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Summary: (First in the Children of the Spirits Saga) Daughter of 'Sea King' Cormack D. Davy Jones and 'Sky Queen' Silvers Calypso, Cormack D. Eris Dawn was abruptly disillusioned about the world at the tender age of four, when her parents were brutally murdered at the hands of Admiral Akainu. Trained by her grandparents and adoptive uncles, Dawn is determined to make waves in the world as she chases her dream, the title of the World's Strongest Woman. But when you throw in the Real Real fruit, a certain hotheaded pyro of a captain, and her own brand of somewhat questionable humor, well, let's just say that her moniker of 'Chaos Goddess' was well earned...
They say that in the entire world, there is one other person that could match you perfectly. That person is your soul mate. Only those who are lucky ever find their soul mates.
But only those who are truly lucky, have more than one.
A long time ago, when spirits roamed the world freely, a spirit of the Sky and a spirit of the Sea fell in love.
But their love was forbidden in more ways then one.
Sky spirits and Sea spirits were not supposed to interact, for they were normally the bitterest of enemies, and the Sky spirit was engaged to be married to a Sun spirit who was doing so not for love, but for her power and status.
Refusing to give up the love of his life, the Sea spirit challenged the Sun spirit for her hand in a duel to the death.
They fought for days, equally matched, and the Sun spirit managed to wound him mortally, but in the end the Sea spirit prevailed.
But before he could embrace his love once again, the Sky spirit's father stabbed him in the back, killing him instantly.
Heartbroken, the Sky spirit outright refused to acknowledge the desperate pleas of her family. She took up her fallen lover's sword and ran herself through, preferring the cold embrace of death to life without him.
Enraged at the wrongful deaths of the two soul mates, Sora, the Lady of the Dead, cursed the remaining sky spirits to horrible deaths and with the help of the queen of the moon spirits, Lady Luna, she brought the Sky Spirit and the Sea Spirit back to life as humans.
Upon their mortal deaths, if they could find one another again in life, they would regain their previous status as not just as spirits, but as the sole rulers of the Sea and the Sky, forever within each other's arms...
It was that day that the Council of Spirits unanimously agreed that soul mates were never to be forced apart, and that any offender who foolishly attempted, would be brutally and mercilessly punished.
"Dawn!" A little girl with knee length midnight purple hair looked up from her story book. "It's almost time to go down to the ship! We don't want Daddy to leave without us do we?"
"Coming Mommy!" She yelled before shoving her book into her satchel. She jumped down from the tree she was sitting in, and ran towards the little house.
She sprinted through the door and ended up sliding across the floor as she tried to stop, smacking into a pair of long legs and falling. Shaking her head she glanced up at the person she had run into. It was a tall woman with knee length lavender purple hair and bright blue eyes. She was wearing a brown tank top and tight blue jeans, and had a gold chain whip belt around her waist. Nestled into their holsters on each of her hips were two well worn but taken care of pistols, while strapped to her back was a large and well polished rifle. Her most striking features however were the massive black feathered wings that sprouted from her shoulders, and the tri-cornered dark brown captain's hat on her head. "Are you ready to go?" She asked.
Dawn nodded with a big smile and giggled as the woman scooped her up in her arms and nuzzled her. "Where's daddy?" She asked, looking around curiously.
"He's already down on the Flying Dutchman." The woman answered. "He and the rest of the crew are waiting for us."
"The others are here?!" Dawn asked excitedly, nearly bouncing as her mother nodded and put her down again as she laughed.
"They're all just waiting on us Dawnie." She said as the little girl grabbed her bag and raced outside and down along the path to the cove were a proud Dutch Man-of-War was anchored. It was painted a cheery sea green and a radiant sky blue. It's figurehead was a smiling mermaid with large wings that swept down to create the guard rails around the deck, and it's sails were white as a cloud. Flying proudly from the main mast was a black flag bearing a grinning crossbones. A pistol and a sword crossed beneath a grinning skull that was half black haired, half lavender haired. The black half of the hair had gold pieces braided into it's bangs, while the entire skull was wearing a dark brown tri-cornered captain's hat. Written in elegant script on the side was the ship's two names, 'The Soul of the Sea' and 'The Flying Dutchman.'
Standing at the base of the plank was a tall and muscled man with black hair and bright green eyes. He was bare chested, showing off olive tanned skin and ripcord muscles that only came from a life of exercise and adventure. The ends of his shoulder length jet black hair peeked out from underneath his tri-cornered brown captain's hat, showing off the glittering gold pieces that were braided into it. Dawn's face lit up when she caught sight of him. "Daddy!" She squealed, darting down the path to jump into the man's waiting arms.
Letting out a hearty laugh the man hugged her close as she snuggled into his chest. "Hey there my little Sea Princess." He said as he pried her off. "Have you been good for your mother?" He asked as he set her on her feet again. Dawn nodded her head excitedly, making him laugh again. "Alright then, why don't we ask your mother if you're telling the truth?" He looked over at the lavender haired woman with a secretive smile. "What do you think Calypso? Was she good enough for me to show her our surprise?"
Calypso threw back her head and laughed as Dawn pinned her with her puppy dog eyes. "I think so Davy." She relented.
Davy smiled wildly. "Well come on then sweetheart!" He said, looking down at the excited girl. The girl jumped into his arms again, laughing as he raced up the gangplank and onto the ship. Calypso shook her head in fond exasperation as she boarded right behind them.
"Welcome back Captain!" Turner D. William called out as he swung by on a rope that was hanging from the mainsails.
"Good to be back Will!" She yelled back as Turner Elizabeth, his wife, swung after him with murder in her eyes.
"Where are you taking me daddy?" Dawn yelled as her father darted below deck and headed towards the Captain's Quarters before suddenly making a quick turn just down the hall from it.
"Well princess," He said as he stopped in front of another door, this one painted a brilliant shade of red at the top, and a brilliant shade of blue at the bottom that clashed in the middle to create a purple only a few shades lighter than her hair. "You're old enough now that we can finally give you this."
He pushed open the door, and Dawn's jaw dropped. "Is this...?"
He nodded, and Dawn squealed before darting inside. It was small room for an adult, but for a child it was perfectly sized. The walls were painted a cheery sea blue, and had accents on them that made it seem like they were moving with waves, the ceiling was painted a deep purple, and had various stars and constellations painted in white across it. At the foot of the bed a dark wooded chest was bolted into the floor, and had the initials CDED carved and painted into the lid. A port hole with an openable window was situated above the bed, letting the light stream into the room.
"What do you think princess?" He asked, watching her dart around from place to place.
"I love it daddy!" She said smiling brightly at him.
"I'm glad you do." He said with a nod. "Because this is your room now. You're old enough to come with us on the sea."
Dawn let out a squeal that could shatter eardrums and leapt at her dad, tackle hugging him before breaking away and racing into the room again to let out another happy squeal.
Calypso walked over and hugged her husband as he watched their daughter. "I think she likes it husband of mine." She said softly as Dawn started packing her stuff away in her new room.
"I agree." Davy said, wrapping a large hand around her thin waist. "I'm glad that we can finally share this part of our lives with her, my queen of the sky." He said, looking down at her with a roguish grin.
"As am I, my king of the sea." She said, leaning up to kiss him passionately.
Dawn grinned up at her parents as they kissed, right before tackling their legs so they all went down in a pile of laughter.
Six months later...
"They've found us! Calypso! Take Dawn and run!" Davy bellowed as he and the rest of the Soul Pirates surged forwards to meet the oncoming marines in a bloody clash.
"I'm not leaving you!" She growled back, planting herself beside him and pulling the pistols off of her belt.
"And I'm not asking you too." He said, turning back to look at her, his sea green eyes darkened with rage meeting her sky blue that burned with defiance. "But Dawn comes first. We agreed on that long ago, and her safety is above our own."
Calypso looked at him for a few seconds longer, searching his gaze for something, before she whirled around and took off running, scooping Dawn into her arms as she fled into the jungle.
Davy turned back to the fight as his wife disappeared in the dark foliage, drawing his sword and planting his feet as he stared down the devil in white and red himself.
Vice-admiral Akainu. "Cormack D. David Jones!" The mutt yelled. "Surrender and I'll make your death as painless as possible!"
"Captain's orders men." He said, his normally bright eyes dark with rage as his voice lowered into a growl. "None of these bastards get past us."
"Aye!" His crew roared in response.
"THE LOCKER WILL WELCOME A BATCH OF NEW SOULS TONIGHT BOYS!" Davy roared, charging forwards into the fray with the crew on his heels.
Calypso darted down a nearly non-existent path as she cradled the terrified four year old to her chest.
"Mommy? Why are we running?" Dawn asked, her voice shaky with fear.
"Because your daddy is fighting some very bad men honey." Calypso answered, right before gun fire and cannon blasts sounded, whipping the wildlife all around them into a frenzy as she ran and dodged their attempts to flee. "And I'm taking you to the safe place before I go back to help him."
"Why mommy?" Dawn asked. "Can't daddy and the crew beat them like always?"
Calypso slowly shook her head as she took a sudden turn. "The man leading them is too strong for your daddy to take on alone this time sweetheart." She said as they came to the base of the island's sole mountain. "Momma has to go and help him, but we don't want you to be in danger because of that." She slid to a stop right next to a fallen tree and slammed her elbow into a section of the mountain, smashing in a square that was entirely invisible to the naked eye. A hatch popped open in the middle of the stump, revealing a cleverly disguised steel hatch and a ladder that descended downwards into darkness.
Calypso set her daughter down and looked her in the eyes, greenish blue meeting sky blue. "Do you remember what I taught you about Concealment?" she asked urgently.
Dawn took in a shaky breath before repeating the lesson that her parents had taught her from the time she could walk. "I am the Shadow. Inconsistent and insubstantial. I am not here. I am not human. I belong here, I'm just part of the forest, part of the trees, part of the mountain, part of the rock. I am not out of place. Repeat as nessicary and clamp down on your aura." She started tearing up, holding in a sob. "And don't stop repeating it until I feel a familiar or trustworthy aura."
Calypso's eyes watered slightly as she gently ruffled her daughter's hair. "That's my girl." She said fondly. "Now, into the safe room. The sooner you hide, the sooner I can get back to your daddy, and the sooner I get back, the sooner we can come back for you." She said. Dawn nodded, and darted down the ladder and into the darkness as quickly as she could. "Stay strong my little soul." Calypso whispered in encouragement as she tapped the door mechanism gently this time, closing the hatch. She waited for a second, and Dawn's aura vanished completely bringing a smile to her face. "I'll be back baby." She whispered again, before turning around and heading back to the beach.
Davy let out a deep feral snarl as he slashed at Akainu again, his sword gleaming back with Haki, but the Vice-Admiral dodged at the last second, using his devil fruit powers to bend around the blade. "Fight like a man you gods be damned Marine!" He roared as he only got more frustrated.
Akainu reared back, just barely dodging a sea stone bullet that would have gone through his head.
"Silvers Calypso." The Vice Admiral growled, as he kept dodging more and more bullets. "I should have known you would be nearby."
"Of course you Government Dog." She said, literally phasing into existence beside Davy, both of her pistols already in her hands and ready to fire. "I would never be far from my husband." The wind began to pick up around her, and before long a wild tornado was wiping around them.
"Devil Fruit powers." Akainu said, his voice a low growl. "We did receive reports that you had gotten ahold of two."
"That we did." Davy said, a feral D. smile crossing his face as water started to swirl along with the wind, turning the tornado into a waterspout. "And we have yet to regret eating them!"
"Allow me to remedy that." Akainu growled, lunging forwards with his fists dripping with magma. Davy and Calypso lunged forwards to meet him.
"By the gods." Silvers Rayleigh whispered as he and Shakky caught sight of the island. Almost three-fourths of the island was destroyed beyond recognition, parts of it still bubbling with magma as a windstorm fanned the flames. Puddles of boiling water were scattered throughout the wreckage as well. Bodies, many of them boasting the white coats of marines and a handful of pirates, were scattered all around the area, many of them unrecognizable from horrifying burns and slashes.
But right in the center of the destruction, were two bodies that were devastatingly familiar.
Bright lavender hair and charred wings with black feathers and wild black hair braided with gold pieces lying in a large pool of water.
Davy and Calypso.
Shakky fell to her knees next to them. "No." She whispered. "No no no!" She wailed to the sky.
"Dawn isn't here." Rayleigh said, looking around. "There's still a chance."
Shakky looked up at him with tear filled eyes and nodded. "Ray, find our granddaughter." She ordered, her voice flat and dead.
Rayleigh nodded, before casting his Observation Haki out to search. He scanned over the island twice, picking up the aura's of a few completely terrified animals.
As he started going over it once again, just to be sure, a ridiculously strong aura exploded into existence in his senses.
Without hesitating, Rayleigh took off towards it at a dead sprint, eventually sliding to a stop in front of the intact part of the island. He took in a deep breath, before cautiously venturing in. The dense forest was almost completely jam packed with panicking animals. Though they seemed to avoid one area that was occupied by a short cliff, a fallen tree, and it's stump.
As he came to a stop, the center of the stump popped open, revealing a steel hatch. Rayleigh approached it cautiously, and stopped short with a shaky sigh of relief as Dawn cautiously popped her head out. "Grandpa!" She yelled, scrambling out of the hole before glomping him. Rayleigh hugged her close, tears of relief dripping down his face as he stood up with his granddaughter in his arms. "What happened to momma and daddy?" She asked, pulling back just slightly to look at him with searching blue-green eyes. "I felt their aura's disappear."
Rayleigh's face fell. "I am so sorry Dawn." He whispered as her eyes teared up. "I'm afraid that your mom and dad aren't coming back."
Dawn's face fell in horror before she started sobbing, burying her head in his shoulder to muffle the noise as he started walking back towards the beach. As he emerged from the forest again, Shakky looked up at him with tear filled eyes, before racing over to hug the small girl as well.
"Come on sweetheart." She said, cradling the child to her chest to hide the sight of the bodies. "Let's go home..."