rlm@0: Ra's Daughters
rlm@0: By Black Rose
rlm@0: Chapter Two
rlm@0: Storm of Fire
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rlm@0: A/N: Alright Diana will be introduced in this chapter, but her name
rlm@0: here is Sanura: she is also a human, not a cat. Anyway, I hope I got
rlm@0: the tenses right this time… eheehhe- Black Rose
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rlm@0:                      Ra's Daughters
rlm@0:                      By Black Rose
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rlm@0:                      Chapter Two- Storm of Fire
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rlm@0:     Ra sat on his throne petting his phoenix, which was pearched
rlm@0: above him on the back of his gilded, golden throne. His eyes had a
rlm@0: glazed look to them, as he was currently deep in thought. The phoenix
rlm@0: had its eyes completely closed, and is was singing a haunting tune
rlm@0: that, though quiet, filled the enitre room. 
rlm@0: "I think that they are going to need help, what do you think?" Ra
rlm@0: asked the phoenix, looking up at the brid as he broke out of his
rlm@0: thoughts. His phoenix just moved its head a little in response. 
rlm@0: "I believe you're right, my husband; they well need help", replied
rlm@0: Selkhet as she walked up to him. The goddess Selkhet was the wife of
rlm@0: Ra, the beautious goddess of the Moon. She was as fair and silver as
rlm@0: her husband was radient and golden, and her moonlit skin emitted an
rlm@0: almost eerily white glow. Her eyes shone mysteriously as she fixed
rlm@0: her husband in her enigmatic gaze. 
rlm@0:  Ra looked back at her, seeing his golden features reflected in her
rlm@0: silver pools, and smiled as she sat down next to him.
rlm@0: "What do you think we should do about it?" he asked.
rlm@0: "I will have one of my own Priestesses watch over them, and if need
rlm@0: be send your pet down as well," came the reply.
rlm@0: Ra thought about what she said and looked at his pet. The phoenix
rlm@0: just nodded its head and took off flying around them.
rlm@0: "I believe she is saying yes to your idea, Selkhet."
rlm@0: Selkhet smiled and the both watched the beautiful bird fly around
rlm@0: happily.
rlm@0: "But which of your followers do you think you will be able to
rlm@0: entrust with this task?" Ra asked his wife. "Surely not one of the
rlm@0: High Priestesses; they have too much to handle at this time of rain."
rlm@0:  "No," Selkhet replied. "I actually never had the High Priestesses
rlm@0: in mind. In fact, I know exactly who could carry out this task: her
rlm@0: name is Sanura. She is only young, but she has served my order her
rlm@0: entire life… though I must say, she also seems to have an affinity to
rlm@0: Bastet, the cat mother. Perhaps her soul was that of a cat in her
rlm@0: past life."  
rlm@0:  Ra nodded; the girl seemed to be one whom he could trust; after
rlm@0: all, the sacred cat was only drawn to those who were pure of heart,
rlm@0: and it was one with a pure heart who was needed to guide the
rlm@0: Pharaoh's daughter and her companion at this time.
rlm@0: "Selkhet, pleases let Priestess Sanura know that she needs to watch
rlm@0: over those two. If she asks, tell her that I will be sending help,
rlm@0: and send my phoenix to her" he told her. With that, he got up from
rlm@0: his throne and walking to the golden doors with the eye of Ra on
rlm@0: them. He opened the door and his phoenix flew out, all the while
rlm@0: singing a joyus and melodic tune. Selkhet walked over to him, kissed
rlm@0: him on the cheek, and walked out of the room. Before he followed her,
rlm@0: he looked back and thought 'this should be good'. Then he left and
rlm@0: closed the door behind him. 
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rlm@0: Down on Earth, Priestess Sanura was walking around in the temple,
rlm@0: wondering what she was to do. All the higher members of the order of
rlm@0: Selkhet were busy either in prayers to their goddess to stop the rain
rlm@0: before a disatorous flood came, or they were busy preparing for the
rlm@0: feast of Al-Selk-Ha, the mother goddesses feast, which was always
rlm@0: held around the time the great river burst its banks. However, one of
rlm@0: them was always needed to keep watch over the temple, and Sanura -
rlm@0: being one of the youngest of their order - had been selected to do
rlm@0: just that.
rlm@0:  As Sanura strolled around, she took time to fully observe her
rlm@0: surroundings. She was tired and, in truth, all she wanted to do was
rlm@0: sleep. She knew, however, that sleep was a luxury denied to her at
rlm@0: the moment; she had a job to do, and, she supposed, why not enjoy it?
rlm@0: She gazed around the room once more, not bothering to conceal her
rlm@0: amazement. Even after all these years, her surroundings astounded
rlm@0: her; there were statues of the goddess Selkhet all around the room:
rlm@0: statues that, Sanura was sure, were made of nothing less than pure,
rlm@0: solid gold. The statues, however, weren't even the height of the
rlm@0: room's beauty; in the very center of the room stood a grand fountain
rlm@0: that, even in times of drought, spouted clean, cold water, as it was
rlm@0: connected to an underground river. It was because of the rivers that
rlm@0: the temple was here, as rivers were a key symbol of the moon goddess,
rlm@0: though no one knew exactly why that was.
rlm@0:  Sanura specualted that it was because Ra had created Selkhet from
rlm@0: the waters of the Nile itself, then built the moon for her as a
rlm@0: glorious palace: hence her assosiation with both the Earth and Moon.
rlm@0: This was reflected in the design of the fountain, as it was of two
rlm@0: huge hands that held the eye of Ra between them.
rlm@0: Sanura stopped for a while besides the fountain and gazed at her
rlm@0: mirror image as it appeared in the fountain.
rlm@0:   "What do you think I should do?" she asked her reflection.
rlm@0: "I believe that you should take care of something for me" replied
rlm@0: her reflection.
rlm@0: Sanura shocked by that, and even more so when she saw her own
rlm@0: reflection turn into the beautiful goddess Selkhet. Sanura bowed down
rlm@0: to her goddess, who in turn smiled and nodded her head.
rlm@0: "Priestess Sanura, you can get up, my child; I have things to tell
rlm@0: you and very little time."
rlm@0:  Sanura got up and nodded. 
rlm@0: "What can I do?" she hoped it would be something she could handle.
rlm@0:  "Believe, me I know you can," replied Selkhet.
rlm@0: "Did she just read my mind?" she asked herself.
rlm@0: "Yes."
rlm@0: Sanura was so astounded that she couldn't move; it was not so much
rlm@0: the fact that her mighty goddess had read her mind as the fact that
rlm@0: the goddess had spoken to one of their order… to her.
rlm@0: "Oh phoenix", Selkhet's face turned away from Sanura for a moment,
rlm@0: "could you help our dear friend here, please?" then the reflection
rlm@0: despaired and a beautiful bird flew right through the water and out
rlm@0: the other side, where it landed next to Sanura.
rlm@0: The phoenix moved its head and pecked at her. Sanura turned her head
rlm@0: and looked back at the water were her goddess was smiling at her.
rlm@0: "I'm sorry, my goddess, what can I do for you?"
rlm@0: "Well, it's not really what you can do for me; it's more for what
rlm@0: you can do for Ra. You see, he has a plan to help the Pharaoh's
rlm@0: daughter with something that she asked him for, and in this plan is
rlm@0: this other girl by the name of Nikia; I would like you to watch over
rlm@0: them because by the time the Pharaoh's daughter become of age they
rlm@0: will need one another."
rlm@0: "Yes, I will do what I can to help, my goddess" she replied bowing;
rlm@0: she was glad that there was something that she could do to aid her
rlm@0: patron.
rlm@0: "Before, I go Ra has left his pet phoenix with you. He will help you
rlm@0: to to help those girls," Selkhet said pointing to the bird next to
rlm@0: her. Sanura looked down at the bird and bowed to it. It bowed back in
rlm@0: return. She looked back to the water and her goddess was gone. 
rlm@0: "Will, its look like I'm going to have to find them, doesn't it?"
rlm@0: she asked the phoenix. It just nodded its head, took off flying
rlm@0: around her and out of the side window. Sanura thought about it, then
rlm@0: it hit her like lightning. 
rlm@0: "Ra's Temple" she thought. She ran out of the temple and through the
rlm@0: dunes and rain. It was so strange for her to be outside. Indeed, she
rlm@0: knew that the sisterhood would punish her for leaving her duty when,
rlm@0: no if, she returned; they would not believe that Selkhet had spoken
rlm@0: to a pristess as lowly as her. Sanura, however, did not care; she
rlm@0: merely continued to run through the desert rains and follow the
rlm@0: phoenix to the temple of Ra, wherever that may have been. 
rlm@0:  She then saw the phoenix flying around the top of a grand building,
rlm@0: a building far more ornate and beautiful than even the temple of her
rlm@0: goddess, Selkhet. It was then that she finally realised; this was
rlm@0: Ra's temple, the place she had been searching for. Sanura smiled and
rlm@0: ran to the bird. She then walked inside and saw two young women lying
rlm@0: on the floor with the symbols of the eye of Ra on their foreheads.
rlm@0: The phoenix flew in and landed next to her. She looked down and the
rlm@0: bird nodded its head.
rlm@0: "Will now it begins, and I will do my best to help" she thought and
rlm@0: looked back at the young girls. 
rlm@0: The wind was blowing hard now, but she could almost swear that she
rlm@0: had heard a voice whisper 'thank you' before it was swept it away
rlm@0: forever. 
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rlm@0: 
rlm@0: A/N: Thanks for reading my story. I'm sorry that this chapter was so
rlm@0: short, but I need to get something out of the way. I hope to have the
rlm@0: next chapter up soon. --- Black Rose