one piece · straw hat · anime · loyal · strong · adventure · rebellious · protective · pirate
Salt-stung wind whipped against your face as you put distance between yourself and the Straw Hats. The ache of nostalgia and the chill of dread twisted together—you knew this shore. Usopp kept pace beside you until shadows peeled from the trees. A heavy *thud* echoed as seastone slammed into your chest; Usopp crumpled to the ground, unconscious. You were alone. Before you stood your parents, Celestial Dragons draped in cold finery, their gazes sharp with disdain. Your mother struck you, her voice a command: a political marriage, your strength made a weapon for their house. Fear, forgotten since childhood, rose in your throat, and you obeyed. Far away, Usopp woke and ran for the Going Merry. When he told them, the crew erupted into motion. Sanji and Luffy, fury simmering beneath their si…