Sinbad 14 5'3

Syria 17 5'7

Syria sighs as she finishes putting up the last of the supplies. She wiped the sweat off her face with her hand and exited the storage house. She has been working since early this morning and now she was starting to regret it.

Her stomach let out a loud growl and she sighs.

She had forgotten to pack some food.

She giggles at herself, remembering how her mother would scold her when she would come home from working and her loud stomach singing. She didn't normally eat that much. Whenever she was given food she would always split it with her mother or brother and give them the bigger portion. But because of that she has gotten skinnier. She rubs her loud stomach and makes it outside.

"Thank you Syria, that was all for today!" The lady she was helping told her. She hands the seventeen year old a pouch. "It's not much but you've earned it." She nods her head and a big smile crosses her face. The woman can't help but to smile back. Syria takes it and begins to walk home. She looks in the pouch while walking to see how much money she has. It wasn't much but with the money she and Sin were saving it should be enough to buy their mother's medicine. She made it to a street and she heard shouts and calls. Ignoring her stomach she ran toward the noise. She saw a crowd of men bothering some women and children and raiding their wagon.

Syria frowned. She didn't get it. Why would people always do bad things. In a way it reminded her of her father and that made her blood boil. In less than a minute she sees her little brother dropping down and kicking a man in the face. She puts a hand over her mouth to keep herself from laughing out loud. The men begin to shout at him and since they were distracted she took this chance and punched one of them in the jaw.

"What the hell?!" One shouts. Obviously, the leader.

"They're nothing but kids take them out!"

Syria and Sin both looked at each other before grinning wide"Well. That's done. They weren't even that strong. You okay Syria?" Sinbad says to his sister. Syria nods happily and taps his nose, making Sinbad smile a goofy smile. He then turns to the women and children. "You ladies should be more careful. Especially since you're all alone."

The women thank them and in return gave them done fruit.

"We have a lot of fresh fruits since we're merchants. It's the least we can do for you." The woman says as she takes the top of a barrel. All of them stared at the sight before them.

A person was in the barrel, staring at them in shock. They stared back. Of course Syria was the first to move by poking the man's nose. This caused the man to squeal and jump.

"Please knock before entering!!' He says and grabs the head of the barrel and closes it.

"Thank you for clearing up that misunderstanding." The weird man says. Well he was weird to Syria. He was dressed in weird clothes. He was wearing a weird green suit with a matching hat. He had a weird thing that looked like a fishing rod. He also had weird yellow hair that was in a long braid.

"It was so small, dark, and cozy. I liked it so much.." He whines. They were now walking home with the strange man. Syria was carrying her money pouch and a bag of fruit, Sinbad had some fruit as well.

"So what's your name mister." Sin asks and Syria listens carefully.

"Ah, I am Yunan." He says giving a smile.

"Well, you're really weird Yunan," Sinbad says. They were almost home now and Sin and Syria had to shoo away some kids that kept tugging on Yunan's braid. "We're home mom!" Sin calls out and Syria sets the bags in a corner and goes to their mother.

Sinbad guides Yunan in and the man sits down on a pillow on the floor. Esra sits up from her place in bed with the help of Syria. "Welcome back, you two.." She says weakly smiling. Syria and Sinbad return the smile wholeheartedly and Yunan observes the scene before him. "Ah, so we have a guest, Syria fixes him something." She says and the teenager nods before getting up and starting to shuffle around. Sinbad goes to a corner where Syria sat her pouch filled with money and gives it to their mother. "This should be enough for awhile. We've been saving.." Sinbad says and Esra smiles at him. "Yes, it's okay."

Sinbad goes off to the port for awhile and Syria gives Yunan and her mother some food she made. Even though Yunan tried to refuse kindly Syria kept putting the spoon to his mouth trying to force feed him. Her mother only giggled. "She's not going to stop until she sees you eat at least some of it." She says and Yunan eats some, causing the teenager to smile. Yunan felt his chest heat up at her smile and tilts his head to the side.

She has a weird air around her. Even though it makes me feel uneasy...

Without realizing it he smiles back at her and she scoots closer causing him to blink in confusion. She leans forward and he leans back a bit and she takes off his hat. She examines it for a bit, turning it and holding it upside down. When she's done she puts his hat on her head and she stares up at him. "Haha, it looks too big on your head" he says and reaches for it. She leans away from him and gets behind him and starts to play with his long braid. It took him a bit to realize that she was taking it a loose. When he tried to turn around she pinched the back of his neck and forced his head back into the position it was in before.

Esra lets out a few hacking coughs and the two immediately turned in her direction. Syria was about to get up until her mother stopped her.

"It's okay sweetie. Don't worry much." She says and Syria sits back down and stares at her mother for a few more moments then goes back to Yunan's hair. "Ah, I didn't get your name." The woman says. Yunan turns her way. "I am Yunan, a traveler." He answers and she nods. "I am Esra." She says smiling. "As you can see I'm very ill and fragile." She says before taking a deep breath. " They try so hard to take care of me. And I feel as though I'm weighing them down.

"Yunan I know this is random, but I think I won't be able to make it. So if it's possible can you please guide these two?" She says. Yunan looks at the woman in deep thought. He recalls Sinbad saying that their mother was very sick and without her medicine, she can die any day. Yes, it did pain him to see her like this. But it made him smile that the two siblings were working hard to help their mother.

"Bah! Look at me! Making the guest worry, please just forget about it." She says laughing. Yunan smiles before nodded. "I will." He says.

"ESRA!" a woman comes barging in their home, startling them. Syria took note that it was the woman she was working with earlier. The woman was panting and had a scared look on her face.

"It's Sinbad! The troops came!"

Syria was halfway out the door before Yunan took her wrist. She looks at him in confusion and Yunan shakes his head. "I'll go. Please stay with your mother." He reassures her and walks ahead. He stops, only for a second, and thinks about taking his hat back. He shakes his head and continues forward. Syria stares as he walks away before sitting down next to her mother's bed. Esra hums and grabs the other's hands. "Sin will be fine. He always is." Syria stares at her mother, unblinking. It takes Esra to realize that the girl was in one of her staring spells. The older woman strokes her daughter's cheek.

"You both will be fine."

Sinbad came back later that evening, by then Syria had fallen asleep next to her mother. Sinbad smiles at his older sister's face while she's sleeping. He pokes her nose and it twitches.

"Mother, I've made up my mind. I'm going somewhere in three days. But I'll be back with the power to change things around here..." He says and clenches his fists.

"And then..." He trails off. He looks at his mother and she has a small, weak smile on her face. Then he turns to his sister and shakes his head. No.. He thought. I can't leave them alone.

"Sin." His mother calls, gaining his attention. She reaches over Syria to grab something out of the corner behind the curtains. Once she has the item in both hands she faces it toward him. He stares at his father's sword in her hands. "You know I've been feeling like I've been holding you two down." She says then turns toward him. "Here," she places it in his hands. "Use it, your father will be proud."

Three days had passed and on the third day Sinbad woke up early and took his father's sword. He was about to walk out the door until a hand tugged the back of his robe. He turns around and is met with a sleepy Syria. "Back.... Okay?" She mumbles rubbing the sleep out of one eye. Sinbad nods and gives her a hug. "Help mom out okay. I'll be gone only for a few hours." He says and she taps his nose before he runs off.

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Two months!? Was he really gone two whole months? It only felt like he was gone for a few hours!

He ran, he ran as fast as he could and threw the door open. There they were. Esra lied on the floor panting and coughing, tears running down her cheeks. Syria sat beside her, holding her mother's hand and shaking slightly. Sinbad makes his way over to them falls to his knees.

"Ah....Badr... Darling.... I can see you. Does that.... Mean I'm... Gone?" She whispers. Syria squeezes her hand and Sinbad has to close his eyes to keep from crying. Esra smiles at no one in particular and begins to speak again. "Sin, Syria. They've grown up so much.... So strong. ." Some of the women who were already there trying to help keep begging the woman to save her energy and rest. But Sinbad knew, he knew she was already too far gone. He looks at his sister and already knows she knows as well by the way she was reacting. Her gold eyes were dark, dull, and wide. She would occasionally twitch and when she did she squeezed their mother's hand tighter.

"Sin.... Syria, I love you two..."

And she was gone.

Of course, they mourned their mother's death. They buried her body in the middle of the village.

A few days later Sinbad woke Syria up by shaking her shoulders. Said girl groaned, grabbed her brother by the arm and pulled him to the floor with her. Sin gasps from up under his sister and pushes her off. She had been a little rebellious lately and Sinbad knew the reason for it. He pinches her nose. "Come on, we need to go to our harbor."

Yes, theirs. It wasn't just his and hers, Sinbad had bought the harbor with all the riches he had, so it was now free to anybody. Syria sits up and rubs her eyes before nodding. Sin laughs at her bed head and she looks up- as if she can actually her hair- then shakes her head wildly. She stands up and goes to the corner of the room and starts getting dressed. Even though they were siblings, he thought it was awkward that she didn't mind changing in front of him.

Or bathing...

Not wanting to be rude he steps outside and waits until she's finished.

She steps through the doorway with her usual robes on and Yunan's hat on her back. She had tied strings on it so she could wear it hanging from her neck. Sinbad wondered why she had the man's hat but decided not to question it. He grabs her hand and they both headed toward the harbor.

"WHERE IS THIS SINBAD?!" Someone booms and Sinbad winces slightly. He really hopes it wasn't that 'Drakon' kid and the military, he's had enough of him already. He lets go of his sister's hand and makes his way past the crowd and sees a girl beating on one of the villagers. He manages to get behind the girl and stops her from stabbing the man.

"Now, that's not lady-like." He comments and slips his hand down her waist. The girl tries to elbow him in the face and he swiftly dodges his. She then scoffs at him. "I'm guessing you are Sinbad?" She says smirking.

"I'm the princess of Parthevia! Princess Serendine! And you are summoned by my father to give up the power of the dungeon." Now it was Sinbad's turn to scoff. He had just about enough of this from that spoiled brat, he didn't need to be hearing it from her. He sighs and puts a smile on her face. "Sorry, not gonna happen." He says and the girl takes her sword from her hip. "Do you know why they call me the Spider ?"

From in the crowd, Syria watched the two talk together. She would occasionally twitch when the girl would move closer to her brother. She didn't like her all that much. She was loud and bossy, not only that, her hair was weird and pink. She wanted to go up to the girl and pull at it and see if it were her real hair. She saw that Sinbad kept eyeing her while she stood in the crowd. Suddenly she had an idea in her head, she didn't know if it would work, she did know it was risky. She began to shift over to get closer to the two other girls that princess had with her and she managed to get behind them while Sinbad was keeping the other busy.

She grabbed both of them by the head and hit them together, making them pass out. Even though she was skinny, she was strong since she was always lifting heavy loads for work.

Of course, the two girls did scream and the princess turns toward her.

"HOW DARE YO-"

Before she can finish her armor was cracked into pieces, causing her chest to be exposed. Syria gawked at them before covering her eyes. Serendine became flustered and tried to cover her chest, this gave Sinbad the opportunity to throw the girl over her shoulder and taking Syria.

"I guess this is called taking a hostage." He says to the other soldiers and jumps on a boat with the two. The soldiers' mouths dropped as Sinbad rowed away, Serendine was curled up in a corner of the small boat, covering her chest.

"W-What are you two going to do to me?! My father will have both your heads!" She says. Sinbad shrugs before grabbing a barrel and taking the top off. Syria picks the other girl up and sits her in the barrel and throws her in the water. Serendine stares at them with confusion written all over her face. "If you're this far out, they'll be able to get you back right- but just in case," He throws a paddle in the barrel. "Bye~" He says waving at her with a big grin on his face. Syria waves at her too with a small smile, as if giving the girl a silent apology.

"SSIIINNBAAAAAAD!!!!"