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I opened my eyes as my blurry vision adjusted. There was a black shape above me saying.
"'ake up. 'ake up...."
I stood up pushing off the figure from me. There was an aching pain in my head.
"Ah finally. You're awake, young boy." As my eyes focused, I realized we were on a raft in the middle of who-knows-where ocean...The mean on here was an African-American. His muscles rippled under his sweater.
"Where....Where am I? Who am I?" My head ached even more as I talked.
"Ah, amnesia, from the boat I see..."
"Boat?" I looked around trying to remember. I also noticed a small cat on board, liking it's paw.
"The freighter we were on earlier, young boy....You must of gotten a hit on the head. Pretty bad too..." I felt my head as my hair was oily and wet. When I looked at my hand, I realized it was blood. I yelped for only a slight minute.
"Tis bad I see....It'll heal up soon...."
I looked up, frightened. Under his eye he had a scar, from a sword. Around my back there was a bow, a deep red bow that was half the size of me. There was also a quiver, but it was empty all for except 2 bronze layered arrows.
I asked nervously "What's your name?"
"Marcus!"
"Your full name?"
"Nah.....'Tis just Marcus." He had a sword with a blue handel, incased in a silver case.
"Oh well....I can't remember mine...."
"Ah! It'll come back soon, young boy." I glanced nervously at the cat.
"And....the cat?"
Marcus cracked a small smile and said, "Thats Stew Cat."
"Stew Cat? What kind of a name is--"
"I named the li'l bugger that because when I found 'im he nearly got roasted."
"Oh...."

It was hot on that horrid raft. A metallic sweat mixxed with the blood that was running down my forehead. I wiped it off and sighed. My head was pounding.
"How old are you?"
"Sumw'ere 'round twenty. You look around eleven or twelve, young boy. By the 'ay you 'etter sit 'own and rest that head." He reached in his soggy back pack and pulled out a small ragged pillow. He tossed to me and I layed on it. Soon I was numbed by my head and fell asleep....