Chapter 2
Do you believe in Magic?
Everyone in the room became quiet as though they were expecting something from me. The little creature took it upon himself to start freaking out again.
"Ahhh! She's freaking out again, Zoro!" and he jumped into the arms of the unsuspecting green haired man. I'm going to assume this was the same duo on the beach. That and I'm not stupid enough to forget things I just heard. Green hair means a man named Zoro.
Zoro, caught by surprise, tried to pry the creature off of himself. "Chopper behave! She's not even freaking out. You're the one doing it!" Another one down. The strange creature's name is Chopper.
"You don't look like pirates," I replied. Chopper stopped his commotion and listened. "To me, you guys seem like a band of misfits that were randomly thrown together." I noticed a skeleton in the room. Actually I noticed it from the time they entered side by side with it. I went closer to inspect it. "And what's this? Is the skeleton your mascot?"
"As though it would seem my lady, but I am not a mascot. I am also a member of this crew." The freaking skeleton talked. I could handle talking animals and creatures, but not talking skeletons. "My name is Brook and you are a beautiful lady. May I see your panties?"
This time I would actually freak out if it weren't for the dagger that sailed through the air and embedded itself into the wall right beside the skeleton's afro. Brook the skeleton started to silently scream as everyone in the room instantly went into attack mode.
"How dare you ask of such an inappropriate action of the princess?!"
I literally face palmed from the reaction of the pirate group as they broke their attack formation into panic and confusion. Brook slid down the wall as I was pulling the dagger out of it. I turned to the owner giving him a look to expose himself to the group. "Webb, restrain yourself. And also apologize."
"Sure I can show myself," he said stepping out from behind the wall. "But I cannot apologize for my actions. Princess, I would not stand for a man who asks you to do something of that kind of nature." Webb took a good look at Brook and became confused. "A skeleton?"
After much of a silent argument between Webb and I, I managed to get him to apologize. In between I got him up to speed with what happened on the beach. This made him almost go on a rampage, but with a flick of his dagger sent back to him, he quieted down.
"What are the odds of us landing a princess again?" the long nosed man asked to no one in particular.
"You're right," the orange haired girl replied. She had a twinkle in her eyes that I couldn't quite place what it was. "So for our ship doctor's fee-"
"You shot a cannonball at me," I cut her short. So that's where she was going, I better clear things up. "In any case, I'm anything but a princess. I am not of any royal lineage. I'm nowhere near being capable of royalty. Webb and the others only like to refer to me as princess."
"Then what are you? What's your name?" the taller woman with black hair asked.
"A taboo," I replied quietly. The pirates inquired for what I just said. I shook my head hoping none heard. "I cannot give information about myself to strangers who don't identify themselves first."
"Well I'm Luffy!" the straw hat stated proudly. "I'm going to be the future King of the Pirates. This is my crew and we're called the Straw Hats." He then pointed out to each member naming them for me and Webb.
The blonde cook, Sanji, then approached me. He took my hand once again in his gentlemanly manner. He looked up with a wide grin and…a heart in only exposed his eye? "Gorgeous, please tell me your name!"
I slipped my hand out of his before his lips touched. "Stop touching me so freely," I snapped and walked over to Webb. I didn't want to be near the creep more than I should. Webb wore an amused smirk on his face.
"Well, you know Webb. He's part of the group we have going on. He's the communication network and always on the move," I said. I started to get a bit hesitant with introducing myself. It's also the reason why I never minded why they called me princess. "I'm April."
"Like the opening budding of the spring flowers!" Sanji exclaimed as he twirled over to me. He twirled. I think I'm scarred. "It's not only the budding to flowers, but budding to other things as well." Sanji stopped short of his twirl confused.
"April, if I may ask," Robin inquired. "When I asked what you were, you said you were a taboo. What did you mean by that?" She actually heard that? She wasn't even near me at all, only Brook was and he didn't even hear it. I shifted uncomfortably under their stares. Webb became a bit tense.
"If the Princess doesn't want-" I stopped Webb from continuing. I think the Straw Hats have a right to know since who knows how long they'll have to stay here. They're bound to find out eventually.
"Do you believe in magic?" I asked.
"Well considering the fact that we're in the Grand Line, I wouldn't put it past me," Franky replied.
"Cool! You can do magic tricks!" Luffy started to get excited. "Do something!"
"I'm not a magician," I deadpanned. "For those capable of understanding, I'm the offspring of a witch and a wizard. Both were very strong and notable, both knew their time would be up. So they created me." Webb tugged on my arm giving me a look. He knows just as much as our group how much my history affects me. I gave him a weak smile, I have to finish what I started.
"So you're a spell or something?" Nami asked. I shook my head no.
"I was conceived just like everyone else in this room in the most natural way. But as a fetus many spells were casted upon me to prevent the future that they foresaw. I was supposed to be a stillborn. They worked hard to keep me alive. There's no specific spells to bring back a life once it's lost as that is a forbidden universal rule, so they used spells to prevent me from ever dying. Because of that, it causes me to have an abundance of magic at my disposal. That's even more than they have combined. Now for the tricky part.
I was born a healthy baby girl. But the day I was born, two certain creatures visited my parents. Two beings of different worlds wanted to take me away, because I cheated death. One Angel and one Demon. In order to keep me, they had to come to some sort of an agreement with the two beings. The Angel gave some feathers of its wings and the Demon gave some scales from its wings as well. My parents, being as skilled as they were, had to create two concoctions of both ingredients. After which, I had to be injected with both at the same time. Whichever essence, Angel or Demon, took over I'd end up serving for all eternity after my death.
But something unexpected happened. With immense amounts of magic coursing through my infant body it caused the separate potions to mix within me into something other than what was initially intended. I ended up becoming a hybrid of both an Angel and Demon. The creatures themselves were outraged and shocked by what happened, they left. They told my parents that they could deal with me and whatever happens to me. None wanted me anymore as Angels and Demons cannot coexist with each other. My parents were happy that I wasn't bound by a fate created by the mystical beings, but sadden by the fate it left me in.
Luckily for them, I grew up normally as a person. I was able to use magic and they trained me to have control over my two forms. It took a while, but I pulled through and had the forms come to terms with each other. Sounds weird, right? Well believe it or not, the forms have their own consciousness. Eventually my parents passed away after teaching me everything they knew about magic. I was left with figuring out my forms and how to at least hold some sort of control over them while I'm transformed. The only way for this was to come to a compromise of having their own names that branches off from my own. 'April' is just the budding for Aura and Luna. 'Aura' uses the 'A' at the ending and 'Luna' uses the 'L' at the beginning.
This is why I call myself a taboo. I'm supposed to be dead, yet I'm not. I can be both an Angel and a Demon, yet they cannot coincide with the other. I'm not all that powerful as I am still learning and training."
"So you're a mysterious princess magician named Aura-pri-Luna," Luffy stated.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU LISTENING TO?!" his entire crew shouted at him. I'll give him points about the name part and how it actually works out, I thought he wouldn't get that.
"Why would you explain all of that to us?" Zoro asked. "And you mentioned about this place being 'safe'?"
"Because, you're going to be here for however long it takes for you to get through this island's territory. Normally, it won't take too long, but seeing as how our situation is currently it'll be tricky. Princess doesn't want you all to freak out when she transforms to save you," Webb explained. "There are creatures on our isles that never existed here before. We constantly have to fight them and create safe places to stay. You can say we're a resistance."
Author Note:
Chapter 2 for you because I'm going to disappear for the rest of the week due to exams. But at least you have the foundation of April, I hope it's not cringe worthy.
