Week 5 Story: Isis's Plan
Isis was tired. Just plain tired. She’d been sitting in the
shadows for far too long and knew she was destined for better things. And to constantly
see Ra getting the things she deserved just made it worse. It should be her
ruling Egypt, sitting on the throne, living as a god among men. She had always
known she was meant for something more. That’s why she picked up magic. Being
an enchantress was as close as she could get as a human to having the power she
craved. And finally one day she couldn’t take it anymore. She decided that she
was going to get Ra’s power by any means necessary. So she began making a plan.
She knew the path Ra took every day to get back to his palace, so she decided
that she would attack there. Or rather, she would plant the attacker there. She
chose a particularly poisonous snake, a viper, and put it right in Ra’s path. And just
like she predicted, he was bitten and immediately collapsed in pain. His men
carried back him onto his boat and Isis quietly slipped on board amid the chaos.
She approached Ra and told him that she could take away his pain on one
condition: he tell her his secret name. She knew that once she had his name,
she would wield the power he wielded and be as powerful and unstoppable as she
had always dreamed. He refused initially, knowing that it would mean she would
have his power. But as his pain grew worse, his desperation won out, and he
told her. She cast a spell to get rid of the venom, and heal Ra. As his name
was transferred to her, she felt the power course through her and knew immediately
that all her long-held desires had been awarded to her. She smiled knowing that
her life was about to change for the better, and it was her own cleverness that had
gotten her to that point.
Authors note: I stuck to the original story where Isis tricks Ra into telling her his secret name so that she can have the power of the gods. All the major plot points are the same, but I wrote it from her perspective as a strong woman who is doing whatever it takes to get what she wants, even though it is by somewhat questionable means.
Bibliography: The Secret Name of Ra from Egyptian Myth and Legend by Donald Mckenzie link to online reading
Hi Caroline! Great to read your story! I did Egyptian legends this week also so that helped give me some background for your story. I love that you kept the basic details the same but told the story from Isis' perspective instead, I think that really breathed new life into it! I'm all about the girl power so I liked that you made her less of a villain and more of an...opportunist? I think a lot of these stories can be a little black and white about who is the bad or good and I'm all for adding a little moral ambiguity! Great job and I can't wait to read more from you!
ReplyDeleteHey Caroline! I truly enjoyed reading this story! I personally didn't have any knowledge of the Egyptian Stories before yours but I really enjoyed it. I found the idea of this story quite entertaining and creative. I think that this was clever in the sense that you were able to emotionally show what they were feeling at times. I also enjoyed how the character was just trying to get ahead in her mind. Great story!
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