Warnings: chapter will contain language, violence, and alcohol
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece
Quick apology for Ace's personality up to this point. I went and rewatched some things so hopefully it's better this time around.
Chapter 3
"Princess Cassondra you need to wake up," Claire said lightly shaking the sleeping princess. She hadn't been out late so Claire wondered why she was so tired. "It's almost noon and you have an appointment to keep."
"Cancel it," Cassie murmured rolling away from Claire. She was exhausted mostly mentally from trying to figure out a way out of her marriage.
"I can't do that," Claire answered. "You're supposed to have lunch and make wedding arrangements with Prince Haru."
"Cancel it," Cassie replied. "Then tell him to fuck off."
"You don't have to wear pink today," Claire tempted.
She got the desired reaction when Cassie bolted up out of bed. She could see a ghost of smile across her face. Claire had been with Cassie since the princess was young so she knew Cassie had been waiting a very long time for this. She'd leave out the fact Prince Haru had selected the dress for now.
Claire led Cassie to the dress. Cassie had to stop from gawking at it. It wasn't at all what she was used to. It was an elegant form fitting dress with dark embroidery and long sleeves that weren't at all puffy. It hugged her hips and pooled to the floor without being enormous. It was so refreshing to her she couldn't even begin to describe it.
"Now that you're dressed I have to get you to the garden," Claire said.
She groaned she forgot. The whole reason why she had been avoiding getting up. Her life. She hated it, and she hated Prince Haru.
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"Let's get started with the wedding arrangements shall we," the wedding planner urged.
"If I said you're fired would you leave?" Cassie asked.
"No," she answered nervously. "Prince Haru employs me. I can only leave when he tells me to."
"I had a feeling that was it," Cassie muttered. She took a sip from her tea cup.
She started to ignore the conversation between the planner and the Prince. It was none of her concern. She would have to wait until Ace upheld his part of the bargain. He'd better work fast too. The wedding was in two months.
"Now as for the location did either of you have anything in mind?" the planner asked.
"Yes my Kingdom's island would be most suitable," Prince Haru replied.
"No it will be held here," Cassie spoke up for the first time. "It would provide income for most of our almost ignored business owners. I refuse to have it anywhere else." She added mentally that she wouldn't be able to escape from the Prince's island.
"Well… umm." The planner looked from Cassie to see the Prince smirking.
"It's quite all right with me darling," Prince Haru spoke in a velvety tone.
"I just ate lunch don't make me gag," Cassie retorted.
"I'm just happy that you finally gave an opinion," Prince Haru said. He leaned closer to Cassie who tilted away from him.
"You have known that my opinion was not to marry you," Cassie stated. "My kingdom should at least get something out of this marriage."
"I believe that you're family is receiving a large sum of money for our marriage."
"That's my family not my kingdom." Cassie sent him a glare that made shivers run through the wedding planner's body. "In case you haven't notice there are people outside the castle walls too."
"I have, but I choose to ignore them." Before Cassie could shout out insults the wedding planner asked if she could be excused for the day. Prince Haru told her it was all right.
"I will only tell you this once," Prince Haru said. Cassie chose to keep her gaze harsh even though his was frightening. "Stop thinking for yourself. You are mine, and you follow my orders."
"I am no such thing," Cassie protested.
She stood to storm away, but her arm was painfully gripped and pulled back. Her chocolate eyes met his obsidian ones. She wanted to scream. He was so scary. She couldn't think of words to describe how she felt. It was as if her mind wasn't functioning.
"You are," he commanded. "I so far have allowed you more freedom than necessary. You still have some companions, but they will disappear if you keep this up. Fix your attitude."
"I will as soon as you fix your ego." Cassie didn't know where that came from, but she instantly regretted it when his hand tightened around her arm. She winced in pain.
"I will do everything in my power to force you to submit. I will make you dependent on me completely. That dress you're wearing is just the start."
"I must say you have excellent taste in woman's clothing. Should I be concerned?"
This time he didn't bother replying with words. He captured Cassie's mouth in a rough kiss, if it could be called that. Although she kept her mouth shut like it was her life's sole purpose, but Prince Haru was relentless in his force. Once he decided he didn't like the reaction he began to nip at her lips. He growled at her steel like lips, and bit down hard. Hard enough that Cassie yelped in pain granting his tongue access. Along with that the taste of her blood flowed in with it.
Cassie felt disgusted. It was disgusting that this was happening here in one of her favorite places. It was the one place where her, and her father had spent time together. Now it was soiled because of him.
Finally after what felt like ages Prince Haru released her lips.
"When real men pick out clothes for women they have every intention of ripping them off her body," Prince Haru said before leaving.
Cassie looked at him stunned. She knew he would be bad, but forcing things on her was crossing the line. Oh she so wasn't staying in this wretched castle the whole day.
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Cassie walked into the pub with her Pirate disguise in full. She was wearing a long sleeved puffy peach blouse with a black corset fitted around her waist, and form fitting black pants. She made sure that she was wearing appropriate black boots when she left the castle.
Jack looked over surprised to see her walking towards him. Usually Cassie would somehow notify him if she was coming out of the castle. He hadn't heard from her since the party.
"What are you doing here?" Jack asked as she took a seat on the stool next to him.
"I needed space," Cassie said. "That bastard is invading my personal space."
Jack looked at Cassie closer. Her eyebrows were furrowed and a deep frown was set on her face. Her entire body seemed tense. She was angry, really angry. Usually Cassie got annoyed easily, but rarely did she get angry. He also noticed the cut on her lip.
"Hey Princess what happened to your lip?" Jack asked turning her head towards him. Her first response was to grab his glass of rum and down the rest of it. "Easy now, you're still a light weight."
"That ass-wipe fucking happened," Cassie answered. Jack had to hold back a laugh at her already slurring words. She was just so adorable.
"And what did Prince Haru do to you sweety?" he said stroking her cheek.
"He robbed me of my first kiss!" Cassie exclaimed. "It was rough and not gentle. I should send him to hell!"
Jack removed his hand from her face with a frown on his face. Prince Haru sure worked fast. Although Jack had a feeling this would happen sooner or later. He imagined it would be later.
"You should just calm down," Jack cooed. "I'll get you a light drink and then you'll go home and rest."
Much to Jack's displeasure she downed it immediately. She was ranting about whatever came to her mind first. She hadn't reached the breaking point, she wasn't drunk. He intended to keep it that way, because when Cassie gets drunk it isn't a very pretty sight.
"What brings a little missy like you here?" a dirty old man asked Cassie. Jack smacked his hand to his forehead; she wasn't sober enough to ignore that.
"Stealing geezer's drinks," Cassie replied before chugging whatever the man was drinking.
This wasn't good Cassie had reached the breaking point. Cassie didn't get flirty, or giggling when she was drunk. No she had to become a violent and abusive drunk. Jack prayed that she would never have kids if she enjoyed drinking.
"Bitch you better pay for that," he yelled at her. Cassie only stuck out her tongue at him.
"You don't deserve the money for that," Cassie proclaimed. "Consider it payment for me not kicking your wrinkly ass into next week."
Jack noticed the group of men that had come to stand behind him.
"I'll pay for the drink and we'll be on our way," Jack said trying to coax Cassie into leaving.
"You need to handle your women better," he said accepting the money.
"Oh shit," Jack breathed.
Before anyone could say anything Cassie had leaped off the bar landing a perfectly formed kick. Words for her at this point would be hard, but she has amazing muscle memory.
"What the hell?" one asked moving towards Cassie.
Jack landed a quick blow to his nose pushing him back. The man clutched his nose looking up at Jack angered. He went to attack him back, but promptly got a bar stool in his face.
"Oh she's lost it big time," Jack muttered.
He watched as Cassie stomped her foot onto the guys chest in triumph.
"No one is gonna touch my bitch," she slurred. She turned and round house kicked another man charging towards her. "I kick ass so bring it on."
Jack could only aid in the fight. He was defiantly going to have to find a new place to drink now. Just how the hell was he supposed to report this?
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"That little girl sure did a number on our ship," Marco commented to Ace as they walked down the streets in town.
"Yeah I never really realized it myself," Ace agreed. "Although her ego seems to match her abilities, surprisingly." They both grinned at each other.
"You got to admit she's a bit of a beauty too," Marco said placing his arms behind his head.
"You think so?" Ace asked. Marco glanced at him out of the corners of his eyes, Ace was always slightly oblivious.
"You never noticed? She has a ways to develop yet, but I'm sure that in a few years she'll be a fully fledged jaw dropper. I personally like the innocent look in her eyes myself."
"That's a bit creepy…" Ace muttered. Marco shot him a fake glare, but he returned it with a happy grin.
Marco was about to retort, but a man flew out of a window before he could say anything. Both he and Ace could now hear the noisy pub. Someone had started a fight, an intense one at that.
"Do you think we should help the owner break it up?" Ace asked. Marco shrugged his shoulders and walked away without a glance in the other direction.
Ace dodged a flying cup as he opened the door to the pub. His eyes instantly flew towards a girl standing on the bar. Her hair was slightly messy and her steps seemed shaky. One of her sleeves was pulled down revealing a great deal of her shoulder and showing her gorgeous neck. Wait he knew that neck.
He watched as she pounced on an unsuspecting victim after giving a battle cry. She drove him to the ground easily. He noticed a man about his age was covering her back, but not too close to her.
"Hey Cassie what are you doing?" Ace asked running to her.
"Hey you, no don't!" the boy called. He was to late Ace had taken a round house kick to the face.
Ace had patience he always had. Especially with those younger than him. However that kick was the last straw.
"Cassie stop now," Ace commanded.
Cassie ceased her rapid battling and looked at him. Ace realized she was undoubtedly drunk. He could just see it in those chocolate eyes, but there was a tinge of sadness to them.
"Thank god Cassie you-"was all the boy got out before she kicked him in the head without looking backwards.
"Who the fuck do you think you are to order me around?" Cassie asked. Ace found it almost eerie how she had a scary look in her eyes. She was just daring him to do something.
"You're drunk this is ridiculous," Ace said. Sometimes he got annoyed with dealing with children. "Go home."
Ace soon realized that Cassie's intoxicated state didn't seem to slow her down as she lashed out and tried punched him. He noticed the falter in her movements as she started to pass out. He seamlessly caught her and placed her on his shoulder.
The fight was still raging on between some of the members, but most avoided him. Either they read the situation, or they knew who he was. As long as they didn't attack him Ace didn't care.
He walked over calmly to a man who was crouching behind the bar avoiding the various flying objects.
"I'll send this girl back to pay for her part of the damage," Ace told him. "For the most part she seems good for her word."
"O-okay," he answered.
"Shit…" Cassie muttered.
Ace could feel a hot liquid running down his back. He realized Cassie had just thrown up on him. This was one of the few times he wished he was wearing a shirt.
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"I don't remember you and Marco having that when you left," Thatch said gesturing to the girl slung over Ace's shoulder. He let a sly smile cross his face. "What do you plan on doing with her passed out like that?"
"Letting her sleep off her drunken state," Ace replied. "Where are the girls?"
"They went to some place called Pleasure zone," Thatch answered. "I guess it's the female equivalent to a brothel," he explained at Ace's questioning look. "What's that smell?"
"Don't ask questions when you really don't want to know the answers?" Ace said moving past Thatch who just laughed.
Ace moved to his room. Thankfully he had gotten a better one since he first arrived on the ship it was bigger than usual. He walked over to his closet. He searched for anything that she would be able to wear. He came up with the large dress shirt he had worn to her birthday party.
Now there was only one thing left to do, and that was get it on her. Ace was no virgin, but he had no doubt in his mind she was. He could just see her violent reaction, or maybe her making a comment that struck down his pride. If it was Cassie no doubt it would happen.
Ace decided he'd just do it quickly. He moved to unlace the corset and found it was surprisingly easy to get her out of. Next was the peach shirt besides the initial struggle to get her out of the long sleeves it went well. He paused momentarily to stare at her chest.
It was covered in a peachy lace bra. It was unusually sexy for age. He noted that she probably shouldn't have it. Her size however wasn't anything to boast about.
He slipped the sleeves of the button down shirt around her arms and fastened the buttons all the way down. He took off her boots next. Then he reached inside it to find the waist of her pants and slowly dragged them down her legs. He told himself he didn't notice how silky smooth they were, or that he imagined the matching panties she surely had on.
He took a deep breath, and crinkled his nose. He still smelled like vomit. He need to bathe and badly. He took one more glance at Cassie's sleeping form before leaving.
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Cassie woke up in an unfamiliar room. She didn't have to open her eyes to realize it wasn't her room, or even Jack's. She could tell that the bed was slightly firmer than any one she had ever slept on. Cassie could also hear waves crashing against whatever ship she was in. The salt in the air served to wake her up, it was sort of refreshing compared to the fake perfume that flooded the Castle's halls.
Cassie heard shuffling and decided to sit up. She opened her eyes and they widened in shock before she covered them with her hands.
"Ace why the hell are you naked?" she exclaimed. She turned around and buried herself in the covers. Her butt was high in the air when she felt a draft. She wasn't wearing pants; she was wearing a shirt that entirely wasn't her own. "Dear god why am I in this shirt? I thought I was blessed with the power to be asexual."
"Hey Cassie would you just calm down," Ace said calmly. He was smiling, but it was nervous. She turned to him a glint in her eyes she looked like she was about to kill him.
"I see," Cassie said changing to a bright and happy exterior. "You're the kind that preys on poor innocent women."
"The round house kick you sent to my face wasn't innocent," Ace countered. "Besides it's not like there's much to see." Ace wanted to mentally slap himself for that comment. It wasn't entirely true and it wouldn't be entirely welcomed.
"I see…" Cassie whispered thinking. "So I guess I drank too much and erupted into a morally deficient bar fight. In which I managed to wreck the property, and take out half the men including Jack who approached behind me to try and calm me down."
"So you remember all of it?" Ace asked amazed she could.
"No it's just that it has happened before," Cassie replied. His brow twitched a little at that comment. "Where are my clothes?"
"Right now being washed," Ace answered. "You actually let a lot out. You should never drink."
"Jack tells me the same thing," Cassie said rubbing her temples. "He says I get too damn violent. What time is it?"
"Last time I checked it was around a quarter after six," Ace said giving her curious look.
"Shit I have to go!" Cassie exclaimed. She grabbed her boots trying to lace them up as fast as possible.
"What's the rush?" Ace asked as he bent down to help her tie the other. He wasn't completely heartless to the girl.
"I'm late for dinner. Soon they'll come looking for me," she said hurriedly. "If they figure out I'm gone I'm screwed over. The walls will be raised higher the palace guards will be looking for me. It's just not pretty. Plus Prince Haru will…"
"Prince Haru will what?" Ace asked looking into her eyes. He saw that the chocolate depths held sadness to them as well as fear. For the first time he noticed the cut on her lip as the corners of her mouth turned down. "Does he hit you?" Ace grabbed her cheeks with both hands facing her towards him.
"Ace there was a reason why I wanted someone to get me out of this marriage," Cassie answered. "That's all you need to know. I'll see you when I see you."
Cassie rushed to the doors and paused before she looked back and smirked at him.
"While I might not have much to show," she started, "you certainly have a lot of fine assets."
She ran away before Ace could say anything in return. He knew he was blushing slightly, but that was more from shock than anything. He never would have guessed that princesses could have a perverted side to them.
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Cassie hoped that when she entered the dining hall her family wouldn't pay attention to thin layer of sweat that covered her body. She had run all the way from Whitebeard's ship to her room. From there she had dressed herself in a pink dress that had cloth flowers around the edges of the skirt and neckline. No way was she wearing the dress from earlier.
"You're late," her stepmother stated. Cassie bit back an insult that would have been so easy to make. "Prince Haru is waiting out in the garden. The two of you will be eating dinner together from now on."
Cassie muttered a "polite" excuse to leave before continuing on to the garden. She saw him waiting at the table with food already displayed before him. No staff was present probably because he had sacred them all away. When he looked at her their death also became a possibility. He looked, well pissed would be the way to sugar coat it.
Cassie held her head up high not externally giving into her fear. Yes, her fight or flight instinct had kicked in. It was definitely the flight one this time.
"You're late," Prince Haru stated as Cassie sat down across from him.
"A princess is never late everyone else is just simply early," Cassie replied.
"I'd ask why, but I know you snuck out," Prince Haru said as he looked at her. She didn't physically tense or even show signs of being nervous. She was indeed a good liar. "I also know about the fight you got into. Please refrain from doing it again."
Cassie didn't as much as glance at him as she took her first bite of food. She would eat her food and excuse herself to leave. It would be a simple, but effective plan.
"Who was the man you left with?" Prince Haru asked firmly.
"It's not really any of your concern," Cassie answered. Her eyes were still not looking at his; if she was she might have caught the dangerous look the flashed in them. "We aren't married yet."
"Any man my fiancé associates with is my concern," Prince Haru sneered. "Tell me."
"I don't know who he was," Cassie replied coyly.
"You do. He called you by name. You knew him, and left with him. Even in that state of mind you're smart enough not to leave with a stranger. Who is he?"
"A figment of the human females' imagination bent on bringing happiness to the eyes of single women everywhere," she retorted. She took another bite of food, and glanced at the prince. She almost choked on her food. If looks could kill she'd be dead five times over.
"I guess you'll just have to start seeing the effects of your actions," Prince Haru replied after a few moments of uncomfortable silence.
"Or maybe you could learn how to live with me for who I am?" Cassie suggested nervously.
"I'm not marrying you for your personality. I'm marrying you for all that you could gain for me. Remember that I have no personal attachment to you."
"And people say marriage is built off of communication, love, and trust. I'm fucking screwed," Cassie said under her breath.
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"So you're trying to tell me that the cute little girl who destroyed the ship also started that bar fight?" Marco asked surprised. Thatch only laughed at that, the girl shouldn't keep surprising them like this.
"Yes apparently she's a violent drunk," Ace said taking a swing of his drink. "That's not what I'm worried about. I'm about to tell you two something that cannot be repeated."
"I thought you finally trusted us Ace," Thatch commented with a grin.
"Well Cassie is a princess in the castle," Ace said. Both men gave him a look that said to keep going. "We made a bet and if she won I had to help her get out of her engagement to some prince. Well she won, and originally I was just going to let things happen naturally, so maybe she would start to like the prince. Today she had a cut on her lip from him. I just want to get her out of that situation."
"I see so you're playing the good guy," Marco said rubbing his chin. "A bombshell pregnancy would fix that right up."
"Ignore him we'll talk to Dad tomorrow," Thatch said sighing.
Really the concern Ace was showing for this girl might just be a little too much.
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Look who has no life and finished this early! Haha well actually I was just really inspired to write about this once the idea popped into my head. Something about these characters makes me excited to write. Well I just wanted to say either you'll hear from me later this week, or not for a while. Don't worry I will not give up on this fanfiction. The OC is way to fun for that.
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