had begun. In the Priestess' room

 two young ladies were looking at one and other. Their eyes were

 looking deep into each other's, and neither one of them knew what to

 do: one part of them wanted to run to each other arms and never

 leave… but then there was the other part, the part that was scared of

 being faced with rejection.

 As the two stared at one another, the firebird just kept looking

 back and forth: it couldn't take it anyone. The next thing the two

 women heard in their minds was laugher. They looked down at the bird

 and saw it on the floor, laughing in amusment at something that

 seemed to have escaped them both.

 "What are you laughing about?" Sanura asked.

 The Phoenix got back on its feet, flew onto the bed with them and

 then spoke.

 "Humans are so amusing, especially when two of them have feelings

 for each other, and neither has any idea what to do about"

 "What?" both women spoke at the same time, shocked by the Phoenix's

 revealtion. 

 They looked at one another, started to blush and turned away from

 each other. Ra's pet phoenix laughed and flew out of the window in

 order to find her human and her human's lover.

 After a while, the Phoenix heard its master calling: it began to fly

 to Ra's Temple, taking a shortcut through Sanura's room, where the

 two women were still not looking at one another. Finally Layla looked

 over to the other girl and saw that she was looking out of the

 window. Layla got up then walked over and sat down next to the

 Priestess, who turned and looked at her.

 Sanura was in deep thought when she felt something on the bed with

 her. She turned her head and saw the very person she had been

 thinking about. She smiled at Layla, who smiled back in return.

 Layla was about to say something, but Sanura never give her a chance

 to, as she quickly kissed her. Layla was very shocked, never having

 expected that to really happen, but the shock soon wore off and she

 kissed the Priestess back.

 *

    The Phoenix fleq into the temple and landed on the floor next the

 eye of Ra. The eye started to glow and with a giant flash of light

 the firebird disappears. Ra was sitting on his throne with his wife

 next to him. Then a white flash of light appeared and his pet flew

 into the room and then landed on his shoulder. 

 "You need to speak to me, my lord?" the Phoenix asked.

 "Thank you for coming; I know that you wanted to be with your human,

 but I have information about the Priest."

 His pet just nodded to show that she understood what he was saying.

 "It seems that he used a dark spell to put his soul into a black

 crystal, and sent it somewhere out of my land."

 "What about Anubis, doesn't he know were it is?" asked his pet.

 "It would seem that Anubis knew what he was doing, but he will not

 give any information," Ra's wife sighed.

 The Phoenix just turns its head to her and bows.

 "So what do we do? If it was a spell and his soul is in a crystal

 it's only a matter of time before he comes back to life."

 "That may be true true, but I have a plan," Ra looked at his pet and

 his wife and smiled.

 "To make sure that the people of the time have the power to stop

 him, we will be sending you and those two swords."

 Selkhet thought this through and looked back at her husband.

  "I think it would be a good idea if we left a little bit of your

 soul behind to help as well," she spoke up.

 "What do you have in mind, my dear?" Ra asked.

 "Well, I get this feeling that these girls have had more than one

 life together: if that's true then I would say that if we left some

 information down on earth them it could help them."

 Ra thought about it and then it came to him.

  "How about this? We leave a little bit of ourselves in a animal and

 that animal would watch over the person."

 "That's a great idea," replied his wife.

 "What do you think, my pet?" Ra asked the phoenix.

 "That will work: I will be off now and get those swords," she told

 them and with a flash of light she was gone

  Ra and Selkhet looked at one and other and smiled, then began to

 think about what animal they would use.

 *

 Back on Earth, Ramla was looking around for Nakia. After a while she

 found standing on one of the many balconies that overlooked the

 kingdom.

 "So this is where you have been hiding?" she laughed slightly as she

 spoke to her newfound lover.

 Nakia turned her head a little to see her princess looking at her

 with a loving smile. She was wearing one of her princess dress with a

 small crown with the symbols of Ra on it.

 She turned to the princess and bowed.

 " And why have you been looking for me, princess?" she asked, a hint

 of playfulness in her voice.

  Ramla giggled, "Well I woke up from my nap and couldn't find you,

 when I could have sworn that you were sleeping with me."

 Nakia blushed when she caught the double meaning in the princess'

 words.

 Ramla walked over to Nakia and kissed her. The kiss lasted a while,

 and when they broke apart the saw a beautiful bird fly up to them.

 They knew who it was- Ra's pet Phoenix.

 The firebird landed on the railing and bowed to her human and her

 human's lover. She then told them what their plan is now that they

 must deal once again with the priest. The two smiled and nodded. They

 then summoned their swords and handed them over to the bird. She

 thanked them and flew off into the sun. Nakia and Ramla smiled at one

 another and walked back into the Palace, thankful for this peace,

 even if it was destined only to last a short time.

 

 A/N-Well I finally got this story done, yay! I hope everyone liked

 it. I left it like that because I have idea for a new story that goes

 along with my Dark Rainbow Crystal story. I hope you liked the ending

 to this. Thanks again to all that read and reviewed this story. If

 you have time could you review this chapter? I'd really like to know

 what you think. Thanks--- Black Rose