Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Loop Hole of Love ❯ Preparation for the Ball ( Chapter 15 )

Preparation for the Ball

I slipped quietly, through the crowded streets of the bazzaire, holding a scarf around my face, to hide my identity.

Ever since the Binding of the Mages, which is what everyone called it, I had become somehwat of an icon to the Egyptian people.

On that fateful night, when myself and the other High Mages had our little "ceremony", I had not only become a High Mage, but I also had this gift...

That night, I bonded with each of the Mages on a meta-physical level. Their Monsters were tied to Dark Elf, now. So to harm Dark Elf was to harm themsleves. In effect, if anybody hurt me...lets just say dark Elf was very, clear, on what would happen to the Mages Monster if they harmed me.

It was strange, but besides my life changing, unbeleivably, everything else was...the same.

I had my own house now, and a small amount of slaves...though they were not slaves per say, but instead hired servants, they didn't have to grovel, although most did.

Maybe it was because I was a woman...That in ist self had raised enough hell. Women, were not ruler more often than not. Or thats how the egotistical male population had whispered.

All the Mage's supported me, even Malik, I still do not like him in the slightest, nor will I ever...but we have come to an...understanding if you will.

But that still did not change a thing. Infact it only spurred the revolution or so I am informed.

Supposedly, Malik beleives if he takes over Pharaoh's position as supreme ruler, that it will woo me away from all others, because of his power.

But he does not know me very well, he can not kill or hurt me, and Dark Elf cannot use the Heart of the Cards to hurt his Monster, without harm to me physically.

So, in other terms, I will never bed him.

In other perphaps more stranger news, I have discovered,a Mullenium Item in my room. It was the night after the Binding, and I went to bed to find two, gold dice laying there on my pillow.

I realized what it was immediately, becuase I could read the ancient scriptures, and knew it depicted a story of long past.

A most deppresingly sad tale of an ancient curse bestowed on the Egyptian goddess, long forgotten named Irava, yes, yes I know my name reversed right? Strange enough but it gets more criptic and sad.

She once had a young lover,Matiel, he fell ill to a plauge sent by Anubis. It was his time to pass to the realm beyond, but young and foolish Irava, bargained her soul, for special and one of a kind item.

A pair of golden dice, were made from the fabric of her very soul, and as Matiel started to slip into the great beyond...she rolled them.

They landed skulls, therefore...they both died tragic deaths, and Matiel had no one to greet at the Gates of Anubis, as he entered the afterlife...instead Irava was sent to what they call the Shadow Realm, for all enternity.

So deppressingly sad, as I've said...not to mention a little to close to home for my tastes.

But then again, I have not choosen a man for myslef...although they seem to have choosen me...

I was strongly against having two lovers...but when you have choices such as these...well, temptation may get the better of me one day...but not today.

No, today I was enjoying a day out...even though I had to wear disguise, to hide my face and hair. Mainly the hair, whose else is purple and white?

I darted past a cart full of chickens being pulled by a boy. I slipped in amoungst the crowd and made my way to the stands...oh how I loved figs!

I approached the woman selling them, and gathered a basket full. She smiled when she saw me, with a happy toothless grin. She saw my eyes, and her grin widened, thanfully she bagged the figs up and handed them to me as I paid her. She winked and went back to her sales.

I looked up the isles, and found an oddity shop. I went inside. I needed to get the Mages', not to mention a few others, gifts for the Great Festival of Ra, tommorow.

It was a highly, highly celebrated event. And there was to be a great ball at the Palace. It was said that Ra blessed evrybody equally that day, and it was a time for even the lowely servants to come and dance with the Mages.

I loved this holiday...everyone was equal, till the stroke of mid night. I also wanted to look in this shop to see if they kept any exotic dresses. I truly despised those regular, too ordinary for words, gowns they wanted me to wear.

Albeit, they were gorgeous, but I did not want to look like every other lady there. Because yes, there were going to be many a guest there, from foreign lands.

I ducked through the cloth lining the doorway, and began to browse.

I found some shiny baubles for Kale, Mushio, and Figura. Bracelets mostly...they would be thrilled.

Then for Yugi, Ryou, and Marik I got shoes...yes I know. Shoes?! But I must argue that they needed them, and of course I would only get the finest sandals for them. And I could afford it now...being a Mage has it's benefits.

I saw a small soft black leather bracelet with a silver buckle, and picked it up, it was small but maybe...

Then I saw it.

It was white, gold, and silver with a delicate tree embrodiery of the olive tree. The leaves where golden with silve lining, and it was short, made for a smaller woman.

It would hit right at my mid-thigh area, and it had the most beautiful broach to go along to hold the toga-like thing together with.

The broach was a emerald encrusted, pure gold.

Infact the whole dress was woven gold, and silver.

I grabbed the bracelet, and went over right away, to buy the dress, what a stroke of luck!

I payed for everything and decided to make the Mages' gifts at home, with my Magick.

Yes, within these past 2 months I have studied Magick with every one of the Mages' who taught me diffrent things. It was amazing what you could do with Magick, besides I have to use it somehow right?

I padded out of the bazzaire, and out towards the underground passage way, to the Palace, I got to learn alot of serets now being the High Mage I was.

I went quietly, down into the cellar like ting and walked, torch in hand to the Palace, about a mile by underground.

I reached the Palace soon, and blinked to my room, I could blink only about 3 times a day at will. I was still new to my Magick.

I appeared instantly in my room, and I went to my dresser. I knew exactly what I wanted to give them.

First, I pulled out one of my newly crafted, beautiful mirrors, and placed it on my bed.

Then I went to my window ceil, and picked out a pretty sea shell, out of my collection, and layed it on my bed.

I then went to my mirror, and picked up a pair of sheers from a drawer. then lifting a thick tuff of hair, by my neck I cut. When I put my hand down nobody could see, anything amiss.

Then I took the leather bracelet I bought and went to my bed planning some serious Magick.

I sat on my bed then picked up the mirror. I opened a drawer on the dresser near my bed, and pricked my finger.

I lined the silver edges of the mirror with my blood, then focused some of my concentration on it.

Within a matter of moments my blood spread to the rest of the mirror like water, and it covered the handle and the back. When the Magick was done, the mirror was a beautiful crimson color, with a crystalline, sheer to it. Then I looked in myself in the mirror, and I was baeutiful.

More baeutiful than any other woman on this earth could have been. It wasn't just my reflection.

This was a Seer Mirror, it showed you the truth and only the truth, no matter what happened, this mirror would not lie to you.

At least I was beautiful on the inside too. Not as much as I can say for Malik. It was a great gag gift, especially since it was a very proper gift. The gift of Magick...only I knew what Malik would see, wouldn't be proper or nice.

I laughed, at my stroke of brilliance, then set to work on the other gifts.

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I just want to say thank you to Yelene andYoshe, and to kirbe4, who brought up a very good point indeed.

I should not do this for anybody but ME. And I intend to take the good advice when offered. She was right and it was I who was wrong here. I came into this MediaMiner stuff, with no plan to be the most popular, or have that many reviews, I was young to this yeah, but she made a good point, I have to do this for me and no one else. So I will continue to write, and to bring maybe a little enjoyment, to others lives. Sorry for my depression fit. lol

Thank You, to all those who read and ENJOY my work... thank you.