It all started when Amirah was just 12 years old. Her mother and father were merchants and they found a young boy in the desert who seemed to be around her age. They had taken him in and helped him regain his strength and heal his wounds. Being thankful for what they had done the boy wanted to repay their kindness by helping them out.
That is how Amirah's peaceful life started to change.
The boy that they had taken in, was named Salah al-din, but they decided to call him Saladin to make it easier. He had white hair that reached just past his shoulders and slightly tanned skin. There were two things Amirah found interesting about him. One of those things was that he had a wand with him, indicating that he was a magician. The other thing was his two different eyes. One was purple while the other appeared to be blind whom had been in bandage before.
The girl didn't notice that she was staring at the boy until he spoke up. "Is there something on my face?" he asked his voice soft and gentle yet had something wise to it.
Flustered and quite taken aback by the fact she now realised she had be staring she sputtered out. "N-no!"
The boy could not help but chuckle, his smile kept on his face as he asked "Do you find it weird?"
"Huh?" Amirah blinked slightly in confusion.
"My blind eye… do you find it weird?" he asked now a bit more specific.
"N-no! Just… I have never seen someone with a blind eye before… I guess I was just curious..." embarrassed the honey brown haired girl looked away.
Saladin stood up and then sat down before her making Amirah yelp a bit. The boy took her hand and let her fingertips rest just under his blind eye. The honey brown haired female blinked her ocean blue eye in confusion.
"See? There is nothing strange about it" Saladdin smiled. "Just because this eye only let me see darkness does not mean I am in pain or anything"
Amirah nodded as she took her hand back understanding it a bit more now. "I see". She didn't know how Saladin knew that she was wondering if he was in pain constantly, but his answer reassured her.
Amirah had a feeling she could trust this boy.
~ 2 years later~
Amirah, now 14 years old, had sword practice with her father. He found it time she learned some self defense. Saladin, now being 15 years old, was reading a book he always had with him. He had proved himself very helpful over the 2 years.
Amirah remembered having sword lessons when little, but she stopped training since there was no need to defend themselves. Her father was strong enough and always took care of the goons that tried to rob them.
"Honey, it's time to go again!" she heard her mother call. That was right they traveled with other caravans. It was a certain time of year where merchants would come and travel together. Exchanging information. This merchants society was known as 'The Great Surge'.
It was all like a big family. Everyone would exchange information with each other. It wasn't a society everyone could get in though, you had be accepted by one of the caravans to enter it. Whether it be marriage or just simple acceptance like for Saladin.
However... no one could predict that from that day on, things would get totally different...