It was a quiet night in the town of Newport, a small town on an island in the East Blue. Yelling could be heard coming from the streets as a bunch of drunk Marines ran by. "Catch that thief!" Yelled the Marines as they chased a child no older than 12 with bright green hair throughout the town. The child ran as fast as he could while holding a large tray of food in his arms.
"Catch me if you can assholes!" The kid exclaimed as he rounded the corner into an alley and was frightened to see that he turned into a dead end. He could hear the marines right on his tail and had to think quickly.
"Gotcha" The marines were confused as the alley was a dead end and there was nothing except some trash bins and a stray cat scurrying away. "Where'd that brat go!?"
The child was above their heads hanging onto a pipe while holding the tray with his mouth. "Fuck that damn brat got away again. Come on lets get outta this dump." As the marines were leaving the tray grew heavier and heavier and soon it became too difficult to hold and an apple fell off the tray and hit one of the marines on the head. They all looked at the apple and looked up to see him in his precarious situation. "Shit"
The child let go of the rest of the food and dropped down. The food managed to stun the marines as they took cover. Unfortunately as he was fleeing he tripped on the apple that had first fell and before he could regain his composure a Marine grabbed him by his shirt."Gotcha ya little shit." The child struggled but to no avail. "As I thought, it's Freddy. Trying to make another attempt at escaping eh?"
"Screw you I'll get off this shitty island eventually and when I do I'll become a great pirate and eventually become the King of the Pirates!" Freddy exclaimed. The marines looked at each other then at Freddy and began to laugh. "What's so damn funny?" The child said frowning and swinging at the marine holding him.
"You a pirate? Hah don't make me laugh." They all eventually stopped laughing and sent a death glare towards the child making him stop thrashing as he felt their killer intent. "If that's the case maybe we should stop Mr. Pirate King before he can get too strong." The marine threw Freddy back into the alley and he slid until he hit a tall brick wall. In front of him were five angry marines. There was no way to escape so he grabbed a large stick of Salami that had fell on the floor earlier and pointed it to the marines.
"Get back you bastards."
"Look he's got a weapon, no choice but to use lethal force." To Freddy's horror one of the marines pulled out a small axe and sliced through the salami and managed to leave a bad cut across his cheek. It started from the edge of the left side of his lip. Freddy only being a child recoiled in fear and anger clutching to his face. Looking at his hand it was covered in blood. His vision started to get blurry and his hands started to shake. He also felt his lips start curling into a smile. He tried to stabilize his body and tried to fight back the smile.
The marines laughed at this display and started to pummel the poor child by constantly kicking and punching the kid while he was down. Freddy took little interest in his beating as he was solely focusing on stopping an unknown force from being released from his body. His heart pounded and his head ached. The pain was nothing compared to the sensation of some force trying to escape the boy's body. Eventually they stopped beating him, his body now bruised, battered and bloody stopped shaking and his lips had an eerily smile present which was amplified by the cut. It was almost impossible to hold 'him' back. "The hell you smilin at?" one of the Marines demanded. He gave a swift kick and the steel tip had extended the cut from earlier.
"Look at what you did now morgan you messed up, it's gotta be symmetrical hold em down." Another marine said pulling out a pocket knife. The marines held him down and surprisingly it took all their strength to hold him down by each of his limbs."Quit strugglin you're gonna make me slip." He placed the knife in the boy's mouth and began to slice through his cheek. Disturbingly the boy wasn't crying or screaming he was just smiling the whole time which further creeped out the marines. "There, finished. Now that's what I call a work of art." As he looked down to admire his art he felt a chill in his spine as he saw the boy still smiling making all the marines very uncomfortable. The smile started to frown but it kept fluctuating between smiling and frowning.
"Please, run I can't stop it!" Freddy said through his teeth. All the marines back off seeing the boy spasm around like he was possessed. "You can't go! There's people here who don't deserve it!" The boy screamed out to seemingly no one. Abruptly the boy ran to the nearest wall and banged his head on so hard he knocked himself out ending the terrifying thrashing. All the marines present sobered up after seeing this spectacle.
"The hell was that? Let's uh, get him back home yea?" Morgan said and the other marines agreed and picked up the boy and carried him off. The walk was quiet, no one had any words to describe what just happened. But they all shared the same thought, 'what the hell is he?'.
The marines eventually arrived to a large compound that resembled a school, it was the town's orphanage. The marine knocked on the door and a young woman in her nightly gown answered the door only peeking her head out. "Yes, can I help you gentlemen?" She asked wondering why marines were at the orphanage so late. Her question was answered as she saw the boy beaten and bloody in the marines arms. She swung the door and rushed to the boy. "Oh my God Freddy what happened!" She grabbed his body from the marine.
"We found him like this in an alley around Jacks"
She glared at the group. "Jacks, the bar. The one Marines love to drink at huh. And you found him like this!" She said pointing to his cut mouth and the bloody gash from where he smashed his head into the wall.
"Look Jen, we were just patrolling the town on duty and we saw him like this, promise. Cross my heart and hope to die." Some of the marines in the back looked away as they were holding back laughter.
"Bullshit! Then why do you guys smell like booze!" Before she could lay into them another woman much more older came out.
"Jen close the damn door you're letting out all the heat." She saw Jen holding the child and the marines. "What's this little shit got into this time." She said cold heartedly.
"Kid was trying to attack some pirates and this happened, unfortunately they got away before we could stop them. Sorry Ms. Grelod" he said with a grin.
"Damn kid always acting like he's some kinda hero!" The boy was finally starting to regain consciousness and Jen set him down.
"Well we'll let you take care of things here then" the marines walked away and before Jen could protest Grelod forced them to go inside.
"Tell me you dont believe them!" Jen exclaimed.
"I could care less of what those shitty Marines were saying. This brat needs to learn a lesson." As she said this she backhanded the barely conscious boy. "Get him to bed with the other little shits I gotta get my beauty sleep."
Jen carefully picked the boy up and led him to her room. As they arrived to her room she pulled out her first aid kit that was under her bed. "Tried to escape again? God look at what they did to you this time." She lifted his shirt to clean off the blood and sweat with a towel. As she reached his face with the towel she cringed at the two cuts. She did her best to patch him up leaving a mediocre stitching job on his cheeks.
"Did you keep him back at least" she said as she tucked him into her bed.
"Yea, he's getting worse and worse everyday. I dont want what happened last time to happen again. You guys would get hurt." Freddy said with tears in his eyes.
"Don't worry as long as I'm around I'll make sure to keep you safe" she said wiping the tears from his eyes. "Now get some rest, you know Grelod is gonna be in a bad mood after her 'beauty sleep'" They both laughed and Jen laid down next to him. Sleep soon hit the two but Freddy was thrashing around in his sleep.
Freddy's nightmare
"Please stop!" A smaller Freddy screamed at the top of his lungs. "Please don't do this!" Freddy was yelling at the silloute of another boy, the only visible part was his red eyes and red grin. The boy went around shooting everyone around him with a rifle much too big for him. Nevertheless the boy slaughtered the innocent like they were flys.
"Why stop now? The fun is just startin kid."
"Please, it was only mother, I only wanted her dead not these people as well!"
"Sorry kid, it's the small price ya gotta pay for letting me use your body." As the boy said this the shadow around his face and body cleared revealing it to be identical to Freddy except with blonde hair and his eyes were an empty void with a slight red tinge around the edges. "Now to find a boat, I got some business that needs to be taken care of."
"But it's my body you cant do this! I wont let you!" Freddy jumped on the clone and thrashed around trying to pin him but the clone was too strong.
"Listen kid if I didn't need you, you'd already be dead. So just be glad you're still alive and kickin." The clone plunged his hand into Freddy's chest and slowly but surely Freddy was being absorbed into the clones body.
The clone stood up and started to walk towards the harbor but was stopped when he spotted a woman.
"Freddy, did you do this?" The woman said with tears in her eyes. The woman was none other than Jen.
"Nah, he didn't do nothin but I did." The clone said raising the rifle to the woman's head.
"I knew it, there had to be something off. Freddy wouldn't do something like this. Who are you!"
"You dont deserve to know my real name but I guess you can just call me Zero. Not that it matters!" Before he could pull the trigger his hands started shaking and he dropped the gun. Clutching his head he gave a yell. "No, it's not possible you little shit. There's no way you're stronger than me!"
"Don't hurt her! I wont let you."
Zero thrashed around eventually banging his head on the wall to try to resist losing control. Eventually he stopped moving and was lying face down constantly twitching. Jen walked over carefully and turned him around to see the boy with his eyes closed. As his eyes opened she noticed the soft look in his eyes and could tell that this was Freddy. The boy began to cry. "They're all dead, all because of me"
Jen looked around to see if anyone else survived but all she saw were burning buildings and dead bodies. If it wasn't for Freddy snapping back she knows she would've been another body added to the pile. She picked the boy up and walked away comforting him. Freddy looked over her shoulder back at the burning town and could once again see the silhouette with the red eyes and grin. "You can't escape forever, I got places I need to be and your body is the perfect vessel. I will take over!"
Back at The Orphanage
Freddy woke up startled gasping heavily. He was sweating profusely as his past came back to haunt his dreams once more. Jen woke up due to his loud gasping. "Still having nightmares about it?" She asked. The boy just nodded and laid his head on her chest. She hugged the boy. "Don't worry it won't happen again, you're way too strong now. As long as you keep your mind focused he won't be able to take over. Shoot after all this happened I'm proud he didn't break out." She said referring to last night's injuries. "Now come on get dressed we got a new orphan coming today, I heard they were rescued by the marines. Apparently pirates attacked her home and she was the only survivor, sound familiar?"
This did peak the boys interest as the two started walking down the stairs to the entrance hall of the orphanage. All the children were lined up against the wall starting from tallest to shortest. The boy's on the left side and the girls on the right. Ms. Grelod stood at the door waiting. She noticed the two and glared at Freddy. " Get in line boy hurry! The new arrival will be here soon."
Jen gave a reassuring push and the boy went to his spot. Despite his age he was standing next to the older orphan due to his unusually tall stature. A bell rang signaling the arrival of someone at the door. Grelod answered and two people entered. One was what appeared to be a scientist and the other was a little girl. The scientist was young and appeared quite nervous for some reason. The girl however was the exact opposite, there was no feeling or life in her eyes as they stared blankly across the hall. She was small but had a large sweater reaching just above her knees. "Hello I'm Huey Emmerich with the world government science team pleasure to meet you ma'am." The man shook hands with grelod and she led the two to her office. We still had to wait to be dismissed so we all waited for their return. A couple minutes later the three came back and the man appeared to look much less nervous now. "Well Ms. Grelod I have no doubt that she'll be in good hands at your orphanage and we'll be expecting a report soon." Grelod led him out and as soon as the door closed it began.
"Alright children listen up. Our new arrival is a guest from the world government so any abuse on the child will be dealt back ten fold. This is your first and last warning now get back to work." As she finished everyone started to leave to finish their task but grelod had other plans for Freddy. "Don't think I forgot about you, you little shit. In my office now!"
Freddy reluctantly followed into her office. Her office was quite large and lavish with a large wooden desk with a fittingly lavish chair behind it. It was arguably the only room in the whole orphanage where the money actually goes. She took a seat and motioned Freddy to sit. Freddy noticed that the new arrival was still in the room. "Alright you little shit, I've had it with you. Always trying to escape and look what you got in return." She pointed at the stitches on his face. "Normally I would say that is punishment enough but now with a new brat that I gotta take care of I need to let off some steam so assume the position!" Grelod stood and grabbed a large paddle with holes drilled in to reduce air resistance. Freddy assumed the position on her desk and waited for the pain. And the pain came harshly as it always had. Each hit he had to count out loud in agony. it wasn't until the 4th hit when he noticed the girl staring into his eyes. For some reason he felt an odd sense of comfort from her vacant eyes. So comforting that the pain seemed to disappear.
After his punishment Grelod wanted Freddy to show the new kid around. He showed her the essential places like the dining hall and the dorms. He lead her to the yard where he explained that this is where they manufacture baskets and other goods that the orphanage sells. The whole tour was quiet on her end as she merely just nodded or just continued to stare off in the distance. "And that's about it any questions?" The girl just stared at him. "Ok well I gotta go get started on my chores before I gotta get my ass beat again so you know see ya." Freddy left to do his daily chores and the whole time he could only think of her. That piercing gaze of hers just seemed to eat at his soul. It both unnerved him and at the same time it was comforting. He couldn't real explain it well but he saw some light in those soulless eyes of hers.
Much later in the evening when the orphans were allowed to roam about Freddy was relaxing by the fence of the yard noticing that they had fixed the spot where he had cut through to get out. It took him weeks to cut through that fence using just a butter knife. It would be at least another month or two before he could attempt another escape. Looking to satisfy his boredom he saw a lot of the older kids had gathered around in the yard so he went to investigate. A group of older boys were standing in a circle and in the middle was the new kid.
"You know Grelod's in a shitty mood cause of you. A lot of us felt her wrath today and I know it has to do with you." One of the boys said. She just stared blankly as the crowd got even angrier. "I think I know why as well, you're some sort of lab rat from the world government." She did react this time looking at the boy. " I knew it, the world government is probably paying top dollar to house this little freak. I heard that scientist say Grelod has to send in reports about you. Look we got enough freaks around here and I think you owe us. We got punished just because you're here!" The kids started to get aggressive and started pushing her around.
'Damn I can't just let her get abused like this I gotta do something!' Freddy thought.
'Well I can help if you want, you wouldn't stand a chance against all of them in your state right now. I promise I'll only kill most of them!' Zero said. Freddy had to fight to keep Zero from escaping. Eventually the kids got more and more aggressive so without thinking Freddy charged into the circle.
"The hell you doing here freak."
"Guys relax remember Grelod said if she is harmed whoever is responsible will be punished." Some of the kids realized this and got a little scared.
"Don't worry we'll just blame it on you. She's sure to believe all of us and not you." As he said this he swung at the girl but she caught his swing and used the momentum to throw him over her shoulder. She held his arm and twisted hard pulling it out of its socket. The kid yelled out loud in pain and everyone including Freddy looked in shock and awe. The older boys dragged their friend away and everyone dispersed leaving only Freddy and the girl. The two stared at each other for what seemed like hours before Freddy said. "Holy shit that was awesome. I mean the guys weighs like 100lbs more than you and you did that with such ease." The girl seemed surprised by the reaction. She just dislocated a child arm and is being called awesome. "I'll be honest I thought I was gonna have to fight them off but you can handle yourself pretty well. Look I didn't really get to introduce myself properly, the names Freddy D. Ruiz." The boy smiled and reached out his hand to the girl who just stared at the hand. She eventually grasped it and shook his hand. "I think we're gonna get along just nicely, so what's your name?" The girl fidgeted around before shrugging her shoulders. "Don't got one?" She nodded. "Hmm well how about… Quiet? Yeah I like that you don't really talk much so it kinda suits ya." The girls contemplated the name for a second before giving approval in the form of a nod.
Freddy smiled at the girl and even though most would say it was creepy especially with his new scars she managed to send a small smile back as well.
Time skip 3 years
"Alright it's all ready to go now!" Freddy exclaimed. The boy was now a teen and was standing at a solid 6 feet and still growing. His green hair had grown out to his shoulders and had a nice stubble beard growing in. Next to him was Quiet. Just like with Freddy puberty was kind to her. She was no longer the little girl with the oversized sweater now she had a very toned and athletic body. Not to mention, to Freddy's satisfaction, she is now filling in a solid B-cup. They were currently standing next to a makeshift boat they had been working on for the past couple years. It was composed of a bunch of drift wood and a sail made from old bed sheets. It wouldn't last a minute in the choppiest of seas but it'll be good enough to get off that damn island.
"We'll say our goodbyes to Jen then later tonight we'll get the hell outta here sound good?" Freddy asked. Quiet nodded in approval. Even after all these years she still has yet to say a word. The two covered the boat in palm fronds and left to go back to the orphanage. The teenagers at the orphanage were allowed a strict curfew to work out in the town but it was nearing curfew hours so the two sprinted back. The rest of the day the two reminisced in all their favorite places. One was the top of the orphanage where there was a large bell that hasn't worked in years. The two would sit up there for hours on end just staring out in the distance wanting their freedom.
As the two made their way up there Jen was sitting there waiting for them. "There you guys are. I wonder how long it was gonna take. So is everything ready?" She asked.
"Oh yeah, just gotta sneak out tonight and avoid the marines and we'll finally have our freedom!" Jen smiled back at the two teens before she got sad.
"You know I'm going to miss you guys."
"Are you sure you still don't want to come?"
"I'm sure Freddy, Grelod's getting up there years wise so soon enough I'll become the new headmistress and I promise things will change for the better." Jen had become more and more involved with the orphanage over the years and she found that this was her true calling. She was a great mother figure and it was her dream to fix this orphanage.
The three relaxed at the tower looking as the sun has finally set signaling their time for departure.
Quiet suddenly stood up surprising the two. She pulled Freddy's arm pulling him up."What's wrong Quiet? We can't leave yet its not dark enough." Freddy said. Quiet merely pointed out towards the sea. Freddy instantly knew something was up. Quiet had remarkable vision so he had to focus hard to see what she saw and he did. He saw a ship coming in flying a Jolly Roger. Soon after the three saw cannons shooting out into the town causing many explosions. The three got very startled and Freddy looked towards Jen. "Jen it's time! Where my grandfather's rifle!"
"It's under the floor boards in my room I'll show you" She said. Freddy stopped her before she could leave.
"Were too close to the sea, those pirates might come by this is probably the safest place you can be. Me and Quiet will go you stay here."
"I can't, the other children I have to get them to safety."
"Damn it fine hurry let's go!" She led the two teens down the tower and into her room where the three had uprooted the floor to reveal a chest. Freddy opened it revealing a large bolt action rifle. The very one his grandfather used to use in his pirate days.
Holding it gave him memories of that night where Zero had rampages. He shook those thoughts from his mind when he heard the front gate of the orphanage smash.
As they headed towards the entrance all the kids were running around panicking. Quiet and Jen were redirecting them towards the tower while Freddy went to confront the Pirates. Upon opening the front door he could see the bodies of marines and pirates littering the yard. The Pirates were dressed oddly to say the least. They had a cat like theme of cat ears, whiskers and even cat tails. The Pirates finally noticed Freddy and charged at him. Freddy being a little rusty with shooting still managed to take a couple shots each taking out a pirate. Eventually they got too close and he had to use his rifle to block incoming sword slashes. He flipped the gun around and smashed the nearest pirate in the face sending teeth and blood flying. For some reason it appeared all the Pirates were heading for the orphanage. It's not like the place is lousy with money.
Unfortunately Freddy could only manage so many enemies before some got through. And soon some became a lot. He hoped Quiet could take out the stragglers.
On Quiet's end she was guarding the base of the tower as the children and selfishly ahead of them Grelod retreated up. Jen had a pistol that she was using to cover Quiet. Quiet on the other hand was in the thick of it all going hand to hand occasionally using a knife when needed. Quite literally jumping from enemy to enemy. She knew this was her fault, they were here for her. She knew once she saw the Pirates outfits. The Black Cat Pirates led by their captain Kuro. She hoped he wasn't with them cause if he was Freddy and her didn't stand a chance.
Freddy was beaten and battered but laying before him was a pile of bodies. He managed to survive the wave of pirates. And slowly walked back toward the tower. He heard a female scream coming from the tower so he rushed on back. What he saw made his blood curl. Quiet was on her back with a bunch of cuts littering her body. The source was a man in a black suit with slicked hair and glasses. The most obvious thing were the long blade like claws one of which was holding Jen up by her throat.
"Put her down you bastard!" Freddy screamed. The man simply looked at Freddy pitifully and laughed.
"And the hero arrives to slay the bad guys. Did a nice job with my crew, I'll have to teach em a lesson after this is all over. You on the other hand are a loose end as is this lady." He said.
Struggling to breath Jen managed to strike the man by kicking him in his crotch forcing him to let her down. "Freddy it's Quiet! He wants her get her out of here now! Just forget about us!" As Jen screamed this the man's eyes grew dark with bloodlust and no one not even Quiet could see him lunge forward and impale her with his long claws.
Her blood splattered onto Freddy's face as he looked in horror as his mother figure being impaled. She grasped at the blades as she smiled at Freddy blood spilling from her lips.
"Don't let Zero out no matter what. You're the one in charge just remember that. Get Quiet out of here and find your freedom. I know you'll become king of… the.. pir…" Jen passed away before she could finish her sentence. Her smile never left her lips and the man let her body fall from his blades.
Freddy was bloodthirsty, this man had slaughtered his mother figure and he will get his revenge. He felt Zero tugging at his mind trying to get control but he reversed it and pulled him into his mind.
'So finally ready to give in kid? Don't worry I'll get revenge for you.' Zero said.
'No he belongs to me! Whether you like it or not I'm taking your power you are not gonna stop me!' Freddy drew Zero closer and closer and Zero could feel his own control over the teen slipping and decided to give the boy what he wanted.
The man was not prepared for what happened next. Freddy in the blink of an eye smashed his rifle into the man's face. He managed to block using his claws but the strength behind the hit was so strong it broke a set of his claws sending shrapnel into Kuro's face. As the man slid back he noticed that only his right claws had survived the attack and pulled out the shards littering his face. Freddy didn't give him a chance to follow up and ran at the bastard.
The man did expect it this time and managed to dodge the hit and ran his claws through Freddy. The boy fell to one knee as the man stood above him.
'Look kid its now or never. I gave you all I could. If you want to live you have to let me in!' Freddy couldn't, this orphanage was everything to Jen he couldn't just let a monster like Zero out. Freddy accepted his fate as the man raised his claws but stopped when he heard a voice.
"Stop! Spare him and I'll go. No running, no tricks, I'll go with you Captain Kuro." Quiet said.
Freddy looked back shocked at finally hearing her voice after many years. Kuro obliged and lowered his claws. "So are you ready to return back to my crew in that case?" Kuro asked.
Quiet merely nodded. Suddenly more pirates arrived on top of the injured ones as well. "You hear that fellas? Our beloved cremate has decided to return!" After Kuro said this his crew cheered loudly.
Freddy couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Don't go.." Freddy managed to say reaching out to Quiet.
Kuro kicked Freddy back. "You still don't get it you bastard she's part of our crew. She's our little government lab rat and she's finally returned home. Alright everyone let's go pack it up we still got a plan to get done." As Kuro said that all the Pirates started to leave and Kuro with Quiet at his side followed never looking back once. Freddy try to squeeze out what he wanted to say but he soon fell unconscious.
As Quiet walked down the streets with her crew she saw the whole town and its citizens burning up. "It was hard work trying to find you. Took us years to find you and now we can forward with our plan. Jango will fill you in on the details. As they boarded their ship Quiet noticed a dead man dressed like Kuro and a lone marine on the ship beaten and tied up. His jaw was slack as if it was broken. Quiet knew this was Morgan the marine who always beat Freddy when he was younger.
Kuro walked up to man and woke him up. "Alright marine what's your name?"
"Morgan sir." He said pitifully.
"Alright Morgan get ready for a promotion." All the Pirates laughed as they knew Kuro's upcoming plan.
Later that night
Freddy awoke in a hospital bed. His rifle at the side of his bed and Grelod sitting nearby. "Ah you're finally awake. Doctors said you might not make it. Unfortunately looks like they were wrong."
Freddy ignored the bitter woman and looked around. "Where's Jen and Quiet?" As he said this everything crashed down on him. He remembered everything that happened and started to sob.
"The little bastard left with those pirates and Jen is dead. Such a shame, had she not been so overprotective of you little bastards she would've lived. That's why I'm still alive, our lives are worth much more than you urchins. It's a shame she learned that too late."
Freddy's tears flowed even harder. He was both depressed and angry. He wanted to choke that old bitch out but his body refused to move. All he could do is cry. 'Just say the magic words boss and I'll make everything better.' Freddy remembered this was exactly how he felt when his mother abused him beyond belief that one day. His body bruised and battered, unable to move and he said three words.
"Get her Zero" Grelod looked at the teen confused. She started shivering as a wave of cold ran throughout her body. She watched as the boy rise from his bed despite all his wounds and the pain mess. He turned his head towards her and she saw his red eyes glowing along with his scarred smile glowing just as brightly. His hair turned from the usual green into a bright blonde. He grasped his hands around her neck and slowly forced the life out of her. Before she lost consciousness Zero let go and walked to get the rifle. The last thing she saw was his rifle nearing her face as he repeatedly caved her head in.
When Freddy finally came to he noticed he was at sea on his makeshift boat. He looked back to see the island still standing. 'Don't worry kid I only killed her. Look you proved today that you're in charge. I'll help you out from here but in return when the time comes you gotta help me out deal?' Freddy didn't know what a monster in his head could possibly need but he knew one thing for sure, he needed to get stronger. So strong that the people he loves will never be taken away again. And so he agreed to Zero's offer. 'Don't worry kid its gonna be a fun ride. I'll train you up and you'll be the strongest. But for now let's find a nice secluded island so we train you up.'
And so Freddy set sail for a new temporary home to train with the monster in his head. Once he is ready he will sail out to the sea and find his freedom.
Author's Note
Hey guys its been a couple years lol. I am doing a rewriting of the original Ascent From Darkness since I felt I needed to start over. I wasn't satisfied with how the original was heading and now that I am more experienced I'm going to be overall following the same story but there will be more added and fleshed out this time around. Somethings will also be revised and removed. Also I plan to have less chapters but with more words 5k-10k per chapter ideally. I feel the original was a little rushed especially during the Grandline Saga so there's going to be more details, action and romance. Let me know what you guys think criticism is very helpful and it feels good to be back!