Donquixote Liliana
Title: Donquixote Liliana
Rating: T
Fandom: One Piece
Summary: Doflamingo and Rocinante had an older sister, Liliana. She was separated from her family not long after their mother died. This is her story of pain, love, hatred, and death.
Warning(s): OC-centric; OOCness; Alternative Universe/AU
Lily: 13 years old
Doffy: 8 years old
Roci: 6 years old
Chapter Four: Gone
Lily's POV
I continued to run. 'If I stay here, I'll just cause more trouble than help!' I didn't pay attention to where I was running. When I finally stopped, I realized that I had gone deeper into the forest with a fast-flowing river nearby. I leaned against a tree trunk, exhausted. "It's my fault…"
I heard a loud growl that immediately made me alert. A pack of wolves was approaching me, licking their chops and baring their fangs. I stood up but I was still tired from all the running. 'At a time like this!? The wolves just had to be nearby!'
I kept my eyes on the wolves, slowly backing away. However, the wolves were really hungry and they charged at me. I panicked, not knowing what to do. So I ran. It was a stupid idea because the wolves were faster than me, one of them quickly managing a scratch to my leg. Pain shot through my limb and I fell.
The wolves were onto me real fast. I kicked them and punched them with all of my might, rolling to the side. I managed to stand once more and continued to run. Blood dripped from a wound on my forehead and blinded me. Before I knew it, the ground beneath me disappeared and I fell into the river.
I flailed my arms and legs wildly, trying to resurface. But the river current was too strong for me. Water flooded my nostrils and mouth. I tried to spit the water out but it was futile. It was a waste of energy. Once I got rid of the water from my mouth more water would immediately replace it. 'Is this how it ends?' I lost consciousness.
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No POV
"Lily!" Homing shouted. "Liliana!"
"Lily!" Rocinante and Doflamingo called.
They continued searching for an hour before returning to the small shack. None of their calls received a response. Doflamingo angrily looked to their father. "This is your fault!"
"Doffy—" Roci tried to defend their father but Doffy wouldn't listen.
"If you hadn't given up our position as Celestial Dragons, this wouldn't have happened!" Doffy accused. "Mother would still be alive! Lily wouldn't have ran away!"
"I…I thought that we could live a happy life alongside humans…" Homing fell to his knees, crying. "I thought that the villagers would understand!" 'I'm sorry Mari…I'm a horrible husband! I'm sorry Lily…I'm sorry Roci…I'm sorry Doffy…I'm a horrible father!'
That night, the three buried Mari. It was a rainy funeral, as if the sky itself was mourning the lost.
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Roci hardly ate anything the next morning and Doffy noticed this. "Roci," He held a piece of bread they had taken from the trash this morning. "You need to eat more,"
Roci turned away. "I miss Lily,"
"Roci, if Lily was here she'd tell you to eat more," Doflamingo said.
"But Lily's not here!" Roci said, tears visibly welling up. "I just want our big sister back! I just want our mother back!" Unable to restrain himself, Roci broke down into sobs.
Doflamingo brought his little brother into a hug. "I miss them too, Roci. I miss them too," 'I'll get revenge on everyone. I'll get revenge on the Celestial Dragons. I'll get revenge on those villagers. I'll get revenge on Fa—Homing. I no longer consider him my father, not after what happened to Mother and Lily,'
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A sixteen year old boy was walking alongside the river, where it had calmed down in these parts. He saw someone on the riverbank, lying down. "Hey, are you alright?" He approached her and saw the blood. "You're bleeding!" He looked around but saw no one to help. The boy picked the thirteen year old girl up and ran in the direction of the town.
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Lily's POV
My body was hurting everywhere. My head was pounding with a horrible headache. I slowly opened my eyes, squinting against the white light. "Where…am I?"
"A hospital," I turned and saw a doctor holding a clipboard. "A boy found you unconscious on the riverbank and brought you here. Judging by your wounds, you were attack by wolves,"
'Wolves?' I blinked, confused.
"Do you know your name?" The doctor asked.
"My…name?" I parroted. "I think it's Liliana,"
"Can you spell it?"
"L-I-L-I-A-N-A," I answered.
The doctor had a confused look. "The bracelet you was wearing was spelt L-I-L-L-Y-A-N-N-A,"
"Huh?" I was confused once more. 'Lillyanna…Why does it seem so familiar?' "I feel like…that bracelet was given to me by someone…"
"You don't remember?" The doctor questioned.
'Why…why can't I recall anything else? What's going on!?' I put a hand to my forehead. "It's like there's a fog…I only know my name and that the bracelet is special…"
"Retrograde amnesia," The doctor said. "You're suffering from retrograde amnesia,"
"Retrograde amnesia?" I inquired. 'What's retrograde amnesia?'
"Retrograde amnesia is the loss of memory-access to events that occurred, or information that was learned before an injury or onset of a disease," The doctor defined. "Your case is you forgot everything before your injuries,"
"Oh," I looked down to my hands. 'Did I ever have a family? Is there anyone looking for me? Guess I'll never know,'
"What's weird is that you aren't in the database of any hospitals," The doctor added. "I couldn't find any information about you,"
The reason why Lily's information isn't in the hospital database is because her family didn't register into the hospitals yet. And of course the health records of the Celestial Dragons wouldn't be available to commoners.
Also, we have no idea how it feels like to have amnesia. We hope none of you readers have experienced it either.
[SPOILER] The boy who found Lily will adopt her like a sister. Just wanted to put that out in case some of you start shipping them.
WHY DIDN'T ANYONE SAY THAT THE FANART OF LILIANA WAS SO HORRIBLE!?
CF8WRK4U: We read that story, the one where Corazon and Dofla-Asshole are sent to the past into their younger selves' bodies, right? It was so angsty and I (Daichi) cried when Doflamingo took Corazon prisoner! It's really well written and if you want, we can post it on Fanfiction DOT net (crediting you of course).
Starrat: Thanks and here's the next chapter!
lostdog200: Lily felt like she'd cause the deaths of the rest of her family if she had stayed with them. As for where she'll go, there's a spoiler right above the review responses. And about your question for why the name Mari, I (Skai) was reading a Detective Conan chapter where the mysterious child's name was Mary/Mari and kinda liked the sound of it. I also looked the name up and in Japanese, Mari means "truth and reason." I guess it kinda fits the mother.