Hello again! Well, I must apologize for being on hiatus for so long. No, Luffy won't be introduced in this chapter, but the other sister is. Guess the inspiration for the name, and to the magnificent animator who made the series of where the name came from, RIP. Enjoy.

We find little Garrett eating the corpse that was the remains of the bear that he slaughtered. He ate the entire damn thing, and I was a little hungry too... Little Garrett has been through quite a bit wouldn't you say? He still has his left arm snapped practically in half, but it seems to be frozen solid by... Huh? Who's this? A little girl? The girl happens to be about Garret's age. Let's see what they speak of.

Garrett POV

Never saying anything that cheezy again. Damn, my arm's shattered to pieces, I need a doctor fast. Wait, who's that? A girl with fox ears? She seems to be heading towards me. Why is it so damn cold? Earlier it was just 40 degrees (assuming One Piece's origin taking place, I will use Celcius as the temperature measurement.)

"Who are you? Answer me!"

"Worry not, I was just coming home."

Home? She calls this shack home eh? Well, better than the bandit hideout.

"Glad you have taken a liking to that sword. I couldn't carry it even if I wanted to."

Is this girl serious? Why would she have the sword then? Was it always stuck here?

"Names Winter by the way, future yonko."

"Garrett. Son of Roger."

"THE Roger? You hardly look the part. Your arms about to fall loose by the way."

I was reminded of the pain on my left arm. Wouldn't be surprised if some of the bones left my skin, but I decided to play it off.

"It's fine. It'll be better the next day."

Winter rolled her eyes.

"Here. Let me handle this."

Winter literally snapped my hand back into position, and put any bones on the ground back into place. At this point, I didn't feel anything. There was little action between the nerves and my bones. Surprisingly, she got luck in putting my bones back like a puzzle piece. She froze the area over as well. The ice surprisingly felt... warm. Quite ironic isn't it?

"I ate the Fox Fox Fruit: Model Winter Fox. One of the devil fruits."

"Devil fruits? Aren't they a myth?"

"No. These fruits do exist. The only reason most people consider them a myth is because they're on the Grand Line."

"Ok. What exactly do they do besides grant you powers?"

"In a nutshell. Paramecia only changes your body, Logia changes you to become an element, and Zoan changes you into an animal."

"Ok, you said that yours is a Zoan, is there any more categories?"

"Well, mine is a hybrid Zoan. A combination of Logia and Mythical Zoan. I am ice, but I'm also a fox.

The conversation continued on, and with her help I managed to start a fire. I learned alot, I really did. About the weaknesses of devil fruits and how to counter them with this thing called Haki. She decided not to eat since the bear meat was poisonous, something happened in my body called a mutation. The poison became a part of my bloodstream, and I can make the poison stronger by eating more toxic plants. I can also use some of my blood on the sword and make it poisonous as well. Funny, the thing that was supposed to kill me made me stronger.

"Winter, I'm just wondering."

"Yes?"

"Why do you want to be one of the Four Emporers? Pirates are bad aren't they? At least, that's what Grandpa Garp told me."

Winter looked at me with shocked eyes, clearly I said something she wasn't comfortable with discussing. She decided to tell anyways.

"I was part of a noble family called the Schnees. We produced gunpowder for Marines, and sold slaves. Some of the slaves were pirates, and I was thinking the exact same thing you just said. I thought that Pirates were bad people, and needed to be reprimanded for their crimes. Then one day, the slaves broke free. They killed my parents, my brothers and my sisters. Finally they were going to kill me, but first they decided to have their 'fun' with me first."

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw one tear dripping out. It's odd, one minute she acts all tough and sarcistic. The other she's crying.

"I was scared. These were the men I wouldn't forget as they would sell me after they were done. I finally realized what it meant to be a noble. To have your life planned out for you, not being able to enjoy freedom for one moment, to have a script that you follow your entire life. To never be able to follow the seas, and to die and have your children expirience the same DAMN LIFE all over again!"

She gripped her hand tight on a branch, freezing it. The branch shattered under the weight. She then did something I didn't expect for her to do. Winter pulled out a knife out of her pocket. The knife turned into a dark blackish color, and she stabbed her hand, drawing blood.

"Winter, what are you...!"

"By the brand of blade and blood; I, Winter D. Miracle, nee Schnee, swear upon my life to kill any and all Nobles, Marines, and individuals who proclaim their loyalty to the World Government. Never again shall I stand blinded by the media's lies, no longer shall I execute someone because of their name, no longer shall I lay in bounds of the Givernment's shelter. I. Am. Free."

She removed the knife from her hand. There was still blood on it, but it wasn't like my blood. Just pure red.

"That's the Blade Blood Oath. It's an oath you take that can never be broken. It's a sacred oath passed on to Marines and pirates alike by generations, until it was forgotten and only practiced by the old."

"I'm just wondering now. Who saved you?"

Winter smiled. There were tears in her eyes when I said that. The tears froze due to her power, that was what I thought at least. I took another bit out of the bear meat.

"His name was Whitebeard. He managed to save me just in time before I was raped."

Flashback

"Hey look! This girly's the oldest of 'em. Let's have some fun with her eh?"

"What have I done to you? Why are you doing this?"

"What have you done? Well, you traded us all across the seas while we suffered for it. Now it's our turn."

"Wait! No! Stop!"

"Cover her mouth before she screams!"

They bind her mouth with some rope and start to rip off her dress. When suddenly...

BOOM!

"What was that?"

"Not a what, but a 'who' you should watch out for."

"Wait... Is that?"

"W-w-w... WHITEBEARD!"

"This land is now under MY protection!"

Winter stared in awe as the giant man slaughtered every man in the area. Later, the rest of the Whitebeard pirates came in and cleared house. One of them, decided to untie her.

"Thanks. I really needed that."

"Girl, you should know better than to just run around at night."

"No, it's fine. I brought it upon myself anyways. It's all due to the slave trade that my family holds. Matters not, I am not willing to try it again."

"What's your name girl?"

"Winter sir. Winter D. Schnee."

"How about I change your name to Miracle? Assuming the Schnee family's current status, you might've already been revoked from Mariejois."

The man rolled his eyes, the he held out a fruit. The fruit was almost white in appearance, with light blue tinted all over. Winter couldn't believe her eyes when she saw it.

"A devil fruit."

"Eat this, you'll need the power."

"Thank you... Uh..."

"It's Thatch."

"Thank you, Thatch."

Flashback end