Hey guys, sorry for the late update. I was so hooked with reading the Hunger Games trilogy. Have you read it?

Anyways, here's the new chapter. Enjoy! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece or Sleeping Beauty.

Chapter 5

When Nico Robin heard that Prince Zoro had fallen asleep and could not be woken up, she arrived at the castle in a blink of an eye. Upon entering, what she saw horrified her, sending shivers down her spine. Prince Zoro was covered in blood. His blood. Even though he was sleeping, he looked like a dead man. Doctor Chopper was busy stitching up a wound on Prince Zoro's left eye while shouting commands for the nurses to stop the bleeding on his chest. On the side, out of the way of the medics but close enough to the patient was Prince Zoro's parents, silently weeping and comforting each other from the long-awaited situation that they had dreaded ever since the christening. From an outsider's point of view, one would wonder what the hell had happened for the Prince of One Piece to be in that condition.

"Robin, when will he wake up?" Queen Vivi whispered, terrified by the answer.

"Maybe in a hundred years time."

"Maybe.." she repeated to herself, feeling dejected. " What would make him wake up?" She forced herself to ask.

"Hmm..the person that would wake him up? Maybe the person that leaves an impression?..I dunno.."

"I see.." She commented with no spirit left in her. She looked horrible, with dark circles under her eyes and pale complexion.

Nico Robin feared that when Prince Zoro wakes up, he would find himself all alone. Therefore, she decided to cast a sleeping spell on the castle workers. King Luffy and Queen Vivi vowed to stay behind in order to let the people know that no-one should ever come near the castle walls. Despite the circumstances, King Luffy threw a party. It was their last party together with the castle workers and so everyone partied like they'd never partied before. Sanji cooked the most exquisite banquet ever, King Luffy and Doctor Chopper danced around with chopsticks up their noses. Brook played cheery music while Queen Vivi danced along to it with other maids and Ussop told tales to other workers about his mighty adventures and how he survived it. His most popular story of all was 'The Beast in the deep,deep forest'. And most of all, everyone ate and drank to their content. No more than an hour, most of them were starting to show a sign of drunkenness. The noises died down as they had slowly come to realization that they would soon be separated from their King and Queen, the couple who saved their life and gave them the will to live.

"Yo-hohoho Yo-hohoho"

Everyone shifted their eyes towards King Luffy who was sprawled on the floor, his straw-hat covering his eyes while singing Binks Sake.

"Yo-hohoho Yo-hohoho"

Knowing that their King was close to crying due to the crack in his voice and the sight before them, broke their heart. They realized that they were selfish in thinking that they were the only ones upset about being separated from them. At least, they would have all the other castle workers with them when they wake up 100 years time. Maybe.

"Yo-hohoho Yo-hohoho" Queen Vivi joined her husband in singing.

But what about King Luffy and Queen Vivi? It would just be the two of them. How could they handle being separated from their friends? The people they had lived with for years. How could they handle being separated from their SON? Their only son?! Knowing that by the time he wakes up, they are no longer there. Knowing that they would miss his wedding. Knowing that they would miss their grand-kids grow up. How could they handle that?!

"Yo-hohoho Yo-hohoho" This time, Brook sang and played his violin as accompaniment.

"Yo-hohoho Yo-hohoho" Everyone had joined in the singing, tears flowing out their eyes, people hugging each other.

One by one, the castle workers fell asleep while singing. The spell had gradually took effect. The song became quieter until there was no instrument played. Just the voice of King Luffy and Queen Vivi continually singing their farewell sing.

"Yo-hohoho Yo-hohoho..."

King Luffy and Queen Vivi headed to Prince Zoro's room. They sat beside the bed in total silence, held each other's hands including Zoro's and wept. Queen Vivi stood up and leaned forward to kiss her son's forehead for the last time. King Luffy looked at his son and placed a letter on his hand. In silence, they departed the castle.

When the kingdom heard that their King and Queen had ordered that no-one should ever go near the castle and that they had departed from it, questions were asked. Seeing no other options, King Luffy explained to the rest of the kingdom of what had happened to Prince Zoro including the happenings during the christening. After hearing the explanation, everyone had agreed to protect the castle and Prince Zoro. They planted seeds that belonged to huge trees around the castle. With the help of Nico Robin, the seeds grew in seconds, covering the whole castle with vines and branches. As years went by, the people in the kingdom had either died of old age or had moved to other countries. In the time span of 10 years, the city was deserted, only a few people had stayed behind in the hope of being there for when the Prince wakes up.

100 years and a day later, the kingdom was no longer inhabited. One Piece was bustling with people. Travellers come and go to visit the country similar to the story, not knowing that it is the same country. What story? Well...

Citizens that used to live in the kingdom 100 years ago had told the story of the Sleeping Prince to their grand-kids as a bedtime story. From there, the story escalated throughout the world. Although no-one bothered to look for the castle as they thought of the story as a myth. Who sleeps for 100 years? Anyway, it was rumoured that human-like-gorillas named Humandrills was living in the forest. It had appeared all of a sudden 100 years ago (thanks to Robin) and no-one was brave or stupid enough to check if it was real or not.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the kingdom, a red-headed girl had just landed on the shore by a small rowboat. She stopped by as she sensed a big storm coming her way. Being in the ocean during a storm especially in a small rowboat, it'd be impossible to survive it, even with her impressive navigational skills. She decided to take shelter in the city but she had to walk through a forest to get there. If she wanted to arrive in the city by nightfall before the storm, she needed to act fast as it was already hours before sunsets. Entering the forest, darkness engulfed her. Reaching into her small backpack, she pulled out a torch. She had walked for what seemed like hours yet she was nowhere near the city. The forest seems to go deeper and deeper. It was then she was thankful she wore boots instead of her usual sandals. She figured it was night-time as lightning started appearing in the sky followed by thunders, signalling that the storm has begun. She still hasn't arrived at her destination when rain poured down on her, soaking her not-much clothes of shorts and vest. She continued on her way, however she stopped when she heard grunting nearby. Looking around her surroundings, she slowly reached down her thighs where her weapon, a 3 poled staff called the Sorcery Clima-Tact was held by her holster. Finally adjusted her eyes to the darkness, thanks to the lightning, she looked at one of the trees and saw a huge gorilla staring at her. She gasped and stepped back. But when she moved, the beast lunged at her. Luckily, she managed to hit it on the head and used the chance to run. It didn't last long as the gorilla got back up and started chasing her. This time, the girl took her stance, ready to fight. Before the gorilla could hurt her, she struck her staff.

"THUNDERBOLT TEMPO!"

Lightning struck the gorilla and got electrified. The monster was defeated and burnt. The girl gave a sigh of relief and carried on her journey. No more than a minute, the friends of the gorilla had her surrounded. Looking for a way to escape, she used her Mirage Tempo to make herself invisible. She stealthily walked past the gorillas, silently laughing to herself at the confused faces of her enemies. Once she was far enough, she threw another attack. From her staff, she launched an egg to the sky which released a thundercloud.

"THUNDERBREED TEMPO!"

The group of gorillas got electrified and fell unconscious, however one of them managed to dodge it and went straight for her. Her body went stiff. Her mind screamed to move or do something. Damn it! The beast was a metre away from her. Move! As if she broke out of a trance, she hurriedly lifted her staff in front of her.

"GUST SWORD!"

A powerful gust of wind shot out of her weapon and threw the beast off. Unfortunately, the gorilla managed to injure the left side of her arm with his claw before taking off.

"Ugh." She sighed. She hoped that she would not encounter another one of those creatures.

Looking at where the gorilla was thrown, she saw that her attack made a path on some thick vines that seems impossible to go through before. Following the long path and continually using her gust sword to open up more path, she arrived at the opening. A castle.

The girl frowned in confusion. She didn't know that there was a castle in One Piece. Apart from the story she heard as a child. She chuckled. She recalled how her and her sister used to pretend to play out the story. That memory seemed like a dream to her, ever since THAT happened, she no longer had that kind of time to play. She looked at the castle, it looked abandoned. Desperate for shelter as the storm was still pouring down, she opened the door. Clutching her injured arm, she entered.

"HELLO?"

No answer.

The injury in her arm was excruciatingly painful yet she didn't mind it. Her blood was dripping on the floor, leaving a trail behind her. Her body was getting warmer yet colder at the same time; her breathing was sharp and shallow. Her vision was getting blurry.

She looked into her backpack but there were not any bandages. She grabbed a bottle of water and took a drink and poured the rest on her wound. She looked at different rooms looking for the infirmary or at least the place that has bandages. Not finding any, she went upstairs, just missing the hall where all the castle workers slept.

She entered the first room and although the room had no light except from the moon coming from the window, she could see bandages on the side of the bed. Feeling dizzy, she wrapped her arm with bandage, rather poorly, in order to stop the bleeding.

No longer able to keep her eyes open, she lost consciousness and collapsed on the bed.

Thanks for reading! I won't be able to update as quickly as before but I promise that I will finish this story!