Inspiration has finally hit me, baby!
I don't own One Piece!
Saphire flew up to the cloud where Shadow was. I saw my dad on his back. Tears stung my eyes as I waved at them. I never knew how much I missed them until now. We flew above the cloud line and soon, we headed back home. By boat, it would take days to get to the West Grey but by dragon, it only takes a few hours. Soon, we got home. The sun had just started to set. When we landed and I dismounted Saphire, I felt a strong set of arms hug me from behind. These arms were too big to be Anna's.
"Sabo?!" I said suprise.
"Been awhile, sis!" I heard him say.
I smiled and broke from his arms to get a better look at him. When I turned around, I gaped in shock. He had grown! I used to be the tallest sibling but now he's stolen that title. I had to tilt my head up to look at him. He was now wearing a new navy blue top hat with the same goggles from his old top hat. He had an open navy blue jacket similar to what he wore when I found him except the sleeves weren't rolled up. He had a white scarf tied around his neck and the collar of his jacket. He had brown shorts on and at the moment, he wasn't wearing any shoes. He also didn't have a shirt underneath his open jacket.
He was really muscular too! Of course when you train under Aki and my dad, your body tones up fast. I haven't been neglecting my training as Garp has really hard and almost brutal training methods. He threw me down some kind of hole in the ground several times. Let me tell you, it's not fun climbing out! One time, I climbed out just to get kicked back in! I smashed Garp's face in after that. I'm one of the few that actually can and will! But anyway, back to the reunion.
"You've grown!" I said.
"Why are you so shocked? I'll bet you anything that my brothers are taller than you by now. I'd thought you would assume that I would be around their hieght too." He said.
"Oh no, I was expecting to come home to a midget!" I said sarcastically and playfully.
I used to always rub it in his face that I'm taller. Sometimes I worried about my hieght thinking that I would be as big as dad. I thank the gods I'm not! Sabo grinned and gave me a noogie that nearly rivaled Aki's. I suddenly get tackled into the sand by another familiar embrace.
"Hey, Anna." I said.
"Big sister! I missed you so much! Sabo has been a jerk since you left!" She said.
"Would you get over already? Morgan warned us that it wouldn't work." Sabo said.
"Let me guess, you two did try a relationship but it didn't work out." I said.
"Nope." both said.
"Idiots... I should have stayed behind to keep an eye on you two." I said.
We went back to town where a welcome back/birthday party was being thrown for me at the tavern. There was cake and there was meat of all kinds. I was even offered some beer, a more common drink here in the West Gray. It was more common than sake in these parts. I did have one bottle of it. The rest of my drinks were cola. Maggie and Emily sat next to me on the piano bench.
"Play us a song!" They both said.
Everyone else cheered. So I played the one I wrote while I was away. Emily was crying.
"That's so BEAUTIFUL!" Maggie shouted.
"You must have met a specail boy... There is no way that isn't a love song." Emily said.
Sabo came up behind me. He had a knowing look. He grinned mischeivously.
"So... exactly how close were you and Ace?" He asked.
I heard a lot of long drawled out 'OH's in the room when he asked that. I became flustered.
"H-hey! He was only a freind!" I said.
"Morgan is in love!" Anna shouted.
I kick her in the ass. She yelped.
"No I'm not! Besides, I'm only twelve!" I shouted while blushing feriously.
"That didn't stop Anna and I." Sabo muttered.
"Ow! Holy crap! Despite being away from us, your kicks are still strong as ever!" Anna exclaimed rubbing her ass.
"Do you want another one?" I asked.
My time at the Gray Terminal has hardened me a bit. Anna seemed a little taken aback by it but Sabo didn't seem as suprised.
"Okay, stop teasing the girl. Let's get back to celebrating!" Emily shouted.
Emily was still the life of the party I remembered. Sometimes a party will start just by her playing the piano. She pulled me closer and whispered in my ear.
"You do know that you'll still have to play that song, right? Especailly now that your training will be increased tenfold. It's also important that you get a plan figured out." Emily said.
My breathing hitched. I seriously didn't want to see Ace get killed even if it's just a vision. But I knew she was right. I turned to the piano and started playing it again for the first time in two years.
My jaw was clenched through the entire thing. I was sweating all over and tears were threatening to spill out of my eyes. Sounds were louder, everything was crystal clear, it was all so vivid. When Ace got hit, I swear to god that I felt as if I also got hit with a blow just as hard. I passed out because of it.
I was on a sandy beach. The sun was setting and in the distance, I saw a woman. She was walking up to me and every movement seemed to flow like the the gentle tide. Her dress flowed in much the same manner as she did. She had strawberry blonde hair and choclate brown eyes. I knew immediately who it was. I get up and I ran towards her. I don't know why, but I hugged her.
"Rouge... I... He..." I began.
I felt her hands wrap around me. One of them moved to stroke my hair.
"Never did I think you would come to care for him this much. I'm sorry... It must be painful for you now." She said.
"...You're his mother... I can't imagine what you're going through... This tattoo... My visions... You put a piece of your soul into me... So I would survive my mother's womb and communicate with you. Am I right?" I asked.
"You seem to be as sharp as your own mother. Even she knew she would die giving birth to you." Rouge said.
We stood there in silence.
"Emily is right... Whether I like it or not, I'm going to have to play the song to get a plan in my head." I said.
"Yes. She is correct. Every time you play it, the more real it will all look. It may hurt you but you have to be strong." She said.
I start crying into her dress.
"W-what i-f if... I can't?" I sobbed.
"You can and you will. I'm sure you won't allow Ace to die." She said.
I shook my head.
"Not without a fight." I choked out.
"I'm glad." She said.
I wasn't crying as bad anymore. I started trembling against her.
"What will happen to me when I accomplish everything?" I asked.
"That's for you to decide, hon." she said.
We stood there for awhile. I finally loosened my grip and wiped away the last of my tears. I grew determined.
"Alright then! No more crying from here on out! I won't shed a single tear until I have saved Ace!" I said full of determinationg.
Rouge smiled warmly.
"I'll hold you to that." she said before everything went black.
The last thing I remember was seeing a small glow come from my right hand.
I awoke on the tavern floor. I looked up to see Snow in her human form.
"Gee wiz! You had us worried! You were crying in your sleep!" Snow said.
I smiled and wiped away my tears.
"So what?! I'm fine! This is my party and I'll cry if I want to! Get back to the fun!" I shouted.
Everyone cheered before partying again. Sabo knelt in front of me.
"It seems that Rouge has visited you." He said gesturing to my right hand.
On my palm in between the fleshy area where my thumb joins into my hand and my wrist was a small blue hibiscus flower with a leaf in the shape of a tear next to it. The mark was no bigger than a dime. It looked cute.
"It's just a promise I intend to keep." I said.
"Hmm.. What is it?" He asked.
"That I will never cry until I complete my mission." I said.
"That's a big one. You sure you're strong enough to keep it?" He asked.
"Yes." I said getting back up.
I started dancing. Sabo decided to dance with me. I laughed and danced with him. Soon, we started snowballing around going from one person to the next. It was all good fun. There were even some guys my age but most of them were part of trading barges and pirate crews that will leave tomorrow.
I learn a lot of things while I'm home. Maggie is one month pregnant. Girta has made a name for herself and is an ally of the Navy as one of their best assassins. Sabo has a sword now and it turns out that it was a gift from Girta. Sabo has also been quite a chick magnet too (I'm not suprised. I'd go after him too if I didn't think of him as my brother.). Emily is gaining a little fame for her music. Maggie has been getting money from the Navy for her prosthetic limbs and other technology she has made. Her garage has been upgraded tenfold. Anna has a new boyfreind (I seriously don't like him).
Speaking of Anna's boyfreind, he decided to dance with me. I glared at him but I didn't want Anna to think we weren't getting along so I played along... until his hand went a little too low for my liking and he smirked down at me. I punched him. He fell back into a table.
"You perv!" I shouted.
"Morgan! It was only an accident!" Anna defended.
"Do you really beleive that?!" I snarled.
She just glared.
"If he wasn't you boyfreind, I would castrate him." I said walking up to him.
I pick him up and dust him off a little too harshly. I give him a cold glare.
"If you hurt her in any way! I will slowly rip your balls off and shove them down your throat." I snarled.
Unphased, he went back over to Anna and soothed her into thinking that it was purely an accident. I sighed and walked up to the bar. Sabo also glared at Anna's so called 'boyfreind'.
"She's just a toy to him. He's been cheating on her and even abusing her and yet she still goes back to him like a puppy. If I even so much as confront him, Anna will defend him. She has been slowly growing apart from us because of it." Sabo said.
"How old is he?" I asked.
"Thirteen." Sabo answered.
I gaped.
"But he looks older!" I said.
"I know." Sabo said.
"It's time for presents!" Emily shouted.
"You guys didn't have to-" I began.
"Yes we did!" Maggie said plopping a gift in my lap.
I opened it. Inside was a sky blue silken scarf about five feet long.
"Wow! It's beautiful! And my favorite color!" I exclaimed.
"It's made of titanium silk. A specail species of moth produce larvae that make that stuff. It's completely fire proof and water proof. It's even bullet proof and never tears despite how delicate it looks and feels...Like you." Maggie said.
I was about to tie it around my neck but Maggie stopped me.
"Actually, I wanted to see what it would look like if I tied it in your hair like a bandanna." she said.
She did so.
"Oh wow! I can see your beautiful eyes now! It even brings them out!" She said stepping back.
Everyone else agreed. So I kept it on my head and I would always wear it there. My next present was from Emily. It was a guitar.
"I don't know how to play this." I said.
"That's why I shall teach you!" She said.
Anna got me a necklace. It was just a plain necklace with blue beads on it in the shape of cubes. The bead were made out of turquoise. My dad shaped the beads and Anna stringed it together. I would also always wear this necklace as well.
"Thanks Anna. I'll never take this off." I said.
She smiled.
The next present was from Sabo. Instead of giving it to me in wrapping, he just grabbed my right arm and pinned it between his arm and side with his back turned so I can't see it. He was putting something on me just above my elbow. When he moved, I couldn't speak.
"I'll definitely never take this off..." I said.
On my arm was a dark brown leather band that rested in the middle of my upper arm. It had the silhouette of a dragon on it with flames coming out of its mouth and a wave design was beneath it. Above it was a vine-like chain of hibiscus flowers. The ends of the band were laced together with a black string of leather. At both ends of the string were two beads. The first beads were white and the beads obove them were a dark blue.
"I made it myself... Under dad's guidance of course." He said.
I hugged Sabo. Damn I loved him! As my brother anyway. Don't you guys get any ideas!
Then my dad approached me. His hands were behind his back.
"Well... I found this little one the other day and I think you should have it." He said.
He moved the object he was hiding in front of him so I could see it. In his hands was a little female white tiger cub. Her stripes looked more like a silver than a black color. She had blue eyes that seemed to be almost white and they shined like pearls. Her claws were pink and so were the pads of her paws. Tied around her neck was a blue ribbon.
I took her from my dad and I stared at her in awe. I cradled her in my arms. She reached up and touched her paw to my cheek. She started chuffing happily. I knew that chuffing was a greeting and also the equivelant to a purr.
"Hello there... Silver Fang." I said.
"Anna got a pet wolf last year... I thought that it would only be fair to give you this little one." he said.
"Yep! Lunar is the name of my boy. I bet she'll never grow to be his size!" Anna said.
I saw a wolf next to her. He was black and and his shoulder came just above her waist. I smirk.
"I have fifty beri saying that she will grow big as him!" I said.
"I'll take that bet!" She said shaking my hand.
I lay on the ground staring up at the stars with Silver sleeping on my chest. I smiled when I saw an aurora borealis streak the skies above us. It was blue and orange. It was a rare mix of colors to see together. Anna and Lunar came and sat next to us. I could tell it was them by the sound of their footsteps.
"I'm sorry for snapping at you about my boyfreind. I broke up with him a minute ago... Know what he did?" She said.
"What?" I asked.
"He went to some other girl and I found them making out in the alley way. I sicked Lunar on him." She said.
I could see through Anna's facade.
"Oh Anna... Why must you pick guys who end up breaking your heart?" I asked sympethetically.
She broke down crying.
"I-I don't know! I think I'd be better off without a boyfreind... I even let him..." she began but stopped herself.
I sat there watching the orange and blue swirl together in a dance. She didn't need to finish her sentence.
"Anna... Why did you do a thing like that? You're twelve for pete's sake! I thought dad taught you to save it for marriage." I said gently but firm at the same time.
Anna just cried. I sighed. Anna always thought of herself as the older sister even if that's suppose to be my role. Whether she liked it or not, I always end up scolding her for her actions like the big sister I am. I pat the spot next to me.
"Lay down and watch this with me. Your sobbing is giving me a headache." I said.
Anna did so. Lunar lied down by her head and she propped her head against him. She stared up at the sky.
"You know... It's like fire and water are dancing in the sky together." She said.
That made me think of Ace for a minute. I quickly shook my head. He was just a freind and it will always be that way! But I'll admit... he's the best freind I've ever had. Sabo came to join us.
"Pretty sight. It's been awhile since I last saw an aurora." He said taking a spot next to me.
I grabbed both their hands. Sabo smiled and laced his fingers with mine. Anna did the same.
"No matter what... We're in everything together... We'll all save Ace." I said.
"Yeah. We're with you every step of the way, lil' sis." He said smiling.
"Yup! We'll help you with anything! Just say so!" Anna said.
"Thanks guys... You're the best." I said.
"Hey! What about us!" I heard Emily shout.
"You're not leaving me out. Kid or not, I'm doing what I can." Maggie said.
"You guys will need someone to heal you too!" Snow said.
"And someone to lend some muscle." We heard another voice said.
I sprang up and see Girta. I run into her arms.
"We'll do anything for our captain..." Girta said hugging back.
That's how my crew had started.
My dad was sending me, Anna, Girta, Snow, Silver, Lunar, and Sabo off with another pirate crew. Maggie needed to finish making our ship and have her baby. We needed experience and as dad would put it, earn our sea legs. Girta will continue training us in both capoeira and swords.
Girta can weild three swords at a time: one in each hand and one in her mouth. She has twenty of them strapped on her hip. She throws them in the air and they'll fall around her and her apponent. The would all be connected by a binding that wraps around the giant sheath she keeps them in. Her most valued sword is kept strapped to her lower back. It had a neon green sheath and the handle had a forest green and gold wrapping. The gaurd had a gold lung dragon on it. It's eyes were two emeralds. The blade itself was made of a solid metal that never breaks. The blade was black in color and it didn't give off a bright shine. It was hard to see it coming at you.
Helga and the Fire Pearl pirates will be looking after us. Helga had mocha colored skin and golden eyes. Her body was very muscular and her build was broader than most girls. Her build was similar to mine except that I had a feeling that I will be taller than her and not as muscular. Her husband and first mate was called Brutus. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. He had a dazzling smile that would attract most girls. I didn't find him all drop dead gorgeous like Anna was as she waves at him like a crazy fan girl. He was too muscular for my taste. He seriously looked like he was on steroids.
Helga walked up to me and hugged me.
"I see that I've gained myself a new sister and some more family. Come on board and join the family." She said.
Helga treated her crew as her brothers and sisters. The only acception is her husband Brutus. She had mostly men as her crew members. There were only two other girls in the crew. Tayna and Shezabel were their names. They are identicle twins. Both had dark brown hair and ice blue eyes. One was a nurse and the other was a gunner. You can tell them apart by the way they dress. Tayna was the nurse and had small red cross tattoos on her forearms and her color theme was light pink and white. Shezabel had two pistols on her hips and the tattoos on her upper arms that said BANG! Her color theme was hot pink and black.
Tayna wore a light pink halter top and white skinny jeans and fluffy white boots. She has a short sword strapped to her hip. Shezabel wore a hot pink bikini top and black short shorts and combat boots. Her guns were strapped to her thighs rather than her belt. The sisters seemed to almost contradict each other by the way they dressed and yet they looked they same.
We board the ship. The Fire Pearl is the name of the ship. The wood was red and it was accented by gold. The sails were orange with a design that was a red pearl on fire.
Soon, we set sail. The entire population of the island came to wave good bye. We all waved until our arms got sore. I turn to face the crew. Life was going to be fun but also hard. Sabo, Girta, and I were assigned to help with the riggings, swabbing, and fishing. Brutus will teach us about the rigging system.
Two years later...
I awoke in my hammock in the girls room. I got up early to play the piano in the lunch room. Every morning I play that song. Every morning, I think of a strategy. I even toured Marineford once to know what the layout looked like. I could see where everything would happen. My vision seemed to come alive there. Our tour guide and tour group got a little concerned about me after awhile because my breathing would become labored for a minute.
I already had a plan. I won't interfere in the battle until I'm needed most, which is when Ace is about to get hit. I will block the blow using my ability to control water. I'll hide us by making a big cloud of mist, Sabo and Anna will come in and pull Luffy and Ace away at a safe distance and I'll continue from there. Sabo and I will be hooded so they won't reckonize us and try to protect us. I need to keep Ace safe at all costs... even if it kills me.
I get off of the bench after I play the song and then I go to get changed in my daily clothing. I now wore a royal blue halter top with a flower design along the right hip. I wore some light denim short shorts with it. I made them myself by tearing off the legs of a set of jeans that got too short for me. I wore a light blue belt with them that has a silver buckle with a blue saphire on it in the shape of a water droplet. Strapped to my right thigh was a dagger with a black sheath and on my left hip was my short sword that Girta gave me.
The blade was made of the same metal that Girta's was and the sheath was a navy blue. The gaurd had a silver abyss dragon on it with blue eyes. The hilt was wrapped with royal blue and silver titanium silk. Girta actually made this sword. It was one of her finest works yet.
My final touches were the necklace that Anna gave me and the scarf Maggie gave me. I kept my wavy golden brown hair tied back with it. The band that Sabo gave me is never taken off, not even in bed. I only take it off to loosen it. I wore a tattoo on my left shoulder blade that Helga gave me. It was a sea dragon holding a fire pearl. I had three cartilage piercings on both of my ears. All of them were silver hoops. One of my ear lobes had two piercings while the other had one. Both ears had saphire earings and my right ear with the extra piercing had a small chain with a black feather in it that refracted blue when it caught the light.
Satisfied with my daily attire, I exited the dorms to go and get Sabo to help me with the morning chores. Today was our last day as a part of the Fire Pearl pirates.
I tip toe into the boy's room. I don't care what they think of me being in here, I need help dammit! I step over a few people passed out, jump over beer bellies and I finally land next to Sabo's hammock. He was snoring loudly and drooling. I gently shake him awake. He opened his eyes and noticed me. He groaned and got up. He stretched and rubbed his eyes. He was shirtless. You couldn't help but scan his well chiseled abs. I may be his sister but you can't help but look. He's only an adoptive brother after all... I can look... But I won't touch.
"I'll be right out with you." He said groggily.
I walked to the door and waited by it. He threw on his jacket and scarf and he grabbed his goggles. He put his top hat on. Sabo mostly wears his goggles around his neck nowadays but he'll put them on his top hat if we're heading for land. This morning, we are to check and see if we're still on the right course and then Sabo and I will check the riggings and fix what needs to be fixed. Our next task will be checking the fishnets for today's breakfast.
Sabo finally met me at the door. We head out to do our chores. The rigging was fine, our course was spot on, and now the sun was starting to rise. We had to get up the nets quickly. The cooks are usually up by now and if we don't bring something in, they will nab us for it. We were happy when the net felt heavy. Sure enough, we had hit the jackpot! The nets had a lot of fish in it. Plenty of food for the whole crew of fifty!
After we got the catch into baskets and carried them in, we had some free time. Sabo sat next to me on the piano bench. He played a small tune. I taught him to play piano in our morning spare time.
"Any changes in the plan?" He asked.
"Nope. The vision is clear as ever." I said adding a few notes to Sabo's song.
"That's good to hear." He said.
Him and I start playing a song together.
"Have you heard about Ace?" Sabo asked.
"Yeah... He's captain of the Spade pirates." I said.
"Not anymore. He's apart of-"
"The Whitebeard pirates. I knew it would happen around this time. I saw him wearing Whitebeard's tattoo on his back in my vision. Whitebeard also gets killed trying to avenge his death... He would have died later because of the horrible wounds he'll get. I have thought about making plans to spare him... But I can't think of anything without it interfering with our original plans. I think he'll die peacefully if he knows that Ace will live." I said.
"Hmm... I guess your right. I kind of feel bad though." He said.
"You're not the one who has to see them die over and over again. I'd save them all if I could." I said.
"I know, sis. Let's just do our original plan and then we'll worry about the old man." He said patting my back.
We arrived home. A familiar white adolescent deer suddenly tackled me.
"Hey Snow. You have gotten big! I think I could ride you and not be too heavy for you!" I said.
"Yep! You wanna?" She asked letting me up and turning around.
I jump onto her back. She smiled and walked into town. Snow usually stays in her normal form. She looked like a white elk-like deer with thick ringed horns like her mother's except thicker. Except her pink hooves an nose, every other part of her was the color of fresh snow. Even her horns looked like polished ivory. Soon, we were at the tavern where everyone was waiting. I got pulled into a tight hug. I knew immediately that it was my dad... He's the only one that gives off this musky smell.
"Hey dad." I said.
"Hey kid... I missed you." He said hugging me tighter.
"I missed you too." I said biting back tears.
No, I can't break my promise to Rouge this easily. I pulled away from him. He was starting to get grey streaks in his hair.
"You're getting old, dad. Just look at these grey hairs." I teased grabbing a grey lock. He never cuts his hair.
"I'm not the only one who's getting old. You have gotten taller and more built but I bet this is as big as you'll get." He said.
I nodded. It's true that I've grown. I am five foot eleven now. Muscular wise, my back muscles are more pronounced because I like to swim rigorously in my spare time. I just leap over board and swim and then when I'm tired, I just use my abilities to get me back on board. Just don't come within a twenty foot radius of me as I'm coming up or else you'll get soaked. I usually clean up the water when I come back aboard unless it's raining.
Maggie hugged me when my dad let me go and Emily also joined in.
"Hey... Been awhile. You guys haven't changed a bit." I said.
"Yeah. I have someone for you to meet!" Maggie said.
Maggie walked over to a table and then chased something from behind it before taking it over to me. It was her child. It was a young boy with dark brown hair and amber orange eyes. He shyly tried to hide.
"This is my son, Dean. Dean, this is Morgan. She is going to be our captain." She said.
"Hi" I said with an unstoppable grin forming on my face.
He was so CUTE! He had his mother's eyes and hair. The only difference was that he had an olive skin tone instead of Maggie's mocha skin tone. Then I realized something.
"Wait... 'our' Captain? You talk as if he's coming with?" I said.
"Well why not? We're only staying in the West Gray. How bad can it be?" She asked.
"Having a child on the boat is not really recommended." I said.
"He'll be out of the way! I promise!" She insisted.
"Fine... But he's going to be coming back here before we go to Marineford. I won't forgive myself if he gets hurt or killed." I said sternly.
"It will be fine... Silver and Lunar are good with kids... right?" She asked.
"Yes. Silver is very gentle and patient with children. She even tries mothering them. Lunar won't really give a damn about him and just ignore him even if he tries gouging his eyes out." I said.
Maggie breathed a sigh of releif.
"Maybe we should let him meet Silver. He loves animals. Including Porky, that boar of yours. He loves sliding up and down her back. Besides, I think he'd be more comfortable around you if you have a pet." She said.
"Very well. Let's go then." I said.
"Lead on." Maggie said.
We get outside and into a meadow where we all used to play at during my child hood. In the middle of it, a giant tigress was rolling in a bed of wild flowers. Silver had grown to be about twelve feet at the shoulder. She has Lunar beat height wise by a foot. From nose to tail, she is fifty feet.
Dean hid behind Maggie when Silver stood up. Noticing the young toddler, she calmly pads over quietly and lies down low ten feet away from us. She chuffed in greeting. I walk up to her and pet her cheek.
"Silver says she's happy to meet you, Dean." I said.
Dean came out from behind Maggie and he hesitantly walked up to her. The toddler hesitantly pets her chin. After awhile, he started smiling. Silver gently nuzzled him. Dean giggled.
"Would you like to ride her?" I asked.
"Yeah!" he said exitedly.
I got onto Silver's back and Maggie lifted up Dean and placed him in front of me.
"Hold on tight! Here we go!" I said as Silver started walking.
After awhile, Dean got bored.
"Do you want to go faster?" I asked him.
"Yeah!" He said.
"Silver, go a little faster." I said.
Silver went to a slow run. Dean started laughing. Silver can run way faster than this but I'm not about to tell him that. After a few laps around the meadow, I stopped Silver.
"Can we go again?" Dean asked.
"No. If we go too long, we'll both get sore butts and besides, Silver will get tired." I said.
Silver wasn't anywhere near tired but she lied down and pretended to be winded.
"Aaaw.." He said.
"Maybe we can do this again tomorrow before we set sail." I told him.
"Yay!" He cheered.
We partied at the tavern. Tomorrow, I'll be the captain of my own crew.
"Is everything accounted for?" I asked.
"Yep! Everything is all ready to go, captain." Maggie said.
"Please just call me by my real name. Roll call! Is everyone here?!" I shouted.
"Yeah!" Everyone shouted.
"Then we shall depart!" I shouted.
Everyone on board cheered.
Sabo is my navigator, Maggie is my shipwright, mechanic,and weapon specailist. Emily is both our cook and Musician, Snow is our medic, Anna and Girta do anything they can but they are mostly fighters. They are riggers, swabbers, and dishwashers when we're not fighting (goes for everyone if idle hands are needed even me). Silver and Lunar are for gaurding and combat but mostly they are mainly pets. Saphire is for emergencies and she usually does her own thing away from the ship unless I call her. Dean... well... He's just the kid everyone worries about. He's usually given small jobs for a little pay in return. His pay is usually a piece of food or something he deems cool. We jokingly call him our mascot.
Our ship is called the Lunar Star. It was a large brig sloop ship designed with a blue and silver color theme to accent the light colored wood and it has a grey wolf as a figure head. The wood it's made from is actually from a tree that only grows on a certain area of our island. It's called aurora wood. It's very tough and durable. Bullets and canon balls ricochet off of it. It never wears down.
The aurora trees on our island grow to be hundreds of feet tall because they have lived for that long. Not even lightning or fire can kill them. It's very hard to burn aurora wood. You would have to have Maggie take her torch to it for twelve hours just to burn a three inch thick stick. Hardly any sticks fall off of the trees. They even take a long time to decay. There is a new looking log in the forest that I like to sit on. My grandpa told me about the stories of his grandpa sitting on the same log.
In truth, I never noticed how big the trees were until I had to live at the Gray terminal for awhile and then I came home to thinking 'holy crap' when I stepped into the woods again.
Oh! I almost forgot to tell you! Aurora wood is named because it lights up in the same manner of a real aurora if you put a certain type of metal against it. That metal or mineral is called hemitite. Hemitite is rare on my home island. You have to get it by trade. The funnest thing I loved to do was to go into the aurora forest at night with a single hemitite stone and touch it to multiple trees. Some of the trees are connected by the roots. I lit up an acre worth of aurora trees once just by touching hemitite to one tree. I was the only one on the island to have hemitite. Sabo's arrival put a stop to my ventures into the aurora forest.
The color of aurora wood is a very light pale brown. It turns white if it was daylight and hemitite hits it. The colorful light is only visible at night.
This ship is powered by steam that is heated by the sun.(Kind of an irony considering the ship's name) If we need more power, Saphire will come in and heat the steam room or I could simply just add more steam into it. Saphire would make the process faster. All she needs to do is breath fire on a metal plate on the back of the boat.
So all systems go. The only thing we need to focus on is staying away from the marines until the time comes. The Navy has already okayed and registered us. They'll be wary of us but not after us. It's best to let them interrogate you because they will NOT leave you alone until they do. The Navy may be more fair than the marines but they will do a lot just to take you in for questioning.
I climb all the way up to our watch tower. It's sides were all windows and even the bottom has four patches made of stain glass. Maggie has made sure that it's all sturdy enough to withstand canon fire. The top was just a rounded doom roof but it was made of wood. There is one main pole in the middle to keep it up. The watch tower has a telescope that Maggie made. It's something she keeps adding things to. Damn Maggie is a genius!
She's like a walking brain jumbled with ideas that seem to appear out of thin air... If Rouge's words are right, she's like this because of me. I'm happy about it. For once, I no longer questioned my existance here. If I was meant to be miscarried, so what?! I'm here now and everything seems right. No, I was really meant to be here!
With Ace...
Ace had just joined the Whitebeard pirates. He had a new tattoo on his back that he was more than happy to proudly wear. He didn't wear a shirt because the tattoo was too sore to wear anything over it and he took pride in it. He sat outside to gaze up at the stars. He was happy and content with his new crew. But then he remembered something as a shooting star streaked across the sky. He smiled fondly as an old memory from his child hood played in his mind. The night he and Morgan became freinds. She was his best freind in the entire world. Luffy has the position as the best little brother in the world but Morgan was a freind and a true freind at that.
He remembered the times when they would all steal something together, the times when she would play the piano for them, the times she would cook for them, the times she would give them both an affectionate nudge and sometimes a peck on the cheek, and even the times when Garp would force them all to train together were good times. She would defend him and Luffy, worry about them, take care of them if they got hurt, and she even went as far as to risk her life for Luffy when he fell into some rapids. Ace had never been so scared in his entire life. He was releived that they both came back to him laughing and saying that it was fun. She was the first person to get a sincere 'thank you' from him because of it but he didn't know how they survived. It was almost like Morgan was part fish sometimes.
He remembered sometimes when they went swimming at a pond together. Luffy would be in an inner tube while Morgan spent most of her time under water. Ace could not figure out how she's able to hold her breath for so long. She could even sit at the bottom of it without her body drifting anywhere. When Ace would ask how she did it, she would say practice. No matter how much Ace practiced, he still couldn't hold his breath as long. A deep and distinctive chuckle behind him alerted him to another presents.
"What are you doing out here, my son? Their throwing a party for you inside and yet you're out here. Is something on your mind?" Whitebeard asked.
"Just an old freind." He said.
"May I ask who?" he asked.
So Ace told him of Luffy, Sabo, and Morgan.
"You seem to really care for them. You know, I actually had a wife once." He said.
"Really? What happened to her?" Ace asked.
"She died saving our daughter from a fire. She was so beautiful too. She had golden brown hair and eyes the color of crystals." He said.
"You had a daughter?! Where is she now?" Ace asked.
"Dead. She died of an infection... All because of him." He growled angrily.
Whitebeard left before Ace could ask anymore questions. He decided not to bring it up again.
Two years later... With Morgan...
We had arrived at Marineford the day of the execution. We got there before the sun came up and we hid on the top of the walls. I ruffle Sabo's hair. He had let it grow out a little. It didn't stay in the tight curls I expected. His hair only had a wave to it instead.
My senses have gotten sharper last year. I had gained a new ability of seeing my surroundings by sensing the water within objects and in the air. I could sense everyone's hearts pumping faster in anticipation for the up coming battle. Even I was trembling with excitement. I sat and meditated to calm my nerves at least a little. When I couldn't relax, I decided to sneak a peak on Ace and possibly regain his dagger and boots if possible. I found his hat the other day on an island. I creeped into the confines of Marineford's prison
With Ace...
Ace couldn't sleep. Today was his last day and he knew it. He was ready for his death. He knew that because of who his father was, he was not going to live a long life. He had no hope of living to see tomorrow. But he could feel something in the air. Something he couldn't pin point. His throat has been dry for a full day. He needed water but knew it would never come. He fell into a light doze only to awake to a hooded figure giving him water. He greedily drank all of it. He looked up at the hooded figure for a minute.
He swore he saw those eyes somewhere. The hooded figure put it's hand on his head.
"Get some sleep, Ace. You're going to need it." A feminine voice said.
"What for? I'm goin to die anyway." He said looking away from her.
He heard a small giggle come from her.
"That's what you think... It's nice meeting you... again." she said.
His eyes widened in realization but when his head shot up, she disappeared. Ace thought it was a dream. He fell asleep.
We get to see the fight! Woot! I just couldn't stop adding things onto this chapter!