I awoke, dazed I saw light above me but chided my self not to get to hopeful. I blinked a few times to accustom my self to the sun's rays. The only thing was... it didn't feel like sun's rays. I chanced a look and saw, to my surprise an orb of light with every color imaginable swirling inside of it. It seemed to give light but not heat. The more I looked at it the more mesmerized I felt, almost like I was going into a trance. I was jostled back into my right mind by, well, just that. I was thrown back. That made me look around for the first time. I was in some sort of cart that was being pulled by a horse, but then again, for all I knew, it would turn in to a dragon and kill us all. Two of the thugs I had seen before were up front, driving and a glance to the back assured me that the other two where walking behind, each had whips and a vicious snarl on their lips. I shivered. "Y' allright, hon?" Some one beside me whispered. All around the cart, grimy people were chained to the walls. I tugged at my own chains, seeing I was in no better shape then they. I tentatively touched my face and dried mud fell to the splintery wood floor of the cart. I must look just like them. I turned to the woman who had spoken. She had a kind face, even through all the soil and her hollowed features. In her lap, two toddlers slept fitfully, and she held a baby haphazardly in her arms. "I'm fine, thanks mam" I said matching her tone "Call me Neema" She said attempting to brush a stray strand of her curly brown hair with streaks of grey that shouldn't have been there away from her eyes. "They raided my village, killed any who fought and took the ones who didn't. But maybe this way Elli, Dom, and Becka have a chance." She gave a week smile "What do you mean this way? Where are we going?" I asked, worried "You aren't from around here, are you? These men are bounty hunters and slave traders. They're taking us to Cadonla, where the big market is" She need not say more. I was going to get all of these people off of here to live free lives. Then I was going to have a serious talk with who ever made this messed up place.
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