shouted the slave trader.

Eight people came off the ship that seem better days. Anamaria was one out of two women in a group of six men. Anamaria was helping a elderly chinese man beside her. Who name she learn was Ming. They became close to each other during the long voyage to get here. Anamaria didn't spoke a word to anybody on the ship during those two years besides Ming. And that was only during the time Ming was teaching his native language to her.

" Stand here", shouted the slave trader along with pointing his finger at a spot so who ever in the group didn't understand him.

The small group move to the spot. While moving Ming talked to Anamaria in chinese,"Don't worry my child."

All Anamaria did was look at him. Before Ming could say anything else the slave trader interrupt him.

"What you saying old man?"

Ming didn't say a word to him. Mostly because he didn't understand what he said. Latin wasn't a language he heard alot. The slave trader turn toward Anamaria.

"What did he say?"

Anamaria just look at him.

"I know you under stand me."

If only he knew how much he was right. Latin was one of the language she learn as a child, but she wasn't going to tell this sorry excuse of a man that. He was about to say something else when some people came up to him.

"What do you have here?"

He smile and turn around.

"Well, I have a group from all different places China, Rome, and even Eygpt," he said with a nasty grin.

Anamaria knew pointly he was talking about her.

The leader of the small group of people gave the slave trader a disgust look that he didn't see, but Anamaria did.

"When will you sell them?"

"Tomorrow sir, but you can look them over."

The leader as what Anamaria was call him now move around the small group. All that time Anamaria watched him. There was something about him, but she couldn't put her finger on it. He must had felt her eyes on him because he turn around and looked right at her. Anamaria quickly put her head down.

"Well, I see what I need to. I'm going."

Anamaria watch him leave till she couldn't see him no more.

" Take them to the holding house," said the slave trader.
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Night came.

Anamaria and Ming was sitting quietly together in a corner. When they heard a noise to the right of them. All at one time a group of men came through the cage door. It was the man from early today. In a whisper he told us that we had to choose between two things. One stay here or two come with him and get two more choices.

"What is he saying Anamaria?"

Before Anamaria could tell Ming one of the leader men spoke up in chinese to him.

"He said honor elder that he is taking you away from here."

Everybody left with him. As we walk behind him and his men one of the men that was in the prison with Anamaria spoke up.

"Were are we going?"

"To my ship the Dragon."

"Who are you?"

The leader turn towards him, but looked straight at Anamaria,"I'm just one out of thousands of pirates on the sea."