[ON HIATUS] Bounded (Ghost!Ace x Reader) AU

Fever Hallucinations

You grumble sleepily as you rub your eyes to keep you awake.

It was breakfast and everyone was staring worriedly at you like you had an incurable disease. "Didn't you sleep well last night, (Name)?" Robin asks, putting a hand on your head. "You're not sick, are you?"

"Maybe, I think." You mumble. You had been feeling a little chilly earlier and your temperature had been heating up.

"It's probably because she was soaked from the rain yesterday." Chopper whispers loudly enough for everyone to hear. He was looking at his plate of french toast and bacon but his eyes were cast to the side to look at you.

"Yeah, you're right." Robin sighs and stands up. "Mozu, Kiwi, please make some soup for her." She tells the pink and yellow clad maids, they nod and hurried to the kitchen to start preparing the soup. "(Name), you need to go back and rest up." She says this to you.

You nod, although it hurt your head when you moved it around, and you stood up with a stumble. "I'll carry her upstairs." Franky says, also standing up from his seat, and carefully picks you up and walks to your room.

Chopper hops off his chair and follows behind Robin following Franky. You felt bad about burdening them with this on your first day at the manor. What a terrible daughter you are.

Chopper peeks from beside your bed as Franky sets you down and Robin pulls the blankets over you. "I'm sorry," You murmur when she bends down to kiss your forehead. "I didn't mean to be a bother."

Robin shushes you and tells you to rest. "You're no bother, (Name)." She whispers to you.

"When you're feeling better, how about that family vacation, huh?" Franky grins.

A vacation would be a nice way to bond. You nod slowly as your eyes force you to fall asleep again. You felt something wet on your head, probably a towel. Everything went black as you went back to a deep slumber.

The entire room felt hot and it was suddenly hard to breathe. Your throat was gasping for air as the area surrounding you was covered in bright orange flames. It was too bright to see around you.

'Where am I?' You wondered.

There was a bed across the room with a familiar figure hugging her knees beside it, she looked scared. You pondered on how to get to her but soon realized she was cornered. The only way out for her was through the window.

Before you could call out to her, there was a loud crash, and you look to the floor by the window you were eyeing earlier. It was a person crouching down and running towards the girl. He scooped her up in his arms and covered her from the flames.

You watch as they both leap out the window to safety, leaving the room to burn and you in it.

'Wait, wasn't that Smoker?' You wondered, suddenly you realized that you were alone in a burning building.

"SMOKER! COME BACK! I'M STILL IN HERE!" You cried.

The ceiling started to break and fall, you leapt out of the way and huddled into a corner. Smoke was choking you and your eyes started to tear up from it.

Am I going to die?!

"Wake up, princess." A familiar voice whispered.

The wall behind you crumbles away and you fall backwards. You scream for help, reaching out your hand to catch something. Anything. But you were closer to the ground now.

You close your eyes and wait for the impact.

"Princess, wake up."

You stir in your sleep as someone gently touches your cheek. It felt like a hand... But cold. Your eyes slowly open and see a young man's face hovering above yours, his hand on your cheek.