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See the line where the sky meets the sea
It calls me
And no one knows, how far it goes
If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me
One day I'll know
How far I'll go

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000.|     ARIELLE, LUFFY AND KOBY WERE SAILING THE SEAS ON THEIR NEW BOAT (WELL MORE LIKE STOLEN), FROM THE PORTLY WOMAN WITH A NASTY ATTITUDE AND SUPERIORITY COMPLEX CAPTAIN ALVIDA, FREE FROM HER VERBOSITY OF HER REIGN AND WERE NOW SAILING ON THE CLEAR VIEW OF THE OCEAN AS THE SUNRISE STARTED TO LIGHT UP THE SKY, SHOWING THE START OF A NEW DAY AND A NEW BEGINNING.

Little did she know, the start of this new journey would bring a lot more trouble as it would bring a lot more good to their ship and their names as pirates.

☾𓇼࿐𑁍ᨒ༄🐚༄ ᨒ𑁍࿐𓇼☽

Koby was laughing with Arielle and Luffy as he could jovially enjoy his freedom from her crew as he rowed the boat out in the ocean. "That look on Alvida's face. I've never seen anyone stand up to her before", the boy with pink hair could only speak excitedly as he looked to the boy with the straw hat as and the girl with the red hair as she was sitting in front him.

Arielle chuckled softly as she smiled pridefully at her successful escape along with Koby, "Well, someone needed to and had to eventually do it, so it had to be all of us", the girl with red hair smiled pridefully.

Luffy couldn't help but mimic Arielle's smile as he agreed with her, "Shouldn't have messed with the both of you", he nodded his head as he continued sailing the ocean.

"How did you stretch like that?", Koby asked Luffy curiously about his abilities.

A mischievous grin stretched his lips, "It's king of a long story", he put his attention onto Arielle.

The girl with red hair chuckled softly as she knew he wanted her to tell the story, so she took her chance, "Well it started after Luffy cut his face", she started this story, this Luffy and Koby had their full attention on her once again.

☾𓇼࿐𑁍ᨒ༄🐚༄ ᨒ𑁍࿐𓇼☽

Arielle sat on her father's lap as she watched how he was stitching Luffy's face, after making the crazy decision to cut himself to prove his toughness to join his crew.

Meanwhile, her mother Ophelia, had grabbed clean water from a bucket with a clean cloth so when her husband was finished with the stitches, she could clean it properly.

"Luffy, what you did was very dangerous and very stupid, you scared me", Arielle scolded her best friend as she pouted at him.

"I'm sorry Arielle", Luffy apologized softly and showed true sincerity as he looked at her, "I just wanted to show I was tough"

Shanks scanned the cut on his face properly as he finished stitching up the wound, "She is right, you scared her and all of us. You're lucky you didn't get your eye", the pirate with the red hair that matched his daughters speculated with relief.

"I was aiming for it, but I missed", Luffy admitted, feeling regret for his actions as he upset his best friend while Shanks tightened the stitches around the big cut underneath Luffy's eyes. "Ow", he winced softly.

"Don't worry Luffy, it's almost done and then I have to clean it okay", Ophelia reassured the boy, grabbing some alcohol for the stitched cut so it wouldn't get infected later on.

"I thought you said you were tough", Shanks challenged him softly, this made Arielle frown.

"I am", Luffy countered him.

Davina chuckled as she walked forward, "Well, someone tough would not unintentionally hurt themselves to prove a point, moron", she poked fun at the boy the same age as her youngest sister, as she started to carve patterns into her bow with a knife.

"Hey!", Luffy scowled angrily at the eldest daughter of Shanks and Ophelia, while in the background the twins were training in their combat while Celine was sipping on a jug of water listening to their conversation.

Ophelia was silent as she sat next to him, "Luffy, being tough doesn't always mean enduring pain and making yourself look strong on the surface, it means strength from within and how you use that strength too", the woman with dark hair and sunkissed dark skin bent down to Luffy's level to speak to him, pouring some alcohol on the clean cloth and gently dipping it onto his stitched wound done delicately by Shanks.

"My love is right Luffy, a man is tough for what he protects that he holds within his heart, the scars that he earns on his journey as well as the treasure he seeks", he spoke, as he playfully copied a line from a story his wife told their children one night for a bedtime story, making his wife chuckle softly.

Luffy stayed silent for a moment before he looked at the man that he admired greatly, "I've been practicing what my face looks like on my wanted poster", the boy mustered the scariest face he could, proving his scary appearance but the effort made Arielle laugh lightly.

"Luffy, you look really silly", she playfully and innocently poked at her best friend who pouted in return.

Ophelia continued cleaning the area of his scar with tissue and alcohol making the boy wince lightly, "I don't doubt that face will be somewhere on paper one day Luffy, but you must let the time come and you don't always get to decide what your face looks like on the wanted poster", the woman spoke to him softly as she finished cleaning the wound. "And all done", she enthusiastically told Luffy and put down the cloth.

"Thank you Shanks and Ophelia, for helping with my face", Luffy looked at the man first and then the woman who helped heal his face, he always admired Ophelia for not only her beauty and her beautiful voice when she sang (that also passed along to her youngest daughter), but how she was like a princess in real life with how elegant, graceful, kind, generous and cheerful she was.

"It's no problem Luffy, just don't do anything like that again, okay?", Ophelia knelt next to him, a kind smile gracing her features as her hand gently ruffled his hair.

"I'm happy to help and my wife is right, the day will come when you get your face on a wanted poster and the day you will become a pirate. But you are not ready. My ship already has an anchor", Shanks brought his honesty to Luffy as gently as he could.

The child who was the same age as his youngest daughter looked at him in confusion, "I'm not an anchor"

Shanks extended his finger to Luffy's shirt that had written "ANCHOR" in blue where blood from his cut lightly soaked the neckline and then he brought his hand up, playfully and lightly tapping his chin from underneath while chuckling softly at his little prank.

"Stupid Shanks", Luffy sighed, feeling a bit hurt and sad from the little trick before walking away.

Arielle frowned as she got off her dad's lap and walked alongside him, "that was a bit mean papa", she looked up at her father who had the same red hair as her.

"It was a little joke but maybe I did take it too far, but he's got to make peace with the fact that he's not coming with us on the ship", Shanks replied to his daughter, asking politely for Makino to pour him a glass of beer and a glass of juice for Arielle as he saved her a seat next to him.

"Yes, and I'm not gonna see you or him again until I learn how to sail on my own", the little girl with red hair looked down, feeling sad and heartbroken that her father was going to leave her and her sisters for a very long time after this trip and the one back to their home island but tried to put on a brave face as the youngest so the others wouldn't treat her like a baby.

Shanks could feel his heart shatter, he wanted to achieve his dreams of finding the One Piece treasure, but leaving his beloved wife and his beautiful daughters made him ache inside. He loved them more than any treasure in the world, he would give them the sun, the moon and the stars and he didn't care how long it would take to do that for them.

"Arielle", his voice was softer and gentler this time as he lowered himself to Arielle's level, "I promise I'm going to come back and while I'm gone, I will write you and your sisters and your mother letters about our travels and when I am back, I will tell you stories and you can sing me the new songs and to them too dance and tell me the new stories that you've learnt, okay?", he tried his hardest to reassure her, his bigger hand taking in her own tiny hands.

"You promise?", she looked at him, her oceanic blue eyes looking into his own dark brown eyes. "Of course, I promise my little princess", he answered her, his bigger hand gently cupping her tiny face as he looked at her smile that he loved seeing, the smile that could melt even the toughest man's heart.

"Good, now eat and drink up, we've had a long boat ride and we all deserve a break", Shanks announced as he chuckled softly, watching as his daughters were coming in to join him and his crew for a drink and some food after their long boat ride to Windmill Village.

As the daughters of the Captain and The First Lady/Songstress of the Red Hair Pirates gathered around the table to eat their food. Azara and Seraphina both helped guide their younger blind sister as they chose a table to sit by while Davina set her sword down and sat down as well while their mother joined them at the table. Arielle sat with her father, enjoying the time they had together while she sipped on her juice.

A member of Shanks crew handed him a bottle of liquor to the man with red hair and the straw hat, "here you go, Captain" and unbothered all the crew members and the family members of the Captain sat down in peace, laughing while they enjoyed a drink and their food together.

Suddenly a scruffy looking man appeared with his lackeys, Arielle's little face scrunched at his appearance and something in him that made her uneasy; taking notice of this Shanks gently put his hand on her back and rubbed it reassuringly. "It's okay Arielle, I'll make sure he won't hurt anyone", he whispered to her, trying to ease his daughters worries as she could sense when a person was no good and most of the time, she was right.

"Bring us your best whiskey", he turned his head to Makino who was cleaning a table. Celine even if she was blind, had an uneasy feeling as well just like her younger sister. She was completely still and was now silent as she awaited for what could happen next but wouldn't act unless it was needed.

Makino's face froze as she faced the man as she walked past them as fast she could in panic, "I'm afraid we're out", she answered the men who arrived at the tavern.

As the leader of the group at on the opposite side of her father, Arielle felt the uneasiness get the best of her as she got off of her seat and started to run quickly to the table where her mother and sisters were sitting.

"That would be our fault, friend. We've, uh, been doing some celebrating. We've drunk the place dry, but", Shanks attempted to make amends with the man, hopefully trying to ease any tension and showing his daughters that as long as he was around they had nothing to be afraid of; as he went out and grabbed a bottle of his own whiskey and handed it towards the man.

Arielle watched on the sidelines as she stood close to her mother, who she felt the safest with at the moment as the older woman held her shoulders in reassurance.

The man took the bottle of whiskey and studied it for a moment grumbling to himself. "What can we do with one bottle?", he asked Shanks, his brow quirking.

"Generally, you drink it", Shanks answered him sarcastically, but the man in front of him chuckled cruelly before he smashed the bottle carelessly onto the counter of the bar.

The sound of the glass bottle breaking caused the crew of the Red Hair Pirates to stay on alert, while Ophelia slipped her hands into the belt of her dress to take out her hand gun or sword to defend her daughters if need be while she used the other hand to shield her daughters. Arielle gasped as she witnessed this, feeling anger bubbling inside of her.

The glass smashing and the man grumbling, Davina bit her tongue to not spout any harsh words as her parents warned her it would get her into trouble one day but she didn't care, the oldest daughter hated it when someone hurt or mocked her family and the twins were angry as well but they knew they couldn't fight against him with their skills and she.

"Now there's glass everywhere. Makino, got a mop?", Shanks asked the head waitress of the tavern politely, she hummed politely in response and walked away to go and fetch it before handing it to the Captain of the Red Hair Pirates.

The man took it with little to no hesitation and started to mop the grounds, Arielle feeling guilty for only watching on the sidelines, slipped past her mother and went to go and help her father clean up the mess the other man made.

"Thank you my little sea star for helping, that's very nice of you. Although just be careful not to cut yourself", Shanks smiled sweetly to his youngest daughter who helped pick up the bigger pieces of glass while he started to sweep the smaller shards.

"You're welcome Papa", she smiled kindly, helping her father pick up the pieces before she looked up at the man who was staring down at her and Shanks with a mocking gaze and suddenly he took this chance to move his arm across the counter and drag more dishes to the floor, letting them fall to the floor and shatter. Arielle's eyes widened at this man's cruelty, a cheap trick but it was still very unkind but she didn't say anything as she picked up the bigger shards of the broken crockery.

Shanks turned his head, seeing the man lean close to him with a taunting smile cross his bearded features. "Since you like cleaning so much.", he walked away with his lackeys, "Come on, men. Let's find a real bar", he announced to the loyal lackeys that followed him.

As soon as they were gone, light hearted laughter erupted from the pirates of Shanks and Ophelia's crew. Ophelia let out a sigh of relief as she walked up to grab a mop as well, feeling happy that it didn't end in bloodshed.

Arielle felt angry, she didn't know how these men could take such mockery so lightly. She didn't know how her father could just stand there and take treatment from men like that even if he was stronger and more powerful than them.

"He got you good, huh, Captain?", one of the crew members asked.

"You got a mop?", another asked and more laughter came out as Davina, Azara, Seraphina and Celine felt relieved as well, knowing their father wouldn't take it seriously if the man didn't escalate any further violence.

She put the broken glass shards in a bucket that would be discarded and her soft blue eyes turned cold as she stared angrily at her father. "Why did you just take that Papa? He's a bully you can stand up to him right?", she asked her father, feeling the anger boiling up in her heart.

"There are sometimes fights you don't have to be a part of Arielle, you must always know when to pick your battles", he turned to his daughter, trying his best to calm down her anger.

"She is right! Why are you laughing?", Luffy shouted to the men, dumbfounded and angry that they could make their mockery their own laughing stock. "How could you let him insult you like that?", he felt the anger boiling and rising within alongside Arielle, who had to watch her own father just stand there and take the mockery and insults.

"All he did was spill a drink on me", he answered calmly, knowing it wasn't too big of a deal as Arielle and Luffy were making it out to be, despite understanding their anger.

"But you should've fought back! Why didn't you kick his ass?", Luffy countered, feeling himself become disappointed in the Captain and the pirate crew he looked up to take this situation so lightly.

"He is right! That big fat ugly bastard was no man! He was a bully! You know how to put bullies in their places don't you papa! Why didn't you do it now?", Arielle's voice raised as she asked her father, this put her sisters and her own mother in shock as Arielle was never a child to raise her voice as often but often did it when she really felt angry.

"Luffy, not everything can be solved with violence. A man needs to be strong, but he also needs to be good and Arielle, you need to use your strength to defend yourself and others when the time really comes, you must not waste your energy on small fry like him unless it's truly needed"

"You're not a real man. You're nothing but a coward", Luffy spat at Shanks as stomped his way towards him.

"You see? I told you, you weren't ready", Shanks finished cleaning the floor and turned his attention to the boy who was angry with him, but all he got in return was Luffy who gave him the cold shoulder and wanted to walk away but the red haired pirate attempted to stop him as he grabbed his wrist and wanted to talk to him, to speak to him respectfully about his decision however things took a different turn as Luffy's arm started to stretch abnormally.

Arielle's mouth widened in shock while Shanks was stunned into silence, "Um Luffy, what is your arm doing?", with her question, the young boy saw how his arm was stretching and the horror and confusion in his features was evident.

Shanks let go of his hand and suddenly his arm sprung back to him, Arielle gasped as she ran towards her best friend who was stumbling down on the stairs. "Luffy", Shanks called his name out in concern while he followed in suit with his daughter and his wife and older daughters came as well to check on the boy.

"Luffy, are you okay?", Arielle asked him, gently pulling and helping him stand up to make sure he wasn't hurt or injured in anyway.

"What havr you done?", Shanks whispered to himself, knowing well the boy must've eaten the Devil Fruit he had brought into his treasure to Wind Mill Village, now he would never be able to swim with Arielle again.

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☾𓇼࿐𑁍ᨒ༄🐚༄ ᨒ𑁍࿐𓇼☽

Davina (12)

Azara and Seraphina (11)

Celine (10)

Arielle (8)

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(𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫...)

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