I walked down the long dirt road towards the city of Athens, Greece. It was beautiful and I couldn't help but notice the looks that the other slaves and I recieved from the crowd that gathered around us.
A strong gust of wind picked up some dirt and flung it in my eyes and mouth causing me to clench my eyes shut and cough.
I opened them up and looked in amazement at the desert inside the walls of a giant ring. It was covered by weapons, old armor, and broken shields. I looked in horror at the piles of bodies that surrounded me and my gaze was broken by a hand on my shoulder and I looked up to see the guard standing over me.
He turned me to a high balcony where in a giant chair sat a gray-and-black haired man with a long beard and piercing blue eyes. His gleaming, golden crown sat on his brow and a gold breast plate covered his upper torso and ran down to a black and read sash tied kilt that had a shield with a sword going through it.
He stood up and spoke aloud to the gathering people in the seats around the arena and to the other slaves and I. "My wonderful people, I have gathered the slaves of men and women of Greece and even some from our wonderful neighbors, Rome, here in my city to see who is stronger." There was a cheer from the crowd and he started again, "Today will be a momentous occasion. For every slave you see here in the arena will fight to the death to win the right to be the first slave for my daughter's 18th birthday."
I looked in complete dispair at the men around me and was frightened beyond belief. I was only 16 and I was to fight these men but then I smiled wickedly and thought, 'Yay, a chance to show my master's skill.'
The king raised his hands and yelled out, "Let the battle of Athen's slaves..." I waited with my feet planted and my hands clenched into fists for him to say that final word, "BEGIN!"
I jumped up and over the first man to my right and wrapped the chains on my wrists around his neck and kicked my foot out planting it in between his shoulder blades and broke his neck with a loud snap.
I was then lifted in a bear hug from behind by a pair of huge arms. I laughed and kicked down with my heel right between the legs knocking the breathe out of him. He dropped me and I landed on my knees and looked around for a weapon and saw it.
A sword stuck out of the ground pointed in my direction. I reached out and grabbed it up and came around with it, my teeth clenched, and sliced his head off.