51 August 30 BC<\/p>\n
Nile River<\/p>\n
We admired her beauty from afar. From under our veils we watched her, the great Cleopatra; greet her loving subjects on her own for the first time as their sole ruler. Her long black hair swayed in the wind and her skin shimmered against the sun. Everyone loved her dearly, much more than her father. I\u2019d known Cleo all my life and knew that ruling over this land was not what she wanted, although she loved all the luxuries she would have rather been a common girl. My companion was Cleo\u2019s first love, and he, he loved her still. As her carriage left my line of sight, my partner dragged me with him to Cleo\u2019s palace.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome! Come! We must hurry to find an entrance,\u201d Ahmes, my companion shouted. We crept around the palace slowly and with stealth, acting as if we were walking to the gardens. When we reached the far end of the wall we began to look for our old, secret entrance. It was the height of a large barrel and the width of a clothing trunk. Once we found it we climbed through and replaced the bricks when we got to the other side. We crawled through a series of interconnected tunnels and moved a hidden wall panel. Ahmes & I entered Cleo\u2019s old room, and to our surprise it still looked the same, except Cleo wasn\u2019t in her usual spot, on her floor with a scroll in her hand. In fact she wasn\u2019t there at all. We sat on her bed, knowing she\u2019d come. \u201cHey look, she still has our hieroglyphs painted on her wall; I thought she would\u2019ve gotten that painted over.\u201d I exclaimed. I was purely amazed at how long Cleo had kept those childlike paintings on her wall. We\u2019d drawn them there 10 years ago, when were 10. \u201cOh, how great,\u201d Ahmes\u2019s words oozed sarcasm. He still loved Cleo with everything in him, but was extremely angry that he hadn\u2019t married her.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t be such a sourpuss; I\u2019m sure Cleo still has feelings for you. You know royals have to marry royals, her siblings means nothing to her.\u201d I tried to cheer him up to the best of my ability. We stopped moving at once, listening for voices, and ran to Cleo\u2019s secret closet. We sat for many hours, waiting and listening. \u201cMy legs hurt,\u201d I whined. \u201cShut up Amuntu, you\u2019ll get us caught.\u201d More silence, an even longer wait. It was so boring that we fell asleep.<\/p>\n
We awoke to the setting sun. What a beautiful view it was, blues, reds, oranges, and pinks emitted from the skies. Then there was a big dark sky, with the moon herself shining ever so brightly. We admired her, and the stars in all its beauty. After a few minutes of silence, Cleo\u2019s old cat, Apu, waddled into the room. She was excited to see us, purring loudly and walking into the closet to sit with us. \u201cNo Apu, go away. Go, shoo.\u201d \u201cApu, come.\u201d She left us at the sound of Cleopatra\u2019s voice. \u201cWhat were you doing in there? I hope you weren\u2019t scratching at my new dresses.\u201d She walked toward the closet, pushed it from her path, bent down and simply smiled at us. She used her index finger to let us know to follow her. Neither of us could get our words together. She made us sit immediately. \u201cHello old friends, I\u2019m glad to see you again. I knew you\u2019d come,\u201d she chirped. I spoke first, \u201cCleo! We missed you so much. It\u2019s been so long, I thought you\u2019d forgotten about us.\u201d \u201c<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t speak for me,\u201d Ahmes grumbled.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh Ahmes, stop that, you know that wasn\u2019t my choice, if it was, I would\u2019ve married you.\u201d<\/p>\n
He simply walked over to the animal skin rug in the corner of the room and picked up a bundle of papyrus, beginning to read it.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t mind him Cle, he\u2019s just upset.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s quite alright, I\u2019d be angry too if the only person I\u2019d ever loved left me for the throne I was born in to.\u201d as she spoke her eyes twinkled and it sounded as if she were laughing lightly.<\/p>\n
We sat in silence for a few moment before Cleopatra announced, \u201cI will be meeting the great Julius Caesar tonight, I will be back in two days\u2019 time, feel free to roam my home, it is yours for the taking.\u201d She then vanished, while Ahmes & I prepared for dinner and then later bed.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Cleopatra was being dressed in the finest silks and cloths possible, her hair and her make up looked so utterly beautiful against her skin. \u201cRoll me in this here carpet and deliver it to Caesar\u2019s home.\u201d Her servants did as told and within an hour she was delivered to his door. When Caesar unrolled his newly found carpet, he was welcomed by the sight of a radiant Cleopatra staring at him with fierce eyes. He chuckled and pulled her from the floor. \u2018A sight of ethereal beauty you are.\u201d Cleo, previously kneeling before him, sauntered to a nearby stool. \u201cJulius, how kind of you to welcome me in to your home,\u201d she said with a smirk. \u201cAlways a pleasure to have such a lovely woman of your stature near.\u201d Cleo and Caesar talked for several hours, of everything and nothing, until one topic in particular rubbed him the wrong way. \u201cI believe it would be best if we joined forces, in marriage perhaps, to rule our two lands as one and build a stronger empire,\u201d Cleo said as she glanced from her nails to Julius\u2019s eyes. They showed a hint of hesitation, and so did his words. Which grew angrier by the second. He shouted and argued, although he\u2019d have loved to rule two lands, sharing his power, let alone with a woman, was unthinkable. Cleo stormed off, all the while Julius began forming a plan to destroy what she loved most.<\/p>\n
\u201cAhmes, we have to hurry!\u201d we were being attacked by only Osiris knows who. We needed to make our way to Cleopatra\u2019s room and get her into hiding immediately. When we finally arrived, Cleo was changing, and shouting orders at anyone within ear shot. We had to get her to safety. \u201cCleo, come with us, please.\u201d Ahmes pleaded with her, Cleo had always been stubborn, so Ahmes took it upon himself to be her knight in shining armor. Before I knew it, he\u2019d thrown her over his shoulder and we were on a small boat to our favorite hiding place. And then I knew, only time would tell what was to come and our lives would change forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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