Originally this story was supposed to be for NANO 2012, but since it took me almost the whole month to manage the first chapter I've decided just to not worry about that and just go with the flow in stead.

This chapter was originally posted on my DeviantArt account on November 27, and took me close to a month to finish. It is a character introduction chapter and consists mainly of a dream sequence/flash back.

Rated general, nothing really wrong with it other than the mention of Child abandonment and theft as a part of the character's past.

Summary: Dinya had been abandoned at the age of 8, it was hard living alone on the streets but he had somehow managed. One evening during a late autumn/early winter storm (one with a mix of freezing rain and snow) he was huddled in a small shelter made from scrap wood salvaged from various alleyways. Cold and sick due to the weather he had no money for medicine, nor would the pharmacist sell it to him if they did. In an area where it was common for people to use cough syrup to get high and overdose the pharmacists had become strict with anyone who couldn't show them proper I.D. What'll happen when he's picked up by the a kind stranger with his own troubles, who just can't seem to leave him alone? What happens when he's kidnapped and sold to slave traders to be resold as a sex slave? Will he be rescued in time, or is he doomed to become someone's pet?