A/N: hey all I taught that since I didn't update in forever I would give you two chappies for your reading enjoyment

Warning! This chapter contains some hurt, as do the nest two chapters! There are mentions of rape so if you no likie you no readie or you could just skip this and the next two chapters which ever floats your boat! Consider your self warned and have fun reading!

Chapter 4

When they got to the forest the Romans turned around.

"I hope you remember the way back to the wall because you're going to lead us back at the end of the two months that we will be here. Now since you four are the youngest you are setting up camp, and have skivvy duty."

"What's skivvy duty?" asked Kay.

"You have the fun task of hunting, dressing and cooking the meals for every one and then clean up when every one is finished." Smiled the Roman.

"The little slaves get to be slaves." Laughed the two Romans that sat near by. Anger boiled in Tristian, he hated how the Romans looked down on every one else. 'Oh well he thought what goes up must come back down they can't stay in power forever.' It was a saying his father had said many times when the men of his village came to him to complain about the Romans.

"So hurry up and get camp done and then get dinner started. We'll start your training tomorrow. Now get!" Tristian just stood there glaring for about thirty seconds then went with the others.

After the tents were pitched and they got the campfire started they got some dried meat and warmed them up a bit and them passed them out along with some bread. As Tristian served a Roman, he saw that the one that Jerric was serving slide his hand down his back until it rested on his butt. Jerric slapped his hand away cursing him and started to walk away when the Roman took his arm and jerked him around ruffly and slapped hi in the face causing him to fall to the ground.

Tristian started to walk towards him when Jerric looked up at him, his lip was split and a bruise was forming on his cheekbone. When he saw Tristian coming to help him he shook his head no. Tristian stopped. 'I guess I could talk to him later. We really need to stick together.'

What he saw next shocked him. He knew it shouldn't have since it had already happened to him and Galahad and the gods only knew how many others they had mistreated in this way. He saw the Roman grab Jerric again once he was off the ground and hauled him behind a tree where they were out of sight of the rest of the camp. The Romans who saw it happen turned their heads and acted like they hadn't seen their companion or hear the quite whimpers of the boy. Just as Tristian was about to run up and get the Roman off of Jerric, Titus, his older brother ran up and threw the Roman off the crying and shaking Jerric. Tristian and Kay ran to back up their fellow knights as Titus was saying, "If you touch my brother, me, or any of the others I swear to the gods above I will kill you!" The Roman looked at him bewildered but then smiled and walked off, leaving three smoldering boys glaring at his back. Jerric had slid down the tree and had his knees up to his chest with his head on and his arms wrapped around them rocking back and forth. Tristian saw that his shoulders were shaking with quite sobs. Titus squatted down to his brother and touched his shoulder; Jerric jumped and tensed up.

"Jerric it's me, I'm here and I'll never let them touch you again." A single tear rolled down Titus' cheek when his brother looked up at him, eyes red and puffy from crying, his cheek bruised and blood dripping sown his chin where his lip had split and the Romans hard kissing had aggravated it. Jerric looked down Disgusted with him self. He was quite from then on and only talked when the need was dire.

After the two brothers had gone inside the tent that the four boys had to share, Titus wrapped up Jerric in their fun pelts and came back outside.

"How is he?" Kay asked taking the words right out of Tristian's mouth.

"He's really shaken up and will not talk to me." Titus said. "If it's all right with you two I think we need to keep watch so this will not happen to him or anyone else again.

Kay and Tristian agreed wholeheartedly.

"Right, I'll take the first watch I couldn't sleep even if I tried." Titus said

"I'll stay beside him." Tristian said

Titus looked at him in mock surprise.

"I thought you were a mute. Seeing how you spoke to no one on the way to this retched island and Lancelot and others say you barely talk to them." He said trying to lighten the mood. Tristian just smiled.

The first month and a half was uneventful, Tristian, being a naturally fast learner learned all the herbs and footprints in three weeks. The fact that he already knew most of them helped a bit too, so he had some free time on his hands to do whatever he felt like doing.

When they went out for a routine lesson they ran into Woads. Tristian, having scouted the area within a twenty-mile radius in his free time, knew that there was not a Woad anywhere close to them and hadn't been for a while. So when they attacked he watched them fight when he could trying to tell from their techniques if they were really Woads. He saw one "Woad" smile and the Roman he was "fighting" with when it fully dawned on Tristian. It was a trap and probably their surprise. When he stopped to tell the other boys he was his over the head and knew nothing more.

A/N: hey everyone I hope you like and I think that I'm going to be xtra nice this week and type the next chapter but that's all. Ill try to get chapter 6-8 typed some time in the next week but I'm not promising anything. Remember my little goal about the reviews the more reviews I get the faster I type. So pass it along to all your online friends or not and just review even if to say hi or it sux whatever (of course if you say it sux I will be pissed at you for the next two days then forget all about it and agree with you j/k) luv yall