A young red-haired boy with a straw hat raced across the ship as a young blond haired, and blue eyes with crosses as iris' girl jogged behind him with another blue haired boy with a red nose shouting running behind them. "Oi! You brats, calm down!" An older man with blond hair and a beard shouted at them; they stopped in their tracks looking at him.

"Sorry, Rayleigh." They all apology together, trying to play off as innocent but were far from it.

"Come on Shanks, let's go see what food the cook can give us." The girl whispered into the red-haired boy's ear and grabbed him by the hand as they try getting away from the blue haired boy.

"Bye Buggy." Shanks waved as the blond haired girl dragged him away.

"Hey, Anna! Shanks!" Buggy exclaimed as the other two ran down into the ship to cause more mischief.

THE VOW

The day of Roger's death both Anna and Shanks watched on with tears falling down their faces, as the rain clouds gathered above them and Anna wiped away her tears as she grabbed Shanks' hand in hers pulling him away from the crowd and to their new adventures. Shanks tried hiding his tears covering them with his hat, but Anna could see them as she takes his hand pulling him down the street away from the crowd and into the new era.

THE VOW

Anna stood in a small room; her palms felt clammy, her nerves were getting to her as it was an important day, she looked at herself in the long mirror as one of her crew members came into the room behind her. "You look beautiful Anna," Benn said entering the room, she looked back at him in the mirror.

"Am I rushing into this?" Anna asked him as a loud cry sounds out by the door. Anna jumped to action speeding over to the noise seeing baby Dakota in her crib crying out for her Mother. Anna picked up Dakota trying to calm the fussing baby, bobbing up and down as she soothed the crying baby.

"You know that's not true; you love Shanks and Dakota." Benn reasoned with her and took the now calm baby in his arm as looked at Anna in her wedding dress. He held his arm out to her, and they looped arms and walked out of the room.

THE VOW

A storm had rolled in over the Red Force as the Red Haired Pirates scurried around the ship trying to keep afloat. Anna stayed with Dakota in her room as she played with her toys on the floor, Anna sat reading a book hearing the crash of thunder above and the shouts of the crew. A knock on the door pulled Anna out of her book; she got up from her chair in the corner looking at Dakota playing with her toys. Anna smiled softly in pride at her four-year-old daughter not knowing it was the last time and opened the door to see a shadowy figure looming in the hall, recognising them and hoping they would never see each other again. She pulled herself out of the room closing the door behind her to shield Dakota from whatever was to happen. Inside the room, Dakota continued to play with her boat making splashing noises that were all too familiar when a loud crash from outside then a cry from her Mother, Dakota jumped up when a loud bang like a gun went off and a scream, then nothing, just dead silence. Dakota raced to the door, but she couldn't reach the door handle, jumping up grabbing the handle and the door swings open making her fall to the floor, she got up slowly to see the dark hallway in front of her.

She goes out into the hallway as the ship rocked side to side abruptly. Dakota got knocked to the side and falling onto something soft, she puts her hands out onto the soft object that caught her and looked up to see her Mother lying there. Dakota looked at her and saw a pool of blood underneath her, her eyes showed no signs of life, she was dead.

Dakota got up running to the top of the ship where everyone was busy doing their own thing, she stood looking around for her Father's red hair but couldn't see him, she tilts her head up and taking a deep breath and screamed loud making everyone turn to look at her. Yasopp jumps over to her shaking figure, as he gets closer to her, he saw the blood covering her clothes.

"Dakota, what happened?" He asked the crying four-year-old.

"Mummy, she's hurt!" She cried gaining everyone's attention even more. Shanks made his way over to them taking Dakota into his arms and raced down to the hallway where Anna's body lies. Benn took Dakota from Shanks as he kneeled down next to Anna's body and cradled her in his arms crying as Dakota struggled in Benn's arms trying to get to her Father. "Daddy! Mummy won't wake up! What's wrong, Daddy!" Dakota cried out for answers but he wouldn't answer, and that was the first dead body Dakota saw.

THE VOW

The Red Force pulled into port, and everyone made their way off of the ship, Shanks and Dakota came off last as they made their way into the town for food and drink. Dakota having her father's red hair and her Mother's looks, Shanks darted his eyes around trying to keep an eye out for any boys like he had for every island they had taken port at and Dakota sighed in annoyance before walking off behind her overprotective Father.