Post by Harpie Lady 1 on Dec 27, 2007 7:34:50 GMT -5
Egypt was burning. Even from where she stood inside the ast and empty palace Kiya could smell the acrid, chocing aroma of the smoke and ashes as the streets below her were filled with bright flames. The bandits struck again, looting, pillaging and burning whatever and whomever they could. But that wasn't the problem. Persia was attacking Egypt, and although hoards of the pharoah's soldiers were swarming through the panicing streets now, quenching flames and trying to restore peace- Kiya was not sure it would last.Her ka floated beside her, wrapping its arms around her shoulders in some small gesture of comfort, but she brushed it away. The harpie floated to a safe distance away from Kiya as the girl watched the city burn..... Sensing someone behind her, she turned only to see their revered pharoah Seto himself standing behind her, clutching his sennen rod in one hand and the sennen puzzle in the other. He looked a little burned and was bleeding from one arm. ''My pharoah.'' Kiya rushed forward to help him but he brushed her off. ''I'm fine.''Kiya bowed, nodded and stepped back, her gold jewellery swaying gently as she walked away. The flames had now receeded in the city, it was peaceful once again as the royal gaurds triumphed over the bandits. They could all sleep well for tonight, but it was only a matter of time before their greater enemies arrived.She returned to her quarters, reassuring and chatting absently to other inhabitants of the palace on her way. ''Everything is fine guys.'' She called as she reached her own quarters which she shared with a few other servants and fell unto her small mattress, ripping off the many peices of jewellery and throwing them to the floor. A dancer? No-one gets into history by being a dancer. Kiya thought sadly, curling up and waiting for sleep.