Title: The Horror Movie
Genre: Family, Humor, Fluff
Summary: AU- The ASL brothers watched a horror movie, and were all a little more scared than they let on...
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ONE PIECE OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS
Sabo turned over and looked at the clock: 3:46 AM. Why couldn't he sleep? His stomach rumbled. Well, if he was up, a little snack couldn't hurt.
Sabo made his way to the kitchen, wary of every shadow, every movement. Even the creaking of the stairs set him off. No, Sabo was not scared. That movie he and his brothers had watched hadn't scared him at all. It was just some stupid horror movie! Or at least that was what he told himself, but that didn't stop him from watching his back to make sure he wasn't being followed by shadow-zombies.
Once in the kitchen, Sabo looked around. He was too tired to do much of anything. It was technically morning, so maybe he could make breakfast? He considered his options, but decided to make toast because it would take the least amount of effort. He got out the bread, put it in the toaster, and waited. Outside the window, the trees swayed slightly in the wind. Sabo tensed involuntarily. He wasn't scared, dammit! That movie didn't scare him! Not at all... Stupid Luffy, suggesting that stupid movie. Stupid "Thriller Bark", stupid zombies, stupid shadow stealing monster, stupid stupid stupid. Sabo wasn't scared! He wasn't! If Ace hadn't been scared ("Was that really a horror movie?") and Luffy hadn't been scared ("shishishi, that was hilarious!") then why was Sabo scared!? No! Sabo wasn't scared! He wasn't! Especially not in his own house! Sabo took a deep breath. This was his house, and the movie was not real. There was no reason the be scared. Nope. Even though he thought that, some part of his brain in his subconscious had him back up against the counter. 'Now they can't sneak up behind me. Try to steal my shadow now, you over-grown leek!' he thought triumphantly. Sabo just stood there for a while, waiting for his food. Suddenly, a noise came from the counter behind him. Sabo screamed, a high-pitched squeal. Turning around, he discovered...
Toast. Great. Sabo had screamed because toast had popped out of the toaster. He probably woke his brothers up, too. They would never let him live this down. 'Oh well, might as well enjoy my toast...'
What Sabo didn't realize was that his brothers were already awake. What he also didn't realize was that movie had scared them more than they had let on. When Luffy heard the scream from downstairs, he immediately bolted into Ace's room.
"Ace!" he whisper-yelled. "Did you hear that?!" Ace was in a ball of sheets, holding a... was that a lead pipe?! Where on Earth did Ace get a lead pipe!?
"SHHH!" Ace shushed Luffy. "Of course I heard it!" he whisper-yelled back.
"What do you think it was?" Luffy asked.
"It was probably a banshee." Ace said.
"Banshee?"
"It's a female ghost that screams. Downstairs, it sounded like a girl screaming, and all the doors and windows are locked so the only thing that could've gotten in was a ghost. That means it must've been a banshee." Luffy figured Ace was right. Ace was smart. The only people who Luffy knew who were smarter were Robin and Sabo!
...And then he remembered they were still missing someone.
"We have to go get Sabo!" Luffy whisper-yelled. Ace nodded. Ace wielding the pipe and Luffy a whiffle-ball bat (which Ace had in his closet. Where did he get these?), the two cautiously made their way to Sabo's room. When they found it empty, Luffy turned to his brother.
"We didn't make it! She got Sabo!" he whisper-yelled. Ace shushed him again. "Ace... I'm scared..." Luffy complained when they were back at Ace's room.
"Don't be scared! Only babies would get scared!" he scolded.
"But you're scared too!" Luffy pointed out.
"Am not!" Ace defended.
"Then why were you in a ball of blankets when I came in the first time?" he asked.
"I was..." Ace faltered "being... um... cautious! That's it! I was being cautious!"
"You were totally scared" Luffy said bluntly
"No I wasn't! And I'll prove it!" He said, standing up from the bed. "Come on, we're leaving"
"Huh?" Luffy asked "Where?"
"We're gonna go downstairs, and we'll defeat the banshee." Ace said "That way, we can avenge Sabo!"
"...Alright! Le-" Luffy yelled, until Ace covered his mouth, saying "You have to be quiet!"
And so, the two teens began making their way down the stairs, to the kitchen.
Sabo had finished his toast without incident, and started cleaning up so he could go back to sleep. Or rather, go back to attempting to go to sleep.
He left the kitchen, and when he turned the corner to get to the stairs, he saw two, hunched over, black-haired figures wielding weaponry creeping towards him. For the second time that night, Sabo screamed. Though he was surprised that when they spotted him, they screamed too (though they were more like high-pitched squeals). Then suddenly, he realized the two figures were his brothers, and his scream faltered.
"Ace? Luffy?" he asked. Luffy, who was holding a whiffle-ball bat, dropped his weaponry and hug-tackled his brother.
"Sabo! I thought you were dead!" Ace just stood off to the side.
"Calm down guys, I just made toast"
"So then the scream from earlier..." Ace started. Sabo felt his face turn red.
"The toast surprised me!" he defended "Besides, it was nothing on your scream from just a second ago! That was definitely higher than mine!"
"Was not!" Ace defended, his face also turning red from embarrassment.
"Hey, guys" Luffy said, (still sitting on Sabo) looking serious. "We never found the banshee" Ace and Sabo were silent for a second, until Ace started laughing hysterically.
"Luffy, there was no banshee! The one screaming was Sabo!" he said.
"You thought I was a banshee?" Sabo asked.
"Yeah. Ace said that, because the scream was really high-pitched, it must've been a banshee"
"It wasn't that high-pitched!" Sabo said "Besides, you didn't really believe that, did you?" he asked.
"N-no, of course not!" He said.
"Yeah, and we thought it got you!" Luffy said at the same time. Now it was Sabo's turn to laugh hysterically.
"I wish you really were eaten by a banshee" Ace muttered. Sabo brought his hand to his heart in mock offense.
"You wound me, Ace!" he laughed. Suddenly, he remembered something important "Now, it's like 5:00 AM and tomorrow is Monday, so we should all probably try to sleep for the next hour before we have to get up and go to school." The other two agreed, and all three went back to their rooms.
The next morning, all three brothers looked like zombies. Brook, Luffy's friend, caught them before class.
"So, did you guys watch the movie I lent you? What did you think? Was it scary?"
All three replied at the same time: "No."
I had a lot of fun writing this one! I hope you had just as much fun reading it as I did writing it! Remember, reviews are radical, suggestions are super, and follows and favorites are fabulous!
- Lew-chan :D
