Hey guys here's my story of One Piece, set during youngster years :).

Let me know what you think and if you would like to see more.

She never thought her life would get to this point. She sat huddled in the corner of her cage with her face buried into her knees, trying to keep her body from shivering. She wasn't sure if it was out of fear or if she was actually cold. Her once pretty pale green dress; was now barely seen as more than a shred of rags that clung to her dirtied, bloodied body. The once tight metal shackles she was forced to wear around her wrist, now drooped and slid up and down her arms, and hung loosely around her hands. She wondered how long it would be until they would slip right off her hands.

Life was getting worse for Octavia.

He never thought his life would get much better than what he was experiencing right now. He stood at the front of the famous Moby Dick and stared out at the blue ocean that travelled beyond what his eyes could see. He could hear the laughs and cheers of his family as they prepared tonight's celebrations, for what, he wasn't entirely sure; freedom itself was a common celebration they had raised a drink too. As he stared out at the sunset he could feel his internal animal instincts begging for him to spread his wings and sore into the open blue sky and to feel the wind through his flamed feathers.

Life was great for Marco.

He never thought he would live to the age he was now; He always thought that he would be shot and killed for the very blood that ran through his veins. And right now it looked as though that was probably going to happen, and if it wasn't death, he was granted with, it was going to be something worse; slavery. His eyes dropped and he could feel his hands and shoulders ache as the restraints behind his back were getting more uncomfortable. His stomach churned and begged for food; or water, or something to help him get out of the crate he was locked in. Something to help him escape and find his brothers.

Life was never looking good for Ace.

He never thought he would feel like this again, alone, sad, and scared. He sat shivering at the back of the crate he was prisoned in and felt the hot tears run down his face. He tried to stay strong and to listen to the words his brothers had told him, but he was alone again, and no pain in their world could amount to that feeling. He whimpered, feeling the metal cuff that was wrapped tightly around his ankle; digging into his flesh and cutting off all access to his powers. He didn't like it when he felt like this; he didn't want to feel useless. To be a burden to his brothers; to always need saving. But right now he would give anything in the world to see his brothers and for them to tell him that everything would be alright.

Life was terrifying for Luffy.

He never thought his life would take this path; He always thought he would grow up and be able to set sail with his brothers on the open water, to live their lives however they wanted to; they were going to be freer than free. He didn't think they would be captured, separated, and thrown into a wooden box to have who knows what happen to them. He wanted his brothers back and he wanted the future they had dreamed of together. But as every second that passed he felt their dreams slowly slip away.

Life was vanishing for Sabo.

Her body stilled, with the sound of the main door cringing open. It creaked so loudly that it would always startle her from her state of sleep. This was something that she was thankful for, she never wanted to be caught by surprise; not again. She braced herself for the session of pain she was sure she was going to receive today, or as the men liked to call it a nice and friendly chat. It was always the same no matter how many days had passed. They would come for her, scream at her, ask her questions, and then beat her when she didn't respond.

But, the truth was, she didn't know the answers to the questions in the first place.

But she would never give up without a fight. Those men that dragged her from her cage, would always come out with scratches or bite marks. She never went willingly to her torture. She would never let them have that over her.

But today was different.

There were screams and shouts of others being brought down into the brig. She lifted her head from her chest, but it did nothing to help her vision. From the first moment they realised the extent of her powers, they strapped a piece of metal that wrapped around her face; covering her eyes and locked at the back of her head. The heavy padlock took a while to get used to and it was especially worse when she was trying to sleep. But as the days and nights went on the chunk of metal disappeared from her thoughts.

"Let go of me you bastard!" A loud piercing voice echoed around the room.

"Ace!"

"Don't you touch him!"

"I'm going to kill you all when I get out of here!"

Her head snapped up, with the sound of young boys being dragged through the centre of the cages and towards her. She wasn't too surprised to hear new voices, it was rare, but it had occurred twice now. But this time they were children's voices, children like her.

That had never happened before.

There had never been children like her, here before.

She wondered if they had been in captive as long as what she had; or were they just taken.

She could make out the sounds of slaps and gasps as the boys fought back trying to escape the grasps of the captives. But, she knew from experience that it would take more than a few struggles to ever get a foot outside of his ship, or even outside of this room, without being found. She had made it all the way down two corridors when she had first arrived, but after that she never got far.

The cage to her right rocked as she felt a presence being thrown into the neighbouring cage.

"You bastard! When I get out of here I will kill you!" The voice confirmed her suspicions, he was young as far as she could tell.

"We will rip you to shreds!" Another voice called opposite her. She waited for the sound of the third boy, but she could only make out a few soft cries and pleas. He was the youngest as far as she could tell, younger than her and probably the youngest in the entire brig. He didn't have the fight or the spirit that the other two had.

"Shut up you brats." A familiar voice yelled, and a loud bang echoed through the room and the metal of her cage. She knew the man had thrown something against the metal walls; they did it often just to spook her. They seemed to get some sick sort of enjoyment out of her blindness. When she had first arrived they had made it a game of sneaking up on her and banging at her cage; laughing and sneering at her as she whimpered, and cried out. But she knew better now, she would never give them that satisfaction again.

She was stronger now.

They forced her to be stronger now.

"Luffy, look at me." The boy opposite her spoke loud and firm; she could only assume it was the name of the youngest addition.

"Ace, Sabo." A young helpless voice whispered causing her heart to thump deep in her chest. He was just a little kid, an innocent kid, dragged from his home and probably from his parents. Were they killed like hers were? Or would they be out there looking for them right now…

"We're right here Lu, you're going to be okay." The boy next to her spoke and she could hear him right up against the cage door; his hands banging against the metal hinges forcing the metal door to resist against the lock. She held back the snort that rose to the back of her throat. It was wishful thinking to believe that everything would be okay, they were trapped in a cage with no chance of escape. Everything was far from okay.

"We will get out of here. I promise you," the only boy left called. She assumed this was the one called Ace.

"Hey you," a voice called out in the silence of the dungeons. She felt her body shiver as the brisk air of the night whittled its way down to her bones. Pulling her arms tighter around her body she blew her warm breathe into her chest, trying to brush off the icy chill of the night.

"Hey are you alright?"

"Come on its okay," voices broke the usual silence of the room.

"Is she deaf?"

"The girl hasn't spoken a word since the day I got here." A familiar voice resonated from the other side of the room. She hadn't heard his voice in so long she thought maybe he had been taken away like the others before. Lifting her head towards the old man down the end she wondered why he had announced that so freely. That was when she realised that the questions from the boys, were being directed to her.

"Did they hurt you?" Slowly and unsurely she turned her head to the right, to the voice of her neighbour, but what she heard was him gasp.

"Your- your- you can't see?" His voice stuttered. Her hands slowly moved to the metal binding around her eyes. Shaking her head, she could feel the movements of the boy as he shuffled closer towards her.

"Did they do that to you?" he whispered; "Can you speak?" she nodded.

The silence grew in the cold stagnant room and she let her head fall back down to her chest ending the conversation. She didn't want to speak to the boys, they would only be taken away, just like all the others had before them. Or maybe this time it would be her turn to be taken away and never to be brought back.

She often wondered if that would be the worst thing that could happen to her, especially how she was living now. Could this life be worse or better than the unknown life beyond this ship? The fear of the unknown was too great.

"I'm Sabo. The other two, are my brothers, Ace and Luffy." Sabo spoke from her right but she kept herself hidden. She didn't want to know them. She didn't want to remember their names, or listen to their hopes of escaping, she knew the truth to this place. This place was a one way trip to hell.

Many before them would shout and scream about never becoming a slave to those monsters of the world, but eventually, their shouts and screams turned into nothing more than a few whimpers and groans, as they accepted their fate. And there wasn't anything anyone could do to stop it.

In a way she was jealous of the newcomers, they obviously knew each other and were close enough to want to protect each other. Even though they would be sent to hell and back, they would at least have each other.

Unlike her.

She was alone.

Always alone.

"Old man, what happened to her?" A small voice spoke out and she gripped herself tighter.

"Lu," Sabo warned.

"They take her away every couple of days, just like the rest of us. You will be taken too, eventually." The old man spoke. She shivered, remembering that her appointment had been interrupted today, by the newcomers. What exactly would tomorrow bring for her?

"I call her Flick," her head lifted towards the man and she could almost hear a smile in his voice. The old man was one of the only people left in the cages whom had seen what she could do; she actually didn't mind the small nickname he had given her. It was better than no name at all.

"Flick?" Ace asked and she felt herself nod even if he wasn't intending on her for clarification she gave it anyway. She accepted the name that was given to her.

The rest of the day blurred by, as she fell in and out of sleep. Every time she woke, she caught snippets of the boy's conversations. Their plans on escaping, their comforting words to Luffy, or their promises to not let the other get hurt.

She almost wanted to laugh at them. The prospects of escaping were slim at best; but the thoughts of not getting hurt were impossible. No one down here went more than a few days without earning a new mark.

The hours drifted by and she ignored the conversations that were being directed towards her from Sabo and the others. Instead, she let her body slide down onto the cold hard floor and let sleep take over. She never really slept in her cage, or she never thought she did, one slightest noise and her eyes would flash open, to see nothing, but she was always on her guard.

She would never be caught by surprise again. Too many times in the beginning the guards had hurt her or tricked her due to her carelessness. But never again.

The sound of the main door opening caused her to quickly pull herself up against the back wall and she tucked herself in, much like the day before. Heavy metal boots slowly and purposely moved towards her at the end of the room. Gulping, she squeezed herself tightly and listened to the sound of metal keys scraping across the metal wires of the cages.

"He's not taking us," she could hear the boy opposite her, whisper in defiance. But she knew that they weren't coming for them today, they were coming for her.

Clenching her jaw and tightening her hands to fists she prepared herself for the moment to strike. Her heart pounded in her chest from the sheer excitement or from fear, she was never too sure which emotion outweighed the other, but she was always prepared. Her bare feet were pressed firmly into the cold hard metal flooring, ready to push off at any given moment. She would not be taken without a fight. She was not going to give in.

"Hey don't touch her!" a loud scream erupted beside her and she tensed.

"Leave her alone!" Why would the boys scream for her safety?

Hearing the man's laugh just in front of her caused her to notice the sound of his keys undoing the lock of her cage. That brief moment had completed knocked her off guard, causing her to almost lose her sense.

"Ready girlie," she waited until she felt his calloused hands on her elbow, and then she snapped her head up. Digging her heals into the metal below she launched herself forwards and threw her palms out towards him. The feeling of her air rushed down her arms, and with all the force she had, she struck the man forcing him backwards.

The sound of the man colliding with the back cages forced her into action. Slipping to the edge of her cage she lowered herself out and glided down to the ground; landing down on one knee.

"What the hell!"

"Go Flick!"

"She's a devil fruit user…"

"Run!"

She glanced over her shoulder, hearing the sounds of the boys claims, was her first mistake. She hesitated.

"Run Flick!" Sabo's voice trailed down to her, but she was too slow. Feeling a strong blow to her stomach she was knocked backward and thumped against the front of another's cage.

"Get up girlie," the strong firm voice from within the cage called out to her. Trai. Acknowledging his command she placed her hands against his cage and pulled herself to her feet.

A smirk appeared on her face as she pulled the air back and wrapped it around her like a protective shield, readying herself for round two. She knew she could never hold up her shield long enough to escape the punishment. But she would give them hell trying.

"Got a new toy princess," she heard the man laugh and suddenly a ripple of pain ran through her shield and into her body. Her shield coiled back instantly, not able to withstand the electricity that ran through her feet and into her body. There was no strength left in her body as she was dragged from the brig and towards the interrogation room.

She was disappointed that she had lasted even less than the previous attempt, she hadn't even made it to the door and it was all those boys fault; they made her second guess her escape. She was getting overall weaker as the days went by, and she was afraid, soon she wouldn't be able to put her shield up at all, and they would have free range to do whatever they wanted to her without any resistance from her.

Ace watched in complete shock as the small red-haired girl was dragged away barely conscious. From the first moment he had seen her he had assumed that she was a weakling, a girl taken from her home, broken down, and beaten, until there wasn't an inch of fight left in her. But he was wrong.

She was tiny, she would barely even reach Luffy's height, and by the looks of her clothes sagging off her, he knew that they weren't going to be handed any four course meals.

His eyes had caught onto her long dark red hair that seemed to stick to every part of her body, at first he thought it was coloured with blood, and some of it probably was, but he could see her clearly now.

How long had she been here?

What had they done to her to make her look like this?

He felt bad for what he had initially thought of her, but what was he supposed to think, the girl was blind and mute.

But that look on her face as she attacked, he couldn't get it out of his mind. That wasn't the face of someone who had given up on all hope escaping; she was still fighting at every chance she got.

"Sea stone…" he looked up to his brother who was standing at the edge of his cage staring into the girl's empty one next to him.

"Sabo?" he asked.

"She's wearing the same sea stone ankle brace that Luffy's got. How could she possible attack like that?" Sabo spoke out loud.

"Flick's something special isn't she?" all heads snapped to the old man locked in the cage at the end of his row.

"You knew?" Ace asked.

"Of course, that girl has fought back every time they've tried to take her. That blindfold of hers, I can only assume it's got something to do with holding back her power. God knows that sea stone does fuck all to her." The old man laughed and rubbed his long growing beard.

"But, how it that possible?" Sabo spoke.

"No idea kid, how is anything that fruit users do possible."

Ace sat down at the edge of his cage and saw Luffy do the same next to him. Sharing a cage well allowed them to sit close enough to thread their hands through the small gaps in the metal. Looking at his brother shiver in his cage, He could practically taste the fear that was rolling off him.

"What are they doing to her?" Luffy whispered eyeing off the door that lead to god knows where.

"I don't know Lu," he squeezed his hand tight.

"They're tearing her apart bit by bit." Ace glared at the other man in the room. He was tall, well that was as far as he could tell, and the man was sitting in his cage hunched over, barely able to even sit up straight. His long dark black hair seemed to give away how long the man had been in here without a bath.

"Enough Trai," the old man spoke with deep authority, causing Trai to raise his hands in surrender.

"Just giving them the heads up, they ought to be prepared." He laughed and leant back against his cage, causing the whole room to shake with his weight.

"Ace…" Luffy whimpered and he turned to face his brother whose face now showed the complete terror they were all feeling.

"I won't let them hurt you." He whispered hoping he was able to keep his promise. Looking over to other side of the room he could see the same expression on Sabo's face. They had sworn since the day they had toasted to being sworn brothers, that they would never let anyone hurt each other, especially Luffy. He had already been through enough torture and pain because of them; they weren't going to let it happen again.

"Sleep Lu, we'll be watching over you." Sabo called from the other side of the room and with the small bit of permission Luffy nodded and let his head fall against their joining walls.

It was a few hours before the main doors reopened and the same man reappeared, dragging the now battered girl behind him. Drops of blood trailed behind them as they moved along the wall of cages.

Ace noticed a new set of lacerations on her back, legs and arms. Without saying a word the guard opened her cage and threw her inside, the girl didn't even make a sound as she tumbled in a heap at the back of her cage. Ace moved forwards and looped his fingers through the metal holes trying to get a better look at the girl; to see if she was still conscious.

"Hey, are you alright?" Sabo voiced, kneeling down peering through the wall much like Ace was trying to do.

Ace was able to hold back the gasp that Sabo wasn't able to. The girl pushed herself back up and sat against the back of her cage, and in that moment he could see exactly what the girl had just been through.

What those monsters had done to her.

His hands gripped the metal door and he felt his arms push against it again, and again, and again. His mind swapped the girl with Luffy, and all he could see was his little brother lying helplessly at the bottom of the cage covered in blood and bruises.

"Ace…" he turned his head sharply to the side and saw Luffy flinch. Quickly masking his anger he moved back to his side and pushed his hands through the cage holes and gripped onto his brother.

"I won't let that happen to you. I will kill every single person who dares lay a hand on my brothers."

"I'm scared," Luffy whispered to push himself closer to him.

"I know Lu," Ace spoke calmly and squeezed his hands. He didn't want to admit it out loud but he was scared too.

He looked to Sabo and could see the fear in his eyes, not only for their little brother but for themselves as well. Just as he was about to open his mouth to comfort his other brother the main door opened with a bang. Luffy whimpered and pulled himself closer.

Sabo moved to the back of his cage hoping to hide himself as much as possible.

"I see it's my turn." Trai laughed as he was dragged out of his cage. Ace could now see how truly tall that man was. He towered over the guard that was pulling him to his feet. But with the metal rod in the guard's hand, had Trai complying pretty easily.

It wasn't until the door was shut did the three of them release the breath they were all holding.

Octavia let her body slump to the side of her cage, sighing she closed her eyes beneath her blindfold. Her body rippled with pain, and as she expected it was twice the pain than her usual visits. It would take days before she would be able to fight back with her full intent. Maybe that's why she was getting harsher treatments?

"You okay?" she heard Sabo whisper beside her. She had forgotten about her neighbour, slowly she pushed herself away from the shared wall and slumped against the back wall; trying to put as much distance between them as possible.

The pain took over and she fell into the darkness that she had been dreading. It gave her a little piece knowing that she was done for the day. She would have enough time to rest, and hopefully restore what little strength she could for the next day; for the next fight.

The signal of the next round of punishments awoke her, but she kept still. She could hear Trai's colourful voice yell as he was being dragged along the floor. The scent of his blood hit her nose and she had to turn her face into her arm hoping to shield herself from the smell she detested most in the world.

The next few days went about the same. She listened as the others were dragged off to the room of despair, everyone apart from the newcomers. They had been spared for the first few days, at least she thought it had been days, for all she knew it could have been hours.

Their meals came and went at random times throughout her stay, causing her to lose track of the time she had been locked in this windowless room. Even though she had no sight, she could still tell when there was a light on in the room or not. Too add to their torture, their light was always left on.

"Next up, Rubber boy." The guard announced as the door swung open with a loud bang. She knew it was only a matter of time before one of the boys were taken. Although she had to wonder which one of them he was referring to, and by the sounds of it someone else in the room was a fruit user. She shivered at the thought of another one of her kind here. They didn't treat devil fruit users very kindly here, hell, they made it double as bad.

The last man who was here was a devil fruit user. He had the ability to heal. An ability that those wardens took too much pleasure in. That was at least three weeks ago, three weeks since she had last heard his voice. It was a cold morning when they each woke to a loud scream. Being locked in a cage with sea stone restraints, causes ones powers to stop working. She couldn't even remember the man's name but she remembered the sounds of his last breaths as he had slit his own wrists in the night.

"No!" Three shouts yelled causing her to snap back into the present.

"Ace, Sabo!" Luffy cried and pleaded as the guards moved closer. She could hear the others banging on their cages next to her, trying to escape.

The victim of the day was the youngest.

The Devil fruit user was Luffy.

Luffy was going to be taken next.

"Take me instead!" Ace yelled and she flinched; "Take me you asshole!"

"The rubber brat sounds a hell of a lot more fun to play with than you kid," the guard snickered and she felt her blood boil; "Got great plans for you kid." He was just a boy. They were going to hurt the boy.

"No please, don't!" Luffy cried.

'No, please I'll do anything…' her voice rang through her ears.

"I'm going to fucken kill you!" Sabo screamed from her side.

'Please someone help me…'

"Don't hurt me please…Ace help me." Luffy begged and she felt her heart pound in her chest. She could hear the rattle of the keys and the sound of a cage door being forced open.

'Help me please, someone help me…' her own memories echoed in her mind.

"Sabo save me, please."

Before she realised what she was doing her arm moved out from underneath her side and along the cold metal floor; until her palm was facing towards the sounds of the pleading boy.

"No, no! NO!" Luffy screamed and she pushed.

A force of air pulsed from her body and down her arm. She hoped that she had aimed correctly and found the boy, and then she felt it. The silence that deafened around them confirmed her aim was correct.

"What the?" Ace stopped punching the gate as he was thrown back and away from Luffy. His eyes widened in shock as he saw a bubble surrounding his baby brother; like the one that the girl had used to try and protect herself with earlier.

"Fucken bitch," the guard sneered clutching his shoulder in pain from the force he had just received.

Ace could see her; Flick, she was lying down in her cage, but she was facing towards Luffy's cage.

"Good for nothing monster, drop the shield." The guard pounded on her cage.

Ace's eyes turned sharply to his brother praying that whatever protection was saving his brother was still there. Luffy sat in the middle of the bubble with his hands pressed gently against the force that was keeping him safe; tears running down his face in streams.

"Monster." The guard pulled out a metal stick and stuck it through her cage. "Want another round today huh?"

"Flick, watch out!" Sabo yelled seeing the electric prod aiming for her.

Suddenly a second shield appeared and wrapped around her protectively. The guard cursed and tried again and again to break the defences she had put up. She was smarter this time. This time she made sure her shield was completely surrounding her, not even her feet were touching the metal flooring.

"Fine, you can't protect them all." The guard turned away.

Standing up Ace stood in the middle of his cage and moved into his defensive position. He and his brothers had fought tigers stronger and scarier than this man before.

But he wasn't expecting the metal rod to poke through his cage and shock the shit out of him. The electricity ran through his body and he felt his body fall to the ground and shake on the cold metal. He could hear the sounds of his brother's calling to him, but the last thing he remembered seeing was the girl still in her cage with her hand out protecting his baby brother.

"Ace!" The two boys surrounding her screamed out, as the other was dragged off silently out of the brig, and into the interrogation room, where he would meet the same fate as her. It wasn't until the door slammed shut, did she release her hold on both the shields around Luffy and herself.

"Why did you do that!" Luffy screamed and thrashed against his cage door; "Why did you let them take him instead of me!" he cried and she pushed herself to her knees.

Her breathing came in short sharp gasps as she tried to retake control over herself. She gripped the front of her tattered dress and fisted the material around her heart. She could feel it pounding in her chest over and over again. It seemed to echo in her ears and around the room, she swore the others must have been able to hear it as well. Bowing her head down she tried to count in her head, trying to steady out her breathing and lower her heart rate.

Tears welled in her eyes as the memories came flooding back to her first time being taken away, from the first time she had broken her silence and begged to be saved. She remembered that blinding fear that filled her entire body. She begged for her mother to save her, begged for someone to save her. Wiping her eyes she manager to bite back the sob that was threatening to escape.

She wasn't weak.

She would not show these monsters her fear.

Never again.

"Luffy it's okay," Sabo tried to calm him the youngest one down, but his hysterics only grew louder.

"He's getting hurt for me!" He bellowed still thrashing against his metal cage door; "It's not fair!"

"Your nose," Sabo whispered from beside her and her hand quickly moved to the source and she felt it. A trickle of blood ran down from her nose and onto her lips. Feeling her head spin she moved her body to lean against the wall, hoping it would ground her somehow and to stop the spinning.

"Ace!" Luffy screamed out.

"Luffy, that's enough." Sabo commanded and the yelling died down immediately and all she could hear was the faint sobbing from the boy.

Her head fell against their adjoining walls and she felt herself drifting at the edges of her subconscious. The darkness of her mind was beckoning her to let go and to fall unconscious, but she fought it. They would be back soon.

"Hell of a thing you just did, Flick." She couldn't move her head, but a small smile lifted on her lips towards Tatsumi. He was the only one who still remained from the eight men who were originally here when she had first arrived. She could still recall them cheering for her, chanting at her as she would escape time after time, at every time she fought back against those monsters. And then all eight of those men started to fight back with her, each of them shouted loudly for the chosen one to fight back. They became a sick sort of support group. Shaking her head she refused to remember their names, refused to bring up that past.

But those eight were now down to two, her and Tatsumi. He was the only one to see what she could really do. Back then she was only ever able to place a shield around herself, never on something and never on someone else.

"What are you talking about old man?" Sabo asked.

"What she just did, never seen that before. She must have seen something in that boy, in order for her to protect him like that. Or heard something, in her case." Tatsumi laughed.

"Thank you, for saving my little brother…" Sabo's voice was the last thing she heard before she gave into the darkness.

Well that was it, what do you think?

I'm open for suggestions and critiques

Thanks

Octavia x