A foreword to this chapter. This is probably one of the easiest chapters I have ever written. Mainly because I barely wrote any of it (Most of it was already in Bardroy's history). By the way I forgot to mention this last time, but Bardroy is the magnificent character created by Chite (I apologize Chite, please forgive me!)
So, the story of Bardroy began.
~Flashback~
The villagers ran scurrying back and forth; the famous botanist Mrs. Sage was furthering her research into the planting, harvesting, and creations of Devil Fruits, soon there might actually be a Devil Fruit tree because of their own prestigious botanist on this very island and she is coming down the street now!
The many villagers bowed to her and her daughter as she walked by. The woman was tall, she was wearing a green sundress. Her light black hair flowed freely behind her. Her face was nice and soft with a slight smile over it. She waved hello to everyone who walked by.
The little girl was also in a green dress. Hers was a bit more child-like covered in several small white flower imprints. She wore a bigger smile then her mother's and was waving overly energetic to everyone she saw.
One man (the bartender), approached them, "Nice to see you again, Mrs. Sage, and little Bardroy!" He hugged the little girl and shook the mom's hand.
"You, too, Steven," said the mother. "I'm just coming into town to pick up some more tools for my research. Then its back off to my greenhouse."
"Oh, come on, Mrs. Sage," said Steven. "We hardly see you much anymore, the least you can do is tell us about your research. It has been…at least three weeks before we heard anything about your Devil Fruit growth simulation."
"And it will be another three weeks if you keep pestering me about it," said Mrs. Sage. She slapped his hand away. The villagers all groaned simultaneously and re-entered their houses.
Steven remained outside. "Well, at least let me look over Bardroy for the day! She has such a happy smile!" Bardroy's smile increased in size.
"Oh no, no, no, the last time I let her stay with you, she picked up so many foul words, I had to scrub them out of her mouth with soap and water," said Mrs. Sage. Bardroy's smile disappeared and she stared at the ground.
"I guess that's okay, you are only looking out for," said Steven. Something hit him at that moment. "There is a new pirate gang going around, called the 'West Devils', you might want to watch out for them."
"Ooh, a new pirate crew," said Mrs. Sage, "Ever since the last pirate king's death, they certainly have been an increase in them. Then again for the One Piece why wouldn't there be?"
"That's true," said Steven. "I'd pay half my entire stock just to look at it. The mountains of gold, piles of rubies, stashes of silver. Man, it must be worth at least three fortunes!"
"Yeah, it must be," said Mrs. Sage, "As long as there is treasure there will be pirates." Mrs. Sage waved good-bye to Steven and continued walking away.
Bardroy finally spoke, her voice sweet, "Mommy, why are you always so interested in pirates?"
"Bardroy, there is something about pirates, almost all of them, the fact that simple ambition can drive them on. The fact that despite all of things the 'Marines' try to do, they still pursue their dreams. Even when faced with the odds that they are often faced with, even when people spit at them and treat them horribly, EVEN when they are on their deathbed, they can still laugh whole-heartedly knowing that they chased their dreams to the fullest," said Mrs. Sage.
"Mom, are you a pirate?" asked Bardroy.
"Me? No…I am not a pirate," she answered. "But I do know some very famous pirates."
"Like who?" asked Bardroy.
"Aren't we full of plenty of questions," laughed Mrs. Sage. "I suppose it doesn't really matter who they are, as long as they can sit down and laugh about their journeys at the end."
"Okay, mommy," said Bardroy. With that the two women returned home.
~The next day~
A gunshot awoke Bardroy. She rushed down to the laboratory where her mother was working. Her mother was working on the Devil Fruit. She didn't even hear the gunshots outside. Bardroy quickly snapped her out of it.
"Mom, mom, I hear gunshots," said Bardroy, "did pirates finally come to this island?"
"No, no, dear," said Mrs. Sage, "we are too close to the navy base, only dumb pirates would come here."
Another loud gunshot took off into the sky. Mrs. Sage muttered something under her breath. She grabbed the two Devil Fruits she was keeping to study and gave one to Bardroy. She looked worried, "If I tell you to eat this thing and run, okay?"
Bardroy nodded. The two women walked up to the above ground level and walked into the greenhouse. A group of 10 men walked in. They were all wearing striped shirts and black pants. Many of them had a suspicious grin on their faces.
"See, I told you the old man was lying," said one of the pirates.
"Even after our captain really beat him up," said a second one.
"I had to he didn't tell me anything," said another one. He stood taller then the rest of them. He glared angrily from person to person. He stopped and stared at the woman. He saw the fruits she had in her hand. "Devil Fruits?" He was intrigued and walked up to her. "Give me that fruit or I hurt the girl," said the pirate. He looked at the girl and noticed a similar fruit in her hand. "Correction, give me both of the fruits."
"Meanie!" shouted Bardroy. He tongue sticking out at him. "You aren't a pirate! Pirates are supposed to be nice!"
The pirate captain looked angry now. "I am Pirate Captain, Oz! I am named after one of the deadliest warriors ever! I have a 5 million belie bounty, and you call me a fake pirate!" He chuckled. "New deal…give me the two fruits and you go away with no harm done, but the girl dies."
Bardroy looked scared. Mrs. Sage's earlier look of worry wore off. It was instead replaced with a look of pure rage. "Remember what I told you downstairs?" Bardroy nodded. "Do it."
Bardroy chucked the entire fruit into her mouth and ran off. The pirates turned around. But Mrs. Sage stopped them. She picked up her Devil Fruit and ate, too. A wicked smile crossed her face. "Leave my little girl alone!"
Bardroy was out of the building and safe. She kept running, only until she could no longer hear the overlapping fighting did she turn around. The greenhouse was still in view. She smiled, her mother wasn't going down without a fight. The fruit she gave her was horrible tasting, but she could deal. Her and her mother would be reunited soon. The next thing she saw was a horrible sight. The greenhouse collapsed. It buried all of its contents, the pirates, her mother, her mother's research, all of it.
A few weeks passed since the destruction of the greenhouse. Steven and the rest of the islanders lead a search party. 11 bodies were found. One of them was the body of Mrs. Sage.
-Back to the modern time-
"Come on, Bardroy!" shouted Mikoto. He was still chasing after the girl. She was at a complete halt a couple of feet in front of him. He smiled. "Thanks for waiting. So, about joining my crew?" Mikoto looked up ahead of him.
A man stood in the pathway. He was wearing a striped shirt and black pants. Both of these articles of clothing had been ripped to shreds. His face was swollen and red. Other parts of his body had long and deep scars in it.
"Hello there, little girl," said the man. "Do you remember me? I hope so, because I, Pirate Captain, Oz, remember you!"
As done with all of my main characters done so far, and hopefully with all of the future important characters here is Bardroy's profile. (For those of you who are too lazy to go look it up.) (Expect the next chapter soon)
Full Name: Bardroy (pronounced Bard-wah) Sage
Aliases (or nicknames): The Plant Sage (It's a pun! Sage is her name, but the noun "Sage" means both "a person famed for wisdom", and is the name of an herb used as seasoning! Get it? *shot*)
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Specialty/Position: Cook/Botanist
Race: Human
Devil Fruit/Weapon: Osu-Osu no Mi (Press-Press Fruit), it allows her limited control of the air pressure around her--she can only control the air pressure up to about fifteen feet away from her in any direction, but when someone is within that range, watch out! She can do things such as giving someone Decompression Sickness all the way to simply popping peoples' heads with the air pressure, though she doesn't resort to that unless you make her REALLY angry...
Physical Appearance: She's about 5'2", has sea-blue eyes, and black hair with a blue-ish tint to it in the sun that is just long enough to brush her shoulders. When she's working with her plants, she wears baggy jeans, heavy work boots, a large long-sleeved flannel shirt, and a cap that both shields her eyes from the sun and keeps her hair relatively clean, because she tucks her hair up into it. Because of this it is possible to mistake her for a boy. However, when she is cooking or doing anything else, she likes wearing girly clothes like Nami and Robin (skirts, dresses, sandals, etc.) to enforce her I'm-Just-An-Innocent-Little-Girl-Who's-Not-A-Threat image.
History: (Seriously, read the chapter!)
Family: Father is unknown, mother is dead.
Personality: She's generally a calm, peaceful girl, but she has something called Seasonal Affective Disorder, which causes mood changes with the seasons. She will be interesting company when the crew begins sailing to seasonal islands in the Grand Line! In the Spring, when the plants are just sprouting again, she is overly happy, optimistic, and generous. In the Winter, however, when all the plants are hibernating or dead, she tends to be gloomy, pessimistic, and immature. Summer and Fall don't cause much of a change in her mood, because there are no major changes to the plant cycle and she really only hates freezing weather, not the mild cold in the Fall. She is desperately afraid of fire and... *shudder* LEECHES. She is, ironically enough, very book-smart, but she's not very street-smart, and is often easily tricked into buying things by those darned convincing infomercial people in stores.
Likes: Plants, the sun, cooking, gardening, making others smile, reading, sleeping, and the rain
Dislikes: Fire, leeches, people who touch her plants, death of children or parents, cold weather, when people mistake her for a boy when she's in her work clothes
Goals (Or Dreams if you prefer): Sage's goal is to find the Tree of Life/Tree of Knowledge to find out how to grow Devil's Fruit (fulfilling her mother's dream) and to ask the tree what the meaning of life is (Sage's dream).
Other: When someone does make her mad enough to pop their head, she says something like, "POP goes the weasel...",