Please note that One Piece characters belong to their creator Echiiro Oda. Any other characters appearing in the story are of my creation.
Chapter One
Did she have a home? Sure, the small village that she lived in could be considered her home. Did she have a family? The villagers were her family of sorts. They had welcomed her with open arms regardless of her history. There was no judgement on their part though she sometimes felt like they whispered about her. Yet as she sat there with her feet in the ocean water she still felt as though something was missing. What was she missing? Her ears caught onto the sound of sand crunching, so she moved her sight to what was making the sound. Her breath caught; eyes widened. Brown eyes met ocean green. Why? Why was he here?
"Rose," they whispered.
How did he recognise her? It had been years since they last saw each other. She was a completely different person. He shouldn't remember her.
"Rose," they repeated while taking a step towards her. Her feet took action before her brain could register what was going on. Slowly she backed away towards the sandy shore.
"Please Rose," they reached out and she quickly turned and ran. She could hear them yelling after her but she ignored their cries. Her heart pounded in her chest, eyes starting to burn. She didn't dare look behind to see if they had followed. All she wanted was to put as much distance between the two of them.
Back on the sandy shore the tall figure watched the quickly retreating figure. Their hand lowered and turned into a fist. "Was that her?" They didn't answer just looked out towards where the girl had disappeared to.
"Ace yoi?" He didn't reply. The weight upon his shoulder made him turn to his friend.
"Yeah, that was my sister."