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A Slave’s Story
There once was a young boy named Adonis, Adonis was a slave. He did not mind being a slave, it was the only life he knew, after all he had a bed to sleep on, food to eat, clothes to wear. He didn’t think it was that bad. He lived in Ancient Rome, with two other slaves, and his master. His master’s name was Arthur, Arthur treated Adonis well, and received Adonis, and his sister as gifts when Adonis was just a young boy. The two other slaves were both women, one was named Alexa, Alexa was very kind, and pretty, Alexa was Adonis’s sister, and they got along well, but not great. The other slave in the villa was named Carmin, she was old, but very smart, and caring, Carmin had known Alexa and Adonis there whole lives, and acted as a mother to both of them. Adonis was a tall, strong boy, he wasn’t exactly sure when his birthday was, but he had been a slave almost his whole life, which was about 16 years, So he came to the conclusion that he was 16 years old. However as he got older he had a more and more negative outlook, on life, and disliked being a slave more and more.
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Alexa could not come and watch, she was too nervous. Adonis had walked into the colosseum, there was a long hallway, full of slaves, and cells holding animals. At the end of the hallway were three racks, one holding many different helmets all varying in shapes, and sizes. Another rack held shields, some were big others were small, and some even had spikes in the center. The third rack had all sorts of weapons, spears, swords, axes, all slightly different. He picked a big, heavy helmet, a medium sized shield with a few spikes on it, they were sharper than a falcons beak, and he picked a shiny sword, it was about 3 feet long. There were 2 fights before his, and he felt more scared than he had ever felt. One of the two previous gladiators had died, and the other had

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