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