Chapter One: Know Your Place
As soon as the hammer slams, Luffy is swiftly taken off the stage. An employee guides him into the back and locks him into a large cell. Luffy curiously looks around noticing other people with a similar collar that he wore. They barely acknowledge him when he had entered, handing their heads sullenly. Luffy wondered why they seem to so hollow, their eyes dull of colour.
It seems like hours as he watches constantly people from the cage disappearing then returning later. Though at one point a large man leaves, but while he was gone Luffy heard loud noises from inside the building. He wonders what it's about, only catching mummers from the guards about biting and blood, in the end the man didn't return.
"Seventeen, time to go," an employee calls as he unlocks the large cage. He stands there expectantly, staring at him. Luffy gives a confused look at the older man, not sure what the man wanted from him. "Come on boy," the employee waves Luffy over, which the small raven stumbles from the floor and trots over to the gate. His round eyes staring back at the man as the other crouches in front of him. The man stands back up once attaching a long chain to his collar, tugging Luffy along.
Luffy follows obediently behind, stumbling a few times as he fell behind. The two walk for a few minutes, turning around the final corner and reveals a large door with multiple figures standing at the bottom of it. Recognizing two of them as the auctioneer and the bidder, for some reason he felt frighten of the bubble helmet man.
"Here you are Mr. Disco," The handler exchanging the chain to the funky looking auctioneer. Mr. Disco quickly shoos him away before turning back to the bidder, in a slight bow.
"Sorry for the in convince. Here's your new slave, Lord Roswald." He pushes Luffy forward, so much that he trips and grabs onto anything close. Hearing many panicked gasps Luffy opens his eyes, raising his head to be faced with the white clothed man enraged as Luffy's tiny hands cling to the soft coat.
"M- My lord," Mr. Disco stutters at the incident. 'Thud', Luffy is flies across the rough ground, scraping his side.
"How dare you touch me, you insolent filth." The Celestial Dragon yells, cane raised from hitting Luffy across the face. Luffy's become glassy as his fingers brush against the burning cheek.
"I apologize, Lord Roswald. It seems the boy hasn't been trained so doesn't understand his place." The auctioneer grits his teeth and yanking Luffy back up by his chain, causing him to yelp.
"It'll learn soon enough where it stands," glaring down at a trembling Luffy.
"Of course, would Lord Roswald wish for us to train the boy?"
"No need, it's important that slaves are trained by their own masters. It's not difficult to educate the young, they learn quickly."
"Excellent choice," Mr. Disco hands over the slave's chain.
"Come Slave," Roswald tugs on the chain. Luffy shakes his head and standing his ground, reluctant to go with the scary man. "Come now!" The noble yells, harshly pulling Luffy forward making him trip, face first. The celestial ignores Luffy as he strolls a head, Luffy quickly climbs back up before his whole body's about to be dragged across the hard floor.
Gradually more men appear surrounding him and the noble, some dressed in shiny clothing and the rest in black suits. As soon as they exit the building, light immediately blinds Luffy's eyes.
When reopening them he is awe stricken at the sight. Large blue stripped mangroves stand tall higher than a giant, their roots covering the whole island. However, what was the bubbles, the size of a person, floating everywhere. Luffy's eyes sparkled, watching as the bubbles form from the grassy ground. Filled with excitement he bolts ahead but falls back, caught by his collar.
"Think you can run away," The celestial accuses Luffy.
"I want to play?" Luffy whines, pointing at the floating bubbles.
"Play? You'll do no such thing. Now come!" He yells, jerking the chain.
"No, I wanna play." Luffy exclaims.
"I order you to come!" Roswald orders once more. But Luffy continues to refuse, whining that he wants to play. The older man approaches Luffy, growling before striking the child with a kick. Luffy cries in pain, wheezing for air as he lands back onto the ground. He clutches his tummy from the cruel attack.
"You a slave, slave must listen to their masters. You will listen." The celestial says, stomping his boot down onto Luffy. "You are my slave!"
AN: Poor innocent Luffy doesn't understand his situation at all. Maybe things will get better in the next chapter.
By the way I'm trying to not over do the details, after all I want this to be short chapters but I hope you like what I left. Now you're probably wondering when we'll meet the 'siblings', I reassure you that we'll meet them in the next chapter.
Anyway hope you enjoy this chapter, I know it's not much but I guess it's something. Keeping on commenting, good or bad I like either.