She took a walk
And kept her head to the ground.
And everything around her
It was tumbling down.
The veil she hid behind was
Not as safe and sound as she thought,
She thought…
You were there when she started to drown.
~Light we burn- Nine lashes
"OI FRANKY!" The Strawhat crew minus the captain and his first mate approached the Thousand Sunny. Franky he greeted them, though he seemed to lack his usual energy, which didn't go unnoticed by his crew.
"Franky, what's wrong?"franky lifted his glasses so that they rested on his blue hair to reveal bloodshot eyes, red from what appeared to have been the aftermath of one of franky's emotional outbursts...
Chopper put the chest he was carrying down and reverted back to his usual form.
"Franky?"
The cyborg sniffled.
"It's just"Tears flooded out of his eyes as he recalled the memory. He explained to his crew that he had been talking to asked her about her dreams and he went on to tell the group her response.
Flashback
And her answer made the emotional cyborg shed tears, for her answer broke his heart.
"Dream?"She paused "I don't have something like that"
Her almost dismissal of even having a dream is what hurt Franky the most, as if a dream was something she didn't need, a possession she would have to just make due without. What sort of life was she living if she didn't have a dream?
With that Eve turned and walked off the ship, standing a little away from the boat and looked blankly out to sea as if she had sensed that he would cry, or maybe she herself wanted to cry…
End of flashback
The Strawhats went solemn, even Sanji didn't say anything.
"s-she really said that?"Chopper nodded
"That girl…She doesn't know what she's living for… and that is a very dangerous way of thinking, and an easy way to die"
Robin felt she could sympathise with Eve, Until luffy and her crew had come for her, she had been prepared to die, but even she had a dream.
"Where is eve now?"
Franky turned to Usopp
"I told you she went off the ship and is over there."
Turning in the direction that he pointed, it was then that they noticed that eve was now with the same girl that Eve had tried to return her apples to, and she was with a tall muscular blonde.
"HOW DARE YOU TRY AND HURT MY SISTER BITCH!"
Sanji frowned and Usopp felt himself shake in fear.
"O-oi whats going on?"
Eve attempted to speak
"I-"
"nii-chan s-stop she'll-" the apple girl was not defending her, there was the fear of retribution from the evil redhead.
The man didn't stop and soon gained the attention of those not in the tavern. He continued to berate her, and insult her, with eve just taking it.
Flames burned in Sanji's eyes.
"TEME! THAT AIN'T HOW YOU TALK TO A LADY!"
Sanji was about to intervene when the man picked her up with one hand by her hair; her dark glasses clattering to the ground. Eve panicked as she realised that she was hovering above the sea.
Luffy finished off the last of the patrons that had tried to retaliate at the bar. Grinning he turned to zoro who had dumped a patron onto the ground
"oi zoro lets-"
A scream vibrated around them, and they rushed out following the sound, the pair having a bad feeling about what lay ahead of them.
As they reached the docks, they found a large muscular blonde holding Eve by her hair, and laughing as she struggled...
"And look at your hair! IT'S DISGUSTING!" He tugged at her hair harder causing eve to cry out.
Zoro and sanji stepped forward at the same time…
"Oi teme"Sanji began only for Zoro to interrupt.
"Let he-"Zoro and sanji paused when a tear fell from eves.
"I-"Her voice was louder than her usual quiet voice
"I know."Her shoulder shook as more sadness dripped from her eyes...
"I know. Everything, everything you said is true. And-and"She lifted her head to face the blonde tears, dripping across her cheeks as she screamed in her pain.
"I HATE MY HAIR TOO! I-I KNOW, IT'S ALL I'VE EVER KNOWN! YOU-YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME!" She sobbed again.
"BUT WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT? Demo"Her voice quietened down
"Demo, Demo"Her sobs echoed in the village, the first time that the Strawhat's believed she had broken down before, due to the surprised looks on the villagers faces.
"Don't you think you should let the lady go now?" All attention turned to Sanji who stood with the rest of the straw hats behind him.
Realising that he was out numbered he grunted, before throwing her to the ground and leaving with his sister trailing behind him.
Eve sat up and was approached by a frantic Sanji
"EVE-TAN! ARE YOU OKAY?!"He was scanning her for any visible injuries. Eve shook her head as she stood up
"No i-im fine t-thank y-you S-anji-kun"
Sanji fainted from blood loss much to Choppers horror.
Luffy was strangely quiet as Eves cries echoed around in his mind.
"Eve"The redhead who had been reassuring Franky that what had happened wasn't his fault turned to luffy.
"H-hai?"He walked towards her and raised his hand, thinking that maybe she was going to be hit she tensed and closed her eyes, only to feel his warm hand on her hair, Startled by this she looked up to see the dark haired captain smiling at her
"I like you hair Eve, it's like Shank's "When Luffy spoke of this Shanks, Eve noticed that his eyes lit up, and almost a look of nostalgia surrounded him, yet the moment was broken by Nami, whacking her captain across the head.
"OI NAMI WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"
"URUSAI! LUFFY THAT ISN'T HOW YOU COMPLIMENT A GIRL!BAKA!"
Luffy frowned
"Huh?"Nami face palmed
"You're supposed to say it's beautiful, not that it reminds you of some pirate!"
Luffy huffed in annoyance
"Shanks ain't just some pirate!"
This argument continued between the pair as the straw hats headed towards the boat. Zoro turned though, to see Eve had not moved and had seemed to have zoned out as she turned to the horizon. The wind almost seemed to pick that moment to attack the trees, with the leaves blowing around, red hair fluttered too in the sky, and for some reason Zoro felt himself panic. It was a ridiculously idea to him, but at that moment he felt that Eve herself would have left him then. Along with the wind she would have flown away, and he wouldn't have been able to stop her…
"OI"Eve turned to him, his deep voice snapping her out of her daze
"Ya coming?" He smirked at how her face once again reddened. She nodded and walked towards, Zoro made sure to walk by her side, maybe to reassure himself that Eve wasn't going anywhere, where he or his crew couldn't follow…
As the ship left the harbour, Eve had been in a world of her own, as she stared at the shrinking island.
"Red-san?"Eve turned to the dark haired woman.
"Ah! R-obin… I-s there something y-you need?" Eve had reason to feel cautious, the dark haired woman was smiling at her, almost if she was like a timid animal, plus. The archaeologist seemed to want something…
"Yes, in fact I would like to ask you a few questions" Upon seeing the fear on Eve's face, Robin chuckled
"It's nothing terrible, I assure you, there isn't anything to be afraid of" Robin reassured the young girl with a motherly smile on her face, and Eve felt her chest ache a little at this…
"W-well o-okay a-ask a-away"Robin eyes lit up
"Could you tell me about your ancestors? I assume that you come from a long line of witches! Was your father a magical being too?"
Eve felt her heart sink…
Zoro, who whilst relaxing had been keeping an eye on the pair of girls, noticed immediately the change in Eve, as did the other straw hats, who had been interested in what robin was talking cheerfully about.
They all watched as Eve bowed her head,
"Gomenasai Robin, I can't answer your questions"
"Why?"Usopp chirped in "Is it some kind of secret?" He gasped "Are all the witches in some sort of religious cult?"
"CULT! "Chopper cried shaking and looked at Eve Sadly "You don't do sacrifices do you?"
"SACRIFICES?"Luffy licked his lips "IS THERE MEAT TOO?"
"BAKA y-"
"I don't know" All attention turned to eve "I don't know a-about a-anything y-you see…"
She paused… hesitate on telling her new friends about her predicament.
"What? Spit it out already" Zoro narrowed his eyes, not liking about she didn't seem to want to tell them about it, Did she not trust them? He looked at the ero-cook and then could understand about her hesitation. Sanji was pretty shady looking after all.
"OI MARIMO, THAT AIN'T THE WAY TO TALK TO EVE-TAN!"
"HUH? WHAT DID YOU SAY ERO-COOK!"
They continued to fight and it was only when Eve began to speak again did they stop much to Nami's amazement
"I… lost m-my memory" (A.N. I know the whole amnesia thing has been used a lot, but trust me it will work!)