Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Truthfully, in My Soul ❯ A Twist of Fate ( Chapter 20 )

Chapter 20: A Twist of Fate

 

Disclaimer: All Yu-Gi-Oh! characters belong to Kazuki Takahashi. I do not own the goddess Ma'at, I just borrowed her from Egyptian mythology.

 

Mana's attention was grabbed by the falling feather, whose appearance reminded her of the feather that Atemu owned. She looked around to see where the feather might have come from.

 

A bird descended from the sky in front of her. It was graceful and majestic in appearance. She saw that it was an ibis (a sacred bird in Egyptian culture).

 

The ibis seemed to motion for her to come closer. She was intrigued by the ibis, so she decided to come closer to the sacred bird to investigate.

 

Suddenly, the ibis began to give off a soft and luminescent glow. The shape of the ibis began to change into the shape of a human, the shape of a woman. The feathers transformed themselves into a magnificent, colorful dress, the only kind that goddesses were shown to wear. The only thing that remained birdlike was the wings, which were beautifully flowing from her arms.

 

The figure raised her head up. Mana stared at the figure's face. It was misty and wan, resembling that of the statue of the goddess Ma'at found in the sacred shrine.

 

Mana found the appearance of the figure awe striking in nature. She was amazed, but at the same time, fearful. The figure just smiled at her softly and sweetly, and then raised her winged arms to the sky to fly.

 

Mana watched as the figure flew up as high as the birds, freely wavering in the desert winds above the cotton clouds. Mana wished she could fly like that and be free.

 

As the figure flew away, a strange fog quickly descended onto the Egyptian kingdom. Mana could barely see under the unusual mist. She decided that she had better quickly return to her dormitory located inside the palace where it was safe.

 

Upon her return to the palace, she saw very servant and palace worker collapsed onto the floor. Oh no, what happened? she wondered. She walked up to one of the fallen workers, only to find him in a deep, sound sleep. What's going on?

 

“Mana?” Atemu's voice called from afar.

 

She called back out to him so he could become aware of her location.

 

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“Oh, thank Ra that you're alright,” Atemu said as he managed to find Mana. “I don't know what happened, but after this strange mist descended onto the kingdom, everyone has fallen asleep. I was afraid that the same thing might have happened to you.”

He raised his hand and began to stroke the side of her face. But instead of a loving look from her aquamarine eyes, he saw fear. “Ouji-sama, what if someone is watching us?” she said. “We could both get in trouble if we are seen together.”

 

Just then, a figure stepped out from the shadows to reveal herself. Atemu and Mana stared at this person in front of them. The person had wings where the arms should have been.

 

It didn't take long to recognize that this person was not really a human at all. It was Ma'at, the Egyptian goddess of Truth.