1507 in the Sea Circle Calendar
Just hitting midnight into the new year a cry jolts Grandma Caroline awake. Heading to the room with the two she opens the door and sees little Sven crying his heart out once again, for the past month he would cry like clockwork and every time she would sing Mommy's moon. Once he hears the first words he instantly goes quiet and nestles into her arms and slowly falls back to sleep. As she looks over to Jewels she can see such inexplicable sadness as she gazes at Sven like she knows he's crying out for his mother that he will never know. When Jewels looks over to her she can see the silent thank you conveying your warmth is irreplaceable for you are his mother now.
"How can a child so young have such an old soul."
After they both fell back asleep she left the room and went down stairs to her rocking chair and just looked up to the moon. She can't stop thinking about the way Jewels looked at her. Tears starting to silently run down her face "such a young child should never be burden with such grown-up emotions, kids should grow up with love, laughter and not a single worry in the world. Why does this world take away such pure innocence as soon as possible and just brings such heartbreak. If everyone was just shown love and kindness growing up it would solve so many problems that plague this world."
While still thinking about what haunts this place she slowly nods off whispering " Will.... Protect.....Both.....Of....You.....Till.....My....Dying...D (Zzz)
Elsewhere in the middle tier of the city
A fat beady eye third-rate villain slams the table and roars at his rat faced underling " I told you to have the title deed of that land of the orphanage on my desk last month what is taking so long."
Wiping the sweat from his forehead " calm down boss I went after the Aqua Laguna but somehow that was the only building in that trash forsaken lower district that was somehow untouched. I knocked on the door and when the old hag answered she had two little fish-man with her. I told her lets finalize the deal but she said she not selling anymore. I asked why and she said she got blessed with these two little angels. I might of showed a face of disgust when i seen them cause right after that she stomped on my foot and slammed the door right in my face. For the building to be in perfect condition though I worry they might have a powerful backer that was able to stop the sky high waves."
Slamming the table once again " I don't care if the backer is the Mayor of this shit hole that deed is Don Cornelio's and nobody messes with anything of mine as a greedy smile comes across his face. You got that!"
"But"
Dodging the dagger that was thrown at him he scurried out of there screaming " I'll get it, I'll get it no matter what boss!"
"Nobody will stop what I got planned for that worthless area that keeps getting rebuilt for those commoners."
Back to the orphanage
Waking up she goes outside to water the flower bed out front but as she reaches for the door she gets a bad feeling. Slowly opens the door and looks out and when she does she sees all the flowers were trampled. Stepping out to take in all the damage she sees the wall is also written all over with words like (Sub-Human, Slimy freak, Mother to Monsters,Traitor, TIME TO STOP NURTURING LIFE AND JUST DIG A HOLE AND LET TIME DO THE REST OR ELSE!)
"Oh they think this will scare me off or sell to them, keep dreaming but these bastards are like annoying little flies buzzing around all the time."
Taking the hose she starts to wash off all the paint like nothing happened and goes inside to see if the kids woke up yet. Once she opens the door she heads upstairs and wakes the two up and does the usual morning routine of bath time for an hour. Next is breakfast then play fun little games with toys that make sound and hide them around the house and see Sven wobbling around giggling finding them all. As she glances at Jewels she can't help but feel sad inside cause she has such a serious face while reading a book about the history of the world. Looking at the two its like night and day one so pure with child innocence and laughter and the other always serious like the world has wronged her.
She grabs Sven and sits him down on her lap and starts to tell more of her tales out at sea and at the corner of her eye she can see Jewels keep peaking over with curiosity. "Smirking that's more like it have that child curiosity"
After eating they head outside to play in the backyard which has a giant pond that appeared one morning. It has a beautiful coral reef ecosystem that must of taken a month of non-stop collecting to put together something so beautiful.
"They must of done something to piss off the marines or World Government to not be showing their face and doing all this in secret."
A Month ago at Galley-La Company
Jinbe sneaking into Tom's office is meet with " You know you shouldn't be here Jinbe you guys are the most wanted pirate crew right now."
"I have a favor to ask of you Tom"
"Oh you have never asked for a favor before, if its to build a new ship for the Sun pirates I will have to decline I already got to much heat on me from helping Roger in the past."
"It is to build a ship but it is for captain's son and Jewels for a little pond I'm gonna build."
"Gurarararara, interesting I'll do it never built a mini ship before."
"Thank you."
Back to the backyard
Gazing at the beautifully crafted ship that was made with so much care that fits in the pond like it's out at sea with the corals underneath. Seeing the Carps swimming on both sides of the boat, jumping over a golden gate with a pair of dragons coiling gracefully around both pillars of the gate. Leading to a figurehead of two dragons entwined at the necks forming a heart shape. One the color almost dark as night but blue with little specs of stars in it and the other golden with red markings covering its body.
"Let's see what it looks like with the sails down." After untying the ropes they unfurled on their own showing the world the symbol that is depicted. It's the stone if the kids put there necklaces together with the outside edge of it with wisps of a burning sun.
"Such beauty."
After a couple hours of seeing the kids play in the water and running around the deck of the ship it was time to have dinner. Hearing a knock at the door they went to see who it is and when they answered it no one was there. So stepping out to check around the corner they were greeted with the racist slurs on the wall again. Not wanting Jewels to see what is written she tells her to bring Sven in the house, but when she turns she sees Jewels petrified with a traumatic look on her face. Seeing her like that she instantly could tell Jewels somehow knew what those words meant. Sven feeling the mood become very heavy and dark goes over to Jewels and holds her hand after a couple minutes she snaps out of it. Looks down at him holding her hand and smiles but can still see the sadness of wishing she could forget what she had seen. Trying not to affect Sven's mood she giggles and says "lets go get clean and head to bed."
Grandma C watching the kids go inside turns and looks at a corner " If I catch you little rat you will not like what will happen. That's a promise!" Releasing the smallest silver of what she used to be capable of could hear a little squeak and scurrying off into the distance. After doing that she goes back into the house and closes the door. She instantly falls back into the door and starts to cough up a bit of blood.
"Aging sucks."
In a alleyway
"He was gasping like a fish out of water, his diaphragm paralyzing in sheer terror. What the hell I thought I was gonna die. Crazy old hag." Glancing down you can see his pants are soaked and there is a yellow puddle where he ran off from.