rlm@0: A/N- Serena comes into the story; her name has been changed to Neith.
rlm@0: Thanks for reading- Black Rose
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:              Ra's Daughters
rlm@0:                   By
rlm@0:                Black Rose
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:                Chapter 4
rlm@0:             The Eye of the Storm
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:    A woman with long blonde hair was pacing around her daughter's
rlm@0: room as she waited for her to return. She was Neith, the Queen of
rlm@0: Egypt: she was a kind and loving person, a fair ruler whom her people
rlm@0: loved. At the moment, Neith was very worried; she didn't know were
rlm@0: her daughter was. 
rlm@0:  Neith put all thoughts of how terrified her duaghter must have been
rlm@0: out of her mind as she saw that the eye of the strom was directly
rlm@0: above her; she could only watch and wait for now.
rlm@0: "Ramla" she whispered to herself. As she looked up into the sky she
rlm@0: saw bird fly towards her. She had never seen such a beautiful bird:
rlm@0: nor indeed a bird that even remotely resmebled the one that was now
rlm@0: flying towards her. It was lager than the majority of the birds in
rlm@0: their land, and its plumage was as gold as the sands and as red as
rlm@0: the sun. It was beautiful, yes, but there was something ominous about
rlm@0: its presence… something unearthly. As the bird got closer, it landed
rlm@0: right in front of her and bowed. Neith's eyes widened as realisation
rlm@0: struck her.
rlm@0: "Is that a Phoenix?" she wondered and, to her shock, the bird nodded
rlm@0: its head as if it had heard her thoughts. She looked into its eyes
rlm@0: and saw Ra's symbol. She covered her mouth with her hands as she
rlm@0: gasped in shock. The bird began to sing a sweet, enchanting melody,
rlm@0: and Neith, who now felt more tranquil than she could ever remember
rlm@0: feeling before, closed her eyes and sat down next to it. She started
rlm@0: to hum along with it: the two together produced such beautful harmony
rlm@0: that it could be heared it all over the kingdom. A ray of light
rlm@0: landed on them, but Neith did not notice: she simply sat there, deep
rlm@0: within her own thoughts.
rlm@0: "So, this is Ra's Phoenix, I have this feeling in my heart that its
rlm@0: here to help, the song that its singing… I feel it's trying to tell
rlm@0: me something."
rlm@0: Images began to flash through her mind: she saw her daughter and
rlm@0: another woman talk to Ra himself, she also saw the Ra talking to his
rlm@0: wife, Selkhet: then it moved to Selkhet talking to what looked like
rlm@0: one of her Priestesses, and then it moved to that Priestesses talking
rlm@0: to her daughter and that other woman. 
rlm@0:  Neith opened her eyes to see that the Phoenix was set in her lap
rlm@0: sleeping.
rlm@0: "Well, at less I knew she is well," she said, petting the bird and
rlm@0: smiling slightly. Then something caught her eye, something that made
rlm@0: her jump: her daughter, Ramla, and her dark-haired friend had come
rlm@0: into view, and when she looked again she realised that the Priestess
rlm@0: of Selkhet was also with them.
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rlm@0: The great Pharaoh sat on his throne, hearing nothing within his mind
rlm@0: but a song that spoke of utter peace and tranquility. His eyes were
rlm@0: closed and he was also in deep thought.
rlm@0: "Is that my wife, and is that also a bird singing with her, what is
rlm@0: going on here?"
rlm@0: As the Pharaoh was thinking, a young man in a priest's outfit that
rlm@0: bore the symbol of Anubis walked into the throne room. He was
rlm@0: strangely colourless, his hair and even his eyes being eerily white
rlm@0: of hue, even at his young age. He walked to the foot of the Pharaoh's
rlm@0: throne and bowed. 
rlm@0: The Pharaoh opened his eyes and saw the high priest of Anubis bowing
rlm@0: to him. He sat up stiffly and gave the younger man a look of utter
rlm@0: venom.
rlm@0: "What do you want, Priest? I did not call for you, so why do you
rlm@0: present yourself to me?"
rlm@0: The Priest didn't look up, merely stayed in his bowed down position,
rlm@0: averting his colourless gaze away from the Pharaoh's darker orbs. 
rlm@0: "I'm sorry, my Pharaoh, but I need to tell you something," he said,
rlm@0: a malicious smirk forming on his face, though his voice was grave in
rlm@0: tone so the Pharaoh realised nothing of his true intentions.
rlm@0: The Pharaoh was beginning to get agitated now; he could have done
rlm@0: without interruption from the Priest. He just looked over at one of
rlm@0: his guards and nodded darkly. The guard bowed back to his Pharaoh;
rlm@0: then walked over to the priest and kicked hard in the side so that he
rlm@0: fell to the floor in a heap. The priest cried out in pain and
rlm@0: clutched his side. The guard looked up to his Pharaoh, and saw him
rlm@0: nod. He kicked him one more time and walked back to his post.
rlm@0: The pharaoh was not happy; the song of trasnquility had stopped. He
rlm@0: sat back down on his throne, his expression bitter and steely.
rlm@0: "Well, High Priest of Anubis, what do you wish to tell me that is so
rlm@0: important that it cannot wait until I summon you into my presence,"
rlm@0: he asked, the anger clearly audible in his voice
rlm@0: The colourless young man got ahold of himself and answered his
rlm@0: pharaoh, trying his best to keep both emotion and pain from his voice
rlm@0: as he spoke.
rlm@0: "My Pharaoh, it is about you daughter the Princess," he said,
rlm@0: knowing that that would get him what he wanted.
rlm@0: The Pharaoh eyes widened, and he stared down at this priest that was
rlm@0: going to soon be married to his one and only daughter.
rlm@0: "What has happened to her? Because if anything has happened to her
rlm@0: it will be you life," the Pharaoh hissed in a voice laced with pure
rlm@0: malice. He may have never been open to his feeling for his daughter
rlm@0: or for his wife for that matter, but deep down he loved them both
rlm@0: very much.
rlm@0:   The priest just smiled; this was just what he had wanted to happen.
rlm@0: "Great Pharaoh, your daughter is fine, as is your wife: at least for
rlm@0: now. However I had a vision recently that showed that a woman with
rlm@0: black hair and strangely violet eyes will will come to take both your
rlm@0: daughter and this kingdom from you. I also saw a birdlike fire with
rlm@0: her," he told, keeping the laughter in his mind completely separate
rlm@0: from his voice.
rlm@0: "Well, this should be good, very soon I will be the greatest
rlm@0: Pharaoh, and you will be dead along with that wife of yours." His
rlm@0: face retained only seriousness, but inside he was laughing.
rlm@0:   The Pharaoh toke this information in and closed his eyes. "You may
rlm@0: go, Priest," he said with a wave of his hand. The Priest bowed and
rlm@0: left, back to the temple of Anubis, smiling the whole time. When he
rlm@0: was gone the Pharaoh opened his eyes again and looked around his
rlm@0: throne room.  Something about this Priest was just didn't feel right:
rlm@0: he closed his eyes again and fell into his own thoughts.
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rlm@0: In Ra's Temple, three young ladies were looking out the window that
rlm@0: the phoenix had flown out of the day before. They looked at one
rlm@0: another and nodded, then ran out of the temple and followed the
rlm@0: phoenix's course to the Palace. As they ran, Nakia stopped and looked
rlm@0: up in the Eye of Ra. Ramla stopped when she saw that Nakia wasn't
rlm@0: running with her: instead of continuing, she turned around and saw
rlm@0: her friend looking up at something. The sun was hitting her hair in
rlm@0: such a way that it made her look as if she were not a mere mortal but
rlm@0: a goddess. Ramla's heart was betting very fast now, and couldn't keep
rlm@0: her eyes off Nakia…
rlm@0: "She's so beautiful: I have never felt like this before; a part of
rlm@0: me just wants to run in her arms and never leave them," she thought.
rlm@0: Nakia felt the warm of the sun on her face, but she could also feel
rlm@0: someone watching her, and it was making her uncomfterble. She turned
rlm@0: her head to see Ramla's garnet orbs transfixed on her, then felt a
rlm@0: blush creep into her pale cheeks as she noted her friend's almost
rlm@0: ethereal beauty in that light. As their eyes met, she saw that the
rlm@0: princess was staring at her in longing… no, not longing; the
rlm@0: expression in her eyes was too warm for that to have been the case.
rlm@0: The emotion she could see in Ramla's eyes was something far deeper
rlm@0: thanl longing…
rlm@0: "I feel something, something that I have not felt in along time. A
rlm@0: part of me wants to hold her, and never let go."
rlm@0: The two stood there looking at one another, then Sanura ran up to
rlm@0: Palace to see her Queen sitting there: the phoenix resting in her
rlm@0: lap. Then she heared it, the song, a joyus melody to which seemed the
rlm@0: epitome of bliss itself. She walked closer towards the Palace and saw
rlm@0: that not only was the phoenix singing: so was the Queen. She moved to
rlm@0: the Queen's side just as her eyes opened and the melodious singing
rlm@0: ended. Sanura looked over to where the Queen was staring, and saw
rlm@0: what it was that had interested her so. Two beautiful young ladies
rlm@0: were staring at eachother in an emotion no less than pure love… two
rlm@0: beautiful young ladies that they both knew...
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Ramla and Nakia felt someone looking at them; they turned to see
rlm@0: Ramla's mother and Sanura looking at them and smiling at them. Ramla
rlm@0: turned back Nakia, smiled and held out her hand to her friend. Nakia
rlm@0: felt her heart jump when she saw this: she walked up to her and took
rlm@0: her hand in her own. They smiled at each other and walked over to the
rlm@0: two women that were waiting for them.
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rlm@0: A/N- Hope you like this chapter eheheh; I hope to have the next one
rlm@0: up soon.