#1 - ⚡the intro ⚡

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Ages.....
Osman+Boran+Konur: 5 years

Goktug + aybars: 4 years

Gunduz: 11 years

Savci + aslihan : 7 years

"Osman!! Wake up, my little lamp!" Halima whispered as she stroked tiny Osman's curly black hair.
"Five more minutes!" whined Osman
"Hyde get up! Your father and brothers are already up...." asserted Halima, calmly
"Hm.....!"
Halima stood back up, leaving osman sleeping in his bed. "Your father was going to take you three hunting but I guess I can tell him, Osman's sleeping" quipped Halima, smirkingly.
Osman's eyes opened almost immediately he yanked the blanket off of him and started jumping up and dwon "I'm awake ana! Look" 
Halima giggled at him and stated "good boy! Come on your brothers are waiting for you outside"
Osman rushed outside the room while still not changing out of his sleeping clothes (PJs) "there's my son" ertagrul lifted Osman to his shoulders, as Halima followed him. "Baba let me go! Gunduz abi and savci abi are waiting"
"But Osman you haven't even had breakfast yet," pointed ertagrul bey with a grin. "Or changed out of his clothes" continued Halima. "If I do both those things, can we go hunting.......please" warbled the five-year-old. Ertagrul bey places his son down just in time savci and gunduz came into the marquee

"Are we going hunting?" asked gunduz excitedly. "I guess we are," declared ertagrul bey, peeking at Halima who gave him a shy smile "I'm gonna go get baba's horse" declared gunduz. "No, I am" stated savci and ran after him. "Hey wait up" Osman let out. "You wait, Osman....you need to get ready first" he heard his mother call out from behind. Osman stumped his foot and pouted "fine!" 'I always get left behind!' he thinks to himself.

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The forest

"Look baba that's a deer" pointed savci. "Good job savci'um" Ertagrul aimed at the deer but the deer fleed due to some commotions. "Baba! Look" gunduz pointed at a caravan, who instead of having goods and trading products had kids locked in a cage. Ertagrul bey's heart broke when he saw three kids about Osman's age in the huge cage.
"Why are those kids in that box?" asked Osman, innocently. "I don't know, Osman'um let's go free them," said ertagrul. "You three stay here.....gunduz you're in charge of them, don't let them out of your sight.... I'll be back" proceeded ertagrul

Ertagrul bey hid behind some bushes, and clenched on his sword, waiting for the perfect time to seize them. The caravan traders weren't that much and most were not even wearing any weapons "Allah U Akbar!" he yelled And pounced upon them, whirled his sword After approximately ten minutes, all the retailers were on the ground, dead

Gunduz, savci, Osman got to the spot where their father was. "Wow, baba that was so cool" asserted Osman, amusingly. Ertagrul bey opened the door to the cage and took the three boys out. They werewearing torn clothes that were covered with ash and dirt. The three of them came out of the cage, sacredly. Osman was beyond excited, he knew, he just knew the four of them would become best of friends......

Osman, gunduz and savci gave them some water to drink "What's your name?" Osman asked the curly blonde haired boy. "I'm konur and this is my brother goktug" he responded.

"I'm Osman...I'm five" said Osman, holding five fingers. "I'm five too" chirped konur, confidently. "I'm four!" quipped goktug, with the same enthusiasm

"Wanna be friends?" asked Osman. "Sure!"

"What's your name?" asked Osman looking at the boy with brown tawny hair sitting in the corner. "I'm boran!!" he answered, silently. "He's a little shy" whispered konur which made Osman laugh a bit before saying "don't worry you three will fit right in" "Hyde let's get them to the tribe," announced, ertagrul bey

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The kayi tribe
"Who are these little Munchkins, bey'im?" asked Halima in concern. "We found them in the forest! Take care of them Halima" said ertagrul. Just then hayme ana came in. "Oh, Halima who are these kids?" "Nene that's konur, this is goktug and the other one is boran," asserted Osman, gleefully. "Ertagrul found them in the forest, ana" explained Halima.

"You three must be starving, let's get you some food," said Halima,
Their eyes lit up at the mention of food. The bandit traders would make them famish to get people to like them and buy the kids as servants.

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"Goktug dear slow down you'll choke," asserted hayme ana as she watched the kids eat on the food. "May Allah have His wrath on those people who made these children suffer," said Halima hatun. "Ameen!"
"Ana can I go to Arkut bey now?" asks savci, eagerly. "Arkut bey? What will you do there?" questioned Halima considering it was the first time he asked a question like that. "He said I can come over and see how he does his 'science-y thingies' " he answered. "Let the boy go, Halima..." said hayme with a grin. "Alright, savci'um!!"

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Arkut bey's laboratory/shop or whatever
"Ooh what's this, Arkut bey?" asked savci as he held a jar of the purple blob in his hand. Arkut bey immediately takes it from his hand and says "this is a very fatal venom"
"Oh, what's this orange thing then?" he sought an orange coloured powder in one jar. "Sunflower essence, it's very rare! Don't touch it"
"Alright! Ooh Are these eyeballs?" asked savci as he amused himself by looking at a huge jar of balls that he assumed to be eyeballs. "No, they're not eyeballs! Savci...stop touching stuff"
'This is the last time I'm gonna invite a kid to come here!' thought arkut bey.
"Fine!!" pouted the seven years old. "You can read this....!" he handed savci a book. "But I don't know how to read properly yet" he protested, he hated reading especially at this age. "Then just look at the pictures," said arkut bey as he went back to his work.
Savci opened the book, he saw many pictures of different herbs and spices he even spotted many at arkut bey's shop. Seeing the enthusiasm that little savci had for observations he let him have the book.

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The tent
"You three will sleep here next to Hafsa hatun's tent," said hayme hatun. "Here and not on the ground?" said goktug. "Oh, my boy!!! Those evil people will not get you here, don't worry" said hayme ana with a huge grin.
"Who do we have here, ana?" asked Hafsa hatun who happened to pass by their tent with her children; aslihan and aybars. "Welcome, Hafsa kiz'um...these are three little alps ertagrul found in the forest" answered hayme.
"I got them a tent next to you, so you can take care of them. They'll be under your responsiblity, hafsa'um" stated hayme with a grin. "Sure ana i'll take care of them like I do with aybars and aslihan"
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