Ra's Daughters
By
Black Rose

Chapter Eight- Hope of Ra

Two days had gone by with no sign of the Priest. The city was very
lively after the rain had come: the market was full of people and you
could see fishing bouts out on the great river. Sanura was staring
out of her bedroom window, smiling at the people below her.
"Why do I get this feeling that he's not coming back for a long
time?" she asked herself, somewhat relieved that the Priest was
finally gone.
The door to her room opened: she turned and saw Layla caring a try
of food. Layla put the food on the table next to the bed then turned
and wait for orders. The Priestess just smiled at her in return.
"Layla, why don't you sit down? I'm not going to give you any orders."
Layla bowed and sat on a chair next to the door then waited for
something to do for the Priestess. Sanura walked over to her desk,
sat down and started to write on some scrolls. Ra's Phoenix flew in
through the window and landed on Layla's lap.
"Well hello there," replied Layla as she smiled at the animal that
saved her life.
The three set in peaceful silence. You could hear the people talking
out side.
After a while the phoenix looked up at Layla.
"Why don't you tell her how you feel?" the phoenix mentally asked her.
Layla looked down at the bird and smiled a little,"I don't think
that's a good idea; she's a Priestess and I'm just a low class
worker."
"I have a feeling that it won't matter to her; I believe she feels
that same."
Layla looked up at Sanura and then back to the bird in her lap.
"Maybe, butr right now I'm happy to be with her this way."
The firebird just nodded its head and looked over to the Priestess.
Sanura felt that someone was watching her: she turned her head a
little to see Layla looking at her and Ra's pet sitting on her lap.
Her heart was betting very fast when she looked into Layla's eyes.
Layla saw that the Priestess was looking at her and a blush rose in
her cheeks.
"Do you need something, Priestess Sanura?" she asked, hoping that
she could do something for her.
The Priestess smiled and thought about it but nothing came to mind.
She put down what she was writing then got up and walked over to
Layla.
"Layla, could I ask you why you're by my side?" she asked kindly as
she sat down on the bed facing her.
Layla didn't know what to make of this; part of her was scared, but
the other part of her always wanted to be with the Priestess. Tears
began to fill her eyes and her face contorted into a mask of pain.
"I'm sorry Priestess, I just… I just…" she couldn't keep from crying.
Sanura turned to her, a sad yet understanding smile on her face.
The next thing they knew, a beautiful song had filled the air. The
women looked down and saw Ra's pet on the floor singing to them. The
Phoenix wonderous song made the whole kingdom feel at peace. The
people in the market stopped what they were doing and instead began
to look for where the song was coming from. The birdsong was silenced
as quickly and mysteriously as it had begun. In the Priestess' room
two young ladies were looking at one and other. Their eyes were
looking deep into each other's, and neither one of them knew what to
do: one part of them wanted to run to each other arms and never
leave… but then there was the other part, the part that was scared of
being faced with rejection.
As the two stared at one another, the firebird just kept looking
back and forth: it couldn't take it anyone. The next thing the two
women heard in their minds was laugher. They looked down at the bird
and saw it on the floor, laughing in amusment at something that
seemed to have escaped them both.
"What are you laughing about?" Sanura asked.
The Phoenix got back on its feet, flew onto the bed with them and
then spoke.
"Humans are so amusing, especially when two of them have feelings
for each other, and neither has any idea what to do about"
"What?" both women spoke at the same time, shocked by the Phoenix's
revealtion. 
They looked at one another, started to blush and turned away from
each other. Ra's pet phoenix laughed and flew out of the window in
order to find her human and her human's lover.
After a while, the Phoenix heard its master calling: it began to fly
to Ra's Temple, taking a shortcut through Sanura's room, where the
two women were still not looking at one another. Finally Layla looked
over to the other girl and saw that she was looking out of the
window. Layla got up then walked over and sat down next to the
Priestess, who turned and looked at her.
Sanura was in deep thought when she felt something on the bed with
her. She turned her head and saw the very person she had been
thinking about. She smiled at Layla, who smiled back in return.
Layla was about to say something, but Sanura never give her a chance
to, as she quickly kissed her. Layla was very shocked, never having
expected that to really happen, but the shock soon wore off and she
kissed the Priestess back.
*
   The Phoenix fleq into the temple and landed on the floor next the
eye of Ra. The eye started to glow and with a giant flash of light
the firebird disappears. Ra was sitting on his throne with his wife
next to him. Then a white flash of light appeared and his pet flew
into the room and then landed on his shoulder. 
"You need to speak to me, my lord?" the Phoenix asked.
"Thank you for coming; I know that you wanted to be with your human,
but I have information about the Priest."
His pet just nodded to show that she understood what he was saying.
"It seems that he used a dark spell to put his soul into a black
crystal, and sent it somewhere out of my land."
"What about Anubis, doesn't he know were it is?" asked his pet.
"It would seem that Anubis knew what he was doing, but he will not
give any information," Ra's wife sighed.
The Phoenix just turns its head to her and bows.
"So what do we do? If it was a spell and his soul is in a crystal
it's only a matter of time before he comes back to life."
"That may be true true, but I have a plan," Ra looked at his pet and
his wife and smiled.
"To make sure that the people of the time have the power to stop
him, we will be sending you and those two swords."
Selkhet thought this through and looked back at her husband.
 "I think it would be a good idea if we left a little bit of your
soul behind to help as well," she spoke up.
"What do you have in mind, my dear?" Ra asked.
"Well, I get this feeling that these girls have had more than one
life together: if that's true then I would say that if we left some
information down on earth them it could help them."
Ra thought about it and then it came to him.
 "How about this? We leave a little bit of ourselves in a animal and
that animal would watch over the person."
"That's a great idea," replied his wife.
"What do you think, my pet?" Ra asked the phoenix.
"That will work: I will be off now and get those swords," she told
them and with a flash of light she was gone
 Ra and Selkhet looked at one and other and smiled, then began to
think about what animal they would use.
*
Back on Earth, Ramla was looking around for Nakia. After a while she
found standing on one of the many balconies that overlooked the
kingdom.
"So this is where you have been hiding?" she laughed slightly as she
spoke to her newfound lover.
Nakia turned her head a little to see her princess looking at her
with a loving smile. She was wearing one of her princess dress with a
small crown with the symbols of Ra on it.
She turned to the princess and bowed.
" And why have you been looking for me, princess?" she asked, a hint
of playfulness in her voice.
 Ramla giggled, "Well I woke up from my nap and couldn't find you,
when I could have sworn that you were sleeping with me."
Nakia blushed when she caught the double meaning in the princess'
words.
Ramla walked over to Nakia and kissed her. The kiss lasted a while,
and when they broke apart the saw a beautiful bird fly up to them.
They knew who it was- Ra's pet Phoenix.
The firebird landed on the railing and bowed to her human and her
human's lover. She then told them what their plan is now that they
must deal once again with the priest. The two smiled and nodded. They
then summoned their swords and handed them over to the bird. She
thanked them and flew off into the sun. Nakia and Ramla smiled at one
another and walked back into the Palace, thankful for this peace,
even if it was destined only to last a short time.

A/N-Well I finally got this story done, yay! I hope everyone liked
it. I left it like that because I have idea for a new story that goes
along with my Dark Rainbow Crystal story. I hope you liked the ending
to this. Thanks again to all that read and reviewed this story. If
you have time could you review this chapter? I'd really like to know
what you think. Thanks--- Black Rose