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Krishna- me- the Pharaohs daughter
Nectabus: Pharaoh- my father
Pepi- my mother
Ramzie-my brother- future Pharaoh
Zepherus- Ramzie’ wife
Aaron- their child
Tiana- my slave girl
Vedanta, Grabe, & Atharva- palace guards
Zion- master builder
Siam- old Buddha
Tiana and I walked down the hall to the coronation room. Today was to be a very happy day. Ramzie was to be made Pharaoh. Now that Father died, there would be a new Pharaoh.
We walked into the coronation room and sat down. Not long after, Ramzie came charging up to us. He grabbed my arm. “ Slave girl, you stay here, I’d like to speak with Krishna alone.”
Outside the room, Ramzie angrily yelled, “ You fool! How dare you bring a slave into the coronation room, dressed in your clothes. You are young Krishna, but you have to understand. No slaves are allowed in our rooms. I don’t want to do this, but you are not allowed to my coronation. After I become Pharaoh, your slave....”
“ Her name is Tiana!”
“ I DON’T CARE!!!! She will be banished and we will find you a new slave. Now go to your room. I will send Tiana to you, and tomorrow she will be gone!”
I went into my room and packed my stuff. When Tiana came I handed her bag to her,and told her to follow me. When I got to the guards, I told them we were going for a walk. Grabe said that I couldn’t go without a guard, so he would go.
Grabe secretly knew what we were doing.
The first place we went was my fathers pyramid. There I asked,“What should we do?”
He answered,“Stay away from Ramzie for two moons. He will not be expecting your return. When you see him, father sent you home, or you never would’ve came back.”
“Why would he believe that I talked to you?”
“ Here, give him my necklace and he will surely believe you.”
The next place we went was to the Temples of Siam. There, we talked to the old Buddha himself, and asked him too what we should do. He replied,“Tiana should probably stay with me. If goes back to Ramzie, he would surely kill her.”
“Okay. Tiana can stay with you Siam.”
Not it was only Grabe and I. From the Temples, we went to the Archbishop cave. There, we decided to stay for the night. There, I asked Grabe,“Grabe.”
“Yes.”
“Why didn’t you complain when you found out what we were really doing?’’
“ Krishna, I was once a slave. I was separated from my friends and my wife. I was brought in for a guard. Soon after, I got a message that my wife and a friend were whipped to death by Zion, the master builder. Now I wish not to speak of it anymore.”
The night was long and silent, but in the morning, it was totally different.
“Grabe!”
“Yes?”
“Grabe I have an idea.”
“Go on.”
“We’d never be able to fight Ramzie and his army alone.”
“Yes.”
“But with all the slaves!”
“We’d have a whole army. We could capture his men. Start by capturing Zion, then go on to the guards and task masters. Then, if Ramzie still refused, we could capture his son, Aaron. We wouldn’t hurt him, just capture him.”
So with the plan in mind and in hand, we waited and strategized until the second moon had risen and lowered.
Over the days of strategizing, we decided that our plan would work best at night. So on the night of the third moon, we headed for Siam. We told him our plan and Tiana once again joined us. That night, we started our plan and the first slave rebellion.
“Ramzie, oh Ramzie!”
“Krishna! My god, where have you been?”
“Ramzie. We were going on a walk, Grabe, Tiana, and birds....”
“Krishna, calm down. Aaron, go run her a bath. Zephurus, lets get her some tea.”
“Yes Ramzie.”
“Don’t worry Krishna. You can finish the story later.”
It worked! While Ramzie brought me to his room, Grabe and the others started capturing people. They started with Zion. Grabe grabbed his arms. Another guard, Atharva grabbed his legs. The last guard, Vedanta, covered his mouth. They threw him into a room, locking the door. Then they went on to the task masters. Soon, the slaves started joining in on the rebellion. Soon, all of the men were captured. Think I heard something outside!” Said Zephurus.
When Ramzie looked down, the slaves were standing right there. Zephurus joined Ramzie. I saw my chance, and I grabbed Aaron. I ran out to the window, and I too yelled at Ramzie. “Ramzie, let the slaves go, for the life of your son. Slaves are just like Aaron. They wish not to be where they are, but they are here. Now free the slaves.”
“You are a fool Krishna. You don’t know what you’re doing. Let Aaron go.”
I thought Ramzie had one. There was no way to verify that I was right. Wait! Father's necklace. “You know father sent me to do this. If I had not talked to father, I would not have returned In my hands, I hold two different objects. One is your son, while the other is fathers necklace. Now Ramzie, you have two choices. I think you know what to do.”
“Slaves are slaves. Father told me. As seen here, he’s sent a different message to you. Father, please make me do the right thing. Let the slave rebellion end. Let the slaves or Pharaohs, wealthy or poor be treated as one, as an equal!”
The crowd cheered as my heart began to glow. We’d done it! We had done what no other had. We agreed through all. We started and ended a slave rebellion, and my story.
The End
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