"What are you drawing, Bellamy?"

The little boy looked away from his crayons and into his mother's eyes.

"It's a Devil Fruit, mom! They say that if you eat one, you will get special powers. I really wanna eat one, so I can become a super cool pirate!"

A warm chuckle filled the room.

"My my, aren't you ambitious. So, Mr. Pirate, are you going to travel all alone?"

As the boy nodded, his crayons were almost destroyed by the feet of his little sister.

"Pirate! Pirate!" Saria shrieked.

Bellamy looked at her with a stern face.

"No Saria, you can't come with me. It's really dangerous and scary to be a pirate. You should stay here, where it's safe."

The toddler didn't understand.

"Saria too! Pirate fruit, pirate fruit!"

"Mom, can you tell her she can't come?"

The mother chuckled yet again as she grabbed both of her children and put them on her lap.

"Now listen you two, the most important thing is to take care of each other. Bellamy, you're the big brother, you should protect your sister. And Saria, you should always listen to your brother when he needs you to, alright?"

"Alright!"

Years later

"Find every last one of them! These are direct orders from Doflamingo: Take all the research material and round up everyone who is involved with this project!"

Midst all the chaos, ignited through the wishes of one man, a teenage girl and two of her friends tried their best to remain hidden.

"There should be one more here!" A man yelled.

"You mean the bitch with the blonde hair?" Another one replied. "I already took care of her. All we have to do is find her kids. Should be two of them, a guy and a girl."

"You check upstairs, I'll stay here, in case they come looking for their mother."

Saria did her best to remain silent, but the thought of her mother being taken away by the men that were now in her house, was unacceptable.

"You filthy-"

Saria wanted to whisper more, but one of her friends' hands prevented her from doing so. She shook her head and looked at Saria with a stern face.

"I heard something!" One of the men uttered. "They're somewhere in this room; search everything!"

There was some rustling and some panting, which resulted in one of the men's eyes meeting Saria's.

"She's here! And there's two more, what a nice bonus! So long girls."

"Saria, ru-"

And there it was. As Saria looked at the blood that poured from her friend's mouth, she let out a high-pitched scream. It wasn't much later when another lifeless body collapsed and met the ground.

"Satomi! Nina!"

The men just laughed. How could they laugh? They had just killed two innocent teenagers. Both men took a few steps in Saria's directions, making it clear that she would be next.

"Now, little missy, prepare to meet your end."

It was at that moment that Saria's life flashed before her eyes. She was sure she was going to die then and there; murdered by two unknown men for an unknown reason.

Until she heard the sound of shattering glass, that was.

"No one has the right to harm my little sister!"

A blond man rushed past Saria, headed for the two killers. He grabbed one of them by his neck and hurled him around the room. Next, he placed his hands on the ground as if to prepare some sort of attack.

"Spring hopper!"

All I could hear was the sound of the men screaming and grunting. In just the blink of an eye, the room was stained with their blood.

The blond man who had caused for this to happen, stood straight and turned around.

"Saria, are you alright?"

For a brief moment, I looked around the room. As my eyes were pierced with the sight of my two friends, I collapsed. Bellamy rushed towards me and caught me right before I hit the ground.

"Satiomi and Nina" I cried. "They killed them."

As my brother comforted me by holding me tightly, I buried my head in his chest. It had been quite a while since I had felt so safe. Safe and loved.

"What's going on?" I muttered. "Who are all these men raiding the city?"

Bellamy sighed and picked me up.

"We can talk about that later. For now, we need to get out of here."

"…And that's why Doflamingo ordered them to kill or capture everyone involved with this particular research."

Bellamy took a sip of his sake and turned to a man he had introduced as Sarkies.

"We should be safe on our ship for now though, I believe that feathery bastard isn't interested in pirates like us."

I slowly drank my sake and looked at my brother. I could still not fully grasp what was going on.

"Doflamingo… Isn't he one of the Shichibukai?"

Bellamy nodded.

"Why would he be that interested in research regarding different types of Devil Fruits? I mean, that doesn't sound like it could be that valuable."

Sarkies sighed and stood up as soon as Bellamy gestured so, which resulted in us being alone in the small room aboard the ship.

"Listen." Bellamy spoke slowly as if to make sure my brain recorded every word spoken. "What Doflamingo wants, is to recreate the Devil Fruits and sell them at a high price. He also wants to be the only one able to do this, for it would mean he could monopolize that market."

My eyes widened.

"Are you saying that he is killing people just so he can make money?"

Bellamy shook is head.

"That's not all. You could say that making money is just a side quest. Doflamingo is searching for a certain pirate for some reason and he's probably hoping that these acts will lure him in."

"A pirate? What's his name?"

"Something with 'Law'. I don't know his full name."

I looked up at Bellamy, with one question burning at the tip of my tongue.

"How… How do you know all this?"

Bellamy sighed and looked away.

"I'll tell you that later. For now, I have a huge favor to ask. Could you come with me to Dressrosa?"

"What is Dressrosa?"

"Bellamy! Oi, keep it together Bellamy!"

I looked at the small puddle of blood in front of me.

"Stay with me, you idiot, you're not going to die here!"

That smile. My brother's smile touched my core, making tears flow in a rapid pace.

"I'm so sorry, sis. I couldn't protect you."

Bellamy coughed.

"I'm afraid I've lost too much blood. Nothing we can do now."

My brain was now working overtime; scanning for a way to save my brother. If it weren't for my new powers, I didn't think I would have been able to come up with something that would work so well.

"Law! Violet! Grab my arm."

As the two came from behind their hiding place, I could see their flustered faces. Violet was the one who needed the clarification most.

"What are you plan-"

"Hurry up!" I yelled; the tears still very much present. "Do it!"

Though I knew this wasn't the smartest way to try and save a life, there was nothing else I could do. The upcoming action would give Doflamingo what he wanted; to see my powers. Even if that wasn't something I wanted to grant him, I still preferred it highly compared to potentionally losing my brother.

I would have expected for Law to deny my request. After all, Bellamy was one of the pirates whom had killed men of his crew. Still, there was something that caused him not to do so; a thought that occupied my mind of a brief second. There wasn't much time to think about their little background story, though, for saving my brother was now my number one priority.

"Hold on tight," I ordered the two. "This could drain a little bit of energy from all three of us."

Before executing my last hope, I looked towards the self-proclaimed King of Dressrosa as he stared back with pleased eyes.

"Come on, little doctor," he hissed. "Put on this little show for me."

I bit my lip, trying to focus on Bellamy instead of my boiling anger.

"S-Saria."

"Don't talk, you moron, I am trying to save your life here. We made a promise when we were little, remember? Now, how are you going to protect me when you're dead?"

That smile again. The smile of a loving brother I had wanted to see more.

"Aka aka no drain."

I could hear Law and Violet grunt a bit.

"Pump!"

~To be continued