The Eye of Ka

Chapter 1

          Mai's POV

          'Whap! Bang!' The sounds of ceremonial swords clanging against each other fills my ears. ”No I don't want to remember this! Please don't do this to me.” I murmur quietly, unable to stop myself from turning towards the memory.

          Two  teenagers, dressed in old styled clothing pretend to fight each other, the boy stabbing at the girl. The girl fell to the ground, her blond hair pooled on the ground. The boy grabbed the fake sword out of his twin sister's hand, rolling his eyes at her playful antics.

          As soon as the sword was gone, she jumped back on to her feet, doubling over laughing.'You believed it! You thought it was real!'

          'I did not! I knew that you were faking it Mai!' the boy looks around and notices something. 'Shhh! We're getting close! Fix your clothing, Father might get angry if he knew that I was fighting with you.'

          The other Mai fixes her clothing and smiles playfully at her brother. 'He wouldn't be angry at you Kaign, Father adores you. Isn't it exciting, we're almost officially eleven. Fully fledged adults after we play a simple melody.' Her eyes sparkles with delight.

          'And you are supposed to be the older sibling. How I am I supposed to look up to your so called great knowledge when you obviously have none.' He smirks and Mai couldn't help remembering every time Naru said something similar, reminding her of Kaign.

          The ceremony started out as it normally would for royalty, the entertainers came from all over the kingdom, showing the culture that their region displays. The twins always requested that the palace guards showed off their amazing talents. For a while, their parents thought that James was paying them to request his talents. Of course he technically was the first time. After that he didn't have to, they were entranced by his talent.

          After Mllnia, The princess's handmaiden, did her fan dance, it was time for the twins to prove themselves through song. Walking up to the twins, Mllnia and James present them with their ceremonial flutes, made just for this occasion. It is almost impossible to describe the beauty of these silver instruments. The only way is this, These flutes were not made for just anyones use, they were made for the twins, and the twins only.

          Taking the flutes presented, the twins looked nervoucited, you know, a mix of nervous and excited. Mai begins the song with a soft, lulling melody, playing the moments of her birth, then Kaign joins in, signifying his birth, intertwining their lives together, in way only siblings could. Nobody notices their enemy's archers getting ready to fire at them, or the warriors creeping up. As soon as their life melody was complete, and their parents approve of their request to adulthood, the archers fired.

          Chaos followed, the body count began to pile up, the first to die was their father, then their mother. James and Mllnia began to  pull Mai and Kaign towards the boat, but James pulled a little to hared and Kaign fell onto the sandbank on the other side, the boat was beginning to drift away as Kaign lost consciousness.

          Mai began to sob as they pull her away from the edge of the boat, to keep her from jumping off. 'KAIGN!KAIGN! NO! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! WAKE UP!' she cried. 'James, I need you to take care of him, meet up with us later. Please save my brother.' she begs. James nods his head and bows low before jumping onto the sandbar and dragging Kaign in the other direction, knowing exactly were to go, not aware of the danger that was to come.

                                      *Wibbily Woobilly Timey Wimey*

          Mai woke up in a cold sweat, memories of last night's dream swirling through her head, actually, dream is the wrong way to put it. It wasn't a dream, it was a memory. Her memory, to be precise. A memory that she had spent the past four and a half years. a memory that she could not and would not share with anyone, including and especially SPR.

          'Every one would probably start treating me differently. I will most likely never tell them the truth. I can't loose anyone else.' Mai was lost in thoughts when she realized that she had work soon. Looking at the clock the nearly screamed. “EHH?? IT'S ALREADY NINE THIRTY??! NARU IS GONNA MURDER ME!” she exclaimed. Grabbing her clothing and a towel and putting a piece of toast in the toaster, she jumped into the shower. After getting dressed, she grabbed her toast and ran out the door, locking it behind her.