***Author's Note: I do not own One Piece Oda does, however I do own my OC characters (Charlie and Lydia and any other made up characters in this story). Please do not copy this story and claim it as your own***

Chapt. 2: The Past Continued

"NO!," fumed Dadan, irritated at being woken up in the middle of the night by loud banging noises at the door, "DO YOU EVEN REALIZE WHAT TIME IT IS LADY!"

"I know I came at a bad time, but, I beg you," begged our mother on her knees in front of Dadan, "Take care of my daughters, I fear for their safety if they continue living in the castle!"

"THIS ISN'T SOME DAMN DAYCARE DAMMIT!" fumed Dadan after unhinging her jaw seeing my mother gravel before her, "I DON'T CARE EVEN IF YOU ARE THE QUEEN, THE ANSWER IS STILL NO!"

"But I don't know what else to do," wailed my mother, "I had to call Garp because I tried everything else and he promised me that you would take great care of my daughters, since he left his two grandsons in your care!"

"THAT DAMN OLD GEEZER!," raged Dadan a small tick mark on her forehead, "DOESN'T HE REALIZE WE HAVE ENOUGH TO HANDLE WITH ACE AND LUFFY AND THEIR FRIEND THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AS IS AND NOW HE WANTS TO ADD TWO MORE!"

"He also said to "gently" remind you he could throw your asses in jail anytime he wanted." I deadpanned as I looked up from where Lydia and I were admiring a green frog, remembering what Garp said to my mom (I was supposed to be in my bed sleeping, but I couldn't because of their hushed **cough loud** cough** voices .

"CHARLIE," my mother squawked with horror, "DON'T SWEAR!"

"But that's what he said though," I pointed out and then I muttered under my breath while going back to admiring the frog, "Besides you and dad swear all the time."

"WHY YOU LITTLE BRAT!" raged Dadan with huge big tick marks all over her face, "YOU THINK THAT"S FUNNY YOU DAMN BRATS!"

Looking up from the frog, I saw two young boys rolling on the ground in a fit of laughter and the third leaning against a tree close by the two boys, smirking at what I said. The first one looked about seven, the youngest, with black, shaggy hair underneath a big strawhat. He had a scar underneath his right eye. He was wearing a blue tank top with the number 56 written in white on it. He had blue jean shorts that had white fuzz at the ends, the shorts ended just below his kneecaps and he had on a pair of sandals. The young boy leaning against the tree smirking, could be the first boy's brother, the few differences were the ages, the hair, and their eyes. The first boy looked like he was seven-years-old, whereas his boy looked like he was about ten-years-old (same age as me). Even though they both had black hair, this boy's hair fell in waves and was longer than the first boy's hair. Additionally, this boy's eyes were narrower compared to the first boy's huge eyes. Another big difference between them, was this boy had freckles, while the other two didn't, in addition whereas the first boy was filled with unlimited positivity, this boy was filled with such hate for the world. He was wearing a red tank top with black shorts that came up to his kneecaps and had on a pair of black flat shoes. The second boy that was laughing on the ground next to the first one was also about the same age as the boy leaning against the tree, ten-years-old, he had blonde hair underneath a black top hat with goggles around the middle and he was missing a tooth. He had on blue t-shirt under a dark blue tailcoat with a white scarf around his neck. He had on a pair of blue jean shorts with a gold buckle and black boots (those clothes looked like noble clothes). He and the boy leaning against the tree smirking looked rather familiar, but couldn't remember though. (Hey, I was 7 when I knew them and I was never known for my remarkable memory).

"YOU DAMN BRATS ARE SUPOSSED TO BE SLEEPING!," fumed Dadan

"We couldn't sleep.," the three boys stated with bored tones as they had their pinkies up their nose.

"Ace? Sabo?," I questioned, rushing towards them and giving them a huge group hug, as I just remember why they look so familiar to me, "I missed you guys so much!"

"Do we know you?," puzzled the both of them in shock, while Lydia raised her eyebrows as she halted chasing Luffy around giggling along the way.

"Come on guys! That's not funny!," I raised my eyebrows at them at their confused faces, "You don't remember playing with a girl named Charlie?"

"No, we never played with a…ooh.," began Ace and Sabo before smacking their heads in their stupidity as realization dawned on them.

"YOU WERE A GIRL?," roared Ace with bared teeth as he hit me on the head, "WE THOUGHT YOU WERE A BOY!"

"Why, because my name was Charlie?," I laughed so hard tears started forming in my eyes as they both nodded their heads, "That's hilarious! Charlie isn't even my real name!"

"ITS NOT?!," their jaws dropped so far and the only thing I could muster was a nod in their direction as I started pounding the ground in fits of laughter that earned me two very dark glares.

"No…its…not…hahaha…," I wheezed as I got up from the ground recovered from my laughing fit, "Charlie is my nickname."

"Why don't you use your real name instead?," Sabo questioned with curiosity, "Unless you don't have one?"

"Don't be stupid.," I waved my hand in a backwards fashion before brushing off the dirt from my pants, "Of course I have one."

"Why don't you use it then?," observed Ace with narrowed eyes, as he leaned against a close by tree with folded arms.

"Because I hate it.," I stated dryly with my head bent downwards casting dark shadows on my eyes.

"She doesn't hate the name itself," began Lydia sadly as she came closer to my side, "she hates the person who gave her the name."

"LYDIA!," I hissed as I hit her on the head with my fist, "DON'T TELL THEM THAT!"

"WHY NOT!," countered Lydia with an annoyed huff, "ITS NOT LIKE I WASN'T TELLING THEM SOMETHING THAT WASN'T TRUE!"

"BECAUSE I SAID SO!," I screamed in frustration while storming off into the woods.

"She and our mom didn't think I noticed the bruises on their face and arms, but I did…" sadly muttered Lydia, watching her sister running into the woods.

"What do you mean?!," Sabo said puzzled with wide eyes

"Don't tell me…," breathed Ace with a horrifying look as his eyes widened with realization,

"Yeah, it started when she was 5, at first it was just him grabbing her arm, then it gradually got worse, he would pull her arm roughly, it got worse when I was born…," began Lydia sorrowfully as a dark look came onto her face, "He would start punching her in the ribs, last night though was really bad, he slammed her into the wall hard enough for blood to come gushing down her face. I even had to drag her upstairs to fix her up as best as I could…"

"That was the last straw for our mom," continued Lydia as looks of fury came over to the two boys, "He even tried coming after me once, but Charlie intervened before he could and he never came after me again."

"All those times she came outside with huge dark spots on her body and we never realized…" rambled Sabo with a guilty look on his face.

"WHY THE HELL DIDN'T SHE TELL US!," outraged Ace with whitened knuckles from gripping his metal pipe tightly as he stormed off towards the direction where Charlie headed, "I'LL THE BASTARD!"

"NO DON'T!," pleaded Lydia grabbing onto his shirt, "IF YOU DO SHE'LL KNOW I TOLD YOU!"

"Kinda too late for that now Lydie," I called, jumping off a tree branch landing in front of her, "Seeing how you told them."

"Sorry.," whispered Lydia, looking at the ground.

"Don't worry about," I smiled sadly at her as I ruffled her hair, "What's done is done."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US mmphled!," muffled Ace as Sabo put his hand over his mouth, walking towards me.

"What happened to you, we never seen you again after you ran off like a bat outta hell?", inquired Sabo, while frowning at Ace for his rudeness.

"Let's see," I joked with a finger on my chin, "I got locked in our basement for a few days as punishment for hanging out with you guys, then my father decided the only way I would behave was if he arranged a marriage meeting with Vinnie and his parents over dinner."

"Vinnie?! As in Vinnie Peterson?," sputtered Sabo in disbelief.

"How many other Vinnie's do we know Sabo?," I scoffed rolling my eyes, "Seriously, who in their right mind name's their child Vinnie? They're just asking for their child to be picked on."

"First, WHAT," Ace butted in finally getting Sabo's hand off his mouth, "Secondly, WHO THE HELL IS VINNIE?"

"He's a boy who thinks the world revolves around him," Lydia broke in as she and Luffy started walking towards us, "He also cut Charlie's hair with school scissors when she was 7 and poured glue into her mouth."

"HOW THE HELL DO YOU EVEN KNOW THAT!" I asked in bewilderment knowing she couldn't remember because she was had just been born in the hospital not even 3 months ago at the time (I would remember because I had to stay at the Peterson's for almost 6 months of pure torture before Dad let me back), "YOU BARELY WERE EVEN BORN YET!"

"Just because I couldn't talk didn't mean I never knew what was going on around me.," shrugged Lydia with a knowing smirk on her face, "You should have seen his face when Charlie chucked him at the wall during dinner that night…I think he might have pissed his pants."

"He never should have invaded my personal space." I shrugged nonchalantly as Sabo started rolling on the ground with laughter, smacking the ground as tears started falling down his face.

"I would've payed to see that.," gasped Sabo, through his laughter.

"MOMMY!," Lydia perfectly mimicked Vinnie's high pitched shriek and face, including his comical actions with Luffy joining her in the skit.

"Stop…you're killing…me," Sabo gasped through more fits of laughter and even Ace had his lips curled upwards in amusement.

"Girls I'm leaving now.," cracked our mother, trying to hold herself together for the both of us as she hugged Lydia, "Look out for each other, and be good for Dadan alright?"

"Keep a close eye on your sister ok Charlie," whispered my mother in my ear as she hugged me, "You're her big sister and she's going to need you there for her."

I nodded with silent tears ran down my face, watching the back of my mom fade away into the night.

TO BE CONTINUED….