Elina & I
Okay mother, haha, my lips are sealed. Wow! I wish I could see that city and experience what you have seen or done there!
You will when you are queen, soon!
Hmm…..so I'll race you towards the river bend, haha!!!!! Let's go!, you're too old for this I know!
No one's getting old here. Let's go, ready, set, go!!!!, Henshu said and ran fast as she could, Jaur ran over her and jumped up and down when she won against her mother. Both fell to the ground and laughed at their silly kids play.
Fearless by MVM, hmm, mother, what is this book about?, Jaur asked while checking out the book that is all worn.
That's one of my favorite which your grandfather handed to me when mother or your grandmother died. It is about a young girl and her best friend battling monsters, spirits and winning the challenges they faced in an island. Try reading it. I need to meet up with Meraek for the fiest. Invite Elena and her dad again. We will be celebrating Opet, one of our ancient celebrations, for the ritual journey of Amon, Mut and Khons, from their shrines at Karnak to the temple of Luxor. Thebes has many temples and Luxor is the most pretty among the temples we have here in Egypt. Okay, I need to really go. See you at dinner, "(ik)hobb" (love).
Hmm…let's read this book. Now I'm intrigued with what adventures the girls experienced in the story!, I thought and smiled to myself after giving mother a quick hug and drove up her horse back to the palace.
Asia is a beautiful and vast continent where countries in South East such as the Philippines, Japan,....
And I fell asleep, dreaming of the adventures awaiting me from the book, in the grassy ground at the gardens where I walked after mother left me near the sandy shore or the Nile. It's about a couple of meters walk from there to the wide gardens of the palace.
Where am I? Haaa….haaa….I woke up and found myself in the middle of an ocean where I couldn't see anything or anyone. The vastness of the waters is color blue green, full but lonely. I am here with everything I need, big fishes that swim from all corners, rich waters that sustain my wishes, dreams and desires, still, I feel loveless, I want someone to love and love me back. So in order to find that someone I swam the seas and saw an island. While walking out of the waters into the sandy beaches of the land, a girl welcomed me. She held my hand and walk me through their village. I suddenly see tall structures, parthenons, monuments and paladiums which are larger than ours in Egypt. Where am I? was what I said when the girl turned around and replied. You're in Atlantis, Princess Jaur. We are alive and healthy under the deep recesses of the sea. We are at the core of the seabed and you are breathing under water.
See the golds and silvers of our city. We are lost but we are alive. People say that we are dead but under the sea we are a legend that are living because of people like you, Jaur. Dreamers who act and live their dreams into reality. I am Talitha by the way and the gate keeper of Atlantis. Talitha is still walking when while talking about things which I didn't understand, she slowly turned into a beautiful woman, a goddess or maybe an angel. She is so lovely that I haven't seen a woman's face like hers in the real world.
You are very beautiful!, ahhh, arkkkk…cough, cough!!!
Yes and so are you! Be strong, Atlantis and the whole world is praying and rooting for you as future queen and leader of Egypt. So long and I will see you again, Princess Jaur!, Talitha said and kissed me on the lips.
Ugh…..ahhhhhhhh!!!! ha….haaa….haaaaaa!! Ah what the !!!!
Jaur, Ja…what's wrong? What happened to you? Are you trying to drown yourself?, Elina said shocked when I was gasping for air as I see myself soaking wet with Nile waters.
Huuh…..I dreamt or maybe I was there all along!
Where?
Atlanstis! A woman named Talitha said that…..ahhhhh. It doesn't matter….anyway, thank you for saving me, Elina!, Jaur said still a bit confused and hugged Elina then kissed her on the lips while she was still trying to figure what was going on. A dream or reality, still I know that there are gods and goddesses and people who are happy for my future reign. Hmm….I hope that I'd be the best queen and leader of Egypt…
Elina smiled and kissed me back.
Boats or ships are still being built during this era but Egypt can only make one maneuvered using sticks and paddles by slaves and fisher folks of the land. Hydra talked with Henshu about building a war vessel that can run using a "motor". A westerner friend of mine mentioned it to me while we were on a joust at the practice grounds near the Nile forts, Hydra said enthusiastically. Hydra asked Sabah and the rest of the scribes to research on how to make boats most especially ships faster and stronger for wars, expeditions and travels.
One evening Sabah called General Hydra to a private meeting. Hydra is still on her sleeping clothes made out of linen called flax but ran over to listen to the scribes idea.
Here are the blue prints of the ship and these are from a photo we shot on aerial view in the Pacific. It's unusual that a ship like this exist but it does and we can make a replica of it, Sabah explained while showing Hydra how they will make such an enormous but sophisticated vessel for Egypt.
War vessels huh! Hmm, I like the sound of that. We can call it, Felluca. We can't make a motor powered ship but soon. We will make a ship made out of wood and powered by men in oars. We will try making a motor by experimenting on one of our warriors boarding it. Sabah, build this at once and let the Pharaoh decide on what we'll us e for trade, war and travel, General Hydra added smiling and breathing happily for resolving one of their issues on products being stolen or missing scheduled trips due to slow powered boats picking or dropping off fruits, food or products, or losing battles due to poor sail or materials used on war ships and galleon trades.