The Ace & The Queen of hearts

Chapter 4

Melody POV

I sighed as I tied up my striker at the new island. This time I put a hoody on that was half Jean jacket in the front and half hoody. This town was crawling with marines and I honestly didn't want to go through that hassle. I tried to stay out of the town and just stay in the forest. I built a fire and cooked some fish.

I read some of the books I had in my bag. a picture fell out of my book. I forgot I put it there. I picked the picture up and examined it. The people in the picture looked so happy that it made me feel like crying but I held it in. The little girl was in her fathers hand and the mother was kissing her fathers cheek making him blush and smile brightly. Mom.... It's been a while since that day. The day when the Pirates arrived at my house nine years ago.

-Flashback

Melody POV age 10

The morning of my mom death was still melted in my brain. our home village at Roana island seemed peaceful that morning. I remember waking up to my father playfully picking me up and carrying me through the house making ocean noises. My father always told me about his adventures with the white beard pirates. I loved them. We always talked about them and even played around like pirates. My father even trained me how to fight from a really young age.
That morning Dad and I were going to the city deep within the island. I was so excited it was my first time going with him. I remember eating the breakfast my mom cooked for us. She always scowled the pirate behavior and story's saying I was a young lady and shouldn't dream of being a pirate because it was to dangerous and it would give her a heart attack. My dad would frown and say I was allowed to decide for myself and that being a pirate wasn't all so bad.

My mom kissed my forehead and put a sun hat on my head that match my cute dress. I smiled at her and hoped into the wagon. Mom wasn't coming because she wasn't feeling so great. Dad said we could go tomorrow but mom insisted we go ahead and that she be fine. So we did.

I remember the necklace I picked out to bring back to mommy that day. The silver chain with a ruby heart on it. I picked it knowing she loved that color. Dad bought it along with the groceries and some flowers for mom. If you didn't realize it ..... today was my moms birthday and that's why we were going into town. If only we just stayed home that day.

It was starting to get late so we began to make our way back to the village only to be stopped on our way there by the screams of women and children. Then the flames began in our small village. I asked daddy about mommy. then he told me

"Hold on tight princess." I did as he said as we sped past all the pirates and blood and flames towards our house towards the edge of the island when we got there we heard yelling dad jumped off the wagon and into the house. he busted in to find mom struggling against a big man and his crew. Then the man dropped mom on the floor and smiled at dad.

"Wallice" the man said to my father. "so this is where you went off to." my dad stood in the door frame blocking my view of the man.

"Skully!" My dad yelled at the man.skully? I've heard that name in my fathers stories.

"I've been looking for you Wallice. I haven't forgotten what you did." the man said.

"I had to!!! you know that!!! she was messing with the wrong set of pirates!" My dad yelled.

"You killed her she use to trust you!!" The man yelled.

"She was going to kill my Captain! She already killed several crew members she was already sentence to death when she took the first mans life!!!" Dad yelled.

"You didn't have to kill her!!!" skully yelled."you killed mine and now I'll kill yours!" The man said grabbing my mother hair. Mom screamed.

"Stop skully." My dad yelled.Skully he pulled my mother in the air. I tried to go to her but my dad blocked the door and pushed me into the bushes.

"P-please D-don't d-do t-this!!" My mom said between tears. my father went towards them to be stopped and tackle by skullys men. I watched in horror as they knelt my father infront of skully and my mom.

"P-please I'm Im Pregnant." my mother said and it as if my father went still skully only began to laugh. Terror is what came to me from his laugh. I watched my mom lift her head and look at my father with tears in her eyes. Skully pulled out a dagger. I couldn't take my eyes off the scene.

"Skully please Stop!!!!" My father yelled. he raised his hand about to striked.

"I love you!" My mother yelled as she smiled and raised a hand towards me. I had tears in my eyes as I looked up.

"CHARLA!!!!!!" My dad yelled and that's when the dagger made contact with my moms stomach. skully repeated this motion numerous times. blood splattered out of my moms stomach and mouth.

"No DAMN IT!!!!" My dad yelled and struggled in the men's grip. I stood shock as I watched my mothers screams die down and her body go lifeless. My dads head sunk and the men released him. they pushed him to the floor. And began to beat him. I ran to my dads side past the men. Some of them looked shock others just scowled. Skully came infront of us.i looked up to him.

"Melody...." my dad whispered. "run." I looked at him and cried.

"Daddy" I said and began to hug him. Then hands gripped my shirt. I yelped in pain causing my dad to lift his head up and stare. pure terror reached his face.

"What's this?? You have a daughter huh?!" Skully said and laughed. I began to scream and kick.

"Skully no please." my father said. I cried. then skully began to laugh and kicked my father.

"That's right beg!" "Beg for your life!" He said and my father bowed his head infront of skully. a sight I'll never forget. When my hero was on his knees in defeat.

"Daddy?" I said.

"PLEASE I BEG YOU SKULLY DONT HARM MY DAUGHTER THE DAMAGE IS DONE YOU TOOK THE ONE THING IN THIS WORLD THAT MATTERS TO ME AND YOU SMASHED IT INFRONT OF NOT ONLY ME BUT MY CHILD SO PLEASE I BEG OF YOU DONT HURT HER ANYMORE. PLEASE I BEG TAKE MY LIFE IF YOU WANT. JUST PLEASE DON'T HURT HER." I was just as shocked as skully he threw me to the floor. Then began to laugh. He ordered his men to beat my father senseless. then left my house. I watched as he left. then watched as the men beat my father to an inch of his life.i stood there silent in my mothers blood as I took in every punch and kick my dad received. Then the men left leaving us in a room filled with blood. Later that day the marines came. They were all shocked at the scene in my house.

I found out later that besides the burning of the village and stolen food and treasures of the family's no one was hurt. Only my family. My father was taken by the doctors. That day I met a man named garp. He took me in his hands and held me the rest of the night as I cried out for my parents.

A week later after my father was released from the hospital he went to the place my mother was buried and cried. I only watched.

From that day on my father changed. He was always drinking and crying. He didn't smile or laugh he didn't hug me or feed me. Soon the eyes that looked at me with so much love began to look at me with hate sorrow and disgust. I soon began to distance myself from him. Not wanting to be a burden to my father.

The adventures of my brave father died and I soon began to hate him. The hero vanished and soon as I grew up I began to think of him as a coward. I no longer cared what he felt nor did I care how he looked at me because soon I began to give him my own hateful stares. I was alone I fended for my self. I had no friends because the village was aware of who brought on the attack and once they found out they treated me as dirt and my father as a monster. Grandpa Garp visited every once in awhile. He always tried to talk my father into letting him take me to a safe place. My father would just tell him to get lost. I always wondered if the safe place he talked about would have maybe saved me from the dark pit I was sinking in.

Only one thing has been on my mind since that day.....

Revenge.