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Ever wake up and feel like you were hit in the head by a club or something? Yeah, I do now too. I forced back down the groan as the world started to come into focus around my being. There was some soft shuffling somewhere around me but I couldn't pin point and exact location. It just wasn't a thing right now. My head felt like it was going to pop off any second and I was dying for some medicine that would be waiting in the infirmary...only I knew I wasn't on the sub. That'd be wishful thinking right now. All that I really knew was that it was cold. It was still for moments then movements, it was getting annoying now. I slowly opened my eyes, letting my iris adjust to the bright light around me. Sitting up I tried to take everything in.

The fridge room was not only huge, but pure white. The white vanity on my left, white bureaus, the sheets on me and the night stand next to me. The lavender strands falling in front of my face seemed more bold now than they ever did in their pastel existence. Hearing movement again I turned to my right, gripping the sheets I had expected a person to be there. No, it was only some curtains moving in the wind. There was a whole wall full of windows on my right, and it seemed to open to a balcony. The doors were open, and letting in the cold air I was feeling. Darting my eyes around the room, I gave the last glance over to see if anyone was in there and I was up. The cold floor didn't surprise me as I advanced to the doors. Closing them quickly I gave out a sigh of relief. The air around me seemed warmer already.

Looking out the windows I took in the view. The mountains in the far back were caped in snow as it made tributaries in the side of it. Water leading down along the ridges and ending in a waterfall not to far from here it seemed. Maybe a day's walk if I had to guess. Forever greens made up a forest leading to the opening around the large abode I was currently housed in. The large iron wrought fence looked to be about 7 feet tall. Inside of the fence were smaller spruce trees and such, but the only source of color I'd seen was the holly shrubs so far. Well those and my red toe nails courtesy of a very drunk Penguin one night. For being that drunk he did a really good job. Focusing on my reflection in the pristine glass I could see a white bandage on the side of my head, almost covered by my hair. It was somehow released from its bun that I had put it in earlier today. If it was even today, who knows how long I've been out. At least Law did a good job...oh shit.

"Ah, it seems that you're finally up." Spinning around on my bare heels didn't feel to good, but it was quick enough for me. Blonde hair and green eyes took my attention as I recalled where they were from.

"Just a man who wants to help you."

Oh, that creep.

"It would appear so..." I eyed him like the creep he is as he just smiled at me pleasantly. Like he was so happy that I was here for some reason. Turning his back to me he sauntered over by the bed I had been in and opened a door on the left of it. Peering inside I could tell that it was a bathroom.

"Please clean yourself you will be seeing the Young Master soon." Without a due he was up and out of the room before I could even try and say something to him.

Leaving me by myself once again in this large room. Turning around to the view I place my small hands on the glass and forehead leaning on it. Breathing out the warm air caused the surrounding area to fog up with condensation. Staring out at the windows once more, I turned so my back was leaning on the cool glass. Glancing that the now ajar door for a few seconds I contemplated opening up the doors and running now, but I had no clue here I was was. In fact I didn't even know where the rest of my crew was at this point.

Strolling over to the door, I opened it more, and leaned on the door jam. A large sunken in tub was centered on the white marble floor. On the right was a screen, where I assumed I would strip. The opposite side had a vanity filled with all sorts of makeup. Right by the tub on the side adjacent of me was a massive amount of bottles, probably shampoos and body washes. The water was already drawn, but who knows how long at this point. I could always comply for now, get my information and then run like a mad woman. I mean isn't that what I always do?

Making my way over to the screen, I dropped my clothes behind it, and ran my fingers through my hair for a few seconds. Slowly and gently getting into the over filled bath I maneuvered until I found a place to sit and lounge. Slipping under the warm water for a few seconds I came up and opened my eyes looking right at the white linens rapped across the ceiling. Letting my mind wonder on the boys for a few seconds, I closed them with a heavy sigh. Dozing off in to a little sleep I couldn't help but wonder how their doing?

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Walking through the snow at this time of the morning was not something that Trafalgar Law wanted to do right now. When he had returned to the inn last night and been informed that some of his crew took off to the abandoned mine, he figured that they would return without treasure ready to drink away their sorrows of the day. Although that's not what had happened. Jackson had come barreling in at close to 4 am, practically screaming bloody murder that others needed help. The rest of the crew and himself had gone out there, but when they stumbled across the men in the snow he had gotten worried.

On the edge of the entrance of the mine, the fresh snow hadn't really had time to settle on them and set in. Though he wasn't sure how long they had been out there, and Jackson couldn't remember when they had left for their little adventure. He knew that he had left around noon to go and run some extra errands without Anastasia's company for she was getting pretty snappish. Not that it wasn't entertaining, but he didn't feel like having a moody woman on his sub at the moment. The constant itching in the back of his mind should have told him to come back to his crew sooner rather than later.

After the run in with the white haired man he wasn't to keen on leaving her out in the open. Law knew for a fact that he had been staring at them for a while that day. No matter what store they had gone into, or turn around the fairly small city. He was always there watching them. The book store had been his last stop of the day with her presence because of that fact. Then he had taken his eyes off her for once second and then when he looks back, he has her in his arms. That wasn't going to fly with him what so ever, he'd rather kill the man first. After that he made sure that she had gotten back safely, where she would wait until he returned for some more punishments. Well, where she should have been.

Now here he was traversing over the snowy tundra back to the entrance of the mine so he could investigate. Someone had lit off an explosive, but had only taken two out of the six that had gone. Bepo and Anastasia, were now missing in action. He couldn't very well leave his first mate behind, and his source of entertainment for the most part. The two had to be together at this point, if not then in the same vicinity as the other. Looking up into the falling snow, stormy eyes took in the entrance of the mine.

"Well, this might be a problem."

It had collapsed due to a boulder the size of a house.

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When I tip toed out of the I was shocked to see something other than the color white. The black haired, emerald eyes maid looked right at me as I came through the threshold. The typical black and white maid uniform was comforting to see. Polar opposite colors on the color wheel but in this winter wonderland it was so welcomed. Heart shaped face, large eyes and a small button nose gave her a cute face. Dainty hands crossed over her thighs as she gave me a blank face while I stood there in my towel. After I had shut my eyes, my clothes had gone missing, and I think I just found the reason why.

"Would you like some help getting dressed mistress?" Her soft mono tone voice called out to me.

Nodding deftly to her, I tried to keep myself together. Standing here and trying to fight her probably wouldn't be the best strategy for me right now. No doubt that I'd be able to take her, it was just a matter of I needed the crew so I could escape this place. Returning to one Law without a crew would not be on my to-do list to day. As the towel left my body, I wrapped my arms over my chest as she placed a pure white dress at my feet. Stepping in, I placed my arms in the sleeves as she tied the corset in the back of it. My lungs protested as the air left them, it was being tied tightly that was for sure.

After the dress was on, she placed some white pumps in front of me, and held a hand out to help me slip into them. Gently pushing me towards the vanity, I sat down as she started to brush my hair. The comb was being put through softly enough, but I didn't like the fact she was touching me so much. It left a bad feeling all over my body. The long fingers I was growing accustomed to running through the long strands was missing and it left an uneasy feeling in me completely. It meant my crew wasn't here and that they weren't safe. Hell I couldn't remember anything after the explosion happened.

Feeling her stop with my hair, I made to get up. Her hands on my shoulders slammed me back down on to the chair. The shock of it wasn't that she had done, but the fact that I knew it wasn't physically possible for someone her stature to be able to posses that much strength. It was like a 300 pund man forcing me back down into the seat. She had to of eaten a Devil Fruit or been experimented on by someone. If so that latter Law would love to take her alive and rip her apart to see just how she ticked. I would be there to laugh should she do anything between now and then.

Speaking of my sadistic captain, he was sure to have noticed that we weren't back by now. The sluggish way my body felt, I could assume that I'd been asleep for about a day or so. Maybe that was just a lingering effect of any medicine that they might have given me during my stay, but it was a gut feeling.

Finally being able to get up, I looked in the mirror to see that my lips were painted bright red, and the slight dark lines around my eyes meant eye liner. I had spaced out completely when she did the make up portion of my get up. My hair how ever had been braided tightly and then twisted around into an elegant bun. Sky blue eyes meet emerald ones as she motioned for me to follow her. Turning around, I silently walked behind her. While the pumps might have added height to me, the hem of the dress dragged on the floor, making it possible to levitate just above the floor. Making my foot steps silent, should I choose to stray from the maid.

Moving out of the room, I noticed the ever present scheme of white was not faltered by any other color no matter what. White pillars, floor, walls, and drapes. There were no statues, or works of art on the walls anywhere here. There were windows from the ceiling to the floor on either side of the hallway, giving views of the outside gardens on either side, but not the iron fence that I had seen from above. Meaning I didn't see a way out yet.

We had walked a little longer until she had opened a door that lead outside. Shivering in anticipation of the cold, I braced myself for it. Once she opened the doors, a cool breeze came in, but not like the one that would if it were back at the inn. The world outside in the winter wonderland wasn't actually all that cold. Stepping out in to the wilderness, I had thought it would be bone chilling. I didn't even see my own breath as we walked over to another building that I hadn't seen before. So we're on the other side of the place then.

"The Young Master is waiting here for you." She spoke as she opened a door to the old Gothic looking building. Nodding once more to her, I step in.

The high ceilings and Gothic architect was almost breath taking. I had seen a lot of places around the Grand Line but I hadn't seen one like this before. It was unique by the fact alone that everything inside of it was white. In fact this was the only place that I'd been to that stuck with a color scheme. I wish that it had some hints of other colors but hey, beggers can't be choosers. The long hallway, made it look like some gathering place. Like a Grand Hall in some castles that I had been to over the years. In ways it was comforting but in the very same way it was unnerving. At least this place had statues. Knights, and such lined up on the sides. Some holding axes, others with swords. In fact...

"These look just like the ones in the Grand Palace on..." The name of the island escaped me for a few moments as I tried to remember it.

"Gudalupaiso?" Jumping about ten feet in the air, I turned around to see a familiar face. Dark eyes and white hair.

"Yeah..." I awkwardly answered back as he looked right back at me. The black sweater and dress pants weren't lost on me as he stuck out like a sore thumb in the room.

"You must be very confused, come." Nodding me to go with , I followed about ten paces behind him. It gave me plenty of room to fight back in case shit got real. After opening the door, I could see that it was a library. I couldn't help my open mouth, or the wondrous look I probably had on. It was a site to see. Books from the ground to the tip of the ceiling, it looked like they were floating in the alabaster room. A fireplace in the far right hand corner had some seats around it. While in the center of the large room was a desk with some papers strewn about it. Following him to the fireplace, I relished in its warmth.

"So," I started once I was seated comfortably. "What happened to my crew mates?"

"You're very blunt." He leaned an elbow on the arm of the chair and then his head on it. Smiling a smug smile.

"Of course, their my people I would love to know what happened to them since I woke up alone." Lacing my fingers over my lap, I decided that a professional approach would get me the best results.

"Well, I wouldn't happen to know." The look I gave him told him to keep going after he had stopped for a few seconds. "Barnes had showed up with you, and the bear. So I had you put in a room, and the bear brought to the animal house."

"Where the hell is Bepo." It wasn't a question, it sure as hell was a demand.

"The animal house, like I had just said." His grin grew, and now it was starting to annoy me.

"I understand that, and I appreciate you taking us in the x amount of time we've been here, but we must be returning to our Captain. He will not be happy to find that you have us, and that we're not with our band of idiots." Straightening out my back I gave him a hard stare, in which he returned.

"We can cover that later, firstly tell me about your Captain." Eh, wrong response.

"You'd have a better time ripping me apart limb from limb." Giving him a small sarcastic smile, he frowned heavily at me.

"A young lady should not really be saying things such as that." The dissapointed look on his face didn't go unnoticed and it spurred me on.

"This young lady was raised on the seas by an Emperor, and his crew of misfits. My brother is a fucking retard and loves to get himself in a shit load of trouble all damn day long. My Captain is a sadistic prick who loves to cause misery to his unfortunate victims. So Let me ask one more time. Where the fucking hell is Bepo." His face turned red in all the right places, and the infuriated look on him was perfect.

"You're not in correct position to be making those kinds of demands." His fist clenched as he tried to keep his anger in.

"I can guarantee that my captain will be storming your abode in not to long looking or the two of us, and you'll be wishing that you let us go." The glare I was getting now, was completely priceless.

"You are not as simple as you were out on the street." Flashing a devilish smile, I laughed a little bit.

"I'll have you know, I'm fucking crazy." He looked slightly horrified for a few brief seconds. The looked into the fire like he was contemplating something.

"Sire, we are having a problem with the latest addition to the animal house." My grin grew into a shit eating one, as he looked over at me then the butler.

"Go and tranquilize it, if it doesn't begin to cooperate. Kill it." At his words I was up and moving. With the sheer force of a bomb being fired from a canon, I had the greasy black haired butler in my grasp.

"You will show me where this animal house is, or I will be sure to kill you in the most horrendous way imaginable at this very moment in time." The flames probably could be seen in my eyes, as I told the poor man hat would happen to him if he should refuse me.

"Robert, she has no weapons she cannot do anything to you." I smirked heavily at his words.

"Let's dance then Robert." My right hand had his collar bunched up, and I raised my left.

"Ignite." As my left hand went up in flames the look of someone accepting their death came about the man's face. Making sure to get close enough where it was going to start burning soon, he started to thrash back and forth.

"S-SIRE!" He screamed out for the man behind us, who wasn't moving for anything that he was worth.

"Where the fucking hell is Bepo!" My hand was millimeters from touching the man.

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In a sudden moment I wasn't about to scorched another human being, I was in a whole other place. The red chipped paint, and crimson sheets reminded me where I was and I gripped the soiled sheets tightly and tried willing away the scenes in my mind. The sheets were the only thing from exposing my nude form to whom ever might walk into the room at the moments. The silent tears rolling down my cheeks ruined the make up that was already smudged, making little rivers on my face. Distant sounds of rowdy laughter and moans filled the empty spaces where my sobs should have been. The room was dead silent as I tried to erase the horrible memories that were just seared into my mind.

"Let's go celebrate with some shots!" It was his charming smile at first.

I gathered my clothing, leaving the bed with a slight limp as my body protested in pain. It wasn't one that I'd have ever experienced before.

"Just one more round I promise." His touch made me feel something different for a little bit.

Making my way out of that horrible place, I made it over to a barrel filled with water to wash my face. I couldn't do anything about the torn clothing, but I could cool down my face and remove the make up.

"I know a place to eat, just around the corner." He proved to be trusted by Pops.

I hadn't even made it to the dock and I could hear Pop's laughter shaking the ground. The party was going strong at close to 3 am, and it would until 6 to test out the new crew members. He would be there.

"Stop fighting it! It'll feel better I promise!" He took what could never be returned.

I had done my best to put on a good show. The newbies didn't miss a single thing, as I greeted each on of them and congratulating them on joining us. As I tried to escape down below, Thatch blocked the way, and Vista was right there so I couldn't run. Not opening my mouth and letting my bangs cover my eyes I didn't respond to anything. When Marco came over and forced me into a hug I broke. I was only thankful that Ace was out and about doing his own thing miles and miles away. For I knew that this would be a shit show more than it was already going to be.

Pops was on his feet and I could still feel the vibrations of the enraged man as he rallied everyone up for a hunt. I didn't move from Marco's embrace but I didn't need to for him to figure it out. It was simply the way I tensed up from hearing his voice speak. Talking about how he wouldn't rest until the monster was caught and brought back for punishment. I remember feeling the air whip around me as I collapsed to my knees. Vista there to catch me at the last second. Burying my head into my hands as I heard Marco tear him apart, and the whole crew up in a roar.

"You dare come here and ask to join us and then attack one of our own! Did you not think that we wouldn't catch you! That we wouldn't notice that one of our own is hurting!? You thought that'd you escape here alive after that bullshit!"

I was never the same, but neither was Marco.

So here we have a little glimpse into Ana's past. Not everything can be nice and dandy in the world of pirates, even if your captain is an Emperor. At some point in time something would have happened to her and now we get some insight into how she is the way she is now. I plan on letting more of these flashback through in chapters to come for it will better explain Ana as a whole. Until then, what will happen to her? What about Bepo? Will Law get to them on time? Maybe, maybe not. Find out next chapter!

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