The Demon of Egypt: Nala's Side by Amber Riel (best motivational books TXT) đ
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âNala,â a maleâs soft kind voice pulled me out from my thoughts. I rolled my eyes at the sight of my cousin, Tommus. He dark black hair and dark brown eyes. He was skinny but muscular and showed kindness to anyone. Pathetic.
âWhat do you want?â I asked, standing up on the rounded roof.
âTo talk to you, Nala. I heard about what you did yesterday to that poor servant girl and I donât think she deserved that. No one deserves what---â
âYea, yeaâŠ. WhateverâŠ. I donât care.â
âYou shouldâŠ. If you want people to---â
âGet out of my sight, TommusâŠ. I can do whatever I want.â
âTreating your people like farm animals isnât worth itâŠ. They shouldnât be slaughtered like defenseless cowsâŠ. You need---â
I jumped down and left Tommus aloneâŠ. What he had said was sickening. I didnât want to be stuck around him for another minute. I would have killed him like that little servant girl but he could have fought back. He was like me, he could change into a wild animal if he wanted to. He could fly and do what he wanted to but instead he chose to act like the humans and only show his abilities if he really needed to. I couldnât stand it. He was an insult to others like us. Our family was mixed with humans and well non humans such as us. He was one of the ones whom always seemed to be kind hearted. Ugh, I hate his stupid morals, I thought in anger. He thinks we should use our abilities for good. Yea well I disagree. Whatever, no way am I going to let him win. I should kill him, but how?
When I landed on my feet, I looked around and noticed that the place was empty. I found it to be kind of odd. I raised an eyebrow in confusion. Then there was this high pitch sound from the distance, I flinched. It was a high pitch scream in my ears and as a wolf the sound hurt my eardrums; it was so far away but sounded so close. I covered my ears with the palms of my warm human skin.
I felt an icy cold hand touch my left shoulder. I turned to see the Grim Reaper as he had told me before, dropping my hands down from my ears. âYou beware.â
âOf what?â I asked, annoyed.
His eyeless stare bothered me in an odd away. âLife.â
âWhat?â
He vanished without answering my question.
âGet back here,â I said, moving my head from side to side constantly.
âYou murdered me,â a girlâs voice spoke eerily to me. I noticed the ghost of the servant who I had murdered earlier. âYouâre a sole less demon and need to die.â
âIâm not sole lessâŠ. Iâm alive.â
The servant girlâs ghostly hand reached up for me. âYou are marked with the dead.â
I raised an eyebrow, confused. âWhat?â
âYou are death.â
I kind of laughed. âYea right.â
âYou have been warned.â The ghost vanished.
âWarned? Death? HA! Yea rightâŠ. I bet itâs all a dream, thatâs what humans fear not me.â I shook my head and walked away.
I walked past a little hut where I heard voices. I turned my head and looked into the window, ducking down so no one could see me. Inside, I saw Tommus, Madeline, my cousin, Death (an odd choice for a name), and my Uncle Maxumous. What are they talking about? I wondered.
âNala, Ramos, and Niki are going to destroy Egypt if we donât do something about it,â Tommus told the others.
âHow are we going to stop them? Me and Madeline are humans; we canât do anything,â Death replied.
Tommus slid a hand through his silky dark hair. âWeâll figure something out.â
âMy brother wasnât like this before he became pharaoh,â my uncle spoke up.
âWhat, Uncle Maxumous?â Madeline asked.
âDad?â Tommus also asked, somewhat confused. âWhat do you mean Uncle Ramos wasnât like this?â
âHe was a deceit young man before he came into power.â Uncle Maxumous paused. His eyes filled with tears. âHe cared for everyone and everything at one time. I was glad when he took over our fatherâs place as pharaohâŠ. Me and your dad both agreed that he was the right choice for the jobâŠ. But we were wrong.â He looked around the room. âThe power overtook him and he became a monster when he married Eva, a nice young womanâŠ. He abused her, mistreated herâŠ. Simba was bornâŠ. He wasnât happy; something about the child disappointed himâŠ. About a few years later, Niki and Nala were born and he knew that he could taint themâŠ.â
I listened, growing angry at my uncles words against my father.
âEva was another saiyan, were as Simba was born human like the three of my brothers; our older brother was killed in a war after his children were born so we donât speak much of himâŠ. All of you were too young to remember him,â Uncle Maxumous went off topic for a moment about their other brother. He sighed. âRamos knew that Niki and Nala were like their mother and IâŠ. SaiyansâŠ. A nonhuman raceâŠ. He knew he could raise them to be like his minionsâŠ. Little evil demons as the humans call them nowâŠ. Eva knew thisâŠ. She could tell that Niki and Nala were going to grow up and be just like their fatherâŠ.â He shook his head disappointed. âEven though she loved the two newborns, she knew she couldnât let them grow up that wayâŠ. So one night, she tried to drown NikiâŠ. Ramos stopped her and smacked her, taken Niki awayâŠ. He told her to never try that againâŠ. The next night, Eva snuck away with Nala to drown herâŠ. This time she had been followed by the guardsâŠ. The guards dragged her back to Ramos with baby NalaâŠ. The guards told Ramos what she was planning to do and Ramos asked her about it and she admitted to itâŠ. To make sure that Eva wouldnât try anything like that againâŠ. He had her murdered.â He looked down in shame. âThe man who I call brother is lost now and only evil remainsâŠ. Nala is a thousand times worse than Ramos and NikiâŠ. We need to figure out how to kill her.â
I growled to myself and left. Those words were spoken against me and my father and brother. I had to do something to keep them from doing whatever they were planning. I heard that high pitch scream again. I covered my ears in pain. I needed to find out where that scream was coming from because it was a deadly noise I couldnât stand as a human or a wolf.
I fell on my bedroom floor and curled up into a ball, covering my ears. For some reason the scream was still ringing in the streets and into my ears. I felt the door open and looked up to see Antinique walk in. I slowly stood up, removing my hands from my ears and I looked around, noticing that the screaming had stopped. âWhat do you want?â I growled.
Antinique smiled to try to throw me off guard, but I knew she was up to something. âTo talkâŠ. I would love to get to know my future step daughter better.â
I spit a laugh out. âYea right. What do you really want?â The woman didnât look to be much older than Simba and yet she was marrying my father. Obviously something was up.
âTo get to know you better.â
âWhateverâŠ. I could snap your neck easily and you want to get to know me? I want to kill you, and believe me, I mean what I say.â
Antinique lost her smile. âListen here you little bratâŠ. I will not put up with youâŠ. I will have you thrown in prison.â
I laughed. âMe? I donât think soâŠ. Iâm daddyâs little girl, and once he finds out that you said that to me, heâll dump you just like that.â I snapped my slim little fingers together. âYouâre on my land, in my home, and I will do anything to get you thrown out of hereâŠ. Even if I have to kill you.â
âPrincess Nala,â Imhotepâs voice had said in anger. He stood in the door way and I hadnât even noticed he was even there.
âWhat do you want?â
âRespect your future step mother.â
âWhy? Youâre not my bossâŠ. Youâre just food that I will eat when I get the chance.â I growled.
Antinique looked at me then to Imhotep, she could tell that she wasnât the only one who I had threatened.
âBoth of you out of my room.â
Antinique looked at me. âYou should have more respect for your elders.â
I smiled at her comment. âOkay then.â I licked my upper lip and pounced. I grabbed Antiniqueâs right arm, slamming her against the hard cement floor. I held up her arm and opened my mouth, revealing my wolf fangs as I went to bite down on her human flesh when Imhotep knocked my back toward the balcony. I stood up and had transformed into half human half wolf and eyed the man, growling.
âThatâs enough,â he hissed in anger.
I kept growling at the bald human man.
He helped Antinique up and had her leave the room. âWait âtil your father hears about this, young lady.â He left the room, closing the door behind him. I heard him lock it from the outside so I couldnât leave.
I transformed back into a human and raised an eyebrow. The idiot forgot that I could just teleport so locking me in the room was pointless, but as long as him and that gold digging woman were gone, I let it go. Moron, I thought.
The BallI walked into a room filled with weapons. All kinds of swords and knives aligned the golden brown walls. The room I stood in was where the fighting would take place for entertainment. I shook my head and body preparing myself. I walked over to a wall and picked up two very slim daggers. I turned toward the open space and started swinging. I played around with the two daggers as if I were fighting against an opponent. I practiced dodging and attacking.
âYour highness,â Imhotepâs voice spoke, âwhat are you doing?â
âTraining,â I replied, still working on my reflexes.
âWhy? You donât need swords---â
âSo, itâs nice to have a backup plan just in case. Are you going to just stand there? Or are you going to help me train?â
I could hear Imhotep sigh. âIâll help you train.â
I stopped as I waited for my enemy to pick his weapon. He picked out two more daggers and walked over to me. âPlay fair, your highness.â
I raised an eyebrow.
âNo transforming into a creatureâŠ. No flyingâŠ. No teleportingâŠ. Nothing
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