Chapter Seven

Whitebeard smiled seeing two of his newest children sitting in the room with him. Ace and Anne were sitting next to each other. Anne looked at Ace worried for him. She looked to Whitebeard worried how he take it when he finds out who their father was.

"So what do you both need to talk about that is so important?"

Ace looked at his feet. Anne sighed and looked up at Whitebeard. He has been so kind to them. Ace had become a member of the crew. She still was not a member but helped out. She told them when they asked that she would not join.

Which had surprised many of the members since she took to them so much faster. They also thought she be a member with how good of friends she was with Marco. Marco spent two hours each day with her to train. They were surprised since it was easy to see that Anne was just as good as her brother Ace.

Ace looked up at Pops, "Well our dad is Gol D Roger."

Whitebeard burst out into laughter, "You surprised me there." He looked at both of them "So that's how it is... Your Personality's are nothing like Roger's you know that." Both Ace and Anne looked up hearing that.

Ace was surprised "You were enemies weren't you? Won't you kick us out?" Ace said.

Whitebeard looked at him, "I didn't think both of you would worry about such a small thing when you said you have something important to tell me doesn't matter who you're born to... Everyone's still a child of the sea! I will think both of you as my children."

Anne lowered her head hearing this.

Whitebeard smiled looking at her, "What is on your mind Anne?"

She bite her lip and looked up, "I really like it here you have been great to me and Ace. I love it here I really do. But…"

"It is alright Anne I will not be mad at you."

"I made a deal with our younger brother when we were kids. He challenged me and if he won I would join his crew. If I won he leave me alone about it. I thought we were going to fight. But he picked something else. I lost, and I made a deal that when he turns 17 years old I would head back to join his crew."

Whitebeard looked at her nodding. "I see."

"Thing is I like everyone. I have a lot of friends on this crew." Image of Marco popped in her head. She smiled "Ace is here, and then I think of you like a dad just like Ace. But I still want to join Luffy's crew."

"You could always invite your brother to join." Whitebeard said looking at them.

"He won't join. His dream is to become the pirate king."

Whitebeard smiled looking at her, "you want to join him. And you made a deal you want to uphold. I respect that Anne, when it is time for you to leave I will miss you. So you know you will always be my daughter."

Anne smiled and jumped up giving Whitebeard a hug.

Ace smiled and looked at Anne "You're such a girl."

"I am a girl."

Ace smirked "I would never know." He said joking.

Anne turned glaring at Ace, "10, 9, 8, 7" Ace became pale and ran out of the room.

(Scene Break)

Marco watched as Ace came running out of Whitebeard's room. He looked as if he was on fire… Marco smiled hearing Whitebeard laughing. He was walking towards Whitebeard's room when Anne came running out and ran right into Marco. Both on the ground limbs entangled together.

Anne groaned looking up seeing Marco was on top of her. Anne could feel her face becoming warm as she looked at him. Her heart started beating faster.

Marco groaned sitting up, he looked down seeing Anne looking at him. He smiled seeing her face blushing. He looked at her freckled cheeks and smiled but soon noticed he was straddling her on the deck with the other crew members now looking at the two of them.

"Marco, I am sorry I ran into you. But can you please get off me."

Marco smiled and got up and took Anne's hand and helped her up.

Anne smiled looking at Marco, "Thanks Marco."

"No problem Anne. So what were you running after Ace for?"

"He said something that for some reason bugged me."

Marco smiled "Well before the two of you destroy the ship wanna go get something to eat with me."

Anne smiled "Yes I am starved."

"You and Ace are always hungry."

Anne looked at him pouting. "So."

Marco smiled taking her to the kitchens.

After getting the food for them he walked over setting there plates down.

Anne smiled and started digging in.

"So what did you guys talk about with Pops?"

"Oh just about our past. Then about me leaving in a couple years when my brother is 17."

"What did he say?"

Anne smiled "That even though I leave I will still be his daughter." She said smiling.

Marco smiled and went to eating only to hear a loud thud. Turning he saw that Anne had fallen asleep in her food.

"You know that is going to cause you huge trouble one day." He said and shook his head and went back to eating. Ten minutes later Anne woke up looked around seeing Marco still eating. She stretched and wiped her face off and went back to eating.

When they were done Marco looked at Anne "hey come here."

Anne walked over smiling. "What you need?"

Marco leaned close making Anne blush, he smirked and took a piece of rice that was near Anne's lips off. Making Anne even redder as he ate it. "Tasty. Now come on I want to get some training done and soon."

Marco spent some time training with Anne while most the men were off on the island. Both of them were fighting hand to hand combat without there powers. He smiled as it started raining. "You wanna call it quits Anne?" He said blocking her kick and sending a punch at her.

And dodge his punch "No way I am having way too much fun. And I plan to beat your sorry ass today." She said smiling at him. And dodged another punch by bending back wards. She smirked looking at Marco flipping over and landing a kick.

Marco slide back with the deck starting to get wet. "I don't think you will win." He ran forward and dodged her kicks at him. He smiled and slid in her guard and hit her knocking her back.

Anne groaned getting up her hair was now soaked as she looked up at Marco who was now taking his shirt off. And went back into his stance. She looked at him blushing seeing him standing there with the water going…. Anne shook her head getting those thoughts out of her mind.

Marco smirked seeing Anne checking him out. He smiled more when she started blushing, "Anne, you're not sick are you?" He said not wanting her to know he found her out.

"No" She said running towards him. They were both fighting at a great speeds.

(Scene Break)

Ace smiled looking down at Anne and Marco training. He laughed a few times to himself when Anne would get knocked down. Then when Marco got hit it was even better. He knew his sister, and he knew she liked Marco. He started blushing looking down at the two.

Marco had grabbed Anne's hands planning on ending the fight. But she had different plans. She tripped him, and soon was wrestling him on the ground. Her mind was only on one thing and that was to beat him. She was straddling him and pinning him to the ground. The rain was pouring down on them she looked down at Marco smirking "I win."

Marco smirked and quickly flipped her and pinning her hands above her head and was straddling her now. "No, I think I win."

"Not fair. I had won."

"You know no one plays fair in the real world." Marco said looking at her eyes and leaning in. He smiled looking at the girl below him who he had grown very found of. They spent each day training and when she was not hanging out with Ace, doing chores she would, come and spend time with him. They would some nights stay up just talking about different things.

Anne, who was still thinking of the fight, was struggling. She looked at Marco who was now leaning in close. She smirked.

"You're no fun Marco."

"I think this is fun."

She smirked leaning in. Thinking of head butting him to beat him. But when she was about to do that she looked in his eyes. "I….."

"Just say you lost." Marco said when Anne stopped struggling.

She looked at him blushing the rain was pouring down on them. Though his body was blocking Anne from having the rain hitting her face.

Ace looked down at them seeing this groaned. He wanted them to either make out or don't. When they weren't moving he smirked grabbing something light.

Marco was looking at Anne smiling, both we're about to say something. When he felt something hit him in the back of the head making there lips meet.

Anne was about to tell Marco something when he all of a sudden kissed her.

Marco was in shock and pain the thing that hit him was light. But still hurt a bit. He smiled about to break the kiss when Anne who did not know what happen. Pulled slipped her arms out of his grip. He was worried that she was going to beat him but when she pulled him toward her and started kissing him. Marco smirked and started kissing her back.

Ace looked away and went back to his post. He was glad to see that Anne was happy. Though he did not really want to see anything.

(Scene Break)

Thatch was walking out on the deck seeing it clear because of the rain that was coming down. He was not looking forward to taking over Ace's sift. He couldn't even see all the way across the deck. He was happy that they were docked at an island other wise it would be horrible sailing.

Thatch put on a hat and started walking to the mast and was half way there and already soaked to the bone. He stopped dead in his tracks at the site he saw. Marco was on the ground with Anne and they were making out. He started to blush; he though Ace told them that Anne had never been with anyone. But she seemed to know how to make out. He smirked and was going to enjoy intruding on them.

"Hey you have a room go use it. Or since we're on an island go get a room there."

Marco and Anne broke away super fast. She was bright red and looking away. Thatch smirked seeing how flustered Anne was. He looked to Marco who was blushing but glaring at him. He rubbed the back of his head. "Well I better let Ace off." Thatch climbed up to the crows nest as fast as he could.

Marco looked to Anne "Let's go inside."

"Yeah." She said getting up. "Marco, I we… ummm…"

Marco smiled at her, "Walk with me."

She nodded following.

"Was that your first kiss?"

Anne looked at her shoes thinking how they looked very nice at the moment.

Marco hoped it wasn't though if it was she sure is good.

"Well I had this random boy kiss me when we were sneaking around the town. But that was a peck and I kinda gave him frost bite and ice feet."

Marco started laughing and then stopped "How long have you had your devil fruit powers?"

"I thought I told you. Since I was little girl I was eight at the time."

Marco smirked "You must been able to raise hell."

Anne nodded "Yeah but my brothers could do that on their own."

She looked at Marco smiling, "Truth is that was my real first kiss." She said smiling.

Marco smiled "Well it was a great kiss." He smiled at her and started blushing he never had problems with girls before. He did not understand why now. He looked at her and smiled. "Well I think I should go dry off and hit the hay."

Anne nodded in agreement "Yeah same here well see you later."

Anne took off running to her room blushing. Anne shared her room with the nurse's but they were off on the island. Meaning she had the place to herself tonight. She quickly changed into dry clothes and laid down in bed letting her eyes shut.

There was a murmur of excitement. Anne saw the room was clearing out. She saw people leaving in twos and threes; most people walked over wishing her a "Happy Christmas" as they left. She walked around cleaning up with a brown haired girl and redheaded boy. The had left before her. She looked over seeing an Asian girl "Happy Christmas" she said. Looking at her.

"No, you go on," she heard her say to her friend and her heart gave a jolt.

She pretended to be straightening the cushion pile. She was quite sure they were alone now and waited for her to speak. Instead, she heard a hearty sniff.

Turning around she saw Cho standing in the middle of the room, tears pouring down her face.

"Wha—?"

Anne did not know what to do. She was simply standing there, crying silently.

"What's up?" Anne said, feebly.

She shook her head and wiped her eyes on her sleeve.

"I'm - sorry," she said thickly. "I suppose… it's just… learning all this stuff… it just makes me… wonder whether… if he'd known it all… he'd still be alive."

Anne's heart sank right back past its usual spot and settled somewhere around her navel. Cho wanted to talk about him.

"He did know this stuff," Anne said heavily. An image of Cedric appeared in her mind. "He was really good at it, or he could never have got to the middle of that maze. But if Voldemort really wants to kill you, you don't stand a chance."

She hiccoughed at the sound of Voldemort's name, but stared at Anne without flinching.

"You survived when you were just a baby," she said quietly.

"Yeah, well," said Anne wearily, moving towards the door, "I dunno why nor does anyone else, so it's nothing to be proud of."

"Oh, don't go!" said Cho, sounding tearful again. "I'm really sorry to get all upset like this… I didn't mean to…"

She hiccoughed again. She was very pretty even when her eyes were red and puffy. Anne felt thoroughly miserable. She'd have been so pleased with just a "Happy Christmas".

"I know it must be horrible for you," she said, mop ping her eyes on her sleeve again. "Me mentioning Cedric, when you saw him die… I suppose you just want to forget about it?"

Anne did not say anything to this; it was quite true, but she felt heartless saying it.

"You're a r-really good teacher, you know," said Cho, with a watery smile. "I've never been able to Stun anything before."

"Thanks," said Anne awkwardly.

They looked at each other for a long moment. Anne felt a burning desire to run from the room and, at the same time, a complete inability to move her feet.

"Mistletoe," said Cho quietly, pointing at the ceiling over his head.

"Yeah," said Anne. Her mouth was very dry. "It's probably full of Nargles, though."

"What are Nargles?"

"No idea," said Anne. Cho had moved closer. Her brain seemed to have been Stunned. "You'd have to ask Loony. Luna, I mean."

Cho made a funny noise halfway between a sob and a laugh. She was even nearer to Anne now.

She could have counted the freckles on Cho's nose.

"I really like you, H-" Cho said and closed the gap.

She could not think. A tingling sensation was spreading through her, paralyzing her arms, legs and brain. She swore the girl didn't say her name.

Cho was much too close. Anne could see every tear clinging to Cho's eyelashes… She looked at Cho who leaned forward kissing her.

Anne eyes went wide.

Anne sat up in bed holding her head and groaned. "What a messed up dream." Then it hit her she had a dream about a strange girl who gave her a weird feeling, and she kissed her. She laid in bed wide eyed only to hear knocking at her door.

"Hey Anne, can I come in." Marco said knocking.

"Come in." She sat up in her bed and watched Marco walk in. She smiled looking at him.

Marco walked over and sat next to Anne. "Hey I have been thinking over the night. About what happen?"

Anne blushed thinking of Marco, how nice it been. "Yes." She was worried he didn't want to see her.

"Well I was wondering if you wanted to go out on a date. Maybe even be my girl."

Anne smiled at him "I would like that Marco."

Marco smiled and leaned forward kissing her.

A/N: Well hope you all like the chapter I will try to have an update soon. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. So you all know before the voting started I had planed to make Anne first boyfriend to be Marco. The voting is for who she will be with in the end. I hope you enjoyed the chapter please tell me what you think. Also a thank you to TheBlackSeaReaper for beat reading this.

Alright now so you know these were the results….

No one:1

Basil1

Sabo 1

Kidd 1

Mihawk 2

Shanks 5

Zoro 5

Luffy 5

Marco 20

Law 25

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