Author's Note:
Hello again, I decided to post again because I thought I might as well get a few chapters up here for you guys to read. Anyways please enjoy and don't worry! More is to come!

Ten Years Ago...

Saffia watched through the window carefully, a look of distress on her face. Jesse watched her older sister carefully from underneath the table where her Saffia ordered her to stay. She wondered what was happening, Saffia wouldn't tell her as she usually did. Her sister never wanted her to be frightened, but when she constantly had to hide in fear of being seen by the crusaders, it was hard not too.

"What's happening?" asked Jesse in a terrified whisper. Saffia glanced over at her sister and forced a smile on her face. She pulled a curtain over it carefully before walking in front of her seven year sister. She knelt down, meeting her sister's eye and reached out and took her hand.

"I'm sorry, Jariya, but I have to do this," she said and Jesse's eyes went wide.

"You have to do what?" she asked, pulling her hand back to stare at Saffia in shock. Saffia smiled sadly, shaking her head.

"Jariya, there are men out there looking for prisoners. If I do not go, then they will take you and-."

"You can't go with them, Saffia!" Jesse cried, tears welding in her eyes lurching at her sister as she embraced her deeply. Her older sister did the same and it wasn't too long before she felt wet tears staining the headress that she was wearing. Saffia slowly pulled back, keeping her hands on Jesse's shoulders.

"I'm sorry, but I have to. I will go out there and you'll stay here until they leave. Do you understand?" Jesse slowly nodded, wiping the stray tears that were falling down her cheeks.

"Where will I go?"

"You'll go to Bassam's house. He will keep you safe and help you." Jesse nodded, biting her lip to keep back a throat-throbbing sob. Saffia glanced down at her sister one last time and said, "I love you, Jariya, don't you ever forget that." Jesse nodded, taking a moment to get herself under control.

"I-I love-e y-you too," she said in a wavering voice. Then, Saffia grabbed a blanket and set it on the table, pulling it to shield Jesse from anyone. All she could she was darkness as her sister left the room.

Jesse couldn't believe it. After all these years, all these years of her relying on survival, she had finally seen her sister. At least she thought so anyway. Jesse watched carefully, hiding behind the tree as she seen Saffia walking with a group of men, laughing as if nothing had ever been wrong in her life. She looked far different, her once shoulder length black hair now was cut short as if she were a young boy. And if Jesse were any other person, she would have thought she was a boy if she didn't know that face.

Hesitantly, Jesse stepped out of her hiding place and glanced over at her sister. "Saffia?" she asked and Saffia glanced over at her and nodded without any recognition whatsoever. It didn't surprise Jesse, she was only a seven year old girl at the time while Saffia was sixteen when she last saw her.

"Yes, I go by Djac. How do you know me?" Jesse took a deep breath and closed her eyes, holding in all her emotions after hearing her brother's name. It had been so long, before she had lost Saffia that she had heard of his death. Now, her sister was going by her brother's name? Perhaps her sister was trying to pass off as a boy, but why?

"I'm your sister." Djac stared at her blankly for a few minutes before realization hit her face.

"Jariya?" she asked, leaning forward and staring into Jesse's face. Jesse smiled lightly and nodded.

"Yes, I go by Jesse." Djac didn't hesitate another minute as she quickly embraced her long lost sister. Djac's friends waited patiently as the sisters talked before beginning to question them. Djac pulled back from the embrace and looked her sister over carefully.

"You look so different!" Djac cried and Jesse smiled shyly.

"Well, it has been ten years." Jesse did look quite different, but in a good way. She was quite beautiful with long, thick black hair that fell about about waist length and wide brown eyes. Jesse felt uncomfortable when it was silent and asked the one question that came to mind. "How long have you been free?"

"We'll catch up later, why don't you have dinner with us?" Djac asked, glancing over at Robin to get his approval. Robin nodded.

"Of course, we'd be delighted to meet Djac's sister that she had never mentioned," Robin said, raising an eyebrow and cocking his in Djac's direction. Much, Robin's most loyal friend, glanced around at their surroundings nervously.

"Can we finish this conversation at the camp, please?" Much suggested and Jesse sent him a smile, causing him to turn bright red.