Otherworldly || One Piece Fanfiction

Prologue

"It's really sad how one day I seem to have everything going right, then the next day I lose everything so fast."

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Warnings: Blood and death.

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The wind was howling, the sky a dark grey and full of rain clouds. A branch was tapping against the window of the classroom as a beautiful, silver-haired girl with heterochromatic eyes --one blue-green and the other a dark gray-- stared outside, bored out of her mind during the history lesson, the last period for the day, while chewing on watermelon flavored gum.

As Aella gazed at the trees moving with the strong wind, she couldn't help the sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach; the feeling that something bad was going to happen. She had it ever since she left her house that morning (maybe even when she woke up, but she hadn't been awake enough to acknowledge it), and no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't shake it off.

Glancing at the clock, she noted that ten minutes were left. Puffing her cheeks in indignation,  the girl turned her attention back outside to the brewing storm, the ominous feeling intensifying. 

She sighed, doodling on her notebook, waiting for the boring class to end. Aella may have been a straight A's student, but that didn't mean she liked school or studying. Quite the contrary, actually; she was the rebellious one in her family. 

"Miss Cassidy, What kept the Mongol leader, Kublai Khan, from being successful in invading Japan and when was it attempted?" Mr. Davis' gruff voice snapped her out of her trance.

Aella looked at him, not bothering to hide her boredom, and answered, "In 1274 and 1281. Due to samurai strength, strong feudal systems, environmental factors, and just sheer bad luck, the Mongols were unable to conquer Japan and their invasions were unsuccessful."

"Excellent, as always." He sent her a fake smile, trying to mask the irritation in his voice. Whenever he saw that Aella wasn't paying attention, he would ask her a question, be it related to the chapter they were studying or not, and she'd always answer it. Those were his futile attempts at getting her into trouble for spacing out, but they never really worked.

She returned his smile with a sarcastic one, "I know,"

Before he could reprimand her, the bell rang and she immediately shoved her belongings into her bag before joining the horde of students exiting the room, happily leaving the teacher behind. She headed down the hallway and down the stairs into the changing rooms to get into more comfortable clothes for her after-school training session.

As soon as she opened the door to the changing rooms, balloons of different colors greeted her with a bunch of people shouting, "Happy fifteenth birthday, Aella!"

She took a step back in surprise, a huge smile slowly growing on her face as her friends jumped on her for a hug. They all fell to the ground in a dogpile when she sidestepped, a hearty laugh escaping her lips.

A brown haired, green eyed girl, Blaire, looked up at her and pouted, "Meanie, we just wanted to give you a hug for your birthday... and for winning the first place in that competition last week."

Aella smiled fondly at them as they all got back to their feet, "Thank you guys, really. I appreciate it,"

"Well, what are we waiting for, let's eat!" A blond, sixteen-year-old boy cheered, smiling cheekily.

Blaire hit him upside the head lightly, shaking her head. "We still have two hours of training, Day. We'll eat afterwards."

Damon huffed, puffing his cheeks. Cole, a seventeen-year-old boy with black hair, brown eyes and a sharp jawline patted his shoulder, "Blaire's right. Everyone, go change and then head to the training room, the coach is waiting."