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Devil Fruit Sisters Chapter 1: The Horrors Of Piracy |
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((This is my new One Piece fanfiction, It's ALOT better than my old one. Enjoy! And umm tell me if you like it, so I can post the second chapter up here. xP))
Cries of pain echoed across the town set ablaze, the night sky glowing red from bloodshed. The normally peaceful village of Pyxis was now in chaos, the cause of it; Pirates. Many lay dead in the streets, others hiding, though in truth it was futile. The sinister pirates ran amuck around the town, killing all they saw, taking everything valuable they could get their grubby hands on. It was not long before the only sound you could hear was the crackling of the fire and the moans of those dying.
And with that, we come to the only two survivors, stowing away on a ship in the port. They are the two sisters Betwix and Artex, and both of them are only eight years old. They sat together in the hull, frightened, cold and hungry. A cry could be heard from one of the girls.
“Shh Artex, if you keep crying so loudly they’ll find us,” Betwix whispered to her sister, “You have to be brave.”
“I know…” whispered Artex, “But I’m scared…” She sobbed, holding her head in her hands, “I wanna go home…”
Betwix frowned, knowing they had no home now to go too. She could only hope the pirates didn’t find them on this ship. Wrapping an arm around Artex, she closed her eyes wanting the horror to go away. It was a matter of minutes and the two were asleep, cuddled together for comfort.
Though they weren’t awake to realize it; overnight the pirates had boarded the ship they were hiding on and set sail.
The sounds of men woke up Betwix; she opened her eyes slowly, trying to remember where she was. The warmth from Artex was hot on her side, calling her back to sleep’s embrace. Close to nodding off again, Betwix laid her head back against the wall.
Though the heavy fall of footsteps stopped her from doing so, the voices were coming from near the door to the hull. ‘Oh no, they’re going to find us!’ Betwix thought in a panic.
“Artex! Psst, Artex! Wake up, we have to hide.” She urged, shaking her sister’s shoulder.
“Not right now…” Artex frowned, shrugging her off and tossing on her side, “Trying to sleep here…”
“You won’t be for long once the pirates—,” Betwix was caught off as the door to the hull opened and three hideous pirates made their way down the stairs.
“Well, Well, lookie what we have here,” Said the biggest of the pirates, as he caught Artex and Betwix under his gaze.
“Stow-a-ways?” Asked the lankiest pirate, as he walked up and stood over the two sisters.
“Must be kids of the villagers from last night,” Said the biggest pirate.
“Well what do we do with ‘em?”
The pirate that hadn’t spoken yet reached down and grabbed the two, yanking them to their feet. He roughly shoved Artex into the larger pirate’s arms and picked up Betwix by the waist.
He smirked and nodded to the door, “Why we show the Captain our finds of course.”
The other two nodded evilly in agreement, and started making their way up to the deck. Artex was kicking and screaming the whole way up, while poor Betwix merely hung there in the man’s arm, an expression of shock smacked across her face.
The sun was high overhead, and the sudden exposure to light stopped the squabble that Artex was making. Both Artex and Betwix shielded their eyes, squinting until their eyes adjusted to the shining rays.
Cries of exclamation, cheering, sneering and chuckling were heard from all around. Apparently, finding small children aboard a pirate ship is humorous. At least to them anyway…
Sadly, the girls only just now coming back into the sun were again plunged into darkness as they were carried into the Captain’s quarters. The door was slammed behind them and they were thrown roughly to the floor.
“Look what we found hiding in the ship’s hull Sir,” Said the largest of the three pirates, “What should we do with them?”
Betwix scrambled over to her sister, and clung to her with all her strength, ‘They’re gonna kill us…. They’re gonna kill us…’ She thought over and over.
Artex stared at the large, frightening man in front of them. He wore torn clothes, a Captain’s hat, and blood-stained boots. He stroked his greasy black beard in thought, gazing with a crooked smile at the two children thrown at his feet.
“Well, I think I have something… useful in mind for them” Smirked the Captain maliciously. He turned his back and picked up a chest on a nearby desk. He came back and set the chest down in front of the two.
“Last night, we found two devil fruits in your village. Luckily for us, no one has eaten them yet,” He smiled coming to his point, “However… there is the possibility these are fake and could be poisoned.”
The Captain raised a questionable eyebrow to his crewmembers, “Do ya get what I’m sayin’?” The three nodded in reply, snickering to themselves.
“Good, then we’ll test the fruits on the kids. If they’re fake, the two will die and we’ll have no problems. If they’re real…We can sell them into human slavery, or make them our own secret weapons.”
He sneered at the two girls, and pulled two odd looking fruits out of the chest. He handed the girls each a fruit, pointing at the two defiantly. “Eat them now or die.”
Both girls had gun barrels pressed against the back of their heads, and both girls reluctantly grabbed a fruit and began eating it.
“Ewww this is disgusting!” Artex cried, “Why are you being mean to us?” She complained with a pitiful look on her face. She opened her mouth to continue but was quickly silenced as the pirate behind her hit her in the back of the head.
“Shut up and eat runt.”
Betwix glared at the man, but not being able to do anything; she remained quiet. The two quickly finished the fruits, and examined themselves.
“I don’t feel any different…”
“Me either…”
The Captain huffed angrily and kicked each girl, “Of course you won’t feel any different you stupid children! Now demonstrate your powers.”
He pointed a demanding finger in Betwix’s face, “You! You ate the Masu Masu no Mi, thus giving you the power to create clones of yourself.” Yanking Betwix to her feet, the man rubbed his hands together happily, “Show me.”
Gulping, Betwix closed her eyes and stood there, hoping with all her heart that something would happen. She waited, and waited and waited…
Suddenly, everyone in the room gasped, and the Captain bellowed while clapping his hands loudly, “Well done kid! Well done! You’re gonna be useful!”
Upon opening her eyes, Betwix saw not one, but two copies of herself. She jumped back and fell roughly on her rump, “Oh my god!” She screeched with a mixture of fear and excitement.
“Excellent… Excellent, now your turn,” The Captain said with a greedy sneer towards Artex who was staring at her sister’s clones with her jaw dropped. Turning her head away from the unbelievable sight, she shrunk away from the Captain who was reaching down to her to pull her to her feet.
“No…” Artex said with a frightened voice, backing away from the large man.
(Now, The Captain did not like this one bit.) His face grew red and he yelled at her, “You must show me your power wench!”
He drew back his arm and hit Artex upside the head, sending her sprawling across the floor. Artex held her head where she was hit and cried loudly, rocking back and forth on her knees.
Betwix started to move toward her sister, but was held back by one of the larger men. He had her pinned by her hair, (a very painful way to restrain someone.)
“I’ll teach you not to disobey orders you little brat…” The Captain roared, pulling a whip off of his belt, “I will not treat you any different from the rest.” He walked up to Artex and kicked her again, until she was crying against the wall. He pulled back his whip, and smiled with a merciless twinge in his eye. He thrust his arm down, and a loud snap rang out, “No!” Betwix screamed.
The Captain stood back and laughed, “Very good brat! Very good! Wonderful display of the Ishi Ishi no Mi.” He clapped thunderously, and stepped back so the others could see.
Artex sat curled into a ball, but her skin was no longer made of flesh. Instead, a thin layer of stone had replaced her skin. Though this layer was very thin, it was flexible and extremely hard. Shocked, Artex held her arms out and examined herself with an awestruck expression.
“W-What am I?!” She stuttered, as Betwix ran to her side. Betwix knelt down and held Artex’s hand. It was cold as… (Well not to make a pun but it was as cold as) stone.
“What are you? Well you are now a tool of my crew,” The Captain chuckled, “I am Ridth, Captain of the Ravaging Pirates. You and your sister will serve under me as my secret weapons, until I see fit.” He nodded to his crewmates, and then nodded to the girls. “Take them below and restrain them with sea stone handcuffs.”
“Yes Sir.” The three said in unison, and two of them each picked up a girl. The other one walked out of the room, followed by the other two. As Captain Ridth started closing his door, he laughed loud enough for the men on the entire deck to hear.
“Welcome to the Crew you brats. You’ll stay alive as long as you cooperate.” He held his head back and cackled maniacally, “Boys, give them a warm welcome.”
With that, the two were dragged into the dark hull again, bound by handcuffs that negated their powers and left there. How long would they be on this ship? They did not know. Nor did they know the horrors that lie ahead.
 Madame Fluffykins · Wed Apr 15, 2009 @ 10:38pm · 0 Comments |
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