FYI: I decided the animals can talk without Chopper's help. I'll explain why in the later chapters. If you want to know now, it's part of the curse.
AND, there's a spoiler for my other story Lady Mihawk. I'm not going to say what it is, but I think it's so obvious. Hey, if you catch it, kudos to you.
Disclaimer: I don't own any version of Beauty and the Beast or One Piece. I do own this story.
Each morning, Genzo rose to go to his daughter's room and every night, he visited their room to make sure they were in bed. For the next seven days, he fidgeted and jumped at everything that moved, especially from anything outside like a moving branch in the wind or the hooting of an owl.
He had a rifle with him where ever he went. When Nojiko or Nami asked him the reason for his behavior, he only replied it was for their safety. News spread to Cocoyashi about Genzo's new found wealth and his absurd behavior. Rumors started that Genzo robbed a bank or killed a notorious gang leader to get his riches.
During the seven days, Genzo refused to let Nami out doors and Nojiko had to do all the chores herself. A seed of envy began to grow in Nojiko, but her appearance never showed it. On the seventh day, when Nojiko returned at night fall, Genzo badgered her with questions.
"Nojiko, love, did you see any animals outside? Mainly a hawk or a falcon? Or even a reindeer? Or a Bear?"
"No father. There was nothing outside. Perhaps if Nami was with me, we would've seen something." Nojiko sat down in a chair and glanced at Nami, who was at the dinner table with her books.
"Thank goodness." Genzo relaxed, "Thank goodness."
"Father, pray tell us what is the cause of your strange behavior." Nami asked turning away from her papers.
Nojiko agreed, "Please father, tell us."
"In the forest, I met a beast. He gave me life in exchanged for the first thing that greets me when I returned home. I promise to give it to him and on my journey home, it was Nami who I saw first; it was Nami who first saw me; it was Nami who called out my name and came to me; it will be Nami who they will take. I will not allow it! Over my corpse they will take my dear daughter!"
"Father!" Nami jumped out of chair, "If they come, I will go. You have promise and you cannot break it. A word of merchant is worth more than anything."
"It is not worth my daughter!" Genzo stood up in rage. "I rather die than let you go to that castle with those beasts!"
"Castle?" Nojiko's ears perked up. "You said you met the beast in the forest."
"The castle is in the dense forest. You wouldn't believe the size of the castle. It was my folly to get lost and met the beast."
"Perhaps I can take Nami's place."
"NO! I will not give the beast any of my daughters! He will not get and eat any of you."
"Oh, he's going to eat us?" Nojiko's eyes widen, "Never mind then, Nami, you cannot let father sacrifice his life! What will we do without him?"
Nami sighed, "I know, I know. Father, if the beast comes, I will go. You will not die for me. I will not let you."
"Nami! You cannot! Nami!" Genzo fell back in his chair, "Oh, what have I done."
Before another word was said, there was a knock on the door. Genzo looked at it dreadfully. Nojiko looked to Nami who gave her a small smile. Nami, with a sigh, went to open the door.
"Good evening, Sir."
The man looked down at her before looking over his shoulder, "Is this her?" There was a screech in reply. Nami opened her mouth to say something, but the man grabbed her and dragged her. She retaliated by kicking and screaming.
"Let me go! Help! Nojiko! Father! Help!"
"Shut up, hag. (You know I would've put B— here, but you know: Rating.) You'll wake up the whole town."
"Like I care! Let me go! Be civilize, you beast!"
"Beast, am I? I'll show you a Beast." Without another word, he knocked her out. She fell limp and he threw her on his horse with him. Genzo and Nojiko ran outside to see the horse ride off.
"NAMI!" Nojiko called. "This can't be happening! FATHER!" Genzo fell to his knees sobbing.
Nami woke up with a horrible headache. As she opened her eyes, she saw she wasn't at home anymore. She looked around to see a large peach colored room. The walls were painted a light peach. The sheets of the bed were light peach but the pillows were a darker shade of peach. The bed itself was a king size four post bed. To her left was a maple vanity and next to that was a wardrobe. Directly in front of the bed were the double doors. To her right was a large window that was the height of the room with beige curtains.
It was late at night as the moon was high in the dark blue sky. The stars shown brightly, clearer than in Cocoyashi.
She jerked when the door opened slightly but she regained her composure. "Hello?" She saw a hoof, a furry arm, and then antlers and a pink hat before she saw the reindeer's head. "Hi there."
"Hello." It replied. Nami watched as he cautiously walked up to her left side and poke her in the arm.
"Hello," she said again. "My name is Nami, what's yours?"
"Chopper." He said as he climbed on the bed, "How does you head feel?"
"It's throbbing, but other than that, I'm feeling well."
"Lord Zoro must've hit you harder than he expected." Chopper mused.
"No I didn't." A man stood at the entrance of the room with his arms, "That hag deserves it."
"My name is Nami. What is yours, Sir Beast?" Nami glared but voiced out her manners.
"Roronoa Zoro, Steward of Castle One Piece." Zoro growled, "You may address me as Lord Zoro as does everyone else."
"Of course, Beast, I will." Chopper eyes widen and looked between the two humans.
Zoro scoffed, "Whatever, Hag. Chopper will help you get dressed and you will dine with me."
Nami stared with distaste. "What if I don't want to?"
"Then we'll starve you until you want to eat with me. If you don't eat with me, you won't eat at all." He laughed.
"You are a Beast." Nami clutched her blanket as he left the room and slammed the doors shut. She released it with a deep sign before she got out of bed and went to the window. She stared at the landscape before she collapsed with tears.
"Miss Nami, what's the matter?" Chopper climbed off the bed to her.
"He didn't let me say good bye to my family. Oh, I hate him." She pulled her knees to her chest, "What's to become of me here?"
"Come, Come." Chopper pulled her arm, "After you get dressed, you'll feel better and dine with Lord Zoro."
"I shall never eat with that beast." And, Nami eyed the reindeer, "What's wrong with how I'm dressed?"
"Err… nothing… You must be thirsty, I'll call for tea." Chopper laughed uneasily, "You may check the wardrobe for anything you like." The small reindeer left the room and shut the door.
Nami walked to the wardrobe and opened it. To her surprise there was a green and cream tabby cat inside. Around its neck was a sliver chain and a small diamond shaped token. There was nothing special about the cat, but its color until it spoke.
It opened one almond shaped eye, "Hello." Strange enough that it could talk, the eyes were even more mysterious. They belonged to a bird's, or just maybe the pupil was dilated, Nami didn't know what.
Nami jumped back in fright as she never seen a talking cat, "You can talk…"
"Yes," it yawned, "I'm one of the normal animals."
"Normal?" Nami asked with humor.
"Never mind, you weren't frighten with Chopper and he's a talking reindeer, but that's his normal shape. He and the Lord were the only ones that remained humans, or in Chopper's case, a reindeer."
"Explain please." Nami watched the cat jump onto her bed.
"My name is Karla and you woke me up from a wonderful dream. I was chasing and trying to eat my brother. You know, he got turned into a sparrow for some strange reason and I'm a cat. Meow." Karla laughed, "It happened months ago, during the winter. Lord Zoro mistreated an old woman who turned out to be an enchantress. Because of his rude and vulgar behavior, we're cursed, or 'enchanted' to be optimistic. You know, when ever I see him, I want to dig my claws into his flesh." Karla retracted her claws and pawed at the sheets.
"There has to be a way to break this curse."
She said bluntly. "Well, I don't know it. Scratch my head." Karla purred and brushed her head against Nami's hand.
The door opened to reveal a cart and on it was a raccoon. Chopper was the one pushing it, "You're getting too heavy." He complained to the raccoon who was dressed in a black suit jacket and a tie.
The raccoon jumped off the cart and onto the bed. It pushed Karla out of his way and took Nami's hand in his paws.
"Whom do I get the honor of meeting? Such a beauty."
"Get off, Love Cook." An aardvark crawled in and climbed on the bed. "You'll scare her off before the night turns into day." It was dressed in brown pants.
"Who are you?" Nami looked at the aardvark and raccoon, "Umm, I'm Nami."
"Sanji, gourmet chief, at your service. This guy is Usopp, the castle lair."
He knocked Sanji off the bed with his nose, "Usopp, the castle fiction story teller."
Not another word was said as Sanji kicked Usopp off the bed and they begin a skirmish. Karla sighed and watched from Nami's lap. Chopper struggled to pour the hot tea. With the tea cup in his hoofs, Chopper brought it to Nami, but it was knocked out of his hoofs by Sanji and Usopp.
Karla hissed and Nami gasped. The tea landed on Nami's stomach.
"Thanks…"
Chopper laughed uneasily, "Now you can get dressed and we can show you around and then you can dine with Lord Zoro."
Nami got up, "I'll change, but I will not eat with that beast. If he wants to starve me, he can."
"Not on my watch!" The raccoon jumped on the bed, "Come down after you are dressed. I'll treat you to a wonderful dinner!"
"Yes, yes yes. Now leave!" Karla pushed them out, but before she closed the door, a red fox stopped in.
"Hey, is that her?" It asked.
"I'm not sure. Maybe."
"I hope so." Replied the fox, "I miss being human. I might go insane and burn down the castle."
"You better not, go chase my brother for fun," the tabby joked.
"I might eat him."
The tabby cat laughed, "Good. I'll see you around. Nami needs my help."
"Nami, eh? I better tell my little brother."
Well, another chapter done.
Who's the beast? As I said before, I'm not going to tell you. You'll have to figure it out, but I bet you already did.
Johnny and Yosaku? Yeah, they are the hawk and the falcon.
Luffy is the Bear? Yup. Yes. Why is he a bear? Well, I was playing a game and I had a bear for a pet. My character name was a person from OP and I named the bear Luffy. Lol.
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