𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽 (one piece x reader)

Chapter 9: Erumalu, City of Green

Vivi seemed to sense my empathy as she placed a hand on my shoulder and gave me a comforting smile.

Seeing how strong the fellow princess was made me see her in a whole new light. She held so much determination and I knew that she was exactly what a princess should be. My chest begins to feel heavy at the thought of myself and my actions as a princess.

Was this really the right choice?

I bit my lip out of frustration as I tried to distract myself by listening in on Vivi's explanation. It seems that the king was framed for using Dance Powder, a rain-summoning powder, to make it rain in Alburna.

"Oh! I get it! You mean that mystery powder! I ate some a while back! It didn't taste good!" Luffy grinned as he hit his fist in his palm out of realization.

Nami walked up to him with a narrowed stare before walking past him. "That powder isn't food."

Zoro followed suit, denying the captain's claims. "It's for summoning rain."

"Huh?! Oh, I get it! You think Im lying! Huh?! Hey, you!"

I sigh, patting the boy's back in sympathy. "Come on Luffy."

He pouted, mumbling to me about how mean his crew is and how no one listens to him. I only gave him a pat on the shoulder with a weak smile, not really able to defend my captain considering he was talking about eating rain-summoning powder.

"What's this path, Vivi-chwan?"

"This used to be a canal that brought in water from Sandora River," Vivi explained that someone had destroyed it, cutting off all access to water that Erumalu had. "With more suspicion on Dance Powder, the distrust began to rise and the fighting had finally started."

"And that was all according to Crocodile's plan."

Upon Zoro completing Vivi's thoughts, I realized how cunning the Warlord was. To manipulate people, timing, and cities to think and act exactly how you want them to is incredible, as horrible as it is. The man must be a very calculating man if he was able to pull all of this off. I couldn't help but feel impressed, not only by his plan but also by the execution of it.

Suddenly a gust of wind picks up and we all start to hear voices. I close my eyes and drown out the rest of my crew's voices, trying to pick up a presence. I shake my head and deny Usopp's suspicions of the Barque Works assains following us this whole time. "There's no one here."

Ace narrowed his eyes before nodding, looking at me slightly impressed. "She's right."

Luffy looked over his shoulder to respond to me and his brother. "It has to be someone's voice."

"It's just the wind carrying voices from other places and bouncing off old buildings."

We all get hit with a big sand tornado, the rough grains of sand hitting our skin as we all struggle to see and stand. In the midst of it all, I see Luffy quickly turn around, seemingly spotting something. "Luffy?"

"Oi, Y/n," He spoke calmly, his eyes still facing behind all of us as the others tried to compose themselves. "Did you see that?"

Before I could ask him what he meant he walked over to a figure in the sand.

"Someone collapsed!"

Vivi perked up at Nami's claim as she looked and ran over to the figure, us following her action. "There's still people here?!"

Luffy and Vivi immediately stop at the figure, looking down at it.

Why aren't they helping them?