Her master was so kind. He had decided to take her on a small tour of the kingdom to which they now belonged. It had been a wonderful five years since she had been given to Master Garender for his enjoyment. Five years since her cruel master had nearly beaten her to death. Now at age 23 she was happy and felt so loved by her master. Her red hair had grown long under his loving care and was pulled back into a pony tail.<br/><br/>She was thinking about all this when she heard something go whistling by her. She looked around and suddenly there were horses surrounding them. Her master put his protective arms around her as he drew his sword. One of the men grabbed her away from her master as he moved to fight with another. "Master!" Serenity screamed. He swung around and pulled her back to him. "Don't worry my dear. I will protect you, or die trying."  He whispered in her ear.<br/><br/>The fight continued as the attackers kept trying to take the slave from the master. Finally there were two left. One grabbed the girl and got her away from her master. With a cry of fear the girl screamed for her master as the other ran ran his sword through Garender. There was the sound of a wagon approaching and the two attackers fled.