Calankaiana and Heru walk silently to the stables with their horses, a little shell-shocked about the night's events. Naomi and Alonsa follow close behind, floating about 15 feet behind.
"So...now what?" Naomi asks.
"Just watch." Alonsa answers.
When Calankaiana and Heru reach the stables, Heru walks quickly ahead and disappears into the stables, Ra following. Calankaiana stands with Lotus and blinks in surprise, confused.
"What's he doing?" Naomi asks, floating down to Calankaiana's side.
"I do not know." Calankaiana answers as Heru returns.
He walks quickly to her and holds out a simple wooden box.
"I promised to have something for you. I hope you like it." he says as Calankaiana takes it from him.
"What is it?" she asks.
"Open it."
"Alright then." she says as she removes the top of the box.
She gasps when she sees what's inside. Laying perfectly on a rich blue satin is a beautiful pendant. It's a topaz with three crystal hydrangea petals connected to the gem, and two curly strips of metal take the place of the fourth petal. Naomi gasps.
"That's your-!" Naomi starts, before Alonsa covers her mouth.
"Shh!" Alonsa spits, still holding Naomi firm.
They watch as Calankaiana carress the back of her neck, and reveal her birthmark that looks oddly similar to the necklace, slightly blushing.
"I saw the mark on your neck and thought it looked similar to this pendant. It once belonged to my mother." Heru says.
"Oh, Heru, I cannot take this, it's too beautiful. And it was your mother's-"
"My mother would be happy if you had it. Please, accept it." Heru interupts.
Calankaiana gazes back down at the necklace and sighs, then looks back up at Heru.
"Do I have to put it on myself?" she asks, smirking.
"Oh, no, of course not. I can do that." Heru says as Calankaiana begins to giggle.
She gives him the box, then turns and lifts her hair, revealing her birthmark. He smiles as he lifts the necklace by it's gold cord and wraps it around her neck, clasping each end. She lets go of her hair and turns back around to face him.
"It looks beautiful on you." he says as she looks down to stare at the pendant.
"I love it, thank you." Calankaiana says as she hugs him, causing him to blush.
"Y-Your welcome."
Calankaiana releases him and smiles, the wind beginning to blow her hair towards him. As she begins to blush, she quickly kisses him on the cheek and runs away, afraid to say something stupid, but leaves him stunned. Alonsa quickly follows Calankaiana, but Naomi stays behind, transfixed on Heru.
Red rises to his cheeks as he still stands there, Lotus neighing behind him. Slowly, he comes out of his shock and turns and takes Lotus' reins, then leads her to her grand stable. After he comes back out, he looks up at the full moon and sighs.
"Osiris, help me. I do not know what is happening. I mean, this morning, I was nothing but a stable hand. But now, I have become transfixed on the goddess that rules your land under you. And already, I have been stolen of two kisses to the cheek by her..." He says as hits on a stable fense.
"He really likes her..." Naomi says to herself.
"I cannot believe it, but, I think I am in love with her..." he says.
Naomi's heart skips a beat as he says that, her cheeks blushing. Slowly, she floats down to his side and sits beside him, her presense unknown by him.
"Oh, what am I saying? She is the Queen of Egypt, I cannot be with her. No Pharaoh would take a stable hand as their husband. It is impossible. There is no way she would love me as this. I am doomed in one sided love." he says as holds his head in his hands, frustrated.
Naomi shakes her head in disagreement.
"No..." she says, "Calankaiana does care about you. How can you not see it. I can see it, and I'm not, in reality, even here. Open your eyes, you can't let let this stupid class system effect how you feel about her!"
As Naomi yells, she accidentally rests her hand on his, and he reacts instantly. He gets up from the fence and turns back, his eyes wide with surprise.
"Wh-Who is there?" he asks.
She gasps in surprise.
"Can he hear me?" she whispers.
He reacts.
"Who said that?" he asks.
"Um-uh, I-I am..." Naomi babbles, trying to think of a egyptian goddess, "Isis! Isis, yeah."
"Isis? Is that truly you?" he asks, his eyes wide with surprise.
"Yes. I have come to help you with your problem in love." Naomi says, trying to change her voice up a bit.
"Oh, great Goddess, please help me. I am so confused by this."
"You shouldn't be."
"What?"
"Can you really not see it?"
"What is that?"
"Mukantagara Asim, Pharaoh Calankaiana, does care for you. You saved her life when she was attacked by those horsemen and protected her against the Lord when he tried to forcefully take her as his own. She has great feelings for you, and everytime you're with her, she is as happy as can be." Naomi says, trying to sound as wise as possible.
"She does?"
"Do you dought me?"
"No, no, of course not, great Goddess." Heru says quickly, then smiles, "Thank you Isis."
"To you, at this moment, call me Naomi." she says, floating behind him.
"Naomi? I don't know why, but I really adore that name. It's beautiful."
Naomi tries her best not to giggle as her cheeks become cherry red.
"I love you Heru, I really do." Naomi says in her normal voice, wraping her arms around him as she kisses him on the cheek, something he feels.
"Mukantagara..?" he says, reconizing her voice as Calankaiana's as she floats away after Alonsa and the real Calankaiana.
"I hope you were reincarnated like me Heru. I would love for you to say that you love me..." Naomi says to herself as she floats up the steps.
"You, the Queen of Egypt, falling for a stable hand?!" she hears a all too familar voice yell.
Naomi quickens her pace and flies into Calankaiana's bedchamber to be interupting a fight between Calankaiana and her sister, Neema.
"How could you even want to put yourself in the arms of such a low-classed, dirty-" Neema yells.
"Don't you dare speak of Heru as such!" Calankaiana snaps.
"Calankaiana, you are wrong in the head! You have become a complete lunatic!"
"How do you even know of him?"
"One should not accept a gift from and hug a servant in broad moon-light." Neema says quieter.
"When did this start?" Naomi asks as she floats over to where Alonsa is spectating.
"Just as she walked into the room. It seems she was waiting in here." Alonsa answers.
"Then you had the audacity to steal a kiss from him! The nerve you have is that of 10 men!" Neema interupts.
"I believed it fit the situation-" Calankaiana starts.
"When is a kiss ever fitting?! It is foul!" Neema snaps.
"It was only on the cheek-"
"Then what, the forehead? The neck? Or perhaps you will steel a kiss of the lips. Tounge and all!" Neema yells.
"Heru is not a wretch. Unlike that Lord Chuma you wanted me to give my hand to."
"He is not a wretch-"
"Did you not hear of what he did to me?! Do you not see these bruises, these injuries?!" Calankaiana snaps.
"He wanted to show you affection-"
"He pinned me to the floor!"
"You were being stubborn, like always."
"I was not! I was level headed until he pinned me down and removed my collar and choker by force!"
"He didn't though-"
"Not before Heru ran in, threw him off of me, and protected me from that demon of a man!" Calankaiana interupts.
"So, he also saw you as that-"
"He didn't look once! Then he protected me as a sword was about to befall my head-"
"As you protected him from being slaughtered for false judgement. Face it Calankaiana, your allowing yourself to put you in danger, just to save this one man!" Neema explains.
"He is not an ordinary man..." Calankaiana says under her breath.
"Yes he is, you are just imagining him as extraordinary because you lust for comfort and love-"
"No! I am not fantasizing anything. Heru is special, and I know it!"
"How exactly?"
"Because-"
"Because what?"
"Just because-"
"Because what, Mukantagara-!"
"Because I love him!" she snaps, surprising everyone in the room, even Neema.
For a moment, everyone is silent as Calankaiana cheeks begin to become red as she thinks of Heru. Slowly, Naomi watches as Neema begins to smirk, her eyes flahing with the intent of darkness.
"Well, that I did not know I would get out of you. But I hope you realize that your statement not only jeopordized your throne, but the very man you love. Try to sleep tonight, Calankaiana, for it will be the last ounce you will get before the heavens you walk upon crash into the reality of Earth. Goodbye." Neema says as she walks out the door, leaving Calankaiana stunned.
"I know that she was my sister and all, but dang, do I hate her!" Naomi comments, floating down to Calankaiana's side.
"What do you think she will do to Heru?" Alonsa asks.
"I do not know, but I have a feeling that it will probably not be pleasant. At least, for me." Calankaiana answers, thinking about Neema's words.
"Can't you get her kicked out of the palace?" Naomi asks.
"Throwing her out would just lead to people asking questions, and I don't need that." Calankaiana explains.
"Oh." Naomi says.
"So, what are you going to do?" Alonsa asks.
Calankaiana looks away, thinking over the question. After a minute, she turns back.
"I'll just have someone keep watch over Heru. And, so he doesn't get concerned, I will explain the situation to him." Calankaiana explains.
"Sounds easy enough." Alonsa comments.
"But what is Neema orders the guards to do something to him?" Naomi points out.
"By the will of Isis, they had better listen to me over her, seeing as how I am the Pharaoh, not her." Calankaiana answers.
"That would make sense." Naomi says.
Alonsa and Calankaiana nod.
"Calankaiana, I think you should go ahead and get some rest. You will have to have strengh to overcome whatever Neema is trying to come up with. Please, go to bed." Alonsa advises.
Calankaiana looks over at Naomi, who nods. She sighs.
"Alright. I will do as you ask. Goodnight." Calankaiana answers as she removes he outfit, and grabs for her night gown.
"See you then." Naomi says as she begins to float away, Alonsa already out the door.
"Wait Naomi." Calankaiana calls after her.
Naomi turns, surprised to hear Calankaiana calling her back.
"Yeah?" Naomi asks.
"Tell me, Naomi. Do you have freedom?" Calankaiana asks.
Naomi is taken back by the question.
"What?" Naomi asks, still confused.
"Do you have the freedom to go out and be whoever you want to be?" Calankaiana asks again.
"Um, uh, yeah. I guess. I mean, I didn't get absolute, legal freedom 'til I turned 18, but-" Naomi starts, before Calankaiana grabs her and pulls her into a hug, surprising Naomi again.
"Good, I believe you deserve it..." Calankaiana says, "I can see that you were raised so much different then I. We are so different, but at the same time, we are one in the same..."
"Calankaiana..." Naomi whispers.
"You would of hated this life. I am glad that eventually, I am so care-free and independent. Please, remember to never let go of your youth and happiness. I lost both such a long time ago, and I finally found at least my happiness today, through you and Heru..." Calankaiana continues.
"What are you saying?" Naomi asks.
"Please, never become what I am. Do not give in to what other think you should be and play along. Because in the end, you are no longer yourself. You are not even a true being..."
Naomi eyes widen as Calankaiana speak on.
"And one last thing. Do not let love be a stranger like it was in my lifetime. Open yourself to it and find a great man that will love you for you, not your possessions." Calankaiana finishes, unwrapping Naomi from her arms.
Naomi is speechless.
"Goodnight, Naomi." Calankaiana says as she turns away and walks to her bed.
Naomi smiles and turns, and floats to the door. Before she fully exists, she turns back.
"Goodnight, Naomi..."
"I love it, thank you." Calankaiana says as she hugs him, causing him to blush.
"Y-Your welcome."
Calankaiana releases him and smiles, the wind beginning to blow her hair towards him. As she begins to blush, she quickly kisses him on the cheek and runs away, afraid to say something stupid, but leaves him stunned. Alonsa quickly follows Calankaiana, but Naomi stays behind, transfixed on Heru.
Red rises to his cheeks as he still stands there, Lotus neighing behind him. Slowly, he comes out of his shock and turns and takes Lotus' reins, then leads her to her grand stable. After he comes back out, he looks up at the full moon and sighs.
"Osiris, help me. I do not know what is happening. I mean, this morning, I was nothing but a stable hand. But now, I have become transfixed on the goddess that rules your land under you. And already, I have been stolen of two kisses to the cheek by her..." He says as hits on a stable fense.
"He really likes her..." Naomi says to herself.
"I cannot believe it, but, I think I am in love with her..." he says.
Naomi's heart skips a beat as he says that, her cheeks blushing. Slowly, she floats down to his side and sits beside him, her presense unknown by him.
"Oh, what am I saying? She is the Queen of Egypt, I cannot be with her. No Pharaoh would take a stable hand as their husband. It is impossible. There is no way she would love me as this. I am doomed in one sided love." he says as holds his head in his hands, frustrated.
Naomi shakes her head in disagreement.
"No..." she says, "Calankaiana does care about you. How can you not see it. I can see it, and I'm not, in reality, even here. Open your eyes, you can't let let this stupid class system effect how you feel about her!"
As Naomi yells, she accidentally rests her hand on his, and he reacts instantly. He gets up from the fence and turns back, his eyes wide with surprise.
"Wh-Who is there?" he asks.
She gasps in surprise.
"Can he hear me?" she whispers.
He reacts.
"Who said that?" he asks.
"Um-uh, I-I am..." Naomi babbles, trying to think of a egyptian goddess, "Isis! Isis, yeah."
"Isis? Is that truly you?" he asks, his eyes wide with surprise.
"Yes. I have come to help you with your problem in love." Naomi says, trying to change her voice up a bit.
"Oh, great Goddess, please help me. I am so confused by this."
"You shouldn't be."
"What?"
"Can you really not see it?"
"What is that?"
"Mukantagara Asim, Pharaoh Calankaiana, does care for you. You saved her life when she was attacked by those horsemen and protected her against the Lord when he tried to forcefully take her as his own. She has great feelings for you, and everytime you're with her, she is as happy as can be." Naomi says, trying to sound as wise as possible.
"She does?"
"Do you dought me?"
"No, no, of course not, great Goddess." Heru says quickly, then smiles, "Thank you Isis."
"To you, at this moment, call me Naomi." she says, floating behind him.
"Naomi? I don't know why, but I really adore that name. It's beautiful."
Naomi tries her best not to giggle as her cheeks become cherry red.
"I love you Heru, I really do." Naomi says in her normal voice, wraping her arms around him as she kisses him on the cheek, something he feels.
"Mukantagara..?" he says, reconizing her voice as Calankaiana's as she floats away after Alonsa and the real Calankaiana.
"I hope you were reincarnated like me Heru. I would love for you to say that you love me..." Naomi says to herself as she floats up the steps.
"You, the Queen of Egypt, falling for a stable hand?!" she hears a all too familar voice yell.
Naomi quickens her pace and flies into Calankaiana's bedchamber to be interupting a fight between Calankaiana and her sister, Neema.
"How could you even want to put yourself in the arms of such a low-classed, dirty-" Neema yells.
"Don't you dare speak of Heru as such!" Calankaiana snaps.
"Calankaiana, you are wrong in the head! You have become a complete lunatic!"
"How do you even know of him?"
"One should not accept a gift from and hug a servant in broad moon-light." Neema says quieter.
"When did this start?" Naomi asks as she floats over to where Alonsa is spectating.
"Just as she walked into the room. It seems she was waiting in here." Alonsa answers.
"Then you had the audacity to steal a kiss from him! The nerve you have is that of 10 men!" Neema interupts.
"I believed it fit the situation-" Calankaiana starts.
"When is a kiss ever fitting?! It is foul!" Neema snaps.
"It was only on the cheek-"
"Then what, the forehead? The neck? Or perhaps you will steel a kiss of the lips. Tounge and all!" Neema yells.
"Heru is not a wretch. Unlike that Lord Chuma you wanted me to give my hand to."
"He is not a wretch-"
"Did you not hear of what he did to me?! Do you not see these bruises, these injuries?!" Calankaiana snaps.
"He wanted to show you affection-"
"He pinned me to the floor!"
"You were being stubborn, like always."
"I was not! I was level headed until he pinned me down and removed my collar and choker by force!"
"He didn't though-"
"Not before Heru ran in, threw him off of me, and protected me from that demon of a man!" Calankaiana interupts.
"So, he also saw you as that-"
"He didn't look once! Then he protected me as a sword was about to befall my head-"
"As you protected him from being slaughtered for false judgement. Face it Calankaiana, your allowing yourself to put you in danger, just to save this one man!" Neema explains.
"He is not an ordinary man..." Calankaiana says under her breath.
"Yes he is, you are just imagining him as extraordinary because you lust for comfort and love-"
"No! I am not fantasizing anything. Heru is special, and I know it!"
"How exactly?"
"Because-"
"Because what?"
"Just because-"
"Because what, Mukantagara-!"
"Because I love him!" she snaps, surprising everyone in the room, even Neema.
For a moment, everyone is silent as Calankaiana cheeks begin to become red as she thinks of Heru. Slowly, Naomi watches as Neema begins to smirk, her eyes flahing with the intent of darkness.
"Well, that I did not know I would get out of you. But I hope you realize that your statement not only jeopordized your throne, but the very man you love. Try to sleep tonight, Calankaiana, for it will be the last ounce you will get before the heavens you walk upon crash into the reality of Earth. Goodbye." Neema says as she walks out the door, leaving Calankaiana stunned.
"I know that she was my sister and all, but dang, do I hate her!" Naomi comments, floating down to Calankaiana's side.
"What do you think she will do to Heru?" Alonsa asks.
"I do not know, but I have a feeling that it will probably not be pleasant. At least, for me." Calankaiana answers, thinking about Neema's words.
"Can't you get her kicked out of the palace?" Naomi asks.
"Throwing her out would just lead to people asking questions, and I don't need that." Calankaiana explains.
"Oh." Naomi says.
"So, what are you going to do?" Alonsa asks.
Calankaiana looks away, thinking over the question. After a minute, she turns back.
"I'll just have someone keep watch over Heru. And, so he doesn't get concerned, I will explain the situation to him." Calankaiana explains.
"Sounds easy enough." Alonsa comments.
"But what is Neema orders the guards to do something to him?" Naomi points out.
"By the will of Isis, they had better listen to me over her, seeing as how I am the Pharaoh, not her." Calankaiana answers.
"That would make sense." Naomi says.
Alonsa and Calankaiana nod.
"Calankaiana, I think you should go ahead and get some rest. You will have to have strengh to overcome whatever Neema is trying to come up with. Please, go to bed." Alonsa advises.
Calankaiana looks over at Naomi, who nods. She sighs.
"Alright. I will do as you ask. Goodnight." Calankaiana answers as she removes he outfit, and grabs for her night gown.
"See you then." Naomi says as she begins to float away, Alonsa already out the door.
"Wait Naomi." Calankaiana calls after her.
Naomi turns, surprised to hear Calankaiana calling her back.
"Yeah?" Naomi asks.
"Tell me, Naomi. Do you have freedom?" Calankaiana asks.
Naomi is taken back by the question.
"What?" Naomi asks, still confused.
"Do you have the freedom to go out and be whoever you want to be?" Calankaiana asks again.
"Um, uh, yeah. I guess. I mean, I didn't get absolute, legal freedom 'til I turned 18, but-" Naomi starts, before Calankaiana grabs her and pulls her into a hug, surprising Naomi again.
"Good, I believe you deserve it..." Calankaiana says, "I can see that you were raised so much different then I. We are so different, but at the same time, we are one in the same..."
"Calankaiana..." Naomi whispers.
"You would of hated this life. I am glad that eventually, I am so care-free and independent. Please, remember to never let go of your youth and happiness. I lost both such a long time ago, and I finally found at least my happiness today, through you and Heru..." Calankaiana continues.
"What are you saying?" Naomi asks.
"Please, never become what I am. Do not give in to what other think you should be and play along. Because in the end, you are no longer yourself. You are not even a true being..."
Naomi eyes widen as Calankaiana speak on.
"And one last thing. Do not let love be a stranger like it was in my lifetime. Open yourself to it and find a great man that will love you for you, not your possessions." Calankaiana finishes, unwrapping Naomi from her arms.
Naomi is speechless.
"Goodnight, Naomi." Calankaiana says as she turns away and walks to her bed.
Naomi smiles and turns, and floats to the door. Before she fully exists, she turns back.
"Goodnight, Naomi..."
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