Sorry for not updating in forever!
That day we went into town. We stole from shops and beat up thugs.
That's when things went downhill.
"Sabo? Sabo, get back here!" A man yelled, and I glanced at him then at the brothers.
They all seemed to recognize him, and Ace looked at Sabo with a strange look.
"Let's run!" He yelled, and the others followed him. I hesitated, my eyes darted to the man. I could tell he was clearly a noble. I ran after the brothers, my mind confused.
'I'm forgetting something... where have I seen that man before?' I frowned, both curious and worried. But I had no doubt I would find out.
So when we finally arrived at the woods again, I immediately asked my question.
"Who was that?" I aimed my question towards everyone, but specifically Sabo, my eyes trained onto him. His gaze focused anywhere but me, and he shifted nervously.
"Oh, He's Sabo's dad! But he's really bad..." Luffy answered, earning hard glares from his two older brothers.
"Luffy!" Ace hissed, but I tuned out the rest of the conversation.
'Oh, right... now I remember.' My eyes glued on Sabo, who's whole form rigid and tense.
-
Sabo didn't look up in fear of the look on Lucas's face. He expected disgust or hate.
"So your Noble's son..." He flinched, despite no malice being heard in Lucas's tone.
He heard a deep sigh.
"I don't care about your heritage, and you don't have to explain why you left. I get it." Sabo's eyes flicked up in surprise, blue eyes meeting green.
Your a noble's son too?!" Ace exclaimed, catching on.
Lucas shifted on his feet, sending a worried glance to the freckled brunette. He nodded, before his gaze focusing on Sabo again.
"Yeah, but I left and became a pirate." He smiled. "I understand, Sabo. You don't need to explain anything."
Sabo felt himself nodding and didn't ask anything else, understanding.
'We really are similar... more than I expected.'
"Who cares? We've already been over this!" Luffy shouted, gaining everyone's attention. "Let's eat meat!"
Sabo chuckled slightly, patting his brothers head before putting the straw hat on the matted hair.
"Yeah, let's go eat."
-
I wandered around the Grey Terminal with the brothers, letting my thoughts drift off to the past few days.
"So this is where you have been living all this time?" I asked, staring at the treehouse. It was well-built, for a trio of 10 year-olds and a 7-year-old.
"Yep!" They exclaimed at the same time, with proud smiles.
I also gave a smile. "Why show me?"
Sabo gestured to his brothers. "We decided that you are going to live with us."
I blinked, surprised. Then a teasing smile appeared on my lips. "You're not giving me a choice?"
Realizing his choice of words, he quickly assured me. "Ah! No... You have a choice."
The three brothers looked nervous as they awaited my answer.
I smiled a genuine smile. "Of course."
They brightened up, and Luffy rushed forward to grab my hand.
C'mon! Let's see the inside!"
The boys later dragged me outside. Confused, but intrigued of where they were taking me, I asked no questions.
As we went further, I could see a cliffside. I couldn't place where I saw it before, but it brought me both sadness and happiness.
Luffy ran ahead and shouted. "I'm going to be the pirate king!" He turned to me, expecting.
I blinked, confused. I turned to Sabo, showing my confusion. He smiled and mouthed something.
'Your dream'
My mind blanked for a moment before I turned to Luffy again. He was still smiling, waiting for me to answer.
I took a step forward. A small nervous smile, before I spoke.
"My dream is to have family and friends, and sail the seas with them as their doctor." I felt slightly embarrased, as I knew that it wasnt as great as a dream as theirs were far better than mine. But it was true, I wanted that more than anything.
Luffy grinned at me, then started rambling about the other two's dreams.
"-and Ace wants to make the world know his name!"
I glanced at the two older brothers, they didn't seem to laugh at me for my dream.
I smiled, my previous embarrassment forgotten and I tuned back into Luffy as his eyes lit up.
"Oh! You can be apart of my crew!" He grimned up at me, and the other two groaned.
"No, Luffy my crew..." Ace retorted and Luffy frowned.
"Guys, I thought we solved this already..." Sabo chimed in, hoping to stop any fight.
"Yeah, besides I'd rather be on Ace's crew Luffy."
Luffy pouted and Ace smirked, crossing his arms in victory.
"-I don't think I can handle being on the Pirate King's ship anyways."
Luffy continued to frown, and Sabo interjected.
"Anyways, weren't we going to do something. Right, Ace?"
Said person's eyes lit up in relization and he nodded. Leaving me to confusion and the next thing I knew, Ace was dragging us from the cliffside and further to the woods.
"C'mon, we can worry about our future later." He stopped in front of a tree stump which had four sake cups and a sake bottle.
My mind reeled to a stop, and the brothers circled arpund the stump. All wore wide smiles.
Luffy called me over, and my legs were on autopilot. I stopped at the stump, and listened in shock.
"Did you know when men drink together they become brothers?" Ace poured the sake into each cup.
Sabo had a huge grin on his face. "We want you to be our brother."
"No matter what we do or where we are, no one can break that bond!" Ace had a soft smile.
Luffy was grinning, and all three looked at me expectantly.
I overcame my shock, a gentle smile appearing on my face. I picked up the cup, and the others fillowed suite.
"Yeah!"
-
That night, a storm happened. Luffy nearly went flying, and in the morning we could tell the treehouse needed some obvious repairs. We decided to go to the Gray Terminal for supplies.
I smiled at my memories, then glanced at the brothers.
My brothers, I reminded myself. My smile widened.
Ace and Luffy were bickering, and Sabo tried his best to calm them down.
My lips tugged down as I noticed movement to my right. I brought my hand to the hilt of Levantine, preparing myself for an attack. I was about to yell a warning to the boys when a hand covered my mouth, muffling me.
'Shit.' I cursed myself for not noticing and tried to get free from the person's grip.
My eyes landed on the brothers, they were still oblivious to what was happening. I was being dragged away, and they wouldn't even have noticed I was kidnapped.
'I have to do something.' In a desperate attempt, I bit my captor's hand as hard as I could.
They loosened their grip, not enough for me to escape, but enough to gather attention.
"SABO-" The hand was there again and I was being dragged again, only faster.
Fortunately, I gathered their attention. Their faces panicked as they ran after.
At that moment, I realized my vision was becoming spotted. I kept my eyes trained on the brothers as I drifted into unconsciousness.
-
Lucas didn't bother locking his door as he went to his bed, collapsing on it.
The scene replayed in his mind, again and again.
But he couldn't get it out.
He didn't cry, but he mourned the loss.
It surprised him that his father would kill a maid. Despite him being a Noble, he wasn't cruel.
The state of the island showed that.
So why?
Was his father someone else, someone different from the person he had come to know?
A knock sounded on his door, followed by a familiar voice.
"Lucas. Will you open up?"
Fear crept into his mind. He was unable to distinguish the motive in his father's voice, but he knew that it wasn't a question but an order.
"It's unlocked." He somehow kept his voice steady, sat up, and prepared for the inevitable confrontation.
The door opened, revealing his father. He didn't look angry, but disappointed.
"I thought I told you to stay in your room." He walked towards Lucas, closing the door behind him.
Lucas looked down at his hands. "I'm sorry..." He said meekly.
His father sighed and put a hand on his shoulder. Lucas flinched.
"It's okay, I just wish you didn't have to see that."
His mind drifted to the scene he had witnessed, and a question formed in his mind.
He lifted his eyes, meeting matching green ones.
"Why did you kill her?"
A frown graced his father's face. "She knew too much."
That day, Lucas would find out exactly what she knew and who his father really was.
I opened my eyes, and immediately panicked. I gasped for air and struggled against whatever was binding me. My surroundings were unfamiliar, and the aftermath of my nightmare made my anxiety spike.
It took me several minutes to control my breathing and to calm my mind. Thankfully, I had been through many other... episodes and knew how to recover from one.
Once I felt calm enough, I searched my surroundings. Above me was a small window and soft hues of purple's, red's, and orange's shone through.
'How long have I been out?' I questioned, it was getting darker as time passed.
I became more aware of the bindings on my hands then, and the lack of my weapon. I tugged on the rope that and found that there would be no way to loosen it enough to escape. And I was tied to a bar on the wall...
'Think... Lucas, you've been through this stuff before.' I thought, remembering the times' people would try and kidnap me for ransom or because they hated my family...
I searched my suroundings again, the place was rundown and certainly hadn't been well kept.
How would I manage to escape?
Again, I looked at the window. It was a little broken, letting the cold air in. I shivered, looking for a broken piece of glass but finding none. A frustrated sigh escaped me before an idea struck.
I bent my legs towards me, preparing for an awkward handstand. The window was just low enough for me to reach with my legs and the bar went down just far enough for me to touch it with my hands. Perhaps I could break pieces of glass from the window and have them fall to my side. Unfortunately, the chance of cutting myself on the glass was high, there was little I could do about that, if I wanted to escape that is
'I'm definitely gonna get more flexible in the future.' I cursed myself as I awkwardly positioned myself up, and let my feet hook on the glass. I hanked my foot, I could feel it loosen. I tugged again, and it broke off, falling to the ground. My legs fell with it, and I ignored the blood tricking down my ankles as I pushed the glass closer to my hands.
I gripped the dull edges of the glass as best as I could, trying not to cut myself. I had the sharp edge pointed up to the rope, and I started to saw through it
I knew it was going to take a long time. especially with how thick the ropes are.
Not only a moment later, I heard voices, and they were coming closer to my position.
"Are you sure he's the right kid?"
"Yeah! They said he had blonde hair and hung out with three other brats..."
I groaned slightly, cutting the rope faster. 'Are they really mistaking me for Sabo right now?'
Honestly, that was fine, but these guys were probably a branch of the Bluejam pirates. One's he would get rid of when the time came.
Sure, they really could be looking for me... but the chance of that was near impossible.
The door slammed open, and two men entered.
"Oi, you," The first voice I had heard belonged to a gruff man, he had a strange blue mustache that didn't match his stark white hair. "Are you the noble brat?"
I gave him an unimpressed stare. "No, sorry. You got the wrong brat."
The mustache man sent a look that clearly said. 'This is your fault.' to his companion. Said person shifted nervously before stomping over to me, looking to redeem himself.
"Liar! You have blonde hair, just like our description!" His hair was a dark purple, and he wore yellow clothes. I grimaced at the poor choice of colors.
"If you haven't noticed, I'm not the only one with blonde hair," I answered slyly. He really wasn't too bright...
It seemed my tone had an effect on him and leaned forward angrily. He opened his mouth to say something, but I was already on the move.
I tugged on my bindings, and they came undone easily. I reached for his pistol and pulled the safety back before firing three times.
I hit the mustache man with the first two shots before aiming at the idiot, who was dead before he hit the ground a bullet to his skull. The mustache man was laying down, groaning in pain as I approached. I kicked him in the head, knocking him unconscious before he could make any retaliation.
Something caught my eye, and I noticed he had my sword, Levantine. I smiled and took it from him, fastening it to my hip again.
I started walking for the exits when I heard a den den mushi ring. I turned, looking for the origin. My eyes landed on the mustache man, and I pulled out a pocket sized snail. I answered it and the person on the other end spoke.
"We found the noble brat, gave him back to his father. Captain wants you here now!"
I said nothing as I hung up.
A sigh escaped me as I remembered something very important.
'The Grey Terminal Fire... and Sabo's supposed death.'
I grimaced, a plan formulating in my mind.
'Things are going to change.'
Omg, finally I typed all this up. I hope it was worth the wait. Its been like, what, 4 weeks? Jeez... Also, Lucas is starting to remember more and more. He knows about many of the important things at least.
Work has been hard. School is starting in about a month. I just made a new friend. My best friend is visiting from Cali. Life has it's up and downs.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I sure did.
There's a reason this is a T rated fic. Murder, torture, blood, gore, and other themes are going to show up. Should I change the rating back to M?
Also, I am adding my own twist to the One Piece world. Specifically because of Lucas's past. This story will be canon divergent (of course) and it might be more than you expected. It will follow the same direction, but its gonna be different from canon in a lot of ways.I have it mostly planned out, but it might change. If you have any questions, feel free to ask but I wont give away too many spoilers.
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