~ Kenna P.O.V. ~

I didn't know how to dance. In my village, there were no dance classes. That was an unneeded skill on our tiny island. There weren't any parties that required we know how to dance like high-class people but we did know how to move our bodies to look like we were some what dancing. Right now though, I was still kind of tired from touching the Kairoseki so I let the Prince take control completely. He pulled me closer and lay his head on my shoulder, near my ear.

"Are you having fun?" he whispered and I nearly shivered due to his breath.

"It's … certainly not what I'm used to." I finally choked out.

"I'm sorry if this is below your standards." He pulled away to look me in the eyes. By now, other people had started dancing, much to the dismay of many ladies who had wished to dance with the Prince.

"Oh, it's alright." I said trying to soothe him but ending up sounding snobbish. "What's your name?" I quickly changed the subject.

"It's Cameron." He said, slightly blushing. I opened my mouth to speak but he beat me to it. "I know. I know. It's a girl's name." He said, looking down

"It can be used for either." I shrugged, repeating his previous words in attempt to win him over. He practically beamed with pleasure and hid his face in my shoulder.

We danced peacefully like that for a while and then the prince suddenly pulled his face away. He looked like he was about to say something when we were interrupted.

"Prince," said what looked like a personal assistant. "You have to go and announce your decision." He said.

"Oh, you'll find out soon enough." The prince shrugged and released my hand. He pulled away and I felt a sense of loss. I nodded carefully and watched as he left.

The music stopped as the prince walked through the crowd that split for him. He finally got back on the pedestal and stood in front of the crowd. "Ladies and Gentlemen!" he said loudly.

At the same moment, there was a sharp tap on my shoulder and I spun around, finally broken out of my reverie.

"Come on! Now's our chance, Kenna! Let's go!" Zoro said with Nami slightly behind him, both starting to walk through the crowd.

I looked back longingly at the prince, aching to hear what he had to say to me before and what he had to say now. Aching for a normal, posh life such as this. Then, I looked back at my friends, the people that had saved me from certain death or recapture and that had given me a new home. They had given me new hope and joy in life.

I nodded. "Alright… let's go." I said, turning around. Zoro smiled and Nami started cutting her way through the crowd, leaving Zoro and I to struggle in her wake. I heard the prince talking but I couldn't concentrate, what with the pounding of blood in my ears and the slap of our feet on the ground. Other people started moving forward to hear what the prince was saying.

Suddenly, time seemed to freeze as I passed someone. I turned to look at them and saw they had spiky dark blue hair with a black mask on to match their black suit. I don't know what it was about them but they just seemed familiar. They were about to looked at me when a person moved between us.

Then, the moment was broken and I walked quickly past. This time I was determined not to lose Zoro or Nami so I hurried and grabbed onto the back of Zoro's shirt. He turned around and saw that it was me. He nodded before grabbing my hand. I tightened my grip and we walked even faster. When we got to the doors we were stopped by a guard.

"Where do you think you are going?" he asked, placing a hand on the hilt of his sword.

"I just remembered," Nami said. "The Royal Queen's birthday is in 2 days and the journey back takes at least a day and a half! So we have to leave now! Give the Prince our regards." Nami started walking towards the door.

"Come this way." The Guard said and my heart sank. He walked some ways away to a door and I thought we were screwed, when he opened a door and I saw the outside light shine in. "I didn't want to open the large doors." He said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Thank you." I said and rushed outside. Zoro and Nami followed me and we started back down the path. "We made it! We're out!"

"We're not out of it yet so stay aware." Zoro said as we kept up the pace. He kept looking back at the castle, just waiting for someone to burst out of it to chase us. We started to run as the ground started to slope down. We tried to stop our fast pace when suddenly, there was a shout behind us.

"Find her!"

~ Prince P.O.V. ~

"Oh, you'll find out soon enough." Cameron said and he started walking away. He felt like he was on cloud nine. Usually, everyone bowed at his feet and no one dared act around him as he blue goddess had. He knew he had found the one and he was about to announce it to the room at large.

"Hello everyone and thanks for coming!" he said as the music stopped and people packed in closer to look at him. "Ladies and Gentlemen! Ladies and Gentlemen! I have found my future wife!" he said loudly and the crowd cheered.

"It's…" he stopped. He had completely forgotten to ask his princess her name, her place of birth, anything. He knew nothing about her besides the fact that he loved her. "My goddess in blue! The princess I last danced with! Will she please come up here?" he said and looked around the crowd.

He started to feel a little foolish as time slowly trickled by. Everyone's eyes were on him and no one was showing up. There wasn't even someone trying to make their way up to the podium. "Uh… hello?" he said and looked at his assistant.

The assistant cleared his throat then moved in front of the audience. "Will everyone please report to their rooms while every lady in blue will stay in here?"

The crowd slowly trickled to follow their respective orders until there was about 25 ladies still standing in the room. The prince walked down from the podium while the assistant spoke to the room at large.

"Will you all please stand in a line?" he said and they complied. "Alright prince, find your future wife."

The prince started walked up and down the line, looking at each lady in turn. "She's not here!" he waved them all off and they scurried away like frightened mice. "Where did she disappear to?"

"Your majesty," said the head guard. "I rounded up all the people that were guarding the doors." Two people were shoved forward by 4 other guards.

"I…I left him in charge while I went to the bathroom!" one of them said.

"Is this true?" Cameron asked.

The second guard nodded and Cameron spoke again. "You're free to go." He waved his hand at the first who nodded and scampered away.

"Did anyone leave while I was speaking?" he stood in front of the man.

"O…only three people." He stuttered.

"Who?" Cameron said sharply.

"Two women and one man…"

"What were the women wearing?" Cameron nearly shouted.

"One lady was in orange and another was in blue." The prince growled as the guard said that.

"Why would she leave?" he started pacing.

"She said her mother's birthday was in two days and she had to leave immediately…" the guard said quietly.

"To the dungeon with you." Cameron spat at the guard and others dragged him away. The prince started pacing the room and barking out orders. "I need a squadron! Now! Actually, I need two. One leaves now and the second leaves with me! I need horses! We will find her! I will have her!"

Some guards thought he was getting a bit crazy, wondering why he would go so far just for a woman but they didn't vocally question him. They all jumped to their orders, and the prince followed the first squad to the door. He threw it open and walked outside, followed closely by the group.

"Find her!" he shouted and pointed down the path. The guards all saluted before taking off in a sprint.

~ Kenna P.O.V. ~

We heard the organized slapping of feet as guards started to follow us down the path. "What do we do?" I shouted to the others as we froze in our spots.

"Uh…" Nami stuttered as she looked back at where we had just come from.

"Into the trees!" Zoro pushed us both into the forest cover. We all hid behind a tree as we watched the guards all run past. We crouched down and I counted to 100 before standing up again.

"I think the coast is clear…" I whispered.

"Wait, there might be another group of them coming. We should stay in the trees…" Zoro said

"Are you kidding? I'm wearing HEELS Zoro!" Nami almost shouted.

"Let's go, guys! There's no telling what could happen if we're caught!" I whispered before starting to cut my way through the trees, keeping the path still in sight. Nami and Zoro shrugged before following me.

~ Luffy P.O.V. ~

Luffy walked with Chopper by his side. Chopper was running to every side of the road, looking at all the venders had to offer. Luffy looked around, not really interested until he saw a restaurant.

"I really shouldn't… but…" his stomach growled due to his furious paddling. He patted down his pockets until he found his money sack. It was slightly stuffed and he grinned. "Only a little bit and I'll get some information too."

He caught Chopper as he tried to run past him and lifted him off the ground. "I'm going to go get some food." He said.

"Alright. I'll meet you back at the boat!" Chopper said as he was dropped back on the ground. He started walking slower now but still excited as ever.

Luffy entered the restaurant and walked up to the bar. The bartender gave him a menu before going to take care of someone else. When they came back, Luffy already knew what he wanted.

"I'll have one of everything please."

The bartender stared at him incredulously to see if Luffy was joking but when he saw that he wasn't he hopped to the task.

"Hey, mate, I see you've got some cash on ya." Said a voice to Luffy's right. When Luffy looked he saw a man with an eye patch covering his right eye. The man was also wearing a trench coat and had his hand clutched around a mug of an amber liquid.

"Yeah, so what?" Luffy said as his first plates started to arrive.

"Might wanna be careful with that kinda dough here on Zapper island. Someone might just… snatch it away from you." Said the man as he grabbed a fry off Luffy's plate. "Name's Tom by the way."

"Whatever." Luffy said, smacking the fry out of Tom's hand.

Tom stared at it for a while before looking back at Luffy. "Shouldn't have done that, mac. You really shouldn't waste food."

"It was my food, not yours. I'll do what I damn well like with it. You really shouldn't take what doesn't belong to you." Luffy didn't know why he was arguing with the man about something as trivial as this but he did it anyways.

"You really shouldn't fight with someone who's just tryna give you advice, mac."

"You know what? I'm not even hungry anymore. You take the food." Luffy lifted up his hand and threw his plate in Tom's face.

"You darn bastard!" shouted someone behind Luffy as Tom wiped his face clean.

"You really shouldn't have done that, mac." Tom stood up and glared down at Luffy.

Luffy didn't know what possessed him to do that and he stood up as well. "You know what I just realized." He laughed in Tom's face. "I forgot my money. Can you pick my tab up since the food is all over you anyways?"

Tom growled and Luffy grabbed his hat and ran out of the restaurant. A bunch of people burst out of it behind him and Luffy took off down the crowded lane, not wanting to start a fight in such a populated place.

"Get back here ya little rascal!" shouted Tom behind him.

Luffy actually laughed before jumping on top of a building and running again.

Somewhere far away, Sanji heard the commotion. He cursed before looking at Usopp. "Guess we know where Luffy is now… Why did you want him again?"

Usopp didn't speak but pointed at what looked like statues.

"Yeah, and?" Sanji asked.

"Look! They're not statues! They're living people but their frozen like that! Isn't that what Kenna did to Zoro and Luffy before on the boat?"

Sanji's mouth fell open and his cigarette fell to the ground. "I see…" he said finally.

/../

A.N.: Like I said in chapter 6, I'm getting a lot more homework now. I have at least 6 projects due before Halloween and I've only finished one. Yet that is no excuse to why I haven't updated in a month… I've also had massive writers block for all of my stories except one. The only one I'm not publishing. It's not a Fanfiction by the way so you won't see it on here. But no worries anyone I've already started chapter 9 and I'm thinking about writing another doctor who story if you've read my first one.

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