Chapter 1
Timi was sitting at the back of the bus leaning up against the window, on her way home from a long day at college. Being worn out from early mornings and late night plus all the work, she was slowly drifting off to sleep. When the bus made a sharp turn, she banged her head on the window, startling her awake as she looked around and rubbed her eyes. She recognised where she was so she just leaned back in her seat waiting out the long journey.
Finally arriving at home, Timi got on with her usual routine of talking to her family, having dinner and taking a warm shower. After that she took refuge in her warm room, working on making a cosplay that one of her friends asked her to do. She was on a fashion and textiles course and made her own costumes.
She rubbed her chocolate brown eyes as she yawned and ran her fingers through her short brown hair with blond highlights. Being an insomniac workaholic, she was up until 3 in the morning working on the costume. Finally putting her sewing needle down, she slipped out of her clothes and into bed, snuggling into her warm blankets for some well needed rest.
Not even half an hour later as she struggled to fall asleep, a shadowy figure appeared out of thin air in her room. She stared at it for a few seconds stunned, then just tried to ignore it, thinking it might be just her imagination again.
"Timi." it called her name in a deep and calm female's voice. Timi could only stare at her wide eyed and a little freaked out.
"Become my assassin." she said stepping closer to Timi's bed as she tensed up and pulled her covers closer.
"W-what?" Timi stuttered in a quiet and scared voice as she looked up confused at the mysterious woman clad in black.
"You have every potential to become an assassin. You just need training. I will send you to a world where you have the opportunity you need and I'll give you power." the woman explained, her voice softening as she noticed Timi's unease. At the woman's words, Timi calmed down a little and looked her over. She was a little taller than an average woman, other than that she could only see her black cloak.
"A different world? What kind of power?" she asked curiously. Timi sat up slowly, pulling the covers with her, she still didn't know what to think of this woman.
"Blood Magic. It's a curse and takes quite a bit of time to master, but I know you can do it." she smiled through her voice.
"What does it do?" Timi asked now completely drawn in and curious as she talked with ease.
"A burgundy tattoo of a snake will appear on your right arm after casting the curse. It will allow you to manipulate blood. Not only your own but other people's as well. At first it will take a lot of energy to use but in time you will be accustomed to it so you will be able to freely use it." she said walking up to the bed and sat down beside Timi.
"Awesome. But why are you giving me this power? And how does thins even exist?" Timi asked fascinated, already loving the idea of the power.
"I see something in you, something strong. With the right influence you can become something amazing. It's best not to question the magic though. Come on." she said standing up and gesturing for Timi to follow along.
"I wanted to go to a different world for so long." she said happily with her blankets wrapped around her. She went to her closet and got dressed. She thought about her family and her friends, it made her sad to leave them like this but she was very tired of living in this uneventful and boring world. They will get over it, she thought and brightened up, excited for the adventures ahead of her. She didn't quite trust the woman but this was her ticket out of here, she just hoped it wasn't a dream.
"You ready?" the woman asked. Timi just gave an exited nod and the world around her went black.
. . .
North Blue – Spider Miles (16 years prior to Dressrosa arc)
The Donquixote Pirates were casually having a meal in a restaurant they took over. Everyone was talking merrily and eating, not paying much attention to their surroundings. They only took notice when the black shadow morphed into the shape of a child out of thin air and dropped on the floor at the foot of the table.
They were all silent for a few seconds, stunned at what they just witnessed. As they looked at the unconscious body alarmed, Doflamingo ordered some of his men to check if the kid was dead or not. The child was wearing a black tank top and brown/red three quarter length trousers with burgundy converse, with short, straight blood red hair that covered the kid's right eye. The kid was quite the thin child with a burgundy tattoo of a snake on it's right arm. They mistook the child as a little boy and curiously whispered about what just happened.
As they started to shake his shoulders, he slowly opened his silvery grey eyes. They were staring at him for a minute as he stared back in dumbfoundment. Realising his situation, he jumped up and got into a fighting stance by reflex, ready for what they might throw at him. By the pure blood lust in his eyes, they dubbed him dangerous and held him down.
"No! Let go!" he cried trying to escape frantically. He struggled for no avail until he began panicking, he bit one of them drawing blood.
With a cry, his sclera (the white bit of the eyes) turned black and he was suddenly quiet and very calm. The guys jumped away from him in fear as the rest of the Donquixote family watched curiously.
The red haired kid looked at the guy who was bleeding and lifted his right hand with the snake tattoo on it. With his palm facing the guy, he glared at him. The blood twitched and in an instant it floated off his body as everyone watched wide eyes and surprised.
Twirling his fingers, the blood cut the guy's wrist clean off in a sharp slashing motion as he screaming in agony. With more blood that spilled out, he made it move and slashed at the guys who tried to hold him down, killing every one of them and leaving the Donquixote family stunned and impressed.
"I don't . . . like being man handled." he said out of breath as his eyes turned back to normal and he collapsed, banging his head on the floor.
Corazon looked at the unconscious boy with worry for his older brother's plans for him. While little 10 year old Law just looked at him shocked.
What was he and how did he posses such power? Was it a Devil Fruit? Where did he come from?Questions like these and more ran through most people's heads.
Smirking, Doflamingo ordered for the boy's wounds to be treated and the mess to be cleaned up.
. . .
The next time the child awoke, he found himself in a bed with his head in bandages.
"Wha? Where am I?" he asked as he sat up sleepily and slowly as he was regaining his strength.
There was no one in the room, so he took the time to look himself over.
'What is this body? Why am I so small?' Timi asked herself as she jumped off the bed and walked to the mirror she spotted on the wall. (that's right, the red haired boy is actually a girl and it's Timi)
Her eyes widened at her reflection. Her brown hair now red and her brown eyes silver. From a 19 year old, she was turned into a 9 year old. But even for a kid she was quite tall, witch was totally opposite to her old body.
'What happened to me?' she thought, holding her head in disbelief but remembered the woman clad in black. Spotting her new tattoo, she stared at it in fascination. There was a snake head on the back of her right hand with its tongue out and eyes showing, its body was made up of big dots swirling around and up her lower arm, ending at the inside of her elbow. She always found tattoos fascinating and loved them so she was happy about the snake.
'It must have been that shady woman who did this to me. What am I supposed to do now?' she thought but before she could start freaking out more, Doflamingo entered the room.
"I see you're awake now." he grinned and sat down on the bed, gesturing for Timi to join him.
She got over the slight shock of seeing him and backed away a little. Timi was an Otaku and One Piece was one of her favourites, so she knew quite a few things. Including that this man was bad news.
"Where am I?" she asked sceptically, deciding not to waste time with meaningless chat.
"Fufufu, don't be afraid, I don't bite." he laughed as he stood up and walked towards her.
"Answer my question." she asked again with confidence she didn't know she had, glaring as he came closer to her.
"We're on Spider Miles in the North Blue. Now, what's your name?" he said crouching down beside her. She stepped out from between him and the wall and walked to the bed. Trying to stay as far away from his reach as possible, although she knew that he could very well control her with his Devil Fruit power.
"It's Timi. North Blue huh? How long ago was it that the Pirate King died?" she asked sitting down. Might as well try to figure out where she is in the time line to make her job easier.
"My name's Doflamingo Donquixote. He died seven years ago. Why do you ask?" the flamingo asked grinning.
'Seven years? The story starts 21 years after his death so I'm 14 years in the past now. Great. What am I supposed to do?' she thought starting to panic again.
"You listening to me boy?" Mingo asked waving his hand in front of her face and made her jump.
'He thinks I'm a guy? I can use that to my advantage, who knows what he might do if he knew my real gender? I'll play it safe.' she smirked. (Timi will be addressed as a 'he' when she's in disguise and as a 'she' when she isn't)
"Are you bi-polar by any chance kid?" he asked sitting down beside him.
"Maybe." Timi said grinning up at him.
"You seem like a smart one. Join my crew." Mingo said reaching out a hand, grinning at Timi.
"What's in it for me?" he asked sceptically, ignoring the hand.
"You'll be under my protection and I can teach you how to fight." he smiled reassuringly.
"I wanna be an assassin. Can you make that happen?" he asked crossing his arms.
"I can. You're smart, I'm sure you will learn quite quickly." Mingo stood up with a grin on his face.
"Yup. But I will leave if I feel like it, I don't wanna be tied down to anything and definitely not you." Timi said getting up himself.
"We'll see about that. By the way, I'm curious. What was that power you used to kill my men?" he asked smirking.
"A curse." Timi said and walked to the door.
Mingo showed Timi around, told him about the rules and introduced him to the crew.
Seeing Law, he was quite surprised. He didn't think he would be here. That made him decide to stay and learn with him.
. . .
Having a bit of an idea of what to do, Timi started to train. He went running everyday, sparred with some crew members and learnt the basics. He practised some gymnastics as well; like walking on his hands, back flips, front flips, cartwheels etc. He also noticed a change in his body; it was a lot more durable than it was before he got here and could go longer with more energy. He could also remember a bunch of stuff perfectly, where as before he had a really bad memory all together.
Focusing more on training than socialising, he avoided any contact with Baby 5 and Buffalo on instinct. Timi talked to Law every now and then though, he was learning medicine so he could one day become a great doctor. But because Timi's antisocial behaviour, many of the crew picked on him and ended up in a fight but that only helped him with experience.
He had to share a room with Law as they both arrived to the crew a week apart. They stayed out of each other's way but lately he's been acting a bit weird, depressed almost.
. . .
Timi got back from her training for the day and after a nice shower, went to his shared room where he found Law hunched over a book, looking upset.
"Hey Law, What's up?" Timi asked, sitting on his bed.
"I'm not in the mood to talk right now." he replied without even glancing at Timi, sounding a bit annoyed to be interrupted.
"When are you ever? You need to get your head out of the gutter and cheer up." Timi said annoyed, standing up and walked up to Law.
"What?" Law asked annoyed, glaring at him.
"I get it that you have Amber Lead Syndrome and I respect that it's nothing to sneeze at, but there's more to life than just a sickness. Instead of being depressed over how little you have left of life, how bout you try living a little. Stop worrying and get it together." Timi said crossing his arms confidentially.
"How bout you mind your own business? You know nothing!" Law shouted angrily. Timi just smirked and randomly started to sing. (cause why not? Song- Kick it up a notch from Starship by Starkid)
"You gotta kick it up a notch
If you're ever gonna reach your goal
You can't sit around and watch
Your destiny is in your control
Go ahead and, kick it up a notch
If your life is at a level too low
There's no attempt, that you can botch
When all you gotta do is just give it a go
But then again, what do I know?" he sang as Law just sat there watching him dumbfounded.
"What I see right there
Is a prisoner
Who's sitting on top of the key!
So kick it up a notch
If you ever wanna be
Free." Timi smirked as Law looked like he was thinking it through a little bit.
"You will find a cure, I know you will, but not if you just sit here and cry over it. Take control and make it happen." he said grinning.
"What can I do?" Law asked with desperation in his voice.
"All you gotta do is
Kick it up a notch
To dig yourself outta this hole
You wanna cure this sickness?
Then you gotta give that dice a role
Kick it up a notch
What's the point of less when there's more?
When opportunity knocks on your door
You let him in and then ya settle the score!
Life is short
So before it's over
Take a chance and think it through
You better kick it up a notch." he finished singing and pulled his chair beside Law's.
"I guess I have to be stronger and pull through huh?" Law asked smiling a little at the younger male disguised female. He may be random as hell but he knows how to cheer people up.
"That's the spirit." Timi smirked.