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【The runaway princess】

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"You chose your duty over your family!" Her uncle screeched. "I didn't help you run away from the island just so you could go out there and become a Marine."

Her uncle indeed helped her to run away from the island when she was younger because she had a dream of going out to the sea and staying on the island would only bound her to the royal life. If she didn't run away that day... She would've grown up to be the queen of the Nariko Kingdom, with would further restrict her will to see the vast world... Meeting different kinds of people...

Indeed, being a royal would provide her power and control, but that wasn't something that she wanted, so that one day when she was just a nine-year-old, she ran away from the castle to set sail and her uncle played a huge role in making her dream come true.

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The small boat sailed by the horizon as the girl waved at the two standing at the shore. "Uncle!! If I meet dad! I'll tell him how you helped me get away! I'll miss you!!" She shouted at the top of her lungs. The male chuckled and patted the head of the girl, who was hugging his leg and sobbing as she saw Y/N sail away. "We'll miss you too, Y/N!!" He shouted back and waved at her until her boat was completely out of sight.

"Ema... stop crying," He said and picked up his daughter. "I won't have anyone to play with now..."

"That's the only thing you are sad about?"

"Hm."

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Y/N had everything in her boat... Huge stock of food and clothes... Maps and books that would help her as a guide, and a log pose on her wrist. The young girl was also a devil fruit bearer. The Thunder-Thunder Fruit was Nariko Kingdom's national treasure. A fruit that was passed down to the King or Queen of the kingdom from generation to generation. It wasn't the right time for Y/N to bear the fruit, but she unknowingly made her to the chamber where the fruit was being kept with tight security, and she ate it.

Despite having a really powerful devil fruit, she didn't know how to use it properly. All she did was bring sparks on her fingers... which isn't enough for engaging oneself in battle. But... there was something weird about this whole trip... Why would an adult help a nine-year-old set sail in a dangerous sea alone? And Y/N was too naive to think about this.

The dangers that the Grand Line could have was too much for a nine-year-old to handle and just like that, after sailing for two hours and heading towards the direction that the log pose was pointing towards... She found herself in the middle of a storm. Her boat was convenient for traveling, but was not strong enough to face a storm. Y/N was well aware of the fact that sailing isn't an easy task, but she didn't know what to do in the middle of the ocean.

Her boat would move vigorously on the strong waves and those harsh movements opened up a crack which allowed the water to fill up. Her tiny hands cupped the water and threw it back into the sea because that was all her naive brain could think of.

The fear of dying and not being able to see her family again overwhelmed her, and the cold weather rose her body temperature, which further led to her losing her consciousness. But she was destined to not die that day.

"Captain! There's someone on that boat!!"

"It's a kid!"

And thus came forth her saviors, the Red-hair pirates. The crew saved the poor child who was burning with a high fever and got her onboard to treat her. She stayed in the bed for two days before gaining consciousness, which made everyone on the ship happy, but Y/N couldn't help but feel unsafe being in the presence of unknown people.

"Who-Who are you guys?" She asked in a terrified tone. The crew noticed the obvious discomfort that the child was having and tried to lighten up the mood. "You were unconscious for two days. I am happy you are awake." A girl with red and white hair that was separated in the middle stated. Looking at someone around her age made Y/N feel safer.

"Hi! I am Uta!" She introduced herself cheerfully.

Y/N was always taught the way of the royals and what a perfect princess should act like, so she quickly got up from the bed and bowed to everyone, putting forward her thanks. "Thank you for saving me! I am sorry, but there isn't anything I can do to return the favor."

Everyone looked at the child with a smile on their faces as a person emerged from the crowd and lifted Y/N's head up, "Now there kid... We may be pirates, but obviously, we won't have a child do something for us, and yeah... we couldn't let a child die just like that."

Hearing the word 'pirate' excited the girl. She quickly ran through everyone and stepped out of the room. Her strange reaction made the others think that she was scared after knowing the fact that they were pirates but to their surprise, Y/N stepped out to look at the Jolly Roger with sparkling eyes "Pirates... THAT'S SO COOL!!"

"What were you doing out in the sea?" Shanks asked, and the girl replied proudly, "I set sail to become a pirate!" But that statement made everyone in the crew burst out laughing, and that only embarrassed the poor child.

"STOP LAUGHING!!" She shouted, but none of them went by her words.

From that day on, she became an apprentice on the ship to learn the way of the pirates.

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After spending six years on Red Force with Red-hair pirates, Y/N was strong enough to gain a bounty of 100 million berries. The crew helped a lot in controlling her devil fruit powers and also introduced her to haki. Having a lot of experienced pirates... Y/N was now capable of calling herself a full-fledged pirated.

"Thanks for everything!!" She said as she set sail to become the captain of her pirate crew. This time she was sure that no storm would be able to stop her because now she could control that natural phenomenon.

The crew members were proud as well as sad as they saw their apprentice stand on her own feet. "Can't wait to see her make a big name for herself."

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But her destiny had other plans for her. Y/N had traveled to many islands with Red-hair pirates, and most of the time it was just them taking her out on a sightseeing trip, so she now had all the knowledge of navigation, and thus she drifted to a small island to gain her first mate.

The village was troubled by some cruel pirates and Y/N being the kind-hearted person she was, helped them get rid of them but the villagers returned this kind gesture nicely. She was backstabbed by them and was handed over to the navy. Which started Y/N's marine days, but after that incident, she swore not to help anyone, and even as a Marine all she did was go berserk and catch a pirate no matter how many innocent lives were lost.

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Y/N grabbed her uncle's hand and gripped it with all her strength and the effect was visible on his face. She knew that just applying pressure wouldn't be enough, so it was time to use her devil fruit. She generated sparks on her fingers, which made the man feel immense pain and let her go.

"Don't act like you did something nice by sending off a nine-year-old to the sea. Who in their right mind would do that? I am sure you had some motives behind it."

The male looked at her with a smug face and chuckled, "You sure were naive to leave so much luxury behind. That day when I sent you off... All I had in mind was your death! And then I would get my hands on that devil fruit! You don't know how much power that fruit holds."

Y/N clenched her fist as she listened to the male talk. "And do you know what shocked me the most? Your good-for-nothing mother didn't even send people to look for you."

"Watch your mouth," Y/N warned as lighting sparks emerged from her body.

The people standing behind couldn't believe their ears. No one had ever disrespected the queen who gave her all for the kingdom. "Sir Maverick..." One of them spoke up as he clenched his spear and pointed it toward him. "Take your words back!"

A smirk formed on Maverick's face as he pointed his gun and shot the male right through his head, which scared the others. "Does anyone else have anything to say?" He asked, and his followers couldn't help but step back and run to save their lives. This wasn't the person they decided to follow. The Maverick they knew was kind and helping, but it was all a facade.

"And do you wanna know why your mother didn't send people after you?"

"Why?"

"Because she was sure that you would return no matter what!"

Y/N's lips curved into a small smirk as she brought her hand up. The clouds got darker, and her sword formed itself. Maverick clenched his gun and pointed it at her, shooting a bullet, but it went right through Y/N without hurting her. His sweat dropped as he grinned and took out his own sword.

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"Perhaps you are forgetting that bullets won't hurt me."

I hope you enjoyed it <33

I made another one piece book and this time it's a college au. I would be really grateful if you check it out (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)