Love for the Slaves

Chapter Three

“Luna, are you alright?” Sinbad asked. He was holding my arm gently and looking into my eyes. “H-huh?” I asked, completely lost. “You’ve been staring off into space the whole time we were walking. You almost ran into three people. Is there something bothering you?” he asked, concern dripping in his words. I felt my heart melt. “He cared about me!” I thought. “Uh, yeah, I’m fine, I just got lost in my thoughts. Please forgive me,” I said, bowing. He chuckled. “No need for curtesy. You may be one of my Generals, but we are still friends. And you don’t need to plead for forgiveness. I just wanted to make sure you were alright,” he said. I nodded. “Now, why don’t you step onto the boat so we can get going?” he asked, smirking at me. I looked down and realized I was standing at the boat dock, just standing there and Sinbad was standing in the boat. I blushed and stepped off the dock into the boat. “How long was I standing there?” I asked. “Oh about… seven minutes,” he said. “SEVEN MINUTES?!” I asked. “Yes. That’s what I said, isn’t it?” he asked stupidly. I rolled my eyes at him. “Where is Terra?” I asked. Masrur took her to her cabin. We are going to need her to stay asleep until we get close to Sindrea and Yamraiha can take a look at her to be sure she is alright,” he said. “May I go sit with her?” I asked. “But don’t you want to keep me company so I don’t get lonely?” he asked. I blushed and then I realized, he was half joking half serious. “No alcohol,” I ordered him, sending him a warning glare. “Deal,” he said, holding his hands up in surrender. “But someone really should watch over Terra,” I said. “Ja’far is already down there. He and Masrur are going to take turns watching her,” he said. I sighed and nodded. We walked to the ships kitchen and sat down on the surprisingly comfortable chairs. Once we were settled with glasses of water, he sighed. “I didn’t just want you to keep me company. There are some things I need to discuss with you,” he said. I looked up at him, waiting for him to continue. “Some things happened while you were gone. These things were also part of the reason we didn’t rescue you sooner,” he said. “What kind of things?” I asked. “Well, we found a fourth magi,” he said. I gasped. “There are only supposed to be three!” I said. “Yes, I know. I do not know what there is a forth, but he is indeed, a magi. He is a little boy named Aladdin. We found him while in Balbad. He was with a girl, older than him but younger than you. She too is from the Dark Continent,” he said. “Why are there so many people from the Dark Continent suddenly appearing?” I asked. “I don’t know. The girls name is Morgiana, Aladdin calls her Morg,” he said. “I-Is she the magi’s Kings Candidate?” I asked. “No. Aladdin’s Kings Candidate is the third prince of Balbad. He was not acknowledged as a prince at first because he grew up in the slums of Balbad. While in Balbad, a battle broke out between pretty much, four or five different groups. First it was us and the prince with a group of “Chivalry Thieves.” Then the prince joined forces with us to fight the king. Then we, or more of Aladdin fought Judar and some of the Kou. Then we fought the rest of the thieves, in which there leader had fallen. It was a mess. Balbad became a republic and the third prince, whose name in Alibaba, Morgiana, and Aladdin are all staying in Sindrea for now,” he said. I nodded. “What was the point of telling me all this?” I asked, confused. I could have found out everything out on my own. “I told you this because I want you to assist me and Sharrkan in training Alibaba in sword play, and I want you to assist Yamraiha in training Aladdin with magic,” he said. My eyes grew wide. “You and Sharrkan are both better at sword play that me,” I said. “Maybe a little, but I would still like your help,” he said. “Does Sinbad just want me to be around him?” I thought. “But what about the magi? He should be able to wield magic on his own,” I said. “He can… well, a little. He can only wield fire magic,” he said. “Then it would make sense for Yamraiha to teach him water magic, but sound magic is extremely rare. He probably won’t be able to use it. Very few people can,” I said. “Yes, I know that, and I’m not asking you to teach him to pick up sound magic. I’m asking you to show him technic. Yamraiha is quick to lose her temper at times. I need you to help him with his technic if he can’t pick it up because she loses her temper,” he said. I sighed. “Fine, I’ll do it. By the way, how are you going to incorporate Terra? She didn’t go through a dungeon with you, and she didn’t save your life,” I said. “But I saved hers, essentially. Because we are blood bonded, it would make sense to put her on the Generals. However, she will have to assist Ja’far at my side all the time because I need to keep her close. I don’t plan on using the bond to control her like Judar did, but I do plan on reading her mind when necessary and sending her messages through our minds when necessary,” he said. “You two are probably going to get really close,” I said. “Probably, but Luna I need you to know, she will replace-,” he was interrupted. “Sin, Terra is starting to stir,” Ja’far said. “How far are we from Sindrea?” Sinbad asked. “About an hour,” Ja’far replied. “Go to her. Tell Masrur to meet me at the stern,” Sinbad said. Ja’far rushed off. “You should go prepare yourself, Luna, I will come retrieve you when we have gotten to our home,” Sinbad said, standing up. I nodded and walked away, wondering what Sinbad was trying to tell me. I walked into my cabin in the ship and relaxed onto my bed.