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Chapter 4

"Now as we come to the end of the ceremony, it is time to bless the child." The priest went over to the child who was lying on a round crib and lifted his hand to the child's forehead and made a cross with his thumb. "May peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you."

Robin who was seated down, stood up and walked over to the King and Queen. "Your Highness, Your Majesty," she said while bowing. "If you don't mind, the fairies would like to bless the child also. It is a tradition for fairies to do so especially to a Prince."

King Luffy and Queen Vivi looked at each other and gave a look of mutual understanding. King Luffy placed his hand on Queen Vivi's shoulder and pulled her closer to him. They both gave Nico Robin a warm genuine smile. "I don't see a reason why not." King Luffy said.

Robin looked back towards the fairies as a signal to follow her. They walked over to the crib and made a circle around it by joining hands with one another. They then chanted words that no-one could understand when all of a sudden, a light began to glow inside the crib. The light became brighter and in a matter of seconds, it died down. The fairies were gasping for breath when all was over. They have nearly used up their power in blessing Prince Zoro.

"HEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!" A loud laugh echoed throughout the church.

Everyone's head snapped back to the back of the room where the sound was hear. They saw someone slowly stepping out of the shadow. The stranger had nice long legs, smooth skin that made the women jealous, nice curves and bust that made the men drool. She was wearing the same thing as the other fairies and had wings. Now, they were eager to see the face of the body. Once the stranger stepped out of the shadow, everyone gasped.

"OH MY GOD!"

"My eyes! My eyes! Although I have no eyes, I'm a skeleton! Yohohohoho!"

"I was tricked!"

"I can't believe I had a naughty thought about her!" One of the men gagged.

Sanji who was in the audience saw the whole thing. He dropped down on the floor, hands on his face and screamed, "NOOOOO! My mellorine!"

The fairies gasped as they saw her face. Her nose was long like a witch and creases were found on her once youthful face. She had a face of an old woman yet a body of a young lady. There was only one fairy that looked like this. "Kureha.."

All eyes were on her as she walked to the front where Robin and the other fairies were. "It seems that you have forgotten that ALL fairies must be present to the christening BEFORE you bless the child, yet you've done just that without knowing if ALL fairies were here!"

"You never attended all of the other events which are more important than this, why should this one matter?" Robin muttered quietly to herself.

Queen Vivi gasped. "I did! I did send the invitations to ALL fairies! I checked so many times before giving it to my messengers!"

Kureha knew the Queen was telling the truth. She knew that a messenger was in the forest to deliver the invite but was too much of a coward to continue the journey. But being an evil fairy that she is would not let them know of this.

"Well, I didn't get it!" She snapped. "Aw but I'm such a nice fairy that I will let you off."

Queen Vivi grinned at this while the fairies were skeptical at the thought that she would let it go this easily.

"On one condition."

"What is it?" King Luffy asked.

"Let me see the baby."

King Luffy was hesitant at this idea as they hardly know this stranger and she did not even have a good aura around her. He looked at his wife for confirmation but saw that she did not have any problem about it.

"Alright. But you can only look, no touching or anything else but looking. OR ELSE." He warned with eyes that can pierce through metal.

Kureha nodded and walked over to the crib. It seems her plan had a flaw. She couldn't touch the child. And so whatever her plan was, it no longer worked. She looked down and stared at the kid that was to rule the kingdom in the future. As if a light bulb lightened up above her head, she thought up of a brilliant revenge. Better than the old one.

Since you're the only child of the King and Queen, you must be so important. If you were to disappear, I wonder how devastated the King and Queen would be? She chuckled in her mind.

She silently whispered a few words to the child and the child began to wail.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!" shouted King Luffy. Queen Vivi ran over to the crib and picked up Prince Zoro and went over to her husband's side.

"Heeheehee! Ohh, nothing much.." she replied with an evil smirk. "Just a curse." She shrugged as if it was a normal thing.

King Luffy was very angry at this; his friends had to stop him from wrecking havoc. Nico Robin decided to step in. "Kureha, what have you done?" She voiced with a hint of bitterness.

"Like I said, I put a curse on the baby. Heeheehee. Hmm.. what was it again?" she teased, pretending to think just to aggravate the King and get a reaction.

"GRRRRR!" It worked.

She smirked. "Oh yeah. It goes something like this.. When you turn 21, you will get injured by a sword and die! Heeheehee!"

Queen Vivi fell down to the floor crying. "WHY?! Ohhh! My beautiful baby!" She bawled, hugging Prince Zoro tight.

Nico Robin felt sorry for the Queen. She knew how much she loved the baby. Losing him would make her fall into depression just like the last time she met her, possibly even worse. The moment Robin laid her hands on Queen Vivi's stomach; she knew that the child would be a great leader. She hurriedly went over to the baby and chanted a magical spell to change the curse before Kureha could stop her.

Kureha gasped. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! STOP IT!" But before she could do anything, King Luffy already had her by the throat.

"I WARNED YOU YET YOU CHOSE TO BREAK IT! BIG MISTAKE!"

King Luffy decided to have Kureha exiled from the kingdom as much as he wanted to hurt her for the evil things she had done, he could not kill. Robin who was finally finished with the magic spell, spoke up out of breath.

"..I managed..to.. change the..curse.." After she regained her stamina, she restarted. "I managed to change the curse. Unfortunately, it would still be a curse."

"So what would the curse be?" Queen Vivi asked.

"Well, instead of dying from the injury, he would fall into a deep sleep."

Robin turned to the fairies and made a decision that Kureha would be stripped off of her powers and so she would just be a normal human.

And with that, the christening ended with the King and Queen devastated about the happenings of the day as was the rest of the guests.

Years went by and Prince Zoro gradually grew from a baby to a boy and from a boy to a man. He was well-known in the kingdom and have always caught the eyes of the ladies-though he's not interested- as he was extremely good looking and manly for someone at the age of 19, although the cook teases him that he only gets attention because of his hair colour, which ALWAYS lead to fighting. His body was tanned and muscular due to constant training with his father, King Luffy, in hand to hand combat. He had beaten everyone he fought and he soon lost interest. He wanted to try something new and exciting. When he was a child, he once saw a sword fight. He found it interesting and wanted to try it. But as soon as he voiced his opinion, his parents clammed up. Ever since then, he never saw a sword fight or a sword ever. What he didn't know was that his parents ordered for all swords to be taken away because of the curse.

One day when Zoro was on his way to the dojo for training, he ended up walking into the forest.

HUH? How did I get here?

Instead of going back, he continued on into the forest, thirsty for adventure. He didn't know how far he had walked but he had long passed the deep, deep forest. Up ahead, he could see a worn down house. As he arrived, he inspected it. No-one seemed to have lived there for years and there wasn't anything interesting in the house. He walked around and noticed something poking out of the ground. He pulled it out and saw that it was a sword. It had a white hilt and case although the colour had been dirtied probably due to being in the ground for years. He inspected it and it seems to be in good condition, only needed sharpening. He remembered the sword fight and copied the stance of the swordsman. He took his first strike.

SWISHHHH!

Zoro felt energy coming from the sword. He smirked at this. He finally found something interesting to do.

For 2 years, he had been secretly going into the forest. He had made the worn down house his hideout and practise ground in sword fighting. During those times, he found two more swords deeper into the forest. He had been training in mastering 3 swords as well as continuing with the hand to hand combat to avoid suspicions from his father. He had grown more muscular and bigger and found an ambition of being the greatest swordsman in the world. He sometimes goes to the beach to train for a change of scenery. During his training, he saw a raft in the distance, on its way to the island.

The person stepped out of the raft. He had a black hat and an unopened black coat and a golden cross around his neck. Zoro saw that his eyes were yellow and that he was carrying a crucifix behind him.

Zoro gulped. That's Hawk Eyes Mihawk. I've heard of him from my old man. I want to fight him.

Zoro ran up to him and challenged him to a duel. The person scoffed.

"A duel? Such a pitiful weakling."

Zoro's anger boiled. Does he not see me as a worthy opponent? Zoro drew his sword, the Wado Ichimonji.

"If you were really a fine swordsman, you would know the difference in strength without drawing your sword. Challenging me... Are you that brave? Or simply reckless?"

Zoro grinned. "This is for my own ambition!"

He placed his sword on his mouth and drew his other 2 swords.

Mihawk pulled on his necklace and took out the top part of the dagger.

"Oi, what's the meaning of this?" Zoro asked.

"Unfortunately, I'm carrying nothing smaller than this." He replied while showing his dagger.

"QUIT MOCKING ME!" Zoro snapped and ran towards the opponent.

"You're but someone who's yet to experience the real world."

"ONI GIRI!"

Mihawk stopped all of Zoro's swords with just a simple dagger.

Zoro's eyes sprung open in surprise. "Wh..WHAT?!"

I can't move. What just happened? Is a strength like his really this far away? That can't be! It can't be this far away!

Zoro ran towards his opponent again. "AAAAHHHHH!"

(INSERT FIGHT)

Zoro wasn't backing down to the fight.

What strong will! Mihawk thought.

"Kid, announce your name!"

"Roronoa Zoro!"

"I'll remember that!" Mihawk reached behind him and pulled out the big crucifix as it turns out to be a sword. He struck to end the fight.

"GAAAHHHHH!"

Zoro was struck on his chest stretching from his left shoulder to his right hip.

Another strike.

"GAAAHHHHH!"

He clutched his left eye, blood oozing out of his hand.

I lost.

He fell down and felt his eyes heavy. Slowly, his eyes closed.

King Luffy was worried that his son was still not home and so he ordered for a search party. A few minutes later, they found Prince's Zoro's body lying down on the shore.

Injured and asleep.

To be continued...

(INSERT FIGHT) = use your imagination hahaha! ;D

I really am sorry! I am no good with writing action stuff.

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