Emily (Hold)

Fifteen

"So" Horus demands as he checks over my foot that is broken "while I was sitting blind in my father's tomb" he looks over at the lady who looks between us, I'm sitting on a rock "you shared a bed with the god who pulled out my eyes" Wait a minute...

"Why would I waste this" she demands "on someone who can't see?"

"You do know" she looks at me "blind people do know how to please people too? Right?"

"How do you know that?" Horus demands looking at me "are you a virgin?"

"Yes!" Exclaiming, blushing a bit. Dad never asked me this before "I did an assignment on sex and the benefits of sleeping with people who can't hear, can't see, have no tongues, have disabilities...etc."

"Your not allowed to have sex till your wedding night" he orders, I let out a scoff crossing my arms "I'm serious"

"Who are you?" I ask the lady changing the subject.

"This is Hathor" Horus stands up looking at her "the cow"

"Cow?" She demands offended

Shrugging his shoulders "I have a question: the day Seth took my eyes and destroyed my life, were you going to tell me you were pregnant with our daughter?"

She stiffens no longer offended but shocked "How did you find out about Ana?"

"So you did have a baby" Horus nods his head "well then—Emily meet your birth mother Hathor, Hathor meet our daughter Ana or by the name she goes by Emily" Hathor looks at me wide eyed while I stare at her unsure how to feel. I mean this is one way to meet her but oh my god! My birth mother is the goddess of love and beauty?!

"Impossible" Hathor shakes her head "Meskhenet told me our daughter was still born"

"She wasn't" Horus shook his head "my mother used the last of her abilities to send our daughter to a different place and time, somewhere safe for her"

Tears run down Hathor's face when she looks at me, she comes over and places her hands on my face "Ana?"

"I...I go by Emily" I answer still processing this, Hathor pulls me into her embrace hugging me and I hug her back.

"We'll need to rest for a few days" Horus declared "your foot should be better by then, if not I can use my abilities to help heal it"

"I'm coming with" Hathor looks at Horus

"Why would I trust you again?" He demands

"Seth's slaying all the gods" she looks over at him still holding onto him "that includes me and it'll include our daughter, who Seth is after. When he found out about her, he did everything to end her that the goddesses who rebelled used their magic to save her" They did? I need to thank them "While the goddesses who didn't did what they could to end her, the day she was born so you know what Seth did to the stillborn baby? He butchered that baby then fed it to crocodiles! Imagine what he'll do when he gets his hands on Emily—I'm coming with to help protect her, now what are you both planning?"

"Going into Seth's temple" I say after some time since Horus won't "and destroy his power"

"How were you planning on getting in?" She demands.

"I have a good memory" she looks down at me "I know the entrance"

She looks at Horus horrified "No! Your not risking our daughter's life!"

"It's okay" I assure her as Horus looks out into the jungle "She volunteered, even Emily knows how important this is"

"And what about the sphinx?" She demands "have you forgotten about that?! The sphinx will kill mercilessly all who enter if they cannot answer its riddle"

"We can ask Thoth" Horus picks me up "come on, we need to make camp"

"Why on earth" Hathor follows us "would you do that on purpose?! And...and is that the Mark of Anubis?!"

"Quit complaining!" He demands

"Are you both married?" I ask

"No!" They both exclaim, they sure sound like they are. 

|A Few Days Later|

"Does anyone hold your heart?" Hathor asks me as we walk through the river to where Thoth's home is. It has been a tense few days, Hathor and Horus bickering to one another the whole time and when they aren't silent tense glares. When they aren't doing either, Hathor asks me different questions wanting to get to know me, just like I've been asking her like Horus and I have been doing for the last week before meeting her.

"No" shaking my head no "I haven't found anyone who peaks my interest like that"

"Well when you do" she smiles "I hope this man holds you very dear and proves his worth"

"Which no one ever will" Horus pipes in

"Are you kidding me?" Hathor demands "if our daughter finds the man she loves and he loves her equally, that should be enough"

"If this man can beat me in battle" he says "then he'll prove his worth"

Back to the fighting, this time over who is worthy of my heart. I find it quite interesting and comforting knowing that I have parents who love me "If Emily wishes to give her golden flower away" I'm turning red now at them talking about me having sex "then she can and to the man she loves and only him, for she knows that her body is a sacred temple that should be properly taken care of by her true love"

"Like yours?" Horus demands "oh wait! No! You let anyone desecrate your temple"

Really? Slut shaming now? "You had no problem in desecrating my sacred temple over the years"

"Okay!" Exclaiming, cause I'm dropping it now "I don't want to hear about your sex lives just like I'm sure none of you want to hear about my sex life when I start having sex"

"Actually" Hathor says "I'd love to hear about how amazing your man makes you feel"

"I don't" Horus protests, Hathor rips her dress when pulling it from what it got stuck on "now it's too little" She scoffs as he picks her up "Your slowing us down"

"Oblivious" she smiles "but in a cute way"

"Oblivious of what?" He demands

"Exactly" she taps his chest "you always did take me for granted"

"What?" He stops while I walk away and keep my eyes vigilant not wanting to be attacked by any crocodiles.

"With your eye back" she chastised "you should have come to get me sooner"

"Ugh!" He groans

"Don't I mean enough to you?" She demands

"I've been busy" he drops her into the water, she screeches while Horus pulls me away to stab a crocodile while Hathor catches up.