A/N: So this is just a short preview of a three-shot. And yes I was supposed to be studying for my exams that start in around 4 days but I ended up writing this. Anyways, read on and hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: No, I don't own One Piece.
Prologue
Silently, she watched.
The wide black screens were blank but the man standing next to her had very loudly and happily announced to his son and daughter that they would begin any minute now. All around her people were buzzing with excitement. It was a big event after all. She, herself had travelled all the way from their small island to Sabaody just so she could watch it. Because she couldn't believe the news, she couldn't believe what everyone in the village told her, no they were wrong. She knew him. They were wrong, he wasn't going to die. So she came. She came to watch. She came to watch him escape from right under the Marines nose. That's right, he would escape. She believed in him. She knew him. She knew he wouldn't die. He couldn't die. So she stood, in the middle of the crowd going unnoticed by the people surrounding her, the people who were chattering on and on about how it was obvious that he would die.
So silently, she stood.
Every time she tried to open her mouth to defend the man she loved, her voice would just come out in a hoarse whisper going unheard by the people who were making bets on his life. She never had any presence to begin with it was a miracle that somebody like him had noticed her, that somebody like him had talked to her, laughed with her, smiled at her. No, there was no way he was going to die. No, these people didn't know him, she knew him and she knew he would escape. And that's what she had come to watch. She had come to watch the Marines make a fool of themselves. So she looked up at the sky that was filled with those beautiful bubbles rising up every few seconds. She tried to keep count of the bubbles and that successfully drowned out the chaos and noise surrounding her. The pop sound they made when they burst made her smile slightly. It had been such a long time since she had seen him. Though she thought about him every day and had secretly put up his wanted poster in her room, it really had been a long time since she had seen his face clearly. She wondered if she'll get to see him laugh or at least smile. The bubbles rose up and popped as she let his face invade her thoughts. Just a few more minutes she thought, just few more minutes and I'll finally get to see him.
So silently, she waited.
She waited with a crowd of people she knew nothing about. She waited with a crowd of people who were different from her. She waited with a crowd of people who didn't know him as well as she did.
But they all waited together for the execution of Portgas D. Ace to begin.
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A/N: The next chapter will be much longer and focus on the few days Ace spent with the OC. It'll probably be up in a day or two because I seriously don't feel like studying. Reviews are always appreciated and thank you for reading.