Why today? Why now?

A sea of sea green and white passed through the Town Square as Makino ordered Ace and Sabo to stand still and keep their head down.

Out of all days, why today? Why were they here to begin with?

It had never occurred to Makino that a Celestial Dragon would even visit or want anything from a weary little town like Foosha village.

She could only watch the heavy-weighted man riding, who was probably a pirate, into the streets like a horse-drawn carriage. It simply disgusted her.

The group was walking through the Square to check out street vendors, and her bar was across town. She wanted to hide the three kids she loved so much, but fate was cruel. It happened when the group was strolling through the town square, and her bar was across town.

Fate's twisted, cruel hand.

The Dragon looked up at her through his bubble mask. When she looked up, the look on her face changed to one of horror. The Dragon was staring right at her.

A high-pitched and haughty voice boomed out, "You!" He stared back. "How dare you look at me!"

In an instant, Makino put her head down and saw Ace's fists clench from her corner of the eye.

The three were forced to agree reluctantly, and she thanked the Lord that she had. She had pleaded with them, begged them not to speak or act boldly regardless of what happened.

She whispered, "I apologize, your grace."

When he spat on her, Sabo flinched in a fury.

"You filthy women! Do you think you can just apologize and make it better?!" He stared long and hard at her before smiling and showing his crooked yellow teeth, "I know. They're so precious to you, so I just have to have them!"

No, please-

"GUARDS!" The Dragon cried out, pointing a thick gloved finger at the three kids Makino was trying so hard to protect, "Take those two boys, and that girl, are those wings? ." The fat pig said, looking at luffia. " Wait "

The guards walking forward froze. " Wings, the girl is a devil fruit user. I have decided to be merciful since the girl Is a mythical zoan type of bird. After all, What bird has four wings on its back? I will just take the girl."

"NO!" Makino cried out, standing up with tears in her eyes. She thought back to when luffia was 3 and ate that fruit in her bar and sprouted 4 beautiful cream wings with silver at the ends of the feathers. The wings sparkling with electricity. Shanks called her a thunderbird.

Ace finally lost it when Makino started crying, and Luffia was going to be taken.

He screamed, putting up his fists, "No way would she go with someone like you!"

Not long after, Luffia and Sabo had joined him, standing in protective lines in front of Makino; Makino's knees buckled, and she was now on the ground gazing wide-eyed at the brave but oh so foolish trio.

In response, the large man simply walked down the street as he replied, "We'll see about that."

Ace tried to follow but was blocked by five men, all clad in black suits and about ten times higher than the boys, or six-year-old Luffia's case, about fifteen.

They attempted a fight, all the while Makino was trying to stop them, but it was no use. In the end, all three were struggling in the grasps of the guards, kicking and fighting for freedom, and Makino couldn't do a thing as she watched them drag Luffia away to the harbour and throw the sabo and ace back at her. She grabbed on tightly to them and didn't let them leave her tight hold. She was sure Luffia's fate had been sealed, and the boys probably hate her, but she can't lose them too.

In the blonde cobblestone street, she sobbed hard even after the Celestial Dragon left, choking cries pouring from her throat for her little girl. But soon, she wasn't the only one grieving, and everyone began to mourn with her. Her two boys are still unresponsive in her arms. Faces laced with shock.

No, the Luffia wasn't dead, far from it. In fact, but in Makino's heart, she could tell that whatever was in that ship would be worse than Hell itself.