inches long and he was a head shorter than his brother. Due to his rebellious behavior, he had to work off a lot of punishments with the Sumani and therefore often left a half-starved and sullen impression. The strange thing about Kurin was that he had gray-blue eyes. So he was avoided by some shakals who feared him. Liana was the straggler at the age of 12. At the moment she was worse off than usual because she had to work with the women and no longer with the children.Her blonde hair hung curly to her shoulders, like her mother's. Her name was Sheeneva and she had had her first son at the age of 15. So she was still very young. Petre was their father and regularly quarreled with his sons. His hair was very short. But he also had green eyes like Ted, Liana, and Sheeneva.
At breakfast together in the small slave apartment, the three men discussed hope. "The Shik are still making hope." "Father, what a hope. The Shik doesn't exist.", The young Shakal replied to his father. "There is always hope. There is surely the power of those who seek Shik somewhere. You just have to believe in it." It doesn't matter to me. We should go back to work if we want something to eat tonight. "With these words, Kurin got up from the dining table and went outside to go back to slave labor.His brother and sister followed him. While his mother sadly cleared the table and his father sat disappointed. "How can this go on with him?" asked Sheeneva, the mother of Kurin, Ted and Liana, her husband Petre. "I don't know. But it is sad and disappointing that Kurin can no longer hope. It's no better with Liana and Ted either." He got up and went outside, shortly afterwards Sheeneva followed him from the small, pitiful slave apartment.

In the evening the three siblings sat together and talked about their parents' attitudes. "I don't understand you. Why don't you accept our point of view.", Ted got upset. Liana was too young to understand what her brothers were saying, so she sat quietly. Kurin, however, agreed with his brother: "Yes, you are right. I don't understand anyway how you can still believe in anything after all these years of slavery." Ted added: "We don't even know if the Shik really exist.Then why should we believe in it? "Liana asked," What is hope? "Kurin and Ted looked at each other briefly and Ted replied," Something some shakals believe in. For example, our parents believe that chosen ones save us. Kurin and I are portrayed as hopeless. We believe that our destiny is not to know anything but slavery. "Liana nodded, but then got up and left the room while she and her brothers were sleeping. Kurin also got up and said to his brother:" I'm going to Sala. See you later. "Ted was left alone.
Kurin met a young shakal outside. Her name was Sala Inasi. She and Kurin were very good friends. She had long blonde hair and dark green eyes. "You're late," said Kurin. "I'm sorry.", He replied and kissed her tenderly on the cheek. Both spoke only briefly, because two Sumani came up and shouted at the two: "In with you! You have no business out here!"When Sala and Kurin were gone, one of the Sumani mumbled," I knew he was going to cause trouble. Keep an eye on him! "

The next day while doing slave labor, a man accompanied by three Sumani passed them. Kurin heard the four talk: "I didn't want my home planet to be attacked. After all, we had a business," said the stranger. A Sumani replied: “Your village became a danger to us.” “What happens to my family?” The stranger asked further. The Sumani replied again: "One of your sons escaped with a cargo. The others are divided into slave faces." Kurin could not understand any more of the conversation. But one thing he knew for sure, that this man was a traitor. Kurin had seen him before, after all. That was eight years ago now, but Kurin remembered as if it had been yesterday.
Kurin wanted to hear more about this stranger and carefully followed them. He didn't get far, however, because suddenly a Sumani stood in front of him and yelled at him: "Get to work!"Kurin didn't move, which made Sumani angry. Kurin was grabbed and forcibly pushed back to his place of work. Before Sumani left, he said:" You will get your sentence for that! "

Later that evening he discussed one subject again with his father: hope. Ted couldn't support him today and his mother and sister weren't there today either. “I don't want to hope!” “Without hope, life has no meaning!” Said the father, Petre, to his son. But he countered: “Then most slaves would be dead long ago.” He didn't want to discuss any more and left his family's apartment. Outside he met Sala. "Hey, Sala. Nice to see you." Sala got up and hugged him. "Is something wrong with you?" She asked him. "Just an argument with my father," he replied grumpily. "Don't take it out on me," she said to him affectionately. "What was the matter with you today anyway? Just make a denial in front of a Sumani.If you do that again you will be killed, "she said to him in a slightly angry tone." I don't know. But I felt like I didn't want to anymore. That everything is pointless here. The whole life. ", he replied defensively. She replied:" From now on we are only friends, not a couple. So don't take the words I'm telling you wrong now. But you are crazy Maybe one day we'll be free. I believe in that. " "Do not you understand that. There is so much betrayal. Only today has such a Taner turned out to be a traitor. He works for Baldo. How do you know who to trust when you are free. "Sala had enough now. She turned and went to another apartment block of the slave houses. Kurin also turned and went back to his family's apartment. He was disappointed with what Sala had said. He was back in an incident." remembered four years ago who had disappointed and hurt him even more deeply.Once inside he heard his father talking to himself "He has changed so much. When he was little he believed in the legend of the sacred crystals.", His father said: "What changed him?" "I'm not sure. Sheeneva and me have no more advice. Kurin was so angry that he paid no more heed to his father's self-talk. He went into the small room where his siblings and he slept and lay down. His father continued to argue with himself: "He will be Don't accept fate. “He has to protect the water elf that landed on this planet.” “I don't understand. Why of all things, Kurin?” It sounded like two men were talking to each other, although they weren't. His father suddenly awoke from a kind of trance when Sheeneva entered the apartment. Confused, he looked around as if he didn't know what had happened in the past few minutes. Kurin had fallen asleep in the meantime and dreamed of an event that had happened in his past."I've never seen such a beautiful lake," muttered Kurin. However, he was a child. Five years to be exact. He was walking towards a clear lake in a New Arth forest. It was crystal clear and there was something peaceful about it. He was magically attracted to him and he could hear the splashing more and more clearly. But before he was there he was grabbed and shaken by a Sumani: "What are you doing here, little one!" He was brought back to the slave faces by the Sumani. Sheeneva came towards them. Kurin was thrown on the floor in front of her and angrily yelled at: "If he owes himself again, he will pay for it."

Kurin woke up when his brother woke him up and said, “We have to get to work if we don't want any problems.” Kurin changed his clothes and went to work. A Sumani came towards him and shouted: "Tonight you will work longer. There must be punishment!" Kurin couldn't believe it. He hated special shifts.He didn't know why he even refused to work in front of the Sumani. So he thoughtfully went to slave labor.
Kurin saw the Taner again, apparently leaving the planet again. The Taner's plane left the Shakals' home planet in the company of two Sumani gliders. He flew towards the planet dessert4.

Kurin was just about to bring a load of stones into the quarry. The path went up quite steeply, which made the Shakals sweat. Halfway through, Kurin noticed that a blue face was watching him. When it realized that Kurin had seen it, it quickly disappeared behind a rock where Kurin had seen this appearance. Driven by his curiosity, Kurin went towards the rock, which he quickly regretted, as a water front edge splashed him wet from top to bottom. Dazed and dripping wet, he stared at the rock, from which came a questioning voice: “Are you a Sumani?” Kurin moaned back: “No, but I'm wet for that."A small, blue creature with large azure eyes came giggling out from behind the rock and chattered:" Sorry. Can you tell me where I am right now? Oh what's that mark on your hand "She swallowed several letters during the torrent of speech." Is there somewhere you can turn off, little one? . . . You are in hell or rather on the slave planet new arth. And this tattoo on my hand is a slave ID that conveys my point of view to the Sumani in such a way that they know immediately if I should try to escape. What are you little one "" My name is not little one. But Minimandarla Cerindal Mondos and I am a water elf. "she replied with a proudly swollen chest." Okay,. . . Mini. . . . What are you doing here? "Asked Kurin." Mini. I like it. I'm looking for the seven sacred crystals, but my plane crashed. Can you help me? "She replied." I would help you right away, but I can't get out of here.The identifier. You understand. ", Said Kurin sadly." No problem! ", she screamed," I learned from my mom how to turn off the ID for an hour so that the Sumani won't miss you. We use such a powder for this, it confuses the Sumani, says Mama. "Minimandarla looked expectantly at Kurin. He considered. Should he go with him to live in freedom or should he stay here with his family. Finally he nodded, which Mini laughed at and said:" Give me your hand so I can turn off the ID. "Kurin held out her hand. Mini pulled some