rlm@2: Ra's Daughters rlm@2: By Black Rose rlm@2: Chapter Three rlm@2: Three Light of Rain rlm@2: Moonpower02@Hotmail.com rlm@2: rlm@2: rlm@2: Ra's Daughters rlm@2: By Black Rose rlm@2: rlm@2: Chapter Three Light of Rain rlm@2: rlm@2: Sanura stood looking down at the two the young ladies, and a small rlm@2: smile came to her face. She looked over to the Pharaoh's daughter, rlm@2: walked over to her, bent down, and shook her gently to rouse her. rlm@2: "Princess, can you hear me? Princess?" rlm@2: Ramla open her eyes a little and saw a young woman about her age rlm@2: next to her. She was looking at her and then over her to something rlm@2: else. Ramla turned over a little and saw Nakia lying on her side with rlm@2: her eyes closed. Ramla's eyes widened in shock and fear. rlm@2: Sanura could clearly see the fear in her eyes, so she reached out rlm@2: to comfort the girl, but before she could say anything Ramla got up rlm@2: very fast and ran over to her friend, who was still unconscious. rlm@2: "Nakia! Are you alright? Can you hear me? Please wake up! Nakia? rlm@2: Nakia?" she yelled in panic as she reached out and shook her friend. rlm@2: Nakia opened her eyes to see Ramla next to her, her strange red eyes rlm@2: overflowing with tears. rlm@2: "Is she crying?" she thought: Ramla's eyes looked so sad, she rlm@2: couldn't bear it. "I'm fine, Ramla, so please don't cry" she smiled, rlm@2: reaching out and brushing the tears from the other girl's face. rlm@2: Sanura just watched the two: she then turned her head to the phoenix rlm@2: and saw it doing a little dance: well it looked like a dance to her. rlm@2: She started to giggle slightly in amusment at the phoenix's antics. rlm@2: rlm@2: Ramla and Nakia heard someone giggle, turned there heads to see the rlm@2: young woman that woke Ramla giggling at the phoenix: both girl's eyes rlm@2: flashed white just as lighting hit the ground somewhere out side. rlm@2: Their eyes went back to normal. They looked at one and other and back rlm@2: to the bird, and woman. rlm@2: Sanura saw the young ladies looking at her and the phoenix. She rlm@2: stopped giggling and walked over to them, then bowed down to her rlm@2: Princess. rlm@2: "Good evening Princess, my name is Priestess Sanura, I am here to rlm@2: help you along with Ra's phoenix. I believe that you have meet it rlm@2: before," she said, looking up at them. rlm@2: Ramla looked into her eyes and could tell that she was friendly. She rlm@2: smiled and looked over to her dark haired friend. She saw that Nakia rlm@2: was a little worried about something. rlm@2: "Nakia, are you alright?.... you seem a little sad." rlm@2: "I'm fine, Ramla, I just trying to take all this in" she sighed as rlm@2: she sat down. The Phoenix hopped over to her and sat on her lap. She rlm@2: smiled at the bird and started to pet it. rlm@2: Sanura got up, walked over to one of the golden bowls and waved her rlm@2: hand. In a fraction of a second a fire had come to life. Then she rlm@2: went to the others and repeated the process. rlm@2: "There, nice and warm," she said walking back over to them. rlm@2: "I think it would help, if we have a place for you to stay while rlm@2: you're here Nakia. We should also talk to your mother, Princess; rlm@2: after all, she cannot become part of your serving or guard without rlm@2: your parent's approval, can she?" rlm@2: "I believe that is a good idea, Sanura" replied Ramla turning her rlm@2: head to the Priestess and then back to Nakia. She saw her dark haired rlm@2: friend nod at her and went back to the Phoenix in her lap. rlm@2: Ramla smiled, got up, walked over to her cat, picked it up and rlm@2: started to pet it. rlm@2: "Well have to wait for the eye of the storm to pass before we can rlm@2: walk over to the palace in safety," the Priestess as she stared in rlm@2: worry out of the window. rlm@2: Ramla walked back over to Nakia and sat next to her. rlm@2: "So Nakia, what would you like to talk about? I really don't know rlm@2: you; I would love to know you better. If you don't mind, that is…" rlm@2: she asked with a little smile. She was little worried that she would rlm@2: wanted to talk to her, or stay her with her. She felt that she needs rlm@2: her and didn't know why. rlm@2: Nakia looked up and saw something in her new friend's eyes that made rlm@2: her feel, well, she couldn't really tell what kind of feeling it was, rlm@2: but she knew that if she was going to help she was going to know a rlm@2: lot of things. rlm@2: "What would you like to know Ramla?" Nakia replied with a smile. rlm@2: Ramla's heart jumped when she saw that smile; she could die now and rlm@2: she wouldn't care, for if she did she was going to die in sheer bliss. rlm@2: "Let me see...oh, how old are you?" rlm@2: "I'm sixteen, you?" rlm@2: "I'm going to be sixteen in three days" she replied in a sad voice. rlm@2: Nakia looked at her and could tell there was something wrong with rlm@2: this. She looked over to the Priestess and saw she was thinking the rlm@2: same thing. rlm@2: "Ramla, I have a feeling that you need tell us something. You know rlm@2: that we can only help you if we know what is going on." Sanura said, rlm@2: walking back over to them with a kind smile on her face, where she rlm@2: stopped and sat down across from them. rlm@2: Ramla nodded and turned to Nakia who wore the same, calm expression rlm@2: as Sanura, but her eyes told her a different story: her eyes were rlm@2: dark, distant, broken. Ramla was very worried, and hope that she rlm@2: could help. With that she nodded and began to explain the situation. rlm@2: "I have to marry the High Priest of God Anubis on my birthday," rlm@2: Ramla sighed. "My father believes that he is right for me, and will rlm@2: rule his kingdom in a fair and just way after my father's death. For rlm@2: along time I have been having this feeling that something isn't right rlm@2: about him." rlm@2: "Your father or the high priest?" asked Nakia rlm@2: "The high priest; his eyes tell me he is up to something; they're so rlm@2: unnaturally pale… like a substance colder than anything ever to be rlm@2: found in this kingdom; colder than the great river on a desert night… rlm@2: It's as though he can see right into your thoughts; your emotions: rlm@2: your soul to find your deepest secrets and use them to manipulate rlm@2: you. rlm@2: "Also there is nothing genuine about him. I have watched how he rlm@2: treats those that are lower down the hierarchy than him, and let me rlm@2: tell you, I feel sorry for them. He is so unimaginabley cruel to the rlm@2: slaves that it makes me sick to think about it… But when he is with rlm@2: me, or my mother and father he appears to be the nicest man you could rlm@2: ever meet. I knew that he is not the right person for me, or for the rlm@2: good of this kingdom. You have to believe me," she told them, hoping rlm@2: they would understand. rlm@2: Ra's pet jumped up and walk over to her and bow to her. Then walked rlm@2: back over to Nakia and lay down in her lap. rlm@2: "Well, it looks like she believes you, Princess, and I knew that I rlm@2: feel the same way about him, and so I trust you and believe you," rlm@2: answered Sanura, whoe bowed again and went over to the window. Ramla rlm@2: slowly looked over to Nakia. Her eyes were closed and for the first rlm@2: time saw the symbol on her forehead: it was Ra's symbol and it was rlm@2: glowing. rlm@2: "Nakia," she said in a worried voice. rlm@2: Nakia opened her eyes and smiled at her. "Princess, I believe you. I rlm@2: will help you any way I can, but I still don't know why Ra asks me, a rlm@2: peasent girl from another kingdom, of all people," she answers. rlm@2: The Phoenix started to sing a bright yet ethereal melody: the power rlm@2: coming from its song was making everyone calm: all of them were now rlm@2: deep within their own thoughts. rlm@2: In Ramla was looking at Nakia, studying her unusual-looking friend rlm@2: as strange thoughts began to gnaw their way into her mind. rlm@2: "I don't knew why Ra ask you to help me Nakia, but I very glad he rlm@2: did…I wonder what her lips feel like…No, what am I thinking; I can't rlm@2: think like that. Women cannot love other women; the Gods decreed it rlm@2: to be this way… didn't they?" Ramla's face became very red and she rlm@2: turns her head to look out the window hoping that her dark-haired rlm@2: friend didn't see her blush. rlm@2: Nakia was in deep thought: she was looking at her new friend, and rlm@2: was trying to find out why she had been chosen for such a task. So rlm@2: many questions had come into her mind that she felt like her head rlm@2: might soon burst. rlm@2: "Why did she turn to look out the window, and is she blushing too? rlm@2: Why do I have this feeling in me, what is it, and why do I feel it's rlm@2: what will help her? What can I do to help a princess; goddess I wish rlm@2: I had some answers." Nakia's eerie, violet eyes scanned the room and rlm@2: then turned back to the princess. rlm@2: Sanura was just looking out the window and into the coming storm. rlm@2: The strangely cold wind whipped across her face as she sat there deep rlm@2: in thought. rlm@2: "Goddess, I now see why Ra chose that young woman to help the rlm@2: princess, but they need more time, I don't knew what I can to do to rlm@2: help them; I fear that they may have her killed if she is with the rlm@2: princess. I will try to think of something in the meantime." rlm@2: She turned around and looked at the two girls: one was looking out rlm@2: the window and the other was watching her. A smile came to her face. rlm@2: "Well, I think we need to make a plan first of all." rlm@2: "A plan?" rlm@2: "Yes, we have to plan what we're going to tell your mother, Ramla. rlm@2: Any ideas?" she asked them. rlm@2: They sat there thinking off ideas: after about fifteen minutes they rlm@2: looked at one another and sighed. rlm@2: "I got nothing, couldn't lie to my mother about anything at all, and rlm@2: she would knew if I was lying to her," Ramla said, laughing quietly. rlm@2: "Yes, I would do a bad job at lying too; it wouldn't feel right to rlm@2: lie to my Queen" replied Sanura with a grin. rlm@2: Nakia did say anything, but she knew that lying would not get them rlm@2: anywhere, so she just nodded. rlm@2: "I have a feeling that your mother will understand if you just tell rlm@2: her what is going on," replied Nakia. The phoenix got up, turned, rlm@2: nodded at Nakia, and took off out the window. rlm@2: "I think someone thinks the same thing," replied Sanura, who was rlm@2: looking out the window watching the bird fly to the palace as the eye rlm@2: of the storm crept ominously closer into view. rlm@2: rlm@2: rlm@2: A/N- I hoped everyone like this chapter. I hope to have the next rlm@2: chapter up soon. And a new character will be introduced eheeeheh. rlm@2: Just thought I ask people to review little more and thanks to those rlm@2: that do it helps. And thanks again to my beta Silver Sailor Ganymede rlm@2: you rock!