-𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃..- 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 #𝟖-

'..powers, huh?' I pondered as I lay on my hammock. Lifting my hand to the air, towards the roof. I looked at it, my eyes scanning every corner of it. "..wait..what if I.."I muttered a thought out loud. Turning my palm to face me, I stared at the center of it and thought of a feather. '..Not too many details, just a simple white feather with.. ah! Maybe fading f/c ends!'I thought once more, I felt my energy seep out of me, and a slightly dim light shone out of the palm of my hand, making me jolt up to a sitting position. The light blue gleam slowly dissolved, and a feather popped up and fell to my lap. It was exactly like how I imagined it, not too thick, as if it were a seagull feather, and the ends faded to a f/c color. 'I-it worked! Cool!' I said as I smiled, the thought of showing it to Luffy and the others made me excited. 

The energy that had been released out of me had taken a toll on me, as I felt my eyes begin to slowly close, fatigue taking over me. I slowly lied my head down and closed my eyes, my consciousness fading away as I fell asleep.

✧━𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝙳𝚊𝚢━✧

 When I woke up, I quickly hopped out of my hammock and made my way towards the door. 'I can't wait to show Luffy what I learned—!?' My thoughts were interrupted as I ran into someone. The impact hurt, and was enough to make me fall over, but I didn't mind it. I was more worried on who I hit.

"Oww! Hey Y/n why'd you do that?" A familiar voice asked in a whiny voice. "Oh! I'm sorry Luffy, I was looking for you but I didn't pay attention. Are you okay?" I asked, concern lacing my voice as I extended a hand over for him to grab. "I'm okay, I was just wondering why you were walking around without paying attention." He said, smiling as he closed his eyes. "Anyways—" 

"Why were you looking for me though?" He interrupted me. His round, coal eyes gleaming in curiosity. "Well, I was looking for you to show you something I learned to do yesterday. Look." I said as I lifted my hand in front of him. Then, I closed my eyes and focused my mind on a red leaf. My hand glowed, and my energy slowly escaped my body. The light shone again, and I opened my eyes to find the leaf, just how I had imagined it, on the floor. I bent down and picked it up, showing it to Luffy. "See? I can create things I imagine. That's cool right?" I asked, smiling as I looked at him. His eyes shone like stars, and he smiled a very excited smile. "That's so cool! Do you think you can create other things too?" He asked, his excitement unceasing. 

'..I haven't really thought about that.. Maybe I can?' I thought as I looked at my hand. I stared at it hard, and began imagining a butterfly. My hand lit up once more, and, with one last bright shine, a butterfly appeared. 

However, there was something wrong with it. It was too.. still. Almost as if it wasn't alive.

"Eh? What's wrong with it?" Luffy asked, confusion clear on his face. 

"I think it's dead, luffy. I'm not surprised though, I haven't practiced making living beings yet." I said, explaining to him in the simplest way I could so that he would understand. "Oh, okay. I'm sure you'll nail it though. Shishsishi!" He giggled, encouraging me. I smiled in response, his positivity made me think positively. "Yeah, I'll get it at some point." I said, my smile never fading.

✧━𝙰 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛━✧

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'What the hell.' I thought, my face blank in emotion as I started at all the things I had created on the grassy floor. All dead. 'Haha.. Sorry Luffy, I can't do this.' I thought, sadness bubbling inside me as I thought of how sad he might look if I told him I couldn't do it. The thought of his eyes growing a sense of disappointment and sadness, the thought of him avoiding me or not wanting to talk to me was too much. The shade of the tree I was under protected me from the setting sun. Without much thought, I decided to try once more. My hands shaking from how much I used them, sweat coating the sides of my head,  and my eyes growing so tired to the point of closing automatically. My hand glowed again, and I pushed through in an attempt to get a living butterfly this time. 

It was dead, yet again. 

Suddenly, a painful headache hit me all at once and my consciousness faded in and out. I moved my head and leaned it against the tree. 

 I turned my head and saw Luffy running to meet me. I quickly sat up and hid the butterflies I had made. 

"Y/N! Guess what?! Shanks is back! I saw his ship from afar! " He said, excitement running through his voice. I instantly smiled at the thought of meeting Shanks again, because it also meant Uta had come back. "Really? Then what are we waiting for? Let's go meet them!" I said, quickly getting up. My legs wobbled, both because of my energy and because I had been sitting for too long, but I ignored it. "Hey, are you okay Y/n? You look tired.." Luffy said, his ebony eyes looking in mine as he waited. "Oh, I'm fine, don't worry about it." I responded. The last thing I wanted was for him to be worried about me. "Luffy, my legs kind of hurt, so you can go ahead. I'll catch up with you." I said to him, and he complied.

"Welcome back you guys! How was the trip?" I asked Shank's men, but they continued on, not sparing me a single glance. I stopped for a second and looked back at them. From the atmosphere I could gather, I could tell something bad had happened. I turned my head back around and continued, hoping to get an answer from Shanks or Uta. 

In front of me, Luffy was with Shanks, Shanks' expression was dark and saddened. It looked like he had been crying. I was about to approach them when I heard his next words.

[𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜'𝚜 𝙿.𝙾.𝚅]

"It's nothing to worry about, Luffy. Uta left to become a singer, that's all." I said to Luffy. 

"..what?" A quiet, familiar voice asked ahead. Her voice, soft but quivering, said in a shocked tone. When I looked up, Y/n stared at me. Her eyes looked tired, and her legs were shaking. I felt a pang in my chest as my gaze met hers. After all she had been through, I knew that she had become close to Uta and Luffy, aside from me and Makino. She suddenly turned around and ran. And I could hear small sniffles as she moved away. 

[𝚈/𝚗'𝚜 𝙿.𝙾.𝚅]

'What does he mean 'Uta left'? She promised she would come back' I thought as a knot in my throat grew and the corner of my eyes burned, beginning to become blurry. It became hard to speak as hot tears poured from my eyes. I moved my legs until I could barely feel them. And before I realized, I was already far from where Shanks and the others were. 

The sun was close to dissapearing, but it continued to shine my way, refusing to leave me in the dark. 

I sat down near a tree. Calming myself down and thinking. Uta had promised, there was no way she would break her promise right? Maybe something happened. Tears slowly blurred my vision and rolled down my face once more. A void taking over me as I closed my eyes. 

'I really need a friend.. I wish I could create one right now.. '

【】━【】↝𝚃𝚘 𝙱𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍↜【】━【】

𝙰/𝙽: 𝙷𝚒 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜! 𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔. 𝙸 𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚖𝚎. 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 '𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙼𝙲𝙰𝚂' 𝚘𝚛 '𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠, 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔' 𝚜𝚘 𝙸 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜, 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 11:39𝚙𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠. 𝚂𝚘 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠.

𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢/𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚗/𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚢𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚢!! 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 

𝙰/𝙽: 𝙿.𝚂, 𝚈/𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎𝚜. 

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