The Circus From Hell

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I sit in my closeted room on the floor using a small knife to carve a drawing into the floor. The door slams open but I don't flinch nor look up, knowing who it is. "Have you learned your lesson yet?" The sheep guy says as he leans against the doorframe. I ignore him and continue my art. His footsteps move fast towards me. He grabs me roughly by the chin and forces me to look at him.

I grip my knife tightly and give him a hard look. "Yes." I say firmly. He lets my chin go with a wide grin. "It's a shame you don't know how to keep your mouth shut. You have such a pretty face." He drags his thumb on my lip and instinctively I bite it off with my teeth. He lets out a scream in pains she falls back. He hold his bleeding hand to his shirt. I spit his thumb out as his blood stains my teeth.

He raises his foot in anger and hits me in the face. I cry out in pain as he stomps on my face. He stops and steps back. I pant heavily and lift my head up. I glance at him with glare. "Just for that no rations." He says walking to the doorway. "Make yourself look presentable. We have new guests and the shows about to start." He say with a wicked smile. He exists my room shutting the door. I stand up and walk over to my mirror. I notice the bruise on my eye and the cuts on my cheek. I look down at the sink and splash my face with water.

The water quickly turns red and wipe my face with my dress. I stare at my reflection in the mirror and force a smile as a tear falls from my eye.

I stand near crowd with boards in my hands with actions for the crowd while Buggy's pirates flaunt themselves around

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I stand near crowd with boards in my hands with actions for the crowd while Buggy's pirates flaunt themselves around. I keep my hands in my pockets as they open the box revealing three people. A man with green hair, a girl with orange hair, and a boy with a straw hat.

I hold a board up that say applause on it towards the crowd and they do as told. Not like they have a choice they're all chained to the bench. I hate seeing my people afraid but at least they're not being beaten down every day.

I look back and see the boy in the straw hat clapping, I almost chuckle at his glibness. The girl shoves him and he stops. "No no no no no! Stop clapping!" Buggy shouts making his entrance known. "No, stop! It's all wrong!" I out the board down and tilt my head.

He steps onto the stage and everyone ceases their actions. "The spotlight was late. You completely missed my entrance." I sigh heavily as he walks up to me. "And where, oh where, is my dancing...lion?" He says blaming me once again. "Hey, I know you." The boy says cutting Buggy off.

We turn our heads to him. "I saw your wanted posted in Shells Town. You're the clown guy. Um, uh..." he thinks to himself for a name. "Binky, right?" I let out a snort and Buggy glares at me, making me cough fakely. "Buggy." He corrects him. He steps off the platform. I tilt my head curiously at the boy. I've never seen someone speak so openly to Buggy but me.

"Buggy the Clown." He says flaunting his eyes in a showboating manner. "Buggy, the Flashy Fool. Buggy, the Genius Jester." "Wow." The boy says genuinely impressed. "You have a lot of names." He states. "I bet everyone in the East Blue knows who you are." "Yeah when they need to hire someone for a birthday party." I mutter and the crowd gasps. Buggy looks back at me throwing his hands up. "What did I just say?" He says annoyed. "Shut-" "shut up!" He turns back to the boy.

"Now what did you say?" He asks the boy. "Just that everyone knows who you are." I cross my arms under my chest. "NOSE?!?!" He grabs the boys face and squishes it. "Are you making fun of my nose?" "Buggy let him go. He didn't mean it like that." I say defending the boy. "Lyria! I swear to god!" He says sternly. I flare my nostrils and sigh.

"Well...I wasn't. But now that you mention it, is that a thing real?" He reaches for his face but Buggy swats his hand away. I hang my head as I smile to myself. "Who touched the angel?" He says glancing back at me causing a blush to fall on my cheeks. Buggy looks back at me in disgust. "Who? Lyria? She's no angel. Devil incarnate if you ask me." He turns his head back to the boy and I raise my finger up in the air. "What's real is I've been scheming for months." He shoves his face away to straps map from Old Axe-Hand MORON!" He says getting close to the girls face. His men chuckle while I stand there thinking about what the boy said.

He called me an angel.

"Huh? Only to find out that I was upstaged by three little nobodies, who stole it from right out under my no-" he cuts himself off mid sentence. "No! It's in my head now." I push my hair back letting out a frustrated sigh.

"Hey, I'm not a nobody. I'm Monkey D. Luffy. And I will be King of the Pirates." My eyes wide at his accusation. King of the Pirates? Wouldn't that be something. Buggy laughs and takes his hands so everyone else laughs but I stay silent because it's not funny it's actually pretty ballsy, I can admit that in a person.

"Now that's funny." I feel stab on my foot and groan. I glare at the sheep dude and hold the sign up reluctantly. He close his first and they stop. I put the sign down and rub my temples. "My bounty opiated graces the marquee of every Marine outpost for miles. And my menagerie of outcast, freaks, and one VERY annoying little girl is the most dreaded pirate crew the East Blue has ever known." He states as if it's a fact. "I am destined for find the One Piece. And when I do..." he trails off. "I will be king." "No you won't, cause I'm gonna find it first." Luffy says confidently. Does this guy have a dead wish or something? He's gotta bigger mouth than me but I only use it as a distraction so my people aren't picked and prodded just me.

"You? Don't make me laugh." I raise the board over my head with a a dejected look on my face. "I said don't make me laugh!" He yells towards me. I put the sign down. "All right, listen up." We all turn our heads to the green haired guy. "Im Roronoa Zoro." My eyes wide. I've heard of him he's the pirate bounty hunter. They say he uses three swords. I wonder how that works if I saw it it'd be badass. "Drop your weapons now and I may let you live." He says walking towards Buggy.

He lets out a laugh. "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a celebrity in our midst. Better than being a nepo-baby. Isn't that right, She-Devil?" He jokes. "Yes...that's right." "Too bad I hate sharing the spotlight." The lights moves towards Buggy. "Now, maybe we should skip right to the finale." He says holding up four knives.

"My freaks put quite a bit of rehearsal time into this little abduction. And if I can't reward them with that map..." one of the crew mates growls. "I suppose I'll have to offer them a punt of flesh instead." "Wait. Wait." The girl says stepping infront of him. "What if I have something else to offer you? Something more valuable than the map? What if I give you a new freak for your crew?" She suggests.

"A rare talent. The most spectacular act in all of the East Blue. Besides you, of course." Sucking him to him will get you places. "go on." She grabs Luffy's hat and throws it. "Hey!" To my shock and everyone else's his arm extends and retrieves the hat, placing it back on his head.

The girl uses the distraction to make a run for it. A little while later they drag her back in. "What did you do to their town? You destroyed everything!" My jaw clenches as she shouts. "Not everything. I let'em keep their hands and the useless nepo-baby." "Useless?!" I say with a scoff. I feel someone grab my hair. "Kid, you're really pushing my buttons today! Do I have to make an example of your stupid townspeople?" "No!" I say hastily. "Good. Take our quest to the green room and make them uncomfortable as physically possible." I walk towards them when someone grabs my arm. I don't flinch or show any emotion but hatred. "You try anything you know what happens." "Aye aye captain." I jerk my arm from his hold. I nod for the girl and the man to follow me.

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