Okay, hey everyone! This is my first story, first fanfiction actually, it's about a seventeen year old girl named Maria, a talented archer, and her eighteen year old friend Rose, who somehow, find themselves face to face with a certain red head's crew. So please read and review how I've done so far! Thank you!
Maria closed her light green eyes, breathing in the salty scent of the sea as the wind flew past her evenly, making her blonde hair shift on her shoulders. She had made it. Maria and her friend Rose had always said that they would travel the Grand Line and sail the seas. They had nearly made it to the Red Line, in fact, and were on their way to the Saboady Archipelago. Leaning against the rail on the marine ship, she sighed heavily, enjoying the beating sun on her face, when darkness took over the pleasant brightness on her closed eyes. Opening one eye, Maria looked up to see a familiar woman. This woman just so happened to be her best friend, and reliable colleague, Rose. Her short, lilac coloured hair ruffled in the wind as a smile lingered on her face. "Slackin' off, eh?" She nudged the blonde teasingly, her blue eyes twinkled with mischief as she leant on the rail beside the other woman. "Oh, Rose," Maria sighed with an exasperated tone. "What have you done this time?" The lilac haired woman gasped overdramatically, placing a hand over her heart, "I haven't done anythin'! You always accuse me of such mean things, girlie. I should have the Vi-" She was cut off rather suddenly by a large explosion originating from somewhere on board the ship. Rolling her eyes, the blonde ran off to the kitchen, where the trouble would most likely be at. Shifting her cap, she inhaled sharply at the damage done to the kitchen. Oh, that poor cook! Maria stood with her hands on her hips and turned to the railings, only to find her purple headed friend to be nowhere in sight. 'Well, it's not gonna clean itself' she thought to herself, as she rolled up her sleeves.
Kicking some of the rubble away from the sink, she picked up a very burnt up pipe, and placed it on the sideboard. It had been a few hours since she started cleaning the kitchen, with the help of some of the other marines, but not much had really changed. She was extremely glad when a loud yell from the Vice Admiral told them to pack up and get the fuck off of his ship.
A relieved sigh exited the blonde's mouth as she discarded her cap and the rubber band holding up her hair. "Hey, ya comin', sweetie?" A sweet Southern accent greeted her ears as she wandered to the main deck and giving a sleepy nod seemed to be more than enough to encourage the lilac haired woman to yank Maria onto the mangroves. The popping bubbles made her headache worse, but she knew if she fought her on it, Rose would probably do something crazy.
Being dragged around large mangrove trees chasing bubbles was definitely not Maria's favourite thing to do, but Rose somehow had made her headache disappear and she was starting to have fun. A grin crept its way onto her lips as Rose interlaced their fingers and swung their arms rhythmically. The duo had slowly made their way deeper into the Archipelago, as they started to hear amused cheers from children and adults alike. Rose's eyes lit up as they began to near a large ferris wheel, with a sign before it, which read: "SABOADY PARK ". The park was complete with food stands, rides of all sorts and lots and lots of sightseers. Turning to Maria with puppy dog eyes, Rose puffed out her cheeks, "come on! Please, come on, sweetie, we'll have plenty o' fun!" She shrugged her shoulders with a wink. A sigh left Maria's mouth before she smiled and followed the purple headed girl to the park. They visited all over the park, to the rides, the food stalls and e ven hopped around some more with the bubbles. After a while of messing around and having fun, Maria yawned quite loudly, attracting the attention of Rose, who raised her eyebrows and smiled cheekily. "I think ya need a drink, hun, let's go!" Grabbing her hand, Rose marched past the park gates and into the town streets.
Walking through the streets of Saboady seemed to take forever, as if it was never ending, even! However after an extremely long time, they found themselves outside of a rather nice looking bar. "Here, we'll get us a beer, have some fun and make our way back to the ship. Sound good?" Rose smiled at Maria, earning a satisfied 'hum' as they entered the door.
Inside it was loud, full of people and the smell. Well, let me just say it wasn't pleasant. It smelled like beer and sweat, knocking the girls nearly off their feet at their first intake of breath. Shaking it off, Rose took it upon herself to order Maria and herself some drinks and sat at the bar as she waited.
Maria smiled at her friend before walking over to a busy table, to have some fun, I would suppose. She found herself stood next to a man with light blue hair and stitches that completely covered his face. "Can I help you, miss?" He said with a polite tone.
"Oh, no, sorry I was just wondering if there was anything to do other than sit at a bar," she chuckled in response. The man shrugged before pulling out the chair beside him, "Killer left, so you can sit here if you want." He turned to face the smiling girl, "so what's your name?" He asked, turning back to his tumbler of gin. "I'm Maria, how about you, my love?" She nudged his arm lightly, earning a stern look from him. "Heat, that's my captain over there, name's Eustass Kid," he raised his glass toward the seat opposite him, where a tall, red headed man slouched, slowly drinking from a tumbler of something. Eustass Kid. That name sure was familiar, she was sure he had heard it before. "He's famous, no?" She frowned, trying to remember where she had heard the name. A chuckle escaped Heat's lips, "yeah, he's a decent man, Kid... If you're on his good side. His bounty's 315,000,000 beri, you know?" His laughs grew a little louder at the shocked expression plastered on Maria's face. "Eu-Eu-Eustass C-C-Captain K-KID?!" She shrieked, alerting the red head's attention.
"What is it, woman?" He snapped at the girl. "Uh, I umm... I was just m-m-"
"SPIT IT OUT, AND QUIT STARING AT ME!" He ground his teeth together viciously as he stood from his chair. Oh boy was all Maria could think of, she was in BIG trouble.