Hey guys! Sorry it took so long upload the next chapter. Last week I ended up being a lot busier than I expected to be and I had writer's block. I was also originally planning on making the first chapter about the full second episode of the anime, but I realized what I have so far is quite long and I didn't want to keep you guys waiting any longer, so here is the first official chapter of Amani. Enjoy! Also I have a bit of a description for Amani for the first part of the story.

Amani's Description

10 years old (Like Ja'far)

Dark purple/brown hair that looks almost black with bangs covering her eyes

Slim build

Traditional Partevian dress with a blue top and a green skirt

Chapter 1

"The best time for new beginnings is now." ~ Anonymous

Amani's POV

~ Nine years later ~

"It's time to wake up Amani." the rukh sang as I yawned. I sat up wiping the sleep from my eyes when I noticed that Mama and Sin were still asleep, and the sun was just starting to rise. That's when I noticed Mama was coughing in her sleep so I quickly got up to mash what little of the medicinal herbs we had left with a mortar and pestle. 'Sin's gonna have to get some more before he comes back from the dock today.' I thought as I mixed the mash with boiling water, and put the drink into a cup before rushing over to her. "Good morning Mama. It's time to take your medicine." I whispered. Her eyelids fluttered as I helped her sit up. When she fully opened her eyes and they landed on me, she smiled while her rukh danced around her in appreciation. "Thank you, my dear," Mama said weakly as she took the cup. After she drank all of her medicine, I helped her lay back down to go to sleep for a few more hours. Then I walked back over to the stove to get the ingredients together to make breakfast. As soon as I finished cooking, I got the wooden plates and utensils together when the rukh around Sinbad became more animated, which meant that he was awake. "Good morning Sin. How did you sleep?" I said as I handed him his breakfast. "I slept well, how did you sleep little sister of mine," he said as he quickly grabbed his plate, and set it down on the table. Then he wrapped one of his arms around me in a hug and started ruffling my hair with the other.

"Stop it Sin!" I exclaimed.

"Nope. Don't feel like it." and based on the way he said it he was smiling.

I turned my head then and saw Mama was awake again. "Mama make him stop," I whined.

"Ok Sin let go of Amani and eat your breakfast." She said softly in amusement.

"Ok mom," he said, while the rukh surrounding him giggled.

After that, he let me go, sat down, and started eating his breakfast. I turned back to the stove with a huff, made Mama's plate, and handed it to her before making my own. Then, I sat down at the table with Sin and started eating. When Sin finished eating, he got up, put on his shoes and was about to step out the door before I called him.

"Sin can you get some more medicinal herbs for Mama while you're out? I used up the rest this morning."

"Ok, I will love you see you later."

"Love you too and good luck finding a job at the dock today!"

When he left I continued eating with Mama, then took our dishes and washed them for later. After that, I gave Mama some water and helped her lie down again as the rukh fluttered around us. "Time to talk." the rukh said. I nodded.

Every day when Sin leaves for work and Mama is resting, I spend the day doing some housework while I quietly talk to the rukh, who was trying to convince me once again to practice magic. They've told me before that I am capable, but if I were to start practicing, I fear that I would be detected by the magicians that work for the empire and they would take me away from my family. So I swore off magic to avoid trouble. I mean Sin has a lot of rukh like I do, even if he can't see them, and he hasn't been noticed by any magicians as far as I can tell.

"Please consider it Amani," the rukh whispered to me.

"I can't even if I wanted to," I responded quietly, "I don't have a spell book, let alone a magic teacher, and I can't take a risk like that if it puts everyone around me in danger."

The rukh stayed silent after that.

~ A few hours later~

It's late afternoon now. I sensed that Sin had entered the village a while ago and was helping other villagers with housework which wasn't weird because that was his daily routine after work. What was abnormal though was that I sensed someone with a humongous amount of rukh following him. It made me extremely anxious as I realized that Sin was bringing him to the house. I had just started cooking dinner when I sensed them getting closer.

" Come on in." Sin said as he came in through the doorway.

"Wow! What a lovely dark comfortable-looking house you have!" the guest said in amazement.

"Thanks?" said Sin in confusion.

'Who is this guy? He's strange.' I thought.

"You brought a guest with you? Please make yourself at home." Mama said when she sat up and started coughing.

"Mom don't get up! Just stay in bed ok?" Sin said in a worried tone.

"But I-"

"It's fine lie down Mama," I said as Sin and I helped her lie back down in bed.

That's when I slightly turned to get a good look at our guest through my bangs. He had long light blonde hair in a braid with sky blue eyes and was wearing a dark green hat and shirt with tan pants. But what struck me the most about him was the amount of rukh around him. I had never seen anyone with as much rukh around him besides Sin and myself. When Sin caught me looking at him, he said, "Amani, Mom, this is our guest Yunan. He's a traveler. Yunan, this is my little sister Amani and my Mom."

"Hello, nice to meet you and thank you for letting me stay in your home," Yunan said with a closed-eyed smile.

When he opened his eyes and made eye contact with me, I quietly gasped and quickly lowered my head so my bangs would cover my eyes.

"Hello," I muttered.

That's when Sin stepped forward and handed me a small bag with medicinal herbs in it. I smiled at him then shuffled back over to the stove to finish dinner while Yunan talked with Mama and Sin. I ended up tuning out everything they were talking about when the rukh started speaking to me. "He won't hurt you or your family," they said.

"Are you sure?" I whispered in trepidation as I turned my head to look at the rukh surrounding Yunan through my bangs.

Then I shifted my gaze onto Yunan and accidentally locked eyes with him again. I swiftly turned around with my face red in embarrassment. I have to learn to be more discreet when I look at people and the rukh around them.

Soon after I began putting food on plates when I saw a flash of green in the corner of my eye. "Allow me to help you," Yunan said when he grabbed the plates for Sin and Mama.

I was so out of it at the moment that I didn't sense him coming up behind me.

"But your our guest," I mumbled, " you shouldn't have to-"

"It's alright, I insist. You've already done so much for me by allowing me to stay in your home. It's the least I could do." He said as he smiled at me.

'Maybe he isn't so scary after all,' I thought, 'The rukh did say he wasn't going to harm us.'

"Ok." I murmured.

That's when he turned and walked back over to Mama and Sin with their plates.

After dinner, I took the dishes and utensils, washed, and then dried them. Then I prepared Mama's medicine and gave it to her before she laid down to go to sleep. I was now setting up Yunan's bed when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned and looked through my bangs to see Yunan.

"I would like to talk to you, Amani." He said kindly.

"About what?" I whispered. Mama and Sin were already fast asleep.

"About the rukh." He answered.

At that moment, I felt fear course through me. "It's ok. He isn't going to hurt you or your family." The rukh reminded me.

"Ok," I whispered back to them both.

"Shall we go outside and talk?" Yunan asked with a smile.

That's the chapter guys! I'm gonna be pretty busy this week, but I'll try to update either towards the end of this week or next week. Until then, continue being awesome!