Ra's Daughters
By Black Rose
Chapter Two
Storm of Fire
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A/N: Alright Diana will be introduced in this chapter, but her name
here is Sanura: she is also a human, not a cat. Anyway, I hope I got
the tenses right this time… eheehhe- Black Rose

                     Ra's Daughters
                     By Black Rose

                     Chapter Two- Storm of Fire

    Ra sat on his throne petting his phoenix, which was pearched
above him on the back of his gilded, golden throne. His eyes had a
glazed look to them, as he was currently deep in thought. The phoenix
had its eyes completely closed, and is was singing a haunting tune
that, though quiet, filled the enitre room. 
"I think that they are going to need help, what do you think?" Ra
asked the phoenix, looking up at the brid as he broke out of his
thoughts. His phoenix just moved its head a little in response. 
"I believe you're right, my husband; they well need help", replied
Selkhet as she walked up to him. The goddess Selkhet was the wife of
Ra, the beautious goddess of the Moon. She was as fair and silver as
her husband was radient and golden, and her moonlit skin emitted an
almost eerily white glow. Her eyes shone mysteriously as she fixed
her husband in her enigmatic gaze. 
 Ra looked back at her, seeing his golden features reflected in her
silver pools, and smiled as she sat down next to him.
"What do you think we should do about it?" he asked.
"I will have one of my own Priestesses watch over them, and if need
be send your pet down as well," came the reply.
Ra thought about what she said and looked at his pet. The phoenix
just nodded its head and took off flying around them.
"I believe she is saying yes to your idea, Selkhet."
Selkhet smiled and the both watched the beautiful bird fly around
happily.
"But which of your followers do you think you will be able to
entrust with this task?" Ra asked his wife. "Surely not one of the
High Priestesses; they have too much to handle at this time of rain."
 "No," Selkhet replied. "I actually never had the High Priestesses
in mind. In fact, I know exactly who could carry out this task: her
name is Sanura. She is only young, but she has served my order her
entire life… though I must say, she also seems to have an affinity to
Bastet, the cat mother. Perhaps her soul was that of a cat in her
past life."  
 Ra nodded; the girl seemed to be one whom he could trust; after
all, the sacred cat was only drawn to those who were pure of heart,
and it was one with a pure heart who was needed to guide the
Pharaoh's daughter and her companion at this time.
"Selkhet, pleases let Priestess Sanura know that she needs to watch
over those two. If she asks, tell her that I will be sending help,
and send my phoenix to her" he told her. With that, he got up from
his throne and walking to the golden doors with the eye of Ra on
them. He opened the door and his phoenix flew out, all the while
singing a joyus and melodic tune. Selkhet walked over to him, kissed
him on the cheek, and walked out of the room. Before he followed her,
he looked back and thought 'this should be good'. Then he left and
closed the door behind him. 
                                              *******
Down on Earth, Priestess Sanura was walking around in the temple,
wondering what she was to do. All the higher members of the order of
Selkhet were busy either in prayers to their goddess to stop the rain
before a disatorous flood came, or they were busy preparing for the
feast of Al-Selk-Ha, the mother goddesses feast, which was always
held around the time the great river burst its banks. However, one of
them was always needed to keep watch over the temple, and Sanura -
being one of the youngest of their order - had been selected to do
just that.
 As Sanura strolled around, she took time to fully observe her
surroundings. She was tired and, in truth, all she wanted to do was
sleep. She knew, however, that sleep was a luxury denied to her at
the moment; she had a job to do, and, she supposed, why not enjoy it?
She gazed around the room once more, not bothering to conceal her
amazement. Even after all these years, her surroundings astounded
her; there were statues of the goddess Selkhet all around the room:
statues that, Sanura was sure, were made of nothing less than pure,
solid gold. The statues, however, weren't even the height of the
room's beauty; in the very center of the room stood a grand fountain
that, even in times of drought, spouted clean, cold water, as it was
connected to an underground river. It was because of the rivers that
the temple was here, as rivers were a key symbol of the moon goddess,
though no one knew exactly why that was.
 Sanura specualted that it was because Ra had created Selkhet from
the waters of the Nile itself, then built the moon for her as a
glorious palace: hence her assosiation with both the Earth and Moon.
This was reflected in the design of the fountain, as it was of two
huge hands that held the eye of Ra between them.
Sanura stopped for a while besides the fountain and gazed at her
mirror image as it appeared in the fountain.
  "What do you think I should do?" she asked her reflection.
"I believe that you should take care of something for me" replied
her reflection.
Sanura shocked by that, and even more so when she saw her own
reflection turn into the beautiful goddess Selkhet. Sanura bowed down
to her goddess, who in turn smiled and nodded her head.
"Priestess Sanura, you can get up, my child; I have things to tell
you and very little time."
 Sanura got up and nodded. 
"What can I do?" she hoped it would be something she could handle.
 "Believe, me I know you can," replied Selkhet.
"Did she just read my mind?" she asked herself.
"Yes."
Sanura was so astounded that she couldn't move; it was not so much
the fact that her mighty goddess had read her mind as the fact that
the goddess had spoken to one of their order… to her.
"Oh phoenix", Selkhet's face turned away from Sanura for a moment,
"could you help our dear friend here, please?" then the reflection
despaired and a beautiful bird flew right through the water and out
the other side, where it landed next to Sanura.
The phoenix moved its head and pecked at her. Sanura turned her head
and looked back at the water were her goddess was smiling at her.
"I'm sorry, my goddess, what can I do for you?"
"Well, it's not really what you can do for me; it's more for what
you can do for Ra. You see, he has a plan to help the Pharaoh's
daughter with something that she asked him for, and in this plan is
this other girl by the name of Nikia; I would like you to watch over
them because by the time the Pharaoh's daughter become of age they
will need one another."
"Yes, I will do what I can to help, my goddess" she replied bowing;
she was glad that there was something that she could do to aid her
patron.
"Before, I go Ra has left his pet phoenix with you. He will help you
to to help those girls," Selkhet said pointing to the bird next to
her. Sanura looked down at the bird and bowed to it. It bowed back in
return. She looked back to the water and her goddess was gone. 
"Will, its look like I'm going to have to find them, doesn't it?"
she asked the phoenix. It just nodded its head, took off flying
around her and out of the side window. Sanura thought about it, then
it hit her like lightning. 
"Ra's Temple" she thought. She ran out of the temple and through the
dunes and rain. It was so strange for her to be outside. Indeed, she
knew that the sisterhood would punish her for leaving her duty when,
no if, she returned; they would not believe that Selkhet had spoken
to a pristess as lowly as her. Sanura, however, did not care; she
merely continued to run through the desert rains and follow the
phoenix to the temple of Ra, wherever that may have been. 
 She then saw the phoenix flying around the top of a grand building,
a building far more ornate and beautiful than even the temple of her
goddess, Selkhet. It was then that she finally realised; this was
Ra's temple, the place she had been searching for. Sanura smiled and
ran to the bird. She then walked inside and saw two young women lying
on the floor with the symbols of the eye of Ra on their foreheads.
The phoenix flew in and landed next to her. She looked down and the
bird nodded its head.
"Will now it begins, and I will do my best to help" she thought and
looked back at the young girls. 
The wind was blowing hard now, but she could almost swear that she
had heard a voice whisper 'thank you' before it was swept it away
forever. 


A/N: Thanks for reading my story. I'm sorry that this chapter was so
short, but I need to get something out of the way. I hope to have the
next chapter up soon. --- Black Rose