Then he spoke. His voice was deep, " Luffy?" he said suspiciously, " How do you know Luffy."

~~~~~

The man stared at me with blank dark eyes. His arms were firmly bound in sea-stone chains, his face covered in scratches and dirt.

"I said.....how do you know Luffy. " his cold voice growled again.

I squirmed into a sitting position, the stun poison slowly wearing off.

"Luffy's my friend...."I murmured but my voice slowly trailed off as I continued to stare at him.

The guy raised a thin eyebrow , and I immediately shook my head to snap myself back "Sorry...you look a lot like him." I said sheepishly.

Surprisingly the man's stern gaze turned softer. Then he started to chuckle as a slight smile came to his face. His empty eyes lite up as they filled with nostalgia, " Yeah, a lot of people say that..." he mumbled.

"So you know Luffy too?" I asked hopefully.

The guy nodded and turned back to me with a full on grin, "I'm Portgas D. Ace, "he introduced ," Luffy's like a kid brother to me....."

"I'm Misaki." I replied grinning back. Just seeing a smile made the damp dark cell warmer.

Then a coarse voice interrupted us.

"I'm Jimbe.....if anyone wanted to know." It grumbled . I turned to the corner, remembering that there was a blue fish man chained to the wall.

Ace rolled his eyes at Jimbe's comment, "Ignore him. he's just sour that no one's noticing him."

Jimbe turned away from us with a loud *Hmph!*. His heavy metal chain clanking as he did it. Ace just shook his head and let out a loud sigh.

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The day passed by slow, but being with Ace and Jimbe made it more bareable.

The Minotaur served us one meal each day which was composed of a chunk of rotting meat and a slice of stale bread.

The rest of the time we were chained up, waiting for our end.

Ace would talk to us during this time to lighten the mood. He told me wild stories about his adventures with Luffy, and his journey in the Grandline.

"And then I charged at him with my flamed fist and I punched Blackbeard clean in the gut." Ace described proudly,

"You still got captured." grumbled Jimbe. "so weak".

"Oi, Jimbe!" Ace growled back, "You got capture too!" He accused.

"Nu-uh..."Jimbe said quickly like a child , "I volunteered to be here!"

"That's even worse!" exclaimed Ace.

*BANG*

The sudden noise halted out their arguement. A dim light flooded into Eternal Hell as the bronze Minotaur with bright bloody horns exited the elevator. A limp body was hanging from his shoulder.

The Minotaur walked over to our cell and unlocked the iron door. Metal creaked loudly as the door swung open. *Thump* he threw an unconscious boy on the ground and then locked the cell again.

After a few minutes, the figure started to move. I watched slowly as the new boy's chained arms started twitching...then his feet...then his jet black hair shifted a bit.

Suddenly he shot up, "OWWWW!!! OWW...OWWW!!OWW.... THAT HURTS SO MUCH!" he screamed while clutching a wound on his head. He inhaled a painful breathe as his light golden eyes flashed open.

Those shining eyes quickly darted around the room and then fell on me.

He froze, mouth wide open. Then suddenly leaped right in front of me. "OH MAN!!... YES!" he screamed" I finally found you MISAKI!" A wide grin plastered on his face.

I stared at him dumbfounded and leaned away uncomfortably. By then, the strange boy's had darted over to Ace.

" NO WAY!!! " He triumphantly said as he punched the air. "You're FIRE FIST ACE ....!"

Then boy's excited gaze fell on Jimbe. Jimbe looked at him expectantly, and the boy opened his mouth to say something, stared at Jimbe, then closed his mouth and turned back to us.

I tried to stop from grinning as I heard Jimbe give another *Hmph* and mutter something under his breath.

" Oi, who the hell are you," asked Ace to the strange boy, his voice filled with suspicion again.

The boy smiled with a glint in his eyes

" I'm Daemon M. Fallon." He proudly announced with closed eyes as he pointed to himself .

That name sounded familiar...where had I heard it from? Daemon must have noticed my confused look.

"Aww...Misaki," he fake whimpered, "How could you forget me!" He exclaimed, "We even pinky promised!"

~Pinky ....promised...?~

~promised.....~

The memory came flooding back:

( 10 year old Misaki)

"Disco, she could die if we inject more solution." stated the Doctor's emotionless voice.

I was currently bound to the operation table with tight straps. Thousands of needles were embedded into my arms and legs, pumping in a new formula.

"I don't care, "growled Disco, "This Devil Fruit concoction cost a fortune and Doflamingo will kill me if it's not successful!" He pointed his wrinkled, ring filled finger straight at the doctor's heart, "and I'll make sure that you pay if that happens." His voice threatened lowly.

"Very well." said the Doctor as he pushed his rimmed lenses up his face. Then He gave a curt nod to a nurse and suddenly the pain increased tenfold.

AAAHHHGGG!

My back arched as I tried to break the bonds, my breathes were ragged as sweat drenched my face.

"Doctor! Her vital signs!" Complained a nurse.

"Keep injecting it!" ordered Disco.

"97% complete....98%.....99%" another voice read.

Everything felt so cold. Everything felt so dark.

"Her heartbeat stopped!" The nurse frantically cried.

"DAMNIT!" Disco yelled as the sound of crashing sounded through the room.

Then nothing.

~~~~~

"Oi...girl...hey, wake up."

I weakly squinted my eyes open. The scent of rotten hay filled my nose as I looked up at the wooden celing.

I titled my head and a similar aged, ash haired boy came into my view.

"Who are you." I grumbled, wincing as every bone in my body cried out.

"I'm Daemon M. Fallon!"smiled the boy.

"What does the M stand for?" I asked through clenched teeth trying to distract myself with the question.

Apperantely, It was the wrong question to ask.The boy's cheerful expression melted as his golden eyes fell to his lap, "I don't like to talk about that." he muttered, "At least, not until I earn that name."

There were a few moments of silence so I took in my surroundings again. It was a simple room with bars running down from the floor to the celing, and a single locked iron door.

"Where am I?" I asked Daemon.

"Not really sure , " he stated with a helpless shrug, "Disco locked me up here about a month ago."

My eyes widened.

"What! A month?! What about your family? Shouldn't they realize that you were missing?"

Daemon's eyes fell again, "No they don't really care," he replied glumly, his fingers dug into the hay, causing a soft crackling sound and I thought he was going to cry.

Then he looked up at me, but his sadness was replaced with a determined smile...was he bipolar or something?, "But it's okay, " he exclaimed proudly , "cuz I'm gonna escape, and YOU'RE gonna help me....right-...........uhh...what's your name?.

"Misaki."

"Yeah Misaki! Well were both gonna escape!"

I turned back to the heavy metal iron door exasperated. "Daemon..how do you expect to escape?"

Daemon grinned and then slowly got up, dusting of his pants, "Watch this, Misaki." he said smugly as he held out his hand. There was complete silence as Daemon's face twisted in concentration.

*SCREEECH*

The thick iron door shook violently as it began to bend in on itself. It crumpled into a miniature iron ball, and promptly collapsed to the ground.

"If you could do that the entire time, then why didn't you escape before?!" I asked in confused amazement.

Daemon placed a finger over my mouth, "Shhh.....the guard might hear you" he whispered, "anyway, I just discovered this new power a week ago, and i've been using it to sneak out and build a raft."

"Well why do you need me then?"

Daemon let another smile reach his face as he held out his fist to mine. a single pinky poked out.

"Promise right now to join my crew and be a pirate with me, Misaki!" he proclaimed firmly.

What did he just say?

"Well?" he asked.

"Why would I want to be a pirate?!"

Daemon grinned, "Why not?!Pirates are the freest people alive!"

My eyes narrowed again, "Why should I trust you, I just met you..."

Daemon's playful expression turned serious for a moment, "Because, " he said thoughtfully "I''m just like you, and we're.....friends"

Friends? That word sounded so foreign to me.

I looked into Daemon's unchanging eyes and unwavering determination. The slight smile that he gave as he held out his hand, and for once, I saw hope.

I gingerly held out my pinky. Our fingers wrapped around one another and a silent bond was formed.

" Great! Come on Misaki! " Daemon shouted as he motioned to the exit.

My body followed on its own and then we were running. I focused on evenly breathing as Daemon practically dragged me through the forest, and straight to a beach where the hidden raft would be .

It wasn't long before shouting men followed us.

"Don't let those kids escape!" Barked Disco's slimy voice.

"There catching up! I screamed to Daemon. Daemon immediately increased his pace, but my legs were finding it harder to move with each step.

*whoosh* The sound of Bullets whizzing past us filled the air during the final stretch of sand. But I ignored them, my eyes focused on the wooden ship that floated in the shallows.

Come on....

Almost there...

*SLAM*

I gasped out loud as a stray bullet grazed my calf. My legs immediately gave out as I let go of Daemon hand. My arms covered my face as I collapsed, bleeding on the sandy floor.

Daemon whirled around quickly when he realized that I had let go.

"Misaki!" he shouted desperately as he started to head back to help me. I heard the sound of Disco's men approaching from behind.

"No!" I screamed to Daemon, causing him to freeze in his tracks," Get to the raft!"

I saw how torn Daemon was as he stood there; his head turning to the raft then then to me and then back to the raft

Rough hands dug into both my arms and I was lifted off of the ground by Disco's men.

"Good! Now kill the other one!, " roared Disco, "He's been nothing but a failed burden! ".

A few burly men trudged towards Daemon with heavy clubs and swords held in their thick arms. Daemon stood there firmly, his small figure shrinking even more in comparison to them. He weakly held up his trembling fists as the men mocked him.

"Awww....the scum rat wants to fight...." chuckled the first

"He's so weak..." commented the second.

" Killing him will be fun." the third one laughed as he raised his sword high.

No! I thought. Stop it! I desperately struggled against the iron hold around my arms as a strange new force boiled within me. Then something burst . *BANG* A rush of vengeful waves appeared out of nowhere and slammed into the third man, sending him flying 50 ft. The other men were frozen in shock at what had just occurred. I turned towards Daemon.

"Run you idiot!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

I couldn't even stand now, that final attack had taken all my energy to use.

I wearily watched Daemon hesitate a final moment . I tried giving him a reassuring smile and to tell him that it was okay. His golden gaze pierced straight through me and he nodded with an impassive face . "I promise I'll come back. " He vowed with a new resolution, "I'll save you." Then he turned and ran. A single tear fell from my eye.

As he leaped onto the raft and sailed away, heavy footsteps approached me.

"How disgustingly noble....." Sneered Disco as he grabbed my neck, "Well at least the Devil Fruit awakened inside of you." he muttered as a sadistic smile fell into his face, "I'll make sure the only thing you remember is pain...you'll regret trying to escape."

I was brutally dragged back to the cell as my final glimpse of freedom sailed over the horizon.

(End of flashback)

Now, on the 6th floor of Impel Down, Daemon stood before me.

He was my first friend.. my first crewmate.....my first hope at something more. I should have felt an overwhelming amount of happiness after being seperated for 7 years.

But the only thing I could say was:

"You never came back"

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And so imma end it there because it is late, sorry that this chapter wasn't about Ace, but marine ford arc is coming up next chapter, promise :)

This was just like a glimpse into Misaki's past and adding a new character Daemon >~<

So what do u guys think his role will be huh? I wonder who can guess correct.

On another note, my Wattpad app and website account have been acting up, and I can't access my search bar or profile, or post messages. T-T

All I can do is write so if anyone knows how to fix it, I'd be appreciated.

Thank you to everyone who reads this story!!!

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Extra Q: should Ace die or not?